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Rachel Weisz plays twin gynaecologists Elliot and Beverly mantle in 2023 tv series based on which 1988 David cronenburg film in which Jeremy irons plays the twins?

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Dead Ringers

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Which Austrian currently holds team principal for Mercedes’ f1?

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Toto Wolff

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Who “takes a trip” in name of famous boutique that opened on london kings road in 1966 and was noted for its psychedelic murals on its shopfront?

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Granny

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Which player, number 7 seed, made 147 break at worlds snooker championship in his first round match against Ryan day? He lost in second round and has same surname with another player at crucible this year 2023?

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Kyren Wilson

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Which American costume designer won oscwr for black Panther and sequel? First black woman to win Oscar’s twice in same category.

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Ruth E Carter

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Which DJ released his debut single Hyph Mngo in 2009 helping to popularise dubstep at end of 2000s? Dj stage name is one letter different from that of member of travelling Wilbur us?

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Joy Orbison

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One of most famous exhibits at which English museum is a taxidermied walrus that was overstuffed due to taxidermists being unaware that walruses had wrinkled skin?

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Horniman Museum

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In a metal mood is a 1997 album of jazz and big band style covers of hard rock and heavy metal songs performed by which singer! Second biggest selling act of 1950d after elvis in America, songs included Love Letters in the Sand and Ill be Home.

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Pat Boone

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Cholesterol, fats and organic oils are all part of what wider group of molecules? One type of molecule in this group, triglycerides, is main component of body fat in humans.

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Lipids

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Which player 6 seed made two 146 breaks at 2023 world snooker championships in first round match against Wu Yize? He lost in second round and shares his surname with another player who played at crucible Mathis year.

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Neil Robertson

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Rising to prominence through work on Merchant Ivory films which English costume designer has been nominated for an academy award in twelve occasions, winning for A Room with a View, Mad Max: Fury Road and Cruella? Stephen fry deleted Twitter after a joke about her.

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Jenny Beavan

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A central aim of monetary policy is to control which economic variable, defined as the ease with which assets can be connected into cash? In a so called trap named for this variable, monetary policy becomes ineffective as a means of controlling an economy.

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Liquidity

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Associated with swinging sixties scene a chain of London boutiques noted for selling a range of old fashioned military uniforms was called “I was (whose) valet”?

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Kitchener

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Another of Theseus Labour saw him kill the Crommyonian Sow which was the offspring of typhon and which cave dwelling monster taking half woman half serpent form?

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Echidna

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Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Kaplan star as Dan Gallagher and Alex Forrest in a 2023 tv series based on which 1987 film directed by Adrian Lyne?

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Fatal Attraction

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Who held role of team principal for Red Bull since 2005?

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Christian Horner

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Which rocky island located off coast of iverAgh peninsula off county Kerry was declared as a unesco whs 1996? Along with smaller neighbour formed in same geological event that created MacGillycuddys Reeks?

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Skellig Michael

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Which tyre company has a logo known as wingfoot which is based on foot of Roman god Mercury?

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Goodyear

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Emperor Gaozu’s grandson Gaozong was married to which empress, who served as empress consort and dowager empress before reigning in her own right from 690 to 705Ce. The only empress regnant in Chinese history she was deposed by her son Zhongzong and his wife Empress Wei.

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Wu

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A branch of the natural history museum featuring a large taxidermy collection of extinct and unusual hybrid animals can be found in which Hertfordshire town?

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Tring

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Playing Jerry Leadbetter in The Good Life and Jim Hacker in Yes Minister?

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Paul Eddington

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Which band, grime and punk rock, won kerrang best album 2022 and best alt music act at 2022 mobos? Band name one letter different from that of an ever of travelling wilburys.

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Bob Vylan

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What is name of Japanese craft that differs from origami in that it can be cut as well as folded?

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Kirigami

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What word follows Act of to give the common name of legislation passed in 1701 that disqualified catholics from inheriting the throne leading to the accession of Queen Anne?

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Settlement

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Which photographer won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography with The Terror of War an image depicting children trying to escape from a napalm bomb attack during the Vietnam war?

Nick Ut

What word is given to a common component of a routine medical examination that involves a physician checking a patients body with their hands to check the size, consistency, texture, location and tenderness of an organ or body part? It is often listed second in a sequence of four techniques used in abdominal exam.

Palpation

Nominated for best international film feature film academy award but losing out to Juan Jose Campanella’s The Secret in the Their Eyes which 2009 Jacques Audiard film stars Tahar Rahim in the title role as an imprisoned French-Algerian petty criminal who becomes an assassin and drug trafficker while incarcerated?

A Prophet

Which river, the longest in South Africa, rises in Drakensberg mountains along the border between South Africa and Lesotho before flowing westward to the Atlantic ocean?

Orange River

President of Turkey 2007 until 2014?

Abdullah Gül

In horticulture, what word is used to describe a kind plant that has bred and selected for desired traits and when propagated retains those traits? These include almost all agricultural crops and many ornamental flowers.

Cultivar

Which actor received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her role as title character’s daughter Darlene, in the tv sitcom Roseanne? She later had a recurring role as Leslie Winkle on The Big Bang Theory.

Sara Gilbert

“A time of gifts” was a 1977 travel book that recounts a journey taken on foot from Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Written by which acclaimed British writer and soldier who fought in the Cretan resistance during WW2 and who died in 2011?

Patrick Leigh Fermor

Russian entrepreneur Andrey Andreev founded which dating app in 2006? Using a smiling heart as it’s logo, worlds most widely used dating network.

Badoo

Russian search engine internet site

Yandex

Which is the 14th battle listed in Edward Shepherd creases book the 15th decisive battles of the world taking place in 1792 which saw the French army defeat the Prussian forces led by the Duke of Brunswick and led to the National Convention formally establishing the French first Republic

Battle of Valmy

Which Finnish ski jumper list of accolades includes four World Cup titles and five Olympic medals including three golds in 1988? Flying Finn.

Matti Nykanen

What word is given to common component of a routine medical examination that involves a physician listening o the internal sounds of a patient body usually by using a stethoscope? Often listed fourth in sequence of four techniques used in abdominal examination.

Auscultation

abdominal examination consists of which four basic components

inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation

What word follows “acts of….” to give name of two pieces of legislation passed by English Parliament in 16th century that established the monarch as the head of Church of England?

Supremacy

Which photographer won 1969 Putlizer prize for breaking news photography with Saigon Execution an image depicting execution of Nguyen Van Lem an officer of Viet Cong?

Eddie Adams

Only person to win the RTE Sports Person of the Year award more than Katie Taylor is which Irish athlete who has won the award five times? Silver medal at 2000 Olympics and gold at 1995 world camps both in 5000m.

Sonia O’Sullivan

Telling story of three sheffield families over course of sixty years, which musical with lyrics and music written by Richard Hawley won the 2023 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical?

Standing at the Sky’s Edge

What word given to biological sonar used by certain species of bats whales birds to navigate and detect?

Echolocation

Which English pop singer had transatlantic hit 1986’witj cover of Supremes “you keep me hangin on”? Biggest hit since 1981 debut single.

Kim Wilde

12th battle in Edward Shepherd Crease’s book 15 decisive battles of the world, taking place 1709 decisive battle of great northern war and Peter tbe great defeated Swedish forces led by Charles XII

Battle of Poltava

Which author of crime fiction created character dci jane tennison, Helen Mirren in prime suspect?

Lynda La Plante

Operating with slogan “find your crush” which French dating app has over 50!’illion users worldwide? Thunderbolt logo, on it crossed paths.

Happn

Of the many ways to propagate a cultivar what technique involves joining the roots of one plant known as the root stock with another plant known as the scion which has been selected for is desirable leaves flowers or fruits

Grafting

Travel writer a novelist made us 1977 debut with a book about his experiences in South America titled in Patagonia

Bruce Chatwin

Chancellor of the exchequer Grace and favour home found in Buckinghamshire

Dorneywood

Country house used as grace and favour for foreign Secretary found in Kent

Chevening House

Which French basketball player who plays for Metropolitans 92 is believed to be one of best prospects of all time and widely expected pick one by San Antonio Spurs in nba draft.

Victor Wembanyama

Which powerful Japanese feudal lords owned most of the land during the Edo Period and were only subordinate to the shogun and emperor?

Daimyo

Templo Mayor was the central temple of the mexica people and was the primary location for tributes and human sacrifices. Which Aztec god of sun and war was the left half of the Templo Mayor dedicated to?

Huitzilopochtli

Film director of Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and ShAw, Bullet Train?

David Leitch

Who was the director of the John Wick films?

Chad Stahelski

Which singer had uk hit in 1993 with his composition “Fields of Gold”? When asked about origins of song he claimed “there’s something inherently sexy about the sight, something primal, as if the wind were making love to the barley”.

Sting

Which Marxist social historian helped found the journal Past and Present? He later developed his history of the “long 19th century” in his trilogy of “age of” books comprising Revolution, Capital and Empire.born 1917 Alexandria.

Eric Hobsbawm

Most southerly city in South America? This Argentinian city is end destination of series 2 of race across the world.

Ushuaia

British designer Esme Young created an outfit themed around which animal worn by Renee Zlweger in 2001 film Bridget jones diary?

Bunny

Who played Martha jones dr who?

Freema Agyeman

Which welsh rugby Union player and lock for the Ospreys since 2005 has most caps of any rugby Union player?

Alun Wyn JONES

Which class of subatomic particles have half integer spin and obey the Pauli Exclusion principle?

Fermions

Which teen magazine first published in 1983 and discontinued in 2004 was sister of smash hits? It is not to be confused with main rival Sugar.

Just Seventeen

Eastenders Walford post code

E20

Which British soap shown on channel 4 and set in liverpool showed the first pre watershed lesbian kiss on British television in 1994 between Beth and Margaret?

Brookside

Which English real housewife of Beverly Hills is subject of several spin off shows? These have included one focussing on her restaurant titled “_______ Rules” and one focussing on her dog sanctuary.

Lisa Vanderpump

Chinese American particle physicist worked on Manhattan project but perhaps best known for her eponymous experiment to establish whether or not conservation of parity applied to wean interactions?

Chien-Shiung WU

Named for a salvation army’s children’s home in liverpool, Beatles strawberry fields forever was one half of a double a sided number one in 1967. What song also named for a location in liverpool was the other a-side of this record?

Penny Lane

Which Aztec god the god of rain and water was right half of the Templo Mayor dedicated to?

Tlaloc

Which teen magazine first published in 1993 and discontinued 2023 in its later years has advertised itself as the number 1 magazine for YouTubers? Zoella and Sprinkle of Glitter both had columns in this magazine.

Shout

Which Irish rugby Union player and former outside centre for Leinster between 1999 and 2014 has the most caps of any Irish player and the fifth most caps of any rugby Union player?

Brian O’Driscoll

Sarah in Palm Springs and mother in how j met your mother

Cristin Milioti

New Zealand lock and player for crusaders who is currently second higher for country in rugby Union appearances behind richie mccaw for time being by five games (May 2023)

Sam Whitelock

Most rugby Union appearances for Italy?

Sergio Parisse

Most rugby Union appearances for Australia?

George Gregan

Most rugby Union appearances for Romania ?

Florin Vlaicu

Most rugby Union appearances for South Africa?

Victor Matfield

Capped for Ireland rugby Union 124 times before retiring 2019, was captain for 2016-19

Rory Best

Most rugby Union appearances for England?

Ben Youngs

Most rugby Union appearances for Georgia ?

Davit Kacharava

Most rugby Union appearances for Scotland?

Ross Ford

Portuguese rugby Union brothers with first names Vasco and Gonçalo.

Uva

Castleford Tigers stadium

Wheldon Road

Catalans Dragons stadium

Gilbert Brutus Stadium

Huddersfield Giants stadium

Kirklees Stadium

Hull FC stadium

MKM Stadium

Hull Kingston Rovers stadium

Craven Park

Leeds Rhinos stadium

Headingley

Leigh Leopards stadium

Leigh Sports Village

St Helen’s stadium

Totally Wicked Stadium

Wakefield Trinity stadium

Belle Vue

Warrington Wolves stadium

Halliwell Jones Stadium

Wigan Warriors stadium

DW Stadium

Bath rugby Union stadium

The Recreation Ground

Bristol Bears rugby Union stadium

Ashton Gate

Gloucester rugby Union stadium

Kingsholm Stadium

Harlequins rugby Union stadium

Twickenham Stoop

Leicester tigers rugby Union stadium

Welford Road

London Irish rugby Union stadium

Gtech community stadium

Newcastle falcons rugby Union stadium

Kingston Park

Northampton Saints rugby Union stadium

Cinch stadium at Franklins Gardens

Sale Sharks rugby Union stadium

Aj bell stadium

Saracens rugby Union stadium

Copthall Stadium/StoneX

fashion group, best known for its chain of Zara and Bershka clothing and accessories shops owned by Amancio Ortega

Inditex

Richest woman in the world, heiress to L’Oréal fortune

Françoise Bettencourt Meyers

Which communist social historian helped found the journal New Left Review? He also wrote one of foundational history works on class consciousness, the making of the English working class?

Edward Palmer Thompson

Co-writer of Wittgenstein film by Derek Jarman, which author wrote Why Marx was Right, Literary Theory: An Introduction.

Terry Eagleton

Which actor played the part of Dr Who companion Bill Potts? Sharing name with wedding anniversary in 2023 she was honour Newton in Tim Jones and Alysse in Netflix The Diplomat?

Pearl Mackie

Played by Judi Dench in 2020 film, the elderly medium Madame Arcati appears in which comedy by Noel Coward in which she holds a seance to contact a writers deceased first wife?

Blithe Spirit

Which group had top ten uk hit with Fields of Fire (400 miles) in 1983?

Big Country

Which US band had top five uk hit with Cotton Fields in 1970?

Beach Boys

Name of Half Life theoretical physicist during an alien invasion at Black Mesa facility

Gordon Freeman

DICE develops this series of military shooters which focus on large maps and vehicle warfare. In 2016 this series tenth instalment taking place in WW1 and conusfing numbered as 1.

Battlefield

This most recent Counter-Strike game was released in 2012. The danish team Astralis has won the most titles at this game’s major championships.

Counter Strike: Global Offensive

System shock and system shock 2 major innovators in fps hybrid both see the player against this rogue AI.

SHODAN

System Shock’s spiritual sequel BioShock follows a protagonist who has been brainwashed to always follow instructions preceded by this three word trigger phrase?

Would you kindly….

Following operative JC Denton, this video game would receive a 2011 sequel subtitled human Revolution.

Deus Ex

The ever popular Call of Duty franchise first introduced its endless zombies mode in this game. This games single player campaign follows Dimitri Petrenko and C Miller.

Call of Duty: World at War

Settings for this open ended game series include the mountainous Kyrat, the Tropical Rook Islands, the dictatorship of Yara and the cult infested Hope.County, Montana.

Far Cry

This series by RunningwithScissors feature an immoral protagonist and a whole lot of south park esque shock humour. A memorable moment from this series second game has the player ask people to sign a petition.

Postal

1998 Gods and Monsters won an Oscar for screenplay and stars Ian McKellen as which film director’s experience of WW1?

James Whale

Philosophical sci fi novel Roadside Picnic 1972 authors

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

In 2011 shooter Homefront, you play an American guerilla fighting against invading forces of this nation.

North Korea

Cyberpunk 2077 takes place in this city in the Free States of California, called a city of dreams by protagonist V.

Night City

The Launch game for Xbox, halo in 2011 had which subtitle on first game

Combat Evolved

1993 video game in which player travels via special book to titular mysterious island, problem solving then to the end.

Myst

Sony video game released 1997 in europe about a rhythm game rap based gameplay namesake rapping dog title character.

PaRappa the Rapper

First arcade video game released in 1971. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted dab ey. Derivative of 1962 Spacewar! Featuring rocket controlled in a battle with flying saucers.

Computer Space

Name of inquiry set up to identify the lessons to be learnt from the Iraq war.

Chilcot Inquiry

Which Persian physician and philosopher of the Islamic Golden Age is considered the father of paediatrics? He was first physician to recognise the reaction of eyez pupil to light and first to distinguish between smallpox and measles.

Abu Bakr Al-Razi

Directed by Jonathan Demme, Stop Making Sense is a concert album featuring which iconic music group?

Talking Heads

2 F1 champions who took their title with only one Grand Prix that year. The first was which Brit driving for Vanwall in 1958? He would go on to lose his life just three months later.

Mike Hawthorn

2 F1 champions who took their title with only one Grand Prix that year. 1982 winner?

Keke Rosberg

Which 1998 crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh is adapted from an Elmore Leonard novel of same name? George Clooney plays an escaped bank robber who falls for his kidnapped US Marshal played by J Lo.

Out of Sight

Compiled by Cato the Elder in early 2nd century BCE and covering the period of founding of Rome to his contemporary time, what is the name of the now lost work considered the first example of Roman historiography?

Origines

Alongside his now-wife sophie Habboo which made in Chelsea star cohosts the podcast Nearly Weds, documenting their journey to the altar? Replaced by eventual champion Kelvin Fletcher in 2019’s Strictly after injuring his foot.

Jamie Laing

Which west African ethnic group whose spiritual home is in Daura, Nigeria has the second most spoken language after Arabic in the Afro-asiatic family? With several communities scattered along the traditional Hajj route this ethnic group practices islam.

Hausa

In only fools and horses, Rodney’s wife Cassandra is played by which actress?

Gwyneth Strong

Referred to as golden voice of africa which Malian singer songwriter is notable for his albinism that saw him ostracised due to bad luck in Mandinka culture?

Salif Keita

The New Zealand based fitness company Les Mills produces a wide range of workout programmes. Which programme uses a mix of non contact martial arts inspired exercises to help cardio fitness and train the whole body?

BodyCombat

What is name of Les Mills fitness programme that uses elements of Pilates and Tai Chi to form a yoga based workout to music?

BodyBalance

Which English rugby Union team entered administration in October 2022 six days before wasps? They played their games at sixways and their closest rivals are Gloucester.

Worcester Warriors

In only fools and horses; Del boy’s Raquel played by which actress?

Tessa Peake-Jones

One of the most prominent African singers of her time; which beninese/French singer songwriter was made a polar music laureate in 2023 and is notable for many collabs on albums such as 2007’s Djin Djin?

Angelique Kidjo

Directed by Martin Scorsese, the last waltz is a classic concert film depicting the farewell appearance of which Canadian music group?

The Band

Whcuh 2002 sci film by Steven soderberg is adapted by Stanislaw Lem novel of same name? Set on space station orbiting the titular planet and stars George Clooney and Viola Davis.

Solaris

Which artist appears scene times in list of 30 most expensive photographs ever, with works taken from his Untitled (Cowboy) series? He is known for reappropriating other photos to create new work.

Richard Prince

WhT is pear shaped lute type instrument that is a staple of Levantine, Arabic, and Middle Eastern folk?

Oud

Both cashews and nutritional yeast are popular vegan replacement for what foodstuff due to its strong flavour?

Cheese

Due to its expansion, which European country’s economy in the 1990s and 2000s is referred to as its tiger period ?

Ireland

Which west African ethnic group contributes to a fifth of Nigeria’s population and is second largest in the country? This groups traditional relgiion revolves around concept of Orisa, various gods and spirits who serve the creator force.

Yoruba

Compiled by Sima Tan and Sima Qian during the Han Empire and covering a 2500 year period, what is the name of the text that is considered the foundational text of Chinese historiography?

Shiji

One of four queens of crime; which author known for hero the gentleman sleuth Albert Campion?

Margery Allingham

In 2023, who broke Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s british world record for high jump?

Morgan Lake

Which British newspaper has a logo of an eagle carrying a newspaper in its talons?

The independent

On Indian restaurant menu what type of seafood is Kekra?

Crab

Which season completes the title of Ingmar Bergman’s 1978 film about a concert pianist ______ Sonata?

Autumn

In the books by Lynley Dodd, what type of animal is Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s dairy?

Dog

Which British guitar group had uk hits in 1960s with FBI, Kon Tiki and Stingray?

The Shadows

How many Indians jones films have been directed by Spielberg?

Four (the fifth The Dial of Destiny is m by James Mangold)

Which director of Girl Interupted, Walk the Line; 3:10 to Yuma, The wolverine; Logan and Ford v Ferrari, will direct the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny?

James Mangold

Teflon non stick polymer made up of which two atoms?

Carbon and Fluorine

Which English composer wrote music for 1915 childrens play The Starlight Express?

Edward Elgar

Which spice is traditionally used in Skolebrod also known as Norwegian custard buns?

Cardamom

According to proverb, the shoemakers son always goes…

Barefoot

Game of thrones; which houses sigel is a crowned black stag on a field of gold?

Baratheon

The space of disse is in which organ of human body?

Liver

In which city did deposed Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz live in exile until his death in 1915?

Paris

What is second book of Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy?

Insurgent (third is Allegiant)

Situated on banks of the Brahmaputra river, Guwahati is largest city in which Indian state?

Assam

One Man Up (2001) was directorial debut of which Italian film maker?

Paolo Sorrentino

I was dreaming when I wrote this forgive me if it goes astray?

1999

What is a singing hinny in the north east of England?

Dessert (type of cake)

Kings date of birth

14th November 1948

In what month of the year does trooping the colour normally take place in?

June

Who was second oldest to come to throne after King Charles III?

William IV (who was 64)

In which Gulf of the Mediterranean Sea would you find the island of Ischia? This densely populated island of around 62000 people was the victim of an 1883 earthquake which saw 3000 deaths and 80% of the homes on the island destroyed.

Gulf of Naples

Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders at Rorke Drift, but this is not actually the highest number awarded to fighters at a single battle. That record goes to British soldiers at Crimean War battle of the 5th November 1854. What was that battle?

Battle of Inkerman

One of the important sea routes between the Atlantic and the Pacific, which natural passage was first discovered by a Spanish expedition in 1520 and named after their Potuguese captain?

Straits of Magellan

The Menai Suspension bridge was the first major suspension bridge in the world and was an engineering marvel when it was built in 1826. Who built it?

Thomas Telford

A proposed tunnel connecting Dalian on the Liaodong Peninsula with Yantai on the Shandong Peninsula in China will go under what strait? This strait takes its name from a marginal sea on the east coast of Mainland China?

Bohai Strait

What was the two-word name of the memoir and expose writter by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of the actress Joan Crawford? It attracted much controversy for its portrayal of joan Crawford as a cruel, unbalanced, and alcoholic mother

Mommie Dearest

White Clam Pie, a pizza, originated in which New England city? This is the third-largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport and Stamford.

New Haven

The Convention of Kanagawa effectively meant the end of Japan's 220-year-old policy of national seclusion (sakoku) by opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate. In what decade was this treaty signed?

1850s

Who wrote the novel "Submission", which imagines a scenario where an Islamist party win the 2022 French General Election? The book drew an unusal amount of attention as it was released on the same day as the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

Michel Houellebecq

Which European city lies on banks of Dambovita river? 4th largest in EU

Bucharest

Whcih Australian desert is an erg that contains worlds longest parallel sand dunes? 4th largest desert in Oz location of big red bash which is most remote music festivals.

Simpson Deserr

Banned in the Irish republic, what was the name of Nancy Friday's 1973 book of women's sexual desires? The title, if not the content, is similar to a 1911 story by Frances Hodgson Burnett

My secret garden

Name of winter palace used. Y Dalia lamas 1649-1959

Potala Palace

What is the second-largest anglophone city in the Caribbean, after Kingston, Jamaica? The city was the subject of a namesake song by Bobby Bloom in 1970

Montego Bay

Name of Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark?

Sacagawea

Which NASA mathematician and aerospace engineer did Janelle Monae play in the movie "Hidden Figures"? This American scientist shared her surname with the songs "Is she really going out with him" and "Steppin' out"

Mary Jackson

Which "Father of Geology" (1726 to 1797) was an early exponent of uniformitarianism, the science which explains features of the Earth's crust as the outcome of continuing natural processes over the long geologic time scale?

James Hutton

Who was emperor of rome when Pompeii destroyed in AD79

Titus

Constructed by the Teutonic Knights, which Polish castle and UNESCO world heritage site is the largest castle in the world measured by land area?

Malbork

41 In Ancient Rome, the "Crisis of the 3rd Century" ended when which man became Emperor in 284? This Emperor, nicknamed Jovius, separated and enlarged the empire's civil and military services and reorganized the empire's provincial divisions

Diocletian

43 - With the initial one released in 1999, the first twelve installments of which video game series all take place during World War I1? The story of the first three games was created by film director and producer Steven Spielberg

Medal of Honour

45 _Percy Fawcett was a British explorer who disappeared in the jungles of Brazil in 1925. What name did he give to the supposed ancient lost city he was searching for? Charlie Hunnam played Fawcett in a 2016 movie about this

Lost City of Z

46 After his discovery the MP John Stonehouse attempted to win asylum in which island nation rather than return to the UK? The flag of this country is called the "Four Bands" and is comprised of four horizontal bands of equal width coloured red, blue, yellow and green from top to bottom

Mauritius

Which General of the Confederate Army led an ill-fated charge towards the centre of the Union lines on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg? Often cited as one of the turning points of the war, the farthest point reached by the attack has been referred to as the high-water mark of the Confederacy.

George Pickett

What African lake is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia?

Tanganyika

What "B" is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge developed by the British army for use in WW2?

Bailey Bridge

The Japanese islands of Honshu and Kyushu are separated by which straits? These straits silt up at the rate of about 15 centimetres per annum, and dredging has made it possible to build the Kitakyushu Airport at low cost.

Kanmon Straits

Which empire did the British governer of Sierra Leone, Sir Charles McCarthy, declare war on in 1823? He was later killed in the battle of Nsamankow, with his skull used as a trophy of war.

Ashanti

54 Which hard Italian cheese made from Sheep's milk has a name derived from the Italian for sheep? The six main varieties all have protected designation of origin status, with Romana being the most famous

Pecorino

Which English polymath (1794-1866) coined, among other terms, scientist, physicist, linguistics, consilience, catastrophism, uniformitarianism, and astigmatism? He also suggested to Michael Faraday the terms electrode, ion, dielectric, anode, and cathode.

William Whewell

Mount Everest farthest from sea level, what Hawaii mountain tallest in world when measured from its base?

Mauna Kea

Some say that the famous Portland vase in the British museum shows Cleopatra seducing Mark Anthony. What is the Portland vase made from?

Cameo Glass

The Gulf of Martaban is situated off the shore of which Asian country? This country is home to the Laykyun Sekkya, the 3rd tallest statue of Buddha in the world

Myanmar

Which UK bookshop chain, which was a feature of high streets between 1987 and 2006 shared its name with two Kings of Bohemia, one of them being a son of Wenceslaus I?

Ottokar’s

In the video game "Life is strange", the protagonist Max Caulfield is a student of which subject at Blackwell Academy? Jeff Bridges and Lenny Kravitz are keen hobbyists in this area of the arts

Photography

Ngerulmud is one of those rare capitals which has a lower population than the Vatican. It became the capital of which Pacific Island republic in 2006?

Palau

Capital of Nauru

Yaren

Largest city of Denigomodu is largest city of which country?

Nauru

67 Siblings Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal have both been Oscar nominated. Maggie got a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for which 2021 psychological drama starring Olivia Colman? The movie was based on a 2006 novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante.

The Lost Daughter

In 1838 Friedrich Bessel made the first successful measurement of the distance to a star other than the Sun. What constellation was that star located in? This constellation is one of the most recognisable, and it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross

Cygnus

What was the name of the small highly-maneuverable sailing ships developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African coast and into the Atlantic Ocean? It was in such ships that Christopher Columbus set out on his expedition in 1492

Caravel

The traditional Libyan food of Couscous is made of steamed rolled granules of what? This substance has a name deriving from the Italian for Bran Flour

Semolina

80 The first implicit measurement of Gravity with an accuracy within about 1% is attributed to a 1798 experiment by which scientist? He is also noted for his discovery of hydrogen, which he termed "inflammable air"

Henry Cavendish

The hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, with a population of around 1000, is one of the few permanent settlements on the shores of which marginal sea? The longest river in Canada, the MacKenzie River, flows into this sea

Beaufort Sea

If Amelia Earhart was repeating her 1932 Transatlantic flight today, in which country would she be taking off from and in which country would she be landing? Both for the point

Canada and Northern Ireland

Which young adult novel written by Jay Asher in 2007 became the third-most banned book in the United States between 2010 and 2019? Critics raised concern as to how the novel's subjects of bullying and suicide impact young adult readers. A 2017 Netflix adaptation starred Dylan Minnette

Thirteen Reasons Why

87 What name is given to the wind that arises from warm, dry, tropical air masses that are pulled northward by low-pressure cells moving eastward across the Mediterranean Sea? The wind originates in the Arabian or Sahara deserts

Sirocco

Which African coastal desert has endured arid or semi-arid conditions for 55-80 million years and therefore may be the oldest desert in the world? It contains some of the world's driest regions, with only South America's Atacama Desert to challenge it for age and aridity benchmarks

Namib Desert

Located in what is now modern Libya, the ancient city of Leptis Magna was founded by which Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the Levant?

The Phoenicians

96 Which British astronomer predicted the position and existence of Neptune using only mathematics? The post of Astronomer Royal was offered him in 1881, but he preferred to pursue his teaching and research in Cambridge.

John Couch Adams

In which country would you find the "Great Bitter Lake"? The so- called "Yellow Fleet" of 15 ships were trapped in this lake between 1967 and 1975

Egypt

Known officially as the "Off-shore Islands" by the Namibian government, how are the islands stretching along the coastline of this country more commonly known? The name comes from the birds that live there

Penguin Islands

1Queen Victoria's new title of "Empress of India" was proclaimed at the Delhi Durbar on Ist January of what year? At that point in time Benjamin Disraeli was the British PM and Ulysses 5 Grant was US president. 3 years either way accepted

1877

Rather than snow "men" there is a tradition in Japan of making snow versions of what animals? The Japanese call these "Yukiusagi". In literature General Woundwort was one of these animals

Rabbit

The four biologically defined deserts of North America are the Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahuan and which other? This desert lies between the Sierra Nevada and Wasatch ranges

Great Basin Desert

Ciampino airport in Rome lies very close to which large film studio, once dubbed "Hollywood on the Tiber"? Recent productions made here include HBO's "Rome" and the 2019 movie "The Two Popes"

Cinecitta

Neil Gaiman is a great advocate of using fountain pens. He claims to have used a certain brand of fountain pen to sign one million signatures. What brand? This brand are the largest pen manufacturers in Japan

Pilot

The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of two major US national parks, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and which other? Perhaps singing John Denver's "Country Roads" will help

Shenandoah

What bird lends its name to a special construction of floors used in Japan so that the boards made a chirping sound as people moved across them?

