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The Boys of 86 are nickname for which football teams 1985-86 team, got third in first division highest ever, team started Tony Cottee and Alvin Martin, Phil Parkes. Managed by John Lyall.

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West Ham

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Nickname of group of five Dutch footballers of Surinamese descent who played for Ajax and Netherlands during the 1996 euros: Winston Bogarde, Edgar David’s, Patrick kluivert, Clarence seedorf, Michael reiziger.

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De kabel (the cable)

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Which country did Edgar Davids and Clarence Seedorf born in ?

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Paramaribo, Suriname

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Only player to have won the Champions League with three clubs: Ajax 1995, Madrid 1998 and AC Milan 2003/2007

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Clarence Seedorf

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Nickname with literary origins given to Hibernian’s forward line of Gordon smith, Bobby Johnstone, lawrie reilly, Eddie turnbull and Willie ormond. Stand at Easter road named after them.

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The famous five

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Hibernian stadium in Edinburg called what

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Easter Road

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Scottish football club play at Tannadice Park nicknamed The Terrors or The Tangerines. Supporters known as the Arabs.

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Dundee United

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Geographically closest Derby in Britain

Then England

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Dundee United vs Dundee FC

Nottingham Forest vs Notts County

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Scottish football team nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues play at Dens Park.

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Dundee FC

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Hearts of Midlothian city and stadium and nickname

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Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh, the Jam Tarts

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Aberdeen stadium name

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Pittodrie Stadium

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Vegetable nickname of Edinburg team Hibernian which is rhyming slang for Hibs

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Cabbage (cabbage and ribs)

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Kilmarnock stadium in East Ayrshire

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Rugby Park

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Livingston founded as Ferranti Thistle in 1943 play games at which stadium in West Lothian

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Almondvale Stadium

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Nickname the Steelmen and play in North Lanarkshire at Fir Park, what team? Winners of Scottish cup in 1991.

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Motherwell

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Ross County play at Victoria Park in which town in Highland. Nicknamed the Staggies.

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Dingwall

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St Johnstone, play at McDiarmid Park in which Scottish city?

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Perth is the home to which stadium of St Johnstone?

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Which Scottish premier league nicknamed the buddies team play in Paisley, Renfrewshire?

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St Mirren play in which Scottish town?

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Tv show written and directed by Nida Manzoor following eponymous British punk rock band that consists of Muslim women.

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We are Lady Parts

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Who played Ms Marvel

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Iman Vellani

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Netflix tv series inspired by a character created by Maurice Leblanc in early 1900s and actor who plays title role

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Lupin (Omar Sy plays Assane Diop based on Arsene Lupin)

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Largest river on Isle of Wight

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Medina

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Scottish football team called whay stadium Somerset Park have what nickname from a line in Robert Burns Tam O Shanter.

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Ayr United - Honest Men

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Cove Rangers plays in Cove Bay; Aberdeen with their stadium what named after a local ish famous building?

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Balmoral Stadium

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Scottish team based in glasgow with nickname Maryhill Magyars and stadium Firhill Stadium

Partick Thistle

Raith Rovers based in which Scottish city in Fife?

Kirkcaldy

Hosted at the New York Comic Con since 2017 whcih comic book prize named after the writer-artist Kurtzman was founded by Gary Groth in 1988?

Harvey Awards

Trophy for the mens singles at French Open tennis

Coupe des Mousquetaires

Trophy for the womens singles at French open

Coupe Suzanne Lenglen

Trophy to mens doubles at French open tennis

Coupe Jacques Brugnon

Trophy to womens doubles at French open tennis

Coupe Simone Mathieu

Trophy to French open mixed doubles winners

Coupe Marcel Bernard

Nadal won French Open in 2022. How many is that in total?

22 total - 14th French Open

Norwegian tennis player got to final of French Open and Us open in 2022

Casper Ruud

Spanish tennis player winner US Open 2022 and QF of French open

Carlos Alcaraz

Soviet/American economist won Nobel in 1973 and four of his doctoral students have won the prize (Samuelson 1970, Robert Solow 1973, Smith 2002, Schelling 2005). Known for research on input-output analysis

Wassily Leontief

Swedish author for Pippi Longstocking, The Brothers Lionheart, Emil of Lonneberga, Karlsson on the Roof and Six bullerby children.

Astrid Lindgren

Formerly Lester B Pearson Award, award given to NHL most outstanding player in regular season as judged by players.

Ted Lindsay Award - Hart award is mvp but by professional writers association

1848 born in Gorbals, Glasgow, founder of tea company and lost 5 straight americas cup matches in boats called Shamrock. Trophy and Cup by his name contested in Italy before 1930.

Thomas Lipton

Russian polymath who discovered atmosphere of Venus and law of conservation of masses in chemical reactions. Founder of modern geology. Domodedovo airport officially named after him.

Mikhail Lomonosov

Name of the cup awarded by the Gaelic Athletic Association to the team that wins All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Liam MacCarthy Cup

Cup awarded by Gaelic Athletic Association to the team that wins All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Sam Maguire Cup

Name of trophy for All Ireland Senior Ladies Football championship

Brendan Martin Cup

Gaelic football number of players on a team

15

Gaelic football how many points for ball into goal

3

Gaelic football how many points for ball through posts above the goal and crossbar

1 point

Name for the ball used in hurling

Sliotar

Italian physicist worked on neutrino masses and disappeared in 1938 mysteriously on ship. Wave equation named after him and fermions that are its own antiparticle named after him also.

Ettore Majorana

Fermion named after which scientist are fermions which is different from its anti particule

Dirac fermion - this is majority of fermions

National personification ofnfrance state during the Revolution

Marianne

2024 Olympics mascot planned

Phryge (Phrygian Cap)

Bing Dwen Dwen mascot of 2022 Winter Olympics was what animal?

Panda

Name of the robot mascot for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Miraitowa

2018 Pyeongchang mascot Soohorang and 1988 Seoul mascot Hodori both what time of animal

Tiger

2012 London mascot was named after which Shropshire town which help precursor to Olympics in 1800s

Much Wenlock

Name of the official mascot for Rio 2016 named after Bossa Nova composer but also current Brazilian footballer

Vinicius

Legendary figure similar to Father Christmas with roots in Slavic mythology.

Ded Moroz

2014 Sochi mascots were whcih three animals

Polar Bear, Snow Leopard, Hare

Quatchi and Miga were what creatures 2010 Vancouver

Sasquatch and Sea Bear (part Orca and part kermode bear)

2002 Salt Lake City mascots Powder, Copper, Coal which creatures

Snowshoe Hare Coyote American black bear

2004 Athens mascots names

Athena and Phevos

2000 Sydney mascots and names

Olly the Kookaburra Syd the Platypus Millie the Echidna

Genus Dacelo are whcih kind of Australian birds in kingfisher family

Kookaburra

Sole living taxon of the Ornithorhynchidae family

Platypus

Tachyglossidae also known as spiny anteaters

Echidnas

Hakon and Kristin were mascots of which Winter Olympics

1994 Lillehammer

First computer generated mascot was which name in Atlanta 1996

Izzy

Cobi was the mascot of 1992 Barcelona and what type of dog!

Catalan sheepdog

1992 albertville Olympics mascot - man star

Magique

Hidy and Howdy were which creatures when mascots of Calgary 1988

Polar Bears

1984 Olympic mascots summer and winter

Winter - Sarajevo - Vucko the Wolf Summer - LA - Sam the Eagle

1980 Moscow Olympics mascot

Misha the Bear

1980 Lake Placid mascot named after the Adirondack mountain range

Roni the Raccoon

Mascot of Montreal 1976, name comes from Algonquin for beaver

Amik

1976 Innsbruck mascot name for snowman

Schneemann

1972 Munich Waldi the mascot was which type of dog

Dachshund

1932 LA “official mascot” for Olympics was which type of dog Smoky born in Olympic village before Olympics

Scottish Terrier

First Olympic mascot born in 1968 called Schuss and a little man on skis. Which Olympics was this!

Grenoble 1968

Sondre Norheim Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing. He is called the father of what type of skiing?

Telemark

Type of skiing named after Norwegian region is where only front of foot is bound, free heel.

Telemark skiing

In Super-G racing discipline of skiing what does the G stand for?

Giant as it’s super giant slalom

Football team named after explorer based in Rio de Janeiro

Vasco de Gama

Name of Chilean football club named after Mapuche cacique (chief), won Copa Libertadores in 1991.

Colo Colo

Paraguayian sports club in Asuncion which has won three Copa Libertadores

Club Olimpia

Colombian team won Copa Libertadores twice 1989 and 2016

Atletico Nacional

Which Porto Alegre football team has won Copa Libertadores three times: 1983, 1995 and 2017?

Gremio

Which rionde Janeiro football team has won Copa Libertadores three times 1981, 2019 and 2022

Flamengo

From Italian for sand dune what is a landform that develops over time between two formerly separated islands due to specific conditions

Tombolo

From Saxon term meaning landing place what’s name of the shingle beach in Hastings that’s been beaching boats for more than thousand years, home to europes largest fleet of beach launched fishing boats.

The Stade

Rigid hydraulic structure built perpendicularly from shore interrupting river flow and limitations movement of sediment. Word comes from Latin for snout.

Groyne

Ash Latin name

Fraxinus Excelsior is Latin name for what tree

Weeping Willow Latin name

Salix Babylonica Latin name for which tree

Acer Pseudoplatanus is what tree

Sycamore Latin name is?

Horse Chestnut Latin name

Aesculus Hippocatanum

Alnus Glutinosa is what tree

Common alder Latin name

Betula Pendula

Silver Birch

Betula Pubescens

Downy Birch

Carpinus Betulus

Hornbeam

Castanea Sativa

Sweet chestnut

Fagus Sylvatica

Beech

Juglans Regia

Walnut

Malus sylvestris

Crab Apple

Populus Tremula

Aspen

Prunus Avium

Wild Cherry

Quercus Petraea

Sessile Oak

English Oak

Quercus Robur

Populus

Poplar

Salix Caprea

Goat Willow

Sorbus Aria

Whitebeam

Sorbus Aucuparia

Rowan

Quercus Ilex

Evergreen Oak/Holly Oak

Tilia tree type

Lime

La Donna e Mobile opera and year

Rigoletto 1851

Name of tenor aria from Puccini’s La Boheme sung by Rodolfo to Mimi when first meet

Che gelida manina

Thomas Vinterberg 2018 thriller about true story doomed Russian submarine

Kursk

Which actor played Edward II in Derek Jarman film, One Night in Istanbul, Kursk, Uncharted

Steven Waddington

Which queen of England did tilda swinton play in a 1991 Derek jarman film

Isabella of France (she Wolf)

1993 experimental film by Derek Jarman called Wittgenstein had original screenplay by which English literary theorist, critic and public intellectual?

Terry Eagleton

Who wrote lyrics to west side story

Stephen Sondheim

Larix Decidua

European Larch

Picea Abies

Norway Spruce

Picea Sitchensis

Sitka Spruce

American city formlerly known as New Archangel when under Russia rule 1799-1867

Sitka

Second most populous city in Alaska named after Indiana senator at time but later Vice President 1905-09 under Teddy Roosevelt

Fairbanks

Pinus Sylvestris

Scots Pine

What is Yew Latin name

Taxus Baccata

Capreolus capreolus species of deer in Uk

Roe Deer

Red Deer Latin name

Cervus Elaphus

Sika Deer Latin name Uk

Cervus Nippon

Dama dama Latin name for

Fallow Deer

Hydropotes inermis mammal of UK

Water Deer

Latin name for wild boar

Sus scrofa

Notamacropus rufogriseus is what type of macropod wild in UK?

Red necked wallaby

Which island on Loch Lomond has a wild population of red necked wallabies as introduced by Fiona gore countess of arran in 1940s?

Inchconnachan

Old desert island disc host Kirsty Young is married to which founder of Soho House club?

Nick Jones

Castor fiber is Latin name for whcih British mammal

Eurasian beaver

Rodents are characterised by continuously growing which teeth?

Incisors

Arvicola amphibius is Latin name for which animal?

European Water Vole

Family of rodents containing true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, New World rats and mice.

Cricetidae

Microtus Arvalis what mammal?

Common vole

Apodemus Sylvaticus what Latin name

Wood mouse

Micromys minutus Latin name

Eurasian harvest mouse

House mouse Latin name

Mus musculus

Black rat Latin name

Rattus rattus

Brown rat Latin name

Rattus norvegicus

Glis glis known as

Edible Dormouse

Gray squirrel Latin name

Sciurus Carolinensis

Red squirrel Latin name

Sciurus Vulgaris

Gulo Gulo animal

Wolverine

Rangifer tarandus animal

Reindeer

Ursus arctos animal

Brown bear

Grampus Griseus animal

Risso’s Dolphin

Tursiops Truncatus animal

Bottlenose Dolphin

Mesoplodon europeaus is animal with comedians name in name

Gervais’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon is beaked whale - Sowerbys is Bidens, True’s is Mirus)

Physeter Macrocephalus animal

Sperm Whale

Kogiidae Breviceps animal

Pygmy sperm whale

Phocoena phocoena is Latin name for what

Harbour porpoise

Megaptera novaeangliae animal

Humpback Whale

Term for the largest group of baleen whales containing ten species including blue whale, name taken from Norwegian word meaning red whale.

Rorqual

Blue Whale Latin name

Balaenoptera Musculus

Balaenoptera Physalus animal, second longest species of cetacean on earth

Fin Whale

Named for the Norwegian word for pollock, Balaenoptera borealis Latin for

Sei whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata named after a Norwegian sailor

Common minke whale

Mysticeti is name for whcih parvorder of whales?

Baleen

Name of Scottish poet laureate

Makar

Who was the first Makar in 2004? He had been Glasgow Poet Laureate in 1999. Born in 1920, last survivor of canonical “Big Seven”.

Edwin Morgan

Scottish Gaelic poet born on island of Raasay between skye and mainland. He became head teacher in 1956. Compared Highland Clearances to contemporary events. Most famous poem Hallaig.

Sorley MacLean

1921 born Stromness on Orkney, 2021 centenary Orkney Museum “Beside the Ocean of Time” after his last novel. Autobiography For the Islands I Sing. Collections: Tryst on Egilsay, Foresterhill.

George Mackay Brown

The 12 apostles of Ireland so called as they were all saints of 6th century who studied under which Saint at his famous school Clonard Abbey in County Meath.

St Finnian

Orkney cathedral on Kirkwall known as what

St Magnus Cathedral

Second largest town on Orkney islands

Stromness

Glasgow cathedral named after which saint

St Mungo’s Cathedral

Edinburgh cathedral named after which saint

St Giles Cathedral

Aberdeen cathedral named after whcih saint

St Machar’s Cathedral

Name of cathedral named after saint on the Scottish island of lismore just off coast of Oban

St Moluag’s Cathedral

Saint in the name of the Scottish episcopal church in Perth

St Ninian’s Cathedral

Glasgow and Edinburgh Scottish episcopal cathedral named after which saint

Mary

Inverness and Aberdeen Scottish episcopal cathedrals named after whcih saint?

Andrew

Catholic cathedral in Oban named after whcih saint

St Columba

Catholic cathedral of Paisley is named after patron saint of Paisley whcih is who?

St Mirin

The Cornish flag is known as the flag of whcih saint

Saint Piran

Flag of Devon has the flag of which saint, patron saint of Devon

St Petroc

Which spice contains strong anaesthetic known as eugenol which is why they’re so good at fighting cavities and people chew them when tooth pain

Cloves

German student and anti nazi active within white rose non violent resistance group in nazi germany killed alongside her brother Hans

Sophie Scholl

Swedish nobleman known for murder of Elvira Madigan in murder suicide act in 1889

Sixten Sparre

Born Hedvig Jensen, circus performer best known for relationship with Sixten Sparre which ended in suicide pact. Mozart’s Piano Concert 21 come to be known as her concerto.

Elvira Madigan

Worlds largest Buddhist temple found on Central Java, Mahayana temple in magelang regency.

Borobudur Temple

Who killed himself with Mary Vetsera in January 1889 at Mayerling hunting lodge. Only song of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elizabeth.

Rudolf Crown Prince of Austria

Rudolf Crown Prince of Austria killed himself at Mayerling incident alongside whuchnbaronesss at which hunting lodge?

Mary Vetsera at Mayerling Hunting Lodge

King of Bavaria 1864-86, known as swan king, commmissioned Neuschwanstein Castle, Linderhof Palace and Herrenchiensee (in Herreninsel on Chiemsee lake).

Ludwig II

“Growth of a poets mind” is subtitle to whcih famous Wordsworth poem in blank verse written in 1850

The Prelude

1955 American film about teachers in an interracial inner city school and breakout role of Sidney Poitier.

Blackboard Jungle

Which director nominated 8 Oscar’s in career: blackboard jungle, cat on a hot tin roof, Elmer gantry, in cold blood, looking for mr Goodbar.

Richard Brooks

Born 1929, nominated for BSA Oscar for Hamlet (Ophelia), Guys and Dolls (golden globes), Elmer Gantry, The Happy Ending (Oscar nominated), The Thorn Birds TV

Jean Simmons

The Thorn Birds is a 1977 book and The Ladies of Missalonghi a 1987 book by which Australian author?

Colleen McCullough

1970 Sequel to In the Heat of the Night (1967). Followed by 1971 film The Organisation.

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

Ochotonidae (pikas) and Leporidae (hates and rabbits) make up which order?

Lagomorphs

Where in New Zealand 13 November 1990 in the small seaside township spree shooting by David Gray?

Aramoana Massacre / killed 13

American astronomer born 1855 talked of canals on Mars and ninth planet, founded namesake observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona which led efforts to find Pluto discovered in 1930

Percival Lowell

Fruit with name Citrullus Lanatus, botanically a pepo. Seeds found in Libya in 3500 BC. Farmers in Zentsuji region of Japan found way to make them Cubic.

Watermelon

Which colour etymology is denoting a usually Undyed and y bleached woolen fabric of this colour in French?

Beige

Which brownish-purple colour comes from French for flea?

Puce

Fruit prunus armeniaca, Armenian peach, name comes from Latin “cooked before” as they saw it as a peach ripened early, could be Latin for sunny as also ripen in this environment.

Apricot

Fruit prunus Persica, short for Persian apple. Could be french for “sin”.

Peach

Prunus persica is a peach if fuzzy skin and the non fuzzy variety is called what? Comes from mutation in the MYB25 gene making it glossy skin.

Nectarines

Fruit (cucumis melo) name comes from the Italian area which was formally a papal seat near Rome after fruit introduced from Armenia. Called rockmelon in Australia/NZ. Spanspek in SA.

Cantaloupe

Word derived from the old English term for line around house where rain would drop down from roof, representing standing under the part of house to spy on neighbours.

Eavesdrop

Term for French for “cover fire”, fire safety regulations under whcih bell ring in evening to tell people to extinguish fires and go to sleep.

Curfew

Word comes from Hindi for “pleasant” or “happy”.

Cushy - khush

Term from Latin for “smooth out, flatten or make planar”, a good method of this will make the rough points easier.

Explain

Flower name comes from opening in the day and closing at night.

Daisy / day’s eye

Fruit cross between raspberry, blackberry, dewberry and loganberry and named after Anaheim, California horticulturalist.

Boysenberry

Rubus caesius and rubus aboriginum are Eurasian and American version of which berry?

Dewberry

Rubus Idaeus which type of fruit?

Raspberry

Rubus Fruticosus European fruit Latin name for ?

Blackberry

Fruit hybrid of North American blackberry (rubus ursinus) and European raspberry (rubus idaeus). Named after a judge in Santa Cruz, CA in 1881.

Loganberry

Fruit named after Scottish river cross between European blackberry and European raspberry.

Tayberry

Small dry one seeded fruit that does not open to release the seed, the tiny bits on the sides of strawberries. From Greek “to gape”.

Achenes

Prunes are dried what?

Plums

Type of plum with name derived from capital in Middle East.

Damson

Type of plum named after a British landowner and politician who introduced cultivar from France in 1724

Greengage

Prunus Spinosa known as what? Also type of tree

Blackthorn or Sloe

Sloe flavoured liquor commonly drunk in Spain in Navarre.

Patxaran

Common wood to use walking sticks like an Irish Shillelagh

Blackthorn

Central and Eastern Europe spirit made from Damson plums

Slivovitz

What type of leaves were used by Adam and Eve in Bible?

Fig Leaves

Phoenix Dactylifera cultivated for which edible sweet fruit

Dates

Sometimes known as Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths, Jewish holiday for seven days beginning on 15th day of Tishrei.

Sukkot

Commonly known as Feast of Weeks, from Hebrew from “weeks”, occurs on sixth day of Hebrew month of Sivan. Marks the wheat harvest in the land of Israel.

Shavuot

Three Pilgramage Festivals of Judaism

Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot Passover, Weeks/Pentecost, Tabernacles

Fruit name comes from Greek for “large melon”. Competitive competition called Chunking involving chucking them as far as possible.

Pumpkin

Term for “field beet” or old “root of scarcity”. Variety of BETA vulgaris. Name from German for Chard Root

Mangelwurzel

North American name for Swede root vegetable. Form of brassica napus.

Rutabaga

Celtic festival celebrated on Isle of Man on 31st October like Halloween. Celebration of Samhain.

Hop-tu-Naa

Gaelic Festival on 1 November marking start of winter. Celebrations start 31 October.

Samhain

Also called Saint Brigid’s Day, Gaelic Festival marks beginning of spring, end of winter, 1 February.

Imbolc

Gaelic May Day Festival on 1 May.

Beltane

Gaelic Festival marking beginning of harvest season held on 1 August, corresponds to English Lammas.

Lughnasadh (Loo-ne- se)

Four Gaelic festivals starting 1 February going through the year.

1 Feb: Imbolc 1 May: Beltane 1 Aug: Lughnasadh 1 Nov: Samhain

What Christian holiday celebrated in northern hemisphere on 1 August?

Lammas

Launched in 1999, one of great observatories, the Chandra observatory observes which type of electromagnetic radiation?

X-Ray

X-ray observatory sent in space on 1999 named after which Nobel prize winning astrophysicist?

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Hubble space telescope observes which two types of radiation?

Visible light and near ultraviolet

Compton Observatory primarily observed which type of radiation until deorbited in 2000

Gamma Rays

Fermi Space telescope launched in 2008 is CERN experiment and observes which type of radiation?

Gamma Ray

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is nasa studying what energetic explosions from distance galaxies?

Gamma Ray Bursts and monitoring afterglow in X-ray

The Spitzer Space Telescope launched in 2003 and ending 2020 observes which radiation?

Infrared

Star Trek character played by Nichelle Nichols

Nyota Uhura

Which astronomer conceived ideas of telescopes operating in space, has a namesake infrared observing telescope and as a mountaineer he made first ascent of Mount Thor (Baffin Island)?

Lyman Spitzer

In 1976, Rick Sylvester performed BASE jump with Union Jack flag for The Spy who Lovrd Me, skiing down which mountain on Baffin Island?

Mount Asgard

Mount Thor and Mount Asgard on which island?

Baffin Island

Smallest and southern most province of China consisting of islands in South China Sea.

Hainan

Capital of the province of Hainan, letter out becomes a poem.

Haikou

Named after French chemist who won Nobel for creating it, name of chemical compound with general formula R-Mg-X where X is halogen and R is organic group (alkyl or aryl). Popular Reagent in organic synthesis for creating new carbon-carbon bonds.

Grignard reagent

Emerging during Tang Dynasty; type of Chinese ink brush painting uses black ink, great emphasis on virtuoso brushwork.

Ink wash painting

Japanese for “great god”, video game by Capcom shows Amaterasu taking form of a white wolf and used traditional art rendering.

Okami

English portrait specialist born in 1723 in Plympton, Plymouth.

Joshua Reynolds

British portrait and landscape painter born 1727 in Sudbury, Suffolk.

Thomas Gainsborough

Landscape painter born 1776 in East Bergholt, Suffolk.

John Constable

Painter born 1775 died 1851 in London, all initials please

Joseph Mallord William Turner

French painter born surname Gellee, famous paintings Landscape with Narcissus and Echo, The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula

Claude Lorrain

Which Saint sailed with 11,000 virginal handmaidens to join husband Conan Meriadoc of Armorica. All virgins died by Huns hands in Cologne in 383.

Saint Ursula

Whcih group of islands were named after St Ursula and her 11000 handmaidens

Virgin Islands

Founder of art movement Futurism, what Italian poet in 1909? Released on front page manifesto of Le Figaro.

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Paper in France named after a character in a play by Beaumarchais (1732-99).

Le Figaro (play was Marriage of Figaro)

Pierre Beaumarchais wrote three Figaro plays: the barber of Seville, the marriage of Figaro and which third play?

The Guilty Mother

1786 Mozart did The Marriage of Figaro, 1816: Rossini did Barber of Seville. In 1966 which member of Les Six composed an opera of “The Guilty Mother”?

Darius Milhaud

Playwright Pierre Beaumarchais was librettist on which of Antonio Salieri’s opera premiered in 1787? It’s a soldier and later reworked into Italian version Axur, re d’Ormus.

Tarare

Who wrote the book The Power of the Dog in 1967?

Thomas Savage

New Zealand author born Dunedin 1924, her three volume autobiography adapted into An Angel at My Table in 1990 by Jane Campion. Books: The Carpathians, Owls do Cry.

Janet Frame

New Zealand author born 1888 in Wellington books include Garden Party, The Doll’s House, Miss Brill, Bliss.

Katherine Mansfield

Regulus regulus bird

Goldcrest

Regulus Ignicapilla bird

Firecrest

Spinus Spinus bird

Siskin

What is three letter term for aggregation of male animal gathered to engage in competitive displays and courtship rituals to entice visiting females? Comes from Swedish for “play” or less rule bound games.

Lek

Fruity name for the mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales. Acts as sound lens.

Melon

Kwa-Zulu-Natal run of which fish takes place May-July when billions of this fish spawn in cool waters of Agulhas Bank.

Sardine Run - sardinops sagax

Connochaetes genus, antelope in Bovidae family which known for migration patterns.

Wildebeest/Gnu

Optics experiment by Humphrey Lloyd in 1834 about reflected light interfering with source direction. Has impact on underwater acoustics, sonar operations and can cause marine animals to not hear ships etc.

Lloyds Mirror

What occurs during last evolutionary stage of massive Star or when white dwarf is triggered into runaway nuclear fusion? Term coined by Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky in 1929.

Supernova

Last supernova to be directly observed in Milky Way was whcih supernova in 1604?

Kepler’s Supernova

1933 term coined by Fritz Zwicky when using the virial theorem to infer existence of unseen substance.

Dark matter

Scientist born 1811 in Gottingen, discovered arsenic antidote , new ways to analyse gases, invented zinc-carbon cell and in 1864 flash photography using burning magnesium.

Robert Bunsen

In 1860, Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff discovered which two elements both named after colours due to using flame spectroscopy.

Caesium and Rubidium

French astronomer Pierre Jansen and British astronomer Norman Lockyer independently discovered which element in 1868?

Helium

1916 American chemist introduced what namesake structures representing atoms and molecules with dots for electrons and lines for covalent bonds.

Lewis Structures

What foodstuff used in Kekule’s benzene formula initially?

Sausage formula

Which Irish crystallographer used x Ray crystallography to confirm benzene cyclical structure as asserted by august Kekule?

Kathleen Lonsdale

Small cake/biscuit from Italian for paste, typically from ground almonds

Macaroons

Bonxie is another name for which seabird?

