Next 19 Flashcards
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The TV series Dalgleish is based on the novels by which author?
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PD James
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At the Malta summit in 1989, which US president declared the end of the Cold War?
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George H W Bush
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In the British Army, what are cherrypickers and cheesemongers?
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Regiments
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Which Earl of Leicester led the rebels in the Second Barons’ War (1264–67)?
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Simon de Montfort
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Which Manchester–born religious leader (1736–84) brought the Shaker sect from England to the American colonies?
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Ann Lee (a.k.a. Mother Ann Lee)
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Which day following Holy Week is the celebration of Jesus’s resurrection?
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Easter Sunday
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Viscount Weymouth is the title usually held by the heir apparent to the Marquess of where?
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Bath
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Which Athenian temple is the subject of a 2002 book by Mary Beard?
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Parthenon
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Which Japanese company launched the world’s first commercial quartz watch, the Astron, in 1969?
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Seiko
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What does the R stand for in a term for the accent of the social elite, abbreviated to RP?
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Received Pronunciation
11
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In 1937, which Spanish artist wrote a movie screenplay for the Marx Brothers called Giraffes on Horseback Salad?
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Dali
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Which future king served as a midshipman at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780?
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William IV
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Which children’s author and illustrator married her solicitor, William Heelis, in 1913?
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Beatrix Potter
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In August 1942, the convoy codenamed Operation Pedestal took supplies to which Mediterranean island?
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Malta
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Which king of England and Scotland called Robert Cecil his “little beagle”?
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James I and VI
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Which former poet laureate wrote the festive poem Christmas Eve at The Moon Under Water (in 2023)?
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Carol Ann Duffy
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Henry III was the son of King John and which Countess of Angoulême?
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Isabella of Angouleme
18
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In the Noël Coward play Blithe Spirit, what is Madame Arcati’s occupation?
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Medium or clairvoyant or spiritualist
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“Do not disturb my circles!” were the reputed last words of which 3rd–century BC Greek mathematician?
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Archimedes
20
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Australian feral horse
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Brumby
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Charles Crichton’s Hue and Cry (1947) was the first comedy released by which British film studio?
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Ealing Studios
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One of the largest stately houses in Europe, Wentworth Woodhouse is in which county?
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South Yorkshire
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Marsh Daisy and British Faverolles are breeds of which domesticated bird?
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Chicken
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Loch Lochy is one of the freshwater lochs that forms part of which 60–mile waterway?
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Caledonian Canal
25
Which New Testament prophet criticised King Herod Antipas for marrying Herodias?
John the Baptist, because she was the wife of his half–brother Philip
26
In UK transport, the following are types of what: broad, double, stop, guillotine, staircase?
Canal Locks
27
A 2023 Sandra Newman novel retells the story of George Orwell work Animal Farm from which title character's point of view?
Julia
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Adam Biles rework of Orwell's Animal Farm is which three word title 2023 book?
Beasts of England
29
What did Mahatma Gandhi call "the greatest force at the disposal of mankind"?
Non-Violence
30
"Vanity of vanities; all is vanity" is a statement at the beginning of which Old Testament book?
Book of Ecclesiastes
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Which England and Warwickshire cricketer was the first batsman to score a century on his World Cup debut, the first ever century in ODI history, doing so in 1975?
Dennis Amiss
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Which bassist with The Animals brought Jimi Hendrix to London in 1966?
Chas Chandler
33
Year Starbucks founded?
1971
34
who played the title role in the sitcom Colin's Sandwich?
Mel Smith
35
Chianti wine is made in which region of Italy?
Tuscany
36
Alan Measles is the childhood teddy bear of which Turner prize–winning potter?
Grayson Perry
37
In which Merseyside town did the World of Glass museum open in 2000?
St Helens
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The song Flower of Scotland commemorates the victory of the Scots at which battle?
Bannockburn
39
On whose death in 1980 did Harry Secombe say "Bluebottle is deaded now"?
Peter Sellers
40
Which 1835 epic poem by Robert Browning is about a 16th century German–Swiss alchemist and physician?
Paracelsus
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Stage manager of the muppet theatre:
Scooter
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Easy going pianist muppet
Rowlf the Dog
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Leader and keyboard player of the Muppet Band
Dr Teeth
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Dr Teeth and Animal are most known members of the Muppet band, name one of other four lesser known?
Floyd Pepper - Bass
Janice - Guitar
Zoot - Saxophone
Lips - Trumpet
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2023 Tennis. Top Ranked British Woman. Got to 3rd round of Wimbledon Singles the farthest of
any lady. Katie Who?
Katie Boulter
46
Netball. Started every game for the English Roses in the 2023 World Cup and played
almost every minute. Plays Goal A:ack with occasional swaps to Goal Shooter. Born in
Carlisle, now plays for New South Wales Swifts. Helen Who?
Helen Housby
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Cricket. Opened the batting in every 2023 Ashes Test. Plays for Nottinghamshire. Ben
Who?
Ben Duckett
48
Football. Plays for Middlesborough. Top goal scorer in 2022-23 Championship.
Chuba Who?
Akpom
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Beamish Open Air Museum in which county?
County Durham
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Cragside House in which county? It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm.
Northumberland (Cragside the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power)
51
National Maritime Museum spinoff that isn't in Greenwich is in which county?
Cornwall (Falmouth)
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The Deep museum is in which county?
East Yorkshire (Hull)
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Weald and Downland Living Museum is in which county?
West Sussex
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Kelham Island Industrial Museum is in which county?
South Yorkshire
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French actress. She is best known for playing Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and Paris in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.
Pom Klementieff
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Miss Marple (BBC 1984-92)
Joan Hickson
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Who played Endeavour in Endeavour
Shaun Evans
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Sherlock Holmes (ITV 1984-94) He played fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in four Granada TV series from 1984 to 1994 in all 41 episodes. His career spanned from stage, to television and film, to Shakespeare and musical theatre. He also played the smitten Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the 1964 Warner Bros. production of My Fair Lady.
Jeremy Brett
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Ted Hastings (Line of Duty)
Adrian Dunbar
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Who played Jimmy Perez (Shetland)
Douglas Henshall
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Who played Cadfael?
Derek Jacobi
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Who played Peter Boyd (Waking the Dead) ?
Trevor Eve
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Who plays Cormoran Strike on TV?
Tom Burke
64
Miss Marple (ITV Series 1-3, 2004-8)
Geraldine McEwan
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Punk Rock band formed in San Francisco in 1978, perhaps best known for their songs ‘Holiday in Cambodia’ and ‘California Uber Alles’.
Dead Kennedys
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Real first name of Blues legend Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield
67
A Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) is more commonly known as what?
Stroke
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What medical condition is Metformin most commonly used to treat?
Diabetes
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What medical condition is Ramipril most commonly used to treat?
Hypertension
70
Which modern treatment was pioneered by Sir John Charnley at Wrightington
Hospital near Wigan?
Hip Replacement
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Which celebrity chef and occasional Goggleboxer currently hosts the Great British Menu?
Andi Oliver
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A In the Meg and Mog series of books what was Meg’s calling?
Witch
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What was the name of the Ewing’s ranch in Dallas?
Southfork
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In Thailand, what is the name of the festival that celebrates the Buddhist New Year? Celebrations of this festival often involve large scale water fights.
Songkran
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Originally developed by Epic Games in 2017, what is the name of the free-to-play, cross-platform battle royale in which you have the ability to chop down resources to build layers of protection around yourself or ramps to gain higher ground?
Fortnite
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Immortalised in the poem "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" by Bai Juyi, Yang Guifei was the consort of which Tang ruler who ordered her execution during the An Lushan Rebellion?
Xuanzong (Zhwanzong)
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Tony Horton created which commercial home exercise regime for the company Beachbody? It mixes cardio, weight and resistance training with plyometrics, yoga and stretching
P90X
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One of the dog sports showcased at Crufts is which sport that involves 2 teams of 4 dogs performing a relay race over low hurdles while retrieving a ball from a box?
Flyball
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Jamie Lenman was the frontman for which British post hardcore band that went on a permanent hiatus in 2008, they had four UK Top 75 hits including "Let's Stop Hanging Out" and "Freddy Krueger"?
Reuben
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"The Deadwood Stage", "The Black Hills of Dakota" and "Secret Love" are songs from which stage musical western based on a 1953 film of the same name?
Calamity Jane
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The first man to average a triple double of points, rebounds and assists in the NBA over the course of a season which man nicknamed "Big O" achieved this feat playing for the Cincinnati Royals in the 1961-62 season?
Oscar Robertson
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Who were the first women to matriculate at a university in 1869, where they began to study medicine but were refused to allow to graduate by a Court of Sessions ruling? City name and number of students required.
Edinburgh Seven
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With a metro population of over 3.6 million which is the most populous city situated on a Caribbean island?
Santo Domingo
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Sonni Ali was the first king of which empire, prominent in West Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries?
Songhai
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Frank Turner was the frontman for which British post hardcore band that were active from 2000 - 2005? They had two UK Top 75 tracks which were "I Gave My Eyes to Stevie Wonder" and "Living the Dream" but may be better known for their single "Smiling at Strangers on Trains".
Million Dead
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Shaun T created which commercial home exercise regime for the company Beachbody? It is a high-intensity interval training programme that involves bodyweight exercises and cardio workouts
Insanity
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In physics, what vector quantity is the rotational analogue of linear force? The net value of this quantity in an isolated system can be given by taking the time derivative of angular momentum.
Torque
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Osei Kofi Tutu I was one of the founders of which empire, prominent in West Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries?
Ashanti
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In the USA it's called a zucchini, what is it more commonly called in the UK?
Courgette
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Developed by Raven Software and Infinity Ward and published by Activision as part of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in 2019, what is the name of the free-to-play, cross-platform battle royale originally set in the fictional area of Verdansk? The game is named for a large-scale combat area.
Warzone
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The lowest in the historical Indian Varna caste system (excluding Dalits), which caste included labourers and artisans?
Shudra
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With a population of over 6.1 million, which is the most populous city situated on the Mediterranean coast?
Alexandria
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In Myanmar, what is the name of the festival that celebrates the Buddhist New Year? Celebrations of this festival heavily involve water
Thingyan
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Wu Zetian who later became Empress Wu was the concubine and then Empress Consort of which Tang emperor? After his death she then ruled in her own right as Empress Dowager.
Gaozong
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The Animals had a hit in 1964 with a cover of which song that was originally recorded by Texas Alexander and covered by many other artists including Nina Simone and Lead Belly?
House of the Rising Sun
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a Anthony Head and Sharon Maughan starred as Tony and Sharon, a couple that formed a slow burning romance in a series of adverts for which rich blend of coffee made by Nescafé?
Gold Blend
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The second man to average a triple double of points, rebounds and assists in the NBA over the course of a season, doing so four times between 2016 and 2021, is which player who achieved the feat three times for the Oklahoma City Thunder and once for the Washington Wizards?
Russell Westbrook
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Who were the women trained by NASA that were excluded from the chance to fly in space because of their gender in the unofficial "Women in Space" program in the 1960s? Programme name and number of women
required.
Mercury 13
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Which Championship football team play their home matches at Home Park?
Plymouth Argyle
100
In the Sitcom The Office, which actress played the role of the receptionist, Dawn Tinsey?
Lucy Davis
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Explained in a 1969 book of the same name, what term is given to the management concept that a person will rise through a hierarchy of a company until they reach a level of respective incompetence?
Peter Principle
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Which popular British artist, born in Surrey in 1926 but active in Plymouth from the 1960s, is famous for her comical paintings of overweight people enjoying themselves in everyday situations?
Beryl Cook
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The ‘Mandela effect’ is a term used for collective false memories. One such example is the widespread belief that the logo of
which clothing brand had previously included a cornucopia, despite there being no apparent evidence for this?
Fruit of the Loom
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Known for her starring roles in the German comedy films Toni Erdmann and Sisi & I, which German actress starred as a woman on trial for the murder of her husband in the 2023 Palme d’Or winning film Anatomy of a Fall?
Sandra HULLER
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The three British drivers who competed in the 2023 Formula One season are Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton and which other driver, who replaced Valtteri Bottas as Hamilton’s team mate at Mercedes in 2022?
George Russell
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Which Roman poet, active in the late first and early second centuries CE, is best known for his series of 16 poems known as The Satires?
Juvenal
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What leader of the far-right Party for Freedom won the most votes and seats in the recent elections in the Netherlands? He is currently trying to form a government
Geert Wilders
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One of the three main stars of the Emmy-award winning comedy show Smack the Pony alongside Sally Philips and Fiona Allen, which actor and comedian featured regularly in the BBC radio satire On the Hour before she appeared in its TV spin-off The Day Today as the business correspondent Collaterlie Sisters? Jane Plough in Toast of London.
Doon MACKICHAN
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Which very large naval battle of the Red Turban Rebellion took place between August and October 1363 and led to the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the establishment of the Ming dynasty?
The Battle of Lake Poyang
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What is the name for the innermost layer of a tooth, composed of the connective tissue, blood vessels and nerves?
Pulp
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Which city is the site of the oldest Roman settlement in Iberia? This city, that gives its name to the southernmost province of
Catalonia, was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
Tarragona
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What name is commonly given to the arch or frame in a conventional theatre through which the spectator sees the stage?
Proscenium
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George Fox and William Penn are famous names in the history of the Religious Society of Friends. By what name is this religious group better known?
Quakers
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What two-word term refers to a hairstyle, typically worn by men, that involves short, spiked hair with the ends bleached blond in
stark contrast to the rest of the hair?
Frosted Tips
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Ernst Gräfenberg created the first example of what form of long-acting reversible contraception? One type of this form of
contraception uses copper and is known as a ‘coil’, and another uses a cylinder that releases a progestogen and is commonly known by
the brand name Mirena.
IUD
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Which Welsh triathlete announced her retirement in 2022 after winning gold in the European Triathlon Championships? Despite
never winning an olympic medal, she has won medals in six World Triathlon Series.
Non Stanford
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Which Spanish city is the only one in the world to be completely surrounded by intact Roman walls? This provincial capital is the
fourth largest in Galicia – behind Vigo, A Coruña and Ourense – and was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2000.
Lugo
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A proscenium is absent in what sort of stage, that extends into the audience? This type of stage is found in Liverpool’s Everyman
Theatre and Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre, and should not be confused with theatre in the round, in which the stage is surrounded on
all sides.
Thrust Stage
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Also known for writing the 1997 stage play and 2005 film hit Closer, which actor played the inept reporter Peter O’HanrahaHanrahan in the radio show On the Hour and also in its TV adaptation The Day Today?
Patrick MARBER
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Named after a coastal town, at which naval battle of 1279 did the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty defeat the preceding Song dynasty and
establish rule over most of China? The Yuan navy achieved this victory despite being outnumbered ten to one.
Battle of YAMEN
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Which Polish politician led his party Civic Platform to second place in the recent Polish general election, but is expected to form a
coalition government next week? He previously served as Prime Minister from 2007–14, and was President of the European Council
from 2014–19.
Donald Tusk
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Which Roman poet of the first century BCE, famous for both beautiful love lyrics and some graphically obscene lampoons,
addressed many of his poems to a woman called Lesbia?
Catullus
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Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Vampire’ was the lead single off what album, her second, released in September 2023? ? Like her debut album,
Sour, the album has a one-word title.
Guts
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Which English skeleton racer won her only Olympic gold at Vancouver in 2010, and acted as Team GB’s flag bearer at that Games’
closing ceremony?
Amy Williams
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Which Japanese dish consists of battered dough balls containing pieces of octopus?
Takoyaki
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Which Russian city is home to The Motherland Calls, once the tallest statue in the world?
Volgograd
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In Japan, octopus is also sometimes served in which style, where meat or fish is marinated before being floured and deep fried? It is
not to be confused with tempura, which doesn’t involve marination and uses a batter.
Karaage
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Which American boxer did Lennox Lewis defeat in the 1988 Olympic final? Known for a trilogy of fights against Evander Holyfield, he was the undisputed world heavyweight champion before surrendering the WBC title when he refused to fight Lewis.
Riddock Bowe
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Which American businessman revolutionised transport and trade by inventing the modern standardised shipping container? On the morning of his funeral in 2001, container ships around the world blew their whistles simultaneously to remember this "father of containerisation".
Malcolm McLean
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Historian Andrea Wulf's 2022 book Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self explores the lives and ideas of Goethe, Schiller and other early Romantic writers and artists in the 1790s as they all lived in what German university town? In the next decade, a decisive battle here saw Napoleon's forces defeat the Prussians.
Jena
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The name for 'orange' in Greek and Arabic comes from the name of which country, who first brought sweet oranges from China in the 16th century?
Portugal
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William the Conqueror was known by some contemporaries as William the Bastard, because his mother - daughter of a tanner and fur trader - was the concubine of Robert, Duke of Normandy. Who was she?
Herleva of Falaise
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Who became the first Belorussian player to win a tennis Grand Slam by winning the 2012 Australian Open?
Victoria Azarenka
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Remains of which early hominin, a 'cousin' of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, were discovered in a cave of the same name in the Altai Mountains in Siberia? Archaeological evidence at the site suggests that this group and Neanderthals encountered each other and may have inhabited the area concurrently.
Denisovans
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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring takes name from which John Keats poem?
La Belle Dame sans Merci
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Mister Mister's 1985 number one hit Broken Wings takes its title from a novel by which Lebanese poet and author? He is best known as the author of The Prophet, which was first published in the United States in 1923.
Kahlil Gibran
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Which indigenous people of the Chihuahua region in Mexico, featured in Christopher McDougall's 2009 book Born to Run, are known for their exceptional endurance running abilities? According to some ethnographers, the name for themselves in their own language, Rarámuri, means "those who run fast".
TARAHUMARA
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In Japanese cuisine, which dry, flaky condiment - typically made from a mixture of dried seaweed, sugar, salt, sesame seeds, and sometimes dried fish - is often sprinkled on cooked rice and vegetable dishes?
Furikake
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Tyler the Creator, Chiwitel Ejiofor, Malcolm Gladwell, and Forest Whitaker have ancestry from which ethnic group centred in southern Nigeria? The protagonist of Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart is a member of this group.
Igbo
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Which species of vulture, named after a German naturalist and explorer, is considered to be the world's highest-flying bird, having been recorded flying at an altitude of 11,300m above sea level?
Ruppell's Vulture
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Which Michael Crichton novel of 1980 was set deep in the African rain forest, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj?
Congo
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What is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university, known as one of the most prestigious universities for Islamic learning?
Al-Azhar
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The flag of Egypt consists of threee horizontal bands of colour. What colour is the uppermost band?
Red
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The luxurious Queen Nefertiti hotel is one of the main settings in which John Le Carre novel of 1993, his first following the end of the Cold War?
The Night Manager
145
Also the name of a book of the Old Testament, which Toni Morrison novel was cited by the Swedish Academy when awarding Morrison the 1993 Nobel Prize in literature?
Song of Solomon
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Consisting of a single chapter, divided into 21 verses, what is the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible? It's authorship is attributed to a prophet who lived in the Assyrian Period.
Obadiah
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Sunderland provided three players to the Republic of Ireland squad for the 2002 Fifa World Cup. Name any of them.
Jason MCATEER, Kevin KILBANE or Niall QUINN
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Liverpool and which other English club provided 3 players to Scotland's 1982 World Cup Squad? George Burley and Alan Brazil were two of them
Ipswich
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The only player in the Argentina 2022 World Cup squad who actually played his club football in Argentina at the time was the goalie Franco Armani. What side did he play for? This team play in Beunos Aires and have won the Argentinian Championship a record 38 times
River Plate
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Which famous explorer, active during the Ming Dynasty, referred to the Indian Ocean as the "Western Ocean"? This man commanded seven expeditionary treasure voyages from 1405 to 1433.
Zheng He
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In the Sherlock Holmes story "The Sign of Four", the accomplice of the antagonist Johnathan Small is a native of which island group in the Indian Ocean? This group contains the famous North Sentinel Island
Andaman Islands
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What state was admitted as the 33rd state of the USA in 1859? Geographical features of this state include Crater Lake National Park, the Blue Mountains and part of the Cascade Range
Oregon
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What was the four-word name of Dave Lee Travis' snooker quiz on Radio One? It's spin-off quiz machine is warmly remembered
Give Us A Break
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The Scottish rock band "Travis" took their name from Harry Dean Stanton's character in "Paris, Texas". What was the 4-letter name of the Travis song which reached the top 5 in 2001? This was also the name of a recent animated movie
Sing
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In 1953 James Watson ran into which Cambridge Pub to announce that he had discovered the secret of life? This pub shares its name with a British comic that once featured Dan Dare
The Eagle
156
Occurring between G1 phase and G2 phase, the phase of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated is designated with what letter?
S (S Phase)
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What are the DNA base pairs?
Adenine and Thymine
Guanine and Cytosine
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Gymnast Max Whitlock won two gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, in the pommel horse and which other apparatus?
Floor Apparatus
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What four-letter word can be a style of haircut, a whip used in horseriding, or part of a bird's digestive system?
Crop
160
On a clothing label, what shape is the laundry symbol for "Bleaching allowed"?
Triangle
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On a clothing label, a circle is the laundry symbol for what?
Dry Clean
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Which number symphony by Beethoven is known as "The Fate Symphony" because the opening four notes sound like fate knocking at the door?
Symphony No 5
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In which Nordic country was the 11th century explorer Leif Erikson born?
Iceland
164
In which sport would you use head covers and divot tools?
Golf
165
What toiletry product was first commercialised by the German chemist Hans Schwarzkopf in 1898?
Shampoo
166
In which London luxury hotel can you enjoy afternoon tea in the Thames Foyer?
The Savoy
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Which Brazilian flip-flop brand takes its name from a beach in Rio de Janeiro situated between Copacabana and Leblon?
Ipanema
168
Eurovision was Created by which Swiss author and director of the European Broadcasting Union? Awards given out in his name.
Marcel Bezencon
169
Which album by Bryan Ferry shares its title with a film starring James Cagney and a method of transport?
Taxi
170
What colour is a Tiffany Mimosa?
Blue
171
The Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia is entirely surrounded by which country?
Switzerland
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What seven-letter word links the fictional characters Kyrilo Razumov, Christy Mahon, and Paul Bäumer?
Western
(Under Western Eyes, The Playboy of the Western World, All Quiet on the Western Front)
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novel by Joseph Conrad. The novel takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Geneva, Switzerland, and is viewed as Conrad's response to the themes explored in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment;
Under Western Eyes
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Which city was the setting for the 1998 Franka Potente film Run Lola Run?
Berlin
175
German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thriller films Run Lola Run (1998), Heaven (2002), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), and The International (2009). He collaborated with The Wachowskis as co-director for the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012) and the Netflix series Sense8 (2015–2018), and worked on the score for Lana Wachowski's The Matrix Resurrections (2021).
Tom Tykwer
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Which root vegetable was added to hamburgers in Australian outlets of McDonald's to make a "McOz"?
Beetroot
177
Which knight of the Round Table was the nephew of King Arthur and had a horse called Gringolet?
Sir Gawain
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Which Cheshire-born architect designed the MI6 building in London, headquarters for the Secret Intelligence Service?
Terry Farrell
179
Which Wasserman, Leigh & Darion musical features the songs The Impossible Dream and Golden Helmet of Mambrino?
Man of La Mancha
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Which Irish town on the River Eske takes its name from the Gaelic for "fort of the foreigners"?
Donegal
181
The Name of the Wind is the first book in the Kingkiller Chronicle series by which American fantasy author?
Patrick Rothfuss
182
Black Sable, Cinnamon, and Champagne are all types of which pet?
Ferret
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Which Spanish football club plays against Deportivo la Coruña in the Galician derby?
Celta Vigo
184
Which tropical fruit, also known as the custard apple, was described by Mark Twain as "the most delicious fruit known to men"? Quechua for "cold seeds".
Cherimoya
185
In the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin, which bird of prey offers to carry the coffin?
Kite
186
What moniker links the leader of the Decepticons in the Transformers franchise and Hall of Fame NFL wide receiver Calvin Johnson?
