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‘House on Fire’ was a 2022 hit for which British singer? She performed the song in front of Buckingham palace as part of
the platinum jubilee celebrations earlier this year.
Mimi Webb
What French term describes a slicing technique in which herbs and vegetables are cut into long thin strips by rolling them tightly and slicing the leaves perpendicular to the roll?
Chiffonade
What is the two word name of the wind which originates in the Canadian plains, east of the Rockies and swoops down
across the US midwest and Great Lakes? The name is a reference to the Canadian province in which it originates
Alberta Clipper
Who starred as the playwright Skip Donahue in the 1980 comedy film ‘Stir Crazy’? The film follows Donahue’s prison
journey when he and friend Harry Monroe are falsely convicted of robbing a bank dressed as woodpeckers
Gene Wilder
At which 48 BC battle did the forces of Julius Caesar defeat those of the Roman Republic under the command of Pompey, effectively bringing the republic to an end?
Pharsalus
With 226 points, and playing for the Catalan Dragons, who was the leading point scorer in the 2021/22 Rugby League
Super League?
James Maloney
Super League 2023 ended in October 14th 2023, who won the Super League beating Catalans Dragons in the final?
Wigan Warriors
Which Australian rugby league player for Wigan Warriors won Man of Steel Award in 2023 season?
Bevan French
Which English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half and stand-off for the Wigan Warriors in the Betfred Super League and both England and the England Knights at international level was top point scorer with 218 of the Super League 2023?
Harry Smith
Which Lebanese international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Wigan Warriors in the Super League? Was top try scorer in Super League 2023 with 28 tries.
Abbas Miski
The Halliwell Jones Stadium is home to which Rugby League team?
Warrington Wolves
What is the chemical name of caustic soda?
Sodium Hydroxide
Signed in 1947, what does the acronym GATT stand for?
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
‘She’s all I wanna be’ was a 2022 hit for which American singer? She was supported by Mimi Webb on her 2022 tour. Back in the charts in 2023 with Greedy and in 2020 You Broke Me First.
Tate McRae
Pocket, Leggie and Kook are all terms in which sport? It is one of the 5 new sports introduced to the Tokyo Olympics
Surfing
Which element was discovered by Bernard Courtois in 1811 when he added sulfuric acid to seaweed ash? It is used in pharmaceuticals, disinfectants, printing inks and dyes.
Iodine
What French term describes a cooking technique in which food is cooked in fat, oil or grease at low temperatures?
Confit
Commencing in 1969, what does the acronym SALT stand for?
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Which lithograph by MC Escher depicts a large mansion house with a number of looping staircases on the roof of the
building?
Ascending and Descending
Over which Island group in the pacific did the US detonate “Castle Bravo”, the largest nuclear warhead the US ever
detonated?
Marshall Islands
21 people were killed in Boston, USA, in 1919 when a tank of what substance burst, causing a leak?
Molasses
Placing second in “The Dirtiest Race in History” was which man? He was promoted to the gold medal, one of nine Olympic
gold medals he has won. In 2003 Wade Exum, the US Olympic Committee’s director of drug control named him as one of
100 US athletes that had failed drug tests between 1988 and 2000 and should not have competed.
Carl Lewis
Who began hosting Radio 1’s weekday mid-morning show in 2021 alongside Melvin Odoom and Ricky Haywood Williams?
She previously worked with the duo on Kiss FM.
Charlie Hedges
Recently performing at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert were Queens of the Stone Age. Queens of the Stone Age themselves lost a long-time collaborator when which singer died in 2022? Formerly he had been the lead singer of The Screaming Trees.
Mark Lanegan
What is the two word name of the wind which originates off the coast of Western Australia and cools the coastal towns
in the afternoons? The name is a reference to a place which benefits greatly from the wind
Freemantle Doctor
Who starred as teen ‘Samantha Baker’ in the 1984 comedy film ‘Sixteen Candles’? The film follows an upset Baker after her family forgets her 16th birthday.
Molly Ringwald
What is the chemical name of baking soda?
Sodium Bicarbonate
Which word replaces Circle in the name of the American version of the Magic Circle?
Magic Castle
Who directed the Spaghetti western film ‘The good, the bad and the ugly’?
Sergio Leone
Lead singer of Rixton, son of Colleen Nolan
Jake Roche
Rickets is a deficiency of which vitamin?
D
The insurance and banking firm First Direct is a division of which much larger banking and financial services organisation?
HSBC
On which island nation are the Troodos Mountains located?
Cyprus
Together with the Tumen River to the east, which river forms much of the border between North Korea and
China?
Yalu
Roger Federer has recently retired after a highly successful career that included a record eight Wimbledon men’s
singles titles. Which Australian, known for his big serve, did he beat in the 2003 final to claim his first title?
Mark PHILIPPOUSSIS
Who is the world’s longest-serving current head of state? He became the 29th Sultan of Brunei in October 1967, 56 years ago, and has also been the country’s Prime Minister since it became independent from the United Kingdom in 1984.
HASSNAL BOLKIAH
Observable in a poorly-designed pumped liquid circuit, what name is given to the phenomenon where the static pressure
of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure, leading to the formation of small gas bubbles? These bubbles then collapse as
they pass through the pump, generating shock waves and noise.
CAVITATION
Sometimes known as the “Master of the Thrill”, which Italian giallo [JALLᐧoh] film-maker directed The Bird with the
Crystal Plumage, as well as the Three Mothers horror film trilogy, which includes Inferno and The Mother of Tears?
Dario Argento
In 1743, the new Bourbon King Charles of Spain and his wife, Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony, founded which porcelain factory near Naples known for its production of elegant figurines and vases with intricate floral designs? The factory was intended to emulate the success of the Meissen[MYᐧsun] factory that had been founded by the Queen’s
grandfather.
CAPODIMONTE
Which Ugandan athlete won the men’s race at the 2022 Great North Run? He won gold in both 5,000 and 10,000 metres at this year’s Commonwealth Games, improving on his bronze medals at the latter distance at both the Tokyo Olympics and the World Championships in Eugene, where he finished behind compatriot Joshua Cheptegei on both
occasions.