Great Skua

Amália Rodrigues was the “queen” of which Iberian music style?

Fado

Which novel’s title alludes to the start of 15 August 1947?

Midnights Children

The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi is the largest group of what?

Yakuza

Which writing system was once called “letters of the birds”?

Egyptian Hieroglyphics

What is the oldest university in Belgium?

Leuven

A baby’s caul was said to protect against which fate?

Drowning

Chevalier Rebsomen was a one armed virtuoso on which instrument?

Flute

Def Leppard one armed drummer

Rick Allen

Who was an American musician who was the bassist for heavy metal band Metallica from 1982 until his death in 1986?

Cliff Burton

Which forts were built during the Victorian period on the recommendations of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, prompted by concerns about the strength of the French Navy? Named after prime minister at time.

Palmerston Forts

Circular small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century? Named after a ruined tower on Corsica named after area.

Martello Towers

Which armed towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy forts, and named after their designer?

Maunsell Forts

Written in PHP with founders, American developer Matt Mullenweg and English developer Mike Little, which content management system used by 43% of top 10 million websites as of Oct 2021?

WordPress

Israeli software company, publicly listed in the US, that provides cloud-based web development services founded by A Abrahami, N Abrahami, Giora Kaplan.

Wix

Founded by Anthony Casalena in 2004, American website building and hosting company set up from dorm room of University of Maryland?

Squarespace

Which British journalist had written The Fate of Abraham: why the West is wrong about islam, the assault on truth: Boris Johnson Donald trump and emergence of new moral barbarism, wounded tiger/white on green both about Pakistan, basil d’oliveira, dangerous delusion WhT west wrong about nuclear Iran.

Peter Oborne

2003 judicial enquiry in uk about circumstances surrounding death of Dr David Kelly.

Hutton Inquiry

British public inquiry into nation’s role in the Iraq war named after its chairman.

Chilcot Report

Name of the review done by chairman for government examining intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction.

Butler Review

What year aberfan disaster

1966

Bloody Sunday Inquiry named after chairman of the inquiry in 1998

Saville Inquiry

Which inquiry appointed in July 2011 was into culture practices and ethics of British press following the news international phone hacking scandal?

Leveson Inquiry

1999 London rail crash that occurred when two trains crashed head on. 31 killed.

Ladbroke Grove rail crash.

Name of colliery in gwent, wales, in June 1960 site of underground explosion killed 45/48 miners in the mine.

Six Bells Colliery

Inquiry report written about Hillsborough disaster of 1989, 97 victims in total.

Taylor Report

Price of colour tv when first sold in 1968

£5

When was colour tv licence introduced

1968

What tv channel showed colour in uk in 1967

BBC2

First product to be advertised on colour tv in the uk?

Birds eye frozen peas

First company and product tv advertisement in 1955 with intro of ITV

Gibbs SR toothpaste

ITV first introduced on tv in uk

1955

Channel 4 date introduced

2 November 1982

S4C started broadcasting in UK on which date

1 November 1982

S4C stands for what

Sianel Pedwar Cymru

1 to 10 in welsh

Un, Dau/Dwy, Tri/Tair, Pedwar/Pedair, Pump/Pum, Chwech, Saith, Wyth, Naw, Deg

How much radio/tv licence when first issued in June 1946?

£2

Dog licence abolished in what year in Uk

1987

Window tax was first introduced by which monarch?

William III in 1696

Which monarch introduced beard tax in uk

Henry VIII 1535

Current tv licence price in 2022 will be same until 2024

£159

Book: Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story written by which singer

Bono

Pastry created and trademarked in 2013 by French pastry chef Dominique Ansel in New York soho neighbourhood.

Cronut

Deep fried pastry like a doughnut made from rectangle of dough with a cut made in the middle that allows pulled over and through itself to make twists in side of pastry.

Cruller

Cream filled croissant that debuted at New York city’s Lafayette grand cafe and bakery.

The Supreme

Directed by Claude Berri and starring Gerald Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil and Yves Montand. Based on Marcel Pagnol book. Followed by Manon des Sources.

Jean de Florette

Whcih French actress won best actress Oscar for Room at the Top (1959) and married Yves Montand in 1951? Eunice Waymon took name from this actress.

Simone Signoret

In 1946, first filmmaker elected to the academie francaise, play called Marius, novel called Jean de Florette, and Manon des sources

Marcel Pagnol

Tv show spin off from greys anatomy, set at a fire station in Seattle. Onto sixth series now.

Station 19

Production company of the creator of Greys Anatomy. Done Bridgerton, Inventing Anna to name a few

Shondaland

Tv show with main character Marianne Sheehan as a police detective set in Philadelphia.

Mare of Easttown (Kate Winslet)

Form of glucose found in naturally occuring food like corn or other starch. From Latin for on the right.

Dextrose

Who founded Mastodon in 2016

Eugen Rochko

Hq of World Health Organisation is where

Geneva

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations HQ city

Rome

Qu Dongyu is Director-General of which UN backed agency with motto “fiat panis” meaning let there be bread

Food and Agriculture Organisation

IMF stands for

International Monetary Fund

IMF managing director from 2019. Ceo of world bank group from 2017-19.

Kristalina Georgiova

President of World Bank Group from 2019

David Malpass

World Bank President from 2012-19

Jim Yong Kim

World Bank President from 1968-81 also longest serving Secretary of Defence from 1961-68

Robert Strange McNamara

IMF managing director 2011-19 and now President of ECB 2019+

Christine Lagarde

IMF managing director 2007-11

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

President of ECB before Lagarde 2011-19

Mario Draghi

ECB first four presidents

Wim Duisenberg 1998-2003 Dutch Jean-Claude Trichet 2003-11 French Mario Draghi 2011-19 Italian Christine Lagarde 2019+ French

Soweto is township of Johannesburg in Gauteng province, it’s a syllabic abbreviation for which three words.

South Western Townships

How many hundredweight in a ton?

20 Hundredweights in a Ton

Short Hundredweight of 100lbs used in USA. Long hundredweight of how many pounds used in imperial system?

112lbs

Metric ton is 1000kg, how many lbs is a long ton compared to 2000lbs in a short ton.

2240lbs as used 112lb in hundredweight imperial weighting

What Surrey hill features in Jane Austen book Emma where Emma Woodhouse has a picnic there?

Box Hill

Which coastal town features in the Jane Austen novel Persuasion

Lyme Regis - Dorset

Persuasion novel main character

Anne Elliot

Northanger Abbey main character

Catherine Morland

Which 2004 book features characters Sonmi-451, Robert Frobisher, Old Georgie, Meronym, Zachry and Rufus Sixsmith?

Cloud Atlas

Genus of mosquitos derived from Greek for useless, one of best known for spreading malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum.

Anopheles

DDT stands for

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

Zika virus named after forest of what country

Uganda

Which fever gets name from Swahili phrase meaning cramp like seizure?

Dengue Fever

Infection first identified in 1952 in Tanzania, term from Kimakonde language means “to become contorted”.

Chikungunya

What disease caused by trypanosoma cruzi spread by kissing bug bugs, is named after Brazilian physician after whom it is named?

Chagas Disease

Name of manifestations caused by parasites through bite of sandflies. Could be known as “Jericho buttons” back in the day. Named after a Scottish pathologist and director general of army medical services 1923-26.

Leishmaniasis

Painting by John Waterhouse inspired by John Keats 1820 poem about a bridegroom who discovers his bride is monstrous half serpent on wedding night.

Lamia

Oil paintings by John Waterhouse inspired by the first line of Robert Herrick’s poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”.

Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May

1897 oil painting by John Waterhouse depicting scenes from an 1830 Tennyson poem of woman who is praying for return of the lost love, dictator Angelo, who spurned her. “And in the liquid mirror glowed the clear perfection of her face”.

Mariana in the South

Herbie was what type of car

1963 Volkswagen Beetle

Number on side of Herbie the Beetle

53

Herbie the beetle car reg

OFP 857

#5 car on wacky races driven by Penelope pit stop

Compact Pussycat

Mean Machine number driven by Dick Dastardly and Muttley

00

Slag Brothers car #01

Bouldermobile

#02 The Creepy Coupe driven by which pair in wacky races

The Gruesome Twosome

Who drive #3 The Convert-a-Car in wacky races

Professor Pat Pending

Red Max drove which car #4 in wacky races

The crimson haybAler

Sergeant Blast and Private Meekley drive what car #6 in wacky races

The Army Surplus Special

Who drive #7 The Bulletproof Bomb in wacky races

The Ant Hill Mob

Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear drive which #8 car in wacky races

The Arkansas Chug-a-Bug

Peter Perfect drives which #9 car in wacky races

The Turbo Terrific

Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth drive which #10 car in Wacky Races?

The Buzzwagon

How many wheels does Lady Penelope rolls Royce have and car reg?

Six wheels: FAB 1

Cocina is Spanish for whcih room of house?

Kitchen

Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010 born in China involved in ending communist one party rule.

Liu Xiaobo

Narragansett, Bronze and Norfolk Black all breeds of what?

Turkey

Debut album of abba in 1973

Ring Ring

Tall cylindrical military cap usually with visor often worn by drum major named after Hungarian origins

Shako

Chef hat official name

Toque

Who was the fourth Rice Krispie mascot but dropped back in the early 1950s

Pow

Which rice krispies mascot portrayed Wearing chef toque and red neckerchief

Snap

Which rice krispies mascot portrayed Wearing red/white sleeping cap and a white neckerchief?

Crackle

Which rice krispies mascot portrayed Wearing a drum major’s shako and wearing red?

Pop

First British pM to be born after WW2?

Tony Blair

Theme from Star Trek was composed by who? Originally aired 1966-69.

Alexander Courage

Who won French Open thrice in 1980s, Australian Open 1989 and 1990. Then US Open thrice in 80s too. Never Wimbledon.

Ivan Lendl

What vegetable used for Brazilian cake Bolo de Cenoura?

Carrot

Doris Day sings Just Blew In From the Windy City in which 1953 film musical?

Calamity Jane

Wellington Boots manufacturer founded in 1856!-: the North British Rubber Company

Hunter

Chinese Zodiac 2023 will be the what year?

Year of the Rabbit

Name given by fragrant climbing plants of genus Lonicera and actress who plays Samantha in Foyles War

Honeysuckle

Australian island colloquially known as “Quokka Island”

Rottnest Island

Which Capetian monarch was king of France at time of battle of Hastings 1066?

Philip I

Hindu mythology term for half human half snake

Naga

Bruce Springsteen 2022 album

Only the Strong Survive

Which British school has motto Stet Fortuna Domus (may the fortune of the house stand)

Harrow

WhT is motto of Eton?

Floreat Etona

8th hole of Royal Troon nicknamed what?

“the coffin” bunker is on of which golf course’s 8th hole

Royal Troon nickname for 8th hole?

Postage Stamp

1881 of Disraeli painted by which Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood painter?

John Everett Millais

Organ of body affected by dressler syndrome?

Heart / it’s inflammation of sac surround heart (pericarditis)

Which American author wrote the 2022 novel Long live the pumpkin queen as a sequel to Tim Burton’s The Nightmare before Christmas ?

Shea Earnshaw

Japanese snack takoyaki traditionally use whcih seafood

Octopus

Niger River flows through two capital cities : which two!

Niamey and Bamako

In 1984 Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman released first set of whcih novels based on a series of D&D game modules.

Dragonlance

Name of the horse Princess Anne ride at 1976 Equestrian event?

Goodwill

1999 film directed by Julie Taymor stars Anthony Hopkins as Roman general returning from 10 years at war with the goths

Titus

Which democrat won popular vote but lost election in 1876 presidential election?

Samuel Tilden

Samuel J Tilden won popular vote but lost 1876 election against which president?

Rutherford B Hayes

Lost city was discovered by Greek archaeologist Eleni Korka in 2018?

Tenea (built by Trojan prisoners of war)

Which French jewellery house was official jeweller for Napoleon?

Chaumet

Who was the founder of House of Chaumet, becoming official jeweler to Napoleon?

Marie-Etienne Nitot

Egyptian Ratscrew alternative to what four letter word name for card game similar to British beggar-my-neighbour

Slap

System of brain training popular in UK during first half of twentieth century devised by namesake memory institute. Card game where matching pairs must be selected from memory from cards laid face down.

Pelmanism

Ru Paul Drag Race UK season 1

The Vivienne

Ru Paul Drag Race UK season 2

Lawrence Cheney

Ru Paul Drag Race UK season 3

Krystal Versace

Ru Paul Drag Race UK season 4

Danny Beard

Real name Darren Watkins Jr. American YouTuber known for variety livestreamS of Fortnite or NBA 2K. Also not Seeing Cristiano Ronaldo.

I show speed / Speed

Inspector Morse character sergeant Lewis first name

Robbie

Who played sergeant Lewis in Inspector Morse?

Kevin Whately

First Motown number one in USA

Please Mr Postman

Which term originating in 2000 with board game Carcassonne is defined in dictionary as a small figure typically in stylised human form used as playing piece?

Meeple

Lady Gertrude Stock founded which modern day charity in 1891

Dogs Trust

Which charity was named The National Canine Defence League until 2003

Dogs Trust

Which Volkswagen marquee is named after German word for trade wind?

Passat

Which Volkswagen marquee is named after larger Berber ethnic group inhibiting Sahara desert?

Tuareg

T20 World Cup 2022 hosted which country

Australia

Winner of player of series for T20 2022 Cricket World Cup? Plays for Surrey and Oval Invincibles.

Sam Curran

Which Dickens novel was inspiration for Nolan film The Dark Knight Rises?

1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities

1858 Dickens was first celebrity spokesman for a medical charity potentially when raising money for whcih hospital

Great Ormond Street

Great Ormond Street founded what year

1852

Which member of The Goon Show played Mr Bumble in Oliver!

Harry Secombe

Who played Fagin in 1948 film Oliver Twist, accused of antisemitism?

Alec Guinness

Least populous country of Africa

Seychelles

Top 4 populous countries in Africa

4: DRC 3: Egypt 2: Ethiopia 1: Nigeria

After being retired in 2017, what monopoly playing piece is first to return from Spring 2023?

Thimble

Which monopoly piece introduced in 2017 is to be retired in 2023 after losing vote?

T Rex

Which other two pieces other than returning thimble were retired in 2017 monopoly?

Wheelbarrow and Boot

Which two other pieces were introduced same time as the future retired T. rex of monopoly playing pieces?

Rubber ducky and penguin

In 2013, which monopoly piece was introduced and which piece retired?

Cat in, iron out

Also called the Amar Opening, the Ammonia Opening is what opening move?

Knight to H3 (NH3)

Longest running single to be #1 at 9 minutes 38 seconds

Oasis’ All Around the World

Shortest uk number one song at 1 minute and 35 seconds

What do you want? By Adam Faith

Which mammal always keeps one leg on the ground even running?

Elephant

What does ASMR stand for

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response

Lowest vocal male singing voice of all types

Bass

What is higher mens voice than tenor?

Countertenor

Lowest female voice type

Contralto

Female singing voice between contralto and soprano

Mezzosoprano

Highest vocal range of all voice types

Soprano

Name given to senior diplomat in charge of diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another?

High Commissioner

What oil is essential oil obtained from leaves and stems of different species of Cymbopogon (lemongrass)?

Citronella

Are you Lonesome tonight has a spoken word bit with lyrics inspired by what Shakespeare play and speech?

As you like it: all the worlds a stage

Protagonist of Oklahoma! In love with farm girl Laurey Williams?

Curly McLain

Which actress recovered from being box office poison in 1940 with successful movie The Philadelphia Story?

Katherine Hepburn

Where was the torture chamber Room 101 assigned to Winston Smith in 1984?

Ministry of Love

Fruit dessert served “belle Helene” in syrup, vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup.

Pears (Poires Belle Helene)

Hryvnia official currency in which country since 1996?

Ukraine

Who was the bride of Charles Laughton and bride of Frankenstein?

Elsa Lanchester

Singer inducted in country hall of fame 1999 and rock and roll hall of fame 2022

Dolly Parton

Mallory, Alex, Jennifer and Andy were siblings on what 1980s sitcom?

Family Ties

Who wrote Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners!

John Bunyan

Which book stars the Bundren Clan?

As I Lay Dying by Faulkner

What family used by Faulkner in The Sound and the Fury, they make appearances in Absalom, Absalom! And “That Evening Sun”.

Compson Family

Fictional Mississippi county created by William Faulkner.

Yoknapatawpha County

Which movie did Bond drive a Lotus Esprit S1 capable of converting into a submarine?

The Spy Who Loved Me

LNB is governing body for what sport in France?

Basketball

German American electronic dance music duo known for “Be My Lover”, “Sweet Dreams (Ola Ola E)”, “Tonight is the Night”?

La Bouche

Vera Bradford was a world renowned classical pianist from which country?

Australia

Pringles mascot name

Mr P, Julius Pringles

Only Austrian company who is a Big Four of Piano manufacturer, since 2008 owned by Yamaha

Bosendorfer

One of big four piano manufacturers, founded in 1853 by Carl in Berlin Germany

Bechstein

German company one of big four piano manufacturers, founded in 1853 by Julius in Leipzig.

Bluthner

German American piano company founded in 1853 by Heinrich Engelhard ______g. Factory in NYC does America, factory in Hamburg does rest of world.

Steinway and Sons

Which war was predicted by HG Wells to be the war that will end war

World war one

Horseradish Latin name

Armoracia Rusticana

Name of fictional island which features in a Alistair MacLean book and sequel “Force 10 from ______”.

Navarone

Letter of green alphabet can mean a very small amount

Iota

Young pretender victorious at battle of prestonpans in 1745

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Which geography terms comes from Finnish for barren/treeless plain?

Tundra

Term for transition area between two biological communities where two communities meet and integrate.

Ecotone

What has been called the world’s largest land biome? Word comes from “land of the little sticks” in Russian, possibly of Mongolian/ Turkish origins meaning coniferous forests.

Taiga

From Latin for shore, what zone is part of sea, lake or river that is close to shore?

Littoral zone

Coming from Latin for river bank, what is the interface between land and a river, a terrestrial biome? Plants and communities that live along river margins and bank are this type of vegetation.

Riparian zone

Shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water( used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. As a biome, distinct saline woodland or shrub land habitat characterised by depositional coastal environments where fine sediments collect in areas protected from high energy wave action.

Mangrove

Actor who appeared in film versions of Rodger and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! And Carousel and was opposite Doris Day in On Moonlight Bay and By the light of the silvery moon.

Gordon Macrae

Capital and largest city of Angola.

Luanda is the capital of which African country?

In which French city is there a replica statue of Michelangelo’s David standing in Prado roundaboutV

Marseille

Lizzo four albums

Lizzobangers 2013 Big Grrrl Small World 2015 Cuz I Love You 2019 Special 2022

Who played Cowley in 1977-83 tv show about fiction CI5 agency in The Professionals?

Gordon Jackson

Who played Doyle in 1977-83 tv show about fiction CI5 agency in The Professionals?

Martin Shaw

Who played Angus Hudson butler in Upstairs Downstairs, George Cowley head of CIS in The Professionals and Intelligence in The Great Escape?

Gordon Jackson

2001-07 tv show starring Martin Shaw as title character a high court judge who tries to seek real justice.

Judge John Deed

Who wrote 46 novels featuring Inspector George Gently?

Alan Hunter

Which tv show from 2007-2017 starred Martin Shaw as eponymous detective and Lee Ingleby as DS John Bacchus?

Inspector George Gently - written by Alan Hunter

Whcih premier league stadium has a Gwladys Street Stand?

Goodison Park - Everton

On which year was first COP 1 held?

1995

Where was COP 1 held in 1995?

Berlin germany

What does COP stand for in climate change meetings stand for?

Conference of the Parties

COP 26 was held where?

Glasgow

COP 27 was held where

Sharm El Sheikh

COP 28 in 2023 due to be held where?

Dubai

COPs up to Glasgow (and beyond?)

COP 23: Bonn COP 24: Katowice COP 25: Madrid COP 26: GLASGOW Cop 27: Sharm El Sheikh Cop 28 (2023): Dubai

999 poem titled pale fire is written by which fictional poet by Nabakov?

John Shade

Who is the fictional narrator of Vladimir Nabakov’s pale fire? Foreword, commentary and index written by John Shade’s neighbour and colleague.

Charles Kinbote

Which luxury department store started as a linen shop on corner of Knightsbridge and Sloane street on London in 1831?

Harvey Nichols

In which country were Neenish Tarts created?

Australia

Whcih German city home to Zwinger Palace is capital of Saxony?

Dresden

Which trees leaves are favoured host of the Cynipid wasp?

Oak (oak gall wasps)

Which battle in 1911 was between forces of Porfirio Diaz and rebel forces of Francisco Madero (who became president of Mexico in 1911-13)?

Battle of Ciudad Juarez

Whcih Mexican revolutionary leader rose up to support Francisco Madero who fought alongside Pancho Villa at Battle of Ciudad Juarez in 1911? Issued a plan with his name in 1912 against Madero.

Pascual Orozco

Whcih Mexican revolutionary leader born Jose Doroteo arango arambula in 1878, was general in Mexican Revolution ousting Porfirio Diaz and in comes Madero before Huerta in 1913. Assassinated in 1923

Pancho Villa

American journalist who interviewed Pancho Villa and worked for Metropolitan during Mexican Revolution and World War 1 for The Masses? He was at October Revolution in Petrograd. Wrote 1919 Ten Days That Shook the World.

John Reed

American journalist one of three Americans buried at Kremlin wall necropolis.

John Reed

Who did coup against democratically elected Francisco Madero with aid of generals and US ambassador to Mexico. Nicknamed the “ten tragic days”. Taft supported but not Wilson so lost backing and out of power by 1914. Arrested and died in US custody in 1915.

Victoriano Huerta

Mexican revolutionary born 1879 and died 1919 in an ambush. Nicknamed attila of the south, El Caudillo del Sur. commanded liberation army of the south. Main leader in the Mexican state of MORELOS. Madero denounced his troops as bandits.

Emiliano zapata

November 1911 Zapata created what plan whcih called for substantial land reforms, Madero in turn sent forces to Morelos to find Zapatistas.

Plan de Ayala

What state was Emiliaino Zapata most associated with? Currently one of the 32 states of Mexico and capital is Cuernavaca. Second smallest after Tlaxcala.

Morelos

What was a major meeting during Mexican Revolution between factions of Mexican Revolution whcih had defeated Victoriano Huerta’s Federal army and forced his exile in 1914? Call for it from Venustiano Carranza. Moved to namesake city as Pancho Villa wouldn’t attend Mexico City.

Convention of Aguascalientes

Political manifesto of Governor of Coahuila, Venustiano Carranza, in response to execution of President Madero.

Plan of Guadalupe

Who became Mexican President in 1917-20 after earlier writing Plan of Guadalupe? Later ousted by Adolfo de La Huerta under the Plan of Agua Prieta.

Venustiano Carranza

After Adolfo De La Huerta took over from Venustiano Carranza, who replaced him after only six months of Presidency? Sonoran born general. He defeated Villa’s army in 1915 during civil war. Plan of Agua Prieta, took over from Carranza via De La Huerta. Assassinated in 1928.

Alvaro Obregon

Only naturally occurring chemical element to contain all five vowels?

Praseodymium

Which George Bernard Shaw play is set in parsonage of reverend morell?

Candida

Southampton won FA cup, Ed Moses won Olympic 400m hurdles and Chris hoy born?

1976

Birjand is the capital of which Iranian province?

South Khorasan

Barry Corbin played retired astronaut Maurice Minnifield in which comedy drama tv series?

Northern Exposure

The Mascara earthquake of 1994 had its epicentre in which country?

Algeria

Name of pig in dr Doolittle books by Hugh lofting?

Gub-gub

How many pieces used per player at start of a game of draughts?

12

How many squares are there on a draughts board?

64 - 24 pieces

Third highest mountain in Ecuador, south slope is highest point in world crossed by equator and only point on equator with snow cover.

Cayambe

Hudson River School artist who painted The Heart of the Andes (Chimborazo in distance), New England Scenery, Cotopaxi, Niagara, Our Banner in the Sky.

Fredric Edwin Church

Which mountaineer first climbed Cayambe, Chimborazo, Mont Blanc, Mount Whymper (in Canadian rockies), Matterhorn.

Edward Whymper

Which mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen, first ascent by Christian almer, Peter bohren (both Swiss) and Irish Charles Barrington.

Eiger

Name of observatory located above the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland and named after the Rocky summit it is located.

Sphinx Observatory

Highest railway station of Europe is underground railway station named after which saddle connecting two major 4000ers of the Bernese Alps.

Jungfraujoch

Second highest peak of Ecuador, it is active volcano.

Cotopaxi

Highest mountain in ecuador, peak furthest from the earths centre.

Chimborazo

Heinrich Harrer book called The White Spider is about the first successful ascent of the infamous Nordwand (north face) of which mountain?

Eiger

Lotka-Volterra equations are pair of first order non linear differential equations used to describe which biological dynamics?

Predator-Prey

Named after a soviet mathematician born 1903; what namesake equations characterise continuous-time Markov processes? Describe how the probability that a continuous time Markov process in a certain state changes over time. Said “every mathematician believes that he is ahead of the others. The reason none state this belief in public is because they are intelligent people”.

Kolmogorov Equations

French mathematician born 1854 Nancy, formulated his namesake conjecture solved by grigori Perelman in 2002-03z

Henri Poincare

Named after Russian mathematician born 1856 best known for work on stochastic processes, what is a stochastic model describing a sequence of possible events in which probability of each event depends only on the state attained in previous event.

Markov Chain

Named after French mathematician born 1781 in Pithiviers, what elliptic partial differential equation of broad utility in theoretical physics is a generalisation of Laplace’s equation?

Poisson’s Equation

Named after French scholar and polymath born 1749 in Normandy, which second-order partial differential equation makes the sum of unknown function equal zero useful in Physics. Uses namesake operator.

Laplace’s Equation

US Basketball star swapped for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout held in america for 12 years in December 2022.

Brittney Griner

Real name of the singing nun, who recorded and released the French language song "Dominique" that went to #1 for four weeks in 1963?

Jeannine Deckers

What species of banana native to Philippines also harvested for fibre, is perhaps also known for being alphabetically first among all fruits and plants in dictionary?

Abaca

Disease for immune system destroying melanocytes, notable Michael jackson, Winnie Harlow and edouard philippe.

Vitiligo

Who as PM of France from 2017-20 under Macron?

Edouard Philippe

French PM between 2020-2022

Jean Castex

PM of France since May 2022. She is member of Macron’s Renaissance.

Elisabeth Borne

Elisabeth Borne is the first female PM of France since which PM from 1991-92?

Edith Cresson

Tomihiro Nishikado drew inspiration from Star Wars, novel War of the Worlds and shooting games like Breakout and Gun Fight to develop which 1978 arcade game?

Space Invaders

Paul Giamatti won Emmy for playing which President in HBO series?

John Adams

Who is the founder of Huawei Technologies?

Ren Zhengfei

Name of Ren Zhengfei’s daughter, the chief financial official of Huawei who has been held in Canada from 2018-September 2021

Meng Wanzhou

American tv quiz show hosted by Chuck Woolery for one season in 1999, accused of being like Who Wants to be a Miklionaire?

Greed

Smilidon Floridius is which extinct species?

Sabre toothed tiger

1997 which nhl team had a sabre toothed tiger be it’s logo after skeleton found beneath the UBS Tower?

