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Acronym GINK referring to people with no kids for environmental reasons stands for what?

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Green Inclinations No Kids

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the brand name for a range of die-cast zamak zinc alloy scale model vehicles, traffic lights, and road signs produced by British toy company Meccano Ltd. They were made in England from 1934 to 1979, at a factory in Binns Road in Liverpool.

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Dinky Toys

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American brand of scale model cars invented by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on May 18, 1968, main competitor to British company Matchbox.

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Hot Wheels

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a pull-string “talking” doll originally created by Ruth and Elliot Handler and manufactured by the Mattel toy company from 1959 to 1965

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Chatty Cathy

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For what does FIRE stand for in FIRE movement, a lifestyle movement with the goal of gaining the initialled goal. The model became particularly popular among millennials in the 2010s, gaining traction through online communities via information shared in blogs, podcasts, and online discussion forums.

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Financial Independence Retire Early

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His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film Space Jam and several subsequent projects, the title characters of Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show, as well as the Futurama characters Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan and many more.

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Billy West

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Ren and Stimpy, Ren is which specific breed of animal?

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Chihuahua

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Ren and Stimpy, Stimpy is which specific breed of animal?

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Manx Cat

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An animated television series and sitcom created by Jim Jinkins and produced by Jumbo Pictures, airing from August 11, 1991 to June 26, 1999 on Nickelodeon and ABC. The show focuses on the early adolescent life and zany hijinks of its title character in hometown of Bluffington.

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Doug

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Which pianist played alongside Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa in Goodman’s
jazz trio?

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Teddy Wilson

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Gene Krupa known for which instrument?

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Drums

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Released in 1973, what was the first James Bond film to star Roger Moore?

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Live and Let Die

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A portrait of Ulysses S. Grant appears on which denomination US dollar bill?

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$50

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Which surname originally meant a female baker?

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Baxter

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In Einstein’s equation E=mc2 what does the letter E represent and m stand?

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Energy and Mass

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Active mainly in the 1930s and 40s, who was Chesney Allen’s double-act partner?

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Bud Flanagan

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Based on the results of a poll of the readers of FIFA Magazine and members of
the FIFA committee, which American footballer was voted FIFA female player of
the 20th century? She won the Golden Shoe at the 1991 World Cup

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Michelle Akers

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Which Norwegian footballer won best player at the 1995 World Cup held in Sweden? Later went on to manage England at 2021 Olympics.

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Hege Riise

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Which Norwegian footballer won golden shoe at 1995 world cup in Sweden won by Norway?

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Ann Kristin Aarones

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First womens world cup held in which country in 1991? MIchelle Akers won the golden shoe.

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China

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1999 Womens World Cup which Brazilian won jointly the golden shoe with 9 goals?

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Sissi

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1999 Womens World Cup which Chinese player won jointly the golden shoe with 9 goals and also the best player award?

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Sun Wen

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Hosted in the USA, the 2003 Womens World Cup was won by Germany and which player won the Golden Shoe for 7 goals and also player of tournament?

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Birgit Prinz

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2007 Womens World Cup hosted in China, Germany won their second title, which Brazilian won golden shoe with 7 goals and won best player?

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Marta

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2011 Womens World Cup held in Germany and won by Japan, which Japanese footballer won top scorer and best player?

Homare Sawa

2015 Womens World Cup held in Canada and won by USA, which American won joint golden shoe and won best player?

Carli Lloyd

Which German was co-winner of golden shoe at the 2015 womens world cup with 6 goals?

Celia Sasic

Who won golden shoe at the 2023 womens world cup?

Hinata Miyazawa

Which Spaniard who plays for Barcelona won Best Young Player at the 2023 Womens world cup?

Salma Paralluelo

Until his death in 1984, Lennard Pearce played a character with what relation to Del Boy and Rodney in the TV sitcom Only Fools and Horses?

Grandad

Which TV soap’s first episode was broadcast on Channel 4’s opening day, in 1982?

Brookside (Hollyoaks was 1995)

Which artist painted the 19th century works Three Lovers and The Wounded Cuirassier?

Theodore Gericault

The Bagan Empire, also known as the Kingdom of Pagan, was a kingdom located in which modern-day Southeast Asian country?

Myanmar

One of the first fighting games to use 3D animation, which game, associated with the playstation and published by Bandai Namco, allowed players to fight as Kuma the bear, Nina Williams and Marshall Law?

Tekken

Which surname originally meant a female weaver?

Webster

Moon Beams, Explorations and Portrait in Jazz are albums by trios led by which jazz pianist?

Bill Evans

Released in 1985, what was the last James Bond film to star Roger Moore?

A View to a Kill

Who succeeded Jeremy Thorpe as leader of the UK Liberal Party, and remained in office until the party merged with the Social Democrats to form the Liberal Democrats?

David Steel

Published by Sega, which game is widely recognised as the first 3D fighting game to be released? Players can fight as Wolf Hawkfield, Sarah Bryant and Akira Yuki.

Virtua Fighter

In September 2023 Channel 4 announced that which long-running soap opera would be removed from its schedule but remain on E4 and streaming services?

Hollyoaks

Which artist painted the 20th century works Grey Tree and Trafalgar Square?

Piet Mondrian

What is the process in which a body of water becomes progressively enriched with minerals and nutrients, often leading to the appearance of algae blooms on the surface of the water?

Eutrophication

a process involving the hydrolysis of fats on its reaction with alkali, thereby leading to the formation of salts of fatty acids and glycerol

Saponification

The first advert shown on ITV was for which product?

Gibbs SR Toothpaste

Founded by Mark Dixon, which company is the biggest serviced office provider in the UK?

Regus

Richard Stilgoe wrote the original lyrics for which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?

Starlight Express

The Leaf is a popular make of electric car by which manufacturer?

Nissan

Hyundai luxury division car brand?

Genesis

Marbella and Torremolinos are on which Spanish Costa?

Costa Del Sol

In which sport are positions of ruckman and centre half-forward?

Australian Rules Forward

Which tennis player who reached final of 2023 Australian Open is coached by his father Apostolos?

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Which word completes the name of the comedy folk band from St Helens, the Lancashire ______, whose members include Dickie Ticker?

The Lancashire Hotpots

The Swale is a tidal channel of the Thames estuary that separates which island from the rest of Kent?

Sheppey

Which poem by John Keats begins "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness!"?

To Autumn

Which of the 31 members of NATO comes first alphabetically?

Albania

Eliza's dads name in Pygmalion and My Fair Lady?

Alfred

Which unit of time is a one billionth of a second?

Nanosecond

Which two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan, performed on same bill, are set in dining room of the Beauregard Private Hotel in Bournemouth?

Separate Tables

Sharing his name with a planet, which Greek god was father of Titans?

Uranus

Who is only European golfer to win both Masters and US Open?

Jon Rahm

In which building in Paris, whose crypt contains remains of many national heroes, did Leon Foucault construct a pendulum beneath central dome in 1851?

Pantheon

The final commemorative stamps of Elizabeth II celebrated which centenary, they were sold in March 2023?

Flying Scotsman

Established in 1897 and usually third Monday in April which city holds the world's oldest marathon?

Boston

Which of the six major world marathons is held earliest in the year in March since 2019? February before.

Tokyo

Which of the six major world marathons is held latest in the year in November?

New York

Which European runner won the London and Chicago marathons making her first female european winner since Paula Radcliffe's New York marathon wins in 2007 and 2008?

Sifan Hassan

British Paralympic wheelchair athlete. He has won a total of six gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games, and has won the London Marathon on eight occasions. He was born with a spinal cord transection that left him unable to use his legs.

David Weir

All time great in male wheelchair marathon, which Swiss has won 26 world major marathons since 2016?

Marcel Hug

Which American wheelchair marathon has won 8 world major marathons since 2018? Last ones Boston 2022, Chicago 2021.

Daniel Romanchuk

Which female wheelchair marathoner has won 22 world major marathons since 2016?

Manuela Schar

American paralympic athlete of Russian descent has won 20 paralympic medals and 7 world major marathons since 2016?

Tatyana McFadden

Kenyan long-distance runner and the marathon world record holder. This runner is the only person in history to run the marathon in under two hours and one minute in a record-eligible race. Won 2023 London and Chicago in his first two major world marathon wins.

Kelvin Kiptum

Principal conductor of the Halle orchestra between 1943 and 1970?

John Barbirolli

In Greek myth, which Titan, the youngest, castrated his father and threw genitalia into the sea?

Cronos

Who was the last golfer from England to win a major championship?

Matt Fitzpatrick

Which supermarket has its roots in a Blackpool shop called The China House which opened in 1847?

Booths

Alfred Radio is a community station that broadcasts from Shaftesbury in which county?

Dorset

Which London station is the subject of the painting of William Powell Frith's 1862 painting The Railway Station?

Paddington

In which city is a mens tennis tournament held in April with matches on Court Rainier III and Court des Princes?

Monte Carlo

The debut studio album by which indie rock band from Wigan How Beautiful Life Can Be debuted at number one in the UK charts in October 2021?

The Lathums

Blakeney Point is a national nature reserve on the North coast of which county in England?

Norfolk

Which poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley ends "if winter comes, can spring be far behind?"

Ode to the West Wind

Who led the English forces at Battle of Poitiers in 1356?

Edward the Black prince

Timmy Tiptoes is what animal in beatrix potter?

Squirrel

In NFL, which position must wear numbers between 0 and 19?

Quarterbacks

Which australian born singer had number one singles in usa with "i am woman" in 1972 and "angie baby" in 1974?

Helen Reddy

What is title of recent BBC tv drama that centred on the Brink's Mat robbery in 1983?

The Gold

Old Honiton, Genoese and Mechlin are all types of what?

Lace

What is the nickname of former England cricket captain Sir Alastair Cook?

Chef/Cookie

In 1990, which former Soviet Republic was the first to declare its independence from the USSR?

Lithuania

The village of Edwinstowe, close to the Major Oak, is in which English forest?

Sherwood

A global ambassador for The Prince’s Trust, which award winning male American singer appeared at the Coronation Concert?

Lionel Richie

Two other European countries are in the same time zone as the UK and Ireland. Name either.

Portual and Iceland

The name of which East Lancashire town was changed around 1848 from Marsden, to avoid confusion between this town and the one in West Yorkshire?

Nelson

In 2009, STV held a vote to decide who was the greatest ever Scot. Which 20th century scientist, knighted in 1944, came third in the list behind Robert Bruce and William Wallace?

Alexander Fleming

In the apartheid era in South Africa, the police were known to use a weapon called a sjambok (pron SHAM-BOCK). What type of weapon was it?

Whip

The two largest ceramic tile producers in Europe, PAMESA and STN Group, are both based in which country?

Spain

The last official battle of World War 1 occurred on 11th November 1918 when the Canadians recaptured which Belgian town from the Germans, who had held it since 1914?

Mons

Which of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wears a red bandana?

Raphael (for R)

Which of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wears a blue bandana?

Leonardo (Mona Lisa looking blue)

Which of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wears a orange bandana?

Michelangelo (David's hanging oranges)

Which of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wears a purple bandana?

Donatello (royal purple)

A deck of tarot cards is divided into 56 suit cards and 22 others made up of a fool and 21 trumps. Respectively, these are known as the minor and major what?

Arcana

The 13th Duke of Argyll is the Chief of which Scottish clan?

Campbell

Which post war British architectural style is characterised by minimalist constructions, usually with angular shapes and in a monochrome colour? Examples include Preston Bus Station and Piccadilly Plaza in Manchester

Brutalism

In which part of England would something very good or excellent be described as Bosting or Bostin’?

West Midlands

Probably most well known for his work with the Temptations, which songwriter wrote or co-wrote 61 hits on the UK charts and 92 on the US charts, often working with Barrett Strong?

Norman Whitfield

Which songwriter was behind Rose Royce's Car Wash, Ain't Too Proud to Beg, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, I Heard It through the grapevine? Working with Barrett Strong.

Norman Whitfield

Together, they wrote some of the most successful and critically acclaimed soul songs ever to be released by Motown, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by both Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips; "War" by Edwin Starr; "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" by Marvin Gaye; "Smiling Faces Sometimes" by the Undisputed Truth; and the long line of "psychedelic soul" records by the Temptations, including "Cloud Nine", "I Can't Get Next to You", "Psychedelic Shack", "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)", and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", amongst others.

Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield

A leather belt with a supporting strap going over the right shoulder is named after which British Indian Army General?

Sir Samuel BROWNE

The Sault Ste Marie International Bridge connects two cities of that name, one in the Canadian province of Ontario and one in which US State?

Michigan

The ITV police series “Grace” is set in and around which city?

Brighton

Who stars as Roy Grace in ITV show "Grace" set in Brighton?

John Simm

Who played DI Lisa Armstrong in first two seasons of ITV show The Bay? Aslo appeared in The A Word and Grantchester.

Morven Christie

The show first featured Anglican vicar Sidney Chambers (James Norton), and subsequently vicar William Davenport (Tom Brittney), each of whom develop a sideline in sleuthing with the help of Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, played by Robson Green. Based on short stories by James Runcie.

Grantchester

A play on his name, which Australian cricket umpire and former Test cricketer is nicknamed Pistol?

Paul Reiffel

In 1991, which country was the first former state of Yugoslavia to declare its independence?

