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What silky-haired dog breed has a name that means “swift” in Russian?

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Borzoi

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A nun named Miss Clavel was the teacher for which title kiddie lit character created by Ludwig Bemelmans?

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Madeline

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Gro Harlem Brundtland was the first female prime minister of which European country?

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Norway

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The 1985 movie Kiss of the Spider Woman, based on Argentine author Manuel Puig book, is set in a prison in which country?

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Brazil

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What waxy substance is naturally produced by sheep to protect their wool?

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Lanolin

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Which cartoon character made his first appearance in a 1919 short film titled Feline Follies under the name Master Tom?

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Felix the Cat

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What son of Lord North’s private secretary became a leader of English fashion famous for his friendship with King George IV?

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Beau Brummell

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What subject of a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson is shipwrecked on a desert island for 10 years before he returns home to discover his wife has remarried?

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Enoch Arden

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Who caught a touchdown pass in the Philly Special, a trick play in Super Bowl LII?

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Nick Foles (first to throw and catch a touchdown pass in Superbowl)

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What notorious club for high-society rakes was established in England in 1749 by Francis Dashwood?

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Hellfire Club

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Which competitor in the decathlon in the 1912 Olympic Games served as the president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972?

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Avery Brundage

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What is the repetitive name used for the common dolphinfish?

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Mahi-Mahi

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Which actor plays country music with his band, Modern West?

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Kevin Costner

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What comedian has made several guest appearances on the TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine as the character Fire Marshall Boone?

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Patton Oswalt

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Which architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom got its two-word name from a Swedish phrase first used by Alison and Peter Smithson for their pioneering approach to design?

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New Brutalism

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Which English architect and designer won first commission on Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral in Cork when only 35? Later work on Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch under the instruction of John Crichton-Stuart, Marquess of Bute.

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William Burges

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Which 19th century industrialist, philanthropist and architectural patron was responsible for the
renovation of both Cardiff Castle and the nearby Castell Coch in the Gothic Revival style?

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John Crichton-Stuart, Marquess of Bute

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Which English female vocalist featured on the original recording of ‘The Great Gig in the Sky’ on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album? Although her wordless vocal section was originally uncredited, she subsequently sued (successfully) for songwriting co-authorship. also covered the Dolly Parton single “Love Is Like a Butterfly” for the opening titles of the BBC TV series Butterflies

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Clare Torry

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Named for its Hungarian-born inventor, the Schick [SHICK] test is used to determine susceptibility to which serious bacterial disease?

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Diphtheria

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Mantoux or Mendel-Mantoux test can be used to diagnose which disease?

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TB

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Which female actor won the best supporting actor award at the 1991 Oscars for her performance in ‘The Fisher King’?

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Mercedes Ruehl

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What is the name of the ‘wise-cracking’ ex basketball player turned Sports Agent/Private Detective who features in a series of novels by US-author Harlen Coben?

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Myron Bolitar

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If you went into a shop in Wales and asked for some ‘cwrw’ (NOTE TO READER SPELL THIS OUT)
(pronounced ‘coo-roo’) what would you come out with?

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Beer

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Which island is the largest of the St Kilda archipelago, and contains the UK’s highest cliffs?

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Hirta

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Which 19th English explorer of Australia led several expeditions in New South Wales and Victoria, which established that the west-flowing rivers all merged into the Murray River? – the highway from Wagga Wagga to Adelaide is named after him

Charles Napier Sturt

Which football club, relegated to the Scottish League fourth tier in 2018, won the inaugural ScottishCup in 1874 and won it a total of 10 times in the next 20 years, but never since?

Queen's Park

Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Opus 67, is written in which key?

C Minor

In the BBC sitcom, Gavin and Stacey which Welsh actress played Stacey’s mother Gwen whose culinary skills focused around the production of omelettes at a moment’s notice

Melanie Walters

The distillery for Bushmills whiskey can be found in which Irish county?

County Antrim

In cytogenetics, what term describes the entire chromosomal complement of a cell which may be observed during mitotic metaphase?

Karyotype

Although never formally a member of the band, which English female vocalist featured on many of Culture Club’s albums and singles between 1981 and 1985? She went on to have one Top 40 hit in 1984 with ‘Love Lies Lost’ and is now Executive Producer of the Brit Awards.

Helen Terry

Which Welsh19th century industrialist, landowner and Liberal politician was responsible for the renovation of Margam Castle in South Wales in the Gothic Revival style?

Christopher Talbot (Port Talbot named after him)

What is the term for the marker that designates the final 1km of each stage of the Tour de France?

Flamme Rouge

Who wrote the TV drama ‘Boys from the Blackstuff’, set in and around Liverpool, which first aired in 1980?

Alan Bleasdale

Which 19th Scottish explorer of Australia led the first successful expedition to traverse the Australian mainland from south to north and return?– the highway from Port August, South Australia to Darwin, Northern Territory is named after him

John McDouall Stuart

Which is the largest and most populated of the Faroe Islands?

Streymoy

In cytogenetics, the presence of an abnormal number of chromosomes in a cell, for example a human cell having 45 or 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46 is known as what?

Aneuploidy

Nicknamed The Sons, which football club, relegated to the third tier in 2018, were top-flight champions in both of the first two seasons of the Scottish Football League, in 1891 and 1892, but never since?

Dumbarton

In the BBC sitcom, Gavin and Stacey, which Welsh actress played Stacey’s elderly next door neighbour Doris, who regularly dates younger men, even offering herself up to Gavin for "discreet" extramarital relations and is described by Bryn as "a player".

Margaret John

Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, BWV 365, is written in which key?

D Minor

The distillery for Tullamore Dew whiskey can be found in which Irish county?

Count Offaly

If you went into a shop in Wales and asked for some ‘caws’ (NOTE TO READER SPELL THIS OUT) (pronounced ‘cow-ss’) what would you come out with?

Cheese

What is the name of the ‘wise-cracking’ Private Detective who features in a series of novels by USauthor Robert Crais?

Elvis Cole (who has partner Joe Pike)

Which female actor won the best supporting actor award at the 2000 Oscars for her performance in ‘Pollock?

Marcia Gay Harden

Which book by Jorge Amado, first published in 1943, with an English translation following in 1945, tells the story of the violent struggles to develop the cacao plantations in the Brazilian state of Bahia?

The Violent Land

First broadcast in 1986, the UK children’s TV series Jossy’s Giants, was written by which legendary, late sports commentator, who passed away in 2012? One of his more memorable quotes is “"The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in with a portion of chips, you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them!!"

Sid Waddell

What is the most common brand name of the drug that has the generic name Nitrazepam? It is used for short-term relief from severe, disabling anxiety and insomnia.

Mogadon

Which singer’s backing group’s members included Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews and Gordon Stoker?

Elvis Presley (The Jordanaires)

Beggar’s Banquet, Let it Bleed and Black and Blue, as well being titles of Rolling Stones albums, are also books by which writer?

Ian Rankin

Previously known as Newman College of Higher Education and later Newman University College, in which English city is Newman University?

Birmingham

What was the first name of Mr Hudson, the butler played by Gordon Jackson in Upstairs Downstairs?

Angus

From which language do we get the word noodle?

German

Which letter of the alphabet is used to denote the highest band of Council Tax in England?

H

With a name combining elements of the groups in which they came to fame, what is the name of the self-proclaimed ‘supergroup’ comprising Keith Duffy and Brian McFadden?

Boyzlife

At the time he was taken hostage in Lebanon (1987-1991), Terry Waite was a special envoy for which Archbishop of Canterbury?

Robert Runcie

With a length of 386 miles, the Glomma is the longest river in which country?

Norway

Which President is on the $2 bill?

Thomas Jefferson

What is the name of Ian Dury’s son, who appears alongside him on the cover on his acclaimed 1977 album New Boots and Panties!! and is now an accomplished musician in his own right?

Baxter Dury

The Silver Y is one of the most common species of which creature found in the British Isles?

Moth

Which Channel 4 property show has the Twitter hash tag #LIOLI?

Love It or List It

Which English poet wrote the lines ‘God’s in his heaven, all’s right with the world’?

Robert Browning in Pippa Passes

Which French city, the capital of the Isère department, styles itself the ‘Capital of the Alps’?

Grenoble

Which county, with Dundalk as its county town, is affectionately known as ‘the Wee County’ due to it being the smallest county in the Republic of Ireland?

Louth

In terms of the number of ranking titles won, who is the most successful snooker player from outside of the UK?

Neil Robertson

On which island are the towns of Gorey and St Aubin to be found?

Jersey

Which chemical element, atomic number 104, is named after the scientist known as the ‘father of nuclear physics’?

Rutherfordium

Which chemical element, atomic number 103, is named after the scientist who invented the cyclotron?

Lawrencium

Headquartered at Taoyuan International Airport, which airline is the national carrier of Taiwan?

China Airlines

Which airline is the national carrier of China?

Air China

Who in 2019, made history by becoming the first person to win an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA and Golden Globe within a single year?

Lady Gaga

By what name is the multi-sport venue in London’s Olympic Park that was previously known as the Handball Arena now known?

Copper Box Arena

Collectively called the calyx, what name is given to the leaf-like parts of a flower that typically function as protection for the bud, supporting the petals when in bloom?

Sepals

Known as the ‘Golden Voice of Africa’, which Malian singer-songwriter was ostracised as a child because his albinism was considered a sign of bad luck in Mandinka culture? Despite this early adversity he went on to release Grammynominated albums such as Papa and Moffou.

Salif Keita

In October 2021, which Adelaide United footballer came out as gay? He is the only male player currently playing for a top-flight club to have done so.

Josh Cavallo

Led by Joe Dumars and Isiah Thomas, which franchise won the 1989 and 1990 NBA titles?

Detroit Pistons

With its dark brown colouration, which aromatic fizzy soft drink takes its name from the two wild flowers that have been used to produce it since mediaeval times?

Dandelion and Burdock

Judi Dench stars as the title character of which 2005 biographical film directed by Stephen Frears that sees an eccentric widow open London's famous Windmill Theatre with the help of the impresario Vivian Van Damm?

Mrs Henderson Presents

German-American psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychological development of human beings. He coined the phrase identity crisis. Childhood and Society (1950) Young Man Luther (1958) Gandhi's Truth (1969 - won Pulitzer Prize)

Erik Erikson

Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and former University Professor of the Humanities at New York University: known for studies of social ties in cities. First book: The Uses of Disorder: Personal Identity and City Life. The Culture of New Capitalism, The Craftsman. Married to Saskia Sassen.

Richard Sennett

Dutch-American sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration: term global city was coined and popularized by Sassen in her 1991 work, The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. Married to Richard Sennett.

Saskia Sassen

Which French political historian who specialised in Russian history won the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences in 2023? From 1999 up until her death in August 2023, she served as the Perpetual Secretary of the Académie Française, to which she was first elected in 1990. Cousin of Salome Zourabichvili, the current President of Georgia.

Hélène CARRERE D'ENCAUSSE

Who was the winner of Princess of Asturias Award in 2022? This Mexican archaeologist from 1978 to 1982 directed excavations at the Templo Mayor, the remains of a major Aztec pyramid in central Mexico City and continued to make important contributions to Mexican archaeology over career.

Eduardo MATOS MOCTEZUMA

Winner of Princess of Asturias Award in 2020 was which Turkish economist? The question of what constitutes good economic policy and why some governments are more successful than others at adopting it is at the center of his research. His works include Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science and The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy.

Dani Rodrik

Winner of Princess of Asturias Award in 2018 was which American political philosopher works at Harvard Law School where his course Justice was the university's first course to be made freely available online and on television? He is also known for his critique of John Rawls' A Theory of Justice in his first book, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982). Justice: Whats the Right Thing to Do? (2009).

Michael Sandel

Winner of Princess of Asturias Award in 2017 was which British author and commentator of Irish Catholic descent known for her books on comparative religion? Created the Charter for Compassion. Books: A History of God, The Battle for God, The Spiral Staircase, The Case for God.

Karen Armstrong

Born Zurich, 1969, Swiss-born British author and public speaker, He published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997), Status Anxiety (2004), and The Architecture of Happiness (2006). The Consolations of Philosophy.

Alain de Botton

Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature. Cervantes called him “The Phoenix of Wits” (Fénix de los ingenios) and “Monster of Nature” (Monstruo de naturaleza). Known for: Fuenteovejuna, The Dog in the Manger, Punishment Without Revenge

Lope de Vega

Born 1947, American philosopher whose works include: The Fragility of Goodness, Cultivating Humanity, Sex and Social Justice, Hiding from Humanity.

Martha Nussbaum

Born 1946, American radical feminist writer and activist best known for her analysis of pornography. Appeared on British show After Dark in 1988. Woman Hating (1974) , Pornography (1981), Intercourse (1987)

Andrea Dworkin

Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and artist from the Japanese New Wave era. He is best known for the 1964 film Woman in the Dunes. He is also known for directing other titles such as The Face of Another (1966), Natsu No Heitai (Summer Soldiers, 1972), and Pitfall (1962). First person of Asian descent to be nominated for Best Director oscar.

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Born 1924, which Japanese writer best known for his 1962 novel The Woman in the Dunes that was made into an award-winning film by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1964? Also: The Face of Another, The Box Man, the play The Man Who Turned Into A Stick.

Kobo Abe

Which 2019 video game designed by Hideo Kojima was said to be inspired by Kobo Abe's play The Man Who Turned Into A Stick? The game features Sam Porter Bridges (Norman Reedus), a courier tasked with delivering supplies to isolated colonies and reconnecting them via a wireless communications network.

Death Stranding

American actress best known for her leading role in the American science fiction television series The Bionic Woman (1976–1978), in which she portrayed character Jaime Sommers. She first played the role on the series The Six Million Dollar Man.

Lindsay Wagner

American actor known for his role as James Dempsey in the British drama series Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986). His theatre credits include the original Broadway production of Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? (1969), and playing Jerry Springer in the West End production of Jerry Springer: The Opera (2003–2004). Married to Lindsay Wagner 1976-79 and Glynis Barber 1989+.

Michael Brandon

South African actress known for her portrayals of Sgt. Harriet Makepeace in the British police drama Dempsey and Makepeace, Glenda Mitchell in EastEnders, DCI Grace Barraclough in Emmerdale, Fiona Brake in Night and Day, and Soolin in Blake's 7. In 2022, she joined the cast of Hollyoaks as Norma Crow.

Glynis Barber

Which TV show 1985-86 has oddball pairing of two police detectives: an elegant British noblewoman, Sgt Harriet _______, and a streetwise working-class New Yorker, Lt James _______, both working for an elite and armed unit of the London Metropolitan Police

Dempsey and Makepeace

American actor most noted for the voice of Ubercorn in the TV series Go Jetters and the origination of the role Barry Belson in the musical Jersey Boys. Voice actor in video games including Fallout 76, Saints Row, Bayonetta 3, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Starfield.