Nashville Predators

The First American Cave is an archaeological and palentological site found in the downtown of which US city? Named after the national bank building under which it was found. Sabre toothed tiger found inspiring local nhl team name and mascot Gnash.

Nashville

Which weapon came into wider circulation in 1695 after mention by character in William Congreve’s play Love for Love?

Cat o’nine tails

Named after Louis Bosc, which type of fruit is “Bosc” is known for warm cinnamon colour and used in art.

Pear

Who was in Never Let Me GO, Oblivion, Birdman, Death of Stalin, amsterdam. Played Margaret thatcher in The Long Walk to Finchley.

Andrea Riseborough

1984 musical comedy film starring Stallone and Dolly Parton (called Jake) based on 1975 song written by Larry Weiss.

Rhinestone

Kianoush Rostami, Sohrab Moradi, Saeid Mohammedpour and Navab Nassirshalal are Olympic medal winners for Iran in which sport?

Weightlifting

Popular Christmas Carol by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914 based on Ukrainian folk song Shchedryk. Used in Home Alone.

Carol of the Bells

In music what term is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch. From Italian for obstinate.

Ostinato

Ninth month of Islamic calendar in which the Quran believed to be revealed to Muhammad.

Ramadan

My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph Pistone was adapted into which 1997 film?

Donnie Brasco

Term for a story, dialogue, question or statement which is used in Zen practice to provoke the great doubt and to practice or test a students progress in Zen.

Koan

Who made the VHS?

JVC (Victor Company of Japan)

What date and year was Battle of Waterloo

18 June 1815

Wide outermost layer of a stars atmosphere?

Corona

What type of horse used in Budweiser adverts for over 80 years?

Clydesdales

Who invented Lego in 1932?

Ole Kirk Christiansen

Jarlsberg is from which country?

Norway

Highest civilian award given by India created in 1954?

Bharat Ratna

Tommy Dorsey played which instrument? Theme song “I’m getting sentimental over you”. Known as “sentimental gentleman of swing”. Younger brother of Jimmy Dorsey.

Trombone

Who play clarinet in the Grammy hall of fame songs “Singin’ the Blues” 1927 and “Georgia on my Mind” 1930? Also standards I’m Glad There Is You and It’s the Dreamer in Me”. Clarinetist and Saxaphonist.

Jimmy Dorsey

Plural of genus

Genera

Term for any atom that has a net electrical charge?

Ion

Atom or molecule with a negative electrical charge?

Anion

An atom or molecule with a positive electrical charge?

Cation

What is the movement of an aeroplane from left to right?

Yaw

What is the movement of an aeroplane from up and down?

Pitch

What is the movement of an aeroplane rotation about an axis running from nose to tail?

Roll

What part of an airplane usually at rear of aircraft controls the aircraft’s pitch (up or down rotation)?

Elevators

What on the vertical tail of an airplane produces yaw (left to right movement)?

Rudder

What part of an aircraft, flaps on wings that move in opposing directions produces roll )rotation through nose to tail)?

Ailerons

President of Cuba since 2019 and First Secretary of Communist Party of Cuba from 2021 succeeding Castros.

Miguel Diaz-Canel

What member of E Street Band played Silvio Dante in the Sopranos and Frank Tagliano in Lilyhammer?

Steven Van Zandt

Name of tv show starring Steven van zandt about a gangster Frank Tagliano trying to start a new life in isolated place in Norway.

Lilyhammer

What word is used for dried jalapeños when they left on bush until lost the moisture?

Chipotle

Splitting of mature plant structure along a built in line of weakness to release its contents, common with fruits anthers and sporangia. If complete detachment of part, these structures are said to be what?

Dehiscent

Structures that do not open along a built up line to release seeds are called what? They rely on decay or predation to release the contents. For example drupes such as peach, coffee, jujube etc.

Indehiscent

Fruit of Annona Muricata, a broadleaf flowering evergreen tree. Has an aroma similar to pineapple, flavour is combination of strawberries and apple with sour citrus flavour notes contrasting with an underlying thick creamy texture like banana. Sometimes promoted as an alternative cancer treatment.

Soursop

Common name for a fruit and for the tree that bears it, Annona Reticulata. Flavour is sweet akin to taste of the foodstuff it is named after.

Custard Apple

Fruit (artocarpus altilis) specifies of flowering tree in mulberry and jackfruit family. In Hawaii, myth says it originated from sacrifice of war god Ku. Bligh was off on Bounty to collect this fruit.

Breadfruit

Who had mutiny on the bounty in 1789? All reached Timor alive. Appointed Governor of NSW in Australia in 1806.

Captain William Bligh

Dobby and treadle are types of what machine?

Loom

Rene Magritte painting The Therapist is of a man sat down dressed but with what as a body and head?

Birdcage

Rene Magritte painting Man in a Bowler Hat has what over the man’s face?

White Dove

What colour man’s tie in Rene Magritte’s 1964 painting The Son of Man?

Red

What year was Rene Magritte born in Lessines, Belgium?

1898

What year and location Frans Hals born?!Paintings Malle Babbe, Laughing Cavalier, Shrovetide Revellers, The Lute Player, The Gypsy Girl, The Merry Drinker.

1582 Antwerp

1569 Brussels, painted The Hunters in the Snow, Netherlandish Proverbs, The Harvesters, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, The Tower of Babel, Childrens Games.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Latin term saying “thus always to tyrants”. Tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown. John Wilkes Booth said it after shooting Abraham Lincoln.

Sic semper tyrannis

Who wrote 1966 Against Interpretation, 1968 Styles of Radical Will, 1977 On Photography.

Susan Sontag

Alfred Dreyfus, Susan Sontag, Charles Baudelaire, Serge Gainsbourg, Marguerite Duras (pot and saucer of planted pens), Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre all buried at which cemetery?

Montparnasse Cemetery

Allegorical poem by Shakespeare in 1601 as supplemental to Loves Martyr by Robert Chester. Funeral for two dead birds to which some invited but some not.

The Phoenix and the Turtle

On the album London Calling by the clash what colour is the word “London”?

Pink

On the album “London Calling” by The Clash what colour is the word calling?

Green

The front of London Calling by The Clash features which bassist for The Clash smashing his Fender Precision Bass?

Paul Simonon

What does the acronym TED stand for?

Technology, Entertainment, Design

Anglican communion: what type of bishop is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop? Catholic Church: this bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese.

Suffragan Bishop

Term for Chinese torture and execution used in China known as death by a thousand cuts

Lingchi

Highest rank of Sumo

Yokozuna

Auricular relating to whcih organ

Ear

CBD abbreviation for what

Cannabidiol

In December 2022, which original drummer for 1970s punks The Stranglers, died aged 84?

Jet Black

Mary II died at which age in 1694?

32

Where was Mary II born in 1662? She married William III in the same palace.

St James’s Palace

Which King of England born in The Hague in 1650?

William III

What was the name of William III mother? Daughter of Charles I of England who married William II of Orange.

Mary

Anne married which King

George of Denmark

George I born name

George Louis

George II born name

George Augustus

George III full name

George William Frederick

George IV full name

George Augustus Frederick

Which king of England was son of Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Luneberg and Sophia of the Palatinate?

George I

Who did George I marry?

Sophia Dorothea of Celle

George I died in 1727 in which city in the German state of Lower Saxony?

Osnabruck

Which king of England born in the Leineschloss in Hanover?

George I

What former summer residence of the House of Hanover in namesake district of Hanover was George II born in?

Herrenhausen Palace

Who did George II marry?

Caroline of Ansbach

George III was born in which townhouse Westminster location?

Norfolk House

Who was parents of George III?

Prince Frederick and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

Relationship between George II and George III

Grandson

George III married who?

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Who was the first monarch to die at Windsor castle?

George III

First king to use windsor castle as a residence

Henry I

George IV wife

Caroline of Brunswick

Latin name Ophrys Apifera what is county flower of Bedfordshire?

Bee Orchid

County flower of Berkshire, scientific name Leucojum Aestivum

Summer snowflake

County flower of Cheshire, Cardamine Pratensis.

Cuckooflower

Erica vagans is which county flower of Cornwall?

Cornish Heath

Also known as Bog star, parnassia palustris is scientific name for which county flower of Cumbria

Grass-of-Parnassus

County flower of Derbyshire, polemonium caeruleum.

Jacobs-Ladder

County flower of Devon, Primula Vulgaris is the scientific name for which flower?

Primrose

Erica ciliaris is county flower of dorset, what plant?

Dorset Heath

Essex county flower, papaver rhoeas.

Common Poppy

Name of 2022 film with Clooney and Julie Roberts, head to Bali to stop daughter marrying a seaweed farmer.

Ticket to Paradise

Who directed Mamma Mia! here we go again (2018) and 2022 Ticket to Paradise. Married to Thandiwe Newton.

Ol Parker

Who gained recognition as guitarist of The Internet, debut solo album Apollo XXI. Featured on vampire weekend song Sunflower. Second album Gemini Rights (2022). Single: Bad Habit, US number one.

Steve Lacy

LA alt rock band, Dylan Minette, Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston. 2017 viral song Pleaser. Debut album Nothing Happens in 2019 with song Are You Bored Yet?. Second album 2022 Tell Me That It’s Over.

Wallows

1975 film Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles was directed by who? It won Sight and Sound poll in 2022.

Chantal Akerman

Name of monthly magazine published by British Film Institute. Conducts once a decade poll of greatest films of all time. 2022 winner Jeanne Dielman ____ by Chantal Akerman

Sight and Sound

Oxford’s 2022 word of the year means “behaviour which is self indulgent, lazy, selfish and greedy”.

Goblin Mode

Which group bought two pieces of land in Saxony upon which they were going to create own self administered state in 2022?

Konigreich Deutschland

Who was head of a right wing movement to overthrow German government in 2022? Royal title.

Prince Heinrich XIII

Thylacine better known as what extinct mammal

Tasmanian Tiger

Last thylacine or Tasmanian tiger died where in what year?

Hobart Zoo in Tasmania in 1936

A full length of what 100 million year old marine reptile found in Australia for first time in 2022

Plesiosaur

First appearing in Triassic period; which marine reptile takes name from “near approach lizard”

Plesiosaur

Last collectible coin to be minted with the queens portrait will have which fictional thing on its reverse?

Hogwarts Express 50p

American singer referred to as Queen of Christian Pop, “father’s eyes”, “el shaddai”, “angels”. Albums Unguarded and Lead Me On. First number one song with Peter Cetera “the next time I fall”.

Amy Grant

Who was lead singer and bassist of Chicago from 1967-85? Solo hit “Glory of Love” and “the next time I fall” number ones. Glory of Love is theme song with Karate Kid Part II nominated of Oscar.

Peter Cetera

What two words are after Chicago in 1969 debut album of Chicago?

Chicago Transit Authority

Cuban born American composer won 2021 Pulitzer for Music for Stride (orchestral composition). 2022, awarded Kennedy Center Honor.

Tania Leon

Founded in 1926, artist community on 400 acre estate in Saratoga springs in New York. “Nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment”. Purchased by the Trask’s.

Yaddo

Creator of TV shows Bored to Death and Blunt Talk. Novels include The Extra Man and You Were Never Rrally Here.

Jonathan Ames

Kennedy Centre Honours are given to those in performing arts for lifetime of culture achievement given in namesake opera house in which city?

Washington DC

Jazz saxophonist member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet and cofounder jazz fusion band Weather Report.

Wayne Shorter

Irish musician drummer of U2

Larry Mullen Jr

Bass guitarist for U2

Adam Clayton

U2’s The Edge real name

David Evans

April 2022, Jon Batiste Album won Album of the Year at Grammys?

We Are

2019 Grammy Album of the Year is which album by country singer Kacey Musgrave?

Golden Hour

Who coined the term psychodrama

Dr Jacob Moreno

The hit show The Traitors is hosted by which host

Claudia Winkelman

The Traitors is set at which Highlands castle?

Ardross Castle

Juno and the Paycock and The Plough and the Stars are both by which Irish playwright

Sean O Casey

Hitchcock 1936 film Sabotage is loosely based on which 1907 novel

Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent

the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White was adapted into which 1938 Hitchcock film?

The Lady Vanishes

Three of Daphne du Maurier works to be adapted by Hitchcock

Jamaica Inn 1939 Rebecca 1940 The Birds 1963

Wife of Hitchcock name

Alma Reville

Meet Me in St Louis 1944 film based on 1942 novel by which author? This author also helped write screenplay of Shadow of a Doubt.

Sally Benson

Three Putlizer Prizes the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth. Also wrote screenplay to Hitchcok’s shadow of a doubt.

Thornton Wilder

Hitchcock 1944 film Lifeboat based on story by whcih American artist

John Steinbeck

Since 2012 of Microsoft range of touch screen laptops?

Surface

Connects Melbourne NRL, Manchester Ice Hockey, South West England cricket team and Wales women cricket team.

Storm

In “I get a kick out of you”, Sinatra sings that he gets no kick at all from which two rhyming substances?

Champagne and cocaine

Which performing reptile originally lived at The House on East 88th Street?

Lyle the Crocodile

How many ways are there said to be to get out in cricket?

10

No batsman has ever been dismissed in test cricket by hitting the ball twice or timed out. England’s Len Hutton at the Oval in 1951 is only test batsman to be given out by which method?

Obstructing the Field

Nuchal rigidity means stiffness of what

Neck

Footballer is English player who has scored most goals in premier league without earning senior cap for his country?

Kevin Campbell

Which brand name, “first branded fabric in the world”, was registered as trademark in 1896 and named after the A5012 near Matlock in Derbyshire?

Viyella (road is Via Gellia)

Dusty Springfield only uk number 1 - 1966?

You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

Hey Duggee narrated by who?

Alexander Armstrong

What name of activity club headed by dog Duggee?

The Squirrel Club

Hey Duggee name of purple octopus

Betty

Hey Duggee name of brown mouse

Norrie

Hey Duggee name of grey hippo

Roly

Clumsy blue rhino on Hey Duggee

Tag

Tall easy going green crocodile in Hey Duggee

Happy

Which English king created Order of the Garter at 1348?

Edward III

You can’t make bricks without ______ proverb

Straw

Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist

Bill Watterson

Lead singer and bassist of rock band Cream

Jack Bruce

Cofounder of NME and father of modern top 40 charts

Percy Dickins

Major figure in early modernist poetry movement, which American poet wrote the 1934 injunction “Make It New”?

Ezra Pound

The Smurfs creator in 1958

Pierre Culliford (Peyo)

Stan Lee credited which 1930s pulp magazine character as being the forerunner to modern superheroes? Created by Henry W Ralsron and mainly written by Lester Dent.

Doc Savage

Restaurant terminology, what menu is multi course meals with only a few choices are charged at a fixed total price.

Table d’hotes

Opened by a Swiss hotelier in 1906, which hotel in Piccadilly became first to receive a royal warrant from prince of wales for its banquet and catering services in 2002?

The Ritz

What treaty of 1905 bought end to Union of which two countries ?

Karlstad Treaty - Sweden and Norway

Castlebay, with a name pertaining to the impressive Kisimul Castle located nearby, is the largest village on which Scottish island?

Barra

Which English peninsula is bound by English channel to south and east and by marshy lands of the River Frome and Poole Harbour to the north?

Isle of Purbeck

In September 1913, which Frenchman became the first person to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean!m?

Roland Garros

Roland Garros, French aviator, was born in Saint Denis on which French overseas department? Died 1918 one month before 30th birthday. Killed by Herman Habich.

Reunion

In 1974 French government organised a referendum with Comoros archipelago in regards to self determination, which part voted to stay with France?

Mayotte

Born in 1905 in South Carolina which American crime boss in Harlem, NYC, played by Clarence Williams in American Gangster and Forest Whittaker in 2019 Godfather of Harlem?

Bumpy Johnson

US President 1841-45 support of confederacy meant only president whose death was not officially mourned in Washington DC?

John Tyler

Daughter of Amram and Jochebed, who was older sister of Moses and Aaron?

Miriam

Mark Gonzales born 1968 nicknamed Gonz, is regarded as godfather of modern street _______?

Skateboarding

Bill Hoskyns represented Great Britain in five Olympics games in which sport? Two silvers, one 1960 and one 1964.

Fencing

Largest uninhabited island in the world?

Devon Island

Which island is the second largest uninhabited island in the world? Located in Antarctica, named after a Russian tsar?

Alexander Island

Will smith and Margot Robbie came together to star in which con man movie in 2015?

Focus

Alan “Nasty” Nash was 17 time world champion in whcih specific type of wrestling?

Toe Wrestling

Square emblem commonly used by native people of Andes, 7x7 patchwork in seven colours organised diagonally. 2009 constitution of Bolivia made this dual flag of Bolivia.

Wiphala

Chairman of Conservative Party 1922 committee between 2001 and 2010? Shares name with comedian.

Michael Spicer

What year was 1922 Committee founded?

1923

Which canadian filmmaker debut feature Black List (1995), The Young Victoria (2009 - Claire Foy), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Wild (2014). HBO Big Little Liars 2017 and Sharp Objects 2018. Died heart attack 58.

Jean-Marc Vallee

2018 Sharp Objects on HBO based on which author’s 2006 debut novel?

Gillian Flynn

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC name before independence from France in 1960?

Ubangi-Shari

Animal completes the name of the 1994 book by Stanford University biologist Robert M. Sapolsky: Why ______ don’t get ulcers?

Zebras

What nickname given to US First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes due to her strong support for the temperance movement?

Lemonade Lucy

The Kippax was a stand at which now demolished stadium up north

Maine Road

Which racket sport was invented in 1965 as a childrens backyard game on Bainbridge Island, Washington, Usa. Now official sport of Washington.

Pickleball

Who plays Sgt Wells in Dog Soldiers, 1997 sci-fi film Event Horizon, Inspector LeStrade in CBS’s elementary and Alfred Pennyworth in Fox’s Gotham. Narrator of Masterchef: The Professionals and Zero Hour.

Sean Pertwee

Who play role of antagonist Chief ARP Warden Hodges in Dads Army?

Bill Pertwee

Maria Santiago married which singer in 1958?

Buddy Holly

Big Bopper real name, songs “Chantilly Lace” and “White Lightning”? Killed in Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959.

Jiles Perry Richardson

Pilot of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big BOPPER flight?

Roger Peterson

Chinese tea from Fuzhou district with name meaning Pinewood Small Sort

Lapsang Souchong

Which song was recorded by Lynn Anderson in 1970? Original by Billy Joe Royal. Later by kd lang in 1985.

Rose Garden

John Major played by which actor in series 5 of the Crown!

Jonny Lee Miller

Actor played Qyburn in Games of Thrones, Thomas More in Wolf Hall, Harold MacMillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom and Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour

Anton Lesser

Actor is Mr Knightley in Emma, Thomas More in The Tudors and Anthony Eden in The Crown.

Jeremy Northam

Actor who played Edward Heath in The Crown?

Michael Maloney

Which actor played lead role in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies which he won BAFTA Best Actor, Gavin Strong in Trollied, Simon Harwood in W1A, Gordon Shakespeare in Nativity. Harold Wilson in The Crown.

Jason Watkins

British crime drama McDonald & Dodds is set in which city?

Bath

Who plays DCI Lauren McDonald in McDonald & Dodds?

Tala Gouveia

Who played DS Dodds in McDonald & Dodds?

Jason Watkins

What word can be a car model made by Reliant or a style of shoe heel?

Kitten

How many legal deliveries are bowled in a T20 cricket match?

240

Name is shared by Richie Cunningham’s Dad in happy days, duck in Guardians of Galaxy, and an ex astronaut in Big Bang Theory?

Howard

Web browser logo is compass pointing northeast

Safari

On the safari logo what way is the compass pointing

North East

Italian city was ruled by Sforza family between 1450-1512

Milan

Second largest city in Tunisia

Sfax

Who won best director Oscar in 1974 for The Sting

George Roy Hill

How many points in rook worth in game of chess?

5

Knight or Bishop is worth how many points in Chess

Three

Queen is worth how many points in Chess?

9

What is only piece in chess not to have a point value?

King

Between 1936-40, which African leader lived at Fairfield house in bath, and regular at Tropicana swimming pool in Weston-super-mare?

Haile Selassie

How many gods lived on Mount Olympus

12

BRAT diet for when nauseous or diarrhoea?

Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast

FODMAP diet stands for what?

Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols

Paleo diet short for

Palaeolithic - fruit, veg, meat, fish, eggs.

Keto diet short for

Ketogenic

Acromial relates to whcih part of human body

Shoulder

Also called javelina or skunk pig, pig like hoofed mammal of family Tayassuidae in Americas.

Peccary

Romanian artistic gymnast won four gold medals at the 1984 Olympics?

Ecaterina Szabo

In Moroccan cooking, what is Warqa?

Pastry (sometimes called brick pastry)

Which Archbishop of Canterbury presided over the coronations of William IV and Queen Victoria?

William Howley

Name of the first VHS was which South Korean film

The Young Teacher

Which movie in 2006 was the last film to be released on VHS?

A History of Violence

The last major movie released on Betamax was which film in 1996

Mission Impossible

First two movies sold on DVD in 1997

Mars Attacks and Twister

Which film starring Robert de Niro based on the book The Executioners by John D MacDonald?

Cape Fear

Which Canadian psychologist and author of The Organisation of Behaviour lends their name to a form of learning used in AI software?

Donald Hebb

Which city is the United Bank of Africa HQ

Lagos

City of United Bank for Africa HQ

Lagos

Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler were members of which 1980s mod/punk rock band?

The Jam

Mod when used in musical genre is short for what longer word

Modernist

Which Spanish fast fashion retailer founded in 1994 uses a treble clef as its logo?

Stradivarius

Messier 45 asterism

Seven Sisters

1730 born Badonviller published astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters known as namesake Objects.

Charles Messier

Agreement between Greece and north Macedonia led to resolution about matters name, treaty named after lake which has shorelines in both and Albania.

Prespa Agreement

Two sausages in uk have protected geographically status, one is Cumberland sausages, what others?

Newmarket Sausage

Jill Valentine recurring character though which series of survival horror video game?

Resident Evil

Livonian War 1558-83 fought between which two countries

Russia and Sweden (also Lithuania-Poland)

Livonia is present day which two countries

Estonia and Latvia

Sweden and Russia signed which treaty in 1583 to stop Livonian War for while

Treaty of Plussa

Jack Carver was main protagonist in first of what series of video games?!ubisoft made these series which don’t share shared narrative but all place player in wilderness where have to fight despots.

Far Cry

Black Pudding from which Scottish town holds geographically protected status? Third largest island town in Scotland after Lerwick in Shetland and Kirkwall in Orkney.

Stornoway

Largest settlement on Shetland Islands

Lerwick

Statue of which footballer can be found in courtyard of Northampton guild hall? THird person of mixed heritage to play in top division of football league and was killed in action on the 25th March 1918.

Walter Tull

Jade and Johnny Cage from which computer game? Developed by Midway Games in 1992.

Mortal Kombat

1328 England parliament ratified which treaty which recognised Scotland as an independent kingdom?

Treaty of Northampton

Which town may you visit Delapre Abbey, a very large public park called “The Racecourse” or a large carlsberg brewery?

Northampton

Kate Moss half sister who announced she would sell nude photos via OnlyFans on 2021?

Lottie

Who founded Only Fans in November 2016?

Tim Stokely

The largest war memorial in the world in Victoria state?

Great Ocean Road

Only town or city in UK to hold geographically protected status for gin produced there?

Plymouth

Model wife of tv presenter Joel Dommett?

Hannah Cooper

565AD, Saint Catherine’s monastery part of Eastern Orthodox Church, is regarded as oldest continually inhabited Christian monastery in world. What country?

Egypt

Roger Federer is Swiss and what other nationality due to nationality of his mother?

South African

Authors work inspired Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six.

Tom Clancy

Treaties of 1212 and 1217 were named after which borough of London? Latter peace treaty signed by Louis of France ending First Barons War.

Lambeth

EU demand war crimes investigation after mass grave found 75 miles southeast of Kharkiv at which Ukrainian city?

Izium

Organisation established by the Marrakesh Agreement of 1994?

WTO

Name of James Bond father? Also Ms Davis son in Toy Story?

Andrew

Meghan Markle first husband name

Trevor Engelson

Which man who played Russ Nightlife in Toast of Tinseltown was domestic partner of actress Natasha Lyonne between 2014 and 2022?

Fred Armisen

Who presented Moneybags on channel 4? Married to Cathy Tyson in 1980s.

Craig Charles

Who played Simone, an elegant prostitute, in 1986 Mona Lisa? BAFTA supporting actress winner for tv film Help in 2021.

Cathy Tyson

1985 book by anthropologist Wade Davis and Wes Craven 1988 horror film about Haitian voodoo zombies.

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Which 1901 treaty between USA and UK was legal preliminary to Panama Canal?

Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

Since 1997 the logo of which car manufacturer has consisted of a set of V shaped wings within an oval?

Mazda

Name of Happy Days fonzie’s father name character? Same as first name of Michael Corleone’s father in the Godfather.

Vito

Ancient Roman satirist coined the phrase “a rare bird, as a black swan”?

Juvenal

Israeli PM at the time of 1978 Camp David Accords

Menachem Begin

Only fresh meat pork product in the UK which holds geographical status comes from which breed of pig? This breed name contains an English county.

Gloucestershire Old Spot

Most common dismissal in test cricket

Caught

Type of creature is Daisy, Gene Wilder’s affections in 1972 Woody Allen movie Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask

Sheep

LA dodgers originally in Brooklyn and named after residents skill at avoiding whcih public transport?

Trolley buses - Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers

which weekly magazine launched in UK in 1988 as local edition of family run Spanish magazine founded in Barcelona in 1944?

Hello

Which expression refers to portions of a legal case that are held not in open court but in private before a judge?

In camera

Magazine founded in 1843 to muster support for repeal of which system of import tariffs in UK?

The Corn Laws

Which triannual magazine has the largest print magazine circulation in Britain?

National Trust magazine

Only capital city to stand on Rhine river? Flows into North Sea in the Netherlands.

Vaduz

UK number one single was written by Nobel winner, gave name to film starring denzel Washington and is frequently heard at premiership rugby grounds?

The Mighty Quinn

What does Op Ed stand for?

Opposite Editorial

India’s is longest; San Marino’s is oldest in writing still active, Monaco’s shortest, according to 2008 study life expectancy of 19 years. UK’s doesn’t exist. What?

Written Constitutions

National Lottery went from 49 balls to 59 balls in what year and 16 to 18 year old minimum in what year

2015: changed to 59 balls 2021: 18 new minimum

Which motorcycle manufacturer has logo design made up from three interlocking tuning forks?

Yamaha

Proclaimers two brother names

Craig and Charlie Reid

Largest castle in Wales

Caerphilly

Heavy duty band clamp known as Marman clamp was produced by which actor and engineer?

Herbert “Zeppo” Marx

Zeppo Marx real first name

Herbert

Barbara Blakeley was married to who second and who third?

Zeppo Marx and Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra four wives

Nancy Barbato Ava Gardner Mia Farrow Barbara Marx

Chico Marx first name real

Leonard

Harpo Marx real first name

Adolph

Adolph Marx later known as Harpo marx changed his name to whcih A

Arthur

Groucho Marx first real name

Julius

Gummo Marx real first name

Milton

Eden Hartford known for being whose wife 1954-1969

Groucho Marx

2017 video game set in fantasy setting, game after transistor. Rites takes place on a field with two columns of flame at opposite ends and the three exiles facing off against three opponents on a top-down perspective.

Pyre

The collection of statistical models and their associated estimation procedures known as ANOVA stands for what?

