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Originally by Mason Williams, but recorded by many others since, what fills the blank in this Grammy award winning instrumental: Classical BLANK

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Gas

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The West African musical instrument known as the Kora typically has how many strings?

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21

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Who was “Young Victoria” in the 2009 British period drama film?

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Emily Blunt

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From Occitan for “to fill”, Clafoutis is a flan like dish with what type of fruit?

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Cherries

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Which English band formed in 1980 are often credited with giving the psychobilly subgenre its distinctive sound and style?

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The Meteors

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The song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” was first introduced in which 1944 Judy Garland movie?

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Meet Me in St Louis

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Dieter Meier and Boris Blank comprised which Swiss musical duo?

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Yello

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Which American speedskater won an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games?

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Eric Heiden

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In 2017 Radhika Jones succeeded Graydon Carter as the editor of which fashion magazine?

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Vanity Fair

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Which Japanses car manufacturers are known for its innovative technologies, such as the Wankel engine, the SkyActiv platform, and the Kodo Design language?

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Mazda

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Which acting “George” is best known for portraying Bob in the 1987 film Rita, Sue and Bob Too, and for roles in TV series such as Happy Valley and Line of Duty?

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George Costigan

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Who was Rita in Rita, Sue and Bob Too and also in Benidorm, Happy Valley and Downton Abbey?

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Siobhan Finneran

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Who was Sue in Rita, Sue and Bob Too and also Yvonne Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart. Been in Doctors, Eastenders, Corrie and Hollyoaks.

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Michelle Holmes

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Give either of the first names of the title characters in the detective drama “Dalziel and Pascoe”

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Andy or Peter

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Give either of the actors of the title characters in the detective drama “Dalziel and Pascoe”

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Warren Clarke as Andy Dalziel (pronounced “dee-ell”, /diːˈɛl/) and Colin Buchanan being cast as Peter Pascoe

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Biff Byford is best known for being the lead singer with which heavy metal band?

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Saxon

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Which rock festival focusing on heavy metal music is held annually in June in Clisson, France?

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Hellfest

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The “Big Four” of Thrash metal comprises Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and which other band?

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Anthrax

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What was the name of the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle podcast which was dropped by Spotify in 2023?

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Archetypes

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What “Daniel” founded Spotify? 2-letter answer

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Ek

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Who became the first woman to ride a top-level Group One winner at Royal Ascot as Bradsell took the King’s Stand Stakes in 2023? Came third in SPOTY in 2020.

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Hollie Doyle

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sometimes referred to as the French Oaks, is one of the most important Group 1 horse races in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.

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Prix de Diane

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The Parisian course is home to more than half of the group one races held in France, and it has a capacity of 50,000. The highlight of the calendar is the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Held on the first weekend in October, the event attracts the best horses from around the world.

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Longchamps

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The French equivalent to the British Derby is the Prix du Jockey Club and is raced at which French racecourse 50 km North from Paris.

