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Which 1967 movie was inspired by Ken Kesey’s Furthur adventures with the Merry Pranksters and the then-popular coach trips from Liverpool to see the Blackpool Lights?
Magical Mystery Tour
Which band’s 1967 album Gorilla contained the track “Death Cab for Cutie”?
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
What male vocal quartet are widely known for having provided background vocals for Elvis Presley, in live appearances, recordings, and feature films from 1956 to 1972?
The Jordanaires
American R&B girl group mostly known for their work as backup singers on studio recordings for other R&B and rock artists including Elvis. A founding member of the group was Dionne Warwick, who was later replaced by her aunt, Cissy Houston.
The Sweet Inspirations
Whose appearance as Ulah in The Jungle Princess (1936) brought her fame and marked the beginning of her image as the “Sarong Queen”?
Dorothy Lamour
Penelope Wilton starred opposite Richard Briers in which 1980s TV sitcom?
Ever Decreasing Circles
Ever Decreasing Circles had a theme tune composed by which composer?
Shostakovich
Which international media company publish “Tatler” magazine?
Conde Nast
GQ had minor controversy in April 2023 for touching up the picture of which female Colombian singer born 1991 predominantly described as a reggaeton and Latin trap artist, but has experimented with a variety of other genres including reggae and sertanejo?
Karol G
Conde Nast published publication founded by Harold Ross (1892–1951) and his wife Jane Grant (1892–1972) and debuted on February 21, 1925?
The New Yorker
Which road name is often used as a synecdoche for the government in Beijing, akin to using “the Beltway” to refer to the American federal government? Literally meaning Eternal Peace Street, also the old name for Xi’an.
Chang’an Avenue
Who won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her poem “Ballad of the Harp-Weaver”; she was the first woman and second person to win the award? Wrote much of her prose and hackwork verse under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Name of a race riot that took place from August 19 to August 21, 1991, in the namesake section of Brooklyn, New York City? Black residents attacked Orthodox Jewish residents, damaged their homes, and looted businesses. The riots began on August 19, 1991, after two children of Guyanese immigrants were accidentally struck by a car running a red light.
Crown Heights riot
American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993. He won the 1989 New York City mayoral election, becoming the first African American to hold the office.
David Dinkins
Governor of New York since August 2021
Kathy Hochul
Born in Spain, who was the Governor of Oregon 2015-23, in 2016, she became the first openly LGBT person elected governor of a U.S. state? By the end of her term, she had the lowest approval ratings of any incumbent U.S. governor at that time.
Kate Brown
Since 2021, who has been the Secretary of Energy in USA? Was Governor of Michigan between 2003 and 2011, born in Canada.
Jennifer Granholm
Who has been the mayor of the District of Colombia since January 2015?
Muriel Bowser
Who was Governor of New York between 2008 and 2010 having replaced Eliot Spitzer partway through his reign?
David Paterson
The 1997 single “The Battle of who could care less” was the biggest UK chart hit for which band whose name may make you think they are a quintet and not a trio?
Ben Folds Five
Which comedian wrote the book for the Rod Stewart jukebox musical “Tonights the night”?
Ben Elton
What was the first name of Rod Stewart’s first wife?
Alana (Collins - Rachel Hunter and Penny Lancaster come later)
Featuring the song “Handbags and Gladrags”, Rod Stewart’s first album was “An Old BLANK Won’t Ever Let You Down”. What word fills the blank?
Raincoat
Which British sprinter has been dubbed “The World’s Fastest Accountant” after running a 9.93s 100m?
Eugene Amo-Dadzie
At the time of writing, what Kenyan runner is the current world record holder for the 1500 metres, mile, and 5000 metres, all set in 2023?
Faith Kipyegon
Lauren Silveman is the mother of which TV personality’s son?
Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell had one of this first novelty hits with which Irish puppet duo?
Zig and Zag
The 1990 song “Love and Kisses” was the first UK top ten hit for which antipodean singer?
Dannii Minogue
The Miami Open and which the Masters event at which Californian location make up Tennis’ “Sunshine Double”?
Indian Wells Open
Stephen Lang played which real life man in the epic war drama “Gods and Generals”?
Stonewall Jackson
Riot Games developed what hero shooter, which was released in 2020? Characters in the game include the Duelist, Agent, and Sentinel.
Valorant
In 2012 Janelle Monae became a spokesperson for which make-up brand, which at one time was the top selling brand in the USA? “Easy, breezy and beautiful” was the slogan of this brand when it was promoted by Christine Brinkley in the 1980s
CoverGirl
She is known for portraying Betty Cooper on The CW teen drama series Riverdale (2017–2023) and Annabelle in Lorene Scafaria’s black comedy crime drama film Hustlers (2019). In 2020, she portrayed Grace Town in Chemical Hearts, a film adaptation of the novel Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland.
Lili Reinhart
In the card game baccarat, what is the best score a player can achieve in a single hand?
9
Founded in 1987, which Dublin metal band can be said to have got its one-word name after various things - including the very first generation of Greek deities, and an ancient broth linked to a 1920s theory regarding the origin of life?
Primordial
Which member of the Goodness Gracious Me team, initials NW, played Zainab in almost 500 episodes of Eastenders, and then Mrs Hussein in Still Open All Hours
Nina Wadia
Mickie Most was the producer behind which 1970s band which had no connection with the game of Darts but which did write the song “I love Rock and Roll”?
Arrows
What right back was England’s only scorer when they were defeated in the Semi Finals of the 2018 World Cup?
Kieran Trippier
Which actress was “Red” in Orange is the new black, and she was Captain Kathryn Janeway in over 150 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager?
Kate Mulgrew
Which member of the Goodness Gracious Me team, initils KG, played Cyril in Open All Hours as well as doing countless voiceovers in UK kids shows
Kulvinder Ghir
Janelle Monae is set to star in a TV mini-series biopic about which singer and freedom fighter? This planned series is due to be called “De La Resistance”
Josephine Baker
In the game “Pass the Pigs” the aim of the game is to reach how many points?
100
Which French businessman was the President of Marseille Football Club between 1986 and 1994, a period in which they won the Champion’s League? It was later revealed that he had been fixing matches. The club were stripped of a league title but not the Champion’s League crown
Bernard Tapie
Who starred opposite Gary Oldman in the movie “Rosenzrantz and Guilderstein are dead”? This man was Thade in Planet of the Apes (an anagram of Death)
Tim Roth
Which Beninese-American actor and model was Moses Jakande, the main antagonist in “Furious 7”? This man has been “The Wizard” across two DC Comics movies - Shazam and Black Adam
Djimon Hounsou
Which street’s association with law led to it being grouped with Bow Street and Marlborough Street?
Vine Street
Sam Longson was the well known chairman of which English club? He was played in a 2009 movie by Jim Broadbent
Derby County
Originally used as a way to identify one’s clothes at the public baths, Furoshiki is the Japanese art ofwhat?
Wrapping Gifts
Who was Gary Oldman’s first wife? They married in 1987. In 2017 she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2017 for her role in Phantom Thread
Lesley Manville
Mickie Most was associated with which English rock band who are best remembered for their 1964 hit single “Tobacco Road”?
Nashville Teens
What actor plays Larry Bloom, Piper’s fiance, in “Orange is the new black”? This man previously starred in the “American Pie” films
Jason Biggs
Which New Zealand man, who burst onto the scene in 1980 as the lead singer of Split Enz, has been described as popular music’s “most prolific writer of great songs”? Also Crowded House.
Neil Finn (maybe Tim Finn)
Which Glam Rock band, part of Mickie Most’s stable, had a huge hit with “Some Girls” in 1979? The also wrote the tune which was reworked by Toni Basil into “Hey Mickey”
Racey
Taylor Schilling played the central role in the successful Netflix comedy-drama “Orange is the new black”. What was the name of that character? First name or surname is acceptable
Piper Chapman
Formed in 1969, which band got their name from Bob Dylan’s 1967 song The Ballad of Frankie Lee and [BLANK] [BLANK] ? References through the song include the sacrificing of the god-possessed hero, sin and salvation, and Christian themes like a famous biblical betrayal.
Judas Priest
Judas Priest lead singer
Rob Halford
Which woman, a long time columnist with The Sun, announced she was separating from her husband while on Loose Women in December 2022? She has appeared in over 800 episodes of the show
Jane Moore
What big-budget Hollywood filmmaker directed the ‘Got Milk?’ ads of the 1990’s, including the famous ‘Aaron Burr’ commercial?
Michael Bay
Which successful group did Neil Finn form along with the Australians Paul Hester and Nick Seymour? “Don’t dream it over” was their biggest international hit
Crowded House
Which British airline based in Exeter filed for bankruptcy in March 2020? It was relaunched in 2021 with new owners
Flybe
In May 2022, which Blackpool footballer became the first male professional player in British football to come out as gay since Justin Fashanu in 1990?
Jake Daniels
Pule cheese, sometimes regarded as the most expensive cheese in the world, is mostly made from the milk of what animal?
Donkey
Which multinational cosmetics company is well-known for its ‘Lash Sensational’ mascara and ‘Dream Matte Mousse’ foundation? According to their famous slogan, you could perhaps be “born with it”.
Maybelline
Which meataccompanies rice and onion in the Japanese dish Gyudon?
Beef
Which England bowler achieved 9 for 103 against South Africa in 1913? He shares his surname with Marvel’s “Winter Soldier”
Sydney Barnes
What is the subtitle of the fifth season of American Horror Story, the first in the series not to feature Jessica Lange? It stars Lady Gaga as the Countess, who was turned into a vampire by her past lovers, with Wes Bentley as John Lowe, a detective investigating a string of murders at the titular location.
Hotel
Which England bowler achieved 9 for 57 against South Africa in 1994? This fast bowler, born in Jamaica, had a batting standard which was described as being like a court jester
Devon Malcolm
Which NASA mathematician and aerospace engineer did Janelle Monae play in the movie “Hidden Figures”? This American scientist shared her surname with the songs “Is she really going out with him” and “Steppin’ out”
Mary Jackson
The success of Mickie Most’s record label continued when the folk singer Julie Felix covered which Simon & Garfunkel song? This song begins “I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail”
El Condor Pasa
What 1973 Disney movie is based on an 1883 novel by Howard Pyle, itself inspired by English folklore?
Robin Hood
Which Scottish woman, a former GMTV weather presenter, graduated to appearing in more episodes of Loose Women than anyone other than Colleen Nolan?
Andrea McLean
Which airline, based out of Keflavik International Airport, was an Icelandic ultra low-cost carrier operating between 2012 and 2019?
Wow Air
The American actress and singer Eartha Kitt claimed that she once had a threesome with Paul Newman and which other Hollywood leading man? This actor died in a car accident on the 30th September 1955
James Dean
Which England bowler achieved 15 for 28 across a match against South Africa in 1889? He shares his full name with a Children’s BBC series aired in 1985. The dog in this series was “Razzle”
Jonny BRIGGS
The movie director Michael Bay’s cousin Susan is the widow of which man, the director of “Three Men and a Baby”, but more famous for a Science Fiction role in TV and movies?
Leonard Nimoy
Irishman Jack Dunne came out as Bisexual in 2021. In what sport is Jack Dunne a well known name? His team have won many honours in the last decade
Rugby Union
Which French fashion house and make-up brand produces the ‘Forever’ cosmetics range and the ‘Addict’ lipstick and perfume range?
Dior
Which landmark was included on the London Monopoly board because the makers of the game met up at the Lyon’s Corner House there?
The Angel, Islington
Carl Nassib came out as gay in 2021. He became the first active player in the top echelon of his sport to do so. What sport is that?
American FOotball/NFL
Which Japanese brewing and distilling company manufactures the soft drink Lucozade?
Suntory
The 2023 installment of Michael Bay’s Transformers film series is due to be called “Rise of the ______”. What word fills the blank?
Beasts
Which French beauty products retailer and brand, founded in Limoges in 1969, has a name derived from the wife of Moses?
Sephora
The Australian musician Reg Mombassa has joined Neil Finn on various charity projects. Mombassa was a founding member of which band who scored a huge hit with “Live it up” in 1985?
Mental As Anything
Who is the developer at Nintendo responsible for classics like Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., and The Legend of Zelda?
Shigeru MIYAMOTO
Which man was the scorer for Argentina in regular time when they defeated Italy in the Semi Final of the 1990 World Cup? His club career saw him play for both Dundee and Rangers
Claudio Caniggia
Which member of the Goodness Gracious Me team, initials MS, later filled numerous roles including Judge Sonia Sharma in Broadchurch?
Meera Syal
Which member of the Goodness Gracious Me team, initials SB, was the main interviewer in “The Kumars at no. 42”?
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Pictures from the Summer of 2021 showed the New Zealand film director Taika Waititi canoodling with the singer Rita Ora and which other woman, his girlfriend of the time? This actress played Bianca Taylor in the sport dramas Creed, Creed II, and Creed III, and Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Tessa Thompson
Which animal’s milk is used to make vacherin cheese?
Cow
Alliteratively named after the make-up artist who founded it, which beauty brand began as a collection of ‘Essentials’, a collection of 10 neutrally-toned lipsticks launched at Bergdorf Goodman in 1991? This brand’s best-selling products include ‘Pot Rouge’ for lips and cheeks, the ‘Crushed’ range of lip colours and the ‘Beach’ eau de parfum.
Bobbi Brown
Which England bowler had the best England innings ever when he took 10 for 53 against Australia in 1956? He was the first cricketer to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
Jim Laker
Gordon Pirie was the second winner of the Sports Personality of the Year Award in 1955, what did he win a silver medal in at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics?
5000m
Who is best remembered as the captain of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team which defeated the United States at Lindrick Golf Club in Yorkshire, England, in 1957? It was the only defeat which the United States suffered in the competition between 1933 and 1985. Won SPOTY 1957.
Dai Rees
an English runner who excelled in athletics in the 1950s. His most famous achievement was setting a new world record in the mile in 1957. Came third in the 1957 SPOTY, won 5000m bronze at 1956 Olympics and set new world record in mile in 1957.
Derek Ibbotson
British show jumper. She competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics, winning a team bronze medal in 1956. She served as president of the British Show Jumping Association in 1983–86, and as vice-president ion 1987–96. She also wrote many books on equestrian themes, largely for children. Came third in very first SPOTY contest in 1954.
Pat Smythe
1958 SPOTY which Scottish swimmer who won 220 yard butterfly gold at 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth and three golds at Euro Championships same year?
