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Video game August 2023 players assume the role of Grace, a college dropout who finds herself accused of murdering the last muse. Grace must prove her innocence to a pantheon of Greek gods, consisting of Athena, Apollo, Persephone, and Aphrodite, all within seven days. She must learn to wield her newly developed powers of music to find out the truth behind Calliope’s death.
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Born 1887 Little Rock, noted as the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra, 4 symphonies, Mississippi River Suite.
Florence Price
Born 1899 Anniston, Alabama, his Negro Folk Symphony of 1934 garnered a great deal of attention at its world premiere by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The symphony was revised in 1952 with added African rhythms inspired by the composer’s trip to West Africa.
William Levi Dawson
Finnish composer born 1952, opera L’Amour de loin was only second opera by female composer played at the Met in 2016. second oper was Adriana Mater. Third was Emilie in 2010 based on Emilie du Chatelet.
Kaija Saariaho
Born 1922 Washington DC, American composer, pianist, and organist, and the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, which he received for his work Lilacs in 1996.
George Walker
Born 1895 Woodville, Mississippi, “Dean of Afro-American Composers” considered part of Harlem Renaissance. He was the first American composer to have an opera produced by the New York City Opera. He is known primarily for his first symphony, Afro-American Symphony (1930), which was, until 1950, the most widely performed symphony composed by an American. Symphony ‘2 Song of a New Race, Troubled Island, A Bayou LEgend, The Sunday Symphony.
William Grant Still
Premiered in 1928, which composer’s Yamekraw, a Negro Rhapsody, was named after a black community in Savannah, Georgia. William Grant Still was orchestrator and Fats Waller the pianist as the composer was contractually obliged to conduct his and Waller’s hit Broadway show Keep Shufflin.
James P Johnson
William Grant Still’s opera Troubled ISland was about which Haitian revolutionary the leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution?
Jacques I or Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Italian bandmaster in Italy and the United States. He was born in Naples, Italy on June 21, 1871, and died in New York City on August 15, 1952. His fame rivaled that of John Philip Sousa, and he was known for performances that were engaging for both their showmanship and musicianship.
Giuseppe Creatore
Born 1873 Florence, Alabama, American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. Wrote The Memphis Blues, Yellow Dog Blues, Beale Street Blues (named after Memphis street and gives name to James Baldwin book).
WC Handy
American composer whose music is inspired by nature, especially the landscapes of Alaska, where he lived from 1978 to 2014. His orchestral work Become Ocean was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
John Luther Adams
2021 musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, and lyrics and book by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on Lindsay-Abaire’s 2001 comedy of the same name. The show tells the story of a lonely teenage girl, namesake name, who suffers from a condition similar to progeria that causes her to age rapidly.
Kimberly Akimbo
a musical with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The musical is a dramatization of the 1913 trial and imprisonment, and 1915 lynching, of Jewish American Leo Frank in Georgia.
Parade
2022 musical with music and lyrics by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and a book by Robert Horn. Cast member Alex Newell became one of the first two openly non-binary performers to be nominated for and win a Tony Award, with their win for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. About love for corn.
Shucked
She achieved success as a performer on two R&B chart toppers: as half of Mickey & Sylvia with the 1957 single “Love Is Strange”, and her solo record “Pillow Talk” in 1973. She later became known for her work as founder and CEO of the hip hop label Sugar Hill Records.
Sylvia Robinson
mythical folk hero of Vietnam’s history and one of The Four Immortals. According to the legend, he was a boy who rode on an iron horse and won against the enemy of the state. The most well known version of the legend had him battle against the Chinese army, thus, he is considered the first anti-invasion hero of the Vietnamese.
Thanh Giong
primordial being and creation figure in Chinese mythology who separated heaven and earth
Pangu
a demigod, hero and the central character in Finnish folklore and the main character in the national epic Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot
Väinämöinen
English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for taking the wicket of Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman’s final Test match innings, in which he needed only four runs for a Test average of 100.
Eric Hollies
A batsman who is dismissed without facing a ball (most usually run out from the non-striker’s end, but alternatively stumped or run out off a wide delivery) is said to be out for a what?
Diamond Duck
With Pierre-Simon Laplace, this person names an equation which describes capillary action? Colour tri-chromatic theory is named for this man and Hermann von Helmholtz. This man used the term ‘enchorial’ to refer to Demotic Egyptian, which this man deduced uses both ideographic and phonetic signs.
Thomas Young
A 2023 play by Kimber Lee is called untitled fck [this musical] play. A character in this musical leaves Room 317 after meeting Ellen, the wife of her lover. This musical opens in Dreamland, a bar owned by a hustler known as the Engineer. A character in this musical sings “I’m an American - how could I fail to do good?” Simon Bowman originated this musical’s role of Chris, who sings “Sun and Moon” with a 17-year-old sex worker. This musical’s lead role Kim was originated by Lea Salonga.
Miss Saigon
political organisation which has been the ruling party of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. The party was led for many years under Robert Mugabe
ZANU-PF
Along with ‘principal’, ‘azimuthal’ and ‘spin’, this adjective names one of the four quantum numbers that characterise a quantum system. A unit named after Niels Bohr and symbolised ‘mu-B’ is used to measure a moment named for this adjective. This adjective is prefixed with ‘dia-‘ when denoting a property typically possessed by particles whose electrons are all paired, while in the opposite case, this adjective is prefixed with ‘para-‘. This adjective appears in the name of a property which is measured in teslas, and which quantifies the force generated by a field named for this adjective
Magnetic
The only English place besides Penzance whose name ends in ‘zance’ is this county’s hamlet of Guyzance, while another village in this county, Cottonshopeburnfoot, claims to have the longest English placename. A Stewart Lee routine applauds the frequent attempts to turn the first ‘L’ into a ‘T’ in road signs to this county’s village of Shilbottle. This county contains England’s largest manmade woodland and most capacious manmade reservoir, which share a name contains England’s highest point not in Cumbria, The Cheviot.
Northumberland
Saturday morning TV show SM:TV featured a spoof of Friends which starred Ant and Dec with Cat Deeley. What was the name of the parody show?
Chums
Which theorem in maths states that for a vector field on a sphere, there must be at least one point where the vector field equals zero?
Hairy Ball Theorem
The no-hair theorem states that a black hole can be characterised by mass, electric charge, and what other quantity? Kepler’s second law is equivalent to the conservation of this quantity.
Angular momentum
Which Italian mountaineer was in September 2023 controversially stripped of his record for being the first climber to ascend all of the eight-thousanders, after an investigation by an amateur sleuth suggested he had not quite reached the summit of Annapurna?
Reinhold Messner
The star of the Netflix documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible, which Nepal-born British climber climbed all 14 eight-thousanders in six months six days in 2019?
Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja
Tenjen Sherpa broke record in 2023 for climbing all 14 8000ers in 92 days but later declared dead after climbing which 14th highest mountain during an avalanche in October 2023? It was the last 8000er to be climbed having been done in 1964.
Shishapangma
Which Nepalese-British mountaineer led the group which made the first winter ascent of K2 in January 2021?
Nirmal Purja
Name the two Brits who were the first to ascend Kangchenjunga doing so in May 1955?
George Band and Joe Brown
Name the Polish mountaineer who was 5th man to climb all 8000ers and the first to climb Everest, Kangchenjunga and Lhotse in winter?
Krzysztof Wielicki
Italian mountaineer and alpinist known for having made first winter ascents of four of the fourteen eight-thousanders: Shishapangma in 2005, Makalu in 2009, Gasherbrum II in 2011, and Nanga Parbat in 2016.
Simone Moro
Name of Polish mountaineer who if Reinhold Messner is ruled out on technicality was the first to climb all 14 8000ers doing so in 1987? Was also the first climber to ascend Kangchenjunga, Dhaulagiri I and Annapurna I in the winter?
Jerzy Kukuczka
Basque Spanish mountaineer. On May 17, 2010, she became the first woman to climb all 14 of the eight-thousanders in the World –and the 21st person to do so. Oh Eun-sun claim disputed as didn’t get up Kanchenjunga all the way.
Edurne Pasaban
Austrian mountaineer. In August 2011, she became the second woman to climb the fourteen eight-thousanders and the first woman to do so without the use of supplementary oxygen or high-altitude porters.
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
Which current CEO of LVMH was the richest man in the world for a brief period in 2023?
Bernard Arnault
In 2019, LVMH launched its first new fashion house in 32 years in partnership with which person who also oversees an identically-named cosmetic brand? The branding styled its name with a mirror-reversed N as its central letter.
Rihanna
Only two other South Korean films have made the Academy Awards shortlist, but neither reached nomination stage. Most recently shortlisted was which 2022 romantic mystery film directed by Park Chan-Wook?
Decision to Leave
A publishing phenomenon in her native France, which author wrote the 2006 work The Elegance of the Hedgehog?
Muriel Barbery
Which first-person shooter videogame franchise, developed and published by Valve, features protagonists Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance? The first title takes place in the Black Mesa Research Facility.
Half-Life
Another Valve series set in the same universe as the Half-Life series is which 2-part franchise set in the Aperture Science Centre, a direct competitor to Black Mesa?
Portal
Your business is growing successfully, so the next stage is to raise which type of funding, named for the preferred stock that will be sold to external investors? If you continue to be successful, you can move onto similar funding rounds suffixed B, C or even D.
Series A
Al Gore’s loss has sometimes been blamed on the votes given to which Green Party candidate? This man came to prominence with the 1965 book Unsafe at Any Speed about the manufacture of dangerous cars.
Ralph Nader
Who was the Reform Party’s candidate in the 2000 election? This key figure in paleo-conservatism had stood for the 1992 and ‘96 Republican nomination, having previously been an advisor to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
Pat Buchanan
John Hagelin stood as the candidate for which fringe party? This party is best remembered in Britain for its embrace of ‘yogic flying’ and for standing over 300 candidates in the 1992 General Election.
Natural Law Party
The shot which in US pool is known as a bank shot, which involves the object ball being driven against a rail before being pocketed, is known as what in the UK? This word may precede ‘hit’ or ‘kiss’ in other cue sports terms.
Double
Hitting either the left- or right-hand side of the cue ball in UK pool is referred to as playing with ‘side’. In the US, you would be described as playing with left-hand or right-hand what? This word is also an adjective that may describe Mosconi Cup players like Steve Davis or Darren Appleton.
English
In quantum mechanics, the Bloch sphere representation is a geometric visualisation of what basic unit of quantum information?
Qubit
Qubits are an example of a two-level system. Under certain conditions, the population in all two-level systems exhibits cyclic behaviour - this oscillation is named for which Polish-American physicist?
Isidor Rabi
Who originally released Skyscraper, which Sam Bailey covered when she won The X Factor in 2013? In 2008 this singer released This is Me with Joe Jonas.
Demi Lovato
Which Puritan theologian and writer recorded events and defended his own involvement in the Salem witch trials in his book Wonders of the Invisible World?
Cotton Mather
Bourdain describes which foodstuff as the backbone of good cooking, suggesting you make a few months’ worth to be stored in the freezer, or you combine it with sauce espagnole and reduce to make demi-glace?
Stock
Bourdain also describes which three-word French term as the religion of all good line cooks, saying your station, its condition and its state of readiness are an extension of your nervous system?
Mise en place
On some measures the population of La Paz, Bolivia’s seat of government, has been overtaken by which adjacent city? As its name suggests, this city is the highest major city in the world with an average elevation of over 4,000 metres.
El Alto
Most poplous city in Bolivia
Santa Cruz
Another very high Bolivian city is which city which lies at the foot of a mountain of the same name where Spanish colonists mined significant amounts of silver?
Potosi
Which Sri Lankan cricketer gives his name to a shot played from a good length delivery, where the batter drops to one knee and scoops the ball over the head of the wicketkeeper?
TM Dilshan (Dilscoop)
Who did the first quadruple axel in 2022?
Ilia Malinin
Which book argues that humans should not be treated as a means to an end by introducing The Kingdom of Ends? This work of de-ontology argues that there are three propositions regarding duty.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals uses which moral law, which states one should act only in a way that could become a universal law of nature?
Categorical Imperative
The filming of Meet Pamela is the central concept of what Francois Truffaut(tru-FO) film, itself named after a technique used in filmmaking?
Day For Night
Qin Shi Huangdi was influenced by the writings of Han Fei to employ which philosophy, which was first espoused by Shang Yang? This philosophical movement emphasised strict adherence to laws.
Legalism
Which legalist prime minister convinced Qin Shi Huangdi of the importance of foreigners with his ‘sultry girls of Zhao’ oration? With Zhao Gao, this prime minister engineered the succession of Qin Er Shi.
Li Si
Which fashion brand, noted for its popularity in the skateboarding scene, is erroneously associated with the stylised ‘S’, sometimes called the ‘Cool S’, often drawn by schoolchildren on exercise books?
Stussy
Which US brand makes streetwear under the Work in Progress range? This brand once issued a T-shirt with a photograph of people looting its Hackney store during the 2011 London riots.
Carhartt
In 2021, a California man was arrested for stealing more than 42,000 pounds of what high-value nut? He might have had other problems before long, as these nuts have been known to spontaneously combust when improperly stored.
Pistachios
It was reported this year that manufacturers had begun microchipping wheels of which cheese, which has EU protected designation of origin for its namesake home in northern Italy, to deter counterfeiting?
Parmigiano reggiano
Founder of Twitch
Justin Kan
breakthrough role was Gittel in the Amazon original series Transparent, Dr Barbie in Barbie
Hari Nef
American actress and singer who rose to prominence for portraying singer Aaliyah in the Lifetime television film Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014) and Kimberly Woodruff in the Oscar-nominated film Straight Outta Compton (2015), Storm in X-Men, Susan in Tick Tick Boom and Writer Barbie in Barbie.
Alexandra Shipp
Basketball Ken in Barbie, Malcolm X in One Night in Mimai, Marcus Summer in Vera, Will play Bob Marley in Bob Marley: One Love in 2024?
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Teen Talk Barbie in Barbie and upcoming Amy Winehouse in film Back to Black
Marisa Abela
In The Divine Comedy, Dante wakes to find himself in Limbo in the Canto of this number, while the circle of Hell of this number is associated with the sin of Greed. The Inextinguishable, by Carl Nielsen, and Heroes by Philip Glass, are nicknames for symphonies with this number. One molecule of the simplest alkyne, acetylene, contains this many atoms, and in 1976, Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken proved a mathematical theorem named after this number of colours.
Four (C2H2)
Buddhist word for the truth of suffering in the Four Noble Truths
Dukkha
Buddhist word for the truth of the origin of suffering in the Four Noble Truths
Samudaya
Buddhist word for the truth of the cessation of suffering in the Four Noble Truths
Nirodha
Buddhist word for the truth of the path to the cessation of suffering in the Four Noble Truths
Magga
A group of women who supposedly sat beside guillotines, continuing to knit, were called what?
tricoteuses
Which Irish rugby player was nicknamed ‘Uncle Fester’ and ‘the raging potato’ because of his baldness?
Keith Wood
What numerical “call” was Willie John MacBride’s policy of “one in, all in” called druing 1974 British Lions tour of South Africa?
99 Call
Full name of Scottish rugby union footballer. Nicknamed “Broon frae Troon” he is considered one of Scotland’s greatest-ever rugby players during the 1970s?
Gordon Brown
This function appears in the name of a connected curve which is not path connected, known as the topologist’s version of this function. Osborn’s rule states that a minus sign must be added to identities involving the square of the hyperbolic version of this function, which is defined as the difference between two exponentials divided by two. This function is multiplied by the imaginary number in formula. Cosecant is the reciprocal of this function
Sine
Bengali poet, writer, musician, and is revered as the national poet of Bangladesh known for “The Song of Destruction”, “The Comet” and nicknamed Rebel Poet.
NAZRUL Islam
Name of Indian national anthem
Jana Gana Mana
Name of Bangladeshi national anthem
Amar Sonar Bangla
This person’s mother wrote the book The Private Lives of the Three Tenors under the pen-name Martha Lewis, and in 2014 this person described themselves as the “patient zero” of online harassment. This person’s name became public when they confided in a work colleague who secretly taped those conversations and passed them to an Independent Counsel investigating the Whitewater affair: those tapes made by Linda Tripp were passed to Kenneth Starr.
Monica Lewinsky
What is added to Bailey’s to make a cement mixer?
Lime Juice
Ralph A. Bagnold wrote a book on the physics of these things, whose movement is dependent on the cube of the friction velocity. The tallest one of these things is in Argentina and named after Federico Kirbus, while any example of these things over 300 metres in height is known as a draa. A European example of these is found near La Teste-de-Buch and named [this thing] of Pilat. Singing examples of these features exist in China’s Badain Jaran, while the oxidation of iron is responsible for the orange colour of these features at Sossusvlei in Namibia.
Sand Dunes
For this singer’s last top 40 hit, he collaborated with patients of Weymouth’s Trimar Hospice to record the three-track single We Laughed. This singer featured on the Beats International track Won’t Talk About It. Singles from this singer’s album Talking With The Taxman About Poetry included Greetings to the New Brunette and a single about the lead singer of the Four Tops, Levi Stubbs’ Tears. This singer’s only UK number one formed a double-A side with Wet Wet Wet’s With A Little Help From My Friends: that track was a cover of She’s Leaving Home. Which folk and protest singer, the writer of the song A New England, is nicknamed ‘The Bard of Barking’?
Billy Bragg
The Hall–Héroult process is the major industrial process for smelting what element? It involves dissolving the oxide (obtained earlier through the Bayer process) in molten cryolite, and electrolyzing the molten salt bath, typically in a purpose-built cell.
Aluminium
In The Boys from Brazil, Laurence Olivier’s character lives in this city, which is also the home of Eisenheim the Illusionist. In The Living Daylights, the British bureaucrat Saunders is crushed by sabotaged sliding doors in this city, while during a production of Turandot in this city, Ethan Hunt tries to prevent an assassination from the rafters of an opera house in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. Jesse and Celine disembark from a train in this city to spend the night together in Before Sunrise, while Alfred Hitchcock directed a biographical film titled Waltzes from this city.
Vienna
A ballet by this composer features games including Rival Tribes before a character is picked as l’élue(lay-LU). This man composed the music for the 22-minute ballet Agon(AY-gon), which formed part of a Greek trilogy whose first ballet Apollo used costumes designed by Coco Chanel. 13 enchanted princesses play a catching game in an enchanted garden before Prince Ivan is instructed to break an egg, killing Koschei, in another ballet by this composer.
Igor Stravinsky
What word follows Apollo in the common name of a marble sculpture of Apollo, dated to the 2nd century BC, and held in the Vatican since 1489? Though its reputation has declined, it was long considered to represent the pinnacle of ancient sculpture.
Belvedere
Apollo and Daphne, a depiction of a scene from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, was the last work that Cardinal Scipione Borghese commissioned from which Italian Baroque sculptor? His other works include The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
The 1972-73 Philadelphia Flyers were given what nickname, based on the location of their home stadium and their aggressively physical play, which saw them rack up a record number of penalty minutes? In 1974 they became the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup.
Broad Street Bullies
Originally sung by King George III in the musical, Jimmy Fallon performs You’ll Be Back accompanied by which hip-hop band, Fallon’s house band on The Tonight Show?
The Roots
The ten-point scale classifies countries into four tiers based on detailed assessment of their degree of political freedom and stability of institutions - full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes, and what lowest tier?