Jacob Kiplimo
What was the unflattering nickname given to the government formed in February 1852 by the Earl of Derby, after he succeeded Lord John Russell as Prime Minister? The name was derived from the response of the Duke of Wellington when
its members were being announced in the House of Lords?
Who? Who? Ministry
In Microsoft Excel, which function is used in a formula to return the number of characters in a text string? The answer has
three letters.
LEN
In the folklore of West Virginia, which winged, humanoid creature was reportedly sighted in the Point Pleasant area between 1966 and 1967? One theory holds that the creature sighted was actually a large sandhill crane.
Mothman
Which 1999 album, the third by Blink-182, contained the hits ‘What’s My Age Again’, ‘All the Small Things’ and ‘Adam’s Song’?
Enema of the State
Dario Argento’s Three Mothers horror trilogy also contains which 1977 film about a dance student who enrols in a ballet academy run by a coven of witches? The film was remade in 2018, with Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton in starring roles.
Suspiria
Depending on how the measurement is taken, the longest-serving head of state in Africa is either Paul Biya of Cameroon or which other man, the President of Equatorial Guinea? He was Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council and the Supreme Military Council before declaring himself President in October 1982.
Teodoro OBIANG
Nguema Mbasogo
In the design of a pumped liquid circuit, cavitation and consequential damage to the pump can be avoided by ensuring
sufficient NPSH is available at the inlet to the pump. In this context, if NP stands for “Net Positive”, what do the letters S
and H represent?
Suction Head
The National Trust for Scotland owns most of which island off the west coast of Mull, but not its 6th-century abbey?
Iona
Despite winning multiple titles in the other three Grand Slam events, Roger Federer won only one French Open singles title. Which Swedish player did he defeat in the 2009 final?
Robin Soderling
In Microsoft Excel, which function is used in a formula to return a specified number of characters from the start of a long
text string? The answer is a four-letter word.
Left
In US folklore, which winged, bipedal figure with a high-pitched scream is said to inhabit the forested area of the Pine Barrens? One theory holds that sandhill cranes are actually the basis of the legend.
Jersey Devil
Which 1994 album, the third by the Offspring, featured the singles ‘Come Out and Play’, ‘Self Esteem’, and ‘Gotta Get Away’?
Smash
Sharing its name with a post-punk band from Greater Manchester, which 2013 TV crime drama starred Gillian Anderson as a Northern Irish police officer, DSU Stella Gibson, on the hunt for serial killer Paul Spector, played by Jamie Dornan?
The Fall
The Ministry of all the Talents was the nickname given to the government formed in February 1806 by which prime minister, who attempted to build the strongest possible government following the death of William Pitt the Younger?
Lord Grenville
Which Kenyan athlete won the women’s race at the Great North Run in 2022, a title she also won in 2021? She finished second at the last two Olympics over 5,000 metres behind Sifan Hassan and her compatriot Vivian Cheriuyot, but has twice won world championship gold at that distance.
Hellen Obiri
First seen on TV-am in 1983 and then getting his own Spectacular Shedvision show, which alliteratively-named puppet rodent lived under King’s Cross railway station and was friends with a hamster called Errol and a Gerbil called Kevin?
Roland Rat
Meissen’s position as the producer of the most sought-after fine porcelain in Europe was challenged in the mid-18th century by which French state-owned porcelain factory, named after the city in Hauts-de-Seine in which it has been based since 1756? This city was, itself, later supplanted as France’s premier centre of porcelain production by Limoges.
Sevres
According to the usual rules of the long-running Radio 4 game show Just a Minute, panellists must speak on a given topic
without doing one of three forbidden things: what?
Hesitation, Deviation and Repetition
Which darts player, nicknamed the “Prince of Style”, was the last player to end the year ranked as world number one by the World Darts Federation before the PDC split from the BDO? He went on to win two World Matchplay titles, but never won the World Championship?
Rod Harrington
Everyone around the world was devastated to hear of the sad passing of Queen Elizabeth II. On what date did she pass away?
September 8th 2022
Who won the 400m Hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games for the British Virgin Islands. He had previously won the same event in 2018 and in doing so won British Virgin Islands their first ever gold medal at the Commonwealth Games
Kyron McMaster
The Outlander and Eclipse are current car models made by which manufacturer?
Mitsubishi
If playing Bridge in No Trumps, how many tricks would a partnership need to win to make
“Game”?
9
The songs, The Harder I Try and She Ain’t No Competition were both written by Stock, Aitken
and Waterman and released by which boy group?
Brother Beyond
The MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed since 2015, which MP was made Secretary of State for Transport in Liz Truss’s first cabinet?
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
At 279m above sea level, what is the highest point in Dorset?
Lewesdon Hill
Made in conjunction with Beyond Meat, what is the name of the new vegan burger produced by
McDonalds?
McPlant
Which 1950s song by Bobby Darin was banned by some radio stations as it depicts him having a bath which is usually done naked and was therefore too racy to be broadcast?
Splish Splash
Which South African golfer won the very first LIV Golf invitation tournament picking up $5,000,000
when he won the LIV Golf Invitation London? His only Major win was the 2011 Masters
Charl Schwartzel
Which lawyer and judge was Master of the Rolls from 1962 to 1982 and produced the report into the Profumo affair? Maggie Thatcher described him as “probably the greatest English judge of modern times”.
Lord Denning
What is the last name of the character Martin, played by Martin Clunes, in the TV show Doc Martin?
Ellingham
At 88 years old, who became the oldest author ever to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize for his 2022 work Treacle Walker?
Alan Garner
Prepatellar bursitis is another name for which medical condition that affects the leg?
Housemaids Knee
The Challenger and Charger are current car models made by which manufacturer?
Dodge
The MP for Chippingham since 2015, which MP was made Secretary of State for Digital Culture
Media and Sport in Liz Truss’s first cabinet? Later, Education.
Michelle DONELAN
At 251m above sea level, what is the highest point in Kent?
Betsom’s Hill
In Greek mythology, who is the Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry?
Thalia
The songs Can’t Shake the Feeling and Handful of Promises were both written by Stock, Aitken and Waterman and released by which boy group who had their biggest chart success with a cover of Blame it on the Boogie?
Big Fun
Which moon of Saturn is thought to be the most likely to contain life as it is covered by a layer of ice and scientists have observed plumes containing water vapour suggesting liquid water may exist on this moon?