Ian Black
Who remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels? Winning F1 in 1964 and seven motorbike champions inc four at 500CC 1956, 1958-60?
John Surtees
1960 SPOTY for winning bronze in individual show jumping at Rome Olympics on Sunsalve. Also won bronze at 1968 on Mr Softee, 1972 flag bearer for GB.
David Broome
Second at 1960 SPOTY was which racewalker, the only male gold medal winner at Rome Olympics in the 50km walk. Nicknamed Il Topolino meaning Mickey Mouse by Italians due to hat and sunglasses.
Don Thompson
former swimmer from Great Britain who won a gold medal in 200m Breaststroke at the 1960 Summer Olympics coming third in SPOTY in 1960, later won in 1962 after Commonwealth and other golds.
Anita Lonsbrough
British retired heavyweight boxer and actor. He turned professional in 1961 after 39 amateur bouts. His nickname was “Golden Boy”. His professional record was 21 wins (16 by knockout), 8 losses and 2 draws. During 1967, he fought for both the British and European titles, losing to Henry Cooper (Great Britain) and Karl Mildenberger (West Germany). Second in SPOTY 1961.
Billy Walker
Third in SPOTY 1961, which tennis player who won three Grand Slams including Wimbledon at 29 years old and partially deaf? French Open 1955, Australian Open 1958 and Wimbledon 1961.
Angela Mortimer
She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m (silver), 200 m (bronze) and 4 × 100 m events, winning three medals in relay at 1964. Came second in SPOTY in 1962 and won it in 1963 for unbeaten season.
Dorothy Hyman
nicknamed the “Falkirk Flyer”, is a Scottish former competitive swimmer. Second in SPOTY in 1963 and won silver medal in 100m freestyle at 1964 Tokyo.
Bob McGregor
British swimmer backstroke specialist who held seven world records. She won 5 golds at commonwealths and won 100m silver in backstroke at euros in 1966.
Linda Ludgrove
F1 champion in 1963 and 1965 from Scotland
Jim Clark
1964 SPOTY winner winning long jump at 1964 olympics and breaking WR, the first British woman to win an Olympic gold in track and field. Also won silver in Pentathlon and bronze in 4x100m relay.
Mary Rand
New Zealand speedway rider who came second in SPOTY in both 1964 and 1966, both years he won the World Individual Championship (four times in total).
Barry Briggs
British speedway rider. He is a three-time World Champion (2013, 2015 and 2018).
Tai Woffinden
Polish motorcycle speedway rider, a four-time World Champion (2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023), three-time World Team Champion (2016, 2017, 2023), World Junior Champion (2015) and European Junior Champion (2012).
Bartosz Zmarzlik
Named after 17th century mathematician and astronomer, a mathematical theorem about sphere packing in three-dimensional Euclidean space. It states that no arrangement of equally sized spheres filling space has a greater average density than that of the cubic close packing (face-centered cubic) and hexagonal close packing arrangements?
Kepler Conjecture
“Battle” of 321 BC, was a decisive event of the Second Samnite War. Its designation as a battle is a mere historical formality: there was no fighting and there were no casualties. The Romans were trapped in an enclosed valley by the Samnites before they knew what was happening and nothing remained but to negotiate an unfavorable surrender?
Battle of the Caudine Forks
On February 28, 1974, Shafrazi spray-painted Picasso’s 1937 painting Guernica, which hung in the Museum of Modern Art, with the words “KILL LIES ALL” in foot-high letters. It was a protest at which US lieutenant being released on bail the day before, blamed for the My Lai massacre, eventually convicted?
William Calley
a captain of infantry in the United States Army. He served during the Vietnam War. He was the commanding officer of Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry of the 11th Brigade, Americal Division, the unit responsible for the My Lai Massacre of 16 March 1968. He was court-martialed in 1971 for his role in that massacre, but acquitted the same year.
Ernest Medina
American mass murderer and former Army sniper who fatally shot or stabbed 16 Afghan civilians in a mass murder in Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on March 11, 2012 – an event known as the Kandahar massacre
Robert Bales
PIC is a term coined to describe the many relationships between institutions of imprisonment (such as prisons, jails, detention facilities, and psychiatric hospitals) and the various businesses that benefit from them. Stands for what?
Prison-Industrial Complex
From the latin for recurring, term for the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have experienced negative consequences of that behavior, or have been trained to extinguish?
Recidivism
What “S” is the setting for the Diablo series of video games?
Sanctuary
Who played Napoleon in the 1970 movie “Waterloo”?
Rod Steiger
In 1968, who became the first man to officially break the10-second barrierin the100 metres?
Jim Hines
“Cave game” was the working title for which extremely popular video game?
Minecraft
Who are the only two men ahead of KC Lightfoot in the all time list of Pole Vaulting records?
Sergey Bubka and Mondo Duplantis
Which author is best known for the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his fantasy novels, most notably the Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive, are set?
Brandon Sanderson
What two-word term is a type of scenario in fantasy role-playing games in which heroes navigate a labyrinth environment (a “dungeon”), battling various monsters, avoiding traps, solving puzzles, and looting any treasure they may find?
Dungeon Crawler
Who is the first footballer to climb from the non-league tiers of English football to thePremier Leaguewith the same club, having played for Luton since 2013?
Pelly Ruddock MPANZU
Which English football team play at Gigg Lane?
Bury
Selling for $540,000, the “Black Lotus” card was the most expensive selling card in what collectible card game?
Magic the Gathering
Umpires in Baseball are required to wear what colour underwear?
Black
Although seldom used, what is Minnie Mouse’s full first name?
Minerva
Margaret Kerry, the actress who had been named the “World’s Most Beautiful Legs”, became the model for which Disney character, who first appeared in a 1953 animated movie?
Tinker Bell
Which British police procedural drama starred Joanna Scanlan as Detective Inspector Viv Deering?
No Offence
Gbejna is a cheese most associated with which European country?
Malta
First name Eddie, which British actor was Terry in Showtime’s Ray Donovan?
Eddie Marsan
What is the name of the 1998 movie directed by Darren Aronofsky that features a genius mathematician, a Hasidic cabalistic sect and a ruthless gang of Wall Street traders? Two-letter answer
Pi
What was the one-word title of Jed Mercurio’s 2021 police procedural drama? Filmed in Northern Ireland, this show starred James Nesbitt
Bloodlands
The 2003 winner of the Spiel des Jahres award has a one-word title named after a location. What board game set at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Spanish Middle Ages sees players build their own palace?
Alhambra
Which movie of 1987 saw Julie Walters nominated for a Best Actress BAFTA? The story was inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne
Personal Services
Lawrence Fishburne had a big break when he played the role of Tyrone “Clean” Miller in which 1979 movie?
Apocalypse Now
The 2005 winner of the Spiel des Jahres award has a one-word title named after a location. What board game has players transport and steal gems along a river and waterfall?
Niagara
Which British actor, born 1986, went from playing Marcus Summers in the UK detective drama “Vera”, to starring as Malcolm X in the hollywood movie “One night in Miami”?
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Which comedian, a perennial award nominee at the Edinburgh Fringe, saw his popularity hit when he became romantically involved with the Strictly Come Dancing star Katya Jones?
Seann Walsh
San Sebastian is the home city of which 21/22 Spanish La Liga club? They play at the Anoeta Stadium
Real Sociedad
Pamplona is the home city of which 21/22 Spanish La Liga club? They play at the El Sadar stadium?
Osasuna
Created by Hideo Kojima and considered as popularising the stealth game genre, which 1987 video game has spawned a series of sequels with the subtitles Snake Eater, Guns of the Patriots and The Phantom Pain?
Metal Gear (Solid)
Listed as one of PBS’ 100 greatest documentaries of all time, which 2003 Kevin Macdonald film tells the story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates’ near-fatal descent after making the first successful ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes? 3-word answer
Touching the Void
In 1985 which Peruvian mountain was climbed by Joe Simpson and Simon Yates and turned into Touching the Void book/film?
Siula Grande
Kevin Macdonald directed which 2009 thriller starring Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck, which was based on a 2003 BBC TV series which had starred David Morrissey and John Simm? 3-word answer
State of Play
Other than Valencia themselves, which other 21/22 La Liga side call the city of Valencia home? They play at the Estadi Ciutat de València
Levante
Which man, the host of the 2016 MOBO awards, is best known for his radio DJ work alongside Rickie Haywood-Williams and Charlie Hedges? He partnered Jeanette Manrara on Striclty and presented Lego Masters on Channel 4.
Melvin Odoom
Which Wallace, nicknamed “McDanger”, won the 1997 BDO World Darts Championship?
Les Wallace
Which American actress made her directorial debut with “One Night In Miami” in 2020? She shares her surname with a woman who won Wimbledon six times
Regina King
What special name is given to final card dealt to the community cards in a game of Texas Hold’em?
River
Which man had wives including Ava Garder, Betty Jane Phillips and Martha Vickers? He was born Joseph Yule Jr
Mickey Rooney
Which comedy group were behind “Strike!”, a 1988 short comedy film where Peter Richardson plays Al Pacino playing Arthur Scargill?
The Comic Strip
Between 2005 and 2010 Darren Aronofsky was engaged to which actress, the mother of his son? Along with Olivia Colman and Emma Stone, this woman was one of the stars of the movie “The Favourite”.
Rachel Weisz
One of Quentin Tarantino’s seven perfect movies, which Tobe Hooper film of 1974 was inspired by the murders of Ed Gein?
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Ready Player One and a 2017 Blade Runner sequel were both set during which decade, which has yet to occur? The most recent game in the Battlefield series is also set in and titled for a year in this decade.
2040s (Blade Runner 2049, Battlefield 2042, RPO 2045)
Which year does Dune begin in in the 1984 and 2021 films?
10,191 AD
Star Trek II (The Wrath of Khan), III (The Search for Spock), IV (The Voyage Home) and V (The Final Frontier) all take place in which decade?
2280s
Minority Report (2002), Sunshine (2007) and Lost in Space (1999) are all set in which decade?
2050s
Dredd (2012), Ender’s Game (2013) and Total Recall (1990) all set in which decade?
2080s
The Hunger Games tetrology, Prometheus and Ad Astra all set in which decade?
2090s
Vanilla Sky (2001), Avatar (2009) and Elysium (2013) are all set in which decade?
2150s
Which 2011 historic drama from Kevin Macdonald starred Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell and concerned a young Roman Army officer trying to locate the standard of his father’s legion which had been lost in Caledonia?
The Eagle
Which 2013 romantic drama directed by Kevin Macdonald stars Saoirse Ronan, George Mackay and Tom Holland as cousins trying to reunite after an apocalyptic nuclear war? 4-word answer
How I Live Now
Other than Sevilla themselves, what other club call Seville home? They play at the Estadio Benito Villamarín
Real Betis
Who played Richard Hannay in Hitchcock’s version of The Thirty Nine Steps? Like many of his other films, this movie contained a Blonde, a MacGuffin and an innocent man on the run.
Robert Donat was
Quentin Tarantino named “Back to the Future” as one of his 7 perfect movies. In which fictional Californian town is it set?
Hill Valley
Robert Powell played Richard Hannay in a 1978 movie version of The 39 Steps and a subsequent TV series. What was the name of the 1990s sitcom in which Robert Powell starred alongside Jasper Carrott?
The Detectives
Originating as a slang term in the Meiji era, what Japanese word refers to the acquisition of reading materials within one’s home that are never ready?
Tsundoku
Glenn Close’s third acting Oscar nomination came in 1985 whe she was nominated for her performance in “The Natural”. On this occasion she lost out to which veteran actress who won for “A Passage to India”?
Peggy Ashcroft
In what sitcom of 1990 to 1992 did Nicholas Lyndhurst play a spy?
The Piglet Files
Nicholas Lyndhurst’s career really took off when he played Adam in 28 episodes of the hit sitcom “Butterflies”. What was the surname of the main family in that show? A man with the same surname infamously impregnated Sara Keays in the 1980s
Parkinson
Which comedian from Kettering has been nominated for the Edinburgh comedy award three times? His comedy specials include “Repertoire” and “Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999”
James Acaster
In which 2018 video game by Lucas Pope does the player attempt to uncover the various fates of a ghost ship crew?
Return of the Obra Dinn
Which man, the husband of Dervla Kirwan, portrayed Richard Hannay in the BBC’s 2008 adaptation of The 39 Steps? His biggest TV success was possibly “Spooks” where he played Adam Carter in over 40 episodes
Rupert Penry-Jones
In Poker, what word, also the name of a garden tool, is given to the fee that is removed by the House from the pot?
Rake
In the original Star Wars cast, who played Chewbacca?
Peter Mayhew
Which Japanese motor manufacturer, which has announced that it is withdrawing from new vehicle sales in the UK, has a name meaning “three diamonds”?
Mitsubishi
In “After you’ve gone”, Nicholas Lyndhurst is a handyman who has to move in with his former mother-in-law. Which frequent Victoria Wood collabortaor played Lyndhurt’s mother-in-law in that show?
Celia Imrie
Wallace (Wally) was the brother of Theodore Cleaver in which black and white US sitcom of the 50s and 60s? Repeats have meant this show has remained popular in the USA ever since. This 4-word answer includes the name of an animal
Leave It To Beaver
Quentin Tarantino named “The Wild Bunch” (1969) as one of his perfect movies. Who directed it? This man, who was particularly linked with violent movies, also directed Convoy, Straw Dogs and Cross of Iron.
Sam Peckinpah
What name is given to a card in Poker which does not take part in determining the rank of the hand but which may be used to break ties between hands of the same rank?
Kicker
In the Only Fools episode “And the Unlucky Winner is”, Rodney has to pretend to be a boy as Del entered his picture and won an under-15 art competition. What is the name of the kids club Rodney becomes a lifelong member of whilst in Mallorca?
The Groovy Gang
King Dedede, a blue penguin, is the archenemy-come-frenemy of which Nintendo video game character?
Kirby
Released in 2019 by Kojima Productions,which video gamefeatures Courier Sam Porter Bridges (voiced by Norman Reedus) as a courier delivering supplies and connecting communities in Knot cities in a post-apocalyptic USA? in this game, invisible Beached Things (BTs) consume the dead after causing explosions and unleash rain called Timefall that ages whatever it hits.
Death Stranding
Which new American TV series with a one-word titles follows the events in the five years prior to the movie “Rogue One”? It is shown on Disney + and Diego Luna stars
Andor
Identify this pasta, typical of Apulia, a region of Southern Italy. Their name comes from their shape, which resembles a small ear.