Nightingale Floors

What city on the left bank of the Euphrates river was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate between 796 and 809, and then the capital of the Islamic State from 2014 to 2017?

Raqqa

The Volta reaches the Gulf of Guinea in which African country? The area formerly known as British Togoland is now part of this country

Ghana

129 Which British overseas territory is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants?

Montserrat

The Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 gave Germany control of the Caprivi Strip, which was vital for access to the Zambezi River. The geographic salient known as the Caprivi Strip can be found in which modern African country?

Namibia

Which Battle of 1827, fought between an allied force of Russian, French and British against the Ottoman Empire, is said to be the last major naval battle fought entirely with sailing ships?

Battle of Navarino

167 Named after the explorer Felix Booth who lived between 1780 and 1850, the Gulf of Boothia is a geographical feature of what country? The Fury and Hecla Strait can be found in the same area

Canada

166 What name is given to the posited body that struck the Earth to produce the Moon?

Theia

34 Which ancient Roman stadium, adjacent to the Colloseum and now a public park, is the supposed location of the legendary "rape of the Sabine women"?

Circus Maximus

What straits separate the Gulf of Aquaba from the Red Sea? Blockades of Israeli shipping from these straits and the Suez Canal have led to wars in 1956 and 1967

Straits of Tiran

Which mountain is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley), the highest active volcano in Antarctica, and the southernmost active volcano on Earth?

Mount Erebus

Which lake, the southernmost lake in the East African Rift System, is thought to be home to more species of fish than any other in the World?

Lake Malawi

The Olmecs got their name from the Nahuatl word for which substance? This substance having been used by the Olmecs since ancient times

Rubber

The Nachi Waterfalls of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan are believed to be home to the spirits worshipped in Shintoism. With 4 letters, what word is used for the deities, divinities or spirits in Shintoism?

Kami

What Straits separate Ellesmere Island and Greenland? Its name derives from a British naval officer. It has a nearly permanent current from the north, powered by the Beaufort Gyre, making it harder to traverse for ships coming from the south,

Nares Strait

Anise is used around the Mediterranean to flavour various traditional spirits. In Italy these would be called Sambuca, in Greece they'd be called Ouzo. What they most likely be called in Turkey?

Raki

The Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido are separated by which strait? The world's longest undersea tunnel by overall length, the Seikan Tunnel, runs under this strait

Strait of Tsugaru

The word "Sahara ' is derived from the Arabic word for desert. What desert name is derived from the Tuareg word for desert?

Tenere

What bridge is "The Great Bridge" according to the name of David McCullough' 1972 non-fiction classic? This suspension bridge designed by John A. Roebling was the longest in the world when it was opened in 1883

Brooklyn Bridge

How is lake Tiberius more commonly known?

Sea of Galilee

What was the two word title of the Rabbids and Mario game which is believed to be the best selling non-Nintendo created game for the Switch? The 2017 game follows Mario, his friends, and a group of Rabbids who try to save their world from invadin Rabbids that accidentally misused a powerful invention and began to wreak havoc

Kingdom Battle

Which seabird found around the British Isles takes its name from its distinctive call? Beginning with the letter "k" a colony of these birds on the Tyne Bridge are the furthest inland colony in the World

Kittiwakes

Of all the current members of OPEC, which African country has the lowest population? The small volcanis island of Annobon is the only part of this country south of the Equator

Equatorial Guinea

Which cat was left £1.3m in Karl Lagerfeld’s will?

Choupette

Who was the creator of Buck Rogers debuting in 1929?

Philip Francis Nowlan

First appearance 1929 in Thimble Theatre, Popeye created by?

EC Segar

Who created Lone Ranger in 1933 and Green Hornet and Kato in 1936?

George Trendle

Conan the Barbarian first appeared in 1932 by the hand of which writer?

Robert E Howard

Dick Tracy first appears in 1931 by which artists hand?

Chester Gould

First appearing in On the Planet Mongo in 1934 Flash Gordon created by who?

Alex Raymond

Superman first appeared in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in which comic books first issue?

Action Comics #1

Bob Kane and Bill Finger created Batman in 1939 in the #27 issue of which comic book series?

Detective Comics

Which superhero, with the real name Jay Garrick, first appeared in 1940 namesake comic series by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert?

Flash

All American Comics #16 by Martin Nodell, Bill Finger debuted which real name Alan Scott character?

Green Lantern

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby debuted which superhero in March 1941 in namesake comic book series?

Captain America

Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941)

Aqua Man

Pearl harbour date

7th December 1941

D day landing date

6th June 1944

In 2020, NK Jemisin created Sojourner Mullein as latest version of which hero in Far Sector #1.

Green Lantern

Who plays Kamala Khan in Ms Marvel

Iman Vellani

Who plays She Hulk: Attorney at Law

Tatiana Maslany

Meaning evening courier, best selling paper in Italy published in Milan

Corriere della Sera

Who created Rupert the Bear

Mary Tourtel

False authenticity of Hitler diaries ruined this historian reputation

Hugh Trevor-Roper

Fashion designer born Darlington, Durham, in 1969, worked with New Look and been in relationship with Gwendoline Christie since 2013.

Giles Deacon

Long side whiskers worn without a beard named after a lord from Tom Taylor’s comedy 1858?

Dundreary

Rome 1918 company founded as leather and fur workshop by Adele Casagrande until changed name in 1925 when got married.

Fendi

Long side whiskers merging into a moustache nMed after emperor of Austria

Franz Josef

Originally clog or wooden sole attached to shoe, now overshoe usually made of rubber or plastic

Galosh

French fashion designer designed Madonna cone bra for 1990 blond ambition tour

Jean Paul Gaultier

Plain woven cotton cloth especially striped or checked literally means striped in Malay

Gingham

Venezuelan born fashion designer best known for dressing First Ladies Jacqueline Onassis to Michelle Obama

Caroline Herrera

Fashion designer artistic director at Louis Vuitton 1997-2014

Marc Jacobs

Welsh fashion designer 1943-92 revolutionised menswear by introducing high fashion to Savile row in 1969 funded by cilla black?

Tommy Nutter

British fashion designer the creative director of fashion brands Céline from 2008 to 2018 and Chloé from 2001 to 2006

Phoebe Philo

From Dutch for small dot, what make up brush used to apply variety of make ups?

Stippling Brush

Who does make up brand Flower?

Drew Barrymore

Make up Kora organics by which actress

Miranda Kerr

Selena Gomez make up brand

Rare Beauty

Ariana Grande make up brand

REM Beauty

Idris Elba make up brand with Sabrina

S’able

Florence by Mills is make up brand by who?

Millie Bobbie Brown

Who owns Humanrace make up brand, now Louis Vuitton mens creative director replacing Virgil Abloh

Pharrell Williams

Who plays Cameron Frye in Ferris Buellers Day off, Connor Roy in Succession?

Alan Ruck

Who stars as Siobhan “Shiv” Roy in Success?

Sarah Snook

Who plays Kendall Roy in Succession? Also Lee Harvey Oswald in PARKLAND, Jeremy Rubin in The Trial of Chicago 7 (by Aaron Sorkin)?

Jeremy Strong

Who plays Roman Roy in succession?

Kieran Culkin

Term used in modern times to describe power of the press

Fourth estate

Name of series of bilateral superpower summit meetings held in 1980s between Gorbachev and Reagan?

Geneva Summit 1985

name of the United States Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped a Fat Man nuclear weapon over the Japanese city of Nagasaki

Bockscar

Political slogan adopted by Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)in 1956 and launched as a movement in February 1957 to allow more free speech in Communist China. The high level of.strikes that followed caused Mao to retract his original statement and suggested that the campaign was a means of identifying reactionary elements.

100 Flowers Bloom

Hungarian former communist PM who took power of Hungary to withdraw from Warsaw Pact in 1956

Imre Nagy

Pro soviet regime of post Hungarian uprising Hungary After Imre Nagy was which prime minister?

Janos Kadar

From Arabic for shaking off, Palestinian mass popular uprising in the Gaza Strip and West Bank which started in December 1987 with demos, strikes and violent confrontation between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupying forces. Israel responded with an iron first approach.

Intifada

What year was Iranian embassy siege?

1980

Term coined by gaddafi means state of the masses

Jamahiraya

What year was Khaki Election?

1900 called by marquess of Salisbury named after boer war khakis

Building in name of which agreement lord Carrington brokered which ended UDI and heralded independence of Rhodesia. Ian Smith present, bishop Abel Muzorewa, Robert Mugabe.

Lancaster House Agreement

Bulgarian journalist killed 1978 by poison ricin from on from umbrella

Georgi Markov

June 1955 meeting between foreign ministers of Belgium France Italy Luxembourg Netherlands and west Germany which led to rome treaty of 1957.

Messina Conference

Hoard of Roman silver of 4th century discovered ploughing in Suffolk in 1942, the great dish.

Mildenhall Treasure

Film about excavation of Sutton Hoo starring Carey Mulligan as Edith Pretty and Ralph Fiennes as Basil Brown

The Dig

Peacock Throne used for which country’s royalty?

Iran

Trial and acquittal of who in uk in 1985 under 1911 official secrets act, high flying civil servant accused of leaking classified info to Tam Dalyell of Labour relating to Belgrano ship dining in 1982.

Clive Ponting

Architect who used bribery and corruption and led to Reginald Maudling resigning as Home Secretary in 1972

John Poulson

Newly elected Czechoslovakia leader who underwent Prague Sppring before getting booted

Alexander Dubcek

Czech student who self immolation during prague spring uprising

Jan Palach

Proposal advanced by French foreign minister on 1950 which formed the European coal and steel community?

Schumann Plan (Robert Schuman)

Two defections in 1951 of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean. Who was third man in 1963?

Kim Philby

Two defections in 1951 of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean. Who was third man in 1963 Kim Philby. Who was fourth man in 1979

Guy Burgess

Escalating violence during and after the apprentice boys March in Derry on 12 august 1969 became known as the battle of what?

Bogside

In July 1988, which American warship mistook an Iran air commercial flight for a fighter and shot it down killing 290 lives.

Vincennes

What year Waco siege?

1993

carts used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine

Tumbrel

French for a knitting woman. The term is most often used in its historical sense as a nickname for the women in the French Revolution who sat in the gallery supporting the left-wing politicians in the National Convention

Tricoteuse

Wild hog with upturned tusks native to Malay archipelago

Babirusa

Arboreal civet of Southern Asia with shaggy black coat and a prehensile tail

Binturong

Specific fish which makes Bombay duck

Bummalo

Six letter alt name for the bush baby specifies Lorisidae

Galago

Most cats have how many toes

18

Name of cheese with maggots in it

Casu Marzu

Six letter term for flying lemur

Colugo

Genus astacus also known as spiny lobster

Crayfish

Small beetle which makes. Sound like a watch ticking once supposed to portend death

Death watch beetle

Beginning with d, cuon alpinus, fierce canine pack hunting mammal of forests of central and Southeast Asia

Dhole

Glis Glis

Edible dormouse/fat dormouse

Night monkey or owl monkey monkey of South America has large staring eyes

Douroucouli

Largest of the living antelopes has spirally twisted horns

Giant Eland

What is a galliwasp?

West Indian lizard

Brownish baboon with a bare red patch on its chest native to Ethiopia

Gelada/sometimes Bleeding Heart Monkey

Large powerful monkey of the plants and open rock area of southern Arabia or Arabian baboon

Hamadryas

Wild ass of a race native to tibet with a thick furry coat, subspecies of asiatic ass

Kiang

Z domestic humped ox of Asia and Africa

Zebu

Dali had a pet called Babou of what animal type

Ocelot

Which Australian island is primary setting for the Quokkas off coast of Perth Western Australia?

Rottnest Island

Short tailed primate some English-speaking parts of Africa, they are called "softly-softlys”, has vertebral spines protruding through its neck.

Potto

Tropical rainforest mammal of central and South America, Potos Flavius, based on the Algonquian name for the wolverine.

Kinkajou

Felis Pardalis

Ocelot

Small Asian deer has jo antlers and males hVe long protruding canine teeth?

Musk Deer

Small North American rattlesnake named from corruption of an Ontario river?

Massasauga

Capra falconeri - large spiral horned wild goat of Central Asia

Markhor

Felis Wiedii - small wild central and South American cat

Margay

Papio Sphinx monkey with bright face and big buttocks

Mandrill

Six letter name for the Malayan stink badger or skunk badger

Teledu

Helostoma Temminckii - small brightly coloured freshwater fish, a popular aquarium pet

Kissing Gourami

Term for fish who swim up a river from sea to spawn

Anadromous

Term for any placental ungulate mammal whose hoofs have even amount of toes like pigs, sheep, camels, deer, cattle etc.

Artiodactyl

How many noses does an ant have and also how many eyes does a bee have?

Five of each

Term for a fish that swims down. River to the sea to spawn

Catadromous

If carapace is the top of a Chelonian creature she’ll what is the bottom part?

Plastron

One word alternative name of a Russian Hunting Sighthound

Borzoi

Dog guards monasteries and translates as bark lion sentinel dog

Lhasa Apso

Which terrier breed named after Haverfordwest, Wales, the estate of Captain John Edwardes?

Sealyham Terrier

Which spaniel breed named after estate of Duke of Newcastle?

Clumber Spaniel

Dog breed named after character created by Sir Walter Scott in his novel Guy Mannering (1815)

Dandie Dinmont Terrier

Dog breeed Chinese for “sand-skin.”

Shar Pei

Dog breed named after translates to little lion in mandarin

Shih Tzu

Dog breed quickly became popular on the barges and earned its name, which means "little captain" in Flemish

Schipperke

Pimlico Plumbers owner

Charlie Mullins

Other great Lama of Tibet other than Dalai Lama

Panchen Lama

Religion founded by Persian in 6th or 7th century BCE

Zoroastrianism

Relgiion founded by a Persian prophet 216-74 based on conflict between good and evil. Describes any heretical philosophy involving dualistic doctrines.

Manichaeism (Mani)

First translation of what to English was by George Sale in 1734 from native language, although Alexander ross translated French into English in 1649?

Quran

Founder of Jehovah’s Witness

Charles Taze Russell

Two branches of Buddhism

Theravada and Mahayana

Nickname black friars order

Dominicans

Nickname black monks order

Benedictines

Nickname grey friars order

Franciscans

Nickname white monks order

Cistercians

Nickname white friars order

Carmelites

Adams first wife before Eve

Lilith

Dog licences abolished year

1988

Spraints are droppings of which animal?

Otter

Crotties are the droppings of which animal

Deer

Term used for the hibernation like state that cold blooded animals utilise during very cold weather?

Brumation

Word for a black and white horse colouring

Piebald

Word for a brown and white horse colouring

Skewbald

Term for any placental ungulate mammal whose hoofs have an odd number of toes eg horse tapirs and rhinoceros?

Perissodactyl

Pismire is a Middle English name for whcih insect as smell

Ant

Name of a young hare

Leveret

First garden city designed by Ebenezer Howard opened in 1903

Letchworth in Hertfordshire

Term for bird having a keel less breastbone and therefore unable to fly

Ratite

Term for bird having a keel breastbone and therefore able to fly

Carinate

Term for a young bird or animal requiring care and feeding by the parents after hatching or birth

Altricial

Term for those species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching.

Precocial

Brian Boru died at which battle 1014

Battle of Clontarf

Which Slovenian cyclist won 2023 Giro Ditalia beating Geraint Thomas? Also won Vuelta a espana2019/20/21

Primoz Roglic

South American cyclist won Giro 2014 and Vuelta 2016?

Nairo Quintana

Who beat Gujarat Titans to win IPL in 2023?

Chennai Super Kings

After Jameson, which is second largest brand of Irish whisky globally? It is named after county town of Offally in republic where distilled.

Tullamore DEW

Chongqing and Antwerp have dedicated walkways separating phone users and non phone users. Which portmanteau word used for pedastrians walking slowly and without attention to their surroundings because they are focused upon their phones?

Smombie

First held in 1780, which was first outdoor sporting event to be televised live in 1931?

Epsom Derby

Coinage Act 1971: 1p and 2P can be used to pay for bill of what maximum price?

20p

Coinage Act 1971: 5p and 10p can be used to pay for bill of what maximum price?

£5

F1, 2017 changed to how many points for a win?

25

Coinage Act 1971: 20p and 50p be used to pay for bill of what maximum price?

£10

Which former anchor for Newsnight left bbc in 2022 after allegations of lack of impartiality over Rod Liddle, Dominic Cummins and Piers Morgan, now hosts podcast The News Agents?

Emily Maitlis

Which city in the Palestine territory is located 846 ft below sea level, which makes it the lowest city in the world and, with archaeological remains dating back to 9,000 BC, also has a claim to be the oldest city in the world?

Jericho

Which creatures in Scottish myth are said to live as seals in the sea but shed skin to come humans on land?

Selkies

Which mythical monster whose primary purposes seems to frighten children into good behaviour inspired 1977 picture book which in turn gave us 2016 tv adaptation starring Timothy Spall with Victoria Wood in her final TV appearance?

The Bogeyman

Said to be man on moon but according to Asian and indigenous north and Central American folklore which animal is in markings on near side of moon?

Rabbit/Hare

Founded in 1861, by what name was Bristol Beacon concert hall known as until 2020?

Colston Hall

Coach in charge of wolrd cup winning springboks in 2007? Captain was John Smit

Jake white

Which actress won best support actress Oscar for Cactus Flower in 1969, costarred with Peter Sellers in Theres a girl in my soup and costarred with Bette midler and Diane Keaton in the first wives club?

Goldie Hawn

What tile was adopied by Anne of Cleves following the annulment of her marriage to Henry VIlI? No doubt Henry was wishing to promote the fact that the marriage had not been consumated

The Kings Beloved Sister

The Queen Consort of George IV was Caroline of Brunswick but he had undergone an unsanctioned marriage earlier in his life at the age of 21. What was the name of the woman he had "married" on that occasion? I

Maria Fitzherbert

James V of Scotland married which powerful French joblewoman? This woman was the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, and she ruled Scotland as regent for a time

Mary of Guise

The name of which of the Dinosaurs means Heavy Claw alluding to the very large claw on the animal's first finger? It was first discovered by an amateur fossil collector in Surrey in 1983

Baryonyx

Name for fossilised faeces

Coprolites

Dinosaur name beginning with A means deceptive lizard?

Apatosaurus

Mary Anning discovered that Belemnite fossils contained fossilised what? Made them similar to modern day cephalopods.

Ink Sacs

15% of all mid jurassic discoveries made worldwide have occurred on which Scottish island?

Skye

The Nemegt Basin, which is noted for its fossil treasures including early mammals, dinosaur eggs, and prehistoric stone implements, can be found in which desert?

Gobi Desert

In Egyptian mythology, which Ibis headed scribe of the gods invented X hieroglyphics? His Greek equivalent was Hermes

Thoth

Ancient Egyptians referred to their own country name with what term beginning with K, means Land of Black Soil?

Kemet

The ram-headed god Khnum was believed to dwell under which island near the present day city of Aswan from which he controlled the flooding of the Nile?

Elephantine

What "H" is the name given to the period when Egypt was first ruled by foreigners? The true extent and duration of this period is uncertain, but is believed that the horse and chariot was introduced to Egypt at this time

The Hyksos Period

Scoring a US number one and a UK top 40 hit in 1981, which succesful American duo warned us that "Private Eyes", were watching you?

Hall and Oates

Who, in 1974 at the age of 10, became the youngest person in history to have an album in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart with "Mal He's making eyes at me"? The single of the same name also reached the top ten

Lena Zavaroni

Which American vocalist's only two UK solo number ones of the 1970s both had the word "Eyes" in their titles?

Art Garfunkel

"The night had a thousand eyes" according to which man in 1963? This man got his big break when he filled in for Buddy Holly at the concert Holly had been heading to when he crashed

Bobby Vee

Which alliteratively-named former page 3 model, now the wife of ex-Brookside actor Sam Kane, took a song called "Eye Contact" into the UK top 100 in 1986?

Linda Lusardi

The 1968 top 5 hit "Blue Eyes" by the one man band Don Partridge is unusual in that it begins with what instrument?

Kazoo

What sort of eyes did Billy Idol sing about in his 1984 top 20 hit?

Without A Face

Greek city of Thessaloniki sits on which body of water on which sea?

Thermaic Gulf on the Aegean Sea

Named after the explorer Felix Booth who lived between 1780 and 1850, the Gulf of Boothia is a geographical feature of what country? The Fury and Hecla Straits can be found in the same area.

Canada

55 ~ Which gulf is situated between the north coast of Somalia and the south coast of Yemen? Ibn Majid referred to this as the Gulf of Berbera but we usually refer to it using the name of a Yemeni city

Gulf of Aden

What gulf sits between Sfax and Djerba in Tunisia?

Gulf of Gabes

Bbc radio station serving Derry NI?

Foyle

Gene Hackman character in French connection

Popeye Doyle

Baddy from Blade Runner played by Rutger Hauer

Roy Batty

Writer of Derry Girls

Lisa McGee

Name of good witch who helps Dorothy when first arrives in Oz

Glinda

What does Dorothy need to say while clicking heels to get backs home

There’s no place like home

Which man born William Duckinfield 1880-1946 was originally the wizard in wizard of Oz?

Wc fields

Of all the musical adaptations of L Frank Baum’s work which one has most Tony awards?

The Wiz

Which steam locomotive was the first to hit 100mph in the UK? This occurred on the 30th November 1934

Flying Scotsman

The carriages of the luxury train running between Pretoria and Cape Town were traditionally painted in which colour? The line would eventually become synomonous with this

Blue Line

The Maitree Express (meaning Friendship Express) runs from the Indian city of Kolkata to which national capital?

Dhaka

In the Harry Potter movies, which viaduct, lying on the Mallaig to Fort William line, is regularly featured in scenes when Harry is travelling to Hogwarts?

The Glenfinnan Viaduct

Which city is the most northernly on the Canadian Pacific Railway? Indeed, this provincial capital of over one million people is regarded as the Northernmost "large" city on the continent

Edmonton

According to 2020/21 data, busiest train station in Britain outside London?

Birmingham New Street

In which Canadian city would you find longest fully automated driverless mass transit system in the world? This city has fourth largest port by tonnage in Americas.

Vancouver

The “Miniatur Wunderland” exhibition home to worlds largest railway. 15,400m of railway track, in which German city?

Hamburg

Name of train going from Adelaide to Darwin?

Ghan

Who is New Zealand’s highest ever run scorer in test cricket?

Ross Taylor

With 519 in total, which man is West Indies top wicket taker in test cricket?

Courtney Walsh

Who is highest run scorer in history of Pakistani cricket?

Younis Khan

Which man took over 400 test wickets for Pakistan cricket and therefore has record?

Wasim Akram

Who is Sri Lanka’s highest ever run scorer in test cricket?

Kumar Sangakkara

Which man has taken more wickets for New Zealand than any ever?

Richard Hadlee

What was the name of Armando lanucci's 2009 book where he cast his eye over modern life? The title of this book differs by just one letter from Barack Obama's 2006 bestseller

The Audacity of Hype

What unit of length is defined as exactly 1852 metres?

Nautical Mile

The word parsec is the portmanteau of what short series of words?

Parallax of one second

Who has been fittingly French face of Chanel No 5 since 2020!

Marion Cotillard

In which country would you be if you were enjoying the winter sport facilities at Jaca? This location has bidded for the Winter Olympics four times but has failed on each occasion

Spain

Until retirement in 2022, June spencer at 103 was most probably oldest soap actress of all time. Played who in The Archers?

Peggy Woolley

Colombian Beto Perez credited with founding which fitness craze in 2001? This activity involves cardio and Latin inspired dancing.

Zumba

Which man British champion jump jockey in 1953/54 season? He was onboard Devon Loch when it fell in 1956 grand national.

Dick Francis

Name of Russian battleship sank 80 miles south of Odesa in 2022? Became largest warship to be sunk since ww2.

Moskva

Which American politician became highest ranking us official to visit Taiwan since 1990s this year? China responded by carrying out huge military exercises in area.

Nancy Pelosi

Which actor was Raj Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory? Forbes listed him as the world's third-highest-paid television, actor in 2015 and 2018

Kunal Nayyar

Who played Howard Wolowitz on BBT?

Simon Helberg

Shared name of shipping forecast area and a disputed uninhabited islet which lies 187 miles west of Scotland and 263 miles north west of Ireland?

Rockall

What foodstuff thrown at Mona Lisa in 2022 by just stop oil?

Cake

The Eysturoy Tunnel featuring the worlds first undersea roundabout can be found in what island group?

Faroe Islands

Fenster in Usual Suspects, imagine people say “hand my the keys you cocksucker” to him still on a daily basis?

Benicio Del Toro

Starred in some huge movies like Outbreak, Get Shorty, Ransom, In the Line of Fire and Lethal Weapon 3 & 4 then more or less vanished.

Rene Russo

My first crush as a young lad, she starred as Arnie's daughter Jenny in Commando before starring in TVs Who's The Boss and Charmed.

Alyssa Milano

Played Mrs Doyle in Father Ted and Libby Croker in Shameless.

Pauline McLynn

One of three acting brothers, he was in old school, Charlie’s angels, anchorman.

Luke Wilson

Actor was in Casper, Final Destination, played title character in Eminem’s video Stan.

Devon Sawa

Plays either someone upholding the law or breaking it. He's played villains such as one of the Fratellis in the Goonies, Bond nemesis in Licence to Kill and snide FBI agent Johnson in Die Hard

Robert Davi

Actor started opposite Schwarzenegger in Commando and Predator, also appears in Sister Act 2, A Rage in Harlem, tv played Percy Odell in Black Lightning.

Bill Duke

Received Oscar nominations for Nixon, The Crucible and The Contender. Played John travolta wife Eve in Face/Off, Governor in Death Race and recurring role in The Bourne films.

Joan Allen

Played kelly Taylor in Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise.

Jennie Garth

Nadia in American pie; scary movie and Colin brings home at end of love actually.

Shannon Elizabeth

Started in ET, Shauni in Baywaych then got kit off as playboy model in Steven seagal action flick Under Siege.

Erika Eleniak

Played Ricky Fitts in American Beauty, was in hunger games and mission impossible fallout.

Wes Bentley

Actor who was in The Fisher King, Jurassic Park III, Eduard Delacroix in The Green Mile.

Michael Jeter

Started in itv Band of Gold, films Emma, Jane Eyre, two Oscar nominations one for Sweet and Lowdown and one for In America. Was in Fantasgic Beasts and where to find them and also The Whale 2022.

Samantha Morton

squeaky voices lady done loads of voice work, was bride of Chucky and dated Frasier crane as two different characters in cheers and Frasier.

Jennifer Tilly

Hit it big after the full monty, had success with A Knights Tale and played Fred flintstone in big screen. Also Robert Baratheon on game of thrones

Mark Addy

John Wick’s wife, i robot and Lord of War. In Blue Bloods tv show.

Bridget Moynihan

Actress in Cocktail, Red heat, showgirls, face off, ps I love you, house of Versace, played Gladys Jones on Riverdale. Also Brooklyn nine nine guest star.

Gina Gershon

Alexander Mahone in Prison Break, was in Crash, Eric Sacks/Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

William Fichtner

Chesty Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Heywood in Shawshank Redemption, Colonel Stuart in Die Hard 2.

William Sadler

John McClane’s wife Holly Genaro in Die hard 1 and 2.

Bonnie Bedelia

Most recognised role is Tricia Poe in con air wife of nic cage( also along came a spider and patch Adams:

Monica Potter

Played Lolita in 1997 Adrian Lyne adaptation, also Jamie Archer in John Woo’s Face/Off. Also music video to Shawn Mullins Chart hit Lullaby.

Dominique Swain

Once one of recognisable plus size actors, lost weight and been on American history x, evolution and Wolf of Wall Street; also my name is Earl:

Ethan Supplee

Jon Arbuckle in Garfield movies, first in clueless, then lead in Road Trip.

Breckin Meyer

Starred in Road Trip, strange little intro at start of britney’s Boys music video and also Legit with Jim Jefferies.

DJ Qualls

The original Buffy in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, also known for being Christie Boner in Dude WhereS My Car?

Kristy Swanson

Royal family member who died 18 February 1478 drowned in a barrel of Malmsey wine?

George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence

King of France died when striking head on lintel of door on way to watch real tennis in 1498

Charles VIII

Despite efforts of Ambroise Pare and Andreas Vesalius, which king of France died 1559 from sepsis from splintered Lance of one of his Scottish guards?

Henry II of France

Astronomer died 1601 from issue resulting from not peeing at a banquet?

Tycho Brahe

Scottish Arkstkcrat, polymath and first translator of Rabelais’s writings into English said to have died laughing upon hearing that Charles II had taken the throne?

Thomas Urquhart

Moliere died 1673 during performance of which play?

Le malade imaginaire

Son of George II and father of George iii said to have died from struck by cricket ball

Frederick Prince of Wales

Which famous detective died 1884 when he tripped and severely bit tongue resulting I. Gangrene

Allan Pinkerton

Empress Elisabeth of Austria assassinated in 1898 by which Italia. Anarchist while strolling through Geneva?

Luigi Lucheni

French President died 1899 while engaging in sexual action? George’s Clemenceau said he thought he was Caesar but he died as Pompey (pun on pomper meaning to suck out).

Felix Faure

Austria-Hungary tailor and inventor died 1912 jumping from Eiffel Tower wearing parachute of own invention?

Franz Reichelt

Name of servant to Frank Lloyd wright who went on murder spree in 1914 at his Taliesin studio in Wisconsin with a hatchet?

Julian Carlton

Flood in 1919 in Boston of what?

Molasses

Which president’s son died while at White House playing tennis for blister on foot which got infected?

Calvin Coolidge

Which author died 1931 drinking two water in Paris and got typhoid; warned of it too he was?

Arnold Bennett

Chemical engineer involved in leaded gasoline and first CFCs, polio left disabled so he made device which ended up strangling him.