Analysis of Variance

Girl with a watering can a painting in 1876 by which impressionist born 1841

Pierre Auguste Renoir

Drafted by a UN committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, accepted by General Assembly in 1948. Its an international document that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Irish animation studio based in Kilkenny founded by Paul Young, Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey?

Cartoon Saloon

First feature film by cartoon saloon, about an illuminated manuscript from the 9th century. First in Moore’s Irish Folklore Trilogy.

The Secret of Kells

Second feature and second In trilogy of Cartoon Saloon’s Irish Folklore Trilogy. Follows 10 year old Irish boy Ben who discovered his mute sister saoirse is a selkie who has to free faerie creatures from Celtic goddess Macha (goddess of Ulster (site of Navan Fort and Armagh)).

Song of the Sea

2017 film by Cartoon Saloon by Nora Twomey based on book by Deborah Ellis. Parvana is 11 year old in Afghanistan dealing with being her family’s namesake.

The Breadwinner

2020 film by Cartoon Saloon, third in Moore’s “Irish folklore trilogy”. Follows Robyn goodfellowe young apprentice hunter arrives in Ireland with father during time of superstition and magic to wipe out last wolf pack.

Wolfwalkers

2022 film directed by Nora Twomey and in the Cartoon Saloon family. Based on 1948 childrens book by Ruth Stiles Gannett. Mythical creature in title.

My Father’s Dragon

Figure from Irish mythology translated as “great queen” or “phantom queen”. Associated with war and fate, often appears as a crow, the BADB. Encourages warriors to do good deeds. Could be three individuals: BADB, Macha and Nemain.

The Morrigan

Little Mix member surname Leigh-Anne

Pinnock

Little Mix surname of Jade

Thirlwall

Who played Lois Lane in first four superman films?!

Margot Kidder

Cousin of rapper Nas, which American actress played oldest daughter Zoey Johnson on Blackish and spin off Grownish?

Yara Shahidi

YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl, HBO show Insecure, she will voice Spider Women (Jessica Drew) in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse (2023)?

Issa Rae

American film and tv writer created Blackish, Grownish and Mixedish. Developed America’s Next Top Model with Tyra Banks. Wrote film Girls Trip. 2020 acting debut in #BlackAF on Netflix.

Kenya Barris

The 2020 movie The Witches was written by the director Robert Zemeckis and which other two? One Blackish creator, one Oscar winning director.

Kenya Barris and Guillermo del Toro

Campanula Rotundifolia what name! Called bluebell of Scotland also.

Harebell

Bluebell Latin name

Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Anthriscus Sylvestris also known as Queen Anne’s lace or keck or wild carrot, animal name in name.

Cow Parsley

Children of the Revolution is a song by which band #2 UK

T. Rex

Song in Moulin Rouge “Nature Boy” was recorded first by which artist who has UK #1

Nat King Cole

Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend is from which musical come out in 1949

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Rhythm of the Night is a song by which group released in 1985?

DeBarge

Sting debut album name released in 1978

Outlandos d’Amour

Which Canadian pair won the 2010 and 2018 Ice Dance gold medals?

Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue

Which French pair won Gold for Ice dance at 2022 Beijing and silver at 2018 Pyeongchang?

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron

Who plays Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas stand up, in the 2021+ HBO tv show Hacks

Jean Smart

Who plays Ava Daniels, a down on her luck comedy writer in the 2021 HBO SHOW Hacks?

Hannah Einbinder

Who created Abbott Elementary (2021+)? Started in first season of A Black Lady Sketch Show. Norminated for three Emmys in comedy category.

Quinta Brunson

Name of the tv show where Jeff Bridges plays Dan Chase off the grid CIA operative killsbsomeone and goes on run. John Lithgow is FBI Harold Harper going against him.

The Old Man

Kevin Costner and Luke Grimes star in what 2018-22 tv show following the Dutton family owners of largest ranch in Montana.

Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park is mostly in which state but also which two others

Wyoming (also Montana and Idaho)

Name of character played by Diego Luna in Star Wars sci fi show created by TonY Gilroy from 2022.

Cassian Andor

Name of American sci fi psycho thriller series created by Dan Erickson where Mark employee of Lumon Industries agrees to severance program in which non work memories are separated from work memories.

Severance

American drama ABC starring Hilary Swank as journalist seeking a fresh start in Anchorage.

Alaska Daily

2022 film Women Talking directed by which director also played Ramona Quimby in tv show Quimby.

Sarah Polley

2022 Puss in Boots sequel has what subtitle

The Last Wish

Brazilian actor who was in Elysium, Elite Squad and played Pablo Escobarnuj Narcos two seasons.

Wagner Moura

Cocreator of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, SNL member, Bobs Burgers, Parks and Rec as Mona-Lisa, appeared in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Jenny Slate

2021 Japanese animated musical film by Masaaki Yuasa. Set in 14th century and centres on friendship between title character a dancer and Tomona blind musician.

Inu-Oh

Vietnamese born actor played Short Round in Temple of Doom and Data in Goonies. Everything Everywhere All AT Once got him nominated for golden globe for Waymond Wang.

Ke Huy Quan

Irish actress who Stacey Ehrmantrout in Better Call Saul, voice of Friday in Marvel films, starred in The Banshees of Inisherin in 2022.

Kerry Condon

Who played Saul Goodman in better call Saul and breaking bad

Bob Odenkirk

Who played Mike Ehrmentraut in Breaking Bad, Frank McPike in Wiseguy, Beverly Hills Cop, Airplane, Gremlins.

Jonathan Banks

Filipina actress in Triangle of Sadness (for which she has a golden globe nomination), Verdict and Historya ni Ha

Dolly de Leon

2022 Noah Baumbach film adapted from 1985 Don DeLillo book. Stars Adam Driver as professor Jack gladney and Greta Gerwig as Babette Gladney

White Noise

Actress in Queen and Slim, played Anne Boleyn in Anne Boleyn, Zayn Malik’s pillowtalk. In Kogonada’s After Yang.

Jodie Turner-Smith

Irish soap opera on RTE One since 1989, most popular and longest running Irish drama serial. Set in fictional suburb of Dublin.

Fair City

RTE is Irish tv channel and stands for what?

Raidio Teilifis Eireann

Fictional suburb of north side part of city of Dublin that the Irish soap Fair city is set in?

Carrigstown

2022 sex drama starring Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

The 2022 sex comedy Good Luck To You, Leo Grande starring Emma Thompson was written by which comedian?

Katy Brand

2022 film starring Ralph Fiennes amongst an ensemble cast, focuses on group of diners at an exclusive restaurant who discover celebrity chef owner intends to kill them all before night is out.

The Menu

Two historians who host podcast The Rest is History?

Historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook

Who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938-45?

Joachim von Ribbentrop

also known as the Persian Greyhound, which dog bred to hunt on sight rather than smell

Saluki

Capital of Martinique

Fort-de-France

France has a long standing dispute with Comoros over which island which France runs as an overseas department

Mayotte

Lying between Madagascar and Mauritius which overseas territory?

Reunion

Capital of Reunion?

Saint-Denis

Frances national state owned railway company is SNCF what stands for what?

Societe nationale des chemins de fer francais

TGV trains stands for what in France

Train a grande vitesse

Colombian painter born 1942, started Pop Art moved towards abstract, cubism and realism. Focused on Afro-Colombian and Mestizo (mixed European and indigenous American ancestry). Lots of fruit.

Ana Mercedes Hoyos

Vivre sa vie, Les Carabiniers, Week End. All films by who in 1960s.

Jean Luc Godard

1956 And God Created Women, 1962 A Very Private Affair, 1963 Le Mepris, 1965 Viva Maria. All star which actress?

Brigitte Bardot

French heavy metal band starring Joe and Mario Duplantier. Two albums first: Terra Incognita and The Link then From Mars to Sirius.

Gojira

French pop rock and new wave band formed in 1981, songs include “L’Aventurier” and “Canary Bay”. 2002 album “Paradize”. Frontman is Nicola Sirkis.

Indochine

David Guetta real first name and birth city

Pierre and Paris

Composer and performer of old Occitan lyric poetry during High Middle Ages (1100-1350). Earliest known was the Duke of Aquitaine.

Troubadour

Term for a female troubadour

Trobairitz

Son of 1983 French Open winner, played for Chicago Bulls and French national basketball team.

Joakim Noah

Born in Kinshasa, born 1985, goalkeeper plays for Rennes and France national team. Made over 600 appearances for Marseille in career.

Steve Mandanda

Brazilian defender who plays as captain of PSG and plays for Brazil team. Moved to PSG at 19.

Marquinhos

Descartes 1637 book about philosophy and autobiographical treatise. Source of “I think therefore I am” je Pense donc je suis.

Discourse on the Method

Latin version of I think therefore I am “cogito, ergo sum” found in which Descartes 1644 book.

Principles of Philosophy

Architecture style taught at namesake school in Paris from 1830s to end of 1800s.

Beaux-Arts

Roman goddess of fruitful abundance. Her name comes from Latin for fruit.

Pomona

Term in architecture for an ornament of a face usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric, supposed to frighten away evil spirits.

Mascaron

Real name Gaspard-Felix Tournachon born 1820-1910. French photographer, balloonist and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. 1858 first to take aerial photographs.

Nadar

Born Jean-Paulin Habans, known as one word mononym, French singer and entertainer born 1845. Became most popular singer in Paris of 1870s and 1880s.

Paulus

French writer born 1808 best known for collection of poems Les Filles du Feu (The Daughters of Fire) which included novella Sylvie and poem “El Desdichado”.

Gerard de Nerval

French landscape and portrait painter in 1796. Ville-d’Avray, Hagar in the Wilderness, Interrupted Reading, Souvenir de Mortefontaine.

Camille Corot

French painter born 1814 one of founders of Barbizon school. Realism movement. 1857 The Gleaners, The Angelus, A Winnower, The Sower.

Jean-Francois Millet

Name of process by which chaff is separated from grain, also used to remove pests from stored grain. Usually follows threshing in grain preparation. Throwing in the air, can be done with a fan.

Winnowing

What process following reaping, is the loosening of the edible part of the grain or other crop from the straw to which it’s attached? Bashing it really, can be done with a flail.

Threshing

Who wrote The Revenant whcih becnae film with Leonardo du caption

Michael Punke

I am Number four author

Pittacus Lore

Liberty Leading the People painting by Eugene Delacroix showing which Revolution in year?

July Revolution of 1830

The July Revolution of 1830 toppled which French king?

Charles X

Eugene Delacroix commemorated which atrocity on a Greek island by ottoman forces in 1822?

Massacre at Chios

Inspired by a third siege on namesake Greek location by ottoman forces in 1826, what 1826 painting by Eugene Delacroix is now at Musee des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux?

Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi

Three works by Delacroix based on Lord Byron 1813 poem?

The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan

Oil painting by Eugene Delacroix in 1827 based on a King of Assyria inspired by Byron play of 1821 and cantata by Hector Berlioz.

The Death of Sardanapalus

Last king of Assyria sometimes called although Ashur-uballit II holds this distinction. Culturally significant plays and operas.

Sardanapalus

King of Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669BC to 631BC. Longest of any Assyrian king. British museum exhibition 2018-19.

Ashurbanipal

Neo-Assyrian King after death of 705BC-681BC. Named in 1815 poem The Destruction of _______ by Byron. “The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold”.

Sennacherib

1831 painting by Eugene Delacroix showing 1477 battle and the death of Charles the Bold.

The Battle of Nancy

1863-65 painting by Edouard Manet, shows nude woman lying on bed modelled by Victorine Meurent and servant art model Laure. Modelled after Titian’s Venus of Urbino.

Olympia

Wife of Hector in Greek mythology

Andromache

Hector’s son in Greek mythology, mum was Andromache

Astyanax

Greek anatomist and royal physician of Seleucus I Nicator of Syria. Set up school of anatomy in Alexandria and in painting by Jacques-Louis David.

Erasistratus

Greek king of Seleucid Empire from 281-261BC after succeeding father Seleucus I Nicator. Famously loved his stepmother Stratonica in painting by David. Last known ruler to be attributed the ancient Mesopotamian title King of The Universe.

Antiochus I Soter

Mythical boatman of Mytilene in Lesbos who was lover of Sappho, famous lyric poet.

Phaon

Son of Odysseus and Penelope

Telemachus

Frederic Leighton’s painting Flaming June is in the Museo de Arte de Ponce which is on which island?

Puerto Rico

1748 anonymously written work influenced founding fathers of USA and written by 1689 born Montesquieu.

The Spirit of Law

Born in Paris and raised largely in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Wrote the comic book series Asterix. Died in 1977.

Rene Goscinny

Illustrator of Asterix died in 2020.

Albert Uderzo

Asterix best friend name

Obelix

Wealthy aristocrat among the Helvetii, a Celtic speaking people in what is now Switzerland during the consulship of Julius Caesar.

Orgetorix

What tribe was Vercingetorix the chieftain of in failed revolt against Roman forces during Gallic wars? Executed by garrotting.

Arverni

Druid in Asterix called Getafix in English language, what in French?

Panoramix

First French satellite launched in 1965 and named after whcih French literary character?

Asterix

Second most visited theme park in France

Parc Asterix

Chief of Asterix’s Gaulish village

Chief Vitalstatistix

Obelix pet dog in Asterix

Dogmatix

Matriarchal wife of chief Vitalstatistix in Asterix

Impedimenta

Village bard in Asterix

Cacofonix

Oldest inhabitant of Asterix village

Geriatrix

Village fishmonger in Asterix

Unhygienix

Village smith in Asterix

Fulliautomatix

Asterix mother in Asterix has what name (Smilax Ornata)

Sarsaparilla

Obelix mother in Asterix has what name

Vanilla

Roman champion driver found in Asterix and the Chariot Race was named what?

Coronavirus

Belgian cartoonist creator of Lucky Luke comic about gunslinger in American Wild West.

Morris (Maurice De Bevere)

Historians Dionysus and Herodotus both both in which Turkish ancient city?

Halicarnassus

Japanese avant garde artist group founded in Hanshin region by young artists under leadership of Jiro Yoshihara in Ashiya in 1954.

Gutai Art Association

Term first used by Allan Kaprow during 1950s to describe range of art related events. Used in 1959 at George Segal’s farm.

Happening

Black Mountain College was private liberal arts college from which state founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice and Theodore Dreier.

North Carolina

Also known as Australian Impressionism, term for Australian art movement of late 19th century: coined by Sidney Dickinson in 1891 looking at works of Arthur Streeton and Walter Withers. Named after suburb of Melbourne.

Heidelberg School

Who coined term Impressionism based off Monet painting Impression Sunrise painting of Le Havre?

Louis Leroy

Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Paul Serusier, art group name comes from Hebrew for prophets coined by Auguste Cazalis.

Les Nabis

Swiss-French painter and printmaker associated with group of Les Nabis born 1865. French landscapes, female nudes, Perseus killing the dragon (except that it’s a gator)

Felix Vallotton

Japanese term meaning folk craft or folk art developed from mid1920s by philosopher Yanagi Soetsu together with craftsmen including potters.

Mingei

German term for New Objectivity coined by Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub. Georg Scholz, Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz.

Neue Sachlichkeit

Time Magazine coined term for which art movement? Famous Hungarian-French artist Victor Vasarely and British Bridget Riley.

Op Art

Venezuelan op and kinetic artist sculpture and painter. Namesake sphere, penetrate Amarillo.

Jesus Rafael Soto

Term coined by Guillaume Apollinaire in 1912 as offshoot of Cubism focusing on pure abstraction and bright colours. Frantisek Kupka, Delauneys.

Orphism

Who coined term Pop Art? Married to Sylvia Sleigh American artist.

Lawrence Alloway

French cubist painter founder of the Purist movement.

Amedee Ozenfant

Real name of Le Corbusier born 1887

Charles-Edouard Jeanneret

Founders of Stuckism art movement

Billy Childish and Charles Thomson

Group of poets founded in Kent 1979: Billy Childish, Miriam Carney, Bill Lewis, Sexton Ming.

The Medway Poets

Superflat art movement founder

Takashi Murakami

Founded by Kazimir Malevich in 1913: focused on fundamentals of geometry painted in a limited range of colours.

Suprematism

Who coined term “Surrealism” in 1917 and “Orphism”? Surrealism term in program notes for Diaghilev’s Parade ballet (written by Cocteau, music by Satie).

Guillaume Apollinaire

French style of abstract painting derived from French for stain?

Tachisme

Contemporary art movement that originated in 1990s in Emmen, Netherlands. Playful nature of artworks and philosophy behind it. Coined by artist Dejo.

Toyism

Artistic style emerged in 1880s when American artists began to paint landscape forms with an overall tone of coloured atmosphere or mist. Two leading painters George Inness and James McNeill Whistler.

Tonalism

19th French art movement named after location in the Seine-et-Marne department?

Barbizon School

Term which translate from Japanese “pictures of the floating world”.

Ukiyo-e

Who coined the term Vorticism? Art movement formed in 1914 by Wyndham Lewis.

Ezra Pound

Nero Wolfe author

Rex Stout

Nero Wolfe assistant in Rex stout books

Archie Goodwin

Traditional Dutch stew based on diced meat, fish or poultry and vegetables.

Hachee

1968 Winter Olympics host

Grenoble

German sculptor who designed the Quadriga placed on top of the Brandenburg Gate? Horses’ reins are held by Victoria goddess of victory.

Johann Gottfried Schadow

Argentina manager at World Cup 2022?

Lionel Scaloni

Little sister of Sindy doll first sold in 1966

Patch

Sindy’s boyfriend first sold in 1965?

Paul

Doll created by Mattel in 1964 to be Barbie’s younger sister

Skipper

Barbie was born in which fictional town and state?

Willows, Wisconsin

Sisters of Barbie in order going back to Barbie

Kelly/Chelsea (Kelly 1995-2010, 2011+) Stacie Skipper

Barbies parents names

George and Margaret Roberts

Port city on Persian gulf is largest city of the eastern province of Saudi Arabia?

Dammam

Also known as western province in Saudi Arabia, what is term meaning The Barrier in Arabic, contains Mecca, Medina, Jeddah?

Hejaz

Voice of “are you sitting comfortably…” in Listen with Mother 1950-71, part of original cast of Corrie as Esther Hayes. Mrs Plummer in Man About the House.

Daphne Oxenford

Word relating to an alternative name for Aphrodite, means relating to Venus?

Cytherean

Capital of Basque Country in Spain

Vitoria-Gasteiz

Largest by population city of Basque Country?

Bilbao

Which cosmetic company sells 24 shades of its Ultra HD Snap! Nail polish

Revlon

Which Girls Generation member was announced as global ambassador for Revlon in 2020?

Jessica Jung

Salty porridge Khichdi or Khichri is dish in south Asian cuisine made from rice and what other ingredient?

Lentils

1910 Great Flood of which European capital?

Paris

Which polish referee was in control for 2022 World Cup final?

Szymon Marciniak

Which Argentina referee took charge of final of World Cup 2018 final?

Nestor Pitana

2014 World Cup final between Argentina and Germany was referred by which Italian referee?

Nicola Rizzoli

Who was referee for 2010 World Cup Final between Netherlands and Spain?

Howard Webb

First Belgian player to attain #1 rating in tennis

Kim Clijsters

What instrument would find a gizmo key?

Flute - found on B foot joint of certain flutes

Monte San Salvatore mountain overlooking which city and namesake lake on Switzerland/Italy border.

Lugano

Woodlawn and City Island are both neighbourhoods found in which borough of NY?

Bronx

Which bbc comedy features characters of Vince Noir and Howard Moon?

The Mighty Boosh

Who founded mighty boosh alongside Noel fielding?

Julian Barratt

British sitcoms written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, six episodes in 2005 starring Nicholas Burns as title character a webmaster, guerilla filmmaker and screenwriting DJ.

Nathan Barley

Which annelid has 32 brains, 10 stomachs and 5 pairs of eyes?

Leeches

Who sang lead vocals of Yellow Submarine?

Ringo Starr

Vacherin cheese of what animal

Cow

Plantar Fascia band of issue found where?

Bottom of foot

How many Punic wars between Carthage and Rome?

Three

Cleopatra’s father

Ptolemy XII Auletes

Cleopatra regnal number (famous one)

VII Philopator (meaning father-beloved)

Mother of Constantine the Great, found true cross while tour holy land

St Helena

Fictional Maine village where Jessica Fletcher lived

Cabot Cove

Mr Miyagi actor

Pat Morita

First name of cartoon character Mr Magoo

Quincy

Which flag flies permanently over Buckingham Palace London?

The Royal Standard

Creature of Greek mythology is male spirit with ears and tail of horse and a permanent, exaggerated erection.

Satyr

Royston Vasey was based on Alston in which county of England third largest

Cumbria

Tahliah Debrett Barnett stage name, gave court case to Shia LaBeouf in 2020

FKA Twigs

What Olympics did Tessa Sanderson first represent UK

1976 Montreal

Swedish American actress who appeared in Viva Las Vegas opposite Elvis. Married to Roger Smith who played title role in Mister Roberts.

Ann-Margret

Area of London is home to Art Deco Hoover Building

Perivale

Mortal enemy of JR Ewing in Dallas

Cliff Barnes

Emi Koussi is highest peak in Sahara Desert and is in which country?

Chad

Company was founded as London and Rhodesian Mining and Land Company Limited in 1909?

Lonrho

Hottest desert in US and Mexico which desert covers majority of Baja California peninsula?

Sonoran Desert

Backwards, earlier, indeed and since are all examples of which part-of-speech which don’t end in LY?

Adverbs

Broadcaster who popularised 5:2 diet! Been on Trust Me I’m a Doctor since 2013

Michael Mosley

Who had song with Be Bop A Lula in 1956

Gene Vincent

Two characters who owned shop in league of gentlemen

Edward or Tubbs

New wave band Icehouse had songs called “Electric Blue” and “Hey Little Girl” and formed in which country?

Australia

Marlborough Palace saved in 19th century by Duke of Mark’s marriage to whcih American railroad heiress?

Consuelo Vanderbilt

Fortress home of He Man

Castle Grayskull

Jim Davison 1980s tv sitcom referencing area of south london

Up the elephant and round the castleb

Suffragette founded the Womens Social and Political Union?

Emmeline Pankhurst

Who played Tanya Branning in Eastenders

Jo Joyner

Which North Yorkshire stately home used as Brideshead Castle in 1981 tv adaptation?

Castle Howard

Sebastien Flyte in BR describes his alcoholism as what outdated term beginning with D

Dipsomania

Only chess player to have died while holding world championship title?

Alexander Alekhine

2012: Korean born New Zealand golfer became youngest golfer to win LPGA event at only 15

Lydia Ko

Which woman holds the British record in heptathlon?

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Most famous book by man who wrote under name Robert Tressell?

The Ragged Trousered philanthropist

Real name of author Robert Tressell

Robert Noonan

Lead singer of the Three degrees biggest hits like When Will I see you again, John thaw’s wife and sue Johnston’s character in Brookside

Sheila

Who was married to John Thaw and won Laurence Olivier awards and Tony Award nominations?

Sheila Hancock

Pub featured in An American Werewolf in London?

The Slaughtered Lamb

Authors most famous book 1995 memoir A Child Called It

Dave Pelzer

Which amendment of US Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote?

19th Amendment

Pixies lead singer

Black Francis

First names Lennie and Dianne gives name to British folk and pop duo with songs of “Welcome Home” #1, first album “We Can Make It”.

Peters and Lee

Nomadland was based on book by who?

Jessica Bruder

Ebla are remains founded in early Bronze Age in which country?

Syria

Who played Dr Watson opposite Basil Rathbone in 14 movies?

Nigel Bruce

Van Halen frontman

David Lee Roth

French term for fashionable, wealthy young people

Jeunesse Doree

Kiki Dee real name

Pauline Matthews

Amy Winehouse two albums

2003: Frank 2006: Back to Black

Name of an English matador, the most senior level of bullfighter, who was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1944. He died as a result of a hang-gliding accident, while demonstrating it by jumping off a 200 ft high hill in 1978.

Henry Higgins

“Bent double like old beggars under sacks, knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge” first line of which poem

Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen

1990 war drama film starring Matthew Modine and Harry Connick Jr in debut, about a Boeing B17 Flying Fortress bomber. Plane and film named after Robert Morgan’s sweetheart Margaret Polk.

Memphis Belle

Beatrice Harrison virtuoso on which instrument including on duet with a nightingale in her garden?

Cello

What does LIDAR stand for?

Light Detection and Ranging (or Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging)

Instrument used to measure drop size distribution and velocity of falling hydrometers.

Disdrometer

Hygrometer measures what?

Water vapor

Instrument for measuring the concentration of suspects particulates in a liquid or gas colloid. Named using the Greek for cloud.

Nephelometer

Type of actinometer used for measuring solar irradiance on a planar surface? Greek for fire above sky.

Pyranometer

What does SODAR stand for? Based on scattering of sound waves by atmospheric turbulence.

Sonic detection and ranging

Shelter to meteorological instruments against precipitation and direct heat radiation from outside sources.

Stevenson Screen

How did Tennessee Williams refer to his play Glass Menagerie as where lead character narrates events of play drawn from his mind?

Memory Play

Which Tennessee Williams play features a miniature unicorn?

The Glass Menagerie

Leonard Cohen first we take Manhattan then we take ______

Berlin

1960 earthquake which hit Chile known as what named after nearest town?

Valdivia

American composer known for his Tempest Fantasty which got 2004 Pulitzer Music. Also operas The Letter 09) and The Shining (2016)

Paul Moravec

Latin term for female who has never been pregnant

Nulligravida

Latin term for female who has never carried pregnancy beyond 20 weeks (one who hasn’t given birth)

Nullipara

Which country has the 500km Saint Paul Trail from Perge to Yalvac?

Turkey

Name of Britney Spears first fragrance - tagline Do You Dare?

Curious

Britney Spears second fragrance. Tagline: Everybody Has One

Fantasy

2018 fragrance by Britney Spears named after her 2004 song

Prerogative

Girls Aloud four #1 songs

Sound of the Underground I’ll Stand By You Walk This Way The Promise

Who had albums What Will The Neighbours Say 2004 and Chemistry 2005? 2008 Out of Control went to #1.

Girls Aloud

Who says “Am I not my brothers keeper” in the Bible and so which book?

Cain - Genesis

Red Alert a 1958 novel by Peter George and was inspiration for which 1964 film?

Dr Strangelove (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)

Who Australian actress 2010 alice in wonderland title role. Jane Eyre, Madame Bovery, Crimson Peak. Reprise Alice Through Looking Glass 2016.

Mia Wasikowska

Born Rosemary Brown, Who Put the lights out 1971 was whose second hit single?

Dana

Who wrote Seven Years in Tibet

Heinrich Harrer

Blaydon Races is a song associated with which football team?

Newcastle - Geordie Ridley wrote it

1967 company founded by Chung Ju-Yung initially to build the Ford Cortina

Hyundai

First woman to run a sub-5 minute mile

Diane Leather

What is the opposite of the zenith ie the lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation? In astronomy the point on celestial sphere directly below an observer.

Nadir

Time or period when at its best most successful, astronomy means point in sky overhead

Zenith

What term is the direction of a celestial object from the observer expressed as the angular distance from the north or south point of the horizon?

Azimuth

Words which have six successive consonants?

Catchphrase, archchronicler, latchstring, lengthsman, postphthisic.

Name of the story book published weekly 1908-40 which contained story of Greyfriars School, situated in Kent and starring Billy Bunter. Greyfriars written by Charles Hamilton under pen name Frank Richards.