Orecchiette
In the movie version of “National Velvet”, what was the name of the horse which Elizabeth Taylor’s character Velvet Brown rides to victory?
The Pie
Lawrence Fishburne was nominated for the Academy Award for Best actor for his role as an abusive husband in which 1993 biopic?
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Which controversial psychological horror movie of 2017 saw Darren Aronofsky, Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem all nominated for Razzie Awards? Characters in this movie include “Him”, “man”, “woman” and “younger brother”
Mother!
The Italian driver Giuseppe Farina and the Argentinian driver Juan Manuel Fangio won the first and the second Formula One championship whilst driving for what team? Zhou Guanyu will be driving for this team in 2023
Alfa Romeo
Who won 1952 and 1953 F1 championship for Ferrari?
Alberto Ascari
The 3rd version of which video game series may well be up for children/ family awards in 2023? As per previous games in the series, the player choose to be an “Inkling” or “Octoling”. Both wield weaponry that uses coloured ink.
Splatoon
Celine Dion a singer and resident of Henderson, Nevada, announced in December 2022 that she had been diagnosed with SPS, what is SPS?
Stiff Person Syndrome
Which comedian is soon to join the cast of Eastenders as Rita, a love interest for Mitch Baker? This keen quizzer presents the “Fingers on Buzzers” podcast alonside The Chase’s Jenny Ryan.
Lucy Porter
What was the name of the English cricket coach who died under suspicious circumstances just a few hours after his Pakistan team were knocked out of the 2007 World Cup at the hands of Ireland?
Bob Woolmer
The rare substance “Seastone” appears in which Japanese Manga series? These stories follow the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a boy whose body gained the properties of rubber.
One Piece
Which man’s version of “Have yourself a merry little christmas” on the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie “Home Alone”? This singer was nicknamed “The Velvet Fog”
Mel Torme
Muff Winwood played guitar in which band who had 1960s number ones including “Somebody Help Me”?
Spencer Davis Group
We’ve all heard of Guitar Hero, but a game released by Holy Wow in Sep 2022, featured what instrument? The name of this game was BLANK champ, with the blank being an instrument
Trombone Champ
Which American Actor and Producer was “Gil Grissom”, the central character in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the original series in the franchise? His biggest hit away from CSI was the 1986 movie “Manhunter”
William Petersen
Which actress won the Best Actress Oscar in 1951 for her role of Blanche DuBois in “A Streetcar Named Desire”? This woman had previously won the same award in 1940
Vivian Leigh
“Pretty odd” and “Pray for the wicked” are studio albums from which American Emo pop band? The single “High Hopes” from the latter is their biggest UK single success. 4 word answer
Panic at the Disco
Name either of the characters played by Paul Keane or Elaine Smith in the early years of Neighbours. There on-off romance was a central storyline at the time. First name is fine
DES Clarke or DAPHNE Lawrence
Both Jim Clark and Graham Hill won the F1 driver’s championship whilst driving for what team?
Lotus
Alec Baldwin played “Parker” and Christina Pickles was “Judy” in an episode of the 2001/ 2002 series of which sitcom? In this episode it is claimed that no wedding pictures are available as Annie Leibovitz forgot to put film in the camera
Friends
Which Jim Steinman love-song provided Celine Dion with a huge worldwide hit in 1996? Also recorded by Meat Loaf and Pandora’s Box, Andrew Lloyd Webber described it as “the greatest love song ever written”
IT’S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW
Which Perrier comedy award nominee was Terry Spraggan, a partner of Bianca in Eastenders? Earlier in his career, this bald-headed man had co-hosted National Lottery Red Alert with Lulu
Terry ALDERTON
Which song by the Spencer Davis group was used in the opening credits of the film “Buster”? It played over a scene of Buster stealing a suit from a shop window
Keep On Running
What could be the name of a body spray sold by Lynx/ Axe or the cities being searched for by Esteban in a 1980s anime series?
Gold
Which actress won the Best Actress Oscar in 1954 for her role of Georgie Elgin in the movie “The Country Girl”? This woman retired from acting at the age of 26
Grace Kelly
Celine Dion’s “A New Day” residency in Las Vegas is the highest grossing residence of all time. At which Las Vegas hotel was it located? 3 million people attended 717 shows
Caesar’s Palace
Which Las Vegas singer is most associated with the song “Danke Schoen” as heard in the John Hughes movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day off”?
Wayne Newton
Which actress took the role of Dr Avery Ryan in “CSI: Cyber”, the fourth series in the CSI franchise? Part of an acting family, she was Nicholas Cage’s first wife
Patricia Arquette
What was the name of the nosy and interfering character played by Vivean Gray in Neighbours between 1986 and 1988?
Mrs Mangel
Which teamwas John Surtees driving for when he won the 1964 Formula One World Championship?
Ferrari
Which comedian was Andrew Cotton in Eastenders? This man was “Bulla” on the 11 o’clock show, and he starred and co-wrote the feature-length film Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
Ricky Grover
What was the name of the character played by Ian Smith in Neighbours intermittently between 1987 and 2022?
Harold Bishop
In September 2005 which Zimbabwean was the England Cricket team coach when they won The Ashes for the first time in 18 years?
Duncan Fletcher
he captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team and is widely regarded as the greatest Zimbabwean cricket player ever and one of the greatest wicket-keeper-batters of all time. he served as the coach of the English cricket team from 2009 to 2014
Andy Flower
Which band sang “Love Missile F1-11” from the John Hughes movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”?
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
The song “Keep on running” hit the charts again in 1996 when it was released by what actor? He played Billy Ray in the ITV series London’s Burning (1993–98)?
John Alford
Which American singer-songwriter who died in 2019 was regarded as a leading figure in “Emo Rap”? He scored UK top ten hits with “Lucid Dreams” and “Come & Go”.
Juice Wrld (Jarad Higgins)
What could be a brand of Lynx/ Axe or a football team from Crosby who reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup in 2021?
Marine
Ellen Degeneres earned a Primetime Emmy Award for which specific episode of her sitcom show “Ellen”?
The Puppy Episode
In which 1990s movie was Sylvester “John Spartan” and Sandra Bullock “Lenina Huxley”?
Demolition Man
In 2023 which England player scored 182 runs in a one day cricket international?
Ben Stokes
Who played the boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985)?
Carl Weathers
Who wrote the 1989 novel “House of Cards”?
Michael Dobbs
What are the initials of the main protagonist in the original BBC version of “House of Cards” and the 21st century Netflix version?
FU (Frank Underwood)
In what US state does the novel “Forrest Gump” begin?
Alabama
Walt Disney’s Laugh-o-gram studio was located in which US city?
Kansas City, Missouri
In the Anchorman movies who plays Veronica Corningstone, Ron Burgundy’s rival and later his wife?
Christina Applegate
What Chinese war film was the second-highest-grossing film of 2021, the highest-grossing Chinese film of all time, and the highest-grossing non-English film of all time?
The Battle of Lake Changjin
Barry Foster and Marc Warren have both filled what Detective role?
Van Der Valk
What is the shared first name of Walt Disney’s wife and the man who was the most capped player in the history of the France national football team with 142 appearances between 1994 and 2008?
Lilian
Which Italian football team, currently in Serie B, are nicknamed “Crociati (The Crusaders)”?
Parma
Which Aregntinian footballer was the world’s most expensive player, when he was bought by Lazio from Parma in 2000 for €56 million (£35.5 million)?
Hernan Crespo
In which country’s top flight football league have Al Sadd SC won more championships than any other?
Qatar
Which huge 1990 hip hop hit samples the prominent opening riff of the Rick James song “Super Freak”?
U Can’t Touch This
In the movie Coming to America, when Eddie Murphy was Prince Akeem, who was Semmi, Akeem’s friend?
Arsenio Hall
Real first name “Izear”, which man’s first recording “Rocket 88” is considered as possibly the first rock and roll song ever? He died, pretty much disgraced, in 2007
Ike Turner
Daisy Fuller played by Cate Blanchett was the main female character in which 2008 fantasy romantic drama?
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of the 1964 movie “Bedtime Story”. Name either of the famous actors who played the Michael Caine/ Steve Martin roles in that original film.
David NIVEN or Marlon BRANDO
In a song in 2004, and later in an interview in 2017, the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster revealed that his real first name was what? 3-letter answer
Sid
Who starred as appeared as Imhotep in The Mummy (1932), and voiced the Grinch in the animated television special of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)?
Boris Karloff
The King and I was a mucical written by which songwriting pair?
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Which real life politician did Colm Meaney play in the 2016 movie “The Journey”?
Martin McGuinness (Timothy Spall as Ian Paisley)
During the first season ofSesame Street, which blue character was nicknamed “Fuzzyface” or “The Hairy One”?
Grover
Who wrote the books “Tipping Point” and “Blink”?
Malcolm Gladwell
Between 1992 and 1997, the actor Mark Curry starred in the US sitcom “Hanging with Mr”……….. Who?
Cooper
The Banksy work “Valentine’s day mascara” shows a woman shoving a man into what?
Fridge/Freezer
InkHeart, InkSpell and InkDeath are all fantasy novels by which German author?
Cornelia Funke
Which Police Department forensic analyst and serial killer-killing vigilante is the most famous creation of the novelist Jeff Lindsay?
Dexter Morgan
The inventor Dean Kamen is most associated with which method of Transport?
Segway
What is the collective name for the three female anthropomorphic chipmunk singers in the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” cartoon series and later movies?
The Chipettes
Who was the youngest of the Mitford sisters?
Deborah
Which man, now with many Oscar nominations, made his feature film directorial debut with Alien 3 in 1992?
David Fincher
What is the first name of Timothy Spall’s actor son, the star of “The Ritual” (2017)?
Rafe
James Lipton presented 277 episodes of a show where interviewed people about what subject?
Acting (Inside the Actors Studio)
Nathan Lane won a Tony award for playing what character in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”?
Pseudolus
ColonelFrancis Cecil Ricardo(1852–1924), the first owner of a car inCookhaminBerkshire is thought to have been one of the influences for which anthropomorphic literary character?
Mr Toad
Which man was the partner of Young Ones creator Lise Meyer between 1991 and 2015?
Angus Deayton
The father of which TV presenter covered the landing of the first man on the moon from mission control; she was holding the hand of Neil Armstrong’s secretary during the landing? She wrote and performed in the first all-woman show at the Footlights.
Sandi Toksvig
Who starred opposite Mike McShane in the improvisational comedy show “S&M”?
Tony Slattery
Which girl group of the 1990s comprised Terry Ellis, Dawn Robinson, Cindy Herron, and Maxine Jones?
En Vogue
What two word term, initial N.J., is a fusion genre of the rhythms and production techniques of hip hop and dance-pop, and the urban contemporary sound of R&B?
New Jack
The musician Sheila E. is most associated with what instrument?
Drum
Which singer’s final tour Midnight Love Tour in 1983?
Marvin Gaye
Which member of the Eagles had a huge solo hit in 1978 with the song “Life’s Been Good”?
Joe Walsh
The jazz musician Kid Ory was one of the early users of which technique where the player glides from one pitch to another?
Glissando
The recent double A–side release by the Beatles comprises the new Now & Then and which earlier hit?
Love Me Do
Which actress was painted gold in the 1964 Bond film Goldfinger?
Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson
I vow to Thee my Country is a poem set to the music from which movement of Holst’s Planets suite?
Jupiter
The Sierra Madre is the main mountain range of which country?
Mexico
In which decade of the 20 th century was insulin first used to treat diabetes?
1920s
In which year was Microsoft’s Windows 1.0 launched?
1985
In an electrical circuit, what name is given to the opposition to the flow of an alternating current, which has the symbol Z?
Impedance
In measuring horses, how big is a hand ?
Four inches
Which horse finished runner–up to Red Rum in the famous run–in of the 1973 Grand National?
Crisp
What was the name of the Duke of Wellington’s horse?
Copenhagen
What was the name of the horse in Benny Hill’s hit song Ernie?
Trigger – also the name of Roy Rogers’s horse.
Who was USA team captain for the 2023 Ryder Cup? Both names required.
Zach Johnson
Who scored all of England’s points in the Rugby World Cup group match versus Argentina which finished 27–10 for England?
George Ford
How many career Grand Slam titles has Novak Djokovic won as per November 2023?
24
Who did Wigan Warriors defeat in the 2023 Rugby League Grand Final in October of this year?
Catalan Dragons
What was the name of the Australian wicket keeper who controversially ran out Jonny Bairstow in this year’s Ashes series?
Alex Carey
Which team won the very first Europa Conference League in 2022?
Roma
In which city did Katarina Johnson–Thompson win a World Championship Gold Medal for the heptathlon in 2023?
Budapest
Cabinet maker and furniture designer 1718 born, 1754 published The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director
Thomas Chippendale
1751 – 22 October 1806 Furniture Designer Stockton-on-Tees, In 1803 he published The Cabinet Dictionary
Thomas Sheraton
The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterers Guide, with two further editions published in 1789 and 1790. Born 1727, no pieces of furniture made by him or firm exist to this day.
George Hepplewhite
Partnered Bobby Ball.
Tommy Cannon
Nickname of typical WWI British soldier.
Tommy Atkins
Wirral Council has posthumously granted its Freedom of the Borough award twice this year in 2023. Paul O’Grady was the first recipient, who was the second?
Glenda Jackson
Which is the main town of the island of Lewis?
Stornoway
Who is the Chair of the Covid 19 inquiry?
Baroness Hallett
Largest national park in the USA
Wrangell–St. Elias
Which was England’s first garden city?
Letchworth (1904 – Welwyn 1920)
Although Wilko’s have disappeared from the High Street, which company has bought the brand and website?
The Range
Apart from skiing, which other sport takes place on a piste?
Fencing
Amber Fort is in Amer next to which Indian city?
Jaipur
What was the profession of a wainwright?
Wagon or Cart Maker
What is a noctule?
Bat
Who was the manager of Liverpool FC immediately before Jurgen Klopp?
Brendan Rodgers
Where in November 2023 was the AI Summit held?
Bletchley Park
What was Rod Stewart’s first solo UK No. 1 hit single?
Maggie May (1971)
A statue to whom was unveiled in St. Peter’s Square, Manchester in 2018?