Authoritarian Regimes
Which small nation is the only African polity that the Index considers to be a full democracy? It last went to the polls in 2019, electing Prithvirajsing Roopun as its seventh President.
Mauritius
Polish desert which is Central Europe’s largest accumulation of loose sand in an area away from any sea, deposited thousands of years ago by a melting glacier. It occupies an area of 32 km2 (12 sq mi). The sands have an average depth of 40 m, up to 70 m at the maximum. The Biała Przemsza River divides the desert in two from east to west.
Bledow Desert
In 2015, a Met Office spokesperson denied the urban legend that the rain levels in Dungeness were low enough to qualify it as a desert. Dungeness is located in which English county?
Kent
Which cold Asian desert is sometimes considered independent and other times considered part of the Gobi? Located in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, folklore holds that this desert’s name means ‘Place of No Return’.
Taklamakan Desert
Which band’s 1982 power ballad Hard to Say I’m Sorry is sometimes referred to as Hold Me Now due to it being the first line of the chorus?
Chicago
What does the ‘NT’ stand for in the abbreviation VANTA? It stands for the same term in another abbreviation, CNT, where the ‘C’ stands for ‘carbon’.
Nanotube
Deterministic growth of carbon nanotubes in regular arrays is most commonly achieved with thermal or plasma-enhanced CVD. What does the abbreviation CVD stand for?
Chemical Vapour Deposition
Which podcast by Wondery and the Los Angeles Times was adapted into a Netflix series starring Eric Bana, Julia Garner and Connie Britton? It concerns a con artist who is murdered by his stepdaughter.
Dirty John
Based on a podcast of the same name, the 2022 series WeCrashed charts the rise and fall of which property co-working company founded by Adam Neumann?
WeWork
Which composer’s saxophone concerto Panic became in 1995 the first piece of contemporary music to be performed at the Last Night of the Proms? This composer died in 2022.
Harrison Birtwistle
Birtwistle’s first major success was which other opera inspired by Greek mythology, which premiered in 1986?
The Mask of Orpheus
David de Gea’s 2015 transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid supposedly collapsed due to a faulty example of what piece of electronic equipment, still regularly mentioned in deadline day chatter despite being rendered obsolete by DocuSign and deal sheets?
Fax Machine
Which Italian sports journalist is the current king of transfer tittle tattle on deadline day, with over 18 million followers on Twitter? He is known for the tagline “here we go!” when announcing a deal.
Fabrizio Romano
Fray Alonso de Ojeda convinced Isabella and Ferdinand that Judaism was still being practiced in secret, leading to them petitioning which Pope to establish an Inquisition in Spain in 1478? His accomplishments as pope included the construction of the Sistine Chapel and the creation of the Vatican Library. Your answer needs a regnal number.
Sixtus IV
Kamerlingh Onnes first observed superconductivity in a wire made from what metal, immersed in liquid helium? In metallurgy, an amalgam is an alloy that consists primarily of this metal.
Mercury
Which actor is remembered for her role alongside Crosby and Hope as the principal female star in six of the seven Road to… movies?
Dorothy Lamour
Considered to be two of the world’s finest Art Deco buildings, the Cinema Impero and the Fiat Tagliero service station were built in the 1930s under Italian colonial rule in which African capital city?
Asmara
The massive Hawke’s Bay earthquake in 1931 led to the construction of many Art Deco buildings in which southern hemisphere city, many designed by local architect Louis Hay?
Napier, New Zealand
Both the jade egg and a different treatment involving the use of steam to “cleanse the uterus” were widely criticised by gynaecologists, notably including which doctor, columnist and author of The Menopause Manifesto?
Jen Gunter
Steve Smith, David Warner and which other player were banned from cricket after they were caught tampering with the ball in a 2018 test match against South Africa?
Cameron Bancroft
The controversial match was played at Newlands cricket ground, often regarded as one of the world’s most beautiful grounds and located in which South African city?
Cape Town
Which Radio 4 programme focuses on mental health, psychology and neuroscience? It is presented by Claudia Hammond.
All in the Mind
Which psychiatrist known for his work on This Morning presented All in the Mind until 2006, when he became embroiled in plagiarism allegations concerning his book From the Edge of the Couch?
Raj Persaud
Which Irish psychiatrist, best known for presenting In the Psychiatrist’s Chair and being the narrator of QED, was the first presenter of All in the Mind?
Anthony Clare
Which author who co-founded Redstockings with Ellen Willis wrote The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution?
Shulamith Firestone
Which author is known for sparking the second wave of the feminist movement with her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique? In 1970 she organised a Women’s Strike for Equality.
Betty Friedan
Which author is known for her books Woman Hating and Intercourse? An anti-pornography campaigner, she worked with Catherine MacKinnon.
Andrea Dworkin
In Olympic diving, the platform events all involve diving from a platform at what
height?
10m
At 559 metres, Shining Tor is the highest point in which ceremonial county of England, despite not being the highest summit of the national park it is in?
Cheshire [in Peak
District, whose
highest summits are
in Derbyshire]
Which designer, already made a dame for her services to fashion in 2015, was
added to the Companions of Honour in the 2023 New Year’s Honours List, but
died just months later in April?
Mary QUant
Blondie, Go West, Spagna [Span-ya] and Jamelia have all had different hits with
which two-word title?
Call Me
Which Irish racehorse trainer is the most successful Epsom Derby trainer of all
time with 9 wins, including Auguste Rodin in 2023?
Aidan O’Brien
Which type of logic gate only returns a true output if both the two inputs are true?
AND Gate
Tasheliyt, Kabyle, Tarifit and Shawiya are all languages in which branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, mainly spoken by a North
African people?
Berber
Give either of the words used in physics for the third derivative of position with
respect to time, or in other words, the rate of change of acceleration?
Jerk
The Thunderbirds character Scott Tracy was named after a member of the
Mercury Seven group of astronauts with the first name Scott and which traditional
occupation as his surname?
Scott Carpenter
Which word completes the title of the German sociologist Marianne Weber’s 1912 work Authority and Autonomy in _____? In it, she argued for a ‘companionate’ form of this institution, and rejected the patriarchal idea that
women gave over their autonomy by entering into it.
Marriage
An August 2023 operator bundle for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 allowed fans
to play as which real-life hip hop star, complete with hair, vehicles and guns in all
pink, such as the Super Freaky?
Nicki Minaj
Which African capital city, on the shores of Lake Victoria, is located less than one
degree north of the Equator?
Kampala
On the menu in a Korean restaurant, the suffix ‘-guk’ indicates what type of dish?
Soup
Which British actor, perhaps best known for his role in the Harry Potter films, voiced Admiral Zhao, the main villain in the first season of the animated TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender?
Jason Isaacs
Which type of logic gate only return a false output if both the two inputs are false?
OR
Which type of logic gate only return a false output if both the two inputs are true?
NAND
Oromo, Somali, Beja and Afar are the most spoken languages in which branch of
the Afro-Asiatic language family, primarily spoken in the Horn of Africa? Despite
what the name might suggest, no link has been shown between this group and
the language of a certain ancient kingdom.
Cushitic
Which Irish racehorse trainer is the most successful trainer in the history of the
Cheltenham Festival, with 94 winners, including Galopin Des Champs in the 2023
Cheltenham Gold Cup?
Willie Mullins
At 703 metres, Black Mountain is the highest point in which ceremonial county of
England, and also the highest English summit south of Yorkshire? It is on the
edge of a national park that does not extend into this county.
Herefordshire
Which English author was given a knighthood in the 2023 King’s Birthday
Honours List, which was backdated to the date he accepted it in May, just one
day before his death of oesophageal cancer at the age of 73?
Martin Amis
Ennobled in 2023 in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours, which 36-year-old Mayor of Tees Valley was appointed as a life peer despite being under investigation over financial irregularities and potential fraud following the sale of
Redcar’s steel works?
Ben Houchen
In Olympic diving, the springboard events all involve diving from a springboard at
what height?
3m
On a recycling symbol, the number 5 and the letters PP indicate which
compound, made by chaining monomer units of C3H6, that is the second-most
produced plastic in the world, after polythene?
Polypropylene
One of the three children of Loki and Angrbodr, what type of animal was Jörmungandr, who encircled the Earth?
Serpent
Which American actor, perhaps best known for his role is a series of popular sci-fi films, voiced Fire Lord Ozai, the ultimate antagonist and main villain of the third and final season of Avatar: The Last Airbender?
Mark Hamill
On the menu in a Korean restaurant, what is the primary ingredient common to
dishes whose names end with ‘guksu’?
Noodles
Signed in 1923 and named for a French-speaking city in Switzerland, which treaty sought to end the conflict between Allied Powers and the remains of the Ottoman Empire that had continued since the First World War, and settle the borders of Turkey?
Lausanne
Although it had been written almost 40 years earlier, which American modernist
composer was awarded the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Symphony
number 3; The Camp Meeting?
Charles Ives
The Thunderbirds character Gordon Tracy was named after a member of the Mercury Seven group of astronauts with the first name Gordon and which traditional occupation as his surname?
Cooper
Which word completes the title of the German sociologist Marianne Weber’s 1912 work On the Valuation of _____? In it, she argued that women should be paid for this form of labour, guaranteeing them a personal income.
Housework
In 2014, which band became the first heavy metal group to headline at the
Glastonbury Festival?
Metallica
Edward and Alphonse Elric live in Resembool with their mother Trisha and father Van Hohenheim, a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa.
Fullmetal Alchemist
The Banksy work Choose Your Weapon depicts a young man with a chained
cartoon dog. The dog image was borrowed from which American street and pop
artist who died in 1990 aged just 31?
Keith Haring
Apple Inc is headquartered at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, to the west of
which city in the San Francisco Bay area?
San Jose
Which wine estate in Burgundy, considered one of the greatest in the region, and often the most expensive is the owner of the La Tâche vineyard?
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, or DRC
Liberland is an unrecognised European micronation proclaimed in 2015, that sits
on the border between two nation states, both formed after the collapse of another country in the early 90s. Neither of the states wants to claim this land as their own: name either country.
Serbia or Croatia
The German composer Carl Orff is probably best known for his work Carmina
Burana. This work is the first part of a trilogy of cantatas called Trionfi. What is
the second work in the trilogy? Part of the answer is in this question.
Catulli Carmina
The actor Joshua Malina played US Attorney General David Rosen in which
political drama created by Shonda Rimes?
Scandal
Which imperial unit is defined as ‘a mass that is accelerated by 1 foot per second per second when a net force of one pound is exerted on it’?
Slug
On the first day of the 2023 World Athletics Championships, which Dutch athlete led in the final straight of the 10,000m, but fell on the track? She would win a silver medal in the 5,000m and bronze in the 1,500m.
Sifan Hassan
Which model of office chair, sold by the Hermann Miller company since 1994, is
part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art?
Aeron Chair
Between 1967 and 1972, Edward Woodward played the titular character in which UK TV series? His character is a UK secret service agent working for The Section.
Callan
Which UK ministerial department has its headquarters building on Whitehall, in
between Horse Guards Avenue and Richmond Terrace?
Ministry of Defence
Which soft cow’s-milk cheese is named after a region of Northern France roughly corresponding to the modern département of Seine-et-Marne? Notable UK examples of the cheese are made in Somerset and Cornwall.
Brie
The Aralkum Desert, created following the drying up of an endorheic lake, is considered the youngest desert in the world. It is located in two countries – name either one.
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Name either of the first two people listed on the memorial at the ancient scaffold site on Tower Hill. They were executed in 1381 during the Peasant’s Revolt?
Simon Sudbury (Lord Chancellor) or
Sir Robert Hales (Lord High Treasurer)
Spice World, the Spice Girls’ 1997 cinematic masterpiece, featured an impressive supporting cast. Which actor and comedian, who originated the role of Mr Sowerberry in Lionel Bart’s Oliver! and later starred as Fagin in other productions, played Kevin McMaxford, a newspaper owner trying to ruin the Spice Girls’ reputation?
Barry Humphries
Which UK ministerial department has its headquarters building on Whitehall, in
between Downing Street and King Charles Street?
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Which model of chair, designed by Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich for the
German Pavilion at the International Exposition of 1929, has been produced by
the Knoll company since 1953?
Barcelona Chair
Which imperial unit is defined as ‘the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot
per second per second to a mass of 1 pound’?
Poundal
Name the last person listed on the memorial at the ancient scaffold site on Tower Hill. He was executed in 1747 for his involvement in the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion?
Simon Fraser
The world’s largest sand desert, covering much of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the
United Arab Emirates and Yemen, has what name?
Rub’al-Khali - The Empty Quarter
Joshua Malina also starred in another political drama - The West Wing - as a
speech writer Will Bailey, who assisted which other character?
Toby Ziegler
In the motoring acronym PHEV, the letters HEV stand for Hybrid Electric Vehicle.
What hyphenated term does the P represent, a reference to the method of
charging an electric battery with a cable?
Plug-In
Which wine estate in the Pomerol appellation of Bordeaux, considered one of the
greatest in the region, and often the most expensive, belongs to the Moueix
family?
Château Pétrus
On the first day of the 2023 World Athletics Championships, which Dutch athlete
led in the final straight of the 4x400m mixed relay, but fell on the track? She
would win a gold medal in both the 400m hurdles and women’s 4x400m.
Femke Bol
Between 1985 and 1989, Edward Woodward played the main character in which
US TV series? His character is a retired covert operative of an unnamed US
intelligence agency.
The Equalizer
A number of Banksy works include images of rodents. These reference the French graffiti artist Xavier Prou, who has been described as the “father of stencil graffiti”. Prou is more commonly known by the name Blek le WHAT?
Rat
The German composer Carl Orff is probably best known for his work Carmina
Burana. This work is the first part of a trilogy of cantatas called Trionfi. What is
the third work in the trilogy? Part of the answer is in this question
Trionfo di Afrodite
What is the name of the disputed micronation situated off the coast of Suffolk?
Founded by Paddy Roy Bates, it took over a defunct WWII fort but its claim for
independence came to an end when the UK extended its territorial waters in
1987.
Principality of Sealand
Which club, at 104 Pall Mall, is the start and end point for Phileas Fogg’s journey
in Around the World in 80 Days?
The Reform Club
What is the title of the satirical novella by Edwin Abbot Abbot published in 1884?
It tells the story of a two-dimensional world inhabited by geometric figures
Flatland
Donald Knuth – author of the multi-volume work, The Art of Computer
Programming, also has an interest in computer typesetting. What is the name of
the typesetting system he developed?
TeX
brewdog vodka name
Abstrakt
Which Berber ethnic group are traditionally nomadic pastoralists and mainly live in the
Sahara in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Libya and Algeria? They speak a language of the
same name, which is also known as Tamasheq.
Tuareg
Which Japanese game designer was responsible for creating the arcade game Space
Invaders in 1978? It became the first so-called ‘killer app’ when it was made available to
home players on the Atari console.
Tomohiro Nishikado
In most versions of the legend, what is the name of King Arthur’s mother? She is
impregnated by Uther Pendragon while he is disguised as her husband, Gorlois, through
the magical intervention of Merlin.
Igraine
What capital of China’s Liaoning Province gives its name to the 1931 incident that saw
Japanese soldiers detonate an explosion there, something they used as a pretext to
invade Manchuria? You may give its name at the time or its current name.
Mukden or Shenyang
H is for Hawk is a 2014 memoir by which British author? It won the Samuel Johnson Prize
and Costa Book of the Year award.
Helen MacDonald
Which 31-year-old openside flanker has captained the Australian Rugby Union team
more than any other man? In a surprise, he was omitted from the Wallabies’ 2023 World
Cup squad.
Michael Hooper
What word beginning with the letter A refers to a section of a river that diverts from the
main channel of the watercourse but rejoins downstream? A bayou is often an example of
this type of feature.
Anabranch
Born in Scarborough in 1975 to a well-known folk musician couple, which female singer and fiddle player has released numerous albums, including Red Rice and Anglicana, both of which saw her nominated for the Mercury Music Prize?
Eliza Carthy
English folk group from Hull, Yorkshire. They performed mainly traditional songs with little or no accompaniment. Their distinctive sound came from their closely woven harmonies. They have been called the “most famous family in English folk music”. Joined by one’s husband Carthy.
The Watersons
One of these units is roughly 745.7 Watts.
Horsepower
Give one of the names used in film making and photography for a shot which has a
noticeable tilt on the camera’s x-axis? This technique is often used to indicate that
something in the scene is off kilter.
Dutch Angle
What is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and the southernmost
large city in the country? It is one of the richest cities in Latin America and known for
its innovation of participatory budgeting.
Porto Alegre
Miracle Moist, Mighty Mega and Bonza Colour are products made by what shampoo
and hair care brand? This brand’s name reflects the country of origin of its
ingredients rather than of the brand itself.
Aussie
President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1971–73, who proposed the theory
of stellar nucleosynthesis? He is also associated with the Big Bang; both coining the
term and rejecting it as a theory.
Fred Hoyle
Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche play wealthy scheming brothers Randolph and
Mortimer Duke in which 1983 comedy directed by John Landis? The film also stars
Eddie Murphy as street hustler Billy Ray Valentine.
Trading Places
Who was the Assyrian king, known for assembling the world’s oldest known library,
who reigned during the 7th century BCE and is often described as the last great king
of the Neo-Assyrian Empire?
Ashurbanipal
On TikTok what girl’s name is used to describe a woman so popular people want to
either be her or be with her? It takes its name from a song that reached top 20 on the
UK singles charts in 2020.
Heather
In 2019 which then 20-year-old became the youngest man to represent France in
a Rugby Union World Cup? This fly half, whose father also played for Les Bleus,
missed the 2023 World Cup due to injury
Romain Ntamack
Which Jamaican duo had their only UK number one hit in 1971 with the song
Double Barrel? Despite what the act’s name might suggest, its members are not
related.
Dave and Ansel Collins
What word beginning with the letter A refers to the rapid abandonment of an old
river channel and the formation of a new one? Delta switching is an example of
this process that occurs near the mouth of a river.
Avulsion
What capital of China’s Shandong Province gives its name to the 1928 incident
there, a dispute between Chiang Kai-Shek’s National Revolutionary Army and the
Imperial Japanese Army?
Jinan
The Dalits, the lowest stratum of people in the Indian caste system, were
previously known by what English name, now considered to be offensive?
Untouchables
Name of a membrane which bounds the chief vacuole of a plant cell.
Tonoplast
Which Scottish comedian wrote the 2023 memoir Strong Female Character? She
has said that she dressed “like an alien” when she was a contestant on
Taskmaster as a “secret wink” to fellow neurodiverse people.
Fern Brady
In Ancient Roman culture, what four-lobed internal organ was used for divination
by a haruspex?
Liver
In 2023. Brewdog launched Duo, a brand of what alcoholic drink?
Rum
brewdog gin brand
Lone Wolf
What ethnic group mostly found in the Sahel make up 30% of Nigeria’s population, mostly concentrated in its North, and half of Niger’s population, mostly concentrated in its South?
Hausa
Which Japanese game designer led the team responsible for Pac-Man, the only
arcade game to have outsold Space Invaders? He spent his entire career with
Namco before leaving the company to become a university lecturer in 2007.
Toru Iwatani
In traditional Arthurian legend, who is Arthur’s father-in-law? This nobleman gives
the King his famous Round Table as a wedding gift when he marries Guinevere.
Leodegrance
On TikTok someone may use ‘BMS’ to describe someone so hot they exceed traditional
measures of attractiveness. In this context what does BMS stand for?