Thomas Midgley

Logician who developed fear of poisoning and only eat if wife did it, wife hospitalised sk be starved to death.

Kurt Godel

Year was Georgi Markov poisoning with ricin on street?

1978

Actor who died in 1982 filming twilight zone the movie?

Vic Morrow

Dick Wertheim died in 1983 as a tennis linesman got hit in groin by an errant serve by which tennis player at US Ooen?

Stefan Edberg

2006 which Russian former FSB officer was assassinated with polonium 210?

Alexander Litvinenko

Name of segwayniwjernwhonfirr off a Cliff in Thorp Arch England?

Jimi Heselden

Australian test and ODI cricketer killed by a bouncer striking his neck causing artery dissection November 2014

Philip Hughes

Name of cinematographer who died on set of western film Rust when actor Alec Baldwin discharged a colt. Also hit Joel Souza director.

Halyna Hutchins

1903 name of elephant killed/executed and caught on 74 second of film

Topsy

1916 elephant name of elephant who photograph hanged from neck of crane for killing trainer in Tennessee.

Mary

How many bars on wifi logo?

3

Contactless payment logo has how many curved bars

4

What are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees? Seen in Princess Mononoke

Kodama

Which Saudi team just won the league in 2023? They beat Ronaldos Al Nasr. Managed by Nuno Espírito Santo.

Al-Ittihad

Who was the first recipient of the Michael Faraday Award by Royal Society for communicating scientific ideas in 1986?

Charles Taylor

British neuroscientist 1989 recipient of the Michael Faraday Award by Royal Society for communicating scientific ideas, known for work in vision and development of brain and controversial due to positive views on animal testing?

Colin Blakemore

Michael Faraday Prize 1990, royal society President 1985-90, Nobel prize chemistry in 1967 with Eigen and Norrish. Known for flash photolysis and applied photophysics.

George Porter

Who wrote 1884 book Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions?

Edwin Abbott Abbott

Mathematician and winner of Michael Faraday Prize wrote Does God Play Dice? The New Mathematics of Chaos, Flatterland (sequel of Flatland), The Science of Discworld.

Ian Stewart

Malacologist is studied of what phylum?

Mollusc

Scientist and broadcaster female House of Lords member known for treatment of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Wrote fiction 2121 and non fiction about Mind Change, controversial views in digital impact.

Susan Greenfield

British scientist and tv presenter known for work in ivf and fertility treatment

Robert Winston

South African born developmental biologist who has won the Michael faraday award. Known for his French flag model of embryonic development where used French flag as visual aid to explain how embryonic cells interpret genetic code for expressing characteristics. Books: Triumph of the Embryo, Malignant Sadness, how we live and why we die.

Lewis Wolpert

Born 1939 Wisbech and winner of Michael faraday award, also won 1996 Nobel prize for chemistry with Robert curl and Richard smalley for discovering fullerenes.

Harry Kroto

American Pie, American Beauty and costar in Loser which was teenage dirtbag film.

Mena Suvari

This guys best role was in oscar nominated in As Good As it Gets then a few years later a career low point playing Matt Damon's conjoined twin in Farrelly Bros "comedy" Stuck On You. Recently starred in the excellent Black Bird on Apple TV

Greg Kinnear

90s pinup went saved by the bell to 90210 then back to saved by bell for reboot

Tiffani Thiessen

Played Johnny Rico in starship troopers followed by supporting role in sleepy hollow then TV movies and video games?

Casper Van Dien

Most famously detective Mike Hammer on Tv and warden Henry pope in tv prison break

Stacy Keach

Best known for portraying Tichard Thornburg the reporter in die hard and die hard 2 and also Walter peck in ghostbusters.

William atherton

The one not many girls fancied on 90210 but later married Megan fox so not too bad

Brian austin green

A well known face in 90s thanks to Point Break, a league of their own with Madonna and most famously tank girl. Made comeback on orange is the new black.

Lori Petty

Orange is new black prison name

Litchfield penitentiary

Career highlight was the usual suspects, became born again religious convert after 9/11 then now religious movies mostly

Stephen Baldwin

First attention as Dr Jack Boomer Morrison in St Elsewhere; then green mile as “brutal”, contact; 12 monkeys, the rock, big bloke.

David Morse

Ben Dtiller ex wife in dodgeball( zooland( tropic thunder

Christine Taylor

Actor prominent role in four spike Lee movies, West Indian Archie in Malcolm x, also Crooklyn; clockers, da 5 bloods. Also in Get shorty, cider house rules; gone in 60 seconds

Delroy Lindo

Road trip; rat race, the butterfly effect actress.

Amy Smart

Ex wrestler turned movie tough guy playing Brian in Predator and Captain Freedom in The running man?

Jesse Ventura (governor of Missouri)

2002 how to build a time machine, 2010 The eerie silence, 1995 Templeton prize, Michael faraday prize.

Paul Davies

Born 1962 Baghdad. Michael faraday prize 2007, science and Islam 2009, shock and awe story of electricity 2011.

Jim Al-Khalili

The Music of the Primes, what we cannot know; around the world in 80 games. Godmother was Valerie Eliot. Second Simonyi Professor for public understanding of science at uni of Oxford.

Marcus de Sautoy

1943-2014 British planetary scientist, was principal investigator for Beagle 2 Mars lander project. Won Michael faraday prize.

Colin Pillinger

1967 born British biochemist and writer, won Michael faraday 2016 prize: books power sex suicide mitochondria and the meaning of life, life ascending the ten great inventions of evolution, transformer the deep chemistry of life and death?

Nick Lane

British chemist working on gaining insights into chemistry and environment acceptable materials, core is supercritical fluids. Main presenter for YouTube channel Periodic Videos. Hit news for saying World Cup couldn’t be solid gold as couldn’t pick up.

Martyn Poliakoff

2020 Michael Faraday Prize winner which statistician, books Sex by Numbers, The Art of Statistics, Covid By Numbrszx

David spiegelhalter

Robin ince and Brian cox radio 4 comedy and popular science series show from 2009-present?

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Whcih K is a capital of Kush 2400-1500BC before moving onto Meroe as the capital?

Kerma

QUESTION TWO Greek mythology tells the story of which prince of Troy, who was taken as a lover by Eos? Eos asked Zeus to make this man immortal but forgot to request he also be granted eternal youth, and this prince eventually became a cicada,

Tithonus

QUESTION THREE Which author wrote a series of ten letters to the officer cadet Franz Xaver Kappus between 1902 and 1908? These letters were published as the collection Briefe an einen jungen Dichter (Letters to a Young Poet) three years after their author's death in 1926.

Rainer Maria Rilke

JESTION ONE Art Nouveau is said to have reached its apex in France in 1900, when which designer Created the first generation of entrances to Paris Metro underground stations? To date, 86 of this man's entrances are still in place

Hector Guimard

QUESTION TWO In the April 1994 edition of The Modern Language Review, Donald Shaw wrote about the Latin American Boom and the difficulty in establishing when the movement began and ended. He starts by citing Alfred MacAdam, who states that the Boom began in 1963 with which postmodern novel by Julio Cortázar, notable for including almost 100 "expendable chapters"?

Hopscotch/Rayuela

QUESTION THREE Europe's tallest statue, Rodina-mat' zovyot! (The Motherland Calls) stands 85 m (279 ft) high and can be visited in which city?

Volgograd (Stalingrad or Tsaritsyn)

QUESTION ONE The existence of the neutrino was originally hypothesised by Wolfgang Pauli, and its name coined by Enrico Fermi, to explain the continuous energy spectrum of which specific physical process?

Beta Decay

UESTION TWO A gamelan orchestra typically includes several kendang players and a bedug. The kendang and bedug belong to what general class of instrument, other examples of which include the tom-tom, dholak, and cajón?

Drum

Who popularised the term BRIC and MINT?

Jim O’Neill

Leakey’s orangutan expert

Birute Galdikas

Donald Shaw goes on to refer to the arguments of Gerald Martin, who claims that the Latin American Boom's beginnings can be traced back to the 1949 publication of Hombres de maíz (Men of Maize), a novel written by which Nobel Prize-winning author? Three years earlier this author wrote El Señor President, basing the dictatorial President on Manuel Estrada Cabrera.

Miguel Angel Asturias

Plato uses the character of Socrates to argue that the soul is immortal in which of his dialogues? This is the fourth dialogue about Socrates' final days and ends with him drinking hemlock as ordered by the Athenian government.

Phaedo or On the Soul

QUESTION THREE Hector Guimard [ghee-mar] rose to prominence as an architect with his design for which apartment building, the first in Paris to be designed in the Art Nouveau style? To further promote Art Nouveau (and himself), Guimard organised a marketing campaign based around this building.

Castel Beranger

Beta decay is a generic term for three decay mechanisms - beta plus and minus, and electron capture. In beta plus decay, a proton is converted into a neutron, releasing an electron-neutrino and which other subatomic particle?

Positron/antielectron

Another of Leakey's 'Trimates" was Dian Fossey who is remembered for her work at the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. Both the park and the centre are in which mountain range also known as Mufumbiro?

Virunga Mountains

the only English king since the Norman Conquest to be crowned during his father's reign

Henry the Young king (son of Henry II and died 1183)

In which city is the tallest statue in south america( a 46.72m version of Virgin Mary? Was tallest Mary until 2021 of Mary in Batangas City Philippines?

Trujillo, Venezuela

The Calvin Cycle is the name given to the series of light-independent reactions that occur during photosynthesis. In plants, these reactions occur within the stroma of which membrane-bound organelle?

Chloroplast

The Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang attempted to become immortal by drinking which substance? A later description of his tomb by historian Sima Qian [see-ma chee-an] said that it contained a hundred rivers made from this substance.

Mercury

Among his best-known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth, 1968), Boquitas pintadas (Heartbreak Tango, 1969), and El beso de la mujer araña (Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1976) which was adapted into the film released in 1985, directed by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco; and a Broadway musical in 1993.

Manuel Puig

Another of Rilke's [rill-kuh's] best-known works written in the same "creative storm" that produced Die Sonette an Orpheus (The Sonnets to Orpheus), is which collection of ten elegies, named after the castle on the Adriatic Sea coast near Trieste where they were composed?

Duino Elegies

Chinese mythology holds that the immortality of the deities was granted by which fruit? In Xi You Ji Journey to the West), Sun Wukong is given the duty of protecting these fruits and he consumes one before Xi Wangmu arrives to host a banquet of this fruit.

Peaches

Hector Guimard's [ghee-mar's] design for Castel Béranger was inspired by the time he spent in Brussels with the Belgian architect, Victor Horta. Guimard was particularly inspired by which town house, designed by Horta and named after the scientist for whom it was built in 1892 and 1893? It is often cited as the first Art Nouveau building.

Hotel Tassel

A gamelan orchestra may also include a suling, which is an example of what sort of instrument? The suling, Indian bansuri, and the Western concert examples of these instruments are side-blown, whereas the Chinese xiao and Malagasy sodina are end blown.

Flute

The transmutation of a proton to a neutron in beta plus decay occurs due to the conversion of an up quark to a down quark, and vice versa in beta minus decay. This process is mediated by the weak force, via the exchange of which subatomic particle?

W Boson

Who wrote Satantango

Laszlo Krasnahorkai

Which 14th century French philosopher known for namesake ass that presents the paradox brought about by having to choose between two things of equal value?

Jean Buridan

Occasionally called the Moa eagle, largest eagle ever known to have existed is which New Zealand species that hunted moa and according to Māori, hunted humans until extinction of moa caused its own extinction in around 1400?

Haast’s Eagle

In which village in Gyeonggi province on de facto border between north and South Korea was the armistice signed that ended Korean War in 1953?

Panmunjom

Which 1987 chinua Achebe novel takes place in imaginary west African country Kangan where officer identified only as Sam and known as his excellency has taken power following military coup?

Anthills of the Savannah

Name derived from Greek word for digestion, which enzyme is released by chief cells in stomach to degrade food proteins into polymers of amino acids?

Pepsin

Donald Shaw cites two other scholars who agree that the Latin American Boom began in 1963, but argue the first major work was La ciudad y los perros (The Time of the Hero), the debut work from which author? The book was so critical of the Lima military academy in which it was set that copies were burned by the academy's leaders as 'Ecuadorian propaganda'.

Mario Vargas Llosa

Who is the title character* of Rilke's [rill-kuh's] only full-length novel, who asks "Ist es möglich, daß die ganze Weltgeschichte mißverstanden worden ist?" (*'Is it possible that the whole history of the world has been misunderstood?") You may give the character's first name or last name,

Malte Laurids Brigge

The Wu experiment investigated the beta-minus decay of Cobalt-60 to an excited state of Nickel-60 to prove that the weak force violates parity conservation. This was shown experimentally by measuring the emission direction of what type of electromagnetic radiation, released by the excited Nickel-6o before decaying to its ground state?

Gamma rays

Both Hector Guimard [ghee-mar] and Victor Horta took inspiration from which French architect whose 1872 book Entretiens Sur L'Architecture (Lectures on Architecture) laid out several principles adopted by Art Nouveau? This man's own architectural projects included restoration work done on French landmarks including Mont Saint-Michel and the walls of Carcassonne.

Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc

In the 1990s Codemasters had major success with a series of games based on which toy cars? For 3 to 4 years, they were the largest selling toy car line in the US with total dollar sales exceeding the combined sales of the next top- selling lines: Hot Wheels, Matchbox and Majorette.

Micro Machines

Eleven men were inducted at the founding of the Golf Hall of fame in 1974 Which one of these men was "The Long Ball Hitter from West Virginia"? -He is credited with winning 82 tour events, a record only matched by Tiger Woods

Sam Snead

What film name links (allowing for a spelling difference) a Craig Brewer- directed comedy movie of 2021 and a 1988 comedy movie directed by John Landis? Saul, the Jewish barbershop customer, is a character in both movies

Coming to America/Coming 2 America

What kind of Eyes gave Al Martino a smash hit in 1966? Originally composed as "Moon over Naples", this song has been recorded over 500 times

Spanish Eyes

What 1992 hit was one of only 2 UK top 5 hits for Richard Marx? The chorus included the lyrics "I swear I left her by the river, I swear I left her safe and sound'

Hazard

How is the reality TV star Nicole Elizabeth LaValle (née Polizzi) better known? As well as her TV work she has competed at Wrestlemania

Snooki

Which "Suzie" currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 cricket team?

Suzie Bates

Achieving a Gamespot review score of 10 out of 10, Guns of the Patriots was the 4th game in which video game series? 3-word answer

Metal Gear Solid

13 The "in Memoriam" section at the 2023 Oscars ceremony included a nod to which American actor whose last film credit might well be the unusual comedy horror film "Cocaine Bear"? In the world of video games this man voiced characters in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Call of Duty: Black Ops Il

Ray Liotta

14 Carey Mulligan received a Golden Globe nomination in 2023 for her role as the real life reporter Meghan Twohey. In the movie "She Said", Twohey is investigating what man?

Harvey Weinstein

The TV show "Wednesday" received a couple of nominations at the 2023 Golden Globes. Which Puerto Rican actor took on the role of Gomez Adams in that show? His film credits include Boogie Nights and Traffic

Luis Guzman

16 Sounding like a Chinese dish, which Australian group have been ARIA Award nominated for the songs "Stranger" and "Fire/ Reprisal"? Two word answer

Peking Duk

17 Which female Tennis player was the top-ranked Australian singles player for 452 consecutive weeks, from October 2008 to June 2017? She won a Grand Slam singles title at the 2011 US Open, where she beat Serena Williams in the final and became the first Australian woman since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 to win a Grand Slam singles tournament

Samantha Stosur

8 The cyclist Bernard Hinault was nicknamed "The Badger". He won the Tour de France general classification five times. Can you name any of the years this happened?

1978/79/81/82/85

What song from "Honeysuckle Rose" was nominated for the Best Original song Academy Award in 1980? Lyrics of this country and western classic include "Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway"

On the Road Again

20 Which WW2-themed vertical scrolling shooter arcade game gave Capcom one of their first big hits? Despite being made by a Japanese company, the aim of the game was to reach Tohyo and destroy the Japanese Air Fleet

1942

The multi-million-selling game franchises Resident Evil, Street Fighter and Devil May Cry were all created by which Japanese company?

Capcom

26 Which actor was Johnny Cade in 'The Outsiders'? His most famous role was playing a character who defeated johnny Lawrence in the final of the 1985 'All Valley tournament

Ralph Macchio

Chloe Zhao was full of praise for which Irish actor who appeared as Druig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals? This man would later win a BAFTA for best supporting actor in the movie "The Banshees'of Innisherin"

Barry Keoghan

In 2011 Corey Feldman appeared in the video for which Katy Perry song? Lyrics of this song include "There's a stranger in my bed, there's a pounding in my head"

Last Friday Night

29 The Lahore cricket ground which hosted the 1996 Cricket world cup final was named after which dictator who lived between 1942 and 2011?

Colonel Gaddafi

31 Dave Grohl joined with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones to form which rock supergroup? Together they won a Grammy in 2011 with the song "New Fang". 3 word answer

Them Crooked Vultures

32 What Spanish man went 14 games unbeaten in the Davis Cup between 2011 and 2016? This player, born 1982, holds the distinction of winning the most matches on the ATP Tour without ever winning a Major

David Ferrer

34 In 1998 Eg White wrote the song "Chained" for which man? He was the long- time lead guitarist with Bon Jovi and the former husband of actress Heather Locklear

Richie Sambora

35 In Fl what colour flag means "A faster car is approaching. Move aside'?

Blue

36 Real name Douglas Trendle, who was the impressively named lead singer of the ska band Bad Manners? First and last name required

Buster Bloodvessel

38 Which "Geoff" is an Australian professional golfer who won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships?

Geoff Ogilvy

39 Which genre of dance music developed in London in the early 2000s out of UK garage scene? It draws influences from jungle, Dancehall and hip hop

Grime

40 As heard on the "Guardians of the Galaxy" soundtrack, who became the first Native American band to get into the US top 5 when they released "Come and get your love" in 1974?

Redbone

Which English actress, a star of "Harlots", has received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and the other for Best Actress for Jim Sheridan's In America (2003)?

Samantha Morton

42 The American electronic engineer Jerry Lawson was the inventor of what item, which help speed up the growing popularity of video games? These items were larger than floppy disks and had less memory space but that didn't stop their widespread use throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s

Game Cartridges

43 . Set against the backdrop of Nazi occupied Italy in 1944, "BLANK is dead" is a 2022 psychological horror game. What girls name fills the blank? This is also the first name of the woman who is the oldest ever Sport Illustrated Swimsuit cover model

Martha

44 Hugh Hefner made a voice-only appearance as himself in which 2011 Easter themed movie? James Marsden was the live action star whilst Russell Brand voiced the central CGI character

Hop

45 Natasha Khan was nominated for the Ivor Novello award in 2013 for the song "Laura". Under what 3-word name does Natasha Khan perform?

Bat for Lashes

Jamie Murray has been partnered by which American woman in his last three mixed doubles finals? This woman has won nine Grand Slam titles, and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former world No. 1 in doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Which American TV host and Media Mogul created the game shows "Jeopardy" Ind "Wheel of Fortune"?

Merv Griffin

49 - What was the 5-letter name of the construction foreman, Mario and Luigi's boss, according to the recent Super Mario movie? This character shared his name with the Fonzie's cousin, Snoopy's Brother and Dexter Fletcher in Press Gang

Spike

Second defined as tradition between two hyperfine levels of ground state of an atom of which isotope?

Caesium 133

Which base unit uses Planck constant (6.626 x 10^-34) in its definition?

Kilogram

Which base unit for electric current uses the elementary charge as part of its definition?

Ampere

Which base unit uses the Boltzmann constant k (1.381 x 10^-23)?

Kelvin

Which base unit named after a scientist born 1775?

Ampere (electric current)

10^30

Quetta

10^27

Ronna

10^24

Yotta

10^21

Zetta

10^18

Exa

10^15

Peta

10^-30

Quecto

10^-27

Ronto

10^-24

Yocto

10^-21

Zepto

10^-18

Atto

10^-15

Femto

10^-12

Pico

10^-9

Nano

Unit named after an American scientist who invented the bolometer, is a unit of heat transmission used to express rate of solar radiation received by the earth?

Langley

Non-SI unit of spectral flux density or spectral irradiance used especially in radio astronomy and named after American physicist who in 1933 was first to discover radio waves emanating from Milky Way in Sagittarius.

Jansky

Metric unit of area equal to 10^-28 m^2 used in nuclear physics for expressing the cross sectional area of nuclei and nuclear reactions.

Barn

What distance defined as exactly 1852m?

Nautical mile

What is defined as exactly 1.852km/h

Knot (one nautical mile per hour)

Unit of acceleration typically used in precision gravimeter. Defined as 1cm/s^2.

Gal (named after Galileo Galilei)

Si derived unit for plane angle

Radian

Si derived unit for a scientist born 1857 Hamburg

Hertz (Frequency)

Si derived unit named after scientist born 1643

Newton (Force, Weight)

Si derived unit after scientist born 1623, defined as one Newton per square metre

Pascal (used in internal pressure, stress, Young’s Modulus, ultimate tensile strength)

Si derived unit after physicist born 1818

Joule (energy, work, heat)

Si derived unit after english inventor born 1736

Watt (power, radiant flux)

Si derived unit after French scientist born 1736

Coulomb (electric charge)

Si derived unit after scientist born 1745

Volt (electric potential, voltage; emf)

Si derived unit after scientist born 1791

Farad (capacitance)

Si derived unit after scientist born 1789

Ohm (resistance, impedance, reactance)

Si derived unit after engineer born 1816

Siemens (electrical conductance)

Si derived unit after physicist born 1804

Weber (magnetic flux)

Si derived unit after inventor born 1856

Tesla (magnetic flux density)

Si derived unit after scientist born 1797

Henry (inductance - he was first secretary of Smithsonian institution)

Si derived unit after Nobel laureate born 1852

Becquerel (activity referred to a radionuclide, decays per unit time)

Si derived unit after English physicist born 1905

Gray (absorbed dose of ionising radiation)

Si derived unit after Swedish physicist born 1896

Sievert (equivalent dose of ionising radiation)

Si derived unit after Swedish physicist born 1701

Degree Celsius

Monteverdi last opera priE her Venice 1643 about mistress of Roman emperor Nero?

L’incoronazione di Poppea

Successor of teacher Monteverdi in Venetian musical life; did operas Ormindo, Giasone, La Calisto.

Francesco Cavalli

The first opera and by who performed in Florence 1598 music now lost?

Dafne by Jacopo Peri

The earliest opera whose music survives performed in 1600 and by who?

Euridice by Jacopo Peri

Based on Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, the first opera written by a woman was La Liberazione di Ruggiero? Who by?

Francesca Caccini

First German opera was 1627 Dafne, music now lost and was by who?

Heinrich Schutz

First Spanish opera was 1660 La Purpura de La Rosa, music now lost and was by who?

Juan Hidalgo

First French opera was 1671 Pomone, was by who?

Robert Cambert

First English opera was 1683 Venus and Adonis, music now lost and was by who?

John Blow

Who wrote the Libretti to Ricard Strauss’s operas Elektra 1909, Der Rosenkavalier 1911, Ariadne Auf Naxos 1912, die frau ohne schatten 1919, Die Agyptische Helena 1928, Arabella 1933?

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

1873 opera Boris Godunov only completed opera by which Russian composer?

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Which Italian composer did La Cenerentola? Cinderella.

Gioachino Rossini

Mozart opera by librettist Caterino Mazzola with title Roman emperor

La Clemenza di Tito

Czech language opera The Cunning Little Vixen by which composer?

Leos Janacek

Who did libretto for Henry Purcell 1688 opera Dido and Aeneas?

Nahum Tate

Who did opera Don Pasquale and L’elisir d’amore?

Gaetano Donizetti

Which French composer did two operas: L’enfant et Les sortileges and L’heure espagnole?

Maurice Ravel

Based on Alexander Pushkin novel in verse 1825-32, who did opera Eugene Onegin?

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Italian librettist and composer whose only completed opera was Mefisfofele? Did libretto to Verdi’s Otello and Falstaff and Ponchielli’s La Gioconda.

Arrigo Boito

Which French composer did Le Tribut de Zamora about battle of Zamora 939, Romeo et Juliette 1867, La Reine de Saba, Sapho 1851, Faust 1859, Philemon et Baucis?

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

Who composed La Forza Del Destino?

Giuseppe Verdi

German composer born 1786, operas Der Freischutz (The Marksman), Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbam), Silvana, Abu Hassan, Euryanthe and Oberon.

Carl Maria von Weber

Derived from Alexander Pushkin’s 1834 poem The TAle of the Golden Cockerel, who did opera The Golden Cockerel ?

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

German composer who created Les Huguenots, L’Africaine (about Vasco de Gama), L’etoile du nord, Robert Le diable including the ballet blanc Ballet of the Nuns?

Giacomo Meyerbeer

One word title Mozart opera with subtitle “re di creta” or king of Crete?

Idomeneo

Name of the title character of Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri?

Isabella

Premiered in Brno in 1904 who composed Jenufa? Also did Kata Kabanova

Leos Janacek

Who was the librettist of The Magic Flute and builder of the Theater an der Wien?

Emanuel Schikaneder

Based on 1731 Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prevost, who composed Manon? Also did Le Cid, Werther, Thais,?

Jules Massenet

Who did the Libretti to The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte?;94/5 Professor of Italian literature at Columbia university?

Lorenzo Da Ponte

Italian composer born 1760-1842, first opera Demophoon, Eliza, Medee, Ali Baba?

Luigi Cherubini

Composer of Moses und Aron, Erwartung (Expectation), Von Heute auf morgen.

Arnold Schoenberg

Who composed Norma? Pasta dish named after. Premiered Milan 1831.

Vincenzo Bellini

Born 1714, Orfeo ed Euridice 1762, two Iphigenie operas, did loads.

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Opera with libretto by Montagu Slated based on section in George Crabbe’s long narrative poem The Borough?

Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten

I Puritani set in English civil war some sources say Walter Scott’s 1816 novel Old Mortality and is composed by which composer?

Vincenzo Bellini

English language opera The Rake’s Progress with libretto by WH Auden and Chester Kallman is by which composer?

Igor Stravinsky

Who did Libretti for Verdi on Rigoletto, Attila, Macbeth, Il Corsair, Simon Boccanegra

Francesco Maria Piave

French composer operas Samson et Delilah (mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix), Henry VIII, Proserpine, Phyrne, Helene?

Camille Saint-Saens

Opera by Gioachino Rossini set on Voltaire’s tragedy in turn of this legendary Assyrian king. Premier 1823 Venice.

Semiramide

La Sonnambula (the sleep Walker) by which composer?

Vincenzo Bellini

Verdi opera with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on La Dame aux Camelias play by Alexander Dumas.

La Traviata (originally called Violetta)

Libretti who did majority of Il Trovatore for Verdi, also Luisa Miller, Alzira. Also did Lucia di Lammermoor for Gaetano Donizetti also Roberto Devereux.

Salvadore Cammarano

Composer of Les Troyens

Hector Berlioz

Who did libretto for Benjamin Britten operas The Turn of the Screw, Death in Venice and Owen Wingrave?

Myfanwy Piper

Who did Wozzeck and Lulu?

Alban Berg (Austria born 1885)

Which team current holders 2022 of womens vitality netball super league title?

Manchester Thunder

Who were second team to win a super bowl doing so in 1969

New York jets

Which snooker player lost in both 2000 and 2005 world mens championship?

Matthew Stevens

One of endearing memories of 1980 Moscow Olympics which nation won gold in field hockey womens?

Zimbabwe

Team europe won the 1995 mosconi cup defeating USA 16-15. Alex Higgins and which former snooker world champion played for team Europe?

Steve Davis

Which world athletics championship winners uncle played for West Bromwich Albion in 1966 league cup final?

Steve Cram

Name of horse Charlotte Dujardin landed double dressage gold with 2012 and 2016?

Valegro

Colour dot on squash ball indicates fast speed of play ideal for beginners?

Blue

Who was first skier to win mens Olympic alpine triple crown doing so in 1956?

Toni Sailer

Other than Toni Sailer only one other skier has won triple crown of alpine skiing at Olympics (slalom, giant slalom, downhill). Which French skier?

Jean-Claude Killy

Which greyhound broke Mick the Miller’s record of 19 consecutive wins by winning the aptly named Mick the Miller Record Stakes in 1974?

Westpark Mustard

In which sport would you compete for the MacRobertson International Shield?

Croquet

Who is only speedway rider to have places SPOTY finishing second in 1964 and 1966?

Barry Briggs

Baseball player voted American League MVP in 1939/41/47?

Joe DiMaggio

Bobby George reached his second BDO world darts championship in 1994 but who defeated him to take title?

John Part

Which boxer was awarded the wbc heavyweight title in March 1978 without fighting for the title?

Ken Norton

Which grand national winning jockey 2016 on Rule the World retired at age of 24?

David Mullins

Which Scottish bowler has won 5 world indoor bowls championships in 1998, 2001, 2005, 2011 and 2017?

Paul Foster

Which Scottish bowler has won a record 6 world indoor bowls championships in 1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2015.

Alex Marshall

Which female bowler has won record five World Indoor Bowls championships?

Katherine Rednall

Translating as “deciding technique” what word used for a winning move in a sumo wrestling bout?

Kimarite

Who was 6th president of IOC holding 1972-80?

Lord Killanin

Who was IOC president 2001-13

Jacques Rogge

Who was President of the IOC 1980-2001

Juan Antonio Samaranch

Who was president of the IOC 1952-72?

Avery Brundage

Who was the fourth president of the IOC from 1942-52?

Sigfrid Edstrom

Third president of the IOC from 1925-42?

Henri Comte de Baillet-Latour

Who was the first president of the IOC from 1894-96 leaving after native greece held first Olympics and replaced by Baron Pierre de Coubertin?

Demetrius Vikelas

Who is most successful superside sidecar racer in history with four world championship and six World Cup wins between 1987 and 2004?

Steve Webster

Who scored all four goals for Royal Navy vs army in final of Polo’s Rundle Cup in 1979?

Prince Charles

First mentioned in 1624, what is maximum allowed length of a cricket bat in inches?

38 inches (width no more than 4.25 inches)

At odds of over 1000-1, which Englishman won mens singles at the 1980 European table tennis championship?