Enceladus
What is the capital of the Marshall Islands?
Majuro
In contract bridge, an undertrick occurs when a team fails to make their contract. How many penalty points are awarded for each undertrick when in a contract and when they are not vulnerable or
doubled?
50
At 116 pages long, Which author’s 2022 work Small Things Like These is the shortest book ever to be nominated for the booker Prize?
Claire Keegan
All waterfowls, such as duck, geese and swans are in what order of birds?
Anseriformes
What is the last name of the character Gary, played by Martin Clunes, in the TV show Men Behaving Badly?
Strang
The “Travolta dress” designed by Victor Edelstein in 1985 and the “Revenge dress” designed by
Christina Stambolian in 1994 were both famous dresses worn by which woman?
Princess Diana
Dalai Lama is the title given to the spiritual leader of which school of Tibetan Buddhism?
Gelug or Yellow Hat
Who won the first ever track and field medal for Guernsey at the Commonwealth Games when he took 3rd in the 400m Hurdles?
Alistair Chalmers
What 10 letter word is used for a prolonged period of slow economic growth?
Stagnation
What 1950s song by the Everly Brothers was banned by some radio stations because the couple in the song innocently arose at 4am but the radio stations believed they weren’t just sleeping at that time?
Wake Up Little Susie
Filton is a suburb of which British city?
Bristol
Who played the piano on Cat Stevens’ recording of ‘Morning has Broken’?
Rick Wakeman
Which American realist painter depicted a 1923 world heavyweight title fight in his work Dempsey and Firpo? He is also known for depictions of urban life such as his painting Cliff Dwellers.
George Bellows
Bitches Brew was an acclaimed 1970 jazz album by which composer and bandleader?
Miles Davis
What are the names of the pair of extremely foul-mouthed drunken lavatory attendants created by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in the 1970s?
Derek and Clive
In bouldering and sport climbing terminology, the most technically challenging point in the climb is known by what
four-letter term?
Crux
What was the name of the Canadian-American magician and sceptic who found fame challenging paranormal and pseudoscientific claims? The foundation which bears his name sponsored the One Million Dollar Paranormal
Challenge, which offered this sum to anyone who could demonstrate supernatural powers in controlled conditions.
James Randi
In genetics, what adjective describes a locus that contains different alleles on each chromosome? This is typically notated with one uppercase and one lowercase letter for that gene.
Heterozygous
With 2022 acts including Kae Tempest, Kraftwerk and Michael Kiwanuka, which music and arts festival held
annually near Crickhowell is the largest music festival in Wales with a capacity of 25,000?
Green Man Festival
Which British social media personality hosts the YouTube channel SprinkleofGlitter, which until 2016 she used
as a pseudonym? She also writes a blog on beauty and motherhood.
Louise Pentland
Breathless is a 1960 French New Wave crime drama film written and directed by who?
Jean-Luc Godard
The 400 Blows is a 1959 French coming-of-age drama film, and the directorial debut of which director?
Francois Truffaut
Born in 1898, which bass-baritone, lawyer and NFL footballer embraced a career in international political activism,
opposing the Spanish Civil War and admonishing President Truman after World War II for his failure to legislate against
lynching? He is commemorated by a plaque at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies where he studied Swahili.
Paul Robeson
Which psychologist is associated with experiments on learned helplessness he conducted in 1967? After exposing three
groups of dogs to electric shocks, the last of which had no ability to prevent the shocks, the experiment found that the third group demonstrated learned helplessness by not attempting to escape when given a way out. He is also known for his contributions to positive psychology.
Martin Seligman
With one team and two individual gold medals, Frenchman Teddy Riner [REE-ner] is among the most
successful Olympians in which sport? Nicola Fairbrother and Neil Adams have won Olympic medals for
Team GB in this sport.
Judo
In genetics, what name is given to a situation in which both versions of a gene in a heterozygous pair are expressed? The blood type AB is one example of this trait.
Codominance
Which horse owned by the Marquess of Rockingham won the first St Leger?
Allabaculia
What are the names of the pair of camp, double entendre-loving characters played by Hugh Paddick and
Kenneth Williams in the 1960s BBC radio series Round the Horne?
Julian and Sandy
In bouldering and sport climbing terminology, any information, advice or hints about how best to ascend a climb, are known by what four-letter term?
Beta
James Randi was one of a number of sceptics to investigate which English psychic medium who first rose to prominence in Australia and was known for selling out Sydney Opera House and the Royal Albert Hall? She died in 1987, around the time that it was demonstrated she used audience plants for her shows.
Doris Stokes
Featherweight boxer Billy Smith was the model for which American realist painter’s works Between Rounds,
Salutat, and Taking the Count? He is also known for depictions of medicine, such as The Gross Clinic.
Thomas Eakins
Which psychologist is associated with experiments he conducted on conformity and peer pressure in the 1950s? Individual subjects were placed in a group where all the other members were part of the experiment –
when asked a simple question, the other members picked a clear incorrect answer and the subject conformed with them 40% of the time.
Solomon Asch
Which British social media personality hosts the YouTube channel Pointlessblog? He has written a number of books
related to the channel, and in 2018 hit the headlines when he released a video in which he attempted to live on £1 for 24
hours.
Alfie Deyes
Ostwald process is main industrial process of making whcih acid?
Nitric Acid
Sharing its name with an antiquated term for a mental health institution, what legal term is given to protection and immunity from extradition granted to political refugees?
Asylum
Based on the mini-comics of the same name by Charles Forsman, which British black comedy-drama series, broadcast between 2017 and ’19, stars Alex Lawther and Jessica Barden as a pair of troubled teens who run away
together?
The END OF THE
F***ING WORLD
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America is a book by which American
journalist? She is known for her prolific reporting on Trump for The New York Times, authoring or co-authoring 599
articles in 2016 alone.
Maggie Haberman
Which 1970s film stars Robert De Niro as a jazz saxophonist who has a tempestuous relationship with a nightclub singer played by Liza Minelli?
New York New York
Which lager was advertised on TV in the 80s with a series of adverts featuring a cockney bear called George
playing a range of traditional pub games?