Broke My Scale
The most recent Center Parcs opened in the UK was opened in 2014 near Ampthill and
Flitwick in Bedfordshire. It is named after a supposed forest named after which local
village, also home to the Abbey which is the seat of the Dukes of Bedford?
Woburn
President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1921–23, who first proposed that stellar
energy was formed by the fusion of hydrogen into helium? He also undertook a 1919
expedition which proved the General Theory of Relativity.
Arthur Eddington
Which Assyrian king, the son of Sargon II, was known for his campaigns against Babylon
and Judah, and renovation of Nineveh in the 7th century BCE? The loss of this man’s
army during an attempted siege of Jerusalem was commemorated in an 1815 poem.
Sennacherib
Give one of the names used in filmmaking for the effect where you move towards or away
from a subject while zooming in the opposite direction to keep the subject the same size
in the frame throughout? This makes the background appear to change size relative to
the subject, with an unsettling effect.
Dolly zoom (accept
Hitchcock shot, Vertigo
shot, Jaws effect or
Zolly shot)
What is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná, and the largest city in the south of the
country? It has the highest standard of living in Brazil and is known for its innovative
urban planning by the architect and politician Jaime Lerner.
Curitiba
Argan Oil, and White Grapefruit and Mossa Mint are products made by which shampoo brand owned by Clairol, whose name reflects its use of a wide variety of natural ingredients? This brand is known for adverts in which users of this product moan sensually in the shower.
Herbal Essences
Born in West Yorkshire in 1973 and known as the ‘Barnsley Nightingale’, which female
folk singer has released numerous albums, including The Girl Who Couldn’t Fly, Hand Me
Down, and Sleepless, which saw her nominated for the Mercury Music Prize?
Kate Rusby
Which imperial unit, which is roughly 4.2 Joules?
Calorie
Which river – known as the Guainia in its upper part – accounts for about a seventh of
the water in the Amazon basin? Sharing its name with at least five other rivers in South
America, its very dark colour is due to the presence of decomposed organic matter.
Rio Negro
Which Fante warlord and king was captured and enslaved by the Dutch in the mid-18th
century before leading a namesake slave rebellion in Jamaica in 1760 and 1761? This
rebellion led to others breaking out across the nation, including one in the west led by
Apongo.
Tacky
Abul-Abbas was an elephant sent as a gift to the Emperor Charlemagne by which man,
the fifth Abbasid caliph? This man’s reign is said to have seen the beginning of the
Islamic Golden Age and he established the legendary Bayt al-Hikmah (House of
Wisdom) in Baghdad.
HARUN al-Rashid
Which Venezuelan concert pianist released the album Bach and Beyond, which
consisted of a series of improvisations on themes by Bach? She is known for
performing real-time improvisations alongside standard works from the classical
repertoire.
Gabriela Montero
Jōdo-shū, founded by Hōnen, and Jōdo Shinshū, founded by Shinran, are two schools
of Buddhism that focus on achieving rebirth into what blissful realm that is described
in the The Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (Immeasurable Life Sutra)? This realm gives its
name to a branch of Mahayana Buddhism.
Pure Land
The first to be seen in Europe since Abul-Abbas, the Cremona elephant was a gift to the
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II from the Sultan of Egypt, Al-Kamil. Al-Kamil belonged
to which dynasty that was founded by his uncle, Saladin?
Ayyubid
Which reflective medical imaging technique is performed with a transducer and can
be performed in amplitude (A) mode, brightness (B) mode or motion (M) mode
scanning?
Ultrasound
The epigraph of T. S. Eliot’s poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ quotes a man
speaking “without fear of infamy” from which other poem? The speaker of this poem
declares “I found myself in a forest dark”* before encountering a lion, a leopard, and a
she-wolf.
The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Sharing its name with a Portuguese territory in the Atlantic Ocean, which river is the
biggest tributary of the Amazon accounting for 15% of its flow? Some 3,200 kilometres
long, it forms the border between Bolivia and Brazil for approximately 100 kilometres.
Madeira
Nianfo is a practice of repeating the name of which Buddha, the central figure of Pure
Land Buddhism? This Buddha has a name that means ‘infinite light’
Amitabha
Which transmissive medical imaging technique constructs images based on the
Fourier transform of x-ray radiographs at many projection angles?
computed tomography scan
Taking its name from his title of nobility, what 1775 document was written by John
Murray, the governor of the British colony of Virginia? It was intended to spark a slave
rebellion, as it guaranteed freedom for any slave of an American Patriot who joined the
British army.
Dunmore’s Proclamation
Several books of which Greek epic involve a frame story in which the hero tells the
court of king Alcinous of his adventures? These include the escape from the Sirens and
Scylla and Charybdis.
The Odyssey
Hanno was an elephant sent to Pope Leo X by a king of Portugal with what regnal
name? He is known for expanding the Portuguese Empire during the Age of Discovery,
and gives his name to a style of late Gothic architecture that developed during his
reign. Regnal number not required.
Manuel I
The now-extinct aurochs has been domesticated on at least two occasions. Once in the
Middle East, giving rise to taurine cattle, and once in India, giving rise to which
subspecies, sometimes known as indicine cattle? They are distinguished from taurine
cattle by the presence of a fatty hump and a dewlap.
Zebu
Which French jazz pianist, who led a namesake trio, released five albums in the Play
Bach series as well as interpretations of the Brandenburg Concertos and Goldberg
Variations? His style of music has been described as ‘third stream’, blending jazz and
classical and with an emphasis on improvisation.
Jacques Loussier
The epigraph of T.S. Eliot’s poem The Waste Land is a quote in which a Sibyl says “I
want to die,” found in which novel? At a feast in this novel, a freedman declares that
he wants the lines “He never listened to a philosopher. Fare thee well, Trimalchio: and
thou too, passer-by” to be inscribed on his own tomb.
The Satyricon by Petronius
Established in 1970 to house workers who were employed at Chernobyl plant and their
families, which city was forcibly evacuated after the 1986 nuclear disaster and remains
abandoned to this day?
Pripyat
Which Christian deacon led 60,000 enslaved people in rebellion against the Crown
Colony of Jamaica at Christmas 1831 in an event that is often called the Baptist War?
Although it was unsuccessful, it hastened the abolition of slavery across the British
Empire.
Samuel Sharpe
Which 13th-century Buddhist monk attacked Honen and the practice of Nianfo at a
lecture at Seicho-ji Temple? This monk gives his name to a major branch of Buddhism in
Japan, from which Soka Gakkai emerged in 1930.
Nichiren
Some people claim the Marañón River as the ‘hydrological source’ of the Amazon due
to its discharge rate, and it was once the name by which the Amazon was known. The
confluence of the Marañón with the Ucayali River happens in which country, after
which the river is called the Amazon?
Peru
What word for a Brazilian Muslim is given to the slave revolt that occurred in Bahia in
January 1835? This revolt was inspired by the Haitian Revolution and took place during
Ramadan, having been inspired by Muslim teachers.
Malê revolt
There are no wild species of bovid in South America, but two species of camelid were
domesticated there for wool, meat and as beasts of burden. One of those was the
vicuña, which gave rise to the alpaca; what was the other, which gave rise to the
llama?
Guanaco
Which emissive medical imaging technique reconstructs images in a manner similar to
CT scans, but uses radionuclides that undergo beta plus decay and generate pairs of
gamma rays that are tracked by detectors?
positron emission tomography
What is the foundational text of Nichiren Buddhism? Among its teachings is the belief
in an eternal Buddha and the idea that Buddhahood is attainable by all living things.
Lotus Sutra
A 1911 fire in which clothing factory in New York City claimed the lives of 146 workers,
mostly young immigrant women, and highlighted unsafe working conditions? This
tragedy led to labour reforms and improved workplace safety standards.
TRIANGLE Shirtwaist Factory
Which jazz ensemble released the album Blues on Bach? That album consisted of five
arrangements of Bach pieces by this group’s leader John Lewis, and four pieces in the
keys that spell out B-A-C-H*, two of which were written by Milt Jackson?
*In German musical notation, B-flat is represented by a B and B-natural by an H.
Modern Jazz Quartet
What name was given to the social and political movement launched by Mao Zedong in
1966 that sought to preserve communism by purging capitalism and some aspects of
traditional culture from Chinese society?
Cultural Revolution
Which 5th- and 6th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer developed Kuṭṭaka, an algorithm for solving linear Diophantine equations? He is also known for his
contributions to algebra and for making accurate estimates of pi and the
circumference of the earth.
Aryabhata
What is the closest living relative of the puma or cougar? A medium-sized diurnal cat
with an elongated body, it is notable for having both grey and red colour morphs.
Jaguarundi
Susan Sontag wrote a 1964 essay about which sensibility? She identifies Aubrey
Beardsley drawings, old Flash Gordon comics and the novels of Ronald Firbank
and Ivy Compton Burnett as part of its canon.
Camp
In the Asterix books, what was generally sold by the shopkeeper Unhygienix?
Fish
Which poem by Paul Verlaine was the inspiration for a Claude Debussy piece of
the same name, which forms the third movement of his Suite bergamasque for
solo piano?
Clair de Lune
Which team did Toutai Kefu coach at the 2023 Rugby World Cup? He was born
in this country, although Irish rugby fans may remember him as the Australian
No.8 who had a fight with Trevor Brennan at the 1999 World Cup.
Tonga
Which playwright of the Spanish Golden Age first introduced the character of Don
Juan in his play The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest?
Tirso de Molina
Which country in the Horn of Africa is the site of Camp Lemonnier, a US naval
base since 2002? This country also hosts a Chinese naval base at Doraleh.
Djibouti
What Greek-derived name meaning “bird-hipped” is given to a clade of dinosaurs
including Triceratops and Stegosaurus?
Ornithischians
Which Sky One sitcom starring Nick Mohammed and David Schwimmer is set
primarily at GCHQ?
Intelligence
What is the nationality of Aliko Dangote, founder of Dangote Cement and the richest person in Africa, according to Forbes?
Nigeria
What is the nationality of the architects Arne Jacobsen and Jørn Utzon?
Danish
Robert Fripp played lead guitar on which 1977 David Bowie album? It was the
second of Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy after the same year’s Low and contains the title
track that was a UK hit single as well as the song Beauty and the Beast.
Heroes
Robert Fripp is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of which progressive rock band?
King Crimson
Who has been married to King Crimson founder Robert Fripp since 1986?
Toyah Willcox
According to the Poetic Edda, Odin had two companion wolves who he fed with
food from his table. Name either of them.
Geri or Freki
Which wicketkeeper-batsman played 46 test matches for India in the 1960s and
1970s? His surname is a profession.
Farokh Engineer
Which Nahua woman acted as an advisor to Hernan Cortes during his conquest
of the Aztec Empire?
La Malinche
Which technique is used to determine the concentration of a solution by adding
small quantities of a reactant until a chemical change occurs? A burette is often
used for this?
Titration
One common element of Remembrance Day services is the reading of an
epitaph named for which Indian city, where it is on a memorial to British troops
killed in a 1944 battle? Capital of Nagaland.
Kohima
Which popular music of Sri Lanka and Goa takes its name from the Portuguese
verb meaning ‘to dance’? MS Fernando was known as the “Emperor” of this
music.
Baila
Which Olympic gymnast was a member of the Russian State Duma from 2007 until 2011, representing Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party? Uneven Bars gold 1996 and 2000.
Svetlana Khorkina
What is the nationality of the architects Jean Nouvel and Hector Guimard?
French
Stevie Ray Vaughan played lead guitar on which 1983 David Bowie album, which
contains the title track that was a UK hit single and the song China Girl?
Vaughan’s cocaine habit prevented him from joining the Serious Moonlight tour to
promote it.
Let’s Dance
According to the Prose Edda, Odin had two companion ravens who he sent out to
fly across the world and report back to him. Name either of them.
Hugin and Munin
Which group of saurischian dinosaurs, which includes modern birds, has a name
meaning “wild beast foot”?
Theropods
Which Channel 4 thriller mini-series starring Hannah Khalique-Brown and Simon
Pegg is set primarily at GCHQ?
The Undeclared War
Sonatrach, which is one of the largest companies in Africa, is the state-owned
petroleum company of which country?
Algeria
Which team did Jamie Joseph coach at the 2023 Rugby World Cup? He played
for this country at the 1999 tournament, but English rugby fans will remember him
better as the New Zealand flanker who stamped on Kyran Bracken in 1993.
Japan
Who wrote The Libertine, the first English play based on the story of Don Juan?
Unlike the Earl of Rochester, he became Poet Laureate, succeeding John Dryden
in 1689.
Thomas Shadwell
Which country in Central Asia hosted the US Air Force at Manas Air Base until 2014? Since 2003 it has also hosted Russian forces at Kant Air Base.
Kyrgyzstan
The philosopher Harry G Frankfurt wrote a 1986 essay on what concept? He
argues that this sort of speech, which is similar to humbug, differs from lying
because rather than covering up truth it simply disregards it.
Bullshit
In the Asterix books, what was the trade of Fulliautomatix?
(Black)Smith
Which poem by Stéphane Mallarmé was the inspiration for a Claude Debussy
piece of the same name, a symphonic poem for orchestra?
Prélude à l’après-midi
d’un faune (accept
Prelude to the
Afternoon of a Faun)
Which memorial at Ypres bears the names of more than 54,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers from the First World War whose bodies were never identified?
Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing
Which character played by Steve Coogan hosted his namesake House of Horrible on BBC2?
Dr Terrible
Which style of music is considered the national music of Cape Verde? Cesaria Evora was known as the “Queen” of this music
Morna
Which Olympic figure skater was appointed in 2022 as the US ambassador to Belize?
Michelle Kwan
Which theologian wrote The City of God, which was published in 426 AD shortly
after the sack of Rome by the Visigoths?
St Augustine of Hippo
What was the name of the group led by jazz composer and keyboard player Sun
Ra?
The Arkestra
Pieter Brueghel the Elder and Caravaggio both painted the conversion of which
biblical figure on the road to Damascus?
Saint Paul
Which Indian batsman played only ten tests for India between 1933 and 1951,
despite averaging over 70 in first class cricket? His surname is a profession.
Vijay Merchant
Historian David Pryce-Jones used the phrase “The Frivolity of Evil” in the title of
his book about which socialite and friend of Adolf Hitler?
Unity Mitford
Who won the men’s 200 metres final at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City,
becoming the first man to break the 20 second barrier officially?
Tommie Smith
Which song about a financial crisis was the first UK chart hit for the band Simply Red? Originally recorded by The Valentine Brothers, the lyrics mention both “Reagonomics” and “Nancy”
Money’s Too Tight (To Mention)
What was the patronymic surname of Norse explorer ‘Erik the Red’, the father of Leif Erikson?
Thorvaldsson
Despite being colourblind, which Academy Award winning actor wrote their
History of Art thesis on International Klein Blue whilst study at Trinity College, Cambridge?
Eddie Redmayne
Which Moroccan city, located in the foothills of the Rif [Reef] Mountains, is
nicknamed the “Blue City” due to its multitude of buildings painted in
shades of blue?
Chefchaouen
Viggo Mortensen was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his role playing which Mafia hard man in the 2018 movie Green Book? He was best known for his portrayal of crime boss Carmine Lupertazzi in the HBO series, The Sopranos. He portrayed real-life Bonanno crime family mobster Philip Giaccone in Donnie Brasco, and real-life Lucchese crime family mobster Francesco Manzo in Goodfellas
Tony Lip (Frank Vallelonga)
The names of three chemical elements are related to the colour green. Two of these are chlorine and beryllium - which post-transition metal, with the atomic number 81, takes its name from the Greek meaning “green shoot”?
Thallium
Which popular pantomime features a cow called ‘Milky-White’?
Jack and the Beanstalk
For what did the letter E stand in the name of US author E.B. White?
Elwyn Brooks White
Irish-born architect James Hoban modelled his design for The White House on which building in Dublin, home to the Oireachtas (irr-OKHtuhss)?
Leinster House
The 1980 AC/DC album ‘Back in Black’ was the first to feature which man as the lead singer of the band following the death of Bon Scott?
Brian Johnson
The leader of the Tour De France wears a yellow jersey, due to the first edition of the race being sponsored by which newspaper, which was printed on yellow paper?
L’Auto
What is the more correct name of the eye condition often referred to as
“pink eye”?
Conjunctivitis
England rugby centre Joe Marchant, who played in the 2023 World Cup semi-final defeat to South Africa, has paused his international
career to join which club side, known for their pink jerseys?
Stade Francais
Who wrote and first recorded the 1984 song Pink Cadillac, the title of which is believed to be a veiled reference to a vagina?
Bruce Springsteen
In the books of Michael Bond, Paddington Bear lived with the Brown family on which London thoroughfare?
Windsor Gardens
George Brown, who held the roles of Foreign Secretary and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, was the MP for which Midlands constituency from 1945 to 1970?
Belper
In chemistry, which common pH indicator solution is yellow in solutions above pH 4.4 and red in solutions below pH 3.1?
Methyl Orange
English king William III (aka William or Orange) was born in which city in the Dutch Republic?
The Hague
Which character, created by illustrator Giles Andreae, was adopted as the
mascot of the soft drinks brand ‘Vimto’?
Purple Ronnie
What name, derived from a 1958 novelty song, was given to the defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings from 1968 to 1977?
Purple People
Eaters
What is the name of the poem by Jenny Joseph which begins with the line ‘When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple’?
Warning
In 1988, who became the first series champion of the television show Going for Gold?
Daphne Fowler
The chemical compound known as Fool’s Gold is composed of iron and
which other element?
Sulphur
Stuart Bithell and Dylan Fletcher won a gold medal for Team GB at the
2020 Summer Olympics in which sailing event, named for the length of the
boat’s hull?
49er
The song Hi Ho Silver by Jim Diamond was used as the theme tune to
which British TV series, first seen on ITV in 1986? It starred Michael
Elphick as the title character.
Boon
Which political analysis company, founded by Nate Silver in 2007, takes
its name from the number of electors in the US Electoral College?
FiveThirtyEight
Huang Xuechen of China holds the dubious Olympic record of winning the
most silver medals without taking a gold. Between 2008 and 2021, she
won five silvers and one bronze in which sport?
Synchronised
Swimming
The 1936 novel Mr Midshipman Easy is a semi-autobiographical work by which Royal Navy officer, perhaps best known for a historical children’s story?
Captain Frederick Marryat
Also known as the Harry Lime Theme, the instrumental title track used on
the 1949 film The Third Man was written by which composer?
Anton Karas
In the Raymond Chandler novel The Long Goodbye, which cocktail is
described as “half gin and half Rose’s lime juice and nothing else”?
Gimlet
The Beige Room, a pioneering venue for female impersonators and drag
queens, was opened in 1949 in which US city?
San Francisco
The young adult novel Beige, published in 2007, was the third novel by which Montreal-based author? Her short story We Have Always Lived On Mars is being adapted into an upcoming film starring John Krasinski.
Cecil Castellucci
New Zealander Phil Keoghan is best known for hosting the US version of what reality game show since 2001?
The Amazing Race
Ictinus and Callicrates are credited as architects of what ancient temple?
Parthenon
The Australasian crested grebe or pūteketeke gained international attention in November 2023 after it was heavily campaigned to win New Zealand’s Bird of the Century competition by which US TV host?
John Oliver
The manat is the official currency in two former Soviet states. Which two countries?
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan
From the start of the 2023-24 season, English Premier League teams are allowed to make up to how many substitutions in a match?
5
In baseball, what term refers to a set of two games played between the same two teams on the same day?
