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The Blue Train is a famous South African train that runs around 1,600 kilometres between Cape Town and which city, the
country’s executive capital?
Pretoria
What word precedes ‘Angel’ in the name of an upmarket rosé wine first produced in 2006 by the French winery Château d’Esclans
[dess-clon] and gaining a massive sales boost when singer Adele told US Vogue in 2021 that she always kept a bottle in her fridge?
Whispering
Which eponymous law states that the financial value or influence of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of
the number of connected users? This law is named after the American engineer who co-invented ethernet and founded the company
3Com.
Metcalfe’s Law
Which comedian and singer was the only member of the Ziegfeld Follies to portray herself in both the films The Great Ziegfeld
and Ziegfeld Follies? Her life also inspired a Broadway musical.
Fanny Brice
According to the 2020 census, what is the fourth largest city in Ohio? In 1931, this city became the first in America to create an overseas sister city when it twinned with a Spanish city of the same name
Toledo
Which activist and chair of Black Panther’s Illinois chapter was killed by police officers in his Chicago apartment in 1969 after
the FBI had identified him as a radical threat?
Fred Hampton
Which Australian athlete set the course record for the women’s wheelchair race at the London Marathon when she won the event
for the second time in 2023? She also won the T54 marathon at the Tokyo Olympics and has won double gold at the last two
Commonwealth Games
Madison de Rozario
Which actor played the smooth-talking conman Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck in The A-Team? His other major TV role began four years earlier, when he was cast as Lieutenant Starbuck in the original series of Battlestar Galactica.
Dirk Benedict
Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2023, which pop-culture-inspired Italian fashion brand had Jeremy Scott as its creative director from 2013–23? Scott consolidated its Cheap and Chic diffusion line into the Boutique range during his tenure.
Moschino
Which British scientist won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for determining the amino acid sequence of insulin? His work on DNA
sequencing led to him becoming the first person to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry twice.
Frederick Sanger
What is the name of the elder daughter of King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain? Yesterday, her 18th birthday, she swore an oath to uphold the constitution in a high-profile ceremony held in the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
Leonor
Which German philosopher outlined his namesake system of dialectics in the 1816 work Science of Logic?
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
HEGEL
Which basic percussion instrument consists of two small, slightly domed metal discs attached together by a string? They are played by holding the string and striking the domes together to create a high-pitched chiming
sound.
Indian Bells (Manjeera Chimes)
In October 2023, Sean McGirr was named as the new creative director of which major British fashion house owned by the French luxury group Kering?
Alexander McQueen
Which of the six space planes built for the USA’s Space Shuttle programme was the first to complete a successful space mission, orbiting the Earth 36 times over two days in April 1981? The craft flew 28 missions in total before its destruction in 2003.
Columbia
Which Formula 1 team used a predominantly black and gold livery, based on the colours of its principal sponsor, the cigarette brand John Player Special, between 1972 and 1986?
Lotus
In Greek mythology, the sorceress Medea stopped her father King Aeetes from arresting Jason’s departure with the Golden Fleece by killing and dismembering which prince, who was also her younger brother?
Absyrtus
What is the proposed name of the Birmingham station which will be the principal northern terminus of the High Speed 2 rail link, currently planned to open in 2026? It is the site of a previous station which was primarily used for freight rail until its closure in 1966.
Birmingham Curzon Street
Station
In the musical film Grease, which of the Pink Ladies was played by Stockard Channing? At 33, she was the oldest member of the principal cast? You can answer with either her first name or surname.
Betty Rizzo
What was the name of Lady Jane Grey’s husband, who was executed along with his wife and father following the coup to place Jane on the throne in 1553?
Lord Guildford Dudley
Born Cynthia Albritton in 1947, what was the two word nickname of the visual artist who gained fame through creating plaster versions of celebrities’ erect penises?
Cynthia Plaster Caster
Which makeup brand’s name is derived from the founder’s sister, who inspired him to create the company’s first lash-darkening product in 1915? It’s name is very similar to that of a 1955 Chuck Berry song.
Maybelline
Which of Brazil’s states, the third largest by area, has a name meaning ‘great woods’? It was divided into two separate states in 1977, with the new state bearing a very similar name.
Mato Grosso
What is the term for a collection of episodes of a TV series, films or other recordings presented as a single physical package for purchase or download? The Collins English dictionary defines the term as one word in UK English, but two in US English.
Boxset
Which brand of crisps, commonly found on sale in UK pubs, includes flavours such as Burrow Hill Cider Vinegar & Sea Salt and Biggleswade Sweet Chilli? The brand’s name refers to a type of potato.
Piper’s
‘Oh What A Circus’, a Top 3 hit for David Essex in 1978, was the first song featuring Latin to reach the UK Top Ten. From which musical does the song come?
Evita
Who became ruler of Egypt around 1478 BC following the death of her husband Tuthmosis II? Initially regent for her stepson Tutmosis III, she later became his co-ruler, spending around two decades on the throne.
Hatshepsut
Which British strongman won the World’s Strongest Man title in 2017? He was the first British winner of the competition since 1993, but announced his retirement as soon as his victory was confirmed.
Eddie Hall
Which makeup brand is named for its founder’s simplified version of his Polish name? Its founder became the main authority on film cosmetics after perfecting his ‘flexible greasepaint’ in 1914.
Max Factor
Guildford Dudley’s younger brother Robert was mired in controversy in 1560, when he was suspected of arranging the death of his wife so he could marry Elizabeth I. What was the name of this wife, who died following a fall down the stairs at her Oxfordshire manor?
Amy Robsart
Medea also stopped Jason marrying which princess of Corinth, by sending the bride-to-be a dress and coronet covered in poison which killed both her and her father King Creon?
Glauce
What is the proposed name of the London station which will be the only other stop within Greater London for the High Speed 2 rail link on opening? It is built on the site of a former maintenance depot to the south of Willesden Junction station.
Old Oak Common
Which of the six space planes built for the USA’s Space Shuttle programme was the last to complete a successful space mission, delivering cargo transportation containers to the International Space Station in July 2011? The
craft is now on display at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the only Space Shuttle at this location.
Atlantis
Which basic percussion instrument consists of two sticks approximately 20 to 25 cm long, and about 2.5cm in diameter? Traditionally made of wood, they are played by striking the sticks together to produce a sharp clicking sound.
Claves
Which Formula 1 team used a predominantly red and white livery, based on the colours of its principal sponsor, the cigarette brand Marlboro, between 1974 and 2005?
McLaren
In January 2023, Sabato de Sarno was named as the new creative director of which major Italian fashion house also owned by Kering?
Gucci
Who became co-ruler of Egypt around 1335 BC, at the behest of her husband Akhenaten? Some scholars believe she also ruled alone for a brief period before the ascension of Tutankhamun in around 1332 BC.
Nefertiti
Ramesses II wife
Nerfertari
The forgetting curve hypothesis demonstrates which of the seven types of memory failure proposed by psychologist Daniel Schacter in his 2001 book The Seven Sins of Memory?
Transience
Which crisp manufacturer has its headquarters in Bradford? It was founded in 1945 by the owner of a fish and chip shop, and continues to sell its crisps primarily in the north of England, with flavours such as Beefy, Lamb & Mint and Canadian Ham?
Seabrooks
In the musical film Grease, which of the Pink Ladies was played by Didi Conn? She was the only member of the original Pink Ladies gang to feature in both Grease and its sequel Grease 2. You may answer with her first name, her nickname or her surname.
Frenchie Facciano
Which of Brazil’s states, the fourth largest by area, has a name that is thought to come from a phrase meaning ‘mines of the general woods?’ Nine of Brazil’s presidents were born in this state.
Minas Gerais
What term refers to the tiny finger-shaped structures which line the small intestine in humans, and allow absorption of
nutrients from food into the bloodstream? Structures of the same name also develop on the placenta during pregnancy.
Villi
Which English seafarer was appointed by the Company of Merchants of London in 1616 to continue their attempts to identify a Northwest passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? He is the first known European to reach the area of water which bears his name today.
William Baffin
What is the shortened name for the annual writing challenge in which people aim to write 50,000 words of their own novel throughout November?