Hofmeister
WALTER is a former Progress Wrestling Heavyweight Champion. He was also the 3rd NXT UK Champion. He
currently wrestles in WWE under which name?
Gunther
In which specific part of the body would you find the sartorius muscles?
Thigh
The Hoffmeister TV adverts were directed by which veteran American film director? He won the Best Original
Screenplay Oscar for his first film in 1941, which he also directed and starred in.
Orson Welles - Kenosha, Wisconsin
Fallon Sherrock made history when she became the first female Dart player to win a match at the PDC world
Championship in 2019. Who did she beat?
Ted Evetts
Which 1970s film stars Gene Hackman as a private investigator and surveillance expert who relaxes in his
apartment by playing jazz saxophone?
The Conversation
Which British county’s flag, registered in 2008, features the yellow St David’s cross on a blue background? In the
centre there is a Tudor rose, representing King Henry VII who was born in this county.
Pembrokeshire
Edward the Confessor’s wife was Edith of which location?
Wessex
The principal character of Quint in The Turn of the Screw was written, like many of Britten’s lead roles, for which tenor, his personal and professional partner for nearly 40 years.
Peter Pears
Droupadi Murmu is the most recently elected female head of state in the world. She was elected President of which country in July 2022?
India
Pete Dunne is a former Progress Wrestling Heavyweight Champion. He was also the 2nd NXT UK Champion. He currently wrestles in WWE under which name?
Butch
Which musical won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2014? Written by Steven Lutvak and Robert L Freeman, it is based on the 1907 novel “Israel Rank: the autobiography of a criminal”. This book was also the basis for a 1949 film by Alec Guinness which has a different title.
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO
LOVE AND MURDER
What word precedes “Girl” in the name of a poster distributed by retailer Athena in 1978 that sold over 2 million copies? It featured 18-year-old Fiona Butler in a risqué pose while taking part in the title activity.
Tennis
The 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts saw which nation win the tournament for the first time? Their team, made up of Simon Whitlock and Damon Heta [HETT·ah], had lost to Wales in the two previous years but defeated them in the final in 2022.
Australia
Set in Aberystwyth, which Welsh-language crime drama first aired on S4C in 2013, and subsequently on BBC Four, featured troubled Detective DCI Tom Mathias fleeing from his London past to solve crimes in
rural Wales with his partner DI Mared Rhys?
Hinterland
Sharing its title with one of their songs, what was the name of the feature film released in 1987 starring the Pet Shop
Boys? Noted for its surreal content, the film included appearances from Barbara Windsor and Joss Ackland.
It Couldn’t Happen Here
Which Soviet-Latvian chess player was known during his career for his creativity in offence and exceptional improvisational play, which earned him the nickname “the Magician”? He became World Champion in 1960,
defeating Mikhail Botvinnik.
Mikhail Tal
Sittwe is the capital of which state in Myanmar? The state has been in the news in recent years as it is home to much of the heavily persecuted Rohingya [roh·HIN·juh] people.
Rakhine
Beginning with P, which ginger cake is made with oatmeal and treacle is popular in Yorkshire and
traditionally eaten on Guy Fawkes Night?
Parkin
Noted for her work in the field of sphere packing, in 2022 which Ukrainian mathematician became the second woman to
win the Fields Medal after Maryam Mirzakhani?
Maryna VIAZOVSKA
Which former winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction released the novel The Marriage Portrait in 2022? It is a
novelisation of Lucrezia de’ Medici’s unexpected rise to become Duchess of Ferrara.
Maggie O’FARRELL
On UK beaches, flags consisting of which two colours signify that an area should be used for surfing, kayaking or
paddleboarding, but not swimming?
Black and White
What is the name of the surreal musical feature film, released in 1968, that starred all four members of The Monkees
and Victor Mature? The film included numerous cameo appearances, one of which being co-writer Jack Nicholson.
Head
First airing in 2018 on S4C before its appearance on BBC Four , which Welsh language crime drama filmed around
Snowdonia, Bangor and Caernarfon features the detective pairing of DI Cadi Jon and DS Owen Vaughan?
Hidden
Released in the summer of 1999, which album by Moby includes the hit singles ‘Porcelain’ and ‘Why Does My Heart Feel
So Bad’? The album eventually reached number one in the UK in April 2000 and was one of the best selling albums of that
decade
Play
Which former winner of the Costa Book Award released the novel Shrines of Gaiety in 2022? It tells the story of Nellie
Coker, fictional queen of nightlife in 1920s London?
Kate Atkinson
Which Perth-based company is one of the UK’s largest bus operators and owned the Virgin Trains East Coast franchise
until it was terminated in 2018? The company accepted a bid from rival National Express in 2021 but later reversed its
decision.
Stagecoach
Which Aberdeen-based company is one of the UK’s largest bus operators and also owns railway franchises such as Great
Western Railway, Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express?
FirstGroup
The Kutupalong refugee camp is the largest refugee camp in the world as a result of Rohingya people fleeing Rakhine State. It is
located near which city in southern Bangladesh that is known for its long beach?
Cox’s Bazar
The Tom Jones recording of ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On’ was used for the final strip routine in The Full Monty, but
Joe Cocker’s recording was used for a striptease routine in which 1986 film?
9 1/2 Weeks
The name of which street in Westminster has become a byword for the British think tank industry as a building
there is home to several right-wing think tanks and lobby groups such as the Taxpayers’ Alliance and Migration
Watch?
(55) TUFTON Street
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a book about conversion centre experience of title character by which author?
Emily M. Danforth
Other Words for Home is a 2019 free verse children’s book by which author? The story is about a family of Syrian refugees with Jude, a 12-year-old girl, as protagonist.
Jasmine Warga
Monetization platform founded in 2013 by Jack Conte, Sam Yam
Patreon
For-profit crowdfunding platform founded by Brad Damphousse; Andrew Ballester in 2010
GoFundMe
Social platform for giving founded by Anne-Marie Huby, Zarine Kharas in 2000
JustGiving
American public benefit corporation founded 2009 in Brooklyn by Perry Chen, Charles Adler, Yancey Strickler for raising money for companies
Kickstarter
The 2002 film The Whale Rider was directed by Niki Caro and based on book written by who?
Witi Ihimaera
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a 2012 film and 1999 book both directed and written by which American author?