Doubleheader
Suspect Behavior and Beyond Borders were the two spin-off series to which crime drama TV series created by Jeff Davis?
Criminal Minds
Which British actress portrayed Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic films Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and The Marvels?
Lashana Lynch
In what century did a fleet of 11 British ships set sail to establish a penal colony in Australia?
18th - 1787
Which disciple of Jesus has been played on screen by Carl Andersen, David McCallum, and Ian McShane?
Judas Iscariot
The Schweizerische Volkspartie is the ruling political party of which European country?
Switzerland
What five-letter word links part of a bicycle, an imperial unit of length, a type of bridge, and an embroidery stitch?
Chain
Overlooked by the White Mountains, Lake Kournas is the largest lake on which Greek island?
Crete
In 1966, as commander of the Gemini 8 mission, which astronaut became the first to link two spacecraft together in Earth orbit?
Neil Armstrong
Which Hemsworth brother played Josh Taylor in Neighbours?
Liam
Stayman Winesap, Cosmic Crisp, and Jonathan are varieties of which fruit?
Apple
The Grand Bara Desert is located on which continent?
Africa - Djibouti
The artists Harvey Littleton and Vĕra Lišková were famous for working with which medium?
Glass
Mike Krack is the team principal of which UK-based Formula One team?
Aston Martin
Famous for being the birthplace of Sir Terry Wogan, which Irish city is situated where the mouth of the river Shannon meets the Wild Atlantic Way?
Limerick
In the Pip and Posy books by Camilla Reid, what type of animal is Pip and Posy?
Pip is RABBIT
Posy is MOUSE
Which Central American country was ruled by the dictator Omar Torrijos between 1968 and 1978?
Panama
Which African nation won the first women’s hockey Olympic gold medal, at the Moscow games in 1980?
Zimbabwe
Which English landscape gardener, famous for his “red books”, is mentioned several times in Jane Austen’s novel, Mansfield Park?
Humphrey Repton
Which 1950s television series starred a black stallion, played by Highland Dale, who only allowed a young orphan named Joey to ride him?
Fury
Which European capital is home to the Bite Club street food market?
Berlin
Which British female triathlete won gold at the World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal in June 2023?
Beth Potter
Gary Oldman played the villain Drexl Spivey in which film?
True Romance
Which Spanish cathedral, designed by Juan de Colonia, contains the tomb of El Cid?
Burgos Cathedral
Which unconventional musician released the 1982 album Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch?
Frank Zappa
History teacher Tristram Foxe and his wife Beatrice-Joanna are the main characters in which dystopian novel by Anthony Burgess?
The Wanting Seed
Ismail I, Shah of Iran (1501-1524), was the founder of which dynasty?
Safavid dynasty
Which organ of the body would you be studying if you were using Einthoven’s triangle?
Heart
In 1896, Lancashire carpenter Brian Gamlin devised the numbering system for which sport?
Darts
Which other type of building completes the title of the first expansion to the game of Carcassonne, released in 2002: Inns and _____?
Cathedrals
To distinguish him from the brother of Andrew, who was a more prominent
apostle of the same name, which one of the 12 apostles is referred to in the Bible
as either the Canaanite or the Zealot?
Simon
In graph theory, a path that traverses every edge exactly once is named after which mathematician, who used the concept to solve a famous problem in 1736?
Leonhard EULER
Currently playing in EFL League One, which Lancashire football team have only
played one season in the English Premier League - the 2010-11 season, when
they were managed by Ian Holloway?
Blackpool
Which area of the shipping forecast takes its name from the northernmost point of
Ireland?
Malin
The great spotted, the little spotted, the North Island brown, the Southern brown
and the Okarito are the five extant species of which birds of the genus Apteryx,
native to New Zealand?
Kiwi
Which jazz tenor saxophonist, once a member of Woody Herman’s Big Band,
gained his nickname ‘the Sound’ due to the warm, lyrical style of his playing and
made records including West Coast Live with Chet Baker and Big Band Bossa
Nova with the Gary McFarland orchestra?
Stan Getz
Gimme Shelter, documenting the Rolling Stones’ disastrous Altamont concert,
and Grey Gardens, a study of two reclusive former socialites, are among the
acclaimed documentaries directed by two brothers with what surname?
MAYSLES (Albert and David)
What is the name and regnal number of the current king of Norway, who has
reigned since his father’s death in 1991?
Harald V
Which American-Swiss multinational technology company, founded in 1989 in Kansas as ProNav, are primarily known for their GPS location and navigation products as well as wearable activity trackers?
Garmin
In graph theory, a path that visits every vertex exactly once is named after which
mathematician, also known for a different discovery which he famously carved
on a bridge in 1843?
Willliam Rowan
Hamilton
Art was a 1994 play by which French playwright and actress, also known for her
2006 play God of Carnage? Both were originally written in French but translated
to English for successful West End runs.
Yasmina Reza
Apart from Zola, what is the only other word beginning with Z to appear in the title
of a Best Picture Oscar winning film? The film is a 1930s biopic of a theatrical
impresario.
Ziegfeld
Which chemical element, with the atomic number 103 and named after the
inventor of the cyclotron, is considered a member of the d-block and transition
metals, but is sometimes presented on periodic tables as the 15th and last of the
actinides?
Lawrencium
Because of its shape, which style of close-fitting hat, invented in 1908 by the
milliner Caroline Reboux and particularly popular in the 1920s, takes its name
from the French word for ‘bell’?
Cloche
To distinguish him from the son of Zebedee, who was a more prominent apostle
of the same name, which one of the 12 apostles is sometimes referred to in the
Bible as the son of Alphaeus?
James
In which Indian state are the Barabar Hill caves, the oldest surviving rock-cut
caves in India, and the Ma·ha·bod·hi Temple, the Buddhist pilgrimage site that
marks the place where Buddha attained enlightenment?
Bihar
Which other type of profession completes the title of the second expansion to the
game of Carcassonne, released in 2003: Traders and _____?
Builders
The Thin Blue Line, about the wrongful conviction of Randall Adams for
murdering a police officer, and The Fog of War, a portrait of former US Defence
Secretary Robert McNamara, are among the acclaimed documentaries of which
film director?
Errol Morris
What is the name and regnal number of the current king of Spain, who has
reigned since his father’s abdication in 2014?
Felipe VI
Named after the agreement that founded the New York Stock Exchange,
Buttonwood is a regular finance column in which weekly British publication, that
refers to itself as a newspaper despite being printed in magazine format?
The Economist
The name of which variety of Strongbow cider has been pejoratively applied to a
certain demographic subculture on Twitter, that has been called the male
equivalent of Fiat 500 Twitter, and similarly mocked as ‘basic’?
Dark Fruits
Which tenor jazz saxophonist and occasional clarinettist, nicknamed ‘Pres’, came
to prominence as a member of Count Basie’s orchestra and released records
including The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio and It Don’t Mean a
Thing?
Lester Young
What was the first name of the cleric and historian usually given the epithet ‘…of
Wales’ in English, or ‘Cambrensis’ in Latin, who wrote his Journey through Wales
and Description of Wales in the 1190s?
Gerald
Currently playing in EFL League One, which Yorkshire football team have only
played one season in the English Premier League - the 1997-98 season, when
they were managed by Danny Wilson?
Barnsley
Which area of the shipping forecast takes its name from an islet off the south
coast of Ireland?
Fastnet
Kevin Carter won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 1994 for a picture
showing a starving Sudanese child with what type of bird?
Hooded Vulture
Which then Surrey and England cricketer holds the record for most wickets taken by
an individual in a single test match? He took a total of 19 wickets over two innings in
the fourth test against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956.
Jim Laker
During the Anarchy, at which battle of 1141 named for a cathedral city was king
Stephen captured, imprisoned and effectively deposed for several months, while
Matilda briefly ruled until the rout of Winchester later that year?
Lincoln
What is the eight-letter name of the parent company of the brands Cadburys, Oreo,
Toblerone, Belvita and Nabisco? They are the successor company to Kraft Foods,
founded in 1923, but passed the name Kraft to another company, spun-off in 2012.
Mondelez
The name of which comedy club in Greenwich, founded by Malcolm Hardee in 1991,
is not just a reference to a well-known phrase, but also to the name of the street it is
located on?
Up the Creek
Charles de Rudio in 1858, Clément Duval in 1901 and René Belbenoît in 1930 were
among the famous escapees from which notorious French penal colony just off the
coast of French Guiana?
Devils Island
Which 1573 born Dutch Golden Age artist signed his works with a monogram
consisting of a letter B inside an A? He is one of the earliest known artists to
specialise in still life paintings of flowers, which he often depicted against a black
background.
Ambrosius Bosschaert
Makhachkala is the capital city of which Russian republic on the coast of the Caspian
Sea, bordering Chechnya and Georgia to the West and Azerbaijan to the South?
Dagestan
In ballet, what name, a French corruption of the Italian verb “to weave”, is given
to a jump where the dancer’s feet cross rapidly in front and behind each other a
number of times in the air whilst beating the calves together?
Entrechat
In beta minus decay, one of the first forms of radioactivity discovered, which
type of subatomic particle is emitted along with an antineutrino?
Electrons
Which member of the 2023 World Cup-winning Spanish football team scored the
only goal and was named player of the match in the final?
Olga Carmona
Cuckoos are an example of what type of parasite, that lays its eggs in the nests
of other birds, who then raise the young as their own?
Brood Parasite
Which three words precede “Dog” in the title of the 1966 single that was the first
ever top 40 hit for Cat Stevens?
I Love My
Which women’s gymnastics apparatus consists of two bars at heights of 250 and
170 centimetres? We will accept either of its two names.
Asymmetric/Uneven Bars
Possibly the best documented woman painter of the Dutch Golden Age was
which alliteratively named, 1644-born artist who specialised in floral still lifes in a
long career until her death in 1750?
Rachel Ruysch
Magas is the capital of which Russian republic in the North Caucasus, bordering
Chechnya to the East, Georgia to the South and North Ossetia-Alania to the
West?
Ingushetia
Which US TV series about an amateur detective received 12 consecutive
nominations for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama
Series between 1985-96? The star of this series still holds the record for the most
ever nominations, though she never actually won it.
Murder She Wrote
Three years after they split from Mondelēz, the Kraft Foods Group merged with
which other company to create one of the world’s largest food and beverage
companies, whose brands include Lea & Perrins, Capri-Sun, Jell-O and Maxwell
House?
Heinz
Which American comic actor and film star is the namesake of a pub and comedy
venue in Islington, opened in 2017 by the Angel Comedy Club? To avoid legal
complications with using his name, the official explanation is that it is instead
named after the 17th century first Earl of Dysart, who had the same name.
Bill Murray
Which Essex and England cricketer holds the record for the most runs scored by
an individual in a single cricket test match? He scored a total of 456 over his two
innings against India in the first test at Lords in 1990.
Graham Gooch
Which men’s gymnastics apparatus consists of a single bar at a height of 278
centimetres? We will accept either of its two names.
Horizontal Bar/High Bar
One of the more distinctive US State flags comes from the heraldic banner of a
17th century baron, with two quarters patterned in yellow and black and the other
two in red and white. Which state does it represent?
Maryland
Cuckoo bees are an example of what type of parasite, that deliberately steal food
from other species?
Kleptoparasite
Which British documentary series that ran from 2010 to 2018 followed activities in
a hospital labour ward? Its title is taken from an expression about the number of
foolish people in the world, but also happens to be a reasonably accurate
representation of the UK’s national birth rate.
One Born Every Minute
Which short word precedes “Dog” in the title of the 1980 single that was the first
ever top 40 hit for Shakin’ Stevens? It was a cover of a rockabilly song first
released by Buck Owens under the pseudonym Corky Jones in 1956.
Hot (Dog)
In ballet, what name, from the French for “to caper,” is given to a jump in which
one leg is extended whilst the underneath leg comes up to beat against it in a
scissor-like action, sending the top leg higher?
Cabriole
Beta plus decay is also known as _____ emission, where the blank is which type
of particle, emitted along with a neutrino?
Positron
The parents of which character, played on film by Arnold Schwarzenegger, were
killed by the forces of Tulsa Doom during his quest to find the answer to the
Riddle of Steel?
Conan the Barbarian
Which British athlete won the Men’s Olympic 100 metres gold medal at the age of 28 at the 1980 Moscow games?
Allan Wells
Where did Colin Jackson win his first 110 metres World Championship gold medal in 1993?
Stuttgart
Yuri Sedykh had world record for which atheltics event?
Hammer Throw (broke it six times)
When Steve Ovett defeated Seb Coe to take gold in the Men’s 800 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which other Briton was in the final?
Steve cram
Which former Men’s Triple Jumper was denied a fourth successive Olympic gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, finishing with a silver?
Viktor Saneyev
city in a wide bay on the Black Sea’s eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of the Republic of Abkhazia, a partially recognised state widely recognized as a part of Georgia
Sukhumi
Which athlete was the last to defeat Ed Moses in 1977 before we went on a 122 race winning streak in the Men’s 400 metre hurdles?
Harald Schmid
Which American hurdler beat Ed Moses to end his 122 race-winning streak?
Danny Harris
Which athlete achieved the double by taking gold in both the Women’s 1500 and 3000 metres at the 1983 World Athletics Championships?
Mary Decker
Which former heptathlete athlete won the Women’s 200 metre gold medal at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships?
Daphne Schippers
Which athletics club did Olympic medallists Denise Lewis and Katherine Merry represent. They were the first winners of the British League Championship in 1969?
Birchfield Harriers
Which Bulgarian athlete who held the world record until 2016 broke the Women’s 100 metres hurdles record four times in 1986. She broke the record again in 1988 with a time of 12.21? Seoul Gold and Barca Bronze
Yordanka Donkova
Which athlete who was Women’s Triple Jump Indoor World champion in 1997 and 2001 holds the British record both indoors and outdoors at the event?
Ashia Hansen
In what was a shock win, which athlete from Trinidad and Tobago won the Men’s Olympic Javelin gold medal at the London 2012 games?
Keshorn Walcott
Which female American dicuss athelete won a shock gold a thte world athletics champs in 2023?
Laulauga Tausaga
Which legendary Norwegian athlete was the first to break the 15 minute barrier when setting the Women’s 5000 metre world record at Oslo in June 1984?
Ingrid Kristiansen
Which athlete denied Christine Ohuruoghu a second Women’s 400 metre Olympic gold medal by just 0.15 of a second in London 2012?
Sanya Richards Ross
Which of the Norwegian Ingebritsen brothers is the current European record holder in the Men’s 1500 metres?
Jakob
The first name of the Ingebritsen brother who won the Bronze in the 1500m of 2017 world championships? middle brother of the three
Filip
The first name of the Ingebritsen brother who won the gold in the 1500m of 2012 european championships? elder brother of the three
Henrik
Bulgarian former athlete who competed in the high jump. Her world record of 2.09 metres has stood since 1987. She is the 1996 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion, and a five-time World Indoor champion.
Stefka Kostadinova
Which athlete set a world record of 104.80 metres in the Men’s Javelin at a meeting in Berlin on 20th July 1984. His throw was the catalyst in a change to the design of the javelin for future competition crowd safety reasons?
Uwe Hohn
John Heanley has been the British record holder in which men’s event since 24th Sept 2000. He scored 12043 points?
Double Decathlon
Which athlete denied Britain’s Lillian Board gold by 0.09 seconds in the 1968 Women’s 400 metre Olympic final at Mexico City?
Colette Besson
With a throw of 67.48 metres in 1981, who still holds the British record in the Women’s discus throw?
Meg Ritchie
Which athlete is the current British record holder in the Women’s high jump, setting a height of at 1.99 metres in February 2023?
Morgan Lake
Which javelin thrower won the Women’s Olympic title in both 1972 and 1976 and also broke the World record for the event six times in the 1970’s?
Ruth Fuchs
Major championship medallists Liz McColgan and Laura Muir have both represented which UK athletics club?
Dundee Hawkhill Harriers
Henry Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his part in the Capitol Hill riot. Of
what group was he the former national chairman?
Proud Boys
In Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’, what weapon was used to kill the albatross?
Crossbow
In which sport might you hear the words “That wiped its feet on the way in”?
Snooker
In cricket, what two-syllable word is used for an almost or totally unplayable delivery to a
batter, usually but not always, from a fast bowler?
Jaffa or COrker
In what sport might a commentator refer to ‘a rainbow shot’?
Basketball
What was the name of the farmer who owned the land on which the Woodstock pop festival
took place?
Max Yasgur
What farm was used as the hideout by the Great Train Robbers?
Leatherslade Farm
In the title track of a platinum-selling LP/album of the 70s, how were Trina, Annie, and Estrella
collectively known?
Ladies of the Canyon (Joni Mitchell)
Mizaru, Kikazaru, and Iwazaru are collectively known as what?
Three Wise Monkeys
In the 1960s Katie Boyle appeared in a long-running series of TV adverts for which soap?
Camay
Named capital of its state in 1906, what is the second-largest city in the USA by area?
Juneau
What is the largest city in the USA by area?
Sitka
In ‘Brideshead Revisited’, the Marquis of Brideshead is also known as Lord… what?
Marchmain
How is calcium oxide more commonly known?
Quicklime
In the Dame Edna TV shows, what type of flowers did she often throw to members of the
audience?
Gladioli/us
What flowers did Monty Python’s inept highwayman Dennis Moore steal from the rich and attempt to give to the poor?
Lupines
In a 60s advert, a comedian praised Roses chocolates, and roses started appearing on his suit. Who was the comedian?
Norman Vaughan
Where do the English rivers the Welland and the Witham flow into the sea?
The Wash
The Yenisey is the fifth-largest river in the world, and the largest to drain into the Arctic. In
which country does it rise?
Mongolia
At 354 km, the Severn is the longest river in Wales - although not entirely, of course. What is
the second-longest, at 217 km?
Wye
In which of Shakespeare’s plays do we hear that Falstaff has died, although he doesn’t
appear on stage and has no lines?
Henry V
(a) Pieces of grain husk separated from flour after milling. (b) Intellectual capacity.
Bran Brain
(a) First name of the co-founder and principal songwriter of The Who. (b) An alloy of antimony,
tin, and copper.
Peter/Pewter
A
basic hut or shelter, usually unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge.
Bothy
(a) To overcook food a little, but not to burn it completely. (b) The English translation of the
Latin word ‘cathedra’.
Char/Chair
Lester Joseph Gillis, 1908-34, killed more FBI agents than any other criminal. How was he better known?
Baby Face Nelson
How were Clyde, Ring-a-Ding, Danny, Rug Bug Benny, Mac, Kirby, and Willy
more famously known?
The Anthill Mob
In which decade of the 18th century did the Montgolfier brothers launch the first piloted ascent
by humans?
1780s (1783)
“I’m so rushed off my feet / Looking for Gordon Street.” The opening lines of what chart
topper? (Three words.)
Crashed The Wedding
(Busted)
Shrub Hill railway station is in which English city?
Worcester
In the acronym RIB, B represents ‘boat’. For what do the two other letters stand?
Rigid Inflatable
Who had a Top 10 hit in 1978 with ‘Ca Plane Pour Moi’?
Plastic Bertrand
Who was born on December 21st, 1937, in New York City? Her younger brother was also active
in the same industry as her.
Jane Fonda
The newspaper comic strip ‘Jane’ began on the 5th of December 1932 – in which paper?
Daily Mirror
Who was born in 1536 or 1537, possibly in London or in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire? Her two younger sisters were Katherine and Mary.