Emmeline Pankhurst (suffragette along with daughters Christabel and Sylvia)
“Thy choicest gifts in store, on him be pleased to pour” are lines from the second verse of which song sung daily somewhere?
God Save the King
How many players are there in an Australian Rules football team?
18
Which word, of Norse origin, is used in Scotland to refer to a narrow inlet of the sea or river?
Firth
Which one of Robin Hood’s Merry Men was a travelling musician? Both names.
Alan A’Dale
Released in 1963, what was the title of the Beatles’ first LP or album?
Please Please Me
What type of animal is a Kerry blue?
A dog
Which EFL Championship football club has a song thrush on its badge?
West Bromwich Albion (The Throstles)
In which year did the 100–1 outsider Foinavon win the Grand National?
1967
How do we better know the trauma of a peri–orbital haematoma?
Black Eye
What do we call the substance in which the froghopper nymph hides itself?
Cuckoo Spit
What class of creature is a woodlouse?
Crustacean
Sir Bradley Wiggins was widely criticised for using TUEs before races. For what does the T stand?
Therapeutic Use Exemption
Capital of Liberia
Monrovia
Many light bulbs describe the fitting as ES or SES. What does the E stand for?
Edison
Who composed the music for Onward Christian soldiers, The Lost Chord and The Savoy operas?
Arthur Sullivan
What type of creature is a turnstone?
Birds (Sandpipers)
Which element must be added to steel to make it stainless?
Chromium
Which British television series is filmed at the Weald and Downland living museum at Singleton in West Sussex?
The Repair Shop
Which anthem by Handel, also used for the UEFA Champions League and P&O cruise adverts, has been sung at every coronation since that of George II in 1727?
Zadok the Priest
What number F1 car does Lewis Hamilton drive?
44
Britain’s cold–war bomber force consisted of three aircraft known as the three V’s. Name any one of them.
Valiant (Vickers), Victor (Handley–Page) or Vulcan (Avro)
In bricklaying, what name is given to a brick that’s laid so that only its short end is visible?
Header
n bricklaying, what name is given to a brick that’s laid so that its long side is visible? Opposite of header.
Stretcher
In the financial acronym ISA, what does the I stand for?
Individual
What alliterative two-word term was a type of musical battle that was traditionally held between various stride piano players from the 1920s to the 1940s?
Cutting Contest
Born 1910 with surname Scruggs, American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements including for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. Friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie.
Mary Lou Williams
Which jazz tenor saxophonist’s height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as “Long Tall Dexter” and “Sophisticated Giant”? He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the Bertrand Tavernier film Round Midnight (Warner Bros, 1986), and he won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist, for the soundtrack album The Other Side of Round Midnight (Blue Note Records, 1986).
Dexter Gordon
1924-66, Jazz pianist and composer, compositions, including “Un Poco Loco,” “Bouncing with Bud,” and “Parisian Thoroughfare” have become jazz standards and have contributed to African and Afro-Cuban cultural identity.
Bud Powell
Fats Navarro played which instrument?
Trumpet
Jimmy Slyde was a master of what kind of dancing?
Tap
What was the stage name of the American Burlesque star Rose Louise Hovick?
Gypsy Rose Lee
What breed of dog was the Rupert Bear character Pong-Ping?
Pekingese
“Anything can happen in the next half hour” is a phrase heard at the beginning of which 1960s kids show?
Stingray
Ivan Doroschuk was the lead singer of which 1980s New Wave Canadian band?
Men Without Hats
“Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” was a 1984 UK top 5 hit for which band?
Ultravox
In which board game, nominated for the 2018 Golden Geek Game of the Year, do
players build a town for their set of cute woodland creatures over the course of four
seasons using resources such as twigs, berries and pebbles?
Everdell
Larian Studios’ game Baldur’s Gate 3 is based on which role playing game?
Dungeons and Dragons
What race of characters is Lae’zel in Baldur’s Gate 3: tall and slender humanoids with rough, leathery yellow skin and bright black eyes that were sunken deep in their orbits?
Githyanki
2023 sequel video game about a best selling horror novelist trapped in alternate dimension for 13 years
Alan Wake 2
Subtitle of the 2023 Cyberpunk 2077 expansion nominated for bunch of awards
Phantom Liberty
March 2023 video game The player controls the titular character as she explores a fictional archipelago inspired by New Caledonia.
Tchia
Adventure video game by Mintrocket Players control namesake character, as he collects fish, solves quests, and manages a sushi restaurant.
Dave the Diver
WHich video game has a diverse cast of 25 characters, divided into 5 classes (5 for Assault, 6 for Skirmisher, 4 for Recon, 6 for Support and 4 for Controller)? Many of the character designs are based on Titanfall.
Apex Legends
Dota 2 is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve - in that context what does DOTA stand for?
Defense of the Ancients
an action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game takes place in a space-themed setting, and is the first new intellectual property developed by Bethesda in 25 years. Travelled out using Grav Drive to Settled Systems, also Colony War etc.
Starfield
2023 role-playing video game by Sabotage Studio, players take control of two heroes named Valere and Zale, who use the power of the sun and moon to fight against an alchemist, set in same universe as 2018 game The Messenger.
Sea of Stars
Players can engage with the entirety of a procedurally generated deterministic open world universe, which includes over 18 quintillion planets, made by Hello Games.
No Man’s Sky
Which miHoYo video game takes place in the fantasy world of Teyvat, home to seven nations, each of which is tied to a different element and ruled by a different god. The story follows The Traveler, an interstellar adventurer who, at the start of the game, is separated from their twin sibling after the two land in Teyvat.
Genshin Impact
Netflix show, two word name, Set in 1792, during the French Revolution, it follows Richter Belmont, a descendant of the Belmont family fighting against vampires and night creatures. Sequel of first animated series and set on a video game.
Castlevania: Nocturne
2023 American biopic sports drama film by Neill Blomkamp It tells the true story of Jann Mardenborough, a teenage video game player who became a professional racing car driver.
Gran Turismo
British actor. On television, he is known for his role in the Apple TV+ series See (2019–2022). His films include Midsommar (2019), Gran Turismo and Saltburn (both 2023).
Archie Madekwe
American post-apocalyptic action comedy television series, In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, John Doe played by Anthony Mackie, a talkative milkman with amnesia, is given a mission to traverse the desolate United States to deliver a mysterious package with unknown contents.
Twisted Metal
upcoming action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix, scheduled to release for PlayStation 5 on February 29, 2024. It is a sequel to Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020), it shares the first three words but different fourth.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Upcoming sequel video game Hades II will have which protagonist, the Princess of the Underworld and sister to Zagreus, who seeks to defeat Cronus, the Titan of Time, with the aid of the goddess of witchcraft Hecate and other Olympian gods and figures?
Melinoë
January 2023 video game: The game follows self-proclaimed “future rock star” Chai whose music player is accidentally embedded in his chest during experimental cybernetic surgery, allowing him to rhythmically fight and re-perceive the world through environmental synesthesia.
Hi-Fi Rush
Video game 2023: player controls the humanoid Pinocchio and travels on foot through the city of Krat, exploring the environment and fighting various biomechanical enemies. Pinocchio uses an arsenal of weapons such as swords and axes against his enemies and can dodge and block their blows. Pinocchio has a mechanical arm that can be equipped with gadgets, such as a grappling hook to lure enemies or a flamethrower.
Lies of P
a subgenre of action role-playing games known for high levels of difficulty and emphasis on environmental storytelling, typically in a dark fantasy setting
Soulslike
January 2023 remake of original video game franchise: it is set on a mining spaceship overrun by deadly monsters called Necromorphs following the discovery of an artifact called the Marker. The player controls engineer Isaac Clarke as he navigates the spaceship and fights the Necromorphs while struggling with growing psychosis.
Dead Space
July 2023 video game: The game is based on mapping the images contained in photographs or other two-dimension works onto the three-dimensional space of the game’s world, creating new geometries and layouts. These are used to solve puzzles and access teleporter devices at the end of each level.
Viewfinder
Which organelle of eukaryotic cells has functions including protein folding and is
made up of two subunits known as its “rough” and “smooth” type?
Endoplasmic Reticulum
In first person shooter video games, what term is used for behaviour in which a
player remains in one spot, usually well-hidden or difficult to hit? The same word also
describes an outdoor recreational activity involving guylines.
Camping
Which 2022 historical thriller was directed by Robert Eggers, better known for more
traditional horror? In the film, Alexander Skarsgård plays a warrior seeking revenge
for the death of his father, played by Ethan Hawke.
The Northman
The winner of the 2022 BAFTA Rising Star Award, which actor has starred as Maria
Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and, alongside Viola Davis, as Izogie in
The Woman King?
Lashana Lynch
Which common method of textile production may typically be used to create Fair Isle
jumpers or bobble hats? It involves interconnecting loops of yarn using a pair of
straight needles, usually through an eponymous stitch and a ‘purl’ stitch.
Knitting
In astrophysics, which amusingly named theorem states that, to an external observer,
a black hole can be completely characterised by its mass, electric charge, and
angular momentum?
No-hair theorem
In the Irish Civil War, the ‘pro-treaty’ forces were led by which person, the
commander-in-chief of the Irish National Army until August 1922? John Lavery
depicted this person draped in the Irish tricolour in the painting ‘Love for Ireland’.
Michael Collins
Which northeastern region of Italy has its capital at Trieste? The name of this
region is derived from a contraction of a Latin phrase meaning “Julius Caesar’s
square”. A one-word answer is sufficient.
Friuli-Venezia-Giulia
One of the central characters in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi is a tiger called Richard
Parker, whose name was inspired by a character in which 1838 adventure novel?
It is the only complete novel written by its author, Edgar Allan Poe.
The Narrative of
Arthur Gordon Pym of
Nantucket
What, in gymnastics, is the word used for a somersault in the ‘straight’ position,
i.e. with torso and legs in one straight line? At the 2023 Gymnastics World
Championships All-Around final, Simone Biles performed a ‘double’ one of these
to complete her floor routine.
Layout
Which small hand-held garden tool has a broad, slightly dished blade, similar to a
spade, and may be used for digging around or repotting plants?
Trowel
The 1526 battle of Mohács led to much of which mediaeval kingdom – larger than
its modern-day counterpart – being absorbed into Habsburg Austria, just three
decades after a golden age under King Matthias Corvinus?
Hungary
Which common method of textile production may typically be used to create
tapestries or a bolt of cotton? It involves two sets of threads being interleaved at
right angles to one another, and may be performed by hand using a loom.
Weaving
In topology, what amusingly named theorem states that a vector field tangent to a
sphere cannot be non-zero at every point?
Hairy Ball Theorem
Which 2023 surreal tragicomedy was directed by Ari Aster, better known for more
traditional horror? In the film, Joaquin Phoenix plays a man attempting to attend
the funeral of his mother, played by Patti LuPone.
Beau is Afraid
In which board game, winner of the 2018 Golden Geek Game of the Year, do
players control an asymmetric faction of cute woodland creatures, such as the
Marquise du Cat or the Woodland Alliance, and aim to brutally conquer their
rivals for control of the forest?
Root
Nominated for the 2016 Tony Award for Best Choreography, which jukebox
musical, with a book by Alexander Dinelaris Jr., features songs by husband-andwife duo Gloria and Emilio Estefan? The title is taken from the lyrics to one of
their songs.
On Your Feet!
What mythological figure, common to many North American cultures including the
Navajo, is traditionally portrayed as a trickster? It is usually represented as an
anthropomorphic version of the animal it shares its name with, a carnivore native
to North America.
Coyote
Which small hand-held garden tool has a thin, curved blade similar to a scythe,
and may be used for cutting or harvesting grasses and cereal crops?
Sickle
The victors at Mohács, the Ottoman Empire, were under the command of which
Sultan? This man’s legal reforms led to his epithet of ‘the Lawgiver’, though a
different epithet is typically used in Western Europe.
Suleiman I the Magnificent
What, in gymnastics, is the word used for a cartwheel that includes a 180 degree
rotation, i.e. the gymnast enters facing forwards, and exits facing backwards? At
the 2023 Gymnastics World Championships All-Around final, Simone Biles used
this move in her entry to the vault.
Roundoff
Which southern region of Italy has its capital at Potenza? The name of this region
is thought to be derived from a Greek term referring to the Byzantine emperors.
Basilicata
Also partly inspired by The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is what 1969 novel by Georges Perec, notable for not containing the letter E? In it, a rewriting of Poe’s The Raven is attributed to Arthur Gordon Pym.
A Void
Which chef has announced that his eponymous flagship restaurant at the
Berkeley Hotel is due to close in December 2023? He has appeared as a judge
on MasterChef: The Professionals alongside Monica Galetti since 2014.
Marcus Wareing
In computer science, what general operation, also beginning with S, can be
performed using algorithms known as “depth-first” and “breadth-first”?
Search
Which marginal sea of the Indian Ocean is separated from the Arabian Sea by an
archipelago sharing its former name with this sea? India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives have coastlines on this sea. Names comes from “one hundred thousand” islands.
Laccadive Sea
What purple-coloured gemstone is a variety of quartz and, in the UK, a birthstone
for the month of February?
Amethyst
Opened in 1849 and a larger scale version of a bridge across the Thames at Marlow,
the Széchenyi [seh-chen-ye] Chain Bridge is the first permanent bridge across the
principal river of which central European capital city?
Budapest
Which actor, also known for his appearances in The Remains of the Day and The
Mask of Zorro played Pope Benedict XVI in the Netflix film The Two Popes?
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Most commonly occurring after bone marrow and stem cell transplants, what
syndrome, abbreviated to GvHD, describes an inflammation caused by donor white
blood cells recognising recipient cells as foreign and attacking them?
Graft-versus-host
disease
The 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel was won by Liu Cixin [suh-shin] and translator
Ken Liu for the first novel in which trilogy that is completed with the novels The Dark
Forest and Death’s End? Either the proper name of the trilogy, or the common name
derived from this first novel are acceptable.
Remembrance of
Earth’s Past or
The Three-Body
Problem
Which 20th century US President kept several exotic pets at the White House during
his tenure, including twin lion cubs named ‘Tax Reduction’ and ‘Budget Bureau’?
Calvin Coolidge
Which outfielder, who won the 2018 American League MVP in a World Series
winning season for the Boston Red Sox, signed for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020
with a $365M extension?