NaNoWriMo
Which root vegetable has varieties called Little Fingers, Cosmic Purple and Paris Market?
Carrot
What nickname is shared by an 11th-century English king, the former crossword compiler for the Guardian, and a hawk trained to keep pigeons away from the grass courts at Wimbledon?
Rufus
Petr Cech plays for which National Ice Hockey League in UK as of 2023?
Oxford City Stars
Margaret Thatcher was MP for which constituency from 1959-1992 before being replaced by Hartley Booth?
Finchley
By what name was the United Kingdoms ballistic missile system known between 1968 and 1996? It used submarine based nuclear missiles.
Polaris
Which American aerospace manufacturer was founded in 1926 and existed until 1995 when it merged with Martin Marietta? Originally founded by a man named Allan, it took his surname and was based in Hollywood, before moving 2 years later to Burbank, California.
Lockheed
What phenomena were first observed around 800 BCE, and can range from between 16km to 160,000km in length? Often visible to the naked eye they are regions of reduced surface temperature, (caused by concentrations of magnetic flux) that inhibit convection.
Sunspot
Portrayed by Gareth Hunt, which character was paired with Joanna Lumley’s ‘Purdy’ in The New Avengers series of 1976? He was brought on board as an action hero over concerns that at 53 Patrick McNee was too old for many of the stunts required. (surname only required)
Mike Gambit
Siblings Cyril, Jane, Robert and Anthea (alongside with their baby brother) discover an egg wrapped in a rug that hatches into what kind of creature? Along with the item the egg arrives in, it gives its name to this novel of 1904, the second in a trilogy by Edith Nesbit.
The Phoenix (in the Carpet)
What 2009 film stars Jake Gyllenhall, as a ‘stringer’, a photo journalist who sells increasingly risky and dangerous footage to news stations of crime, car crashes and police encounters? It also stars Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed and was one of Bill Paxton’s final films.
Nightcrawler
What was the name of Lance Henriksen’s Android character in the Alien series of films? Along with Ripley, Newt and Hicks, he was one of the few survivors from the second film. In an earlier iconic scene he famously plays pinfinger with the character of Hudson, played by Bill Paxton.
Bishop
Lorna Dane, mistress of magnetism and daughter of magneto X-men
Polaris
Piotr Rasputin, who can transform into solid steel, portrayed by Daniel Cudmore in X2, X Men 3 and Days of Future Past
Colossus
Remy Le Beau, who can charge objects he touches with exploding energy, portrayed by Taylor Kitsch in X Men Origins Wolverine
Gambit
Led by their female head of state, which country became the latest to join NATO, doing so on 4th April 2023?
Finland
The French-American journalist Eve Labouisse who died in New York in 2007 was the daughter of which award winning scientist? After the death of her father when she was just over a year old she was raised for a time by her grandfather. During WW2 she spent a lot of time in the United Kingdom and met with Churchill and Eleanor Roosevelt, as well as travelling as a war correspondent and meeting the Shah of Iran and Mahatma Ghandi.
Marie Curie
Which Oscar-winning actress was born in New York City in 1964 and has a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? She beat Judy Davies, Joan Plowright, Vanessa Redgrave and Miranda Richardson to win her Oscar for best supporting actress back in 1993, although the film for which she won didn’t win any other awards. Subsequently she has received two further nominations for In The Bedroom and The Wrestler.
Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny)
Former Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice is now head of the Hoover Institute, an American think tank that is formally part of which university, consistently ranked in the top 5 on the world? Herbert Hoover was one of the first graduates of this institution in 1895.
Stanford
What was the original subtitle of the Great British Bake Off spin-off that is now subtitled The Professionals?
Crème de la crème
Who wrote the 2010 memoir With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation?
Nicholas Parsons
What 12-letter adjective describes celebrations held in honour of the Roman god of wine and ecstasy?
Bacchanalian
Notwithstanding their recent by-election successes the Labour party suffered a 44% swing against them in a by-election in Bermondsey in 1983. Who was the unsuccessful Labour candidate who is a well-known human rights activist and co-founder of the direct action group OutRage!?
Peter Tatchell
What is the main ingredient of the Portuguese dish caldeirada?
Fish
What is the main ingredient of the Greek dish stifado?
Beef
Which of this group of 5 did not belong to the Cabal:
Clarendon,
Ashley,
Buckingham,
Arlington,
Lauderdale?
Clarendon
(the missing 5th member is Clifford)
The city of Lyon in France is well known for the production of which type of material?
Silk
The city of Bruges in Belgium is well known for the production of which type of material?
Lace
H L Mencken is credited with coining the word ‘ecdysiast’ as a more dignified way to refer to which type of performance for which Gypsy Rose Lee was famous?
Striptease
Who has been the travel correspondent for The Independent since 1994 and is a regular contributor to BBC programmes on travel issues?
Simon Calder
What is the title of the 1990 gangster film written, directed and produced by the Coen brothers, starring Gabriel Byrne and Albert Finney?
Miller’s Crossing
What’s the name of the American band founded in 1979 whose highest-charting hit was Walk the Dinosaur, released in 1987? Band members include David Weiss and Don Fagenson.
Was (Not Was)
Lying 6 miles north of Ramsey, what’s the name of the northernmost place on the Isle of Man?
Point of Ayre
Who was the chairman of Manchester City FC from 1973 until 1993? The club was relegated less than a week after his death?
Peter Swales
Ernest Saunders, the only man to recover from Alzheimer’s disease, was the chief executive of which British company before he was committed to prison for fraud.
Guinness
Oliver Dowden holds which post which has existed since 1361?
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Which old Testament character had three wives, two of which were called Hagar and Keturah?
Abraham
Wife of Abraham in Old Testament main one before Hagar and Keturah?
Sarah
What is the English name for the birds in the family Fringillidae?
Finch
What is the name of the motorway service station on the M4 on the section between junction 2 and junction 3?
Heston
Which craftsman associated with breweries would use a jigger, a buzz, a flagging iron, a round shaver, an adze and a mallet?
Cooper
Which battle between the French and English led to the capture of the French King John II (John the Good)?
Poitiers (1356)
Who wrote the music for the show A Chorus Line and the song Nobody Does It Better from the film The Spy Who Loved Me? (both names required)
Marvin Hamlisch
What is the name of a typical Indonesian dagger or short sword with a characteristic wavy blade?
Kris
What is the name of the weight at the bottom of a clock pendulum?
Bob
Which colloquial and disparaging phrase, whose first recorded use was in the 1930s, originated from a polite way of describing urination?
Taking the Mick
What is the technical name for a backdrop picture, usually painted on glass, that allowed film-makers to combine a background not present at the filming location with live action footage? These were generally phased out by newer technologies during the 1990s.
Matte Painting
Which band toured earlier in 2023 with a 40 piece orchestra? The accompanying album Be Opened by the Wonderful is an acoustic orchestral reworking of their greatest hits. This celebrated their 40th anniversary, although they became famous in the early 90s.
James
What is the French name for cooked pollock or hake? A few years ago, here in the UK, Sainsbury’s briefly gave pollock the same name in a sales pitch.
Colin
Which English King was buried in Faversham Abbey? This abbey, also from the Romanesque period, had been founded in memory of his wife and his eldest son, Eustace. All three were buried there, although it is thought all the remains were thrown into the sea during the Dissolution.
Stephen of Blois
Roger Hargreaves’s characters have found international popularity. In France he’s Monsieur Chatouille, (“Shat-oo-wee!”) and in Germany, Mister Kitzel, how is he known here?
Mr Tickle
In France he is Monsieur Malchance, and in Norway Herr Dumpidump, how is Roger Hargreaves’s character known here?
Mr Bump
Due to the French constitution, whose very much posthumous arrival in Paris in 1976, required a passport and a reception with full honours befitting a head of state? The subject of a work of 19th century literature, he had been found in TT320 in 1881.
Ramses II the Great
There are only three kinds of animal (all mammals) which require a UK or EU pet passport for international travel. Cats and Dogs are the obvious two, but what is the third, whose name is derived from the Latin for ‘little thief’?