John Hilton

Which swimmer won the mens 400m individual medley event at 1972 summer Olympics by two one thousands of a second?

Gunnar Larsson

Which skier won womens slalom World Cup title seven times between 2013 and 2023?

Mikaela Shiffrin

Who is only South Korean skater to have won the womens world figure skating title doing so in 2009 and 2013?

Yuna Kim

Who is britains most successful ever male paralympian with record of 16 golds and 2 silver medals between 1976 and 1988?

Mike Kenny

Who is second most successful male paralympian with 14 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze all in equestrian? He last competed in 2020 so still active.

Lee Pearson

Scottish paralympian female who won 10 golds, 4 silver and 4 bronze in athletics, shooting and swimming? 1984-2004

Isabel Newstead

British paralympian female who has 10 golds, 2 silver and 5 bronze across athletics, table tennis, swimming and wheelchair fencing 1964-76, 1988?

Carol Bryant

The Yonkers Trot, The Kentucky Futurity and the Hambletonian make up the American triple crown for which sport?

Harness Racing

Which uk singles chart topper played baseball for tbe St. Louis cardinals farm team in 1944 S a right hand pitcher?

Jim Reeves

The Iquiri National Forest us in whcih South American country?

Brazil

The philabeg traditionally worn by highlanders was precursor of which modern article of clothing

Kilt

What word to describe a thick tropical forest is derived from the Hindi word for wilderness?

Jungle

Pentland Javelin, Russet Burbank, and Shepody are all varieties of what vegetable?

Potato

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga is the current president of the governate of which country?

Vatican City

The Sea of Cortez, found for coast of Mexico; better known as the gulf of what state?

California

Which brand of tea is made by adding lemon peel and orange peel to Earl Grey tea?

Lady Grey Tea

John Biffen was Leader of the House of Commons under which UK prime minister?

Margaret Thatcher

Which animals are primarily affected by Newcastle disease?

Birds (poultry in particular)

Which evergreen tree, also known as the blue wattle, shares its name with a star in the constellation Crux and a cocktail made with champagne and orange juice?

Mimosa

Nhat first name links song titles by John Leyton, Fine Young Cannibals, and Chuck Berry?

Johnny (Johnny remember me, Johnny come home and Johnny b goode)

What term is given to electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 10 picometres and 10 nanometres?

X Rays

In 2006, which West End show became London's longest running musical after overtaking Cats?

Les Miserables

Before decimalisation in the UK, how many shillings were there in a crown?

5

Which Hindu festival is named after a traditional Sri Lankan dish made by boiling rice in milk?

Pongal (meaning to boil over)

Which American artist is most famous for the story quilt Tar Beach?

Faith Ringgold

In French cluedo; what weapon is called the Poignard?

Dagger

Which offal meat is the main ingredient of ecuadorian dish guatitas?

Tripe

Which British singer had a 2013 hit with Big When I Was Little?

Eliza Doolittle

Which King of Scotland was killed by Mormaer of the Mearns in 1094?

Duncan II

Which South Paciflc territory was the world's first Dark Sky Place and is served by Hannan International Airport?

Niue

46 Which Polish Nobel laureate wrote the children's book When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories?

Isaac Bashevis Singer

49 Lord Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde were the title characters of which 1970s television series?

The Persuaders (Roger Moore was Lord Brett Sinclair and Tony Curtis as Danny Wilde)

In the lyrics to the hymn All Things Bright and Beautiful, what colour are the mountains?

Purple

1711 Handel opera loosely based on Torquato Tasso’s epic poem Jerusalem Delivered

Rinaldo

The Beggars Opera was a 1728 ballad opera with words by John Gay and music by which German composer

Johann Christoph Pepusch

1733 opera buffa intermezzo La Serva Padrona or The Maid turned Mistress was by which composer? Did Opera seria too with L’Olimpiade and did Stabat Mater.

Giovanni battista pergolesi

French composer who did first opera Hippolyte et Aricie, Les Indes Galantes, Castor et Pollux, Platee?

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 born)

La Buona Figliuola (the good natured girl) is an opera buffa 1760 by which Italian composer? The libretto by Carlo Goldoni was based on Samuel Richardson’s novel Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded.

Niccolo Piccinni

The first opera seria in English was Artaxerxes by which English composer? Also known for song “A-Hunting We Will Go” made for a 1777 production of The Beggar’s Opera. Born 1710.

Thomas Arne

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera with subtitle re di ponto meanjng King of Pontus, after Jean Racine play, premiere 1770?

Mitridate

1792 opera Il Matrimonio Segreto regarded as which composer’s best opera? Leopold II Grand Duke of Tuscany compelled singers to go again.

Domenico Cimarosa

Georgian football playing for Napoli

Kvaratskhelia

Italian composer born 1774 who composed Milton 1804 and famous La Vestale 1807 about vestal Virgin in love.

Gaspare Spontini

Rossini opera 1816 subtitled Or the Useless Precaution

The Barber of Seville

Rossini opera 1819 based on Walter Scott narrative poem lady of the lake 1810.

La Donna Del Lago

Opera Comique La Dame Blanche (white lady) was by whcih French composer born 1775 Rouen? Based on multiple works of sir Walter Scott such as guy mannering, the monastery and the abbot.

Francois-Adrien Boieldieu

Name of Georges Bizet opera in four acts based on 1828 novel The Fair Maid of Perth by Sir Walter Scott

La jolie fille de Perth

Opera Il Pirata is by which Italian composer?

Vincenzo Bellini

German composer important one between Weber and Wagner, born 1795. Known for operas Hans Heiling, Der Vampyr and Der Templer und die Judin.

Heinrich Marschner

French composer 1782-1871 director of Paris Conservatoire, wrote first French grand opera La Muette de Portici (dumb woman of Portici) and 1830 Fra Diavolo about a neopolitan rebel leader.

Daniel Auber

1830 Anna Bolena and 1832 Lelisir d’amore, 1833 Lucrezia Borgia by which composer?

Gaetano Donizetti

Richard Wagner 1835 opera loosely based on shakespeares Measure for Measurr?

Das Liebesverbot (the ban on love)

French composer born 1799 most known today for opera La Juive (the jewess)?

Fromental Halevy

1836 opera A Life for the Tsar and the 1842 opera Ruslan and Lyudmila by which Russian composer born 1804?

Mikhail Glinka

Whose first opera was Benvenuto Cellini in 1838? Also did 1846 La Damnation de Faust,1858 Les Troyens, 1862 Beatrice et Benedict.

Hector Berlioz

1842 Wagner opera based on 1835 novel by Edward Bullet-Lytton. Set in Rome and based on a late medieval Italian populist figure, the subtitle of opera is “der Letzte der Tribunen” meaning the last of the tribunes.

Rienzi

Irish composer born 1808 best remembered for operas especially The Bohemian Girl?

Michael Balfe

Which 1845 Wagner opera is about the Minnesangers Contest at Wartburg?

Tannhauser

FBI is shorthand for three common de composers of dead trees: stands for?

Fungi, Bacteria and Insects

The by name of this 11th century Castilian military leader a national hero of Spain comes from Arabic for lord?

El Cid

This paramilitary group of young people was used in the 1960s to enforce the Cultural Revolution

The Red guard

In 1958 The Champs had a No. 1 hit with this sax-heavy tune whose only lyric is the title booze

Tequila

High performance car company version of SEAT

Cupra

Isak and Nahman Andic created which fashion brand in 1972?

Mango

In 2023 who has just died who was first person to run the 100m in under 10 seconds. Did so in 1968 shortly before winning gold for 100m at Mexico City.

Jim Hines

Which Facebook react button is a sad face but red?

Angry

in february 2022, russia officially recognised two breakaway territories of ukraine as sovereign states. One was Donetsk People's Republic, the other was which "people's republic" that is commonly abbreviated as LPR?

Luhansk Peoples Republic

motion sickness and funeral both appear on 2017 album stranger in the alps, this was critically acclaimed debut release by which musician? I

Phoebe Bridgers

who is only king of england to be buried at canterbury cathedral? His reign saw him crush rebel army of harry hotspur at battle of shrewsbury

Henry IV

Fenix series of watches are produced by whcih company competitor of Fitbit and company ?

Garmin

what is name of dallas character portrayed by victoria principal? married to bobby ewing and suffers severe burns in season 10 when crashes her car

Pamela Ewing

located high up in alban hills, which town is home to apostolic palace that served as summer residence of pope for many years? JPIl called it vatican number two

Castel Gandolfo

1983 hit is there something i should know was first uk number one for which band

Duran Duran

Dirk Nowitzki spent entire nba career with which franchise?

Dallas Mavericks

bob dylan holds up cue cards with words such as basement government and sickness on them in two and half minute film clip tha was shot for which song of his? The video is considered a forerunner of music videos.

Subterranean Homesick Blues

which proctor and gamble owned brand of fabric softener sells the unstoppables range of in-wash scent boosters

Lenor

the final track on the mtv unplugged in new york album by nirvana is a version of which traditional american folk song? recorded famously by lead belly.

In the Pines/Where Did You Sleep Last Night

which successful racehorse won cheltenham gold cup five times in a row 1932-36

Golden Miller

beginning in may 2023 and hosted bj dannii mingoue which bbc player and bbc three show has been dubbed the uks first exclusively gay dating show

I kissed a boy

third largest city in greece and capital (of region of western greece? said to be location of saint andrew's martyrdom

Patras

which jean-francois millet painting depicts two peasants bowing in a field over a basket of potatoes whilst praying? the name of the painting references a catholic devotion commemorating christ

The Angelus

hirohiko arak is best known for which long-running manga series that features the antagonist Dio Brando?

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

calidris alpina is binomial name of which small wader that nests around the world's arctic regions? the bird has a slightly down-curved bill and a distinctive black belly patch in breeding plumage.

Dunlin

In july 2022, a professor at adelaide university claimed to identify the somerton man as carl "charles" webb. Found dead on a beach in 1948, and his identity considered one of the biggest mysteries in Australia, the case of the Somerton Man is commonly known by which Persian phrase taken from scrap of paper found in pocket of this man’s trousers?

Tamam Shud

Somerton Man otherwise known as Tamam Shud was found in the suburb and named of which Australian city? Page was from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyim.

Adelaide

the trophy presented to the winner of the women's singles at the australian open is named in honour of which player who won the australian open singles title five times from 1925-30? This person tragically passed away in 1933, aged 29, from complication during pregnancy.

Daphne Akhurst

which Bolshevik revolutionary acted as the editor-in-chief of Pravda from 1918-29? Executed in 1938 at the order of once close friend Stalin, it is said the note this person wrote to Stalin just prior to execution was still found on Stalin's desk upon his death in 1953.

Nikolay Bukharin

Which debut novel by Somerset Maugham depicts the title character death, an 18 year old factory worker living with aging mother who lives on fictional Vere Street in the titular location of the work?

Liza of Lambeth

The american R&B artist Lloyd has only top five UK single to date in 2011 track featuring Andre 3000 and Lil Wayne? Song was edited for radio with the frequently sang word "Pussy" replaced with "lovin".]

Dedication to My Ex

Mickey Rourke plays an NYC private investigator who is hired to solve the disappearance of a man known as Johnny Favourite in which 1987 psychological horror film? The film is adapted from a novel by William Hjortsberg.

Angel Heart

In 2021, who became first woman to referee an english football league match when she was appointed to referee a game between Harrogate Town and Port Vale? The following year she became first woman to referee a third round men's FA Cup game.

Rebecca Welch

David Allen and Gilli Smyth were founding members of which progressive rock band that recorded the 1971 album Camembert Electrique at an 18th century Chateau near Paris?

Gong

Often abbreviated to KK theory, which classic unified field theory of gravitation and electromagnetism is built around a fifth dimension that goes beyond space and time? It is named for a German and a Swedish scientist who both contributed to the theory.

Kaluza-Klein Theory

Mount Tambora, the volcano that erupted in and caused the Year without a Summer, is located on which of the Lessa Sunda Islands?

Sumbawa

Captain Olimar is the main character of what series of video games, developed by Nintendo, that are described as a hybrid of real-time strategy and puzzle? Olimar commands the series namesake variety of plant creatures to solve puzzles and fight off enemies.

Pikmin

The Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire sat in which modern- day German city in 1526-29? The 1526 gathering saw the suspension of the Edict of Worms, while the 1529 gathering is widely believed to have seen the first use of the term "protestant".

Speyer

Known as the Polish Prince and Special K, which driver won the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup series while driving for his own small race team that had far less funds than many rival teams? He tragically died in an aircraft crash a few months after winning the Cup series and never defended his title.

Alan Kulwicki

Cosmology. Named after a Soviet physicist (1888 - 1925), whose set of equations describe the expansion of space for homogeneous and isotopic models of the Universe? These were developed in the framework of general relativity.

Friedmann Equations

What kind of limestone made up of "Ooids" ' - small (0.25-2 mm) spherical grains composed of concentric layers of calcium carbonate? These Ooids are produced from sand grains that roll around the floors of shallow, warm seas.

Oolitic Limestone

In a chemistry lab what name is given to the piece of equipment seen below, consisting of a graduated glass tube with a stopcock at one end? Its name was coined 1824 by the French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac.

Burette

Derived from the Gaelic word for ridge or elevation. What 5 letter word is given to the long winding banks of stratified sand and gravel produced by glaciers as they melt? These landforms can range from 100 m to 500 km long and 3 m to 200m tall!

Esker

Song “A Girl Like You”, never met a girl like you before lyric.

Edwyn Collins

In mathematics what name is given to the dividing line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, or a ligament like band of connective tissue in the Human body?

Vinculum

With a name meaning wild horse" in Kazakh/Kyrgyz. What name was given to the free-roaming horses found on the Russian Steppes between the 18th and 20th Centuries? The last captive individual died in a Russian zoo in 1909.

Tarpan

Based on the S programming language. What single letter programming language mainly used for statistics was developed by Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman in 1993?

R

What is the common name of visible deposits of protein and cell debris found in the vitreous humour of the eyes? Seen as (annoying) tiny shadows, in Latin they are known as muscae volitantes - "flying flies"

Floaters

Q Also called a pyroduct, what name is given to a volcanic cave produced when lava melts and tunnels its way through a pre-existing lava flow?

Lava Tube

What Italian word is used for the portion of a concerto where the orchestra stops playing, leaving the soloist to play alone in free time?

The Cadenza

According to a speech by Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, who was the fairies midwife?

Queen Mab

Which country lost more than half of its population during the War of the Triple Alliance fought from 1865 to 1870?

Paraguay

Green Onions; debut album of Booker T & the MGs was issued in 1962 on what record label?

Stax

Which car company made a model called the Atoz from 1997 to 2014?

Hyundai

Which Batman movie featured female characters named sugar, spice and dr chase meridian?

Batman Forever

N’Djamena the capital of Chad is near the border of which other country?

Cameroon

Dark Helmet, Yogurt, and Pizza the Hutt are characters in what 1987 sci fi movie spoof?

Spaceballs

Sport codified in 1907/1910 Provence France and the word from Occitan language for foot fixed?

Pétanque

From French for passage or corridor name for narrow gully with steep gradient in mountainous terrain often used in ice climbing?

Couloir

Disk flicking dexterity board game possibly if Canadian origin. Name is derived from a French word for a kind of cookie or a pastry similar to a doughnut.

Crokinole

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu founded and developed in 1925 by siblings with which surname?

Gracie

Sport in which both world cups have been won by Thailand, name is from malay for to kick a rattan ball?

Sepak Takraw

Indoor team sport developed in 1970s by Swiss biologist Hermann Brandt, reduces injuries, lowers aggression. Rebounder and 7 on pitch for one team at a time. Malaysia won 2019 World Cup. Used to be dominated by Europe now asia.

Tchoukball

Name derived from three of its founders, sport developed in Australia involving both route planning and navigation between checkpoints using variety of maps. 24 hours long for championship.

Rogaining (Rod, Gail and Neil)

Contact winter team sport played on ice rink with skates, straight skates and a blue rubber pneumatic ring designed for ice use?

Ringette

Sport thought to have been invented in Acapulco by Enrique Corcuera in 1969 after he modified squash court to incorporate elements of platform tennis. It’s a racket sport typically played in doubles on an enclosed court slightly smaller than a double tennis court.

Padel

Sport of European origin played in German spekakingnnations butnalsonin brazil. Similar to volleyball with the net but hands have to be held in a certain exact way.

Fistball

Chinese term meaning “martial arts” in contemporary arts, can be known as king Fu but has its own term name.

Wushu

Team sport designed for blind people, teams of three and throw ball with bells inside

Goalball

Ball sport played on curved table combining elements of Sepak Tekraw and table tennis; can hit football with any part of the body. Invented by three Hungarian football enthusiasts.

Teqball

What world champjonship has been held annually since 1971 on second Saturday in July in village of witcham in Ely, Cambridgeshire?

World Pea Shooting Championship

Held annually on second Sunday in October in Northamptonshire what world championships?

World Conker Championships

Boxer shorts that eliminate odour, named same as cereal.

Shreddies

12 Which British brand of tea was named in 1903 after the Mandarin Chinese word for "doctor"?

Typhoo

15 Which imperial measurement is equivalent to 2,83% of a cubic metre?

Cubic foot

Which (according to Wikipedial) is the only letter that cannot be used to form an English two-letter word in the British version of the game of Scrabble, and is also the only letter in the English language that is never silent?

V

24 Coppicing is the cutting down of trees periodically so that new shoots may grow from the stumps, but which term is used when the trees are cut back at a height of about 6 feet, instead of close to ground level?

Pollarding

Spanish for “to marinate” gives us this Philippine’s dish of marinated meat with garlic soy sauce vinegar and spices.

Adobo

This term for a fictional energy barrier has been traced back to 1931 sci fi story Islands of Space?

Force Field

Meatwad, Frylock & Master Shake make up this threesome whose misadventures laved out on Adult Swim for 11 seasons

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

French term for a clause in a contract protecting one or both parties if an act of god messes everything up

Force Majeure

The Seattle PD "de"fines it as actions "that seek to minimize the likelihood of the need to use force* in a situation

De-escalation

Some hot air balloons can fit up to 30 people in this basket suspended below & carried aloft

Gondola

As well as a kind of vessel, it's the kitchen area aboard one

Galley

The first part of the name of this super-glam Tokyo shopping district means "silver"

Ginza

What sword is used to kill jabberwocky in alice and wonderland films, it’s also mentioned in the poem l, begins with V?

Vorpal

The first ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins it’s about three footloose sailors “on the town”

Fancy free

Goes up the “Congo”; hears about “the horror”; questions western civilisation

Charles Marlow

Likes being a sailor or foretop man, depending on the edition, kills Claggart, doesn’t make it to end of story

Billy Budd

In Walden, Thoreau says “the mass of men lead lives of…” this?

Quiet desperation

It’s the vertr hard to get substance that causes humans to set up shop in Pandora

Unobtanium

The curse of Coogans Bluff site of the polo grounds hit this team after it left New York and lingered until the 2010 World Series

San Francisco Giants

The curse of the bambino loomed over this team from 1920 after it traded babe Ruth until 2004 when it finally won. World Series?

Boston Red Sox

In 1751, his Experiments and Observations on Electricity was published

Benjamin Franklin

Lynda Bellingham played the mother of a family that appeared in a series of adverts in the 1980s and '90s for what brand?

Oxo

With its name derived from a gambling game played on the streets of Naples, which Campanian organised crime syndicate is divided into individual clans that include the Mazzarrella clan and the Secondigliano Alliance?

Camorra

Which infectious disease of the small intestine is also known as 'the Blue Death', due to an extreme loss of fluids causing the skin to turn a bluish-grey colour? It is caused by a bacterium in the genus Vibrio.

Cholera

What 2023 Netflix action thriller stars Gabriel Basso as FBI agent Peter Sutherland who finds himself trying to uncover a mole at the top level of the US government?

The Night Agent

What name is given to a Greek dish of lamb marinated with lemon juice and then slow cooked with potatoes?

Kleftiko

'Money on My Mind', 'Stay With Me and Lay Me Down' are songs on which eight-times platinum 2014 album by Sam Smith?

In the Lonely Hour

16 Jon Anderson was the lead singer of which prog rock band, who released the 1971 album Fragile?

Yes

What name is shared by an autonomous community in Spain and a region of Eastern Europe that straddles the border between Poland and Ukraine?

Galicia

In knitting, what term is used for correcting a mistake a few rows down by ripping out those rows? It is contrasted with tinking or unpicking, which involves undoing the work stitch by stitch.

Frogging

In 1914, who became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry? He did so for his work on determining the atomic weights of a large number of elements.

Theodore William Richards

Which American conceptual artist is particularly noted for her Truisms, a series of one-liners pasted onto walls and buildings around Manhattan? During the 1980s, she began to incorporate LEDs and electronic billboards in her work.

Jenny Holzer

Which German battleship, which was involved in Operation Rheinübung, sank 300 nautical miles west of Brittany on the 27th May 1941?

Bismarck

What very short word comes before "metal", in the name of a subgenre of metal music that rose to popularity in the 1990s, exemplified by bands such as Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit?

Nu

Which England player was the top point scorer at the 2022 Women's Six Nations, repeating a feat she had achieved at the two previous Six Nations tournaments, as well as at the 2021 edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup?

Emily Scarratt

'Heaven', Next To Me and 'Read All About It, Part 3' were songs on which eight-times platinum 2012 album by Emeli Sandé?

Our Version of Events

In Greek cuisine, what name is given to a dish of fried meatballs? Their name is derived from that of a similar meatball dish originating in the Middle East.

Keftedes

So-named because of patients' skin turning pale, the 'Great White Plague' is an historic alternative name for which infectious disease, which has been observed in humans throughout history? It is caused by a bacterium in the genus Mycobacterium.

Tuberculosis

Which 2023 Netflix political thriller follows Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, the US ambassador to the UK, as she adjusts to her new role in London alongside her husband played by Rufus Sewell?.

The Diplomat

Come and See, a 1985 Soviet anti war film based on 1971 novel Khatyn and 1977 memoir I am the fiery village was directed by which soviet filmmaker?

Elem Klimov

Who voices Miles Morales in Spider-Man into the spider verse? And Spider-Man across the spider verse.

Shameik Moore

Anthony Head and Sharon Maughan appeared in a series of adverts from 1987 to 1993 as a couple embarking on The adverts were a campaign for a product made by what brand?

Nescafé Gold Blend

With its name derived from the Greek term for heroism, which organised crime syndicate was founded in Calabria in the 1790s? A faction of this organisation kidnapped John Paul Getty III in 1973,

‘Ndrangheta

What short word precedes "hop" in the name of a genre of music that originated in the 1990s and fused hip hop with electronica? It was exemplified by Bristol bands such as Massive Attack and Portishead.

Trip

Which British scientist won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery, using his mass spectrograph, of isotopes in many non-radioactive elements and for his enunciation of the whole number rule?

Francis William Aston

As well as co-hosting a number of popular children's programmes in the 1980s and 1990s, such as Blue Peter and Going Live!, which TV personality starred in the controversial 1992 pseudo-documentary Ghostwatch, which has never been repeated in the UK?

Sarah Greene

A poster bearing the words "Your body is a battleground" is among the best-known works by which American conceptual artist, who designed the poster for a pro-choice rally in 1989? A recurring motif in her works is the use of white block letters on bright red boxes, which later inspired the logo for the fashion company Supreme.

Barbara Kruger

In knitting, what name is given to a piece of yarn or thread that runs through every stitch of one row and is used as a preventive measure that keeps stitches safe in case the knitting needs to be unravelled at a later point?

Safety Line or Lifeline

Geddy Lee was lead singer of which prog rock band who released 1975 album Fly By Night?

Rush

Symbolised G what is simplest amino acid?

Glycine

Recently calling snap election following regional and local elections, which politician is current prime minister of Spain?

Pedro Sanchez

As defined in the public order act of 1986, what minimum number of people are required to constitute a riot?

12

Star Trek, to which humanoid race does the character Quark belong? These humanoids are characterised as being reedy profiteers, as well as being well endowed in the ear department.

Ferengi

The Apostle St Matthias is, at least partially, buried in which German city, the birthplace of Karl Marx?

Trier

In which podcast does Simon Parkin ask guests to pick the five video games they would like to immortalise on their ver own fictional games machine?

My perfect console

What is the residence of mr rochester in jane Eyre?

Thornfield Hall

Which still-active American indie band, fronted by Conor Oberst, achieved success with albums such as Fevers and Mirrors, and 2005's I'm Wide Awake It's Morning?

Bright Eyes

Which bookshop, whose flagship Piccadilly store claims to be the oldest in London, was acquired by Waterstones in the late 1990s? Its only other branch is in St Pancras Station.

Hatchard’s

Founded in 1792 in Norwich, which brand of children's shoes was granted royal warrants in 1955 and '89, although were revoked in 2003 when they moved production out the UK?

Start-Rite

Which French Rugby Union club reached the final of the European Rugby Champions Cup in 2022 and '23, winning the cup on both occasions?

La Rochelle

Named after German physicist what is the SI derived unit of magnetic flux?

Weber

Born in Ukraine and considered one of the greatest pianists of all time, which 20th century musician, who became an American citizen, was especially renowned for his interpretation of the works of Franz Liszt?

Vladimir Horowitz

Which Roman historian's works include the Annals and the Histories, which examined the history of the Empire from the death of Augustus to the death of Domitian?

Tacitus

"The 'Moonies' is a nickname for which new religious movement founded in 1954 in South Korea by Sun Myung Moon? He views himself as the second coming of Christ, and the movement is known for its mass wedding ceremonies.

Unification Church

Whcih American director’s three feature films so far consist of The Witch, The Lighthouse and 2022’s The Northman?

Robert Eggers

Which light hitting shortstop in baseball failed to achieve a batting average of .200 five times in 9 major league seasons and gives name to namesake Line?

Mario Mendoza

The apostle St Thomas is buried in which Indian city?

Chennai

As defined in the public order act of 1986, what minimum number of people are required to constitute violent disorder?

3

What is the name of the mostly villainous Star Trek "collective whose aim is to assimilate other beings into their own? Th character Seven of Nine is one of these, as was, Captain Picard - briefly.

Borg

Dan Quayle first name full

Danforth

Which bookshop chain, founded in Oxford in the late 19th century, was acquired by Waterstones in 2022? It is mostly associated with university textbooks and the proximity of its stores to university hubs.

Blackwell’s

Which still-active American indie band, fronted by Ben Gibbard, achieved success with albums such as Transatlanticism and 2005's Plans?

Death Cab for Cutie

created by Ubisoft, which podcast takes a dive into the past as inspired by the game Assassin's Creed?

Echoes of History

Which American director's three feature films so, far consist of Midsommar, Hereditary, and 2023's Beau Is Afraid?

Ari Aster

Which Roman historian's most famous work was The Twelve Caesars, a collective biography of the Empire's first leaders?

Suetonius

Deer Park, in New York state, is home to which new religious movement founded in China in the early 1990s and banned by the Chinese government just under a decade later? The movement aims to educate audiences around the world with its Shen Yun dance spectacular.

Falun Gong

The British band Starsailor take their name from an album by which American musician who died in 1975 aged 28? His son Jeff was also a musician who would also die tragically young.

Tim Buckley

Which Irish Rugby Union club reached the final of the European Rugby Champions Cup in 2022 and '23, but finished runners-up on both occasions?

Leinster

Founded in France in 1970, which youth shoe-brand's Lo style of shoe is a popular choice amongst British boys at secondary school?

Kickers

Born in Poland and considered one of the greatest pianists of all time, which 20th century musician, who became an American citizen, was especially renowned for his interpretation of the works of Frédéric Chopin?

Arthur Rubenstein

Ella Fitzgerald found success early in her career singing with which jazz drummer and bandleader’s orchestra?

Chick Webb

What name is given to the preserved body of a man discovered in 1984, referencing the name of the Cheshire peat bog in which the discovery was made? He is thought to have died in the Iron Age or Romano-British era.

Lindow Man

Tina turner real first name and born and year

Anna Mae Bullock, 1939, Brownsville Tennessee

Which English actress was wife of playwright Jack Rosenthal? Since 2018 she’s been Evelyn Plummer in coronation street.

Maureen Lipman

Special name given to robe donned by Charles III at coronation shortly after the anointing ceremony for the vesting of the spurs and sword of offering?

The Supertunica

Which Apple TV show won the Best Drama series award at the 2023 TV BAFTAs? Sharon Horgan starred in this black comedy which was based on the Belgian series "Clan". Two word answer

Bad Sisters

13 Saoirse-Menica Jackson starred in which show that won the Best Scripted Comedy award at the 2023 BAFTAs? This show, that aired on Channel 4, ended in 2022

Derry Girls

14 At the 2022 Wimbledon Men's singles who became the first unseeded man to reach a major final since Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the 2008 Australian Open?

Nick Kyrgios

15 At King Charles' coronation, the crown atop the Diamond Jubilee State coach was carved from the oak wood of what ship? With 245 years of service as of 2023, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.

Hms victory

Chalcopyrite is the principal ore of which metal?

Copper

24 Which BBC sitcom with a cast including Lolly Adefope, Jim Howick and Simon Farnaby was BAFTA nominated AGAIN in 2023?

Ghosts

25 Which US Golfer from Florida, a multiple major winner, led the 2023 US Masters going into the final round but lost out to Jon Rahm? He'd win the 2023 US PGA championship at the Oak Hill country club about one month later

Brooks Koepka

26 What was the name given to Tina Turner's backing singers when she was part of the Ike & Tina Turner review?

Ikettes

28 Coming from the Greek for band or fillet, what "D" is a type of crown, specifically an ornamental headband worn by monarchs?

Diadem

31 What was the shared first name of the two men who came first and second in the 2022 Golf Open Championship at St Andrews?

Cameron Smith winner Cameron Young runner up

36 "Le maître du jeu" is the Quebecois (pronounced kebekwa) version of which British comedy panel show which was TV BAFTA nominated at the 2023 ceremony?

Taskmaster

38 In the lyrics of "Proud Mary", Tina Turner sings that she pumped a lot of what down in New Orleans? This 4-letter word is slang for gas/ petrol. Please answer carefully

Tane

40 In September 1963, which country saw Juan Bosch deposed as President by a coup d'état led by the military with civilian support? This country is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area

Dominican Republic

41 " kissed a girl and I liked it, the taste of her BLANK BLANK". What two words are missing from the lyrics of "I kissed a girl", Katy Perry's 2008 debut hit? I'm looking for a brand and a flavour

Cherry Chapstick

43 Nicknamed "Bully Boy", which Englishman won his first World Dart's championship at the Alexandra Palace in January 2023?