The Magnet

Fictional Oxford college, Beaumont College, most associated with which novels?

Inspector Morse

Christminster university appears in which Thomas hardy novel?

Jude the Obscure

Name of school in Matilda

Crunchem Hall

Series of books by Anthony Buckeridge about namesake schoolboy at Linbury Court prep school.

Jennings

Author of the worst witch

Jill Murphy

School setting of The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy?

Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches

Main character of The Worst Witch by Murphy

Mildred Hubble

Nigel Molesworth attended which English prep school? Illustrated by a Ronald Searle.

St Custard’s

Who wrote the Nigel Molesworth books illustrated by z Ronald Searle?

Geoffrey Willans

Who did St Trinians and then also Nigel Molesworth

Ronald Searle

Name of Australian cricketer mostly known by nickname, one of fastest bowlers ever, opening partner of fellow fast bowler Dennis Lillee.

Jeff Thomson

Four composers who suffered from The Curse of the Ninth

Gustav Mahler; Beethoven; Franz Schubert; Ralph Vaughan Williams

What is the simple piano piece known as Chopsticks known as in Germany give German or translation

Flohwalzer or Flea Waltz

Whcih English rock band has more chart single hits than any other rock band with over 60 chart hits? Also more appearance on Topbofnthe pops than any other group?

Status Quo

What was first song performed on TOTP in 1964 debut?

Dusty Springfield’s I Only Want To Be With You

First band to perform on Top of the Pops

Rolling Stones: I Wanna Be Your Man

Who were last act to play live on weekly show TOTP?

Snow Patrol: Chasing Cars

Which F1 driver holds record for most races before achieving first pole position with 215 and won his third GP at Monaco in 2022?

Sergio Perez

Circle of Willis found in which organ?

Brain - connected the anterior and posterior circulations of brain

Which Oxford college founded in 1379 by William Wykeham Bishop to Winchester?

New College

Collective name given to the members of security council of UN China, France, Russia, USA, UK.

Permanent members

In song Oranges and Lemons lyrics

O&L says St Clements you owe me 5 f says St Martins When will you pay says Old Bailey when I rich says Shoreditch When will that be? says Stepney I do not know says Bow

Travel agent at one point largest chain in uk, founded 1965 defunct in 2005 as rebranded as Thomson now TUI. Names come from two companies merged in 1965.

Lunn Poly

2700 acre campground at 20601 Bohemian Avenue in Monte Rio, California belonged to private club known as the Bohemian Club. Mid July each year most prominent men in the world meet there. Motto is Weaving Spiders Come Not Here. Manhattan project met there.

Bohemian Grove

English scientific advisor and presenter, worked for Ministry of Food most known for Thomas Dolby hit “She Blinded Me With Science”

Magnus Pyke

Vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen. Can be used as division between double doors.

Mullion

Transverse horizontal structure beam or bar separating a door from a window above it. Whereas mullion is vertical, this is horizontal.

Transom

architectural term comes from Latin for raven due to beak like appearance: structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, type of bracket.

Corbel

Scottish Italian hotelier who founded the namesake hotel company. He opened first catering facility at Heathrow and first full motorway service station at Newport Pagnell, Bucks, on M1 in 1959. Empire included Little Chef and Happy Eater, Travelodge. Left to son Rocco.

Charles Forte

The Iranshah Atash Behram is a sacred fire housed in a temple in Udvada, Gujarat and is first of eight fire temples which are important to which religion?

Zoroastrianism

Scottish Italian racing driver four time Indy Car Series Champion 2007-/09/10/11), three time winner of Indy 509 2007/2010/2012) and winner of 24 Hours of Daytona 2008.

Dario Franchitti

In 2015 who announced a 10 year sponsorship deal with Welsh Rugby Union for naming rights for the Millenium Stadium?

Principality

Who was known for playing Greek tavern owner “Costas” in Shirley valentine and was nominated Oscar for best actor for Reuben, Reuben?

Tom Conti

Italian Scottish football born name Luigi, played for Manchester United, was one of the Quality Street Gang Celtic team, best known for Man U where they got promoted back to first division and played in fa cup win in 1977. Then manager of West Ham, Stoke, Celtic.

Lou Macari

What world championships are held at the Egremont Crab Fair in Cumbria each year?

National Gurning Championships

Old Italian for crust, construction material made of aggregates, a binder and water. Applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. Used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings; external walls and sculptures.

Stucco

Drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain and then Primal Scream founding member. 2021 memoir “Tenement Kid”.

Bobby Gillespie

“If you let me stay” in 1987 was by Terence Trent D’Arby, what’s their current name they go by

Sananda Maitreya

Angkor Wat originally dedicated to which God

Vishnu

Lead singer of Altered Images, also acted in Gregory’s Girl 1981 (Bill Forsyth) and was first incarnation of Kristine Kochanski in Red Dwarf

Clare Grogan

The Nachi waterfalls of Wakayama prefecture believed to be home of which spirits worshipped in Shintoism? Four letters.

Kami

In architecture, what C is the head of a column, usually featuring mouldings or carvings?

Capital

What was the name of Duran Duran side-project which had top 10 hit with “Election Day” and released one album “So Red the Rose” in 1985? Simon Le Bon formed with Nick Rhodes

Arcadia

In what year was the driving theory test introduced in uk?

1996

Scottish Italian actress who played Anna Forbes in This Life and a second bafta for 2009 role in Annie Griffin’s New Town?

Daniela Nardini

Montgomery MacNeil, Ralph Garci and Doris Finsecker were high school students in what 1980 musical?

Fame

Who voiced Coraline in 2009 film directed by Henry Selick?

Dakota Fanning

Fictional character created by Rob Zombie first appeared in House of 1000 Corpses played by Sid Haig and then same in The Devil’s Rejects and 3 from Hell? Murderous clown.

Captain Spaulding

Born a Robert Bartleh Cummings in 1965 director and music in shock rock “White Zombie”, directed some horror movies too.

Rob Zombie

Elvis Presley doesn’t watch which film reputedly due to death of his costar Judy Tyler?

Jailhouse Rock

Which film by Park Chan-wook stars Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Kidman? Written by Wentworth Miller under pen name.

Stoker

Director 2022 Decision to Leave, 2016 The Handmaiden, 2009 Thirst. The Vengeance Trilogy: Sympathy for Mr Vengeance 2002, Oldboy 2003, Lady Vengeance 2004.

Park Chan-wook

Who wrote the book The Outsiders made into film by Francis Ford Coppola?

SE Hinton

In which us state was Where the Red Fern Grows, The Outsiders and Silkwood set?

Oklahoma

Who plays the Lord of the Manor, Earl of Darlington in the 1993 film The Remains of the Day?

James Fox

2022 espionage movie Hunt is the directorial debut of which Squid Game actor?

Lee Jung-jae

Denzel Washington FBI and Annette Bening CIA team up to fight terrorists in which 1998 action thriller?

The Siege

Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki play star crossed lovers in what 1957 film also starring Marlon Brando as Major Ace Gruver?

Sayonara

The 1995 film Circle of Friends starring Chris O’Donnel and Minnie Driver was based on book written by which Irish author?

Maeve Binchy

Which actress ended career at 21 after playing Corliss Archer in the 1949 movie A Kiss for Corliss?

Shirley Temple

Name of Spike Lee’s production company

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Which 1979 movie starred Peter Sellers as an illiterate gardener named Chance? Melvyn Douglas won BSA Oscar for same film and Sellers nominated BA.

Being There

What ship is under company of captain Jack Aubrey in 2003 movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World?

HMS Surprise

Author of Aubrey-Maturin series

Patrick O’Brian

Jack Aubrey is captain and who is the ships surgeon in series of books by Patrick O’Brian?

Stephen Maturin

Who killed Billy the Kid in 1881?

Pat Garrett

Bob Dylan write “knock in’ on heavens door” for which 1973 film soundtrack

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Which actress starred opposite Clark Gable in The Hucksters in 1947, Lone Star in 1952 and Mogambo in 1953?

Ava Gardner

Which fictional counter-agent created by Donald Hamilton was played by Dean Martin in four films from The Silencers in 1966 to The Wrecking crew in 1969?

Matt Helm

Which actor born Manuel Oaxaca won two Oscar’s for Viva Zapata (Eufemio Zapata brother of Emiliano) 1952 and Lust for Life 1956. Also in Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia

Anthony Quinn

James Stewart character name in Rear Window

LB Jeff Jefferies

Who played the Rat Pack in 1998 film The Rat Pack

Sinatra: Ray Liotta Davis Jr: Don Cheadle Martin: Joe Mantegna

I Am Legend written by who

Richard Matheson

Who was Vince Clarke’s partner in Erasure

Andy Bell

Who was original members of Depeche Mode

Dave Gahan (singer), Martin Gore, Andy Fletch Fletcher and Vince Clarke

Depeche Mode debut album in 1981

Speak & Spell

Who was Vince Clarke’s partner in the band The Assembly?

Eric Radcliffe

Green P plates when you pass car driving test stand for what?

Probationary

Architecture; term for any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture. Generic term.

Cornice (coving is a type of cornice that it uniform in profile)

The Zombies biggest hit in the UK.

She’s Not There

The Zombies lead singer

Rod Argent

Which band released She’s Not There, Tell Her No and Time of the Season

The Zombies

The Bridge Inn in Santon Bridge in Cumbria is the venue for which annual contest?

Worlds Biggest Liar

Highway Code fog lights should only be used when you can’t see for more than what distance

100m

Glamorgan Sausage made of what

Cheese

First voice to be heard on Channel 4 introducing Countdown. On 2 November 2022, he introduced Countdown again that day in 40 years anniversary.

Paul Coia

Which Sussex town known for its annual bonfire and has burnt many famous effigies?

Lewes Bonfire

Holyhead is the largest town of Anglesey but not actually on Anglesey what island is it on?

Holy Island

Welsh dish used for soup or broth, meat with leeks potatoes swede carrots, national dish of wales

Cawl

Temple dedicated to which Roman god was discovered below the city of London in 1954? Most known Roman discovery of 20th century in london.

Mithras - called London Mithraeum now

Which comedian known for anti-German jokes and said a Focke-Wulf joke on Des O Connor in 1980s? Racist jokes at Leeds went down badly.

Stan Boardman

What type of cheese is rolled at the Coopers Hill Cheese Rolling contest near Gloucester annual?

Double Gloucester

Who was Republic nominee for 1960 presidential election along Richard Nixon? Lost to JFK. Grandson of another famous senator with same name. Became ambassador to bunch of places.

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

Who became Mr Play School after appearing on show for 21 of its 24 year history?

Brian Cant

Who played John Steed in The Avengers 1961-69 opposite Honor Blackman (Cathy Gale), Diana Rigg (Emma Peel) and Linda Thorson (Tara King)? Also Julie Stevens (Venus Smith)

Patrick Macnee

What term is an exterior or interior feature generally horizontal aloft underside any construction element? It is the underside of eaves.

Soffit

Architectural term for vertical frieze or band under roof edge which forms outer surface of a cornice visible to an observer? Whereas soffit is underneath this is the side.

Fascia

Term for a finely dressed stone either an individual stone or a structure built by said stones. It’s the finest stone masonry Unit generally cuboid and mentioned by Vitruvius. Contrasts to rubble masonry which uses irregularly shaped stones. Word might come from Latin for plank.

Ashlar

Large adobe religion worship building found in Mali.

Great Mosque of Djenne

The Wentworth scale can be used to classify whcih types of rocks?

Sedimentary (grains)

Extinct marine arthropod with name meaning three lines, all disappeared at the mass extinction at end of Permian period.

Trilobite

In astronomy what Is the name for the celestial point in the sky from where the path of a meteor appears to originate from? During meteor showers, paths of all meteors converge to this point.

Radiant

Term for the place inside earth’s crust where an earthquake originates as opposed to term epicentre which is directly above where this term is?

Focus

Which small helicopter was released by Martian lander Perseverance in 2021?

Ingenuity

What range of electromagnetic radiation was discovered by Paul Villard

Gamma Radiation was discovered by which scientist observing radium

Who discovered Ultraviolet radiation in 1801?

Johann Wilhelm Ritter

Infrared radiation was discovered by which scientist in 1800

Sir William Herschel

Term for a rare skin condition that can occur if silver builds up in your bod over a long time, can turn skin blue-grey.

Argyria

Term in medicine where state of severe hyper extension and spasticity in which head neck and spinal column turn into arching position. Term from greek for behind tension.

Opisthotonus

President of Turkey 1989-93 died in office; could have been poisoned potentially Strychnine

Turgut Ozal

Hybrid of a canary and a finch known as what term

Mule

1645-1715 during which sunspots were rare. First spotted by Gustav Sporer and then noticed more by married couple Edward and Annie who give it its namesake term.

Maunder Minimum

DART was a nasa space mission aimed at testing planetary defence against near earth objects. What stand for

Double Asteroid Redirection Test

NASA did DART on which asteroid’s moon called what

Didymos’ moon called Dimorphos

Which element is formed in triple alpha process whereby three helium-4 (alpha particles) atoms are fused together?

Carbon

Hippotragus Leuciphaeus is extinct species of antelope in South Africa until 1800 and named after its hue?

Bluebuck

An FRB is a transient pulse of length ranging from fraction of millisecond to 3 seconds. First discovered by Duncan Lorimer.

Fast Radio Burst

In what year was the red dragon of wales officially recognised?

1959

Who directed Night of the Living Dead series? dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead etc.

George A Romero

What annual cross country running event takes place in Tywyn, Mid Wales over a distance of 14km?

Race the Train

Which annual endurance contest took place in Heinola, Finland between 1999 and 2010 when it ceased?

World Sauna Championships

Who was said to have died after having a turtle dropped on their head by a falcon?

Aeschylus

Which first recorded legislator of Athena was said to have been smothered to death by gifts of cloaks and hats showered on him by citizens of Athena?

Draco of Athens

Sicilian lawgiver who issued law about bringing weapons into Assembly be out to death and he forgot to take off his knife so committed suicide.

Charondas

Sporting event at ancient games empty hand submission sport with few rules, boxing/wrestling.

Pankration

Famous Greek athlete said to split tree with hands, got trapped, wolves ate him.

Milo of Croton

Which Greek painter died of laughter at his portrait of Aphrodite as an old lady had modelled for it? Also had a contest and beaten by Parrhasius.

Zeuxis

Who beat Zeuxis in a painting contest when Zeuxis drew grapes which birds tried to get but also tried to open victor’s curtains which he had painted?

Parrhasius

Known as the weeping philosopher in comparison to Democritus laughing philosopher. Believed in Flux, said “no man ever steps in the same river twice”. Said to have died by dog attack after smeared in cow manure to cure dropsy.

Heraclitus

Which Athenian general who won Battle at Salamis widely rumoured to have drunk Bull’s Blood (Realgar, Ruby of Arsenic)?

Themistocles

Which philosopher of Akragas best known for originating the cosmogonic theory of the four classical elements. Love and strife are opposing physical forces. Said to have chucked himself into Mount Etna.

Empedocles

Which playwright has multiple death legends: choked on unripe grape, died of joy after last play victorious, died of suffocation trying to read Antigone without taking breath?

Sophocles

Term from Greek for boat for Persian method of execution mentioned by Plutarch trapping victim between two boats and feed and cover with milk and honey and allowing to be devoured by insects and other vermin.

Scaphism

Which philosopher founder of Stoicism tripped and broke toe struck ground with fist and died on spot holding his breath

Zeno of Citium

First emperor of China who created Terracotta Army and ingested mercury pills thinking make him eternal

Qin Shi Huang

Which stoic philosopher died of laughter seeing a donkey eating his figs?

Chrysippus

Who daughter of Cato the Younger and second wife of Brutus said to have died by swallowing hot coals?

Porcia Catonis

Which apostle of Jesus was SAWN IN HALF in Persia

Simon the zealot

Which Saint was roasted alive on giant grill and said turn me over I’m done on this side. Patron saint of cooks, chefs and comedians.

Saint Lawrence

Roman emperor from 364-375 who suffered stroke provoked by yelling at foreign envoys in anger

Valentinian I

Which Byzantine emperor 641-668 said to have been assassinated with a bucket by chamberlain?

Constans II the Bearded

Viking hero and Danish and Swedish king. Died 865 after capture by aella King of Northumbria and thrown into pit of snakes?

Ragnar Lodbrok

Which king of France died 882 after hitting head on lintel trying to chase after girl on horseback?

Louis III

Byzantine emperor 867-886 got entangled in deer antlers and dragged 16 miles through woods. Died of fever after.

Basil I

Which king of England said to have been stabbed whilst on a toilet by assassin hiding underneath in 1016?

Edmund Ironside

Which king of England died after eating too many lampreys?

Henry I

Which king of England died with red hot poker up his bum

Edward II

Who was said to be the lover of Edward II’s wife Isabella of France?

Roger Mortimer

Shalimar Gardens are a Mughal garden complex located in which city?

Lahore, Pakistan

Husband of Mumtaz Mahal who constructed Taj Mahal and Shalimar Gardens

Shah Jahan

Shalimar is a perfumed created in 1921 for which perfume house, flagship product.

Guerlain

Introduced in 1889 by Guerlain, what is the oldest continuously produced perfume in the world?

Jicky

Perfume by Guerlain in production since 1919 with name derived from Japanese female.

Mitsouko

Who is the presenter of 2022 tv series Blankety Blank?

Bradley Walsh

Private secretary of Mary queen of Scot’s murdered in edinburgh in 1566

David Rizzio

Who is the white frontiersman and hero of Last of the Mohicans?

Natty Bumppo

Who is the son of Chingachgook in The Last of the Mohicans?

Uncas

The last of the mohicans is set within which wider war? Subtitled “a narrative of 1757”.

Seven Years War

Main Indian in last of the mohicans, son is Uncas, friend of Natty Bumppo

Chingachgook

Tom and Maggie surname in mill on the floss

Tulliver

In tv show Bonanza, the Cartwright family live on what ranch?

The Ponderosa

Historic house in West Lothian, seat of Dalyell family and home of Tam Dalyell until his death in 2017.

The Binns

Who proposed the West Lothian question on whether non English MPs should be able to vote upon English only matters after political devolution?

Tam Dalyell

Which Romsey stately home is home of Earl and countess Mountbatten of Burma, Elizabeth II and Philip and prince of wales and Diana born separately went there for honeymoon in 1947 and 1981 respectively?

Broadlands

Manor House in Cotswold village in west Oxfordshire known as the country home of the designer William Morris from 1871-96.

Kelmscott Manor

20 Forthlin Road is national trust property in allerton in south liverpool and childhood Home of which musician?

Paul McCartney

Paxtu Cottage was which person’s final home in Nyeri, Kenya?

Robert Baden-Powell

On banks of Tweed in Melrose, what is the name of 1800s baronial mansion lived in by Sir Walter Scott

Abbotsford

Nicknamed the Queen of Montparnasse or Kiki de Montparnasse, was French model with what real name? Inspiration for Man Ray’s Le Violon d’Ingres.

Alice Prin

Name of German photographer and artist known for association with Beatles during Hamburg phase. Met Stuart Sutcliffe and later engaged until his death in 1962.

Astrid Kirchherr

Sara Lowndes was former actress and model who was first wife of what musician between 1965 and 1977.

Bob Dylan

“Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” song found on album Blonde on Blonde by which musician?

Bob Dylan

English model and photographer, married George Harrison 1966-77 then Eric Clapton 1979-89. Inspiration of songs “Something” and “Layla”. Autobiography “Wonderful Today” in 2007 because on Clapton song “Wonderful Tonight”?

Pattie Boyd

Which footballer born Dudley 1965, 13 years at Wolverhampton wanderers holds record most goals with 306 goals. Capped 13 times for England game.

Steve Bull

First battle of bull run/first manassas fought in 1861 in which US state?

Virginia

King of Lesotho since 1990

Letsie III

British woman famous for “spend spend spend” about husband Keith winning football pools in 1961.

Viv Nicholson

Pretender to throne of England in 1487 pretended to be Edward Plantagenet? Became figurehead organised by John de La Pole Earl of Lincoln? Pardoned and hired as a scullion and later groom of the stool.

Lambert Simnel

Name of battle undertaken by Lambert Simnel’s army against king’s army in 1487 in Nottinghamshire.

Battle of Stoke Field

Pretender to throne of Henry VII claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, second son of Edward IV and one of princes in tower. Executed in 1499.

Perkin Warbeck

Which river flows through Bordeaux?

Garonne River

One of most famous climbs on Tour de France, included more than any other pass, one of the highest paved mountain passes in French Pyrenees. Name comes from French for “bad trip”.

Col du Tourmalet

Mountain in Provence region of southern france, nicknamed beast of Provence. Name from windy. Death of Tom Simpson in 1967 during Tour de France.

Mont Ventoux

Pink granite coast found in which French province?

Brittany

Name the 91-year-old actress and co-founder of the Born Free Foundation, who has been made a dame for services to wildlife conservation and to wild animal welfare.

Virginia MCKENNA

William Smellie was a Scottish printer who edited first edition of what?

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Playwright of Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, blood brothers and our day out.

Willy Russell

Born 1933 Leicester died 1967, plays include What the Butler Saw, Loot, The Ruffian on the Stair, Entertaining Mr Sloane.

Joe Orton

English actress Lancashire, Nellie pledge in Nearest and dearest, Aunt Ada in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Mrs Sowerberry in Oliver!. Dang you’re the one that I want with Arthur Mullard. Her act was “she knows y’know” catchphrase.

Hilda Baker

Comedian “hello playmates”, “I thank you” and “before your very eyes”. Born 1900 Dingle, Liverpool. Song The Bee Song. Films “Charley’s (Big hearted) Aunt” and “the ghost train”.

Arthur Askey

Lancashire comedian born 1901 catchphrase “eeeeeh! Isn’t it grand when you’re daft?” Lots of pantomime, poked fun out of morecambe.

Albert Modley

English prof football turn comedian, one of first black stand ups in uk. Catchphrase “me old flower” in broad Yorkshire accent.

Charlie Williams

British singer actor comedian rose to fame on New Faces. Tv presenter You and Me, So You want to be top and showstoppers. Done loads of west end and pantomime.

Gary Wilmot

Comedian stepped into host Sunday a night at London Palladium, catchphrases like “swinging” and “dodgy” with accompanied thumbs up or thumbs down. He devised the show Bullseye which Jim Bowen presented.

Norman Vaughan

Host of Sunday night at palladium in 1960s, led Live from Her Majesty’s in 1980s, other tv shoes Winner takes All, Full Swing,

Jimmy Tarbuck

First programme to be shown on bbc in colour in July 1969 on bbc2

Pot Black

First colour programme on bbc1 was what concert in November 1969

Petula Clark

Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers were mainstays of The Goon Show but who was 4th goon in first two series?

Michael Bentine

Voiced by Kenneth Williams, who was suggestive folk singing character in Round the Horne?

Rambling Syd Rumpo

In 1923, the bbc introduced an annual licence fee for all households which owned a wireless set. How much was it?

Ten shillings

In October 2022 what did Leigh centurions change their name to?

Leigh Leopards

Which British golfer won her first LPGA tour title in california in October 2022?

Jodi Ewart Shadoff

What was Rolling Stones’ 1st uk number one hit record?

It’s All Over Now

In which gilbert and Sullivan opera does Jack point appear?

The Yeomen of the Guard

What was Cliff Richards first uk number one hit record?

Living Doll

Which most populous county in the Illinois; second in country?

Cook County contains Chicago

Adam Faith had two number one songs in 1959 and 1960.

1959; what do you want? 1960: poor me

What was Richard Adams second novel after warership down published 1974 and in Beklan Empire series?

Shardik

Aber- and Inver- both place names meaning what?

Mouth of river or confluence

Bourne or burn in town cities means what?

Large stream/small river

Three rivers of Pittsburgh, one 1579km, one 523km, one 209km. MAO

Ohio Allegheny Monongahela

Bury or brough or borough in place name means what

Fortified enclosure

Caster, Chester, cester in place name means what?

Camp/fortification

Cheap/chipping in place name means what?

Market

Roman auxiliary fort just south of hadrians wall in northern England, which originally predated. Name from white meadow.

Vindolanda

Johnny Logan eurovision winning songs

Hold Me Now What’s Another Year? Why Me? written by him for Linda Martin

Which 1986 American teen drama was named after a 1981 song by The Psychedelic Furs?

Pretty in Pink

Which oasis song shares its title with an adventure drama film of 1968?

Wonderwall

Which Granada TV drama series of 1984 starred Charles Dance, Geraldine James and Art Malik?

The Jewel in the Crown

Bbc childrens tv show 1993-2001 originally presented by Andi Peters, Emma Forbes and John Barrowman.

Live & Kicking

Queens debut single 1973

Keep Yourself Alive

Novelist who writes the Tom Thorne crime novels

Mark Billingham

Who played Lord Brett Sinclair, a nobleman playboy, who solves cases police cannot in 1971 The Persuaders!?

Roger moore

Who played Danny Wilde, a rough diamond, who solves cases police cannot in 1971 The Persuaders!?

Tony Curtis

2022 comedy mystery film by Tom George about 1953 The Mousetrap play.

See How They Run

Who plays Agatha Christie in See How They Run (2022)?

Shirley Henderson

Name of three grandchildren in When I’m 64?

Vera, Chuck and Dave

Football stadium of Notts County FC?

Meadow Lane

What other La Liga teams are from Madrid other than Real and Athletico?

Getafe and Rayo Vallecano

Barcelona and Espanyol have been joined in La Liga this season by which other Catalonian team

Girona FC

Which Italian surname literally means left handed, is a manager?

Mancini

Prime minister known as Three Bottle Man

William Pitt the Younger

Who introduced Free Milk to school children in Uk as education minister first female in 1946?

Ellen Wilkinson

Which popular board game originated in India in the 2nd century AD and intorudced in Britain in 19yh century

Snakes and ladders

Which official position was held by Mr Claude Gordon (played by Eric Longworth) in Dad’s Army?

The Town Clerk

Name of a mutoscope reel, early example of erotic films as seen by namesake worker. Generic term for devices and movies of this kind. Phrase entered popular culture after divorce of Lord Colin Campbell and Gertrude Elizabeth Blood.

What the Butler Saw

Who played John Jarndyce in bbc bleak house, Gordon urquhart in Local Hero, new tricks, wedge Antilles in Star Wars trilogy.

Denis Lawson

British sports car maker 1952-72 was particularly known for frog eye sprite model sold between 1958-61

Austin Healey

What name attributed to Thomas Carlyle was given to conflict between uk and Spain 1739-48 mainly in New Granada

War of Jenkins Ear

Name the Canadian historian and expert on international relations born 1943 who gave 2018 reith lectures

Margaret MacMillan

First reith lecturer who in 1948 on Authority and the Individual

Bertrand Russell

2022 Reith Lectures was titled The Four Freedoms, who did “Freedom of Speech”?

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2022 Reith Lectures was titled The Four Freedoms, who did “Freedom of worship”?

Rowan Williams

2022 Reith Lectures was titled The Four Freedoms, who did “Freedom of want”?

Darren McGarvey (Loki)

2022 Reith Lectures was titled The Four Freedoms, who did “Freedom of fear”? Witness at impeachment enquiry for trump, chancellor of Durham uni in 2023.

Fiona Hill

2021 Reith Lectures by which computer scientist, coauthor of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach with Peter Norvig.