Ferret
The 1856 ‘One Cent Magenta’ is the world’s most expensive and rarest stamp, most recently sold to Stanley Gibbons for over $8 million. It is the only major postage stamp ever issued in the United Kingdom or British Commonwealth that is not represented in Britain’s Royal Philatelic Collection. Which country (still in the Commonwealth) is this stamp from?
British Guiana
Which English cricketer of Guyanese heritage played 52 test matches between 1991 and 2001 and was the first to score a century against each of the 18 first class counties in county cricket (following a move from Middlesex to Surrey in 2001)? He made his Test debut in the same game as Graeme Hick, and like Hick, never really achieved his full potential as a Test player.
Mark Ramprakash
Which West Indies cricketer, born in Guyana, played 102 test matches between 1987 and 2002 and was the second to score a century against each of the 18 first class counties in county cricket (playing as overseas player for Kent and Lancashire)? A more than useful off-spin bowler with 114 test wickets, he captained West Indies 22 times.
Carl Hooper
Which heavy metal festival is held every August at Catton Hall, in Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire and featured Behemoth, Testament, Exodus and Sorcerer this year?
Bloodstock Open Air Festival
Who was the only group to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year? A notable tag team, this team made their debut in 1989 and wrestled for various promotions including ECW, NJPW, WCW, and WWF. One half of this duo, ‘Big
Poppa Pump’, gave his infamous ‘math promo’ in TNA which has since become an internet meme.
The Steiner Brothers
Headquartered at Via Antonio Fogazzaro, Milan, which Italian fashion house known for its handbags and shoes was founded in 1913 by a man named Mario?
Prada
Sharing its name with a song from Led Zeppelin’s debut album, which 1993 coming-of-age comedy directed by Richard Linklater tells the story of various Texas teenagers on their last day of school in 1976?
Dazed and Confused
With a population density of 18,343 km2, which European micro-state has the highest population density in the UN?
Monaco
Which African country with an Atlantic coastline has land borders with only two countries, Liberia and Guinea?
Sierra Leone
Which Spanish explorer who led the first official European expedition to Florida and served as the first governor of Puerto Rico? He joined Christopher Columbus’s second expedition in 1493 and was supposedly searching for the ‘Fountain of Youth’?
(Juan) Ponce de Leon
A perfect game of 501 in darts can be achieved in 9 darts. Who hit the first televised 9 darter, doing so in 1984? Nicknamed ‘Old Stoneface’, he won 3 BDO World Championships in 1979, 1987, and 1993 respectively.
John Lowe
Who was Prime Minister when the UK entered the Common Market? He was described by Bernard Levin in an article in The Observer, as Britain’s only virgin Prime Minister.
Ted Heath (1973)
Portraits of Eleanor of Toledo and Lucrezia Panciatichi, located in the Uffizi Gallery were painted by which Florentine painter?
Agnolo DI COSIMO (BRONZINO)
Four word title of painting also called An Allegory of Venus and Cupid and A Triumph of Venus is an allegorical painting of about 1545 by the Florentine painter Agnolo Bronzino. It is now in the National Gallery, London.
Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time
Lauren Lyle starred as the title character of which ITV crime drama that was shown on Sunday nights this autumn?
Karen Pirie
Karen Pirie was a TV show in 2022, she is fictional character by which author?
Val McDermid
The 500, 600, 601 and 1.1. were the four models made between 1957-1991 of which series of small East German cars that were produced by VEB Sachsenring in Zwickau?
Trabant
Danish musician best known as the drummer and co-founder of American heavy metal band Metallica
Lars Ulrich
One of the richest people in the world, who is a Chinese billionaire and founder of which Tencent of video games headquartered in Shenzhen?
Ma Huateng aka Pony Ma
Consisting of Bob Day and John Alford, which pop duo represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 with the song ‘Are You Sure?’, coming second?
The Allisons
In abstract algebra, what is the name given to the study of the algebraic structure that consists of a set and an operation such that the operation is associative, an identity element exists and every element has an inverse? Practical applications, including modelling the symmetry of a Rubiks cube and public key cryptography.
Group Theory
Which Spanish explorer who took part in the conquest of the Inca Empire is considered one of the richest conquerors of all time? He is credited with discovering the Amazon River and the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil.
Francisco de Orellana
A perfect game in snooker can be achieved with a maximum break of 147. Who hit the first televised 147 break, doing so
in 1982?
Steve Davis
Marc Chagall created a famous stained glass window for the cathedral in which English city?
Chichester
Despite being a smash hit in Europe and an all time classic, Crazy Frog’s cover of Axel F only reached Number 50 in the US Billboard Hot 100. The original of this song reached Number 3 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and was the theme to the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop. Who was it performed by?
Harold Faltermeyer
Who was the male UK Prime Minister when Edward Short the then Secretary of State for Education withdrew free school milk
for secondary school pupils?
Harold Wilson
Which country of the Americas with a Pacific coastline has land borders with only two countries, Guatemala and Honduras?
El Salvador
Which rock music festival takes place every July in Wales near the town of Ebbw Vale and this year featured Saxon, Europe, Inglorious and Orange Goblin?
Steelhouse Festival
Who were the only group to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011? Also known as The Road Warriors, this tag team consisted of Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal, and known for their face paint under what three-word name did they perform in the WWF?
Legion of Doom
One of the richest people in the world, Shiv Nadar aka Magus is an Indian billionaire and founder of which tech services
and consulting company headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh?
HCLTech
Consisting of Sally Ann Triplett (who had previously entered with Prima Donna) and Stephen Fischer, which pop duo represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1982 with the song ‘One Step Further’, coming seventh?
Bardo
What is the nickname of the MLB team based in Arizona?
Diamondbacks (Cardinals are NFL)
In the Bible, who was the wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph (of dreamcoat fame) and Benjamin, among others
Rachel
William Wallace resigned as Guardian of Scotland following a crushing defeat at which battle of 1298? The battle took place 10 months after Wallace was victorious at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Battle of Falkirk
What is the name of the natural floodplain, located mainly in south-central Brazil but also reaching into Bolivia and Paraguay, that is the world’s largest tropical wetland area?
Pantanal
Initially developed in the 1980s by the Tunisian couturier Azzedine Alaïa, what name is given to the type of closefitting dress characterised by the appearance of multiple thin strips of cloth sewn together to hug the figure?
Bandage Dress
Miles [me·lez] Gloriosus and Pseudolusare among the surviving works of which Roman playwright? His comedies are among the oldest Latin texts to have survived in full.
Plautus
Sinn Féin [shin fain] politician Constance Markievicz was being held in which women’s prison in London when she was elected to the House of Commons? Once the largest women’s prison in Europe, it closed in 2016.
Holloway
In 2021, Rachael Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the Grand National, riding which horse?
Minella Times
In which work of 1905 did sociologist Max Weber coin the term “the iron cage of rationality” to describe how individuals in society are trapped by efficient systems.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
A subsidiary of the Newell company, which pen company launched the bestselling retractable ballpoint pen known as the Jotter, which was favoured by President John F. Kennedy for signing off legislation and giving as gifts?
Parker Pen Company
While the Bandage dress was invented by Azzedine Alaïa, it was largely popularised by which French fashion house known for their body conscious garments? In 2007, this fashion house became the first French couturier to be owned by an American designer when it was bought by Max Azria.
Herve LEGER
Widely considered the most famous figure of the Athenian New Comedy theatrical tradition, which Greek playwright wrote the comedy Dyskolos, the only one of his many works to have survived in an almost-complete form to date?
Menander
Simon de Montfort was killed during a crushing defeat at which battle of 1265? The battle took place 15 months after de Montfort’s forces had captured Henry III [the third] at the Battle of Lewes [LOO-is].
Battle of Evesham
Which swampy inland river delta in Botswana is fed by a namesake river originating in Angola? It is known for its high concentration of wildlife, which is attracted to this area as it remains flooded in the dry season.
OKAVANGO Delta
Which English composer, imprisoned as a conscientious objector during World War II, wrote the oratorio A Child of Our
Time, which premiered in 1944?
Michael Tippett
The term “black hole” was popularised by which American theoretical physicist who, in a 1962 paper co-written with Robert W. Fuller, showed that Einstein-Rosen bridges are unstable?