Michael smith

44 In the lyrics of "Nutbush City Limits" by lke and Tina Turner, Tina sings that the city of Nutbush can be found on the Highway with which number?

Nineteen

46 Between May and September 1963, a period of unrest referred to as the Buddhist Crisis occurred in which country? The crisis was precipitated by the shootings of nine unarmed civilians who were protesting against a ban of the Buddhist flag.

South Vietnam

47 The form of body modification called Lip plates is still common amongst the Musi and Surna people of which African country? This country is the most populous landlocked country in the world

Ethiopia

49 Which actress, the former wife of James McAvoy, won the 2023 TV BAFTA for Best Supporting actress for her role as Grace in Bad Sisters?

Anne Marie Duff

What was Tina Turner's last UK top 40 hit of the 1980s? Described as "delightfully risque and as one of her "sexiest" hits? The song begins ") was thinking about parking the other night, we was out on the back road'. Two word answer

Steamy Windows

55 The organisation of the recent coronation was the responsibility of Edward Fitzalan-Howard, the Duke of where?

Norfolk

58 Which British group had recorded "What's Love got to do with it" a few months before it was released by Tina Turner? The Dubliner Mike Nolan was a member of this chart-topping pop group

Bucks Fizz

62 The Coronation emblem for the coronation of King Charles III was designed by what man, better known for his work with Apple?

Jony Ive

65 What Australian singer and actor was 'Bassey', one of Tina Turner's character's henchmen in Mad Max 3? He's much better known for singing "Suddenly", the tune made famous by Scott and Charlene's wedding in • Neighbours

Angry Anderson

09 Justin Welby was in office as Archbishop of Canterbury at King Charles Ill coronation, but who was Archbishop of Canterbury at Queen Elizabeth Il's in 1953?

Geoffrey Fisher

71 Siobhán McSweeney won the TV BAFTA for best comedy performance in 2023. What was the first and last name of her nun character in Derry Girls? This was also the name adopted by the man who had 1980s US number ones including "Monkey" and "Praying for time"

George Michael

73 In 2022 which country endured: an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister Ariel Henry, a flood which led to 2500 people being evacuated and 934 killings related to gang violence in the capital city?

Haiti

74 What is the name of Salt Bae's restaurant chain?

Nusr-Et

75 Which high profile and well connected U.S. Representative lost her Wyoming seat to the Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman in 2022?

Liz Cheney

80 Luschka's Crypts can be found in which part of the human body?

Gall Bladder

81 Give any year in the life of Johnathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels

1667-1745

82 Cameron Ford, a spokesperson for Insulate Britain, was left speechless when which TalkRadio host claimed that concrete could be grown on trees?

Mike Graham

84 Who was the winning jockey in the first Grand National race back in 1836? A fence which is jumped twice during the race is named in his honour

Captain Martin Becher

Comic opera by Peter Cornelius based on a story in one thousand and one nights, premiere in 1858

The barber of baghdad

Offenbach opera with the cancan bit

Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the underworld)

Hungarian composer operas Batori Maria, Hunyadi Laszlo, Bank Ban

Ferenc Erkel

Opera bouffe by Offenbach paradoxes the story of Helen’s elopement with Paris

La belle Helene

1864 opera by Charles Gounod based on epic poem by Frederic Mistral based on Provençal folk tunes

Mireille

French composer most known for operas Mignon 1866 and Hamlet 1868

Ambroise Thomas

Who did The Bartered Bride

Bedrich Smetana

1867 Bizet opera based on a 1828 Walter Scott book

La jolie fille de Perth

La Perichole an opera by Offenbach is set in which country?

Peru

First part of the ring cycle by wagner

Das Rheingold

Second part of the ring cycle by wagner

Die Walkure

Third part of the ring cycle by wagner

Siegfried

In the wagner play Siegfried what is name of dragon that Siegfried slays?

Fafner

Fourth part of the ring cycle by wagner

Gotterdammerung

Name of Cumbria town which hosts annual horse fair

Appleby

best known as the first woman to train a winner of an American Triple Crown race, having conditioned Arcangelo to victory in the 2023 Belmont Stakes

Jena Antonucci

Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 four banned breeds uk

Pit Bull Terrier Japanese Tosa Dogo Argentino Fila Brasileiro

Which team based in Texas won the inaugural season of XFL in May 2023?

Arlington Renegades

Found in tide pools and coral reefs of Indian and pacific oceans, what four species of octopus are named after colourful characteristics skin patterns? One of worlds most venomous marine animals.

Blue Ringed Octopus

Consisting of a spherical vessel with a long downward pointing neck, what piece of chemistry equipment is used for distillation with neck acting as a condenser.

Retort

What astronomical objects populate two regions known as the blue cloud and red sequence when plotted onto a colour magnitude diagram similar to hertzsprung-Russell diagram for stars?

Galaxies

Giving some bruises their green colour what bile pigment has a Latin name meaning green bile? Rapidly breaks down into bilirubin or red bile.

Biliverdin

Also known as flying lemur despite its not lemur and can’t fly, six letter name given to south Asian mammal that uses a fur covered membrane called a patagium to glide between trees? Primates are their closest evolutionary relative.

Colugo

What name given to species or population of animals that strictly bound to living in underground habitats such as caves. Species show traits such as blindness, lack of pigmentation and slow metabolism.

Troglobite

In which Central African country would you find the Oklo reactor? Discovered down the Oklo mine it was the site of the only known naturally occuring nuclear fission reactor. Abundances of certain isotopes of uranium and fission products found at the site reveal that at around 1.7 billion years ago a layer of rock rich in uranium ore here was able to undergo nuclear fission whilst being moderated by ground water.

Gabon

Named after German physicist born 1742 who discovered them, what name given to the tree like electrical discharge patterns caused by lightning that exhibit fractal properties?

Lichtenberg Figure

10 How is Sophie Hinchliffe, born in Essex in 1990, better known? Her Instagram account, containing tips on home cleaning brought her fame, and she went on to have several chart-topping book releases around the subject of cleaning as well as her 2020 memoir 'This Is Me'

Mrs Hinch

13 In January 2023, who was eventually announced as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives after 15 rounds of voting?

Kevin McCarthy

15 Which two player board game created by Uwe Rosenberg and released in 2014 involves players playing on a personal 9x9 game board, using buttons as a currency all with the aim of being to produce the highest scoring quilt?

Patchwork

19 In February 2023, who became the first British woman to be appointed as Head of Science at Nasa?

Nicola Fox

24 First airing in 2021, which American drama series tells the tale of a group of female teenage soccer players involved in a plane crash in 1996?

Yellowjackets

25 In April 2023, who was appointed as the first female director of GCHQ in its 104 year history

Anne Keast-Butler

27 The St Regis Chicago is the tallest skyscraper in the world designed by a woman. Which American architect designed it was well as the Aqua Tower in the same city?

Jeanne Gang

30 Winning Gold for Team GB at the 2020 Summer Olympics in cross-country mountain biking, which cyclist won the iconic Alpes D'Huez solo climb stage of the 2022 Tour De France, becoming the youngest rider ever to do so?

Tom Pidcock

The tallest building within its country, and the sixth tallest in the world, in which Asian Capital city would you find the Lotte World Tower, that was first opened to the public in 2017

Seoul

In 1974, which American model became the first African American to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine? in 2012, she also starred in a reality series titled her "Full House

Beverley Johnson

33 Which Apple TV musical comedy series, is named after the fictional musical town in which the lead characters find themselves in after getting lost on a backpacking trip? The town itself is perpetually tapped in a Golden-Age style musical

Schmigadoon!

Which British model was the first transgender model in the UK for L'Oreal? In 2018, shortly after the release of Channel 4 documentary 'What Makes a Woman', she was appointed as LGBT adviser to the Labour Party.

Munroe Bergdorf

35 Which Flemish artist painted 'The Ugly Duchess' around 1513, which now hangs in the National Gallery and is said to have been the influence for John Tenniel's illustration of the Duchess character in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?

Quintin Matsys

What name for the 2023 Amazon studios mini series based on best selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid?

Daisy Jones and the Six

Which British pop band had their first, and to date only, UK Number one in 2014 with the song 'Me and My Broken Heart? One member of this band was Jack Roche, the son of actor Shane Richie and singer/presenter Cöllen Nolan.

Rixton

12 The Pilcomayo River forms the majority of the border between Argentina and which other country? Along with two other rivers, this forms one of the largest natural border in the world.

Paraguay

Subtitle of 2023 Luther movie starring idris Elba

The Fallen Sun

17 In February 2022, who was sworn in as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, succeeding Cressida Dick in the role?

Mark Rowley

Name of second largest city in Saudi Arabia behind Riyadh? Commercial capital and second biggest port in Arab world.

Jeddah

20 At the 2022 Beijing Olympics, which American Speed Skater became the first black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual event when she did so in the 500m race?

Erin Jackson

21 Which British Photographer began work at 'Vanity Fair and 'Vogue' magazines in the 1920s, served in the British Ministry of Information during World War II and later won academy awards for his costume design in 'Gigi' (1958) and 'My Fair Lady' (1965)? He was knighted in 1972

Cecil Beaton

22 What is the two-word name of the social media platform created in 2021 by Trump Media?

Truth Social

25 Which Roman Road ran for 226 miles from Eboracum (York) to the Antonine Wall? The Kingdom that this Road derived its name from is thought to have taken its name from a River in Yorkshire.

Dere Street

26 Six days after her death in 1885, the painter Jeanette Pickersgill became the first person to legally undergo what? Due to concerns regarding this process, two doctors had to certify that she was dead and the process took 75 minutes to complete.

Cremation

27 Which man who, in 2021, became the first African American elected to the office of New York County District Attorney made news in 2023 as being responsible for bringing criminal charges against Donald Trump?

Alvin Bragg

Which Australian footwear brand, founded in Australia in 1870, supplied boots for Australian troops in the World Wars? These boots gained unexpected attention in 2023 when worn by Gary Linker whilst taking his dog for a walk at the height of his BBC fall-out.

Blundstone Boots

Which Italian Racing Driver was the first woman to race in a Formula One Grand Prix when she competed in the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix?

Maria Teresa De Filippis

31 One of the four main lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals, which lobe, the smallest of the four, is the visual processing area of the brain? It is associated with visuospatial processing, distance and depth perception, face recognition and memory formation and is located in the rear-most part of the brain

Occipital Lobe

32 Which Germany physicist coined the term 'black-body radiation' in 1862? In addition to this, his first circuit law states that 'the algebraic sum of currents in a network of conductors meeting at a point is zero' and his name features in the title of an award for Spectroscopy named after him and Robert Bunsen

Gustav Kirchhoff

33 What is the name of the largest verified impact structure on Earth that is located near its namesake town in South Africa?

Vredefort

Despite having received no professional cookery training. which Northern Irish an launched the 'Bored of Lunch' social media channels during Lockdown? The fame gained from the 40m followers he earned has lead to a series of best selling sokbooks under the 'Bored of Lunch' banner including 'The Healthy Slow Cooker book' and 'The Healthy Air Fryer book'

Nathan Anthony

The UK's longest direct train journey is 774 miles long, takes over 13 hours and runs once a week to Penzance in Cornwall, originating in which city?

Aberdeen

What type of creature was Otis a puppet presenter on bbc who as on weakest link and children in need?

Aardvark

The world's shortest funicular railway is the Fisherman's Walk Cliff Lift in which seaside town?

Bournemouth

15 Since 2010 onwards, Team England have used the hymn "Jerusalem" as their victory anthem at The Commonwealth Games, replacing which patriotic song after a public vote?

Land of Hope and Glory

17 A stretch of Tennessee State Route 19, immortalised with the song lyric "A church house, gin house, A school house, outhouse, On Highway Number Nineteen, The people keep the city clean" is named after which rock singer, sometimes known as "The Queen of Rock and Roll"?

Tina Turner

19 What name is given to mature peas that have been allowed to dry out naturally in the field, rather than being harvested while still young, often used to make mushy peas?

Marrowfat

The original Royal Oak was in the grounds of Boscobel House, where Charles hid after losing The Battle of Worcester in 1651. Which county is Boscobel in?

Shropshire

24 In which National Park is The Knightwood Oak, also known as the Queen of the Forest, which is over 500 years old and has a girth of over 24 ft?

New Forest

25 The two main species of oak in the UK are the English Oak, Quercus Robur, the pedunculate oak and the Irish Oak, Quercus Petraea, the sessile oak. What does pedunculate mean?

Having a stalk

26 It is thought that in the UK, one species buries up to 4 million acorns a year, making this animal the principal propagator of oak trees. Which one?

The Jay

29 May is also celebrated annually as Founders Day at which West London charitable institution, founded by Charles II in 1682?

Royal Hospital, Chelsea

29 According to the Woodland Trust, how old does an oak tree need to be before it is defined as "ancient"?

400 years

37 Can you name one of three US states which are adjacent and begin with the same letter?

Indiana, Illinois or Iowa

The most populous state in India was known as United Provinces under the Raj; preserving the acronym, what is it now called?

Uttar Pradesh

40 Which name is shared by a US President, the first British Asian to play in the Premier League, and the actor who played Charles Carson in Downton Abbey?

Jimmy/James Carter

17 Which traditional meat and vegetable dish is known as the National Soup of Scotland?

Cock a Leekie Soup

18 Which US government agency was founded in 1908 by Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte?

FBI

Who wrote Queens Gambit?

Walter Tevis

24 In 2007, Peter Gilchrist set a world record highest break of 1,346 in which sport?

Billiards

26 Which Australian city is known as 'The Emerald City'?

Sydney

31 Which UK Conservative prime minister served as a captain in the Grenadier Guards during World War 1?

Harold Macmillan

35 The popular street food kapsalon, consisting of French fries. and doner meat topped with melted cheese, originated in which country?

Netherlands

37 Alpine skier Janica Kostelid has won four Olympic gold medals for which country?

Croatia

42 Which ancient Olympic combat event, a mixture of boxing and wrestling, derived its name from the Greek for "all powers"?

Pankration

44 Which U.S. secretary of state coined the term "brinkmanship" in 19567

John Foster Dulles

45 Which French dish from the Aubrac region is prepared using mashed potatoes, cream, and cheese?

Aligot

46 The manat, subdivided into 100 tenge, is the currency of which country?

Turkmenistan

48 The monthly fashion magazine Fucsia is based in which South American country?

Colombia

Female independent filmmaker with films such as Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power, Queen of Diamonds, The Bloody Child, The Great Sadness of Zohara, Magdalena Viraga.

Nina Menkes

1940 Rome director known as Master of the Thrill and Master of Horror with films like Suspiria 1977, Deep Red 1975, Inferno 1980, Dark Glasses 2022, Tenebrae 1982.

Dario Argento

Who was last ever winner of X Factor?

Dalton Harris

Which percussion instrument whose name comes from Tupi language of Brazil is Bez from The Happy Mondays famous for playing?

Maracas

Ancient Rome, a seiugis was a chariot drawn by how many horses?

Six

400 acre Barley Barber Swamp located in which US state?

Florida

What is studied by a pomologist?

Fruit

Which Cagney & Lacey character was played by Tyne Daly?

Mary Beth Lacey

Who formed a duo with Daryl Hall on the 1982 hit single Maneater?

John Oates

NATO gen sec Jens Stoltenberg is former PM of which country?

Norway

In standard archery target, what colour is outermost ring?

White

Canoeist Lisa Carrington has won five Olympic gold medals for which country?

New Zealand

31 What bird completes the title of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting The ______ on the Gallows?

Magpie

35 Pointe-Noire is the second-largest city and principal port of which African country?

Republic of Congo

Kimono My House was the 1974 breakthrough album by which American pop duo?

Sparks

39 Which American salad typically consists of rows of bacon, chicken, eggs, and avocado?

Cobb salad

Which king of France is memorialised in the equestrian statue over the entrance of the Basilica of Sacré Coeur in Paris?

Louis IX

Which South American city was founded by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1535?

Lima

At which London hospital are the Florence Nightingale Museum and the memorial statue of Mary Seacole?

St Thomas’ Hospital

Which Czech chef wrote the memoir A Treasury of White House Cooking after working as executive chef for President Eisenhower?

Francois Rysavy

In which Australlan state can you visit the Burke and Wills Dig Tree near Cooper Creek?

Queensland

Which indoor ball game takes its name from the Basque for "merry festival"?

Jai Alai

Which short story by Kurt Vonnegut refers to the telephone number for the Federal Bureau of Termination?

2BR02B

Which French pop star was the subject of the 2012 biopic Cloclo?

Claude Francois

In data storage terminology, what does the acronym RAID stand for?

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

In Jaques Original Happy Families card game, what is name of the carpenter?

Mr Chip

accountant who just broke 10 secs (9.93) to become 4th fastest UK male 100m sprinter

Eugene Amo-Dadzie

100m sprinter who broke British record in June 2023

Zharnel Hughes

100m 9.93m time British accountant June 2023

Eugene Amo-Dadzie

Who is The head of the Wagner group will leave for Belarus and charges against his mercenaries will be dropped following their rebellion

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Who was captain when her team won the inaugural 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, which England hosted? Captain of England 1966-78. First female to hit a six in a test match.

Rachel Heyhoe Flint

Belgian shot putter who ran hurdles at European team championships in 2023 June?

Jolien Boumkwo

Elon Musk replaced as Twitter ceo in June 2023 by which woman?

Linda Yaccarino

Jez and Andy Williams and Jimi Goodwin formed which dance band before forming Doves?

Sub Sub

Which name connects the UK's largest manufacturer of touring caravans based in Hull, a model of supermini which has been on the market since 1983, and a breed of bird whose lifetime migratory travels are thought to be equivalent to the moon and back five times?

Swift

Which brand name connects the best-selling range of ignition products (firelighters to you and me) in the UK, and an archive file format that supports lossless data compression?

Zip

12 What is unusual about the infantry regiment The Atholl Highlanders?

Europes only private army

14 In 1825, Michael Faraday instituted Christmas Lectures which have taken place every year since (apart from 1939 to 1942) at which London organisation based in Albemarle Street?

Royal Institution

15 Which country, whose current national flag of plain white with Arabic script in black was adopted in 2021, has used about 19 different national flags since 1919, more than any other country?

Afghanistan

Word used for improvised verses in welsh sung to the accompaniment of a harp especially in contest at an eisteddford?

Penillion

Which country in world legalised recreational cannabis second in all time after Uruguay did it in 2013? Doing so in July 2018.

Georgia (SA and Canada third and fourth)

34 If there were green alligators and long-necked geese, Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees, Some cats and rats and elephants ... which animal was the loveliest of all?

The Unicorn

35 Which word connects the home of Canada's most prestigious horse race, the King's Plate, a brand of cigarettes launched in 1888 and discontinued in 1988 and a Shakespearian nickname for honeysuckle?

Woodbine

On which date is Fibonacci Day celebrated?

11/23 23rd November

38 The 2021 Royal Institution Christmas Lecture entitled "Going Viral: How COVID Changed Science For Ever" was given by which former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England?

Jonathan Van Tam

Conrad and Bean piloted which Apollo 12 lunar lander to moon?

Intrepid

Apollo 14 lunar lander name?

Antares

Apollo 15 lunar lander piloted by Scott and Irwin?

Falcon (Eagle, Intrepid, Antares, Falcon)

Found at midoceanic ridges, volcanically active areas and hotspots, what name given to geothermal fissures found on ocean floor that are capable of producing black and white smokers?

Hydrothermal Vents

6 On a circuit board diagram what can be represented by a circle containing an X?

Bulb

The positions of what relatively low temperature features on the surface of the Sun, plotted over time results in a so-called Butterfly Diagram? Through an 11 year cycle these features first form at high latitudes, and then move towards the Sun's equator.

Sunspots

What 'O' is the name given to the specialised subunits of a cell that has a specific function?

Organelle

Which Atlantic whitefish consumed as an alternative to Cod and Haddock was briefly rebranded as 'Colin' in the UK by Sainsbury's supermarket in 2009, in a bid to boost its sales?

Pollock

10 Known as chambeli in the country, what is the national flower of Pakistan? This climbing plant of the olive family is known for its intensely fragrant white flowers.

Jasmine

What name is given to galaxies that are denoted as 'So' galaxies in the Hubble tuning fork diagram? These are an intermediate type of galaxy which have both spiral arms as found in spiral galaxies (denoted Sa, sb, Sc, Sd galaxies) and a large central bulge that resemble elliptical galaxies (denoted EO-E9).

Lenticular Galaxies

13 Formed by dropping molten glass into water and named after the Royalist commander of the cavalry during the English Civil War. What hardened tadpole shaped droplets of glass were once a scientific curiosity, being able to withstand a high impact (such as hammer blow) at the bulbous end whilst explosively shattering with minimum effort if pinched at the tail end?

Prince Rupert Drops

16 Now illegal to collect due to it being mildly radioactive. What usually green, glassy man-made mineral takes it name and was produced by the first nuclear bomb test on July 16, 1945 near Alamogordo, New Mexico?

Trinitite

17 Which critically endangered antelope of the Russian steppe can be seen below? Its bloated nose warms cold air in winter and filters out dust in hot summers. In recent times, their population has been known to swing rapidly from hunting and disease, with their numbers dropping from ~2 million in 1950 to ~21,000 in 2000, and recovering back up to ~1.3 million in 2022.

Saiga

Found in lighthouses across the World and said to be the "invention that saved a million ships". Which French physicist (1788 - 1827) invented the Catadioptric (reflective/refractive) lens?

Augustin-Jean Fresnel

Not an Arctic Tern, which is known to stop for rest during its migration. Tracked with GPS and with tag number "234684", a juvenile of which species of wading bird flew from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania in 2022 without stopping for food or rest? This is the longest non-stop flight of 13,560 kilometres (8,435 miles) known for a bird. The wading bird's name in English derives from it's call and is genus Limosa means 'Mud' in Latin.

Bar-Tailed Godwit

Bolton born actress known for her roles as Twinkle in the BBC One sitcom dinnerladies (1998–2000), Veronica Ball in the hit Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless (2004–2007), Martha Costello in the BBC One legal drama Silk (2011–2014)

Maxine Peake

Who played Julia Child in 2022 tv show Julia?

Sarah Lancashire

Which Lytham-raised comedienne and actress won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1995? She has appeared in TV's Grumpy Old Women and Loose Women among many other TV shows.

Jenny Eclair

roles as Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Arthur Gilder in Born and Bred, Jack Halford in New Tricks

James Bolam

Who did John Smith beat in the 1992 Labour Party leadership election? His brother popularised Sudoku in the west and got Time most influential 2006.

Bryan Gould

Who did John Major beat in 1995 Conservative Party leadership election?

John Redwood

Who did Maggie thatcher beat in 1989 landslide victory leadership election?

Sir Anthony Meyer

Which 6ft 6in tall Argentinian was the only man outside of the Big 3 (Djokovic, Nadal, Federer) to win a major between the 2005 French Open and the 2012 US Open, a span of 30 tournaments?

Juan Martin Del Potro

Born in Lausanne, which Tennis star, still in the Top 100 at the time of writing, has won three Grand slam titles, defeating the then world no 1 in the final on each occasion?

Stan Wawrinka

Which Czech former Tennis player defeated both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer on his way to the 2010 Wimbledon final? This man took part in the longest ATP doubles match ever

Tomas Berdych

In 2007 which Argentinian defeated Nadal, Federer and Djokovic in consecutive rounds on his way to winning the Madrid Masters? After his Tennis retirement this man became a rally driver and competed in the World Rally Championship

David Nalbandian

"Highway to Hell', AC/DC's only top ten hit in the UK, was produced by what man? This man, the former husband of Shania Twain, is known by a canine nickname

Mutt Lange

The 1980 AC/DC hit "Back in Black" was written by Brian Johnson in tribute to which man? Johnson had replaced this man in the band following his death earlier that year

Bon Scott

in the 1991 movie "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", when Alan Rickman was the sheriff of Nottingham, which actress played Maid Marian? Elsewhere this woman was Al Pacino's sister in Scarface and Oscar nominated for her role in. "The Color of Money"

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Who starred opposite Alan Rickman in the 1990 Anthony Minghella-directed movie "Truly, madly, deeply"? Her stage and screen career has seen her win an Olivier award as well as being nominated for BAFTAs and an Emmy

Juliet Stevenson

In the 1996 movie "Michael Collins", when Alan Rickman played Eamon De Valera, which actress was Kitty Kiernan? This woman broke up with Kiefer Sutherland 3 days before the date of their wedding in 1991

Julia Roberts

In the 1988 movie Die Hard, Alan Rickman played Hans Gruber, but which woman played "Holly", the estranged wife of John McLane? In real life this woman is the aunt of Macaulay and Kieran Culkin

Bonnie Bedelia

Andy Hamilton voices Captain Squid in which British pre-school animated series? This series, which features elves and fairies, shares a large portion of its voice cast with Peppa Pig

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

Taking it's title from a name for the devil, what was the name of the Andy Hamilton sitcom which ran on Radio 4 between 1995 and 2012? Annette Crosbie and Felicity Montagu also appeared in this show set in Hell. 3-word answer

Old Harry’s Game

15 Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkins worked together again to write which BBC sitcom of 2007 to 2014 which saw Claire Skinner BAFTA nominated?

Outnumbered

16 In the first series of Man V Food, Adam Richman visited which famous New York restaurant located at 205 East Houston Street in Manhattan? Since its founding, this restaurant has been popular among locals and tourists alike for its pastrami on rye, which is considered among New York's best.

Katz’s Deli

18 A 2010 Super Bowl special brought the Man V Food team to Miami. Whilst there Adam Richman took on a steak eating challenge set by which man, the head coach of the Miami Dolphins between 1970 and 1995?

Don Shula

19 What show won "Best New Musical" at the 2023 Olivier Awards? With music and lyrics written by Richard Hawley of Pulp, this musical tells the story of three families living in Sheffield

Standing at the Sky’s Edge

22 What is the six-letter name of the character played by the US entertainer Stevin John, who was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2023? Known for wearing blue and orange colours and for having child-like enthusiasm, this character has almost 20 million YouTube subscribers

Blippi

24 Pete Andre's career really got going when he was a contestant on the Australian version of what show? The British version had been hosted by Derek Hobson in the 70s and Marti Caine in the 80s

New Faces

What was name of Peter Andre first uk number one single reaching the top in 1996? This 5-letter word might put you in mind of William Drayton Ir of the band "Public Enemy"

Flava

26 What was the name of the David Brent movie of 2016? As Brent's music career fails, his band members leave to join up with Peter Andre. 4-word answer

Life on the Road

What was the surname of Ron Perlman's and Katey Sagal's characters in the series "Sons of Anarchy"? This was also the adopted surname of the actor born Victor Morozoff, who died in a similar manner to Katey Sagal's father, Boris

Morrow

Ron Perlman has long been associated with which video game series, where he has acted as a narrator? This post-apocalyptic series, originally developed by Black Isle studios, is set in the 21st century and beyond but has artwork influenced by the USA of the 1950s

Fallout

32 What was the name of the group who reached out to Gareth Malone after his success with "The Choir"? Their true story was later made into a movie starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan

The Military Wives

Which Australian group, a psychadelic rock project led by Kevin Parker, have contributed the song "journey to the real world" to the 2023 Barbie movie soundtrack? They've had two UK top 5 albums to date, "Currents" and "The Slow Rush". Two word answer

Tame Impala

Australian rapper and singer songwriter has song Forever & Again on Barbie 2023 soundtrack?

The Kid Laroi

South Korean girl group formed in 2022 has song Barbie Dreams on Barbie 2023 soundtrack?

Fifty Fifty

American singer who goes by middle name with full name Taylor Rutherfurd

Gayle

American singer with song Hey Blondie on 2023 barbie soundtrack? Debut album What could possibly go wrong. In 2022 cast member of euphoria as Elliot.

Dominic Fike

Who created Euphoria and also known for 2023 The Idol?

Sam Levinson

Which old Grey Anatomy’s actor (Dr Mark Sloan) plays Cal Jacobs in Euphoria?

Eric Dane

Jules Vaughn on euphoria played by which American model, actress and lgbtq rights activist? Campaigned against North Carolina anti lgbt legislation HB2.

Hunter Schafer

39 Which Irish actor, previously known for playing Julius Caesar in Rome and Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, was Oscar nominated in 2022 for his part in "Belfast"?

Ciaran Hinds

41 Who is South Africa's highest ever wicket taker? This fast bowler was nicknamed the "(his name) gun" and played internationally between 2004 and 2020

Dale STEYN

Who is currently the only West Indian player to appear on the list of men who have taken over 500 test wickets in Cricket? Indeed he was the first bowler to reach the 500 mark. For many years he had an opening bowling partnership with Curtly Ambrose

Courtney Walsh

With 619 to his name, who is the top Indian on the list of the top Test cricket wicket takers of all time? In 1999 while playing against Pakistan, he dismissed all ten batsmen in a Test match innings, joining England's Jim Laker as the second player to achieve the feat

Anil Kumble

48 "Temptation" and "Come live with me" were songs on the 1983 album "The Luxury Gap". This was the best-selling studio album for which Sheffield band?

Heaven 17

What was the alliterative name of the Ivor Wood-created character in a stop animination show of 1987? Michael Williams provided the voice of this joyful clown character

Charlie Chalk

51 In one of his last roles, which man provided his voice talent for the 1986 Ivor Wood show "Bertha"? This man, who also voiced Pipkin in Watership Down, died in Spain in 1988 after falling from a horse

Roy Kinnear

Traditional name for 20th wedding anniversary gift?

Porcelain / China

Traditional gift for tenth wedding anniversary? Also in band name whose biggest hits Here’s where the story ends (1998) and What I am (1999).

Tin (Tin Tin Out)

Alongside many other alternative comedians, Alexai Sayle made his name as the MC at which London club, originally located at 69 Dean Street, Soho?

The Comedy Store

"How ya diddlin" was the catchphrase of which Scouse comedian warmup character played by Alexai Sayle?