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Chantilly

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Arlington Million was raised in which US state until 2021 from its founding?
Illinois
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After being hosted in Churchill Downs in 2022, Arlington Million will be raced in the Colonial Downs in which US state from 2023 to make sure right length of original racecourse?
Virginia
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Which horse racing course in Esher, Surrey hosts the Eclipse Stakes?
Sandown Park
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The Group 1 horse race Lockinge Stakes is held at which racecourse in May?
Newbury
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The Falmouth Stakes and the July Cup are Grade 1 listed horse races held in July at which racecourse?
Newmarket
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In 2023, which horse has won its first six starts including St James Palace Stakes (Ascot), Eclipse Stakes (Sandown) and Sussex Stakes (Goodwood)?
Paddington
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The Sussex Stakes, The Nassau Stakes and the namesake park Stakes are held in July/August and at which horse racing venue?
Goodwood
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International Stakes, Nunthorpe Stakes and namesake Oaks are held at which racecourse in August?
York
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September's Sprint Cup is a Grade 1 horse race held at which racecourse in Merseyside?
Haydock
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In September and October, which racing venue holds the Grade 1 races Cheveley Park Stakes, Middle Park Stakes, Sun Chariot Stakes, Fillies Mile, and Dewhurst Stakes?
Newmarket
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Found in the Calvados department of Normany, which racecourse hosts five Group 1 horse races in August including Prix Rothschild, Prix Maurice de Gheest, Prix Jacques Le Marois, Prix Morny and Prix Jean Romanet?
Deauville
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At which racecourse 8km south of Dublin city centre do the Group 1 races Matron Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes take place in September?
Leopardstown
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What flat racecourse found in County Kildare is home to Ireland's five classics and all other Group 1 races other than the two held at Leopardstown?
Curragh
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Name of horse riding race course in Rome host to 4 Group 2 races each year including Italian Derby and Premio Roma?
Capannelle
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Name of horse riding race course in Milan host to 5 Group 2 races each year including Italian Oaks?
San Siro
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Racecourse for horse racing in Dubai which hosts 7 Group 1 races a year including Dubai World Cup and Al Maktoum Challenge?
Meydan
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Name of the racecourse in Paris which hosts all of nine Group 1 jump horse racing races each year?
Auteuil
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Which Sunbury-on-Thames horse racing venue in Surrey hosts the December jump races Kauto Star Novices' Chase, Christmas Hurdle and King George VI Chase held on Boxing Day?
Kempton Park
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Which team contest the "A49 Derby" with Shrewsbury Town?
Hereford United
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First name Wyndham, who held off Rory McIlroy to claim his first major Golf title in the US Open in 2023?
Clark
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His novels include Tarr and The Human Age trilogy, composed of The Childermass, Monstre Gai and Malign Fiesta.
Wyndham Lewis
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1997's ""You Make Me Wanna..." was which American singer's first UK number one hit?
Usher
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Embrace produced the song "World at Your Feet" for the England football team at which world cup? (Year or location accepted)
2006 World Cup
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Who plays Priscilla Presley in Presley?
Cailee Spaeny
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What term, previously a derogatory insult referring to a woman’s private parts, has been re-claimed by drag ball room culture as something very fierce and “bad bitch-esque”? If you are “serving” THIS, you are powerful and unstoppable!
C***Y or Serving C***
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Who plays title character Bayard Rustin in the 2023 biopic Rustin directed by George C Wolfe?Other film appearances include supporting roles in Lincoln (2012), Selma (2014), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020).
Colman Domingo
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Barack and Michelle Obama production company founded in 2018
Higher Ground Productions
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Born 1912 West Chester, PA. African-American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights.
Bayard Rustin
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Who directed 2023 biopic Ferrari with Adam Driver playing title character?
Michael Mann
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During the summer of 1957, Enzo Ferrari, reeling from the death of his son Dino, the deteriorating marriage with his wife Laura, and his company's impending bankruptcy, enters his racing team to the 1957 version of which race?
Mille Miglia
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Who played Empress Josephine in 2023 biopic Napoleon?
Vanessa Kirby
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American screenwriter who works with Ridley Scott: wrote The Day the Earth Stood Still, All the Money in the World, Napoleon and the upcoming Gladiator 2?
David Scarpa
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Emerald Fennell’s latest film takes place at what titular location, a sprawling British estate?
Saltburn
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What term is used to refer to a romance between two partners with a considerable age difference? This term is also the title of a new Todd Haynes film starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore.
May December
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2023 American biographical sports drama film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, and written by Julia Cox. It stars Annette Bening as which titular swimmer who swam from Cuba to Florida without shark cage?
Diana NYAD
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What does "SD" stand for in the name of a SD Memory Card?
Secure Digital
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Who directed the 2009 movie "Looking for Eric"?
Ken Loach
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The player assumes the role of Guybrush Threepwood, a young man who dreams of becoming a pirate, in which 1990 point-and-click graphic adventure game?
THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND
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Which French woman is the current Head Chef at The Connaught Hotel, Mayfair, London?
Helene Darroze
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Which man is the highest run scorer (10,099) and century-maker (34) for Pakistan in Test cricket?
Younis Khan
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Which man has taken the most Test wickets (414) for the Pakistan men's cricket team?
Wasim Akram
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The members of the Funk group Tavares originated from which island nation?
Cape Verde
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Dirk the Daring is a knight attempting to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe in which 1983 computer game? Two word answer
Dragon's Lair
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Which Slovenian cyclist is nicknamed "Pogo"?
Tadej POGACAR
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In the Tour De France, who wears the "White Jersey"?
Leader of Young Rider (under the age of 23)
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What Scottish cyclist and YouTube star has been described as "one of the most exciting street-riding mountain bikers on Earth"?
Danny Macaskill
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The indie rock band "Arcade Fire" hail from what country?
Canada
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What two colours make up the logo of Mastercard?
Orange and Red
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The car company Porsche have their headquarters in which German city?
Stuttgart
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Which cycling race, held annually since 1933, is nicknamed "The Race to the Sun"?
Paris-Nice
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In 2020, which English football official became the first man to referee a second FA Cup final since Arthur Kingscott in 1901?
Anthony Taylor
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What football ground is the home of Crewe Alexandra FC?
Gresty Road (Mornflake Stadium)
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Captained by MS Dhoni and playing in Tamil Nadu, which side won the 2023 edition of Cricket's Indian Super League?
Chennai Super Kings
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In 2023 which female singer replaced Phillip Schofield as host of the National Soap Awards?
Jane McDonald
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In 2023 which English female footballer became the first woman to win the Women's Champion's League with two different clubs after her Barcelona win?
Lucy Bronze
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Zlatan Ibrahimović announced his football retirement in 2023. Who will go down in the record books as his last club?
AC Milan
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What Pasadena stadium do the LA Galaxy football team call home?
Rose Bowl
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"El Tráfico" is the nickname given to the football derby in which major city?
Los Angeles
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What 1993 racing video game became a launch title for the PlayStation? Two-word alliterative answer
Ridge Racer
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The 2006 Jame Bond film "Casino Royale" is set in which country?
Montenegro
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What side did West Ham defeat in the final of the 2023 Europea Conference?
Fiorentina
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Servette are an European football club based in what city?
Geneva
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What was the first name of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's son in 2023?
Ernest
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Princess Beatrice daughter name with Mapelli Mozzi.
Sienna
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In which BBC sitcom does the central character try to live a good life as a Muslim and ensure his sister reaches her potential while escaping his murky past as a drug dealer?
Man Like Mobeen
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Which English football team called Boothferry Park home for over 50 years?
Hull City
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Which Madonna song begins "Come on, girls, Do you believe in love? 'Cause I've got something to say about it, And it goes something like this"?
Express Yourself
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What was the numerical name of the 2011 novel by Stephen King about a time traveller who attempts to prevent the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy?
11/22/63
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Computer games in which series are mostly set on the fictitious Wumpa Islands, an archipelago situated to the south of Australia where humans and mutant animals co-exist?
Crash Bandicoot
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Which actor, initials "KM" won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951)
Karl Malden
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"Believer", "Thunder", and "Whatever It Takes" are all singles from what Las Vegas based band?
Imagine Dragons
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"Jet" was a track on which 1973 Wings album?
Band on the Run
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What does "PSL" stand for to fans of the coffee shop Starbucks?
Pumpkin Spice Latte
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Cereza and the Lost Demon was a spin-off in which series of action-adventure computer games?
Bayonetta
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Which man, who made his test debut in 2011, is Australia's 3rd highest Test wicket taker of all time?
Nathan Lyon
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In 2020 who surpassed MS Dhoni's record of 91 dismissals, to set a new record of most dismissals as a wicket-keeper, male or female, in Twenty20 International cricket? She's married to Mitchell Starc.
Alyssa Healy
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What is the name of the Australian National Rugby League team who play on the Gold Coast?
Gold Coast Titans
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Which Blues singer and guitarist is known for the songs "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneakin' Up On You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me"?
Bonnie Raitt
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The Scottish actress Kelly MacDonald rose to fame through her role in the 1996 movie "Trainspotting". What was her character name in the movie? An actress with this first name plays Denise Fox in EastEnders
Diane
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Eric Moussambani, nicknamed Eric the Eel, represented which country at the 2000 Olympics? His time in the 100m freestyle was the slowest by far in Olympic history
Equatorial Guinea
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Aged just 2022, Kalle Rovanperä became the youngest World champion ever in which event in 2022?
World Rally Championships
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In which James Bond film of 1981 did Lynn-Holly Johnson play "Bibi" and Carole Bouquet play "Melina"?
For Your Eyes Only
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What was the name of the 2022 Amazon Prime TV series where JK Simmons starred alongside Sissy Spacek? They played an elderly couple who possess an underground chamber which leads to another planet. Two word answer
Night Sky
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At the age of only 19, which British woman won the silver medal for the 800m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, breaking the British record set by Kelly Holmes in 1995?
Keely Hodgkinson
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In the 2018 movie "Puzzle", what kind of puzzle does Kelly MacDonald's character become obsessed with? Queen Elizabeth II, Hugh Jackman and Ellen Degeneres are all reportedly fans of these puzzles too
Jigsaw
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Originally running between 1989 and 1993, and spawning two TV movies, which US teen comedy series was set at Bayside High School?
Saved By The Bell
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Name any of the horses which won the 2022 Grand National, 2022 Epsom Derby, the 2022 Melbourne Cup or the 2022 Kentucky Derby. All had two word names
NOBLE YEATS (Aintree), DESERT CROWN (Epsom) or GOLD TRIP (Melbourne) or RICH STRIKE (Kentucky)
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2023 Grand National winner trained by Lucinda Russell and ridden by Derek Fox
Corach Rambler
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2020 grand national virtual winner
Potters Corner
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What was the operatic nickname of the American swimmer Mary T Meagher who won three golds including two in this stroke at 1984 olympics? She set long-lasting world records within her selected stroke
Madame Butterfly
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Beginning with "The Kids of Degrassi Street" there have now been 5 different series within the Degrassi franchise, stretched across 38 years. What city are all these shows set in?
Toronto
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In which 2009 horror movie did JK Simmons play "Mr. Wroblewski"? In this movie Megan Fox plays a student who becomes possessed and then begins to kill off her male classmates. Two word answer
Jennifer's Body
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Which swimmer, born 1965, a former world record-holder in five events, was nicknamed "The Californian Condor"?
Matt Biondi
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Initials "TC" which actor was Barry's dad "Roy Evans" in Eastenders? His long TV career included a stint in Z-Cars
Tony Caunter
120
What was the name of the ringtone company who promoted the Crazy Frog (/ Annoying Thing) in 2003 and 2004?
Jamster
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Diavolo, Diavolo for Women, Mediterraneo, Spirit, and Spirit for Women are all fragrances associated with which Spanish movie star?
Antonio Banderas
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Alex "Hurricane" Higgins was born and died in which city?
Belfast
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Tramar Lacel Dillard is the real name of what rapper and singer, born 1979?
Flo Rida
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Which Dutchman, currently ranked 9th in the world, won the 2022 Darts UK Open? Nickname: The Freeze.
Danny Noppert
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Nickname Goldfinger, which English darts player won his maiden televised title at the 2023 UK Open, and became the oldest man to win a major TV title in a debut PDC final appearance?
Andrew Gilding
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English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke", he is currently the World No. 4. Humphries is the reigning World Grand Prix champion. He also won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship.
Luke Humphries
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Nicknamed The Asp, English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked No. 6 in the world. He is the current World Matchplay champion. He also won the 2019 UK Open and 2019 US Darts Masters.
Nathan Aspinall
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Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked No. 10 in the world. He is known for his energetic walk-on, combined with hardstyle music. More recently, he has become known for his job on an aubergine farm, which has led to him having the nickname 'Aubergenius'.
Dirk van Duijvenbode
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Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Events, where he is currently ranked No. 8 in the world. Nicknamed The Ferret, he was half of the Welsh team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts before winning his first televised singles title, the 2021 Masters, which would lead him to qualifying for the 2021 Premier League Darts, which he would go on to win as well.
Jonny Clayton
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Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the Brisbane Darts Masters in 2019 and also, in pairs with Simon Whitlock, World Cup of Darts in 2022. His nickname is "The Heat".
Damon Heta
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Nickname The DreamMaker: Belgian professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time World Youth Champion and the 2020 World Matchplay champion, after beating Gary Anderson 18–10 in the final, in his first time competing in the Matchplay.
Dimitri Van den Bergh