Stephen Chbosky
What is the second book in the Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman?
Knife Edge
ONLY CONNECT: what are the first four Noughts and Crosses series books by Malorie Blackman?
1) Noughts and Crosses
2) Knife Edge
3) Checkmate
4) Double Cross
Who plays Carrie Matheson in Homeland?
Claire Danes
Actress plays Brody’s wife in Homeland, Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Greenland, Inara Serra in Firefly
Morena Baccarin
APV, Ertiga, and Solio are minivans produced by which Japanese automaker?
Suzuki
The characters of the US TV series Riverdale were based on the characters of which comic book series?
Archie Comics
From the Greek for “wedge” or “plug”, what term coined by Rudolf Virchow refers to an unattached mass that travels through the bloodstream and is capable of creating blockages?
Embolus
What agricultural tool is depicted in Grant Wood’s famous painting American Gothic?
Pitchfork
Released in 2014, Dark & Wild is the debut studio album of which South Korean music group?
BTS
Which dynasty held the throne of England from 1154 until 1485?
Plantagenet
In painting, what do you call the white paint mixture made from binder, chalk, gypsum or pigment that is used to coat rigid surfaces?
Gesso
In rugby league, a try is worth how many points?
4
Which Georgian Square in central London is overlooked by the BT Tower and was the long-term home of author Ian McEwan, who set much of his 2005 novel Saturday in the square?
Fitzroy Square
Which alcoholic drink invented in 1973 and named after a London restaurant now comes in a range of flavours including Tiramisu, Eton Mess, Salted Caramel and Orange Truffle?
Baileys
Which book by Shirley Hughes features a boy and his lost stuffed dog, and won the public vote for the best of the first 50 years winners of the Kate Greenaway Award for “distinguished illustration in a book for children”?
Dogger
Which decade of the 19th Century saw the wedding of Queen Victoria, the Irish Potato Famine, the invention of the telegraph by Samuel Morse and the first use of anaesthetics?
1840s
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the western limit of the Strait of Gibraltar as a line that joins Cape Spartel in Morocco to the south with which headland in the Province of Cadiz?.
Cape Trafalgar
Who had a UK number 1 single in the 1960s with Runaway?
Del Shannon
Which 6 letter word for a foreign merchant or businessman in China is also the title of a 1986 novel by James Clavell and the name for a large, fast-moving, highly venomous snake endemic to Australia and New Guinea?
Taipan
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets, receives an annual ground rent of “the gift of one fish” from the City of London Corporation for which 13 acre building complex on the Isle of Dogs?
Billingsgate Fish Market
Art Garfunkel had only two solo top 20 UK singles, both of which made it to number 1. Which word occurs in the title of both songs?
Eyes – Bright Eyes and I Only Have Eyes for You
Which was the first UK general election in which women could stand as candidates, in which Constance Markievicz became the first woman to be elected to Westminster, but as an Irish nationalist, never took her seat?
1918
Which fabric named for a type of medieval smock coat was patented in 1888 by Thomas Burberry as a waterproof fabric for hard wearing overcoats?
Gabardine
Which Portuguese folk dance is a comic character from 16th Century Italian theatre invited to perform in Bohemian Rhapsody?
The Fandango
What was the name of the baby christened in Springsteen’s Reason to Believe?
Kyle
According to Nina Simone, who is not her baby’s style, as “My Baby Just Cares for Me”?
Liz Taylor
According to Oliver’s Army by Elvis Costello, If you’re out of luck or out of work, where could we send you to?
Johannesburg
On Don McLean’s American Pie, whose coat did the jester borrow?
James Dean
According to When I’m 64 by The Beatles, where could we rent a cottage every year, if it’s not too dear?
Isle of Wight
Described by Harold Wilson as the greatest living Yorkshireman, who appeared in a 1970 episode of Dad’s Army, two years after his retirement from professional cricket, as a ringer in a cricket team when the ARP wardens challenged the platoon to a match?
Fred Trueman
Which five letter word might mean a Cornish pie chiefly composed of mutton, apples, and onions, with a thick crust, the padded back or side of a car-seat, or a young pigeon?
Squab
Which British film is the only Best Picture winner to contain all of the letters o,s,c,a and r in its title?
Chariots of Fire
English cooking personality who is best known for his television cooking show The Galloping Gourmet
Graham Kerr
Which Christian or given name connects The Galloping Gourmet, an England fast bowler who shared a series-turning century stand with Ian Botham at Headingley 1981, and the voice of the contestant summaries on Blind Date?
Graham
Which express mail service went bankrupt after just 18 months of operation when the first transcontinental telegraph line was completed by Western Union in October 1861?
The Pony Express
Which name connects an early cartoon dog created by British comic strip artist George Studdy, a chimpanzee which starred in a 1951 film with Ronald Reagan, the nickname of Led Zeppelin’s drummer, and Madame Butterfly’s uncle?
Bonzo
Who hung the Sword of Damocles suspended by a single horsehair?
Dionysus
Which golfer was considered one of the best never to win a major before claiming the
2017 Masters? With 28.5 points from 10 appearances he is Europe’s highest ever points
scorer in the Ryder Cup.
Sergio Garcia
Which four-step thermodynamic cycle has the theoretical maximum efficiency for
converting heat energy into work? It is named after a French physicist sometimes
described as ‘the Father of Thermodynamics’.
Carnot Cycle
What is the name of the spyware sold by the Israeli company NSO Group to various
governments who want to hack into iOS and Android phones? Its iOS exploit was
identified in August 2016.
Pegasus
Which Jacobean playwright, the author of A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, collaborated with
the actor William Rowley to write The Changeling?
Thomas Middleton
The violinist Fritz Kreisler created several musical forgeries over the course of his career.
One such composition was Variations on a Theme by Corelli, which he attributed to which
18th-century Italian violinist and composer, best known for the Devil’s Trill Sonata.
Giuseppe Tartini
The Afar Triangle in east Africa is home to which geological depression at the meeting
point of three tectonic plates? Lying about 125 metres below sea level, it is home to
Dallol, a ghost town which was the hottest place inhabited by humans.
Danakil Depression
Loz Hardy was the lead singer of which indie band from Hull, active in the early nineties?
Their biggest hits include Queen Jane and Ten Years Asleep.