Mookie Betts
Translating as ‘person affected by the bomb’, which word beginning with ‘H’ is an
official status given to people who survived either of the atomic bomb attacks on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Hibakusha
Founded in 2013, what Dutch electronics company with a nine-letter name beginning
with ‘F’ manufactures modular smartphones that aim to be environmentally
sustainable by using less conflict minerals and allowing for right to repair?
Fairphone
Hosted by Maryam Moshiri and Nancy Kacungira, what internationally-focused
news programme that debuted in May 2023 is broadcast at 7 p.m. on weekday
evenings on the BBC News Channel?
The Daily Global
At age 33, which conservative-leaning Reagan era academic became the first
African-American tenured professor of economics at Harvard? He is known for
his work on social capital and the 2002 book The Anatomy of Racial Inequality.
Glenn Loury
Gazoo Racing is the high-performance technology division of which Japanese
motor manufacturer?
Toyota
Found in the National Gallery, Dido building Carthage, alternatively titled The
Rise of the Carthaginian Empire, is an 1815 work created by which artist, who
described it as his chef d’œuvre, or masterpiece?
JMW Turner
Which American biblical scholar and former University of Oxford professor
instigated the New Perspective on Paul movement with his landmark 1977 work
Paul and Palestinian Judaism, arguing that traditional Protestant approaches to
Jewish law misinterpret the early Church?
E.P. Sanders
Until 1982, when it became Canada Day, by what name that referenced its thenrelationship with the British Crown was the Canadian holiday on the 1st July known?
Dominion Day
Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye make up which London-based experimental pop
duo whose debut album I Love You Jennifer B was nominated for the 2023
Mercury Prize?
Jockstrap
Ezra Collective, made up of Femi Koleoso (drums), TJ Koleoso (bass), Joe Armon-Jones (keys), James Mollison (saxophone) and Ife Ogunjobi (trumpet), won 2023 Mercury Prize for which album?
Where I’m Meant To Be
Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) third solo album by which act, nominated 2023 Merc Prize?
Fred Again
Beautiful and Brutal Yard by which artist? 2023 MP nom.
J Hus
Jessie Ware’s 2023 MP nom album?
That! Feels Good”
Which Irish band is made up of brothers Ian and Daragh Lynch, Cormac Mac Diarmada and Radie Peat, nominated for MP 2023 for their album False ______.
Lankum
Loyle Carner’s 2023 MP nom album name?
hugo
Messy is debut album released and nominated for MP in 2023 by which artist?
Olivia Dean
RAYE’s 2023 MP nom album?
My 21st Century Blues
2023 MP nom album Nymph is by which artist with the real name Blane Muise?
Shygirl
Scottish three-piece Alloysious Massaquoi, Graham ‘G’ Hastings and Kayus Bankole, with 2023 MP nom album Heavy Heavy?
Young Fathers
Who were the first Scottish band to win a mercury prize winning for debut album Dead in 2014?
Young Fathers
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a 2022 novel by which American author?
Gabrielle Zevin
Who wrote the 2023 Booker Prize shortlisted novel The Bee Sting? Also known for the novels An Evening of Long Goodbyes, Skippy Dies, The Mark and the Void.
Paul Murray
A patch of ice on the road, a casual favour to a charming stranger, a bee caught beneath a bridal veil – can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? Which 2023 BP nominated book.
The Bee Sting
Chetna Maroo’s tender and moving debut novel about grief, sisterhood, a teenage girl’s struggle to transcend herself – and squash, which 2023 BP nominated book?
Western Lane
Who wrote the 2023 Booker Prize shortlisted novel Western Lane? Born in Kenya, British-Indian.
Chetna Maroo
Who wrote the 2023 Booker Prize shortlisted novel Prophet Song? Irish novelist, last novel was 2019 Beyond the Sea, also Grace 2017, The Black Snow and Red Sky in Morning.
Paul Lynch
Who wrote the 2023 Booker Prize shortlisted novel This Other Eden? Known for debut novel Tinkers which won 2010 Pulitzer for Fiction. Also did Enon in 2013.
Paul Harding
Who wrote the 2023 Booker Prize shortlisted novel If I Survive You? Debut novel of Jamaican-American author.
Jonathan Escoffery
Who wrote the 2023 Booker Prize shortlisted novel Study for Obedience? Also wrote 2021 The Coming Bad Days and poetry collection 2015 Now Comes The Lightning.
Sarah Bernstein
A mother faces a terrible choice, in Paul Lynch’s exhilarating, propulsive and confrontational portrait of a society on the brink, which 2023 BP shortlisted novel?
Prophet Song
Full of lyricism and power, Paul Harding’s spellbinding novel celebrates the hopes, dreams and resilience of those deemed not to fit in a world brutally intolerant of difference set on Apple Island and features Benjamin Honey and wife Patience, which 2023 BP shortlisted novel?
This Other Eden
In 1979, as political violence consumes their native Kingston, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami. But they soon learn that the welcome in America will be far from warm. Which 2023 BP shortlisted novel by Jonathan Escoffery?
If I Survive You
A woman moves from the place of her birth to a ‘remote northern country’ to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has just left him. Soon after she arrives, a series of unfortunate events occurs: collective bovine hysteria; the death of a ewe and her nearly-born lamb; a local dog’s phantom pregnancy; a potato blight. Which 2023 BP shortlisted novel by Sarah Bernstein?
Study for Obedience
Whose debut novel The Rabbit Hutch won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction and also won the inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize?
Tess Gunty
American speculative fiction author who wrote the short story collection Friday Black (2018) and his debut novel Chain-Gang All-Stars (2023 - shortlisted for 2023 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2023 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize)?
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah ADJEI-BRENYAH
Jamaican-born British writer. In 2023, she was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize for the novel Fire Rush.
Jacqueline Crooks
American novelist nominated for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2022 for How High We Go in the Dark (2022)?
Sequoia Nagamatsu
Novelist known for 2011 We the Animals and 2023 Blackouts (to do with LGBT and won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction).
Justin Torres
One of most famous writers of Native American Renaissance, In 2009, her novel The Plague of Doves was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, in November 2012 she received the National Book Award for Fiction for her novel The Round House, In 2021, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Night Watchman.
Louise Erdrich
Executive produced by Nathan Fielder, whose name follows the words ‘How to,
with…’ in the title of a comedy docu-series on HBO? The show involves this titular
host giving advice from behind his handheld camera.
John Wilson
Who won Pulitzer Prize 2023 for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary for “for striking illustrations that combine statistical reporting with keen analysis to help readers understand the immense wealth and economic power of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.”?
Mona Chalabi
American opera, composed by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, with a libretto by Giddens. It had its world premiere at the Spoleto Festival USA in 2022. Won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music. based on his autobiography A Muslim American Slave: The Life of ______.
Omar (based on Omar ibn Said)
Translating as ‘self-settlers’, which word beginning with ‘S’ is given to describe those
who chose to remain in the exclusion zone after the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl?
Samosely
Founded in 2020 by Nirav Patel, original Head of Hardware at Oculus, what American laptop company, with a nine-letter name beginning with ‘F’ manufactures modular laptops emphasising the right-to-repair sustainability concept?
Framework
One of the most reproduced images in history, what is the name of the photograph of
Earth taken in 1972 from Apollo 17 on its way to the moon? It depicts Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Southern Hemisphere covered in swirling clouds.
The Blue Marble
Written in 1915 in the aftermath of the 2nd Battle of Ypres, which Canadian wrote the
poem In Flanders Fields?
John McCrae
Which first baseman, who won the 2020 National League MVP and the 2021 World
Series while playing for the Atlanta Braves signed a $162M contract with the Los
Angeles Dodgers in 2022?
Freddie Freeman
If blood products have not been gamma irradiated, an immunocompromised patient
may experience a version of graft-versus-host disease known as TA-GvHD. What in
this context do the letters TA stand for?
Transfusion-Associated
Author N. K. Jemisin won an unprecedented three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best
Novel from 2016 to 2018, for the three novels in her Broken Earth series. Name any
one of these three works.
The Fifth Season or
The Obelisk Gate or
The Stone Sky
Reflecting two of the buzzwords of his presidential platform, which 19th century US
President had two pet opossums named Mr Protection and Mr Reciprocity?
Benjamin Harrison
Known for his own albums Clandestino and Proxima Estacion: Esperanza, which
French-Spanish artist provides guest vocals for the Amadou and Mariam song
Senegal Fast Food?
Manu Chao
Tromostovje [troh-moh-STOV-yuh], commonly known in English as the Triple Bridge,
is a UNESCO World Heritage Listed bridge system found in which former Yugoslavian capital city? It crosses a river whose former name, like the city itself, is
Laibach.
Ljubljana
Maintaining a very close rivalry with Jonas Vingegaard for much of the 2023
Tour, which Slovenian cyclist from Team UAE won the 2020 and 2021 Tours de
France?
Tadej Pogacar
As well as providing lead vocals for Jockstrap, Georgia Ellery plays violin, mandolin and provides backing vocals for which experimental rock band whose debut album For The First Time was nominated for the 2021 Mercury Prize?
Black Country, New Road
What is the two-word name given to wasps of the genus Pepsis that prey on a
particular arachnid? The Pepsis grossa species was the second insect to be
classified as Level 4 on the largely-qualitative Schmidt pain index
Tarantula Hawk
Commonly associated with fusion cuisine such as French Tacos, what yellowish spicy sauce, named for a non-Tunisian country in North Africa, is a mix of mayonnaise with harissa and other ingredients?
Algerienne
Which British biblical scholar and former Bishop of Durham between 2003 and
2010 coined the term ‘New Perspective on Paul’ in 1978 and has produced
extensive works on the subject such as 2013’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God?
N T Wright
Succeeding Dominion Day celebrations, the 6th February marks which national holiday in the Realm of New Zealand, named for the treaty signed in 1840 that is considered the nation’s founding document?
Waitangi Day
What 2016 engine-building strategy board game with a dieselpunk aesthetic and
published by Stonemaier Games sees players try to build empires in an
alternative timeline post-World War I Eastern Europe?
Scythe
A successor to shows such as 100 Days and Beyond 100 Days, which current
affairs discussion news programme hosted by Christian Fraser is broadcast every
weeknight at 8 p.m. on the BBC News Channel?
The Context
An influence on the work of Glenn Loury, which African-American economist has been a fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University since 1977 and is known for books such as A Conflict of Visions and Basic Economics?
Thomas Sowell
Born 1930 North Carolina, which economist wrote 1975 Race and Economics, 1980 Knowledge and Decisions, Basic Economics, Black Rednecks and White Liberals?
Thomas Sowell
Economist wrote Labour in the West Indies: The Birth of a Workers’ Movement (1939), The Principles of Economic Planning (1949), The Theory of Economic Growth (1955)?
Arthur Lewis
Formed by the son of its founder, to which Japanese company is Mugen Motorsports, an engine tuner and parts manufacturer, affiliated?
Honda
Which NBA legend, who passed away in 2022 won a record eleven NBA
championships as a player during his time playing for the Boston Celtics?
Bill Russell
Meaning ‘workhorse’, what is the name of the horse of Don Quixote?
Rocinante
Kaddish yasom is the name of a Jewish prayer recited for which life
event?
Death
What name is given to an expression of grief in Judaism, that includes wearing a ribbon or tearing clothes?
Kriah
Which polishing technique consists of applying thin coats of shellac dissolved in denatured alcohol and results in a very high gloss surface
with a deep colour?
French
The pad used to apply the shellac in French polishing is commonly
referred to as a fad, rubber, tampon or which word, also the Spanish for
‘doll’?
Muneca
A 1990s TV advertisement, about a teenager needing a French polisher to
repair a damaged table before his parents returned from a holiday, was for
what product?
Yellow Pages
Which of Patrick Stewart’s former co-stars officiated at his 2013 wedding
to singer and songwriter Sunny Ozell?
Ian McKellen
At which event of 2014 did Queen Latifah officiate the marriages of thirty-four couples as the climax of a performance of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s hit Same Love?
Grammys
What name is given to the type of compression coil spring that is wound in a conical shape, increasing its travel as the coils are not forced against each other?
Volute
What type of primitive springs, sometimes also known as cart springs, were used in the suspensions of wheeled vehicles such as horse drawn carriages?
Leaf
Which Gothic cathedral to the south-west of Paris, notable for its stainedglass windows, was built partly to house the tunic Mary was said to be wearing when she gave birth to Jesus?
Chartres
The west wing of which major secular Gothic building in Ypres was completely rebuilt in the 1930s, following its total destruction in World War I?
Cloth Hall
Born 1876 Dresden, Staffordshire, He is best known for having composed 32 symphonies, an unusually high number amongst his contemporaries, 25 of them after the age of 70, into late in his life. His best-known work is his Symphony No. 1, The Gothic,
Havergal Brian
In February 2023, twenty-four people died in a series of about 406 wildfires which broke out in which South American country?
Chile
In 2021, to what did Republican representative for Georgia Marjorie Taylor Green attribute the cause of a number of wildfires in California? A threeword term is required.
Jewish Space Lasers
Which Roman poet composed “The Art of Beauty”, a long poem, now
mostly lost, on beauty treatments for women’s faces?
Ovid
Poem IV of Heroides is a letter from which wife of Theseus to her stepson Hippolytus?
Phaedra
Caprica is the capital planet of twelve home worlds in which 2004-2009 TV series?
Battlestar Galactica
Arda is the name of the world which is the main setting for the fiction of which English fantasy author?
JRR Tolkien (Middle Earth is one continent)
What is the home world of House Atreides where Frank Herbert’s Dune starts? They are later ordered to occupy the spice planet of Arrakis
Caladan
Which football club did Silvio Berlusconi buy in 2018? They currently play in Serie A and are nicknamed I Biancorossi
Monza
Monza has been the permanent home of the Italian Grand Prix since 1949, apart from 1980 when it was held at which other Italian circuit?
Imola
Beethoven changed the dedication of his Third Symphony to Eroica, or Heroic, when he removed Napoleon from his own personal pantheon of heroes. Which chocolate did Cadbury’s remove from its own Heroes selection in 2007? This miniature version of a full-size bar also shared its name with a London listings magazine?
Time Out
Cadbury also removed a miniature version of which of its chocolate bars, appended with the word Bite in 2008, but re-added it in 2019, this time appended with Bits? For many years, the Pointer Sisters’ hit I’m So Excited featured in adverts for this bar
Crunchie
Only available in Heroes for three Christmases in the early 2010s, which chocolate bar has Alan Partridge spoken about battling a longstanding addiction to?