Lady Jane Grey
Teller, the silent half of the magicians duo Penn and Teller, also appeared as Larry Fowler in
which US sitcom?
The Big Bang Theory
Who died of peritonitis on October 31st, 1926?
Harry Houdini
What is the name of the boat in the thriller film ‘Jaws’?
The Orca
On a standard qwerty keyboard, what number shares a key with the ampersand sign?
Seven
What is the more correct botanical term for the flower often known as a Snapdragon?
Antirrhinum
Which country hosted the Rugby World Cup in 2011?
New Zealand
What secondary colour is the poppy worn to commemorate animals and birds that died in a war effort?
Purple
How many carpal bones are there in the human arm?
Eight
How many tarsal bones are there in human leg??
Seven
“Well, I just had to laugh / I saw the photograph / He blew his mind out in a car …” Lyrics from
‘A Day in The Life’ – from which Beatles’ album?
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
Band
From Max Boyce’s ‘Hymns and Arias’: “But Will is very happy though his money all has gone: /
He swapped five photos of his wife for one of …” whom?
Barry John
One for the twitchers? Which group had a hit with ‘Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)’ in
1982?
A Flock of Seagulls
In the lyrics of ‘The Ballad of John and Yoko’, of what were there fifty?
Acorns Tied in a Sack
What follows ‘@’ [pronounced: at] and precedes ‘DonaldTrump’ in the Twitter handle of the
former President?
Real
‘Bagpuss’. What was the name of the little girl who owns Bagpuss?
Emily
Woodstock. Who were the British country rock/folk rock band who topped the charts with
‘Woodstock’ in 1970?
Matthews Southern Comfort
) In Grant Wood’s ‘American Gothic’, how are the two people in the painting meant to be related,
according to the artist himself?
Father and Daughter
St. Botolph’s Church, in The Fens of Lincolnshire, is more familiarly known as what?
The Boston Stump
Where have Lincoln City played their home matches since 1895?
Sincil Bank
Generally known by its abbreviated form, what card game’s longer name refers to a European
man who lived from 1769 to 1821?
Napoleon (Nap)
In Bridge, how many successive passes must there be for the bidding auction to conclude?
Three
In its most-commonly spelt form, which card game shares its name with a city in the Algarve?
Faro
In what year was the Maastricht Treaty concluded?
1992
Give either of the complete years in the Bosnian War
1993 or 1994 (April ’92 To
December ’95)
‘The Rhubarb Triangle’ consists of Bradford, Leeds, and where else?
Wakefield
Who was the first monarch to reside in Windsor Castle?
Henry I
Australian Rules. How many points are scored for kicking the ball between the central goal
posts?
Six points
Lebanon gained independence from which country on this day in 1943?
France
“One thing was certain, that the white kitten had nothing to do with it—it was the black kitten’s
fault entirely.” The opening line of which book?
Through the Looking Glass
In the nursery rhyme ‘There Was a Crooked Man’, what did the man buy with the crooked
sixpence that he found?
A crooked cat
In 1991-92, which soccer team won the last ever Division 1 title before the Premier League was
born?
Leeds United
What was the stage surname of Frederick Leslie Fowell, 1943-2019, a comedian who also did
comic impressions?
Starr
What is the name of the main unit of currency of Lesotho, which is pegged on a
one-to-one basis with the Rand of neighbouring South Africa?
Loti
Which word beginning with B is used as a description of a very poor chess move
annotated by a double question mark?
Blunder
Which Chinese consumer electronics company, that had a 14% share of the worldwide smartphone market in 2021, makes the Redmi range of phones?
Xiaomi
Which American football team had the first overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft,
selecting the Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, and again in 2022, when
they chose the Georgia linebacker Travon Walker?
Jacksonville Jaguars
What name is shared by a drag character played by Les Dawson as one half of a
double act and a computer programming language designed by Jean Ichbiah
[Zhon ISH-be-ah], whose first version was certified in 1983?
Ada
Sean Bean appeared as a cross-dressing teacher in an episode of which Jimmy
McGovern legal drama anthology series with a single-word title that debuted in
2010? Other episodes featured Christopher Eccleston and Anne-Marie Duff
appearing in the dock.
Accused
Which female character narrates most of the story of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering
Heights, telling the tale to the new tenant at Thrushcross Grange?
Ellen “Nelly” Dean
Which English explorer and former pirate was the first person to circumnavigate
the globe three times? Alexander Selkirk, whose story inspired Robinson Crusoe,
was marooned during the second of these voyages and rescued four years later
during the third.
William Dampier
Known for his misogynism, Sidney Smutt is the full name of the title character in
which Viz comic strip?
Sid the Sexist
What is the full name of the compound with the formula PbC8H20, used for many years as an anti-knocking agent added to petrol?
Tetraethyl Lead
Comprising Sweden and Norway, what is the largest peninsula in Europe?
Scandinavian Peninsula
In the best result ever for a non-test playing side at the men’s cricket world cup,
which country, led by Steve Tikolo, reached the 2003 semifinal before being
knocked out by India?
Kenya
Which American football team had the first overall pick at the 2023 NFL draft and
selected the Alabama quarterback Bryce Young? In the current season they have
just one win from eleven games so far.
Carolina Panthers
What name is shared by a drag character played by George Logan as one half of
a double act and an online dating app founded in 2011 by Justin McLeod?
Hinge
OnePlus is wholly owned by which Chinese consumer electronics company, that
had an 11% share of the worldwide smartphone market in 2021 and makes the
Reno and Find ranges of phones?
Oppo
What is the name of the main unit of currency of eSwatini, which is pegged on a
one-to-one basis with the Rand of neighbouring South Africa?
Lilangeni
A very good chess move, annotated by a double exclamation mark, is described
by what word beginning with B?
Brilliancy / Brilliant
Which award for “a baffling comment by a public figure” has been presented
annually since the 1990s by the Plain English Society, and has a name not to be
confused with a similar-sounding disease affecting cattle?
Foot in Mouth Award
Which Royal Navy commodore led a circumnavigation of the globe during the
War of Jenkins’ Ear, leaving England in 1740 to attack Spanish possessions in
the Pacific with eight ships, of which HMS Centurion was the only one to
complete the voyage four years later?
George Anson
An attendee of Spunkbridge University, Grant Wankshaft is the full name of the
title character in which Viz comic strip? Its two-word title is also a term for a form
of educational financial support.
Student Grant
An attendee of Spunkbridge University, Grant Wankshaft is the full name of the
title character in which Viz comic strip? Its two-word title is also a term for a form
of educational financial support.
Nitromethane
Gertrude Elion won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work
towards the creation of the drug AZT, the first medication to be widely used
against which disease?
HIV/AIDS
In which Scottish city is the 127-metre observation tower opened in 2001 as the
Millennium Tower but now renamed after the city instead? Its distinctive aerofoil
shape is designed so that the entire structure can rotate to face into the wind.
Glasgow
Which wealthy gentleman, whose first name is never given, is the frame-narrator
in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights? He rents Thrushcross Grange from
Heathcliff, where Nelly Dean tells him the story.
Mr Lockwood
Sean Bean starred as a troubled Catholic priest in which 2017 Jimmy McGovern
drama series with a single-word title, that also featured Adrian Dunbar and Anna
Friel?
Broken
Which first-century British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe led the British
resistance to the Roman conquest and was famously spared from execution in
Rome after making a speech to the Emperor Claudius?
Caractacus
In the Caribbean Premier League T20 competition which island country is
represented by The Patriots? West Indies players Kieran Powell and Keith
Arthurton were from this country
St Kitts and Nevis
What is the name of the tallest bridge in the world which crosses the River Tarn
in southern France? Designed by Norman Foster, it stands almost 300 metres
above the valley floor.
Millau Viaduct
In carpentry, which joint with a culinary name involves inserting a compressed
wood chip into slots cut into two corresponding pieces of wood?
Biscuit Joint
The worst coal mining disaster in Wales occurred in October 1913 with the loss of
439 lives at the pit in which village near Caerphilly?
Senghenydd
Two London Underground stations use all of the vowels in their name. Which one
is in the City of London?
Mansion House
Named after an 18th century British bookseller, which annual award is given to
the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children?
Newbery Medal
Known by the initials BCC, what is the most common type of skin cancer? It
appears as a painless raised area of skin, which may be shiny with small blood
vessels visible.
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Who plays Elyot Chase in Noel Coward’s Private Lives currently showing at the
Ambassadors Theatre? In the 1980s, his television roles included the title role in
The Charmer and Tom Latimer in Don’t Wait Up.
Nigel Havers
Two London Underground stations use all of the vowels in their name. Which one
is in west London? It is not Heathrow Terminal 4, because the number 4 is not
spelt out in its official name.
South Ealing
The worst coal mining disaster in Scotland occurred in October 1877 with the loss
of 209 lives at the pit in which town in South Lanarkshire?
Blantyre
In the Caribbean Premier League T20 competition which island country is
represented by The Kings? West Indies players Darren Sammy and Johnson
Charles are from this country.
St Lucia
In carpentry, which joint with a name sounding like that of an animal is essentially
an open sided channel cut along the edge of a board?
Rabbet Joint
The third most common type of skin cancer after melanoma and basal cell
carcinoma is the cutaneous form of a cancer known by the initials SCC. The S
stands for what word, which denotes a form of epithelial cells which have the
appearance of thin, flat plates?
Squamous Cell
Who plays Amanda Prynne in Noel Coward’s Private Lives currently showing at
the Ambassadors Theatre? Her previous television roles have included Mrs
Pumphrey in All Creatures Great and Small and Penny in Miranda.
Patricia Hodge
Which chairman of the England selectors won the first Foot in Mouth award in 1993: a senior figure in the Marylebone Cricket Club, won the inaugural award for trying to explain a loss by the England cricket team by saying: “Maybe we are in the wrong sign. Maybe Venus is in the wrong juxtaposition with something else. I don’t know.”
Ted Dexter
Which American actor was presented with the 2002 Foot in Mouth award for his philosophical comment: “I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe and somebody said I was a snake, I’d think ‘No, actually I am a giraffe.’”
Richard Gere
Who won 2003 Foot in Mouth Award: For his overuse of the word “know” during a press briefing given as United States Secretary of Defense: “Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”
Donald Rumsfeld
Which English supermodel picked up the 2006 Foot in Mouth Award award for saying, “I love England, especially the food. There’s nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.”?
Naomi Campbell
Which UKIP MEP won the 2013 Foot in Mouth Award 2013, including describing countries that receive foreign aid from the UK as “Bongo Bongo Land”, saying that women don’t “clean behind the fridge enough”, jokingly referring to female members of an audience as “sluts” and assaulting one journalist and threatening another.
Godfrey Bloom
Musk received the award for the 2018 Foot in Mouth Award for comment, “Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.” as part of a set of comments on Twitter against which person, who would go on to lead the rescue of several stranded Thai children.
Vern Unsworth
Who won 2022 Foot in Mouth Award for comment “Today I have very strong feelings. Today, I feel Qatari. Today, I feel Arab. Today, I feel African. Today, I feel gay. Today, I feel disabled. Today, I feel a migrant worker. I feel all this because what I have been seeing and what I have been told, since I don’t read, otherwise I will be depressed.”
Gianni Infantino
Which band did James Bourne form after leaving Busted? Their highest charting UK single was Ticket Out Of Loserville in 2005.
Son of Dork
What is the name of the thickening agent made from animal collagen which is
used in dishes like pannacotta?
Gelatin
Which actor and TV presenter was a companion on Doctor Who portraying Ace
between 1987 and ’89? She also appeared in children’s television series,
including Corners and Melvin and Maureen’s Music-a-Grams
Sophie Aldred
Named after a 19th century British illustrator, which annual award is given to the
most distinguished American picture book for children?
Caldecott Medal
Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in three consecutive years between
1964 and ‘66?
Arkle
Who was the first celebrity to be voted off this year’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2023?
Les Dennis
Why is this year (2023) being commemorated by Shakespeare enthusiasts?
It’s the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio.
A statue of which entertainer was unveiled in the small South Wales town of Glynneath to mark his 80th birthday on the 27th of September this year?
Max Boyce
Welsh comedian, singer and entertainer. He rose to fame in the mid-1970s with an act that combined musical comedy with his passion for rugby union and his origins in a South Wales mining community. His “We All Had Doctors’ Papers” (1975) remains the only comedy album to have topped the UK Albums Chart and he has sold more than two million albums in a career spanning four decades.
Max Boyce
Alhambra Theatre is in which city UK?
Bradford
What’s the name for an outside wall of a room or building that rises above an adjoining roof and contains windows (particularly in large churches)?
Clerestorey
Who is the second highest run scorer in Test cricket behind Sachin Tendulkar?
RickyPonting
Who was the first cyclist born in Great Britain to win the Tour de France?
Geraint Thomas
Name either of the two Formula 1 drivers, other than Lewis Hamilton, that have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award twice.
Nigel Mansell or Damon Hill
Which country are the current Netball World Cup champions?
Australia
Name either of the two Rivers that form the Humber.
Ouse and Trent
Name either of the two end points of the Sandstone Trail.
Frodsham (Cheshire) or Whitchurch (Shropshire)
Which river meets the Severn at Tewkesbury?
Avon
Who dispersed a French mob with “a whiff of grapeshot?”
Napoleon Bonaparte
Which King of England had his oldest son crowned as the Young King when he (the king) was still alive?
Henry II
In which decade was the first transatlantic radio broadcast?
1900s (1901)
In 1830, Edwin Budding’s first machine had a frame made of wrought iron and was 19 inches wide. What was it?
Lawn Mower
Nylon was first used commercially in which product?
Toothbrush
3 May 1971 to date: he was elected as MP for Harwich in 2005 and Clacton in 2010, as a Conservative. In 2014 he resigned and became the first elected MP for the UK Independence Party. He left UKIP in 2017 to sit as an independent MP.
Douglas Carswell
20 July 1955 to date: a former British table tennis player, born in Jamaica and brought up in Birmingham. He was an attacking, left–handed player, notable for his scissor jump smash. He was made an MBE and represented GB at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Desmond Douglas
Name the two chambers that make up the French Parliament.
National Assembly and the Senate
Who played the young Morse in Endeavour?
Shaun Evans
Which bird is also known as Mother Carey’s Chickens?
Storm Petrels
What is the UK’s largest National Park?
The Cairngorms
Follower and Rover are positions in which team game?
Australian Rules Football
Besides Chester, which other English city still regularly performs the mystery plays that were performed there in the Middle Ages?
York
Which Cheshire town boasts two of the finest Saxon crosses in England?
Sandbach
Name one of the two constituencies that elected Labour MPs in the October by–elections.
Mid Bedfordshire or Tamworth
How many players are there in a baseball team?
Nine
Which section of Girl Guiding is for girls aged between 14 and 18?
Rangers
What’s the name of the 30–year–old named in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours – the youngest ever life peer?
Charlotte Owens
Name one of the two bodies of water that are linked by the Anderton boat lift.
The Trent & Mersey Canal and the River Weaver
Which word literally meant something that tangled up the feet (in Latin)?
Impediment
Which dynasty did Cleopatra belong to?
Ptolemaic Dynasty
Who was the last English manager to be in charge of a team that won English football’s top league?
Howard Wilkinson (Leeds United, 1992)
Which World War II operation was called Pluto?
The building of the pipeline supplying fuel to France under the English Channel (Pipe Line Under The Ocean)
The river Lily passes through which Cheshire town?
Knutsford. It’s what Canute forded (allegedly)
Who wrote the sequence of poems known as The Idylls of the King?
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
On what streaming service do you find programmes from the following TV channels – Drama, Dave, W and Yesterday?
UKTV Play
Which car manufacturer produces models named the Picanto, Sportage and Sorento?
Kia
Who wrote the poem Sea Fever, which starts “I must go down to the seas again”?
John Masefield
Which 20th Century prime minister was born in Manchester?
David Lloyd George
What’s the name of the cat in Alien?
Jones/y
1909–2000: an American actor and producer and decorated naval officer of World War II. He starred in The Prisoner of Zenda and Gunga Din, and had the same name as his father
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
April 7 1960, to date: an American former professional boxer who competed between 1981 and 1999. undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1990 for eight months (after knocking out Mike Tyson to win the title: He was defeated by Evander Holyfield in his only title defence.
James “Buster” Douglas
Who is the only Scotsman to win the Ballon d’Or?
Dennis Law
She is known for her roles as Tanya Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Mandy Carter in Channel 4 drama Ackley Bridge From 2018, she has starred as Luella Shakespeare in the BBC crime drama series Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Jo Joyner
English actor and television presenter known for his roles as Eddie in Early Doors, Howard in Northern Lights and Martin Pond in Barbara. He has also starred in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road as mathematics teacher Daniel “Chalky” Chalk from 2011 to 2014. Frank Hathaway in Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators on BBC1.
Mark Benton
Which motor manufacturer produces models called Guilia, Tonale and Stelvio?
Alfa Romeo
By what common name is the hedging plant Ligustrum better known?
Privet
Which bird is said to boom?
Bitterns
The present Duke of Edinburgh once worked for which of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s enterprises?
The Really Useful Group
Which singer recorded the song Celebration in 2009?
Madonna
What Christian (specifically Catholic) feast is celebrated on the Thursday week after Pentecost (Whitsun)? In the Middle Ages, it was when the Mystery Plays were performed.
Corpus CHristi
Who wrote The Father Christmas Letters, originally just for his children, which told of the adventures of Father Christmas, and (among others) North Polar bear and his nephews?
JRR Tolkien
In which decade was New Year’s Day made an official bank holiday in England and Wales?
(1974)
Draco is not the only ancient lawgiver to have given his name to an adjective describing a stern and inflexible approach to the law. Which King of Crete, a son of Zeus and Europa whose legal approach was described in Book I of Plato’s Laws, is likewise remembered?
Rhadamanthus
Which European nation has won most Olympic medals without ever having hosted the Games? Of this nation’s 521 medals, 90 have been won in fencing.
Hungary
Which Hungarian fencer won gold in the team sabre six times between 1932 and ‘60, a record not equalled in a single event until 2020, as well as four other medals in that period?
Aladar Gerevich
The chant Stand Up, If You Love The Darts is sung to the tune of which song? Originally by the Village People, it was covered by the Pet Shop Boys.
Go West
Which 2000 hit song by the band Planet Funk was used by Sky for its coverage of darts, and has come to be used at the end of a set or before the broadcaster is going to a commercial break?
Chase the Sun
Which district of Haringey, London gives its name to a plot uncovered in 2003 to attack the London Underground with ricin? This district was also the location of the death of Joyce Vincent, whose body lay undiscovered in her flat for three years.
Wood Green
The relationship between Jacqueline du Pré and her sister, a flautist, was examined in a 1998 autobiographical film. What was the forename of Jacqueline’s sister, a title character in the film?
Hilary
The du Pré family memoir A Genius in the Family alleges that Jacqueline had an affair with Hilary’s husband Christopher. Christopher, an orchestral conductor, was the son of which British choral composer, known for his cantata Dies(DEE-ez) Natalis and six song cycles based on the poetry of Thomas Hardy?
Gerald Finzi
Henri Fantin-Latour depicted a statue of Minerva on a red tablecloth in what kind of location? That group portrait of one of these locations includes a bearded Emile Zola holding his glasses.
Artist’s studio
A real allegory summing up seven years of my artistic and moral life is the subtitle of which painter’s The Artist’s Studio? This artist looks directly at the viewer whilst grasping his hair in The Desperate Man.