Kingmaker
Which 30-year-old former political aide became the youngest ever life peer after receiving
the appointment in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours?
Charlotte Owen
In the Born–Landé equation for lattice energy, which physical constant is symbolised by the letter M? Named after a German physicist, it is a constant of proportionality that depends on the geometric arrangement of ions in a crystal.
Madelung Constant
Which Bavarian-born journalist is the English football correspondent for the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung? He is a regular on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Euro Leagues show.
Raphael Honigstein
What six-letter word of Hindi origin is given to a person who rides, trains or looks
after elephants?
Mahout
In English law, a contract is only binding if both parties offer something of value to
each other as part of their agreement. What name is given to the value so
offered?
Consideration
In which spin-off from Happy Days did Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams play
the two title characters, a pair of friends who worked at the fictional Shotz
Brewery in Milwaukee?
Laverne and Shirley
The 2022 British drama film Living was adapted by Kazuo Ishiguro from which 1952 Akira Kurosawa picture? Both films tell the story of a bureaucrat who seeks meaning from the final months of his life after a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Ikiru
What Levantine dish consists of meat, rice, and fried vegetables which are
cooked in a pot which is flipped upside down when served? The name of this dish
is literally ‘upside down’ in Arabic.
Maqluba
Rich and Strange and Purple Love Balloon were top 40 hits in 1992 for which
Leeds-based indie band with Carl Puttnam as their lead singer?
Cud
Another musical forgery by Fritz Kreisler was an Allegretto that he attributed to
which 18th-century Italian cellist and composer, whose best-known works include
string quintets written at the Spanish royal court?
Luigi Boccherini
Which brand of cigarettes, not sold in the UK, shares its name with a green
Monopoly property and a tube station on the Central Line and Jubilee Line? An
Elizabeth Line station also serves this location.
Bond Street
The Afar Triangle in east Africa is home to which basaltic shield volcano? Around 600 metres above sea level, it contains one of the world’s handful of lava lakes, the oldest such lake in the world.
Erta Ale
What is the name of the malicious computer worm that targets supervisory
control and data acquisition systems that is believed to have been jointly
developed by the USA and Israel to target Iran’s nuclear program?
Stuxnet
A letter sent to a newspaper, politician or other public figure that expresses
extremely eccentric views, stereotypically with prolific use of underlining and
capital letters, is said to be written using what colour ink?
Green Ink
Which Elizabethan playwright of The Shoemaker’s Holiday collaborated with
Thomas Middleton on The Roaring Girl?
Thomas Dekker
Sergio Garcia was ineligible to play in this year’s Ryder Cup due to joining the
breakaway LIV tour. Another such player is which Brit, known as a Ryder Cup
specialist for his 15 win and 8 loss record and also for his garish dress sense?
Ian Poulter
In the United States, most states are subdivided into counties, but what is the
equivalent in Alaska? Like parish, this name is a type of political division
sometimes found in the UK.
Boroughs
What Levantine dish is made of lamb cooked in a sauce of fermented dried
yogurt and served with rice or bulgur? Its name comes from the term ‘large tray’
in Arabic.
Mansaf
In English law a person has committed the civil wrong of negligence if (among
other things) they breach an obligation imposed on people and companies to
avoid causing foreseeable harm to those around them. What three-word term is
given to that obligation?
Duty of Care
Which spin-off from Happy Days followed the lives of the two title characters as they moved from Milwaukee to Chicago to start a music career? Erin Moran and Scott Baio starred as the titular duo.
Joanie Loves Chachi
Akira Kurosawa’s film Ikiru was partially inspired by which 1886 Leo Tolstoy novella which tells the story of a magistrate’s search for contentment after he realises that he is dying?
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
What six-letter word of Hindi origin is given to a platform on the back of an elephant? A mahout may ride on one of these, perhaps with wealthy tourists.
Howdah
Which Sanskrit word, roughly translating into English as ‘reverence to you’ is a
common form of greeting in Hindu communities, often accompanied by a bow?
Namaste
Which equation, named after the Russian who derived it from the Born–Landé
equation, can be used to estimate the lattice energy of an ionic crystal that is
experimentally difficult to determine? This equation features a namesake
constant symbolised K.
Kapustinskii Equation
Which Barcelona born journalist writes for Spanish football newspaper Diario AS
and is a regular on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Euro Leagues show?
Guillem Balague
‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey takes her nickname from that of which villainous
Canadian wrestler who died in 2015? This man wore a kilt, played the bagpipes
and was billed as being from Glasgow.
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper
Who was UK Prime Minister during cricket’s Bodyline series?
Ramsay MacDonald
What Latin phrase, attributed by Suetonius to Julius Caesar as he crossed the
Rubicon river, is usually translated into English as “the die is cast”?
Alea iacta Est
Which Italian businesswoman has been the CEO of Vodafone since January
2023? She is also chair of the Hundred Group, which represents the Chief
Financial Officers of several FTSE 100 companies.
Margherita DELLA VALLE
In the 2022/23 season, which Aston Villa striker won the Women’s Super League Golden Boot, with 23 goals? Despite playing as a striker for her club side, for England she has often been deployed as a wing back.
Rachel Daly
In Multicultural London English, if someone “pars” someone - or “pars them off” -
what are they doing? Pars can either have you creasing, or be particularly deep.
Verbally Abusing or Insulting Them
In 1990, Richard Rodney Bennett composed Concerto for Stan Getz. This was written for which wind instrument, not found in a classical orchestra? Getz; Lester Young; and John Coltrane were all virtuosi on this instrument; a one-word answer is sufficient.
Tenor Saxophone
In 2013, who became the first female conductor to lead the Last Night of the Proms?
Marin Alsop
In the acronym MCL, if the CL stands for collateral ligament, for what does the
M stand?
Medial
Which Sri Lankan bowler is the most successful left-arm spinner in men’s Test
cricket history? He took 433 wickets between 1999 and 2018.
Rangana Herath
In Greek mythology, who is the goddess of magic and witchcraft; crossroads; and
necromancy (among other associations)?
Hecate
queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War
Hecuba
Written by founder and lead singer Linda Perry, “What’s Up?” was a 1993 hit for
which band? It peaked at number 2 in the UK charts, but was a number one in
multiple countries.