Slovenia

The towns of Coleford and Cinderford are in which English forest?

Forest of Dean

At the Coronation concert, Welsh opera singer Sir Bryn Terfel sang a duet with which other opera star?

Andrea Boccelli

Apart from India, which other country is in the time zone of five and a half hours ahead of GMT?

sri lanka

Electrolux AB, the second largest producer of domestic electrical appliances in the world, is based in which European country?

Sweden

Which Chinese company is the largest producer of domestic electrical appliances in the world?

Midea

The last military operation of World War 2 in Europe actually came after VE Day, when Soviet troops liberated which European capital city?

Prague

What is the exact date of VE Day?

8th May 1945

What date is celebrated as VJ Day in UK?

15th August 1945

Which actress appeared in her last film “With Six, You Get Eggroll” in 1968 and spent much of the remaining fifty years of her life involved in animal welfare?

Doris Day

Which shade of blue derives its name from the Latin words for sea water?

Aquamarine

Which card game is played using two packs of cards without the two to six cards, i.e. a total of 64 cards? From Persian for juggler.

Bezique

The 12th Duke of Atholl is the Chief of which Scottish clan?

Murray

Which British architectural movement of the second half of the 19th century was influenced by the architecture prevalent in Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries? Examples are Manchester Town Hall and St Pancras Railway Station in London.

GOTHIC REVIVAL (accept NEO-GOTHIC or VICTORIAN GOTHIC)

In which part of England does the word Gadgie mean a man or a bloke?

North East

For over 60 years, who has been the husband and song writing partner of Cynthia Weil?

Barry Mann

office building at 1619 Broadway on 49th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, just north of Times Square and further uptown from the historic musical Tin Pan Alley neighborhood, famous for housing music industry offices and studios where some of the most popular American songs were written.

Brill Building

Who wrote song "Somewhere Out There" for film An American Tail winning a Grammy with husband Barry Mann? Also wrote On Broadway, I Just Cant Help Believing, Saturday Night at the Movies.

Cynthia Weil

In books and comic strips, what is the name of Billy Bunter’s sister, who had a great deal in common with her brother?

Bessie

Who created Billy Bunter?

Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards

What name is given to the type of cap worn by soldiers in the Royal Regiment of Scotland, which shares its name with a river valley near Loch Ness?

Glengarry

What name is given to the place of worship used by Jehovah’s Witnesses?

Kingdom Hall

Which annual publication is edited by Lawrence Booth?

Wisdens Cricketer Almanack

Situated on top of a grass mound, what is the name of the largest remaining part of York Castle?

Cliffords Tower

Hackney carriages or licensed taxis in Leeds are all painted in which two colours?

Black and White

Smartglasses released by Snap Inc. featuring a camera lens and are capable of recording short video segments and syncing with a smartphone to upload to the user's online account. Colloquial name for sunglasses.

Spectacles

Rayban smartglasses created as a collaboration between Meta Platforms and EssilorLuxottica. The product includes two cameras, open-ear speakers, a microphone, and touchpad, all built into the frame. Name includes something you can add on facebook.

Rayban Stories

brand of smart glasses developed and sold by Google. It was developed by X (previously Google X), with the mission of producing a ubiquitous computer Stopped completely in 2023

Google Glass

American technology company that released a head-mounted augmented reality display which superimposes 3D computer-generated imagery over real world objects. It is attempting to construct a light-field chip using silicon photonics. Founded by Rony Abovitz in 2010, left in 2020 replaced by Peggy Johnson. Made through AT&T.

Magic Leap

an augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) headset developed and manufactured by Microsoft, owes its development from Microsoft Kinect used with Xboxes

HoloLens

Which word follows Bose ______ (Enjoy lifelike sound without headphones from Bose sunglasses with exclusive Bose open-ear audio technology) and Amazon Echo ______ (smart audio glasses that give you hands-free access to Alexa) to give two smart glasses products?

Frames

"Tulips from Amsterdam" was 1958 hit by which entertainer?

Max Bygraves

Which Jewish festival takes place 9 days after Rosh Hashanah?

Yom Kippur

tenth month of the lunar based Islamic calendar. Name stems from the verb shāla which means to 'lift or carry', generally to take or move things from one place to another, so named because a female camel normally would be carrying a fetus at this time of year

Shawwāl

Rosh Hashanah (1st Day), Yom Kippur (10th Day) and Sukkot (15th Day) are all in which Hebrew month?

Tishrei

Hannukah begins in which Hebrew month?

Kislev

Purim and Fast of Esther are in which Hebrew month?

Adar

Passover occurs in which Hebrew month?

Nisan

Third month of the Hebrew calendar, Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) is celebrated in this month?

Sivan

Edward Elgar, Frederick Delius and Gustav Holst all died in which year?

1934

Originally used as a rat poison, which drug is most commonly used to treat thrombosis and embolism?

Warfarin

Liverpool's Catholic cathedral, designed by Frederick Gibberd, is built above the crypt for a much larger proposed building shelved for financial reasons, who designed the original?

Edwin Lutyens

Which national team were first to lose two World Cup finals?

Hungary (1938 and 1954)

What name is given to art of decorating an object by gluing coloured paper cut outs on to it, often with added paint effects?

Decoupage

The story of Lot and his wife turning into salt is in which book of bible?

Genesis

Who at the time of marriage was youngest wife of Henry VIII?

Catherine Howard

Historians no longer use AD for Anno Domini prefering to use which two letters?

CE (Common Era)

In 2022 World Cup, only team to beat champions Argentina?

Saudi Arabia

Which ship, first at the scene, picked up over 700 survivors of Titanic?

Carpathia

Which Yorkshire cricketer of Asian descent made allegations of racism regarding time at Yorkshire Cricket Club which were investigated in Squire Patton Boggs report?

Azeem Rafiq

In England, where or what are Decoy, Filby, Hickling, Ormesby, Rockland and Ranworth amongst others?

Norfolk Broads

His name commemorated in Wetherspoons opposite Manchester Town Hall, who designed Natural History Museum too?

Alfred Waterhouse

Which keyboard player made 1970s albums inspired by Henry VIII's wifes, journey to centre of earth and Arthurian legend?

Rick Wakeman

Which sister ship of Titanic was lost during ww1 when hit a mine off Kea in Aegean Sea?

SS Britannic

What does USA call its version of BBC World Service?

Voice of America

In June 2022, following resignation of Imran Khan Tory MP, Labour's Simon Lightwood won which constituency's by-election?

Wakefield

Jazz musician Errol Garner is associated particularly with which instrument? Known for instrumental ballad 'Misty'.

Piano

Three of the symphonies of which composer have the names or nicknames Tragic, Little C Major and Great C Major.

Franz Schubert

Netball game involves four playing periods each lasting how many minutes?

15 minutes

Octopus, Squid and Cuttlefish are members of which class of mollusc?

Cephalopoda

The title Earl of Essex was bestowed on which man, Henry VIII's chief minister, shortly before his downfall and execution in 1540?

Thomas Cromwell

Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire was former home of which notable Briton?

Sir Isaac Newton

Which ingredient added to a basic bechamel sauce to produce a soubise sauce?

Onion

Which daughter sauce of french cuisine consists of velouté, a "mother sauce", thickened with cream and strained?

Supreme

What savory sauce that is made from a roux and a light stock takes name from French for velvety?

Veloute

What type of sauce is a bechamel (white roux and milk) with shredded or grated cheese added?

Mornay Sauce

What mother sauce of French cuisine takes name from financier who held the honorary post of chief steward to King Louis XIV of France in the 17th century? Roux and milk, maybe ground nutmeg.

Bechamel

A Greek baked pasta dish with ground meat and béchamel sauce, with variations of the dish found in other countries of the Mediterranean Sea, name comes from the 16th century as "any manner of pastie or pye".

Pastitsio

Named after a Napoleonic general who in turn was giving a dukedom named after a lake near Valencia, which sauce is based on a supreme sauce which in itself is derived from veloute sauce but with added meat glaze? Chiefly served with poultry and sweetbreads.

Albufera Sauce

What is a sauce in French cuisine based on a light-colored velouté sauce (typically veal; chicken and shellfish veloutés can also be used), but thickened with egg yolks and heavy cream, and seasoned with lemon juice? One of Careme's four mother sauces but not one of Escoffier's five mother sauces.

Allemande Sauce

Named after a French region, which culinary sauce prepared with velouté, fish velouté or fish stock, cream, butter and egg yolk as primary ingredients?

Normande Sauce

Which of Escoffier's mother sauces is a brown sauce based on a brown stock reduction, and thickened with a brown roux. Ingredients typically include roasted bones, bacon, and tomato (puréed or fresh).

Espagnole sauce

Which of Escoffier's mother sauces is a warm emulsion of egg yolk, melted butter, and lemon juice or vinegar?

Hollandaise

Classified as a petites sauce by Marie Antoine Careme, what is a peppery sauce used in French cuisine, a mirepoix thickened with flour, heavily seasoned with pepper?

Sauce Poivrade

Named after a town in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region known for its crayfish, what is a classical French sauce consisting of a bechamel base, cream and crayfish butter and tails?

Nantua sauce

What foodstuff is a mixture of creamed fish or meat, sometimes combined with breadcrumbs, with a light egg binding, formed into an egg-like shape, and then cooked from German for 'dumpling'?

Quenelle

Which two word term used in French cooking is rich brown sauce in French cuisine used by itself or as a base for other sauces? It traditionally made by combining one part espagnole sauce and one part brown stock. The sauce is then reduced by half, strained of any leftover impurities, and finished with a sherry wine.

Demi-Glace

Which sauce is a sauce made of butter, egg yolk, white-wine vinegar, and herbs, particular tarragon? It is regarded as a child of hollandaise. Named after traditional province in the Pyrenees and served with steaks commonly.

Bearnaise

French chef credited with several well-known culinary innovations in the 1830s including Béarnaise sauce and Pommes soufflées (puffed potatoes)?

Jean-Louis-François Collinet

Who was the last Queen of France by marriage to Louis Philippe I (1830-48)? Grandchildren include Leopold II of Belgium, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (Tsar 1908-18), died in Claremont House Surrey in 1866.

Queen Marie-Amelie (Maria Amalia)

King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent 23 years in exile from 1791: during the French Revolution and the First French Empire (1804–1814), and during the Hundred Days.

Louis XVIII

King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile. Married to Marie Therese of Savoy.

Charles X

First president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed in absentia on 4 September 1870. Died in Chislehurst in 1873 and buried in St Michaels Abbey Farnborough.

Napoleon III

Who were the two wives of Napoleon Bonaparte?

Josephine de Beauharnais Marie Louise of Austria

Napoleon II was born in Tuileries Palace in 1811 and died in which Viennese palace in 1832 from tuberculosis? It was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers and means beautiful spring.

Schonbrunn Palace

family of sauces and soups made with egg yolk and lemon juice mixed with broth, heated until they thicken, comes from Greek for egg-lemon.

Avgolemono

a Belgian condiment commonly served with Belgian fries. The sauce is also popular and widely used throughout France. It consists of mayonnaise, tomato paste, and peppers, such as pimientos or roasted bell peppers, named after region of Spain.

Sauce Andalouse

From Italian for "lightly fried", basic preparation in Mediterranean, Latin American, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese cooking. It typically consists of aromatic ingredients cut into small pieces and sautéed or braised in cooking oil for a long period of time over a low heat. In Spanish, consists of garlic, onion and peppers cooked in Olive Oil.

Sofrito

international brand of seasonings, instant soups, and noodles that originated in Switzerland in the late 19th century. 1884 by Julius ______.

Maggi

a Georgian sauce primarily made of cherry plum, sometimes alucha or other varieties of plum. Both red and green varieties of plum are used. The flavor of the sauce varies, but generally tends to be pungently tart.

Tkemali

Meaning sauce of the pork butcher, what sauce is a Sauce Robert but with a garnishing of chopped gherkins?

Charcutiere

Made with demi-glace or espagnole sauce as a base, Minced mushrooms, butter, shallots and parsley with red wine and demi-glace?

Chasseur

thick purée in Greek cuisine and Turkish cuisine, made of garlic in a base of potatoes, walnuts, almonds or liquid-soaked stale bread mixed with olive oil in to make a smooth emulsion, to which some vinegar is added

Skordalia

a condiment from the Netherlands based on mayonnaise with mild curry spices. It is commonly offered in fast food restaurants in the Netherlands and Belgium, but is also available in grocery stores.

Joppiesaus

Cumberland sauce contains what fruit jelly?

Redcurrant

British condiment often made from a blend of tomatoes, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice and black pepper, often credited to Fanny Cradock and served with seafood.

Marie Rose sauce

In September 2022, NASA crashed an object into asteroid Dimorphos in the DART programme, what does DART stand for?

Double Asteroid Redirection Test

According to nonsense poem by Edward Lear, who went to sea in a sieve?

The Jumblies

Which flower, referred to as gillyflower by Shakespeare and Chaucer, was once used as a treatment for fever and is now the symbol for mothering sunday?

Carnations

Who first published his American Dictionary of the Enlgihs Language in 1828?

Noah Webster

Whitby is at one end of the North York Moors heritage railway, in which town is the other terminus?