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Scottish professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He is a former BDO and WDF world number one, and a two-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2015 and 2016. His nickname is "The Flying Scotsman", after a famous Scottish steam train.
Gary Anderson
133
In January 2022 which player won the men's single title at the Australian Open Tennis? It was his record breaking 21st Major Tennis title
Rafael Nadal
134
Scott Mitchell was the wife of which actress at the time of her 2020 death?
Barbara Windsor
135
Mikey Day is the host of which Netflix cooking competition show which is based on an internet meme of the same name? Three word answer
Is It Cake?
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The shirt Diego Maradonna wore when he scored the "Hand of God" goal against England at the 1986 world cup sold at auction in 2022 for £7m. Which former England player sold the shirt?
Steve Hodge
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After Richard Whiteley, which person has had the longest stint as host of Countdown 2012-21?
Nick Hewer
138
"Countdown to Extinction" was a 1992 studio album for which thrash metal band?
Megadeth
139
Which Turkish club ended their 38 year championship drought by winning the Super Lig in 2022?
Trabzonspor
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Bursaspor's football stadium is shaped like what animal?
Crocodile
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What word is contained in the official name of both Lyon and Marseilles football club?
Olympique
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The professional football club Atalanta are based in which Italian city?
Bergamo
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At the 2022 Giro d'Italia, who became the first Black African cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage after winning stage 10 in a reduced bunch sprint.
Biniam Girmay
144
In 2022 who became the first heavyweight to be crowned Ring Magazine's pound-for-pound king since Mike Tyson was the undisputed champion in his prime over 30 years ago?
Oleksandr Usyk
145
Hamlin, Hamlin, McGill are a fictitious law firm in which series, running from 2015 to 2022?
Better Call Saul
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In Mid May 2022 a viral video (2 million views in less than a week) sees 37 year old Californian Camille Vasquez say what 9-letter word over 40 times in 18 minutes?
Objection!
147
Which British businessman is the last remaining original Dragon on the BBC's "Dragon's Den" show?
Peter Jones
148
In June 2022, which Australian newspaper was accused of outing the actress Rebel Wilson?
Sydney Morning Herald
149
What city is the home to the Golden State Warriors NBA side?
San Francisco
150
In June 2022 the England cricket team broke the record for the highest score in an one day international with 498. Who were the opposition on that occasion?
Netherlands
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Name any of England's scorers in the 3-1 women's football world cup semi final victory over Australia in 2023
Ella TOONE, Lauren HEMP or Alessia RUSSO
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Which group of backing singers, originally containing Dionne Warwick, worked with Elvis Presley from 1971 to his death in 1977?
The Sweet Inspirations
153
The last Grand Prix of the 2023 Formula One season will take place where?
Abu Dhabi
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The actor Joe Turkel died in June 2022. In Blade Runner he played the head of the organisation which had created the Replicants. What was the name of that organisation in the movie?
The Tyrell Corporation
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What musical takes audiences behind the scenes as Michael Jackson prepares for the 1992 Dangerous World Tour?
MJ the Musical
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The career of the romance novelist Colleen Hoover really took of with the publication of which book in 2016?
It Ends With Us
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Which monomynous artist became the first Spanish-singing act in history to be nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys?
Rosalia
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In 2017, which American model broke Doutzen Kroes's record for the most Vogue September covers in one year by appearing in five international editions?
Bella Hadid
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Released in 2022, Mike Tyson cannabis edibles come in what shape?
Ears
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What American snowboarder won gold on the Half-Pipe event, at the 2018 Winter Olympics AND at the 2022 Winter Olympics?
Chloe Kim
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Officials blamed the consumption of what drink for a mass hospitalization event at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in March 2023? 4 letter acronym answer
Borg (Black Out Rage Gallons)
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Which chef runs Michelin star restaurant L'Enclume in Cartmel?
Simon Rogan
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The name of which game means "Merry Festival" in Basque?
Jai Alai
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Born in Carlisle in 1983 which woman co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter from 2008 until 2013?
Helen Skelton
165
Since its formation in 2011 which team have won England's Women's Super League football championship on the most occasions?
Chelsea
166
Based on a Stephen King short story, which 2022 horror movies tells the story about a boy who gets messages from the mobile he placed inside a friend's coffin? Donald Sutherland and Jaeden Martell star
Mr Harrigan's Phone
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In which British true crime drama of 2022 does Stephen Graham play a man who infiltrates a neo-Nazi group? The name of this show is also a phrase which means a person who turns up without an appointment
The Walk-In
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Barbara Gordon is the alter ego of which DC Comics character? In August 2022 it was announced that a movie with Leslie Grace playing this character was going to be postponed
Batgirl
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Which stadium, that was officially opened in 2019, played host to the 2022 Challenge Cup final, where Wigan defeated Huddersfield?
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
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Which wildlife photographer won the 2022 series of Strictly Come Dancing?
Hamza Yassin
171
Which team did Australia defeat in the final of the 2022 Rugby League world cup?
Samoa
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What daytime game show did Ross Kemp begin presenting in 2022?
Bridge of Lies
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Which British/ French actress was Jacqueline "Jackie" de Bellefort in the 2022 Death on the Nile movie?
Emma Mackey
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Based on a series of novels by Val McDermid, what was the name of the 2022 ITV detective drama set in St. Andrews? Lauren Lyle starred
Karen Pirie
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According to 2021 data, what "H" was the biggest selling Jam brand in the UK?
Hartley's
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The pop singer Shakira realised her husband Gerard Pique was having an affair when she returned from a tour and noted that which foodstuff in her fridge had been eaten?
Jam
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Who played Freddie Mercury's girlfriend Mary Austin in the 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody?
Lucy Boynton
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In 2020, which Scottish comedian, first name Fern, became a podcaster when she co-created a podcast entitled Wheel of Misfortune?
Fern Brady
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Perhaps a little cruel, the singer Susan Boyle had the nickname, the BLANK angel. What word fills the blank?
Hairy
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Which model and actress has been the wife of Vic Reeves since 2003?
Nancy Sorrell
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Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst are most associated with which band formed in Crawley?
The Cure
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On the TV show Peaky Blinders, what was the first name of Tommy Shelby's older brother, played by Paul Anderson?
Arthur
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Corinne Drewery was the lead singer for which trio when they scored a UK top five hit in 1986 with the song "Breakout"? Three word answer
Swing Out Sister
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Zante, a destination for Jet 2, can be found in which sea, part of the Mediterranean? Corfu and Ithaca can also be found here
Ionian
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Which English character actor is probably best known for his role as "Grouty" in Porridge? Born in 1923, he was also Gregor Fisher's father-in-law. Initials PV (Papa Victor)
Peter Vaughan
186
Which Irish Jockey won his second Grand National aboard Corach Rambler in 2023?
Derek Fox
187
Derek Fox won Grand National for the first time in 2017 on which horse?
One For Arthur
188
Born in 1923, which English actor starred in numerous movies for the Rank Organisation before becoming a respected Shakespearean actor? In the 1980s he starred in the sitcoms "Two's company" and "Never the Twain"
Donald Sinden
189
What 11-letter word is the name of the Women's football match between the Champions of Europe and the Champions of South America? England won the first outing in April 2023
Finalissima
190
A destination for Jet 2 airline, which city is the thrid largest in Cyprus after Nicosia and Limassol? This place is built on the ruins of ancient Citium, which was the birthplace of Stoic philosopher Zeno
Larnaca
191
The Rugby Europe Championship is the annual championship for countries outside of the Six Nations. Who won it in 2023? Their top player was Akaki Tabutsadze
Georgia
192
Beginning with "R" (for Romeo) which seabird, found around the coast of Britain, has a bright yellow colour on the inside of their bill? This helps adults find their chicks in dark nesting crevices
Razorbill
193
What is the first name of Nigella Lawson's elder brother, a former editor of The Spectator and a regular columnist for the Daily Mail and Sunday Times?
Dominic
194
Which regular fixture on the BBC, born in 1923, presented Panorama and chaired Question Time between 1979 and 1989?
Robin Day
195
Born in 1923, which American singing Gentleman had a UK top ten hit in 1964 with "Welcome to my world"?
Jim Reeves
196
Ciampino airport in Rome lies very close to which large film studio, once dubbed "Hollywood on the Tiber"? Recent productions made here include HBO's "Rome" and the 2019 movie "The Two Popes"
Cinecitta
197
Born in 1923, which man was the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1986 to 1996, serving two terms in that role? His widow was in the news in 2022 when she repeatedly asked a woman with African heritage where she was really from
Marmaduke Hussey
198
Born in 1923 and still going strong at the time of writing, which retired British actress played the mother in the 1964 movie "Mary Poppins"? With the death of Olivia de Havilland in 2020, she became the oldest living Academy Award nominee in any acting category
Glynis Johns
199
Which British online car dealer sponsored the 2023 World Snooker? 5-letter word answer
Cazoo
200
The opening track from their third album "Touch", "Here Comes the Rain Again" was a US top ten hit for which British duo?
Eurythmics
201
Reaching number five, which band covered "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" in 1983?
Bananarama
202
After being rejected by Whitney Houston and Belinda Carlisle, which duo had a worldwide smash in 1988 with "Waiting for a star to fall"? It was later used as the closing theme for "Three Men and a Little Lady". Three word answer
Boy Meets Girl
203
American pop-music duo consisting of keyboardist and vocalist George Merrill and singer Shannon Rubicam
Boy Meets Girl
204
In March 2023 which former SNP MP was suspended from the UK parliament for 30 days as part of her punishment for travelling from Scotland to London knowing she had Covid?
Margaret Ferrier
205
Born in 1923, which English actor was prominent in the Forsyte Saga but is probably much better known for his long-running role as Charlie Hungerford in "Bergerac"? Initials TA (Tango Alpha)
Terence Alexander
206
Which Northumberland castle is best known today for supposedly being haunted and for its rare white cattle? It is owned by Sir Humphrey Wakefield, the father in law of Dominic Cummings
Chillingham Castle
207
Now a campaigner and life peer, what is the first name of Stephen Lawrence's mother?
Doreen
208
Born in 1923, which Englishman was elevated to a Cardinal of the Catholic church in 1976? Respected beyond the Catholic community, a statue has been erected in his honour in his home town of Newcastle
Basil Hume
209
What breed of large seaducks from the genus Somateria are particularly known for their feathers?
Eider
210
Although once endangered globally, what species of seal is quite common in the waters around the UK? 40% of the global population lives around the British Isles = Halichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
211
Beginning with "R" (for Romeo) which Catalonian city, a destination for Jet 2 airline, is known as a centre for Rock-climbing and as being the birthplace of the architect Antoni Gaudi? Four letter answer
Reus
212
What dish was chosen by King Charles III and Queen Camilla as the signature dish of their coronation celebrations in May 2023?
Coronation Quiche
213
Who is replacing Edward Enninful as head of Vogue UK?
Chioma Nnadi
214
Director General of WTO
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
215
Declaration of Faith is which pillar of islam?
Shahada
216
Prayer is which pillar of islam?
Salah
217
Alms giving/charity is which pillar of islam?
Zakat
218
While the furniture retailer IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943, its current headquarters is located in which country?
Netherlands
219
Ploughing in the Nivernais and The Horse Fair are the notable works of which female French realist artist?
Rosa Bonheur
220
American portrait and genre painter born in San Francisco, California, United States. She is perhaps best known for her portraits of famous women including Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1889) and Rosa Bonheur (1898).
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
221
Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won two Grand Slam singles titles, the 1996 French Open and the 1999 Australian Open, and a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He also won four Grand Slam doubles titles, and is the most recent man to have won both the men's singles and doubles titles at the same Grand Slam tournament (which he accomplished at the 1996 French Open).
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
222
What do you call the threadlike or hairlike projection found on the surface of eukaryotic cells that provides the means for movement?
Cilia
223
a slender threadlike structure, especially a microscopic appendage that enables many protozoa, bacteria, spermatozoa, etc. to swim
Flagellum
224
What is the main ingredient of the traditional Kashmiri dish dum aloo?
Potato
225
Renowned for his works such as Dom Casmurro, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas and Quincas Borba, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis is widely regarded as the greatest writer of which South American country's literature?
Brazil
226
Mike Johnson was elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives in October 2023. He is representing which state's 4th congressional district?
Louisiana
227
Which Cambodian general led the 1970 coup that toppled Norodom Sihanouk from power and founded the short-lived Khmer Republic?
Lon Nol
228
Which country's constitutional court upheld a law banning same-sex relationships in the military? Military service for 20 months is compulsory for all able-bodied men aged 18 to 28 in this country.
South Korea
229
Auguste Rodin's sculpture The Thinker was originally intended to depict which literary figure?
Dante Alighieri
230
As of October 2023, which country holds the most number of Olympic gold medals in equestrian?
Germany
231
Which city in Germany was formerly known as Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1953 to 1990?
Chemnitz
232
16th and current president of Nigeria, having assumed office on 29 May 2023
Bola Tinubu
233
Its name literally means "royal water", what do you call the colourless mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid that can be used to dissolve gold and platinum?
Aqua Regia
234
Died from a heart attack in October 2023, which Chinese economist served as the country's premier from 2013 to 2023?
Li Keqiang
235
Which South African Cricketer was banned from any involvement in the sport for life in 2000 due to match-fixing. He was the captain of which country's national cricket team in the 1990s.
Hansie Cronje
236
Leopardus wiedii is the scientific name of what wild cat native to Central and South America? This cat species has been listed as Near Threatened since 2008 due to loss of habitat.
Margay
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Medium sized cat Leopardus pardalis
Ocelot
238
Its name is believed to have been derived from the Ottoman Turkish for "prince's pear", what fragrant citrus fruit is used in the production of perfumes and to flavour teas?
Bergamot
239
Which natural gum mentioned in the prologue to Matthew’s Gospel is extracted from a small, thorny tree and has been used throughout history as a perfume, incense and in medicine as an analgesic and an antiseptic?
Myrrh
240
Which Welsh county was abolished in 1996 to be replaced by the unitary authorities Wrexham, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, and Flintshire?
Clwyd
241
Which pejorative racial term owes its existence to the belief, common in the Middle Ages, that the group were itinerant Egyptians being scattered among the nations by an angry God?
Gypsy
242
Which word occurs in the common term for the Knaus-Ogino method of birth control, the name for the part of a rock group which provides the beat as opposed to the melody, and the title of the only number 1 single for Ian Dury and the Blockheads?
Rhythm
243
In Greek mythology, what type of beings were Daphne, Calypso and Echo?
Nymphs
244
Which bodily fluid returns protein to the blood system?
Lymph
245
Russian professional mixed martial artist and former sambo competitor. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Lightweight Champion.
Islam Makhachev
246
Australian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Featherweight Champion.
Alexander Volkanovski
247
Current UFC Heavyweight Champion since March 2023?
Jon Jones
248
Current UFC Middleweight Champion having beaten Israel Adesanya in September 2023? Former neo-nazi views from family in youth.
Sean Strickland
249
Born in Nigeria, New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and former boxer. As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion.
Israel Adesanya
250
Leon Edwards has been UFC Champion in which weight division since August 2022?
Welterweight
251
Nicknamed the Nigerian Nightmare, which American professional mixed martial artist, former freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the former UFC Welterweight Champion?
Kamaru Usman
252
What became the third official language of New Zealand in 2006, making New Zealand the first country to adopt it officially?
Sign Language
253
What do the following words have in common: abstruse, archaic, awkward, curt, double-barrelled, grandiloquent, pentasyllabic and wee?
They are autological (describe themselves)
254
Frequently the butt of jokes at his expense, who has played the piano on I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue since it first aired in the 1970s?
Colin Sell
255
What comes next in this sequence: grass; river; mud; forest; snowstorm …