Bobby Chariot

Which comedy actor joined Alexai Sayle in "At last the 1981 show"? This man is best known for his portrayal of Holly, the ship's computer in Red dwarf, and he shares his surname with a character in Sweeney Todd

Norman Lovett

Alexai Sayle was a guest star in a 2022 episode of which sitcom starring Diane Morgan? One word, five letter answer

Mandy

The success of the first two films. in what series inspired an ABC sitcom called Baby Talk, which aired from 1991 to 1992, and featured Tony Danza as the voice of "Baby Mickey"?

Look Who’s Talking

Which NBA star had a cameo in "Look who's talking now", the third and final movie in the series? This man, nicknamed "the round mound of rebound" had been part of the 1992 Olympics "Dream Team" and was with the Phoenix Suns at the time of this film's release in 1993

Charles Barkley

67 Which woman had the uncredited part of Baby Julie in "Look who's talking"? Also during the 1980s this woman was "Dot Matrix" in Spaceballs.

Joan Rivers

68 Yogi Bear and Boo Boo first appeared as a segment in which other Hanna Barbera show? Two word answer

Huckleberry Hound

In the world of video games, by what one word name is Miles Prower better known? This two-tailed fox first appeared in 1992 in the game Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as a sidekick to the title character

Tails

Longyearbyen is the world's most northern settlement with a population of over 1,000 and can be found on which island? This island is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago

Spitsbergen

Matthew McConaughey voices the title character in which 2023 animated Netflix show in which a legendary popstar "trades in his jumpsuit for a jetpack when he joins a secret government spy agency"?

Agent Elvis

'Fathers and Sons' (1862) is one of the most notable works of which Russian novelist who also wrote 'A Month in the Country and the short story collection 'A Sportsman's Sketches'?

Ivan Turgenev

27 Which English DJ had his only UK Number one single to date in 2015 with the track "House Every Weekend"? His name differs from that of a famous British music legend by just one letter

David Zowie

28 Which 1931 Charlie Chaplin film marked the first time Chaplin himself composed A the film score to one of his own productions? He lost a lawsuit for not crediting Jose Padilla for his use of the song La Violetera (Who'll buy my Violets)

City Lights

29 Considered to be the national opera of Denmark 'Maskarade' is a work by which composer (1865-1931)? He also wrote six Symphonies, the last of which was entitled 'Sinfonia Semplice'

Carl Nielsen

In April 2023, which company purchased the WWE for around $9 billion? The company in question, having already owned UFC, intends to merge the two and list on stock exchanges under the initials TKO

Endeavour (TKO Holdings)

Which Irish racehorse trainer is the most successful trainer in the history of the Cheltenham Festival with 94 winners? This includes three wins in the Gold Cup, including a double for Al Boum Photo and the 2023 winner Galopin Des Champs

Willie Mullins

33 What name is given to the dream that Sigmund Freud had on a night in July 1895, that after analysis led him to arrive at his theory that dreams are wish fulfilments? The dream featured a patient he had been treating that year and her unwillingness to accept a treatment solution

Irma’s Injection

34 What name is given to the impact crater buried underneath the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico estimated to be around 110 miles in diameter? It is the second largest confirmed impact structure on earth and is widely accepted as causing the Cretaceous- Paleogene extinction event around 66 million years ago

Chicxulub Crater

9 In May 2023, it was the announced the UK was seeking to extend the ban on the trade of Ivory (The Ivory Act 2018), not just from Elephants. But Ivory from Narwhals, Killer Whales, Sperm Whales, Walruses and which other African land animal?

Hippo (teeth)

15 Beginning with 'L'. What name is given to the partial loss of pigmentation in animals causing white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales, or cuticles? Unlike Albinism however the eyes are unaffected.

Leucism

3 Which process beginning with 'B', is a chemical process of producing synthetic fuel from bituminous coal? It is named after the winner of the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 1931, who won it with fellow German Carl Bosch for high pressure chemistry.

Bergius Process

The perihelion precession of the orbit of which planet in our solar system was one of Albert Einstein's classical tests of general relativity he proposed in 1915? This planet's observed orbit was discrepant with those predicted by Newtonian mechanics, but not with general relativity.

Mercury

Named after French mathematician born 1809, whose namesake theorem states that every bounded entire function must be constant?

Liouville’s Theorem

event in which nine Soviet hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between February 1 and 2, 1959, under uncertain circumstances

Dyatlov Pass incident

Who wrote Last temptation of Christ and zorba the Greek?

Niko’s kazantzakis

French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Considered one of the greatest basketball prospects of his generation, he was selected first overall by the Spurs in the 2023 NBA draft

Victor Wembanyama

What was Joe Biden first wife’s Name died in car crash 1972 with daughter Naomi

Neilia

What is the name of the process in which a body of water becomes progressively enriched with nutrients and minerals, which may lead to excessive plant growth and harmful algal blooms?

Eutrophication

The end of which song by Bill Withers features a note held for 18 seconds and the title phrase being repeated 68 times?

Lovely Day

One of the "Big Five' supermodels who appeared in George Michael's 'Freedom! '90' music video, which German model, animal rights and ecological campaigner died in January 2023?

Tatjana Patitz

In 1856, former US President Millard Fillmore stood unsuccessfully for the office again as a candidate for which party that arose in response to a perceived overwhelming influx of Catholics from Ireland and Germany?

Know Nothings

Which comedian is a regular on the late-night chat show The Last Leg, along with Josh Widdicombe and host Adam Hills? Hills describes the show as "three guys with four legs talking about the week", as both Hills and this comedian use prosthetic right legs

Alex Brooker

Which popular antiseptic cream brand, sold in blue-and-white packaging, derives its name in part from its original ICI manufacturing site near the mouth of the river Avon?

Savlon

In 2017, which American boxer beat Julius Indongo to become undisputed light welterweight champion? Currently ranked as the best pound-for-pound boxer by ESPN, he has since become WBO welterweight champion and has recorded wins against Amir Khan, Kell Brook and Shawn Porter

Terence Crawford

Following her gold medals in the team pursuit and the omnium at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, Laura Kenny won her most recent gold medal in which cycling discipline at the 2020 games?

Madison

Which Austrian psychotherapist wrote the work The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology, in which he posits that factors such as birth order influence personality development?

Alfred Adler

In 1848, former US President Martin van Buren stood unsuccessfully for the office again as a candidate for which party that was formed to oppose the expansion of slavery into the western territories?

Free Soil Party

The third verse of which song by Bill Withers consists of the words "I know" repeated 26 times?

Ain’t No Sunshine

Also appearing in George Michael's Freedom! '90' music video, which American supermodel became an advocate for global maternal health? In 2014, she and her actor husband Ed Burns fronted a campaign for Calvin Klein's Eternity, 25 years after she first promoted that brand.

Christy Turlington

Which short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, published in 1864, is presented as an excerpt from the memoir of 2a an unnamed narrator, who outlines his nihilistic and alienated worldview and recounts past events to support it anecdotally?

Notes from Underground

What name is given to the process where a series of secondary extinctions are triggered by the extinction of key species in an ecosystem? This often occurs following the loss of the top predator, allowing the prey species to overexploit their food resources.

Cascade Effect

The radical Arthur Thistlewood was the central conspirator in which famous plot of 1820?

Cato Street Conspiracy

Which English merchant introduced the printing press into England in 1476?

William Caxton

Which Austrian psychiatrist's 1946 book Man's Search for Meaning describes his experiences as a prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp as well as introducing his theory of logotherapy?

Viktor Frankl

Cancelled after two seasons by Netflix, what cyberpunk series was set more than 300 years into a future where a person's consciousness is stored on disc and can be placed in new bodies? The main character, Takeshi Kovacs, was played by Joel Kinnaman in the first series and then Anthony Mackie in the second.

Altered Carbon

Following her gold medal in the sprint at the 2008 Olympics, Victoria Pendleton won her second gold medal in which cycling discipline at the 2012 games?

Keirin

Which American boxer defeated Kell Brook at Bramall Lane in 2017 to win the IBF welterweight title? He will fight a unification bout against Terence Crawford in July.

Errol Spence Jr

With a distinctive pink coloration and scented with oil of wintergreen, which antiseptic ointment formulated in 1925 was originally marketed by Bayer? The antiseptic cream is sold in blue, pink and white packaging.

Germolene

The same night that Benny Goodman played Carnegie Hall, the Savoy Ballroom hosted a battle of the bands that saw Ella Fitzgerald and the Chick Webb Orchestra defeat Billie Holliday and the orchestra led by which pianist and bandleader? This pianist formed his band in Kansas City and wrote 'One O'Clock Jump'.

Count Basie

Which retired judge and crossbench peer is chairing the inquiry into the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Heather Hallett

Jacobs manufactures which wholewheat snack that are coated in yeast extract and have a "distinctive knobbly shape"?

Twiglets

In 2022, which baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees broke Roger Maris' 61-year-old record for most home runs in a single season of the American League?

Aaron Judge

For his influence in the area of advanced computer programming techniques and compiler construction, who in 1966 became the first winner of the Turing Award?

Alan Perlis

The 1993 World Darts Championship was the last tournament before the Professional Darts Corporation and British Darts Organisation split to set up separate World Championships? Which player won this last unified championship beating Alan Warriner 6-3 in the final to win his third and final World Championship?

John Lowe

Jessika Carr, Chad Patton, Charles Robinson and Daphanie LaShaunn all currently work for the WWE in what capacity? A job formerly carried out by Earl Hebner and Joey Marella.

Referee

За The Horsehead Nebula can be found in which constellation just south of the Alnitak star system?

Orion

Steps second single and first top ten hit Last Thing on my Mind was a cover version of a song originally recorded by which band?

Bananarama

Which city gives its name to the style of pizza where the cheese is spread to the edge which then caramelises against the high-sided heavyweight rectangular pan which it's cooked in to give it a lacey crispy edge?

Detroit

In existence from 1974 to April 2023, what was the name of the non-Metropolitan district in the West of North Yorkshire on the Lancashire border, which had the town of Skipton as the location of its administrative headquarters?

Craven

Due to the numerous tensions throughout his reign, the French King Louis X was given what epithet?

The Quarrelsome

The TV shows Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi Di Hi and You Rang M'°Lord were all created by which pair of writers? Both names are required.

Jimmy Perry and David Croft

Which footballer in his 274 league games for middlesborough and Sunderland between 1955 and 1965 scoring 251 goals, only two caps for England? Much more known for managerial career.

Brian Clough

Which Booker Prize winner author's first published novel was the 1982 novel Union Street?

Pat Barker

26 Which Arnold Schwarzenegger film is an adaptation of the French comedy film La Totale?

True Lies

In Japanese culture Geta are traditionally worn on what part of the body?

Feet

In existence from 1974 to April 2023, what was the name of the non-Metropolitan district in the centre of North Yorkshire, which had Northallerton as the location of its administrative headquarters?

Hambleton

The TV series The Likely Lads, Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen Pet were all written by which pair of writers? Both names are required

Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

What is surname of Shakira?

Ripoli

For his invention of Ethernet, who won the Turing Prize in 2022?

Robert Metcalfe

The 1989 World Darts Championship was the first championship where the drinking of alcohol on stage was banned. Who won the competition that year to win his second and final world title? His form however noticeably dipped after the tournament due to no longer being able to drink on stage to calm his nerves.

Jocky Wilson

Which Booker Prize winner author's first published novel was the 1969 novel The Edible Woman?

Margaret Atwood

Which footballer after being the top goal scorer in Scottish Division One in the 1965-66 season transferred to Rangers in what was then a record fee for a Scottish player? Despite this, he is much better remembered for his managerial career.

Alex Ferguson

In Isaac Newton's second law of motion. When a body is acted upon by a force, the force will equal the time rate of the change of its what? This is measured using Kilogram metres per second.

Momentum

Alicia Taylor, Samantha Irvin and Mike Rome all currently work for the WWE in what capacity? A job formerly carried out by Howard Finkel and Lillian Garcia?

Ring Announcer

Joan Jett and The Blackheart's highest charting single I Love Rock and Roll was a cover version of a song originally recorded by which band?

Arrows

Which city gives its name to the style of pizza which has a thin cracker style crust made without yeast which is then cut into squares or rectangles rather than wedges?

St Louis

Who voiced Bob the Builder in the 2015 reboot replacing Neil Morrisey?

Lee Ingleby

Currently playing in Ligue 1, which French football team when they hired Corinne Diacre in 2014, became the first men's professional team to have a female manager?

Clermont

Which woman is caretaker manager of League 2 Forest Green Rovers in July 2023?

Hannah Dingley

What Irish county is blarney castle?

County Cork

During the 1970's, The Wurzels had a number of successful 'Scrumpy and Western' themed covers of popular songs. One of these was in 1976 with the Number 1 hit 'Combine Harvester', which was a cover of 1971's 'Brand New Key' released by which artist?

Melanie (Safka)

Name either of the recipients of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Medicine. They won for their work in discovering insulin as well as its potential for treatment of Type 1 Diabetes. Other men, Charles Best and James Collip, also contributed significantly so had the prize money shared with them by the recipients.

Frederick Banting John Macleod

What was the name of one of the first major Darts tournaments which ran from 1927 to 1997? First set up by a popular newspaper, the tournament was open to all and it was known for its gruelling best of 3 format. It was one of the first televised darts events, shown on ITV.

The News of the World Championship

'What's up slappers?" is the common opening tagline for which Italian music YouTuber? Known for his bass guitar content ant deadpan comedy, at the time of writing he has 12.9 million subscribers.

Davie 504

Who was the first man to run 100m in less than 10 seconds? This American achieved this at the 1968 US Championships when he recorded a hand-timed 9.9 seconds before winning gold at the 1968 Olympics, where an electronic timer in Mexico City recorded him at 9.95. He sadly passed away last week at the age of 76.

Jim Hines

Prior to the introduction of the Billboard Hot 100, which song spent the most weeks at number one on the Billboard singles charts? Spending 13 weeks at the top in 1950, this song was released by Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers and is a cover of a classic Lead Belly song released in 1933.

Goodnight Irene

In computer programming, which loop is commonly used for executing a block of code repeatedly for a specific number of times or until a certain condition is met?

For Loop

What is a traditional dish of the Philippines, which is a savory stew made with tender chunks of meat, vegetables, and a flavorful broth thickened with peanut sauce?

Kare-Kare

The Canadian slang term 'hoser', popularised by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, is often used to refer to someone with little intelligence or education in the same vein as an American Hillbilly. An example of this stereotype can be seen in the characters of which long running Canadian Mockumentary series following the lives of petty criminals Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles?

Trailer Park Boys

In 2014, which artwork by Georgia O'Keefe sold for $44.4m making her the most expensive female artist?

Jimson Weed/white flower no. 1

What is the largest lake located completely inside Canada? It is located in the Northwest Territories.

Great Bear Lake

Located in the wild in Africa and the Middle East, what name is given to the small, thickset herbivorous mammals which look similar to pikas and marmots but are described as being the closing living relative of the elephant?

Hyrax

Revolution, All in and The Streets are entries in which film franchise?

Step Up

In November 2021, which art work by Frida Kahlo sold for $34.9m making it the second most expensive work by a female artist? The painting depicts Kahlo herself with another person's face superimposed onto her forehead.

Diego Y Yo

What was the lararium in a Roman home?

Religious Shrine

In computer programming, which loop is commonly used for repeatedly executing a block of code as long as a specified condition remains true?

While Loop

In which TV series with the subtitle A Woman Scorned did Suranne Jones play the title character between 2015 and 2017?

Doctor Foster

What is the traditional Filipino dessert made with sweetened bananas, jackfruit, sweet beans, shaved ice, and topped with evaporated milk and various sweet toppings?

Halo-Halo

Which member of The Weavers went on to have solo success as a prominent song-writer and a social activist despite being blacklisted? Writing songs such as 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone? and 'If I Had a Hammer', he was deeply involved in protests regarding worker's rights and Civil rights. He performed at Obama's Inauguration and died in 2014 aged 94.

Pete Seeger

Jim Hines' 100m record lasted 13 years until it was broken by which American runner? He ran the 100m in 9.93 seconds at the US Olympic Festival at Colorado Springs in 1983. In that same year he won gold in the 200m and 4x100m relay at the inaugural Athletics World Championship and won gold in the 4×100m relay at the 1984 Olympics.

Calvin Smith

In the context of metabolism and insulin signalling, what is the term used to describe the process of converting excess glucose into fatty acids for storage in adipose tissue?

Lipogenesis

Shortly after ITV started covering the News of the World, the BBC set up which show that hosted televised Darts from 1973 to 1978? Produced by future commentator Sid Waddell and hosted by former cricket player Fred Trueman, the show hosted various typical pub sports such as darts, pools and billiards which lend the show its name.

The Indoor League

Another hit from The Wurzels was 'I am a Cider Drinker' which reached number 3 in 1976. This was a cover of which song, originally released by Dutch band George Baker Selection in 1975?

Una Paloma Blanca

Which former Radio 2 DJ moved over with his feature entitled Confessions to Greatest Hits Radio in 2022? Back in 2012, He presented a revival of the quiz show Blockbusters.

Simon Mayo

What is the deepest lake in North America? It is the second largest in the Northwest Territories.

Great Slave Lake

In the Tour de France, what colour jersey is worn by the winner of the points classification?

Green

In Hinduism what name is given to most prominent male deities such as Brahma?

Trimurti

Swiss tennis player who won women’s gold at 2020 Olympics

Belinda Bencic

German tennis player who won men’s gold at 2020 Olympics

Alexander Zverev

What term is given to a musical ornament in which a very short unemphasised grace note precedes the principal note? It is written as a grace note with an oblique stroke through the stem.

Acciaccatura

Which 1884 play by Henrik Ibsen tells the story of Gregers Werle, a young man who returns to his hometown following exile and is reunited with his friend Hjalmar Ekdal? Hjalmar's daughter Hedwig creates a fantasy world in a loft surrounded by her pets and dies violently at the end of the play.

The Wild Duck

What Greek-derived name is given to the ability of an animal to sever one of its own appendages, usually for the purpose of escaping a dangerous situation? Many reptiles and amphibians can shed their tails via this process.

Autotomy

In moral philosophy, what name is given to the ethical theory that the morality of an action can be judged by universal moral standards and that actions are either right or wrong according to a set of defined rules, rather than based on their consequences?

Deontology

Located on the Lizard Peninsula and around 1.5 miles further south than Penzance, what Cornish town is the most southerly town on the island of Great Britain? The most famous example of the folk custom Furry Dance takes place here.

Helston

What group of people are the subject of Heinrich Kramer's 1487 book Malleus Maleficarum, which is often translated as " The Hammer of [these people]"?

Witches

Used in IV shows such as Torchwood and in the movie Moulin Rouge, which 1997 hit single by Lamb samples the second movement of the title composer of Symphony of Sorrowful Songs?

Gorecki

Aliona Vilani won the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2011, partnering which member of boyband McFly? Following his bandmate's example, Tom Fletcher went on to participate in a later series.

Harry Judd

During winter months, many reptiles and amphibians exhibit a behaviour similar to hibernation, in which their metabolic processes are suppressed and their physical activity decreases. What Latin-derived term was coined in the 20th century to refer to this behaviour?

Brumation

Tears of the Kingdom is the follow-up to which instalment in the Legend of Zelda series that was released on the Nintendo [Switch and Wit U in 2017 and praised for its open-world gameplay?

Breath of the Wild

Similar to a trill, what term is given to the rapid alternation between a main note and a note above or below it? 'The upper type of this musical ornament is symbolised with a zigzag line, and the lower type by a zigzag line with a short vertical line through it.

Mordent

Aliona Vilani won the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2015, partnering which member of boyband The Wanted? Following his bandmate's example, Max George went on to participate in a later series

Jay McGuiness

Sometimes called the principle of universalizability, the first formulation of what concept in deontological ethics, introduced [in the 18th century, states that any action you take should have a rationale that you believe should become a universal standard?

Categorical Imperative

The southernmost point of the United Kingdom as a whole lies on which of the Isles of Scilly? Troy Town Farm, on this island, is the most southerly settlement in the UK.

St Agnes

Which three-letter name is given to a Polynesian garland of flowers commonly worn around the neck?

Lei

What is the only feature film directed by the actor Charles Laughton? It starred Robert Mitchum as a murderous preacher, alongside Shelley Winters and Lilian Gish.

The night of the Hunter

Ons Jabeur played which Czech unseeded player in 2023 Wimbledon final ?

Marketa Vondrousova

Latvian Pm since 2019 who was born in Wilmington DelWare

Krišjānis Kariņš

Birds do all sorts of crazy stuff in opera. Who composed the opera The Cunning Little Vixen, which includes a gossipy owl and an ordained woodpecker who performs the title character's marriage ceremony?

Leos Janacek

Aldila Sutjiadi was controversially disqualified from the women's doubles at this year's French Open 2023 after her partner accidentally hit a ball girl with a tennis ball. Who was her Japanese partner who caused this controversial incident?

Miyu Kato

In the 1974 James Bond movie The Man With The Golden Gun, what was the name of Bond's sidekick, plaved by Britt Eckland? Either first name or surname is acceptable.

Mary Goodnight

Judith Jarvis Thomson coined the term the "Trolley Problem' to describe a thought experiment that which 20th-century British philosopher proposed in her essay 'The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect?

Philippa Foot

A lack of which essential nutrient during the earliest stages of pregnancy has been shown to be the leading cause of neural tube defects in newborns?

Folic Acid/Folate

Ruling over large parts of modern-day Central Asia and the Levant, the Seljuk Turks were a primary target of the First Crusade due to their wars against Byzantium. In 1071, Alp Arslan led the Seljuk army at what battle, during which they captured Emperor Romanos IV [the fourth] Diogenes?

Manzikert

The period of English history known as the Anarchy came about from a succession crisis following the accidental death of what nobleman, the only legitimate son of Henry I [the first] and heir apparent to the throne?

William Adelin

In Mesopotamian mythology, what son of Enki and Damkina is the patron god of the city of Babylon? He is a central figure in the Babylonian creation epic Enüma Elis, which lists his fifty names.

Marduk

Christian de Duve and colleagues won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 for the discovery of which cellular organelle? This organelle is a membrane-bound sac with an acidic interior that contains hydrolytic enzymes used to break down proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleie acids within the cell.

Lysosome

Which band had a 1965 UK number 1 hit with a cover of the Bob Dylan song 'Mr. Tambourine Man'?

The Byrds

Released as a single in 2021, 'Money' was a viral solo hit for which member of Blackpink? The album from which 'Money' was taken was the first album by a K-pop soloist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify.

Lisa

In Italian cuisine, what name is shared by a soft cheese made from buffalo milk, a flavour of ice cream, and a soup made by dropping an egg-mixture into a hot broth?

Stracciatella

In the 1977 Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, what was the name of the Soviet agent, played by Barbara Bach, who teams up with Bond to defeat Karl Stromberg? Either first name or surname is acceptable.

Anya Amasova

Which colleague of Philippa Foot, with whom she shared a flat, was the author of Sartre: the Romantic Rationalist and The Sovereignty of Good? She is better known as a novelist, writing such works as The Bell and Under the Net.

Iris Murdoch

Which volcano on Ross Island, the site of a famous air disaster, is the largest active volcano in Antarctica and the southernmos active volcano in the world?

Mount Erebus

Bottled in a namesake hamlet in Ceredigion, which Welsh water brand is known for its cobalt blue bottles, a mainstay of many luxury hotels and restaurants?

Ty Nant

Miyu Kato found redemption later on at the 2023 French Open when she won the mixed doubles competition playing alongside Tim Putz. In the final they beat Michael Venus and which woman, who won a grand slam singles title in 2019 and has had a peak singles ranking of 4?

Bianca Andreescu

In 2023, which member of BTS became the fastest solo K-pop artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify? His solo hit 'Dreamers was part of the 2022 FIFA World Cup official soundtrack.

Jungkook

Which Italian chopped salad is so-named because its main ingredient is stale bread? It also includes tomatoes and onions, and regional variants include cucumber and basil.

Panzanella

Which South West-based football team will replace Reading in the Women's Super League after winning the Championship in 2022-23 season? This club's men's team plays in the Championship.

Bristol City

Which Grade I-listed country house and estate on the Wiltshire-Somerset border, famous for its gardens and artificial lake inspired by classical antiquity, is one of the National Trust's ten most-visited properties, according to the Trust's most recent annual report?

Stourhead

John Virgo was the referee on which snooker-based BBC gameshow, hosted by Jim Davidson between 1991 and 2002?

Big Break

In the Enuma Elis, Marduk defeats what primordial goddess of the sea? She is sometimes associated with the image of a dragon or sea-serpent, and has been portrayed as such in popular culture.

Tiamat

Christian de Duve and his co-workers also discovered which other organelle that breaks down organic molecules, and is important [in phospholipid biosynthesis? It contains enzymes involved in oxidation processes that generate the highly toxic compound that gives this organelle its name.

Peroxisome

Competing in Formula One between 1950 and '54, Prince Bira was a member of which country's royal family?

Thailand

Name and regal number required. Catherine the Great became empress of Russia when she overthrew which man, her husband, who had ruled between January and July of 1762?

Peter III

Found in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg, the Minster in which city has held the title of the world's tallest church since 1890?

Ulm

How many balls need to be potted to make a maximum 147 break in the game of snooker?

36

Gerty Cori became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for her work on the catalytic conversion of which large poly saccharide, the main form of energy storage in the human body?

Glycogen

Which band released the single "Cannonball in 1993, reaching number 40 in the UK charts? The band's members include Kim Deal, who founded this band on the side of her work with the Pixies.

The Breeders

Co-founded by Gary Lineker, Tony Pastor and Jack Davenport in 2022, what is the name of the podcasting production company responsible for shows such as The Rest is Politics? The name of the company could be seen as a description of Linker's playing style during his career.

Goalhanger Podcasts

Founded in 1926, the UK's oldest ballet company is named for which Polish-born dancer and pedagogue? Though the company is best-known for touring, they have a headquarters on the South Bank.

Marie Rambert

What is the name of the tequila brand created by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson?

Teremana

In guitar notation, the letter a instructs the player to pick the string with which digit? This is shorthand for the word for that digit in Spanish anular.

Ring finger

What is the name of the production company created in 2010 by Sunil Patel, Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard? Humphrey announced in 2023 that he would be stepping back from his broadcasting work to focus on the company.

Whisper Group

A series of mass protests across Turkey began in 2013 in which major city square in Istanbul, and the adjacent Ge Park? Its name translates from the Arabic for "division" or "distribution".

Taksim Square

The Rambert Ballet's first performance was A Tragedy of Fashion. It was choreographed by which man, who was the founding choreographer of the Royal Ballet and also created the ballet Façade?

Frederick Ashton

Sold to Diage in 2020, what is the name of the gin brand once owned by the actor Ryan Reynolds?

Aviation

In guitar notation, the letter p instructs the player to pick the string with which digit? This is shorthand for the word for that digit in Spanish, pulgar.

Thumb

The Dreamcast succeeded which other Sega console? Released in Europe in 1995, it was also a commercial flop, as it lost much of its market share to the Nintendo 64.

Sega Saturn

Which lover of Catherine the Great was elected king of Poland in 1764 following her support? His power was slowly eroded by the three Partitions of Poland and he would end up as the final monarch.

Stanislaw II Poniatowski

One of the Five Pillars of Islam, what Arabic word describes the practice of praying in the direction of Mecca five times a day?

Salat

Which Austrian cyclist was the shock winner of the women's road race at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics? She was a full-ti mathematician until this point, then raced as a privateer in 2022, before joining the Israel Premier Tech Roland team for 2023?

Anna Kiesenhofer

Tu Youyou became the most recent woman to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine, for her discovery of which compound, now a standard treatment against the most deadly form of malaria? Its name derives from the genus of wormwood plant from which it can be extracted.

Artemisinin

Which 10-time NBA All-Star forward, known for playing on the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks, retired in May 2023 after recent unsuccessful stints in Portland and Los Angeles?

Carmelo Anthony

Now manufactured by Walkers, Monster Munch crisps were created by which other crisp company?

Smiths

Which English indie band released the albums Pala in 2011 and Inflorescent in 2019? Their self-titled debut album was shortlisted for the Mercury prize in 2009.

Friendly Fires

Issued by what was then British Guiana in 1856, what is regarded among philatelists as one of the most famous rare stamps? In June 2021, the only known surviving copy of this stamp sold at auction for more than $8 million.

One Cent Magenta

Who has served as the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party since 2021, following the extremely brief incumbency of Edwin Poots? MP for Lagan Valley since 1997, he is also the Leader of the DUP in the House of Commons.

Jeffrey Donaldson

Which musician, who is known for the prominence of harp in her compositions, released the critically acclaimed indie folk album The Milk-Eyed Mender in 2004?

Joanna Newsom

The concept of elan vital (eh-lan vee-tahl], a supposed force that guides the evolution and development of organisms, was introduced by which French philosopher in his 1907 book Creative Evolution?

Henri Bergson

Located in the Red Sea, Tiran Island is administered by which country? It was ceded to this country from Egypt in 2017.

Saudi Arabia

Which Algerian athlete won the women's 1500 [fifteen hundred] metres gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, also becoming world champion at this distance in 1991 and 1995?

Hassiba Boulmerka

The optical illusion of a room that, when viewed from a certain angle, appears to be a rectangular cuboid in which people seem to change size depending on where they stand, is named after which American scientist?

Adelbert Ames

Javanese name is given to a mudflow of volcanic material that flows quickly down the slopes of a volcano?

Lahar

Following a match-fixing scandal revealed by Valenciennes [val-ahn-syen] player Jacques Glassmann, which football club was relegated from the French top tier after their UEFA Champions League win against AC Milan in 1993?

Marseille

What name is given to the often S-shaped curves or turns on a motor-racing track that force a driver to slow down? One of these was added to the high-speed Tamburello corner at Imola after the death of Ayrton Senna.

Chicane

What name is commonly given to the ultranationalist, anti-communist political ideology developed by Ahn Ho-Sang and particularly associated with South Korea's first President, Syngman Rhee?

Ilminism (one people principle)

In Chapter 19 of the Book of Genesis, which figure is urged by angels to flee with his family from the city of Sodom?

Lot

Which Billy Wilder film that starred Ray Milland as an alcoholic writer won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Picture?

The Lost Weekend

Located in the Red Sea, the three largest islands of the Hanish archipelago form part of which country? In 1995, these islands were the site of a territorial conflict between this country and Eritrea.