Pickering

Which style of hat was the trademark of musical comedy star Maurice Chevalier?

Straw Hat/Boater Hat

Which hobby involves using needles to sew different sizes and shapes of fabric onto a larger piece to make a design?

Applique

Fourchette is the French word for which item used on a daily basis?

Fork

Including the number ring, how many circular metal rings make up a traditional trebles dartboard?

7 (one on outside too)

Glasson Dock stands at the mouth of which river in Lancashire?

Lune

How many cans feature in the artwork Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy Warhol, the number of varieties that company produced at the time?

32

The £ sign shares which number on QWERTY keyboard?

3

The $ sign shares which number on QWERTY keyboard?

4

The % sign shares which number on QWERTY keyboard?

5

The & sign shares which number on QWERTY keyboard?

7

The ! sign shares which number on QWERTY keyboard?

1

Who in 1796-98 composed the oratorio The Creation?

Joseph Haydn

Which actor, who played sports teacher Mr Sugden in the film Kes, also wrestled professionally as "Leon Arras the Man from Paris"?

Brian Glover

In 1955, the first Royal Variety Performance held outside London took place at the Opera House theatre in which town?

Blackpool

Clark Air Force Base, the largest overseas base of the US AIr FOrce was in which country?

Philippines

Which is the westernmost administrative region of mainland France?

Brittany

Who led the Welsh forces in the 1402 Battle of Bryn Glas?

Owain Glyndwr

Long Meg and her Daughters is a Neolithic stone circle in which English county?

Cumbria

Who was first woman to walk in space?

Svetlana Savitskaya

Who founded the Carthusian Order in 1084?

Saint Bruno

MnO4 is which chemical compound?

Permanganate

Which event did Mary Peters win a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics?

Pentathlon

Who founded a monastery on Lindisfarne in 634?

St Aidan

The Whitsunday Islands are off the coast of which Australian state?

Queensland

Which niece of Lord Capulet is Romeo's unrequited love of Romeo at start of R&J?

Rosaline

In which battle of 1403 did an army led by Lancastrian King Henry IV defeat a rebel army led by Henry Percy from Northumberland?

Shrewsbury

James Todd Smith is the birth name of which rapper and actor who stars in tv spin off crime drama NCIS: LA

LL Cool J

In 1986, Andreas Whittam Smith was the first editor of which national newspaper, now online only, whose current editor is Geordie Greig?

The Independent

Which club has twice won the FA Cup in consecutive seasons this century?

Arsenal

Between 1968 and 1973 inhabitants of which island in the British Indian Ocean Territory were forcibly expelled so that a joint UK/US military base could be built there?

Diego Garcia

Who composed the oratorio Elijah first performed in 1846?

Felix Mendelssohn

Brian Glover played manservant Magersfontein Lugg in two TV series of Campion, who played title character?

Peter Davison

Munster cheese is from which country?

France

Three main ingredients go in to make Dauphinoise potatoes. Two are potatoes and cream, what is the third?

Garlic

Situated in the South of the country, which of Germany’s 16 Laender or states is the largest by area?

Bavaria

Which motor manufacturer makes the Grand Tourneo van?

Ford

What was the former name of Musselburgh racecourse?

Edinburgh

The character Jac Naylor died in the last programme of which long running BBC drama series, which ended in 2022?

Holby City

Before becoming a founder member of Crosby, Stills and Nash, David Crosby had been a member of which American folk rock band?

The Byrds

Before becoming a founder member of Crosby, Stills and Nash, Graham Nash had been a member of which American folk rock band?

The Hollies

Two members of the extended Royal Family have Diana as a forename. One is Princess Charlotte, who is the other?

Lilibet

The Blaydon Bridge carries the A1 across which river?

Tyne

In 2004, which became the first malt whisky produced in Wales for over a century?

Penderyn

Which company now runs former North Sea Ferries route from Hull to Rotterdam?

P&O

Which musical, first premiered in New York in 1967, is the most famous musical written by Gerome Ragni, James Rado and Galt MacDemot?

Hair

Keswick stands on the banks of which body of water in the Lake District?

Derwentwater

Although he was never a member of the band, Bobby Keys regularly appeared on stage and in the studio with the Rolling Stones. What was his main instrument?

Saxophone

Liverpool Mountain is which Swiss artist's first public artwork in the UK and the first of its kind in Europe. Inspired by naturally occurring Hoodoos (spires or pyramids of rock) and the art of meditative rock balancing, this 10-metre high sculpture stands within Mermaid Courtyard, outside Tate Liverpool on the Royal Albert Dock Liverpool. It consists of coloured rocks, stacked vertically which seem to defy gravity.

Ugo Rondinone

A statue of which locally born singer stands behind Tate Liverpool close to the banks of the Mersey?

Billy Fury

Cumbria County Council disappeared on 31st March, and was replaced by two unitary authorities. One is Cumberland, while the name of the other references a former county and the part of a third county. What is its name?

Westmorland and Furness

Situated in the North West of the country, which of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain is the largest by area?

Castile and Leon

What would you get if you added butter and cream to hot sugar syrup?

Caramel

Which Asian motor manufacturer makes the Outlander Sports and Utility vehicle?

Mitsubishi

Situated off the coast of Tuscany, and home to Napoleon Bonaparte for ten months, which is the third largest Italian island?

Elba

The racecourse once known as Great Leighs now bears what name?

Chelmsford

In 2017, the title character of which BBC detective series was shot dead on a beach in the North East of England?

George Gently (played by Martin Shaw)

Two members of the Royal Family have Philip as a forename. One is the King, who is the other?

Prince William

Wine from which historic county was awarded a PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) in 2022, the first English county to gain this legal status? Among its major producers are Nyetimber, Bolney and Ridgeview.

Sussex

American Stephen Schwartz has written several hit musicals including Godspell (1971) and which 2003 musical, which first appeared in London and 2006 and is now on its third tour of the UK and Ireland?

Wicked

Ambleside stands on the banks of which body of water in the Lake District?

Windermere

Ian Stewart was a founder member of the Rolling Stones but was sacked in 1963 because his image didn’t fit. However he continued with the band for over twenty years working as road manager and playing which instrument both on stage and in the studio?

Piano

Which former Liverpool MP is immortalised in a statue at Liverpool Lime Street station where she is shown having a chance meeting with Ken Dodd?

Bessie Braddock

At the 2020 Democratic Convention, Joe Biden defeated which senator by a margin of three to one to gain the Presidential nomination?

Bernie Sanders

Temba Bavuma is currently the captain of which men’s international Test team?

South Africa

What is the name of the cross platform web browser first introduced in 2015 by Microsoft?

Edge

Often used as a form of address, what is the meaning of the Russian word Tovarich?

Comrade

What two word term is used to describe the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey?

Crown Dependencies

Herstmonceux Castle, the former home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and the hill figure the Long Man of Wilmington, are in which traditional English county?

East Sussex

In the Bible the name Via Doloroso, or mournful way, was given to the road to which place?

Calvary

Hughenden Manor, the home of Benjamin Disraeli, and Stowe Park which has gardens designed by Capability Brown, are in which English county?

Buckinghamshire

The ICA is an organisation founded in London in 1946 to provide a space where artists, writers and scientists could debate ideas, what does the C in the acronym stand for?

Institute of Contemporary Arts

Which mythological figure appears on the logo of the flower delivery company Interflora?

Hermes/Mercury

Oak Apple Day, introduced to celebrate the escape of Charles 2nd from the Roundheads, is celebrated in which month?

May 29th

8 towns were awarded city status as part of Queen's Platinum Jubilee, 3 in England: Colchester, Doncaster and which other?

Milton Keynes

Which Warrington based betting company which now has over 1,400 shops was established in Salford by brothers with the surname ‘Done’?

Betfred

The company Lenovo which produces almost a quarter of the world’s PCs is based in which country?

China

In the USA Labor Day, a federal holiday, is celebrated on the first Monday of which month?

September

Which shortcrust, custard and fruit tart, sometimes including bananas, is topped with raspberry jam, coconut and a cherry?

Manchester Tart

Which actress, better known for her film roles, played the former soap opera star Noele Gordon in the TV dramatisation, ‘Nolly’?

Helena Bonham-Carter

At which 1460 War of the Roses battle in Yorkshire did Henry VI Lancastrian forces defeat the Yorkists led by Richard Duke of York?

Wakefield

Which company, founded by John Hargreaves, moved its HQ in 2014 from Skelmersdale to Knowsley?

|Matalan

Which art historian and former Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures was stripped of his Knighthood in 1979 after it was revealed that he had been a Soviet spy?

Anthony Blunt

Names and codenames of Cambridge 5?

1) Donald Maclean - Homer 2) Guy Burgess - Hicks 3) Kim Philby - Sonny/Stanley 4) Anthony Blunt - Johnson 5) John Cairncross - Liszt

Which film director who did Bloody Sunday 2002, three Bourne films, United 93, Green Zone and Captain Phillips, wrote the 1987 controversial book Spycatcher with Peter Wright?

Paul Greengrass

American film director and producer. He is known for directing the films Swingers (1996), Go (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Jumper (2008), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and American Made (2017).

Doug Liman

Which animal, scientific name ‘Mustela vison’, is now classed as an invasive species around UK rivers after being imported for commercial purposes?

American Mink

In trigonometry, supplementary angles add up to how many degrees?

180

In trigonometry, complementary angles add up to how many degrees?

90

The International Astronomical Union designates 5 celestial bodies as dwarf planets, Pluto and Ceres are 2 name one of the others?

Makemake, Haumea, Eris

To within 5,000 miles either way what is the distance between Earth and the Moon?

239,000

Paul Kaye played which 1990’s spoof celebrity interviewer with dyed red hair and thick glasses?

Dennis Pennis

Who was appointed limited overs captain of England in June 2022?

Jos Buttler

What colour is the triangle on the Czechia flag?

Blue

Who played Eva Peron in the first West End production of Evita in 1978?

Elaine PageWh

Which country hosted the first F1 of the 2023 season?

Bahrain

Name the hosts of the podcast The Infinite Monkey Cage

Brian Cox or Robin Ince

In a series of novels by Stieg Larsson which magazine does Michael Blomkvist publish?

Millenium

Who was the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1968 to 1979?

Andre Previn

Which former player was manager of WIgan Athletic when they won FA Cup in 2013?

Roberto Martinez

In golf, the US Masters was won in 2007 and 2020 by two different Americans with which same surname?

Johnson (Zach and Dustin)

Who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong?

Chris Patten

Which is the highest peak of the Southern Alps?

Aoraki (Mount Cook)

Four books in Old Testament have names with four letters, what are they?

Ruth, Ezra, Joel, Amos

In which nineteenth century war was the Battle of Lookout Mountain also known as Battle Above The Clouds?

American Civil War

Who first wrote "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" in which work also of 1819?

Ode to the West Wind by Peter Bysshe Shelley

Which store chain was founded by Tom Morris in Liverpool in 1976?

Home Bargains

Who founded Littlewoods?

John Moores

Rex Hunt was appointed Governor of which British Overseas Territory in January 1980?

Falkland Islands

Name either of the hosts of podcast Parenting Hell.

Rob Beckett or Josh Widdicombe

Name either play, one a winger and one a half back, who holds the record for most tries in a match, 10, for Wigan RLFC, both achieved in 1992?

Martin Offiah or Shaun Edwards

What is the first name of the Coronation Street character whose last name was Littlewood, then Bates, Fairclough, Sullivan and Tanner?

Rita

What does UPVC stand for?

unplasticized polyvinyl chloride

Which two books of the Old Testament contain the letter V?

Leviticus and Proverbs

Which historic city completes the name of Tunis-_______ International Airport?

Carthage

In the 1632 painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp he is explaining the musculature of which part of the body?

(Left) Arm

"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker" and "The Battle for Godfrey's Cottage" are episodes from series two of which UK sitcom?

Dad's Army

Which word is missing from trad english folksong about man admiring girlfriend as she goes through stages of washing and ironing clothes: "Dashing Away with the _______ iron"?

Smoothing

Which city is served by Arlanda Airport?

Stockholm

Frankie Dettori won the Champion Stakes at Ascot in October 2023 in his last ever race, he rode which horse to victory?

King of Steel

What is Frankie Dettori's real first name?

Lanfranco

The 1938 TFL poster called "Keeps London Going" is a black and white pair poster with Saturn and a roundel against the backdrop of a dark night’s sky by which renowned artist?

Man Ray

What is a fer-de-lance?

Snake

Who is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques?

King Salman of Saudi Arabia

Which British fabric pattern features a Persian teardrop motif?

Paisley

Polish politician who has served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously was Marshal of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014, the first woman to hold the office, as well as Prime Minister of Poland from 2014 to 2015. Doctor before politics.

Ewa Kopacz

What links: Julia by Sandra Newman; Beasts of England by Adam Biles?

2023 retelling/sequel to Orwell novels: 1984; Animal Farm.

Alongside Olivier and Lyttelton stages at the National Theatre, what is the smallest and most flexible stage there named after a Chair of the Princes Trust?

Dorfman Stage

In 1995, which England rugby union player described the Rugby Football Union general committee as "57 old farts", which led to his sacking as captain?