The cave in Michael Rosen’s Bear Hunt
256
On a traditional UK Monopoly board, which property is last alphabetically?
Whitehall
257
Which artist, better-known for his painting, sculpted the small wax statue which caused a sensation at the Sixth Impressionist Exhibition of 1881 in Paris, with a real ribbon tying back real hair? One contemporary critic described her as a "flower of precocious depravity".
Edgar Degas
258
Which London venue is decorated with an 800–foot–long terracotta mosaic frieze, depicting "The Triumph of Arts and Sciences"?
Royal Albert Hall
259
Which Mozart opera, which Gustave Flaubert called, along with Hamlet and the sea, "the three finest things God ever made” is parodied by George Bernard Shaw in Man and Superman?
Don Giovanni
260
Which metal has given its name to a major river which forms part of the border with a neighbouring country, the river and the country both named after the same metal but in two different languages?
Silver: The River Plate (plata is Spanish for silver) and Argentina (latin argentum)
261
Which country was named after Henry VIII’s son-in-law?
The Philippines (after Philip II of Spain, Mary Tudor’s husband)
262
In which African country is the Continental Pole of Inaccessibility, the place on land that is farthest on the continent from the ocean?
Central African Republic
263
Pinot Noir, Meunier and which other grape make up over 99% of the grapes planted in Champagne?
Chardonnay
264
Given that iron smelting in Egypt is unknown until the 6th Century BC, what was the source of the metal in the iron dagger, bracelet and headrest dated to around 1350 BC found by Howard Carter in the tomb of Tutankhamun?
The metal was meteoritic in origin
265
Beginning with the painter Jeanette Pickersgill and two others in 1885, which process’s market share was 0.2% in 1914, rising to 3.7% in 1939 but has risen steadily since and now stands at 80.9% in England and Wales?
Cremation
266
Which is the only city in the UK to be spelt only with letters from the first half of the alphabet?
Lichfield
267
And which is the only city in the UK to be spelt only with letters from the second half of the alphabet?
Truro
268
Who in 2021 became the first person in history to go by the initials SGOTUS?
Doug Emhoff
269
MV Monte Rosa was a passenger liner and cruise ship launched in Germany in 1930, then in 1945 was taken by the British Government as a prize of war to be used as a troop transport. She caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean in 1954. What was her name as a British ship?
HMT Empire Windrush
270
How many permanent teeth do most dogs have?
42
271
How many permanent teeth do most cats have?
30
272
Length of a chukka in polo
7 minutes
273
Nautical mile metric length
The 'standard' nautical mile is taken as 6080 feet (1.151 statute miles or 1853 metres)
274
what dried fruit was used for the word to prepare for photo before cheese
Prunes
275
Oasis debut single debuted at #31 in 1994
Supersonic
276
Oasis debut number one single in 1995
Some Might Say
277
Country House by Blur went up against what Oasis song in the Battle of Britpop
Roll With It
278
Great British Bake Off winner 2022
Syabira Yusoff
279
Great British Bake Off winner 2021
Giuseppe Dell'Anno
280
racehorse trainer and retired professional National Hunt jockey who won both the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National in the same season, won Cheltenham Gold Cups three consecutive times on Best Mate and won Grand National on Bindaree in 2002.
Jim Culloty
281
Which jockey nicknamed The Choirboy, rode Shergar in The Derby in 1981 won by record 10 lengths?
Walter Swinburn
282
Which horse was the only horse to win the Ascot Gold Cup four times in succession? Ridden last two times in 2008 and 2009 by Johnny Murtagh.
Yeats
283
Who rode Red Rum on his two first wins at Grand National in 1973, 1974? 1977 was Tommy Stack. Trained by Ginger McCain.
Brian Fletcher
284
Which horse, run several times by Ruby Walsh, won a record 5 King George VI Chase and won Cheltenham Gold Cup twice 2007 and 2009 losing to Denman in 2008?
Kauto Star
285
At what age in England are parents legally permitted to give children alcohol at home?
5
286
Suicide is Painless was a hit for which indie rock band, whose lyricist and guitarist disappeared on February 1st 1995, and is still missing to this day.
Manic Street Preachers
287
What was the name of the Hindu custom in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre
Sati or Suttee
288
Indian former cricketer and captain of the India women's national cricket team from 2004 to 2022, She is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket.
Mithali Raj
289
Ian Botham scored one goal in his professional footballing career. With which team did he score?
Yeovil Town (Scunthorpe after but no goals)
290
Who was appointed president of the MCC on October 1st, 2022?
Stephen Fry
291
In which magazine were the Sherlock Holmes stories first serialised?
The Strand
292
In The Name of the Rose, the investigating monk, Brother William, hails from which Devon parish?
Baskerville
293
David Burke played the role of Dr Watson to Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock Holmes, from 1984 – 1994. Which television detective does his son play?
Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke)
294
Following the 6th Cormoran Strike novel The Ink Black Heart, what seventh in the series was released in September 2023?
The Running Grave (1st was The Cuckoo's Calling)
295
Which clothing company derives its name from the A5012 road between Cromford and Grangemill?
Viyella (Via Gellia)
296
Monk and preacher, Peter the Hermit, led which popular movement in 1096?
The Peasant's Crusade
297
Nantucket Sleighride, by Mountain, was used as the theme tune to Weekend World. To what activity does the term Nantucket Sleighride refer?
Whaling/Harpooning a Whale
298
Released in 1976, the year of the US Bicentennial, to which party were the Sensational Alex Harvey Band going?
Boston Tea Party
299
What is the name of the narrator in the song, ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’, by the Band?
Virgil Caine
300
In which award winning BBC3 comedy would you find the characters Beats, Grindah, Ste and Decoy?
People Just Do Nothing
301
What is the name of the steward that Maria, Feste, Andrew Aguecheek and Toby Belch torment in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night?
Malvolio
302
A term originally coined during the Great War, which slapstick comedian gave his name to a body of chaotic or disorganised individuals? Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel both worked under him.
Fred Karno
303
In the commedia dell’arte tradition, who tries to win the affection of Columbine, from his rival Pierrot?
Harlequin
304
Which comic film lead actor starred in six films with his sidekicks Moore Marriott and Graham Moffat?
Will Hay
305
Who was governor of the Falkland Islands, at the time of the Argentinian invasion?
Sir Rex Hunt
306
In what year was the first Battle of the Falkland Islands, which led to the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst?
1914
307
Which American team did George Best sign for in 1976?
Los Angeles Aztecs (fort lauderdale strikers later)
308
Who holds the record for most consecutive Premier League appearances (310 in total)?
Brad Friedel
309
Originally signed to Coventry City, who is the most capped male US soccer player?
Cobi Jones
310
Who is the film star actor brother of film star actress Shirley Maclaine?
Warren beatty
311
In which British town, on Bonfire Night, are 17 burning crosses carried in memory of Protestants martyred in 1555?
Lewes
312
Aside from Ashbourne (Derbyshire), two other English towns hold ‘medieval’ Shrovetide football tournaments. Name one.
Atherstone (Warwickshire) and Alnwick
313
Mari Lwyd is a folkloric character found in South Wales, associated with Christmas and wassailing. What is the key feature of Mari Lwyd?
A Horse's Skull
314
At the 2023 Oscars, what colour did the red carpet change to?
Champagne
315
At the time of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, who was Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom?
Liz Truss
316
In 2023 which pop star promoted pet food by providing the voice of Felix the Cat?
Robbie Williams (Purina)
317
By surface area, which is the second largest of the Great Lakes?
Huron
318
Former Home Secretary in the wartime coalition government, who was the grandfather of Peter Mandelson?
Herbert Morrison
319
In the long running Private Eye series, the Dear Bill letters, if Bill Deedes, editor of the Daily Telegraph was the recipient of the fictional letters, who was the author?
Denis Thatcher
320
Whose statue stands outside the Northern Ireland parliament at Stormont? Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge. Led defence against Oscar Wilde in libel trial, worked for Cadbury Bros, victorious counsel in 1910 Archer-Shee case exonerating a Navy cadet on which Terence Rattigan based his play The Winslow Boy.
Edward Carson
321
With which product is the manufacturer Gaggia associated?
Coffee Machine
322
In which English county would you find the Cerne Abbas Giant; a chalk carving, of a naked man brandishing a club?
Dorset
323
How is the medical condition congenital talipes equinovarus better known?
Clubfoot
324
What criteria must be met to join the Caterpillar Club?
Bail out of disabled aircraft with a parachute
325
If Little John is, allegedly, buried in Hathersage at which site in Yorkshire, is Robin Hood, allegedly, buried?
Kirklees Abbey
326
Robin Hood Airport (now Doncaster Sheffield Airport) stands on the site of which former RAF base, famous for its air shows?
RAF Finningley
327
Monkee Davy Jones played the grandson of which Coronation Street character?
Ena Sharples
328
Who directed the 2005 remake of King Kong?
Peter Jackson
329
In the 1970s/1980’s Japanese television drama, Monkey is accompanied by the mythical figures Sandy and Piggsy, and his guide Tripitaka. Who was Tripitaka?
Buddhist Monk
330
What dance craze were Tim Brooke Taylor, Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden responsible for in 1975?
The Funky Gibbon
331
ENSA wartime acronym stand for?
Entertainments National Service Association
332
NAAFI wartime acronym stand for?
Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
333
ANZAC war time acronyn stand for?
Australia New Zealand Army Corps
334
A paratrooper during WW2, who was the only boxer to have won the world heavyweight championship on a foul?
Max Schmeling
335
Finally arrested in 1983, which serial killer was dubbed ‘The Muswell Hill Murderer’?
Dennis Nilsen
336
Lord Byron’s poem, ‘Epitaph to a Dog’, is dedicated to his pet Newfoundland, who died of rabies in 1808. What was his name?
Boatswain
337
Referring to their insignia of a fouled anchor, how were leading seamen traditionally termed in the Royal Navy?
Killick
338
Which member of the Beatles provided the inspiration for the name of their record label, Apple?
Ringo Starr (Yoko Ono – “Ringo” is the Japanese word for apple)
339
Rumoured by some to be the result of state interference, which song kept the Sex Pistol’s ‘God Save the Queen’ off the Number One spot in 1977?
I Don’t Want To Talk About It (Double A side with First Cut is the Deepest)
340
Who was the Postmaster General responsible for introducing the 1967 Maritime Offences Act, effectively outlawing the pirate radio ships?
Tony Benn
341
Now out of production, in which UK seaside town were TVR cars built?
Blackpool
342
Traditionally, what was the primary ingredient of a saveloy?
Pork Brains
343
a Tuscan soup or stew consisting of vegetables and lentils, thickened with stale bread?
Ribollita
344
In the Garfield cartoons, who is the dim-witted dog that lives with Garfield the cat and his owner, Jon?
Odie
345
Francophones call him Milou - how is this Wire Fox terrier known to English speakers?
Snowy
346
Originating from the marshlands of the Po Delta, which breed of dog won Best of Show at Crufts 2023?
Lagotto Romagnolo
347
What was the name of David Bowie’s eighth studio album, featuring the hit single Rebel Rebel?
Diamond Dogs
348
Which greyhound, who lived in 1983-1994, still holds the record for 32 consecutive wins?
Ballyregan Bob
349
1926-1939 greyhound won two English derbies.
Mick the Miller
350
Who was only the fourth greyhound to win English Greyhound Derby twice, in 2005 and 2006?
Westmead Hawk
351
male African lion (Panthera leo leo) who lived primarily in the Hwange National Park in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. He was being studied and tracked by a research team of the University of Oxford as part of a long-term study. Killed by Walter Palmer.
Cecil
352
Bluey breed on TV show, it is also her, her brother Bingo, his dad Bandit and mum Chilli's surname?
Blue Heeler
353
In 2005, Shashi was the last dog to win the Waterloo Cup. For what activity was the Waterloo Cup awarded?
Hare Coursing
354
Russian Hunting Sightsound has what six letter alternative name?
Borzoi
355
Six letter dog originally bred in Fertile Crescent, Sumerian for "plunge-earth"?
Saluki
356
Seven letter alternative name for Arabian Greyhound, ancient breed of domesticated dog, specifically a member of the sighthound family. It originates from North Africa and is found in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Libya.
Sloughi
357
One of Queen Elizabeth II's last two dogs (other Sandy), shares name with upland, freshwater loch lying approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) south of Braemar, Scotland at the head of namesake Glen and within the boundary of the Balmoral estate.
Muick
358
What breed of dog terrorises the Trenton family in the Stephen King book Cujo?
St Bernard
359
Term comes from Chinese for "work together"?
Work Together
360
What term for "act in an excessively subservient manner" comes from Chinese for "knock head"?
Kowtow
361
According to Philip Larkin’s Annus Mirabilis, sexual intercourse began in 1963, between two significant cultural events. Name one of them.
The Beatles first LP or the Chatterley Ban
362
Which poem, found in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, provides the title for an Agatha Christie story?
The Moving Finger
363
In the Thin Lizzy rendition of Whiskey in the Jar, who does the narrator, a highwayman, relieve of his money?
Captain Farrell
364
To which county would you associate the following rhyme – ‘Success to every poacher that wants to sell a hare, Bad luck to every gamekeeper that will not sell his deer. Oh, 'tis my delight on a shining night, in the season of the year.’
The Lincolnshire Poacher
365
Inspired by the film Yojimbo, and starring Franco Nero, which 1966 spaghetti western was so violent it was refused a certificate in the UK until 1993?
Django
366
Inspired by the film The Seven Samurai, the 1966 film The Magnificent Seven was remade in 2016. Which actor took the lead role of Sam Chisholm?
Denzel Washington
367
Inspired by which Kurosawa film, 2022’s Living concerns civil servant Rodney Williams (Bill Nighy), battling a terminal illness, as he tries to construct a children’s playground.
Bill Nighy
368
Which celebrated British inventor was the chairman of Mensa, from 1980 to 1997?
Clive Sinclair
369
First four winners of The Apprentice UK
1) Tim Campbell 2) Michelle Dewberry 3) Simon Ambrose 4) Lee McQueen
370
The scene of fierce fighting in 1944, and immortalised in the book ‘A Bridge too Far’, the Arnhem Road Bridge spanned which river?
Rhine
371
Giving its name to the snakelike turns and bends in a waterway, into which sea does the river Meander flow?
Aegean Sea
372
The River Shannon estuary reaches the Atlantic between two Irish counties. Name either?
Limerick or Kerry
373
The University Boat Race traditionally starts at the University Stone – near which bridge can the stone be found?
Putney Bridge
374
University Boat Race finishes just before which bridge?
Chiswick Bridge
375
What two bridges does University Boat Race go under?
Hammersmith Bridge and Barnes Bridge
376
Born 1967, former Romanian artistic gymnast who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals. She won gold medals in the 1984 Olympics in three individual events (vault, balance beam (tie), and floor exercise), won the all-around silver medal, and contributed to the team gold. With her four gold medals and a silver medal, she was the most successful athlete at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Ecaterina Szabo
377
retired Romanian runner. She competed in the 1500 m and 5000 m events at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics and won a gold (5k 2000), a silver (1.5k 1996) and a bronze medal.
Gabriela Szabo
378
Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She won the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons, the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons and the 2021 Tokyo Marathon. She was the marathon world record holder for women running in a mixed-sex race, with a time of 2:14:04 achieved on 13 October 2019 at the Chicago Marathon.
Brigid Kosgei
379
Ethiopian long-distance runner and the marathon female world record holder, the only woman in history to run the distance under two hours and 12 minutes as well as two hours and 13 minutes. Broke WR in September 2023. Won Berlin Marathon 2022 and 2023.
Tigst Assefa
380
Kenyan long-distance runner and the marathon world record holder. He is the only person in history to run the marathon under two hours and one minute in a record-eligible race. Won 2023 London and Chicago marathon.
Kelvin Kiptum
381
Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in all alpine disciplines, with a focus on giant slalom and super-G. She won the World Cup overall title in 2020, becoming the first Italian female to achieve this feat. Best at Olympics was Silver in Giant Slalom 2022 Beijing.
Federica Brignone
382
Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, won the gold medal in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and has won the Giro d'Italia Femminile on four occasions. In 2018 and 2020, she won the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships.
Anna van der Breggen
383
Womens road race cycling winner at 2020 Olympics was which Austrian mathematician? Annemiek van Vleuten came second.
Anna Kiesenhofer
384
Swiss triathlete. She is the titles holder of the Ironman World Championship of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021; and of the Ironman 70.3 World Championship of the 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Not so good at Olympics triathlon.
Daniela Ryf
385
Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. A 1500 metres 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist, she won a gold medal in this event and a bronze in the 5000 metres at the 2015 World Championships. She is the current world record holder for the indoor events of the one mile, 3000m and 5000m.
Genzebe Dibaba
386
Austrian former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She was the overall World Cup champion for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Won Super-G at 2014 Sochi, silver in Giant Slalom, 2018 silver at Pyeongchang in Super-G.
Anna Veith
387
Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer won two Golds at Sochi 2014 in Downhill and Giant Slalom. At Vancouver 2010 won silvers in Super-G and Giant Slalom.
Tina Maze
388
American former World Cup alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team. She won four World Cup overall championships – third amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Mikaela Shiffrin – with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010 plus another in 2012. 1 Olympic Gold in Downhill at Vancouver. 82 world cup victories a record until broken by Mikaela Shiffrin with 89 in 2023.
Lindsey Vonn
389
Kenyan long-distance runner. She represented Kenya at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2008, 2012, and 2016, winning the silver medal in the 5000 metres and bronze in the 10,000 metres at the 2012 London Olympics as well as gold in the 5000 m and silver in the 10,000 m at the 2016 Rio Olympics, setting a new Olympic record in the former.
Vivian Cheruiyot
390