Megatron
187
As of August 2023, there is officially a new world's hottest chilli. Overtaking the Carolina Reaper, Pepper [blank] has a Scoville rating of 2.69 million SHU. Seemingly popular for recent naming, what single letter fills in the blank?
X
188
Which Irish actor, who appeared as Lestat in Queen of the Damned (2002) and Dorian Gray in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), was originally hired to play the part of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy? He was replaced by Viggo Mortensen the day before principal photography began?
Stuart TOWNSEND
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Which artist is best known for his series of paintings Dogs Playing Poker? He shares his given names with the given birth names of one of the greatest sports figures of the 20th century, and his surname with a US President.
Cassius Marcellus COOLIDGE
190
Born in Valparaiso, Chile, who is the only Australian Prime Minister not to have been born in Australia, Great Britain, or New Zealand? A founder of the Australian Labor Party, he was Australia's first Labor prime minister and is still the youngest prime minister in Australia's history, at 37.
Chris Watson
191
Named after a prominent Aztec feathered serpent god, which genus of pterosaurs were the largest known flying animals of all time?
Quetzalcoatlus
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Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon are the 2023 drivers for which Formula One team? Formerly named Renault, the team rebranded in 2021 to its current (perhaps more elevated) name.
Alpine
193
A pair of one-eyed, green, perpetually drooling aliens from the planet Rigel VII appear in every Treehouse of Horror Halloween episode of The Simpsons. Name either of them.
Kang and Kodos
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Until the mid-19th century, Indonesia's Banda Islands were the only known source of which now-common culinary spice?
Nutmeg
195
Name of giant serpent god who was the mortal enemy of Ra?
Apep
196
A skirl is a shrill, wailing sound typically made while playing which musical instrument?
Bagpipe
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In 1859, Scientific American declared that which game “robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements” and “affords no benefit whatever to the body”?
Chess
198
Which David Bowie single of 1969 was rushed into release to capitalize on the Apollo 11 moon mission?
Space Oddity
199
Which college was the alma mater of presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush?
Yale University
200
Billy and Patti are runaway lovers in which song by Rod Stewart?
Young Turks
201
Which actor won an Academy Award for playing Louis Pasteur in 1936?
Paul Muni
202
Which tennis player won her third straight Wimbledon title two weeks before a horseriding accident and broken fibula ended her career at age 19?
Maureen Connolly
203
In Greek mythology, what woman was turned into a heifer, attacked again and again by a gadfly sent by Hera?
Io
204
Which Russian space station was in Earth orbit from 1982 to 1991?
Salyut 7
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What is the real first name of fictional crime investigator Bulldog Drummond created by Herman Cyril McNeile?
Hugh
206
Who was the only NFL quarterback to rush for 5,000 career yards in fewer than 100 games?
Lamar Jackson (Baltimore Ravens)
207
The 2016 BBC sci-fi TV series Class was a spin-off of what series?
Doctor Who
208
Who staged a Christmas play in 1223, in a cave on a hill above Grecco, Italy, using real animals, that recreated the visitation of the Magi to the Christ child in the manger?
St Francis of Assisi
209
Who was the second president of the Mormon Church?
Brigham Young
210
The Temple of the Marks, the Temple of the Jaguar Priest, and the Temple of the Double-Headed Serpent are pyramids in the ruins of which ancient city?
Tikal
211
In the Hank Leonard comic strip Mickey Finn, what was Mickey’s profession?
Policeman
212
Hard D: And while we're on the topic of groups often defined by their poverty, what name is given to members of the Sufi fraternity who have accepted material poverty though, in their case, to bring them closer to God? The name comes from Persian درویش.
Dervish
213
Hard D: And while we're on the topic of groups often defined by their poverty, what name is given to members of the Sufi fraternity who have accepted material poverty though, in their case, to bring them closer to God? The name comes from Persian درویش.
exogamy
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Hard G: What is the name of this ancient Empire which, between the early 3rd Century to the early 6th Century AD, covered much of the Indian subcontinent (dark brown in this picture)?
Gupta Empire
215
Easy H: A cross between the Mexican and Guatemalan varieties of avocado, what name is given to this particular variety? It is named after the North American horticulturist who first grew and sold it.
Hass
216
Hard H: Voted in 2018 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world according to Time, what is the name of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh?
Sheikh Hasina
217
Hard I: What song has been performed just before the countdown to midnight in New York City every year since 1986?
Imagine by John Lennon
218
Hard K: Based on the old Zimbabwean mbira, what is the name of this more modern lamellaphone, popularised in the West since the 1950s?
Kalimba
219
Hard L: London has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest four times. What is the only other city in Europe starting with L to have achieved the same fate?
Luxembourg City
220
Netherlands first hosted ESC in 1958 in which North Holland city at the AVRO Studios?
Hilversum
221
Name of complex where Rotterdam hosted the 2021 ESC? Alan Partridge would enjoy this place.
Rotterdam Ahoy
222
Hard M: What is the name of this river, which passes through Liège and Maastricht among other cities?
Meuse/Maas
223
Hard P: What organisation was, until 2017, in sole charge of granting university status to academic establishments in the UK, and is still in charge of deciding the dates of Bank Holidays?
Privy Council
224
Easy R: In French it's called a "raton laveur" (or "washing rat") and in Catalan its an "os rentador" (or "washing bear"). But what would we call it in English?
Raccoon
225
Hard R: The British government's callous plans to relocate refugees and asylum seekers to Rwanda were fortunately thwarted in the courts, because there was a serious threat that they could be persecuted or even sent back to their country of origin. This would be illegal under EU and International law. But what is the technical name of this violation? Australia was accused of doing just this when they returned Tamil and Singhalese refugees to the Sri Lankan navy in 2014.
Refoulement
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Easy S: What current region of Germany took part in the 1952 Olympics as its own country, and even took part as a national side at the qualifiers for the 1954 World Cup (in which they beat Norway but lost, interestingly, to West Germany)?
Saarland
227
Easy T: What actor played Herb Stimpel in Quiz Show and Barton Fink in Barton Fink?
John Turturro
228
Easy W: Played at the end of Joe Strummer's funeral, what song was a number one for actor Lee Marvin in 1970? It originally came from the 1951 stage musical, Paint Your Wagon.
Wand'rin' Star
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Hard W: What writer is seen in on the left-hand side of this Daily Mail photo, "blacked up", as part of a prank played in 1910, where they pretended to be part of the entourage of the Emperor of Abyssinia to inspect HMS Dreadnought while shouting "Bunga Bunga"?
Virginia Woolf
230
Easy X: In spite of having fewer than 60,000 inhabitants, what Greek town is best known by pub quizzers for being the most populous in Europe to start with the letter X?
Xanthi
231
Hard X: Initially revealed in the pages of New X-Men as being Magneto in disguise, who was later established in Excalibur to be a character in his own right? He is here featured on the cover of New X-Men, in June 2002.
Xorn
232
Dubbed the Match of the Century, the World Chess Championship 1972 was fought between which two chess players?
Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky
233
What is the general term for a group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds?
Molecules
234
Aside from being secretary of state, which other government position did Henry Kissinger hold from 1969 to 1975?
National Security Advisor
235
A popular site for tourists and plane watchers, Maho Beach is adjacent to the Princess Juliana International Airport on which Caribbean island?
Sint Maarten
236
Running unsuccessfully in the 1997 Irish presidential election, which Irish singer-songwriter won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with "All Kinds of Everything"?
Dana Rosemary Scallon
237
Kotoka International Airport is currently the only international airport in which African country?
Ghana
238
Pertaining to the impact of the cost of living, the Macquarie Dictionary has selected the colloquial phrase "Cozzie Livs" as its 2023 word of the year. This dictionary is primarily published in which country?
Australia
239
Competing for the Ducati Lenovo Team, which Italian motorcycle rider is the 2023 MotoGP World Riders' Champion?
Francesco Bagnaia
240
CMEs refer to an ejection of magnetic field and plasma mass from the Sun's corona into the heliosphere. What does CME stand for?
Coronal mass ejection
241
Named after a German mathematician, what is the unit of measurement of magnetic induction in the CGS system?
Gauss
242
In Nottinghamshire village, 16 June 1487 may be considered the last battle of the Wars of the Roses, since it was the last major engagement between contenders for the throne whose claims derived from descent from the houses of Lancaster and York respectively
Battle of Stoke Field
243
Which country's tennis team defeated Australia to win the 2023 Davis Cup?
Italy (Jannik Sinner starring role)
244
The ancient Greek sculpture Hermes and the Infant Dionysus is attributed to which Attica sculptor?
Praxiteles of Athens
245
Which actress portrayed Maid Marian in the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood?
Olivia de Havilland
246
Which country is hosting the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference?
COP 28 = Dubai
247
George Santos made history after becoming the first Republican to be expelled from the US House of Representatives. He represented which state's third congressional district?
New York
248
The White Ferns is the women's team representing New Zealand in which sport?
Cricket
249
Which Cannes-winning film director is also known for creating "plate paintings" and painted the cover artwork for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album By the Way?
Julian Schnabel
250
What is the name of the Venus figurine that was recovered in a village in Austria in 1908 from an archeological dig by Josef Szombathy, Hugo Obermaier, and Josef Bayer?
Venus of Willendorf
251
What is the name of the Royal Caribbean ship that will be the world's largest cruise ship when it enters service in 2024?
Icon of the Seas
252
Which African country achieved its independence from both France and Spain in 1956?
Morocco
253
Which British motorway that connects Birmingham with Exeter was officially opened by the then Prime Minister, James Callaghan, in May 1977?
M5
254
Which messaging and media app was developed and founded by former Yahoo employees Brian Acton and Jan Koum in 2009?
Whatsapp
255
What popular cocktail consists of whisky, sweet vermouth and bitters and is traditionally garnished with a maraschino cherry?
Manhattan
256
In ballet, what word describes a vertical jump during which the dancer repeatedly crosses their feet and beats them together?
Entrechat
257
The Brabham Straight, Paddock Hill Bend and Dingle Dell are sections of which historic motor racing circuit?
Brands Hatch
258
Sharing its name with the title of a 1996 UK top ten hit single for Jamiroquai, what was the name of Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747 aircraft that failed in its attempt to launch a rocket into space in January 2023?
Cosmic Girl
259
Best known for his 1866 opera "The Bartered Bride"?
Bedrich Smetana
260
Cultivated in the valley areas surrounding the Mosel river, what brand of German white wine was first launched by the company H.Sichel Sohne in 1923?
Blue Nun
261
Which Canadian province narrowly voted against becoming an independent country in a referendum that was held in October 1995?
Quebec
262
Steffi Graf announced her immediate retirement from tennis after which American player defeated her in the final of the women’s singles at Wimbledon in July 1999?
Lindsey Davenport
263
In which borough of South London was the 140-year old Reeves Furniture Store destroyed by fire in an arson attack during the riots of August 2011?
Croydon
264
How is the number 45 written in Roman Numerals?
XLV
265
In March 2019, 1086 millimetres (42.8 inches) of rain fell in a 48-hour period over a nine-kilometre stretch of the Cropp river in which Commonwealth country?
New Zealand
266
Which US actor played the part of the struggling stand-up comedian Rupert Pupkin in the 1983 film "The King of Comedy"?
Robert De Niro
267
In cell biology what term describes all material within a eukaryotic cell, except for the nucleus?
Cytoplasm
268
Created by Microsoft program manager Daniel Oran, the Start Menu has been part of Microsoft Windows since the launch of which operating system?
Windows 95
269
Demolished in 1660, which palace was the birthplace of Henry VIII, Mary I and Elizabeth I?
Palace of Placentia (Greenwich Palace)
270
In math, what term refers to an expression consisting of variables and coefficients that involves only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and positive-integer powers of variables?
Polynomial
271
Founded in 1987, Mastretta is an automobile manufacturer based in which country?
Mexico
272
From the Italian for "cheek", what do you call the cured meat prepared from pork jowl or cheeks?
Guanciale
273
Which EU country passed legislation in December 2023 outlawing the burning of holy texts including the Quran following a series of protests that involved burnings and desecrations of Islam's holy book?
Denmark
274
The first team to reach the milestone of 10,000 goals in the history of football, which Brazilian football club has been relegated for the first time in their 111-year history after they were defeated by Fortaleza in December 2023?
Santos
275
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972) is set in 19th century New South Wales and tells the ultimately tragic story of an Aboriginal man caught between his family and culture and white settler colonialism. It was written by which Booker Prize-winning Australian writer?
Thomas Kennealy
276
Which singer sued IT company HP in 2013 for using his name without permission on a software app that purported to measure the size of a man's penis based on his shoe size?
Chubby Checker
277
What is the 2024 Pantone Color of the Year?
Peach Fuzz
278
Blink is the name given to a fan of which South Korean girl group?
Blackpink
279
Punta La Marmora is the highest peak on which island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sardinia
280
The Department of Justice has indicted what man on nine tax-related charges in Dec 2023, including his failure to pay $1.4 million between 2016 and 2019?
Hunter Biden
281
Review: With nearly 1 million residents, Kutupalong is the world's largest refugee camp. The refugees of Kutupalong in south-eastern Bangladesh are of what ethnic minority?
Rohingya
282
Follow-up: The presidents of Guyana and Venezuela met last Thursday after increasing tensions over a border dispute. What Guyanese territory is the source of conflict? December 2023
The ESSEQUIBO TERRITORY
283
The breakout creator of 2023 was what couple, whose channel is named for a color and a clothing item they always wear?
PINK SHIRT COUPLE
284
The top song on YouTube in 2023 was “Favorite Song,” by what North Carolina rapper and singer?
TOOSII
285
What song sung by Jack Black, and part of an animated video game movie, was another one of the top songs of the year on YouTube?
PEACHES
286
What queer novel won the 2023 National Book Award in USA? follows a dying queer man, Juan Gay, who recounts LGBTQ history to a young friend. Part of their discussion involves "Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns", published in the 1940s.
Justin Torres's BLACKOUTS
287
The 2022 National Book Award winner by Tess Gunty
Rabbit Hutch
288
At the 2023 Game Awards, what Dungeons and Dragons epic won Game of the Year?
Baldur's Gate 3
289
What rookie quarterback for the Houston Texans has had a stand-out debut season, smashing rookie records 2023?
C.J. STROUD
290
The Extremely Large Telescope, the biggest optical telescope ever built, will be located atop Cerro Armazones, in what South American country?
Chile
291
Which British Olympic gold medallist is currently Director of Elite Performance at Premiership football club Brentford?
Ben Ryan (coach of the Fiji 7s team in 2016)
292
In Formula 1, which car is driven by Bernd Maylander, who has led over 1,300 laps in 212 Grands Prix?
Safety Car
293
According to an interview with Smash Hits magazine during her premiership (which cynics said showed her commitment to free market economics), Margaret Thatcher’s favourite song was which 1953 recording which made Lita Roza the first Liverpudlian and the first British woman to have a number 1 single?
How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?
294
Which informal name for the last Sunday before Advent is taken from the opening words of the collect for the day in the 1549 Book of Common Prayer “Excita, quæsumus, Domine”?
Stir Up Sunday
295
Which former professional cricketer, now a Peer of the Realm, claimed that his Twitter account had been hacked in 2014 when a picture of a naked male appeared on his Twitter feed, causing the hashtag #middlestump to begin trending?
Baron Botham of Ravensworth
296
Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl Emsworth, commonly known as Lord Emsworth, is a recurring fictional character in the Blandings Castle series of stories by which British comic writer?
PG Wodehouse
297
Which charity whose mission is to offer “high quality cricket programmes that will empower young people facing inequality to make positive choices” will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2025?
The Lord's Taverners
298
I met Nicholas yesterday, who told me that he will be N years old in the year which happens to be equal to N squared. In which year was Nicholas born?
He was born in 1980 and will be 45 in 2025 (the only year between now and 2116 which is a square number)
299
What is the short title of the 2006 film, subject of numerous lawsuits after its release, which has the longest full title of any film ever nominated for an Oscar?
Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
300
The strait considered the most important natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans which is 350 miles long and 1.2 miles wide at its narrowest point is named after which explorer who was the first European to discover it in 1519?
Magellan
301
Which company, founded in 1938 in Tokyo as a radio and speaker repair shop, introduced the first car CD player in 1984 and, appropriately, the world's first CD-based GPS automotive navigation system in 1990?
Pioneer
302
Which British band’s breakthrough album called Selling England By The Pound got to number 3 in 1973, followed by their first number 1 album Duke in 1980?
Genesis
303
Which world capital city was badly damaged by an earthquake in 2010 and is the only capital whose name contains the five vowels once each?
Port-au-Prince
304
Ragtime composer and pianist Scott Joplin, who died in 1917, was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer prize in 1976 following the release of which Best Picture-winning film?
The Sting
305
Which animal completes this trilogy of items not to be seen out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window: Sydney Opera House, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon ...
Wildebeest: herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plain
306
Which book by Jack London features Buck, a St. Bernard–Scotch Shepherd mix who is stolen and sold as a sled dog during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush? It has been made into films several times, most recently in 2020 starring Harrison Ford.
The Call of the Wild
307
What was the name of the dog which features in Kent LaVoie’s debut single performed under his stage name Lobo (Spanish for wolf, by the way), which got to number 4 in the UK in 1971 and tells the story of a boy and girl “travelling and living off the land”?
Boo, as in “Me and You and a Dog Named Boo”
308
What is the name of the Scottish Terrier who hails from Donaldson’s Dairy in Lynley Dodd’s 1983 book?
Hairy Maclary
309
In which city, which will host the 2032 Summer Olympics, is Bluey, an anthropomorphic cartoon six-year-old Blue Heeler puppy, based?
Brisbane
310
What type of dog is Mrs Shears’ Wellington, the title character of Mark Haddon’s 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time?
Poodle
311
What is the lowest score that cannot be scored on a standard dartboard with 3 darts?
163
312
What connects the adjectives lunatic, jovial, martial, mundane, and venereal?
Related to heavenly bodies
313
The B side of Philadelphia Freedom was a live recording of "I Saw Her Standing There" at Madison Square Garden on 28 November 1974, which included a guest appearance by which singer in his last concert appearance?
John Lennon
314
The name of what item of clothing provided Taylor Swift with a US number one in 2020? In the UK this item of clothing may be most associated with Val Doonican
Cardigan
315
The country artist Morgan Wallen scored a US number one in 2023 with the song "Last Night". This was the first country song by a solo male to top the US Hot 100 since which man topped the charts with "I love a rainy night" in 1980?
Eddie Rabbitt
316
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1908, a star of the Golden Era of Hollywood, who was the first thespian to accrue ten Oscar nominations?
Bette Davis
317
Born Elda Furry, which American gossip columnist wrote of the movie "In the forest": "If Bette had deliberately set out to wreck her career, she could not have picked a more appropriate vehicle."? This acid-penned woman had a long running feud with fellow gossip columnist Louella Parsons.
Hedda HOPPER
318
The name of what animals fills the blank in the 1987 movie "The BLANK of August", which was one of the last movies for both Bette Davis and Lilian Gish?
WHALES
319
Harmon Nelson divorced Bette Davis in 1938 after discovering that she had been having an affair with what man? Supposedly, in his later years this man ordered for a cheeseburger to be placed in a certain tree every day, just in case he happened to be climbing the tree and be peckish
Howard Hughes
320
William Wyler directed Davis for the third time in The Little Foxes (1941), but they clashed over the character of Regina Giddens, a role originally played on Broadway by which woman? This American actress (1902 to 1968) shares her first name with Jodie Foster's character in Bugsy Malone,
Tallulah Bankhead
321
The castle at which town standing on the River Clyde lays claim to having the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland? David Byrne of the Talking Heads and the F1 driver Jackie Stewart were both born here
Dumbarton Castle
322
A national monument and landmark in Transylvania, what is the four letter name of the fortress in Romania sometimes referred to as Dracula's castle?
Bran Castle
323
The Krak des Chevaliers, Margat, Rhodes, and Valetta are among the castles and cities built or refortified by what group? They were one of the smallest groups to have colonized parts of the Americas, briefly acquiring four Caribbean islands in the mid-17th century, which they turned over to France in the 1660s.
KNIGHTS HOSPITALLER
324
medieval castle in Syria, site was first inhabited in the 11th century by Kurdish troops garrisoned there by the Mirdasids. In 1142 it was given by Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, to the order of the Knights Hospitaller.
Krak des Chevaliers
325
Minnie Meagles and Tattycoram are characters in which Charles Dickens novel? Imprisonment – both literal and figurative – is a major theme of the book.
Little Dorritt
326
Signal de Botrange is the highest point in which country? At the top of the hill sits a 6m "stairway to nowhere", just so people can observe the surrounding area from exactly 700m
Belgium
327
Named after Juliana of the Netherlands, Juliana Top is the highest mountain in which country? The Amerindian name of the mountain is Ipinumin.
Suriname
328
Which Portuguese man is currently serving as the non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs International after previously being the 11th president of the European Commission and the prime minister of Portugal?
Jose Manuel BARROSO
329
First name Salvador, which Portuguese singer holds the Eurovision record for the highest-scoring winner, having earned a total of 758 points under the current voting system, after winning both the jury vote and televote in 2017?
Sobral
330
Elisabeth Domitien was the first woman to serve as prime minister of a country in Sub-Saharan Africa. What country did she lead between 1975 and 1976? After gaining independence from France in 1960, this country was ruled by a series of autocratic leaders, including an abortive attempt at a monarchy
Central African Republic
331
Which New Zealand politician was ranked by Forbes as the 20th-most powerful woman in the world in 2006? As PM of New Zealand she sent troops to help end the crisis in East Timor
Helen Clark
332
Also the name of an animal, what is the surname of Laura, the first female President of Costa Rica? The Costa Rican female footballer Priscilla also has this surname
Chinchilla
333
Which British city played host to the World Scrabble championship when David Eldar took the crown in 2017? Perhaps he celebrated with a pint at Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
Nottingham
334
Which Brazilian city was host to the Men's Volleyball Club World Championship in 2014? This place was the first planned modern city in Brazil and was constructed to replace Ouro Preto as the capital of Minas Gerais.
Belo Horizonte
335
St Petersburg played host to the final of 2017's Confederation Cup. On what river does the city of St Petersburg stand? This is the only river flowing from Lake Ladoga.
Neva
336
The Halkapinar Sports Hall in which Turkish city played host to group stage games at the 2010 Basketball World championships? This city, which was known as Smyrna until around 1930, is the largest urban agglomeration on the Aegean sea.
Izmir
337
In 1946 what did the Northern Irishman James Martin invent after being inspired by the death of his friend and test pilot Captain Valentine Baker in an aeroplane crash?
Ejector Seat
338
What was the first name of Jessica Hynes' next door neighbour character in "The Royle Family"? This is also the first name of the author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
CHERYL
339
In the TV series "Murder She Wrote", what was the first name of Jessica Fletcher's nephew? This was also the name of the Overlook Hotel Butler in The Shining who was said to have killed his family, and the surname of Chris Pratt's character in various Jurassic Park films
Grady
340
The awarding winning director Jessica Yu was at the helm of one episode of the excellent Fosse/Verdon mini series. Name either person who played one of the title characters in that show
Michelle WILLIAMS or Sam ROCKWELL
341
Which DJ wrote the autobiography Still Whispering After All These Years?
Bob Harris
342
Of the seven cities in Wales, which comes last alphabetically?
Wrexham
343
Founded by Emily Williamson in 1899, The Plumage League was one of the forerunners of
which present-day charity?
RSPB/Royal Society for the
Protection of Birds
344
At the 2023 Ryder Cup, what nickname was given to the playing partnership of Rory McIlroy
and Tommy Fleetwood?
Fleetwood Mac
345
“Is she really going out with him?//Well, there she is, let’s ask her//Betty, is that Jimmy’s ring
you're wearing?” (1964)
Leader of the Pack
(The Shangri-Las)
346
Which Canadian professional snooker player was known as ‘The Man in the White Suit’?
Kirk Stevens
347
Which National Hunt jockey rode 4,358 winners and was champion jockey in every one of the
20 years that he was a professional?
Tony (or A.P.) McCoy
348
A former world-number-one-ranked golfer, who is the only Australian to have won the US
Masters championship?