Will Carling

Portrayed by Bob Hope in the 1957 film 'Beau James', which flamboyant politician was elected Mayor of New York City in 1925 and held that post until a corruption scandal led to his resignation in 1932?

Jimmy Walker

Sometimes called the ‘mercy seat’, what is the small wooden shelf on the underside of a folding seat in a church, installed to provide a degree of comfort for a person who has to stand during long periods of prayer?

Misericord

The tomb of which English king can be found in Gloucester Cathedral?

Edward II

Who sang the theme song of the 1950s television series ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’ and went on to co-found Northern Songs and set up DJM Records?

Dick James

Which supermarket replaced its “Live Well for Less” slogan with “Helping Everyone Eat Better” in 2021?

Sainsbury's

Considered one of the first war correspondents, which journalist for the 'Times' reported on the Crimean War, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War?

William Howard Russell

At which battle of the Hundred Years War, fought in 1356, did a force under Edward, the Black Prince, defeat a French army commanded by King John II?

Poitiers

Which air race for seaplanes was held between 1913 and 1931 when it was discontinued following three consecutive victories by the English entrant Supermarine?

Schneider Trophy

In a speech at the Labour Party conference in 1963, who said that if the country was to prosper, a "new Britain" would need to be forged in the "white heat" of a scientific revolution?

Harold Wilson

Which Roman Emperor was killed at the Battle of Adrianople in 378?

Valens

Which European country won the Fed Cup (now known as the Billie Jean King Cup) six times between 2011 and 2018, and has won the trophy on 11 occasions in total?

Czech Republic

Czech player who won two majors, Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014. She also won bronze for Czechia in 2016 olympics.

Petra Kvitová

The population of which British Overseas Territory was evacuated in October 1961 when the island was threatened by a volcanic eruption?

Tristan de Cunha

Named after the house in which they were living, which publishing house was founded by Leonard and Virginia Woolf in 1917?

Hogarth Press

Queen's Ware and Jasperware were styles of pottery originally developed by which 18th Century English manufacturer?

Josiah Wedgewood

What is the surname of the identical twin brothers who served as president and prime minister of Poland from 2006 to 2007?

Kaczynski

Robert Herrick, John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace belonged to what school of poets, that supported King Charles I during the English Civil War?

Cavalier

Better known for his exploits as a journalist and explorer, who was Liberal Unionist MP for North Lambeth from 1895 to1900?

Henry Morton Stanley

Grand Ballon is the highest point in which range of mountains in France, near its border with Germany?

Vosges

Which treaty was signed between Napoleon Bonaparte and Tsar Alexander I of Russia in June 1807 on a raft in the middle of the Neman river?

Tilsit

Who piloted the first British test flight of Concorde 002, from Filton to RAF Fairford in 1969?

Brian Trubshaw

Which South African fast food consists of a hollowed-out loaf of white bread filled with curry?

Bunny Chow

Subsequently made into a television series, in which children's story by Dick KingSmith does Harmony Parker find a magical 50p coin?

The Queen's Nose

'We Can’t Stop’ and ‘Wrecking Ball’, which both reached No 1 in the UK Singles Charts, are songs taken from which Miley Cyrus album?

Bangerz

What is the name of the fast-breaking evening meal eaten by Muslims during the month of Ramadan?

Iftar

Eaten early in the morning before sunrise, what is this meal of the day called during Ramadan in contrast to Iftar after sunset at end of day?

Suhoor

In the BBC television series ‘Killing Eve’, which Irish actress played Carolyn Martens, head of the Russia Section at MI6?

Fiona Shaw

Often depicted as a boy carrying a horn-shaped container of wheat called a cornucopia, in Greek mythology, which god, the personification of wealth, was the son of the goddess Demeter and the mortal Iasion?

Plutus

Who was UK Ambassador to the USSR from 1940 to 1942, President of the Board of Trade from 1945 to 1947 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947 to 1950?

Stafford Cripps

Initially used by Tesla to refer to their battery manufacturing facilities, what term is now used for any facility that produces batteries for electric vehicles on a very large scale?

Gigafactory

Which English prima ballerina was married to Panamanian diplomat Roberto Arias and was implicated in a plot to overthrow the Panamanian government in 1959?

Margot Fonteyn

Which flat open plain in County Kildare is home to the Irish National Stud, the racecourse which hosts all five Irish classic flat races and the Training Centre of the Irish Defence Forces?

The Curragh

What is the only Central American country that does not have a Caribbean coastline?

El Salvador

Which Swedish electropop duo had a UK number 1 single in 2013 with 'I Love It'?

Icona Pop

The Turner Prize was held at Tate Liverpool for the first time in 2007, with which artist winning for the installation ‘State Britain’, that recreated all the objects in Brian Haw's anti-war display in Parliament Square?

Mark Wallinger

Which Czech composer's operas include 'From the House of the Dead', 'Jenůfa' and 'The Cunning Little Vixen'?

Leos Janacek

Which Italian architect, who developed the Elizabethan Baroque style, designed a number of buildings in Saint Petersburg in the 18th century, including the Winter Palace and the Catherine Palace?

FRANCESCO BARTOLOMEO RASTRELLI

During the First World War, whilst Aintree racecourse was requisitioned by the War Office, where was a substitute Grand National named the War Steeplechase run?

Gatwick

Which English racing driver was killed in 1952 whilst attempting to break the World Water Speed Record on Loch Ness? three times holder of the World Land Speed Record, in 1938, 1939 and 1947, set at Bonneville Speedway in Utah, US. He was awarded the Segrave Trophy in 1947.

John Cobb

In the acronym ‘LAMP’, which refers to the technologies used to create a web server, what do letters stand for?

Linux Apache MySQL PHP

What was the stage name of Irish dancer and actress Eliza Gilbert who became the courtesan and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria?

Lola Montez

In accordance with the ban on alcohol consumption in Islamic countries, what drink is used instead of champagne on the podium of the Bahrain Grand Prix and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix?

Rose Water

1 Early in his career which comedian and entertainer was billed as Professor Yaffle Chuckabutty, Operatic Tenor and Sausage Knotter’?

Ken Dodd

2 What name is given to circles of differing diameters that share the same centre?

Concentric

7 What single word is the common name for the insect Vespa crabro?

Hornet

In news a lot lately, what is Vespa mandarinia?

Asian Giant Hornet

What are you making if you grind the nib to produce a mass that is later conched?

Chocolate

Which Swiss psychiatrist noted for his contributions to the understanding of mental illness coined the terms ‘schizophrenia’, ‘schizoid’ and ‘autism’?

Paul Eugen Bleuler

14 Which river of South East England rises in the High Weald, Sussex and flows for 70 miles through Tonbridge and Maidstone before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness?

River Medway

Which English author has written under the pen names Martin Fallon, Hugh Marlowe, James Graham and Jack Higgins?

Henry Patterson

Launched in Bristol in 1843 what was the name of the first ocean going ship to have both an iron hull and a screw propeller?

SS Great Britain

Which word for anti-aircraft fire is derived from the German word Fliegerabwehrkanone literally ‘flyer defence cannon’? The word now also means hostile comments or questions.

Flak

As from the 2019 awards ceremony the Olivier Award for best director has been named after which eminent English theatre, opera and film director whose obituary in The Times declared him ‘the most important figure in British theatre for half a century’?

Peter Hall

Sharing its name with a mythical water sprite associated with a river running close to a former production site which brand of motor scooter was originally made in Milan by Innocenti?

Lambretta

In 1859 Wallachia united with Moldavia to form the United Principalities. Following World War I other territories including Bukovina were added forming which present day country?

Romania

Who designed the High Level Bridge, a road and rail bridge opened in 1849 in Newcastle-on-Tyne and the original Britannia Bridge (1850) across the Menai Strait?

Robert Stephenson

Which was the last country to host both the summer and winter Olympic Games in the same year?

1936 Germany

What nickname for three World War I medals, the 1914 or 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, derives from a popular cartoon strip of the time that featured a dog, a penguin and a rabbit?

Pip, Squeak and Wilfred

Which photographer who died in 2019 took the photographs that featured on the covers of the Beatles albums ‘With The Beatles’, ‘Beatles For Sale’, ‘Help!’ and ‘Rubber Soul’?

Robert Freeman

In Greek mythology which brother of Europa was told by the Oracle of Delphi to follow a cow and to build a city where it lay down? Thus he became the founder and first king of Thebes.

Cadmus

Compiled by former librarian Steve Roud and containing more than 240,000 references to almost 25,000 songs in the English language the eponymous Roud Index is a database of which genre or style of music?

Folk Songs

Following the death of Ron Saunders in December 2019 who is the only living Englishman to have managed the title winning team of the top division in English football?

Howard Wilkinson (Leeds Utd)

Famous English manager of Aston VIlla leading to two titles in the 1970s?

Ron Saunders

The Marillion song ‘Out Of This World’ is a tribute to which famous Englishman who died in an accident on 4th January 1967?

Donald Campbell

In which London borough will you find: The Oval cricket ground, the British Film Institute, the National Theatre and the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?

Lambeth

Appearing in her collection ‘Poems For Our Children’ who wrote ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’ and also campaigned successfully for the creation of Thanksgiving as an American holiday and Bunker Hill Monument?

Sarah Josepha Hale

The Vendel Period from 550 to 790 that came between the Migration Period and the Viking Age is a period in the pre-history of which present day European country?

Sweden

Who was the first reigning British monarch to meet a President of the United States of America?

George V (1918, Woodrow Wilson)

Dwight D Eisenhower stayed in which Scottish castle overnight in 1959 when on a UK visit? Overlooking the Firth of Clyde, near Maybole, Carrick, in South Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa, the chief of Clan Kennedy, but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland

Culzean Castle

ONLY CONNECT: first four livery companies in order of preference?

4th: Fishmongers 3rd: Drapers 2nd: Grocers 1st: Mercers

The phrase "at sixes and sevens" has potential origins in the order of preference in 6th and 7th of the livery companies which both dispute who was first? Who are at 6s and 7s?

6th: Skinners 7th: Merchant Taylors

The chief of Clan Murray holds which dukedom?

Duke of Atholl

The chief of Clan Campbell holds which dukedom?

Duke of Argyll

Who was first British monarch to visit USA?

George VI (1939)

The Belfast Agreement, or Good Friday Agreement, was signed on which date?

10 April 1998

Who was Taoiseach when the Good Friday Agreement was signed?

Bertie Ahern

Who was President of Ireland 1997 to 2011?

Mary McAleese

Who was 7th President of Ireland from 1990-97?

Mary Robinson

an official government residence in Northern Ireland. It is the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and the official residence in Northern Ireland of the British monarch and other members of the British royal family when they visit the region, as well as a guest house for prominent international visitors.

Hillsborough Castle

Who was Taoiseach between 2011-17?

Enda Kenny

Taoiseach between 2008-11?

Brian Cowen

Meaning "causeway" in Cornish, what was the venue of G7 in 2021, a seaside resort in Cornwall lies 1 mile southeast of St Ives?

Carbis Bay

President of Argentina since 2019?

Alberto Fernandez

Turkish economist and energy expert who has been executive director of the International Energy Agency since 1 September 2015?

Fatih Birol

Nigerian-American economist who has been Director-General of WTO since March 2021?

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

South Korean President since 2022?

Yoon Suk Yeol

Which Alfred Hitchcock film that starred Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant shares its title with a Duran Duran song?

Notorious

Which American singer-songwriter composed and sung the theme to the television series ‘Dukes of Hazard’ and also performed as the narrator?

Waylon Jennings

Which businessman fled Britain for Northern Cyprus in 1993 following the collapse of his company Polly Peck after an investigation by the Serious Fraud Squad?

Asil Nadir

Which motorcycle manufacturer claims to be the oldest in the world in continuous production? It produced its first motorcycle in Redditch in 1901, supplied motorcycles to the Indian army in the 1950s which resulted in production eventually moving to India where they are still made.

Royal Enfield

Which dukedom created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset is the only current British dukedom to take its name from a place outside of the British Isles?

Beaufort (castle in France)

What is the surname of these father and son scientists? The father won the 1906 Nobel Physics Prize for his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases and the son shared the 1937 Nobel Physics Prize for the experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals

Thomson (Joseph John and George Paget)

Which prefix common in Welsh place names means parish or settlement around a church?

Llan

According to Thomas Malory’s ‘Le Morte d’Arthur’ which Knight of the Round Table threw the sword Excalibur into the lake following the death of Arthur?

Sir Bedivere

Huckaback is a type of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric that is now mainly used to produce what items?

Towels

Cornish Kings, Purple Majesty and Apache are all British varieties of which vegetable?

Potato

Who wrote the 1965 play Relatively Speaking?

Alan Ayckbourn

Which country's first lunar orbiter, Danuri, sent back its first images of the Moon's surface in January 2023?

South Korea

In US politics, which animal is traditionally used to symbolise the Republican Party?

Elephant

In the US embassy in which European country did Cardinal Mindszenty take long-term refuge in 1956?

Hungary (Budapest)

Which 2021 film is a prequel to The Sopranos an award-winning television drama series (1999-2007)

The Many Saints of Newark

Which prefect of the Pretorian Guard, was left in charge of Rome when the Roman Emperor Tiberius retired to Capri? He led a number of purges against his political opponents until he was accused of treason in 31AD and executed.