Tommie Earl Jenkins

Which CBeebies TV show follows the adventures of four heroes, Xuli, Kyan, Lars and Foz, as they travel the world with their mentor and friend, Ubercorn?

Go Jetters

New cadet Tala of Go Jetters in series 3 is voiced by which actress who also best known for playing DCI Lauren McDonald in the ITV crime drama McDonald & Dodds (2020–present)?

Tala Gouveia

Video game franchise launched 2006, set in the fictional city of Stilwater. Players create their own character referred to as "Playa". After being caught in a shootout between three warring gangs—the Vice Kings, Los Carnales, the Westside Rollerz—the player character is rescued by a fourth, smaller namesake gang. 2023 relaunches series.

Saints Row

Third video game in which franchise was released in 2022? Titular angel-hunting witch who must face against man-made bioweapons called Homunculi, and an entity known as the Singularity which threatens to destroy the multiverse.

Bayonetta (3)

Canadian-born American voice actress with work in video game franchises such as Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect, Metal Gear Solid, BioShock Infinite, Metroid Prime, Overwatch, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. In 2013, she was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most prolific video game voice actress.

Jennifer Hale

Who is known for his video game roles, including Joel Miller in The Last of Us franchise, Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite (2013), Samuel "Sam" Drake in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016) and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (2017), Rhys Strongfork in Tales from the Borderlands (2014), Snow Villiers in Final Fantasy XIII (2010), Kanji Tatsumi in Persona 4 (2008), Higgs Monaghan in Death Stranding (2019), and Talion in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Troy Baker

Greek economist, politician, and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party PASOK, which he led from 1974 to 1996. He served three terms as the 3rd and 8th prime minister of Greece from 1981-89 and 1993-96. His father and son were both PMs of Greece (son George was 2009-11).

Andreas Papandreou

American feminist legal scholar, activist, and author, focuses on women's rights and sexual abuse and exploitation, including sexual harassment, rape, prostitution, sex trafficking and pornography, Sexual Harassment of Working Women (1979);[3] Feminism Unmodified (1987), Toward a Feminist Theory of the State (1989); Only Words (1993).

Catherine A MacKinnon

American developmental psychologist winner of 2011 Prince of Asturias Award, best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, as outlined in his 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences.

Howard Gardner

Winner of Prince of Asturias Award in 2000, Italian Jesuit, cardinal of the Catholic Church and a Biblical scholar. He was Archbishop of Milan from 1980 to 2004 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. A towering intellectual figure of the Roman Catholic Church, Martini was the liberal contender for the Papacy in the 2005 conclave, following the death of Pope John Paul II.

Carlo Maria Martini

In philosophy of mathematics, which pair of Harvard colleagues developed their namesake indispensability argument, an argument for the reality of mathematical entitie?

Quine-Putnam

Born Akron 1908, American philosopher and logician who wrote works including From a Logical Point of View, Word and Object, The Roots of Reference, Two Dogmas of Empiricism.

Willard Van Orman Quine

Russian mathematician born 1903 smashed all kinds of maths, in 1922 gained international recognition for constructing a Fourier series that diverges almost everywhere. Famous for theorem with Arnold and Moser and loads of other namesake stuff.

Andrey Kolmogorov

A major work of the Frankfurt School, in which 1964 book did Herbert Marcuse [mar-KOO-zuh] discuss how the “advanced industrial society” has caused critical thought to wither away and create the titular type of person?

One Dimensional Man

Which word, derived from a Latin word meaning crowd, describes the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles?

Turbidity

What two-word Latin name was given to the sequence of increasingly important public offices held by politicians during the Roman Republic?

Cursus Honorum

First arriving in Europe in the 17th century, what pigment produces a dark yellow colour and is traditionally used to dye the robes of Buddhist monks? Its name is derived from the Latin word for Cambodia.

Gamboge

Broadcasting from a different location each week, Kathy Clugston took over from Eric Robson as the chair of which longrunning Radio 4 factual panel programme, currently airing on Friday afternoons?

Gardener's Question Time

Headquartered at Stein in Bavaria, which German artists' materials manufacturer founded in 1761 gained its modern hyphenated name when the founder's descendant married a German countess?

Faber-Castell

Another key work by a philosopher associated with the Frankfurt School was which 1981 two-volume work by Jürgen Habermas, in which he attempted to ground the social sciences in a theory of language?

The Theory of Communicative Action

John Cale had previously produced the eponymous 1969 debut album of which proto-punk rock group fronted by Iggy Pop? The album produced the singles I Wanna Be Your Dog and 1969.

The Stooges

Led by Hakeem Olajuwon, which franchise won the 1994 and 1995 NBA titles?

Houston Rockets

Which fizzy soft drink, designed to taste like a dairy-based dessert, was originally made in the 19th century with sparkling water, sugar, wheat flour, egg whites and vanilla?

Cream Soda

Based on the book of the same name by Shrabani Basu, which 2017 Stephen Frears historical drama stars Judi Dench and Ali Fazal as the title characters and charts the real-life relationship between the monarch and her IndianMuslim servant?

Victoria & Abdul

Directed by John Madden, 1997 British drama film starring Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, and Gerard Butler in his film debut

Mrs Brown

He is known for directing Shakespeare in Love (1998), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He has also gained recognition for directing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) and its sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015). Mrs Brown, Operation Mincemeat too.

John Madden

John Madden debut film starring Liam Neeson as title character and based on Edith Wharton work? Patricia Arquette stars as Mattie Silver.

Ethan Frome

English author The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (1990) Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord (1991) The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman (1992) Captain Corelli's Mandolin (1994)

Louis de Bernieres

2005 film Proof directed by John Madden based on 2000 play Proof by whcih playwright? Aslo done screenplays for The Lake House, The Girl in the Park, Georgetown (directed by Christoph Waltz). Was script consultant on Jonathan Larson's Tick Tick... Boom!

David Auburn2

Killshot is a 2008 film by John Madden starring Diane Lane and Thomas Jane and based on which author's 1989 work? Also done Out of Sight, Swag, Hombre and Mr Majestyk.

Elmore Leonard

Who played Frank Castle/The Punisher in 2004 film The Punisher? Created the comic book series Bad Planet, was Ray Drecker in tv show Hung, married to Patricia Arquette 2006-11.

Thomas Jane

In May 2022, which Blackpool footballer became the first male professional player in British football to come out as gay since Justin Fashanu in 1990?

Jake Daniels

Based in Westbury, Wiltshire, which British butter brand is recognisable by its yellow and green packaging, with its name and maritime logo inscribed in red?

Anchor

What name is given to the female reproductive organ of a flower consisting of the stigma, style and ovary? Pistils and the gynoecium may be formed of several of these structures.

Carpel

John Wilson, Kirsty Lang and Samira Ahmed are the current presenters of which arts and media programme broadcast on weekday evenings at 7:15 on Radio 4?

Front Row

Notable for its griffin logo and for being the first company to patent squeezable metal paint tubes with screw caps for moist watercolours, which London-based supplier and manufacturer of artists' materials was founded in 1832 by a scientist and a painter who gave their names to the company?

Winsor & Newton

Which German architect was the third and final director of the Bauhaus, before it was closed by the Nazis? His minimalistic approach was summed up with the aphorism “less is more”.

Ludwig MIES van der Rohe

In chemistry, what name – derived from the Latin for tuft of wool – is given to the process by which a chemical coagulant added to the water acts to facilitate bonding between particles, creating larger aggregates that are easier to separate?

Flocculation

Which magisterial position in the cursus honorum was inferior only to that of consul? Romans typically ran for this position after serving as quaestor or aedile.

Praetor

Taking its name from the French verb for “to variegate”, and similar to intarsia, what term is given to the craft of using pieces of veneer to make distinctive patterns or pictures on furniture or panels?

Marquetry

noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to reestablish the use of adobe and traditional mud construction as opposed to western building designs, material configurations, and lay-outs, 2017 google doodle, Balzan Prize 1980

Hassan Fathy

first of the major plant hormones to be discovered, from the Greek for "to grow", Frits Warmolt Went first described them and Kenneth V Thimann first to isolate them.

Auxin

a class of plant hormones that promote cell division in plant roots and shoots, name froms the act of cell division

Cytokinin

Known as GAs, which plant hormones that regulate various developmental processes, including stem elongation, germination, dormancy, flowering, flower development, and leaf and fruit senescence? Led to green revolution of 1960s, name from a fungus.

Gibberellin

Shortened as ABA, which plant hormone functions in many plant developmental processes, including seed and bud dormancy, the control of organ size and stomatal closure? It is especially important for plants in the response to environmental stresses, including drought, soil salinity, cold tolerance, freezing tolerance, heat stress and heavy metal ion tolerance.

Abscisis Acid

German evolutionary biologist born 1904, known for theory of peripatric speciation (new species formed from an isolated peripheral population). In his book Systematics and the Origin of Species (1942) he wrote that a species is not just a group of morphologically similar individuals, but a group that can breed only among themselves, excluding all others.

Ernst Mayr

American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology, coined the word "scaffolding", introduced concept of spiral curriculum.

Jerome Bruner

South African palaeoanthropologist best known for his work at South Africa's hominid fossil sites and activist against apartheid. Studied the Kalihari San people (bushmen), Tonga people of Zambia/Zimbabwe, was involved with Louis Leakey with the classification of Homo Habilis. Involved in the STERKFONTEIN archeological site in Gauteng.

Phillip Tobias

The Taung Child is the fossilised skull of a young of which extinct species discovered in 1924 and described by Raymond Dart in Nature in 1925?

Australopithecus africanus

From Italian for rubble, rock composed of large angular broken fragments of minerals or rocks cemented together by a fine-grained matrix?

Breccia

Born 1923, which Hungarian-Austrian composer was born in Transylvania, used technique called micropolyphony on orchestral work called Atmospheres, wrote anti-opera Le Grand Macabre, Lux Aeterna.

György Ligeti

In the TV series Hi Di Hi, what nickname was given to the entertainment staff at the Maplins Holiday camp at Crimptonon-Sea wear when carrying out their role? The nickname was derived from the distinctive article of clothing they wore when on duty.

Yellow Coat

The actor Steven Seagal holds a 7th Dan Blackbelt in which Japanese Martial art and was also the first non-Japanese martial artist to operate a dojo for this martial art in Japan? It Is typically used as a defensive technique with practitioners attempting to use an attacker’s momentum against them.

Aikido

What was the name and number of the spacecraft which put the dog Laika into space, making her the first animal to orbit the Earth?

Sputnik 2

Whilst it can be either waxing or waning depending on whether it is before or after the full moon, what name is given to the phase of the moon which is the opposite of a crescent moon where about three quarters of the moon can be seen?

Gibbous

David Mendenhall won the Razzie for Worst Supporting Actor in 1987 for playing Michael Cutler in what Slyvester Stallone film about arm wresting championship?

Over the Top

The Kiso, Hida and Akaishi Mountain ranges combine together to form which larger mountain range?

Japanese Alps

Which King of Scots was the first monarch from the House of Stuart?

Robert II

In the Chronicles of Narnia, which mountainous country and ally of Narnia lies to its immediate south? The Battle of Anvard in The Horse and his Boy takes place at the end of this country?

Archenland

Who played Beth Brennan in Neighbours?

Natalie Imbruglia

Who played Flick Scully in Neighbours?

Holly Valance

(Two Word Answer Required) Beverley is the county town of which English county that was re-established in 1996 afterbeing abolished in 1974?

East Yorkshire

What name is given to the hybrid animal which is the offspring of a Bull and a female American Bison?

Beefalo

The professional wrestler David Harwood uses the ring name Dax Harwood when he currently competes in the promotion All Elite Wrestling, what ring name did he use when he competed in the WWE?

Scott Dawson

Two stadia in South Yorkshire hosted games at the 2022 Women’s European Football Championship. One of these was Sheffield United’s Bramhall Lane, the other was the home stadium of which team whose men’s team currently play in the Championship? (note - name the team not the stadium)

Rotherham United

In the TV series Hi Di Hi, what response were campers expected to say when a member of the entertainment staff at the Maplins Holiday camp at Crimpton-on-Sea said Hi De Hi?

Ho De Ho

The song Burning Heart by Survivor in the opening track on the soundtrack of the 4th film in which film series?

Rocky

What was the name and number of the spacecraft which took Valentina Tereshkova into space, making her the first woman to orbit the Earth?

Vostok 6

What spacecraft took Yuri Gagarin to space?

Vostok 1

Between 1979 and 1989 the country now known as Cambodia had what other name?

Kampuchea

What name is given to the hybrid animal which is the offspring of a male false killer whale and a female Bottlenose Dolphin?

Wholphin

The professional wrestler Adrienne Reese uses the ring name Athena when she currently competes in the promotion All Elite Wrestling, what ring name did she use when she competed in the WWE?

Ember Moon

Jody Whatley was the only American woman to sing on the original 1984 version of Do They Know It’s Christmas. She was a member of which band?

Shalamar

Between 1974 and 1996, Middlesbrough was the county town of which short lived now defunct English country?

Cleveland

The 1999 film She’s All That and its 2020 remake He’s All That are both loosely based on which play that has also been re-made as a musical which won the Oscar for Best Picture?

Pygmalion

Not happening that often, what name is given to a 13th full moon in the same calendar year?

Blue Moon

There were only two Kings of Scots from the House of Bruce, the first was Robert the Bruce, who was the other who succeeded his father, Robert?

David II

Which mountain in the Akaishi mountain range is the highest in the Japanese Alps and the second highest in Japan?

Mount Kita

Which athlete won the Gold Medal in the women’s 100 metres at both the 1997 and 1999 World Athletics Championships? She’s been allowed to keep these medals unlike the Gold Medals in the 100 and 200 metres titles at the 2000 Sydney Olympics which she was stripped of?

Marion Jones

Estelle Getty won the Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress in 1992 for playing Tutti Bomowski in what Sylvester Stallone film?

Stop or My Mom Will Shoot!

Lewis Hamilton won 6 of his 7 Formula One World Championships driving for which team, whose cars are always predominantly silver in colour?

Mercedes

What team was Jenson Button driving for when he won the 2009 F1 title?

Brawn

Which is the first gaseous element of the periodic table which doesn’t start with the letter H?

Nitrogen

Which Battle of 1870 was a decisive loss for the French in the Franco-Prussian War, it saw the capture of French Emperor Napoleon III and enabled the Prussian Army to besiege Paris?

Battle of Sedan

In the Chronicles of Narnia which semi-arid empire is separated from Narnia by the Great Desert? The two countries have never got on but the desert and Narnia’s reputation for magic prevent this country from attacking until the launch a full-scale invasion attempt in the novel The Last Battle.