Adam Scott
349
What name is given to a walled outwork or tower designed to protect the gate or drawbridge of a castle?
Barbican
350
Known as ‘The Father of Railways’, which famous engineer is buried at Holy Trinity Church,
Chesterfield?
George Stephenson
351
New York borough of Queens is named after which Queen?
Catherine of Braganza
352
Which is the only borough of Greater London that spans both shores of the river Thames?
Richmond
353
Once deemed a ‘rotten borough’, which Wiltshire market town was granted ‘Royal’ status in
2011 in recognition of its role in military funeral repatriations?
Wootton Bassett
354
Whose missing: John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Jimmy Page ?
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
355
Whose missing: William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding ?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
356
During a TV appearance on Happening for Lulu in 1969, the Jimi Hendrix Experience broke off
from Hey, Joe to play an impromptu tribute to which group that had recently split up?
Cream
357
Which senior Conservative politician has been nicknamed ‘Jimmy Dimly’ by The Guardian’s
parliamentary sketch writer, John Crace?
James Cleverly
358
What is the least populous country to have hosted the Summer Olympics?
Finland
359
The name of which musical instrument is derived from the French for ‘high wood’?
Oboe
360
Which country’s national cricket team is nicknamed ‘The Tigers’?
Bangladesh
361
Which artist born in Long Eaton in 1877 is noted for her many paintings of theatre and ballet
scenes, and for her work as a war artist?
Laura Knight
362
Born in Arnold in 1802, which Romantic landscape painter, noted for his coastal scenes, moved to France at the age of 14, before dying at the age of 25?
Richard Parkes Bonington
363
Situated at 38 degrees North, 77 degrees West, which capital city’s street layout is based on
plans created by the French-born architect Pierre Charles l’Enfant?
Washington DC
364
Situated at 59 degrees North, 10 degrees East, which capital city’s coat of arms features a
representation of a saint with a naked woman at his feet?
Oslo
365
A colourless gaseous hydrocarbon of formula C3H8, often used as a fuel.
Propane
366
Which actress delivered the immortal lines, ‘All men are fools! And what makes them fools is
beauty like what I have got’?
Glenda Jackson (Morecambe and
Wise Show)
367
Which girl’s name can also mean …. … to go out in an energetic manner, the woollen grip at the end of a bell rope, or a jocular
retort?
Sally
368
Which girl’s name can also mean …. … a short prayer, elegance of movement, or a granting of a favour?
Grace
369
Which girl’s name can also mean …. … a type of compression fitting used in plumbing, an evergreen tree of the Mediterranean
region, or an immature adult mayfly?
Olive
370
Walkers completing Alfred Wainwright’s Coast-to-Coast Walk routinely deposit which item
on the beach at Robin Hood’s Bay?
Pebble (carried from St Bees)
371
The young Peter Kay once packed toilet rolls in a factory owned by which former Derby
County and England footballer?
Francis (Frannie ) Lee
372
What name is shared by a coastal suburb of Edinburgh and a London thoroughfare famous
for its weekly market?
Portobello
373
Who made his writing debut with the semi-autobiographical 2nd World War novel The Naked and the Dead?
Norman Mailer
374
Which comedian’s act consisted mainly of anecdotes about a cast of imaginary friends that
included Everard, Slack Alice, Apricot Lil, and Pop-It-In Pete?
Larry Grayson
375
Which record producer founded Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, where he oversaw early
recordings by Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash, among others?
Sam Phillips
376
Which Welsh singer represented the UK in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, achieving second
place with Knock, Knock Who’s There?
Mary Hopkin
377
Which English golfer holds the record for the most appearances in major championships
without achieving a single victory?
Lee Westwood
378
Lee Westwood and which fellow countryman share the distinction of reaching the number one world ranking despite never winning a major?
Luke Donald
379
During the 1969 F1 Canadian Grand Prix, ‘Al’ Pease became the first and, so far, only driver to
be black-flagged and disqualified for what reason?
Driving Too Slow
380
The seaside resorts of Margate and Broadstairs stand on which peninsula in eastern Kent?
Isle of Thanet
381
The Isle of Axholme is a region in which ceremonial English county?
Lincolnshire
382
Which peninsula in Ross and Cromarty is bounded to the north by the Moray Firth and to the south by the Cromarty Firth?
The Black Isle
383
Salisbury Cathedral has the tallest spire of any English cathedral; which cathedral has the
second-tallest, at 315 ft?
Norwich Cathedral
384
Whose grave in Peterborough Cathedral do visitors decorate with flowers and pomegranates?
Catherine of Aragon
385
The “six o’clock swill” was a phenomenon formerly associate with the abbreviated bar opening hours of which country?
Australia
386
Recently promoted to EFL League Two, which team claims to be the third-oldest professional
football club in the world?
Wrexham
387
Which large inlet of the Irish Sea extends from Bardsey Island in Gwynedd to Strumble Head
in Pembrokeshire?
Cardigan Bay
388
William Renshaw won six consecutive Wimbledon Men’s Singles titles in the 1880s; he
ascribed his failure to win a seventh to which previously unreported injury?
Tennis Elbow
389
Which gelatinous heavy-duty hand cleaner was invented in 1947 by Heanor-born industrial
chemist Audley Bower Williamson?
Swarfega
390
The plot of The Big Lebowski is loosely based on which classic crime novel?
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
391
Who was the driver of Thrust2, which set a new land-speed record on the 4th of October,
1983?
Richard Noble
392
Which two-word Latin name is given to a writ ordering that a person be brought before a court or judge, especially to ascertain whether or not a prisoner is lawfully detained?
Habeas Corpus
393
A solitary figure atop a telegraph pole in rural west Oklahoma provided the inspiration for
which song written by Jimmy Webb and recorded by Glen Campbell?
Wichita Lineman
394
The chorus of which 1970s hit for 10 cc was inspired by a Jamaican who, when asked whether he liked cricket, replied, ‘No, I love it’?
Dreadlock Holiday
395
Which internationally renowned Swiss company was founded in London in 1905 as Wilsdorf
and Davis, taking its present name in 1915?
Rolex
396
Which sports–fashion retailer was founded by John Wardle and David Makin in Bury, Greater
Manchester, in 1983?
JD Sports
397
Which League One club plays its home matches at the (rather unfortunately named)
Toughsheet Community Stadium in Horwich, Greater Manchester?
Bolton Wanderers
398
Which tactical system with a strong emphasis on defence is named from the Italian for ‘doorbolt’?
Catenaccio
399
Which fictional West Midlands village provided the original setting for Crossroads?
King's Oak
400
Which daily soap opera set in a fictional Hampstead cul-de-sac was broadcast on Radio 2 from 1969 to 1980?
Waggoner's Walk
401
The actors who played Sheila and Bobby Grant in Brookside went on to play another married
couple in which comedy series?
The Royle Family
402
What is the base ingredient of the Provençal dish tapenade?
Olives
403
Kevin Curran, the father of England cricketers Sam and Tom Curran, represented which country at the 1983 Cricket World Cup?
Zimbabwe
404
Fe'ao Moe Lotu Vunipola, the father of the England rugby union players Billy and Mako,
represented which country at the 1995 and 1999 Rugby World Cups?
Tonga
405
Which company was formed in 1925 by a professor of entomology at Imperial College, who developed an insecticide to deal with an infestation by death-watch beetle?
Rentokil
406
Which 105.6 carats diamond is part of the Crown Jewels and is currently set in the Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother?
Koh-i-Noor
407
Strong Fauna play in OQL, Fauna covers all animals but what 6 letters precede fauna to describe cave dwelling animals that have adapted to their dark surroundings such as the cave beetle or the cave snail?
Troglo
408
In 2015 which jockey was eligible to ride Many Clouds and rode him to victory in the Grand National?
Leighton Aspell
409
The west's awake and no more so than in which US city which is the most Westerly in the US to have a population of over 1,000,000 people? Don't go wrong and lose your way!
San Jose
410
The Coffee Cream was a chocolate that used to appear in tins of what traditional Christmas
chocolates?
Cadbury Roses
411
In the Star Wars movies, who is the administrator of Cloud City on the gas planet Bespin? First or last name acceptable
Lando Calrissian
412
If you've travelled 24 minutes and have arrived in Tulse Hill you will have arrived in which London Borough?
Lambeth
413
In the Mr Men and Little Miss books what colour is Little Miss Scatterbrain?
Red
414
The Red Army Faction was a West German far-left militant group founded in 1970 and is also known by what name made from the names of two of its original leaders? Don't worry if you get this wrong, we're sure you'll come across it again soon.
Baader-Meinhof Group
415
What two word term is given to the area of Scotland with the highest population density? Both Glasgow and Edinburgh are located within this area, usually considered as the "triangle" defined by the M8, M80 and M9 motorways.
Central Belt
416
Beginning with the letter O, what 8 letter word might be used in horse racing to refer to a horse who is not expected to win the race?
Outsider
417
Miners 5 play in OQL and there was a miner's strike led by Arthur Scargill that lasted from 1984-5. But in January and February of what year was the previous miner's strike which resulted in a pay increase and the creation of Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms?
1972
418
The video for what single by Queen sees the band dressed up as women doing the housework?
I Want To Break Free
419
Launched in 1962 what satellite was the first to allow live broadcast of television between the US and Europe?
Telstar
420
Which JMW Turner painting is housed in the Tate and is thought to depict the demise of the Earl of
Abergavenny?
The Shipwreck
421
While we do not know if it is compulsory to eat shrimp when seated in one, the Mantis is a sports car produced by which British Car Company?
Marcos
422
Which character from Greek mythology appears in and forms the title of paintings by Thomas Hart Benson and Dante Rosetti?
Persephone
423
In the 1982 Blade Runner film, which company created the synthetic humans known as replicants?
Tyrell Corporation
424
What range of hills, a chalk escarpment, stretch 45 miles across four English counties and run from Goring on Thames in the Southwest to Hitchin in the Northeast?
Chiltern Hills
425
The Miners strikes are detailed in the Encyclopaedia Britannica which was first published in which decade?
1760s
426
Our second dip into children’s books, in the Mr Men and Little Miss books what colour is Little Miss Lucky?
Pink
427
There's a huge Elephant in the room in The Simpsons when Bart wins an actual elephant in a radio contest. What
appropriate name does he give to this elephant?
Stampy
428
If we assumed the Kentish Men live in Kentish Town and not actually in Kent, in which London Borough would they reside?
Camden
429
In 1981 Peugeot began producing what car model under the Talbot marque which was marketed as a rival to the Ford Granada?
Tagora
430
In 2014 Ricky Gervais went on tour with which band which was also the fictional band fronted by David Brent in both The Office and Life on the Road?
Foregone Conclusion
431
When Rule the World won the 2016 Grand National we were wondering worldwide who the jockey was, can you remember who rode Rule the World to success in the 2016 Grand National?
David Mullins
432
We're all on Team North East and therefore we would enjoy which US State, the most North Easterly of the contiguous states?
Maine
433
More Fauna because their name is so strong! What four letters precede Fauna to describe animals that live in the soil such as nematodes and mites?
Meso
434
In both computer programming and internet shorthand, for what do the letters WYSIWYG stand?
What You See is What You Get
435
Which popular board game, first released in 1981 was created by Canadians Chris Haney and Scott Abbott?
Trivial Pursuit
436
Who was a temporary stand-in as England men's national football team following Glenn Hoddle's sacking and prior to Kevin Keegan's appointment?
Howard Wilkinson
437
What is the name of the highest rank in standard biological taxonomy? All cellular life is divided into three groups of this rank.
Domain
438
Dubbed ‘the Mother of Family Therapy’ and known for her ‘Process of Change’ model, which American psychotherapist wrote the books Conjoint Family Therapy and Peoplemaking, and is also known for her poem ‘I am Me’?
Virginia Satir
439
The title of East 17’s debut UK top ten hit shares its name with which British band fronted by Guy Chadwick, whose biggest hit was ‘Shine On’ in 1990?
House of Love
440
Considered as a form of bevel, what architectural term is given to a cutaway between two faces of an object, often at a 45
degree angle? The feature can be seen on the base of the Taj Mahal and on the facade of Saks Fifth Avenue in New York.
Chamfer
441
Political commentator Ash Sarkar is a contributing editor to which left-wing media organisation? Known for
advocating “fully-automated luxury communism”, this website is named after the Italian town that was the setting of the
film The Working Class Goes to Heaven.
Novara Media
442
Beerenberg is a volcano on which island in the Arctic Ocean? Norway administers this island that lies between Iceland and Svalbard to the east of Greenland.
Jan Mayen
443
Later to appear in the classic film Casablanca, which actor starred as the murderous Cesare in the 1920 silent horror film The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari?
Conrad Veidt
444
The current world record transfer for a women’s football player was set in 2022, when which English midfielder transferred from Manchester City to Barcelona for £400,000?
Keira Walsh
445
Which city in West Bengal gives its name to a battle of 1757 in which Robert Clive led the East India Company to victory against the Nawab of Bengal, marking the beginning of Company rule in India?
Plassey
446
Unnatural Death is the 23rd novel featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta by which American crime writer?
Patricia Cornwell
447
Which 1995 top ten hit for East 17 shares its one-word title with the name of a British band fronted by Danny Bowes, whose hits in the early 1990s included ‘Love Walked In’ and ‘A Better Man’?
Thunder
448
Which Dubai-based beauty influencer achieved success when her line of false eyelashes were worn by Kim Kardashian in 2013,
and has previously been the highest-paid influencer on Instagram? You may answer with her first name, which precedes “Beauty” in
the name of her cosmetics company, or her surname.
HUDA KATTAN
449
Members of which biological domain have cells with membrane-bound nuclei? This domain includes animals, plants and fungi.
EUKARYOTEs
450
Virginia Satir’s work was a major influence in the creation of which pseudoscientific approach to communication, personal development and psychotherapy created by Richard Bandler and John Grinder?
NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING (or
NLP)
451
vThe song ‘No Matter What’ comes from which 1989 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Patricia Knop and Gale Edwards?
Whistle Down the Wind
452
Keira Walsh’s transfer broke the women’s world record of £250,000 set in 2020, when Chelsea bought which Danish midfielder from VfL Wolfsburg?
Pernille HARDER
453
Which city north of Delhi was the site of three major battles that took place in 1526, 1556 and 1721? The first of these led to the
establishment of the Mughal Empire and the fall of the Delhi Sultanate.
Panipat
454
What is the name of the German actor who played Count Orlok in the 1922 silent horror film Nosferatu?
Max Schreck
455
“Y” Is for Yesterday is the 25th and final novel by Sue Grafton featuring which private detective?
Kinsey Millhone
456
Annexed in 1928, which overseas dependency of Norway in the south Atlantic ocean, an uninhabited nature reserve, lies 1700
kilometres north of the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land? It is named after a French explorer.
Bouvet Island
457
How many points are scored for a try in a game of rugby league? This number is one fewer than a try is worth in rugby union.
Four
458
What term in architecture is given to objects or elements that consist of a double curve, sometimes described as serpentine or
sigmoid in shape? They are commonly seen in arches where two of these structures meet at an apex.
Ogee
459
Which artist from Siena is credited with developing the styles prevalent in the Trecento, or 14th century, and is known for his panel
painting the Rucellai Madonna?
Duccio
460
Which artist of the Trecento is known for his more naturalistic style evident in his panel painting Santa Trinita Maestà? He also
produced a Mosaic of St. John the Baptist for Pisa cathedral and, according to Vasari, was the teacher of Giotto.
CIMABUE
461
Having been introduced as far back as 1904, what is still the longest distance raced in the swimming pool at the Summer
Olympics? This distance was added to the women’s programme in 2020 with 800 metres being added to the men’s.
1500m
462
Netflix has finally opened the Mothergate. After years of secrecy, the streamer has unveiled its data. What 2023 thriller was the most-watched show on the platform, globally?
THE NIGHT AGENT
463
Who played title character in Netflix hit THE NIGHT AGENT?
Gabriel Basso
464
What Paramount+ show, set in the “Yellowstone” universe, has been nominated for Best Drama Television Series and Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series?
1923
465
What Paramount+ show was the first Yellowstone spin-off set in the 19th century?
1883
466
What is the surname of the Montana based family in Yellowstone tv show?
Dutton
467
What is the title of Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, referencing a 1937 novel of the same name by Genzaburō Yoshino?
THE BOY AND THE HERON
468
Which member of BTS released solo single "Seven" featuring Latto in 2023?
Jung Kook
469
Netflix TV show started in 2021 starring Antonia Gentry and Brianne Howey in title roles?
Ginny & Georgia
470
Obsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive. NETFLIX TV SHOW?
Alice in Borderland
471
Colombian thriller drama, Valeria, Simón's wife, is murdered by a crime syndicate in order to remove her intact and compatible heart and transplant it into another person. This person is Camila, the wife of a wealthy man, who remains unclear about the true origin of her new heart. Streaming on Netflix.
The Marked Heart
472
American action-adventure mystery teen drama premiered in 2020, series set in namesake North Carolina community and follows the conflict between two groups of teenagers in search of a lost treasure.
Outer Banks
473
American author of young adult fiction and children's fiction. She is best known for writing the To All the Boys series and The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy, which were adapted into a film series and TV series, respectively. Also XO, Kitty Netflix tv show.
Jenny Han
474
It is a spin-off of the To All the Boys film series (itself an adaptation of Han's book trilogy To All the Boys I've Loved Before), and marks the first Netflix television series to be spun-off from a Netflix original film. Stars Anna Cathcart as title character.
XO, Kitty
475
2023 American action thriller film directed by Sam Hargrave based on the graphic novel Ciudad. In the film, Tyler Rake is initially hired to rescue the family of an abusive crime lord from a prison in Georgia.
Extraction 2
476
The series centers on Kate Wyler, the new United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, as she helps defuse an international crisis, forges strategic alliances and adjusts to her new place in the spotlight. She also manages her deteriorating marriage to fellow career diplomat Hal Wyler. Keri Russell title character and Rufus Sewell as husband.
The Diplomat
477
South Korean TV show A former victim of school violence plans and seeks revenge on her bullies after taking up a job as a homeroom teacher at the elementary school of the bully leader's child (ye-sol).
The Glory
478
Netflix streaming Colombian drama streaming television series created by Pablo Illanes. follows Camilla after “meeting her Prince Charming through a dating app. After an idyllic romance, she plans to surprise him — only to end up trapped in a false paradise.”
Fake Profile
479
American action-comedy television series created by Nick Santora for Netflix. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in his first leading role in a scripted live-action television series and Monica Barbaro as his on-screen daughter.
FUBAR
480
Spanish comedy television series created by brother-and-sister team Alberto and Laura Caballero, for Netflix. The series follows four men in their forties who begin to notice their male privilege disappearing with social change and the empowerment of women, and they are forced to adapt, each in their own way.
Alpha Males
481
The eight-part series, unique for its shuffled order, centers on master thief Leo Pap (Giancarlo Esposito) and his crew attempting an epic heist worth $7 billion, but betrayal, greed and other threats undermine their plans.
Kaleidoscope
482
Which British fashion model, who has a Ghanaian father and an English aristocrat mother, founded the organisation
Gurls Talk, which provides mental health resources for young women?
Adwoah ABOAH
483
Which German army officer was executed by firing squad after a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler at Wolf’s Lair on 20th July 1944?
Claus von STAUFFENBERG
484
The American electronic producer and DJ Christopher Comstock is better known by what stage name? He has featured on songs such as ‘Wolves’ with Selena Gomez and ‘Happier’ with Bastille
Marshmello
485
Famous for the shops built along it and by far the city’s best-known bridge, which is the oldest bridge to cross the Arno in Florence?
Ponte Vecchio
486
Which American tennis player won the women’s singles title at the 1979 US Open at the age of just 16? She won the title again in 1981, but only sporadically played after the age of 22 due to injury. More recently she has worked as a pundit for the BBC’s Wimbledon coverage.
Tracy Austin
487
In 2005, Durham University named a college after which Victorian feminist and social reformer who campaigned for greater access of women to jobs and higher education? She worked with W. T. Stead against child trafficking, and she led the campaign for the repeal of the Contagious Disease Acts, which allowed for the forced examination of alleged prostitutes.
Josephine Butler
488
Mainly found in the Andean forests of South America, which tree is the natural source of quinine? They are sometimes
known as ‘fever trees’ due to quinine’s antimalarial properties.
Cinchona
489
Which American photographer worked with Man Ray for three years, travelling to Paris in 1929 to become his apprentice? In later years, she became better known as a war photographer and was famously pictured by a colleague in the
bathtub of Adolf Hitler’s Munich apartment.
Lee MILLER (accept Elizabeth
PENROSE)
490
In the 2023 John Lewis Christmas advert a young boy plants what he believes to be the perfect Christmas tree but it ends
up growing into a giant example of what plant?
Venus Fly Trap
491
Featured on the soundtrack of the 2009 film 500 Days of Summer, ‘Sweet Disposition’ was a 2008 song by which Australian indie rock band?
TEMPER TRAP
492
After over a decade of success with Chelsea, Emma Hayes recently accepted a job to coach which national football team?
In the role she will guide the careers of players such as Sophia Smith, Trinity Rodman and Lindsey Horan.
USA
493
Simple Comforts and Fantastic Feasts are cookery series hosted by which TV cook, one of the original judges on The Great
British Bake Off before her departure in 2016?
Mary Berry
494
What is the name of the steel arch bridge across the Niagara River gorge that connects the US and Canadian Niagara Falls?
Rainbow Bridge
495
Defeating Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295 in November 2023 for the interim title, which man became the first British mixed martial
artist to win the UFC Heavyweight Championship?
Tom Aspinall
496
Known for her 1892 semi-autobiographical work, The Yellow Wallpaper, which American feminist social reformer and lecturer set out the case for greater education and economic independence of women to benefit marriage and motherhood
in her 1898 work Women and Economics?
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
497
Completed in 1607 and with a misleading name, which is the oldest standing bridge across the River Seine in Paris?
Pont Neuf
498
Which American tennis player won the men’s singles at the 1989 French Open at the age of just 17? He never won another grand slam title, although did make the final of both the Australian Open and US Open in 1996.
Michael Chang
499
Which Somalian supermodel, the first black woman to appear in an Oil of Olay advertisement, founded the Desert Flower
Foundation in 2002 to support victims of female genital mutilation, and served as a UN Special Ambassador for the abolition of
FGM from 1997 to 2003?
Waris Dirie
500
Originally created to ensure readiness of the German Territorial Reserve in case of breakdown of civil order, which strategic
emergency operation plan was modified by Claus von Stauffenberg as part of his attempt to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the
Nazi regime?
Operation Valkyrie
501
Which Norwegian electronic music producer and DJ has featured on tracks such as 'I See Fire' by Ed Sheeran and the huge 2014 hit 'Firestone'?
Kygo
502
By defeating Luke Rockhold at UFC 194 in June 2016 for the UFC Middleweight Championship, which man became the first British mixed martial artist to hold any UFC title?
Michael Bisping
503
Also known as stigmata, what is the name of the openings found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and some fish that allow air to
enter the trachea?
Spiracles
504
Used online when letting someone know about an interesting story or event that they might not have seen, for what do the letters
ICYMI stand?
In Case You Missed It
505
Featured on the soundtrack of the 2009 film 500 Days of Summer, ‘There Goes The Fear’ was a 2002 song by which English
alternative rock band?
Doves
506
The nux vomica tree is the source of which poisonous alkaloid compound?
Strychnine
507
Which artist was photographed by both Lee Miller and Man Ray, often posing nude for the latter? Often regarded as a Surrealist,
perhaps her best-known work is the sculpture Object, made from a teacup and saucer covered in fur.
Meret Oppenheim
508
Aldi’s 2023 Christmas advert is a parody of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that features the character Kevin, who is what kind of
vegetable?
Carrot
509
As well as deciphering the Zimmerman Telegram during World War I, which British cryptographer developed a linguistic method
of codebreaking called ‘rodding’ that worked on Enigma machines used by Italy and Germany during World War II?
Dilly Knox
510
The 1999 single Kernkraft 400 was a worldwide hit for what German techno act? Misleadingly, this artist’s name is repeated
throughout the song, leading many to believe that his name was the song title and the act was Kernkraft 400.