Sejanus

Pisonian Conspiracy led by Piso was against which emperor?

Nero

Which poison, an alternative name for monk’s hood or wolfsbane, can be derived naturally from the plant?

Aconite

Which military leader, who died in February 2023, was President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008?

GENERAL PERVEZ MUSHARRAF

What is the most common rice used to make a traditional risotto?

Arborio

Yestinia Pestis, the plague, has three main forms - pneumonic, bubonic and which other?

Septicemic Plague

What shape are reniform leaves?

Kidney shaped

In the world of finance what does the abbreviation LDI stand for?

Liability Driven Investment

The Monodontidae family of animals contains only two living members. One is the beluga which whale is the other?

Narwhal

There are four basic types of animal tissue; these are epithelial, muscle, nervous tissue and, which other?

Connective

Which engineer designed the Mallard railway locomotive?

Sir Nigel Gresley

Which English actor played the title character in the New York premiere of the musical Barnum?

Jim Dale

a leading actor on Broadway, where he had roles in Scapino, Barnum, Candide and Me and My Girl. He also narrated the U.S. audiobooks for all seven novels in the Harry Potter series, for which he won two Grammy Awards. Did carry on films.

Jim Dale

Which US bank note was nicknamed a Sawbuck

$10

The song, Our Lips Are Sealed, co-written by Jane Weidlin and Terry Hall, was released in 1981 by which group?

The Go-Gos

Which President of the Royal Society said in 1895 that "heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible"?

Lord Kelvin

With 350 elected members the Congress of Deputies, is the lower House of the Parliament of which European country?

Spain

The Myrmidons were associated with which Greek hero?

Achilles

In the British Army, for what did the letter "O" stand for in the RAOC?

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

In heraldry what is a mullet?

Star

Which South African wine brand suggesting the habits of a certain animal has a name punningly derived from the French wine Cotes du Rhone?

Goats Do Roam

Chris Mason replaced whom as host of Radio 4’s Any Questions? in October 2019?

Jonathan Dimbledy

Which golf course, one of those which stage the Open Championship, is nicknamed the "Beast of Angus" due to its formidable reputation for difficulty?

Carnoustie

Which Edwardian adventurer, revived in sixties Britain in a television series of that decade, was played by Gerald Harper?

Adam Adamant (Lives!)

In which field of the arts was the American Robert Frank (1924 -2019) a noted exponent?

Photography

“Up in Annie's Room" is used in darts to denote which score?

Double One

Which Austrian artist painted the 1903 work Mirch ForestI which sold for £89 million at auction in November 2022?

Gustav Klimt

Which bank installed the world's first ATM at its Enfield branch in June 1967? Which comedian used it?

Barclays by Reg Varney

Which French liqueur is named after the surname of brothers Edouard-Jean and Adolphe, who originally sold the product in 1849 as Triple Sec White Curacao?

Cointreau

Breslau was the former name of which city in Poland, from the 15th century up to the end of World War 2

Wroclaw

Which Hindu god is the husband of Parvati?

Shiva (SP) BS VL SP

Which Hindu god is the husband of Lakshmi?

Vishnu (VL) BS VL SP

Which Hindu god is the husband of Saraswati?

Brahma (BS) BS VL SP

What was the name of the dwarf who guarded the Ring of the Niebelungen?

Alberich

Owen Brenman plays Heston Carter in which BBCTV daytime soap which has run since 2000?

Doctors

Which Two African countries have hosted a Formula One Grand Prix?

South Africa and Morocco

Which voice actor of Mario and Luigi retired in 2023 so there is a new voice in new October 2023 game Super Mario Bros Wonder.

Charles Martinet

Three word term for period of extreme internal instability from 861 to 870 in the history of the Abbasid Caliphate, marked by the violent succession of four caliphs, who became puppets in the hands of powerful rival military groups - seen in Assassins Creed Mirage

Anarchy at Samarra

October 2023 new video game: Set in 9th-century Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age—in particular during the Anarchy at Samarra—the story follows Basim Ibn Ishaq (a character first introduced in Valhalla), a street thief who joins the Hidden Ones to fight for peace and liberty

Assassins Creed Mirage

2023 video game by Bethesda (first new intellectual property in 25 years) is set in an area that extends outward from the Solar System for approximately 50 light-years called the Settled Systems.

Starfield

Which game studio does Elder Scrolls, Fallout and Starfield?

Bethesda

Captain Olimar is main player character of which Nintendo game franchise, the fourth of which came out June 2023?

Pikmin 4

Players create a character from one of five playable classes—Barbarian, Druid, Necromancer, Rogue, or Sorcerer— in which Blizzard Entertainment game franchise, the fourth of whcih came out June 2023?

Diablo IV

Players control the US agent Leon S. Kennedy, who must save Ashley Graham, the daughter of the United States president, from the mysterious Los Illuminados cult in which video game sequel from March 2023?

Resident Evil 4

adventure of young Jedi Knight, Cal Kestis is which 2019 Star Wars video game?

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

adventure of young Jedi Knight, Cal Kestis continues in which 2023 Star Wars video game sequel to 2019 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order?

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Who voices headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black in Hogwarts Legacy?

Simon Pegg

Which actress best known for playing Beryl Patmore in Downton Abbey, who voices Professor Matilda Weasley in Hogwarts Legacy?

Lesley Nicol

2023 action role-playing video game developed by Omega Force and published by Electronic Arts under its EA Originals label. The game tasks the player to hunt massive monsters in Azuma, a fantasy world inspired by feudal Japan.

Wild Hearts

a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. Developed later than the tachi, it was used by samurai in feudal Japan and worn with the edge facing upward.

Katana

With a name derived from a game, what is the three word British video game journalism website launched in July 2007 to focus on PC games and was acquired by Gamer Network, a network of sites led by Eurogamer, in May 2017?

Rock Paper Shotgun

In 2022, which Burkina Faso-born architect became the first African person to win the Pritzker Prize?

Diébédo Francis KÉRÉ

The benzene derivative toluene [TOL-you-een] represents a benzene aromatic ring with the addition of which functional group?

Methyl

The benzene derivative phenol represents a benzene aromatic ring with the addition of which functional group?

Hydroxyl

Which architect became the first Indian winner of the Pritzker Prize in 2018?

BV Doshi

What was the name of the fictional village that was the setting for the TV series All Creatures Great and Small?

Darrowby

Trina Gulliver was a world champion in which sport every year from 2001 to 2007?

Darts

The motto of a famous school, what, according to the play by JM Barrie, were the last words of Captain Hook?

Floreat Etona

The Valkyrie, Rapide and DBX are all models produced by which car maker?

Aston Martin

Which British household appliance manufacturer, named after its two founders who met whilst working for Morphy Richards, invented the world’s first automatic coffee percolator in 1952?

Russell Hobbs

British brand of electrical appliances founded by two founders headquartered in Swinton, in South Yorkshire, England. Its products were formerly made at its historic home of Mexborough, and in other facilities across the United Kingdom. However, since the 1990s, all of its manufacturing is now carried out in the Far East

Morphy Richards

AEX is principal index of whcih Europeans citys stock market

Amsterdam

Opened in 1966, what is the name of the 33-storey tower block on New Oxford Street and St Giles High Street in London that is almost directly above Tottenham Court Road tube station?

Centre Point

Laura Hollins is the real name of which model, born in Manchester in 1983?

Agyness Dean

The Tanggulla Pass, site of the world’s highest railway track, is in which country?

China

Which cricket fielding position is between Square Leg and Mid-on?

Midwicket

Welsh, Breton and Cornish known as what language group?

Brythonic

Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four Grand Slam events at least four times?

Steffi Graf

Which English town was given city status in 1992 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne?

Sunderland

What name is given to the flowers of some species of dahlia, where the flowers are tightly packed forming a small, globular ball?

Pompons

Which US TV series of the 1990s concerned a New York doctor stranded in Cicely, Alaska?

Northern Exposure

For which future king was Clarence House built while he was Duke of Clarence?

William IV

Which unusually-named island in the Shetlands, one of the most northern points in the British Isles, is named from the Old Norse meaning ‘large steep-sided island’?

Muckle Flugga

Wragby Hall is the home of which literary character?

Lady Chatterley

Specific types of which synthetic fibre include viscose, modal and lyocell?

Rayon

In the 1968 film musical Finian’s Rainbow, who plays the leprechaun Og, whose pot of gold is stolen by the title character?

Tommy Steele

"A Handful of Songs", "Rock with the Caveman" (1956) and the chart-topper "Singing the Blues" (1957) are songs by which singer and actor? In films, The Happiest Millionaire and Finian's Rainbow.

Tommy Steele

Which Japanese dish consists of thinly sliced beef, slowly cooked at the table, alongside vegetables and other ingredients, in a shallow iron pot?

Sukiyaki

n the Thomas Hardy novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles, what is Tess’s surname?

Durbeyfield

flavored Polish vodka, which contains a bison grass blade (Hierochloe odorata) in every bottle

Zubrowka

Zubrowka Bison Grass Vodka has a blade of bison grass in every bottle, it is sourced from whcih forest on the border between Belarus and Poland. It is one of the last and largest remaining parts of the immense primeval forest that once stretched across the European Plain - bison

Białowieża Forest

Most international caps for women’s football with 354 is whcih American footballer?.

Kristine Lilly

Most international caps for Scotland women’s football?

Gemma Fay

Who has most caps for England women’s football?

Fara Williams

Welsh professional footballer and coach who plays as a midfielder for OL Reign and the Wales national team? Most wales caps for women’s international.

Jess Fishlock

Most caps for wales men football

Gareth Bale

Most capped for Scotland men’s football?

Kenny Dalglish

Top of scotland goals scorers for men’s is Kenny dalglish joint with who?

Denis Law

Northern Ireland men’s most capped player is which midfielder

Steven Davis

Top goal scorer for Northern Ireland men’s is whcih player with 36 goals?

David Healy

Who has been Republic of Ireland manager since 2020? Won eight trophies with Dundalk (county town of county Louth) beforehand?

Stephen Kenny

Who is manager of scotland men’s football?

Steve Clarke

Which Italian manager current manager of Turkey men’s?

Vincenzo Montella

Austria have qualified for euros 24, who is their manager?

Ralf Rangnick

Austria have qualified for euros 24, who is their most capped player?

Marko arnautovic

Austria have qualified for euros 24, who is their all time top scorer?

Toni Polster

Manager of Spain since 2022 mens

Luis de La Fuente

German Italian football manager whose been manager of Belgium since 2023? Manager of Leipzig 2021-22.

Domenico Tedesco

Name of island people go to in And Then There Were None

Soldier Island

Right to Roam Artist illustrator man

Nick Hayes

Viktor and Rolf known for flower bomb and bonbon and spice bomb are a perfume company from which country?

Netherlands

Born 1870, an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe).

Franz Lehar

Matthew Perry biography name from 2022

Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing

In 1794 Richard Allen founded (the first independent Black denomination in the United States) the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in which state?

Pennsylvania

The dystopian drama “The Kitchen” which premiered at the London Film Festival in October 2023 is the directorial debut of which British Academy Award Best Supporting Actor (2021) winner?

Daniel Kaluuya

Regarded as one of the greatest point guards, players, and passers of all time, he spent his entire NBA career (1984–2003) with the Utah Jazz, and the team made the playoffs in each of his 19 seasons. In 1997 and 1998, together with his longtime teammate Karl Malone, he led the Jazz to the franchise's only two NBA Finals appearances, both of which were lost to the Chicago Bulls.

John Stockton

ten-time NBA All-Star and holds the NBA records for most career assists and steals by wide margins.

John Stockton

His 36,928 career points scored rank third all-time in NBA history behind LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he holds the records for most free throws made and attempted, and most regular season games started, in addition to being tied for the second-most first-team All-NBA selections with Kobe Bryant and behind LeBron James.

Karl Malone

What Netflix show from creator Mike Flanagan is inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe?

The Fall of the House of Usher

Gen Z slang: What term, a shortening of the word “goddamn”, is used to describe a curvy woman? It can also be used generally to refer to anyone that someone finds attractive.

Gyat

In mid-September, India's parliament passed a bill reserving a third of seats in its lower house and state assemblies for what people?

Women

The rapper, whose real name is Melesha O'Garro, had been accused of assaulting her ex-girlfriend Sidnee Hussein and Ms Hussein's then partner, Chante Boyea. Who is this who in 2023 said her career was finished due to charge?

Lady Leshurr

On Sunday in March 2022, who became the first person born in the 21st century to win an Oscar?

Billie Eilish

What far-right conservative from Louisiana has been elected to be the next Speaker of the House after Kevin McCarthy left?

MIKE Johnson

What is Stephen Sondheim's final musical, which he had been working on at the time of his death? This musical is now getting a posthumous premier in New York.

Here We Are

What type of art includes paintings or sculptures that look so "real" they resemble high-resolution photographs?

Hyperrealism

Australian sculptor working in the United Kingdom - he designed, performed, and voiced the character of Ludo in the 1986 Jim Henson fantasy film Labyrinth - big body parts hyperrealism.

Ron Mueck

The Chinese fishing fleet has the world's worst reputation for IUU fishing. What does IUU stand for?

Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated

What right-wing ruling party of Poland lost its majority in general elections in October 2023?