4 Non Blondes
Unrelated to the Shakespeare play of the same name, La Tempesta [The
Tempest] is a painting by which Italian Renaissance master?
Giorgione
Formally designated C/1995 O1, which comet was discovered independently on
the 23rd of July 1995 by two Americans - one a professional astronomer, and
another an amateur?
Comet Hale-Bopp
The Chicken Connoisseur is the alter ego of which man, an internet celebrity and
fried chicken critic known for his YouTube series The Pengest Munch?
Elijah Quashie
Which aid worker is the only Irish person to have been honoured as Righteous
Among the Nations by the state of Israel? She is credited with saving the lives of
at least 200 Jewish children during the Holocaust in Vichy France.
Mary Elmes
Which epic poem by Ferdowsi, with a title literally meaning “Book of Kings”, is considered the national epic of Greater Iran? It is of central importance to the Persian culture and language.
Shahnameh
Which London-based jazz act won the 2023 Mercury Prize for Music, with their album Where I’m Meant To Be? They are the first jazz act to be awarded the prize.
Ezra Collective
The second most successful left-arm spinner in men’s Tests is which New Zealander, with 362 wickets? He captained his country between 2007 and 2011.
Daniel Vettori
Scheduled to be inaugurated on 17 August 2024, what city will replace Jakarta as
the capital of Indonesia?
Nusantara
In Greek mythology, who is the goddess of retribution - usually for the sin of
hubris - and the personification of vengeance?
Nemesis
Which African-American composer was one of the first black men to conduct a symphony orchestra? He is best known for his 1930 work Afro-American Symphony, and is considered a leading classical music figure in the Harlem
Renaissance.
William Grant Still
In the acronym PCL, if the CL stands for cruciate ligament, for what does the P
stand?
Posterior
XXXX [spell out], played by Daniel Craig, is the anonymous protagonist of which
2004 British crime film, Matthew Vaughn’s directorial debut? The title refers to
social strata in the criminal underworld.
Layer Cake
The hedonic - or felicific - calculus is an algorithm formulated by which English
philosopher, the founder of utilitarianism? It serves as a way to calculate the
amount of pleasure a specific action is likely to induce.
Jeremy Bentham
In 1954, Malcolm Arnold composed a concerto for which free reed wind instrument, not found in a classical orchestra? Virtuosi on this instrument include Larry Adler and Toots Thielemans.
Harmonica
What Latin phrase, the principal rallying cry of the Crusades, is usually translated
into English as “God wills it”? In the 21st century, this phrase has been co-opted
by far right and white supremacist groups as a slogan.
Deus Vult
Which English businesswoman has been the CEO of GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline) since April 2017? Prior to this she worked for L’Oréal for 17 years.
Emma Walmsley
Which Bayern Munich player scored the only goal of the game for England vs Haiti in their opening game of the 2023 Women’s World Cup? Usually a midfielder, her versatility saw her at right back, and at one point as the second choice goalkeeper, while she was at Manchester City.
Georgia Stanway
In 1990, which American was first physicist to be awarded the Fields Medal? Considered the practical founder of M-theory, his areas of research also include quantum gravity; string theory; and Feynman integrals.
Edward Witten
Which American actress played Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development, and was the
voice of Malory Archer on the FX animated series Archer? She also starred opposite
Clint Eastwood in the 1971 film Play Misty For Me.
Jessica Walter
Which fourteenth-century work is considered the national epic of Ethiopia? Ethiopian
Christians consider this work to hold the genealogy of the Solomonic dynasty.
Kebra Nagast
Which British model; actress; and TV presenter lends her first name to a handbag introduced in 2009 by Mulberry?
Alexa Chung
Which Scottish music act lost out to Ezra Collective for the 2023 Mercury Prize with
their album Heavy Heavy? They did, however, win the 2014 prize, with Dead.
Young Fathers
Which Japanese diplomat is the only person from his nation to have been honoured
as Righteous Among the Nations? Serving as vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in
Lithuania, against his official orders, he issued transit visas that helped thousands of
Jews flee Europe through Japanese territory.
Chiune Sugihara
Which doubly-named comet broke apart in 1992 and crashed into Jupiter in 1994,
providing the first direct observation of a collision of objects in the Solar System?
You don’t need the comet’s number.
Shoemaker-Levy 9
Widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches of all time, who is the current head
coach, and general manager, of the New England Patriots? He has six Super Bowl
wins as a head coach, the most ever.
Bill Belichick
Which Finnish-American architect won a design competition for the Gateway Arch in
St Louis in 1947? Construction only began in 1963, and was completed in 1965.
Eero Saarinen
The Three Witches, based on Macbeth, is a painting by which Swiss-born Romantic
painter, known for his depiction of the supernatural?
Henry Fuseli
What five-letter acronym refers to the “Big Five” executive search firms? This acronym refers to a titular film character voiced by Mike Myers.
SHREK (Spencer Stewart, Heidrick & Struggles, Russell Reynolds, Egon Zehnder and Korn Ferry)
After overthrowing the Goryeo dynasty in 1392, who was the founder and first
ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea?
Taejo of Joseon
Which fashion journalist was appointed the editor-in-chief at British Vogue in
September, thus becoming the first black woman to head the title? She is cohost of the Vogue podcast The Run-Through, and has previously worked for
Fader and Trace.
Chioma Nnadi
Head of WTO - Nigerian economist
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
What episode name of Dr Who on 22 November 1963?
An Unearthly Child
Performed once every 52 years, what is the name of the ceremony the Aztecs conducted in order to ensure that the sun would return for another 52 years?
The New Fire Ceremony
Originally known as The Universal History of the Things of New Spain, what name is commonly given to the twelve-book compilation of Aztec history and lore by Bernardo de Sahagun,
so named for the Italian city in which it was rediscovered?
Florentine Codex
Which underwater creature with the binomial Somniosus microcephalus has the longest known lifespan of any vertebrate?
Greenland Shark
Named for a French naturalist, which animal holds the record for both the deepest and longest documented dives of any mammal,
reaching a depth of almost 3,000m and a dive time of over three hours?