Zombie Nation
511
Working as an assistant to Dilly Knox, which codebreaker was key to breaking a number of Abwehr Enigma machines? She went on
to write Knox’s biography as well as receiving an MBE for her work campaigning to save historic gardens.
Mavis Batey
512
Which Belgian beer brand, that accounts for 40% of sales in that country, is the sponsor of the Belgian Pro League, the
highest tier of men’s football in Belgium?
Jupiler
513
Nicknamed the ‘Queen of the Music Hall’, which English performer was particularly noted for her songs that were full of innuendo and censor-defying material? She retitled her song ‘She Sits Among the Cabbages and Peas’ after some protest, substituting the last word for ‘Leeks’.
Marie Lloyd (born Matilda Wood)
514
Which port city, the capital of Sindh province, is the most populous in Pakistan?
Karachi
515
Ellesmere Island is one of over 36,000 islands located in which Canadian territory, the country's largest by area at nearly 2
million square kilometres?
Nunavut
516
Knighted in 1935, which British archaeologist is best remembered for his excavations at the Mesopotamian city of Ur?
Leonard Woolley
517
Which Levantine dish, particularly associated with the city of Aleppo, is a spicy dip made from peppers, walnuts and pomegranate molasses? It takes its name from the Arabic word for ‘reddened’.
Muhammara
518
Which rugby union Premiership team play their home games at the Kingsholm Stadium?
Gloucester Rugby
519
What was the first novel by Margaret Atwood? It concerns a young woman who endows food with human qualities, which leaves her unable to eat.
The Edible Woman
520
Which musical won five Tony awards including Best Musical at the 2023 ceremony? It is based on a book by David LindsayAbaire and tells the story of a teenage girl who suffers from the condition progeria [pro-JEER-ee-a], which causes her to age rapidly.
Kimberly Akimbo
521
Which of the Merry Men who appears in various legends concerning Robin Hood is sometimes described as Robin’s nephew or another close relation? He has been played on screen by Jamie Dornan and Ray Winstone.
Will Scarlet
522
Which American composer’s works include It's Gonna Rain, Come Outand Music for 18 Musicians and is credited with helping develop minimalism as a movement?
Steve Reich
523
John Bardeen won his first Nobel Prize for developing the transistor alongside Walter Brattain and which other physicist? Controversial in later life due to his racist views, he is also known for founding a semiconductor company and formulating a namesake diode law.
William Shockley
524
What word follows “eye” to give the name of a makeup product, often in the form of a dark-coloured pencil, which is
used to accentuate the eyes?
Liner
525
Which Brazilian tennis player partnered Jamie Murray to win the Men's Doubles title at both the Australian Open and US Open in 2016? As well as these victories, he has also been a champion in both these events in the Mixed Doubles
Bruno Soares
526
On which English island group did Grace Darling rescue survivors of a shipwreck in 1838?
Farne Islands
527
Namechecked alongside Gucci in the lyrics to Sister Sledge’s ‘He’s the Greatest Dancer’, which Italian fashion designer is credited with introducing British and American designs to Milan fashion in the 1960s and 1970s? His New York studio was known as ‘the daytime Studio 54’.
Elio Fiorucci
528
Which American talk show host’s namesake show, that ran from from 1991 to 2022, is particularly known for holding
paternity tests on air, with men cleared of being the father often breaking into exuberant and acrobatic dances? First or last name
acceptable.
Maury Povich
529
Bernadine Evaristo shared the 2019 Booker Prize with Margaret Atwood for her novel Girl, Woman, Other. What is the title of Evaristo’s previous novel, released in 2013, that explores the experience of the older British-Caribbean community through the experience of its main character, a closeted gay man?
Mr Loverman
530
Which musical lost out to Kimberley Akimbo at the 2023 Tony Awards but saw its cast member Alex Newell become the first non-binary actor to win an acting award at the Tonys? Set to open in London next winter, this musical is set in the
fictional town of Cob County which relies heavily on the wall of corn which surrounds the town.
Shucked
531
Charlottetown is the capital of which Canadian province with an Atlantic coastline? It is the smallest in area and the most densely
populated province.
Prince Edward Island
532
Knighted in 1952, which British archaeologist is best remembered for his excavations at the Indus Valley city of Mohenjo Daro? Influenced by the archaeologist Augustus Pitt Rivers, he argued that excavation and the recording of stratigraphic context required an increasingly scientific and methodical approach, developing the "namesake method". Appeared on Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? tv show.
Mortimer Wheeler
533
Which spicy sauce from Yemen and popular among Mizrahi Jews, is made from hot peppers, garlic and coriander? Typically green,
it takes its name from the Arabic for ‘to crush’ or ‘pestle’.
Zhug
534
Once described by Winston Churchill as “Scotland's greatest ever ambassador”, what comedian and singer was famous for his
music hall performances, which he performed in full Highland regalia? Among his more famous songs is 1911’s ‘Roamin’ in the
Gloamin’’.
Harry Lauder
535
Which hit for the Bangles was released in 1986 and opens with the lines “Six o’clock already, I was just in the middle of a dream”?
Manic Monday
536
Having previously been the first black marine accepted to the US Naval Academy Prep school, which American TV host’s namesake daytime talk show ran from 1991 to 2008 and was known for segments with psychic Sylvia Browne? First name or surname acceptable.
Montel Williams
537
Which range of hills in Pembrokeshire is believed to be the source of the bluestones at Stonehenge?
PRESELI Mountains
538
What was the name of the ship that ran aground in the Farne Islands in 1838 whose survivors Grace Darling and her father helped
to save?
Forfarshire
539
Name-checked in the lyrics of Sister Sledge’s ‘He's The Greatest Dancer’, which late American fashion designer created ultrasuede
shirtdresses, brightly printed Kaftans and sequinned, clinging jumpsuits and evening gowns for his Studio 54 entourage? Ewan
McGregor played this designer in a 2021 Netflix biography.
Halston (Roy Halston
FROWICK)
540
Which American tennis player partnered Jamie Murray to win the US open Mixed Doubles title in both 2018 and 2019? As well as
these victories, she has won the doubles title in both women's and mixed events in every Grand Slam apart from Wimbledon.
Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS
541
Which of the Merry Men who appears in various legends concerning Robin Hood is often depicted as a wandering minstrel? Roger
Miller voiced a rooster version of this character in the Disney Robin Hood animation
Alan-A-Dale
542
Liechtenstein is located between which two countries?
Austria and Switzerland
543
Which Houston Texans rookie quarterback has been a breakout MVP candidate during the 2023 NFL season?
CJ Stroud
544
What word is commonly used to describe various types of strength-training exercises such as press-ups or pull-ups, where a person’s
body weight is used as resistance? It comes from the Greek words for ‘beauty’ and ‘strength’.
Calisthenics
545
C. J. Stroud was the second overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, behind which quarterback who was selected by the Carolina
Panthers? He won the Heisman Trophy while playing for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Bryce Young
546
The Woman in Me, published in October 2023, is a memoir detailing the tumultuous life and career of which pop star?
Britney Spears
547
What word is commonly used to describe various types of endurance-training exercises such as distance running or dancing, that
primarily aim to improve cardiovascular fitness? This word is often used for exercise classes performed to music.
Aerobics
548
‘Drive-in Saturday’ and ‘The Jean Genie’ are tracks from which 1973 David Bowie album?
Aladdin Sane
549
Who has Rose Byrne been in a relationship with since 2012?
Bobby Cannavale
550
2023 an inquiry into a mass outbreak of gastroenteritis among a reported 700 employees of which company after a Christmas party?
Airbus
551
Which Premier League's first female referee made history when she took charge of Fulham v Burnley just before Christmas? She was also the first woman to referee an English Football League match, when she carried the whistle in a League Two game between Harrogate Town and Port Vale in 2021.
Rebecca Welch
552
2023 The Colombian government has announced it will attempt to raise objects from the 1708 shipwreck of a famous galleon, believed to contain a cargo worth billions of dollars (seen here modelled by some other coins). What is it called?
San Jose
553
10.It is Linus Torvalds' birthday today. Happy birthday Linus, you computer genius, you. Ctrl-Alt-T and all that. But where is he from?
Finland
554
Type of leaf cells column-shaped, forming one part of the mesophyll layer along with the spongy mesophyll, comes from Latin for stake.
Palisade
555
The name of this country can be formed by adding the suffix “ia” to the five-letter first name of the author of a German-language stage work in which the title character, a soldier, murders Marie, the mother of his child, after discovering her relationship with a drum major.
Georgia and Albania - Georg Büchner, the author of the play Woyzeck, adapted by Alban Berg into the opera Wozzeck.
556
This literary classic, included in Robert McCrum’s list of the 100 Greatest Novels of All Time for the Observer, is known by a two-word title which includes the surname of its protagonist, though it was originally published under a longer title. The last five letters of the protagonist’s surname spell out the name of a bodily organ.
Madame Bovary and Gulliver’s Travels Originally published as Madame Bovary: Mœurs de province (Provincial Manners); Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships.
557
This word, which you may associate with a classic BBC comedy set during wartime, may be preceded by “Steer” to make the name of a charming but manipulative character created by a British author who first appears as a teenager and who, years later, meets his death in water.
Forth and Pike - James Steerforth in David Copperfield; Steerpike in Mervyn Peake’s Titus Groan and Gormenghast.
558
This man was part of a comedy double act who starred in an eponymous sketch show. In the 2010s, this man made his feature directorial debut with a critically acclaimed film combining elements of comedy and horror, whose star, a British actor of African heritage, went on to land a role in a big-budget franchise distributed by Disney.
Jordan Peele and Joe Cornish - Half of Key & Peele and director of Get Out, with Daniel Kaluuya (W’Kabi in Black Panther); half of Adam and Joe, and director of Attack the Block, with John Boyega (Finn in the Star Wars prequels).
559
This American band, which was ranked inside the Top 50 of VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, was formed in the late 1980s and is still active today. The band’s three-word name contains 13 letters in total, all of which appear in the word “Chileans”.
Alice in Chains and Nine Inch Nails
560
This London-born politician, who has a degree in history, supported the UK remaining in the EU in the run-up to the 2016 referendum. She shares her surname with a man who became prime minister of Australia in 2013.
Amber Rudd and Diane Abbott - Kevin Rudd served two non-consecutive terms as Australian prime minister, with his second term beginning and ending in 2013; he was succeeded by Tony Abbott.
561
the process of turning and shaking a champagne bottle so the sediment can be removed
remuage
562
A shrub which “bears the crown”
Holly
563
a knight who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake
Bedivere
564
Which word for a people or their language derives from a Tewa word that means “large field”? The people call themselves “Diné” – “the people”.
Navajo
565
Which name of a grandson of Noah is spelt identically to a word that may be followed by “rhinoceros” to make a species whose only viable population resides at Ujung Kulon national park?
Javan
566
What name is shared by a film in which Roy “Chubby” Brown is abducted by aliens, a Gerry and Sylvia Anderson TV series following the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization, and (pronounced differently) a club at which Pink Floyd and the Soft Machine regularly played?
UFO
567
Which team sport was invented in Uruguay by the teacher Juan Carlos Ceriani and was originally intended to be played on a basketball court?
Futsal
568
Which word fills the blank space in this quotation from Christopher Hitchens? “I once heard Susan Sontag, in conversation with Umberto Eco, define the _____ as one ‘who is interested in everything, and in nothing else.’”
Polymath
569
Which past participle is found in the names of a period of US history, whose name derives from a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, also used as the title of a TV series created by Julian Fellowes, and one of the “Big Four” venue operators at the Edinburgh fringe (along with Pleasance, Assembly and Underbelly)?
Gilded (The Gilded Age, The Gilded Balloon)
570
American retired short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist (two gold, two silver, four bronze) in the Winter Olympics - 2002 Salt Lake City 1500m, 2006 Turin 500m.
Apolo Ohno
571
A five-letter word meaning “villain” or “tough guy hired for protection”; the four-letter surname of a Carrington Institute agent who is the protagonist of a video game series; a phrase meaning “offended” which consists of two three-letter words: all of these are also opposites of which word?
Light (heavy; Dark – Joanna Dark in the Perfect Dark series; put out)
572
Which two words precede “the Lost” in the title of a novel by Morrissey that won the Bad Sex in Fiction award owing to a notorious passage including the phrase “bulbous salutation”, as well as filling the blank space in this quotation from Rudyard Kipling: “I’ve just read that I am dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your _____ subscribers”?
List of
573
Simon and Garfunkel’s three Billboard No 1 hit singles in the US.
Bridge Over Troubled Water The others are The Sound of Silence and Mrs Robinson
574
The author of the 1922 novel Jacob’s Room penned three works subtitled A Biography. The subjects of two of these are Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s dog and Roger Fry, while the other is a novel whose title character lives for centuries. Name both the author and any novel she wrote that has not been mentioned or alluded to in this question.
Virginia Woolf; Mrs Dalloway The others are The Voyage Out, Night and Day, To the Lighthouse, The Waves, The Years and Between the Acts
575
Name a British women’s singles champion at Wimbledon or the US Open, since the Open Era started in 1968.
Ann Jones, otherwise known as Ann Haydon-Jones. The others are Virginia Wade and Emma Raducanu
576
Who composed Endgame, based on Samuel Beckett's play, which had its UK premiere at the Proms? Two singers in trash cans features.
Gyorgy Kurtag
577
Announced in 2023, who is to replace Daniel Barenboim as general music director of Berlin State Opera?
Christian Thielemann
578
Announced in 2023, which Singaporean composer is to replace Sir Mark Elder as the Hallé's new principal conductor?
Kahchun Wong
579
Announced in October 2022, which Czech composer is to replace Sir Antonio Pappano as music director at the Royal Opera House?
Jakub Hrůša
580
"My appearance was obviously totally irrelevant. I’m supposed to be 4.9bn years old, so I would hardly look like some beautiful young thing," said actor Rose Knox-Peebles, responding to a reviewer who claimed she looked "a fright" in which production?
She played Erda (Earth) in Barrie Kosky's staging of Das Rheingold for the Royal Opera House
581
Following an alleged assault on a singer, conductor John Eliot Gardiner took some time out this year to focus on “his mental health while engaging in a course of counselling”. What was the work he had been conducting?
Berlioz's Les Troyens
582
a Finnish conductor. He is chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Sakari Oramo
583
an English composer of contemporary classical music. He is also a conductor, pianist and teacher. He is well known for operas Into the Little Hill (2006), Written on Skin (2009–2012) and Lessons in Love and Violence (2015–2017)—all with librettos by Martin Crimp.
George Benjamin
584
Moldovan-Austrian-Swiss violinist born 1977
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
585
Russian pianist and composer born NN 1991. Described by The Globe and Mail as "arguably today's leading classical virtuoso" - won Grammy
Daniil Trifonov
586
Quartet: How Four Women Changed the Musical World by Leah Broad was published in March. It's a history of Ethel Smyth, Doreen Carwithen and Rebecca Clarke - who is the book's fourth subject? won the Cobbett Prize in 1921 for her Phantasy for violin and piano. She received the nickname of the "English Strauss" in her lifetime.
Dorothy Howell
587
Born Sidcup 1858, English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Appeared under name Edith Staines in EF Benson's Dodo books years before more famous Mapp and Lucia books.
Ethel Smyth
588
Her "Morpheus" is a voila and piano piece, her 1933 "Tiger, Tiger", a setting of Blake's poem "The Tyger", is dark and brooding. Passacaglia on an Old English Tune, Shiv and the Grasshopper for voice and piano (1904). Born Harrow, 1886.
Rebecca Clarke
589
In 1961 she became William Alwyn's devoted secretary and amanuensis, born 1922, wrote scores for over 30 films, including Harvest from the Wilderness (1948), Boys in Brown (1950), Mantrap (released in the U.S. as Man in Hiding) (1952), The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) and Three Cases of Murder (1955).
Doreen Carwithen
590
Born 1907, Irish-English composer considered one of best ever female GB and Ireland produced, 13 string quartets, many symphonic works.
Elizabeth Maconchy
591
In March, the English National Opera staged Korngold's The Dead City (Die Tote Stadt). Based on Georges Rodenbach’s 1892 novel Bruges-la-Morte, what famous film did the source text also inspire?
Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo
592
Who played Kendall Roy?
Jeremy Strong
593
Who played Siobhan Shiv Roy?
Sarah Snook
594
American entrepreneur and presidential candidate. He founded Roivant Sciences, a pharmaceutical company, in 2014. In February 2023, he declared his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election.
Vivek Ramaswamy
595
American venture capitalist, author, and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he came to prominence with his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy.
J D Vance
596
American corporate lawyer, legal scholar, and writer. She is the John M. Duff Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School, known as the Tiger Mom, also known for her parenting memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.
Amy Chua
597
Using the pseudonym Dread Pirate Roberts, American serving life imprisonment for creating and operating the darknet market website Silk Road from 2011 until his arrest in 2013.
Ross Ulbricht
598
Who won the NHL's Stanley Cup in 2023 only six years after being founded?
Vegas Golden Knights
599
24.The Women's World Cup kicked off in Australia and New Zealand in July. Who went on to win the golden boot?
Hinata Miyazawa
600
WOMENS WORLD CUP: There were plenty of surprises at this summer's tournament, but who were the only team to beat the eventual winners, Spain?
Japan
601
2023: England and Australia played out a thrilling, intense Ashes series which ended in a 2-2 draw. But who was the series' top run-scorer?
Usman Khawaja
Khawaja's 496 beat Crawley by just 16 runs; Root racked up 412 runs, while Smith made a total of 373.
602
2023 Which men's amateur golfer tied for the lead after the first round of The Open at Royal Liverpool?
Christo Lamprecht
603
2023 Which dominant cycling team won all three men's grand tours with three different riders this year?
Jumbo-Visma: Primoz Roglic won the Giro d'Italia, Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France and Sepp Kuss won the Vuelta a España, leading home a team 1-2-3 ahead of Vingegaard and Roglic.
604
A talented climber, which American cyclist won the 2023 Vuelta a España, the first American to do so since Chris Horner in 2013?
Sepp Kuss
605
Which Slovenian cyclist won three Vuelta a Espana in a row 2019/20/21 then 2023 Giro D'Italia?
Primoz Roglic
606
Which Bosnian city's famous 16th-century bridge hosted Red Bull's cliff diving world series in September?
Mostar
607
Which NFL franchise was sold for $6.05bn in July 2023, becoming the most valuable team in US sports as a result?
Washington Commanders
608
What was the shortest race at the world athletics championships in Budapest 2023 that did not feature a Team GB medallist?
200m: Zharnel Hughes won bronze in the men's 100m, Matt Hudson-Smith won silver in the 400m, while Keely Hodgkinson took silver and Ben Pattison bronze in their respective 800m finals. Hughes was fourth in the 200m final.
609
Who were the unexpected winners of the men's world basketball championships in September 2023?
Germany
In a tournament filled with surprises, Latvia beat defending champions Spain while Germany beat the US and Serbia in their last two matches to win a first-ever title.
610
Which German professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) was the MVP at the 2023 World Basketball Championship which Germany won?
Dennis Schroder
611
The 2023 World Cup rugby union tournament in France was one of the year's biggest sporting events. Which four teams ended the pool stages unbeaten?
France, Ireland, England and Wales
France beat New Zealand and Ireland beat South Africa to raise hopes of a northern hemisphere takeover; in the end, only England made it to the semi-finals.
612
Which American golfer didn't wear a cap during Ryder Cup 2023 leading to caddie Joe LaCava riling up Rory McIlroy by waving his cap when about to win?
Patrick Cantlay
613
Who were the top run-scorer and top wicket-taker at the men's Cricket World Cup 2023?
Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami
Kohli hit 765 runs, with Rohit second on 597, and Shami took 24 wickets as India dominated the tournament – and then lost the final to Australia.
614
Who won the Super League grand final in October 2023 to end St Helens' run of four straight titles?
Wigan Warriors
Wigan beat Catalans 10-2 at Old Trafford, after the French side had stunned Saints in the semi-finals.
615
On the LPGA Tour, which golfer won two of the year's five majors to end the year as world No 1?
Lilia Vu
Once the world's leading amateur player, Vu had considered quitting professional golf during the Covid pandemic – but won the Women's Open at St Andrews and the Chevron Championship in a breakthrough year.
616
French golf player who plays on the LPGA Tour who won the 2023 Evian Championship?
Celine Boutier
617
American professional golfer born in Honolulu Hawaii and member of the LPGA Tour. She won the 2023 U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach.
Allisen Corpuz
618
Chinese professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. At age 20, she won the 2023 Women's PGA Championship becoming the second women's major championship winner from China.
YIN Ruoning
619
The Euro 2024 draw was set in Hamburg in December. Twenty-one teams have already qualified; at this point which is the only country to be making their finals debut?
Serbia
620
2023: Where did Rishi Sunak, below, go on his “first proper family holiday” for years this summer?
California, USA
621
Name two of the seven countries not invited to King Charles’s coronation in May.
Russia, Belarus, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Afghanistan and Venezuela
622
In April, which UK city became the first to impose a tourist tax?
Manchester
623
Which seven-mile-long Welsh beach became the location for a new Museum of Speed which celebrates the many land-speed records made here, including one by actor Idris Elba, above, in a Bentley Continental GT?
Pendine Sands
624
Which city stood in for New York in the filming of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Glasgow
625
Name the romcom set on the streets of Peckham and Brixton, south London.
Rye Lane
626
Sam Mendes’s love letter to the movies, Empire of Light, starring Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward, was set in which English seaside resort?
Margate
627
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon was set and filmed in which US state?
Oklahoma
628
Which territory's flag (pictured above) includes, maybe appropriately, an image of a shipwreck?
Bermuda
629
Which Asian megacity and capital was founded in the mid-19th century by a group of Chinese tin miners?
Kuala Lumpur
630
Rural Bundanoon, New South Wales, was the first town to pass a planet-friendly law that has been copied by many cities worldwide. What was it?
It banned single-use plastic water bottles
631
What is carried in a crowdfunded pipeline running under the Belgian city of Bruges?
Beer
632
Brazil has had three capital cities since its first government was formed in 1549 (the first of the three is pictured above) – can you name them?
Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília
633
Utah, Wyoming and Colorado are neighbours, but they are also the only three US states that have what?
All their borders are straight lines
634
What is special about the islands of Big and Little Diomede? Clue: only one of them is in the US.
They are less than three miles apart but Big Diomede is in Russia and on the other side of the international date line
635
What happens if you drive south from Detroit city centre across the Detroit river?
You enter Canada
636
A second world war bomb exploded in which English seaside town in February 2023?
Great Yarmouth
637
The world’s longest railway tunnel was damaged by a derailment in August. What is its name?
Gotthard, Switzerland
638
Before the coronation, King Charles made his first state visit abroad as monarch – to which country?
Germany (Berlin)
639
In which city did Bob Marley die in in 1981?
Miami
640
Icelandic christmas folklore, the sons of Grýla and Leppalúði. They are a group of 13 mischievous pranksters who steal from or otherwise harass the population.
Yule Lads
641
Literally translated as Old Man Frost, a legendary figure similar to Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, and Santa Claus who has his roots in Slavic mythology.
Ded Moroz
642
American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of vocalists Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Matt Sallee, and Kevin Olusola won third season of NBC's The Sing-Off. 2023 received a star on Hollywood Hall of Fame.
Pentatonix
643
The Pooping Christmas Log is from which European area?
Catalan
644
Zwanzig is German for which number?
20
645
What is the most commonly sold spice in the world?
Black Pepper
646
What two words can go before the words “beat”, “grade”, “load”, “right”, “side”, “stream” and “town” to create new ones?
Up and down (upbeat, downbeat, upgrade, downgrade, upload, download, upright, downright, upside, downside, upstream, downstream, uptown, downtown).
647
At the end of Happy Valley, Sgt Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) hopped in her Land Rover and drove off on a retirement road trip to which mountain range?
The Himalayas
648
Gregg Wallace: __________ aired on Channel 4 in July. Spoof about human meat, what was the subtitle?
The British Miracle Meat
649
Which long-running BBC programme aired a near-silent episode in March?