John Wheeler
A subsidiary of the Newell company, what manufacturer of multi-coloured permanent marker pens was favoured by Donald Trump for signing off legislation and for infamously amending a diagram showing the predicted destructive course of Hurricane Dorian in 2019?
Sharpie
Featuring in the same series of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here as Jordan North, which personality, author and host of
The Baby Club on CBeebies hosts the parenting podcast Happy Mum, Happy Baby?
Giovanna Fletcher
The subject of a song by Gordon Lightfoot, which American freighter sank in Lake Superior in 1975?
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
Which actress holds the record for most Oscar nominations for Best Actress without ever winning, with five? She was nominated for roles in I Remember Mama, Love Affair, The Awful Truth, Theodora Goes Wild and Best Picture winner Cimarron?
Irene Dunne
In office from 1960 to 1993, Félix Houphouët-Boigny [Ooh-fwet Bwan-yee] was the first President of which West African nation after it achieved independence from France?
Cote D’Ivoire
David Embury’s The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks lists six basic cocktails. The recipe for which of these involves shaking cognac or armagnac with lemon juice and triple sec, and garnishing with a twist of lemon peel?
Sidecar
Carassius auratus is the scientific name for the fish commonly called the goldfish in English. This fish is referred to in its common French name by what different colour?
Red (Poisson Rouge)
Of the eight standard blood types, which is the rarest, accounting for less than 1% of the global population
AB Negative
The city of Rotterdam is located in which province of the Netherlands, which has a western border with the North Sea?
South Holland
What is the name given to the class of performing artists, entertainers and tea ceremony hosts associated with
kimono and oshiori makeup who emerged during the Edo period of Japanese history?
Geisha
The British record of 37.36 seconds for a men’s 4x100m relay was set in the final of the event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. Name any member of the squad that set this mark, who each won silver medals for their efforts; doping violator CJ Ujah was not among them
Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty or Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in January 1986 claimed the lives of all seven crew members, including which
Mission Specialist, the first Jewish woman of any nationality to reach space?
Judith Resnik
The 1997 Turner Prize was awarded to which artist for her film 60 Minutes Silence, in which actors dressed as uniformed police officers stand or sit still for the titular period of time?
Gillian Wearing
A pioneer of Minimalist music, which American composer extensively used sustained notes (or drones) in compositions such as Trio for Strings, and The Well Tuned Piano, the latter being unfinished?
La Monte Young
Toddington, Newport Pagnell and Northampton (formerly Rothersthorpe) are the names of service stations found on which UK motorway?
M1
Of the eight standard blood types, which is the most common, accounting for around 39% of the global population?
O Positive
One of the bloodiest battles in American history, what battle of the American civil war took place in 1862 near the Maryland town that has commonly lent its name to it in Southern US histories? Northern US historians have tended
to use the name of a creek nearby instead
Battle of Sharpsburg or Battle of
Antietam
Cavia porcellus is the scientific name for the rodent commonly called the guinea pig in English. Rather than Guinea, which country - that is also distant from the animal’s South American place of origin - is referred to in its common
French name?
India - cochon d’Inde
Torchwood, another spin-off from the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, has its central focus in which British city - where a
fictional rift in time and space flows through it?
Cardiff
The city of Eindhoven is located in which province of the Netherlands, which has a southern border with Belgium?
North Brabant
A pioneer of Minimalist music, which American composer and friend of La Monte Young extensively used repetition, delay and the influence of jazz to create works titled In C and A Rainbow in Curved Air?
Terry Riley
Its name is featured in the title of a 1995 crime film starring Andy Garcia and Steve Buscemi, what is the largest city in the US state of Colorado?
Denver (Things to do in denver when you’re dead)
Although there are authorised translations of the lyrics of Singapore’s national anthem in English, Mandarin and Tamil, by law they must be sung in which other of the country’s official languages?
Malay
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in January 1986 claimed the lives of all seven crew members, including which Mission Specialist, the first Asian American and first person of Japanese origin to reach space?
Ellison Onizuka
The British record of 41.55 seconds for a women’s 4x100m relay was set during the qualifying heats at the 2020 Olympic Games. Besides Dina Asher-Smith, name any member of the squad that set this mark; they won bronze medals for finishing third in the subsequent final
Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Daryll Neita
Published in 1943, what is Rand’s earliest work exploring the concept of Objectivism? It centres around the character Howard Roark, possibly inspired by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright
The Fountainhead
Which actress holds the record for most Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress without ever winning, with six? She was nominated for roles in Birdman of Alcatraz, Pillow Talk, Pickup on South Street, With a Song in My Heart, Mating Season and Best Picture Winner All About Eve?
Thelma Ritter
The recipe for which of the six basic cocktails in David Embury’s The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks involves combining whisky, simple syrup and Angostura bitters, and garnishing with a twist of lemon peel and a Maraschino cherry?
Old Fashioned
What film, with a screenplay by Mario Puzo and Marlon Brando prominently featured among its ensemble cast, was
the highest-grossing film of 1978 in North America?
Superman
As at the end of the 2021-2022 season, despite being one of the most successful English clubs of all time with 5 FA Cup wins and 9 league titles, which team had conceded the most goals in Premier League history, with 1,481?
Everton
The early-20th century political reform movement that led an eponymous 1908 rebellion against the monarchical
system of government of the Ottoman Empire is known by what two-word name?
Young Turks
In Judaism, what name is given to the week-long period of mourning observed following the death of a close relative?
Sitting Shiva
Cinderella, Bette Davis, Cain and Abel, Ophelia and Robin Hood are among those mentioned in the lyrics of which lengthy track from Bob Dylan’s album Highway 61 Revisited?
Desolation Row
Federal agent Edgar Ross and gang leader Dutch van der Linde are antagonists in which 2010 video game that features the central character of John Marston?
Red Dead Redemption
Derived from Vitamin B5 [b five] in the diet, which important intermediary metabolite, commonly attached to an acetyl [a-SEE-tile] group, was discovered by Fritz Lippman, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953?
Coenzyme A
Also popular in Israel, which North African dish, with a name meaning “a mixture”, consists of eggs poached in a tomato sauce and often includes spices such as cumin, chilli and paprika?
Shakshuka
The Moldovan pop group O-Zone are best known for which 2003 smash hit that reached number one in 27 national charts? We are looking for the title of the track, not the nickname by which it is often known.
DRAGOSTEA DIN TEI
Convened in 1414 and running until 1418, what Catholic ecumenical council ended the Western Schism by electing Martin V [the fifth] as Pope and accepting the deposition of the anti-popes John XXIII [the twenty-third] and Benedict
XIII [the thirteenth]?
Council of CONSTANCE
Daisy May Cooper co-wrote and stars in which 2022 BBC One comedy-thriller series as Nic, a mother who is stuck in a difficult marriage and struggling to cope with secret grief?
AM I BEING
UNREASONABLE?
Which English gymnast won four gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the most by an English woman for 84 years? She won her fifth Commonwealth Gold in Birmingham earlier this year.
Claudia FRAGAPANE
Born in Bermuda in 1788 to a slave family, which woman’s life story was written and published in 1831 after she had been brought to England? She dictated her life story to Susanna Strickland, and the resulting work was the first account of a black female slave’s life to be published in the United Kingdom.
Mary Prince
Located in Cumbria and cascading for 198 metres, what is England’s highest waterfall above ground?
Cautley Spout
At which location near Gloucester does Double Gloucester cheese get rolled down hill?
Cooper’s Hill
Since 1445, at which Buckinghamshire town do pancakes get carried in a frying pan on Shrove Tuesday in races?
Olney
The Romanian DJ Edward Maya is best known for which 2009 smash hit that reached number one in 11 national charts?
Stereo Love
Familiar for numerous TV appearances including Barbara in The Royle Family and Grace Foley in Waking the Dead, who played the role of Sheila Grant in Brookside between 1982 and ’90?
Sue JOHNSTON
With acetyl coenzyme A used in its synthesis, which coenzyme is an important redox [REE-dox]reagent in the mitochondrial
synthesis of ATP? The Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Peter D. Mitchell described the cycle of this coenzyme, which is a
popular supplement promoted for heart and muscle health.