Calormen

Due to Lance Armstrong being stripped of his award, which 5 times winner of the Tour De France, is currently the only cyclist to win the Award for BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year?

Jacques Anquetil

What was the name of the World War 2 prisoner of war camp where both the Wooden Horse Escape and the Great Escape occurred?

Stalag Luft III

Which spice, made from the dried berries of the Pimenta tree, is one of the main ingredients of Jamaican jerk seasoning along with Scotch bonnet chilis?

Allspice

Located near the Stenness Standing Stones in Orkney, which is the only Neolithic henge in Britain that forms an almost perfect circle?

Ring of Brodgar

In rugby union, the front row of the scrum is made up of the hooker and two players in what position?

Prop

L.A. Turnaround is a 1974 album by which Scottish folk singer-songwriter and guitarist? He was a foundingmember of Pentangle.

Bert Jansch

The Roskilde [ROSK-il-duh] Festival is a music event held annually in which country?

Denmark

Brothers Tughril and Chaghri founded which empire in the 11th century CE? With its first capital at Nishapur, at its greatest extent it controlled a vast area including Anatolia and the Levant in the west to the Hindu Kush in the east.

Great SELJUK Empire

Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan's trilogy of frontier movies began with 2015's Sicario and continued the following year with which heist film? In this movie, Chris Pine and Ben Foster play brothers who commit a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch.

Hell or High Water

Based in Varese [va-RAY-zeh], which Italian luxury fashion house is best known for its colourful knitwear and distinctive zig zag or chevron patterns? The brand is named for founders Ottavio and Rosita who started the business in 1953.

Missoni

What name, taken from the Welsh for “river”, is shared by several English rivers, one of which flows below the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol before flowing into the Severn Estuary?

Avon

Which 17th-century Dutch rationalist philosopher is known for his magnum opus Ethics, published posthumously in 1677?

Baruch Spinoza

The sixth largest in the world, which desert spans an area of northern China and southern Mongolia?

Gobi Desert

Playing out of their namesake South London ground, which cricket team won the 2022 season of the Hundred women's competition? The final, played on September 3rd, was a rematch of the 2021 final as this team again beat the Southern Brave.

Oval Invincibles

Which team won the 2023 The Hundred Mens competition? Although thee men's first win, the women's version had won the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

Oval Invincibles

Which team won the 2023 The Hundred Womens competition? Although the women's first win, the men's version had won the 2021 competition.

Southern Brave

Which Oval Invincibles player was the first cricketer for South Africa to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match? Married to her teammate Dane van Niekerk. Won Player of the Series of the 2023 The Hundred.

Marizanne Kapp

Which Surrey cricketer who made test debut for England in 2022 plays for Manchester Originals in The Hundred and won player of the tournament in the 2023 version?

Jamie Overton

Which female cricketer who made her test debut for England against Australia in the 2023 Ashes in June, scored for most runs during the 2023 The Hundred Womens competition while playing for Southern Brave?

Danni Wyatt

What is the name of the trophy for the English women's cricket 50-over domestic competition? Named after female cricketer.

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy

What is the name of the trophy for the English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition? Named after female cricketer.

Charlotte Edwards Trophy

Which Southern Braves player, won the 2022 T20 World Cup with England, bowled the most wickets for mens The Hundred competition in 2023 for the Southern Brave?

Tymal Mills

Which 19th-century Russian author and playwright first made his name in 1852 with the short story collection A Sportsman's Sketches, based on his observations of the lives of Russian peasants? Books: Fathers & Sons, Mumu and Asya.

Ivan Turgenev

Considered among the best female mixed martial artists of all time, which Brazilian fighter defeated Ronda Rousey in the latter's second and final loss of her career? She is currently the champion of both the UFC's Featherweight and Bantamweight divisions.

Amanda Nunes

The 1942 Agatha Christie novel The Moving Finger takes its title from Edward Fitzgerald's 1859 translation of the Rubaiyat of which 11th-century CE Persian astronomer and poet?

Omar Khayyam

Built around 2800 BCE and giving its name to a type of chambered cairn found only on the islands, which passage grave on Mainland Orkney is a notable example of Neolithic craftsmanship and forms a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Ring of Brodgar, Stones of Stenness and Skara Brae?

Maeshowe

In rugby union, what position is played by the two players who form the second row of the scrum? The position is sometimes just known as “second row”.

Lock

Featuring the track ‘May You Never’, Solid Air was an acclaimed 1973 album by which folk singersongwriter and guitarist? The title track was dedicated to his close friend, Nick Drake.

John Martyn

She married into the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, but Queen Victoria was the final monarch of which British ruling house?

House of Hanover

Which reddish spice made from the dried berries of a shrub in the Rhus genus, is used to add a lemony taste to many middle-eastern dishes including the Lebanese salad fattoush, and in the spice mix za’atar?

Sumac

In which Disney+ series of 2022 does May Calamawy [ca-la-MA-wee] star as Layla Al-Faouly, the wife of the title character played by Oscar Isaac? After unlocking powers of her own, Calamawy's character becomes a rare example of an Arab superhero.

Moon Knight

Which German rationalist philosopher and polymath developed the metaphysical system of Monadism in his 1714 work Monadology?

Gottfried Liebniz

The final instalment of Taylor Sheridan’s frontier trilogy is which 2017 murder mystery set on the titular Indian reservation? Jeremy Renner stars as an expert tracker and agent of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Wind River

Giorgio Armani rose to prominence working for which luxury fashion house known for its ready-to-wear menswear? This fashion house was founded by an Italian designer in 1967, but has the year 1881 in its name in reference to the year his grandfather founded a textile mill.

Cerruti 1881

What is the name given to the functionally integrated genetic unit for the control of gene expression in bacteria? A famous example, lac, is responsible for the metabolism of lactose in E. coli.

Operon

Which K in statistics refers to the relative weight of values in the tails of a probability distribution compared to the centre?

Kurtosis

From Lewis Carroll: what is the name for the stilt-legged birds living in Wonderland in Tulgey Wood? "a thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round, something like a live mop." by Humpty Dumpty.

Borogrove

A golf course will have a 'par' score which is set by a number of criteria according to the R&A, it will also have an SSS which is a better measure of the actual course difficulty. In this context what does the middle S stand for if the first S is Standard and the third S is Score?

Scratch

A photo taken by David Scherman in April 1945 depicts which female model, journalist, and surrealist bathing in the bathroom of Adolf Hitler’s Munich apartment? She was also an apprentice to Man Ray, with some of her early photographs being attributed to him.

Lee Miller

Also called a consonant alphabet, what "A" is a writing system that only contains symbols for consonants? Extant examples include the writing systems used for Arabic and Hebrew.

Abjad

American actor played Joshua brother to Jason in Jason's Lyric, in second series of Fargo, Shocker in Spider-Man: Homecoming, played saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman in Ray Charles biopic Ray. Also in 2023 film Old Boys.

Bokeem Woodbine

Founder of Atlantic Records, Turkish-American record producer

Ahmet Ertegun

Music journalist turned producer, coined term "rhythm and blues" and signed/produced Ray CHarles, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield and signed Led Zeppelin to Atlantic Records, produced 1979 Bob Dylan album Slow Train Coming.

Jerry Wexler

American rhythm-and-blues saxaphonist known for work as sideman on seminal recordings by Ray Charles. Played by Bokeem Woodbine in biopic Ray.

Fathead Newman

Who directs and stars in 2023 film Old Dads also starring Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine?

Bill Burr

Which TV producer and writer produced and wrote Fargo, Legion (X-Men tv show)? Directed and co-wrote Lucy in the Sky in 2019 about Lisa Nowak who as astronaut but fell into controversy?

Noah Hawley

What is the name of the crime series based on the Liebermann Series of books by Frank Tallis? In this series Matthew Beard plays Max Lieberman, a doctor and student of Sigmund Freud who acts as an unlikely partner with 'traditional' Police Detective Oskar Reinhardt.

Vienna Blood

Which 2019 horror film was the directorial debut for Rose Glass, it follows a recent Christian convert nurse who becomes obsessed with delivering the soul of one of her patients?

St Maud

What is the second largest region in metropolitan France by area? It contains the city of Toulouse and its name is that of a larger cultural region whose language is also an official language in Catalonia

Occitania

The last Welsh-born Prince of Wales served as squire to Henry Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, only in later life to launch a rebellion against English rule, and appeared as a King in Shakespeare's Henry IV. What is his name?

Owain Glyndwr

Which word of French-origin in ecology can be understood as a species' role within an environment or community? Species with a narrow one of these are known as specialists, whereas those with wider ones are generalists.

Ecological Niche

Sixteen Tons' was the most famous hit of which musician, who was Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990?

Tennessee Ernie FORD

What S in statistics refers to the distribution of error terms? If the errors are random with constant variance, this is prefixed 'homo-',and if there is a pattern it is prefixed 'hetero-'.

Scedasticity

On a golf course, the holes have an SI rating, which ranks the holes by difficulty. The I stands for Index, for what does the S stand?

Stroke Index

“Rooster”, “Nutshell”, and “Down in a Hole” were among the songs performed for MTV Unplugged in 1996 by which Grunge band? This was their first performance in over two years, and one of the last for singer Layne Staley.

Alice in Chains

Another brand experiencing a resurgence due to the ‘Y2K’ trend, which tattoo artist gives his name to a clothing brand recognisable for its use of his tattoo-style artwork on items such as T-shirts, hoodies, and caps?

Ed Hardy

Also called an alphasyllabary, what "A" is a writing system where each symbol represents a consonant and diacritics denote different vowel sounds? Extant examples include Tamil and Ge'ez.

Abugida

an inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order, historically found in churches, monasteries and other ecclesiastical buildings

Abecedarium

Which 2016 horror film was the feature length directorial debut for Julia Ducournau, it follows a first semester veterinary medicine student who develops an insatiable lust for human flesh?

RAW

What Knight was was a prime mover in the deposition of Richard II in favour of Henry Bolingbroke in 1399? Known for his readiness to attack, he joined Owain Glyn Dwr to rebel against King Henry iV and died in the Battle of Shrewsbury

Sir Henry PERCY,

What element precedes the word ‘jaw’ in the name of an illness developed by young women who worked as watch dial painters in the early 20th century? The disease was caused by the ingestion of paint made with this element.

Radium

Which Cantonese dipping sauce is made of fermented soybeans and often includes five spice, chilies, garlic and sugar? Its name is derived from the Chinese word for seafood despite it not containing any such ingredients.

Hoisin Sauce

What is the name of the crime series set in Victorian London, in which Kate Philips plays Eliza, a private detective struggling to build a reputation in a male dominated world? Eliza often partners, or competes with traditional Detective Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard

Miss SCARLETT and the DUKE

Many of the early photographs attributed to the photographer Robert Capa were likely taken by which female photographer? A song named after her by the band Alt-J describes the events of Capa's death 17 years after her own in 1937, as a result of a car accident during the Spanish Civil War.

Gerda TARO

What three countries border tri-point Mount Roraima?

Brazil/Guyana/Venezuela

Brie Larson plays Envy Adams, the lead singer of the fictional band “The Clash at Demonhead” and the ex-girlfriend of the titular character in which Edgar Wright movie?

Scott Pilgrim vs The World

'Big Bad John' was one of the most famous hits of which musician, also known for his eponymous TV show? He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame shortly before his 2010 death.

Jimmy Dean

In cricket, what word can precede 'sweep' when a batsman has switched hands to play this shot, the batsman gains an advantage by attacking an area with fewer fielders?

Reverse

Which word in ecology means an interaction between two individuals or species where the presence of one will lower the fitness of the other? This is commonly categorised as either inter or intra-specific.

Competition

What is the name of the brimless, rounded cap worn by North, East and West African men? It can be made of cloth or by knitting or crocheting and is not to be confused with the similar Taqiyah which predominantly worn by the Muslim faith of Central and East Asia.

Kufi

World Rugby introduced some trial regulations to help improve the game. One such rule is when the ball is 'held up' in the 'in goal area', in the past the attacking team gained a 5m scrum, now the defending team gets to kick from what line on the pitch?

GOAL Line

Another trial regulation in World Rugby is a kick from inside one's own half, which if it goes out of play beyond a line on the pitch, results in the kicking team retaining the possession. Named for a number, what is this line called?

22m Line

About which 2022 film did Harry Styles say "My favourite thing about the movie is it feels like a movie" during its chaotic press tour which has contained leaked texts, a spitting scandal, a love triangle and multiple potential feuds between cast members and the director.

Don't Worry Darling

Chocolate Digestive, Jelly & Ice Cream, and Welsh Cake Cwtch are among the flavours of loose leaf tea sold by which British brand?

Bird and Blend

On sale since 2018, which high performance luxury SUV is the best-selling model ever produced by Lamborghini?

Urus

The 1999 song 'Every Morning' was an international hit for which US rock band fronted by singer Mark McGrath?

Sugar Ray

Noted as among the first multiplayer dungeon crawlers, in which influential 1985 hack-and-slash arcade game, developed by Atari Games, can up to four players take on the roles of a warrior, a wizard, a Valkyrie, or an elf as they attempt to negotiate a series of mazes while fighting various monsters?

Gauntlet

Which epithet precedes both “Lemon Jefferson” and “Willie McTell” to give these blues musicians their common nickname?

Blind

Which Australian comedian won the eleventh series of Taskmaster, beating Mike Wozniak, Lee Mack, Jamali Maddix and Charlotte Ritchie?

Sarah Kendall

What name is given to a type of cryptocurrency whose value is pegged to a reference asset such as a currency or tradeable commodity?

Stablecoin

What Arabic word, meaning conflict or strife, is the name given to the four civil wars that took place from the 7th to 9th centuries CE, the first of which led to the establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate?

Fitna

The England squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup included two players contracted to AC Milan; one was Mark Hateley, but which former Chelsea and Manchester United midfielder was the other?

Ray Wilkins

Rod Stewart's 1990 UK top ten single 'Downtown Train' was written by which American singer-songwriter? The song originally appeared on his 1985 album Rain Dogs.

Tom Waits

One of the best-loved multiplayer games of the 1980s is which 1986 platform arcade game developed by Taito [tie-toe] in which players take on the roles of dragon-like creatures who must complete 100 levels in the Cave of Monsters in order to rescue their girlfriends from Baron Von Blubba and Super Drunk?

Bubble Bobble

Which brewery, based in the Cornish town of Rock, is best-known for its flagship Doom Bar bitter?

Sharp's Brewery

Langurs and lutungs, native to India and Southeast Asia, both belong to which family of mammals?