Match of the Day
650
When Diana’s ghost appears to Charles in The Crown, how does she describe him in the Paris hospital?
“So raw, broken and handsome.”
651
In February 2023, an ad from Leicester-based insurance company DeadHappy was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority as it used the likeness of which British serial killer?
Harold Shipman
652
Ryan Kiera Armstrong was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress, but it was rescinded due to controversy over her young age. For which Stephen King novel adaptation 2022 film?
Firestarter
653
2023 What hobby did David M Solomon (below), CEO of Goldman Sachs, have to give up amid reported concerns from the bank’s board that it was causing a distraction?
Solomon was a successful electronica DJ who went by the moniker DJ D-Sol and had played at Lollapalooza
654
In November, the Beatles (below) released their AI-assisted new single Now and Then. Which artist provided the track's artwork?
Ed Ruscha
The Oklahoman pop art great is also the subject of a current exhibition at New York’s Moma entitled, fittingly, Now Then
655
Fictional football stadium of Ted Lasso's AFC Richmond.
Nelson Road Stadium
656
Jude Bellingham wore which shirt number for Birmingham and Dortmund to reflect his ability to play as three other position's numbers added up?
22
657
Jude Bellingham wears which shirt number for Real Madrid, same as Zinedine Zidane wore?
5
658
Which diocese used to stretch from the Humber to the Thames?
Lincoln
659
Who is the only Australian to win the Nobel prize in Literature?
Patrick White (1973)
660
What links: Chelsea army; Manchester football; Milton Keynes computing; York railway?
National museums: location and subject
661
What links: Robert McNamara; Elsa Dorfman; Steve Bannon; John le Carré
Subjects of documentary films by Errol Morris: The Fog of War; The B-Side; American Dharma; The Pigeon Tunnel.
662
2023 British documentary film directed by Errol Morris. It follows the life and career of John le Carré.
The Pigeon Tunnel
663
American Dharma is a 2018 British-American documentary film directed by Errol Morris. The film follows the career of which political strategist?
Steve Bannon
664
The B-Side: __________'s Portrait Photography is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Errol Morris. The film explores the life and career of which American portrait photographer known for her use of a large-format instant Polaroid camera?
Elsa Dorfman
665
NFL Stadium home to Kansas City Chiefs
Arrowhead Stadium
666
What links: Decapitated, 1964 and 1998; arm sawn off, 1984; blown up, 2003?
Vandalisms of The Little Mermaid statue
667
Talking of birthdays, if you had been celebrating your birthday at the weekend, on 17 December, which of these star signs would you be? Assuming you accept that such things exist, obviously.
Sagittarrius
668
One of Armagh's more obscure claims to fame is that the 1595 Prophecy of the Popes document which purports to predict future popes leading up to the end of the world unexpectedly presents itself as the work of which archbishop of Armagh?
Saint Malachy
669
The nativity of Jesus only appears in two of the four Gospels. Which pair?
Luke and Matthew
Luke and Matthew both have – somewhat conflicting – accounts of the birth of Jesus. Mark starts with Jesus being baptised by John the Baptist, and John's Gospel starts with existential philosophy.
670
Doctor Who Christmas Special "The Church on Ruby Road" introduces Millie Gibson as which Doctor Who assistant?
Ruby Sunday
671
Sparks released a Christmas single in 2015. What was it called?
Christmas Without A Prayer
672
What was the name of Kate Bush's sort of Christmas album from 2011?
50 Words for Snow
673
Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade was recorded in unseasonal heat in July 1973 in which US city?
New York
674
What links Christmas No 1 singles by the Beatles (1965), Wings (1977), Queen (1991) and Westlife (1999)?
They were all double A-sides
675
Who was the X Factor winner prevented from having a Christmas No 1 by the 2009 campaign to get Rage Against the Machine to the top?
Joe McElderry
676
Next, 10 questions on Band Aid's patronising anthem Do They Know It's Christmas? The song has been released four times, but was only Christmas No 1 on three occasions. Which X Factor winner kept it from the top spot in December 2014?
Ben Haenow
677
Paul Young sang the opening line of the 1984 version of Band Aid, but he wasn’t the first choice. Who was (although unable to make the recording session)?
David Bowie
678
Which pop star, after a heavy night out in New York, reportedly had to scramble to get to London on Concorde so they could make the recording session for the original Band Aid single?
Boy George
679
Who is the only pop star to sing their name in the original 1984 single?
Sting
("The bitter sting of tears")
680
Midge Ure and Trevor Horn produced the first Band Aid single in 1984. Nigel Godrich produced Band Aid 20 in 2004, while Paul Epworth produced the 2014 version. But who produced Band Aid II in 1989?
Stock Aitken and Waterman
681
Who is being chauffeured by a bemused Jeremy Clarkson in the video for their Christmas No 1?
Mr Blobby
682
Not all of sausage roll enthusiast LadBaby’s five No 1s have “sausage rolls” in their title. How many do?
Two
( I Love Sausage Rolls in 2019 and Sausage Rolls for Everyone in 2021)
683
Ezra Collective won 2023 Mercury Prize for which album?
Where I’m Meant To Be
684
American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 10, 2010, and has served since August 7, 2010. She is the fourth woman to become a member of the Court.
Elena Kagan
685
In 1923, TIME first issue featured which long-serving congressman?
Joseph G. Cannon, the retired Speaker of the House of Representatives
686
The first game at Wembley was in 1923, White Horse Final, who scored first goal after two minutes?
David Jack
687
Which King of England tried to command the tide but couldn't stop it rising allegedly?
Canute the Great
688
December 2023: The World Darts Championship begins this weekend. Which player has already won three majors this year (the Players Championship, World Grand Prix and Grand Slam)?
Luke Humphries
689
American dance-rock band consisting of lead singer Joe Jonas, drummer Jack Lawless, and guitarist JinJoo Lee. Release their debut single, "Cake by the Ocean", which was released on September 18, 2015. In February 2022, DNCE returned after their hiatus with a collaboration with Kygo titled "Dancing Feet".
DNCE
690
The NFL will play five games on the road next year in 2024, visiting three countries: England, Germany and …
Brazil (first trip to South America)
691
La Rochelle have won rugby’s European Champions Cup for the last two years running, but they were beaten in their first match of the competition this season – by which club? 2023
Leinster
The victory in France gave Leinster some revenge – as they were the team that La Rochelle beat in the final to win those two trophies.
692
Won by Bradford that year, what did local jeweller Fattorini make in 1911?
FA Cup (also made the Rugby League Challenge Cup)
693
What was once defined as the length of three grains of barley?
Inch (also 12 poppyseeds)
694
Who was the subject of the 1978 documentary To Mrs Brown, a Daughter?
Louise Brown
695
How did Jacob Chansley achieve notoriety on 6 January 2021?
QAnon Shaman at the Capitol riot
696
The Bitter Lakes are part of which waterway?
Suez Canal
697
Julia Margaret Cameron was a pioneer of which art form?
Photography
698
Originally referring to a silver coin minted by the Duke of Apulia in 1190, trade coin in Europe originated in Venice in 1284 and gained wide international acceptance. Five letter name.
Ducat
699
Which author has written the following genre-defying titles: But Beautiful (on jazz); The Missing of the Somme (on the memorialization of the First World War); Out of Sheer Rage (about D. H. Lawrence); Yoga For People Who Can't Be Bothered To Do It; The Ongoing Moment (on photography); Zona (about Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker); and Broadsword Calling Danny Boy (about Brian G. Hutton's 1968 film Where Eagles Dare).
Geoff Dyer
700
What links: DH Lawrence; USS George HW Bush; Stalker; Where Eagles Dare?
Subjects of books by Geoff Dyer: Out of Sheer Rage; Another Great Day at Sea; Zona; “Broadsword Calling Danny Boy”.
701
What links: Shadow; persona; anima/animus; self?
Jungian archetypes
702
Famous cat mouser at Glenturret Distillery - Scottish long haired tortoise shell cat (21 April 1963-20 March 1987) who lived for almost 24 years - in Guinness Book of Records for most mouses killed.
Towser the Cat
703
The UK government is to enact an "invasive species" ban on a plant known as gunnera, meaning it cannot be sold or cultivated. What is it better known as?
Giant Rhubarb
704
Nick Cave sang which Pogues song at the funeral of Shane MacGowan?
A Rainy Night in Soho
705
On a map, an ideo locator often appears with which three words?
You Are Here
706
Which university pioneered creative writing teaching in the UK?
University of East Anglia
707
La Malinche was an indigenous interpreter for which adventurer?
Hernan Cortes
708
When are “hunger stones” revealed?
During droughts in rivers/lakes
709
What is the world’s largest cricket stadium?
Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad, India)
710
Where would a SLAPP be administered?
In court (strategic lawsuits against public participation)
711
What links: City of apes; bird-people; man-eating giant; roc; Old Man of the Sea?
Encountered by Sinbad the Sailor during his Seven Voyages
712
What links: Munshi; Crawfie; Backstairs Billy; Small Paul?
Nicknames of royal servants: Abdul Karim; Marion Crawford; William Tallon; Paul Burrell.
713
Abdul Karim was an Indian attendant of Queen Victoria. He served her during the final fourteen years of her reign, gaining her maternal affection over that time. He had which nickname?
The Munshi
714
a Scottish educator and governess to Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II), the named author of the book The Little Princesses, which told the story of her time with the royal family. Ostracised after and had to leave Nottingham House.
Marion Crawford
715
Name of play running 2023-24 starring Luke Evans as namesake royal helper and Penelope Wilton as the Queen Mother. Written by Marcelo Dos Santos and directed by Michael Grandage.
Backstairs Billy
716
What links: Stellar-mass; intermediate-mass; supermassive?
Types of Black Hole
717
It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Shreveport
718
The novel is set in Yorkshire in 1811–12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry. Charlotte Bronte's second novel Shirley, what is surname of this title character?
Keeldar
719
Full name of title character of Stephen King book Carrie?
Carietta White
720
What links: Arboreal rodents (4-6); dam-building rodents (6-8); young bears or lions (8-10.5)?
Scouting divisions (age bracket): Squirrels; Beavers; Cubs.
721
Puerto Rican professional boxer, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. As a boxer, she is the unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBO title since 2019, IBF titles since 2022 and the WBA title since 2023.
Amanda Serrano
722
2023: Kevin Davies did it in 2008. Wayne Rooney did it in 2012. And Gareth Bale and Jacob Ramsey did it in 2022. Who did it this week?
Son Heung-min
They have all scored a goal, set up a goal and scored an own goal in a Premier League match. Son did it for Spurs in their 3-3 draw with Manchester City.
723
Which year did Friends premiere in USA?
1994
724
ANDY ROURKE: He was one of the rhythmic mainstays of 1980s indie darlings the Smiths. What was the name of their final studio album in 1987?
Strangeways, Here We Come
725
MARY QUANT: The designer who in many ways defined the look of 1960s London opened her first shop on Kings Road in 1955. What was it called?
Bazaar
Quant initially bought fabric from Harrods at retail prices, and had to sell each batch of clothes before she could buy more. When she ran out of stock, she simply shut up shop and started sewing.
726
BETTY BOOTHROYD: When did Betty Boothroyd become the first woman to be speaker of the House of Commons in Westminster?
1992
727
SHANE MACGOWAN: One of Ireland's greatest songwriters, Shane MacGowan also passed away last week. Where was MacGowan born county wise?
Pembury, Kent
728
SINÉAD O’CONNOR: We lost the wonderful Sinéad O'Connor this year. On which of her albums did Nothing Compares 2 U appear?
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
729
Terry Venables, who has died at the age of 80, is best known for his time as England manager. Which other country did he manage?
Australia
Venables nearly took them to the World Cup in 1998.
730
Luke Donald led Europe to victory in the Ryder Cup this year and will be captain again in 2025. Where will the tournament be played? 2023
New York
The course, Bethpage Black on Long Island, is known for the warning sign at the first tee, which reads: “WARNING The Black Course Is An Extremely Difficult Course Which We Recommend Only For Highly Skilled Golfers.”
731
Luke Donald has the chance to become just the second person to captain Europe to victory in two Ryder Cups. Who was the first?
Tony Jacklin
732
Owen Farrell is taking a break from playing for England. He is the team’s all-time top points scorer. Who is second on that list?
Jonny Wilkinson
733
2023 Italy have won the Davis Cup for the first time in 47 years. Who were the beaten finalists (as they were last year too)?
Australia
734
Katie Taylor beat Chantelle Cameron on Saturday night and is now the undisputed champion at two weights. Which two?
2023
Lightweight and super lightweight
Cameron won their first fight and Taylor won their second, setting up a trilogy fight.
735
THree letter acronym for Geert Wilders party in Netherlands
PVV (Party for Freedom)
736
the royal estates were collecting money from people who died without a will and were using it to upgrade a king’s property empire. What is the latin name of the archaic custom that was being used to do exactly this by the Duchy of Lancaster?
Bona Vacantia
737
Geordie, the guitarist of the British post-punk band Killing Joke, who died aged 64 this week 2023. What was the name of Killing Joke's biggest hit in the UK?
Love Like Blood
The second single from their fifth studio album, Night Time, it reached No 16 in the charts in 1985.
738
Which cyclist won the women's road race world title in Scotland this August to claim the rainbow jersey for 2023?
Lotte Kopecky
The Belgian was second in 2022 but finally win the world title in 2023
739
She won the 2021 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, her first win in a monument classic.[5] In 2023, she won all three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne Féminine and Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes – and in July won the Dutch cyclists road race, beginning the next week a path to her victory in the Tour de France Femmes .
Demi Vollering
740
She was the 2015 World road race champion. In 2021, this English cyclist won the first ever Paris–Roubaix Femmes to add to victories in the women's versions of Tour of Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, becoming the first woman to win a 'triple crown' of all women's Monument classics. Silver in 2012 Olympics.
Lizzie Deignan
741
Which nation won the men's handball World Cup in January 2023?
Denmark
They beat France 34-29 to win their third world title in a row
742
Who are the men's wheelchair rugby league world champions? 2023
England
They won the World Cup on home soil, in Manchester in 2021, beating France 28-24 in a nail-biting final.
743
Who won the women's park skateboarding world title in October of this year 2023?
Kokona Hiraki
She upgraded to gold in 2023 from silver – behind Sky Brown – in the 2022 world championships (which were actually held in the UAE in February 2023).
744
Who is the men's long jump world champion, having leapt 8.52m in the final in Hungary this year 2023? Also won 2020 Olympic gold tokyo.
Miltiadis Tentoglou
The Greek athlete added the world title to the Olympic title he won in 2021
745
Who won the most recent World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, after the tournament held from December 2022 to May 2023?
New Zealand
The Black Ferns came out on top having won six of the seven events, ahead of Australia and the USA
746
Who won this year's World Rally Championship 2023?
Kalle Rovanpera
747
a Welsh rally driver. He is currently teamed with Scott Martin and is competing for Toyota Gazoo Racing in the World Rally Championship.
Elfyn Evans
748
Who won the 2023 men's ice hockey world championship, held in Tampere and Riga?
Canada
749
Who is the reigning women's figure skating champion, having won in Saitama this year 2023?
Kaori Sakamoto
The Japanese skater, third at the Beijing Olympics, defended the gold medal she won in 2022. Lee and Hendrickx won silver and bronze
750
Finnish politician currently serving as the prime minister of Finland since 2023 and as the leader of the National Coalition Party since 2016, succeeded Sanna Marin.
Petteri Orpo
751
a Bulgarian politician and former major general who has been the president of Bulgaria since 22 January 2017
Rumen Radev
752
an Estonian politician who has been prime minister of Estonia since 2021, and is the first woman to serve in the role
Kaja Kallas
753
a Moldovan politician who has been the President of Moldova since 24 December 2020. She is the founder and former leader of the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) and former Prime Minister of Moldova from 8 June 2019 until 14 November 2019, when the government collapsed after a vote of no-confidence.
Maia Sandu
754
Another eccentric hero with a dog sidekick is Wallace, and Aardman Animations has reassured fans that there is no need to worry about a shortage of clay. What was the name of the first Wallace and Gromit animation in 1989?
A Grand Day Out
755
But you won't be able to listen to it on Spotify in which South American country after the company said it would phase out its service there following a new copyright bill requiring "fair and equitable remuneration"?
Uruguay
756
What name is given to a sequence of three DNA or RNA nucleotides that corresponds with a specific amino acid?
Codon
757
Erected in 1954 to commemorate the Soviet invasion, the Monument to the Soviet Army in which European city is currently being dismantled?
Sofia
758
Chiapas, Michoacan, Queretaro, and San Luis Potosi are some of the states in which country?
Mexico
759
What is the name of the restaurant chain opened by McDonald's in December 2023 that is focused on coffee and other drinks?
CosMc's
760
What title is given by some Christian denominations to people who professed their faith and had to suffer persecution and torture but not directly undergo martyrdom?
Confessor of the Faith
761
Rapper Kiari Kendrell Cephus rose to fame as part of the hip-hop group Migos. He was also married to Cardi B from 2017 to 2023. By what stage name is Cephus better known?
Offset
762
After his contract with the Los Angeles Angels expired at the end of the 2023 season, Shohei Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700 million deal with which other MLB team in December 2023?
LA Dodgers
763
Which Croatian-American winemaker was behind the creation of the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that won the Judgment of Paris wine competition?
Mike Grgich
764
What eight-letter word refers to a naturally occurring material that is broken down by weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles?
Sediment
765
TLS is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide communications security over a computer network. What does TLS stand for?
Transport Layer Security
766
Largely tracing to the theories of Emile Zola, what do you call the literary movement that emphasises observation and the scientific method in the fictional portrayal of reality?
Naturalism
767
Gematria is the practice of assigning a value to a name, word, or phrase by reading it as what?
Numbers
768
Appearing on public documents and currency, what four letters represent the government of the ancient Roman Republic?
SPQR
769
Which Renaissance painter's works include The Siege of Asola, Miracle of the Slave, and St Mark's Body Brought to Venice?
Tintoretto
770
What "G" can be a U-shaped splint used to immobilize a fracture, a margin on a page of printed text, or a hazard in ten pin bowling?
Gutter
771
Which river completes the title of J.M.W. Turner's 1835 painting, The ___ above Waterloo Bridge?
Thames
772
In the title of a photograph by Henry Ellis, Emmanuel Louis Cartigny (1791-1892) is described as the last survivor of which naval battle?
Battle of Trafalgar
773
Which Baltic country is home to the Michelin-starred restaurant NOA Chef's Hall?
Estonia
774
Waitematā station, commonly known as Britomart, is the main transport hub of which New Zealand city?
Auckland
775
Which Dutch artist portrayed his wife in the 1641 painting Saskia with a Red Flower?
Rembrandt
776
Which 1961 biblical film starred Anthony Quinn as a prisoner on the brink of execution set free from Roman custody?
Barabbas
777
What article of clothing completes the title of the Dr. Seuss book Fox in ___?
Socks
778
Which royal castle is the final resting place of Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour?
Henry VIII
779
The Xingu river flows through which South American country?
Brazil
780
Which aromatic flowering plant links a heritage railway line near Uckfield in East Sussex with the notepaper used by Lady Marcia Falkender?
Lavender
781
11 mi (17.7 km) heritage line almost entirely in West Sussex in England, except for Sheffield Park which is in East Sussex.
Bluebell Railway
782
Which wind god accompanies the windmaid Aura in Boticelli's painting The Birth of Venus?
Zephyrus
783
Which musical note is chimed by Big Ben's main bell?
E
784
What colour links the sporting awards given to students at Trinity College Dublin and the home shirts worn by Palermo F.C. footballers?
Pink
785
Which Swiss luxury watch brand has been selling the Navitimer range since 1952?
Breitling
786
The Duke of Argyll, whose seat is at Inveraray Castle, is the chief of which Scottish clan?
Clan Campbell
787
According to its bottle labels, how many botanicals are used to flavour Jägermeister liqueur?
56
788
Which marsupial exists in Seram, Eastern barred, and Long-nosed varieties?
Bandicoot
789
Which German artist created the aquatint etching Storm Troopers Advancing under a Gas Attack (1924)?
Otto Dix
790
How many dice are used in the popular casino game Sic Bo?
Three
791
In which Irish battle of 1014 was Brian Boru killed whilst defeating the Vikings?
Battle of Clontarf
792
Which Swedish crime drama starred Melinda Kinnaman as the psychologist Inger Johanne Vik?
Modus
793
J.P. Wiser, 8 Seconds, and Bearface are all brands of whisky made in which country?
Canada
794
In Norse mythology, which god is the owner of a thick shoe which he uses to defeat the fearsome wolf Fenrir?
Vidar
795
How many pieces make up the geometric puzzle known as a tangram?
7
796
Which Bob Seger song about a Canadian radio station music director became a cover version hit for Thin Lizzy?
Rosalie
797
What number links a 1970 Mike Nichols film set on a US military base and a 2014 comedy sequel film starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill?
22
(Catch-22, 22 Jump Street)
798
Fortunian, Guineverian, and Atlian are geological time periods on which planet?
Venus
799
Which French word came eventually to mean an extravagant style of art characterized by curving lines, gilt and gold? It originally meant "of an irregular shape" and was used mostly to refer to pearls.
Baroque
800
USDAW – UK trade organisation
UNION of SHOP, DISTRIBUTIVE & ALLIED
WORKERS
801
GMB – short version of UK union
GENERAL & MUNICIPAL BOILERMAKERS
802
ZIP – postal code
Zone Improvement Plan
803
In 1953, England won the Ashes for the first time in 19 years in a cricket match at the Oval. Who
was the England captain?
Len Hutton
804
In 1953, England were beaten 6-3 by Hungary in a football match at Wembley, the first time
England had lost a match at home for 90 years. Who was the English captain?
Billy Wright
805
Hillary and Tenzing were the first men to reach the summit of Mt Everest on 29 May 1953. Who
was the leader of this successful expedition?
John Hunt
806
The song ‘Wonderful Copenhagen’ reached number 5 in the hit parade in 1953.
Who recorded it?
Danny Kaye
807
The song ‘I believe’ spent 18 weeks at number 1 in the hit parade in 1953.
Who recorded this version?
Frankie Laine
808
In 2020, an advert for KFC was accompanied by a Nocturne by which composer?
Chopin
809
Macdonalds used the Lachrimosa from a famous choral piece by which composer?
Mozart
810
Hamlet cigars featured a piece by J S Bach. What is its title?
Air on a G String
811
Cadbury’s featured the late Frank Muir singing a version of which piece of music from the
Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky?
THE DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY
812
Levi Jeans have featured the Sarabande by which composer in their advert?
Handel
813
Which is the tallest bridge in the world, built in 2001 standing at 340m?
Millau Viaduct
814
Second highest bridge is which namesake Turkish bridge with a year in name too?
1915 Çanakkale Bridge
815
a four-lane cable-stayed bridge on the border between the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan in China. As of 2021, the bridge is the highest in the world, with the road deck sitting over 565 metres (1,854 ft) above the Beipan River.
Duge Bridge
816
In which UK city would you find Pulteney Bridge, an eighteenth century bridge unusual for having shops across its length?
Bath
817
pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine, known for loads of padlocks but now been taken off
Pont des Arts
818
Which famous civil engineer worked on the design of Britain's longest and highest aqueduct, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (pron. pont-kuh-su-ll-te) near Llangollen?
Thomas Telford
819
Which famous civil engineer was in charge of the construction of the Britannia Bridge, which
crosses the Menai Strait between Bangor and the Isle of Anglesey?
Robert Stephenson
820
Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub (and two others) - what links?
Trumpton Brigade
821
What is the name of the dock where Everton’s new ground is being built?
Bramley Moore
822
In which hall do the Halle Orchestra play their concerts?
Bridgewater Hall
823
Where in Manchester can you see the oldest known fragment of The New Testament?
JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY
824
What is the name of the stadium shared by Salford City Reds (Rugby League) and Sale Sharks (Rugby Union)?
AJ Bell
825
Which river runs through the city of Derby?
Derwent
826
In 2023, England Lionesses' goalkeeper Mary Earps won the award. She saved which Spanish player's penalty in the second half of the 2023 women's FIFA World Cup final?