UBIQUINONE (Coenzyme Q)
Cumin, chilli and paprika are often included in which North African spice mix that has a name meaning “the head of the
shop”, suggesting that only the best spices are used? It is commonly used in stews or rubbed into meat
Ras El Hanout
Bob Dylan re-recorded which song as a duet with Johnny Cash for the opening track on his album Nashville Skyline? The song originally appeared as the second track on The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.
GIRL FROM THE
NORTH COUNTRY
In Judaism, what name is given to the prayer recited by mourners following the death of a loved one and recited, again, on the anniversary of that loved one’s death?
Kaddish
The Profumo affair was considered such a scandal due to John Profumo’s position as Secretary of War in the cabinet of which
Conservative Prime Minister? He resigned in October 1963 due to the impact the scandal had on the government’s reputation, and was succeeded by Alec Douglas-Home [hume].
Harold MacMillan
Founded in 2000 by Robin Li, which website is the most used search engine in China?
Baidu
Famous Russian search engine
Yandex
Originally a slave in New Granada before being brought to England, which writer and musician became the first black Briton to vote in a general election in 1774? He was taught how to read while at the Montagu House and later became a
shopkeeper, which qualified him to vote.
Ignatius Sancho
The record for the highest unbroken waterfall in Britain is held by a stream called Fell Beck, which flows into which cave, one of Britain’s largest underground chambers, near Ingleborough in North Yorkshire?
Gaping Gill
What name is given to a swelling or ballooning of an artery wall, due to localised weakness, which is prone to rupture catastrophically with continual enlargement? They can be a cause of haemorrhagic [hem-or-RAD-jick] strokes when they occur in blood vessels supplying the brain
Aneurysm
Who became the first male English gymnast to win four gold medals at a Commonwealth Games when he did so in Birmingham
in 2022? He was subsequently selected as flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.
Jake Jarman
Guam is the largest and southernmost island of which archipelago that is administered by the United States and home to the
Chamorro people?
Mariana Islands
Held in November 1095, what Catholic council was called by Pope Urban II [the second]? It is most often remembered for Urban’s call to arms in defence of the Byzantine Empire that led to the First Crusade.
Council of Clermont
Daisy May Cooper stars in which 2022 BBC sitcom set in 1645 during the English Civil War? The series follows Cooper’s character
being escorted across East Anglia by the title character, played by Tim Key.
The Witchfinder
What is the name for the comorbidity of asthma, allergies (including hayfever) and dermatitis (eczema)? A person with one of these conditions is more likely to develop the others at some point.
Atopic Triad
Which British singer and rapper whose real name is Niomi McLean-Daley had a hit with ‘It Takes More’ in 2002?
Ms Dynamite
Which 1982 film starring the voice talents of John Ritter and James Earl Jones, loosely combining a book of the same name (1979) by Peter Dickinson with the novel The Dragon and the George (1976,) follows the main protagonist Peter Dickinson and is centred upon a quest undertaken to stop an evil wizard who plans to rule the world by dark magic?
The Flight of Dragons
Traditional in Spanish cuisine, which omelette made with eggs,potatoes and optionally including onion is often served at
room temperature as a tapa?
Tortilla Espanola (accept Spanish
Omelette)
Ben Ainslie won 4 Olympic Gold Medals in Sailing. In which Class did he win 3 of those golds in 2004, 2008 & 2012? This
was the larger class of dinghies that he participated in.
Finn
In traditional Japanese dress, what name is given to the wide pleated trousers worn over a specially adapted kimono
Hakama
Which referee, with a striking appearance, was on the cover of computer game Pro-Evolution Soccer 3, released in
2003?
Pierre-Luigi Collina
What is the name of the record label founded by Berry Gordy in 1959, it was later folded into the Motown label? Hits include Barrett Strong’s “Money (That’s What I Want)” and Marvin Gaye’s “Can I Get A Witness”
Tamla Records
Which mammal, unusually dependent on its environment for body temperature regulation, can starve to death despite
having eaten a normal quantity of food if the local temperature drops?
Sloth
Verdi composed various Shakespearean operas. What was the name of the librettist who wrote the libretto for Macbeth in 1847? He also wrote the librettos for Rigoletto and La Traviata.
Francesco Maria PIAVE
Which 1969 film, based on a stage show of the same name, directed by Bob Fosse features the talents of Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin & Sammy Davis Jr.?
Sweet Charity
Which sports brand logo is a laurel wreath typically found on the breast pocket of their polo shirts?
Fred Perry
The Baarle-Hertog are a collection of enclaves belonging to which country? They are surrounded by the Netherlands.
Belgium
Centred around the main characters Archie Bunker and Edith, All in the Family is an American television sitcom that aired
on CBS for nine seasons, from, 1971, to 1979. Upon which British Sitcom is it based?
Till Death Us Do Part
What name is given to the scientific study of rivers? The Flanders Hydraulics Research institute has created an archive
with this name in memory of Jean Jacques Peters, a pioneer in this discipline.
Potamology
Who was the first black man to sit in the House of Lords? Named as Wisden’s Cricketer of the Year in 1939, he subsequently went on to train as a barrister and was appointed to the Race Relations Board in the late 60s.
Sir Learie Constantine
In cross-stitch/embroidery what is the technique of stitching the outline of an image? Usually done in one black thread, it is
worked at the end of the project.
Back Stitch
Born in 1948, which recently deceased female British-Australian singer, actress and activist held a share in the Koala Blue
Vineyard?
Olivia Newton-John
Verdi composed various Shakespearean operas. What was the name of the librettist who wrote the libretto for Falstaff in 1893? He also wrote the libretto for Otello and revised Piave’s libretto for Simon Boccanegra
Arrigo Boito
Written and directed by Bob Fosse, which semi-autobiographical 1979 movie features Roy Scheider and Jessica Lange? Its name is taken from a number in the musical Chicago which Fosse choreographed.
All That Jazz
Nakhchivan is an enclave belonging to which country? It is surrounded by Iran, Turkey and Armenia.
Azerbaijan
In June 1943, a series of riots in Los Angeles consisted in part of individuals being beaten and stripped of their distinctive clothing. Named after the style of clothing, which consists of high waisted trousers and long wide lapelled coats, what name is this riot commonly known as?
Zoot Suit Riots
Which film, released in the UK in 1987 has David Freeman, a 12-year-old boy, who is abducted by an alien spaceship and transported from 1978 to 1986, assisting co-protagonist Max in order to return to his home Planet?
Flight of the Navigator
Traditional in Italian cuisine is which egg-based dish, similar to an omelette or crustless quiche or scrambled eggs? It is
typically enriched with additional ingredients such as meats, cheeses, or vegetables.
Frittata
1903 English solicitor and son of a vicar of Indian Parsi descent in a Staffordshire village. He became known as a victim of a miscarriage of justice for having served three years’ hard labour after being convicted on a charge of injuring a pony.
George Edalji
In 1907 which Scottish author highlighted the miscarriage of justice regarding George Edalji? This event was later turned into
a novel by Julian Barnes.
Arthur Conan Doyle (Arthur & George)
What is the main ingredient in the emollients used to treat dermatitis and eczema? With the chemical formula CnH2n+2, it is found in most emollients in two forms (soft and liquid).
Paraffin
Shirley Robertson, won 2 Olympic Gold medals in Sailing. In which class did she win her second and final medal in 2004?
Yngling
What is the name of the record label founded by Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton in 1957? Originally named Satellite Records, their house band is Booker T and the MGs and hits including Otis Redding’s (Sittin’ On) The Dock of The Bay
and Sam & Dave’s Hold On! I’m Comin’ were released on this label
Stax Records
Which London gallery holds the other copy of The Virgin on the Rocks by Leonardo Da Vinci, it also holds The Hay Wain
by Constable
The National Gallery
Although seldom worn today, what name is given to the traditional Japanese undergarment for adult men and women? It is made from a length of cotton and has variations such as kuro-neko and mokko.