Toblerone
Which unfinished Jane Austen novel has been adapted by Andrew Davies into three series on ITV?
Sanditon
Who, claimed the poet, was the cause of Coleridge’s Kubla Khan being
left unfinished?
Person from Porlock
Which unfinished play by Georg Büchner has been adapted into operas by
Manfred Gurlitt and Alban Berg?
Woyzeck
By which station on the Northern Line might Suggs of Madness promise to
meet you?
Camden Town
Which single from Massive Attack’s third album Mezzanine is also the Northern Line station with the longest escalator on the entire tube network?
Angel
What colour is a healthy spleen in humans?
Purple
Which of the four humours was commonly believed in ancient medicine to be secreted by the spleen? Depression was often attributed to an excess of this humour.
Black Bile
Leningrad was the Soviet era name for the city of St Petersburg. Under what name was the city of Stalingrad, now Volgograd, founded in 1589?
Tsaritsyn
Which city on the Volga was named after the poet Gorky from 1932 to 1990?
Nizhny Novgorod
Prometheus Bound is an ancient tragedy traditionally attributed to which
Greek playwright?
Aeschylus
A Post-Modern Prometheus is an acclaimed 1997 episode of which US TV series? It featured a cameo appearance from Jerry Springer, although plans to cast Rosanne Barr and Cher sadly fell through.
The X-Files
In chemical experiments, the presence of which gaseous compound is detected by
bubbling a sample through lime water? If this gas is present, the lime water will go
cloudy.
Carbon Dioxide
Which American philosopher of ethics, whose best-known work is perhaps 1986’s
The Fragility of Goodness, won the 2016 Kyoto Prize for thoughts and ethics?
Martha Nussbaum
What name is given to a formation in chess that consists of two rooks or queens in
the same file, or two bishops or queens in the same diagonal? It is typically used to
put pressure on the opponent’s king.
Battery
What two-letter initialism is used in Germany for a corporation limited by
shareholders, and may broadly be seen as the equivalent of a UK public limited
company?
AG
Which US Afrobeats singer reached number 2 in 2023 with her track People? Her
sound is inspired by genres prevalent in her upbringing, including Cameroonian
music, and the track was about her experiences suffering from the mental health
disorder cyclothymia.
Libianca
Which man won gold in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 by 100 metres relay at the
2023 World Athletics Championships?
Noah Lyles
Which German artist, a leading figure of the New Objectivity movement, is best known for his Metropolis diptych, Der Krieg series of woodcuts, and portrait of journalist Sylvia von Harden?
Otto Dix
Which Welsh county was abolished in 1996, with its territory reorganised into Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham County Borough?
Clwyd
Which American broadcaster is the host of the NPR radio programme and podcast
Fresh Air, which is known for its interviews with cultural and political figures? She
provided the voice of Diane’s ringtone in the third season of BoJack Horseman.
Terry Gross
First airing in 1971 and made by Lew Grade’s ITC Entertainment, which ITV action
comedy series starred Tony Curtis and Roger Moore as two millionaire playboys who
would reluctantly team up to solve cases?
The Persuaders!
Four cities in China are directly-administered municipalities at the level of a province:
Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and which other? Like Beijing, this city is largely surrounded by the province of Hebei, and it is a major port city on the Bohai Sea.
Tianjin
One of the oldest hieroglyphic texts from Ancient Egypt is a stone fragment inscribed
with a partial list of kings from the First to Fifth Dynasties; it can be found in a
museum in which Italian city, which gives its name to this stone?
Palermo Stone
Who was the regular presenter of Radio 4’s book review programme Open Book from
2003–20?
Mariella Frostrup
Which German artist, a leading figure of the New Objectivity movement, is best
known for Eclipse of the Sun, For Oskar Panizza, and Hitler in Hell?
George Grosz
Which Welsh county was abolished in 1996, with its territory reorganised into Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire?
Dyfed
Which US R&B singer reached number 4 in 2023 with his track Sure Thing? The
song actually dates from his 2010 album All I Want Is You, but was re-released
this year after its growing popularity on TikTok.
Miguel
What two-letter initialism is used in France and a number of other Romance language countries for a corporation listed by shareholders, and is broadly equivalent to the German AG or UK plc?
SA
After leaving Asda, George Davies created which women’s clothing range for
Marks and Spencer in 2001? He subsequently launched the similarly Italian themed Collezione menswear range for the store in 2002.
Per Una
In tribute to its popularity abroad, the 100th episode of Midsomer Murders was
set in which Nordic capital? Guest stars included several cast members from The
Killing, which was set in the same city.
Copenhagen
Often causing much amusement in school laboratories, which gaseous element
will cause a popping noise when a lighted splint is inserted into a test tube
containing it?
Hydrogen
Which Indian postcolonial philosopher and intellectual, perhaps best known for
her essay Can the Subaltern Speak? and her translation of Derrida’s Of Grammatology, won the 2012 Kyoto Prize for thoughts and ethics?
Gayatri Spivak
Which formation in chess is a type of battery named after a 1930s world champion? It consists of placing the two rooks stacked one behind another and the queen at the rear. Two-word answer required.
Alekhine’s Gun
Who has hosted the BBC Two book review series Between the Covers since its
launch in 2020?
Sara Cox
Born 1494 Jacopo Carucci, Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School, 1528 Deposition from the Cross is located above the altar of the Capponi Chapel of the church of Santa Felicita in Florence. Others, Joseph in Egypt, Portrait of a Halberdier, Joseph Sold to Potiphar and other Joseph paintings.
Pontormo
In the 10th century, Harald Bluetooth erected a large runestone, partly to celebrate the conversion of his kingdom to Christianity. Sometimes called ‘Denmark’s baptismal certificate’, this stone is one of two found in, and named after, which town in the south of the country?
Jelling
In 2019, who was the most recent person to be named an honorary member of the Berlin Philharmonic? Though born in India, he has been a regular guest conductor for them since 1961, as well as being director of the Bavarian State Opera until 2006.
Zubin Mehta
Which American broadcaster is the host and creator of the NPR radio programme and podcast This American Life, which is known for its essays and short stories? He provided the voice of Diane’s ringtone in the first season of BoJack Horseman.
Ira Glass
What hypothetical phenomenon experienced by an observer falling towards a
black hole, which is a possible solution to the black hole information paradox,
shares its name with a term in computing?
Firewall
First airing in 1971 and made by Lew Grade’s ITC Entertainment, which ITV
crime series starred Peter Wyngarde as the titular playboy, novelist and sleuth,
who had previously appeared in the show Department S?
Jason King
The only other team to have won the playoff title in all three divisions, David
Wagner managed what northern football club, nicknamed ‘the Terriers’, to win the
2017 Championship playoff final after penalties against Reading?
Huddersfield Town
At the start of the novel, Candide is idealistic due to the mentorship of which character, Candide’s professor? The adjectival form of this character’s name is now a synonym for extreme optimism.
Pangloss
Mount Pico is the highest point in Portugal. It is situated on Pico Island, part of which archipelago in the mid-Atlantic historically used as a stopping point on trans-Atlantic flights?
Azores
When England won the Women’s Rugby World Cup Final in 2014, who played at
open-side flanker? In 2015 she became the first woman to be part of the punditry
team for men’s internationals on ITV, a role she continued to play during their
coverage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Maggie Alphonsi
Which salt lake in Tanzania is the only breeding ground for the African lesser flamingo, and is also known for its deep red and orange colour caused by very high evaporation rates?
Lake Natron
Which UK toy retailer, with over 170 stores, has a black and red clown as its logo and uses the slogan ‘Mad About Toys’?
The Entertainer
Meryl Streep made her film debut in which 1977 drama directed by Fred Zinnemann? Jane Fonda was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for this film that starred Vanessa Redgrave in the title role?
Julia
Often not regarded as a Parliament at all due to its failure – lasting just over two months and passing no bills – what nickname was given to James I’s Parliament of 1614?
Addled Parliament
From 1982 to 1993, every Wimbledon women’s singles title was won by either Martina Navratilova or Steffi Graf. Which Spanish player finally ended that run when she beat Navratilova in the 1994 final? She won two of her three Olympic medals partnered with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
Conchita Martinez
Coming to fame playing Nick Tilsley on Coronation Street, who had hits in 1999 with ‘I Breathe Again’ and ‘Everything My
Heart Desires’?
Adam Rickitt
In Greek mythology, which daughter of Nyx is the personification of day? She is sometimes identified with Eos, the goddess of
the dawn.
Hemera
The Medici family had four of its members rise to the Papacy. The first to do so was Giovanni, who was head of the Church from 1513 to 1521 under what Papal name and number? He promulgated the Papal Bull Exsurge Domine in response to the teachings of Martin Luther.
Leo X
Notated as (1,2) substitution, what five-letter prefix describes the relationship of substituents on two adjacent carbon atoms
of a benzene ring?
Ortho
Which American indie folk rock band led by Colin Meloy was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Song for the 2011 track ‘Down by the Water’ from their album The King Is Dead?
The Decemberists
The Formentor and Born are models of which Spanish car company, launched by SEAT as a standalone brand in 2018?
Cupra
Which firth, an inlet of the North Sea is the largest firth in Scotland? It is triangular in shape, with approximate ‘points’ at Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire, Duncansby Head near John O’Groats, and Inverness.
The Moray Firth
Important for plant nutrition and improving soil conditions for growth, what term is given to a symbiotic association between the root system of a plant and a fungus?
MYCORRHIZA
Which modern-day country is missing from this list of European territories in the original version of the boardgame Risk: Iceland, Great Britain, Scandinavia, and Central, Western and Southern Europe?
Ukraine
Which wood stain and preservative manufacturer has the slogan ‘Does what it says on the tin’?
Ronseal
In 1523, Giulio de’ Medici became Pope and took what name and number? Sometimes referred to as “the most unfortunate of the Popes”, he was imprisoned by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his reign saw the Sack of Rome of 1527 and Henry VIII’s break with Rome.
Clement VII
What is the subtitle of the 2023 film Dungeons & Dragons, starring Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez?
Honor Among Thieves
Notated as (1,4) substitution, what four-letter prefix describes the relationship between substituents on a benzene ring separated
by two unsubstituted carbon atoms?
Para
In Greek mythology, Apate, the daughter of Nyx, is a personification of deceit. Who is Apate’s male counterpart, the personification of trickery with the Roman equivalent Mendacius?
Dolos
Which Czech tennis player was defeated by Steffi Graf at the 1993 Wimbledon women’s singles final and then by Martina Hingis
in 1997, before finally lifting the title in 1998 by defeating Nathalie Tauziat?
Jana NOVOTNÁ
Coming to fame playing Aidan Brosnan on EastEnders, who had hits in 1994 with ‘Someone to Love’ and ‘Take This Time’?
Sean Maguire
The logo of which toy retailer, with over 200 stores in the UK and Europe, has its name in red printed onto three yellow cubes over
a blue background?
Smyths
The film Julia was based on which writer’s book Pentimento? This woman was Oscar-nominated for her adaptation of her own play The Little Foxes, which was directed by William Wyler and starred Bette Davis.
Lillian Hellman
What nickname was given to the first Parliament of Charles I’s reign, which sat from June to August 1615? The nickname came
from their general failure to pass business, although it was able to pass the Sunday Observance Act.
Useless Parliament
Which region of Italy, separated from Sicily by the Strait of Messina, forms the ‘toe’ of the Italian boot? This region has its capital at
Catanzaro
Calabria
George Michael’s ‘Too Funky’ ends with a sampled quote from the 1961 classic comedy episode ‘The Radio Ham’, which starred
which iconic British comedian? ‘The Radio Ham’ was included in the final series of this comedian’s namesake programme, which
was renamed after being shortened to 25 minutes.
Tony Hancock
In tort law, if a person or organisation has a moral or legal duty of care towards another and fails to uphold it then this could lead to a
claim in what area of tort?
Negligence
Mycorrhizae are an example of what type of symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit? This is contrasted with
commensalism, in which one benefits and the other is unaffected.
Mutualism
Which modern-day country is missing from this list of African territories in the original version of the boardgame Risk: Congo,
Madagascar, and North, East and South Africa?
Egypt
Singer-songwriter John Darnielle [dar-neel] has been the one constant member of which prolific indie folk rock band formed in
1991? This act’s 22 studio albums include 2002’s Tallahassee and 2005’s The Sunset Tree.
The Mountain Goats
The Korando and Tivoli are models of which Korean car company that is now known by the name KG Mobility after a 2022
takeover?
Ssangyong
Which firth, an inlet of the Irish Sea, forms part of the border between England and Scotland? It stretches from St Bees Head near
Whitehaven to the Mull of Galloway, and faces the Isle of Man.
Solway Firth
The flag of which South American country is a triband of red, white and blue but uniquely differs on its obverse and reverse with
the obverse showing the national coat of arms and the reverse showing the seal of the treasury?
Paraguay
Having previously been the Governor of Indiana, which politician served as Vice-President to Woodrow Wilson between 1913 and
1921?
Thomas Marshall
What is the name of the put-upon personal assistant character from the long-running advertising campaign for price comparison
website Compare the Market? Like the campaign’s original character, Aleksandr Orlov, this character is a meerkat
Sergei
Having previously represented Indiana in the Senate, which politician served as Vice-President to Theodore Roosevelt between
1905 and 1909?
Charles Fairbanks
Recent instalments in the advertising campaign for Compare the Market have featured the character Carl, who is what sort of
animal? The character is not a meerkat, despite being the nephew of Aleksandr Orlov.
Wombat
Who has been serving as president of Venezuela since the death of Hugo Chávez in 2013?
Nicolas Maduro
Carrera, Apollo and Pendleton are all brands of bicycle exclusive to what company, Britain’s largest bike retailer, who
previously operated the chain Cycle Republic?
Halfords
A four-time winner of the women’s World Darts Championship between 2014 and ’18, which darts player is second only to Trina Gulliver in finals appearances with six? Despite their relative dominance, Gulliver and this player have never played each other in a World Championship final.
Lisa Ashton
New Zealand was home to what group of extinct flightless birds, which includes the two tallest known birds ever to have lived? They were hunted to extinction after the Māori arrived in the islands in the 14th century.
Moa
Which structure in the development of the mammalian embryo consists of a hollow sphere of cells and the inner cell mass? This stage develops from the morula and implants to the endometrium
Blastocyst
Named for a US Secretary of State and a French Foreign minister, which 1928 pact was an international agreement that saw
signatories promise not to use war to resolve disputes and conflicts?