American sprinter, who competed in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. For over a decade, between 2009 and 2021, she was called the "Fastest woman alive" after running a 100 m personal best of 10.64 seconds at the 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. In the 100 m, she was the 2011 world champion and the 2012 silver medalist. She is also a three-time Olympic medallist (gold in 4x100m at 2012), silver in 100m. 4th in all time 100m womens time.
Carmelita Jeter
391
Croatian former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump. She is a two-time world champion and double Olympic medallist who ranks as the joint second highest female jumper of all time with her personal best of 2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in). Silver in 2008 and bronze in 2016.
Blanka Vlasic
392
Italian retired swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (200m freestyle). At the 2009 World Championships in Rome (long course swimming pool, 50 m), the only swimmer − male or female − to have won eight medals in a row in the same event (200 meters freestyle) at the World Championships.
Federica Pellegrini
393
German competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle sprint events, won 50m and 100m freestyle in 2008 Beijing.
Britta Steffen
394
retired Jamaican-American track and field athlete, who competed internationally for the United States in the 400-meter sprint. Her notable accolades in this event include being the 2012 Olympic champion 400m Gold (won relay gold 3 more times), 2009 world champion, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, and 2005 world silver medalist. October 2021: was joining the fourteenth season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Sanya Richards-Ross
395
Mexican former professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010. She was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks (both are LPGA Tour records), from 23 April 2007 to her retirement on 2 May 2010, at the age of 28 years old. Won 2008 Chevron Championship and 2007 Womens British Open.
Lorena Ochoa
396
Rhyming: Popular name for a piano quintet by Schubert; & the trainer of Shergar among many other winners in a 51-year career (Barbadian British Thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing).
Trout and Stoute
397
Author of The Heart of Mid-Lothian; & the South African-born England batsman who abandoned the 2013-14 Ashes tour due to stress.
Scott & Trott
398
Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command in WW2; & the judge of Greek mythology’s most celebrated beauty contest.
Bomber Harris and Paris
399
The second-largest city on France’s Mediterranean coast; & the musical by Jacobs and Casey which opened in Chicago in 1971.
Nice and Grease
400
Surname of the only Englishman with World Cup, European Cup and Ballon D’Or medals; & the forename of a Sheffield Wednesday and England player of the 1990s
Charlton and Carlton
401
Which US actress married Steve McQueen in 1973?
Ali MacGraw
402
Which British archaeologist, soldier and writer said: "To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one’s tail"?
TE Lawrence
403
Which British poet, translator and satirist said: "To err is human, to forgive divine"?
Alexander Pope
404
Which 1968 Simon and Garfunkel hit was covered by The Lemonheads in 1992 and Bon Jovi in 1995?
Mrs Robinson
405
What is the name of the largest football stadium in Essex? It is currently home to a National League side.
Roots Hall (Southend United)
406
Brighton’s women’s football team share their stadium, Broadfield (formerly known as the Checkatrade Stadium) with which League 2 side?
Crawley Town
407
Arsenal Ladies play their football at Meadow Park, a stadium shared with which National League side which play in Hertfordshire?
Boreham Wood FC
408
Aston Villa Ladies play their football at Bescot Stadium, a stadium shared with which League 2 football team?
Walsall
409
Bristol City, Bristol City Women, Bristol Bears rugby union all play at which stadium?
Ashton Gate Stadium
410
Which Womens Super League football team play at Kingsmeadow?
Chelsea
411
Which Womens Super League football team play at Walton Hall Park?
Everton
412
Leicester and Leicester Women play at which stadium?
King Power Stadium
413
Liverpool Ladies play at Prenton Park, the home of which League 2 football team?
Tranmere Rovers
414
Stadium of Leigh Leopards, Manchester United's Under-21 and Academy teams, and Manchester United W.F.C
Leigh Sports Village
415
Tottenham Hotspur Women play at Brisbane Road, shared by which League 1 football club?
Leyton Orient
416
West Ham United Women play at Victoria Road, shared with which National League football team?
Dagenham & Redbridge
417
What surname is shared by two significant Labour party figures and a children’s TV character who debuted in 1971?
Benn
418
Which author wrote Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, Mr Benn and "Not Now, Bernard"?
David McKee
419
What surname is shared by the author of Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, a significant Labour party figure and a much-loved British TV character who debuted in 1968?
Wilson
420
Pete King was partner with whom in the eponymously named London jazz club?
Ronnie Scott's
421
Which Indian national founded the Natural Law party in 1992 and the Global Country of World Peace in 2000?
The Maharishi Yogi
422
In which 1957 Agatha Christie novel does Miss Marple’s friend Mrs McGillicuddy witness a murder?
The 4:50 from Paddington (in America sold as What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!)
423
Which brand of disposable nappies has been marketed by Kimberly-Clark since 1977 originally under Kleenex brand?
Huggies
424
American brand of baby and toddler products marketed by Procter & Gamble in 1961.
Pampers
425
Who became the second female president of Ireland in 1997?
Mary McAleese
426
Which British saloon car was in production from 1971 to 1980 when it was superseded by the Ital?
Morris Marina
427
Which Spanish city is known in Basque as Donostia?
San Sebastian
428
Whose gossip column in the LA Times debuted in 1938?
Hedda Hopper
429
Which singer began collaborating with Murray Perahia after the death of his long-term, professional and personal, partner in 1976?
Peter Pears
430
Which Texan geographical feature gave its name to a 1948 Western starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift?
Red River
431
Which London street’s name is derived from a ball game which was played there during the 17th century?
Pall Mall
432
Which London street, just north of Pall Mall, is home to Burlington House, home of the Royal Academy?
Piccadilly
433
The Welsh actor Tony Adams played which character for over 10 years in the TV soap Crossroads?
Adam Chance
434
Which magazine, founded by George Newnes, was published from 1891 to 1950?
The Strand
435
Founded in 1966, which British adult magazine for men was designed as a response to US magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse?
Mayfair
436
Originally released in 1964, which novelty song, recorded by Patrick MacNee and Honor Blackman, reached number 5 in the UK singles chart when it was re-released in 1990?
Kinky Boots
437
Which Britpop-associated act released the album Dog Man Star in 1994? It was the last album to feature the band’s original guitarist, Bernard Butler.
Suede
438
Which Britpop-associated band featured ex-Suede member Justine Frischmann, also famous as Damon Albarn’s girlfriend?
Elastica
439
To what was Lord Palmerston referring when he remarked: “Only three men in Europe had ever understood it; one was dead, the second was in an asylum, and the third [Palmerston himself] had forgotten it”?
The Schleswig Holstein Question
440
Which lawyer and publisher, born in Washington DC in 1960, died in a plane crash in 1999?
John Kennedy Jr
441
Which British judo champion and professional wrestler appeared as Bomber in Auf Wiedersehn Pet on TV?
Pat Roach
442
Which South African snooker player won BBC's Pot Black on his first attempt in 1977?
Perrie Mans
443
What is the surname of father and son Australian cricketers Geoff and Mitchell?
Marsh
444
Along with Kris Kristofferson, who had a number 1 album in 1977 titled A Star is Born?
Barbra Streisand
445
Which television and film actor had a number 1 single with ‘Don’t Give Up on Us’ in 1977? Both names required.
David Soul
446
Which band had an album titled Atom Heart Mother at number 1 for one week in 1970?
Pink Floyd
447
Which much-garlanded Cheshire-born children’s author wrote the 1973 fantasy novel Red Shift, as well as The Owl Service and The Weirdstone of Brisingamen?
Alan Garner
448
The most famous red Burgundy wines are made using which grape variety?
Pinot Noir
449
What G is the most common variety of red wine grape for chateauneuf du pape and cote du rhone?
Grenache
450
The mineral Blue John is only found in two mines in the UK. Inwhich Derbyshire village are these mines?
Castleton
451
Frankie Howerd’s film and TV comedy Up Pompeii! was loosely based on and inspired by which ancient Roman playwright’s comedies? Also SHakespeare's comedy of errors.
Plautus
452
Which Shakespeare play contains the speech which begins ‘All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely Players’?
As You Like It
453
In the Book of Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar had three men cast into a fiery furnace. Name them (one point each, all three for a pass).
SHADRACH/MESHACH/ ABEDNEGO
454
What three-word term is used for when a theatre gives away tickets for free in order to boost the size of the audience?
Papering the House
455
Where, according to the Book of Revelation, will the last battle between good and evil take place?
Armageddon
456
How many books are there in the Protestant Bible, including both Old and New Testaments?
66
457
Lazarus was dead for four days before Christ raised him. What are the alliterative names of his two sisters?
Mary and Martha
458
How many psalms are there in the eponymous Old Testament Book?
150
459
Rhyming towns: These are two shipbuilding towns, the first in north-east England, the second in the north-west. The former ceased shipbuilding in 1980, but the latter continues to do so.
Jarrow/Barrow
460
The first of these is a town in north-west England famed for black pudding; the second is a Northern Ireland city now known again by its original name.
Bury/Derry
461
The first of these English towns is in Nottinghamshire on the east coast mainline; the other is in Norfolk, and contains statues of the English radical Tom Paine (born there) and the English actor Arthur Lowe, who filmed a lot of Dad’s Army there.
RETFORD/THETFORD
462
The first is a market town in the north of England with a racecourse and a fine mediaeval abbey; the second, birthplace of Robbie Savage, was a town in Wales, but has now been upgraded to city status, as of 20 May 2022.
Hexham/Wrexham
463
The first is a market town in north-east Wales which sports a ruined castle and mediaeval town walls; the second is a seaside resort in Pembrokeshire, also with a castle and town walls.
Denbigh/Tenby
464
What is the name of Ken Loach’s latest film (and of the pub at the centre of the story), which chronicles the effect the arrival of Syrian refugees has on a poverty-stricken ex-pit village in County Durham?
The Old Oak
465
What is the name of the Staffordshire pub which was burnt down and then controversially demolished in August of this year?
The Crooked House
466
What is the name of the highest pub in England?
Tan Hill Inn
467
Who was shot and killed by Reggie Kray in the Blind Beggar pub, Whitechapel, in 1966?
George Cornell
468
Which village on Lewis has given its name to a remarkable collection of late-Neolithic standing stones?
Callanish Stones
469
Several species of land mammal have been introduced to the Western Isles (the Outer Hebrides), while the origin of the mice and voles now found there is unknown. But what is the only known land mammal native to the Western Isles?
Eurasian Otter
470
Which island has the largest colony of puffins in the UK?
St Kilda
471
Who wrote the 1947 novel Whisky Galore, which was based on a real-life incident off the Hebridean island of Eriskay?
Compton MacKenzie
472
Which English king, who reigned from1307 until 1327, is buried in Gloucester Cathedral?
Edward II
473
What is the family residence of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Gloucestershire?
Highgrove House
474
What was the Roman name for Gloucester?
Glevum
475
Inspired by his train’s halt at a village railway station in the pre-war summer of 1914, the poet Edward Thomas wrote an atmospheric poem extolling the beauties of nature. What is the one-word title of this poem, which is also the name of the village?
Adlestrop
476
What is the name of the 102-mile long-distance footpath, almost entirely in Gloucestershire, whose terminal points are Chipping Campden in the north and Bath in the south?
Cotswold Way
477
Diyu is the realm of the dead in the mythology of which Asian country?
China
478
Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar".
Eugene Ysaye
479
Musician Glenn Frey was the frontman for what rock band?
Eagles
480
Paired with actin, what name is given to the family of fibrous motor proteins that play a role in muscle contraction and other motility processes in eukaryotes?
Myosins
481
The Formula One Team AlphaTauri is currently owned by which Austrian conglomerate?
Red Bull
482
Chinese general Zeng Guofan was best known for organising the Xiang Army to help the Qing military in suppressing what uprising that lasted from 1850 to 1871 and led by an ethnic Hakka who claimed to be a brother of Jesus Christ?
Taiping Rebellion
483
Which ancient Greek playwright wrote the works Medea, Electra, and The Trojan Women among others?
Euripides
484
Actress Margo Martindale portrayed which New York congresswoman and social activist in the 2020 FX limited series Mrs America?
Bella Abzug
485
The hryvnia is the official currency of which country?
Ukraine
486
Jason Statham and Ed Skrein portrayed Frank Martin, the protagonist in which French action thriller franchise?
Transporter
487
The detective novel Bleeding Edge, published in 2013, is the most recent literary work written by which award-winning author?
Thomas Pynchon
488
Which orchestral brass instrument, used to identify the wolf in Prokofiev’s Peter and The Wolf, is the only such instrument where the valves are operated left-handed?
French Horn
489
Which feature of American Football was first created by quarterback Paul D Hubbard in 1894 playing for Gaulladet University against Pennsylvania School for the Deaf?
The Huddle
490
How many participants are there in an official Tug of War International Federation team?
8
491
At the 2023 English outdoor tug of war championships, teams from one English city took the men’s titles in all 6 weight categories. As well as being tug of war-obsessed, this city is home to one of the four surviving copies of Magna Carta and to England’s oldest canal still in use, having been first dug by the Romans in 120 AD. Which city?
Lincoln
492
Tug of War is the title of an episode set in 1917 in which 1970s ITV drama series set in Eaton Place in Belgravia which portrays the slow decline of the British aristocracy?
Upstairs Downstairs
493
Which Australian fast bowler was the first man to take a hat trick in both Cricket World Cups and in T20 international cricket, and top scored in Australia’s 2nd innings at the Edgbaston test in 2005, which Australia lost by 2 runs? After retiring from cricket, he plays bass guitar with Australian rock band Six and Out.
Brett Lee
494
what is the name of Amazon’s cloud gaming platform which launched in the UK in May this year?
Luna
495
Who won a Military Medal as a stretcher bearer at The Battle of the Somme and lived at Cherry Tree Cottage with his hard-of-hearing spinster sisters, Dolly and Cissy?
Private Godfrey in Dad’s Army
496
Which name connects an area of London which was the centre of the publishing trade until destroyed by the Blitz in 1940 and now houses the London Stock Exchange, a non-stop passenger elevator, a set of prayer beads, and a series of glacial lakes connected by a single stream?
Paternoster
497
Which word taken from the Cantonese for “demon” was the name of the originally cute furry creatures in the 1984 film Gremlins, and is also the name of a Scottish band whose album As the Love Continues reached number 1 in the UK album charts in 2021?
Mogwai
498
Ethiopian athlete who competed in long-distance track events and international road races. She has won three Olympic track gold medals (5k 2008/12, 10k 2012). She was the 5000 metres (outdoor track) world record holder until 2020 when Letesenbet Gidey set her world record. She is nicknamed the "Baby Faced Destroyer". Sister of Genzebe.
Tirunesh Dibaba
499
Australian former competitive swimmer. She won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing: 200m medley, 400m medley and 4x200m freestyle.
Stephanie Rice
500
former American pole vaulter. She is an Olympic gold medalist and a multiple-time world champion. 2000 Sydney gold and 1999 Seville and 2001 Edmonton world champion.
Stacy Dragila
501
Dutch former competitive swimmer. She is a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record-holder. 2000 Sydney 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle at 2004 Athens.
Inge de Bruijn
502
retired Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the heptathlon, pentathlon, long jump and triple jump. She was an Olympic Champion, having won the heptathlon title in 2004. only athlete ever to win three consecutive world titles in the heptathlon (2003, 2005, 2007).
Carolina Kluft
503
Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in any cycling discipline. In 2004, won the Giro d'Italia Femminile the youngest winner and the first British cyclist, male or female, to win a Grand Tour.
Nicola Cooke
504
Dutch professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam SD Worx. She won the 2021 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, her first win in a monument classic.
Demi Vollering
505
Belgian road and track racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam SD Worx, and the 2023 UCI Elite Women's World Road Race Champion.[7] She is a multiple world champion on the track, having won six gold medals across four UCI Track Cycling World Championships; Was 1st Points Classification at Tour des France Femmes in 2023.
Lotte Kopecky
506
Dutch cyclist won Road Race and Time Trial Golds at Sydney 2000 and also 2004 Athens Time Trial.
Leontien van Moorsel
507
Australian athlete two time world champion in 2003 and 2007 400m hurdles. Golds at Commonwealths. One of only ten to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event. Also competed in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics, making her the first Australian female athlete to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.
Dr Jana Pittman
508
Which MP for Cheltenham became Secretary of Justice in April 2023 succeeding Dominic Raab?
Alex Chalk
509
Steve Barclay was moved to which cabinet role in November 2023?
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
510
Which MP for Louth and Horncastle became Secretary of Health and Social Care in November 2023?
Victoria Atkins
511
MP for South East Cambridgeshire British politician and barrister serving as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport since February 2023
Lucy Frazer
512
Who is Leader of the House of Lords since September 2022?
Lord True
513
Scientist born 1774 Paris: French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who co-discovered the namesake–Savart law of magnetostatics with Félix Savart, established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light. CGS unit of electrical current named after him.
Jean-Baptiste Biot
514
When magnetostatics does not apply, the Biot–Savart law should be replaced by which Ukrainian born American scientist's equations? give the electric field and magnetic field due to a distribution of electric charges and electric current in space, that takes into account the propagation delay (retarded time) of the fields due to the finite speed of light and relativistic effects. Used for MOVING currents.
Oleg D. Jefimenko
515
Which U.S. president has been played on screen by Bob Gunton, Frank Langella, and Anthony Hopkins?
Richard Nixon
516
Which Manchester-born painter turned down a knighthood in 1968?
LS Lowry
517