Yemen

Which Algerian athlete won the men's 1500 metres gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and also won 3 World Championship gold medals at this distance between 1991 and 1995?

Nouredine Morceli

When Henri Bergson's concept of élan vital fell out of favour, which other French philosopher tried to revive and elucidate it in his 1966 book Le Bergsonisme? Along with Félix Guattari, this man wrote the two-volume work Capitalism and Schizophrenia.

Gilles Deleuze

Produced in 1855, what Swedish stamp is another example of a rare stamp with only one known extant specimen? This stamp's rarity is due to it being produced in the wrong colour for its value.

Treskilling Yellow

Who has served as the Vice President of Sinn Fein (shin fain] since 2018? The MLA for Mid Ulster since 2007, she is the presumptive First Minister of Northern Ireland, were the power-sharing agreement to renew.

Michelle O’Neill

Which musician, who usually features his own oboe and cor Anglais playing in his songs, released the critically acclaimed concept album Illinois in 2005?

Sufjan Stevens

Which Frank Capra film, that starred Edward Arnold as a rich banker who marries a woman from an eccentric family, won the 1938 Academy Award for Best Picture?

You can’t take it with you

What name is given to a corner in a racing track that turns about 180 degrees? One of these corners named after the Loews [lows] or Fairmont Hotel in Monaco is the slowest corner in Formula One.

Hairpin

What word, often translated from Swahili as "fraternity", is commonly given to the socialist political ideology promoted by and particularly associated with Tanzania's first President, Julius Nyerere?

Ujamaa

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis combined with David Baddiel and which other comedian to form The Mary Whitehouse Experience? This comedian formed a double act with Baddiel, before Baddiels work with Frank Skinner.

Rob Newman

The optical illusion of a two-dimensional drawing of a cube that can be interpreted to have a different orientation depending on the perception of the viewer is named after which 19th-century Swiss scientist?

Louis Albert Necker

What name of Greek origin is given to solid material, such as ash, that is ejected into the air during a volcanic eruption?

Tephra

What is the stage name of the Filipino-born English singer with the given name Bea Kristi Laus? She appeared on Powfu's single Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head) in 2020 and released the album Beatopia in 2022.

Beabadoobee

Czech winner of 2023 women’s Wimbledon title

Marketa Vondrousova

| Milton Keynes, Stevenage and Cumbernauld are examples of what planned settlements in the UK built after World War lI to house those needing to move from damaged areas of maior cities?

New Towns

Kirk Brandon was the lead singer and co-founder of which British post-punk band who had hits including 'Liberator' and "The Wheel'?

Spear of Destiny

What felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone is commonly worn by males in much of southeast Asia, including by rulers such as Sukarno of indonesia?

Songkok

The Nintendo puzzle game series 'Brain Age', which is intended to improve mental dexterity, is based on the work of which Japanese neuroscientist? In the UK this series is known as '[This man's] Brain Training'.

Dr Ryuta Kawashima

Also a noted Unionist politician, which barrister was the Marquess of Queensbury's attorney in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde in 1895? This would lead to a second case where Wilde was found guilty of 'gross indecency' and imprisoned.

Edward Carson

Which Irish chat show host and radio presenter was the commentator on the Eurovision Song Contest in the UK bet 1971 and 2008?

Terry Wogan

Ray Houghton scored the only goal as Ireland beat England 1-0 in which year's European Championships? Both sides went out in the first round with England losing all three games, but Ireland were considered to have done well at their first major tournament.

1988

Which opera company, whose early history was clearly associated with Lilian Baylis, was recently in the news after the Arts Council cut their funding? They are expected to move out of their home at the Coliseum in London and move to another city to save on costs.

English National Opera

The advert with the line 'I'm a Secret Lemonade Drinker' was for what brand of lemonade with yellow packaging?

R Whites

In recognition for their work in the design of social housing, name either member of the French duo which won the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 2021.

Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal

The Kuril Islands are a chain of islands which are disputed between Japan and Russia. Their northern end is near which large Russian peninsula whose volcanoes constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Kamchatka

There are more and more nations being represented at the World Snooker Championship. At the 2023 tournament which Chinese player reached the semi-final of the world snooker championship? He lost to eventual winner Luca Brecel of Belgium.

Si Jiahui

Beginning with the letter 'T', what name is given to the innermost layer of the earth's atmosphere?

Troposphere

Jaz Coleman was the co-founder, keyboardist and vocalist of which British post-punk band who had hits including Love Like Blood' and 'Kings and Queens"?

Killing Joke

Dr Lobe is the fictional head of the titular institution in which series of Nintendo games which like Dr Kawashima's Brain Training are intended to measure and improve a player's mental dexterity?

Big Brain Academy

The throne of the Holy Roman Empire, as well as numerous other European thrones, were occupied by members of which family from 1440 until 1740 and again from 1765 until 1806? Inbreeding, manifested in a pronounced lower jaw and lip, is thought to have contributed to the extinction of this family.

Habsburg

What cap with a flat circular top and peak is commonly worn by the French military including by rulers such as De Gaulle?

Kepi

Which choral group was in the news recently when it was axed to save money for UK licence fee payers? After an outcry from classical music fans, and a possible boycott of the Proms, the decision was reversed.

Bbc singers

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life' is a seminal book in the symbolic interactionist school and was written by which Canadian sociologist?

Erving Goffman

At a libel trial in 1918, the eccentric MP Noel Pemberton-Billing suggested that the dancer Maud Allen was having a lesbian affair with which wife of a former Prime Minister, known for her witticism? Allen had sued Pemberton-Billing after he had suggested in his article 'The Cult of the Clitoris' that she was listed in a non-existent Black Book of "perverts".

Margot Asquith

Beginning with 'O', what is the surname of the German-born French composer best known for his 1858 operetta 'Orpheus in the Underworld', from which the famous Can-Can music was taken?

Offenbach

The advert with the line 'They're tasty, tasty, very, very tasty. They're very tasty' was for what Kellogg's breakfast cereal

Branflakes

What was the name of the institute that infamously allowed medical experimentation on poor black US men with syphilis by denying them treatment until 1972, even though penicillin had been an available treatment since 19402

Tuskegee

Also at the world snooker championship 2023, which Iranian player lost to England's Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round? He had, perhaps unwisely, made disobliging comments about O'Sullivan in the run-up to the game?

Hossein Vafael

A pioneer of Afro-futurism in music, what is the Egyptian-inspired name of the jazz musician who had an ever changing band called the Arkestra? Albums by this performer include 'Space is the Place' and 'Lanquidity'.

Sun Ra

Ray Houghton scored the only goal as Ireland beat Italy 1-0 in which year's FIFA World Cup? Both sides qualified for the next round, where Ireland went out but Italy went on to reach the final.

1994

Which popular family tree website was recently sold for $4.7 billion to Blackstone? The value of the site primarily comes from the data it has accumulated from its DNA genealogy kits which tell people their genetic past.

Ancestry.com

Which multi fruit flavoured soft drink created in 1908 in Lancashire was advertised by Purple Ronnie in the late 90s?

Vimto

Lead singer of Tears for Fears

Roland Orzabal

Which American-born German feminist researcher and writer first published her namesake report on female sexuality in 1976, critiquing the work of Masters and Johnson and Alfred Kinsey and debunking traditional views on sexual activity?

Shere Hite

Which American golfer held off Rory Mcllroy to win his first Major at the 2023 US Open in June?

Wyndham Clark

1 2 Which Japanese-born classical violinist made her debut at the age of 11, as a guest soloist of the New York Philharmonic their New Year's Eve Gala in 19822 She began to play the violin at the age of three and in 2018, she joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Midori

Which South African politician, who founded the ANC Youth League with Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, served as the president of the African National Congress between 1967 and 1991 while exiled in London?

Oliver Tambo

Which novelist, who died in 2023, publicised the slogan "Go to work on an egg" for the Egg Marketing Board during her stint as head of copywriting for the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather?

Fay Weldon

A prolific composer of soundtracks for TV and film, Mark Mothersbaugh [mothers baw] first came to prominence as the lead singer and keyboard player in what new wave band, whose singles include Jocko Homo' and 'Uncontrollable Urge?

Devo - who is lead singer of Devo?

The Coconut War was the name given to a 1980 conflict that took place shortly before and after the independence of which Pacific island nation?

Vanuatu

Which actor appeared as Susan Gately in the first two series of the Channel 4 comedy-drama Teachers? Her later roles included Mel in Lead Balloon and Phyllis Baxter in Downton Abbey.

Raquel Cassidy

With injury ruling Leah Williamson out of the upcoming women's football World Cup, which Chelsea defender has been named as England captain for the tournament?

Millie Bright

Which man, closely linked to the Chicago School of Sociology is best known for his work within criminology, having invented the concept of 'white-collar crime' in 1939?

Edwin Sutherland

That name is given to the muscular pouch in the gullet of some birds? Pigeons are able to secrete from the pouch's lining to feed eir young.

Crop

One of the Curtis Institute of Music's most celebrated alumni is which American classical violinist, who began playing at the age of three? Considered among the world's best contemporary violin players, a concerto written for her by Jennifer Higdon won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2010.

Hillary Hahn

Which South African politician was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 for his non-violent activism against apartheid? He was the President-General of the African National Congress from 1952 until his death in 1967.

Albert Luthuli

A writer on the topic of female sexuality, which American author compiled and published My Secret Garden, a work composed of letters, interviews and transcribed tapes on the subject of women's sexual fantasies?

Nancy Friday

One of the key developers of the Chicago School of Sociology was which urban sociologist, who was known for his work with Booker T. Washington, including on the 1912 work The Man Farthest Down?

Robert E Park

The Chicken War is the colloquial name for the 1537 anti-royalist rebellion in which European country?

Poland

Which actor appeared as Jenny Paige in the first two series of the Channel 4 series Teachers? Her later roles included playing Leigh Henry in Screw and Kate McKenzie in Last Tango in Halifax?

Nina Sossanya

42 Unicorn and Red Dragon are two of the best-known companies who make the tungsten implements used in which sport?

Darts

Which British chain of health clubs, spas and hotels are named after their founder, an entrepreneur famous for his stint on

Bannatyne Group

Which Welsh kingdom of the middle ages gives its name to a county in modern-day Wales that covers the area of the traditional counties of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Brecknockshire?

Powys

Which American guitarist had a hit in 1968 with his instrumental track 'Classical Gas?? He later went on to be head writer on Saturday Night Live.

Mason Williams

Who directed the 1981 film Reds? He is more famous as an actor, whose roles include the bank robber Clyde Barrow and the gangster Bugsy Siegel.

Warren Beatty

In Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment, what is the name of the central character, who convinces himself he has the right to commit murder? It is believed that his name derives from a Russian word meaning schismatic.

Rodion Raskolnikov

The Torres Strait separates Australia from which island, the second largest in the world?

New Guinea

In 2007, Italy replaced which other European country as one of the teams in the Women's Six Nations Championship, to [bring it into parity with the men's competition?

Spain

What was the name of the Mongolian leader who was the chief rival of Genghis Khan in the unification of the Mongol tribes? According to some accounts, he chose to be executed rather than swear allegiance to Genghis Khan after his defeat at the Battle of the Thirteen Sides.

Jamukha

What is the name of the British actor who starred as an incompetent leisure centre manager in The Brittas Empire, a sitcom which ran from 1991 to 1997?

Chris Barrie

Released in 2022, Happiness Not Included is the most recent release by which 80s synth-pop duo?

Soft Cell

Which country shares its name with a West African empire that lasted from circa 300 to 1100 AD? The empire of this name had its capital at Koumbi Saleh.

Ghana

At this year's Glastonbury Festival, Elton John duetted with a number of other singers. On which song did he duet with Jacob Lusk, the lead singer of Gabriels? This song only became a hit for Elton in 2003 when a remix of the song went to Number 1 in the UK.

Are You Ready For Love?

Which movie directed by Ingmar Bergman, largely set in a secluded seaside cottage, concerns the relationship between a nürse named Alma and her patient Elisabet, who is a famous actress who has suddenly stopped speaking? The movie's title references a term in Jungian psychology.

Persona

Being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, which singer has released singles including 'All I Wanna Do', If It Makes You Happy and 'Everyday is a Winding Road?

Sheryl Crow

Which composer had several collaborations with director David Lean, composing the score to the movies Lawrence of Arabia andDoctor Zhivago

Maurice Jarre

b Holly Bradshaw won a bronze medal for Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in which field event?

Pole vault

Released in 2023, Memento Mori is the most recent release by which 80s synth-pop group, now reduced to a duo?

Depeche Mode

What was the name of the Mongolian general who was chief military strategist to Genghis Khan, and later to Genghis' son Ogedei? He is widely regarded as one of the greatest military strategists in history, and orchestrated Mongolian victories across Asia and Europe from China to Hungary.

Subutai

Since the current line-up of the men's Six Nations Championship was established in 2000, Italy and which other country are the only two not to have won?

Scotland

In Tolstoy's novel War and Peace, what is the given name of the central character who unexpectedly inherits a large fortune and the title of Count in the years leading up to Napoleon's invasion of Russia? First or last name is acceptable.

Pierre Bezhukov

Which traditional Scottish soup is made of potatoes, onion and smoked haddock? It is partly named after the town in Moray from where it originates.

Cullen Skink

Barbara McClintock was the first winner of the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, which recognises outstanding contributions to genetics. Thomas Hunt Morgan won a Nobel Prize in 1933 for work studying the chromosomes and genetics of flies of the species Drosophila melanogaster, which have what common name?

Fruit Fly

26 Which movement was aimed at purging any remnants of capitalist or traditionalist culture from communist China between 1966 and 1976? The movement was led by Mao Zedong, and later by the 'Gang of Four', and resulted in widespread violence by the 'Red Guard' brigades of radicalised students.

The Cultural Revolution

Being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, which singer has released albums including The Kick Inside, Hounds of Love and Aerial?

Kate Bush

4a Which Italian composer composed the scores to the films The Godfather, and The Godfather Part IT? He is also famous for his score for Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, and several films directed by Federico Fellini.

Nino Rota

4b Chelsie Giles won a bronze medal for Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in which martial art event?

Judo

At this year's Glastonbury Festival, Elton John duetted with a number of other singers. On which song did he duet with Rina Sawayama? In 1976, this song gave Elton his first UK Number One single.

Don’t go breaking my heart

Prague symphony by Mozart is which number

38

За The US Open tennis tournament begins on the last Monday of which month each year?

August

The Ghana Empire was eventually absorbed into which other West African empire, which lasted from circa 1226 to 1670 AD? This empire also shares its name with a modern West African country.

Mali Empire

Only triple landlocked usstate

Nebraska

Which moon of Jupiter, the 4th largest in the Solar System, was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and named after a priestess of Hera who became one of Zeus's lovers?

Io

According to the name of psychotherapist Susie Orbach's first book, what is a feminist issue? (In other words her book's title is "BLANK is a feminist issue"

Fat

What "p" is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches?

Pollarding

Founder of penguin books

Allen Lane

What did scutage mean in relation to tax?

Tax to avoid military service

Please name either player who scored a 147 break at the 2022 World Snooker championship. One is an Australian, the other is a Scot

Neil Robertson or Graeme Dott

Who joined with Annie Lennox in the 1980s chart toppers Eurvthmics? He'd have numerous successes elsewhere as a musician and producer

Dave Stewart

Hip hop as both a musical genre and a culture was formed during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in which borough of New York City?

The Bronx

Who was the UK Prime Minister when Dolly the sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell?

John Major

"A Year in Provence" flopped as a TV show but that doesn't detract from the success of the bestselling book it was based on. Who wrote that book?

Peter Mayle

Named after slave soldiers who had converted to Islam, which dynasty ruled the Delhi sultanate between 1206 and 1290?

Mamluk Dynasty

Which catholic order, founded around 1209, had an original name which translates as "Order of Lesser Brothers"? This titled stemmed from their founders rejection of luxury and wealth

The Franciscans

What was the name of the duo composed of the Scouse sisters Linda and Aisling who are best known for their hit single “I’d Rather Jack”, which achieved success across Europe in 19897

The Reynold Girls

At the start of MacBeth, the title character is the Thane of Glamis (pro GLAMS). The village of Glamis lies 12 miles north of which Scottish city?

Dundee

Who was the UK Prime Minister when Sliced bread was first commercially sold by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri? (They were the first users of the Otto Rohwedder sliced bread machine)

Stanley Baldwin

Who did lon Anderson of "Yes" team up with for the 1981 hit "I'll find my way home"? This synth wizard died in 2022

Vangelis

with its builders trying to maximize the internal dimensions in order to reach for the heavens and bring in more light, which cathedral, overlooking the River Somme, is the largest in France?

Amiens

Name the either of the Shakespeare plays which are set on the island of Sicily?

The Winters Tale Much Ado About Nothing

Who was the UK Prime Minister on the day that Christian Barnard carried out the first Heart transplant?

Harold Wilson (1967)

How many members of the British Royal family have had the title "Empress of India"?

4 (Victoria, Alexandra, Mary, Elizabeth queen mother)

In which Heist film of 1999 did Catherine Zeta-Jones star opposite Sean Connery?

Entrapment

Containing the character Duke Vincentio, what is the only Shakespeare play set in Austria?

Measure for Measure

Rhyme time: Elizabethan economist who gave his name to the principle stating that "bad money drives out good", and the Bucks town which is the furthest terminus from central London on the Metropolitan line

Gresham and Chesham

Pushed along by the high scoring fly-half George Ford, which club side won the English Rugby premiership in 2022?

Leicester Tigers

As well as Verona, which other Italian city has scenes in Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona" play? This city will co-host the 2026 Winter Olympic games

Milan

48 Who joined with Roland Orzabal to form the group Tears for Fears? He share's his surname with the singer who went 9 times Platinum with the album "In the lonely hour"

Curt Smith

Which racecourse, located about 12km from the centre of Paris, is the home to the prestigious L'Arc De Triomphe race? Over 50% of French Group One races take place here

Longchamp

Rhyme time: the CEO of Twitter until November 2019, and the British ventriloquist partner of Nookie Bear

Jack Dorsey and Roger de Courcey

After a year of being the de facto ruler of England, which nobleman was killed by forces loyal to king Hery Ill at the 1265 Battle of Evesham?

Simon de Montfort

What is the stage name of the American rapper Inga Marchand? Her biggest UK hit was "I'll be" in 1997. Her stage name is also the name of a 1974 Blaxploitation movie starring Pam Grier

Foxy Brown

Which character in Shakespeare's Henry VIll, a duke, would have had his hereditary seat at Wingfield Castle, 7 miles outside of the town of Diss?

Duke of Suffolk

The event known as the "1858 Bradford sweets poisoning" led to the death of 21 people after sweets laced with what were sold to the public?

Arsenic

7 Lying about 8 miles from Monaco and about 19 miles from the French-Italian border, what is the second most populous city on France's Mediterranean coast? it was the birthplace of Henry Cavendish, the English scientist noted for his discovery of Oxygen

Nice

58 Who was the UK Prime Minister when Emmerdale (then Emmerdale Farm) was first broadcast on UK television screens?

Edward Heath (1972)

Who created emmerdale farm in 1972

Kevin Laffan

Two creators of eastenders?

Julia smith and Tony holland

Corrie creator scriptwriter?

Tony Warren

Which American actor has graduated from playing Carlton Banks in the Fresh Prince to a career on reality TV and dancing. shows?

Alfonso Ribiero

61 Which city, the 4th largest in France, is the headquarters of Airbus and the French construction location for Concorde?

Toulouse

Numerous cities including Verona, Padua, Vicenza, Venice and Mantua combined as what "League" in 1167 in order to thwart attempts by the Holy Roman Emperor to extend his influence over Italy?

Lombard League

65 Which rich port city on the Mediterranean coast became the de facto capital of the remnant Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1192? In modern times this city of 50,000 people is the holiest city of the Bahá'i Faith in Israel and receives many pilgrims of that faith every year.

Acre

66 Who was the UK Prime Minister when Cassius Clay (later Muhammed Ali) defeated Sonny Liston to become the Heavyweigh Boxing Champion of the World?

Alec Douglas-Hume (1964)

What was the name of the February 313 AD agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire?

Edict of Milan

Who joined with Vince Clarke to form the 1980s electronic duo Erasure?

Andy Bell

Who joined with Marcella Detroit for. form the chart-topping duo Shakespeare's Sister? This woman was the wife of Dave Stewart in the 1980s and 19905

Siobhan Fahey

Greg and Pat Kane formed which 1980s duo whose most memorable song is "Labour of Love"?

Hue and Cry

What card game was devised by Segundo Sanchez Santos and his Bridge partner, Alberto Serrato in Montevideo, Uruguay, ink 1939, in an attempt to design a time-efficient game that was as engaging as Bridge?

Canasta

Which 6ft tall Belarussian woman took the Women's Singles title at the 2023 Australian Open tennis?

Aryna Sabalenka

Portland Cement, the most common type of cement used around the world, is made from which type of Carbonate sedimentary rock?

Limestone

What was the shared surname of the winner of the 2022 European Darts Championship in 2022 and the runner up in the same competition?

Smith (Ross and Michael)

A great example of Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" arrangements, which group took "The he kissed me" into the UK and US top tens in 1963?

The Crystals

The four key stylistic elements of Hip Hop culture could be summarised as Deejaying, Rapping, Breakdancing and what artistic style?

Graffiti

What was the four-word name of the 1971 to 1973 Larbey and Esmonde sitcom which acted as a successor to Please Sir?

The fenn Street Gang

Which sketch comedy show of 1979 to 1982 gave Griff Rhys Jones his first break in TV?

Not the Nine o clock news

96 Which driver, "the Mexican Wunderkind", took 2 victories in the 2022 F1 Grand Prix season?

Sergio Perez

The "Big 3" of American motor manufacturers, who between them shared strong markest share for decades, were Ford, General Motors and which other firm? Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, they are now known as Stellantis North America

Chrysler

A succesful period in charge of which club side led to Aime Jacquet being given the Coach role of the French national football team, a role in which he'd lead them to World Cup victory? During his time in charge of this provincial club he led them to three national titles

Bordeaux

Who coached France to victory in World Cup 1998

Aime Jacquet

101 What is the two-word name of the controversial sports celebration used by fans of both the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL and the Exeter Chiefs in English rugby union? It involves moving the forearm forwards and backwards repeatedly with an open palm

Tomahawk Chop

102 Which synth-wizard joined with Neil Tenant in the 1980s to form the chart toppers The Pet Shop Boys?

Chris Lowe

05 Tsars Kaloyan and Ivan Asen Il were leaders of which empire which existed between 1185 and 1396? in the early part of that period they were a dominant force in the Balkans

Bulgarian Empire

Egyptian squash player Mr Fantastic brilliant in 2022

Ali Farag

110 Which Zimbadwean author saw her debut novel, We Need New Names, shortlisted for the 2013 Booker Prize, and her second novel, Glory, shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize?

Noviolet Bulawayo

In which village of Southern France did the French priest Bérenger Saunière supposedly find a hidden treasure in the 1900s? Elements of his story have found their way into the books of Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

Rennes Le Chateau

114 What was the name of the 2000 to 2003 mockumentary starring Rob Brydon (real name Rob Jones)? In the show Brydon's character plays a taxi driver going through a messy divorce. Three word answer

Marion and Geoff

121 Name either Tupa Shakur's record label owned by Suge Knight or the Notorious B.I.G's record label owned by Sean Combs

Suge Knight: Death Row Records Puff Daddy: Bad Boy Records

122 The real life Scottish King MacBeth was buried at what location, also the burial place of 1990s Labour Party leader John Smith?

Iona

24 Which Breton city, the 6th largest in France and located on the River Loire, is famous for its vineyards that produce Muscadet white wine?

Nantes

126 Some 22 miles from the Spanish border, which French city on the Bay of Biscay is a luxurious seaside tourist destination known for the Hôtel du Palais?

Biarritz

Louise brown born what year

1978

The name of which genus of dinosaur comes from the Greek for "Arm Lizard"? They had disproportionately long necks, small skulls, and large overall size

Brachiosaurus

131 Who joined with Marc Almond to form the 1980s Chart toppers Soft Cell? This man shares his surname with the stage name of comedian Robert Harper

Dave Ball

32 Which aquatic mammal has a name derived from the Latin for 'pig fish'?

Porpoise

Bay of Pigs year

1961

136 The painful condition known as Gout is causeif due to the build-up of needle-like crystals of what acid?

Uric Acid

138 Beginning in the 1250s, inquisitors of the Catholic church were generally chosen from members of which monastic order that had been founded in 1216 to preach the gospel and oppose heresy?

Dominican Order

141 What is the only Shakespeare play where the settings span 3 different continents, Europe, Africa and Asia?

Anthony and Cleopatra

12 Which British-American singer was Oscar nominated for her song "hear my voice" which appeared on the soundtrack of "The Trial of the Chicago 7"?

Celeste

What Broadway musical based on a 2001 play about a teenage girl who ages rapidly won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Musical?

Kimberley Akimbo

Who replaced Boris Johnson as Mp for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in july 2023?

Steve Tuckwell

Who replaced nigel Adams as Mp for selby and ainsty in july 2023?

Keir Mather

Who replaced David Warburton as Mp for somerton and frome in july 2023?

Sarah Dyke

Current leader of Monster Raving Loony party, got 32 votes in Uxbridge and South Ruislip by election 2023?

Howling Laud Hope

Piers Corbyn stood for which party in U and SR by election 2023?

Let London Live

130 years in the making: who was first side to beat all other 91 teams in the top four divisions of English football in competitive league games after beating newcomers Sutton?

Port Vale

What is added to a gin fizz to make it a golden fizz?

Egg Yolk

What does monkeys blood mean in a northern culinary sense?

Raspberry Sauce

Superior rectus muscle is found where?

Eye

Roman game of paganica is close to which modern day sport?

Golf

Mandelson replaced by stelling in what position in 2015

President of Hartlepool fc

Which artist of Taiwanese descent performed several one-year long pieces in the 1970s and 80s, including spending a year locked in a cage with no stimuli, a year punching a time clock once an hour every hour, a year in which he never went indoors, and a year where he was tied to female artist Linda Montano with them never allowed to touch one another?

Tehching Hsieh

Which extinct tetrapod from the late Devonian period, with a name of Inuit origin meaning "large freshwater fish", has been proposed by some as an evolutionary missing link between fish and land-based tetrapods?

Tiktaalik

Which American won the Open in July 2023?

Brian Harman

Which performer sang with both the Diana Ross and Jean Terrell-fronted versions of the Supremes, and was the only continuous member of the group from its first releases in 1959 to its original disbandment in 1977?

Mary Wilson

Which Austrian company established the annual Cliff Diving World Series in 2009 where competitors jump from cliff platforms at heights ranging between 26 and 28 metres?

Red Bull

One of the main targets of Yevgeny Prigozhin's attempted rebellion with the Wagner Group was which man, the Russian Minister of Defence? This ethnic Tuvan is noted for his close relationship to Vladimir Putin.

Sergei Shoigu

Jakob Ingebrigsten set a world leading time of 3:27.95 [three minutes, twenty-seven point nine five seconds] in which Olympic track event at the 2023 Oslo Diamond League?

1500m

Which Chinese-owned marketplace app that launched in the UK in April has the slogan "shop like a billionaire"? It was the most-downloaded app in the United States in late 2022 and early 2023.

Temu

The name of which girl with frizzy purple hair appears alongside her dog Alistair in the tide of a children's cartoon originally made for the BBC in the 1970s?

Crystal Tipps

What strait separates mainland Russia from Sakhalin?

Strait of Tartary

What adjective is used to describe an algorithm that solves a problem by making the most optimal choice at each individual stage? These algorithms are sometimes called "short-sighted", as they do not evaluate the solution globally.

Greedy Algorithm

Which actor won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role of Rocky Gravo in Sydney Pollack's 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, which concerns a Depression-era Santa Monica dance marathon? This actor had previously been nominated for Teacher's Pet and Come Fill the Cup.

Gig Young

Expressing the idea that human cultures are "personality writlarge", Patterns of Culture is a work by which American anthropologist, also known for The Chrysanthemum, and the Sword?

Ruth Benedict

Which darts player, currently ranked 7th in the world, represented Wales in the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts alongside Gerwyn Price as they won together for the second time? In 2021, he won the Premier League Darts.

Jonny Clayton

Which Irish writer, who died in 1939, wrote his own epitaph, which ends "Cast a cold eye / On life, on death, / Horseman pass by!”?

WB Yeats

Richard Taylor cartoons, the maker of Crystal Tipps and Alistair, was responsible for a series of public safety films of the 1970s featuring which ginger cat voiced by Kenny Everett, who warned children not to play with matches or go off with strangers?

Charley

Along with Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands, the southern part of Sakhalin was traditionally home to which people, who speak a language isolate and whose culture venerated bears? Much of their culture has disappeared since the 19th century due to assimilation policies pursued by both Japan and Russia.

Ainu

Keely Hodgkinson set a world leading time of 1:55.77 (one minute, fifty-five point seven seven seconds) in which track event at the 2023 Paris Diamond League?

800m

The story of Effie White, the main character of the musical Dreamgirls, closely mirrors aspects of the life of which founder member of the Supremes, who acrimoniously departed the group in 1967 and died tragically in 1976?

Florence Ballard

Red Bull established which annual event in 2009 where amateur competitors race their motorless hand-made vehicles down different courses each year? At this event, which is named after the common name for home-made gravity racers, the vehicles are judged on their aesthetic as well as their speed.

Soap Box Race

Previously seen as an ally of Yevgeny Prigozhin, which Russian politician and military leader, the head of the Chechen Repub since 2007, offered to help put down the mutiny by the Wagner Group?

Ramzan Kadyrov

After leaving the Housemartins, Norman Cook founded which dance and hip-hop collective, whose debut single 'Dub Be Good To Me' reached number one on the UK singles chart in 1990?

Beats International

In the semi-final of the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts, Wales beat a Belgian team consisting of Kim Huybrechts [HI-brekts] and which other player, the current world number 10 and winner of the 2020 World Matchplay?

Dimitri Van Den Bergh

Hatshepsut was daughter of which Pharoah and ruled from 1478-1458BC?

Thutmose I

Which American YouTube star, known for livestreams in which he plays video games such as FIFA, was assaulted by a rival fan at this year's FA Cup final? This Manchester United fan also finally met his idol Cristian Ronaldo recently, having travelled extensively to try and get a selfie with him.