Fundoshi
Who was the first black woman to sit in the House of Lords? Created a lord a month before Patricia Scotland, she subsequently went on to become International Development Secretary before becoming the first black leader of the House of Lords.
Valerie Amos
Coined by François-Alphonse Forel , who established the field with his studies of Lake Geneva, what specific name is given to the study of inland aquatic ecosystems?
Limnology
Running for 8 seasons from 1977 - 1984, Three’s Company Centred around three single roommates: Janet, Chrissy and Jack. Upon which British Sitcom is it based?
Man About The House
In cross-stitch/embroidery what is the technique of wrapping the thread around the needle to create a bump? Usually done as detailing, it is worked at the end of the project.
French Knot
Who wrote the play The Browning Version?
Terence Rattigan
the brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, the son of Poseidon and Medusa, born when Perseus decapitated the gorgon
Chrysaor
In 2021, Max Verstappen became the first Formula One world champion from outside the UK or Germany since
which Finnish driver triumphed way back in 2007?
Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN
Which 20th-century Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist is best known for composing the classical guitar piece Concierto de Aranjuez [arran-HWETH]?
Joaquin Rodrigo
What two-word term is given to the tense of a verb denoting an action that will have been completed at a later time? An example of which is “I will have done the quiz”.
Future Perfect
What is the name of the famous open-air theatre constructed out of the granite cliffs at Porthcurno near Land’s End?
Minack Theatre
Who played Hyacinth’s husband Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances?
Clive Swift
Which British-born heavyweight boxer beat Tommy Morrison to win the WBO world title in 1993? He lost the title to Herbie Hide in his next fight and later focussed on acting, notably playing Sonny Liston in the 2001 film Ali.
Michael Bentt
Which of the 20th-century Hungarian scientists known as “The Martians” designed the explosive lens contained in the Fat Man atomic bomb? His other achievements include proving the Minimax theorem and inventing an algorithm
known as merge sort.
John von Neumann
Which 19th-century Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist wrote the Tango in D, which, although it was written for the piano, has become a part of the classical guitar repertoire? He is also known for his piano suite Iberia.
Isaac Albeniz
In a meme that was extremely popular in October, users created different examples of what kind of product sold by Spirit, an
American retailer of seasonal goods?
Hurricane Costumes
Also known as the past perfect, what single-word term is given to the tense of a verb denoting an action that was completed
before some specific point of time? An example is “I had done the quiz”.
Pluperfect
Activities such as flying kites, buying binoculars and whistling in the street were banned by which law of 1914 that gave the
UK government wide-ranging powers to support the war effort?
Defence of the Realm Act
The 1994 stream-of-consciousness novel How Late It Was, How Late, detailing the struggles of a Glaswegian who loses his
sight after an assault, was written by which Scottish author?
James Kelman
What term in horticulture is used to describe trees and plants that live for more than two years?
Perennial
What is the forename of the eldest child of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall?
Mia
What is the name of the system of gift exchange, common among tribes of the Pacific Northwest, that Marcel Mauss [mouse] studies in his work The Gift?
Potlatch
Another popular tourist attraction in Cornwall are the “Lost Gardens” of which estate near Mevagissey, the ancestral home
of the Tremayne family?
Heligan
The Hubble Space Telescope also took a famous photograph of a towering cloud of dust that gives its name to which nebula
located in the constellation of Orion and designated Barnard 33?
Horsehead Nebula
at an estimated distance of about 140 parsecs, or 460 light years, it is one of the closest star-forming regions to the Solar System, with a greek letter and constellation in name. The JWST sent back a lovely photo
Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
rare heterogeneous set of stars with unusual spectra showing prominent broad emission lines of ionised helium and highly ionised nitrogen or carbon - named after two French astronomers?
Wolf-Rayet Stars
bright patches of nebulosity associated with newborn stars. They are formed when narrow jets of partially ionised gas ejected by stars collide with nearby clouds of gas and dust at several hundred kilometres per second. HH and named after an American and an Mexican astronomer.
Herbig-Haro Object
Which British heavyweight boxer, who grew up in his parents’ native Nigeria, held the WBO world title between 1996 and ’97? He was also Commonwealth and European heavyweight champion during the mid-1990s.
Henry Akinwande
With the surname, O’Sullivan, name either of the first names of the twin girls who are the central characters in The Twins
at St. Clare’s books by Enid Blyton.
Pat or Isabel
What name, from the Sanskrit for “to cleanse”, is given to the type of sarong that resembles loose-fitting trousers worn by men in the Indian subcontinent?
Dhoti
Vlad the Impaler was the ruler of which former principality that was comprised of Muntenia and Oltenia and is located in modern-day Romania?
Wallachia
Which American athlete holds the Women’s World Record in 100m and 200m, which were achieved in 1988?
Florence Griffith Joyner
Which handheld device, created by Playstation, was launched in 2011 as a successor to the Playstation Portable (PSP)? It was discontinued in 2019
VITA
Which experimental rock band was formed in Cologne in 1968? The group used multiple vocalists including Damo Suzuki, Rebop Kwaku Baah and Rosko Gee and their albums include Saw Delight and Out of Reach.
Can
In the analytical technique GCMS, for what do the letters GC stand? They refer to a technique used to separate and
analyse vaporised compounds.
Gas Chromatography
Who was MP for Tottenham between 1987-2000, one of the first Black British MPs elected to parliament? An Arts centre in Tottenham is named after him.
Bernie Grant
The White Lotus Rebellion took place during which Chinese dynasty?
Qing Dynasty (1794-1804)
Name of civil war in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It lasted from 1850 until the fall of Tianjing in 1864, although the last rebel army was not wiped out until August 1871.
Taiping Rebellion
The An Lushan rebellion was an eight year civil war during the mid-point of which Chinese dynasty?
Tang Dynasty (755-763AD)
Which team has won the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup twice beating England both times? They hosted the 2017
tournament.
France
Who was MP for Brent South from 1987-2005? He became the first Black cabinet minister when he was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 2002 and served as High Commissioner to South Africa from 2005-2009.
Paul Boateng
Created in Belgium and rebooted by Netflix this year, what reality show tasks a group of contestants with completing missions
to accumulate money into their prize pot, while one unknown member is secretly tasked with sabotaging each mission?
The Mole
Which handheld device was developed by Valve and released in 2022? It allows players to play their Steam PC games
Steam DECK
Which rock band was formed in Birmingham in 1967? Rosko Gee and Rebbop Kwaku Baah appeared on their 1974 album When the Eagle Flies.
Traffic
For what do the letters MS stand in GCMS? They refer to a different analytical technique involving a sample being bombarded by a beam of electrons.
Mass Spectrometry
Rebellion of 1773–1775 was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in the Russian Empire after Catherine II seized power in 1762.
Pugachev’s Rebellion
Which team has won the Women’s Rugby League World Cup three times in 2000, 2003, 2008? They hosted the tournament in 2003
New Zealand
Which 1996 Terry McMillan novel was adapted into a 1998 film and starred Angela Bassett and Taye Diggs? It centres on the title character meeting a much younger man in Jamaica.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Who played original Candyman in the first three films?
Tony Todd
Which ghost village near Lulworth in Dorset was evacuated during the Second World War when the War Office requisitioned the heathland surrounding the Purbeck Hills? It remains closed to the public during the week, but may be accessed most weekends.
Tyneham
What number would you be left on in a game of darts if you required ‘tops’?
40
Not to be confused with a sudoku, which Japanese logic puzzle is played on a 16 by 16 grid of black-and-white cells and is completed by inserting digits 1 to 9 into the white cells so that they add up to the associated number clue?
Kakuro
First coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in 1982 in his comic strip Far Side, what name has since been adopted to describe the distinctive arrangement of four spikes on the tails of dinosaurs such as the Stegosaurus?
Thagomizer
‘Romeo’ was a 1977 hit for which British band who shared their name with an American rock band who had a 1992 hit
with ‘To Be with You’?
Mr Big
Which actress played Cersei [SIR-see] Lannister on the HBO TV series Game of Thrones?
Lena Headey
Serving with General Patton in World War II campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, which five-star US Army general was chosen by General Eisenhower as the field commander of the American forces for the 1944 Normandy
Landings?