Old World MONKEYS

The best-selling full-size luxury SUV in the United States is which model produced by Cadillac since 1999?

Escalade

What is the brand name of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna? Part of its name references the structure of the coronavirus itself.

Spikevax

The England squad for the 1988 UEFA European Championships included two players contracted to AS Monaco; one was Mark Hateley, but which former Tottenham midfielder was the other?

Glenn Hoddle

Rod Stewart's 1993 UK top ten single 'Have I Told You Lately' was written by which singer-songwriter? The song originally appeared on his 1989 album Avalon Sunset

Van Morrison

The prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim, one of ten main clans that formed which ruling tribe that controlled Mecca and acted as custodians of the Kaaba, Islam's most important mosque?

Quraysh

Snow Country and The Master of Go were novels by which author, a benefactor of Yukio Mishima, who, in 1968, became the first Japanese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Yasunari Kawabata

First launched as RealCoin, which asset-backed stablecoin that launched in 2015 has its value pegged to the US Dollar?

Tether

Which British comedian and impressionist won the twelfth series of Taskmaster, beating Victoria Coren Mitchell, Desiree Burch, Guz Khan and Alan Davies?

Morgana Robinson

Which actress starred as Marty McFly’s mother Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future movies?

Lea Thompson

In power between 1792 and 1806, who was the last person to hold the position of Holy Roman Emperor?

Francis II

Which German battleship, the heaviest ever built by a European navy, was attacked and sunk by Lancaster bombers whilst off the shores of Norway on 12th November 1944?

Tirpitz

Which ancient Athenian aristocrat is the first of the seven esteemed figures to deliver a speech in the narrative of Plato's 'Symposium'? His relatively short speech primarily details the value of love.

Phaedrus

Established in 1921 by King Christian X, the Order of the Falcon is the only order of chivalry in which European country? Consisting of five classes, the honours are appointed by the nation's Prime Minister and a five-member council.

Iceland

Nicknamed Golden Girl, which English darts player won 10 World Darts Championships with the BDO, along with 7 British Open Championships, both being records still held today?

Trina Gulliver

The name of which moon of Jupiter can be made by taking a 4-letter species of freshwater fish, and adding a vowel to the end of it?

Carpo

One of the 20 best-selling jazz albums of all time according to the RIAA, 'Still Life (Talking)' is the fifth studio album by which jazz fusion outfit? Named after their main songwriter and bandleader, they remained together until 2010.

Pat Methany Group

Which song by The Beatles got to Number 1 on the UK singles chart in March 1987, after it was released as a charity single by the artist collective known as Ferry Aid? The song in question was originally released in 1970 from the Fab Four's final studio album of the same name.

Let It Be

One of the principal deities of Hinduism, who was the goddess of wealth, prosperity, love and beauty? Icons of this goddess often depict her having four arms, and sitting upon a lotus throne.

Lakshmi

A poetry collection titled the Quan Tangshi was produced under the order of which Chinese emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty? He also ordered the creation of a dictionary of Chinese characters (which was named after him), and he still stands as China's longest ruling emperor.

Kangxi Emperor

The Decade Volcanoes are 16 volcanoes that are considered worthy of close study due to the size of their eruptions in relation to large towns and cities. Two of these volcanoes are located in Japan. Which is the largest of these two volcanoes? Located near Shimabara in Nagasaki, and with a height of 4,875ft, its last known eruption was in 1995.

Mount Unzen

With their eponymous series first airing in 1971 on the CBS network, the main trio of the Hair Bear Bunch consisted of Hair Bear, Bubi Bear and who else?

Square Bear

Lithuanian classical violin prodigy and a virtuoso performer of the theremin, sister to pianist Nadia Reisenberg.

Clara Rockmore

Which Brazilian surfer won the inaugural gold medal in the men’s shortboard event at Tokyo 2020? He also won the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup in Australia that same year.

Italo Ferreira

Philip Michael Thomas played which character in Miami Vice?

Ricardo Tubbs

Which man is the most recent person to be awarded a solitary Nobel Prize for Chemistry, receiving the honour in 2011 for his discovery of quasicrystals?

Dan Shechtman

Ruben Östlund is the second Swedish film-maker to have won the Palme d’Or twice. Which other Swedish film-maker achieved this distinction previously? He was also the first ever person to achieve the feat, doing so in 1951 with the film ‘Miss Julie’?

Alf Sjoberg

Which ancient Athenian statesman and general is the last of the seven esteemed figures to deliver a speech in Plato's 'Symposium'? His speech, delivered in an inebriated state, heaps praise upon Socrates, even admitting to a sexual attraction to him.

Alcibiades

Established in 1703, by King Augustus II the Strong, the Order of the White Eagle is the highest order of chivalry awarded in which European country? It is one of the oldest chivalric distinctions still in use today.

Poland

By contrast, Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel holds the shortest tenure as a British Queen consort, at only 1 and a half years due to her untimely death at the age of 53. Who was she Queen consort to?

George IV

George II consort?

Caroline of Ansbach

With their eponymous series first airing in 1968 on NBC, the Banana Splits were a musical quartet consisting of Fleegal, Bingo, Drooper and who else?

Snorky

The Temple Of Heaven and the Forbidden City - two UNESCO World Heritage Sites - were constructed in Dongcheng under the order of which Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty? The latter site became the winter residence for every Chinese emperor for the following 500 years.

Yongle Emperor

Another two of the Decade Volcanoes are located in the USA. Which of the two is located in the state of Washington, close to Seattle? It stands at 14,409ft, and though it has not erupted since 1895, is still considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes on Earth, with the United States Geographical Survey stating that “around 80,000 people and their homes are at risk…”

Mount Rainier

Nicknamed The Black Pepper, which English darts player - born in Kingston, Jamaica - has won 5 British Open Championships, and is currently ranked as the world's number 2 female player by the World Darts Federation?

Deta Hedman

The name of which moon of Jupiter can be made by taking a 5-letter large mammal, and adding a vowel just before the final letter?

Pandia

Born in Louisiana in 2000, which dancer and social media personality is currently the fourth most followed account on TikTok, and caused controversy in 2021 when she appeared on the Jimmy Fallon show due to presenting several dances without crediting the original choreographers?

Addison RAE

Another of the 20 best-selling jazz albums of all time, 'Elegant Gypsy' is the second studio album by which jazz fusion guitarist? Still performing to this day, he released a live album titled 'Saturday Night in San Francisco' earlier this year.

Al Di Meola

Ghanaian currency?

Cedi

Nigerian currency?

Naira

Which Slovenian climber won the inaugural gold medal in the women’s combined sport climbing even at Tokyo 2020? She was also the season winner for the Women’s Lead event at the Climbing World Cup that same year.

Janja Garnbret

Min Xiao-Fen is widely celebrated as one of the most accomplished performers of which traditional Chinese stringed instrument? It has a pear-shaped body and is sometimes referred to as a 'Chinese Lute'.

Pipa

Having been the most popular cocktail for eight years running according to Drinks International, which cocktail – consisting of whiskey mixed with plain water, Angostura bitters and sugar, all garnished with orange zest and a cocktail cherry – was relegated to the number 2 spot of the 2021 most popular cocktails list?

Old Fashioned

Which man is the most recent person to be awarded a solitary Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, receiving the honour in 2010 for the development of in vitro fertilisation?

Robert Edwards

Which moon of Jupiter shares its name with an edible cultivar of cabbage?

Kale

Odori Park and Susukino are major sites of a snow festival held annually in which Japanese city since 1950?

Sapporo

Best selling brand of tequila in the world?

Jose Cuervo

FOunded in 1795, American brand of bourbon whiskey produced in Clermont, Kentucky, by Beam Suntory?

Jim Beam

Founded in 1875 in Lynchburg, Tennessee, leading this spirit to be the alcoholic component of a Lynchburg Lemonade?

Jack Daniels

small-batch bourbon whiskey produced in Loretto, Kentucky, by Beam Suntory, brand is the dipped red wax seal.

Maker's Mark

Owned by Beam Suntory, Bowmore Distillery is on which island?

Islay

Which Scotch whisky distillery on the south coast of the isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland is owned by Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, and produces a heavily peated Islay whisky? The distillery uses malted barley sourced from the maltings in Port Ellen.

Ardbeg Distillery

What is the nickname of the only rugby league team from New Zealand in Australia's NRL?

New Zealand Warriors

Which American soap opera, that has run since 1973, is set in a fictionalised version of Genoa City, Wisconsin and follows the lives of families including the Newmans, the Abbotts and the Chancellors?

The Young and the Restless

The Spring Triangle is an asterism of stars consisting of Regulus in the Leo constellation, Spica in Virgo and which bright star in the Boötes [bo-OH-tees] constellation? This star is the third brightest individual star in the night sky

Arcturus

Guitarist Kai Hansen and vocalist Michael Kiske were founding members of which German power metal band, before Hansen left to form Gamma Ray? Professional wrestler Chris Jericho took the name of his Walls of Jericho finishing move from this band's 1985 debut album.

Helloween

Anna Fierling, a canteen woman in the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War, is known by what name in the title of a 1939 play? Tony Kushner produced a translation performed at the National Theatre in 2009 with Fiona Shaw in the title role.

Mother Courage and her Children

What name is given to a small mountain lake created when rain or river water fills a glacial cirque? Examples in the UK include Stickle and Grisedale.

Tarn (acc Corrie Loch)

Which French female rally driver gained four wins and ended as runner-up in the 1982 World Rally drivers' championship?

Michele Mouton

Named for the French psychiatrist who first described it, in which misidentification syndrome does an individual suffer from the delusion that a close family member has been replaced by an impostor or double? An apartment in the film Synecdoche, [sin-ECK-duck-ee] New York bears this name.

Capgras Delusion

Metro-land was a 1973 documentary TV series documenting suburban life in the area around the Metropolitan Railway in northwestern London. It was written and narrated by which UK Poet Laureate whose best-loved poems include 'A Subaltern's Love Song' and 'Dawlish'?

John Betjeman

Inspired by President Kennedy's inaugural address, which writer and civil rights activist became the first AfricanAmerican student to be admitted to the previously-segregated University of Mississippi in 1962?

James Meredith

Also called wood burning, what name is given to the practice of decorating materials, particularly wood, with burn marks? Traditionally, crafters would use a heated metal implement but modern techniques include laser cutters

Pyrography

Queen Elizabeth II met with thirteen of the fourteen US Presidents who were in office during her reign. The exception was which Democrat?

LBJ

Which actor and comedian voices characters such as Homer Simpson, Barney Gumble and Krusty the Clown in The Simpsons?

Dan Castellaneta

In which track event did Eilish [AY-lish] McColgan win a gold medal for Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games? It was the longer of the two events in which she competed.

10,000m

Another of the big four of power metal, what German power metal band was founded by bassist and vocalist Hansi Kursch and guitarist Andre Olbrich, and was originally named Lucifer's Heritage? They are best known for their 1998 album Nightfall in Middle-Earth.

Blind Guardian

Which 1956 play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt tells the story of a fabulously rich older woman who asks her townsfolk to kill the man who jilted her while she was pregnant? In 2020, Lesley Manville and Hugo Wearing starred at London's National Theatre in an English-language adaptation written by Tony Kushner.

The Visit of the Old Lady

Swiss author and dramatist born 1921, wrote The Judge and his Hangman, The Pledge, Suspicion, The Meteor, The Visit, The Marriage of Mr Mississippi?

Friedrich Durrenmatt

What French name is given to a sharp, rocky ridge formed when glaciers erode two parallel valleys? Examples in the UK include Striding Edge and Crib Goch.

Arete

What is the nickname of the NRL rugby league team from North Queensland? They share this nickname with the NFL franchise where Troy Aikman spent his entire career

Cowboys (North Queensland Cowboys and Dallas Cowboys)

Which American soap opera, that ran from 1970 until 2011, is set in the fictional Philadelphia suburb of Pine Valley and starred the popular character Erica Kane in its original run?

All My Children

On sheet music, the presence of what letter indicates the musician should play quietly? This letter begins and stands for a word meaning “quiet” in Italian.

P (accept PP, PIANO, PIANISSIMO)

The Summer Triangle is an asterism of stars consisting of Altair in the Aquila constellation, Deneb in Cygnus and which bright star in the Lyra constellation? This star is the fourth brightest individual star in the night sky.

Vega

Sun Island on the Songhua River is a site of the world's largest snow and ice festival, which has been held annually in which Chinese city since 1985? This city is the capital of China's northernmost state, Heilongjiang [HAY-long-JAHNG].

Harbin

Although it is located in New Jersey, which international airport is the second-busiest by passenger numbers in the New York metropolitan area behind only John F. Kennedy International?

Newark Liberty International Airport

Which American civil rights leader, the first field secretary for the NAACP in Mississippi, was assassinated in 1963? He was an advocate for ending segregation at the University of Mississippi and was involved in James Meredith's efforts to enrol there.

Medgar Evers

A needle or a shuttle can be used to handcraft durable lace using a series of knots and loops using what craft technique? This method is often used to create doilies and decorative lace edging

Tatting

Named after an Italian actor known for his quick character changes, in which misidentification syndrome does an individual suffer from the delusion that people around them are in fact the same person in different disguises? A hotel in the film Anomalisa bears this name.

Fregoli Delusion

Metroland was the title of the 1980 debut novel of which British author? This man's best-known novels include Flaubert's Parrot and the Booker Prize-winning The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes

Doing so at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, which Italian racing driver is the only woman to have scored points in a Formula One race?

Lella Lombardi

Described as virtual reality gaming's first killer app, Alyx, was an instalment in which series of first-person shooter games developed by Valve?

Half-Life

A “Tommy” is a nickname used for any British person in which job?

Soldier

The second most populous city of Denmark, with about 285.000 inhabitants, which city on the Island of Jutland was the European capital of culture in 2017?

Aarhus

A series based on what 2009 book by American author Jenny Han debuted on Amazon Prime Video on 17 June 2022?

The Summer I Turned Pretty

What is the most popular Scottish whiskey in the world, outselling its closest competitor by almost double?

Johnnie Walker

Which Brazilian river, whose name refers to a part of an animal, shares its name with that of Brazil's newest state?

Tocantins

What is the name of the structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron or to the target effector cell?

Synapse

Name for the gaps in the myelin sheath coating on the neural axon named after French scientist?

Nodes of Ranvier

a type of glial cell that surrounds neurons, keeping them alive and sometimes covering them with a myelin sheath, and are the major glial cell type in the peripheral nervous system, named after German scientist?

Schwann Cells

Which Italian coffee company, specialised in espresso markets its coffee globally in silver and red pressurised, oxygenfree cans?

Illy

Which 1986 song by Peter Cetera featured on the Karate Kid Part II soundtrack and opens with the lyric “Tonight it’s very clear, cause we’re both lying here”?