Matching two of the stripes on the Spanish flag, what colour jersey is awarded to the race leader in the Vuelta a España cycle race?
Red
518
Which Lakes poet wrote the sonnet Surprised by Joy?
William Wordsworth
519
Which Hemsworth brother starred in The Hunger Games?
Liam
520
Which Egyptian god lost an eye in a fight with his uncle Seth before having it restored by Thoth?
Horus
521
Which electronic medical device was invented in 1926 by the Australians Mark Lidwill and Edgar Booth?
Artifical Pacemaker
522
In 1893, England cricketer C.B. Fry equalled the world record in which athletics discipline?
Long Jump
523
Which Strait separates the Russian island of Sakhalin from Japan?
La Pérouse
524
What animal links a 1953 collage by Henri Matisse, a fairy-tale by Hans Christian Andersen, and a children's picture book by Julia Donaldson?
Snail (The Snail, The Snail and the Rose Tree, The Snail and the Whale)
525
Which Caribbean country gained its independence from the UK in 1962?
Jamaica
526
Lambert Strether and Chadwick Newsome are characters in which novel by Henry James?
The Ambassadors
527
Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical features the song Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad?
Tell Me On A Sunday
528
Which Soviet filmmaker directed the 1929 experimental documentary Man with a Movie Camera?
Dziga Vertov
529
Which tall colourful annual flowering plant is also known as larkspur?
Delphinium
530
Which hamlet in West Sussex shares its name with the British policeman in the sitcom 'Allo 'Allo?
Crabtree
531
Which variety of green tea is only grown in the area around West Lake in Hangzhou, China?
Dragon Well aka Longjing
532
Italy's longest motorway, the A1, runs for 468 miles between Milan and which other city?
Naples
533
Which American author wrote the novels The Dutch House and Bel Canto?
Ann Patchett
534
In which year did all of the following take place: Svetlana Khorkina won her third all-around title at the World Gymnastics Championships, Robert Pires scored the only goal in the FA Cup final between Arsenal and Southampton, and Usain Bolt graduated from William Knibb Memorial High School?
2003
535
In which northwestern Argentinian city is the Museum of High Altitude Archaeology?
Salta
536
In 1994, which Norwegian explorer became the first woman to ski solo to the South Pole?
Liv Arnesen
537
What is the shared 2-word title of the 1955 song which became Little Richard's first big hit, and a 1987 BBC drama written by John Byrne and starring Robbie Coltrane which won six BAFTAs?
Tutti Frutti
538
What is the two-word name of the famous portrait by Lady Butler which shows the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo? These two words were also tattoed on Sean Connery
Scotland Forever
539
What is the shared 1-word title of a Buddy Holly rockabilly song, and a long-running ITV drama set in the North Riding of Yorkshire?
Heartbeat
540
Which woman was the reigning monarch of the Netherlands during WW2? She held this role from 1890 until her abdication in 1948
Queen Wilhelmina
541
What 9-letter word beginning with "T" (for Tango) could be described in the dictionary as persistent, stubborn, obstinate or holding together?
Tenacious
542
Which 9-letter word beginning with "E" (for Echo) could be described in the dictionary as showing or revealing very strong feelings?
Emotional
543
French cavalry charges at Waterloo proved relatively fruitless as Wellington's experienced soldiers were drilled into what infantry formation?
Infantry Squares
544
The world famous Grand Anse beach is located in which Caribbean country?
Grenada
545
Which 9-letter word beginning with "A" (for Alpha) could be described in the dictionary as withdrawn or isolated from the objective world?
Alienated
546
In 1990 unidentified thieves stole thirteen works of art collectively valued at $500 million from what museum in Boston, Massachusetts?
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
547
The person who betrayed Anne Frank was supposedly found by which famed Nazi hunter in 1963? This man also played a small role in locating Adolf Eichmann, who was captured by the Mossad in Buenos Aires
Simon WIESENTHAL
548
After defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon abdicated in favour of his son Napoleon II whose mother was which woman? They were married between 1810 and Napoleon's death in 1821
Marie Louise of Austria
549
In the 1987 movie "The Witches of Eastwick", which of the actresses playing the titular witches was the oldest in real life? This woman was married to the musician Greg Allmann in the 1970s
Cher
550
The sung and rapped through musical "Hamilton" was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, but it is based on which man's 2004 biography "Alexander Hamilton"? This man also wrote Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller
Ron Chernow
551
What was the name of the soldier who captured the regimental eagle of France's 45th regiment of the line at Waterloo? His name lives on as a pub name very close to Edinburgh Castle esplanade where he is buried
Ensign Ewart
552
What is the shared 4-word title of a 1996 britpop hit for Sleeper, and a British game show that ran through the 1970s and was hosted by Nicholas Parsons?
Sale of the Century
553
What is the shared three word title of a 1970 UK number one hit for Freda Payne, or a mid 1990s Kay Mellor TV series about a group of prostitutes who live and work in Bradford's red-light district?
Band of Gold
554
What time is referenced in the name of the Danny Robins play which has been receiving rave reviews since it began in London's West End in 2021? Lilly Allen, James Buckley and Giovanna Fletcher have all starred
2:22 (a Ghost Story)
555
Which woman, who has been married to Warren Beaty since 1992, starred opposite Jack Nicholson in "Mars Attacks!"?
Annette Bening
556
Which Italian man won the Queen's Club tennis championship in 2022? The previous year he was the runner up at Wimbledon
Matteo BERRETTINI
557
Italian tennis player won 2023 Canadian Open, made semi-final at 2023 Wimbledon, quarters in 2022 at Australian and US Open, QF French Open in 2020.
Jannik Sinner
558
With a name coming from the Hawaiian langauge term for "Spouting fresh water", what is the most famous beach in Honolulu?
Waikiki
559
What was the name of the American neo noir erotic thriller that starred Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange? It was the fourth adaptation of a 1934 novel by James M Cain
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
560
In 1835 Richard Lawrence became the first person to attempt to assassinate a sitting US president when he failed to kill which man at the US Capitol?
Andrew Jackson
561
In 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin, which had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States, was published. Who wrote it?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
562
In 1867 which US secretary of state negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million?
William H Seward
563
Back in 1929 the First Academy Awards ceremony was hosted by what man? Many years later it would be claimed that this actor's son was the infamous "Headless Man" in the Duchess of Argyll divorce case.
Douglas FAIRBANKS
564
The panel show called "The Unbelievable Truth" has been entertaining Radio 4 listeners since 2007. It is presented by David Mitchell but was devised by which other man? He was part of the comedy team which had a hit with "Funky Gibbon" in the 1970s
Graeme Garden
565
Which Russian novelist and playwright was one of the first to use the technique of the grotesque, in works such as "The Nose", "The Overcoat", and "Nevsky Prospekt"?
Nikolai Gogol
566
1929 saw the rise of the Lapua Movement, an ultra-nationalist, pro-Fascist movement in which country? It was banned after a failed coup three years later
Finland
567
Since 1998 who has been the host of the Radio 4 show called "From our own correspondent"? The satirical British puppet TV show Spitting Image depicted this woman as a thrill seeker, giving her the title "BBC Head of Bravery" and featuring her puppet in dangerous situations
Kate Adie
568
On the Radio 4 Bookclub a new novel is chosen each month and then the author is invited on to discuss it. Which Scottish radio and news presenter is the host of this show? For 21 years he was one of the main presenters on the Today programme
Jim Naughtie
569
Which well known cartoon character was created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1929? Originally part of a comic strip called "Thimble Theatre", this character is still well known today and starred in a live action movie in 1980
Popeye
570
Volvo is a brand name that will always be associated with Sweden and Gothenburg, but since 2010 Volvo has been part of which Chinese holding group?
Geely
571
Another inappropriate song to play at a funeral, which 1983 UK top ten hit begins with the line, "I used to think maybe you loved me now baby I'm sure"?
Walking On Sunshine
572
The archaeological sites known as the Island of Meroe are now in Sudan, but the site was once the centre of which kingdom, a major force active from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE?
Kush
573
Which former member of the chart-topping group The Scaffold is the host of the Radio 4 show "Poetry Please"?
Roger McGough
574
Who ruled the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia between 757 and his death in 796? This man persuaded Pope Adrian I to divide the archdiocese of Canterbury in two, creating a new archdiocese of Lichfield, and thus reducing the power of Canterbury
Offa
575
Which Russian writer who was nominated for the Nobel Prize five times gave us the play called "The Lower Depths" and the novel "The Life of Klim Sangin"?
Maxim Gorky
576
Which man presents the Radio 4 business show "The Bottom Line"? On TV he has presented the BBC show Dragon's Den since it began in 2005
Evan Davis
577
What Swedish shipping company, founded in 1962, are one of the largest ferry operators in the world? Headquartered in Gothenburg, they operate a number of routes in the UK incliuding Belfast to Cairnryan
Stena Line
578
Founded 1904, Danish shipping and logistics company founded in 1904 by Arnold Peter Møller and Peter Møller
Maersk
579
With an estimated capacity of 35,000, the Amphitheatre of El Jem is an extremely impressive Roman ampitheatre and a UNESCO world heritage site. it was constructed by the local proconsul Gordian, who became emperor as Gordian II. In which modern day country will you find the ampitheatre of El Jem?
Tunisia
580
What is the name of the Radio 4 Quiz show hosted by Steve Punt where a team of three students take on a team of three Professors? It has been running since 2011 and moves from University to Unversity for recordings
The Third Degree
581
The UNESCO world heritage site known as the Sangha Trinational is split between Cameroon, Congo and which other country?
Central African Republic
582
I'm sure some people would plump for the 1992 song "Hate everything about you" to be played at an enemy's funeral. Which band released that song? Their name was a spoof of the punk band "Pretty Boy Floyd"
Ugly Kid Joe
583
Which English-American author of historic novels is best known for The Saxon Stories, a series of 13 novels about the making of England, and for his novels about the Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe?
Bernard Cornwell
584
The Scottish singer Shirley Manson is mostly known for her work with "Garbage" but she was previously the keyboardist and singer with which band with a three-word name? The debut album of this band was Good deeds and dirty rags".
Goodbye Mr McKenzie
585
In 1929 the Graf Zepellin flew right around the world. What does the word Graf mean? It is a rank of nobility in Germany
Count
586
What was the two-word name of the ambitious BBC Radio 4 World War 1 drama which was based on historical events exactly one hundred years before the date of broadcast?
Home Front
587
The legend of King Alfred burning the cakes is supposed to have taken place in what marshy area of Southwest England? Today this wetland area between the Mendips and the Quantocks contains over 30 sites of special scientific interest. Two word answer please
Somerset Levels
588
Aapravasi Ghatis was a building complex used by British Empire representatives to process indentured labourers. From 1849 to 1923, half a million Indian indentured labourers passed through the Immigration Depot. In which island nation will you find Aapravasi Ghat?
Mauritius
589
Fort Jesus was the only fort maintained by the Portuguese on the Swahili coast of Africa, and is recognised as a testament to the first successful attempt by a Western power to establish influence over the Indian Ocean trade. In which country will you find Fort Jesus today?
Kenya
590
What is the two word name of Radio 4's weekly personal finance show hosted by Paul Lewis?
Money Box
591
Which band became famous with the instrumental song "Wipe Out" in 1963? Their band name references a common pastime in their Southern California homeland
The Surfaris
592
In the early Soviet Union what word became a vague reference to property ownership among peasants who were considered hesitant allies of the Bolshevik Revolution? In 1929 officials enacted a number of policies which penalised this group of farmers
Kulaks
593
What slightly derogatory nickname was given to the 1929 General election in the UK given because it was the first in which women aged 21–29 had the right to vote?
The Flapper Election
594
The filming of the 1994 comedy western "Wagon's East" was halted when which man died? This famous actor had agreed to take part in the film due to the fact that he owed more than $1 million due to his stake as a minority owner of the bankrupt Toronto Argonauts football team
John Candy
595
Each weekday Radio 4 runs a 5:45am show which takes a closer look at what industry? The Scottish show "Landward" and a UK wide show featuring the presenter Ellie Harrison also cover this topic
Farming
596
Now part of a very small Northumbrian village, which impressive castle was once the capital of the Kingdom of Bernicia? The original fort was destroyed by the Vikings in 993 but rebuilt by the Normans, with their fortress becoming the core of the present-day Castle
Bamburgh Castle
597
Shirley Jones starred in which musical sitcom based loosely on the real-life musical family The Cowsills? This ABC show's original run was in the early 1970s
The Partridge Family
598
Which Irish monk and missionary is credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria? The Venerable Bede gave a detailed account of this man who founded a monastic cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne
St Aidan
599
The Heptarchy of seven petty kingdons of 5th to 8th century England were eventually consolidated into East Anglia, Wessex, Northumbria and where else? The name of this kingdomeis a latinisation of the Old English for "Borderland"
Mercia
600
The Maloti-Drakensberg Park is a UNESCO world heritage site that covers both South Africa and what other country?
Lesotho
601
What "A" are Swedish-Danish Co-Operative who are the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia and the largest dairy in the United Kingdom?
Arla Foods
602
What was the 5-letter name of the king's council in Anglo-Saxon England from before the seventh century until the 11th century?
Witan
603
Vladimir Zworykin took out the first patent for what specific invention in 1929? He was a rival of Philo Farnsworth. I'm after a two-word answer please
Colour Television
604
What three word term is usually used to describe the coalition of Scandinavian warriors who invaded England in AD 865? Led by three of the five sons of Lagnar Rodbrok, the campaign of invasion and conquest against the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms lasted 14 years.
Great Heathen Army
605
The filming of the 2011 sports movie "Stretch", set in Macau, had to be halted when which American member of the cast died? This man was widely known to audiences due to his role of Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s
David Carradine
606
Based in Angelholm, Sweden, which manufacturer of high performance sports cars currently hold the world record for the fastest production car? They set this with their Agera RS model in 2017
Koenigsegg
607
With territory stretching from what is now East Lothian to County Durham, what was the name of the ancient Britonnic and then Anglo-Saxon kingdom which merged with Deira to form the Kingdom of Northumbria?
Bernicia
608
Which controversial online index of digital content of entertainment media and software was founded in Sweden in 2003? In April 2009, the website's founders were found guilty in Sweden for assisting in copyright infringement
The Pirate Bay
609
Born Ambrogio Ratti, who was the Pope at the time of the signing of the 1929 Lateran Treaty, which established the sovereignty of the Vatican City?
Pius XI
610
The 2006 robbery of which Swedish company's depot in Tonbridge, Surrey is regarded as the UK's largest ever cash heist? The criminals stole £53m, but left behind much more as they did not have enough room to transport it.
Securitas
611
A notable example of the Islamic architectural style that later spread throughout the region, the Tomb of Askia, thought to be the burial place of Askia Mohamed I, is located in which country?
Mali
612
Taking its name from the building it is recorded in, what is the name of BBC Radio 4's Sunday morning current affairs show which has neen hosted by Paddy O'Connell since 2006?
Broadcasting House
613
Home to the Southern Tree Hyrax, the Rwenzori mountains national park also contains Africa's third highest mountain. In what African country will you find the Rwenzori park?
Uganda
614
Mount Stanley in Rwenzori Mountains National Park is shared by which two countries?
DRC and Uganda
615
A testimony to the encounters between Africa and Europe from pre-colonial times to independence, the UNESCO world heritage site known as Kunta Kinteh island can be found in which country? This is the smallest country of mainland Africa
Gambia
616
The 1962 movie "Something's got to give" was abandoned after the death of Marilyn Monroe. Studio bosses took the plot, hired a new cast and crew and remade it the following year with Doris Day and James Garner starring. What was the name of that movie? The theme song also became a big hit for Doris Day. 3-word answer
Move Over Darling
617
A populariser of Russian literature in the West, which man's novel "Fathers and Sons" is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction?
Ivan Turgenev
618
"I'm so excited" was a massive hit for The Pointer Sisters in the 1980s, but it was used in a TV advert for which chocolate bar in the 1990s? Usually found in a gold wrapper, it is made by Cadbury now but was originally launched in the UK by J. S. Fry & Sons in 1929
Crunchie
619
After pausing its operations in Russia due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Pernod Ricard resumed the export of which Swedish vodka brand in April 2023, leading to much criticism in Sweden?
Absolut
620
Another one bites the dust, might be a rather inappropriate song to play at a funeral but it was a great hit for Queen. Who wrote it? This man also wrote the Queen hit "I want to break free"
John Deacon
621
A very bad taste song to play at a funeral would be which 1969 Rolling Stones song which begins: "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste"?
Sympathy for the Devil
622
Easy B: What animal features on Valencia CF's team badge and appears on the coat of arms of many cities and regions in Eastern Spain?
Bat
623
Hard C: What country uses the country-code Top Level domain name .km?
Comoros
624
What fabric's English name comes from the name of a Palestinian area sadly very much in the news?
Gauze
625
Ireland's football (soccer) second most-capped player's name is actually not his g---- name, in this case. That would be a presumption!
Given
626
In North America, this fabric is known as "burlap". By what name is this sackcloth more widely known?
Hessian
627
What is the name of this Brahmic script found mainly in Java, and on which the modern Javanese script is based?
Kawi
628
Coming from the Greek for "rule by few", what term do we give to the power structure that this describes?