Gustave Courbet
Which English indie rock back had a top 20 hit in 2008 with the song Not Nineteen Forever?
The Courteeners
Lyon goalkeeper Christiane Endler had won the award the previous year. She represents which South American nation, also home to former Manchester City keeper Claudio Bravo?
Chile
Which German goalkeeper was nominated in 2023 but lost out to Mary Earps? She plays for Chelsea, having previously played for Birmingham City and Paris St Germain.
Ann-Katrin Berger
Which Cadbury’s bar, one of many introduced since the company’s takeover, is described as “a combination of fruit flavour jellies, crispy sugar-coated cocoa candies and crackling popping candy”, all covered in Cadbury chocolate?
Marvellous Creations
Which scientist first synthesized the widely used immunosuppressant drug azathioprine(AY-za-THIGH-o-preen) in 1957, alongside George Hitchings, with whom she won a Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1988?
Gertrude Elion
Elion’s theory of ‘rational drug design’ ultimately led to the development of allopurinol, used to treat what inflammatory condition?
Gout
Angela Bassett won her second Golden Globe in 2023 for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever playing which character, the mother of both Black Panthers?
Ramonda
The southern bound of which Empire is traditionally held to have been set by the Battle of the Maule River in modern Chile, when the Mapuche people successfully fought the armies of this empire to a stalemate?
Inca
Which grandson of Tupac Yupanqui was the final Sapa Inca before the Spanish conquest, being put to death by the Spanish in 1533 after the battle of Cajamarca?
Atahualpa
What is the 10-letter name (including ‘–virus’) of the type of virus that makes a
DNA copy of its RNA genome using reverse transcriptase, and inserts it into the
DNA of a host cell?
Retrovirus
What name is given to the variant of the card game piquet where, rather than
playing until someone reaches 100 points, six hands are played regardless of
scores? This is also the name of a soft drinks brand founded in London in 1982,
and of a historically notable river whose location was for centuries uncertain
Rubicon
What name links three people of varying degrees of notoriety: a hardcore
wrestler who had two infamous encounters with rival New Jack; the founder of
the youth-focused pro-Brexit campaign group BeLeave; and a singer whose
second child is named Exa Dark Sideræl?
Grimes
What first and surname link the writer of Native Son, a founding member of
Pink Floyd, the winner of the 2009 Turner Prize, and Manchester City’s current
goalkeeping coach who won his two England caps in 2000 and 2001?
Richard Wright
What name links the famously difficult 2D platformer about climbing a mountain
that won Best Independent Game at The Game Awards 2018, and the artist
surnamed Waite who won ‘Rising Star’ at the BRIT Awards 2020?
Celeste
As well as being a term in the criminal justice system, what word contrasts with
‘langue’ in a theoretical linguistic dichotomy defined by Ferdinand de Saussure?
This word can be found in the title of a 2001 film in which Steve Coogan plays
the title character, Simon Garden.
Parole
Which 8,080-metre mountain on the border of Pakistan and China is
sometimes known as Hidden Peak? You may give its more usual name, from
the Balti for ‘beautiful mountain’, or try your luck with the alphanumeric denoting
when it was mapped within the Karakorum mountain range.
Gasherbrum I or K5
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, music website Pitchfork invited its readers to
name the 200 best albums released between 1996 and 2021. Which band had
three entries on the list with Feels, Strawberry Jam, and the top 20-ranked
Merriweather Post Pavilion?
Animal Collective
Who was the only US vice-president of the 19th century to serve two full fouryear terms, doing so under James Monroe? His first and surnames are shared by the current lead singer of the Milton Keynes progressive metal band
TesseracT. (Surname sufficient)
Daniel Tompkins
Albanian politician, painter, writer, former university lecturer, publicist, and former basketball player, who has served as the 33rd and incumbent Prime Minister of Albania since 2013
Edi Rama
Uniquely, teams named after which English city have won both the Premier
League in football and the Premiership in rugby union?
Leicester
Which word can be both the surname of the title character of a TV comedydrama series, and the name of a piece of equipment alternatively known as a lariat? The former is involved in training, while the latter is used for restraining.
lasso
In 2020, Roula Khalaf replaced Lionel Barber as editor of which UK
newspaper? Since 2015, it has been owned by the Japanese holding company
Nikkei.
FT
Take one element from each of the names of the Byzantine princess who wrote
The Alexiad; the Scottish physicist who formulated the classical theory of
electromagnetism; and the Argentinian tennis player who won the 2009 US
Open. The result is which star of the sitcom Motherland, who also played DCS
Patricia Carmichael in Line of Duty? (
Anna Maxwell Martin
[Anna Comnena, James
Clerk Maxwell, Juan Martin
del Potro]
Which of the evangelists is the subject of a series of paintings by Venetian
artist Tintoretto, including [His] Body Brought to Venice? J.S. Bach’s Passion
named for this author of the shortest Gospel does not survive.
St Mark
In 1925, which was the last stable element to be discovered, by a team
including Walter Noddack and Ida Tacke? They named this group 7 element
after Ida’s birth region, and not directly for the specific geographical feature from
which that region takes its name.
Rhenium
The title character of which 1990 children’s book is addressed in the following
manner by Mrs Silver on the advice of Mr Hoppy: “WORG PU, FFUP PU,
TOOHS PU, GNIRPS PU, WOLB PU, LLEWS PU! EGROG! ELZZUG! FFUTS!
PLUG!”
Esio Trot
Which actor, who had served in Naval Intelligence in the Second World War,
found fame playing a scheming Chief Petty Officer in the radio sitcom The Navy
Lark? He also voiced three other roles in the show, including, somewhat
surprisingly perhaps, The Master
Jon Pertwee
Which leader of the Zaporozhian cossacks fell out with Peter the Great and
fought on the losing Swedish side at the decisive 1709 battle of Poltava? He is
the subject of a poem by Lord Bryon and an opera by Tchaikovsky.
Ivan Mazepa
Which Ottoman dish comprises an aubergine stuffed with onion, garlic and
tomatoes, and simmered in olive oil? It is said to take its name from a worship
leader in a mosque who swooned with pleasure at the dish’s flavour.
Imam bayildi
The adult male of which small dabbling duck, found in Britain, has a brown
head and breast with a broad white crescent over the eye? Its name, beginning
with G, ultimately derives from the Late Latin for ‘tracheal artery’.
Garganey
Considered the founding text of transgender studies, who wrote the 1987
essay The Empire Strikes Back? They share their first and surname with a
character played by the answer to the first question in part one of this quiz (but
not one of his two most famous).
Sandy Stone
Swedish folk duo consisting of the sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg, born in 1990 and 1993, respectively
First Aid Kit
Poet who wrote Lunch Poems and Meditations in an Emergency, was art curator at moma, born 1926 Baltimore.
Frank O’Hara
Luton stadium
Kenilworth Stadium
Luton manager
Rob edwards
Cinematographer of Cat in the Hat, Gravity, Birdman and The Revenant?
Emmanuel Lubezki
Cinematographer of Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon. three Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain (2005), Martin Scorsese’s Silence (2016), and The Irishman (2019).
Rodrigo Prieto
Polish cinematographer and director of film and television. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his films since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Spielberg’s holocaust drama Schindler’s List and World War II epic Saving Private Ryan (1998).
Janusz Kamiński
Director of Coneheads, TMNT and Mike Bassett England Manager. Also Michael Jackson Billie Jean and a-Ha’s Take On Me.
Steve Barron
AHa only uk number one
The Sun Always Shines On TV
Film director directed Michael Jackson’s Bad video along with Wesley Snipes early appearance?
Martin Scorsese
American guitarist best known as the co-founder of glam metal group L.A. Guns,
as well as the supergroups named Brides of Destruction and Contraband. He was also a founding member of Guns N’ Roses, but left shortly afterwards and was replaced by guitarist Slash.
Tracii Guns
Who directed Michael Jackson Thriller video?
John Landis
He is best known for playing Norm Peterson on the television sitcom Cheers (1982–1993). Appeared in Black or White MJ video.
George Wendt
She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her first film role in 1983’s Tender Mercies, and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Crimes of the Heart. MJ’s Black or White.
Tess Harper
Director You Rock My World MJ video and Bulletproof Monk only film directed.
Paul Hunter
Beyoncé talked about FUPA, what does that stand for?
fat(ty) upper pubic area
Update: A federal judge has paused a law in which US state banning Tik Tok?
Montana
Ethnic conflict has been ongoing in what northeastern state of India, stemming from animosity between the Hindu Meitei and the mostly Christian Kuki-Zo?
Manipur
Musical coming up in 2024 A musical based on an NBC television show following a team trying to mount a musical about Marilyn Monroe. The TV show followed a team putting on a Broadway production of “Bombshell,” a fictional musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe.
Smash
Initially released as The Big Heart in the United Kingdom, which 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film won three Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Writing, Original Story, and Best Writing - Screenplay?
Miracle on 34th Street
Surname of fashion designer known as Valentino?
Garavani
Judge Judy surname
Sheindlin
Bbc presenter who in December 2023 put middle finger up on bbc news and also did the super moon with her hands in the same year.
Maryam Moshiri
meaning ‘lake within the point’ is a fjord located on the coast of the south-east part of the U.S. state of Alaska, 1958 megatsunami highest ever 524m higher than empire tower.
Lituya Bay
disused dam in northern Italy. It is one of the tallest dams in the world, 1963 landslide caused a megatsunami killing 2k people.
Vajont Dam
In 1792, the collapse of one of its several near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu, lava domes triggered a megatsunami that killed 14,524 people in Japan’s worst volcanic-related disaster. The volcano was most recently active from 1990 to 1995, and a large eruption in 1991 generated a pyroclastic flow that killed 43 people, including three volcanologists.
Mount Unzen
an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico
Chicxulub
largest verified impact structures on Earth is located in present-day Free State province of South Africa
Vredefort
With an age of 2.229 billion years, it is the oldest known impact structure on Earth. Western Australia.
Yarrabubba
Wooly mammoths survived on which island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, until 2000BC? It is the 92nd largest island in the world and roughly the size of Crete. Named after Baltic German explorer.
Wrangel Island
Whose impromptu memorial read “Hereabouts died a very gallant gentleman”?
Captain Oates (in Antarctica)
Which Bond film borrowed a plot twist from Austin Powers in Goldmember?
Spectre
What common objects are made from wood and potassium chlorate?
Matches
He set a record in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match in only his sixth Test appearance, scoring 364 runs against Australia, a milestone that stood for nearly 20 years (and remains an England Test record 84 years later as of 2023). First cricketer to go out by obstructing field internationally in 1951.
Len Hutton
What links: Sam Ryder; Imaani; Sonia; Michael Ball; Live Report?
Runner ups for UK at Eurovision
He directed the 2007 horror film The Orphanage, the 2012 drama film The Impossible, and the 2016 fantasy drama film A Monster Calls. His latest film is the 2018 science fiction adventure film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth installment of the Jurassic Park film series. He has also directed television commercials and music videos. He directed the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. 2023 film Society of the Snow.
J A Bayona
Kingsman films, Algerian actress The same year, she played the title role in The Mummy, along with Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe and Annabelle Wallis. 2023 Rebel Moon.
Sofia Boutella
In the early 1990s, this director co-founded the production company Les Cinémas de la Zone with his wife, Lucile Hadžihalilović. He has directed seven feature films: I Stand Alone (1998), Irréversible (2002), Enter the Void (2009), Love (2015), Climax (2018), Lux Æterna (2019), and Vortex (2021).
Gaspar Noe
Green Knowe is a series of six children’s novels written by which author, illustrated by her son Peter
Lucy M. Boston
Green Knowe is a series of six children’s novels written by which author, illustrated by her son Peter
Lucy M. Boston
First spacecraft to moon and back again carrying life forms in way of two tortoises was which soviet mission in 1968
Zond 5
Who wrote Bridge to Terabithia?
Katherine Paterson
She was the Biblical daughter of Levi and mother of Miriam and Aaron
Jochebed
Nickname of Pretoria is what flower beginning with J
Jacaranda
Considered one of the greatest ice hockey prospects of his generation, he was selected first overall by the Blackhawks in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft and made his NHL debut that year.
Connor Bedard
American alternative rock band originating from Boston, Massachusetts, best known for the 1994 single, “Here & Now”, from their full-length debut album, Aurora Gory Alice. The band’s members are Kay Hanley, Greg McKenna, Michael Eisenstein, Stacy Jones, Scott Riebling, and later, Tom Polce and Joe Klompus.
Letters to Cleo
British chef and television food presenter best known for presenting shows such as Channel 4’s Food Unwrapped and Drop Down Menu, the BBC’s Saturday Kitchen and the Good Food channel’s Market Kitchen. Tebbutt ran The Foxhunter in Nant-y-derry for many years with his wife, but gave it up to focus on his TV career.
Matt Tebbutt
2022 memoir by Hua Hsu: The memoir depicts Hsu’s unlikely relationship with a college friend named Ken, a friendship that was unexpectedly and tragically cut short when Ken was killed in a carjacking in 1998. Won 2023 Pulitzer for Memoir.
Stay True
His 2017 novel In the Distance was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. For his second novel Trust, he was awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Hernan Diaz
SoaceX suffered multiple RUDs in 2023, what is an RUD?
rapid unscheduled disassembly
Which women’s college basketball player came to national attention during the NCAA March Madness tournament when she became the first player in men’s or women’s tournament history to record a 40-point triple-double. She led Iowa to its first finals appearance.
Caitlin Clark
Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK season 5 winner
Ginger Johnson
Named after German anatomist: a gland found in between villi in the intestinal epithelium lining of the small intestine and large intestine (or colon)
Crypts of Lieberkuhn
Named after Swiss physician: glands are located in the submucosa of the duodenum. They secrete an alkaline fluid containing mucin, which protects the mucosa from the acidic stomach contents entering the duodenum.
Brunner’s Glands
Eighty years has passed since families were evicted from a small village on Salisbury Plain.
In 1943, 150 people living in which village were asked to move out so that the village could be turned into a military training area.
Imber
Which Henrik Ibsen play’s title character chronicles the journey of its title character from the Norwegian mountains to the North African desert and back?
Peer Gynt
The film follows the life of a white man who was raised by members of the Cheyenne nation during the 19th century, then attempts to reintegrate with American pioneer society. Stars Dustin Hoffman.
Little Big Man
“Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) is a work of art by which artist a portrayal of aids and Candy in corner of room and people can take one, currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Félix González-Torres
British writer best known as the author of the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt and William Monk series of historical detective fiction. Done for murder in NZ: told in Peter Jackson film Heavenly Creatures.
Anne Perry
He was the first player to hit a nine-dart finish in a “double-to-start” event (where a player must hit a double to begin play), which he did at the 2011 World Grand Prix. Beaten by Luke Littler in QF of WDC 2024.
Brendan Dolan
German darts player nicknamed Pikachu
Ricardo Pietreczko
Nicknamed Hollywood, English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the current Masters champion.
Chris Dobey
Alannah Currie of Thompson twins was once married to fellow band member Tom Bailey but since 2011 married to which artist and musician, best known as one-half of the duo The KLF, co-founder of The Orb and as the man who burnt £1 million.
Jimmy Cauty
Which opera singer, who won four Grammy Awards, sang at the presidential inaugurations of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton?
Jessye Norman
What is Persian called in Afghanistan? Four letters.
Dari
Who won season 21 of strictly in 2023 dancing with Vito Coppola?
Ellie Leach
ancient rock fortress located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is a site of historical and archaeological significance that is dominated by a massive column of granite approximately 180 m (590 ft) high.
Sigiriya
On January 1 2024,which computer scientist , the inventor of Pascal and Oberon, and holder of the Turing award, professor emeritus at @ETH #Zurich died.
Niklaus Wirth
British battleship sunk by a German h boat in scapa flow on 14 October 1939?
Hms royal oak
German captain who sunk Graf spee 17 dec 1939
Hans Langsdorff
Double surname named respiration – an abnormal pattern of breathing, oscillating between hyperventilation and apnoea – was first described in the 19th century
Cheyne-Stokes Respiration
Which islands lie at the centre of the western hemisphere?
Galapagos Islands
Judith Miller was an authority on the value of what?
Antiques
Which machine reaps, threshes and winnows in a single action?
Combine Harvester
What reality TV show launched in 1992 on MTV?
The Real World
What, in County Antrim, is the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery?
Bushmills
Who was the worst witch?
Mildred Hubble
What connects South Shetland Islands; South Orkney Islands; Queen Elizabeth Land?
Parts of British Antarctic Territory
What connects Al Green; MC Hammer; Ma$e; Cat Stevens; Daddy Yankee?
Retired for religion purposes
What links: Gaucho; seven minutes in polo; Stamford Bridge team; New Zealand capital?
Boots types
What links: English civil war (1215-17); Crusade (1239-41); English civil war (1264-67)?
“Barons”
What links: Frank Cottrell-Boyce; Alex Garland; Aron Ralston; Vikas Swarup; Irvine Welsh?
Wrote books filmed by Danny Boyle: Millions; The Beach; 127 Hours; Slumdog Millionaire; Trainspotting.
Who has been made France’s youngest ever Prime Minister at 34 years old? Taking office January 2024.
Gabriel Attal
Tees Valley Mayor in trouble for land selling off cheap
Ben Houchen
Oppenheimer was the big winner at the Golden Globe Awards, bagging five, including best film drama. Accepting the award for best actress in a film drama, Lily Gladstone made part of her speech in which language?
Blackfoot
Which
Indie rock band won BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2024?
The Last Dinner Party
The US Supreme Court announced it would hear an unprecedented case to determine whether Donald Trump could run for president. Mr Trump has been disqualified from the 2024 election ballot in Colorado and which other state?
Maine
Tributes were paid to actress Glynis Johns, who died at the age of 100. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living nominee for an acting Oscar - but for which film?
The Sundowners
best known for winning Gladiators and then being invited to return to the show as a Gladiator herself, under the name “Blaze”. She remains the only UK contender to ever become a Gladiator. She went on to become a stunt double for such stars as Famke Janssen, Angelina Jolie, Milla Jovovich, and Uma Thurman.
Eunice Huthart
2023 British martial arts action comedy film written and directed by Nida Manzoor (in her feature film directorial debut). In London, British-Pakistani teenager Ria Khan aspires to become a movie stunt performer like her idol, Eunice Huthart.
Polite Society
Russian and Canadian professional boxer, He is a unified light heavyweight champion, having held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title since 2017, the World Boxing Council (WBC) title since 2019 and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title since 2022, beat Callum Smith Jan 2024.
Artur Beterbiev
The video for “Do You Believe in Shame?” By Duran Duran was filmed by which Chinese director won the Palme d’Or at 1993 Cannes Film Festival and the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award in 1993 for directing Farewell My Concubine?
Chen Kaige
Which defender who plays for San Diego Wave and started every game for the USWNT at the 2023 World Cup, was named US Soccer’s ‘Female Player of the Year’ in January 2024?
Naomi Girma
What is the surname of the Belgian brothers Dylan, Jonathan and Kevin who won gold at the 2015 European Indoor Athletics 4x400 metres relay? Their sister Olivia won gold in the 4x100 metres at the Beijing Olympics.
Borlee
Proboscis monkeys are found only on which island?
Borneo
Who played his own great-grandfather in the film Zulu?
Chief (Mangosuthu) Buthelezi
Sildenafil was sold from 1998 under what brand name?
Viagra
Where are three-digit numbers randomly generated by Cecil?