Glory of Love

Coach Helenio Herrera led which Italian club to European Cup victories in 1964 and 1965? After this they had a long spell without winning the European Cup, until their victory in 2010.

Inter Milan

Who was Chancellor of West-Germany at the moment of the German unification in 1990? He stayed on as Chancellor of the united Germany until 1998.

Helmut Kohl

Which Italian company, branded as "Italy's Favourite Coffee," claims that 16 million out of the 20 million coffee purchasing families in Italy buy their brand?

Lavazza

Neurons are classified into three types, the sensory neurons for things like touch and vision, the motor neurons to enable things like motion, and what third type that connects neurons in the same region of the brain or spinal cord?

Interneurons

Which American musician is seen as the person who made jazz a respected art form by organising and performing a famous first jazz concert in Carnegie Hall in New York in 1938?

Benny Goodman

Besides Janet, name one the other two female members of the famous Jackson family?

Latoya and Rebbie

Which MP for Chippenham served as Secretary of State for Education for two days from 5 July to 7 July 2022?

Michelle Donelan

Which Brazilian river, also the name of an island, is the biggest tributary of the Amazon, accounting for about 15% of the water in the basin?

Madeira

Which pioneering American journalist is known for her record breaking 72 day trip around the world, in 1889 and 1890?

Nellie Bly

What is the name of the protagonist in the Amazon Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty?

Belly Conklin

Which Welsh actress plays the royal elf Galadriel on the Prime Video streaming series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power?

Morfydd Clark

What is the name of Rhaenyra Targaryen’s dragon on the HBO show House of the Dragon?

Syrax

Australian batsman David Warner was suspended from playing cricket and fined £7,000 pounds in 2013 for hitting which English cricketer in a Birmingham bar?

Joe Root

In archery which term is used for the act of setting an arrow in a bow?

Nock

Who is the current host of the "Brain of Britain" on BBC Radio 4?

Russell Davies

Which hymn with music by J.B. Dykes and words by William Whiting is also known as ‘The Navy’s Hymn’?

ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE

The death in 1988, with no heirs, of Edward Charles Pelham-Clinton (the tenth Duke), which ducal title became extinct?

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Australian highwaymen were known as what?

Bushrangers

Who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948?

Nathuram Godse

Britain and France were engaged in a series of conflicts in 18th century India which were collectively known as which war?

Carnatic Wars

In which decade was the Royal Horticultural Society founded?

1800s (1804)

Which famous farce opened in London in June 1971 and went on to play 6,761 performances in the West End over the next 16 years?

NO SEX PLEASE, WE'RE BRITISH

Which US baseball player was nicknamed "The Yankee Clipper"?

Joe DiMaggio

Which Bob Dylan 1965 album features the tracks "Queen Jane Approximately", Desolation Row" and "Like A Rolling Stone"?

Highway 61 Revisited

What is the title of David Cameron's diary record, published in 2019?

For the Record

Which American twentieth century president is on the fifty cent coin?

JFK

Herge was the pseudonym of which cartoonist, the creator of Tintin?

Georges Remi

Belinda Lang and Gary Olsen, played the parents Bill and Ben Porter in which BBC sitcom?

2point4 Children

Which American author wrote the satirical novel "The Short Reign of Pippin IV"?

John Steinbeck

In 143 AD, Quintus Lollius Urbicus oversaw the building of what?

Antonine Wall

Hadrian emperor reign when?

117-138

By what name was the Mariinsky Ballet known in Russia from 1934 until the collapse of the Soviet Union?

Kirov Ballet

Which monastic order occupied Mount Grace Priory in North Yorkshire?

Carthusians (known as Charterhouses)

Thomas Watson was the chairman of which computer company, who said in 1943 "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers"?

IBM

Who was the first British born chef, and at the time the youngest ever, to win three Michelin Stars?

Marco Pierre White

Alpha Conde was the president of which African country December 2010 until 2021? Mamady Doumbouya has served as interim President since overthrowing Conde in 2021 Coup.

Guinea

Spion Kop and Ladysmith were battles in which specific war?

Second Boer War

Which cyclist holds the record for most stage wins in the Tour de France, with 34, without ever having won the Tour?

Mark Cavendish

In Norse mythology both amber and gold are said to be caused by teardrops from which goddess?

Freyja

From what specifically is the dish, chitterlings, derived?

Pigs small intestines

Which noted artist released the 2018 album Egypt Station?

Paul McCartney

invar is an alloy chiefly consisting of Iron and which other metallic element?

Nickel

For which character did Vivien Leigh win her second Oscar in 1951?

Blanche DuBois (A Streetcar Named Desire)

Larry Holmes was World Heavyweight Boxing Champion from 1978-1985, defending his title 20 times beforelosing to whom?

Michael Spinks

Which American state lies directly south of South Dakota?

Nebraska

What is the knot of stiff, spiky leaves on the top of a pineapple called?

Crown

In electronics, NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR and XOR are types of which part of a digital circuit?

Logic Gate

Situated in Casablanca, the largest mosque in Morocco is named after which king of the country during whose reign it was constructed?

Hassan II

In which month does the Australian National holiday "Anzac Day" fall?

April

Played by Stefanie Powers, who was the Girl from U.N.C.L.E. in the 1960's television series of that name?

April Dancer

LIBOR stands for?

London Interbank Offer Rate

What is the minimum age for someone to stand for election as an MP in the UK Parliament?

18

Modern pianos usually have three pedals – the soft pedal, the sustain pedal, and which other pedal?

Sostenuto

Which brand of beer was known as 'The beer that made Milwaukee famous'?

Schlitz

For which film did Sean Connery win his only Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actor?

The Untouchables

Who played the hay-fever suffering ghost Tamara Novek in the BBC children's series ‘Rentaghost’ and went on to write the ‘Prime Suspect’ television crime series?

Lynda La Plante

Which animal charity organisation began life in 1897 as “Our Dumb Friends League”?

Blue Cross

What is the name of the second-longest river in South America, that flows through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina?

Parana

In which country are the Franz Josef Glacier and the Fox Glacier located?

New Zealand

Where in County Mayo is there a Roman Catholic pilgrimage site and National Shrine where observers stated that there was an apparition of the Virgin Mary, St Joseph and St John the Evangelist in 1879?

Knock

Headquartered in Dallas, which low-cost airline carries the most domestic passengers of any United States airline?

Southwest Airlines

Where was a landing made on the “shin” of Italy, just south of Naples, on 9 September 1943, by the Allied 5th Army, under U.S. General Mark Clark?

SALERNO

In Allo Allo, who played Rene Artois?

Gorden Kaye

In Allo Allo, who played Yvette Carte-Blanche?

Vicki Michelle

In Allo Allo, who played Herr Otto Flick?

Richard Gibson

Which pair created shows Allo Allo and Are You Being Served, Grave and Favour?

Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft

Which journalist and former editor of the Sunday Mirror and the Sunday Express is the mother of Claudia Winkleman?

Eve Pollard

What is the name of Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, who could be in line to inherit some his £150 million fortune?

Choupette

If Sassenach is the Gaelic for Englishman and Éireannach the Gaelic for Irishman, what is the Gaelic for Scotsman or Scottish?

Albannach

What is the name of the woman from Bristol who replied “You’re joking? Not another one!” when told by a BBC reporter that there was going to be a snap election in 2017?

Brenda

In 1905 brothers Alfred and Albert Stratton were the first men to be convicted in Great Britain for murder based on which type of forensic evidence?

Fingerprints

After he died in 2017 aged 91, who was buried in Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, in a $75,000 crypt beside Marilyn Monroe? He once said "spending eternity next to Marilyn is an opportunity too sweet to pass up"

Hugh Hefner

What method of boat building involves the edges of hull planks overlapping each other?

Clinker

Different to clinker where edges of hull planks overlap, what type of boat building involves planks which do not overlap?

Carvel

Catherine of Aragon was buried in which English cathedral in 1536?

Peterborough

Which model of car, manufactured by Austin from 1973 to 1982, was used as the marked police cars in the television series Life on Mars?

Allegro

The life of which British pioneer of cinematography was the subject of the 1952 film The Magic Box, starring Robert Donat?

William Friese-Green

Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack from American folklore, is usually accompanied by which bovine?

Babe the Blue Ox

The title of the novel Tender is the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald is taken from which poem by John Keats?

Ode to a Nightingale

In which novel by George Orwell has Gordon Comstock declared war on what he sees as an overarching dependence on money?

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Who replied "Yes, and I feel thankful that I am here to welcome you" in answer to a fourword question posed in November 1871?

David Livingstone

At which sea battle fought on 24 June 1340 was the French navy almost completely destroyed, giving the English fleet complete mastery over the channel?

Sluys (L'Ecluse)

Which batsman set the record for the highest number of runs in a Test innings by an Australian, scoring 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003?

Matthew Hayden

The aria "O mio babbino caro" is from which Puccini opera?

Gianni Schicchi

Which alphabetic script dating from the 4th century was used for writing the Irish and Pictish languages on stone monuments?

Ogham

Born in Bolton, which actress played Twinkle in Dinnerladies and Veronica Ball in Shameless?

Maxine Peake

Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, which bridge spans the River Tamar between Plymouth and Saltash? The last before his death.

Royal Albert Bridge

When England won the Grand Slam in the rugby union Five Nations Championship in 1995, which player scored all 24 points in the final match against Scotland?

Rob Andrew

Which Academy Award winning actress was married to author Roald Dahl?

Patricia Neal

Originally called Fastnet, which variant of netball features shortened games, power plays and goals worth multiple points?

Fast5

‘All Or Nothing - The Mod Musical’ written by Carol Harrison features the hits of which English group?

Small Faces

Lead singer of Small Faces and Humble Pie (with Peter Frampton)

Steve Marriott

English rock band, founded in 1965. In 1966, 16-year-old Peter Frampton joined as lead singer and guitarist. The band had three UK top twenty hits in the late 1960s, including "From the Underworld" and "I Don't Want Our Loving to Die", before Frampton left in 1968

The Herd

The name of which genre of electronic music is also a Chinese board game aka Dou Shou Qi and the popular name of the home ground of a Rugby League club playing in the Super League?

Jungle

Which US state takes its name from the title of English nobleman Thomas West who was the first colonial governor of Virginia?

Delaware (Thomas West was Baron De La Warr)

Best known for his portrayal of the title character in a television crime drama series, who made his directorial debut with the 2018 film ‘Yardie’?

Idris Elba

Randolphs and Rudolphs are movements or maneuvers in which sport?

Trampolining

What is the surname of this brother and sister? She is a fashion designer, a favourite of the Duchess of Cambridge and he is a presenter of natural history programmes.

Packham (Jenny and Chris)

Established in 1866 the Howard League campaigns for reform in what type of institutions?

Prisons

Which reservoir reputedly named after a Staffordshire man who is alleged to have killed Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field was built in the late 1790s by the engineer John Rennie for the Trent and Mersey Canal Company? It later inspired the name of a Nobel Prize winner.

Rudyard Lake

Which abstract impressionist artist was born in Rotterdam in 1904, moved to the USA in 1926, married painter Elaine Fried in 1943 and became a US citizen 1964?

Willem de Kooning

Which sweetly scented, highly poisonous woodland flowering plant has the binomial name Convallaria majalis?

Lily of the Valley

Who wrote the Inspector Barnaby books on which the television series Midsomer Murders is based?

Caroline Graham

CHX is the station code for which London mainline railway station?

Charing Cross

Crosscut, pad, panel and coping are all types of what woodworking tool?

Saw

The Royal Navy Museum claims that the background colour of the original ‘Jolly Roger’ flags was not black. What colour does the museum claim it was?

Red

Who led the Pilgrimage of Grace, a popular uprising that began in Yorkshire that took place during the reign of king Henry VIII?

Robert Aske

The poet Cecil Day-Lewis is the father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis, which actress is his mother?

Jill Balcon

Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon, served as a pilot in the US Navy during which conflict?

Korean War

Which was the first Carry On film to be shot in colour?

Carry On Cruising

What surname connects an American structural engineer whose works include the Golden Gate Bridge, a former England cricket captain and a German composer?

Strauss (Joseph, Andrew, Richard)

Launched in April 1965, which was the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit?

Intelsat I

Which English city stands at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril?

Carlisle

In June 2019 which Japanese company became the first company in the United Kingdom to legally protect a ‘multimedia motion mark’ the moving equivalent of a trademark?

Toshiba

In the E number classification of food additives the range 200 to 299 that includes benzoic acid, formic acid and sodium sulphite covers what type of additive?

Preservative

Which novel by Kazuo Ishiguro is set in 1956 and tells the story of Stevens, an aging butler, who embarks on a leisurely holiday that takes him into the countryside and into his past?

The Remains of the Day

‘You’re Gonna Miss Me’ also known as ‘Cups’ performed by Lulu And The Lampshades was the theme tune to which BBC sitcom written by Stefan Golaszewski that centered on the recently widowed, suburban 59-year-old Cathy (played by Lesley Manville) and her family?

Mum

When winning a round of the British Aurora Formula 1 Championship at Brands Hatch in 1980 who became the only female driver to win a Formula 1 race of any form?

Desiree Wilson

Architects are widely recognized for their notable conversion of the Bankside Power Station in London into the new home of Tate Modern, Allianz Arena, Beijing National Stadium, M+ Museum Hong Kong. Pritzker 2001.

Herzog & de Meuron

Which New Zealand professional rugby union player, who plays as a flanker for Super Rugby club Chiefs and captains the New Zealand national team, was sent off in the 2023 World Cup final?

Sam Cane

“If you’re 5 foot 3 and you’re 300 pounds / Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds” sang Oliver Anthony in which #1 country song?

Rich Men North of Richmond

Who sang Rich Men North of Richmond 2023 hit?

Oliver Anthony

Who sang "Try That in a Small Town" 2023 number one?

Jason Aldean

Originally appearing in The Voice, "Last Night" spent 16 weeks at #1 in the Billboard 100 in USA and is by which country singer?

Morgan Wallen

Which member of BTS had a #1 on Billboard 100 with "Like Crazy" in 2023?

Jimin

Which member of BTS had a #1 on Billboard 100 with "Seven" in 2023?

Jungkook

Drake hit #1 in 2023 with "Slime You Out", who featured on this #1?

SZA

Drake hit #1 in 2023 with "First Person Shooter", who featured on this #1?

J Cole

Drake's 2022 album name?

Honestly, Nevermind

Drake's 2023 album name?

For All the Dogs

Drake's collaborative album with 21 Savage (Sheyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph)?

Her Loss

co-headlining tour by Canadian rapper Drake and Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage. It began on July 5, 2023, in Chicago, and concluded in Toronto on October 7, 2023.