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Notable for a rare 1987 excursion into pop music, which late Spanish-born soprano made her internationally-acclaimed
breakthrough in Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia in Carnegie Hall in 1965, later cementing her success in in Der Rosenkavalier at
Glyndebourne in the same year?
Montserrat Caballe
Along with Peter Neufeld, which American lawyer founded the Innocence Project, which aims to use DNA testing to help the
wrongly convicted? He is known for defending the au pair Louise Woodward and for his role in the O. J. Simpson murder trial,
during which he argued that the DNA samples used were unreliable due to police mishandling.
Barry Scheck
What term is used in chess for a position where one piece attacks two or more of the opponent’s pieces at the same time?
Fork
Commonly used in medical imaging, what form of electromagnetic radiation has wavelengths shorter than ultraviolet light but longer than gamma rays?
X-Ray
Also known as Sétanta, which warrior hero of the Ulster Cycle was said to be the human incarnation of the mythical king
Lugh [loo]?
Cu Chulainn
Formed by riot grrrl [girl] pioneer Kathleen Hanna in Olympia, Washington in 1990, which feminist punk band released the albums Pussy Whipped and Reject All American, before disbanding in 1997?
Bikini Kill
What were the names of the two Italian anarchists who were controversially executed in Massachusetts in 1927 for their alleged role in a fatal armed robbery at a shoe factory? Both names required.
Nicola SACCO and Bartolomeo VANZETTI
Which German-born surrealist painter, who died in Paris in 1976, developed the art form of frottage?
Max Ernst
Which New Zealand soprano rose to fame in London in the 1960s performing roles such as the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro? She is also known for her performances in Der Rosenkavalier and for singing Handel’s ‘Let the Bright Seraphim’ at the wedding of Charles and Diana.
Kiri Te Kanawa
Which American psychologist who is best known for her work in the field of false memory, wrote the work The Myth of Repressed
Memory: False Memories & Allegations of Sexual Abuse? She has provided expert testimony in high profile trials, such as those of
Robert Durst and Ghislaine Maxwell and consulted on the O.J. Simpson case.
Elizabeth Loftus
Following implantation, the blastocyst undergoes what process, named for the next stage of the embryo’s development? This
process sees the cells organised into three germ layers and the development of a cavity called the archenteron, which becomes the gut
cavity.
Gastrulation
The December 1935 pact that sought to end the Italo-Ethiopian War was named after which British Foreign Secretary and which French Foreign Minister, who also served as Prime Minister on three occasions?
Hoare-Laval Pact
B’Twin is a brand of bikes sold by which large sports retailer found in UK retail parks? This company’s other brands include the Kalenji running gear and Quechua outdoor wear.
Decathlon
Lisa Ashton’s last final appearance came in 2020, when she was defeated by which Japanese darts player? In 2019, this player set a new record for average in a World Championship final with 90.12, although this was broken by Beau Greaves in 2022.
Mikuru Suzuki
What were the names of the two Chicago law students, obsessed with the idea of the perfect crime, whose murder of a 14-yearold-boy in 1924 was an inspiration for the Hitchcock film Rope? Both names required.
Nathan LEOPOLD and Richard LOEB
Which British-born surrealist artist, who spent much of her life in Mexico, painted the 1939 work Portrait of Max Ernst?
Leonora Carrington
The rivers Great Ouse, Nene [nen or neen] and Witham flow into which bay or estuary on the east coast of England?
The Wash
Following the disbandment of Bikini Kill, Kathleen Hanna went on to form which feminist new wave band in New York? They
included the track ‘Deceptacon’ on their self-titled debut album, before releasing the albums Feminist Sweepstakes and This Island
Le Tigre
The film Fast Times at Ridgemont High was the directorial debut of which woman, who would later write and direct such films as
Look Who’s Talking and Clueless?
Amy Heckerling
Portrayed as a warrior and a master craftsman, Lugh [loo] belongs to which supernatural race in Irish mythology that has a name meaning “tribe of the gods”? Other members of this race include The Morrigan and The Dagda.
Tuatha Dé Danann
What chess term refers to a position where a pawn or minor piece cannot move, because moving would allow the opponent to
capture a more valuable piece? This should not be confused with a skewer, where the more valuable piece is in front of the less
valuable piece.
Pin
What type of handicraft uses knotting techniques, primarily reef knots and hitching, to create textiles which are often used as
decorative hangings?
Macrame
The disorder of excessive internal and external bleeding, haemophilia A is caused by a genetic deficiency of which factor in the blood
clotting cascade?
Factor VIII (8)
Which disease, named after a Finnish physician, is a blood clotting disorder caused by mutations in a multimeric factor VIII binding
protein, and may cause heavy periods or nosebleeds?
Von Willebrand Disease
Created in 1955 by Dutch artist Dick Bruna and given a 5 letter name, which anthropomorphised, line-drawn white cartoon
rabbit with an x for a nose had adventures with Auntie Alice and Uncle Bob and her friends Boris and Barbara Bear?
Miffy
Which company has spent the most on podcast advertising in 2023? A mental health platform that provides online counselling services, it has been criticised for sharing its customers’ personal data with third parties.
BetterHelp
Which Flemish painter, who studied in the studio of Peter Paul Rubens, became the court painter of Charles I, producing works like Charles I in Three Positions?
Anthony van Dyck
In the 1966 FIFA World Cup final, which man scored the first of West Germany’s two goals, doing so in the 12th minute?
Helmut Haller
Which 1991 crime action film is one of the two films from Danny Butterman’s expansive DVD collection that he shows to Nick Angel in the movie Hot Fuzz? Starring Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey, a particular scene shown in Hot Fuzz sees Keanu Reeves firing his gun up in the air and going ‘Ahhh!’
Point Break
Which letter is used to denote the hottest, blue stars under the Morgan–Keenan (MK) classification system?
O (OBAFGKM)
If you started on the note of E, and played a scale entirely of natural notes - e.g. all the white notes on a keyboard - in what musical mode would be playing? The name of this mode is derived from an Ancient Kingdom of central Anatolia.
Phrygian
Which Turkish-American businessman was the CEO of The Coca-Cola Company from 2008, until his retirement in 2017? He remained with Coca-Cola as its chairman, before stepping down from this post in 2019.
Muhtar Kent
In 2009, Skai TV aired a programme entitled Great Greeks, determined to list the 100 Greatest Greeks in history. Who was ranked as the 2nd greatest Greek, behind Alexander The Great? This physician is best known for inventing the smear test, and improving tests for detecting stomach cancer.
George PAPANIKOAOU
What is the name of the sleeveless tunic traditionally worn by indigenous women in many regions of Mexico and Guatemala? Usually made from three pieces of cotton or wool cloth, the artist Frida Kahlo is often associated with this garment.
Huipil
Limacology is a branch of zoology that deals specifically with which small legless creatures?
Slugs
A notable figure in the realm of ‘slow cinema’, which Hungarian filmmaker wrote and directed the 7-hour-and19-minute long film ‘Satantango’ in 1994, making it amongst the longest commercially available feature films
in the world?
Bela TARR
Several of his works, including his novels Satantango (Sátántangó, 1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (Az ellenállás melankóliája, 1989), have been turned into feature films by Hungarian film director Béla Tarr.
László Krasznahorkai
Which French dish - whose name stems from the cooking pot used to prepare it - is a stew usually consisting of sausage, confit, pork, and white beans?
Cassoulet
Which reptile lends its name to a party board game in which a random player must blend in with the other players when suggesting a related word to a given topic? If this player convinces the others that they are not the said reptile, they win.
The Chameleon
What double named system classifies heat of stars using OBAFGKM?
Morgan-Keenan System
Which American musician starred as himself in the 1976 film version of ‘A Star Is Born’? One of his best known songs is ‘Knock Three Times’, with his backing group Dawn.
Tony Orlando
1877 to 1896 in US history is usually dubbed as what age? Key events of this time include the founding of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, and the assassination of James A. Garfield.
Gilded Age
Who was the first Japanese Nobel laureate, receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949 for his prediction of the pi meson, or pion?
Hideki YUKAWA
Posted on Twitter as a semi-sarcastic response to Malala Yousafzai, what four word phrase - used against someone who is bragging about something strange or potentially unimpressive - became a viral meme in 2018?
Weird Flex But OK
Which woman won Gold in Javelin at the 2023 World Athletics Championships? She was the only Japanese athlete to be prized with a Gold medal in the games.
Haruka Kitaguchi
Which rapper with a rhyming stage name is regarded as a pioneer of the Chicago drill genre, through tracks such as ‘I Don’t Like’ and ‘Hate Bein’ Sober’?
Chief Keef
“Yes, I have heard of it. I am very glad” were the reported last words of which British monarch? Said in response to one of their horses having won in competition, their death occurred the day after Theodore Roosevelt accepted a Nobel Peace Prize.
Edward VII
Who was the second Japanese Nobel laureate, receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, along with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger, for their work in quantum electrodynamics?
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
Which 1939 novel by American author Ernest Vincent Wright advertised itself on its first edition cover as ‘a 50,000 word novel without the letter ‘e’? The title is the surname of the main character John, who tries to create
an ‘Organisation of Youth’ to improve his hometown.
Gadsby
Which fictional creature lends its name to a party game in which selected members of the group must blend in with the remaining players (known as villagers) to avoid being ‘shot’? This small select group wins if they kill all the villagers without being discovered.
Werewolf
A notable figure in the realm of ‘slow cinema’, which Filipino filmmaker wrote and directed the 7-hour-and-30-minute long film ‘Melancholia’ in 2008, making it amongst the longest commercially available feature films in the world?
Lav Diaz
1896 to 1917 in US history is usually dubbed as what age? Key events of the time include the construction of the Panama Canal and the assassination of William McKinley.
Progressive
Current second highest building in world found in Kuala Lumpur contains a number
Merdeka 118
In the 1966 FIFA World Cup final, which man scored the second of West Germany’s two goals, doing so in the 89th minute?
Wolfgang Weber
If you started on the note of G, and played a scale entirely of natural notes - e.g. all the white notes on a keyboard - in what musical mode would be playing? The name of this mode is derived from an Ancient Kingdom of western Anatolia, along with a prefix meaning ‘half’
Mixolydian
After the retirement of Muhtar Kent in 2017, which British businessman became the CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, having joined the company 21 years prior? He has previously worked for the US management consultancy company Bain & Company.
James Quincey
Which TV sitcom - written by and starring Michaela Coel - follows Tracey, a religious virgin in her mid-twenties
who begins to brave the environment around her to learn more about love and sex?
Chewing Gum
Which brand of cold & flu medicine features an image of a hot yellow mug of fluid on its packaging, in reference to the colour of the fruit that gives this medicine its flavour?
Lemsip
In the list of Great Greeks, who was ranked as the 8th greatest Greek, just ahead of Plato? This politician and statesman was the first Governor of Greece following its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1828, and was succeeded by his son after being assassinated 3 years into the post in 1831.
Ioannis KAPODISTRIAS
What is the name of the Panamanian garment that refers to a large, one-piece skirt? In the 16th and 17th century, the clothing was a form of Spanish colonial dress, enforced on indigenous populations in the Andes. Today however, the attire is mainly used in festivities across Latin America.
Pollera
Originally written in 1915 for his wife-to-be, Edith Mary Bratt, ‘Goblin Feet’ is a poem by which English writer?
He later went on to regret writing the work.
JRR Tolkien
Which city is scheduled to host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games?
Brisbane
Melittology is a branch of zoology that deals specifically with which small flying creatures?
Bees
1817 to 1825 in US history has been dubbed the Era of what? The two-word term in question reflects the increased sense of nationwide cohesion and identity after the ending of the War of 1812.
Good Feelings
What 4-digit number follows ‘X-Seed’ in the name of the conceptual megatall skyscraper proposed by the Taisei Corporation, which theoretically could house up to a million people?
4000
What Chinese film, based on the defence of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 Shanghai by Chinese NRA troops during the Battle of Shanghai, was the second highest grossing movie worldwide in 2020?
The Eight Hundred
In which BAFTA winning sitcom did Greg McHugh play a corporal in the fictional 104th Royal Tank Regiment of the British Army?
Gary: Tank Commander
Which member of The Fast Show cast, the author of “Does my bum look big in this?”, now stars as Beth Baird in “Two doors down”?
Arabella Weir
Which darts player, born in Essex in 1957 and nicknamed “The Prince of Style”, won the World Matchplay Darts Championship in the 1990s?
Rod Harrington
Which singing duo comprised Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield? They topped the UK charts twice
The Righteous Brothers
What is the persona character of Paul Stanley in the rock band “Kiss”?
Starchild
“Summertime Blues”, “C’mon Everybody” and “Somethin’ Else” were hits for which American star who died tragically young?
Eddie Cochran
Zozo was the original name of which children’s book character created by Margret and H. A. Rey and illustrated by Alan Shalleck?
Curious George
Who is the first historical person mentioned in the lyrics of Billy Joel’s hit song “We didn’t start the fire”?
Harry Truman
Created by the barber Paul McGregor, what hairstyle beginning with “S” is a cut where the hair has been layered to various lengths? The layers make the hair full around the crown, and the hair thins to fringes around the edges.
Shag
Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in one game when he was playing for which team? This happened at the Hershey Sports Arena. City or franchise name acceptable
Philadelphia Warriors
Which lesser known Muppets character with a name beginning with “Z” is the saxophone player character in the fictional Muppet band Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem?
Zoot
Carol Clevelandwas Zoot and Dingo,identical twinsisters, in which 1975 British comedy film?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
What is the main ingredient in the popular Arabian dish “Kabsa”?
Rice
Griff Rhys Jones,Mel Smith andAlison Steadman starred in 1989 movie, an adaptation of a Tom Sharpe novel?
Wilt
What “P” is a baked case of dough with either sweet or savory filling, common in Eastern European cuisines? The name is derived from the ancient Proto-Slavic word pir, meaning “banquet” or “festivity”.
Pirog
What style icon won a Golden Globe award for her role of Nicolette “Nicki” Grant in the TV show “Big Love”?
Chloe Sevigny
Which 2005 historical drama film portrays the conflict between veteran journalist Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin?
Good Night and Good Luck
What is usualyl the last Major of the Men’s Golf season in the calendar year?
The British Open
What is usualyl the first Major of the Men’s Golf season in the calendar year?