Omar Bradley
Which former captain of the Pakistan cricket team became the first triple-centurion in a day/night Test match when he
amassed a score of 302 against the West Indies in 2016?
Azhar Ali
Which stop-motion film, co-written and produced by Jordan Peele and released on Netflix in 2022, tells the story of two
demon brothers who use hair cream to resurrect dead people in the town of Rust Bank?
Wendell & Wild
‘Magic Fly’ was a 1977 hit for which French band who shared their name with a Britpop band who had 1996 hits with ‘Female of the Species’ and ‘Neighbourhood’?
Space
Sometimes called Mathdoku or Calcudoku, which Japanese logic puzzle requires each cage to be filled with numbers that produce a target number when combined with a particular mathematical operation? Grids vary in size and, unlike Kakuro, numbers can be repeated in a cage as long as they are not in the same row or column.
Kenken
The mountain and ski resort of Vitosha overlooks which European capital city which it is linked to by a gondola lift?
Sofia
In 2007, LA Weekly columnist Jonathan Gold was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Criticism, becoming the first critic in what field to be honoured? Other writers on this subject include Simon Hopkinson, Claudia Roden and Charles Campion.
Food
English food writer, critic and former chef. He published his first cookbook, Roast Chicken and Other Stories, in 1994. Sweetbreads, Liver and Kidneys, 1997. Gammon and Spinach, Macmillan, 1998.
Simon Hopkinson
Designer who founded Habitat and the Design Museum in Shad Thames in 1989 London. Son is a fashion designer.
Terence Conran
El Caminos in the West was the first single from which American indie rock band’s 2003 album Sumday [someday]? In 2020, the band released a pared down rerecording of their 2000 album The Sophtware Slump.
Grandaddy
What was the first name of the older sister of Catherine of Valois who married Richard II after the death of his first wife, Anne of Bohemia, and served as Queen Consort of England from 1396 to ’99? She is the last of three English queens consort with this name.
Isabella of Valois
Which village in the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty gives its name to a long beach which, despite its
name, is made of shingle? In 1944, this beach was the site of a disastrous practice exercise for the D-Day landings.
Slapton
What number would you be left on in a game of darts if you were ‘stuck in the mad house’? A player only has one method of
checking out from this position.
Two (Double One)
Which chemical element, with the atomic number 85, is the rarest naturally occurring element in the Earth’s crust?
Astatine
Azhar Ali was not the only player to score a triple century in 2016; which Indian batter scored 303 in a test match against England in Chennai? This would be one of only six test appearances for the player.
Karun Nair
Which film, released on Netflix in 2022, saw Lindsay Lohan star as a hotel heiress who suffers from amnesia after a skiing
accident?
Falling for Christmas
Which US Army general, the youngest four-star general during World War II, led the fifth army to capture Rome for the Allied forces in 1944 after ignoring an order from Harold Alexander? He later succeeded Douglas MacArthur and Matthew Ridgeway as Commander of the United Nations forces during the Korean War.
Mark W Clark
The town of Newport Pagnell is found in which county?
Buckinghamshire
What surname is shared by Franco, a defender who played 532 Serie A games for AC Milan between 1977 and 1997, and his brother Giuseppe, who played 392 times as a holding midfielder of city rivals Inter?
Baresi
The short story The Unravelling was contributed to the Marple collection by which author, known for her novels that retell Greek myths? In her comedy career, she won Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe, where she performed between 2002 and 2006.
Natalie Haynes
2022 book by Natalie Haynes about Medusa
Stone Blind
Between 2014 and 2017, which city, the fourth most populous in India, served as the capital of two Indian states: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh? Since then, the government of Andhra Pradesh has begun moving to the planned city of Amaravati.
Hyderabad
Which city serves as the capital of the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana? This city was built in the 1950s and is one of the richest in the country.
Chandigarh
Which traditional dish from Northumberland consists of dried legumes that are boiled, often with a joint of ham or bacon, and then blended?
Pease Pudding
Clarke Peters, who played Lester Freamon in The Wire, provided the famous backing vocals to which singersongwriter’s 1976 hit single ‘Love and Affection’?
Joan Armatrading
Your setter tonight was born on the 25th of April and your league founder was born on the 3rd of May. What is our shared starsign?
Taurus
The second of the so called “Good Emperors”. Which Roman Emperor, who reigned from 98 to 117, was officially declared by the senate optimus princeps (best ruler)? His reign is remembered for the great military expansion achieved by the empire.
Trajan
The “Vantage” and “Vanquish” are both luxury Grand Tourers made by
which British luxury automobile manufacturer?
Aston Martin
Broadcast for just one series of six episodes in 1985. Which British Televison drama starred Bob Peck as a policeman trying to uncover
the truth behind the murder of his daughter Emma?
Edge of Darkness
Enif is the brightest star in which constellation? The constellation is named for a figure in Greek mythology.
Pegasus
In 2014 the Rugby Football League announced they would rename the Man of Steel Award in honour of which great St Helens full-back, who
had died of Stomach Cancer the previous year?
Steve Prescott
Mirfak is the brightest star in which constellation? The constellation is
named for a figure in Greek mythology.
Perseus
Featured on the soundtrack of the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral. Which song by Wet Wet Wet spent 15 weeks at number one
in the UK charts in 1994?
Love Is All Around
Purchased by Diageo in 2017 for $700 million. Which tequila company was co-founded in 2013 by George Clooney, Rande Gerber and Mike
Meldman?
Casamigos
The award given to the man of the match in rugby league’s annual Challenge Cup final, is named after which New Zealand born player and administrator who was killed in a road accident during WW2?
Lance Todd
The “Continental GT” is a Grand Tourer made by which British luxury
automobile manufacturer?
Bentley
What is the three-letter name of the scripting language created by Danish programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1993? It is one of the most widely-used server-side programming languages on the internet.
PHP
The islet of Out Stack is the most northerly point of Scotland and the British Isles. It lies 600 metres to the north of which
rocky island in Shetland? This island has been uninhabited since 1995.
Muckle Flugga
Shortly after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, many users began to mock him by changing their profile names to “Elon
Musk”, which led to them being banned under his new policies. Which American comedian was among them? In 2017,
she was investigated by the Justice Department after posing with a mask made to look like Donald Trump’s severed head.
Kathy Griffin
Which Surrey and England bowler was named Player of the Tournament at the 2022 Men’s T20 World Cup after returning remarkable figures of 3 wickets for 12 runs in the final against Pakistan, as well as being England’s leading wicket taker in the competition?
Sam Curran
Which disco and r’n’b singer performed the 1980 single ‘Love Sensation’? Her vocals on the line “thank you baby, ‘cause you’re right on time” were notably sampled, uncredited, on the original release of 1989 UK number one ‘Ride
On Time’ by Black Box.
Loleatta Holloway
Which city in northern Syria was made the capital of the so-called Islamic State in 2014?
Raqqa
The cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cuisine was written jointly by Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle and which American cookery writer? The book’s success in the United States led to her being given her own television series, The French Chef, which was the first cooking show on American television.
Julia Child
What is the title of Sebastián Lelio’s 2017 Spanish-language drama film about a young trans woman living in Santiago,
Chile, whose life is turned upside-down following the death of her partner?
A Fantastic Woman
Which philosophical razor states “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence”? It is
named after a British-born author and journalist who coined the phrase in 2007, four years before his death.
HITCHENS’ razor
Ukrainian born, Polish composer His third period was influenced by the folk music of the Polish Górale people, including the ballet Harnasie, the Fourth Symphony, and his sets of Mazurkas for piano. King Roger, composed between 1918 and 1924, remains his most popular opera. His other significant works include Hagith, Symphony No. 2, The Love Songs of Hafiz, and Stabat Mater.
Karol Szymanowski
Another of Elon Musk’s Twitter rule changes was that verified users could not change their names, which led to which rapper stuck with the name “Christmas”? After tweeting at Musk, she was given the ability to change her name and promptly renamed herself “fart”
Doja Cat
Which Yorkshire bowler has taken the most wickets of any English spinner in T20 and ODI cricket? He was a key figure in England’s T20 World Cup win, returning figures of 2 for 22 in the final including a wicket maiden.