It's All a Blur Tour

Weeknd tour from 2022 to late 2023 with name from 2020 album and 2022 album?

After Hours til Dawn Tour (2020 After Hours and 2022 Dawn FM)

The 1975's fifth concert tour in support of "Being Funny in a Foreign Language" (2022) with a word inserted before the name of their fourth concert tour? In 2024, the band will stage the world's first ever "carbon-removed" events across their four shows at the O2 Arena in London.

Still... At Their Very Best

Kendrick Lamar 2022-23 world tour named what? Takes name from part of 2022 album.

The Big Steppers Tour

Gloria the Tour is the fourth tour of which act? In support of 2023 album Gloria.

Sam Smith

Set to conclude in November 2023, the Will of the People tour is by which act connected to their 2022 album Will of the People?

Muse

Set to begin in November 2023, The Unhealty Club tour is by which act to coincide with July 2023 release of album Unhealthy?

Anne-Marie

The Music of the Spheres tour is by which act matching their 2021 album The Music of the Spheres?

Coldplay

The Twelve Carat Tour is fourth concert tour of which act in support of fourth album Twelve Carat Toothache (2022)?

Post Malone

The Trustfall Tour is ninth concert tour of which act to support 2023 ninth studio album Trustfall?

Pink

This is Why Tour is fifth tour of which act supporting their 2023 album This is WHy?

Paramore

2023 tour M72 is by which act supporting their 2023 album 72 Seasons?

Metallica

What is Madonna's 2023 tour called?

The Celebration Tour

The Queen of Me Tour is by which act supporting their 2023 album Queen of Me?

Shania Twain

Which band have five members: Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy and Yeri? Songs: Psycho, Power Up, Bad Boy, Feel My Rhythm.

Red Velvet

The memes ‘If Those Kids Could Read, They’d Be Very Upset’ and ‘You Know What’s Not Cool, Bobby?’ depict the son of the flat-assed Texan protagonist of which animated series?

King of the Hill

‘Breakdown’, a 2019 episode of The Good Doctor, features Freddie Highmore repeatedly insisting to Daniel Dae Kim “I am a…” what?

Surgeon

A picture of which 86-year-old dripped up in a spotless white full-length puffer jacket turned out to be a creation from AI app Midjourney?

Pope Francis

A 1988 illustration from the cover of a Lord of the Rings gamebook features a cloaked and hooded wizard seated before, and bathed in the light from, what item, which he is pondering?

His orb

What is the name of the 21-year-old Dagestani Russian associated with the UFC whose dwarfism makes him look much younger than he is?

Hasbulla Magomedov

Side-eyeing miniature dachshund Whitney Chewston was described with what tenletter adjective when depicted alongside phrases such as “You guys are just roommates, right?” and “The pearly gates won’t open for your kind”?

Homophobic

Who is a TikTok influencer who went viral for creating a viral pink sauce that she attempted to sell online?

Chef Pii

First released in 2020, which Chinese anime-styled video game is monetised via a lootbox system where players exchange Primogems for Wishes? It begins with the Traveler and Paimon exploring Mondstadt, one of the nations of Teyvat.

Genshin Impact

In which manga, adapted into an anime in 2022, does the teenage demon hunter Denji gain the ability to transform into several of the titular power tools?

Chainsaw Man

Big-boned former vegan and professional violinist Nicholas Perry is better known on YouTube by what name? He videos himself crying during mukbangs.

Nikocado Avocado

In cryptocurrency, what seven-letter word describes a new distribution of free crypto assets based on existing holdings, often as a promotional exercise?

Airdrop

In the Simpsons episode ‘22 Short Films About Springfield’, just before claiming that a kitchen fire is the aurora borealis, Principal Skinner claims that what twoword phrase is a dialect phrase from upstate New York meaning ‘hamburgers’?

Steamed Hams

In September 2021 Nicki Minaj claimed that a Covid vaccination had caused a swelling effect on which body part of her cousin’s friend in Trinidad?

Testicles

Set to be the top-selling video game of 2023, which open-world RPG published by Portkey Games is set in a world that originates from a series of children’s books?

Hogswart Legacy

A Stan Kelly cartoon for The Onion depicts an unshaven man with his hands pressed to a window saying “Yes… ha ha ha... yes!”. What six-letter word appears on his black sweater?

SICKOS

Are you considering changing your gender? Among the most important steps is purchasing a Blåhaj, an Ikea plush toy in the shape of what animal?

Shark

The title of which 2022 animated film refers to a gang of anthropomorphic animal criminals including Mr Snake, Mr Piranha and their leader Mr Wolf?

The Bad Guys

On TikTok, what name is given to the type of video created when a user places their new video side by side with someone else’s, so both play simultaneously?

Duet

In which manga, adapted into an anime in 2015, does the superhero Saitama find other things to do rather than defeat enemies in the titular way?

One Punch Man

What colour of cat is stereotyped as being more stupid than other cats and having only one braincell between all of them? Jorts the cat is one example.

Ginger

First released in 2017, which battle royale video game, which is not Fortnite, begins by dropping players from an aeroplane and salutes the victor with the phrase “Winner winner chicken dinner”?

PUBG: Battlegrounds (or PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds)

According to a scene from 2008’s Command and Conquer: Red Alert III featuring Tim Curry as a Russian colonel, what is the one place that hasn’t been corrupted by capitalism?

Space

Which character from the 1986 Soviet animated version of Treasure Island drew attention in 2022 due to his hyperconfident walk cycle?

Dr Livesey

Otherwise known as the Bloat Lord, what is the name of the Greek weightlifter known for his unorthodox lifts and spherical physique?

Kyriakos Grizzly

2023’s Super Mario Bros Wonder features a new power-up allowing Mario and other characters to take on the characteristics of which animal?

Elephant

Smiley-face mask wearer and Minecraft YouTuber Clayton Huff is better known by what name? He recorded a face reveal video in 2022 but took it down later.

Dream

Who is the title character of the 2022 animated film subtitled ‘The Last Wish’? During the film he is pursued by Death in the form of a wolf wielding two sickles.

Puss in Boots

On TikTok, what name is given to the type of video created when a user places their new video after a clip of someone else’s, often to react to the content?

Stitch

‘Big’ Ed Brown is the man with the very short thick neck who was looking for love on which US reality show, made possible by America’s time-limited K-1 visa?

90 Day Fiancee

Steven Crowder sits at a folding table holding a coffee mug; attached to the front of the table is a poster displaying a hot take and, at the bottom, what three words?

Change My Mind

Almost the top-selling video game of 2022, which open-world RPG was conceived as a successor to Dark Souls? Queen Marika was the keeper of its eponymous object before it was shattered.

Elden Ring

In cryptocurrency, what two-word, seven-letter phrase names a scame where a new crypto project is abandoned by developers, taking investor money with them?

Rug Pull

First released in 2018, which pixel-art-styled RPG begins with Kris and Susie meeting Ralsei after being pulled into the Dark World?

Deltarune

In order to get past the automatic moderation algorithm, which seven-letter verb has been coined on TikTok to be used instead of the word ‘kill’?

Unalive

In order to get past the automatic moderation algorithm, which seven-letter verb has been coined on TikTok to be used instead of the word ‘kill’?

Skibidi Toilet

Actor plays Cub Scout leader Patrick Butcher in Ghosts, teacher Colin Hendricks in Sex Education, Gerard in Peep Show.

Jim Howick

Actor plays Dean in Stath Lets Flats, Mike Cooper in Ghosts and Series 15 of Taskmaster.

Kiell Smith-Bynoe

She is known for playing the role of Fran in the Hulu comedy series Shrill, and as Kitty, the ghost of a Georgian noblewoman in the BBC comedy Ghosts

Lolly Adefope

Actor who plays Deano in Gavin & Stacey, Simon in Peep Show, Thomas Thorne the poet in Ghosts. He was also the co-creator, writer and star of the comedy-drama The Wrong Mans. Member of Them There collective behind Horrible Histories, Yonderland, Ghosts.

Mathew Baynton

Her television roles include Carole in Stath Lets Flats, Mary in Ghosts, Barbara in Ted Lasso, and Jules in Big Boys

Katy Wix

Series 13 of Taskmaster contestant, female stand-up comedian behind "Who Am I?", "What Now?" and "Mortal"? Radio shows Utopia and Minds the Gap. Created TV show The Change for Channel 4 in 2023.

Bridget Christie

She is most famous as a member of the Them There collective with which she wrote and starred in productions including Horrible Histories, Yonderland (main character Debbie Maddox), and Ghosts. She also played receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC One daytime soap Doctors.

Martha Howe-Douglas

Elite Ice Hockey League team based in Belfast?

Belfast Giants

Elite Ice Hockey League team based in Cardiff?

Cardiff Devils

Elite Ice Hockey League team based in Coventry?

Coventry Blaze

Elite Ice Hockey League team based in Dundee?

Dundee Stars

Elite Ice Hockey League team based in Kirkcaldy?

Fife Flyers

Elite Ice Hockey League team based in Glasgow?

Glasgow Clan

Elite Ice Hockey League team based in Guildford?

Guildford Flames

Elite Ice Hockey League team based in Altrincham?

Manchester Storm

Elite Ice Hockey League team based in Nottingham?

Nottingham Panthers

Elite Ice Hockey League team based in Sheffield?

Sheffield Steelers

NHL team based in Paradise, Nevada?

Vegas Golden Knights

NHL team based in Seattle since 2021?

Seattle Kraken

NHL team based in LA?

LA Kings

NHL team based in Dallas?

Dallas Stars

NHL team based in Chicago?

Blackhawks

NHL team based in Tempe?

Arizona Coyotes

NHL team based in Pittsburgh?

Pittsburgh Penguins

NHL team based in Philadelphia?

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL team based in New York City playing out of Madison Square Garden?

New York Rangers

NHL team based in Elmont, New York?

New York Islanders

NHL team based in Newark, New Jersey?

New Jersey Devils

NHL team based in Columbus?

Columbus Blue Jackets

NHL team based in Raleigh?

Carolina Hurricanes

NHL team based in Ottawa?

Ottawa Senators

NHL team based in Sunrise, Florida (Miami Metropolitcan)?

Florida Panthers

NHL team based in Buffalo?

Buffalo Sabres

NHL team based in Detroit?

Detroit Red Wings

NHL team based in Boston?

Boston Bruins

Named after an American population geneticist, in evolution and natural selection, what's the namesake equation of describing how a trait or allele changes in frequency over time? Uses covariance between a trait and fitness.

Price equation

British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the well-known biologist J. B. S. Haldane. He was instrumental in the application of game theory (ESS) to evolution with George R. Price, and theorised on other problems such as the evolution of sex and signalling theory.

John Maynard Smith

Whose article on abiogenesis in 1929 introduced the "primordial soup theory"? He established human gene maps for haemophilia and colour blindness on the X chromosome, and codified namesake rule on sterility in the heterogametic sex of hybrids in species. He correctly proposed that sickle-cell disease confers some immunity to malaria. He was the first to suggest the central idea of in vitro fertilisation, as well as concepts such as hydrogen economy, cis and trans-acting regulation, coupling reaction, molecular repulsion, the darwin (as a unit of evolution), and organismal cloning.

JBS Haldane

Who developed his namesake "fundamental theorem of natural selection" is an idea about genetic variance in population genetics? Also developed ANOVA (analysis of variance), namesake runaway theory, and namesake principle that explains why the sex ratio of most species that produce offspring through sexual reproduction is approx 1:1 between male and female.

Ronald Fisher

one of the oldest agricultural research institutions in the world, having been founded in 1843. It is located at Harpenden in the English county of Hertfordshire and is a registered charity under English law. Longest running expierment is Park Grass Experiment running since 1856.

Rothamsted Research/Experimental Station

ESS is a strategy (or set of strategies) that is impermeable when adopted by a population in adaptation to a specific environment, that is to say it cannot be displaced by an alternative strategy (or set of strategies) which may be novel or initially rare. Introduced by John Maynard Smith and George R. Price in 1972/3. What does ESS stand for?

Evolutionarily Stable Strategy

What two birds are used to describe a model of conflict in game theory? It refers to a situation in which there is a competition for a shared resource and the contestants can choose either conciliation or conflict; this terminology is most commonly used in biology and evolutionary game theory.

Hawk-Dove Game

Which British historian wrote The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875 and The Age of Empire: 1875–1914) and the "short 20th century" (The Age of Extremes)?

Eric Hobsbawm

Which English literary theorist wrote best known for Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983), The Illusions of Postmodernism (1996) and After Theory (2003)?

Terry Eagleton

Which German astrophysicist was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy", which he shared with Andrea Ghez and Roger Penrose?

Reinhard Genzel

German-born Austrian actor and philanthropist. He took part in 45 films and became well known in Austria and Germany for his role as Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Sissi film trilogy and internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell. He was the founder of the trust Menschen für Menschen (“Humans for Humans”), which helps people in need in Ethiopia.

Karlheinz Bohm

The Mohawk, the Oneida[oh⸱NYE⸱duh], the Seneca, the Ononᐧdaga and the Cayuga [ca⸱YOO⸱ga], known in English as the Five Nations, were the original members of which collective of First Nations people based in New York State and parts of Canada?

Iroquois Confederacy

Arabic, Hebrew, and Amharic are all examples of languages in which branch of the Afroasiatic language family that is named, ultimately, after a son of Noah?

Semitic Languages

The poems 'Evidently Chickentown' and 'Beasley Street' are among the best-known works of which British punk poet?

John Cooper Clarke

Which American astronomer is best known for discovering Pluto's largest moon, Charon [CARE⸱un]?

James W Christy

What name was given to a forged letter published in the run up to the 1924 General Election, purportedly from the leader of the Communist International, calling on British Communists to prepare for revolution?

Zinoviev Letter

Canadian snooker player known as Big Bill , was noted for the copious amounts of alcohol he consumed before and during matches – at least six pints before a match and then one pint for each frame. In total, he drank between 40 and 50 pints of lager per day.[

Bill Werbeniuk

Prior to her ten wins at LPGA major championships between 1940 and 1954, which American golfer won two athletics gold medals in the 80 metres hurdles and the javelin at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles?

“Babe” DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS

Born in Dunedin [duh⸱NEE⸱din] in 1869, which modernist artist worked across Europe throughout her career, including living and working in St Ives, Cornwall during World War I? A fellowship bearing her name was set up in her hometown in 1962, and is one of the most prestigious art residencies in New Zealand.

Frances Hodgkins

Which component of a circuit board stores a particular amount of electric charge and releases it when required elsewhere in the circuit? It is represented by two identical parallel lines in a circuit diagram.

Capacitors

Becoming extinct in the 1930s, which carnivorous marsupial was one of only two species of where both sexes have a pouch?