Law and Justice Party

In early October at the Chicago marathon, what Kenyan runner broke Eliud Kipchoge's marathon record, setting a time of 2:00:35?

Kelvin Kiptum

Five new sports to be added to 2028 Olympics LA

CRICKET, BASEBALL/SOFTBALL, SQUASH, LACROSSE, and FLAG FOOTBALL.

Genocide may have returned to Darfur. What ethnic minority is being targeted by the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group that has wreaked havoc in Sudan since April 2023?

Masalit

What South American country will be going to run-off elections in November 2023, pitting radical libertarian Javier Milei against Peronist Sergio Massa?

Argentina

What African nation is suing Privinvest over the fallout of a "tuna bond" scandal that devastated one of the world's poorest economies?

Mozambique

As Israeli troops mass on the northern border of the Gaza Strip ahead of a ground invasion in 2023, what border crossing with Egypt has opened up on the southern end, providing much needed humanitarian aid to the 2.3 million Palestinians inside?

Rafah Border Crossing

Binyamin Netanyahu has warned what Iran-backed Shia militia against attacking Israel, saying that Israeli troops would hit them with "a force it cannot even imagine"?

HIZBULLAH

After a tumultuous election season, Daniel Noboa has been chosen by voters to be the next president of what South American country in October 2023?

Ecuador

In a referendum vote, Australians rejected what proposed advisory body that would have given Indigenous people more influence in Canberra in 2023?

INDIGENOUS VOICE TO PARLIAMENT

In October 2023 What team has won the WNBA Championship for the second consecutive year?

Las Vegas Aces

What actress and singer, who appeared on "The Sex Lives of College Girls," has transitioned to the music business with the release of her 2023 album Snow Angel?

Renee Rapp

What Indian movie, starring Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role as father and son doppelgangers, has become the highest-grossing Indian movie of 2023?

Jawan

Highest grossing Hindi film of all time 2016 about a father who coaches his daughter to become a wrestler

Dangal

What Mexican artist, dubbed the reigning king of corridos tumbados, has had a breakout year with songs such as "Ella Baila Sola" and "Lady Gaga"?

PESO PLUMA (translates as feather weight)

What 2023 movie starring Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun is based on a viral New Yorker story of the same name from 2017?

Cat Person

What exactly is the fitness trend known as "plogging"?

Jogging while picking up trash

"JaJa's African Hair Braiding," a recently premiered Broadway play featuring an all-black cast, is written by what Ghanaian-American playwright?

Jocelyn Bioh

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov for their discovery and synthesis of what nano-materials?

Quantum Dots

Robert Fico's leftist-populist Smer party won parliamentary elections in what European nation, putting him on track to become prime minister again? October 2023

Slovakia

Written by composer Mason Bates, an opera about what tech founder premiered in San Francisco this September?

The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Which writer and illustrator created the 'Mog' series which was based on her family cat, 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea', and 'When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit' which was inspired by her family's escape from Nazi Germany?

Judith Kerr

Which Japanese artist creates self-portraits, embroidered objects and living sculptures that challenge misconceptions about our bodies? Artist has prosthetic legs due to amputated legs.

Mari Katayama

What sci-fi movie, directed by Gareth Edwards, sees a future in which the human race is at war against forces of artificial intelligence?

The Creator

Based on “The Antisocial Network” by Ben Mezrich, what film follows the GameStop memestock saga?

Dumb Money

What fitness trend involves walking around with a weighted backpack?

Rucking

Gen Z slang: What choking term, which sounds like a reaction you would have to something disgusting, is in fact a positive term indicating amazement?

Gagged

America's most prominent AI chatbot is Chat GPT. What is the Chinese equivalent?

Ernie Bot

What three-letter abbreviation is used for Ukraine's military intelligence agency? Over the past 18 months, they have been responsible for pulling off assassinations of key Russian officials.

HUR

Eslon Hindundu is a musician from what African country? He is the composer and choral director behind the first European premiere of an opera from this country.

NAMIBIA; his "Chief Hijangua" opera is the first Namibian opera to see a European stage

Conservatory Garden, located in Central Park in New York City, is not a secret—it contains a fountain and sculpture created in honor of, and named after, WHAT British-American novelist? The sculpture depicts the literary characters Mary and Dickon.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

NAME the co-founder and, from 1925 to 1951, the editor-in-chief of The New Yorker who was also an original member of the Algonquin Round Table literary group

Harold ROSS

Lyin’, cheatin’, and stealin’ are all par for the course for WHAT fictional organization that made its first appearance in Marvel Comics’s Strange Tales #135 and that plays a major role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, particularly films such as Captain America: The First Avenger, its direct sequel, and the television show Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Hydra

WHAT 1963 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on a Daphne du Maurier short story of the same name, which film held the distinction of being the most-watched film aired on television until supplanted by Love Story in 1972?

The Birds

Which baseball team based in Arlington won World Series 2023?

Texas Rangers

English post-punk music duo, formed in 2007 in Nottingham. The band features vocalist Jason Williamson and, since 2012, musician Andrew Fearn. They are known for their abrasive, minimalist musical style and embittered explorations of austerity-era Britain, culture, and working class life, delivered in Williamson's East Midlands accent.

Sleaford Mods

district in Osaka, Japan. Known as one of Osaka's principal tourist and nightlife areas, the area runs along the namesake canal from namesake-bashi Bridge to Nipponbashi Bridge in the Namba district of the city's Chūō ward. Historically a theater district, it is now a popular nightlife and entertainment area characterized by its eccentric atmosphere and large illuminated signboards.

Dotonbori

What is Japan’s longest river?

Shinano River

longest river in South Korea, which passes through the major cities of Daegu and Busan

Nakdong River

it is the longest river in the island of Borneo and the longest river of Indonesia and one of the world's longest island rivers

Kapuas

Longest river of Mongolia

Orkhon

the presence of Ursula Buffay in Friends means it exists in the same universe as what other sitcom?

Mad About You

The character Chandler Bing of Friends appeared in a crossover episode of which NBC show which ran from 1995-99 and starred Lea Thompson as the titular character?

Caroline in the City

Which Opposition leader defeated incumbent George Weah to be elected as the next president of Liberia?

Joseph Boakai

In 1946, where did the monthly inflation rate reach 41.9 quadrillion per cent?

Hungary

Before 1827, theft of more than what amount was defined as grand larceny?

12 pence

Which predatory mammals were released in the Cairngorms this year?

Wildcats

The Legend of the Octopus is a sports tradition during which nhl team home playoff games involving dead octopuses thrown onto the ice rink.

Detroit Red Wings

Which US female lineage-based group is known as DAR?

Daughters of the American Revolution

What links: Locke; Player; Els; Oosthuizen?

South African players who won The Open

What links: The Cow; The Cattle; The Bee; The Ant; The Spider; The Elephant?

Surahs of the Qur’an named after animals

What links Catherine Parr; Anne Dacier; Constance Garnett; Anthea Bell?

Celebrated translators: Latin Psalms; Greek poetry; Russian literature; Asterix.

English translator of nineteenth-century Russian literature. She was the first English translator to render numerous volumes of Anton Chekhov's work into English and the first to translate almost all of Fyodor Dostoevsky's fiction into English. She also rendered works by Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Gogol, Ivan Goncharov, Alexander Ostrovsky, and Alexander Herzen into English

Constance Garnett

Born 1647 which Frenchwoman scholar, translator, commentator and editor of the classics, including the Iliad and the Odyssey

Anne Dacier

English translator of literary works, including children's literature, from French, German and Danish. These include The Castle by Franz Kafka, Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald, the Inkworld trilogy by Cornelia Funke and the French Asterix comics with co-translator Derek Hockridge.

Anthea Bell

Incumbent President Andry Rajoelina looks to retain power in what African island country, in an election that opposition leaders are calling an "institutional coup"?

Madagascar

The Doklam plateau is located at the intersection between China, India, and what tiny Asian nation?

Bhutan

Serbian List is a political party in what country? Serbian List serves in effect as a branch of Serbia's own ruling party.

Kosovo

What post-Brexit legal framework, which regulates the movement of goods between the EU and Northern Ireland, went into effect on October 1st?

WINDSOR FRAMEWORK

Congressman Joel Pritchard and his friends invented the sport of pickleball in 1965 while at Pritchard’s home on Bainbridge Island, a city and island that is part of WHAT U.S. state? It is the second-largest city in Kitsap County by population; the largest is Bremerton.

Washington

Congressman Joel Pritchard and his friends invented the sport of pickleball in 1965 while at Pritchard’s home on Bainbridge Island, a city and island that is part of WHAT U.S. state? It is the second-largest city in Kitsap County by population; the largest is Bremerton.

Washington

Who directed Wicker Man original 1973

Robin Hardy

The first of these, By Footpath and Stile (1922), is for voice and string quartet; the others, including A Young Man’s Exhortation and Earth and Air and Rain, for voice and piano. Among his other songs, the settings of Shakespeare poems in the cycle Let Us Garlands Bring (1942) are the best known. He also wrote incidental music to Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost (1946). For voice and orchestra he composed the above-mentioned Dies natalis, and the pacifist Farewell to Arms (1944).

Gerald Finzi

A chess variant listed at Lichess.org, the second-most-popular chess server in the world, has all of the rules of standard chess, except that a player can also win by moving their king to any of the spaces d4, d5, e4, or e5. WHAT is the name of this variant, also the name of a television show that aired from 1997 to 2010 (and that is being revived on Hulu)?

King of the Hill

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin once wrote that “[m]ost of the great women in the Bible either are married to a great man or related to one,” but that a rare exception to this pattern is WHAT woman, “perhaps the Bible’s greatest woman figure”? He adds that the only thing we know about her personal life is the name of her husband, Lapidot.

Deborah

The television show NCIS has been on the air since 2003 and has aired 457 episodes. That’s just over twice as many as the 227 episodes of WHAT show, of which NCIS is a spin-off and that was once described by The New York Times as a cross between Top Gun and A Few Good Men?

JAG

More is known about the life of a woman named Oney than any other person with whom she was enslaved, as she gave several interviews to abolitionist newspapers in the 1840s. She lived most of her life in New Hampshire as a fugitive due to the first iteration of the Fugitive Slave Act, signed into law by WHAT person, from whom Oney escaped and who repeatedly wrote letters entreating others to recapture her?

George Washington

Merdith Wilson’s the music man is set in which city and state?

River City, Iowa

Character in a legendary ballad originating from the Scottish Borders. It is also associated with a reel of the same name, also known as the Glasgow Reel. The story revolves around the rescue of namesake character by his true love from the Queen of the Fairies.

Tam Lin

1953 Magritte painting with loads of bowling hat men dropping from air, shares name with diamonds mined in the Godavari delta region of the present-day states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India and named after namesake fort.

Golconda

Starting Elizabeth Olsen as candy Montgomery and Jesse Plemons as lover, tv show premiered April 2023

Love & Death

British police procedural tv show based on Kate London’s Metropolitan trilogy book series starring Gemma Whelan as officer sarah Collins. Stars Jimmy Akingbola as DC Steve Bradshaw too.

The Tower

campaign of ethnic extermination and collective punishment which was waged against the H and N in German South West Africa (now Namibia) by the German Empire. It was the first genocide to begin in the 20th century, occurring between 1904 and 1908.

Herero and the Nama

Taiwan have elected a new president in January 2024 replacing Tsai Ing-wen

William Lai

Nicknamed The King of the Kippax and Nijinsky, which Man City player?

Colin Bell

roles in These Final Hours (2013) and The Nice Guys (2016). She played Betty Brant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). For her starring role in Ladies in Black (2018), she won the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. In 2024, she starred as Cady Heron in the musical film Mean Girls.

Angourie Rice

gained recognition for starring as Regina George in the Broadway musical Mean Girls (2019–2020). She reprised the role in the 2024 film Mean Girls and also contributed to its soundtrack. Rapp has also starred in the Max comedy series The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021–present).

Renee Rapp

In addition to her solo work, she is a member of the indie supergroup boygenius, alongside Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus.

Julien Baker

Moana and Janis in mean girls musical

Aulii Cravalho

He also played a high-school principal in the 2004 film Mean Girls, and reprised the role in Mean Girls 2 and the film's 2024 musical adaptation. SNL star.

Tim Meadows

23 Which British rock band played to almost one million fans during their 1986 The Magic Tour?

Queen

25 What bird is celebrated every December at the Fête de la Dinde in the French village of Licques?

Turkey

27 The Geminid meteor shower, an annua event in the night sky, peaks in which month?

December

28 What was the first name of Mr Rochester in Charlotte Bronte's novel, Jane Eyre?

Edward Fairfax Rochester

30 Which Indian port city lies where the mouth of the Adyar river meets the Bay of Bengal?

Chennai

31 Which animal rights organisation was founded in 1980 by Ingrid Newkirk?

PETA

33 Which French poet wrote the 1845 essay How to Pay Your Debts When You're a Genius?

Charles Baudelaire

36 What number links Lewis Hamilton's Formula One car with Dirty Harry's Magnum?

44

37 Which online fast-fashion retaller partnered with Kourtney Kardashian with a range of clothing in 2022?

Boohoo

39 In which Britlsh Overseas Territory in the Caribbean can you visit Seven Mile Beach and the wreck of the MV Captain Keith Tibbetts?