Oligarchy
629
If you were flying to an airport with the IATA code "KIV", what country would you be flying to?
Moldova (Chisinau)
630
What name is given to a traditional gathering of Native Americans and First Nations communities, that often involves dancing and singing?
Pow-Wow
631
You may know them as Moonfish or Sunfish, but by what other four-letter name is this fish known?
Opah
632
Coming from the Arabic for the word for "channel", what ancient system of transporting water originated in what is now Iran?
Qanat
633
What word links a type of potato, a bird one would expect to see on a farm, and the nickname of a number of sports teams in the USA?
Rooster
634
"Magic Minotaur", "Jammy Jellyfish", "Groovy Gorilla" and "Cosmic Cuttlefish" are all versions of what open source operating system distributed by Linux?
Ubuntu
635
Called "Teamhair" in the original Irish, by what name do we know the hill and ancient burial site in County Meath, Ireland? It was the traditionally the seat of the High Kings of Ireland.
Tara
636
Easy V: What coastal resort in Cuba is best known for having one of the best beaches in the world?
Varadero
637
Hard X: What city in Ohio has been devastated by hurricanes over the years? Its name comes from the Greek for "hospitality",
Xenia
638
What name links a Spanish style of light opera, the palace of the Spanish royal family, and a fish stew popular in Catalonia?
Zarzuela
639
Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical features the songs “My Girl Back Home” and “Younger than Springtime”?
South Pacific
640
What is the capital of the island of Sardinia?
Cagliari
641
After the Loire, which is the second longest river wholly within France?
Seine
642
Third longest river in France? At Arles splits into Great and Little.
Rhone
643
Fourth longest river in France? Pyrenees to Bourdeaux
Garonne
644
The symbol of a black cockerel on the neck of the bottle characterises which well-known type of red wine?
Chianti (Classico)
644
What are the well-known first words of “Casabianca” by Mrs Hemans, a poem which chronicles an incident during the battle of the Nile?
The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck
645
In the game of chess, which piece would be the subject of a development manoeuvre called a “Fianchetto”? Italian for flank.
Bishop
646
In the card game “Black Maria”, what penalty is incurred, at the end of the deal, by a player who holds the queen of spades?
13
647
Who designed the cast iron and plate glass structure known as the “Crystal Palace” which housed part of the Great Exhibition of 1851?
Joseph Paxton
648
The popular TV drama “Death in Paradise”, set on the island of St. Marie, is filmed on which real Caribbean Island?
Guadeloupe
649
Which peninsula forms the easternmost part of the coast of Kent?
Isle of Thanet
650
“Jetfire”, “Minnow” and “Rip Van Winkle” are popular dwarf varieties of which spring flowering plant?
Daffodil
651
The presence of the term “praecox” on a plant label indicates what?
Flowers come out Before Leaves
652
Which single word musical term is an instruction for a piece to be played “at a walking pace”
Andante
653
Which musical instrument’s name is derived from the Greek meaning “sweet voiced”?
Euphonium
654
As of April 2023, what is the current standard NHS prescription charge per item?
£9.65
655
On which British canal would you find the system of 8 lochs known as “Neptune’s Staircase”?
Caledonian Canal
656
A small, erect tailed, Eurasian bird and a nationwide British kitchen installation company.
Wren
657
Which was the first alcoholic drink to be nationally advertised on British TV?
Babycham
658
Which highly celebrated English brass band featured in the 1996 film “Brassed Off”?
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
659
Which was the first alcoholic drink to be nationally advertised on British TV?
Blue (in 2014)
660
In the card game contract bridge, how many tricks are required for a “game” when clubs is the trump suit?
Eleven
661
Which character in “A Midsummer night’s Dream” declares “I know a bank where the wild thyme grows”?
Oberon
662
Which village in N. Yorkshire is home to a Benedictine monastery and a Catholic public school?
Ampleforth
663
German general. Sometimes referred to as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany during World War II. Chiefly remembered for his role as the last commander of Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944, when he allegedly disobeyed Adolf Hitler's orders to destroy the city, and instead surrendered it to Free French forces when they entered the city on 25 August
Dietrich von Choltitz
664
In which fictional town is the TV detective series “A Touch of Frost” set?
Denton
665
Which city on New Zealand’s North Island is renowned for its extensive Art Deco architecture and annual festival of Art Deco history and heritage?
Napier
666
Which famous English cyclist, who died in 1995, won 72 National time trial championships and 5 pursuit World Championships?
Beryl Burton
667
Which Michael Morpurgo novel tells the story of two young 1st World War brothers, one of whom is condemned to be “shot at dawn”?
Private Peaceful
668
Which popular TV presenter, who anchored “World of Sport” from 1968 to 1985, died in February of this year (2023)?
Dickie Davies
669
Which Hanna/Barbera cartoon character’s trademark was a tone-deaf and inaccurate rendition of the song “Oh My Darling Clementine”?
Huckleberry Hound
670
What is the name of the character played by Sarah Lancashire in three series of the popular TV crime drama “Happy Valley”?
Catherine Cawood
671
There are two major theories concerning the beginnings of the universe. One is the “Big Bang” theory; what is the other?
Steady State
672
Which large geographical feature was created by the rain shadow of the Himalayan mountains?
Gobi Desert
673
What name is given to an unstable, snowy overhang formed on a mountain ridge by the action of the wind?
Cornice
674
Richard de Vere and Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton were, at various times, owners of which manor house in a BBC TV sitcom?
Grantleigh Manor
675
Who played Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton in To The Manor Born?
Penelope Keith
676
Who played Richard DeVere in To The Manor Born?
Peter Bowles
677
Name of the butler in To The Manor Born played by John Rudling?
Brabinger
678
In the Beano comic what was the name of Lord Snooty’s home?
Bunkerton Castle
679
Who played the butler Angus Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and as George Cowley, the head of CI5, in The Professionals?
Gordon Jackson
680
In Richard Osman’s TV quiz show “House of Games”, which round is always the last round?
Answer Smash
681
“Ars gratia artis” (the motto of M.G.M.) translates into English as what?
Art for Art's Sake
682
Which commonly used Latin phrase means “when necessary” or “done for a particular purpose”?
Ad Hoc
683
In 4 of his plays, what rather cruel nickname did Shakespeare attribute to Margaret of Anjou, the wife of King Henry VI of England?
She-Wolf of France
684
“Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” is the best-known song from which musical comedy?
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
685
Dubbed “the pearl of the Adriatic” by Lord Byron, which city was known to the Italians as Ragusa?
Dubrovnik
686
“A String of Pearls” is one of the best-known instrumentals by which big band?
Glenn Miller
687
Which well-known actress played Sapphire in the ATV drama “Sapphire and Steel”?
Joanna Lumley (David McCallum was Steel)
688
Overtaking Australia in 2007, which island nation is the world’s largest producer of sapphires?
Madagascar
689
In which 1982 supernatural horror film does a small girl called Carol Anne chillingly whisper “They’re Here”?
Poltergeist
690
In Shakespeare’s play, whose ghost appears to spoil the feast at Macbeth’s accession banquet?
Banquo's Ghost
691
In Greek myth, who is the sorceress who saves Jason’s life and helps him to locate “The Golden Fleece”?
Medea
692
Which actor and playwright wrote the stage comedy-thriller “The Ghost Train”?
Arnold Ridley
693
Which band leader was known as “The King of Swing”?
Benny Goodman
694
Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek army in the Trojan War, was the king of which ancient Greek city state?
Mycenae
695
At which battle of the “Hundred Years War” was Edward, the Black Prince, said to have “won his spurs”?
Crecy
696
Which English composer wrote the music for the ballet “Prince of the Pagodas”?
Benjamin Britten
697
What is the name of the Princess of Ruritania in the adventure trilogy by Anthony Hope?
Flavia
698
What is the sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda by ANthony Hope?
Rupert of Hentzau
699
What is the singular of the word opera?
Opus
700
What would you get if you ordered Suppa Inglese in an Italian restaurant.
Trifle
701
“Oh, to be in England, Now that April’s there” is the first line of which well-known poem by Robert Browning?
Home Thoughts from Abroad
702
On which mountain in the English lake district might you climb the knife-edge ridge known as “Sharp Edge”?
Blencathra
703
The stone circle known as the “Ring of Brodgar” and the small seaside town of Stromness are located on which of the Orkney islands?
Mainland
704
The National Forest was designed to connect two, already existing, ancient Midlands forests; Needwood Forest in the west and which forest in the east?
Charnwood
705
In 1958 the song “Catch a Falling Star” was the first song to be certificated for 1 million record sales. Who sang it?
Perry Como
706
In which book of the Old Testament of the Bible is the story of the “Tower of Babel”?
Genesis
707
In the “Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy” which super-computer was charged with the task of finding “the answer to life, the universe and everything”?
Deep Thought
708
What is the name of Sauron’s “Dark Tower” in Mordor, in Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings”?
Barad-Dur
709
St. Michael’s Tower crowns the summit of which English hill linked to Celtic mythology and Arthurian legend?
Glastonbury Tor
710
Under which ruler did the Roman Empire reach its greatest geographical area in the year 117 CE?
Trajan
711
What is the popular name for Prunella modularis, the common British garden bird also called the hedge sparrow?
Dunnock
712
What is the common name of Falco tinnunculus, the bird which Gerard Manley Hopkins called The Windhover in his 1877 poem?
Kestrel
713
What is missing from the following list of poems in TS Eliot's Four Quartets: Little Gidding, East Coker, The Dry Salvages?
Burnt Norton
714
What is missing from the following list of operas in Wagner's Ring Cycle: Rheingold, The Valkyrie, Twilight of the Gods?
Siegfried
715
Name the medieval theologian, born in 1033, who first propounded the ontological argument for the existence of God.
St Anselm
716
Which theologian from the late Roman empire, born 354 CE, wrote a book called The City of God?
Augustine of Hippo
717
Which large bay and multiple estuary is fed by the rivers Witham, Welland, Nene and Great Ouse?
The Wash
718
Lee Marvin won his only Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of the dual roles of Kid Shelleen and Tim Strawn in which 1965 comedy western film?
Cat Ballou
719
The following sentence is an extract from which famous literary work: "Hush, the babies are sleeping, the farmers, the fishers, the tradesmen and pensioners, cobbler, schoolteacher, postman and publican, the undertaker and the fancy woman, drunkard, dressmaker, preacher, policeman, the web foot cocklewomen and the tidy wives."?
Under Milk Wood
720
What is the collective name given to the trilogy of novels written by Evelyn Waugh between 1952 and 1961, loosely based on his World War II experiences? Daniel Craig starred in the 2001 Channel 4 dramatisation.
Sword of Honour
721
Which 1985 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks describes the case histories of some of his patients? Its title suggests a marital, millinery misunderstanding.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat
722
What was the nickname of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon who lived from 1743 to 1827? The name is also given to a Scottish military march and features prominently in the Manchester United supporters’ song The Pride of All Europe.
The Cock of the North
723
Which influential group released the album Music from Big Pink in 1968?
The Band
724
What was the title of Bruce Lee’s second major movie released in 1972?
Fist of Fury
725
Name the large Cornish coastal village, 10 miles from Newquay and 5 miles from Redruth, that hosts the former Wheal Coates tin mine.
St Agnes
726
Which actor, born in Belfast in 1953, was nominated for an Academy award as best supporting actor in 2021?
Ciaran Hinds
727
Which Danish film, from a story by Karen Blixen, won the Academy award for best foreign language film in 1988?
Babette's Feast
728
Name the former ballet dancer and prominent widow who was asked the famous "What first attracted you..." question on Caroline Aherne's Mrs Merton Show.
Debbie McGee
729
Which former model, daughter of a Swedish politician, was married to Tiger Woods until 2010?
Elin Nordegren
730
Who is the BBC journalist who became its medical editor in 2020?
Fergus Walsh
731
Which popular song, written in 1875 by Thomas Paine Westendorf and a favourite with Irish tenors, has a melody inspired by Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E flat minor?
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
732
Originally a singer, which actress has starred in films including Grosse Pointe Blank, Good Will Hunting and Goldeneye? A career highlight was providing the voice of Brooke Shields in South Park, Bigger, Longer and Uncut.
Minnie Driver
733
What is the only chemical element that, in its pure form and at standard atmospheric pressure, can remain solid at 3,500 degrees Celsius?
Carbon
734
Douglas Stuart won the Booker prize in 2020 with Shuggie Bain, but what's the title of his second novel published in 2022?
Young Mungo
735
Eleanor Catton won the 2013 Booker Prize with The Luminaries, but what's the title of her third novel published in 2023?
Birnam Wood
736
Which NFL player was the Miami Dolphins starting quarterback between 1983 and 1999, throwing over 400 career touchdown passes?
Dan Marino
737
Which opera by Donizetti, first performed in 1835, is based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott?
Lucia di Lammermoor
738
Which UK rock band was formed in 1995 by Peter Hook and David Potts? Their debut single What do You Want From Me reached number 11 in the British charts.
Monaco
739
Which military operation during the Ottoman/Hapsburg wars took place between 18 May and 11 September 1565?
The Siege of Malta
740
What substance can be defined as 'a green or greenish blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper'?
Verdigris
741
Name the British writer and artist, author of Rodinsky's Room and other books about the London Jewish community, who is currently reader in English at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Rachel Lichtenstein
742
Which author’s debut novel was the bestselling alternative-history Fatherland published in 1992?
Robert Harris
743
Which 1955 American film noir starred Robert Mitchum as Preacher Harry Powell, a misogynistic serial killer?
The Night of the Hunter
744
American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, known for his hits "New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three". Which veteran American vocalist scored minor UK chart hits in the early 1980s with the songs This Little Girl and Jolé Blon? They both featured contributions from Bruce Springsteen. The singer took his unusual stage name in the hope that it would be confused with a public service announcement.
Gary US Bonds
745
Which comedian scored a 1985 UK chart hit under the pseudonym of 'The Commentators'? It was entitled N-N-Nineteen Not Out and featured impersonations of the Cricket commentators: Richie Benaud, John Arlott and Brian Johnstone.
Rory Bremner
746
US Physicist: “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.”
Richard Feynman
747
Philosopher and mathematician: “War does not determine who is right, only who is left.”
Bertrand Russell
748
German poet and playwright: “Music is liquid architecture, architecture is frozen music.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
749
Poet and dramatist: “The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”
W B Yeats
750
Writer and dramatist: “Ever tried, ever failed, no matter. Try again, fail again, fail better.”
Samuel Beckett
751
Writer: “If not exactly, disgruntled, he was certainly far from being gruntled.”
P G Wodehouse
752
British Philosopher: “The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.”
Thomas Hobbes
753
Which actress provided the voice for the sultry Rabbit in the animated TV ads of the 1980s for Cadbury's Caramel?
Miriam Margolyes
754
What "K" was a dam on the Dnieper River in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, completed in 1956 and destroyed in 2023 by Russian forces?
Kakhovka Dam
755
The 7th instalment in which game series was 2017's Biohazard, in which Ethan Winters searched for his missing wife in a run-down Louisiana plantation?
Resident Evil
756
The 312 AD Battle of the Milvian Bridge is named after a bridge across what river?
Tiber
757
Which German astronomer who lived from 1571 to 1630 has also been dubbed the father of Science Fiction literature due to his novel "Somnium"?
Johannes Kepler
758
Which series of narrative adventure games follows the story of Max Caulfield, a photography senior who discovers she can rewind time? Three word answer
Life is Strange
759
The Torrazzo Bell Tower, the oldest brick structure in the world taller than 100 m that is still standing, can be found in which Italian city? This Lombardy city on the River Po was the birthplace of Gianluca Vialli
Cremona
760
The river port city of Vicksburg played an important part in the US civil war, as it's fall to Ulysses S Grant was a major turning point. On which river does Vicksburg lie?
Mississippi
761
Milk chocolate was invented in the Swiss town of Vevey on Lake Geneva. Which large company, whose current logo includes 3 birds, have their HQ in Vevey?
Nestle
762
In which 2005 DC superhero horror movie did Keanu Reeves play the title character, an exorcist who could communicate with angels and demons? This word was also the name of 3 Kings of Scotland in the first millennium AD
Constantine
763
Which 7ft 1 inch tall, 147kg man, starred as the title character in the 1997 DC Comics movie "Steel"? A Kung Fu video game based on this man has came to be regarded as one of the worst games of all time
Shaquille O'Neal
764
Gordon Ramsay opened restaurants at the Dubai Creek and Connaught hotels, the latter was branded with the name of which of his proteges? This woman is currently Chef-Patron for Murano in Mayfair
Angela Hartnett
765
In 732 Umayyad and Aquitanian forces fought the Battle of which river, near the present-day city of Bordeaux? This river of over 300 miles length rises in the Spanish Pyrenees
Garonne
766
What was the name of the 2023 Cookery show hosted by Gordon Ramsay that has been cancelled after only one series? The format of the show saw chefs exhibit their skills in a three story studio
Next Level Chef
767
The astronomer Norrin Radd is the alter ego of which Marvel character who has metallic skin?
Silver Surfer
768
Beginning way back in 2004 and now with American versions, in which Gordon Ramsay show does he spend a week at failing restaurants in order to try and revive their business?
Kitchen Nightmares
769
Josh Brolin starred as a confederate soldier in which DC comics western superhero movie of 2010? The movie was a huge flop - grossing only $11m against a budget of $47m. Two word answer
Jonah Hex
770
In which 2016 action-adventure survival game can players supposedly explore 18 quintillion planets? It received mixed reviews at the time of its launch but has won many evolving awards since. Three word answer, initials N.M.S.
No Man's Sky
771
Beginning with the letter "B", what scale is used to measure the darkness of the night sky?
Bortle
772
Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man was inspired by a speech by the US Vice President in 1942. Who was that man?