THYLACINE (accept TASMANIAN TIGER, TASMANIAN WOLF o

Riding Shear L'Eau, which British male equestrian won an individual gold medal in eventing at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics after Bettina Hoy was stripped of the gold following an appeal?

Leslie Law

DJ Joel Corry reached number 3 in 2021 with the single 'Bed' alongside David Guetta and which singer, who has also appeared on singles by Jax Jones and Jonas Blue?

Raye (Rachel Keen)

Notable for its use of reverse chronology, which 1997 Atom Egoyan film, tells the story of a school bus accident that kills 14 children in a small town?

The Sweet Hereafter

Which 1830 psychological novel by Stendhal follows the social aspirations of a provincial young man, Julien Sorel? The work is a sociological satire of French society under the Bourbon Restoration.

The Red and the Black

The Kainai [GYE-nah], the Piikani [pee⸱KAN⸱ee] and the Siksika [seeg⸱see⸱KAH] are the three indigenous nations that comprised which collective of nomadic bison hunters who ranged across the Great Plains of North America? Those nations now form band governments in Alberta, Canada.

Blackfoot Confederacy

Which late equestrian was Great Britain's most successful male competitor in eventing, winning team Olympic gold medals in 1968 and 1972, and an individual gold, riding Laurieston, in the 1972 Munich games?

Richard Meade

Which Welsh art critic wrote a book on Frances Hodgkins for the Penguin Modern Painters series? She is perhaps best known for providing three librettos for Benjamin Britten operas, for which her husband John designed the sets

Myfanwy Piper

Which component of a circuit board has the primary function of making sure that currents flow in one direction? It is represented on a circuit diagram by a triangle pointing to a straight line.

Diode

Which French brand of semi-soft processed cheese made by the Bel Group, is made from blending cream and milk with comté cheese, and is known for its use of a recursive image in its packaging?

The Laughing Cow

Which Welsh singer had an international hit in 1968 with the song 'Those Were The Days'? She represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970, and was widely favoured to win, though ultimately placed second behind Dana.

Mary Hopkin

Over which Island in Northern Russia did the Soviets detonate the "Tsar Bomba", the largest nuclear warhead ever detonated?

Severny Island

Who composed and performed miami vice theme?

Jan Hammer

Otherwise known as the Liver King, name of the social media influencer known for living ancestral lifestyle eating raw meat. Same name almost as CEO of Kernel and OS Fund who takes son’s blood and obsessed with looking young.

Brian Johnson

American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Drafted 2nd overall in the 2022 NBA draft, he played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. A consensus five-star recruit and the number-one player in the 2021 class, he stands 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) and plays the center and power forward positions.

Chet Holmgren

Victor Wembanyama tied with Which Serbian player as tallest active nba player?

Boban Marjanović

Victor Wembanyama won Pro A in France before being picked in draft. For which team in city of Villeurbanne a suburb of Lyon did he win for in 2022?

ASVEL

What is Joel EMBIID nickname?

The Process

Who was the last pagan emperor of Rome?

Julian the Apostate

What does a Marshall stack consist of?

Amplifiers / speakers

What legal protection dates to the 1710 Statute of Anne?

Authors copyright

Which tree’s bark is known as “nature’s aspirin”?

Willow

Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu went from non-league to Premier League with which club?

Luton

What links: Yeats’ The Second Coming; 1968 Beatles album; Florida city; smallest Central American country?

Inspired titles of Joan Didion nonfiction works: Slouching Towards Bethlehem; The White Album; Miami; Salvador.

Directed Paddington, Paddington 2 and WonkA

Paul King

Directed Cider House Rhles, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Chocolat

Lasse Hallstrom

Who wrote screenplay for consecutive films Milliom Dollar Baby and Ceash? He also directed Crash.

Paul Haggis

Who directed Agora, The Sea Inside and The Others? Chilean-Spanish.

Alejandro Amenabar

A longtime collaborator of actor-director Kenneth Branagh, who is known for his work on films such as Henry V, Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, Carlito's Way, and Gosford Park, as well as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Thor, Brave, Cinderella, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile

Patrick Doyle

Which Malaysian junior squash champion and oscar winner for best lead actress became a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2023?

Michelle Yeoh

Cooking spice dried resin gum sometimes called devils dung?

Asafoetida

Who served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December, before he became the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003?

Vaclav Havel

Who became Czechoslovakia leader in January 1968? Led to Prague Spring.

Alexander Dubcek

María Corina Machado overwhelmingly won the opposition primaries in what South American country? Since then, the country's Supreme Court has annulled her victory.

Venezuela

What Mexican state-owned petroleum company is the most indebted oil company in the world? In October, the head of the company reported that it would be unable to pay over $500 million owed to suppliers.

Pemex

After Indonesia, what island country is the world's second biggest exporter of coal? The Labor government is now aiming to get 82% of its electricity from renewables by 2030.

Australia

The 2023 Sakharov Prize went to what deceased Iranian woman and the movement her death inspired?

MAHSA AMINI and the "WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM" movement in Iran.

What Pacific island country, led by prime minister Kausea Natano, is looking to become the world's first "digital nation" as it faces being swallowed by the sea within the century?

Tuvalu

In November 2023, who, at 40 years and 254 days old, scored FC Porto's second goal with a 91st-minute finish against Royal Antwerp to become the first player over 40 to score in the UEFA Champions League?:

PEPE

Following Nagy’s deposing in 1956 for Hungary invasion, who was put into power and j traduced his fifteen point programme to establish communist rule once again in Hungary

Janos Kadar

Jakov Milatović is the youngest leader in Europe. He was recently elected to be president of what small Balkan nation?

Montenegro

What term is given to the "outlying islands" of Japan, the remote abodes that hold less than 1% of the country's population?

Ritou

Where was “Robocop” elected mayor in 2002?

Middlesbrough (Ray Mallon)

What extreme sport was popularised by New Zealander AJ Hackett?

Bungee jumping

Who edited Blue Peter for 26 years?

Biddy Baxter

Which board game’s world champion appropriately wins $20,580?

Monopoly

All in the Family is us remake of which British show?

Till Death do us part

Welcome to Flatch is a us tv show remake of which british tv show

This Country

Us & Them is a us remake of which british tv show?

Gavin & Stacey

Four largest lakes in Africa in reverse order

Turkana; Malawi/Nyasa; Tanganyika; Victoria

Which English footballer who won European Cup with Notts Forest in 1979? Played for Koln in bundesliga and is currently English player with most goals in Bundesliga with 39, one more than Sancho?

Tony Woodcock

Which British player scored most goals in Serie A with 97?

John Charles

Which English centre forward has scored the most goals by an Englishmen in Serie A playing for Inter, Torino, Atalanta and Cagliari and scoring

Gerry Hitchens

Top goal scorer all time for Ligue 1 in France is which italian striker?

Delio Onnis

Most goals in Serie A is which italian who scored two goals in 1938 World Cup final winning it for Italy?

Silvio Piola

Nicknamed Der Bomber, won 1974 World Cup, golden boot at 1970, all time most goals in Bundesliga

Gerd Muller

era in Los Angeles Lakers history from 1979 to 1991 when the National Basketball Association (NBA) team played an exciting run-and-gun style of basketball. Led by Magic Johnson's passing skills and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's scoring, the team relied on fast breaks and won five NBA championships.

Showtime

era in Los Angeles Lakers history from 1979 to 1991 when the National Basketball Association (NBA) team played an exciting run-and-gun style of basketball. Led by Magic Johnson's passing skills and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's scoring, the team relied on fast breaks and won five NBA championships.

Showtime

NBA MVP 1975 for Buffalo Braves before winning 2 nba championships for La lakers 1982-85. Played centre. Went on to win fiba european champions cup too with Olimpia Milano

Bob McAdoo

Basketball club won EuroLeague once based in Kaunas, Lithuania, and named after a battle also known as Battle of Grunwald. Translates as green wood.

Zalgiris

Five letter name for the EuroLeague basketball team based in Villeurbanne, suburb of Lyon.

ASVEL

Two EuroLeague basketball teams based in Belgrade name them.

KK Partizan Crvena Zvezda

Name of EuroLeague basketball team based out of Istanbul?

Anadolu Efes

Name of EuroLeague basketball team based out of berlin

ALBA

Port city in Attica region of Greece 5 miles SW of athens where the sports club Olympiacos are based.

Piraeus

Danish painter, trans woman, and among the early recipients of gender-affirming surgery.

Lili Elbe

American actress, singer, recording artist, and transgender activist. A trans woman, she was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.

Christine Jorgensen

American ophthalmologist and former tennis player who competed on the professional circuit in the 1970s, and became widely known following male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, when she fought to compete as a woman in the 1976 US Open.

Renee Richards

In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, who became the first out, transgender, non-binary athlete to compete at the Olympics, the first to medal, and the first to earn a gold medal.

Quinn

In 2021, the IOC approved which new 3-Zealand trans woman, to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics in weightlifting? They became the first out trans woman to compete at the Olympics; she did not complete her lifts and won no medals.

Laurel Hubbard

Opposite of regular stance in board sports?

Goofy stance

Retired American pair skater, They are the first openly gay skater to win the pairs title at the U.S. Championships and the first openly non-binary athlete to qualify for the Winter Olympics.

Timothy LeDuc

a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal.

Goalball

From Latin for boss, which sport originally designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy but now includes athletes with other severe disabilities affecting motor skills is related to bowls and pétanque?

Boccia

also known as Do, among other names, was an American religious leader who founded and lead the Heaven's Gate new religious movement (often described as a cult), and organized their mass suicide in 1997. The suicide is the largest mass suicide to occur inside the U.S.

Marshall Applewhite

English play from 1561 The authors were Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, alternative name Ferrex and Porrex who are the sons of title character king of Britain: the tragedie of ________

Gorboduc

English playwright known most for The Spanish Tragedy

Thomas Kyd

English playwright who wrote Antonio’s Revenge, Antonio and Mellida, Jack Drum’s Entertainment. Shares name with main character of 2010 video game Red Dead Redemption.

John Marston

Which playwright now has The Revenger’s Tragedy attributed to him? Co-wrote The Changeling, wrote Women Beware Women and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, A Game at Chess.

Thomas Middleton

Which Elizabethan playwright co-wrote these plays with Shakespeare: Henry VIII, The Two Noble Kinsmen and Cardenio?

John Fletcher

joan of arc in which shakespeare play

Henry VI Part 1

Henry VI wife, character in Richard III

Margaret of Anjou

Which Shakespeare play features one of the longest soliloquies in all of Shakespeare (3.2.124–195) and has more battle scenes (four on stage, one reported) than any other of Shakespeare's plays

Henry VI Part 3

Second longest Shakespeare play after Hamlet

Richard III

From Southend on sea: lead vocalist and guitarist Conor Mason, guitarist Joe Langridge-Brown, guitarist and keyboardist Dominic Craik, bassist Philip Blake, and drummer James Price. 2023 album Dead Club City.

Nothing but Thieves

Icelandic indie folk/rock band formed in Garðabær in 2010. The members are lead singer and guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, singer and guitarist Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson, lead guitarist Brynjar Leifsson, drummer Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson and bassist Kristján Páll Kristjánsson. Famous song Little Talks.

Of Monsters and Men

The longest single word by Shakespeare in a play is Honorificabilitudinitatibus, which play?

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Shakespeare play with Rosalind a girl meeeting handsome Orlando while dressed as a man.

As you like it

A young nun faces a stark choice: the Duke of Vienna will spare her brother's life if she will surrender her virginity. The title is thought to be a reference to Matthew7:1-2 (4): - which’s Shakespeare play?

Measure for Measure

Based on a story from Boccaccio's Decameron, which shakespeare play is the strange tale of a poor doctor's daughter who cures the king of France and is offered, as a reward, her choice of nobleman to marry. When she chooses Bertram, Count of Rousillon, he refuses to consummate their marriage, but Helena tricks herself into his bed.

All’s Well That Ends Well

Karl Marx quotes which Shakespeare title character in Capital when he calls money the “common whore of mankind”?

Timon of Athens

Almost half of which Shakespeare play is thought to be the work of George Wilkins, a pam-phleteer, innkeeper and pimp. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the play features a scene in a brothel, operated by a pander and his bawdy wife. The rest of the play is a strange, sprawling sea odyssey, narrated by the medieval poet John Gower.

Pericles

English poet, a contemporary of William Langland and the Pearl Poet, and a personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer. He is remembered primarily for three major works—the Mirour de l'Omme, Vox Clamantis, and Confessio Amantis—three long poems written in French, Latin, and English respectively, which are united by common moral and political themes.

John Gower

Which character “exit, pursued by a bear” in The Winter’s Tale?

Antigonus

Titus Andronicus stage direction “messenger enters with two heads”, they are the son of Titus, give names?

Quintus and Martius

BAFTA-winning Irish actress and presenter.[3] She is best known for her role as Sister Michael in the teen sitcom Derry Girls.

Siobhán McSweeney

Male protagonist of Paul Bowles’ The Sheltering Sky shares full name with which capital city?

Port Moresby

What is the second line of the Dylan Thomas poem whose first line is "Do not go gentle into that good night"?

Old age should burn and rave at close of day

Which men’s football team holds the record as the extant club with most FA Cup wins without ever winning the First Division/Premier League? Their most recent of four wins was in 1958, thanks to two goals in the final from Nat Lofthouse.

Bolton Wanderers

October 2023 horror video game sequel the story follows best-selling horror namesake novelist, who has been trapped in an alternative dimension for 13 years, as he attempts to escape by writing a horror story involving an FBI agent named Saga Anderson

Alan Wake 2

Who will be new superman

David Corenswet

Which England flanker who plays his club rugby with the Northampton Saints announced his retirement from international play at the end of the 2023 World Cup after playing in four World Cups and two British and Irish Lions tours? He is one of only five Englishmen to be capped more than 100 times.

Courtney Lawes

Nigerian-born British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player

Ade Adepitan

who won a Bafta for best male comedy performance for his role as Ollie in the BBC series Am I Being Unreasonable? Becomes first child presenter of Children in Need in 2023.

Lenny Rush

Prosecco grape name renamed in 2009 in Italy to what,

Glera

Which jewelled throne also known as the Mayura Throne, located in the Red Fort of Delhi was commissioned in the early 17th century by Emperor Shah Jahan? Two of its namesakes are shown dancing at its rear.

Peacock Throne

American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, drummer Jon Fishman, and keyboardist Page McConnell, all of whom perform vocals, with Anastasio being the lead vocalist.

Phish

Indian computer scientist and educational theorist. He is best known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiment, and widely cited in works on literacy and education.

Sugata Mitra

He is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, as outlined in his 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. American developmental psychologist.