Cayman Islands

40 Which American pop artist created the 2003 work Pay Nothing Until April?

Ed Ruscha

41 Doris Day and Jack Straw sang 7½ Cents in which film musical?

The Pajama Game

42 Which toxic flowering shrub, also known as the Jamaican South Sea Rose, is the official flower of Hiroshima?

Oleander

John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, catalogued which gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant planet as '34 Tauri' when he first observed it in December 1690?

Uranus

Andrew Yang’s “centrist” Forward Party is hoping to qualify for the ballot in all 50 states by November. Who, much better known in a field outside of politics, recently became the party’s leader in Washington state?

Krist Novoselic (Nirvana bassist)

Mountain in Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia, said to be the final resting-place of Sir Bedivere (Bedwyr) of Arthurian legend

Tryfan

a domesticated, locally adapted,[2][3][4] often traditional[5] variety of a species of animal or plant that has developed over time, through adaptation to its natural and cultural environment of agriculture and pastoralism, and due to isolation from other populations of the species.[2] these are distinct from cultivars and from standard breeds.

Landrace

also known as hot wax painting, is a form of painting that involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments have been added. Example Jasper Johns Flag.

Encaustic Painting

Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer and rōnin, who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 61 duels (next is 33 by Itō Ittōsai). He was the founder of the Niten Ichi-ryū, or Nito Ichi-ryū, style of swordsmanship, and in his final years authored The Book of Five Rings and Dokkōdō

Miyamoto Musashi

‘Eduskunta’, which was founded in 1906, is the parliament of which european country?

Finland

Which Dundee built barque-rigged auxiliary steamship which was launched in 1901, carried Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first journey to the Antarctic?

Discovery

Which lion subspecies (Panthera leo leo) which lived in the mountains and deserts of the Maghreb of North Africa from Morocco to Egypt was declared extinct in the wild in 1922?

Barbary Lion

Which lion subspecies (Panthera leo leo) which lived in the mountains and deserts of the Maghreb of North Africa from Morocco to Egypt was declared extinct in the wild in 1922?

Barbary Lion

From Latin for smooth/hairless, the area of skin between the eyebrows and above the nose

Glabella

A statue with the inscription “More than a cell” by Helen Wilson-Roe unveiled by the University of Bristol in October 2021 is of which woman?

Henrietta Lacks

Tv composer Television credits include The Masked Singer, The Million Pound Drop, Pointless, Total Wipeout, Tipping Point, All Together Now, Cannonball, Family Fortunes, Alesha's Street Dance Stars, The Bank Job, Golden Balls, 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow, Divided and Richard Osman's House of Games.

Marc Sylvan

He has composed music for British game shows including The Weakest Link, The Chase, The Wheel, Dancing on Ice, the short-lived 2008 revival of Gladiators, Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, The John Bishop Show, Ninja Warrior. His music was heard in Domino in 2005.[1] He also was the creator and composer of 1000 Heartbeats.

Paul Farrer

2024 grand national winner

I am Maximus

fictional robot created by Isaac Asimov. The "R" initial in his name stands for "Robot," a naming convention in Asimov's future society during Earth's early period of space colonization. one of the two protagonists of Asimov's Robot series books The Caves of Steel (1953), The Naked Sun (1956), and The Robots of Dawn (1983).

R Daneel Olivaw

Nickname of Martin Adams darts

Wolfie

Nickname of Ted Hankey darts

The Count

Christian Kist darts nickname

The Lipstick

nicknamed The Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). In 2006, he became the youngest darts player to win the World Darts Championship, aged 21 at the time. He also is a Dutch Open champion.

Jelle Klaasen

Mark Webster darts nickname

The Spider

Archie Bunker actor from All in the Family

Carroll O’Connor

American former world No. 1 tennis player. He won four major singles titles, two at the French Open 91 92 and two at the Australian Open 92 93, and was the youngest man to reach the singles finals of all four majors, at the age of 22 years and 11 months.

Jim Courier

Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell books in order only Connect

Justine Balthazar Mountolive Clea

Raj Quartet four books in order by Paul Scott only connect

The Jewel in the Crown The Day of the Scorpion The Towers of Silence A Division of the Spoils

Richard Osman quarter and colours only Connect

Red: The Thursday Murder Club Blue: The Man Who Died Twice Green: The Bullet That Missed Purple: The Last Devil to Die

Six Palliser novels in order from Anthony Trollope only Connect

Can You Forgive Her? Phineas Finn The Eustace Diamonds Phineas Redux The Prime Minister The Duke’s Children

First four of Anthony Powell’s A Dance to the Music of Time only Connect

A Question of Upbringing A Buyer’s Market The Acceptance World At Lady Molly’s

Scout Finch (Jean Louise Finch) played by who in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Mary Badham

steve bell cartoon in guaddian since 1981

If…

King Arthur’s foster brother?

Sir Kay

Born 1880 American film actor and the star of many early Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent films. He was Hollywood's first Western star and helped define the genre as it emerged in the early days of the cinema.

Tom Mix

Name of an abbey few miles northeast of Cambridge restored by Baron Fairhaven in 1930s, misleading name

Anglesey Abbey

Essex-name-linked castle in Berkshire near Pangbourne, 18th century house and estate

Basildon Park

B four letters: body armour for war horses. The practice of armoring horses was first extensively developed in antiquity in the eastern kingdoms of Parthia and Pahlava.

Bard

collection of correspondence between members of the namesake family of Norfolk gentry and others connected with them in England between the years 1422 and 1509. The collection also includes state papers and other important documents.

Paston Family

Family name of the pair of MPs for Southend West 1935-58 and 1959-1997? First one had nickname Chips and wrote diary, second one son and was sec for transport 1987-89.

Channon

Nickname of police wagon with colour and women’s name

Black Maria

Russian Socialist-Revolutionary who attempted to assassinate Vladimir Lenin. She was arrested and executed by the Cheka in 1918.

Fanny Kaplan

English music manager, agent, and businessman. He managed the careers of rock acts such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Air Supply, Small Faces, The Move, Black Sabbath and Electric Light Orchestra. Sharon Osbourne is daughter.

Don Arden

Danger Mouse arch nemesis

Baron Greenback

Mr Jackson in The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse is what creature?

Toad

Who sings Elusive Butterfly?

Bob Lind

Full do re mi scale only Connect

Do re mi fa so la ti do

Liberian dictator killed 1990

Samuel Doe

Singer nicknamed The Prince of Wails

Johnny Ray

English writer, journalist and educator. He is best known for The Harmsworth Self-Educator, The Children's Encyclopædia, The Children's Newspaper, and The King's England. Born 1875.

Arthur Mee

What hoax appear in a series of five photographs taken by Elsie Wright (1901–1988) and Frances Griffiths (1907–1986), two young cousins who lived in namesake West Yorkshire village?

Cottingley Fairies

general surgeon and gynaecologist in London, who in 1934 supposedly took a photograph purporting to show the Loch Ness Monster. This became known as "the surgeon's photograph" and was widely regarded as genuine, although scepticism was expressed about this from the start.

Robert Kenneth Wilson

Hitchcock wife who helped co write many screenplays

Alma Reville

English singer of traditional pop in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the "Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era. Song Dreamboat got to #1.

Alma Cogan

Taming of the Shrew drunk spectator name

Christopher Sly

He wrote historical studies of famous literary figures, such as Honoré de Balzac, Charles Dickens, and Fyodor Dostoevsky in Drei Meister (1920; Three Masters), and decisive historical events in Decisive Moments in History (1927). He wrote biographies of Joseph Fouché (1929), Mary Stuart (1935) and Marie Antoinette (Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman, 1932), among others.

Stefan Zweig

American poet, best known for his only long poem, The Bridge. Brooklyn Bridge inspired.

Hart Crane

Northumberland poet British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of Briggflatts in 1966, generally regarded as one of the major achievements of the modernist tradition in English.

Basil Bunting

Pip’s lawyer friend in great expectations

Mr Jaggers

Singer nicknamed Dartford Warbler

Mick Jagger

British journalist and television presenter. He was best known for filming an East Timorese demonstration and its aftermath that became known as the Santa Cruz massacre. His coverage of East Timor's struggle for independence is listed in Unesco's Memory of the World register as a "turning point" in the birth of a new nation. Also Blue Peter presenter.

Christopher Wenner

Who wrote The Man Without Qualities?

Robert Musil

Fish in family Osmeridae

Smelt

Which Saint said to invent felt by walking on wool

St Clement

Penaeus monodon crustacean

Tiger prawn

Chinese statesman, warlord, and poet who rose to power towards the end of the Eastern Han dynasty (c. 184–220) and became the effective head of the Han central government during that period.

Cao Cao

The Shoemaker's Holiday or the Gentle Craft is an Elizabethan play written by which playwright?

Thomas Dekker

Which bible sometimes called Breeches Bible as uses word Breeces instead of aprons in Genesis?

Geneva Bible

Scottish engineer and political economist, invented several types of diagrams: in 1786 the line, area and bar chart of economic data, and in 1801 the pie chart and circle graph, used to show part-whole relations,

William Playfair

Two of his finest works are the neoclassical buildings of the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy which are in the centre of Edinburgh. Co-architect of the National Monument in Edinburgh (Parthenon replica). Also national gallery of Scotland.

William Henry Playfair

American who wrote the 1977 best-selling book The Complete Book of Running. He is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution by popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular jogging. He died of a heart attack while jogging at 52 years of age; his genetic predisposition for heart problems and other previous lifestyle factors may have caused his heart attack.

Jim Fixx

Tim Shipman Brexit Quartet only connect

All Out War 2016 Fall Out 2017 No Way Out 2024 Out 2024

Currently Childrens Laureate 2022-2024

Joseph Coelho

only extant manuscript of Beowulf known as Nowell Codex and contains what codex sharing name with material?

Cotton MS

English band leader and entertainer song Somebody Stole My Gal and known for catchphrase Wakey Wakey.

Billy Cotton

Animal chRCters from The Herbs only connect

Parsley the Lion Sage the Owl Dill the Dog Constable Knapweed Bayleaf the Gardener Tarragon the Dragon

Author of Lassie Come Home, died in Suriname plane crash during ww2

Eric Knight

Who played Robin vS Adam West’s Batman on tv?

Burt Ward

Who won Masters 2024? Second win.

Scottie Scheffler

Which swede came second in masters 2024, it was his first major ever playing in?

Ludvig Aberg

Best known for her work on television sitcoms, she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sally Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun. She starred as divorce attorney Holly Franklin on The Exes, and as recovering addict Tammy Diffendorf on Mom. She has also appeared in the films Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000), Ice Age (2002), Music and Lyrics (2007), and Bride Wars (2009).

Kristen Johnston

American actor, best known for playing Harry Solomon on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, Inspector Gadget in the superhero comedy film Inspector Gadget 2 and Chef Rudy on the CBS sitcom Mom.

French Stewart

The Box of Delights is a children's fantasy novel by which poet laureate? Sequel to The Midnight Folk.

John Masefield

George Galloway constituencies Only Connect

Glasgow Hillhead Glasgow Kelvin - Labour/Ind/Respect Bethnal Green and Bow - Respect Bradford West - Respect Rochdale - Workers Party of Britain

Jinro is the best selling brand of which spirit?

Soju

A senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University, she was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. She wrote her first book, Beast and Man (1978), when she was in her late fifties, and went on to write over 15 more, including Animals and Why They Matter (1983), Wickedness (1984), The Ethical Primate (1994), Evolution as a Religion (1985), and Science as Salvation (1992).

Mary Midgley

Born 1941 writer and broadcaster, chiefly on the relations between nature and culture. Wrote Flora Britannica, Nature Cure, Beechcombings.

James Mabey

First published in 1918 the cartoon strip containing interesting facts called ‘Champs and Chumps’ was created by Robert L Ripley, and was later re-titled with which what four word name?

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not

First four books in Mapp and Lucia by EF Benson

Queen Lucia Miss Mapp Lucia in London Mapp and Lucia

Who wrote My Antonia, O Pioneers! and Death Comes For the Archbishop?

Willa Cather

Harmonica player of the Goon Show

Max Geldray

With a total area of 5,136 km2 (1,983 sq mi) of which 176 km2 (68 sq mi) is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by total area. Capital is Arnhem.

Gelderland

Dutch goalkeeper who played for Aston Villa and Wolves?

Stefan Postma

Founder and first president of London Zoological Society is which person?

Stamford Raffles

British jazz pianist the composer of over 300 songs, including the jazz standards "Lullaby of Birdland" and "Conception"

George Shearing

King Leontes and Queen Hermione daughter name in The Winters Tale?

Perdita

best known as the lead vocalist of Manfred Mann from 1966 to their dissolution in 1969, and as the composer of the songs "Handbags and Gladrags" and "Build Me Up Buttercup", the latter of which was a hit for The Foundations.

Mike d’Abo

What is Japanese green leaf tea before it is bashed into matcha powder?

Tencha

Which caprine canyon has the world's largest all-wood trestle bridge which was built in 1933 as part of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway?

Goat Canyon Trestle

Callithrix Jacchus mammal

Common Marmoset

Sancho Panza’s donkey in Don Quixote

Dapple

Mykolas Alekna broke Jürgen Schult’s 38 year old record (the oldest men’s world record) in 2024 when he threw 74.35m in which event?