Henry Wallace
773
Washington Crossing the Delaware is the title of three 1851 oil-on-canvas paintings by which German-American artist?
Emanuel Leutze
774
Two princes competing with Prince Mpande for the throne were casualties at the 1838 Battle of Blood River which took place in what modern day country?
South Africa
775
The 2018 Game of Thrones strategy video game was a spin-off from within which existing series? This 6-letter word may put you in mind of the wrestler Leati Joseph Anoaʻi (who is a relative of The Rock)
Reigns
776
Believed to be worth over $25 billion, what is the first name of the current patriarch of the Mars confectionery family? This is also the first name of Winston Groom's most famous character
Forrest
777
Which Michelin starred chef discouraged Gordon Ramsay from taking a job in Paris, instead encouraging him to work for Albert Roux at Le Gavroche? This chef has been dubbed "the first celebrity chef" and the enfant terrible of the UK restaurant scene
Marco Pierre White
778
The Itaipu Dam is the third largest hydroelectric power station in the world and the largest in South America. Lying on the border between Brazil and Paraguay, it dams what river?
Parana
779
The large mosque known as the Djamaa el Djazaïr has the tallest minaret in any mosque in the world. It is located in which African city? This city was established on the ruins of the Phoenician city of Icosium in 950
Algiers
780
What is the shared two word name of a 1999 Gordon Ramsay Channel 4 cooking show and a 2023 BBC Iplayer series starring Stephen Graham and Vinette Robinson?
Boiling Point
781
Highly successful British actress, once married to Stewart Granger and who played the wife of Spartacus in the 1960 film and The bass guitarist from the band Kiss
Jean Simmons and Gene Simmons
782
Former Radio DJ, said to have been instrumental in getting the Frankie Goes to Hollywood song Relax banned on the BBC and British actor and comedian, famous for playing Frank Butcher in Eastenders
Mike Read and Mike Reid
783
What colour are the spots on a plaice fish?
Red or Orange
784
Which tree do we primarily get Turpentine from?
Pine
785
What name is given to the study of frequencies beyond the limit of human hearing?
Ultrasonics
786
Name one of the two flowers you would find in an orchestra.
Viola and Bugle
787
Which Merseyside town is home to the Royal Birkdale golf club?
Southport
788
Who was British Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782?
Lord North
789
Which French fortification was constructed along the Franco–German border between the two World Wars?
Maginot Line
790
Which German fortification was constructed along the Franco–German border between the two World Wars?
Siegfried Line
791
Which Spanish explorer founded Buenos Aires in 1536?
Pedro de Mendoza
792
Which British stadium holds the record for the largest attendance at a football match - 149,415 - set in 1937?
Hampden Park
793
The National Watersports Centre, located at Holme Pierrepoint Country Park, is in which County?
Nottinghamshire
794
Situated in Chester–le–Street, what is the name of the County Durham's cricket ground, also used as a venue for test matches?
Riverside Ground
795
Monmore Green Stadium, which hosts Greyhound racing and speedway (but not at the same time ... ) is in which West Midlands city?
Wolverhampton
796
The Odsal Stadium is home to which Rugby League team?
Bradford Bulls
797
In horse racing, which famous racecourse is situated at Prestbury Park?
Cheltenham
798
Which largely discredited alternative therapy is no longer available on the NHS, funding having been stopped in 2017?
Homeopathy
799
Played by Bill Maynard, the character Claude Jeremiah Greengrass featured in which (inexplicably) long–running TV show?
Heartbeat
800
What is the name given to a mountain in Scotland that is more than 3,000 feet high?
Munro
801
In the film Smokey And The Bandit, which actor played the bandit?
Burt Reynolds
802
Which singer's second UK number one was It's Over in 1964?
Roy Orbison
803
Camulodunum was the Roman name for which British city?
Colchester
804
How long is the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session scheduled to last in the House of Commons?
30 minutes
805
The Pentagon in Virginia is the headquarters of which US department?
Defence
806
Who, in 1961, moved from Manchester City to Torino for £110,000 making him Britain's first £100,000 player?
Denis Law
807
What was the name of the teenage heiress who was kidnapped and murdered by Donald Neilson, nicknamed Black Panther, in Kidsgrove in 1975?
Lesley Whittle
808
How long in terms of actual playing time does an American Football game last?
60
809
Which Roman road linked Lincoln to Exeter via Bath, Leicester and Newark–on–Trent?
Fosse Way
810
Which Roman road went from Dover to Wroxeter via London and St Albans?
Watling Street
811
A Roman road in southern England between the modern counties of Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire. It is approximately 117 kilometres (73 mi) long and runs roughly east–west. Linked Watling Street just north of Verulamium (near modern St Albans) with the Fosse Way at Corinium Dobunnorum (now Cirencester).
Akeman Street
812
major Roman road in England that ran from London (Londinium) to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia) and York (Eboracum)
Ermine Street
813
a modern designation of a Roman road which ran north from Eboracum (York), crossing the Stanegate at Corbridge (Hadrian's Wall was crossed at the Portgate, just to the north) and continuing beyond into what is now Scotland, later at least as far as the Antonine Wall.
Dere Street
814
ancient road in southern England, which ran from Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, in modern-day Hampshire) in a south-westerly direction to Sorbiodunum (Old Sarum, Wiltshire)
Port Way
815
the modern name of the 91 km-long (57 mi) Roman road in southern England that linked Londinium (London) to Noviomagus Reginorum (Chichester).
Stane Street
816
What was Madness's only number one single?
House of Fun
817
With his 1983 US Masters win at the age of 23, Seve Ballesteros became the youngest winner of the tournament. Who took this record from him in 1997?
Tiger Woods
818
As 0044 is the international dialling code for the UK, for which country is 007 the code?
Russia
819
Born Arabella Latham, South African singer based in London, 2020 EP Medicine, 2021 mixtape The Yearbook and debut album Quarter Life Crisis in November 2023.
Baby Queen
820
Jack Harlow first UK number one in November 2023 with which song?
Lovin On Me
821
Who played Joanie in Happy Days?
Erin Moran
822
American sitcom television series and a spin-off of Happy Days that aired on ABC from March 23, 1982, to May 24, 1983. It stars Erin Moran and Scott Baio.
Joanie Loves Chachi
823
American actress known for playing Louisa Arcola Delvecchio in Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi as well as Lillian in Charles in Charge (1987-1990)
Ellen Travolta
824
John Travolta wife who died aged 57 in 2020
Kelly Preston
825
Barratt Holmes was a well known TV comedy sketch show character in the 1980s. What man, real name Russell Roberts, was the creator of Barratt Holmes and C U Jimmy? Had "Madhouse" tv show.
Russ Abbot
826
In "Coming to America" one of the characters played by Eddie Murphy was Randy Watson, the lead singer of what soul band? 2-word answer
Sexual Chocolate
827
In the Sherlock Holmes stories, who does Holmes describe as "the second most dangerous man in London," the most dangerous being Professor Moriarty, his employer?
Sebastian Moran
828
In what 1990s comedy, a sequel to "Second Thoughts", did Lynda Bellingham play Julia Sawalha's mother?
Faith in the Future
829
Which man returned to jazz in the early 1970s with John Chilton's Feetwarmers, a partnership that ended in 2003? English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer, and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973 he was a film and television critic for The Observer; he also lectured on art history, with an emphasis on surrealism
George Melly
830
What's the name of the 1977 thriller starring OJ Simpson and James Brolin about a fake landing on Mars?
Capricorn One
831
Who were the backing band of the musician Prince from 1990 to 2013?
New Power Generation
832
With which team did OJ Simpson finish his NFL career?
San Francisco 49ers
833
Angie Dickinson starred as Sergeant "Pepper" Anderson in which NBC crime series of the 1970s?
Police Woman
834
The 1971 Sexploitation film "Pretty maids all in a row" was the only feature film writing credit for which famous Screenwriter and Producer from El Paso, Texas (1921 to 1931)?
Gene Roddenberry
835
In the original Tarzan stories, what was the maiden surname of Jane, who eventually becomes Tarzan's wife?
Porter
836
Paul Thomas Anderson's 2021 movie Licorice Pizza is largely set in which area of Los Angeles, beginning with the letter "E"?
Encino
837
Sian Gibson and Peter Kay met at what university?
Salford University
838
In a movie of 1984, Helen Slater was "Linda Lee", the alter ego of which Superhero?
Supergirl
839
What "K" was the capital city of Superman's home planet Krypton?
Kandor
840
What Marvel character is the editor-in-chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet?
Perry White
841
Which American actor was Al Bundy in Married... with Children, and Jay Pritchett in Modern Family?
Ed O'Neill
842
Dying aged just 24 in car crash, which American long-distance runner who from 1973 to 1975 set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters?
Steve Prefontaine
843
What was the tool-related nickname of the WWF wrestler Jim Duggan?
Hacksaw
844
Which English actress was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1996 BBC miniseries The Sculptress?
Pauline Quirke
845
Ryan Reynolds attended high school alongside which other famous Canadian actor? This man played Pacey Whitter in "Dawson's Creek", Jodie Turner-Smith spouse.
Joshua Jackson
846
The Scottish surgeon John Hunter was the inspiration for which literary doctor, who first appeared in 1920?
Dr Doolittle
847
What is the nickname commonly used for a young girl called "Jean Louise" in a succesful novel of 1960 and movie of 1962? She was played by Mary Badham in the latter.
Scout
848
In the Dr Doolittle stories, what kind of animal is Jip?
Dog
849
In the Dr Doolittle stories, what kind of animal is Dab Dab?
Duck
850
In the Dr Doolittle stories, what kind of animal is Chee Chee?
Monkey
851
What was the first name of Bruce Willis' character in the TV show "Moonlighting"? His character had a long-running "will they/ won't they" storyline with Cybil Shepherd's character "Maddie"?
DAVID Addison
852
Starring William Perry, what side won their first Superbowl in January 1986?
Chicago Bears
853
Which Bermudian Triathlete defended her Commonwealth Games Gold at the 2022 event?
Flora Duffy
854
What man was a British music producer and manager known for co-managing such acts as the Who and Jimi Hendrix in the 1960s and co-founding the now defunct Track Records? His older brother is a well known movie actor
Chris Stamp
855
Which Thrash metal band, which included Tom Araya, had some of the biggest success with the album "Divine Intervention" in 1994? The band's eagle logo has been accused of being a Nazi symbol
Slayer
856
A prolonged recording session and a performance at the British television show Top of the Pops caused which band to oversleep and miss the ill-fated flight which crashed in Lockerbie?
Four Tops
857
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Age of Empires could all be described as "RTS" games. What does RTS stand for in this context?
Real Time Strategy
858
In the Bates Motel TV series, what is the first name of Norman Bates' mother?
Norma
859
In which sporting event would you compete for the "Auld Mug"?
America's Cup
860
The 1992 film "Wind" is about what sport?
Yachting/Sailing
861
What superhero does Anna Paquin play in the 20th Century Fox X-Men franchise?
Rogue
862
Bernie Taupin has stated in an interview that which 1971 song is about Maxine Feibelman, his wife at the time?
Tiny Dancer
863
Which woman directed the comedy film "Wayne's World"? Biggest work was trilogy of documentaries about LA underground culture titled The Decline of Western Civilisation.
Penelope Spheeris
864
Who plays the title character in the film "The Girl Can't Help It"?
Jayne Mansfield
865
In 1989 which "Mitch Buchannon" actor released the album "Looking for freedom", which went triple platinum in Europe?
David Hasselhoff (Mitch Buchannon in Baywatch)
866
Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith and Terence Stamp all spent the last night in where, according to the name of the 2021 psychological horror? 4 letters in the answer
Soho
867
In 1963 which blonde actress became the first major American actress to perform in a nude scene in a post-silent era film?
Jayne Mansfield (Promises... Promises!)
868
The 2012 movie "Cross" is based on a detective story by what man?
James Patterson
869
male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exaggerated erection - companions of Dionysus
Satyrs
870
TS Eliot first title for The Wasteland was "He Do the Time Police in Different Voices" inspired by a line from which Dickens' work?
Our Mutual Friend
871
The protagonist is Tony Last, a contented but shallow English country squire, who, having been betrayed by his wife and seen his illusions shattered one by one, joins an expedition to the Brazilian jungle, only to find himself trapped in a remote outpost as the prisoner of a maniac. Evelyn Waugh novel.
A Handful of Dust
872
Gemran polymath born 1880 He is best known for his two-volume work The Decline of the West (Der Untergang des Abendlandes), published in 1918 and 1922, covering human history
Oswald Spengler
873
Paul Pennyfeather falls victim to the drunken antics of the Bollinger Club and is subsequently expelled from Oxford for running through the grounds of Scone College without his trousers. So starts which Evelyn Waugh debut novel?
Decline and Fall
874
Adam Fenwick-Symes, Nina Blount, Ginger Littlejohn and Lottie Crump characters in which Evelyn Waugh novel?
Vile Bodies
875
Evelyn Waugh's novel Vile Bodies had which original title which Stephen Fry used for his 2003 film adaptation of the novel?
Bright Young Things
876
Which membrane-bound organelle contains nearly all of the cell's genome? Its envelope consists of outer and inner membrane perforated with pores.
Nucleus
877
W and Z bosons are vector bosons (spin is one) and mediate which of the four fundamental interactions?
Weak (Nuclear Force)
878
What particle mediates the strong nuclear force fundamental force?
Gluon
879
Electromagnetic force is carried by which particles?
Photons
880
Sheldon Glashow, Abdus Salam, and Steven Weinberg, for which they received the 1979 Nobel Prize in physics for which theory unifying two of the fundamental forces?
Electroweak Theory
881
Three word name for theory combining electroweak theory with strong force?
Grand Unified Theory
882
a distance-dependent interaction between atoms or molecules. Unlike ionic or covalent bonds, these attractions do not result from a chemical electronic bond; they are comparatively weak and therefore more susceptible to disturbance. Named after which 1910 NObel Phsycis winning dutch scientist?
Johannes van der Waals
883
The Ionosphere is made up of parts of two layers of atmosphere but contains the entirety of which atmospheric layer?
Thermosphere
884
With a name meaning black pool in Cornish, which small area in Cornwall became famous in 1901 when a wireless signal was sent from this location by Thomas Barron to St Johns, Newfoundland, received by Marconi?
Poldhu
885
Which composer produced three ballets: The Golden Age, The Bolt, The Limpid Stream?
Dmitri Shostakovich
886
Which Shostakovich symphony was nicknamed Leningrad?
7th
887
Nicknames of Shostakovich symphonies 2 and 3 both containing months of the year?
2: To October 3: The First of May
888
Nicknames of Shostakovich symphonies 11 and 12 both containing years?
11: The Year 1905 12: The Year 1917
889
Shostakovich Symphony 7 was started in Leningrad but finished and premiered in which other Russian city then known as Kuybyshev?
Samara
890
most populous city on the Volga
Kazan
891
most populous city on the Danube
Budapest
892
Haydn #92 symphony nicknamed after which city?
Oxford Symphony
893
Mozart Prague Symphony which number?
38
894
Mozart Paris Symphony which number?
31
895
capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil
Porto Alegre
896
capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, on Brazil's northeastern tip
Natal
897
a large state in west-central Brazil, is mostly covered with Amazon rainforest, wetlands and savanna plains. The capital, Cuiabá, is a travel hub that dates back to the 18th-century gold rush
Mato Grosso
898
highest peak in Brazil found in Amazonas state near to border of Venezuela
Neblina Peak
899
group of composers that comprised Arnold Schoenberg and his pupils, particularly Alban Berg and Anton Webern, and close associates in namesake city, three word term, atonality and serial twelve-tone technique?
Second Viennese School
900
Brinjal is which plant in indian cuisine?
Aubergine
901
Avakaya is an Indian pickle made from what?
Mango
902
French dessert Clafoutis contains which fruit?
Cherries
903
The Cooley–Tukey algorithm, named after J. W. Cooley and John Tukey, is the most common FFT algorithm, what does FFT stand for?
fast Fourier transform
904
The playwright Sam Shepherd's final play A Particle of Dread was based on which of Sophocles plays?
Oedipus Rex
905
Samuel Beckett's last play. Like many of his later works it was written for a commission, in this case for the 1983 Autumn Festival in Graz, Austria. Beckett wrote it between February and March 1983, two question word?
What Where
906
shakespeare last play based on chaucers knight tale said to be written with John Fletcher too
Two Noble Kinsmen
907
Swedish mathematician who gave his name to a famous fractal , one of the earliest fractal curves to be described and derived from an equilateral triangle.
Helge von Koch
908
Before starring as Jack Shephard in "Lost", the actor Matthew Fox was Charlie Salinger in which drama show which has a number in its title?
Party of Five
909
Reaching no. 1 on the US charts, which girl group sang "My boyfriends back" in 1963?
The Angels
910
Born in 1929, which man was "America's oldest teenager"?
Dick Clark
911
What theme-bar restaurant chain was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London?
Hard Rock Cafe
912
She starred as Brooke Davis in The WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill (2003–2012), and as Erin Lindsay in the NBC police procedural drama series Chicago P.D. (2014–2017). She was a producer for and starred in the lead role of Dr. Samantha "Sam" Griffith in the medical drama Good Sam (2022).
Sophia Bush
913
In his works Primitive Culture (1871) and Anthropology (1881), he defined the context of the scientific study of anthropology, based on the evolutionary theories of Charles Lyell. He believed that there was a functional basis for the development of society and religion, which he determined was universal. First anthropologist official.
Edward Burnett Tylor
914
The largest object on display in the museum is the Haida house post, a totem pole, which has a height of 11.36m. museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford in England, founded in 1884 by British army archaeologist.
Pitt Rivers Museum
915
What game sold over one million copies in the first 8 hours of early access on January 19, 2024,[29] which rose to two million copies within the first 24 hours,[30] and three million copies within the first 40 hours.[31] The game would end up selling over five million copies within the first three days of early access,[10] at a rate of 86,000 copies per hour.
Palworld
916
Which music festival held in Pristina, Kosovo was created by Dua Lipa and her dad Dukagjin?
Sunny Hill Festival
917
a legendary paladin of Charlemagne who appears in many Old French chansons de geste sword called Curtana and is Danish
Ogier the Dane/Holger Danske
918
Charlemagne sword name
Joyeuse
919
Roland from chansons de geste sword name
Durendal
920
Who was Meghan Markle married to 2011-2014?
Trevor Engelson