Stuart J Russell

2016 October Reith Lectures called Mistaken Identities by which philosopher known for book in my fathers house: Africa in philosophy of culture; cosmopolitanism: ethics in a world of strangers, novel Avenging Angel.

Kwame Anthony Appiah

an 18th-century experiment to determine the mean density of the Earth named after Scottish mountain

The Schiehallion experiment

Name of the nouveau riche, new owner of Grantleigh Manor played by Peter Bowles in To the Manor Born

Richard DeVere

Which British prime minister was first cousin of author rudyard Kipling?

Stanley Baldwin

Who was leader of opposition and leader of Labour Party between 1932-35? Relative of famous actress.

George Lansbury

Who was hanged on morning of December 2nd 1859 and this became first citizen of USA to be legally executed for treason against his country?

John Brown

Which livery company represents the fine leather workers and shoemakers

Cordwainers

Which livery company was for makers of metal parts for bridles harnesses spurs and other horse apparel?

Lorimers

Over eight centuries of its existence st Edwards chair been removed from Westminster abbey twice, one WW2 and one what?

Oliver Cromwell inducted as Lord Protector

Which British prime minister gave permission for stone of scone to be returned into Scottish soil exactly 700 years after it was taken to London by Edward the first?

John Major 1996

How is Ellen Douglas referred to in the title of a long narrative poem by Walter Scott which subsequently turned into romantic opera under same name by Rossini 1819

The Lady of the Lake

Roughly 2030km of the Canada-USA border runs along what number parallel north?

49th

A marathon is 26 miles and how many yards

385 yards

How many yards in a mile?

1760

What year saw Thomas a Becket killed in Canterbury Cathedral

1170

Prior to Korean War what number parallel north forms the border between North Korea and South Korea?

38th Parallel

How many gifts in total given during 12 Days of Christmas?

364 gifts

What year did Steve Brookstein become first winner of X Factor

2004

In Bible how many people were on Noah’s Ark?

8

Lee Brennan, Jimmy Constance and Simon “Spike” Dawbarn are members of which band

911

What is current 100m world record by Usain Bolt

9.58 seconds

Current 200m world record set by usain bolt?

19.19 seconds

How many pence were in a half crown?

30 - two shillings and six pence which means 30 shillings as 12 pennies in a shilling

What paper size measures 148mm by 210mm

A5

Which 2000 film directed by Jonathan Mostow stars Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, set on titular German submarine?

U-571

At what number house do the Simpsons live?

742 Evergreen Terrace

What number symphony was Beethoven’s Choral Symphony?

9th

“The lord is my shepherd” are the first words of which psalm?

Psalm 23

Name of the London detective in the mystery novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins?

Sergeant Cuff

City in Japan is home to the Urawa Red Diamonds football club ?

Saitama

Which nut is traditionally used in the Syrian spicy pepper dip Muhammara?

Walnut (and roasted red pepper)

First women elected to House of Representatives in Australia and first to serve in federal cabinet? Wife of an Australian prime minister.

Dame Enid Lyons

800m mens world record holder

David Rudisha

World record holder for 1500m, mile and 2000m

Hicham El Guerrouj

5000m and 10000m world record winner

Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda)

400m world record by Wayde Van Niekerk

43.03 seconds

400m word record holder

Wayde van Niekerk

Which athletic running length has the world record time of 3:26:00

1500m

Which athletic running length has the world record time of 26:11:00

10,000m

Who holds record for 400m hurdles mens 45.94

Karsten Warholm

Who holds 110m world record hurdles?

Aries Merritt

High jump world record holder 2.45m

Javier Sotomayor

Pole Vault world record length by Armand Duplantis

6.21m

Which athletics world record is a distance of 18.29m

Triple jump

Which athletics event has a world record distance of 23.37m

Shot put

Long jump world record length and by who

8.95m by Mike Powell

Which athletics world record is a distance of 74.08m

Discus

Who hold discus world record of 74.08m

Jurgen Schult

Who holds hammer throw world record of 86.74m

Yuriy Sedykh

86.74m is the world record distance in which athletics discipline

Hammer throw

Javelin throw world record holder at 98.48m

Jan Zelezny

Which athletics discipline has a world record distance of 98.48m

Javelin

Who has the world record shot put distance of 23.37m

Ryan Crouser

In which city did Jonathan edwards set triple jump world record with 18.29m in 1995?

Gothenburg

Womens 100m record time set by Florence Griffith Joyner

10.49 seconds

200m womens world record holder who with 21.34 seconds

Florence Griffith Joyner

400m womens world record holder

Marita Koch

800m womens world record holder

Jarmila Kratochvilova

1500m womens world record holder

Genzebe Dibaba

5000m and 10000m womens world record holder

Letesenbet Gidey

Womens marathon holder

Brigid Kosgei

Set in 24 July 2022 which hurdler set Womens 100m hurdles world record in Eugene?

Tobi AMUSAN

Which 400m hurdles broke world record for women in 22 July 2022 in Eugene?

Sydney Mclaughlin

High Jump Womens world record broken in 1987 by which Bulgarian

Stefka Kostadinova

Womens Pole Vault world record holder which Russian

Yelena Isinbayeva

Long jump Womens world record broken in 1988 by which Soviet ?

Galina Chistyakova

Triple jump Womens world record

Yulimar Rojas

Shot Put world record holder for Womens broken in 1987 by which Soviet

Natalya Lisovskaya

Discus throw Womens worlds record set in 1988 by which East German?

Gabriele Reinsch

Hammer throw Womens world record set by which polish athlete in 2016?

Anita Wlodarczyk

Javelin world record Womens set in 2008 by which Czech?

Barbora Spotakova

Heptathlon Womens world record held by which female athlete

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Who holds indoor 50m world record plus won gold in 1996 Olympics in 9.84 seconds? Canadian.

Donovan Bailey

Which Namibian won 4 silver medals in 100m and 200m across 1992 and 1996 Olympics?

Frankie Fredericks

Delfeayo Marsalis, brother of Wynton, plays which instrument

Trombone

Branford Marsalis, brother of Wynton, plays which instrument?

Saxophone

Wynton Marsalis was first jazz composition to win Pulitzer Prize for Music for which album

Blood on the Fields

Jason Marsalis, brother of Wynton, plays which instrument?

Drum

Tommy Dorsey known for playing which instrument? Known for “I’m getting sentimental over you”.

Trombone

Jack Teagarden plays which instrument?

Trombone

Medeu Ice Skating Rink, highest sports complex in world located in which Asian city?

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Name of gallbladder surgical removal

Cholecystectomy

Which English singer had a uk hit single with Rebel Yell in 1985?

Billy Idol

Who directed 1964 movie The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Jacques Demy

Swiss artist painter sculptor born 1889 Davos, met her husband German-French painter in 1915. Associated with Dada movement.

Sophie Taeuber-Arp

At airport runway 27 what direction you taking off?

West

Sheermal bread is a flatbread eaten in Iran flavoured by which spice? Name comes from milk rub.

Saffron

In 1949 who became the first pontiff to give a televised Easter message?

Pius XII (1939-58)

Spicy pork sausage from Calabria in southern Italy

‘Nduja

Italian cured meat Guanciale is made from what part of pig? Comes from Italian for this pig part.

Cheeks/Jowls

Letters and memorandums written by Charles III while PoW to ministers and politicians known by what nickname, somewhat controversial, named after bad writing.

Black spider memos

Who was the engineer born in Stroud Gloucs in 1796 who invented a lawnmower 1830 and adjustable spanner 1842?

Edwin Beard Budding

Christmas (2011) is the seventh studio album by which Canadian jazz singer

Michael Buble

2022 horror film based on novella by Stephen King and directed by John Lee Hancock.

Mr Harrigan’s Phone

Swahili term Mamba means what animal in English?

Crocodile

Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren to star as Jacob and Cara Dutton in which prequel to Yellowstone?

1923

Smallest species of deer, they’re found in South America

Pudu

Which s is Japanese form of chess?

Shogi

Brian Cant narrated “Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb” during episodes of which show, first aired in 1967?

Trumpton

Town in Amhara region of Ethiopia known for its distinctive rock cut churches from 12/13th centuries for coptic Christian’s?

Lalibela

People with surname Fuller, Walker or Tucker probably had ancestors who were involved which material?

Wool (cloth)

Which famous author is behind the “Revisonist History” podcast?

Malcolm Gladwell

Which comedian born Wales 1971 links shows Lab Rats, The Thick of It and Mock the Week?

Chris Addison

14th PM of Israel between 1 July - 29 December 2022

Yair Lapid

Male and female Turkey names in uk?

Male Stag Female Hen

Adult male turkeys name in USA Juvenile makes in UsA name

Adult: Gobblers Juvenile: Jakes

What black supremacist performed as a calypso singer under the stage name Calypso Gene prior to joining the Nation of Islam?

Louis Farrakhan

What US Government Office was held by William sessions, Louis freeh and Robert mueller

FBI Director

Earths inner Van Allen radiation belt dips down to an altitude of 120 miles at a point over what continent

South American - named south Atlantic anomaly

The distinctive wattle under turkeys face shares its name with item of hair or head wear!

Snood

Qatar only team to make debut in 2022 World Cup. Which only two to debut at 2018?

Iceland and Panama

Patta Gobhi is an Indian dish using which vegetable

Cabbage

Chana in Indian cuisine means what?

Chickpeas

Who gave their name to the smallest distance (1.6 x 10^-35) at which classical ideas of physics hold up. Below this quantum physics apply.

Planck length

Which letter lends its name to the theory which unifies all the versions of superstring theory - which in turn attempts to explain all the particles and forces of the universe?

M Theory

Name of main character of Grantchester, vicar played by James Norton.

Sidney Chambers

The Pig and Potato War fought by which two countries?

USA and UK

What company produces the Lensa AI app allowing users to create AI generated profile pictures?

Prisma Labs

What novelistsms first work of historical fiction, Eternal, takes place during fascist rule of Italy under Mussolini beginning in 1920s?

Lisa Scottoline

Play by Nilo Cruz won Pulitzer Drama in 2003 about a cigar factory in Florida.

Anna in the Tropics

The Argonautica, an epic poem written by who about Jason adventures?

Apollonius Rhodius

Amos Tupper and Mort Metzger were sheriffs on what long running mystery series?

Murder She Wrote

Whose stadium Pittodrie Stadium literally means dung heap?

Aberdeen

In which decade did The Who have their last uk top 10 hit to date? #9 with You Better You Bet.

1981 - 80s

Food traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day in Scotland

Steak Pie

Who is current Lord of Mann?

King Charles III

Since 2004 what has been toll to cross the Skye Bridge?

Free

2003 movie Gods and Generals is primarily concerned with the life and death of which confederate general of the US civil war?

Thomas Stonewall Jackson

Nickname of chicago prohibition era gangster George Clarence Moran? Seven members of his gang killed at St Valentines Day Massacre.

Bugs

Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider and Cindy Wilson all members of which group?

B-52’s

UK Green Party has its roots in article written by Paul Ehrlich in which magazine?

Playboy

Cricket umpire raises index finger up in air?

Out

Cricket umpire raises arm vertically on one side?

No-ball

What type of bowl is delivered in ODI or T20 after a no ball delivery? Signalled by an umpire rotating their hand over their head.

Free-Hit

Cricket umpire raises both hands horizontally on the sides.

Wide Ball

Cricket umpire waving one hand back and forth in front of chest or waist?

Four Runs

Umpire raises both hands in the air above their heads

Six Runs

Cricket umpire signals one arm extended over their head shown when batter can take a run

Bye

Cricket umpire signals crossing and uncrossing both hands below waist

Dead ball

Literary device in which established facts in fictional plot are adjusted, ignored or contradicted by subsequent work which recontextualises with the former?

Retconning (retroactive continuity)

The Grillo sisters claimed which person took cocaine for years during a fraud trial 2013?

Nigella Lawson

Spanish for ham

Jamon

Who became famous after appearing in 1975 Opportunity Knocks? Poet. 2011 autobiography The Necessary Aptitude.

Pam Ayres - oh I wish I’d looked after me teeth

What was the name of the 2021 sopranos prequel movie

The Many Saints of Newark

I’m the 20th March 1969 which location saw marriage of Lennon and Yoko Ono? Sean Connery also married his first and second wives in this city.

Gibraltar

Darter nicknamed king of bling

Bobby George

Banker nicknamed Steady Eddie governor of BoE from 1993-2003

Lord George

Which American actor who died in January 2023 was best known for playing criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019, archive footage only)?:

Earl BOEN

Winner of World Masters in darts in 2004, shared name with governor of Bank of England m

Mervyn King

Pat Cullen is leader of which group in UK?

RCN nursing union

Fictional village where Rupert the bear lives

Nutwood

From album “too low for zero”, who wanted to “kiss the bride” in 1983?

Elton John

Wife of Spencer Pratt by maiden name too

Heidi Monday (second son called Ryker)

LGBT+ rights campaign started by Dutch FA in 2020 became prominent in 2022 fifa World Cup.

One Love

What trend was boys going to watch Despicable Me spin off while suited?

Gentleminions

Name of the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet that was sunk in April 2022 by Ukrainian anti ship missiles

Moskva

Who was alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein and was given out of court settlement by Prince Andrew in 2022

Virginia Giuffre

Who won bafta best actor for Mark Cobden in Time?

Sean Bean

Largest lottery jackpot in world history $2.04 billion won in which competition in November 2022

Powerball

Coffin of Elizabeth II was rest at which edinburgh cathedral before flying to London?

St Giles Cathedral

Georgia Meloni I’m October 2022 been pm of Italy, what party?

Brothers of Italy

Film based on 2019 musical and streamed on Netflix in 2021 won bunch of Razzies inc worst picture?

Diana the Musical

Who wrote The Perks of Being a Wallflower and directed 2017 Wonder and 2021 Dear Evan Hansen

Stephen Chbosky

March 2022 Bruce Willis retired due to diagnosis of what? Inability to comprehend or formulate language because of brain damage.

Aphasia

Which English football club sold naming rights to west stand at ground resulting in name given of Gilbert and Rose West Stand? Name of stadium too.

Southend United - Roots Hall

What is latest instalment of Call of Duty released October 2022?

Modern Warfare II

November WHO announced monkeypoz renamed it what

Mpox

Who was president of Timor Leste May 2022? Had been President from 2007-12. Won nobel in 1996 with Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo.

Jose Ramos-Horta

American born but compete for China freestyle skier won big air, half pipe golds and slopestyle silver at 2022 Winter Olympics. Also model.

Eileen Gu

Which male biathlon won individual and pursuit golds for France at 2022 Beijing Olympics?

Quentin Fillon Maillet

Which male biathlon won Beijing 2022 golds in Spring and Mass Start for Norway? Also team gold.

Johannes Thingnes Bo

Which female Norwegian biathlon won golds in Sprint and Pursuit and also bronze in individual at Beijing 2022 Olympics? Also team gold.

Marte Olsbu Roiseland

Which Norwegian cross country skier won three individual golds at 2022 Olympics 10k, 15k and 30k?

Therese Johaug

Who beat GB in mens curling final at 2022 Beijing

Sweden

Who did GB beat in womens curling final at 2022 Beijing

Japan

Who won mens ice hockey at 2022 Beijing?

Finland

Who won womens ice hockey at 2022 Beijing?

Canada

Who won gold for Canada in Slopestyle mens snowboarding at 2022 Winter Olympics?

Max Parrot

Which American snowboarder retained her half pipe gold at the 2022 Beijing Olympics?

Chloe Kim

Whcih Austrian retained her gold in the Big Air snowboarding event at 2022 Beijing Olympics

Anna Gasser

Who retained her Parallel Giant Slalom /!snowboarding gold at 2022 Beijing Olympics? In 2018 she had also got gold in Super G Alpine Skiing.

Ester Ledecka

Which swede won double gold in 5k and 10k speed skating at 2022 Beijing Olympics

Nils Van der Poel

Which female Dutch speed skater won three golds in 3k, 5k and mass start at 2022 Beijing?

Irene Schouten

What was name of the Bollywood playback singer whose voice was soundtrack to hundreds of Indian films died in Feb 2022 at age of 92? Guinness B of R had her at one point as most recorded artist in history.

Lata Mangeshkar

Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust reintroduced what animal that was once indigenous in UK to woods near Canterbury in 2022?

Wild Bison

Whose May 2022 number one album “Ribbon Around the Bomb”

Blossoms

Lead singer of Blossums

Tom Ogden

Who got number one in January 2023 with Escapism

RAYE featuring 070 Shake

Which country has Presidency of the Council of the EU since January 2023?

Sweden

Which country had Presidency of the Council of the EU from July 2022 to January 2023?

Czech Republic

Name of uninhabited island that is roughly equidistant between Greenland and Ellesmere Island that has been source of Whisky War between Canada and Denmark since 1971? Dispute ended this year.

Hans Island

Book 1905 tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society around the end of the 19th century.[

House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

1920 novel Newland Archer and disappearance of Countess Ellen Olenska

Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Which title character is described by narrator as "the most striking figure in Starkfield" - 1911 book?

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

1980 horror movie by Oliver stone about a. Killer body part

The Hand

Character played by Estelle Skornik called Nicole advertised what in 1990s?

Renault Clio

Known as father of video games did blueprint for first home video game console Magnavox Odyssey and the Simon electronic game.

Ralph H Baer

Clementine Churchill maiden name, they married in 1908

Hozier

George bush in 1988 said what three words after “read my lips…”

No new taxes

According to tradition which Saint so moved when observing Jesus carrying the cross that she offered him her veil to wipe his face?

Saint Veronica

The Conjuring horror movie franchise supposedly based on which real pair of ghost hunters?

Ed and Lorraine WARREN

Operation Jubilee of august 1942 is more commonly referred as raid on which French port city? Mission was failure was led to lessons for later D-Day landings.

Dieppe

At Oxford Uni, Jeremy Thorpe was friend of which future editor of The Times between 1967 and 1981, later served as High Sheriff of Somerset and two political children.

William Rees-Mogg

Shared name of Brendan o’Carroll’s Mrs Brown, founder of Girl Guides and Mrs McKenzie of How cleannis your house?

Agnes

Younger sister of Robert badennpowrll who founded girl guides

Agnes

In 1988 which northern Irishman had to be removed from European Parliament for shouting “I denounce you as the antichrist” to Pope JP2.

Ian Paisley

What was port city of Ancient Rome? Today only district of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Ostia

Leader of Reform UK since 2021, partners with Isabel Oakeshott

Richard Tice

Founder and first leader of Reform UK from January 2019 to March 2019

Catherine Blaiklock

What series of WW2 video games developed by Muse Software features William “BJ” Blazkowicz and his fight against the axis powers? The 1980s editions were pioneers in the First Person Shooter genre.

Wolfenstein

Which car sized rover is currently sending images back from Jerezo crater on Mars?

Perseverance

Which year was Roots published by Alex Haley and Not a penny more not a penny less by Jeffrey Archer

1976

Carbon-14 decays into what other element? N

Nitrogen-14

Which isotope used in carbon dating

Carbon-14

Which isotope was used in Little Boy Hiroshima bomb?

Uranium 235

Which isotope was used in Fat Man Nagasaki bomb?

Plutonium 239

During Beatles Get Back doc they are visited by which comedy star? There to meet Ringo, between marriages with Britt Eckland and Miranda Quarry.0

Peter Sellers

Which affluent residential area of Hampstead, London, is mentioned in the song “Kayleigh” by Marillion? The HQ of world association of girl guides and Girl Scouts to be found here.

Belsize Park

Which state is Macon in?

Georgia

Flag carrier of Colombia since 1919. Bombed by Escobar in 1989 Flight 203.

Avianca

Aral Sea two bordering countries

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

First name of the son of Pope Alexander VI who became first person to resign as a Cardinal? He went into lead French forces in the Italian Wars and became inspiration for the book “The Prince”?.

Cesare Borgia

99% of nine dart finishes in darts use same route, what would you aim for in last three darts?

Triple 20-Triple 19-Double 12

First TV nine dart finish 1984

John Lowe

First nine darter at world championships?

Paul Lim

Who hit a nine-darter in the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship final against Michael Van Gerwen going onto win the contest?

Michael SMITH

Who was the first player to hit a nine-darter in a PDC World Darts Championship final back in 2011 twelve years before Michael Smith achieved the feat a second time in the 2023 final?

Adrian LEWIS

Which Oscar winning actor was best man when Ronald Reagan married Nancy? Films include bridge on the river Kwai and Network.

William Holden

In Godfather Part 3, Joey Zasa presents Michael Corleone with an Italian of the Year award named after which inventor? This man who lived between 1808 and 1889 is credited by some sources as inventing telephone.

Antonio Meucci

In France the Bayeaux tapes try is known as tapestry of which queen? This woman was wife of William the conqueror?

Matilda

The Hotel de Palais, originally built for empress eugenie around 1855 as summer villa, can be found in which French town?

Biarritz

As tide turned in 1991 gulf war, iraqi troops set fire to Kuwait oil wells, what fire expert did US send in to help? This Texan also helped to put out Piper Alpha fire in 1988.

Red Adair

6 July 1988 oil platform explosion killed 165 in the North Sea

Piper Alpha

Which landscape gardener who married into a brewing family has won six gold medals at Chelsea flower show and regular contributor to Gardener’s Question Time?

Bunny Guinness

Fish real name from Marillion

Derek Dick

Japanese manga artist Kazuo Takahashi died in July 2022, best known creating which manga series?

Yu-Gi-Oh!

European city second largest in northern Germany is biggest city on the river Weser?

Bremen

When Anthony Hopkins Nixon in 1995 movie by O Stone, which Brit who had been camel tender in Bedouin tribe for two years played J Edgar Hoover

Bob Hoskins

Artistic technique where colours and forms in certain parts of painting are blurred together?

Sfumato

Names of the two Noble Kinsmen of Shakespeare

Theseus and Palamon

Who has been make up designer on Strictly since 2013, former wife of ant mcpartlin?

Lisa Armstrong

How long is nautical mile in metres?

1852 metres

1604 the Maine coast explored by which French navigator, gives name to freshwater lake on border of NY and Quebec?

Samuel de Champlain

Which impressive French chateau spanning the river Cher is one of the best know chateaus of the Loire Valley? Catherine de Medici made it her personal residence in the 1560s.

Chateau de Chenonceau

Sharing name with fictional doctor which British garden designer created over 400 gardens many in partnership with architects Edwin Lutyens or Robert Lorimer?

Gertrude Jekyll

Giant wire frame statue located in Netherlands and called “Exposure” is work by which artist born 1950? Locals call it the Shitting Man.

Anthony Gormley

When uk national anthem lyrics first published in 1745 what was first line

God save great George our king

What was Roman version of Greek Athena?

Minerva

Single letter name of 1980s mini series and later tv series regarding aliens arriving in USA. Strangers humanoid but were reptilian under synthetic skin.

V (for visitors)

1784 war between Netherlands and Holy Roman Empire, only one shot fired and hit namesake item.

Kettle War

Better known for inventing clockwork radio, which Londoner was regular face on Big Breakfast during 1990s?

Trevor Baylis

2008 Karen matthews reported daughter as missing to get money from publicity. Name of daughter?:

Shannon

Turiddu, Santuzza and Mama Lucia are characters in which opera? It features in the final part of the Godfather Part III as key element of films climax.

Cavalleria Rusticana

Name of fellow who chucked shoe at Bush

Muntadhar al-Zaidi

Austria American pyschologist Leo Kanner has been credited as first to identify which neurodevelopmental condition? He had written about “an obsessive insistence on persistent sameness”.

Autism

Which Dr gave Gloria Estefan and Miami sound machine their first interNational hit single? Reached uk top ten in 1984.

Dr Beat

Which book starts “in the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crime came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul”

Dune

Feargal Sharkey lead singer which band in

Undertones

Which man composed theme tune for Neighbours? Also wrote downtown for petula Clark and famous for stint as blunt New Faces judge in 1970s.

Tony Hatch

Hyphenated term for French descent born in Algeria during French rule 1830-1962

Pied-Noir

On Magnetic Mountain in Ozarks range you can find Christ of the Ozarks statue, in which state?

Arkansas

Which author is forefront of modern day stoicism with books The Ego is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic and The Obstacle is the Way?

Ryan Holiday

Clint Eastwood joined forces with Richard Burton in which war movie of 1968?

Where Eagles Dare

Who played Flash Gordon (1980)

Sam J. Jones

1983 film directed by Bill Forsyth, burt Lancaster and Peter riegertstar as businessman trying to buy village in scotlandZ

Local Hero

Spanish-Chilean director directed The Others, The Sea Inside, Open Your Eyes (Vanilla Sky), Agora.

Alejandro Amenabar

Who directed My Fair Lady 1965

George Cukor

Who directed Breakfast at Tiffanys 1961 starring George Peppard as Paul Varjak opposite Holly Golightly.

Blake Edwards

Roman Holiday character names of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck?

Princess Anne Joe Bradley

The Damien O’donnell film East is East 1999 starring Om Puri as Zahir Khan, name from 1889 poem The Ballad of East and West by who?

Rudyard Kipling

Who plays Dorothy Shaw in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) directed by Howard Hawks?

Jane Russell

1942 British patriotic war film directed by Noel Coward and David Lean? Exploits of destroyer HMS Kelly when sunk during Battle of Crete. Stars Coward as Captain Kinross.

In which we serve

Which actor played Wild Bill Hickok in Calamity Jane 1953, Hannibal in Jupiter’s Darling 1955, Fred Graham/Petruchio in Kiss Me Kate?

Howard Keel

Peter Ustinov two Oscar’s?

1961: Spartacus 1965: Topkapi

2020 film directed by Clark Duke in directorial debut. Liam Hemsworrh, Michael Kenneth Williams , Eden Brolin?

Arkansas

Castel Sant’Angelo is in parco adriano, commissioned by which emperor as a mausoleum for himself?

Hadrian

Set in Egdon Heath, which novel by Thomas hardy centres on thomasin Yeobright and Damon Wildeve two young lovers trapped in an unhappy marriage because they marry for wrong reasons?

The Return of the Native

CR record acronym in athletics

Championship Record

MR record acronym in athletics

Meet Record

Giving its name to a class of acids; NH2 is formula of what functional group?

Amino

Published in 2020, Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel Glass Town is reimagining of which group of writers?

Brontë Sisters

The Shia Muslim Fatimid Caliphate ruled Egypt from 10th to 12th centuries before overthrown in 1171 by which Sunni dynasty founded by Saladin, controlled until 1260/1341.

Abbuyid Dynasty

Which European country flag has aspect ratio 15:13 making it shortest rectangular flag of any country in the world?

Belgium

With 29 days in yellow between 2004 and 2015, which Swiss time trial specialist holds record for most yellow jerseys worn in Tour de France without ever winning overall race!

Fabian Cancellara

The all terrain mobility platform is lightweight six wheeled amphibious vehicle used by British army since 1988, what feline sounding name?

Supacat

Antoine de Caunes presented which music show which ran 1988-1992 and which gave name to production company behind his later show eurotrash?

Rapido

Appearing together on celebrity google box, which broadcaster is mother of DJ Woody Cook? They were joined in one episode by her own father, woodys grandfather, who is also tv personality?

Zoe Ball

Named for caste of freed slave soldiers led by the sultan; what name given to state that ruled Egypt from 1250 when they overthrew the Ayyubids until the Ottoman conquest in 1517?

Mamluks

Which novel by Thomas hardy tells the story of romantic entanglement of Dick Dewy, a church musician, and Fancy Day, a school teacher?

Under the Greenwood Tree

Giving it’s name to class of acids, COOH is formula for what functional group?