Adil Rashid
Launched in 2011 by Czech company JetBrains, which programming language is named for an island near St. Petersburg in Russia? This is Google’s preferred language for Android app developers.
Kotlin
Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire is known for its traditional fireball ceremony that takes place during which festival held in Scotland at New Year?
Hogmanay
The title character in Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman is played by which Chilean actress and singer who, in 2018, became the
first trans person to be a presenter at the Academy Awards ceremony?
Daniela Vega
Which philosophical razor states “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”? Although
variations of this concept have been recorded since the 18th century, it is named after a contributor to a 1980 compilation of
jokes related to Murphy’s Law.
Hanlon’s Razor
Erbil is the capital of which autonomous region of Iraq? The name of this region is also applied to a cultural area that
extends into Syria, Turkey and Iran.
Kurdistan
Which soul singer had a UK top 20 hit in 1967 with ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’, the first of many artists to have a hit with the song? She later performed, uncredited, the iconic “K - L - F… ah-ha ah-ha, ah-ha ah-ha” vocal on the 1991 UK number one ‘3 a.m. Eternal’ by The KLF.
PP Arnold
Which prolific American television producer is best known for producing Charlie’s Angels, Dynasty, and Beverly Hills, 90210 among many other shows?
Aaron Spelling
What regnal name is shared by three Scottish kings from the House of Dunkeld? The death of the final king with this name
and his heir, Margaret, Maid of Norway, led to John Balliol claiming the throne.
Alexander
Which singer from Benin won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album for Mother Nature? The win was her fourth in the category.
Angélique KIDJO
Which 18th-century industrialist and abolitionist was the grandfather of both Charles Darwin and his wife Emma?
Josiah Wedgwood
Harry Nilsson and Mariah Carey both had hits with ‘Without You’, a song written and first-recorded by which Welsh
rock group?
BADFINGER
Which Canadian province gives its name to a type of strong wheat flour used in Italy to produce highly elastic doughs and is often used to make dessert breads such as panettone and pandoro.
MANITOBA
In July 2022, which Scottish politician married SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth? The woman in question served as Leader of Scottish Labour from 2015 to 2017, and was in 2017 one of a growing number of politicians to appear on I’m A
Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here
KEZIA DUGDALE
In 1988, who became the first person to win the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show after being nominated the previous year? He later appeared as a team captain on the BBC panel show ‘If I Ruled The World’ before his death in
February 2019.
Jeremy Hardy
Used to refer to one of the two main schools of Jainism, ‘sky clad’ is an English translation of what Sanskrit word?
Digambara
A glass cylinder designed to straighten cucumbers as they grow was a less well-known invention by which engineer? He is
perhaps better known for innovations in engine design in the 1820s.
George Stephenson
In baseball statistics, what does the letter K represent? A forwards K denotes one of these ‘swinging’, while a backwards
K denotes one of these ‘looking’.
Strikeout
One of La Monte Young’s ‘Compositions 1960’, ‘Piano Piece for David Tudor #2’ instructs the pianist to perform what action ‘without making any sound’?
Opening the keyboard cover
Comprising a small rectangular sponge cake flavoured with almonds and beurre noisette, the name of which French patisserie item originates from its popularity with bankers around the Paris stock exchange in the 19th century?
Financier
The psychological phenomenon in which people believe that information, such as a horoscope, is tailored to them when it
is in fact vague enough to apply to a wide range of people is commonly named after which American born in 1810?
PT Barnum
The full names of Montenegro, Bangladesh, and North Korea all include which two words?
People’s Republic
Twitter’s controversial new subscription service ‘Twitter Blue’ has already proved to be a major economical headache for certain businesses due to impersonators. Which major pharmaceutical giant’s shares went down as much as 5% after an imposter account using their name tweeted ‘We are excited to announce insulin is free now’? This event has re-ignited debate over the consumer price of insulin in the U.S.
Eli Lilly
Only eleven of the 77 Grand Slam men’s singles since Wimbledon 2003 have been won by players other than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Which Croatian player won his only Grand Slam title to date when he beat Kei [‘kay’] Nishikori in the 2014 US Open final? He also reached the final of Wimbledon in 2017 and the 2018 Australian Open, losing to Federer on both occasions.
Marin Cilic
Airports with the IATA codes PVG, HGH and NKG are amongst the largest in which Asian country?
China (Shanghai Pudong,
Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Nanjing
Lukou)
Named to reflect its overlapping of multiple disciplines, which exercise regimen developed by Greg Glassman in 2000,
offers a ‘Workout of the Day’? In the world of WWE, Seth Rollins is often nicknamed ‘[THIS] Jesus’
Crossfit
In January 2010, who tweeted that he was going to “blow [Robin Hood Airport] sky high” and was subsequently arrested
on suspicion of breaching the Communications Act 2003? He was convicted in what was known as the ‘Twitter Joke Trial’,
though it was subsequently overturned in 2012.
Paul Chambers
‘Turbine Hall’, ‘Vichnaya Pamyat [vitch-nyeh parm-yet]’ and ‘Evacuation’ are tracks from Hildur Guðnadóttir’s score for which 2019 television series, which won the Grammy award for Best Score Soundtrack for
Visual Media?
Chernobyl
Another victim of Twitter Blue’s catastrophic launch was which aerospace and security giant whose share value plummeted by up to 5.3% on the global market after another imposter account tweeted that they were halting all arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the United States?
Lockheed Martin
The cognitive bias in which people believe that knowing the existence of a cognitive bias is enough to overcome said bias
is commonly named after which famous toy created in 1964?
GI Joe
The full names of Mauritania, Pakistan and Iran all include which two words?
Islamic Republic
In 1883, what kind of creature, locally recognised as the ‘Monster’, was first seen swimming in the Firth of Tay? Locals attempted several failed hunts of this animal, however it eventually turned up dead In January ‘84. Another of William McGonagall’s most well known poems concerns this creature.
Humpback/Tay Whale
In April 2016, which Scottish YouTuber posted a video in which he taught his girlfriend’s dog to perform a Nazi salute? He
was subsequently arrested and found guilty of breaching the Communications Act 2003 and ordered to pay a fine of £800.
Count Dankula
Patented in 1780, a device for copying freshly written text onto a second sheet of paper was a less well-known invention by which engineer? He is perhaps better known for an innovation in engine design, introduced commercially in 1776.
James Watt
Used to refer to one of the two main sects of another major religion, ‘greater vehicle’ is an English translation of what Sanskrit
word?
Mahayana (Buddhist)
In 1993, British electronic music duo Utah Saints had a top 10 hit with ‘Believe In Me’. The single vocal line sampled on
this song - “I believe in me, I believe in you and you know I believe in love” - comes from which group’s 1981 single ‘Love
Action (I Believe in Love)’?
The Human League
Who is the youngest person to win the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show, doing so aged 24 in 1990? He later
appeared as a team captain on the BBC panel show ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ before his death in October 2017.
Sean Hughes
One of La Monte Young’s ‘Compositions 1960’, ‘Piano Piece for Terry Riley #1’ instructs the pianist to perform what action
until ‘you are too exhausted’?
Pushing the piano against the wall
Comprising a small ball of choux pastry on top of a larger one, all topped with chocolate ganache and white buttercream
icing, the name of which French patisserie item derives from its apparent resemblance to a nun’s habit?
Religieuse
In baseball statistics, what is the more common term for a BB (Base-on-balls)? A pitcher gets one of these after pitching
too many ‘balls’, allowing the batter to freely take 1st base.
Walk
Who was the first female Prime Minister of New Zealand?
Jenny Shipley
Tomorrow night’s world cup game will be the first to feature an all female officiating team, which French woman will be
acting as referee for the match between Costa Rica and Germany?
Stephanie Frappart
Which Swedish golfer, who twice finished or tied for second at the Open Championship during the 1990s, was
nicknamed ‘The Pink Panther’ by some because of his eccentric dress sense, which often incorporated shades of pink?
Jasper PARNEVIK
Zeus punished which figure in Greek mythology by chaining him to a boulder and sending an eagle to eat his liver each night?
Prometheus