Jenni Hermoso
827
In 2022, the award was won by Beth Mead. She scored six goals to win her the Golden Boot at the 2022 women's European Championships, including a hat-trick in England's 8-0 win in the group stages against which European nation in a match that took place at the AMEX Stadium in Brighton?
Norway
828
Lewis Hamilton won the award for the second time in 2020. He holds the record for the most wins by a single driver in the British Grand Prix. To date, how many times has he won the race?
Eight (also Hungary has won eight)
829
Geraint Thomas won the SPOTY award in 2018 following his victory in the Tour de France. He finished 1 minute and 51 seconds ahead of which Dutch rider at the top of the general classification standings?
Tom Dumoulin
830
Mo Farah took the SPOTY award in 2017. He won gold in the 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London, but had to settle for silver in the 5000 metres after being beaten by which Ethiopian athlete?
Muktar Edris
831
Andy Murray won his third award in 2016. He won his second Olympic gold medal that summer in Rio de Janeiro, defending his title by beating which former Grand Slam champion 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in an epic men's singles final?
Juan Martin Del Potro
832
Andy Murray's second award came in 2015. He led Great Britain to a 3-1 win in the Davis Cup final that year against which European country, completing the victory with a straight sets win against David Goffin?
Belgium
833
The first of Andy Murray's victories came in 2013 following his first Wimbledon men's singles title. Prior to beating Novak Djokovic in the final, which big-serving Polish player did he defeat in four sets in the semi-finals?
Jerzy Janowicz
834
Bradley Wiggins won the award in 2012. Following his victory in the Tour de France, Wiggins won a gold medal in the London Olympics in which event in the cycling programme?
Time trial
835
The jockey Tony McCoy won the award in 2010. He won the Grand National for the one and only time in his riding career earlier that year when he rode which horse, owned by JP McManus and trained by Jonjo O'Neill, to victory?
Don't Push It
836
Chris Hoy won the award in 2008 following his three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. Along with his golds in the individual sprint and the team sprint, he also won gold in which other event?
Keirin
837
Boxer Joe Calzaghe won the award in 2007. He won the WBA and WBC super-middleweight titles in November 2007 with a unanimous points decision victory over which Danish fighter in a bout at the Millennium Stadium?
Mikkel Kessler
838
England cricketer Andrew Flintoff won the public vote in 2005. In one of the most enduring images from that summer's Ashes series, he was seen commiserating with which Australian fast bowler who was stranded on 43 not out at the end of England's 2-run victory at Edgbaston in the second test?
Brett Lee
839
Following her Olympic success, Kelly Holmes won the award in 2004. Before 2004, her only previous Olympic medal came at the Sydney Olympics when she won bronze in the 800 metres behind which Mozambican athlete?
Maria Mutola
840
Paula Radcliffe took the honours in 2002. The following year, she broke the women's world record for the marathon which stood for sixteen years until it was broken by which Kenyan athlete?
Brigid Kosgei
841
David Beckham won the award in 2001. His equalising free kick in stoppage time against Greece enabled England to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, along with Germany being held to a 0-0 draw at home by which country in their final qualifier?
Finland
842
Steve Redgrave was declared the winner in 2000. He won his fifth Olympic gold medal in the Sydney Olympics earlier that summer in the coxless fours competition, in a team that also comprised Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell and which other rower?
Tim Foster
843
Lennox Lewis was crowned the winner in 1999. Who did he fight twice in world title fights during that calendar year, drawing the first bout in New York before winning on a unanimous points decision in Las Vegas eight months' later?
Evander Holyfield
844
Michael Owen won the award in 1998. As well as scoring his much replayed solo goal against Argentina in the last 16 of that year's World Cup, he also scored one other goal in the tournament against which opponents during the group stage?
Romania
845
Greg Rusedski was a surprise winner of the award in 1997. He lost in the final of the men's singles at the US Open that year to which Australian player, who was winning his first Grand Slam singles title?
Pat Rafter
846
Damon Hill won the award for the second time in 1996. His last ever victory in a Formula 1 race came at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1998 while he was driving for which team?
Jordan
847
Jonathan Edwards was the winner in 1995. He broke the world record twice on course to winning the gold medal in the triple jump at the World Athletics Championships that year, which were held in which non-capital city of a European country?
Gothenburg
848
The first of Damon Hill's two victories came in 1994. He missed out on victory in the World Drivers' Championship after a collision with Michael Schumacher in the final race in Australia resulted in his retirement. Which former world champion won the race to complete his final ever Formula 1 race win?
Nigel Mansell
849
Linford Christie won the award in 1993. He was one of two men to win a gold medal for Great Britain at the World Athletics Championships held that year. Who was the other one?
Colin Jackson
850
Nigel Mansell won in 1992. He won the first five races of the Formula 1 season on his way to the World Drivers' Championship before losing his unbeaten record when he finished second at the Monaco Grand Prix behind which driver?
Ayrton Senna
851
Following his tears at Italia '90, Paul Gascoigne won the award in 1990. While playing for Tottenham, against which club did he memorably score a free kick in the 1990/91 FA Cup semi-final, the first semi-final in the competition ever to be staged at Wembley?
Arsenal
852
Golfer Nick Faldo took the award in 1989. He won the first of his three Masters tournaments in that year, defeating which American player in a sudden death play-off?
Scott Hoch
853
Steve Davis was the winner in 1988. He won his fifth World Snooker Championship that year, defeating which Welsh player 18-11 in the final?
Terry Griffiths
854
Fatima Whitbread took the award in 1987. The following year, she won a silver medal at the Seoul Olympics when she was pipped to gold by which athlete who was representing East Germany? She is the only woman to throw a javelin 80 metres or more, with her world record of 80.00 m (262 ft 5 1⁄2 in).
Petra Felke
855
Nigel Mansell won for the first time in 1986. He infamously suffered a tyre blowout in the final race in Adelaide which cost him victory in the World Drivers' Championship. Which driver won the race, and with it, the title?
Alain Prost
856
Barry McGuigan received the public vote in 1985. He became WBA featherweight world champion after defeating Eusebio Pedroza in a bout staged at which London football ground in June 1985?
Loftus Road
857
Steve Cram was the winner in 1983. He won gold in the 1500 metres at the inaugural World Athletics Championships that year, ahead of which US athlete in second?
Steve Scott
858
Daley Thompson won the contest in 1982. What was the name of the West German athlete with whom Thompson enjoyed a competitive rivalry from the late-1970s through to the mid-1980s?
Juergen Hingsen
859
Panamanian boxer who held the WBA and lineal featherweight championship from 1978 to 1985, having defended the title against 18 different contenders, more than any other boxer in featherweight history.
Eusebio Pedroza
860
Ian Botham took the award in 1981. In the fifth Ashes test at Old Trafford that summer, Botham scored 118 off 102 balls during a sixth wicket partnership of 149 with which rather more sedate batter?
Chris Tavare
861
He is best known for his work on The Sketch Show on ITV, which won a BAFTA award. He played the role of Tom (the owner of the Leaky Cauldron) in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and has appeared in several music videos, including Roots Manuva's "Too Cold", McFly's "It's All About You" (for BBC Comic Relief), Phoenix Foundation's "Thames Soup", and Letlive's "Banshee".
Jim Tavare
862
Robin Cousins was the winner in 1980. As well as being a champion figure skater, Cousins has also forged a career as a stage actor. In which stage musical did he play the part of Munkustrap?
Cats
863
Sebastian Coe won in 1979. He held the world record for the 800 metres for sixteen years from 1981 until which Kenyan-born athlete broke the record twice during August 1997?
Wilson Kipketer
864
Steve Ovett took the award in 1978. He won his only Commonwealth Games gold medal in Edinburgh in 1986 over what distance?
5000m
865
Virginia Wade took the award in 1977, following her Wimbledon women's singles triumph over Betty Stove. Stove famously defeated Sue Barker in the semi-finals that year, but who did Wade beat in her semi-final over three sets?
Chris Evert
866
Dutch former professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final, the ladies' doubles final and the mixed doubles final during the same year at Wimbledon in 1977 beaten by Virginia Wade. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.
Betty Stove
867
John Curry was the winner in 1976. He won the gold medal in the men's singles figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics held in that year in which Austrian city?
Innsbruck
868
Cricketer David Steele was a surprise winner in 1975, rewarded for some obdurate rearguard action in a losing cause for England in their Ashes series. All eight of his test match appearances came during a 13-month period while England were captained by which man?
Tony Greig
869
Brendan Foster took the honours in 1974. He won a bronze medal in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal behind which athlete who took the gold medal?
Lasse Viren
870
Jackie Stewart won the award in 1973. He won his third and final World Drivers' Championship that year while driving for which constructor?
Tyrrell
871
Mary Peters was the winner in 1972 having won gold in the pentathlon at that year's Olympics. She led the standings in the high jump and which other event, the only throwing event in that year's pentathlon competition?
Shot Put
872
Princess Anne took the award in 1971. In an infamous episode of "A Question of Sport" first broadcast in 1987, Emlyn Hughes mistook a mud-splattered Princess Anne wearing jockey's silks for which male Northern Irish-born jockey, who rode Dr Devious to victory in the 1992 Epsom Derby?
John Reid
873
Henry Cooper was the winner for the second time in 1970. He lost his final professional bout on a points decision in March 1971 to which Hungarian-born boxer, who was fighting under the British flag at the time?
Joe Bugner
874
In 1969, tennis player Ann Jones took the award. During her playing career, she won two singles and three doubles titles at which of the Grand Slam events?
French Open
875
British tennis player active during the late 19th century. He won twelve Major titles during his career. He shared the all-time male record of seven Wimbledon singles titles with American Pete Sampras until 2017 when Roger Federer won his eighth singles title.
William Renshaw
876
He is best known for winning three singles titles at the Wimbledon Championship and was runner-up a record 5 times (shared with Herbert Lawford). He also won gold medals at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, winning the Men's Indoor Singles and the Men's Indoor Doubles (with Herbert Barrett). Win in 1909 at 41 is oldest ever wimbledon win.
Arthur Gore
877
Reginald and Laurence are British brothers who between them 9 Wimbledon titles from 1897 to 1906.
Doherty
878
First female Wimbledon champion in 1884, won 1885 too
Maud Watson
879
English tennis player. She won six singles Wimbledon championships (1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900) and was runner up seven times, having also competed in the first ever Wimbledon championships for women in 1884.
Blanche Bingley
880
English multi-sport athlete, best known as a tennis player. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship five times, the first one when she was only 15 in the summer of 1887, then 1888, 1891, 1892 and 1893. She remains the youngest ladies' singles champion.
Lottie Dod
881
With nickname "Chattie", English female tennis player who won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships (1895, 1896, 1898, 1901 and 1908) and in 1900 became Olympic champion. In winning in Paris on 11 July 1900, she became the first female Olympic tennis champion as well as the first individual female Olympic champion.
Charlotte Cooper
882
British tennis player. She won seven Wimbledon women's singles titles (1903, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913 and 1914) and a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Dorothea Chambers
883
Tennis player from England who won three Grand Slam titles during her career and who was the top-ranked singles player in her country in 1957 (1957 French Open). In April 1959, she married Olympic champion athlete Chris Brasher who helped pace Roger Bannister to running the first sub-four-minute mile in 1954.
Shirley Bloomer (then Brasher)
884
English tennis player. For 74 years he was the last Briton to reach the final of the men's singles at Wimbledon, until Andy Murray did so in 2012. He was also a finalist at the 1937 French Championships and a championship winner at Queen's Club. Along with Fred Perry, he was a vital part of the British team that won the Davis Cup in three consecutive years (1933–35). He is also remembered as the first tennis player to wear shorts.
Bunny Austin
885
During his career, he reached one Grand Slam singles final – losing to Vitas Gerulaitis in the 1977 Australian Open. He won three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with tennis partner Wendy Turnbull: the French Open in 1982 and Wimbledon in 1983 and 1984. He was a member of the Great Britain team that reached the final of the 1978 Davis Cup, losing to the United States.
John Lloyd
886
Which Grand Slam tournament did Andy Murray reach the final for the most times, five times without winning any?
Australian Open
887
British architect and amateur tennis player, known for finishing runner-up in the very first Wimbledon tournament to Spencer Gore in 1877. As an architect, he designed private houses and university buildings in Cambridge, a university building in Dublin, and tennis courts in Cambridge and London, and extended Down House for his friend Charles Darwin.
William Marshall
888
Who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 beating William Marshall in final? Beat by Frank Hadow the year after in 1878.
Spencer Gore
889
A tennis player from England, and the only clergyman to win Wimbledon. He won the 1879 Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles title against Irish champion, Vere St. Leger Goold in three sets on 15 July, retaining his title the following year, 1880, by defeating Herbert Lawford in the Challenge Round, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3.
John Hartley
890
In 1968, David Hemery was declared the winner. In which athletics track event did he win the Olympic gold medal in Mexico City that year?
400 metres hurdles
891
Henry Cooper won for the first time in 1967. Four years earlier, he lost to Muhammad Ali in a memorable bout at Wembley Stadium after the referee stopped the fight in which round?
Fifth
892
After leading the England team to the Jules Rimet Trophy earlier that year, Bobby Moore was unsurprisingly the winner in 1966. A year earlier, he also lifted West Ham's first European trophy when he captained them to a 2-0 victory over which German club in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup that was held at Wembley?
1860 Munich
893
Cyclist Tom Simpson was the winner in 1965. In which of road cycling's Grand Tour races did he win two stages in 1967?
Vuelta a Espana
894
Mary Rand was the winner in 1964. As well as winning gold in the long jump at the Tokyo Olympics that year, she also won bronze in the 4x100 metres relay and a silver medal in which other event?
Pentathlon
895
Dorothy Hyman won in 1963. In which athletics track event did she win a silver medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome?
100m
896
Anita Lonsbrough took the honours in 1962. She won a gold medal at the Rome Olympics in 1960 over 200 metres, swimming which style?
Breaststroke
897
Racing driver Stirling Moss was the winner in 1961. Driving for Ferrari, which driver won his one and only World Drivers' Championship that year?
Phil Hill
898
The showjumper David Broome won the award in 1960. At which city's Summer Olympics did he act as the flag bearer for the Great Britain team?
Munich
899
A champion on both two wheels and four wheels, John Surtees won in 1959. How many times was he the 500cc motorcycling world champion?
Four
900
The swimmer Ian Black took the honours in 1958. In that year's European Championships, he won freestyle gold medals over 400 metres and which other distance?
1500 metres
901
Golfer Dai Rees was the winner in 1957. As playing captain, he led Great Britain to their first Ryder Cup victory in 24 years earlier that year, when they defeated the US team at which golf course, located near Worksop on the South Yorkshire-Nottinghamshire border?
Lindrick
902
Jim Laker was the victor in 1956. In an Ashes test match at Old Trafford that summer, he famously registered match figures of 19 for 90 in England's innings victory. Which fellow spin bowler was the only other England bowler to take a wicket in the match?
Tony Lock
903
The long distance runner Gordon Pirie was the winner in 1955. He went on to win a silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne when he missed out on gold to which Soviet athlete? He won the 5000 and 10000 m races at the 1956 Olympics, setting Olympic records in both events.
Vladimir Kuts
904
Which musician appeared in Licorice Pizza in 2021? She is in a band
with her two sisters.
Alana Haim
905
Which author wrote the 1987 book Borderlands/La Frontera: The New
Mestiza? She also co-edited This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color in 1981.
Gloria E. ANZALDÚA
906
Which 1982 political thriller by Greek director Costa-Gavras was banned in Chile even though it never mentions the country or former dictator Augusto Pinochet by name? The film is based on the disappearance of American journalist Charles Horman during the 1973 coup that saw Pinochet depose Salvador Allende.
Missing
907
Which woman from a prominent Italo-Spanish noble family has historically been portrayed as a femme fatale in fiction? She was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and his mistress Vannozza dei Cattanei. First name required.
LUCREZIA Borgia
908
Which video game developer developed Jak and Dexter, Uncharted, and The Last of Us?
Naughty Dog
909
What aesthetic trend, popularized in the last few years on Tumblr and TikTok and named for a type of dwelling, evokes an idealized bucolic
or pastoral lifestyle?
Cottagecore
910
Which 1982 Tom Stoppard play won the Tony Award in 2000 for Best Revival of a Play? The play focused on the relationship between Henry and Annie and explores the theme of reality versus appearance.
The Real Thing
911
In geometry, what object is formed by an endpoint with a line extending out in one direction infinitely?
Ray
912
Which of the Big Five Symphony Orchestras, founded in 1881, has had Music Directors including George Henschel and Seiji Ozawa?
Andris Nelsons is the current director
Boston Symphony Orchestra
913
What uninhabited Pacific island, halfway between Hawaii and Australia, was the intended destination of Amelia Earhart when her plane disappeared in 1937?
Howland Island
914
Which alkali metal is the first one in its group to have a density heavier than water? It was discovered by Gustav Kirchhoff and Robert Bunsen (of burner fame) at the University of Heidelberg in 1861.
Rubidium
915
The board games Empire Builder, Eurorails, and Iron Dragon are mechanically similar and involve drawing rail routes on a game board.
Sometimes they’re named for what arts-and-crafts implement that came packaged with the games?
CRAYON (“crayon rails”)
916
What term is used to refer to the main realms and areas of the Vedic period in India? These were later consolidated into the sixteen "great
kingdoms" come the 5th Century BCE.
JANAPADAS
917
With James Arness and Amanda Blake reprising their roles as Matt and Miss Kitty, 1987's Return to Dodge was a CBS TV movie continuing the story of which long-running show that had been off the air for over a decade at that point?
Gunsmoke
918
What is the name of Abraham's wife who is referenced in Genesis 17:19 as the one who will bear him a son? She is also identified in the
Bible as being his half-sister.
Sarah
919
"Al-Furat" is the Arabic term for what major river in the Fertile Crescent?
Euphrates
920
On which song did Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker collaborate in 1982 for the film An Officer and a Gentleman, discussing a location
where eagles cry, on a mountain high?
UP WHERE WE BELONG
921
Which lesbian scientist is perhaps best remembered today for her crusades for healthcare in the early 20th century? She won favor by showing stats that American babies had a higher mortality rate than soldiers in World War I, and, perhaps most famously, twice tracked down "Typhoid" Mary Mallon.
Sara Josephine Baker
922
After Jimmy Demaret became the first three-time winner of the Masters, which American golfer became the second three-time winner,
with victories in 1949, 1952, and 1954?
Sam Snead
923
Ann Lee was the founding leader of what religious movement noted for celibacy, pacifism, and gender equality?
Shakers
924
Who served as commander of U.S. forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968? He controversially adopted a policy of attrition
against the Viet Cong, failing to recognize North Vietnam's willingness to lose massive forces.
William WESTMORELAND
925
What 2004 board game, originally published by Days of Wonder, features up to five players developing competing railroad networks across North America, using colored train cars to claim their routes on the board?
Ticket to Ride
926
What term is used to refer to the irregular soldiers and plunderers who were attached to the Mughal armies? Their only pay was what
they could loot, and they were ultimately eliminated in a namesake war 1817-19.
Pindari
927
1984's Bless All the Dear Children was the third and final TV movie released after which long-running TV show ended in 1983? The
opening narration has Michael Landon revealing that the story is set seven years after the finale even though the child characters and
their actors had hardly aged at all.
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
928
In the Old Testament, what is the name of Isaac's wife? She is the mother of Jacob and Esau and her suffering through pregnancy is
referenced in Genesis 25:22.
Rebecca
929
In geometry, what object is formed by a line that is stopped by two endpoints and contains every point between those two endpoints?
SEGMENT
930
Which video game publisher's games include Max Payne, Bully, and the Red Dead franchise?
Rockstar Games
931
Which 1973 trilogy of plays by Alan Ayckbourn won the Tony Award in 2009 for Best Revival of a Play? The plays are set in different rooms in a house over one weekend.
The Norman Conquests
932
Which Symphony Orchestra founded in 1891 has had music directors including George Solti and Daniel Barenboim? Riccardo Muti was music director until 2023.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
933
Over fifteen months from 1965 to 1966, six teenage boys were shipwrecked on 'Ata, an uninhabited island that is part of what South Pacific country?
Tonga
934
The Statue of Unity, The Thinker, and Little Mermaid are all statues
made of which metallic material?
Bronze
935
Which American golfer interrupted Sam Snead's victories, winning the Masters in 1951 and 1953, en route to winning the Triple Crown of Golf
in 1953?
Ben Hogan
936
Nicki Minaj appeared in 2016's The Next Cut, the third film in which film franchise that features Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Ice Cube as stylists?
Barbershop
937
Which woman is largely responsible for improving chip and computer processor technology while working for Xerox in Palo Alto? She was fired by IBM in 1968 for announcing her intent to transition, something IBM officially apologized for in 2020.
Lynn Conway
938
"Lord of the Dance", a 1963 hymn by songwriter Sydney Carter, takes its melody from what one-verse Shaker song that ends:
"To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come ’round right"?
Simple Gifts
939
Who served as commander of U.S. forces during the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972? He oversaw President Nixon's policy of slowly pulling out of Vietnam by training Southern forces instead, and he is perhaps best remembered now for being the namesake of the military vehicle designed M1A1 since 1980.
Creighton Abrams
940
Since 2017, Ana Brnabić has been the prime minister of what Balkan country?
Serbia
941
In 1991, Sandra Cisneros wrote a short story collection focused on the struggles encountered by Mexican American women with the title story
referencing a tributary of the San Antonio River. What three words fill in the collection's title, "BLANK and Other Stories"?
Woman Hollering Creek
942
What was the first name of the patron of the arts who established the Medici banking dynasty in Florence and turned them into effective rulers of the city? His grandson Lorenzo continued this practice of political influence and patronage.
Cosimo
943
Logically-titled from a mathematical perspective, what was the sequel to Harmonix’s 2001 rhythm-based video game “Frequency”?
Amplitude
944
The order Urodela is which type of amphibians?
Salamanders
945
Anura, Urodela, and Apoda are orders of what class of vertebrate animals? The colloquial name is similar to the Latin name.
AMPHIBIANS
946
What is the name of Poseidon’s consort in Greek myth? He constructed the constellation Delphinus when a dolphin helped him win
her hand.
Amphitrite
947
Which art historian won the Booker prize?
Anita Brookner (Hotel du Lac, 1984)
948
What is Britain’s last surviving Georgian cloth hall?
Piece Hall, Halifax
949
What did Switzerland begin adding to salt in 1922?
Iodine
950
Which politician wielded a chainsaw on the campaign trail this year?
Javier Milei
951
Euler's Number to 3 dp?
2.718
952
1.618 is the approximate value of what number?
Golden Ratio/Phi
953
Visible loss of contact and bent knees are offences in what sport?
Race Walking
954
What, about 900,000 years old, were found at Happisburgh in Norfolk?
Human Footprints
955
What links: Abbotsford; Bateman’s; Greenway; Max Gate?
Writers’ houses: Walter Scott; Rudyard Kipling; Agatha Christie; Thomas Hardy.
956
What links: Celia Birtwell (frequently); Divine; Jacob Rothschild; Barry Humphries?
David Hockney portraits
957
What links: Great; Mollymawk; North Pacific; Sooty?
Albatross genera
958
Bateman's is Rudyard Kipling's old house, in which county is it found?
East Sussex
959
Greenway House, home of Agatha Christie, found in which county?
Devon
960
Congolese microbiologist Jean-Jacques Muyembe [muy-em-bay] has only recently gotten credit for his work identifying and developing treatments for what virus which he first encountered in the 1970s? Belgian Peter Piot is often given the credit for the discovery instead.
Ebola
961
With a title referencing a classic song, which play by Richard Greenberg examines a mixed-race baseball player whose coming out brings about mixed feelings on the team? This won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2003 and won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play in 2022.
Take Me Out
962
The first systematically organized library in the Middle East was one of the biggest accomplishments achieved by which Assyrian king who ruled for 38 years?
Ashurbanipal
963
What rock band had plenty to be angry about when they were banned from Saturday Night Live in 1996 after attempting to display upside down American flags on stage during their performance of the song "Bulls on Parade"?