Countdown
What links: Enid Bagnold; Nicholas Evans; Michael Morpurgo; Anna Sewell?
Authors of horsey books: National Velvet; The Horse Whisperer; War Horse; Black Beauty.
JPR Williams died what does jpr stand for,
John Peter Rhys
ductus longitudinalis epoophori, is a potential embryological remnant in human female development of the mesonephric duct in the development of the urinary and reproductive organs.[2] It was discovered and described in 1822 by namesake Danish surgeon.
Gartner’s Duct
Glands secrete mucus to lubricate the vagina - named after Danish anatomist
Bartholin’s Gland
The glands are surrounded by tissue that swells with blood during sexual arousal, and secrete a fluid from openings near the urethra, particularly during orgasm. Named after Scottish anatomist.
Skene’s Gland
Macaulay Culkin, who is still so associated with Christmas, has an aunt who is a more lowkey but no less major staple of the season. Who is she?
Bonnie bedelia
German shot putt, one of ten to win world championships at junior, youth and senior level of event, 2011 and 2013 world championships, silver 2012 Olympics.
David Storl
American alpine skier most World Cup wins of any history two time gold winner 2014 slalom and 2018 giant slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin
Black contralto national anthem jfk inauguration
Marian Anderson
King of France universal spider
Louis Xi
German doctors Gall and Spurzheim main advocates of what pseudoscience
Phrenology
21 Which actress played the younger version of Natasha Henstridge’s half-alien temptress in the 1995 sci-fi horror film Species?
Michelle Williams
Vazimba first race to inhibit whcih island
Madagascar
Last reigning emperor of Vietnam 1926-45
Bao Dai
Found in east Asia, the Argali is largest species of what wild animal
Sheep
Before own career took off which singer songwriter produced Bette midler first two albums?
Barry Manilow
30 What hard-boiled detective was played in 7 French films by Eddie Constantine?
Lemmy Caution
2 Although it is NOT part of the country known as the Solomon Islands, what is the largest island in the Solomon Islands ARCHIPELAGO?
Bougainville Island
3 Which football team plays against Flamengo in the local Rio de Janiero derby known as the Clássico dos Milhões?
Vasco de Gama
4 Also known by the nom de guerre Abel Djassi, which pan-African revolutionary led the nationalist movement of Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands and the ensuing war of independence in Guinea-Bissau?
Amilcar Cabral
Which Italian artist was known for portraits and nudes that have a surreal elongation of faces, necks and figures?
Amedeo Modigliani
Took effect on 01 January 2024, which EU country became the first Baltic state to legalise same-sex marriage?
Estonia
Commonly seen in laboratories and used in titrations, what do you call the long, graduated glass tube, with a stopcock at its lower end and a tapered capillary tube at the stopcock’s outlet?
Burette
14 What term is given to the hypothesis that life exists throughout the Universe and argues that life did not originate on Earth, but instead evolved somewhere else and seeded life as we know it?
Panspermia
15 In January 2024, Hilda Heine was sworn in to become the first president of which Pacific country?
Marshall Islands
16 What was the name of the commander of Iran’s Quds Force who was assassinated by the United States in a drone strike in January 2020?
Qasem Soleimani
17 Which English actor portrayed Gerald Arthur Cooper in The Full Monty (1997), Friedrich Fromm in Valkyrie (2008), Lyndon Johnson in Selma (2014) and the Author in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)?
Tom Wilkinson
21 The Republic of Artsakh officially ceased to exist on 01 January 2024. This former breakaway state controlled parts of which region?
Nagorno-Karabakh
Popularised by tv show love island what two term is most googled sex position of 2023?
Speed bump
27 From the ancient Greek word that means “visceral flesh”, what term refers to the bulk of functional substance in an animal organ or structure?
Parenchyma
30 Jacques Carteaud and Francoise Bornet were the subjects of the 1950 photograph
Le Baiser de l’hôtel de ville. Which French photographer was known for taking this photo?
Robert Doisneau
Which New Zealand city shares name with Robin Hood villain
Gisborne
Chania and Rethymno are in what Greek island
Crete
Calaverite is an ore of which precious metal?
Gold
Pen name of Belgian cartoonist George’s remi
Herge
Word links type of visa credit card, mark of approval on legal document and challenge on gbbo?
Signature
Storms known as great white spots appear on which planet
Saturn
Polotsk oldest city of which former Soviet state?
Belarus
32 The British military unit known as “The Junglies”, because of their operations in Borneo, are most associated with which form of transport?
Helicopter
In payments what does swift stand for?
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
Sheema Classic horse race staged every March at which racecourse?
Meydan in Dubai
Dish made from boiled pigs feet shards name with Irish folk band
Crubeen
43 What word links a story by Edgar Allan Poe set in the Apennine mountains, Isabel Allende’s sequel to Daughter of Fortune, and a bestselling novel by Grace D. Li?
Portrait
(The Oval Portrait, Portrait in Sepia, Portrait of a Thief)
44 What would a meteorologist use a disdrometer to measure?
Precipitation (rain snow hail£
47 Historically referred to as the Geghama Sea, which lake is known as the “Blue Pearl of Armenia”?
Lake Sevan
49 In which running event did the East German Waldemar Cierpinski win gold at both the 1976 and 1980 Olympics?
Marathon
Dutch track and field athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2023 World Champion, and in the 400 metres, where she is the indoor world record holder.
Femke Bol
South African professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Middleweight Champion. Beat Sean Strickland 2024
Dricus Du Plessis
Main villain of super Ted
Texas Pete
SuperTed’s bumbling companion and best friend, a yellow and green spotted alien
Spotty Man
Which bbc news report began representing Radio 4 from our own correspondent in 1998
Kate Adie
Who wrote This Country?
Daisy May Cooper
When in 2009 The Independent on Sunday published its first “Happy List”, published on the same day as The Sunday Times Rich List, in recognition of 100 people for making Britain a better and happier place, which character who first appeared in print in 1946 and on television in 1984 was the only fictional character on the list?
Thomas the Tank Engine
Which actor won a BAFTA Best Television Actor award in 1982 for playing Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited, and also played Stanley Baldwin in The King’s Speech?
Anthony Andrews
Which capital city was known as The Pearl of Asia before gaining independence from France in 1953?
Phnom Penh
What connects St Mary’s Church, Breamore to the Penguin Pool at London Zoo, the Radcliffe Quad at University College, Oxford, and the Humber Bridge?
Grade I listed buildings
Italian football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Italy national team. He managed Zenit St. Petersburg from 2009 to 2014, winning two Russian Premier League titles. Following two seasons in charge at Inter Milan, he was appointed manager of Napoli in 2021 where he won the Serie A in the 2022–23 season before leaving the club in June 2023. In August 2023, he was appointed as coach of the Italy national football team.
Luciano Spalletti
Which Premiership football club has had the most managers in the 21st century – 24, which is more than the number of English and British sovereigns since 1485?
Chelsea
Operation Overlord was the Allied codename for the Battle of Normandy, but the D-Day landings specifically had which different codename, shared with a planet which is the 7th movement of Holst’s The Planets Suite, sub-titled The Mystic?
Neptune
Which ubiquitous item was President Roosevelt referring to when he said: “Without these … it would have been impossible for our armies to cut their way across France at a lightning pace”? Named for their German origins, essentially the same design is still in use by NATO today.
Jerrycans
An important part of Operation Fortitude, the deception campaign intended to dupe the Germans into expecting an invasion in the Pas de Calais, were reports filed by a Spanish double agent, Juan Pujol Garcia, who was awarded the Iron Cross by Hitler in July 1944 and an MBE in November of the same year. What was his MI5 codename, shared with a Swedish actress who retired from the screen in 1941 at the age of 35, and an Australian slang expression for a binman?
Garbo
The joint decision to launch Overlord in 1944 was taken at a strategy meeting of Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill from in November 1943, held in which city, the capital of a country which had been jointly invaded by Britain and Russia in 1941?
Tehran
Round 4 is another collection of esoteric general knowledge. Loads of points up for grabs here.How many balls are potted by a snooker player compiling a maximum 147 break?
36
Only achieved once in a men’s World Cup, in 1962 by Marcus Coll for Columbia against the Soviet Union, what is an Olympico goal in soccer?
Goal direct from corner
How many teams currently play in the annual United Rugby Championship?
16
What eight-letter term refers to the presence of water, typically in small quantities, in various materials or environments?
Moisture
What is the trademarked name of a thick and salty meat extract paste developed in the 1870s by John Lawson Johnston? This brand is owned by Unilever UK.
Bovril
A new study announced in June 2024 has found that what animals are the first non-human animals known to call out each other using individual names without involving imitation?
Elephants
In June 2024, which European country recalled three brands of South Korean instant ramen made by Samyang Foods as they contain an overly high dose of capsaicin?
Denmark
Fidesz, Jobbik, and the Momentum Movement are some of the political parties in which EU country?
Fidesz
Which technology giant announced in June 2024 that it will boost its voice assistant and operating systems with OpenAI’s ChatGPT?
Apple
What is the name of the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1819?
SS Savannah
What programming language invented by Ben Olmstead in 1998 is named after the eighth circle of hell in Dante’s Inferno?
Malbolge
Melissa Rauch currently plays Judge Abby Stone in what American sitcom premiered in January 2023?
Night Court
Which basketball player’s silhouette is present in the logo of the National Basketball Association?
Jerry West
In organic chemistry, what do you call an alkane that lacks one hydrogen atom?
Alkyl group
A 1991 popular philosophy book by Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder
Sophie’s World
What links
1) A prize at the Berlin International Film Festival for LGBT films, first awarded in 1987
2) An item of lingerie sometimes known as “camiknickers”
3) A plush Max Mara camel wool and silk coat
4)A luxury Steiff collectible plaything?
Teddy
Which Japanese fashion designer (1938-2022) launched the sculptural capsule collection “Pleats Please” in 1993 and designed the highly covetable and much-copied Bao Bao bag (pictured)?
Issey Miyake
Which hard-living Finnish Ski Jumper, who died aged 55 in 2019, won four Winter Olympic Gold Medals across two Games in 1984 and 1988 and five World Championship Gold Medals between 1982 and 1989? As a singer, he released the album Night of Surprises in 1992.
Matti Nykänen
Epithet or regnal number accepted.. Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1584, which Rurikid ruler of Russia was the first to be proclaimed “Tsar” in 1547?
Ivan the Terrible (IV)
The slowest of the five Latin American dance styles, occasionally banned due to its sexually charged nature, which “Quick Quick Slow” dance features the swaying hip action of the Cucuracha, a distinctive straight legged walk, Spiral turns and “Sliding Doors”?
Rumba
Jugurtha killed his two adoptive brothers Hiempsal and Adherbal to become sole king of which North African Kingdom? It began as a sovereign state in 202 BCE, founded by Masinissa and covering modern day Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.
Numidia
Which avant garde German modern dance pioneer featured in a Wim Wenders 3D documentary film of 2011 with her company Tanztheater Wuppertal, sadly dying of cancer during the film’s production? I will accept the name of the film but the surname is important for the acrostic.
Pina Bausch
Headquartered in Yokohama and founded in 1934, which Japanese automobile manufacturer produced the Trooper SUV between 1981 and 2007, which was succeeded by its Ascender and Axiom models?
Isuzu
Prior to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table, which British Chemist devised a table of the elements in 1865 using his Law of Octaves, that “any given element will exhibit analogous behaviour to the eighth element following it in the table”?
John NEWLANDS
Which Italian film director won the Cannes Grand Prix in 2018 for her 2018 Italian language film Happy as Lazzaro? Her 2023 comedy drama La Chimera stars Josh O’ Connor as a British Archaeologist caught up in Etruscan artefact smuggling during the 1980’s.
Alice ROHRWACHER
A frequent painter of the Mediterranean Coast, which art theorist and exponent of Pointillism (1863-1935) painted the 1890 Portrait of Felix Feneon and the 1898 work Capo de Noli (picture)?
Paul Signac
What links
1)A Mixed Martial Arts fighter and multiple time UFC world champion across two different weight classes, nicknamed “The Natural”
2) Custom-made, upmarket, often highly ornate fashion garments with huge price tags reflecting their one-off nature?
Couture
In which German city, the home of the Fugger banking family, was a treaty known as The Peace of _______ signed in 1555 by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the Schmalkaldic league, respecting the right of rulers to choose Lutheranism or Roman Catholicism?
Augsburg
Which athlete won Syria’s first and only Olympic Gold Medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta when she competed in the Heptathlon?
Ghada Shouaa
What first name links
1) A Byzantine empress who acted as Regent for her son Constantine VI, becoming sole ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire in 797CE after enlisting supporters to gouge out his eyes.
2) A title character played by Rene Zellweger in a 2000 film concerning the split personality of a police officer assigned to protect her?
Irene (of Athens and Me, Myself and Irene)
Developing her work at the Bauhaus, which printmaker and textile artist fled Nazi Germany with her husband Josef to teach on the faculty at Black Mountain college, North Carolina? She became the first textile designer to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1949.
Albers (Anni) accept Fleischmann
A Greek Progressive Rock band formed in 1967 by Vangelis, with Demis Roussos on guitars and vocals, whose debut studio album was End of the World
Aphrodite’s child
Which theory created by Freud states that human beings are driven by our most
basic needs and desires and this theory strives to fill them? This is often the part
of the personality behind the ID and its desires.
Pleasure Principle
Despair was an 1894 painting by which artist? In 2019, the British Museum held
an exhibition to the artist titled Love and Angst.
Edvard Munch
What device was invented in 1834 by mathematician William Horner? He named
it a Daedalum but it wasn’t until 1867 when American William Lincoln patented
the name it is known by today.
Zoetrope
What job does a ‘souffleur’ (souf fleur) have in a French opera house, the equivalent in Italian is ‘rammentatore’ (ram men ta tor-e)?
Prompt
If you are doing a cluster or having to frog your work, what hobby are you doing?
Crocheting / Knitting
A Russian roulette type card game, which game allows you to avoid getting
blown up by defusing the ‘bomb’ with a ‘laser pointer’ or a ‘catnip sandwich’?
Exploding Kittens
Bruce Springsteen covered London Calling by the Clash with what guitarist? He
was seen collaborating with Måneskin for their 2023 hit Gossip?
Tom Morello
The Light of Day was a BBC Between the Covers pick by which author? He also
wrote Mothering Sunday and Last Orders.
Graham Swift
a BBC talk show hosted by Sara Cox in which guest stars talk about their favourite books, alongside other book picks as well.
Between the Covers
What 2013 X-Men prequel film is also the title of a song found on Iron Maiden
2021 album Senjutsu?
Days of Future Past
Anthony Vaccarello has been involved with Fendi, Versace and which French
fashion house? He took over as creative director in 2016 when Hedi Slimane left.
Yves Saint Laurent
Since February 2018, Slimane has been the creative, artistic and image director of which French fashion house?
Celine
Celine founded in 1945 by which French fashion designer?
Celine VIPIANA
Following in the footsteps of Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, Phoebe Philo, and most recently Uruguayan designer, which German fashion designer is head of Chloe since 2023?
Chemena Kamali
What name is given to the innermost and darkest part of a shadow, where the
light source is completely blocked by the occluding body. It can also be described
as a total eclipse.
Umbra
Name meaning almost shadow, is the region in which only a portion of the light source is obscured by the occluding body? Partial eclipse experienced.
Penumbra
Latin for before shadow, is the region from which the occluding body appears entirely within the disc of the light source. An observer in this region experiences an annular eclipse, in which a bright ring is visible around the eclipsing body
Antumbra
Which affluent London area was said to have been terrorised in the Victorian times by feral pigs living in the sewers? These swine may have taken a trip to Freud house or to see the blue plaques of Slyvia Plath, George Orwell or Alistair Sim had they existed now.
Hampstead
In physiotherapy, what does ROM stand for?
Range of Movement
If you ensemble ‘English Paper Piecing’ or design something in a ‘Drunkards’ Path’ or ‘Bear’s Paw’, what hobby are you doing?
Patchwork / Quilting
Which writer was behind 2024’s Lisa Frankenstein and the script for the musical
Jagged Little Pill for which she won a Tony Award? She is halfway to an EGOT
having won a Screenwriting Oscar in 2008.
Diablo CODY
John Squire released a 2024 UK number 1 album with which member of Oasis?
First name required.
Liam Gallagher
The ‘souffleur’ traditionally sits above ‘la fosse’ at the centre-front edge of the stage. What is ‘la fosse’?
Orchestra Pit
What principle by Freud is described as starting during adolescents must balance
what is pleasurable with what is practical even if it goes against what they want to do?
Reality Principle
Hope is a painting by which painter? This British artist was associated with the
symbolist movement and was the first husband of Ellen Terry
George Frederic Watts
What was the sequel to the zoetrope called? The name roughly translates to action viewer from Greek.
Praxinoscope
Alessandro Michele also worked at Fendi and Gucci before working at which Italian fashion house? He took over from Pierpaolo Piccioli as Creative director in 2024.
Valentino
The Brotherhood of Steel are a faction that use power armour in which alternative
history post-apocalyptic video game series?
Fallout
Where do ‘stairs go’ according to Homes under the Hammer presenter Dion
Dublin in another viral moment from the show?
Up to the bedrooms
Dub Mentor covered the Clash’s Guns of Brixton with Yan Jun on vocals but what
East Asian language is this cover sung in?
Chinese
People Person was a BBC Between the Covers pick by which author? She also
wrote Queenie, Empress, and Aniya.
Candice Carty-Williams
A strategic card game, which game allows you to build an army of these mythical
animals while trying to destroy your opponents’ armies using ‘magic’, ‘instant’
‘upgrade’ and ‘downgrade’ cards?
Unstable Unicorns
Phyitigal is a mash up of what word with digital?
Physical
A white boar was the personal device or badge of which 15th century king of England?
Richard III
What two letters link the internet domain for North Korea and a producer of
snacks founded in 1853?
KP
Sulphuric Acid formula
H2SO4
Nitric Acid formula
HNO3
Hydrochloric acid formula
HCl
What pet was eventually found safe three miles away after the Blue Peter burglary in 1988?
George the Tortoise
In chemistry, a solution of which element, one of the halogens, may be used to distinguish between alkanes and alkenes? The latter turn it from orange to clear.
Bromine
What word, from the Latin for ‘sun’ and ‘stationary’, describes the times in
summer and winter when the Sun’s path in the sky is furthest from the Equator?
Solstice
What is the name, beginning with ‘C’, of the dried white flesh of coconuts, from
which coconut oil and milk are extracted?
COPRA
Which state of the USA lies immediately south of South Dakota?
Nebraska
What word meaning an area of grassland, often with wild flowers, links the home
grounds of Notts County and Shrewsbury Town?
Meadow
Also called coconut fibre, what is the name, beginning with ‘C’, of the natural fibre
extracted from the outer husk of coconuts? It is used in brushes and doormats.
COIR
In which Midlands city is The Mailbox, a development including the BBC studios
where The Archers is recorded? The city was also home to Pebble Mill Studios.
Birmingham
Pop duo Shakespears Sister took their name from a 1985 single by which British
band? It later appeared on their compilation album The World Won’t Listen.
The Smiths
Which equestrian, part of the team which won jumping team gold for Britain at
London 2012, won individual jumping gold at Tokyo 2020 on Explosion W?
Ben Maher
Which comedy horror TV show, which premiered in 2017, stars Drew Barrymore
as Sheila Hammond, an undead estate agent with a craving for human flesh? Its
title references the city near Los Angeles in which it is set.