Carboxyl

Which American band had uk hits in late 1960s and early 70s including proud Mary, travelling band and up around the bend?

Creedance Clearwater Revival

Site of battle of austerlitz is now in Czechia but at the time in which other country now neighbour too south?

Austria

Third grand dame of Impressionism after Mary Cassatt and berthe Morisot?

Marie Bracquemond

Which other hormone produced in adrenal cortex and released in response to stress or low blood sugar is colloquially referred to as the stress hormone, and is not to be confused with related compound whose name has ending -one?

Cortisol

Stock trading what s describes rapid increase in a stocks price, such happened with GameStop in 2021? In this scenario short sellers see their shares are moving up instead of down so buy large volumes to cover position thus driving it up further(

Squeeze

The former radio 4 newsreader Alice Arnold is married to which person?

Clare Balding

In response to call of objection; an American judge would use what nine letter word to signal agree with objection

Sustained

Produced by Rapido TV and shown on late nights channel 4 from 1994-96, Andi Oliver and IceT hosts of which show exploring wilder side of black culture?

Baadasss TV

Which harlequins player captained England rugby Union team a record 59 times including 1991 World Cup final and 1995 semi final followed a controversy over description of RFU committee as 57 old farts?

Will Carling

Forced to do so after breaking collarbone in crash on stage six in 2015, which German time trial specialist was last cyclist to quit the Tour de France while wearing the yellow jersey?

Tony Martin

Which Middle Eastern country flag has aspect ratio of 28:11 making it longest rectangular flag of any country in the world?

Qatar

In which dickens novel would you find Lizzie Hexham, John Harmon and Nicodemus (Noddy) Boffin?

Our mutual friend

Although he represented Bromley during premiership; which British pM had earlier been Mp for Stockton on tees for most of time 1924-45 and later Earl of stockton in Lords

Harold MacMillan

The Tears was a band formed by Brett Anderson with which former member of suede who had also been part of a duo with David mcalmont

Bernard Butler

Two strangers, Wall Street trader John (Mickey Rourke) and art gallery assistant Elizabeth (Kim Basinger), become involved in a new relationship

9 1/2 Weeks

Greater siren (siren lacertina) is one of three members of genus Siren in what class of animal?

Amphibian

Android 1.1 code name, doesn’t begin with A or B

Petit Four

First android four code names named after food starting F going back to C

Froyo Eclair Donut Cupcake

K and L on Android code name systems are pies, what are they?

Key Lime Pie (KitKat) and Lemon Meringue Pie (Lollipop)

Last ANDROID system named after foodstuff before Android 10 was which p

Pie

Nba player with Baltimore bullets and New York knicks nicknamed the Pearl?

Earl Monroe (Earl the monroe) also black Jesus

In the Iliad who led a fleet of a thousand ships to attack Troy?

Agamemnon

King of Sparta husband of Helen

Menelaus

Wha

Name of demonic beings who come from puzzle boxes in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser series.

Cenobites

Which metal band had first number one metal album in the us selling six million of “Mental Health”? Songs “cum on feel the noize” and “metal health”.

Quiet Riot

Who played guitar solo on MJ song “Beat It”?

Eddie Van Halen

The theft of antique gold egg and murder of British agent 009 sets stage for which James Bond movie?

Octopussy

James Caan made a guest appearance as an LAPD detective on what tv series with his son Scott?

Hawaii 5-0

Which Canadian born actress known for playing Sidney Prescott in scream films played young Princess Elizabeth in 2004 satirical comedy film “churchill: the Hollywood years”?

Neve Campbell

Man who designed Elizabeth II wedding dress?

Sir Norman Hartnell

Otherwise known as the Old North Road what name of road of Roman road that connected London to both Lincoln and york?

Ermine Street

1994 who was first male footballer to win PfA player of the year who was born outside of British isles?

Eric Cantona

Professor Pierre ARONNAX is narrator of which novel by Jules Verne which also features the Flemish servant Conseil?

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

French general elections always take place on which day?

Sunday

Katy, Rival and Castlebrite are varieties of which fruit?

Apricot

Which football club plays at Easter Road, Andy Murray is a fan?

Hibernian

According to subtitle of RD Blackmore 19th century novel Lorna Doone, it was a romance of where?

Exmoor

Founded in 1993, merger of NALGO, NUPE and COHSE, name of largest trade union in UK, majority public sector workers?

Unison

Beginning with S, name of girl who features in Judith Kerr book The Tiger Who Came To Tea?

Sophie

Word describes unexpected military attack is also the collective noun for tiger?

Ambush

In a line delivered on 8 out of 10 Cats, Sean Lock said he would like to have ashes spread in which notorious British media personalities eyes?

Piers Mortan

In a line delivered on 8 out of 10 Cats, Sean Lock said he would like to have ashes spread in which notorious British media personalities eyes?

Piers Morgan

In a line delivered on 8 out of 10 Cats, Sean Lock said he would like to have ashes spread in which notorious British media personalities eyes?

Piers Morgan

In a line delivered on 8 out of 10 Cats, Sean Lock said he would like to have ashes spread in which notorious British media personalities eyes?

Piers Morgan

In a line delivered on 8 out of 10 Cats, Sean Lock said he would like to have ashes spread in which notorious British media personalities eyes?

Piers Morgan

In a line delivered on 8 out of 10 Cats, Sean Lock said he would like to have ashes spread in which notorious British media personalities eyes?

Piers Morgan

In a line delivered on 8 out of 10 Cats, Sean Lock said he would like to have ashes spread in which notorious British media personalities eyes?

Piers Morgan

In a line delivered on 8 out of 10 Cats, Sean Lock said he would like to have ashes spread in which notorious British media personalities eyes?

Piers Morgan

In a line delivered on 8 out of 10 Cats, Sean Lock said he would like to have ashes spread in which notorious British media personalities eyes?

Piers Morgan

In a line delivered on 8 out of 10 Cats, Sean Lock said he would like to have ashes spread in which notorious British media personalities eyes?

Piers Morgan

In a line delivered on 8 out of 10 Cats, Sean Lock said he would like to have ashes spread in which notorious British media personalities eyes?

Piers Morgan

Best known as tottenham all time leading goal scorer? Jimmy greaves also played for which team team for 157 games scoring 124 goals between 1957 and 1961.

Chelsea

Who directed the UP series of documentaries

Michael Apted

Which civil servant did investigation into lockdown parties in #10

Sue Gray

Greyhound Racing Trap 1

Red with White Number

Greyhound Racing Trap 1

Red with White Number

Greyhound Racing Trap 2

Blue with White Numeral

Greyhound Racing Trap 3

White with Black Numeral

Greyhound Racing Trap 3

White with Black Numeral

Greyhound Racing Trap 4

Black with White Numeral

Greyhound Racing Trap 5

Orange with Black Numeral

Greyhound Racing Trap 6

Black & White Stripes with red Numeral

Bricklayers going up ladders traditionally carried their bricks in or on what?

Hod

1969 RAF began to replace their Shackleton aircraft with which other for sea going patrols?

Nimrod

What was Ben Gurion airport in Israel called until 1973? Remembered for massacre.

Lod

Which term describes both the rite in Freemasonry where candidates bares foot by taking off shoe, and someone displaying carelessness behaviour or work?

Slipshod

QED stands for

Quod Erat Demonstrandum

Which town did 1974 song off Elton John Caribou album sing it has “a thousand delights”?

Grimsby

Super Gran actress

Gudrun Ure

Who played arch nemesis of Supergran, The Scunner Campbell?

Iain Cuthbertson

Who wrote The Culture series of science fiction novels

Iain M Banks

Citizen Kane, Vertigo and Taxi Driver composer

Bernard Hermann

Who was The Cisco Kid (Duncan Renaldo) sidekick played by Leo Carrillo?

Pancho

Which Wild West pair rode horses called Diablo and Loco?

Cisco Kid and Pancho

Percherons and Clydesdales are two of largest breeds of draft horse. But what is largest?

Shire

The Queen’s fell pony passed by funeral cortège had same name as which Jane Austen character(

Emma

Two parts of heartbeat,

Diastole and Systole

Which author called Nottinghamshire “the country of my heart”?

DH Lawrence

Butchers preparing liver have to be careful not to pierce which other gland?

Gallbladder

The Prussian army mainly took its officer from which class of German society?

Junkers

Foreign minister of Russia since 2004

Sergey Lavrov

Error codes 400-404 on computer

400 bad request 401 unauthorised 403 forbidden 404 page not found

Ardbeg, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Lagavulin, Laphroaig are whiskey distilleries all on which island?

Islay

Swindon Town, Cheltenham Town, Bristol City, Ilkeston all which nickname

Robins

What type of rock common to Derbyshire and Gibraltar?

Limestone

Which act top ten hit with “sorry I’m a lady” in 1977

Baccara

Who played Florence Nightingale in 1951 farm “the lady with a lamp” also Nell Gwyn, Queen Victoria (Victoria the Great and Sixty Glorious Years), Edith Cavell?

Anna Neagle

Long distance endurance cycling involving passing through checkpoints within specified time limits particularly in groups is called what?

Audax or Randonneuring

In which cycle race are contestants paced on a motorcycle?

Keirin

Fred Gwynne (Car 54, Herman Munster in Munsters) and Rondo Hatton were affected by which physical condition?

Acromegaly

Which river separated the Roman republic from cisalpine Gaul?

Rubicon

The river Farset runs under the High Street of which Home capital?!

Belfast

Which river flows through centre of edinburgh?

Water of leith

Cardiff three mains rivers?

Taff, Ely, Rhymney

Which song by Neil and also Traffic has phrase “I climbed on the back of a giant albatross”?

Hole in My Shoe

In which of his singles does elvis lresley speak part of Shakespeare’s seven ages of man?

Are you lonesome tonight!

Which actor died 1976 four days after last episode of Bless This House

Sid James

Who was camp host of Maplin’s Holiday Camp

Ted Bovis

Whose artwork A Year in Normandie at 90.75m was the artists biggest painting ever when released in Saltaire, Yorkshire, in May 2022

David Hockney

Anne Charleston appeared as which character’s ghost in final episode of Neighbours?

Madge Bishop

Which MP had problems researching tractor brands in House of Commons in 2022

Neil Parish

At commonwealth 2022 golds, Australia silvers and England golds were same number, how many?

57

Bbc political editor after Laura Kuennsberg

Chris Mason

August 2022 saw deaths from floods in which Asian city often rated as one of asias most livable cities

Seoul

Which town in Yorkshire became city in 2022

Doncaster

Pipelines transporting natural gas from Russia to Germany are called what?!94;

Nord Stream

Chicken Veronique or Sole Veronique is cooked with which fruit

Grapes (white6

Which Paul Simon song was inspired by either the Chinese chicken foo yung or tbh r japanese dish Oyakodon

Mother and Child Reunion

Which brand name now appears on sweet packets jointly with Maynards

Bassetts

Which 1982 tv series on Chinese cookery and its spin off recipe book gave bbc one of their greatest commercial successes?&3’

Ken Hom

Yoghurt comes from which language word

Turkish

What vicious water is created from legume seeds drenched water? Chickpeas leftover water changed into this.

Aquafaba

In 1933 film I’m no Angel who instructed Beulah to peel a grape for her?

Mae West

In his epistle to whom did St Paul write “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out”

Timothy

Who created Brookside

Phil Redmond

Oliver Postgate and Peter firmin created which series set in stop motion Northlands?’

Noggin the Nog

1604 Johannes Kepler saw what extreme and rare astronomical event):7

Supernova (in constellation Ophiuchus)

Who costarred in Basic Instinct, Waterworld and Criminal Minds tv?

Jeanne Tripplehorn

Which comedian appeared in Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh (1944-55) and Beyond our Ken (1958-64)?

Kenneth Horne

Which year was bread first rationed in 1940s

1946

Status Quo 1972 song with transport in name

Paper Plane

Type of poem such as “do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas, five tercets followed by a quatrain?

Villanelle

Which n is the most widely used pint glass in British pubs, bulge at top!

Nonic

Removal of the brown husk of rice results in loss of which vitamin (70% loss)

B

If dish describes “a La lyonnaise” it includes what

Onions

London Pride, Chiswick Bitter and ESB are brands of which brewing company?

Fullers

What is a truckle in food terms

A cylindrical cheese

What do Bayonne, Parma and Serrano hams have in common?

Air Dried (uncooked)

Catherine was novelists wife who he legal separated and long relationship with Ellen Tiernan actress. Who?

Charles Dickens

Brian May’s actress wife?

Anita Dobson

Ringo Starr’s actress wife!

Barbara Bach

Where are confectionary Uncle Joes Mint Balls made?

Wigan

World of Glass Museum and Visitors Centre ?

St Helens

Bank Quay railway station found where?

Warrington

Which Yorkshire town until 1978 had a famous variety club where Louis Armstrong, Beegees, Roy Orbison played?

Batley

Which town was home to the Society of Equitable pioneers?

Rochdale

What are Nordisch, Rhenish, Swiss, Berliner and Ciner?

newspaper formats

Smurfs in French

Les Schtroumpfs

Charlemagne father and son

Father Pepin the Short Son Pepin the Hunchback

Who was nicknamed the Honorable John Company

East India Company

Which Nazi leader died in paddington in 1981

Albert Speer

British boxer who in 1951 became world middleweight champion when he defeated Sugar Ray Robinson? Nicknamed Leamington Licker.

Randolph Turpin

1958 first nuclear powered aircraft: USS ________

Enterprise

Which song also released by Fifth Dimension was a 1967 UK hit for the Johnny Mann singers?

Up Up and Away

John Denver only one top 40 song, went #1 in 1974 in Uk

Annie’s Song

Song “Move Closer” was uk number one in April 1985 for who?

Phyllis Nelson

In whcih country bulldozer Revolution?

Yugoslavia

Which MP opposed by the Dog Lovers party in 1979?

Jeremy Thorpe

Four Ministries of Oceania in 1984

Love, Peace, Truth and Plenty

Which decorative item might have a knop, column, sconce and pricket?

Candlestick

Opened in 1945 fully, the Churchill Barriers were built to protect which body of water?

Scapa Flow

New Zealand radio and television broadcaster, presenter of the fishing documentary show Fish of the Day

Clarke Gayford (fiancée of Jacinda Ardern)

In ice hockey when player serving a penalty and their team one less player they are said to be in state of what?

Short Handed

Deriving from an indigenous word for “ball” or “game”, what is two words name for traditional Indigenous Australian football games played at gatherings and celebrations by sometimes more than 100 players?

Marn Grook

Bogside, Waterside, Creggan and Shantallow are areas in which Northern Irish city?

Derry

Which athlete born liverpool but rep NI in Commonwealth, won Spoty in 1972 after winning pentathlon at Munich ?

Mary Peters

Who is current leader of alliance party of Northern Ireland since October 2016

Naomi Long

James Ellis appeared as Bert Lynch in 629 episodes of which 1962-78 series? It centred on work of mobile uniformed police on the fictional Newtown, based in Kirkby, liverpool?

Z-Cars

Which river, rising at Slieve Muck in the mournes and running to the Atlantic nee port Stewart, is Northern Ireland’s longest?

River Bann

Which 1978 Undertones hit was so beloved by Kohn Peel it’s on his headstone

Teenage Kicks

What type of geological tourist attraction brings visitor to County Fermanagh village of florencecourt?

Marble Arch Caves

Belfast entrepreneur Nicky Kinnaird founded and contributed partially to the name of which cosmetics retailer ?

Space Nk

Who shared 1976 Nobel peace prize for work with northern Irish organisation community of peace people?

Betty Williams and Mairead Maguire

French video game company known for assassins creed, far cry, just dance, prince of Persia.

Ubisoft

What was surname of brothers Thomas, naval architect of titanic, John M second PM of Northern Ireland and James Lord Chief Justice of NI?

Andrews

Which river up which Ted Hastings in line of duty suggests he’s come up in a bubble runs through Belfast ?

Lagan

Although widely thought of as Australian, which actress born in carrickfergus, County Antrim, played Susan Kennedy in neighbours from 1994 to show end?

Jackie Woodburne

Credited with invention of chocolate milk; born 1660 Ireland, 13th president of royal society 1727-41, bequeathed bunch to British nation leading to British museum, library, natural history museum.

Hans Sloane

Which brtipop band whose classic line up is Tim Wheeler, Mark Hamilton and Rick McMurray boasts Goldfinger, Oh Yeah and Shining Light as it’s best performers in charts? Girl from Mars might be signature hitS

Ash

1998 Nobel Peace Prize winners

David Trimble (died 2022) and John Hume (died 2020)

Shankill, Ardoyne, Tiger’s Bay are areas in whcih northern Irish city?

Belfast

El Niño and Everyday were among biggest hits for which northern Irish trance duo, active between 1997 and 2014?

Agnelli & Nelson

Which Ship sharing name with commonwealth capital city was last ocean liner completed by titanic shipbuilders Harland and Wolff in 1961?

SS Canberra

Which Belfast Tv presenter blue Peter host 1986 to 1990 leaving to join radio 5? Died breast cancer 14 years later at 41.

Caron Keating

Actor who played Charlie Fairhead in Casualty?

Derek Thompson

Featuring in five sherlock novels, an Ulster was a Victorian item of which type of clothing?

Coat

Which County Antrim town became Northern Ireland’s main ferry port from mid 19th century?

Larne

Johnny Cash song about Ireland?

Forty Shades of Green

Which London terminus regained title as uk busiest station again in 2022 after dropped to fourth year before?

Waterloo

Japanese word refers to buying books and pile up without reading

Tsundoku

Pearl Jam debut album Ten is named after jersey number of which NBA player, Pearl Jam originally named after player?

Mookie Blaylock

Which 1991 film starring Gong Li and directed by Zhang Yimou tells story of young woman in China who becomes concubine of wealth man during warlord era?

Raise the Red Lantern

Which former patriots and colts kicker( who played 1996-2019, leads NFL all time in points scored? His game winning kick in super bowl 36 won patriots first championship.

Adam Vinatieri

Which Chinese emperor and military leader (1735-1796), fifth of Qing Dynasty, saw China reach its greatest expanse during his reign?

Qianlong Emperor

Danish chef and Co owner of Noma restaurant in Copenhagen

Rene Redzepi

Wild Swans 1991 book by which Chinese British author

Jung Chang

Ethical code of Jainism, which of five vows relates to non-greediness, non grasping and non possession?

Aparigraha

Ethics of Jainism, what is non violence?

Ahimsa

In ethics of Jainism what is truth

Satya

In ethics of Jainism what is non stealing ?

Asteya

In ethics of jainism, what concept literally means to stay in conduct within one’s own self, chastity or sexual abstinence?

Brahmacharya

Which German chess master famous for brilliant sacrificial attacking play particular the Immortal Game and The Evergreen Game?

Adolf Andersson

1886-1894 the first official world champion chess what Austrian player?

William Steinitz

Widower of Vivienne Westwood, Austrian creative designer and fashion partner?

Andreas Kronthaler

Peruvian Secretary General of UN 1982-1991

Javier Perez de Cuellar

Form of textile produced by using knotting rather than weaving or knitting? Name Arabic in origin, with moorish conquest first bringing the craft to Spain, then rest of Europe.

Macrame

Who is noted as the first African-American woman to be recognised as a symphonic composer and have work played by major orchestra in 1933? 2009, old manuscripts found igniting interest in musicZ

Florence Price

Widely regarded as one of the most talented virtuosos of his time before dying in car accident at 25, which jazz bassist closely associated with pianist Bill Evans composer standards including Jade Visions and Gloria’s Step?

Scott Lafaro

Volcano that erupted in 2010 in Iceland and disrupted air travel for ages

Eyjafjallajokull

Tax of medieval origin levied intermittently in kingdom of England until middle of 17th century. Typically on coastal areas, Charles I tried doing in peacetime and went badly z

Ship Money

French 18th century composer and chess player who has defence chess opening named after him. Contributed to early development of Opera Comique.

Philidor (Defence)

Which fashion designer is Viennese Westwood’s son? Founder of Agent Provocateur.

Joseph Corre

Queen of Soul singer

Aretha Franklin

American author known for novel The Joy Luck Club?

Amy Tan

Area along border of Egypt and Sudan which is unhabitated and unclaimed by either countries

Bir Tawil

Which 1993 film starring Gong Li and directed by Chen Kaige tells story of peking operas actors and friends exploring homosexuality and social instability in China?5/

Farewell My Concubine

In American football, the annual award given to most outstanding punter in college football is named after which player?

Ray Guy

Which Chinese emperor reigned 1402-1424 and was third of Ming Dynasty oversaw Forbidden city construction and the Porcelain Tower of nanjingV

Yongle Emperor

Chemistry 2020 Nobel

Emmanuel Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna

Saladin dynasty name

Ayyubid Dynasty

Widely regarded as one of most talented virtuosos of his time before dying 25 in 1956, which jazz trumpeter closely associated with drummer max roach, composed standards Sandu, Daahoud, Joy Spring?

Clifford Brown

Pseudonymous t Twitter user know for idiosyncratic style of absurdist humour and non sequiturs. Proper weird twitterS

Dril

WPP, Publicis Groupe, Omnicom, Interpublic, Dentsu and Havas are the Big 6 in which industry?

Advertising

Horse racing the Irish Derby is held at which racecourse in County Kildare?

The Curragh

Which American patriot led the green mountain boys militia of Vermont in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during revolutionary war?

Ethan Allen

Netball World Cup first held in 1963, won by Australia, New Zealand and which other country?

Trinidad and Tobago

Name of musical mode more commonly referred to as natural minor scale? One of four tribes of Greece.

Aeolian

Maud Apatow, daughter of Leslie Mann and Judd, stars in which HBO teen drama series?

Euphoria

Three NFL sides in Florida

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Miami Dolphins Jacksonville Jaguars

Who reported seeing apparition of Virgin Mary in 1858 in Lourdes?

Bernadette Soubirous

Name of the Turkmenistan “door to hell” gas crater?

Darvaza

Who was last king of the Quilombo dos Palmares, 17th century settlement largely comprised of escaped slaves in Brazil? Black consciousness day in Brazil sometimes called after this king on November 20th.

Zumbi

In which poker variant does a player have four cards in hand and five community cards on table? Must use two in hand and three on table to make best five?

Omaha Hold’Em

Which 80s supermodel appeared in Billy Joel music video for Uptown Girl?

Christie Brinkley

Which author wrote the Wheel of Time franchise and wrote 12 books in series until 2007 death? Tv show on Amazon prime in 2021.

Robert Jordan

Who is leader of SNP in House of Commons from December 2022 after Ian Blackford stepped down?

Stephen Flynn

Which composer’s Romanza (Symphony in D) was played on organ at queen’s funeral?

Ralph Vaughan-Williams

Primarily known for working in horror genre, what is name of the film production company that produced Paranormal Activity and Insidious film series?

Blumhouse

In radio system terminology, what does the MW stand for in MW?

Medium Wave

In poker variant which does a player have to make best five card hand possible from cards in their hand, four of which dealt face-up so every one can see them, three dealt face-down. Before rise of Texas Hold’Em, this was one of the most widely played variants.

7 Card Stud

Which Danish 90s super model appeared in Chris Isaak music video for Wicked Game?

Helena Christensen

Queen Nzinga served as queen of Ndongo and Matamba, 17th century kingdoms in which modern day African country?

Angola

Known as Mouth of Hell, Masaya Volcano is found in which Central American country?

Nicaragua

Which of escoffier’s mother sauces of French cuisine is made by reduction of clear stock (made from unroasted bones) and thickened with white roux??3@

Veloute

2022, who became second woman to win fields medal in Ma th s?

Maryna Viazovska

What is name of musical mode more commonly referred to as the major scale? Derives name from one of four major tribes of Ancient Greece.

Ionian

Three NFL franchises in California

San Francisco 49ers LA Rams LA Chargers

Which fantasy author’s works finished the wheel of time series following Robert Jordan’s death? Works include the Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive series of novels. 2022 became most funded author on kickstarter.

Brandon Sanderson

With an estimated population of just 74, all in Indonesia what is most critically endangered of the five extant species of rhino in world?

Javan Rhinoceros

Which anti-obesity drug is a saturated derivative of lipstatin which stops the hydrolysis and absorption of fats in the intestine, resulting in modest weight loss, but with notorious effect of loose oily stools and incontinence?

Orlistat

Which single word describes the process of a plasma turning back into a gas, such as when fluorescent light is switched off? This name refers to positive ions combining with electrons or negative ions to form neutral atoms again.

Recombination

Who designed the “Choose Life” t shirt worn by Wham in 80s? Designed a new one with “Choose Love” for Help Refugees in 2015.

Katharine Hamnett

One of the best known arguments in epistemology, the “missing shade of blue” was an idea first expounded by which philosopher in his 1739 work A Treatise of Human Nature?

David Hume

In the game of Go, a vacant point that is horizontally or vertically adjacent to a stone is known in English by what word beginning with L? A stone or group of stones must have at least one of these to survive.

Liberty

Brazilian Jujutsu was developed by which brothers?

Gracie brothers

In theatrical lighting, an ellipsoidal reflector floodlight is also known by what name, shares with character in Bob the Builder?

Scoop

Which 1993 film directed by Richard Linklater received acclaim for soundtrack of 1970s hits although it did not include song of the same title by Led Zeppelin?

Dazed and Confused

Which 1993 film directed by Richard Linklater received acclaim for soundtrack of 1970s hits although it did not include song of the same title by Led Zeppelin?

Dazed and Confused

Which ancient English custom takes place annually on May 8th in Cornish town of Helston? It incorporates the Hal-an-Tow pageant and see participants wearing a Lily-of-the-Valley flower while participating in the activity that a popular song is named for.

Furry Dance

In 1617, Pocahontas died in which town in Kent, buried there in George’s church?

Gravesend

Which Uk businessman, current CEO of vitamins company Vitabiotics, one of dragons den from 2017-21, succeeding Nick Jenkins and being replaced by Steven Bartlett?

Tej Lalvani

Which Olympic Games saw germanys only defeat in the team dressage of the last forty years with the gold going to host nation instead?

2012 London Olympics

The Senegal river forms most of border between Senegal and which country to north of it?

Mauritania

Who designed the lay out and street plan of Washington DC?

Pierre Charles L’Enfant

Who appointed by Napoleon III to renovate street plan of Paris in 1850s and 60s

Baron Haussman

What single word denotes process of a gas turning into a plasma, such as when fluorescent light is switched on? Name refers to creation of electrically charged particles.

Ionisation

In the game of Go, an internal fully surrounded liberty of a group of stones is known in English by what name first letter E? A group of stones with two or more of these can never be captured.

Eye

Theodore Roosevelt took up which martial art meaning “gentle art”?

Jujitsu

Sapho, Manon and Werther are all operas by which French composer?

Jules Massenet

Which injectable drug, developed as a longer acting alternative to liraglutide for treating diabetes, has also been widely prescribed off label as an anti obesity miedication? Drug saw surge in popularity 2022 after musk tweeted about using it.

Semaglutide

With estimated population of over 15,000 in Southern Africa what is by far most abundant five extant species of rhinoceros in world?

White Rhinoceros

The Scott Report was result of inquiry into government approvals of banned sales of defence equipment to a certain Middle Eastern country in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Scandals became known as Arms-to-…. Which country?

Iraq

Lisa Marie Presley first husband was Danny Keough (had kids Riley Keough actress and Benjamin shot in head 2020), who was 2, 3 and 4 husband?

Michael Jackson Nicolas Cage Michael Lockwood

Who played The Stranger in The Big Lebowski? Also 2018 A Star is Born which he got nominated for Oscar BSA.