Rage Against the Machine
964
What statistical analysis software was originally used at North CarolinaState University in the 1960s to track agricultural data, but is now one
of the most widely used data science tools in Fortune 500 companies? Although it originally went by a three-word name, it now goes
exclusively by a three-letter acronym.
SAS (Statistical Analysis System)
965
Only about thirty seconds elapsed during the entirety of what is perhaps the most famous gunfight in the history of the American West.
And while it really took place in a narrow lot next to a photography studio, this encounter occurred six doors down from which enclosure
after which it is named?
O.K. Corral
966
Which noted ford on the River Shannon is found in the title of Flann O'Brien's highly acclaimed work of metafiction? The novel is a firstperson story narrated by an Irish student of literature, at least in one of its most basic senses.
At SWIM-TWO-BIRDS
967
What Japanese language TV series, available on Netflix in the US, features a chef called "Master" who runs a late-night restaurant where
his food affects the lives of the customers who pass through?
MIDNIGHT DINER: Tokyo Stories
968
What name is shared by the ancestors of all Inuit peoples as well as a city in Greenland whose entire population was relocated to Qaanaaq in
the 1950s?
Thule
969
Debuting on Canada's W Network in 2011 before moving to HGTV, what reality TV show stars Jonathan and Drew Scott and follows them as they buy, renovate, and re-sell homes?
The PROPERTY BROTHERS
970
What awe-inspiring atmospheric phenomenon is the namesake of the second most populous city in Illinois and the third most populous city in
Colorado?
Aurora
971
What was the surname of Mortimer, Bella, and Cassandra, one of the O.G. pre-made Sims game families?
Goth
972
On November 21, 1920, IRA leader Michael Collins executed a plan that assassinated 12 of the 20 members of which clandestine group of
British spies, named for an African city, sent to snoop on and identify IRA leaders?
Cairo Gang
973
Sarah MacLachlan said your love was better than it and Selena Gomez in Blackpink's song with this title says she's called this because
she's coldest with the kiss. What sweet treat are we talking about?
Ice Cream
974
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, and Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh are all museums home to famous mirrored rooms
created by visual artist Yayoi Kusama that appear endless to the human eye. What word is found before "Room" in the name of this
common installation Kusama makes?
Infinity
975
Conquering Israel and Samaria are among the most noted military conquests of which neo-Assyrian king and dynasty namesake?
SARGON the Second (do not accept
Sargon of Akkad or Sargon the
Great)
976
Gerlachovsky štít is located in Slovakia and is the highest point in which mountain range? This mountain range's name, though, is
perhaps more closely associated with the Balkans as several of the chains in this mountain range are located near Transylvania.
Carpathian Mountains
977
What statistical analysis software developed by IBM originally had a four-letter acronym that referred to its use in the academic social
sciences? What the letters stand for has now changed to reflect its general use throughout academia, health, business, and more.
SPSS (was Statistical Package for
Social Sciences and is now
Statistical Product and Service
Solutions)
978
What English rocker whose stage name includes an American rocker's first name was temporarily banned from Saturday Night Live in 1977 when he suddenly switched the song he was going to play from “Less Than Zero” to the media-unfriendly “Radio, Radio”?
Elvis Costello
979
Despite its 22 officially recognized languages, the Indian constitution does say at one point that the official language of the union should be Hindi, specifically in which script? It is the fourth largest writing system in the world after Latin, Chinese, and Arabic.
Devanagari
980
2016 German comedy-drama film directed, written and co-produced by Maren Ade. It stars Peter Simonischek and Sandra Hüller.
Toni Erdmann
981
an Academy Award-winning German and Austrian film director. He is best known for writing and directing the 2006 dramatic thriller Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others), the 2010 romantic thriller The Tourist starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, and the 2018 epic drama Never Look Away.
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
982
With a title that does not intentionally reference "Super Freak" by Rick James, which play by Mart Crowley won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play even though that was its Broadway debut? The original off-Broadway premiere in 1968 was highly acclaimed
though and revolved around a group of gay friends having a birthday party that gets a bit dramatic as the men continue drinking.
The Boys in the Band
983
An epidemiologist at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Quarraisha Abdool Karim published a research paper in 2010 showing that tenofovir gel was effective at stopping the spread of what viral disease? The journal Science named her research one of the top breakthroughs of that year.
HIV/AIDS
984
The album SKINS debuted at number one on the Billboard chart in December 2018 and was the first posthumous release of what rapper
and singer-songwriter who had died at the age of 20 just months before? The lead single was "Bad!" which recalled his previous hit "Sad!"
XXXTENTACION
985
Solanum is a genus of flowering plants in what family? Its species include the eggplant and the devil's apple.
SOLANACEAE or NIGHTSHADE
986
Living the single life, recent college graduate Michael was one of the original pre-made characters for the original Sims game. What was his surname?
Bachelor
987
In 2018 HGTV bought the house featured in the exterior shots of what 1970s TV show and built a series around renovating the inside to
make it look like it did on the show?
The Brady Bunch
988
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and known as one of the most influential guitarists in blues and rock, what Mississippi-born musician happens to share a last name with two other influential blues guitarists named Albert and Freddie?
BB King
989
Which Middle Eastern city is found in the title of the 1934 debut novel of John O'Hara? The title itself is a reference to an epigraph from a
Somerset Maugham novel about Death's being surprised to see someone.
Appointment in Samarra
990
What Japanese language TV series, available on Netflix and based on a manga, is an action-drama in which people trapped in an abandoned Tokyo are forced to fight through video game-like challenges to
survive?
Alice in Borderland
991
What is covering a wrestler's face if they're "wearing a crimson mask"? Many wrestlers do this on purpose to "add color" to a match, via
"blading."
Blood
992
Though still depicted as a lumberjack, the mascot for what paper towel brand lost his Tom Selleck-y mustache and 70s-80s hairdo during a
rebrand?
Brawny
993
The “terra nova” expedition also known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was led by what Naval officer who got beaten by Amundsen by 34 days and then died on the way back to shore?
Robert Falcon Scott
994
The Robert Awards, the highest film honor in Denmark, are named for what Danish sculptor and painter who designed the award?
Robert Jacobsen
995
In which state would you find the presidential libraries of John Adams, John Quincy Adams and Calvin Coolidge? Coolidge served as Governor of this state before becoming Vice President.
Massachusetts
996
In which U.S. state would you find the Pilchuck Glass School, one of the world's foremost academies for glass art education? This school
was co-founded by Dale Chihuly who has close ties to, and a permanent major installation in, this state.
Washington
997
The signature single by outlaw country's own Jessi Colter was a song lamenting her lover's inability to get over his ex from years ago. While
the lyrics are from the perspective of a woman named Julie, what is the name of the ex per the title?
I'm Not Lisa
998
The 54 blocks of what game, created by Leslie Scott in 1983, are roughly 3 inches by 1 inch by one half inch?
Jenga
999
What is the official state dessert of Massachusetts? It is named after a city in the state and references a dessert that it arguably is not.
Boston Cream Pie
1000
A merging of two older regions, which Italian region is home to the auto culture and balsamics of Modena and the mosaics and Byzantine architecture of Ravenna?
Emilia-Romagna
1001
Which TV funnyman was successfully cast against type for a few scenes in Hulu's The Bear as the verbally abusive and cruel executive
chef at Carmy's previous restaurant in New York?
Joel McHale
1002
What 12th century Sephardic Jewish philosopher, who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages, is traditionally held to be buried in Tiberias?
Moses Maimonides
1003
Which lustrous transition metal is recommended by the FDA for daily consumption? They recommend at least 25 micrograms a day to help regulate sugar levels and help insulin do its thing.
Chromium
1004
In 1972, Robert C. O'Brien won the Newbery Medal for his children's book titled for a mouse, Mrs. Frisby, and the rats from what location, a
government laboratory?
NIMH (accept National Institute of
Mental Health)
1005
In tilework, what is the anatomical name for the curved piece of tile that often makes a border around a tile field? It's also known by its Italian
name, battiscopa.
Bullnose
1006
The first game to use the famous language Simlish was what 1996 Will Wright game that enabled players to explore and patrol maps from SimCity 2000? It used the namesake vehicle, including models like the Bell 206 JetRanger and Dauphin 2, and was similar to 1997's Streets of SimCity.
Simcopter
1007
22% of the state of New Jersey is protected by the government to preserve the woods there. While a host of orchids and carnivorous
plants and wildlife abound, this area is partially named after which kind of coniferous tree?
Pine Barrens
1008
Bearded hipster brothers Rick and Michael Mast founded a company that received lots of positive press and big investors before it was
revealed in 2015 that they were buying cheap versions of what product to melt down, re-package (and re-price) as their own fancier version?
Chocolate
1009
Which person, who features in Plato's Symposium, is said to have taught Socrates "the philosophy of love" and introduced the concept of platonic love?
Diotima of Mantinea
1010
After a raw performance of "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" on the Top 20 episode of season five of American Idol, what third runner-up was
personally asked by Fuel to be their lead singer? He declined in order to front his namesake band, whose debut album went platinum on the
strength of the single "It's Not Over.". BY sales, third most success after K Clarkson and C Underwood.
Chris DAUGHTRY
1011
The greatest American pro athlete to be elected to national legislative office is largely a two-way race. What Seahawks wide receiver in the
Hall of Fame represented Oklahoma in the House from 1994 to 2002?
Steve Largent
1012
Pulp stories about muscular barbarians such as Conan or Fafhrd slaying fearsome monsters and dealing with dangerous wizards are part of a fantasy genre known as sword-and-what magical S-word?
SORCERY
1013
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, the first full professor promoted within the faculty at Harvard College of Arts and Sciences, spent much of her
career cataloging what sort of stars? Delta Cephei is a very famous prototypical one of these, giving its name to a subtype.
Variable
1014
In 1968, E. L. Konigsburg won the Newbery Medal for her children's book about Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's WHAT, regarding her possibly
mistaken donation of a statue to the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
Mixed-Up Files
1015
In tilework, what is the word used to describe natural stone tile with layers of calcium carbonate with an often unfinished, rustic look? The name comes from a location in Italy where it was quarried.
Travertine
1016
The greatest American pro athlete to be elected to national legislative office is largely a two-way race. What Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
and Kentucky senator from 1999 to 2011 retired with 2,855 strikeouts—second all-time when he retired—and threw a perfect game for the Phillies in 1964?
Jim Bunning
1017
Which woman appears in Plato's Menexeus as Socrates references a speech that he has learned from her? She was a consort of Pericles.
Aspasia of Miletus
1018
Any landform, like a mesa, that has a generally flat top but is elevated more than the area around it is generally given what French
word, that also describes a flat section of a graph?
Plateau
1019
Which metalloid chemical element in the chalcogen group is recommended for daily consumption by the FDA? 55 micrograms are recommended daily for heart health and especially thyroid health to prevent disorders like Hashimoto's disease.
Selenium
1020
Which David Lean film, one of his less ambitious and epic, is based on the play The Time of the Cuckoo? The film sees an Oscar nominated Katharine Hepburn play a spinster taking a solo trip to Venice where she meets a handsome antiques dealer played by Rossano Brazzi.
Summertime
1021
The César Award, the highest film honor in France, is named for what French sculptor who designed the award?
Cesar Baldaccini
1022
Sharing its name with a noted ethnic group, what word is used to describe the smallest monkey on the planet, a species of marmoset?
Hippos, sperm whales, slow lorises, and rabbits that are all notably small species also use this descriptor in their names as well.
Pygmy
1023
Kathleen Kenyon, one of the 20th century's most important archaeologists, is largely responsible for the excavation of Tell esSultan, the location of which ancient city?
Jericho
1024
What is the official state pie of Florida which is named after the fruit in it, which is in turn named after a location in the state?
Key Lime Pie
1025
In which state would find the presidential libraries of William McKinley, Warren G. Harding, and Rutherford B. Hayes? Hayes served as governor of this state before becoming President.
Ohio
1026
What contemporary of Maimonides was most noted for his commentaries on Aristotle, which rekindled interest in classical philosophers in the Western world? He served as a judge, court
physician, and polymath in the Almoravid caliphate.
AVERROES or IBN RUSHD
1027
The name of which kind of coniferous trees is found in the name of one of Los Angeles' most famous hospitals, an iconic amusement park in
Ohio, and the name of the second largest city in Iowa?
CEDARs-Sinai, Point, Rapids
1028
What high-tech hipster health food company sold expensive wi-fi enabled juicing machines and received over $120 million in VC funds
before imploding when reporters revealed that their subscription fruit packs could be just as easily squeezed by hand?
Juicero
1029
Pulp stories and movies about muscular historic, mythological, or Biblical figures like Samson, Hercules, or Ben-Hur in sandy climes are
part of a genre known as sword-and-what footwear?
Sandals
1030
The career of Sims creator Will Wright has been limited since what relative flop of 2008, a "design a species" game that toured many different genres shallowly?
Spore
1031
A merging of older regions, which German state is home to the auto culture of Stuttgart and the country's oldest university in Heidelberg?
Baden-Wurttemberg
1032
While Bob Odenkirk, John Mulaney, Abby Elliott, Oliver Platt, Gillian Jacobs, and Jon Bernthal all came together for the all-star ensemble
episode of The Bear called "Fishes," which actress stole the episode playing Carmy's manic, alcoholic mother?
Jamie Lee Curtis
1033
How many characters are there in Guess Who? created by Ora and Theo Coster in 1979, currently include glasses-wearers such as Ben, Liz, and Al?
24
1034
In a 1991 single off I'm Your Baby Tonight, Whitney Houston tells her man off after he mistakenly calls her by his ex's name. She tells him "My Name Is Not WHAT", a lyric later referenced in Whatta Man?
My Name Is Not Susan
1035
One of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin’s students was what man, fired from the US Army Map Service for being gay in 1957? He became one of
the leading early advocates for gay rights.
Frank Kameny
1036
Seti the Second, the Canaanites, and the Hittites are playable factions in what newest game in the Total War series, named for a certain ruling title?
Pharaoh: Total War
1037
Though it is westerly within the Florida Keys, Key West’s name comes from “Cayo Hueso,” the Spanish words for “key” and WHAT?
Bone
1038
Iranian-backed Yemeni rebel group has been targeting commercial vessels in the Red Sea since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7
Houthi
1039
What Senator from Indiana wrote the famous 37 words of Title IX of the Education Amendments in 1972 thus ensuring equal access to education programs receiving federal funding?
Birch Bayh
1040
Which character, born to Chinese immigrant parents, can generate energy blasts from her hands and is one of the youngest members of
the X-Men? Her most famous get-up is her iconic yellow coat with a usually pink top and jean shorts underneath.
Jubilee
1041
The season two premiere of I Love Lucy was titled "Job Switching" and saw Lucy and Ethel memorably take a job at a factory that makes
what? Their inability to keep up with a conveyor belt resulted in one of TV's most iconic comedy moments.
Chocolate/Candy/Sweets
1042
Luke Bryan (2010) sang about how it is a good thing. Gary Allan (2003) sang about how many songs talk about it. Willie Nelson (1975)
sang about blue eyes crying in it. What phenomenon is the topic of these country songs?
Rain
1043
One hundred thousand in the Western numbering system is equal to one of what unit in the Indian numbering system?
Lakh
1044
It's uncommon for a novel to be written in the voice of first person plural, but PEN/Faulkner winner Julie Otsuka has done it twice, first in
a 2011 novel about Japanese picture brides coming to the US and then in 2022 in a novel about a group of aquatic enthusiasts. Name
either one.
The Buddha in the Attic
OR
The Swimmers
1045
1956's Bob le Flambeur predates Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless by four years making it a forefather to the French New Wave. Who
directed this crime classic (and the post-wave crime film Le Cercle Rouge as well)?
Jean-Pierre Melville
1046
The Oscars rarely acknowledge horror movies in a serious capacity. But they did reward beloved stage and screenwriting veteran Ruth
Gordon for her supporting performance in which 1968 film wherein she plays Minnie Castevet, a nosy neighbor all too concerned with the titular character's health and wellness?
Rosemary's Baby
1047
What vast empire of West Africa was founded in the 14th century by Prince Oranyan and lasted until the 19th century when colonialism and
conflicts with Dahomey diminished its influence?
OYO Empire
1048
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) publishes the reference "Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry,"
colloquially referred to as what color book? A certain synthetic pigment of this color can be used to treat accidental ingestion of radioactive
cesium or thallium.
Blue Book
1049
The longest streak of postseason losses in Major League Baseball is held by what team, who lost eighteen playoff games between October
6, 2004, and breaking that streak on October 3, 2023?
MINNESOTA TWINS
1050
Robin Williams, Sarah Silverman, and John Cho were among the celebrities to cameo on which web series created by one-time mostsubscribed YouTuber Ray William Johnson? This show aired two episodes a week talking about a different trio of viral videos each time.
Equals Three
1051
What is the name of the hilltop village which was the center of Rastafarian life in Jamaica starting in the 1940 until it was destroyed by government officials in 1954? Its name is very close to that of a California national park.
Pinnacle
1052
What is the colloquial term used in video gaming when a developer reduces the effectiveness of characters, powers, or weapons in an
attempt to restore competitive balance? This word comes from a toy brand owned by Parker Brothers, stemming from the idea of replacing
real weapons with this toy.
Nerf
1053
Though based on its name you may have thought a national emergency or threat was declared, that was not actually the case
when Mountain Dew released its first successful new flavor in 2001. What is the name of this cherry-flavored variant?
Code Red
1054
Unlike a virus with a specific payload, what is the term for a selfreplicating, possibly malicious computer program? A notable one of these was released in 1988 by Robert Morris, who was convicted of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse act yet later became a tenured professor at MIT.
Worm
1055
Who hosts the “tourism and culture by way of food” show Taste the Nation on Hulu? She has been a TV fixture for many years and has a
well-documented history of philanthropy and activism.
Padma Lakshmi
1056
A wallpaper pattern with repeating idyllic scenes of the countryside, like people picnicking or ducks in a pond, has what French name that
translates to "canvas"?
Toile
1057
Which jazz drummer, admired for his speed and power, often got into brawls with Frank Sinatra when they were both working for Tommy
Dorsey's orchestra? They always remained friends though with Sinatra giving this man a eulogy at his 1987 funeral.
Buddy Rich
1058
What was the name of the K-pop boy band parody created by onetime most-subscribed YouTuber Ryan Higa in 2016? Its name is a
comic send-up of the girl group Girls Generation.
Boys Generally Asian
1059
What is the colloquial term used in video gaming when a developer increases the effectiveness of characters, powers of weapons in an
attempt to restore competitive balance? As a verb this can also mean to polish or wax, and as an adjective can refer to a muscular physique.
Buff
1060
What word literally meaning "whimsical drawings" describes the genre of comic books and graphic novels published in Japan?
Manga
1061
A famous season five episode of I Love Lucy sees Lucy get offered a role in an Italian movie and do some research for the part. She ends
up performing what task at a vineyard before being stained blue, resulting in her losing the role but giving us one of TV's most famous
bits of comedy?
Stomping Grapes
1062
malicious computer worm first uncovered in 2010 and thought to have been in development since at least 2005. It targets supervisory control and data acquisition systems and is believed to be responsible for causing substantial damage to the nuclear program of Iran.
Stuxnet
1063
What vast empire of central Africa was founded by King Kongolo Mwamba in the 15th century? It lasted until the 19th century and also
started a second kingdom which stretched to present day Angola. Name either or both kingdoms, which are often mentioned together.
LUBA or LUNDA or LUBA-LUNDA
Empires
1064
What language is co-official with Mandarin in China's eastern Jilin province which borders on a country where this language is primarily
spoken?
Korean
1065
What Representative from Hawaii, the first woman of color elected to Congress, championed Title IX in the House and prevented
weakening of the language in the amendment? Title IX was officially renamed after her after her death in 2002.
Patsy Mink
1066
What is the name of the Illinois city in which LDS church founder Joseph Smith was killed by a mob in 1844? It shares a name with a
North African city.
Carthage
1067
Who was Michael Jackson's lead guitarist for his 2009 This Is It tour which was canceled due to his death? She found success later that
year anyway with the release of "According to You," which would make her a one-hit wonder.
Orianthi
1068
A clear product of the disco craze, which X-Men heroine had the real name Alison Blaire and was able to convert sound into energy and
light beams, hence her name? She has become a gay icon over time and was, at one time in the '80s, going to have her own film starring
Bo Derek.
Dazzler
1069
Municipality and district of Istanbul: is the most active art, entertainment and nightlife centre of Istanbul. Situated on the Golden Horn, Galata Tower, a 13th century Romanseque structure, is a landmark.
Beyoglu
1070
1958's Elevator to the Gallows predates Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless by one year making it a forefather to the French New Wave. Who
directed this film (as well as the post-Wave, French crime film The Thief of Paris)?
Louis Malle
1071
The IUPAC publishes the reference "Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry", colloquially referred to as what color book? An
arsenic-containing compound of this color was invented by Carl Wilhelm Scheele and named after him.
Green Book
1072
The longest streak of postseason losses in the National Football League is held by what team, who have lost nine playoff games starting on January 12, 1992?
Detroit Lions
1073
Another notable novel written in first person plural was what 2007 novel by Joshua Ferris that won a PEN/Hemingway award? The "We"
in the title are the employees of a company struggling after the dotcom bubble burst.
Then We Came To The End
1074
Parmalee (2013) sang about how she feels like this place. Jo Dee Messina (1996) is going to go there if a coin lands heads-side up. Keith Whitley (1985) sang about how his girl Charlotte's back there (an appropriate location for that name). Which Southeastern U.S. region is the topic of these country songs?
Carolina(s)
1075
The famous call of Secretariat moving like a tremendous machine was made by what sportscaster for CBS, one of the most famous horse racing announcers of all time?
Chic Anderson
1076
A wallpaper or fabric pattern with repeating symmetrical, four-lobed shapes has what name that comes from the Latin for four-leaved?
Quatrefoil
1077
Ten million in the Western numbering system, or 100 lakh, is equal to one of what unit in the Indian numbering system?
Crore
1078
What WWE wrestler is frequently the subject of memes featuring empty chairs or apparently invisible people because “You Can’t See
Him”?
John Cena
1079
The third-most-prominent pairing throughout the movie Top Gun, what joker is the partner of flyboy Wolfman?
Hollywood
1080
The narrator Robert Walton sends a letter to his sister Margaret about a planned North Pole adventure in the opening of what early-19thcentury novel?
Frankenstein
1081
Maltese former professional snooker and pool player. Known for his speed around the table, during his snooker career he won two professional titles: the 1993 Strachan Challenge Event 3 and the 1996 Guangzhou Masters.
Tony Drago
1082
Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and forefather of video games at large, also founded what entertainment business in 1977?
Chuck E Cheese
1083
The 90th most popular name for American boys born in 2022, which of the Bible's minor prophets frequently defends the poor from the unjustly rich and powerful? This man's book is found in the Bible between Jonah and Nahum.
Micah
1084
Named after a German engineer, what is the measure of sucrose dissolved in a liquid? The Balling and Plato scales are similar, but this
measurement is preferred by the food and beverage industry, particularly winemaking.
Degrees Brix
1085
Commonly used in the history of Islamic caliphates, what is the Arabic term for non-Muslim subjects of an Islamic state, who have legal protection as "people of the covenant"? These typically included Christians and Jews.
Dhimmi
1086
Which author wrote Play It as It Lays, a 1970 novel about an actress in the 1960s that very much plays out as a damning critique of Hollywood and Southern California?
Joan Didion
1087
What magazine with the tagline "Jazz, Blues, and Beyond" was founded in 1934 and has run the annual Jazz Hall of Fame polls since
1952? The name refers to a part of a musical measure.
Downbeat
1088
Ziva David, NCIS Special Agent, was played by what Chilean American actress on most early seasons of NCIS?
Cote de Pablo
1089
What Eastern African language group in the Cushitic language family has about 40 million total native speakers, especially in Kenya and
Ethiopia, where it is the second most spoken language after Amharic?
Oromo
1090
What 1939 film featured Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Susan Hayward, and Broderick Crawford, four future Best Actor or Best Actress
winners? The action-adventure film was an adaptation of a 1924 novel of the same name by Percival C. Wren.