Santa Clarita Diet
1940 novel by British author Graham Greene. The title is an allusion to the doxology often recited at the end of the Lord’s Prayer.
The Power and the Glory
Group of islands off the coast of Northumberland, England. The group has between 15 and 20 islands depending on the level of the tide. They form an archipelago, divided into the Inner Group and the Outer Group.
Farne Islands
What is the common name, reflecting their diet, of the four species of mammal in
the suborder vermi·lingua, meaning ‘worm tongue’?
Anteater
In which classic 2010 social deduction game are a portion of players designated as
government spies who must infiltrate the remainder of the group? In 2012, a highlyregarded variant themed on Arthurian legend was released with the subtitle Avalon.
The Resistance
In Hinduism, what name is given to the trinity of divine beings comprising Brahma the
Creator, Vishnu the Preserver and Shiva the Destroyer?
Trimurti
What charity created the National Cycle Network, a UK-wide network of signed, lowtraffic cycling routes? Though the network has over 12,000 miles of paths, the charity
only owns around 2% of them.
Sustrans
Males of which bird species of the Sula genus, found in the Galapagos Islands,
attempt to attract a mate by strutting their distinctive-coloured feet?
Blue Footed Booby
What period of classical music emerged from the medieval era and lasted from
approximately 1400 to 1600? Guillaume Du Fey, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd
were major composers during this period, which saw the growth of polyphony and the
invention of the violin.
Renaissance
Of the two clubs who have won the most European Rugby Champions Cup or
Heineken Cup championships since 1995, which one is based in France? This club won the competition for the sixth time in May of this year
Toulouse
Which chain of convenience stores, that traces its origins to Rochdale, has had a
shop on Coronation Street since 2018? This example of product placement will soon
come to an end when the store is replaced by a branch of Sainsbury’s.
Co-op
The archaeological site Must Farm, known as ‘Britain’s Pompeii’ due to its excellent
preservation, is in which English county? The settlement was destroyed by fire
around 850 BC.
Cambridgeshire
What international cycle network incorporates routes from 38 countries, including
the British National Cycle Network? The network has 17 routes stretching over
35,000 miles, and is maintained by the European Cyclists’ Federation.
EuroVelo
In 2023, ITV produced a reality competition to find actors to play the roles of
Sophie and Sky in Mamma Mia! One of the judges, Samantha Barks, has played
the lead role in which West End musical since 2021?
Frozen
In which 2015 social deduction game are players assigned roles such as
Forensic Scientist and Investigator as they work to either solve a murder mystery
case or to hinder the investigation? The game is subtitled Murder in Hong Kong
Deception
In Egyptian mythology, what name was given to the nine deities worshipped at Heliopolis, headed by Atum, the creator and sun god?
Great ENNEAD
In musical notation, the symbol for “flat”, indicating that a note should be played
one semitone lower, is a stylised, lowercase version of which letter?
B
The archaeological site Joya de Cerén, known as the ‘Pompeii of the Americas’ due
to its excellent preservation, is in which country? The settlement was buried by the
eruption of the Loma Caldera around 600 AD.
El Salvador
What 2013 TV series, a remake of The Bridge, is premised around a body found on
the border between France and the UK, necessitating a joint investigation between
the two countries? The series is named for the structure crossing the English
Channel in which the body is found.
The Tunnel
Which former British MP defected from the Conservatives to Labour in April 2024?
He was the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich from 2010 to 2024, and said at
the time of his defection that he could no longer look his NHS colleagues and
patients in the eye with good conscience.
Dan POULTER
In what short-lived game show would contestants who answered a question
incorrectly be ejected in a variety of ways, such as becoming a human cannonball?
This BBC show, hosted by Steve Jones, was cancelled in 2010 after one series.
101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow
What bird of the Geospiza genus, found in the Galapagos Islands, is named for its
occasional habit of feeding on the blood of blue-footed boobies and other larger birds?
VAMPIRE ground FINCH
On what BBC Three reality competition does judge Val Garland give a “ding dong” when she is impressed by a contestant’s make-up look?
GLOW UP: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star
Cesar Luis Menotti was manager of which international football team between 1974 and 1983?
Argentina
The Order of Merit is limited to a maximum of how many members?
24
Who played the title role of 1980 premiere of play Educating Rita?
Julie Walters
Pi Approximation Day is celebrated on which July date?
22nd (22/7)
TV sitcom 1990s based in Globelink News - 2024 stage version with surviving members of main cast?
Drop the Dead Donkey
What is single word title of the April 2024 autobiographical book by Salman Rushdie subtitled Meditations After an Attempted Murder?
Knife
What is family name of Corey and Rocky who play cricket for Lancashire 2nd XI - in April aged 16, Rocky became youngest player to score a century for the team beating record of fATHER aNDWEW?
Flintoff
Which chemical compound did Joseph Black call “fixed air” in 1750s?
Carbon Dioxide
Inverary Castle is home to which Duke the chief of clan Campbell?
Argyll
Upper House of India called what?
Rajya Sabha
Lower House of India called what?
Lok Sabha
Midland Bank became part of which larger bank in the 1990s?
HSBC
Queensborugh and Sheerness-on-Sea are only railway stations on which island in South East England?
Sheppey
Which word follows Builth, Llandrindod and Llanwrtyd to complete these place names?
Wells
The Hireling Shepherd and The Awakening Conscience are works by which Pre-Raphaelite painter?
William Holman Hunt
What is the name of the Upper House of the Parliament of Canada?
The Senate
Benfleet station on the London, Tilbury and Southend Line serves which island in Essex?
Canvey Island
Theodoric I was the King of which Germanic people from 418 to 451?
Visigoths
Sole tyre supplier to Formula One since 2011?
Pirelli
The Red Arrows use the Hawk T1 aircraft. What did they use between 1964 founding until 1979?
Folland Gnat
Which sitcom from 1990s had episodes “New Jack City”, “Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse” and “Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading”?
Father Ted
Chemical formula for Quicklime?
CaO (Calcium Oxide)
Blair Castle is home of which Duke, who commands only private army in Europe?
Atholl
Three men have won the FIFA world cup as player and manager, name either of two who have died within two days of each other in January.
Mario Zagallo or Franz Beckenbauer
Now owned by Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, which headwear company, associated with hip hop artists such as LL Cool J, has been headquartered in Cleator [KLEE-ter] in Cumbria since it was founded in 1938? It is often mistakenly believed to be an Australian brand.
Kangol
A vitrectomy [vit-RECK-tom-ee] is a type of surgery used to repair the detachment of what part of the eye, the lightsensitive layer of nerve tissue that transmits images as electrical signals to the brain?
Retina
Coined by Richard Dorson in 1950 and related to the concept of invented tradition, what portmanteau word is used to
describe folk stories or histories that claim to be traditional but that have been made up in contemporary times?
Fakelore
What 2022 Disney+ Star Wars series serves as a prequel to the film Rogue One? Its one-word title is the surname of the
character played by Diego Luna
Andor
Which former rugby league player, who played as a stand-off or loose forward, is the only three-time winner of the Man of Steel Award, doing so in 1985, ‘87 and ‘89? He went on to become the first black person to coach a British national side in any major sport.
Ellery HANLEY
What is the common name of Ophrys insectifera, a rare species of orchid, so named for its resemblance to a particular insect,
and which has brown or black petals with two depressions that look like eyes? Not to be confused with the bee orchid, it is pollinated by digger wasps who are attracted by its scent that mimics female sexual pheromones
FLY Orchid
Neverwinter Nights, and Mass Effect and the earlier instalments of Baldur’s Gate were produced by which Canadian video game developer owned by Electronic Arts? Obsidian Entertainment have produced sequels to a number of this company’s games
BIOWARE
‘She’d Rather Be With Me’, ‘Happy Together’, and ‘Elenore’ are among the best-known songs of which 1960s American band?
The TURTLES
Which mountain in Morocco is the highest peak of the Atlas Mountains?
Jebel TOUBKAL
Formed during the 6th century and lasting until 917, what independent British kingdom controlled the area corresponding to modern-day Norfolk and Suffolk? The name is used to refer to that area, often also including Cambridgeshire and parts of Essex
EAST ANGLIA
Which Chinese MMA fighter is the current UFC strawweight champion and is ranked second in the women’s poundfor-pound rankings, behind Alexa Grasso? Her victory against Joanna Jędrzejczyk [yend-ZAIT-shick] at UFC 248 is
regarded as one of the greatest UFC fights ever and is memorable for leaving both fighters with severely swollen faces
ZHANG Weili
What concept in property law is a type of security, which is placed on an item of property in order to ensure a debt is paid by
the owner of the property to the holder of this security? The name of this concept is derived from the Anglo-French for ‘bond’
LIEN
Crash Bandicoot, Uncharted and The Last of Us are series produced by which American video game developer, owned by PlayStation?
Naughty Dog
What adjective is commonly used to describe commodities such as bank notes that are easily interchangeable, unlike unique
commodities such as works of art or digital images of bored apes?
FUNGIBLE
Which former rugby player became the first Welshman to win the Man of Steel Award, doing so in 1994, five years after he switched codes from rugby union? A goal-kicking ‘utility back’, he captained his country in both codes and went on to become a commentator in both English and Welsh.
Jonathan DAVIES
Named for a French architect, what name is given to a double-sloped roof with the lower slope being longer and steeper,
with a concave curve?
MANSARD roof
Intended to echo characters like Paul Bunyan, author Tex O’Reilly created what character in 1917 as an example of fakelore? Ostensibly a character from the oral tradition of cowboys in southwest America, stories involving him include him creating the Gulf of Mexico by lassoing a stormcloud in California and dragging it to Texas. Two-word answer required.
PECOS BILL
What 2023 Disney+ Star Wars series serves as a spin-off of The Mandalorian and a continuation of the animated Star Wars Rebels series? Its one-word title is the first name of the character played by Rosario Dawson.
Ahsoka
Now owned by Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, which outdoor clothing company produced the Haston Alpiniste backpacks
that were used by explorers such as Chris Bonnington and Junko Tabei? This company has a logo consisting of two letter Ks
back-to-back, resembling a Union Flag
Karrimor
Although age is the most common cause, patients who have undergone retinal reattachment surgery are at high risk of
developing what eye condition, a clouding of the lens that can lead to a decrease in vision?
Cataract
The name of which poet, who served as Poet Laureate from 1730 to 1757, completes the 1740 memoir ‘An Apology for the Life of
______ _______’? Also an actor and playwright, he was the chief target of Alexander Pope’s satirical poem The Dunciad.
Colley CIBBER
During a transaction between two parties, assets held by a neutral third party are said to be subject to what legal concept? For
example, in the event of a house purchase, the buyer may have funds subject to this concept as a good faith deposit. The name of this
concept comes from the Old French for a ‘scrap of paper’
Escrow
In which 1972 film directed by Werner Herzog does Klaus Kinski play the title character, a Spanish soldier leading a group of
conquistadores on a journey down the Amazon to search for the lost city of El Dorado?
AGUIRRE, the Wrath
of God
The kingdom of East Anglia survived until 917, when it was recovered from Danish rule by Edward the Elder, and incorporated in
what larger kingdom? This kingdom included much of the south and south-west, including the modern-day counties of Dorset,
Wiltshire and Berkshire
Wessex
Which Kyrgyz MMA fighter is currently ranked third in the women’s pound-for-pound rankings, having lost the flyweight title to
Alexa Grasso last year? She defeated Holly Holm in her third UFC fight, and she is also known for her two fights against Amanda Nunes.
Valentina SHEVCHENKO
HUSH, a concerto for trumpet and orchestra that had its premiere in August 2023, was the final work of which Finnish composer who died earlier in 2023 at the age of 70?
Kaija SAARIAHO
Sometimes called a land bridge, what geographical term refers to a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas of land
across a body of water by which they are otherwise not connected?
ISTHMUS
What is the name of the third best selling Scotch whisky brand in 2023, which, while named after a type of repetitive strain injury, could also describe something for a simian to cry on?
Monkey Shoulder
Named after an eponymous exhibition that took place in Moscow in 1910, what is the name of the Russian circle of avant-garde artists (numbering under 52) which included Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova? In the words of artist and critic Kirill Sokolov, they aimed to unite the “stylistic system of Cezanne with the primitive traditions of folk art.”
Jack of Diamonds
Which journalist, writer and politician became the first ever socialist member of the UK parliament in 1886 when elected as Liberal Party MP for North West Lanarkshire? He would go on to found the Scottish Labour Party and became the first President of the Scottish National Party in 1934.
Robert Bontine CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM
Which comedian was the third titular star of the 1980s BBC sketch show “Three Of A Kind” alongside Lenny Henry and Tracey Ullman?
David Copperfield
Readjustment Movement Day is a national holiday celebrated on 14th November that commemorates the 1980 coup led by João Bernardo Vieira in which West African country?
Guinea-Bissau
In Pyrotechnics, the addition of Barium salts to a firework results in a display of predominantly which colour light that can also found in a rainbow?
Green
In baseball statistics, the initialism ERA is short for what three-word term which includes the word ‘run’? This statistic is used to evaluate pitching prowess – the lower the better.
Earned Run Average
Born in 1957, which actor and dancer, who starred in Carry On Emmannuelle, presented the fourth in the British series of “Shape Up and Dance” fitness videos?
Suzanne Danielle
Which retired Norwegian biathlete currently holds the record for winning the most Winter Olympic biathlon gold medals amongst male biathletes with eight? He is married to the equivalent record holder for female biathletes
Ole Einar BJORNDALEN
former Norwegian cross-country skier. She is ranked first in the all-time Cross-Country World Cup rankings with 114 individual victories. She headed the medal table at the 2010 Winter Olympics by winning five medals, including three gold. A five-time Olympian, her five Olympic medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games brought her total number of medals up to a record 15, the most by any athlete in Winter Olympics history.
Marit BJORGEN
The podcast “Big Kick Energy” about women’s football is presented by Suzi Ruffell and which other stand-up comedian, whose Edinburgh shows have included Hang Fire and Vague? She is very recognisable due to her iconic hairstyle.
Maisie Adam
Named after the French scientist who discovered the effect, what term in electromagnetism refers to the interaction of light with the material waves in a medium? This type of scattering is inelastic and may create or
absorb quasi particles, such as a phonon, polariton or magnon.
BRILLOUIN Scattering
Whose third studio album “Hugo”, including tracks “Hate” and “Georgetown”, was nominated for the 2023 Mercury Prize?
Loyle CARNER
Born in 1961, which gymnast and television presenter, who captained the British gymnastics team at the 1980 Olympics, presented the eighth video in the British series of “Shape Up and Dance” fitness videos?
Suzanne Dando
Swedish actress, model and beauty queen. She won Miss World 1977 and appeared in the James Bond films Octopussy (1983) and A View to a Kill (1985). She then dated footballer George Best from 1982 to 1985, and the couple released the exercise album Shape Up and Dance.
Mary Stavin
British-Nigerian singer, actress and artist who rose to prominence after winning New Faces in 1978 and was among the leading black British entertainers in the 1970s and 1980s. In her native Nigeria she is best remembered for starring in Lux commercials and Bisi, Daughter of the River, as well as her own series
Patti Boulaye
Northern Irish singer. One of the most popular singers in the British Isles in the 1950s. first single, “Heartbeat”, reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1954.[3] “Softly, Softly”, her second single, reached number one in early 1955.
Ruby Murray
English actress and singer. She is best known for her long-running role as Kathy Glover in ITV soap opera Emmerdale (1985–2001, 2005).
Malandra Burrows
English singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for singing and writing the 1986 No. 1 power ballad, “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” for his band Cutting Crew, which saw international success including a top 10 placing on the UK Singles Chart.
Nick Van Eede
In baseball statistics, the initialism RBI is short for what three-word term which includes the word ‘runs’? This statistic is used to evaluate batting prowess – the more the better
Runs Batted In
In Pyrotechnics, the addition of Calcium salts to a firework results in a display of predominantly which colour
light that can also found in a rainbow?
Orange
American poet with books The Black Unicorn Sings, My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter, Amoako Boafo.
Aja MONET
What is the name of the radical Russian artistic group which included Mikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova and Kazimir Malevich? Influenced by the Cubo-futurist movement, they had their only exhibition in Moscow in 1912. heir name was chosen after Larionov read an article about students trying to create a painting by tying a brush to this object.
Donkey’s Tail
Which politician, who gained popularity for denouncing capitalism and promising a Socialist utopia, became the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1924 - serving in the position again between 1929-1931? He broke
with Labour Policy in 1931 and was expelled from the Labour Party the same year.
Philip SNOWDEN
Which retired Belarusian biathlete currently holds the record for winning the most Winter Olympic biathlon gold medals amongst female biathletes with four? She is married to the equivalent record holder for male
biathletes
Darya DOMRACHEVA
Named after the German scientist who discovered the effect, what term in electromagnetism refers to the
scattering of an electromagnetic plane wave by a homogeneous sphere? It takes place in earth’s atmosphere when light interacts with particles with diameters approximately equal to the wavelength of the incoming ray.
MIE Scattering
The podcast “Fingers On Buzzers” about quiz programmes is presented by The Chase’s Jenny Ryan and which diminutive stand-up comedian?
Lucy PORTER
Also a pupil of Harrytown High School in Stockport, which actress, who was once married to Val Kilmer, had leading roles in The Singing Detective and as Christine Keeler in the 1989 movie “Scandal”?
Joanne WHALLEY
Agricultural Reform Day is a national holiday celebrated on 30th September in which African country, the second smallest African sovereign state by size and population?
Sao Tome and Principe
Which poet turned television producer was the third titular star of the 1990s Channel 4 sitcom-cum-stand up show “Packet of Three” alongside Frank Skinner and Jenny Eclair?
Henry NORMAL
The brothers Jack and Seraffimo Spang appear as villains in which James Bond novel by Ian Fleming? The characters do not appear in the film adaptation which stars Sean Connery.
Diamonds are Forever
In 2023 which team won the Rugby League Challenge Cup for the first time since 1971? They defeated Hull KR 17-16. Town or nickname acceptable
Leigh Leopards
Tuptim and Lun Tha are star-crossed lovers in which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?
The King and I
Which popular pet lizard is part of the Pogona reptile genus?
Bearded Dragon
In DC Comics, what interstellar law enforcement agency was created by the Guardians of the Universe?
Green Lantern Corps
Landmarks at which Catholic university include the Golden Dome and the Word of Life mural?
Notre Dame
During Ramadan, what meal is eaten after sunset to break a Muslim’s fast?
Iftar
name for meal start of day ramadan
Suhoor
Which TV series began with a fight in a bar on the ice planet Pagodon?
The Mandalorian
Which novelist’s historical fiction includes The Nightingale, set in WWII France, and The Women, set during the Vietnam War?
Kristin Hannah
In ancient architecture, what triangular gable typically formed the top element of the portico of a Greek temple?
Pediment
Which juggling prop, using two hand sticks, a cord, and two cups, is derived from the Chinese yo-yo?
Diabolo
Wavy Willard’s Water Park is a theme park location in which video game series?
Fallout
What was the secret code name for the King’s Coronation in May in 2023?
Operation Golden Orb
Loreen’s two Eurovisoon winning songs
Euphoria and Tattoo
informally known as the Scottish Crown Jewels, are the regalia that were worn by Scottish monarchs at their coronation - three word term
Honours of Scotland
What was the subtitle of the Chicken Run sequel
Dawn of the Nugget