Masters
What TV show had a choral theme tune composed by Howard Goodall? The first line in Latin is ““Ecce homo qui est faba”
Mr Bean
The Macrobertson International Shield is the premier competition in what game?
Croquet
Claude-Michel SchönbergandAlain Boublil were the men who wrote which very successful musical which premiered in 1989?
Miss Saigon (Les Mis was 1980)
What Davina McCall romance show of 2023 was dubbed “Middle aged Love Island”? 4-word answer
My Mum, Your Dad
First name Nico, who was the first British chef to gain three Michelin Stars?
Nico Ladenis
Which three star restaurant is at The Dorchester?
Alain Ducasse
Marcus Waring will be closing Marcus, his Michelin-starred restaurant at which hotel, just after Christmas 2023?
The Berkeley
Only Japanese cuisine three star michelin restaurant in UK named after namesake chef surname? Ended in 2020.
The Araki (Mitsuhiro Araki)
French chef who has three michelin stars at Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) in London
Pierre Gagnaire
French chef who has three michelin stars at the Connaught since 2021
Helene Darroze
£Who is the chef in charge of L’Enclume in Cartmel, Cumbria three stars since 2022?
Simon Rogan
Clare Smyth has had three michelin stars since 2021 at which London restaurant?
Core by Clare Smyth
The actor Geoffrey Hinsliff who came to fame in the comedy show “Brass”, went on to play which Coronation Street character for 10 years?
Don Brennan
It has been said that Mike Yarwood invented what phrase for his caricature ofOpportunity KnockspresenterHughie Green?
I mean that most sincerely, folks
Which South African Snooker player reached the final of the World Championship in 1978?
Perrie Mans (died November 2023)
What was the name of the daily business TV programme hosted by Adrian Chiles and Adam Shaw from 1994 to well into the 2000s?
Working Lunch
What “L” was the “the Tattooed Lady” is a 1939 song that became Groucho Marx’s signature tune?
Lydia
Ozzy Osbourne shouts “All aboard” at the start of which 1980 song?
Crazy Train
Craggy faced Robert Davi was the baddie Franz Sanchez in which 1989 James Bond film?
Licence to Kill
What “G” was the first name of the wife of Barry Humphries “Sir Les Patterson” character?
Gwen
The comedy actor Julian Holloway is the father of which author and former model?
Sophie Dahl
Hunter’s Organ and Sach’s Organ found in which sea creatures?
Electric Eel
Stilton cheese may only be produced in Leicestershire,
Nottinghamshire and this other county.
Derbyshire
This company’s domestic market share rose to near 90% after the September 2001 collapse of its main rival Ansett, but has since dropped. This company
owns the budget brand Jetstar, and this company’s then CEO Gary Pemberton saw it become one of the six founding members of the OneWorld alliance in 1999. This airline is the second oldest continuously active airline in the world behind KLM.
Qantas
This person can be seen in Balamory, playing a
colleague of Suzie Sweet, and this fan of punk band
The Stranglers used their track Waltzinblack as the
theme of his own TV show. Jean-Christophe Novelli
worked as a chef at this man’s Devon restaurant The
Maltsters Arms, the failure of which led to this man’s
first bankruptcy. It was announced that this man had
died just hours before the broadcast of an interview in
which he admitted that he often drank too much out of
loneliness; that interview was by this man’s namesake
Keith Allen. Often seen cooking al fresco with a glass
of wine in his hand, which eccentric TV cook and
restaurateur died from a heart attack in 2009?
Keith Floyd
The Hershey-Chase experiments demonstrated that DNA contains genetic material by using what type of virus to insert radioactive phosphorus into bacteria? This general type of virus infects and replicates within bacteria and archaea.
Phages
Which American geneticist discovered sex chromosomes? By
observing the two types of sperm produced by mealworms,
she independently discovered the XY sex-determination
system the same year as Edmund Beecher Wilson.
Nettie Stevens
Although Letterkenny is the largest town in Donegal, which
town, located within the Finn Valley and with a name also
beginning with ‘L’, is its county town?
Lifford
Home to the largest herd of red deer in Ireland, which national park - the second largest in the country - is located in
County Donegal?
Glenveagh
glen-VAY
3Blue1Brown made an eight-episode series with which other
popular maths-centred YouTube channel, run by members
including Matt Parker, James Grime and Brady Haran
Numberphile
Which popular YouTube channel run by science
communicator Derek Muller discusses topical maths and
physics problems? The origins of the channel name is implied
in its tagline ‘an element of truth’.
Veritasium
Which strategy game subgenre generally follows the gameplay conventions of Explore, Expand, Exploit and Exterminate, and takes its name from those terms? Although initially turn based, it has evolved into real-time variants such as Sins of a Solar Empire.
4X
Game writer Alan Emrich coined the term 4X to describe which 1993 science fiction strategy game, where players aim for galactic domination as one of 10 different races including the Alkari and Meklar? Conquering the titular planet will not win you the game outright, but it is the most valuable research site.
Master of Orion
Also mentioned in the song was which Whig President, the
last President to not be associated with either the Democrat
or Republican party?
Millard Fillmore
Which herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War gives
his name to an adjective meaning loud-voiced?
Stentor
A rough equivalent in English would be “that which is thought”, from Greek for “to think, to mean”, which term coined by Kant is knowledge posited as an object that exists independently of human sense.
Noumenon
Concept introduced by Kant, what is the status of objects as they are, independent of representation and observation?
Thing-in-Itself
What compulsive fibber was expelled from Congress on Friday 1st December 2023, becoming just the sixth person in US history to receive the congressional boot?
GEORGE SANTOS
What self-styled “CEO of El Salvador” has stepped down from the presidency so he can mount a controversial re-election bid in 2024?
Nayib Bukele
A seven-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war abruptly ended on Friday morning December 2023. What largest northerly city in southern Gaza has been warned to evacuate further south?
Khan Younis
Greek politician who has been prime minister of Greece since June 2023. He was also the prime minister of Greece from July 2019 to May 2023, and is president of the New Democracy party since 2016. In news with rishi sunak coz of Elgin marbles
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Tesla has finally delivered its long-delayed model of what SUV, which Elon Musk has described as a “badass, futuristic armoured personal carrier”?
Cybertruck
The design of the cybertruck is inspired by the car-turned-submarine in which 1977 James Bond movie
The Spy Who Loved Me
She is best known for her lead role as Ruby Rossi in the Academy Award-winning 2021 film CODA for which she has received a nomination for a British Academy Film Award for Best Actress. She is also widely known for playing the role of Kinsey Locke in the Netflix series Locke & Key (2020–2022).
Emilia Jones
Hitler German term for living space
Lebensraum
A medical test used to assess capillary fragility. It is also called the Tourniquet test. Named after an American physician known for his work on the role of nutrition in scurvy and rickets.
Hess Test
Isidor and Nathan Straus were founders of which American company? Isidor died but titanic sinking. Daughter married namesake of Hess Test.
Macy’s
She is known for her role as Hayley Cropper in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street between 1998 and 2014. Played Suzanne Sercombe in Mr Bates vs The Post Office.
Julie Hesmondhalgh
She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Rosemary West in Appropriate Adult (2011). Jo Hamilton in Mr Bates vS the Post Office.
Monica Dolan
For his work on the London stage, Jennings received three Olivier Awards, winning for Too Clever by Half (1988), Peer Gynt (1996), and My Fair Lady (2003). He is the only performer to have won Olivier awards in the drama, musical, and comedy categories. Was Prince Charles in The Queen, Edward VIII in The Crown. Played James Arbuthnot on Mr Bates vS Post Office.
Alex Jennings
She has had television roles in The Crown (playing Wallis Simpson), in May 33rd (2004) for which she was nominated for a BAFTA, and in The Missing (2016), Kiri (2016), His Dark Materials (2019–2022) and The Capture (2019–2021). Played Paula Vennells in Mr Bates vS the Post Office.
Lia Williams
an English actress and singer known for playing Chloe Atkinson in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 2000 until 2005 and housemaid Ethel Parks in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey from 2011 until 2012. Lisa Castleton in Mr Bates vS Post Office.
Amy Nuttall
He was the seventh and last Avignon pope
Gregory XI
S p d f blocks on periodic table used to stand for what
Sharp
Principal
Diffuse
Fundamental
Which dogsled race first held in 1967 is run annually in March between Anchorage and Nome, Alaska, U.S ?
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
a painted representation of a landscape, set, or distant location that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that is not present at the filming location
Matte Painting
a special effect in filmmaking named after its inventor, German cinematographer (1893–1977). The technique consists of covering part of the camera’s view with a mirror, allowing filmmakers to assemble an image from multiple parts.
Schüfftan Process
distorted room that creates an optical illusion named after American scientist
Ames Room
Robbie Williams wife name
Ayda Field
2023 worlds strongest man, Canadain
Mitchell Hooper
2023 worlds strongest men third place and third place in 2022 and 2020 winner 1st place
Oleksii Novikov
parisian opera house inspiration for phantom of opera
Palais Garnier
American pharma company known best for clinical depression drugs Prozac (1986) and Cymbalta (2004) and antipsychotic medication Zyprexa (1996), though its biggest revenue drivers are diabetes drugs Trulicity (2014) and Humalog (1996).
Eli Lilly
The screenplay by Wendell Mayes was based on the 1958 novel of the same name written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker under the pen name of Robert Traver. Voelker based the novel on a 1952 murder case in which he was the defense attorney. Directed by Otto Preminger.
Anatomy of a Murder
Which comedian, who was dressed as a Dickensian coachman in front of a 19th century mail coach, made a mobile phone call from London’s St Katharine Docks on 1 January 1985, via the Vodafone network?
Ernie Wise
Which wwe star became only fourth to win back to back royal rumbles with 2024 on top of 2023? Hogan, Shawn Michaels and stone cold Steve Austin the other three.
Cody Rhodes
Located in Pakistan, which mountain is the highest peak in the Hindu Kush mountain range?
Tirich Mir
Forest Green Rovers put which female in caretaker coach so first female football league coach
Hannah Dingley
Sutton United in January 2024 have appointed which trans football coach first ever in football league? This was also the first trans referee in football league too.
Lucy Clark
Which 2005 American drama film, loosely based on the final days of Kurt Cobain is the third and final instalment in Gus Van Sant’s “Death Trilogy”?
Last Days is the third and final installment in what Van Sant has frequently called his “Death Trilogy”, which began with Gerry (2002) and continued with Elephant (2003).
American musician nicknamed tbe pirate laureate
Jimmy Buffett
Malacology is the field of science which studies which diverse group of animals with over 100,000 known species?
Molluscs
Judith and her husband are the only singing roles in which opera?
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (Bartok)
What Dorset landmark is claimed to be an image of Hercules?
Cerne Abbas Giant
Which poet climbed Mont Ventoux in Provence in 1336?
Petrarch
In the first world war, what was the dual monarchy?
Austria-Hungary
Which lake was created in 1730 by the damming of the River Westbourne?
Lake Serpentine
What links: A Fistful of Dollars; Drive; Layer Cake; Tenet; The Seven Year Itch?
Unnamed main characters
What is the name of Open AI’s new video-generating tool?
Sora
Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from what town in Donetsk, after a months-long battle that has raged since October? Feb 24
AVDIIVKA
What three junta-led nations have officially withdrawn from ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States)?
BURKINA FASO, MALI, and NIGER
What country in Oceania has seen tribal violence in its Enga northern highlands? A recent outbreak in fighting has left dozens of people dead.
Papua New Guinea
February 2024 What University of Iowa star became the all-time leading scorer for NCAA women’s basketball?
Caitlin Clark
Capital One announced this week that it will be buying what other company in a massive credit card merger?
Discover
It’s not just the US — Britain is also facing an opioid crisis. What type of synthetic opioid, more formally known as a benzimidazole-opioid, has become an emerging drug of concern?
Nitazenes
What slap fighting show, owned by Dana White of Ultimate Fighting Championship, has become a big success in promoting a controversial sport?
Power Slap
Which Dublin born author became the Editor of Lady’s World magazine in 1885 before he published The Happy Prince and Other Tales In 1888 (children’s stories) and Intentions In 1891 (an essay collection about aestheticism)?
Oscar Wilde
According to a 13th-century song, what “is icumen in”?
Sumer (Summer)
Whose trousers were censored by North Korean TV earlier this year?
Alan Titchmarsh
Which city hosted the highest-altitude Summer Olympics?
Mexico City
Which giant of Russian literature had African ancestry?
Alexander Pushkin
Which perennial Christmas hit was recorded in the July heat of New York?
Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody
Which national epic was compiled by the doctor Elias Lönnrot?
The Kalevala
What waxwork display began as Madame Tussaud’s Separate Room?
Chamber of Horrors
Half of Scotland’s whisky distilleries are located in which whisky region?
Speyside
Whose ancestral home was Hell Hall?
Cruela de Vil
What links: Bob Willis; Robert Allen Zimmerman; Dylan Thomas; Dylan ail Don?
Former named after the next
What links: Singaporean beer; sugared cornflakes; Standard Oil’s petrol?
Tiger mascot
Which petrol provider had motto Put a Tiger In Your Tank?
Esso
What links: English; Dutch; field; Huntingdon; wych?
Elm tree varieties
Burundian politician who served as President of Burundi from 5 February 1994 until his death two months later. He was killed on 6 April 1994 when the plane he was travelling in with Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana was shot down over Kigali.
Cyprien Ntaryamira
Pakistani military officer who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in 1988
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Died in the crash of a Polish Air Force jet that occurred on a landing attempt at Smolensk North Airport in Russia.
Lech Kaczynski
Born Omdurman, Sudanese painter, former public servant and diplomat. He is one of the foremost visual artists of the Khartoum School,[1] considered as part of African Modernism[2] and the pan-Arabic Hurufiyya art movement, that combined traditional forms of Islamic calligraphy with contemporary artworks.[3] On the occasion of the Tate Modern gallery’s first retrospective exhibition of a contemporary artist from Africa in 2013,
Ibrahim El-Salahi
French painter and sculptor of the Ecole de Paris (School of Paris). His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so-called “low art” and eschewed traditional standards of beauty in favor of what he believed to be a more authentic and humanistic approach to image-making. He is perhaps best known for founding the art movement art brut
Jean Debuffet
Born 1914 st Petersburg’s a French painter of Russian origin known for his use of a thick impasto and his highly abstract landscape painting. He also worked with collage, illustration and textiles.
Nicolas de Stael
Irish Taoiseach in April 2024+
Simon Harris