IShowSpeed

Which British actor, who had played Sophie Western in the 1963 film Tom Jones, was nominated for best Supporting Actress for her role as Alice in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Susannah York

Ruth Benedict and her partner Margaret Mead were among the many students of which German-born anthropologist who developed the concept of cultural relativism in anthropology and wrote The Mind of Primitive Man?

Franz Boas

Running for three series from 1985, which ITV drama show featured Glynis Barber as an aristocratic English police detective reluctantly pairing up with a streetwise New York cop played by Michael Brandon?

Dempsey and Makepeace

Cornell Lab of Ornithology produces which mobile app that uses AI to help identify birds by sight and sound?

Merlin BirdID

What Saudi team is Steven Gerard manager of 2023?

Al-Ettifaq

Which art forger, who copied the work of artists including Edgar Degas and Thomas Gainsborough, was assisted in the distribution of his forgeries by his partner Jane Kelly?

Tom Keating

WVhat is the numerical name of the range of skincare and anti-ageing products developed and sold by Boots the Chemist?

No 7

Which superleague Netball team with a weather related name play their home matches at the National Basketball Performance Centre in the north west of England?

Manchester Thunder

Which element, a gas at room temperature, is known in French as azote [A-zote], derived from the Greek for 'no life"? It was given the name by Antoine Lavoisier, who observed it was an asphyxiant gas.

Nitrogen

Jeff Bridges played The Dude in The Big Lebowski, a movie celebrating 25 years since it was released in 1998. Which actor who played Maude Lebowski was nominated for the best supporting actress Oscar for her performance in Boogie Nights, another 1998 film?

Julianne Moore

Which American rock band headlined the Other Stage at Glastonbury in 2023 when Elton John was playing the Pyramid Stage? Their latest album is called In Times New Roman.

Queens of the Stone Age

The Boss Original highlighter pen is manufactured by which German stationer, also known for their fineliners and pencils

Stabilo

Which fast bowler, who plays county cricket for Durham, took seven wickets and scored 16 important fourth-innings runs in England's victory in the Third Ashes Test this month?

Mark Wood

Which historian and travel writer, known for the Pax Britannica trilogy, wrote the Booker-shortlisted novel Last Letters from Hav and was one of the first authors to discuss gender dysmorphia and sexual reassignment in an autobiography?

Jan Morris

84 year old legendary singer songwriter lan Hunter released his 18th solo album on April 21st this year. It was the last album that featured which British guitarist before his untimely death on January 10th 2023?

Jeff Beck

Which member of Argentina's 2022 Fifa men's World Cup Final winning team played for Reading in the EFL from January to April 2019, while on loan from Arsenal?

Emiliano Martinez

Which novelist and travel writer wrote the travel book In Patagonia and the Booker-shortlisted novel Utz? One of the first high-profile British people to contract HIV, it proved to be one of his final works, as he died from an AIDS-related illness a year after his nomination.

Bruce Chatwin

Which superleague Netball team with a weather related name play their home matches at a University in Guildford?

Surrey Storm

Which German stationer is Europe's largest manufacturer of pencils and pencil erasers? Their distinctive black and yellow pencils are widely used in schools.

Staedtler

Who was the first Labour Party female MP? She was elected to be the MP for Northampton in 1923.

Margaret Bondfield

Which actor who played Brandt in The Big Lebowski was nominated for the best supporting actress Oscar for his performance in Charlie Wilson's War, a 2007 film in which he played CIA agent Gust Avrakotos? He later won the awarc best actor in the film The Master playing Lancaster Dodd.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Who is the only Scotsman after whom an SI derived unit is named?

James Watt

Which mountain is both the highest peak in Peru and the highest mountain in all of Earth's tropics?

Huascaran

What is the name, partly from the Latin for sun, of the range of sun-care products developed and sold by Boots the Chemist?

Soltan

Which infamous art forger, born in the Netherlands, copied the work of artists including Pieter de Hooch and Johannes Vermeer and famously sold Nazi Herman Goering a forged painting?

Hans van Meegeren

The rapidly shrinking Aral Sea straddles the border between two former Soviet nations. Name either.

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Which member of England's 1966 Fifa World Cup winning team played for Blackpool who, like Reading, were relegated into League One in May 2023? He went on to play for Arsenal later in his career

Alan Ball

Which series of computer role playing games takes its name from ultimate opponent in the first instalment, a lord of hell whose brothers are Baal and Mephisto?

Diablo

Formerly presenting the BBC's Grounded podcast during lockdown, who launched his namesake podcast in June 2023 and has been near the top of the UK charts since then? This documentarian is also known for his quirky investigative television series, such as Weird Weekends.

Louis Theroux

Martin Sorrell was the founder and long-time chairman of which advertising company? Based in London, this is the world's largest advertising company by revenue.

WPP

In Ancient Greece, the Olympic Games was just one in a cycle of four sports festivals collectively known as the Panhellenic Games. The other three were the Pythian Games [PITH-ian], the Nemean Games, and what other 'Games?

Isthmian Games

Which 2005 documentary film directed by Martin Scorsese focuses on the early life and career of Bob Dylan? The film's three-word title comes from a lyric in one of Dylan's best-known songs.

No direction home

Highest point of Pyrenees

Aneto

Of the courses in the rotation to host the Open Championship, which golf course on the east coast of Scotland has hosted more times than any other besides St Andrews? It last hosted in 2013, when it was won by Phil Mickelson, and Jack Nicklaus [NICK-luss] once described it as "the best golf course in Britain".

Muirfield

16 Which traditional Scottish soup consists of smoked haddock, cream, potatoes, and onions?

Cullen Skink

Based around a sample of David Bowie's Ashes To Ashes', the song 'Body II Body' [body-to-body] was a UK top five hit in (2000 for which Irish singer? It was the follow-up to her debut hit 'Gotta Tell You'.

Samantha Mumba

Which railway station, a National Rail terminus that straddles the Thames in central London, lies between Mansion House and Temple on the District and Circle lines of the London Underground?

Blackfriars

Katie Ledecky holds the women's record for most individual swimming gold medals won at the World Aquatics Championship with 14 - which Swedish swimmer is second, with 10? She holds multiple world records in events over 50 metres and 100 metres, and became the first Swede to win a swimming gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Sarah Sjostrom

Sharing his name with a type of dance, what is the name of the intelligent chimpanzee from the IV series The Umbrella Academy who served as assistant to Sir Reginald Hargreeves and helped raise the protagonists?

Pogo

(Judi Missett created which fitness franchise that teaches fitness using dance routines and dance warmup techniques? This franchise, which was popular in the 1980s, features a genre of music in its portmanteau name.

Jazzercise

Though her birth name was María, the Argentinian President who was overthrown in Argentina's 1976 coup d'état is usually referred to by what first name? She was the third wife of Juan Perón, after Aurelia and Eva or Evita.

Isabel

Which 2008 concert film directed by Martin Scorsese focuses on the Rolling Stones tour from two years previously? The film's three-word title shares its name with a song on the band's classic 1972 album Exile On Main Street.

Shine a Light

Part of the Gran Sasso massif and reaching a height of 2,912 metres, Corno Grande is the highest mountain of which mountain range in southern Europe?

Apennines

The Open Championship will next be held in Scotland in 2024 when it takes place at what golf course on the west coast, which includes both the longest and the shortest holes of any course on the Open rota?

Royal Troon

A quatrain forms the final stanza of what nineteen-line poetic form? 'Do not go gentle into that good night' by Dylan Thomas is a notable example of a poem in this form.

Villanelle

Which character in Turandot sings Nessun Dorma?

Calaf

Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet was the founder of which French advertising company, one of the Big Four alongside WPP, Interpublic and Omnicom?

Publicis

The Isthmus of Corinth, where the Isthmian Games were held, is close to the site of what enigmatic ancient religious ritual, which takes its name from the Attican city where it was held? The details of this ritual have largely remained secret throughout history, though it seems to have involved a re-enactment of the abduction of Persephone.

Eleusinian Mysteries

Sharing her name with a type of dance, what is the name of the ruthless assassin played by Mary J. Blige in The Umbrella Academy?

Cha-Cha

Who created Boxercise?

Andy Wake

Isabel Perón has been shown to have been instrumental in which period of state terrorism that saw the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance hunt down political dissidents? As many as 30,000 people disappeared during this campaign, which formed part of the US-backed Operation Condor across South America..

Dirty War

Commemorating George Washington's actions during the Revolutionary War, which German-American artist painted Washington Crossing the Delaware in 1851?

Emanuel Leutze

Based on a sample of David Bowie's song 'Andy Warhol', the song 'Funky Dory' and its namesake album were released in 2003 by which British singer? The album was reissued the following year to include her top three hit 'Some Girls'.

Rachel Stevens

Which railway station, a National Rail terminus in central London, lies between Monument and Mansion House on the District and Circle lines of the London Underground?

Cannon Street

After winning two in 2022, Sarah Sjöström overtook which Hungarian swimmer in having the most World Aquatic [Championship gold medals in individual swimming events for a European? Though her career appears to be near its end, she is still the world record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres individual medley events.

Katinka Hosszu

Used widely as a model organism, Drosophila melanogaster is a species of what specific sort of insect? A two-word answer is needed.

Fruit Fly

In Slavie folklore, what creature that resembles a ferocious-looking old woman flies around in a pestle and mortar and lives in [a hut with chicken's legs?

Baba Yaga

In contract bridge, what name is given to the hand opposite the declarer? This word also describes something that can be put in the mouth.

Dummy

In the British advert, on what foodstuff were people encouraged to "go to work on"?

An egg

At the 2023 Tony Awards, two non-binary actors won awards. Who was awarded Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for their portrayal of Jerry/Daphne in Some Like It Hot? They also portrayed Andre Mayem in a Broadway production of Mrs Doubtfire.

J Harrison Ghee

In the UK honours system, which order is limited to 65 members? The insignia includes the motto "IN ACTION FAITHFUL AND IN HONOUR CLEAR". The three most recent recipients are physician John Bell; writer lan McEwan; and fashion mogul Anna WIntour.

Companion of Honour

In taxonomy which species are humans?

Homo Sapiens

Kaarija came second at Eurovision in 2023, with the song "Cha Cha Cha". He represented which country?

Finland

1b Which daytime TV presenter was arrested for shoplifting a bottle of champagne from a Tesco in Manchester in 1994?

Richard Madeley

In the song "You're So Vain", to whom has Carly Simon confirmed she was referring when singing "you gave away the things you love and one of them was me"?

Warren Beatty

In medicine, which part of the body is better viewed through a fundoscope?

Retina (eye)

In the UK honours system, which order is limited to 24 living members, all of whom are selected by the monarch? Among the most recent recipients are broadcaster Floella Beniamin and scientist Paul Nurse.

Order of Merit

Which river forms much of the border between Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire?

Wye

Who won the 2023 Tony for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for their portrayal of Lulu in Shucked? They also portrayed Unique Adams on the TV series Glee.

Alex Newell

One of the question writers was born on November 28th. Which sign of the Western Zodiac does their birthday fall on?

Sagittarius

In taxonomy in which family are humans

Hominids

Labour MPs are also affected by boundary changes, including which Labour MP, who represents Leeds West?

Rachel Reeves

In the British advert, what foodstuff helped people "work, rest and play" if eaten daily?

Mars Bar

In contract bridge, what term is used for playing a trump over an opponent's card? This word also describes something that can be put around the neck.

Ruff

In March 2023, Roger Penrose's discovery of two periodic tiles was improved upon, with researchers discovering a single shape that can tile the plane periodically. Informally called a "hat", this is also known by what name, which in German is a play on words on the unique nature of the tile?

Einstein

On Saturday, who became Wimbledon Ladies singles champion? This Czech player was the first unseeded player in the Open Era to win the title.

Marketa Vondrousova

The title of what E.M. Forster novel based on the author's time abroad is taken from a Walt Whitman poem in the 'Leaves of Grass' collection?

A passage to India

Who composed La Gioconda?

Amilcare Ponchielli

Who composed entry of the gladiators?

Julius Fucik

Who composed Parade of the Tin Soldiers?

Leon Jessel

What state is Goddard space centre in?

Maryland

She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, which was for her performance in Carmen Jones (1954).

Dorothy Dandridge

Actress married to miles Davis in the 1980s, garnered widespread attention and critical acclaim for her performance as Rebecca Morgan in Sounder (1972), for which she was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Cicely Tyson

Lorrell Robinson in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls, the long-suffering Gloria Matthews in the film Waiting to Exhale, and her recurring role as Adele Webber on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011

Loretta Devine

starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo as three New York City drag queens who embark on a road trip

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Katrin Sveg in the 1958 Broadway production of The Marriage-Go-Round and reprised the role in the 1961 film version. In the 1960s, she starred for two seasons as Catwoman in the television series Batman (1966–1967).

Julie Newmar

first person to propose that the earth revolves around the sun, Ancient Greek in third century BC

Aristarchus of Samos

Morwegian striker who walked off before women’s world game against Switzerland in July 2023

Ada Hegerberg

With her book subtitled 'River of Grass,' environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas is known for her work in protecting what natural area?

Everglades

Slogan “a diamond is forever” created by which company

De Beers

Which salad vegetable comes in gardeners delight and moneymaker varieties?

Tomato

Lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during space race born 1907 in Ukraine

Sergei Korolev

What sumame links an American golfer known for his trademark plus-fours, an England wicket-keeper, and a Formula One champion from Dunbartonshire?

Stewart (Payne, Alec, Jackie)

16 Barbara Vine was the pseudonym of which crime writer?

Ruth Rendell

Royal Air Force motto

Per Ardua Ad Astra (through adversity to the stars)

20 Rembrandt's painting The Shipbuilder and his Wife hangs in the Picture Gallery at which royal residence?

Buckingham Palace

23 Which detective investigates a murder in the Agatha Christie novel Mrs McGinty's Dead?

Hercule Poirot

24 Ensaïmada is a traditional sweet bread from which Mediterranean Island?

Majorca

25 How many legs does a Common Tsessebe have?

Four (antelope)

26 The Three Seas Initiative is a forum of twelve EU states bordering Baltic Sea the Adriatic, Black, and which other sea?

Baltic Sea

In which London park is annual wireless festival held in 2023?

Finsbury Park

28 Which city In Pakistan is famous for being the "twin city" of Islamabad and the birthplace of cricketer Shoaib Akhtar?

Rawalpindi

29 Which French luxury fashion house sells the Steeple and Fourbi ranges of handbags?

Hermes

30 If a "Madonna piercing" is on the right side of the mouth, what name is given to one on the left side?

Monroe Piercing

Which of the gospels in the Bible tells the story of Mary and Joseph's "flight into Egypt” with the infant Jesus?

Matthew

Which artistic gymnast has competed in eight Olympics for USA, Uzbekistan and Germany? Won team gold in 1992 and silver for vault.

Oksana Chusovitina

Which female Brazilian gymnast has competed at five Olympics from 2000-16?

Daniele Hypolito

Which Canadian equestrianist has record 10 Olympics at Olympics spanning 1972-2012?

Ian Millar

Which female Georgian shooter has appeared at nine summer Olympics from 1988 to 2020? Won a gold and silver in 1988 and a bronze in 2008.

Nino Salukvadze

Which British archer represented GB at six consecutive Olympic Games from 1992 to 2012 winning a bronze in 2004 athens?

Alison Williamson

Which female British equestrian represented Britain six times 1992-2012 winning team silver twice and team bron4 once.

Mary King

35 Held every two years in Lyon, the Bocuse d'Or is one of the world's most prestigious competitions in which fleld?

Cookery

36 Which prison, now known as HM Prison Manchester, was the suffragette Emily Davison sent to for throwing rocks at the carriage of David Lloyd George?

Strangeways

37 Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta features Strephon the half-fairy and Phyllis the shepherdess?

Iolanthe

39 Which fast-growing plant group is grouped into clumping and running varieties?

Bamboo

41 Which traditional Brazillan dessert consists of condensed milk, butter, and cocoa powder coated in sprinkles?

Brigadeiros

45 What word completes the title of the 1961 Oscar-winning film Splendour in the ?

Grass

46 What is the surname of the family whose four generations are followed in Samuel Butler's novel The Way of All Flesh?

Pontifex

47 Which politican and coffee company owner was elected president of Panama in 1999?

Mireya Moscoso

49 Bordetella vaccine is administered by vets for protection against which animal disease?

Kennel Cough

HULL CITY PLAYERS: Which former Hull City player, played for the Tigers from 2014-2020, scoring 52 goals in 124 games despite predominantly playing as a winger? After winning Player of the Season twice at Hull, this man was bought by West Ham United for E25m, where he's continued to impress, making his England debut in 2022 and most recently, scoring West Ham's winning goal in the 2023 Europa Conference League final against Fiorentina.

Jarrod Bowen

SPIEL DES JAHRES WINNERS: Which board game won the Spiel des Jahres in 1983 and involves a team of players working together to track down a a player controlling a criminal as they move around the streets of London? This game is named after the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police.

Scotland Yard

6RTS GAMES: It's fourth main game entry hitting shelves in 2021, which realtime strategy video game series has sold over 25 million copies worldwide? This game focuses on historical events, allowing players to take control of historical forces such as the British or the Ottomans.

Age of Empires

2023 ASHES: Which all-rounder, known for his off spin bowling, announced he was coming out of retirement of international test cricket in June 2023, to replace the injured Jack Leach for the first Ashes Test? This man remains England's Vice Captain in the limited overs cricket and was in both England's 2019 World Cup winning side, and England's 2022 T20 World Cup winning side.

Moeen Ali

SPIEL DES JAHRES WINNERS: Which French game developed by Jean-Louis Roubira, requires players to use a deck of cards containing dreamlike illustrations, to match a title suggested by the storyteller? A plethora of expansions have been released including 'Daydreams' and 'Révelations'.

Dixit

14 CLASSIC R&B/SOUL: Which US R&B group, with a geographically inspired name, had a US Billboard top 5 hit with "Shining Star"? Their biggest hit was the US Billboard Number 1 "kiss and Say Goodbye", which peaked at Number 4 in the UK in 1973.

The Manhattans

16 RTS GAMES: Combining RTS with turn-based strategy, which video game series has games set across different continents and eras, including "Shogun", "Rome" and "Medieval"? A modified version of the "Rome" variant was used in the TV show Time Commanders and the latest instalment "Pharoah" is to be released in 2023.

Total War

18 2023 ASHES: Which right arm fast bowler is captaining Australia in the current Ashes tour? Currently ranked 3rd in the Men's ICC Test Bowler rankings, this man played for the Kolkata Knight Riders from 2020-2022 in the IPL.

Pat Cummins

20 GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR SONGS: A medley of three distinctive musical passages, which Wings hit is playable within the game? The song begins "stuck inside these four walls, sent inside forever"

Band on the Run

22 HULL CITY PLAYERS: Which hometown boy scored the 2008 Wembley winner, a volley from the edge of the box, to see Hull beat Bristol City 1-0 and gain promotion to the Premier League for the first time? Playing in the Premier League with Hull, Bradford and Middlesbrough, this stocky striker scored 198 goals across his career and has also appeared as a pundit on Sky Sports since retiring in 2012. His son scored the winner for Sheffield Wednesday in the League One Final in May 2023, in their 1-0 defeat of Barnsley,

Dean Windass

Jackie Wilson was originally in which group before leaving and released Reet Petite?

The Dominoes

25 STEPHEN KING ADAPTATIONS: Adapted from Stephen Kings short story collection Night Shift, which horror film series (with 8 instalments) began in 1984? Set in the fictitious town of Gatlin, Nebraska, sequels in this franchise have subtitles including 'Urban Harvest' and 'Fields of Terror"

Children of the Corn

26 RTS GAMES: The "Dawn of War" RTS game series are set in which universe? Based on a table-top game, races within this series include the Eldar and Tau.

Warhammer

31 ANIMATED TV SHOWS: Which Netflix anthology series (albeit with a few live action episodes), has a generally sci-fi/fantasy theme, where each episode is produced by a different animation studio? 3 seasons of this show have run so far, with the 'Three Robots episode a mainstay of each series. In a further link to this quiz, the series is produced by David Fincher.

Love, Death & Robots

32 HULL CITY PLAYERS: Which Brazilian scored Hull's first Premier League goal against Fulham on the opening day of the 2008/09 season? Also playing for Barcelona and Benfica, this 'magician' is best remembered for his winning goal for Manchester City in the 2007 Manchester Derby, and for hitting a screamer against Arsenal at the Emirates, that saw Hull claim a famous 2-1 away victory.

Geovanni

35 STEPHEN KING ADAPTATIONS: Which 2023 horror film is a loose adaptation of another Stephen King short story from his collection Night Shift? Directed by Rob Savage, the film follows a family haunted by the titular creature.

The Boogeyman

36 RTS GAMES: Subtitled 'Reign of Chaos and followed up with the expansion 'The Frozen Throne', which 2002 RTS game is one of the best selling of all time? Players can play as one of the Orcs, Humans, Undead or Night Elves in this predecessor to one of the best selling MMORPG games of all time. (Name and number required).

Warcraft III

38 2023 ASHES: Currently the highest ranking spin bowler in the world according to the ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings, which Australian off spin bowler has taken 8 wickets in the opening test? This man is Australia's third highest wicket taker of all time and is nicknamed Garry by his teammates, due to sharing a surname with a legendary. AFL broadcaster.

Nathan Lyon

39 GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR SONGS: Featured three times in Guitar World Tour, which American rock band are fronted by Maynard James Keenan? In the game, players can attempt "Schism", "Vicarious" and "Parabola" by this band.

Tool

40 ANIMATED TV SHOWS: After huge success with The Simpsons and Futurama, Matt Groening went onto create which fantasy animated series for Netflix which began in 2018? The series follows Bean, a princess from Dreamland, alongside her personal demon Luci and friend Elfo.

Disenchantment

What is the name of the fictional scorer in the BBC quiz programme I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, frequently the butt of jokes with outrageous innuendo and double entendres?

Samantha

Played by Elizabeth Sladen, what was the name of the long serving companion of Dr Who, an investigative journalist who appeared in programmes from 1973 to 2005, before getting her own spin-off series from 2007 until 2011?

Sarah Jane Smith

5 Which actress starred as a football manager in Channel 4's The Manageress, performed in Strictly Come Dancing in 2008, and in Series 5 of Strike in 2022, but is probably best remembered as an urbane coffee sipper in Kenco coffee adverts from the 1990s?

Cherie Lunghi

18 Which sport did American political commentator George Will write "combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings"?

American Football

19 How is Khufu, the second Pharaoh of the Egyptian Fourth Dynasty, generally accepted as having commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza, better known?

Cheops

20 Which surname connects a British bronze medal winner in the 400m hurdles in the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

Tasha Danvers

23 Which four letter word may mean an ally of James Bond in You Only Live Twice, Francine's adoptive parents in American Dad, a member of the cod family of fish, or a northern English name for heather?

Ling

24 The top three wicket-takers in Ashes history are all Australians: Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Hugh Trumble. Who is the highest wicket-taking Englishman in Ashes history, who was in the same year at school as rugby player Tom Croft?

Stuart Broad

25 Which organisation was founded in 1961 with the slogan "legal, decent, honest and truthful"?

Advertising Standards Authority

26 In a system dating from the 18th Century, what is measured by the weight, in fractions of a pound, of a solid sphere of lead?

The gauge of a shotgun

30 Which wind instrument is sometimes known as the French Harp?

Harmonica

In Physics what name is given to a wave which oscillates in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction that the wave travels in? Light and the 's' waves produced by earthquakes are examples of these.

Transverse

The deflection of starlight by what body in our Solar System was the 2nd of Albert Einstein's classical tests of general relativity he proposed in 1915? Frank Dyson and Arthur Eddington organised expeditions to observe a Solar eclipse in 1919, in Brazil and African island of Principe and verified the deflection was the amount predicted by general relativity.

The Sun

12 Resembling and related to the Bald Eagle. What large eagle is the national bird of Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe? It features on the Flag of Zambia and possibly on the Flag of Zimbabwe.

African Fish Eagle

15 Which free and open source distribution of the Linux operating system, first released in 2004 takes its name the Nguni (a cultural group including Zulu and Xhosa) philosophy for "humanity to others"?

Ubuntu

Named after an American astrobiologist (1930-2022). Whose famous equation details a probabilistic argument that can be used to estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations with which humans could communicate in the Milky Way?

Drake Equation

20 Named after an Austrian printer and mineralogist who first noticed them in 1808, what name is given to the criss-crossing geometrical pattern of iron -nickel mineral crystals found in some iron meteorites after it has been cut and etched?

Widmanstatten Pattern

Oscar for best supporting actress nomination for Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime 1981, played Cora Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey?

Elizabeth McGovern

Played Marcus Summer in Vera and private detective Karim Washington in netflix The OA. Starred as Malcolm X in 2020 One Night in Miami. Played Gravik in Secret Invasion.

Kingsley Ben-Adir

Who is the woman on the bench in Barbie, she is a two time winner for best costume design Oscar for The English Patient and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom?

Ann Roth

Ben Mendelsohn’s character name in Secret Invasion 2023 show former leader of the Skrulls and ally of Fury.

Talos

British actor who sue to play captain nemo in nautilus on disney plus, Clem Fandango on Toast of London and dr Jekyll and mr Hyde on Penny dreadful. Also on spooks and Star Trek discovery.

Shazad Latif

What is the first name of the American football player Mr Young, who won the Heisman trophy and was the first pick of the 2023 draft?

Bryce

Name either belligerent army in the 1787 Battle of Caransebes which is remembered as one of the biggest incidencies of "Friendly Fire" recorded? It is claimed up to 100,000 people were killed

Austria or Ottoman Empire

The song "My name is" was Eminem's first top 40 hit in the USA. It sampled a distinctive bass and guitar riff from Labi Siffre's 1970s hit " got the" What British rock duo played that Riff? They'd go on to great success in the 80s

Chas and Dave

What does the acronym ANPR stand for in a Policing context?

Automatic Number Plate Recognition

Name and regal number please of the Scottish King who was killed by an exploding cannon at Roxburgh Castle in 1460? He was the first Scottish monarch not to be crowned at Scone

James II

Surname beginning with Q, which British actress was the star of the sitcom "Kiss me Kate"?

Caroline Quentin

Surname beginning with Q, which actress became a well known face on TV following her role of Sharon in Birds of a Feather? She also played the title character in the detective show Maisie Raine

Pauline Quirke

The American chemist Alice Ball invented the "Ball method", an effective treatment for which long-term bacterial disease?

Leprosy

In the Chas and Dave song Snooker loopy, what snooker star of the 1980s is described thus "London bred and he keeps his head, Though he's got Italian roots"?

Tony Meo

Chas and Dave's style could be classified under what rhyming subgenre of Blues? This music became popular during the late 1920s but had developed in African-American communities since the 1870s. The Andrews sisters referenced this style one of their biggest hits

Boogie Woogie

Which American former professional Tennis player with a surname beginning with "Q" holds the record for consecutive service aces in a match with 10? He set this record in 2007

Sam Querrey

Surname beginning with Q; which British actor was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film Anne of the Thousand Days? He also starred in Lawrence of Arabia and The Guns of Navarone

Anthony Quayle

In the UK law enforcers needing to check on someone's name or address will refer to the P.N.C. What does PNC stand for in this context?

Police National Computer

Goals from Guijarro and Rolfo saw which side win the 2023 Woman's Champion's League football final?

Barcelona

In what year will Halley's Comet next be visible to the naked eye?

2061

Halleys Comet last seen in which year, next seen in 2061?

1986

Thich French painter (1882 to 1963) is usually credited alongside Pablo icasso as the founder of Cubism?

Georges Braque

The phrase “form follows function” coined by which architect?

Louis Sullivan

The American style of bread known as 'johnnycake' - a kind of commeal flatbread, similar to a pancake - is considered a staple in which of the ten US states that has a two-word name? HP Lovecraft and Cormac McCarthy may have enjoyed a slice of this bread when they were young as they were both born in this state

Rhode Island

Surname beginning with Q, which American actor has now played Spock in 3 Star Trek movies? He also played Glenn Greenwald in the 2016 movie "Snowden"

Zachary Quinto

In British policing what is the job of someone referred to by the acronym "s.O.C.O"?

Scene of crime officer

What was the name of the film being recorded when Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed the producer Halyna Hutchins in 2021? One word, 4-letters

Rust

Which French King took up residency at the Lazienki Palace in Warsaw between 1801 and 1804? This was around the same time that Napoleon declared himself Emperor of France

Louis XVIII

45 Joan Quigley, a friend of Nancy Reagan, was in the news on a number of occasions in the 1980s. What was her job?

Psychic

What "s" is a chickpea flour pancake native to Nice, Menton and Monaco which is best served hot with lashings of olive oil and a generous grind of black pepper? The name of this pancake sounds like a 1970s musical style which tried to revise traditional calypso music

Socca

48 What was the first name of the nuclear physicist Mr Oganessian who played a lead role in the discovery of the heaviest chemical elements, and who gives his name to Oganesson? 4-letter answer

Yuri

Which almond filling used in cakes, tarts and pastries is thought to be named after the perfumer to King Louis XIll of France? This almond custard is used in the making of a Bakewell Tart

Frangipane

Despite being overweight (at least for a top sportsman), which Scouse man with a surname beginning with Q, scored 57 goals in little over 100 games for Newcastle United in the late 1980s, early 19905

Micky Quinn

Catalan film director who directed House of Wax, Orphan and the Shallows? Also Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night and The Commuter with Liam Neeson. Also directed Jungle Cruise and Black Adam.

Jaume Collet-Serra

Film that Robert Redford has the meme where he looks like Zach Galifianakis

Jeremiah Johnson

who has served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2023? Senator from Washington since 1993.

Patty Murray

Welsh former football player and manager at both club and international level. He is the father of television presenter Gabby Logan.

Terry Yorath

Canadian explorer, author, filmmaker, and aviator. Beginning when she was 16 years old, she become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe, driving a Ford 1918 Model T over a five year period (1922–1927).

Aloha Wanderwell

Director of Ad Astra, Armageddon Time, the lost city of Z.

James Gray

Which football Fern scored the first goal of women’s World Cup 2023?

Hannah Wilkinson

Who scored philippines first ever fifa women’s World Cup goal against New Zealand in July 2023?

Sarina Bolden