Howard Gardner

Scottish educator and author known for his school, Summerhill, and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and community self-governance.

AS Neill

American psychologist known for work in cognitive load theory and Contributions to cognitive psychology and educational psychology Coining the term "scaffolding".

Jerome Bruner

Company created FarmVille and Words with Friends

Zynga

Ian Beale five wives in Eastenders:

Cindy Williams Mel Healy Laura Dunn Jane Collins x 2 Sharon Watts

Phil Mitchell five wives including latest he married in 2023

Nadia Boravac Kathy Beale Kate Morton Sharon Watts (2014-2020) Kat Slater (2023-)

Dierdre’s four surnames in order in Corrie?

Hunt > Langton > Rachid > Barlow

German football coach who coached Greece to 2004 Euros victory

Otto Rehhagel

American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won a Tony Award for Guys and Dolls and shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for How to Succeed. Won Oscar for Baby It’s Cold Outsidd.

Frank Loesser

This show is set in Deadrock, Nevada, and follows banker Bobby Childss as he forecloses on a theatre. However, Bobby falls in love with the owner's daughter, Polly Baker, and in an attempt to win her heart, he decides to put on a show at the theatre. Gershwin Bros.

Crazy for You

English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. Theatre named tater her in west end in 2018, first after non royal woman.

Gillian Lynne

Russian mercenary leader and oligarch. He led the Wagner Group private military company and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until launching a rebellion in June 2023. Killed AUgust 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin

2023 What CEO of Binance has pled guilty to money-laundering charges and will step down as the head of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange?

CHANGPENG ZHAO

In response to the United States's export controls on semiconductors, China has restricted the export of what mineral, an essential component of lithium-ion batteries?

GRAPHITE

What Vietnamese American playwright, known for his play "Vietgone," currently has the play "Poor Yella Rednecks" running at the Manhattan Theater Club? Also co-writer on 2021 Disney film Raya and the Last Dragon.

QUI NGUYEN

a famous brand of cigars and cigarettes produced separately and independently in Cuba by Habanos S.A., the national tobacco company, and in La Romana, Dominican Republic by Altadis, a subsidiary of British conglomerate Imperial Brands.

Montecristo

Which American multinational tobacco company’s best selling brand is Marlboro?

Philip Morris International

Which multinational company has cigarette brands include Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall and Rothmans.m?

British American Tobacco

Which company owns Rizla, Drum and Golden Virginia tobacco?

Imperial Brands

British-Jamaican television personality, television chef, actress and singer. She participated on the Channel 5 reality-television show Celebrity Super Spa in 2013; ITV's Who's Doing the Dishes?, hosted by Brian McFadden, in 2016; and Celebrity Coach Trip in 2020. Between 2015 and 2017 she also appeared on children's BBC TV programme Twirlywoos.

Rustie Lee

Moana pig name in animated film

Pua

Indian billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company by market value.

Mukesh Ambani

In April of 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first United States president to appear on television when his appearance at what event was broadcast to some TV sets in the New York area?

New York World Fair

New overground line name 2024 It has been named after the small charitable hospital in Shoreditch, which played an important role during the HIV/Aids crisis in the 1980s. On the map it will be marked with blue parallel lines

Mildmay

American retired gymnast. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she won a gold medal in the individual all-around competition, as well as two silver medals and two bronze medals. First American woman to win all round gold at Olympics.

Mary Lou Retton

Where did Anita Roddick open up first The Body Shop?

Brighton 1976

What is Ethan Coen’s latest film, about a pair of lesbians who road trip down to Tallahassee, Florida in 1999, only to get caught up in hijinks along the way?

DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS

The Academy Awards announced it will be adding what new category to its ceremony in 2026? It is the first successful addition of a new category in two decades.

Best Casting

What author of the Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Crescent City series is perhaps the biggest name in the fantasy genre at the moment?

Sarah J Maas

Slang: If you encourage someone to “do it” for THIS THING, you are encouraging them to make dramatic decisions that add excitement to their life. Embrace main character energy! What is this thing?

The plot

Polish cinematographer and director of film and television. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his films since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Spielberg's holocaust drama Schindler's List and World War II epic Saving Private Ryan (1998). He has also received Academy Award nominations for Amistad (1997), The Diving Bell & the Butterfly (2007), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and West Side Story (2021).

Janusz Kaminski

the first British artist to receive a Grammy Award for each of his first four albums, did arrangements of The Flintstones, albums called Djesse diff volumes.

Jacob Collier

Who became the first Scotland player to score a Calcutta Cup hat-trick as the hosts racked up a fourth successive Six Nations victory over England at Murrayfield in Feb 2024?

Duhan van der Merwe

Capital of Azores and on what island?

Ponta Delgada on São Miguel island

What Chinese aircraft manufacturer is hoping to break the jet-making duopoly held by Boeing and Airbus? Its flagship craft is the C919.

Comac

Maximum score possible on PopMaster

39

Four main characters of Derry Girls

Erin Quinn (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) Orla McCool (Louisa Harland) Clare Devlin (Nicola Coughlan) Michelle Mallon (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell)

In January 2024, he drew criticism for physically abusing opposing forwards like shoving and grabbing the hair of South Korean forwards Son Heung-min and Hwang Hee-chan, unprovoked during the 2023 AFC Asian Cup round of 16 clash. previously similarly taunted Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski by slamming on the back during their fixtures in the 2022 FIFA World Cup and also on Luis Suárez. He also did similar instances in club level as well. Most notably in multiple occasions against Cristiano Ronaldo during the Riyadh derby games in the Saudi Pro League and did the same against Hakim Ziyech at 2022 FIFA Club World Cup.

Ali Al-Bulaihi

English architect who specialised in the design of theatres and music halls. He worked extensively in London, predominantly under Moss Empires for whom he designed the Hippodrome in 1900, Hackney Empire (1901), Coliseum (1903) and Palladium (1910). His last major commission before retirement was the Victoria Palace (1911) for the variety magnate Alfred Butt.

Frank Matcham

English actor and writer. He was best known for portraying Tiberius in I, Claudius, and Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries.

George Baker

First five emperors actors in I ClUdius only Connect

Brian Blessed George Baker John Hurt Derek Jacobi Christopher Biggins

English stage and film actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire and for playing Billy Flynn in the original West End production of the musical Chicago.

Ben Cross

American author of historical fiction who wrote many bestselling books including Exodus (published in 1958) and Trinity (published in 1976).

Leon Uris

Born James McDonnell, American musician, best known as the drummer for the band Stray Cats. Alongside bandmates Brian Setzer and Lee Rocker, he is considered a pioneer of the neo-rockabilly movement of the early 1980s.

Slim Jim Phantom

English actress who married both Peter sellers and David frost

Lynne Frederick

Frank Sinatra last wife Barbara Marx so called as was married to which Marx brother?

Herbert Zeppo

Frank Sinatra four wives only Connect

Nancy Barbato Ava Gardner Mia Farrow Barbara Marx

Five F’s mnemonic in medicine for risk factors of gallstones, what do they stand for?

Fair, female, fat, fertile and 40

American actress. She started her career playing the sullen teenager Max Fox in the FX comedy series Better Things from 2016 to 2022.[1] She has since played Manson Family follower Susan "Sadie" Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019),[2] Amber Freeman in Scream (2022) and the title role of a stripper in Sean Baker's Anora (2024).

Mikey Madison

The March 1942 raid known as Operation Chariot involved a British destroyer ramming the dock gates of which French port?

St Nazaire

Which bitter from a Cornish brewery and now seen in many British pubs is named after a sandbank at the mouth of the Camel estuary in Cornwall?

Doom Bar

Which car retailer are the current sponsors of all of England's National cricket teams?

Cinch

'Tears are not enough', 'All of my heart' and 'Poison Arrow' are tracks on which bestselling album first released in 1982?

Lexicon of Love (ABC)

American actress, best known for her roles as Susan Ross on Scandal, Artemis on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Gramma Alice on Big City Greens.

Artemis Pebdani

Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

During the war, what were stored at Manod slate mine in Wales?

National Gallery paintings

Whose house was named after a woman called Grace Toof?

Elvis (Graceland)

Pele’s hair and Pele’s tears are made from what?

Cooled lava

What connects: 1 (193); 2 (26); 3 (59); 4 (189); 5 (163); 6 (232); 7 (n/a)?

Length in miles of UK motorways

What connects: Gene Autry; Sister Luc Gabriel; Allan Smethurst?

The Singing: cowboy, nun, postman

What links: Big Brother; Great British Bake Off; Men Behaving Badly; Neighbours; University Challenge?

TV shows that moved channels: 4 to 5; BBC to 4; ITV to BBC; BBC to 5; ITV to BBC.

What links: Elephantine; Gezira; Kitchener; Philae; Sai?

Islands on the Nile

What links: Blythburgh, Suffolk; Dallas; Los Angeles; Hyannis Port, Massachusetts?

Death locations of the Kennedy brothers: Joseph Jr; John; Bobby; Teddy.

first K-pop act on Glastonbury's main stage, doing so in 2024, K-pop boyband that boasts a whopping 13 members, and which sold more than 10 million albums last year.

Seventeen

South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group consists of four members: Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning. The group is known for popularizing the metaverse concept and hyperpop music in K-pop.

Aespa

South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2017 reality show of the same name.[1] The group is composed of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. The former member Woojin left due to undisclosed personal reason in October 2019.

Stray Kids

Born Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, American singer and songwriter from Missouri. Working with collaborator Dan Nigro, many songs on her debut album are inspired by 1980s synth-pop and early 2000s pop hits. Her aesthetic is heavily influenced by drag queens, and her music and performing style has been described as "campy".

Chapell Roan

The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is 2023 album by which rising star of 2024?

Chappell Roan

Which 2013 romantic drama film, based on the 2010 graphic novel of the same name by Jul Maroh was the first film to have the Palme d'Or awarded to both the director and the lead actresses?

Blue is the Warmest Colour

American film and television director, screenwriter, and playwright. She wrote and directed the play and 2012 film Bachelorette and 2015 film Sleeping with Other People.[2][3] She co-created the Netflix series Russian Doll, along with Natasha Lyonne and Amy Poehler. She also created the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte.

Leslye Headland

Who played Verosha "Osha" and Mae-ho "Mae" Aniseya in The Acolyte? Osha is the former Padawan learner of Sol who left the Jedi Order due to "internal turmoil" she has regarding her connection to the Force. Mae is presumed dead until she re-emerges as a dangerous warrior using the dark side of the Force.

Amandla Stenberg

Actor gained widespread international stardom and fame for his role as Seong Gi-hun, the main protagonist of Netflix's survival drama Squid Game. Played Sol in 2024 The Acolyte Star Wars spin off.

Lee Jung-jae

Caitlin Clark wnba team since 2024

Indiana Fever

British tennis player reached third round at Wimbledon before out by Coco Gauff, born Brighton 2001 and is current British number 9. 2024

Sonay Kartal

Created by British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the Molinere Bay Underwater Sculpture Park is a collection of ecological underwater contemporary art located in the Caribbean sea off the west coast of which island?

Grenada

Which athlete who plays her club football for Seattle Reign became Wales’ all-time record goal scorer during her team's 2-0 win over Kosovo in the Euro 2025 qualifier?

Jess Fishlock

Wagner term devised meaning total work

Gesamtkunstwerk

The Shroder House in Utrecht was built in 1924 by which de Stijl linked Dutch architect? Also did Red and Blue Chair.

Gerrit Rietveld

German painter, sculptor, photographer, metalsmith, and designer who studied at the Bauhaus art school in Weimar and later became head of the Bauhaus Metall-Werkstatt (Metal Workshop) in Dessau in 1928. Lamps, tea sets and ash trays. Female.

Marianne Brandt

Born 1895, Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school. He was highly influenced by constructivism and a strong advocate of the integration of technology and industry into the arts.

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Born 1926, American modernist artist known primarily for her abstract looped-wire sculptures inspired by natural and organic forms. In addition to her three-dimensional work, she created an extensive body of works on paper, including abstract and figurative drawings and prints influenced by nature, particularly flowers and plants, and her immediate surroundings.

Ruth Asawa

Hungarian-German modernist architect and furniture designer. At the Bauhaus he designed the Wassily Chair and the Cesca Chair.

Marcel BREUER

Who designed the original Barcelona chair for the 1929 Int Expo in Barcelona?

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

She is best known for her starring roles as Michonne on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2012–2020, 2022) and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024), and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films, including Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). She is the writer of the Broadway play Eclipsed, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play.

Danai Gurira

Steve Backshall is married to which Olympian? Two gold medals and silver in Paris.

Helen Glover

English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Adrian Moorhouse

English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Adrian Moorhouse

English former competitive swimmer. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold (100m breaststroke) and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Duncan Goodhew

Order of individual medley racing in swimming

butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle

Order of relay medley swimming

Backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle Backstroke first then up from slowing to fastest

a multi-purpose indoor arena in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris. Opened in October 2017, it was developed by the rugby union club Racing 92, and replaced Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir as their home. It is hosting swimming and water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Paris La Défense Arena

British sailor and Olympic gold medallist. She is the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal at consecutive games, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.

Shirley Robertson

Formula Kite first appeared in 2024 Paris under sailing, won gold which Brit?

Ellie Aldridge

Which animal, boots of were part of Alexander McQueen’s spring/summer 2010 Plato’s Atlantis collection – the last fully-realized collection McQueen presented before his death in February 2010. For the show, inspired by Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1859), McQueen imagined humankind evolving to survive underwater and presented a fantastical posthuman hybrid aquatic creature with a bold and visionary statement?

Armadillo Boots

Which art collective are behind the Big Red Boots (rubber monstrosities)?

MSCHF

Named after Neapolitan banker: investment linked to a living person which provides an income for as long as that person is alive. Such schemes originated as plans for governments to raise capital in the 17th century and became relatively widespread in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Tontine

Which owner of London City Lionesses in the UK, Lyon in France and Washington Spirit in the USA, announced a $50m (£39.2m) global investment in improving the health of elite female athletes in July 2024?

Michelle Kang

German shot putter. She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2024 Paris Olympics with 20.00 meters in the last round.

Yemisi Ogunleye

Austrian born art historian author of many works of cultural history and art history, most notably The Story of Art, a book widely regarded as one of the most accessible introductions to the visual arts,[3] and Art and Illusion,[4] a major work in the psychology of perception that influenced thinkers as diverse as Carlo Ginzburg,[5] Nelson Goodman,[6] Umberto Eco,[7] and Thomas Kuhn.

EH Gombrich

Which sculptor of the Baroque Era who is the earliest woman sculptor documented in Spain was the Escultor de Cámara (Court Sculptor) to the Habsburg King Charles II?

Luisa Roldan