Cuvier’s Beaked Whale
The Colony of Eden Prime is the starting point for which 2007 video game, which sees the player attempting to prevent an invasion by an ancient machine race known as Reapers? The
most recent game in this series is subtitled Andromeda.
Mass Effect
Copernicus, Reinhold and Tombaugh are all parts of a colony in which location that follows “Deliver Us” in the title of an adventure-puzzle game released in 2018?
The Moon
In the X-Men series of comics, what is the name of Professor X’s mutant-finding device? It is also the name Dustin gives to his radio mast at the start of Series 3 of the television series
Stranger Things.
Cerebro
What is the name of the antagonistic group of mutants led by Sebastian Shaw in the movie X-Men: First Class? The group shares its name with an 18th century society led by Francis
Dashwood and also lends its name to the title of an episode of Stranger Things.
The Hellfire Club
Another X-Men reference in Stranger Things is comic #134, which features the debut of which character? One of the series’ best-known storylines, this character titles the 2019 film in the cinematic franchise
Dark Phoenix
Which lake in Campania was considered by the Romans to be the entrance to Hades and came to be used as a synonym for the underworld?
Avernus
As described in the Prose Edda, Hel, the goddess of Helheim in Norse mythology, was the daughter of the giantess Angrboda
and which Asgardian?
Loki
In Greek Mythology, which river is traditionally depicted as the entrance to the underworld across which Charon ferries the souls of the dead? In later Roman texts, this role is attributed to the River Styx.
Acheron
Mandrill Mayhem, Mamba Strike and Ostrich Stampede are all rides in World of Jumanji, a new area that opened at which UK theme park in 2023?
Chessington
Which inverted rollercoaster at Alton Towers is currently closed for a major refurbishment and set to re-open in 2024? It should not be confused with a similar ride at Thorpe Park that has the addition of Inferno to its name.
Nemesis
Thomas Hobbes engaged in a polemic debate with which clergyman and mathematician across several decades of the 17th century? The controversy spilled into the nascent Royal
Society, to which Hobbes was never admitted.
John Wallis
The Hobbes-Wallis controversy was sparked by Hobbes’ claim to have solved which mathematical problem, now known to be
impossible, in his 1655 work De Corpore?
Squaring the Circle
Which midfield player has made the most appearances of alltime for both the US Men’s National Team and for the LA Galaxy? His time playing overseas included a single season at
Coventry City in the mid-1990s.
Cobi Jones
Which English striker joined La Galaxy on a short-term contract in August 2023 and scored a hat-trick against Minnesota United a month later? This player is best known for playing more than 300 times for Sheffield United.
Billy Sharp
Which hill in East Sussex is the accepted location at which Harold Godwinson deployed his troops prior to the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
Senlac Hill
The Church of St Mary the Virgin in the village of Westonzoyland served as a prison for around 500 soldiers following which battle,
by some measures the last to be fought on English soil?
Battle of Sedgemoor (1685)
Which scheduled monument south of Worcester gives its name to a 1642 skirmish that was the opening engagement between the principal Royalist and Parliament forces during the First English Civil War?
Powick Bridge
Originally sold via Kickstarter, which co-operative fantasy roleplaying game features 95 different scenarios, each of which take 1-2 hours to complete? It was the number one rated game on
boardgamegeek.com until February of this year.
Gloomhaven
With an appropriate name for a board game that takes a long time to play, which 2004 game sees up to seven players controlling dynasties over an in-game time period from 4000BCE to 2000CE?
7 Ages
The Werewolf, The Company of Wolves and Wolf-Alice are stories in which collection of short fiction by Angela Carter, published in 1979?
The Bloody Chamber
Which 1962 children’s novel by Joan Aitken is set in an alternative reality wherein a large number of wolves have migrated north through a tunnel and repopulated the UK? It was adapted into a 1989 movie starring Stephanie Beacham and Mel Smith.
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
In which novel by Cormac McCarthy, the second in his Border Trilogy, does the young cowboy Billy Parham trap a pregnant she-wolf and attempt to return her to the mountains of Mexico?
The Crossing
Abbreviated to BBN, what is the name of the process predicted to have taken place in the minutes following the Big Bang, when
protons and neutrons began to fuse together and form nuclei other than hydrogen?
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
What are the three novels within Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy?
All the Pretty Horses
The Crossing
Cities of the Plain
Which process is postulated to have occurred during the Early Universe to produce a fundamental imbalance between matter
and antimatter?
Baryogenesis
The first epoch immediately following the Big Bang, in which all four fundamental forces were united, is named for which German scientist? This physicist’s study of blackbodies resulted
in his theory of the quantization of energy.
Max Planck
The music for which Christmas Carol was adapted from Felix Mendelssohn’s Vaterland, in Deinen Gauen?
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Which Christmas hymn, which features the word ‘gloria’ being sung over six bars, is set to an originally secular tune written by Jehan Tabourot?
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Two artists released albums called Listen in 2014. Name both
the Brighton-formed band who released their fourth studio album
that year and the French DJ who released his sixth.
The Kooks and David Guetta
Listen is a song recorded for the 2006 film adaptation of which
1981 musical? This musical is heavily based on the history of
Motown, and The Supremes in particular?
Dreamgirls
“People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening” are lyrics from which song, first released in 1964?
The Sound of Silence
During the summer of 1816, the Villa Diodati was being rentedby which poet, who had left England earlier that year following the collapse of his marriage?
Lord Byron
Which author and playwright developed an obsession with Villa Diodati after Byron’s death, referencing it in his 1842 work Albert Sevarus?
Honore de Balzac
Where is the Principality Stadium situated?
Cardiff
Where is Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road situated?
Leicester(shire Cricket Club)
Where is Mattioli Woods Welford Road situated?
Leicester (Tigers)
Where is Easter Road located?
Edinburgh (Hibernian)
Charleston capital of whcih state?
West Virginia
Brian Blessed character in Z Cars was what?
PC Fancy Smith
What TV show did Bob Ferris appear in as a character?
The Likely Lads or
Whatever Happened
to the Likely Lads
Anna Karen, the last surviving star of the hit ITV sitcom On The Buses, has died in a house fire at the age of 85 in Feb 2022, she played which character?
Olive Rudge
Rita Rawlins was a character played by Una Stubbs in which 1965-75 TV show?
Till Death Do Us Part