Discus

Which Lithuanian discus thrower broke WR in 2024 beating Jurgen Schultz’s 38 year old record?

Mykolas Alekna

Who wrote Baby Reindeer, Netflix show?

Richard Gadd

British actor best remembered for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of Maigret, based on Georges Simenon's novels.

Rupert Davies

highest motorway in uk

M62

Eritrean currency named after town in northern Red Sea region

Nakfa

Nickname of Paul Arthur’s who plays guitar for oasis

Bonehead

Stage name for Brian Patrick Carroll played guitar for guns n roses from 2000-04. Wears a kfc item.

Buckethead

Stage name for Kevin Wasserman who serves as lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the Offspring?

Noodles

Which American hip hop group formed in 1988 in Long Island, New York won a Grammy for their collaboration with Gorillaz on their single "Feel Good Inc." ?

De La Soul

Omelette with haddock and cream named after who

Arnold Bennett

Kinetic Energy Formula

0.5 x m x v squared

El Fasher is the capital of what region? The United Nations has warned that 800,000 people in the city are in "extreme, immediate danger."

North Darfur

What former prime minister of Haiti has tendered his resignation? He has handed power to a transitional government as Haiti contends with anarchic gang violence. 2024

Ariel Henry

China is focusing on investing green technologies into Latin America. Their "new three" include EVs, lithium-ion batteries, and what alternative energy item?

Solar Panels

What Kenyan runner won her second consecutive Boston Marathon title, becoming the first woman to repeat at Boston since 2005?

HELLEN OBIRI

What musical, produced by Malala Yousafzai and Hillary Rodham Clinton, tells the story of a group of women fighting for their right to vote?

Suffs

Hell’s Kitchen is a jukebox musical featuring the discography of what Grammy Award-winning musician, who grew up in the titular neighborhood?

Alicia Keys

Written by Peter Morgan, Patriots is a play that follows the rise and fall of a businessman in what European country?

Russia : play that follows the fall of businessman Boris Berezovsky, who aided Vladimir Putin in his rise to power. While Tom Hollander originated the role of Berezovsky in West End, Michael Stuhlbarg is playing the character on Broadway.

The show Illinoise will be a theatrical reimagining of what musician’s Grammy-nominated album Illinois?

Sufjan Stevens

What musical from Arcade Fire’s Will Butler tracks a rock band recording an album in 1970s Sausalito?

Stereophonic

Who became the world’s first democratically elected woman president in 1980, the fourth President of her country? She was re-elected three times before retiring in 1996.

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

Infinity stones by name and colour ONLY CONNECT

Reality - Red Soul - Orange Mind - Yellow Time - Green Space - Blue Power - Purple

Xx

Xx

Masked Singer UK winners only Connect

Nicola Roberts - Queen Bee Joss Stone - Sausage Natalie Imbruglia - Panda Charlie Simpson - Rhino Danny Jones - Piranha

Ru Paul drag race uk winners only Connect

The Vivienne Lawrence Chaney Krystal Versace Danny Beard Ginger Johnson

The Frederica Quartet comprises: 'The Virgin in the Garden' [1978], 'Still Life' [1985], 'Babel Tower' [1996] and A Whistling Woman' [2002]. By who?

AS Byatt

South African jazz pianist, composer and journalist. He is also known for his book "Chocolates for my Wife", an autobiographical account of his experiences in South Africa and England.

Todd Matshikiza

What makes up an estimated 68% of the universe?

Dark Energy

Which great of English literature wrote novels in his third language?

Joseph Conrad (after polish and French)

Which transport service is run by Waymo in San Francisco and Phoenix?

Driverless Taxis

What is Nato’s second largest army?

Turkey (after USA)

Which song features a whaling ship called the Billy o’ Tea?

Wellerman

Fig trees are pollinated by which insects?

Wasps

What links: Alastair Cook; Phil Mickelson; Martina Navratilova; Mark Williams?

Famous left handers in sport

What links: Bridewell; Greenwich; Nonsuch; Richmond; Whitehall?

Lost Tudor palaces

Persian new year

Nowruz

Japanese new year term

Shogatsu

Thai new year

Songkran

Squeeze lead singer

Glenn Tilbrook

Fine young Cannibals lead singer

Roland Gift

Whitesnake lead singer

David Coverdale

Journey lead singer

Steve Perry

Parasite director

Bong Joon-Ho

Female bassist for Pixies

Kim Deal

Emma Raducanu four opponents from Fourth Round to winning final?

Shelby Rogers Belinda Bencic Maria Sakkari Leylah Fernandez

Like Littler final four games at losing world darts championship 2024

Raymond van Barneveld Brendan Dolan Rob Cross Luke Humphries

American musician and audio engineer best known as the frontman for the influential post-hardcore and noise rock bands Big Black (1981–1987) and Shellac (1992–2024). He was the founder, owner, and principal engineer at Electrical Audio, a recording studio complex in Chicago, Illinois. Died May 2024.

Steve Albini

Singer of Ireland’s Eurovision 2024 entry Doomsday Blue

Bambie Thug

Switzerland act for Eurovision 2024 with song The Code

Nemo

Japanese shaved ice dessert flavored with syrup and a sweetener, often condensed milk

Kakigori

First four plastic recycling codes only Connect

1) PET 2) HDPE 3) PVC 4) LDPE

He made his directorial debut on the 2014 action film John Wick with Chad Stahelski, though only Stahelski was credited. He then directed the 2017 thriller film Atomic Blonde, starring Charlize Theron, and 2018's Deadpool 2. In 2019, he directed Hobbs & Shaw, a spin-off of the Fast & Furious franchise, and in 2022 directed Bullet Train, starring Brad Pitt. Recently, he directed the 2024 film The Fall Guy.

David Leitch

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback

Jalen Hurts

Known as the "Leper King," who ruled Jerusalem (1174-1185) during the Crusades?

Baldwin IV

Who plays juliet opposite Romeo hy tom Holland in London west end in 2024

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers

Who plays juliet opposite Romeo hy tom Holland in London west end in 2024

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers

Danish[4] chain of juice bars and coffee shops around the world. As of 2022 it has over 338 locations globally in Europe, Asia, and Australia with 64 locations in North America. Founded by Kaspar Basse in 2002.

Joe and the Juice

Which couple’s tomb was “discovered” at Glastonbury Abbey in 1191?

King Arthur and Guinevere

The M’Naghten rules are concerned with the legal definition of what?

Insanity

Which heron is known for its booming call?

Bittern

What links: Stars; Rip It Up; The Race; American Idiot; All Rise; Galileo; Crush?

Musical artist rainbow colours: Simply Red; Orange Juice; Yello; Green Day; Blue; Indigo Girls; Tessa Violet.

What links: Davis; Dellinger; Froines; Hayden; Hoffman; Rubin; Weiner?

Chicago Seven activists on trial in 1969

What links: The Emperor; Flights; Snow White and Russian Red; Solaris?

Books by Polish authors: Ryszard Kapuściński; Olga Tokarczuk; Dorota Maslowska; Stanislaw Lem.

What links: Old Indian coin; heavenly food; Australian lizard; grassland; African clawed frog; excessively cheerful?

Ending in -anna, getting longer: anna; manna; goanna; savanna; platanna; Pollyanna.

What links: Charing Cross; Notre Dame; Roman Forum; Zhengyangmen Gate?

Zero point for measuring road distances: London; Paris; (ancient) Rome; Beijing

What links: Abraham Lincoln; Pyotr Stolypin; Todor Panitsa?

Assassinated in theatres: US president, Washington, 1865; Russian PM, Kyiv, 1911; Bulgarian revolutionary, Vienna, 1925

The OED’s first citation for “video game” mentions which Atari product?

Pong

What athletics world record has stood at 7291 since 1988?

Heptathlon (Jackie Joyner-Kersee).

What brand name was used by M&S from 1928 until 2000?

St Michael

What links: Calderdale, West Yorkshire and Nova Scotia, Canada?

Capital is Halifax

What links: The Night Manager; Conversations with Friends; Notes on a Conditional Form?

Englishmen romantically linked to Taylor Swift: Tom Hiddleston (TV series); Joe Alwyn (TV series); Matty Healy (The 1975 album)

What links: Leda; Nut; Rebecca; Rhea Silvia?

Mothers of twins in myth and religion: Castor and Pollux; Isis and Osiris; Jacob and Esau; Romulus and Remus

What links: Beaded; flush; keyed; recessed; tuck; V-grooved; weathered?

Types of brick pointing.

Who won 2024 US PGA championships?

Xander Schauffele

English cyclist and Olympic gold medallist who competes internationally in Freestyle BMX. Won gold at bmx freestyle in 2020 Tokyo.

Charlotte Worthington

elite British cyclist, competing as a BMX racer. A World Junior champion in 2017, and winner of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup final event in Zolder in 2018. 2021 gold Olympic and world champion in bmx racing.

Bethany Shriever

Colombian cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist and BMX World Champion. 2012 and 2016 bmx racing gold female.

Mariana Pajon

He learned to surf on a three-foot-long lid of a coolbox his father used to transport fish to sell to restaurants in Baia Formosa, Brazilian surfer won men’s short board surfing gold at 2020 Olympics.

Italo Ferreira

a Hawaiian American Olympian, world champion surfer and activist. She was the first-ever winner of the Olympic Gold Medal in women's short board surfing in 2020.

Carissa Moore

Spanish professional rock climber, specializing in competition lead climbing and competition bouldering. He won gold at the first Olympic sport climbing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in August 2021.

Alberto Ginés

Slovenian professional rock climber who specializes in sport climbing and competition climbing, and who has won multiple competition lead climbing and competition bouldering events. In 2021, she became the first-ever female Olympic gold medalist in climbing and is widely regarded as one of the greatest competition climbers of all time.

Janja Garnbret

Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Its principal activity is the production, marketing and sale of Isuzu commercial vehicles and diesel engines. Named after a river meaning 50 bells.

Isuzu

In 1989, which American singer known as "the Voice" donated two lion cubs to the Bronx Zoo in New York?

Whitney houston

Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which temple is the largest of the rock-cut Hindu temples at the Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, India?

Kailasa Temple

Which species of monkey found in the mountain ranges of southwestern China, has a pale blue face, and a flat nose?

Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey

Who was the umpire at the 1879 cricket match known as ‘The Sydney Riot’ who later became the first prime minister of Australia (1901)?

Edmund Barton

Who won Best Director at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy when he directed and starred in the feature-film Hedwig and the Angry Inch?

John Cameron Mitchell

also known as round-off entry vaults, are a family of vaults performed in artistic gymnastics in which the gymnast does a round-off onto the springboard and a back handspring onto the horse or vaulting table.[1] The gymnast then performs a salto, which may range in difficulty from a simple single tuck to a triple twist layout. Named after Soviet gymnast who first did in 1982.

Yurchenko

American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983.[1] Bassist/lead vocalist Fat Mike, rhythm guitarist Eric Melvin and drummer Erik Sandin are original founding and longest-serving members of the band

NOFX

a Dutch-born British-based sports broadcaster. Her presenting and commentary work has included the FIFA World Cup, the Premier League, the FIFA Women's World Cup, and the Women's Super League. She has worked for broadcasters such as the BBC in Britain, Ziggo Sport in the Netherlands, and CBS in the United States. In 2023, she became the first female to commentate on a live Premier League match in Britain for Sky Sports.

Pien Meulensteen

a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. He is recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). Along with Gemma Frisius and Gerardus Mercator, he is generally considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography and geography. He was a notable figure of this school in its golden age (approximately 1570s–1670s) and an important geographer of Spain during the age of discovery

Abraham Ortelius

With eight goals Kadidiatou Diani was the 2023/24 UEFA Women's Champions League top scorer in her debut season playing for which club?

Lyon

February 2024 world record for women: Zambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Bay FC and the Zambia women's national team.

Rachael Kundananji

‘Butterfly in the Sky’ is a documentary about which American show, hosted by LeVar Burton, which aimed to encourage children to read and to love books?

Reading Rainbow

On early periodic tables which element was given symbol J from name Jod the elements name in German?

Iodine

Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie helped form which Scottish band in 1982?

Primal Scream

Anil Kapoor as President Omar Hassan in which shows final season in 2010?

24

Caribbean country has Independence Day 1st January and eats soup Joumou?

Haiti

First midfielder to score 100 goals in premier league, played for Southampton

Matt Le Tissier

which norwegian cyclist died from crash in 2024 tour of austria?

Andre Drege

New Zealand professional rugby sevens player and Olympic gold medalist.[2] She was the first female player to win back-to-back World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year titles in 2017 and 2018. She holds the record for the most tries by a New Zealand women sevens player in a single match (six against Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games) and also the record for most tries in a single fixture when she scored five tries against England in Langford in 2017.

Michaela Blyde

Who is an English professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion.

Tom Aspinall

Who is an English professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Welterweight Champion

Leon Edwards

The performance starring which artist at the Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show has been nominated for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) at the 76th Emmy Awards?

Usher

100m breaststroke Italian swimmer 2020 bronze medal Tokyo and gold medal 2024 beating Adam Peaty

Nicolo Martinenghi