Sam Elliott

Which annual folk custom takes place annually on May Day in Cornish town of Padstow and involves two separate processions each carrying the object which gives the festival its name?

‘Obby ‘Oss Festival

Which UK businesswoman, the founder and owner of the crafting supply company Crafters Companion, has been one of dragons on dragons den since 2019, succeeding Jenny Campbell?

Sara Davies

Which name used for model of Ford car built between 1951 and 1975 was also the title of highest elected political office in ancient Roman republic?

Consul

Second simplest carboxylic acid, ethanoic acid, is main component of vinegar (other than water) and is also known by what name?

Acetic Acid

Template used in theatrical lighting, placed between the lamp and the lenses to control shape of light and its shadow is known by what name that it shares with one of Fraggles in Fraggle Rock?

Gobo

Which serving French President, addressee of Emile zola’s open letter J’Accuse, died suddenly from stroke in Elysee palace while with mistress Marguerite Steinheil in 1899?

Felix Faure

Which sculpture did Mount Rushmore?

Gutzon Borglum

Although forms border with Mauritania to north, headwaters of Senegal river lie in which country that borders Senegal to the south?

Guinea

Donald Duck parents names

Hortense and Quackmore

anonymous French street artist and muralist whose ceramic tile mosaics depict characters from 1970s arcade games is known by what pseudonym? Inspired by title of one such classic game.

Invader

Which 1975 film based on 1973 London stage musical is still in limited release in 2023 and is therefore longest running theatrical release in film history?

Rocky Horror Picture Show

How are roughly spherical reddish spongy growths formed in leaf-buds of an oak tree by the developing larvae of a gall wasp generally known?

Oak Apple

Largest private garden in London bounded by constitution hill and grosvenor place?

Buckingham Palace Garden

Three of the four suits in a pack of cards are mentioned in the Beatles song titles, which one not?

Spades

Which British product and quality mark has been in use since 1903 when introduced as trademark on tramway rails?

The Kitemark

Shop sells chocolates in boxes of 6, 9 or 20, what is largest number of chocolates impossible to buy?

43

Canada and Denmark island that 2022 settled after 25 year fight, it’s in Ellesmere Strait near Baffin Bay.

Hans Island

Last British PM to be born in 19th century?

Harold MacMillan

What name is used in stock market for an issue of shares offered at a special price by a uk company pro rata to its existing shareholders?

Rights Issue

First British chess player to become a candidate for the world chess championship and lost to Garry Kasparov in 1993?

Nigel Short

First British chess player to become a candidate for the world chess championship and lost to Garry Kasparov in 1993?

Nigel Short

First Englishman to earn chess grand master title?

Tony Miles

What well known term for a empty tomb or monument erected in honour of person or group whose remains are elsewhere?

Cenotaph

10 January 1863 first section of London Underground opened. Which two stations did it link?

Paddington to Farringdon

Two Shakespeare plays set on Sicily

The Winters Tale Much Ado About Nothing

Out of 7 countries formed from breakup of Yugoslavia only 2 are currently eu members, who?

Croatia and Slovenia

Nativity of Jesus described in which two of the gospels?

Matthew and Luke

Chemical solution Aqua Regia is one of few liquids capable of dissolving gold and platinum, what mixture two acids?

Nitric and Hydrochloric Acid

Which two writers plaques at 29 Fitzroy Square? One Irish Nobel prize winner and second a Bloomsbury group novelist.

George Bernard Shaw and Virginia Woolf

Name of the administrative centre of London borough of Tower Hamlets? Also name of DLR and location of 1921 Rates Revolt.

Poplar

What is name of American right wing political advocacy group that was founded in 1958? The group is fanatically anti-communist and supports social conservatism.

The John Birch Society

What was the name of the now jailed alleged fantasist who claimed Ted Heath, Lord Brammall, Leon Brittan and others part of a YIP paedo ring?

Carl Beech

Two word name of training facility at McDonald’s HQ in chciago Illinois?

Hamburger University

French word for paper clip?

Trombone

In which UK general election were 18 year olds allowed to vote for first time?

1970

Name of singer who became first woman to win big four categories of best album, record year, song of year and best new artist at January 2020 Grammy?

Billie Eilish

1983 Brinks-Mat robbery took place near which airport?

Heathrow

2016 autobiography Revolution by who?

Emmanuel Macron

Who has been Burnley manager since June 2022?

Vincent Kompany

Sheffield Manager manager since 2021?

Paul Heckingbottom

The first royal porcelain factories in Jingdezhen were built during which Chinese dynasty?

Ming

Which political drama tv series takes name for Danish for “the castle”

Borgen

Muesli invented by which Swiss physician?

Maximilian Bircher-Benner

Word links jazz musician famous for 1966 hit “Get Away” and a perfume by Paco Rabanne?

Fame

Metal used as protective coating during process known as galvanisation?

Zinc

Tv series Tulsa King starring Sly Stallone set in which US state?

Oklahoma

Who composer score for 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ?

Peter Gabriel

Lillehammer was which country and year olympics

1994 in Norway

Which novel by Toni Morrison shares name with British electronic music group

Beloved

The “ashen light” phenomenon is a faint glow observed on dark side of which planet?

Venus

Judy Garland sings “I want to go back to Michigan” in which film musical?

Easter Parade

The Gulf of Martaban is situated off coast of which Asian country?

Myanmar

The March “Hail to the Chief” first played at inauguration of which US President?

Martin Van Buren

2022 fantasty film 3000 years of longing starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton is based on short story by which novelist

AS Byatt

2022 fantasty film 3000 years of longing starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton is based on short story by which novelist

AS Byatt

How many countries in Africa end in “ia”

11

Which Israeli born arcihitect designed Marina Bay Sands in Singapore

Moshe Safdie

Busiest railway station in Spain is which Madrid station named for district it is in?

Madrid Atocha

In a game of chess after how many moves in succession can a player claim a draw if no capture has been made and no pawn has been moved?

50 movies

In computer science, what three word term describes the application of computational techniques to understanding written and spoken language? Such as Virtual Assistants.

Natural Language Processing

Two new cricket franchisss go becomes part of IPL in 2022, which team won the IPL that year? Captain Hardik Pandya and batter Shubman Gill.

Gujarat Titans

Which jazz trumpeter has been nominated for Mercury prize twice, for Into the Blue in 1995 and for Soundtrack in 2002?

Guy Barker

Julius Caesar defeated Vercingetorix and his Gaullisg army at which 52BC battle following a siege at the titular location?

Battle of Alesia

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are among few directors who won Palme D’OR twice? Their first win was 1999 for which film, whose titular character attempts suicide at end.

Rosetta

Harpers Ferry is in which current us state? Known for 1859 John Brown’s Raid.2

West Virginia

Who narrated the famous AIDS: Don’t Die of Ignorance tv advert of 1980s?

John Hurt

Tim Duncan is currently only nba #1 draft pick from which Winston-Salem, NC university?

Wake Forest University

Published in 1871, what was first book of the Rougon-Macquart series to be written by Emile Zola?

La Fortune Des Rougon

Collective title given to twenty novels by Emile Zola subtitles natural and social history of a family under the second empire. Follows two titular branches of fictional family living during second French empire (1852-1870).

Les Rougon-Macquart

1963 saw two songs in foreign language hit number one in Us. One of them was which song sung in Japanese by Kyu Sakamoto? Songs popular title is same name of a Japanese hot pot dish with cooked beef.

Sukiyaki

Known as the father of American anthropology and associated with historical particularise and cultural relativism which German American anthropologist at Columbia had among students Ruth Benedict, Margaret Mead and Edward Sapir?

Franz Boas

Known as wise man of the nation, which Hungarian leader was key contributed to the April Laws, the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and the Hungarian Nationalities Law? 1803-76.

Ferenc Deak

Hungarian nobleman and lawyer governirnpresident of kingdom of Hungary during revolution of 1848-49? Great talker. Speeches impressed Daniel Webster who wrote a book about his life. Called Father of Hungarian Democracy.

Lajos Kossuth

In organic chemistry, what type of acids have the general formula RS(=O2)-OH where R is an organic radical?

Sulfonic Acid

Blackman and Stayman are conventions in which sport?,

Contract Bridge

Which saying comes before “though fools seldom differe”?

Great minds think alike

Which saying comes before “though fools seldom differe”?

Great minds think alike

Emperor Taisho of Japan 1912-26 had which personal name?

Yoshihito

All female singer seater racing championship since 2019 has what name.

W Series

Which British racing driver has won the W Series each year from its inception: 2019, 2021 and 2022? Competed at the 2022 Race of Champions for Great Britain alongside David Coulthard.

Jamie Chadwick

Four drivers to have won Indy 500 four times

AJ Foyt Al Unser Sr Rick Mears Helio Castroneves

Which British driver was runner up to the 2001 F1 championship behind Michael Suchmacher?

David Coulthard

Only two women participated in the 2022 Race of Champions: britains Jamie Chadwick and which Finnish driver who also is in W Series?

Emma Kimilainen

One of only two countries in Africa to have international dialling code, +20 is who?

Egypt

Which type of device converts mechanical energy into electrical energy?

Generator

Playing the husband of Charlotte Ritchie’s character in Ghosts, which actor will feature in series 15 of taskmaster? Also plays Dean in Stath Let’s Flats?

Kiell Smith-Bynoe

English stand up comedian born in Tokyo 1990. Appearing in Taskmaster series 15. Younger ever winner of So You Think You’re Funny in 2009. Eton posh boy.

Ivo Graham

Canadian born comedian and actor based in England starring Netflix series Feel Good.

Mae Martin

Who plays Adam Groff in Sex education?

Connor Swindells

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have won palmedor twice, second win in 2005!;94 which film where titular character sold into an underground adoption ring?

L’enfant (the child)

Founded by Michael Pickard in 1973, chain wanted to compete against British roadside restaurant Little Chef who they absorbed in 1997.

Happy Eater

In which year Sputnik launched, size of basketball?

1957

According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, which giant was thrown from a cliff during wrestling match with Corineus?

Gogmagog

Whcih film writer wrote the dr who episode Vincent and the Doctor?

Richard Curtis

Roy Orbison first number one in UK

Only the Lonely (other two were It’s Over and Oh, Pretty Woman)

Who were the Travelling Wilburn members?

George Harrison Bob Dylan Jeff Lynne Roy Orbison Tom Petty

Which modern day country last large habitable land to be settled by humans and first to adopt the universal franchise?

New Zealand

Which singer had number 1 hits in the 1970s with Can the Can and Devil Gate Drive?

Suzi Quatro

Which colour named after rich brown pigment derived from ink sac of common cuttlefish and name given to photography?

Sepia

Named after emblem worn by first airborne corps on D-Day, how did the Benouville Bridge in Normandy become known in 1944?

Pegasus Bridge

What number is at 3pm on dartboard? What number is at 6pm on dartboard? What number is at 9pm on dartboard?

6 3 11

Dart numbers on board from 20 to 6 (at 3pm).

20 1 18 4 13 6

Dart numbers on board from 6 (3pm) to 3 (6pm)

6 10 15 2 17 3

Dart numbers on board from 3 (6pm) to 11 (9pm)

3 19 7 16 8 11

Dart numbers on board from 11 (9pm) to 20.

11 14 9 12 5 20

Pandora, setting of Avatar films, is a moon of a gas giant orbiting which star?-@0

Alpha Centauri A

According to Auguste Escoffier in 1903, an “omelette aux fines herbes” should contain four fresh herbs: parsley, chives, a little chervil and which other?

Tarragon

Ferguson’s Gang was an anonymous group of patriotic and philanthropic women hiding behinds masks and pseudonyms who raised significant amount of money in 30s and 40s for which institution?

National Trust

Which word connects cigarette smoking, a double drum stroke, a type of motor racing and in physics the force which resists motion of an object through a fluid?

Drag

Which expression generally meaning one who comes last or behind is derived from a nickname for the rear-gunner in a WW2 bomber?

Tail End Charlie

Only President to have not been TIME Person of the Year?

Gerald Ford (also not elected as President or Vice President)

On which island off coast of Western Australia would you find the Quokka?

Rottnest Island

On which island off coast of Western Australia would you find the Quokka?

Rottnest Island

From Greek for face and non knowledge, word more commonly known as face blindness.

Prosopagnosia

Which Australian state capital known as city of churches

Adelaide

The largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and home to Anindilyakwa people has what name? Given by Abel Tasman, archaic spelling of Dutch for large island.

Groote Eylandt

Nickname for a $5 note in Australia

Prawn due to pink colour

Psychrolutes Microporos voted 2013 ugliest animal and found in deep water Tasman Sea, common name?

Blobfish

Worlds first McCafe was opened in which city said to be coffee capital of their country maybe due to high level of Greek and Italian heritage people.

Melbourne

Name of Regatta held annually in august along Todd River of Alice Springs, special as fry river with no water.

Henley-on-Todd

Sydney Company Where 2 Technologies bought out 2004 and launched 2005 as which well known product?

Google Maps

Second most populous city in emilia-Romagna, known for prosciutto and cheese?

Parma

In which film starring Michael Caine as Harry Palmer does an oil tycoon plan to overthrow communism using a supercomputer?

Billion Dollar Brain

In which film starring Michael Caine as Harry Palmer does an oil tycoon plan to overthrow communism using a supercomputer?

Billion Dollar Brain

Developed by riot games in 2009, which multiplayer online battle arena (MObA) game is most played esport in world?

League of Legends

Which inland waterway starts at Mersey estuary and follows original route of river Medway and Irwell through Lancashire and Cheshire? Opened 1893 and 58km long.

Manchester Ship Canal

Which inland waterway starts at Mersey estuary and follows original route of river Medway and Irwell through Lancashire and Cheshire? Opened 1893 and 58km long.

Manchester Ship Canal

Quills of porcupines, prickles of hedgehogs and stinger of stingray are examples of what hard needle like structures?

Spines

Which 2002 novel by Sarah Waters concerns the plan of a petty thief and con man to share inheritance of rich lady who the conman will marry?

Fingersmith

Which 2002 novel by Sarah Waters concerns the plan of a petty thief and con man to share inheritance of rich lady who the conman will marry?

Fingersmith

Which 2002 novel by Sarah Waters concerns the plan of a petty thief and con man to share inheritance of rich lady who the conman will marry?

Fingersmith

Aneuran Bevan and Michael Foot among former editors of which socialist magazine founded 1937 to campaign against fascism?

Tribune

Which organ, sits beneath the sternum in upper front part of the chest produces T-Lymphocytes for immune system?

Thymus

What enzyme breaks down dietary fats into fatty acids and glycerol

Lipase

As member of Australian womens hockey team in 1996 summer Olympics who became first aboriginal Australian to win Olympic gold? In 1998 she won womens 200m at commonwealth games.

Nova Peris-Kneebone

What type of sword with single edge that normally has a basket hilt was popular with European in 17th and 18th century?

Backsword

What type of sword with single edge that normally has a basket hilt was popular with European in 17th and 18th century?

Backsword

Real name of Sophia Loren

Sofia Scicolone

NASA tess project stands for what

Transiting Exoplanets Survey Satellite

Which drummer led the Jazz Messengers for 35 years?

Art Blakey

Which learned society met at Soho House in Handsworth?

Lunar Society of Birmingham

Frederick Belmont established which cafe in Harrogate in 1919?

Betty’s

Jenny Berggren former lead singer of which Swedish band?

Ace of Base

Lead singer of the Cardigans

Nina Persson

Members of Roxette

Marie Frederiksson Per Gessle

Andre Agassi; Phil Knight; Prince Harry? How connected?

Autobiographies all ghostwritten by JR Moehringer.

Chapman’s; Crawshay’s; Grant’s types of what

Zebra (Burchells and Grevys too)

Who replaced Andrew Cuomo has Governor of New York from 2021 becoming first female governor of New York

Kathy Hochul

New York mayor since 2022 replacing Bill de Blasio

Eric Adams

Governor of California since 2019

Gavin Newsom

Governor of Florida since 2019

Ron DeSantis

Governor of Arkansas since 2023. Her father was same role 1996-2007. She was White House Press Secretary under Trump 2017-19.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Member of famous family who own Hyatt, who has been Governor of Illinois since 2019?

JB Pritzker

Which African American US politician was blind and served out Eliot Spitzer Governor of NY role 2008-10?

David Paterson

Mayor of DC since 2015

Muriel Bowser

In mechanics, which physical quantity represented by lower case sigma is defined as in the internal forces that neighbouring particles of a continuous material exert on each other? Shear, compressive or tensile all this quality type.

Stress

James Jones wrote a War Trilogy: The Thin Red Line, Whistle and which other that was adapted into a 1953 film?

From Here to Eternity

Which Native American war leader of Oglala Lakota involved at Battle of Little Big Horn is commemorated by an incomplete sculpture in black hills of SD?

Crazy Horse

Japanese architect won 1995 Pritzker Prize, designed Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Suntory Museum of Tokyo, Langen Foundation in Neuss Germany.

Tadao Ando

Which French Artist painted the portrait of Ben Franklin that’s on $100 bill? Also did Jacques Necker (finance minister of Louis XVI) and Christoph Willibald Gluck -“and Louis XVI himself.

Joseph Duplassis

Titled after WH Auden’s poem dedicated to Russian conductor and composer Serge Koussevitzky what is nickname for Symphony No 2 by Leonard Bernstein?

Age of Anxiety

Nora Ephron three Oscar nominations

Silkwood When Harry Met Sally Sleepless in Seattle

Execution of which American in 1977 inspired Norman Mailer’s novel The Executioners Song and the U2 song Exit?

Gary Gilmore

What word used to refer to seed producing plants such as conifers and cycads in contrast to flowering plants?

Gymnosperm

Widely regarded as magnum opus, which 1966 poetry collection by Seamus Heaney includes the poem Digging, one of the author’s best-known works?

Death of a Naturalist

Name of traditional female dress worn in Austria, South Tyrol, Bavaria, based on traditional clothing of alpine peasants?

Dirndl

What Hebrew name is given to Jewish festival marking both wheat harvest and day God give Torah to the nation of Israel? Known as Feast of Weeks or Pentecost in Greece.

Shavuot

Arabic for “the directions”, what name given to direction of celestial object from the observer as angular distance from north or south point of the horizon to the point at which vertical circle passing through object intersects the horizon?

Azimuth

Arabic for “the directions”, what name given to direction of celestial object from the observer as angular distance from north or south point of the horizon to the point at which vertical circle passing through object intersects the horizon?

Azimuth

Arabic for “the directions”, what name given to direction of celestial object from the observer as angular distance from north or south point of the horizon to the point at which vertical circle passing through object intersects the horizon?

Azimuth

Largest island inland in the British Isles to be located in a lake is found in Loch Lomond? What called?

Inchmurrin

Also nominated for Oscar in 1985’fikm My Life as a Dog, which swede director directed almost all of ABBA’s music videos?

Lasse Hallstrom

Lying off coast of Pembrokeshire, which island home to half the worlds population of Manx Shearwaters, as well as large puffin community?

Skomer

Located in County Clare, which region of Karst landscape, of which Cliffs of Moher are south western feature, forms the smallest of Ireland’s six national parks?

The Burren

Mens singles finals at the first open era tennis tournament, 1968 British hard court championship and the first open era grand slam tournament, 1968 French open, both saw which player defeat Rod Laver in four sets?

Ken Rosewall

Lead singer Euros Childs, which welsh language rock band in era known as Cool Cymru, only band to have eight top 75 singles without making it to Top 40? Best known track Patio Song.

Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci

Sequel to Three Men in a Boat where George, Harris and Jerome switch to bicycles

Three Men on the Bummel

First European war o the 21st century was august 2008 between Russia and which country

Georgia

Common name for Humulus Lupulus a species of perennial herbaceous climbing plant in hemp family

Common Hop

In 1950s, bounty of 1 shilling paid by UK Agri Ministry for tail of which animal?

Grey Squirrel

Elvis song #1 uk 8 weeks, based on Neapolitan song which was also used in number of tv adverts for cornetto ice cream?

It’s Now or Never (O Sole Mio)

Melody of second movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor was adapted by Eric Carmen into which power ballad, best known as top 10 hit for Celine Dion in 1996 with famous high note.

All By Myself

What Russian composer piece used as background music of 1945 film Brief Encounter with Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard and screenplay by Noel Coward?

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No 2

Providing soundtrack to a Hamlet cigar advert, second movement of Johann Seb Bach Orchestral Suite #3 also instrumental melody for debut single which went to #1 for 6 weeks in summer of love 1967?

Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)

Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor features in famous introduction to the film Rollerball, but also provided the inspiration for the guitar riff in whcih single by Muse, voted best of 20th century in poll by Total Guitar magazine?

Plug In Baby

Founder and lead singer of Procol Harum

Gary Brooker

Which Take That number one opens with a fanfare taken from Verdi’s Requiem Mass?

Never Forget

Who wrote plays The Accidental Death of Anarchist and Can’t Pay Won’t Pay? 1997 Nobel Lit.

Dario Fo

What childrens book about a beloved toy was written by Margery Williams and first published in 1922?

The Velveteen Rabbit

Berlin Tegel airport was named after which German pioneer of aviation known as the flying man. Used big wings he made.

Otto Lilienthal

New Berlin airport name including person named after

Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt

Two Dubai airports are Dubai InternTional Airport DXB and which other named Dubai World Central and named after Dubai ruling family

Al Maktoum International

Which airport in China is nicknamed the starfish it is one of two serving the capital and border of it and Hebei Province

Beijing Daxing

Cumbrian agriculture businessman expanded into haulage company and now in all transport systems across Europe and named after founder.3::

Eddie Stobart

Name of black and white layered liqueur coffee and vanilla flavour, two bottles.

Sheridans

What group were Vila, Gan, Jenna, Avon, Cally and Zen the Computer a part of?

Blake’s 7

Which politician said “all political lives… end in failure”?

Enoch Powell

Which bbc series brought back to life in 2015 with Michael Palin narrating Uk and William shatner narrating us versions of Oliver Postgate original show?

Clangers

Which bbc series brought back to life in 2015 with Michael Palin narrating Uk and William shatner narrating us versions of Oliver Postgate original show?

Clangers

Which bbc series brought back to life in 2015 with Michael Palin narrating Uk and William shatner narrating us versions of Oliver Postgate original show?

Clangers

Sept 2010 Scottish singer world record for oldest artist to #1 debut album

Susan Boyle

Sauce Paloise is version of Bearnaise Sauce with mint substituted for which other herb?

Tarragon

Who’s exploring the shores of southern England in 1818 Mary Anning discovered the first complete Skelton of which 200m marine reptile resemble dolphin

Ichthyosaurs

Who’s exploring the shores of southern England in 1818 Mary Anning discovered the first complete Skelton of which 200 million old marine reptile resemble dolphin

Ichthyosaur (did Plesiosaur in 1823)

Central character of which OT book commanded to go to Ninevah and unsuccessfully tries to flee instead?

Jonah

Lakota people trace their creation to the He Sapa mountain range better known by what name?

Black Hills

In Iliad, who tried to avoid fighting in Trojan War by disguising himself as a woman named Pyrrha?

Achilles

What tv series started Elizabeth Moss as Detectivr Robin Grififn investigating sudden disappearance of young girl in NZ?

Top of the Lake

What high prices variety of coffee coming from Ethiopian forest, shares name with a variety of Japanese entertainer?

Geisha

What rapper made his first appearance as a dancer in the music video for “The Humpty Dance” by Digital Underground?

Tupac Shakur

A scientist and single mother in the 1960s becomes the star of a tv cooking show in what 2022 best selling novel by Bonnie Garmus?

Lessons in Chemistry

Which city’s Shepheard’s Hotel and Casino Opera were destroyed in 1952 fire during riots triggered against British Army troops?

Cairo

Which variety of gemstone found in Australia is considered to be worlds oldest being dated to 4.4 billion years old?

Zircon

Last four victories of Lionesses at Euros 2022

Northern Ireland 5-0 Spain 2-1 (aet) Sweden 4-0 Germany 2-1 (aet)

Raducanu last four games at 2021 US Open win

4R Shelby Rogers QF Belinda Bencic SF Maria Sakkari F Leylah Fernandez

Only gold medal at the 2022 Paralympics Winter was which alpine skier mens Super G for Team GB? Also won Bronze

Neil Simpson

Female Team GB multiple medalist at 2022 paralympics for alpine skiing one silver and one bronze.

Menna Fitzpatrick

Manchester version of the London Oyster card

Get Me There

Paris version of the Oyster card

Navigo

Fhxjx

What two word term refers to public prosecutors in Scotland? Also act as equivalent of coroners in England and Wales, while the second word in their name derives from their power to impose certain fines.

Procurator Fiscal

Newmarket famous for races and sausages in which county?

Suffolk

Who has won NASCAR a record 7 times each? Three of them.

Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Jimmie Johnson

Which 2002 novel by Ben Elton tells the story of Labour MP Peter Paget and his mission to legalise all recreational drugs in UK?

High Society

Featuring a red and yellow billiard ball on a black background, the Hipgnosis designed album cover for Venus and Mars was photographed by member of band who record this 1975 album? What was name of band, whose previous 1973 album cover had featured amongst others Kenny Lynch, Clement Freud and Christopher Lee?

Wings

Which pair did comedy version of You’re the One That I Want #22 in September 1978, actor and actress?

Hylda Baker and Arthur Mullard

Born 1938 and appearing on Wings’ Band on the Run album cover: #10 hits with Up on the Roof, You Can Never Stop Me Loving You. One of few black singers at the early 1960s in uk.

Kenny Lynch

Which WBC Light Heavyweight between 1974-78, gold at commonwealth games edinburgh 1970 and appeared on 1973 album cover of Band on the Run by Wings? Won second year of Superstars.

John Conteh

Michael Parkinson, Kenny Lynch, James Coburn, Clement Freud, Christopher Lee and John Conteh were on album cover of which 1973 album?

Wings’ Band on the Run

Which northern Irish snooker player, 2018 Masters champion, has had countless run ins with snooker chief Barry Hearn due to outspoken nature? 2011 famous appeared for press with sticky tape on mouth. Ex was Reanne Evans.

Mark Allen

2003 South Korea horror film directed by Kim Jee-woon depicts former patient at a mental institution who is realised only to be haunted by ghosts in family home? First South Korean film to be screened in American theatres and English title is inspired by name of Charles dickens novel.

A Tale or Two Sisters

South Park: what is name of main police officer in town? Terrible vocabulary and extremely incompetent.

Officer Barbrady

Which film composer scored Fellini’s La Strada (1954), 8 1/2 (1963), Nights of Cabiria, Coppola’s The Godfather Part 1 and 2 (won Oscar for godfather part 2).

Nino Rota

Which 2006 novel by Ben Elton is a satire of X Factor singing shows? Calvin Simms is the Simon Crowell type character in this work and other Beryl Blenheim.

Chart Throb

Which video game experienced a virtual pandemic in 2005 when it introduced a spell known as Corrupted Blood? An oversight by developers allowed affliction to be transported out of its initial location via pets and minions leading to widespread infection and death across game world.

World of Warcraft

Timothy Spall playing LS Lowry in which 2019 with Vanessa Redgrave as his mother?

Mrs Lowry & Son

2014 film with Timothy Spall as famous painter born 1775?

Mr Turner

Korean sensation Psy had which follow up to Gangnam Style?

Gentleman

Who is the Chicken Connoisseur?

Elijah Quashie

What YouTube show is hosted by Sean Evans eating chicken wings?

Hot Ones