Beau Geste
1091
Antipyretic means a medication to reduce what?
Fever
1092
What is the analgesic, antipyretic active ingredient in brand name drugs such as Tylenol and Panadol?
ACETAMINOPHEN or
PARACETAMOL
1093
What Ethiopian American visual artist, renowned for her urban landscapes and large-scale abstract paintings, set an auction record in
October 2023 for African artists with her piece "Untitled" (2001) that sold for over $9 million?
Julie Mehretu
1094
The four vocal registers are vocal fry, modal, falsetto, and what highest register exemplified by Minnie Ripperton in "Lovin' You" and Mariah
Carey in "Emotions"? It's named for its similarity to another kind of musical sound.
Whistle Register
1095
A picturesque bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick, originally built in 1901, spans just 391 meters over the Saint John River making it the world's longest of what style of bridge?
Covered
1096
Named after a noted classical historical figure, which hairstyle sees small, 3-5-centimeter long bangs adorn an otherwise very short
haircut? Noted wearers of this style are Mark Zuckerberg, '90s George Clooney, and Antonio Banderas.
Caesar Cut
1097
In reference to a certain musical hall of fame, in which city did the nowdefunct WNBA team named the Rockers play their home games from
1997 to 2003?
Cleveland
1098
Researcher and author Temple Grandin's first major published book is titled [blank] in Translation. What fills in the blank? Grandin says that being autistic gives her special insight into the subject.
Animals
1099
Nicknamed Land of Enchantment, what is the only US State with an official state aroma? That aroma is roasting green chiles.
New Mexico
1100
What 1990 documentary by Barbara Kopple depicted the unsuccessful 1985 to 1986 labor strike against Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota? The title refers to an aspirational goal of prosperity, success, and social mobility that today is often unattainable.
American Dream
1101
True balsamic vinegar is made from two Italian wine grapes: a white grape important in Cognac and Armagnac production, and a red grape
often used to produce sweet sparkling red wine. Name either.
Trebbbiano (white) and Lambrusco (red)
1102
Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, and Amanda Shires, all country music stars in their own right, record together as what
supergroup with a name that changes just one syllable of an all-male country music supergroup, making them sound more like stoners than bandits?
The Highwomen
1103
Who were the four members of the country music supergroup The Highwaymen?
Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson
1104
Stephen Sondheim personally approved the changes made for the film adaptation of which of his musicals when it was proposed that the
narrator be eliminated entirely, the mysterious man's role be reduced significantly, and "Ever After" (the first act finale) be cut?
Into the Woods
1105
Frequently, dhimmi subjects of Islamic caliphates were required to pay what per capita tax, often conveying exemption from Islamic
military service?
Jizya
1106
The 212th most popular name for American boys born in 2022, which of the Bible's minor prophets spends a couple of chapters lamenting
over a locust plague before launching into messages of hope and mentioning the coming judgment of God's enemies? This man's book
is found in the Bible between Hosea and Amos?
Joel
1107
Fraulein Schneider, who runs a boarding house, and her love interest Herr Schultz, are two characters in which 1966 musical who were left
out entirely from its 1972 film adaptation directed by Bob Fosse? In the show, this forbidden love between Gentile and Jew plays
significant thematic importance.
Cabaret
1108
Named after a British brewer, and today largely replaced by the Standard Reference Model (SRM), what is the measurement of the
color of beer? A 2 on this scale would be a pale lager, with 40 and up being the darkest of imperial stouts.
Degrees Lovibond
1109
The father of console gaming, German-born designer Ralph Baer, worked on something nicknamed the "Little Brown Box" that would
eventually serve as the basis for which first-ever home video console released in 1972?
Magnavox Odyssey
1110
What 1954 film by blacklisted director Herbert Biberman depicted the 1950 to 52 miners’ strike against the Empire Zinc Company in New
Mexico? The title comes from a turn of phrase in the Sermon on the Mount that refers to the disciples as a preservative for the world.
Salt of the Earth
1111
What is the only US state with an official state flavor? That flavor is maple.
Vermont
1112
In cricket, what is the term for the two smaller sticks balanced on top of the stumps that make up the wicket? The thick central part is
known as a "barrel" while the smaller ends are "spigots."
Bails
1113
Activist, researcher, and author Temple Grandin wrote a memoir called Thinking in [blank]. What word fills in the blank? She says that
this is how she, as an autistic person, thinks.
Pictures
1114
While a fountain and school on the West Coast both bear her name, it's her wire sculptures like the kind at the Guggenheim and de Young
museums that made her famous. Who was this Japanese American artist?
Ruth Asawa
1115
What 1929 film featured Joan Crawford, Marie Dressler, Norma Shearer and Lionel Barrymore, four future Best Actress or Best Actor
winners? The film was a plotless singing, dancing extravaganza featuring, quite possibly, everyone working for MGM.
Hollywood Revue of 1929
1116
What is the Greek-derived name for the style of singing in which the vowel of a single syllable is stretched into multiple notes? Whitney
Houston popularized this style exemplified in how she sings the title refrain in "I Will Always Love You.". Greek for melody.
Melisma
1117
a fine arts museum located in San Francisco, California. Located in Golden Gate Park, it is a component of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, along with the Legion of Honor, named after a San Fran newspaperman.
De Young Museum
1118
Born 1826 an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, best known for painting large landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets. The Heart of the Andes, Cotopaxi, Our Banner in the Sky.
Frederic Edwin Church
1119
historical park of the city of Florence that was opened to the public in 1766. Originally designed for the Medici, it represents one of the first and most important examples of the Italian garden, which later served as inspiration for many European courts. Name a corruption of old land owner.
Boboli Gardens
1120
The palazzo is now the largest museum complex in Florence. Short distance from Ponte Vecchio on south side of Arno. Named after Italian banker.
Pitti Palace.
1121
museum of visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District of Hong Kong. It exhibits twentieth and twenty-first century visual culture encompassing visual art, design and architecture, and moving image. It opened on 12 November 2021.
M+
1122
an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world. The gallery's history starts in 1856 when the namesake Muscovite merchant and given to Russia in 1892. The collection contains more than 130,000 exhibits, ranging from the Theotokos of Vladimir to the monumental Composition VII by Wassily Kandinsky and the Black Square by Kazimir Malevich.
Tretyakov Gallery
1123
Madrid gallery named after Hungarian-German founder. With Prado and Reina Sofia is the golden triangle of Madrid art.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
1124
archaeological museum in Turin, Italy, specializing in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology
Museo Egizio
1125
a museum in the Innere Stadt (First District) of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings. Named after Saxon prince?
Albertina
1126
1987 book "Chaos" by which author? Science
James Gleick
1127
1962 science book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is by who?
Thomas S Kuhn
1128
1999 science book The Elegant Universe is by who?
Brian Greene
1129
2007 American science fiction adventure drama film directed by New Line Cinema founder Robert Shaye. It was loosely based upon the 1943 science fiction short story "_____ Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett
The Last Mimzy
1130
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
158-acre (64 ha) botanical garden, art museum, and outdoor sculpture park located in which Michigan township?
Grand Rapids
1131
Field Museum of Natural History
founded by namesake department store magnate and found in which city, site of 1893 world expo?
Chicago
1132
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
found in which US CIty?
Washington DC
1133
His notable buildings include Lever House in New York, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 140 Broadway (Marine Midland Grace Trust Co.), and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Branch Bank in New York.
Gordon Bunshaft
1134
Who wrote The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in 2010?
Rebecca Skloot
1135
2016: The Gene: An Intimate History
2022: The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Books by which science writer?
Siddharta Mukherjee
1136
Books:
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. (Picador, 2002)
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance. (Picador, 2008)
The Checklist Manifesto. (Metropolitan Books, 2009)
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. (Metropolitan Books, 2014)
Atul Gawande
1137
On television, he is known for his role in the Apple TV+ series See (2019–2022). His films include Midsommar (2019), Gran Turismo and Saltburn (both 2023).
His cousin is: She is known for her roles as Bambi in the ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2008–2010), Ashley Davenport in the ABC drama Revenge (2011–2013), and Tituba in the WGN series Salem (2014–2017).
Archie Madekwe
1138
2022 British biographical drama film written and directed by Frances O'Connor in her directorial debut starring Emma Mackey as title character and Ffion Whitehead as brother.
Emily (about Emily Bronte)
1139
He is known for the fake-documentary Interview with the Assassin (2002), the period drama The Illusionist (2006), Limitless (2011), and the sci-fi action film Divergent (2014).
Neil Burger
1140
He is best known for playing the young Scott Summers / Cyclops in the reboot X-Men film series (2016–2019), as well as Wade Watts in Ready Player One (2018) and Ben Goudy in Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015).
Tye Sheridan
1141
The Evergreen Point Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, spans 2,350 meters over Lake Washington making it the
longest in the world of what type of bridge, usually associated with emergencies and wartime?
FLOATING or PONTOON
1142
Launched in 2009, which well-known gay hookup and chat app allows users to "tap" others that they find attractive (which results in a flame
icon lighting up)? This app's name is also an alternate name for a sub sandwich or hoagie.
Grindr
1143
What Western African language group in the Senegambian language group has about 40 million total native speakers, notably in Senegal
where it is the second most spoken language after Wolof?
Fula (or Fulani)
1144
Named after a noted historical figure, which hairstyle sees most of one's wear swept up above the forehead and away from the face?
Famous wearers of this style are Conan O'Brien, Bette Davis, and Elvis Presley
Pompadour
1145
What entertainment industry magazine and website was founded in 1988, focuses on hip-hop and rap music, and is known for their 5-mic
rating scale for album reviews?
The Source
1146
Walker Percy won the National Book Award for Fiction for his 1961 novel The Moviegoer, set in and around what Southern city? The story,
which gets very existential at times, follows a young Korean War veteran re-examining his life short of his 30th birthday as he contends
with the decline of Southern tradition and escaping constantly to the cinema to avoid reality.
New Orleans
1147
What former frontman of a 60s and 70s band wrote the songs “Old Man Down the Road” and “Run Through the Jungle” and ended up in a
lawsuit for plagiarizing himself?
John Fogerty
1148
What term also used widely in topological mathematics refers to the unit that collects exhaust gas from multiple cylinders into a car’s
exhaust pipe?
Manifold
1149
What is the name (or first and last initial) of the imagist poet of “Sea Poppies” and “Oread”?
Hilda Doolittle or H.D.
1150
What is the common name for the fruit Morinda citrifolia, grown in Tahiti and throughout Australasia? It has been promoted in the West for its purported health benefits, in particular by an MLM company named Morinda which is often challenged in court for its unsupported
health claims.
Noni
1151
Not related to the liqueur of the same name that was introduced over acentury earlier, what is the largest annual transgender conference in
America? Its first occurrence was in 1991 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Southern Comfort Conference
1152
What game originally developed by Ubisoft for the Nintendo Wii allows players to follow onscreen choreography to pop hits? The dance
moves are evaluated by the motion sensors in the game control device.
Just Dance
1153
What author wrote the children's book Freckle Juice, the young adult books Forever... and Tiger Eyes, and the very adult book Smart Women?
Judy Blume
1154
Who became the 16th and current President of Nigeria after that country's general election earlier this year?
Bola Tinubu
1155
What women's volunteer service organization was founded in 1901 with a name meant to evoke the young debutantes who were
members?
Junior League
1156
The sitcom 30 Rock was known for its celebrity cameos. Who starred as herself seated next to Liz Lemon on a plane while dispensing sage
wisdom and declaring Liz one of her favorite things? Alas, it all turns out to be a drug-induced hallucination.
Oprah Winfrey
1157
Which no-longer-existing empire was called the "Sick Man of Europe" by former Tsar Nicholas I? This came up frequently in diplomacy
during the "Eastern question" which asked whether or not Europe could keep financially propping this country up during its frequent
economic instability.
Ottoman Empire
1158
What is the name of the nearly extinct language isolate spoken on the Pacific archipelago formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, off the coast of Alaska and Canada? In 2010, the archipelago was formally renamed for the indigenous people who live there.
Haida
1159
With a title referencing a Shakespearean monologue verbatim, what Oscar-nominated 2000 documentary tells the story of deaf families
deciding whether or not to give their children cochlear implants?
Sound and Fury
1160
Mary Barra is the CEO of what 115-year-old American company, placing her 3rd on Fortune's 2023 list of Most Powerful Women in Business? She has been in the news lately for her role in labor negotiations.
General Motors
1161
The Victoria and Albert Museum recently announced that their main exhibit for 2024 will focus on the career of what major figure who has been an outspoken activist against racism in the fashion industry and founded the charity organization Fashion for Relief?
Naomi Campbell
1162
Which artist from the '90s power pop revival came out of Athens, Georgia, like R.E.M. and The B-52s before him? His singles "Sick of Myself" and "Girlfriend" made some waves on college radio in the early and mid-1990s.
Matthew Sweet
1163
What Indian state was separated from Andhra Pradesh in 2014, fulfilling the decades-long goal of a movement for statehood for a Telugu-speaking region?
Telangana
1164
The most-watched Lifetime channel original movie of all time is titled "Almost Golden" and stars Sela Ward as what real life 1980s news
anchor?
Jessica Savitch
1165
What term is used in rock climbing to refer to using the friction of the ropes to slow one's fall? You may also give the term for the person whose job it is to manage the ropes, a form of this word.
Belay (Belayer)
1166
Which of the simple machines is a is a mechanism that converts force applied to its blunt end into perpendicular forces?
Wedge
1167
What is the Japanese compound word meaning crocheted stuffed doll, a popular craft in and outside of Japan, which creates super cute small
soft toys?
Amigurumi
1168
From 1976 to 81, Nambassa was a series of countercultural festivals (and, eventually, a kind of lifestyle) that occurred in which country?
Ascribers to this movement opposed the French bombing atolls in French Polynesia, and former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Jim
Cairns resigned in 1977 to join this movement east of the Tasman Sea.
New Zealand
1169
What American company, makers of personal hygiene products, started using the slogan "The Best a Man Can Get" in the 80s but by
2019 the slogan updated to "The Best Men Can Be" with the accompanying hashtag #mybestself?
Gillette
1170
Resurrection is the nickname most commonly given to which numbered symphony by Gustav Mahler?
Symphony No 2
1171
What fantasy/sci-fi author wrote the children's book series Catwings, the young adult fantasy book The Beginning Place, and the decidedly
adult-themed sci-fi novel The Left Hand of Darkness?
Ursula K Le Guin
1172
Not related to the interview technique with the same acronym, in 1970 Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera founded what organization to provide housing and social services to homeless
LGBT youth?
STAR (Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries)
1173
What type of honey made from the flowers of the tea tree plant has many supposed health benefits, making it big business internationally
and causing the government of New Zealand to create an official office to test and verify exports to deter counterfeits?
Manuka Honey
1174
Abaza, Golden Guernsey, and Lamancha are all breeds of which type of ruminant animal often bred for its meat and milk?
Goat
1175
Dance Central was a launch title for what XBox peripheral, which used cameras and infrared sensors to detect player motion without
requiring them to hold a controller? Despite launch popularity, it did not see wide developer adoption and was discontinued in 2017.
Kinect
1176
One of the most common kicks in Artistic Swimming is what move named after a kitchen tool in which the legs move alternately, as the
left foot moves clockwise, and the right foot moves counterclockwise?
Eggbeater
1177
Which band from Oxford, England, furthered the 1990s power pop revival with albums like I Should Coco and In It for the Money?
Supergrass
1178
The Dravidian language Kannada is most widely spoken in what southern Indian state bordering the Lakshadweep Sea?
Karnataka
1179
The second most-watched Lifetime channel original movie is titled "Life is Not a Fairy Tale" and stars what singer as herself in a
dramatized depiction of her own life? First or last name acceptable.
FANTASIA BARRINO
1180
What is the geographically named style of fabric art that is halfway between crocheting and knitting, using long, hooked needles, resulting in a fabric stiffer and thicker than other crocheted fabrics.
Tunisian or Afghan Crochet
1181
Earlier this last June, Julius Maada Bio was reelected to be the
president of which West African country?
Sierra Leone
1182
Imagine a horn or trumpet that tapers to infinity, getting thinner and thinner as it goes. This horn has infinite surface area, but finite volume, and paradoxically if you pour enough paint inside the horn to fill it, it wouldn't cover the inner surface of the horn. Italian mathematician Evangelista Torricelli described this paradox,
which is named after what notable horn blower?
Gabriel
1183
What sorority was founded at the University of Arkansas in 1895 and now boasts the most enrolled members of any sorority? It is known by
just 2 Greek letters.
Chi Omega
1184
In Everything Everywhere All At Once the character Jobu Tupaki attempts to destroy the universe by sucking it into the middle of what
food item, a variety of which is referenced by the first word of the movie's title?
Bagel
1185
In 2022, what mother/daughter duo was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame following their hits such as "Mama He's Crazy" and "I Know Where I'm Going"?
The JUDDs (Naomi and Wynonna)
1186
What 1975 horror film with a portmanteau name was the first feature shot entirely in American Sign Language and tells the story of a young
man who fears he might be turning into a vampire?
Deafula
1187
What is the name of the language family in the Pacific Northwest that contains languages such as Nuxalk and Tillamook? It shares its name
with a nearby sea, off the coast of Washington and Canada.
Salish
1188
“Halloween” was an album single on “Before These Crowded Streets,” the 1998 album by what band?
Dave Matthews Band
1189
What last emperor of the Western Roman Empire was placed on the throne on 31st October 475?
Romulus Augustus
1190
What two white rappers were born on consecutive Halloweens in 1966 and 1967? One was born with the last name Horovitz; the other Van
Winkle.
Ad Rock and Vanilla Ice
1191
"Thanks for the Memory" was the signature tune for what American comedian and entertainer, who famously headlined USO shows for
fifty years?
Bob Hope
1192
Which co-host of Spotify's popular podcast Call Her Daddy left the show in 2020 after a public falling-out with Barstool founder Dave
Portnoy?
Sofia Franklyn
1193
Activists in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement use what as article of clothing as a symbol of protest, as first used by Canadian artist Jaime Black in 2010 art installation? Include the color of the item in your answer.
Red Dress
1194
Fedor Holz, Justin Bonomo, and Doug Polk are former winners of the "Big One for One Drop," a prestigious competition in what activity?
Poker
1195
What German scientist lends his name to the size of the event horizon of a non-rotating black hole? Appropriately, his name in German
means "black sign."
Karl Schwarzschild
1196
What is the name of the Civil Rights organization founded by Ella Baker in 1960 which grew out of her work with the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference? You may give the 4-letter acronym which is usually said as a word that sounds like onomatopoeia
SNCC (snick - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
1197
"On the River Wear they used to build the boats" is the opening lyric of "Shipyards," best known as the theme song to what soccer documentary? This show airs on Netflix and chronicles the travails of the title club just south of Newcastle. Full title required.
Sunderland Til I Die
1198
Loss aversion - that "loss causes more perceived pain than gain causes pleasure" - is a central observation of what behavioral economic theory championed by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman? The name originally referred to the predictable results of a lottery.
Prospect Theory
1199
What substance fell on people who said the phrase "I don't know" on the Nickelodeon show You Can't Do That on Television? The substance became an enduring symbol of the network.
Green Slime/Grunge
1200
The first unsigned artist to have a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 was what singer, whose charting song "Stay (I Missed You)"
was featured in the 1994 film Reality Bites?
Lisa Loeb
1201
In 2019, the multinational food conglomerate Ferrero acquired Kelsen Group from Campbell's Soup Company, obtaining what brand of cookies sold in a distinctive round blue tin? You may remember childhood disappointment of finding sewing supplies instead of cookies
inside.
Royal Dansk
1202
What bird named after its three-syllable song is associated with a legend that it catches departing souls as they flee the body?
WHIP-POOR-WILL
1203
What two films set mainly in the ocean each grossed more than 100 million dollars in 1995? One saw Denzel Washington usurp command
from Gene Hackman; the other saw Dennis Hopper's baddie die in a jetski collision.
Crimson Tide
and
WATERWORLD
1204
Over a sixth of the small population of what country lives on the island of Efate?
Vanuatu
1205
Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day" (likely to have taken place on January 20, 1992) notably samples what 1977 track by the Isley Brothers?
Footsteps in the Dark
1206
Spelled differently than the chocolatey coffee drink of the same name, what is the term for the device used in Europe (and especially Italy) to
brew coffee by passing boiling water pressurized by steam through the grounds?
MOKA pot
1207
Chita Rivera's performance was the only thing universally acclaimed about which 1981 Broadway sequel that closed after just four
performances? Rivera reprised her role as Rosie Alvarez, the main character's secretary, for this production.
Bring Back Birdie
1208
1960 musical, the play's book was influenced when Elvis Presley was drafted into the Army in 1957. The rock star character's name, "Conrad ______", is word play on the name of Conway Twitty. The original 1960–1961 Broadway production was a Tony Award–winning success.
Bye Bye Birdie
1209
"Alouette, gentille alouette, alouette, je te plumerai" are the opening lines to a well-known Quebecois folk and children's song in which, per
the lyrics, the singer threatens to pluck the feathers from what type of passerine bird?
Lark
1210
Lee Marvin won the Best Actor Oscar for playing the gunman hired by the title character in what 1965 western?
Cat Ballou
1211
What major figure of the Mexican Revolution drafted the land reform document, Plan de Ayala, which he fought for until his assassination in 1919?
Emiliano Zapata
1212
Also a computer input device less popular than the mouse, what spherical piece of hardware was a feature of the arcade games Missile
Command and Centipede?
Trackball
1213
"It was a dark and stormy night" is the famed opening of BulwerLytton's novel Paul Clifford and also what much better 1962 novel that opens on Meg Murry in her attic?
A Wrinkle In Time
1214
What revered general of the Mexican Revolution took on his well-known name while making a living as a bandit in the Mexican countryside? Wallace Beery starred as him in the 1934 Oscar
nominated film titled "Viva [blank]."
Pancho Villa (born Arambula)
1215
Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang", released in 1992 though no specific date has been identified by internet sleuths, notably samples the 1975 track "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You" by what artist?
Leon Haywood
1216
A group of activists calling themselves Indians of All Tribes occupied what island from 1969 to 1971? Though the occupation eventually
ended, it is remembered as one of the most successful and longlasting land reclamation protests.
Alcatraz
1217
Which internet personality, vlogger, and high fashion model is the host of Spotify's partnered podcast Anything Goes?
Emma Chamberlain
1218
A suspension bridge connecting Pennsylvania to Camden, New Jersey; the county where Columbus, Ohio is located; and a planner
system based on his autobiography are all named in honor of what founding father?
Benjamin Franklin
1219
What "super sloppy" game show, a staple of 80s Nickelodeon programming, saw Marc Summers as host directing contestants through an obstacle course? If you don't accept the title wager on questions in the early rounds, you have to take the "physical challenge."
Double Dare
1220
What bird coming in black-capped and Carolina species is named for its three-syllable alarm call?
Chickadee
1221
"When I was a girl, I had a favorite story, of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind" are the opening lines to a song sung by
Geneviève at the end of Act 1 in what musical? As the titular character, she sings this while deciding if she will run off with her beautiful young suitor Dominique.
The Baker's Wife
1222
In what 1970 western does Shirley MacLaine play the title nun who is saved from bandits by Clint Eastwood's character?
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1223
Mary Tyler Moore and Richard Chamberlain were set to star in a 1966 Broadway adaptation of which classic film from earlier that decade
(itself based on a novella from the 1950s)? One of Broadway's biggest flops, this production closed after only four previews at a total financial loss.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1224
An opponent of rational choice theory like Kahneman and Tversky, what French author wrote Distinction: A Social Critique of the
Judgment of Taste as an exploration of cultural capital?
Pierre Bourdieu
1225
What Netflix reality dating series hosted by Vanessa and Nick Lachey sees men and women in isolation booths? They only see each other if and when one of them accepts a marriage proposal from the other.
Love Is Blind
1226
What word, which could be used to describe literary characters like Robin Hood or the Three Musketeers, is the name given to a poetic couplet made of rhyming lines of iambic pentameter?
Heroic
1227
In 2019, the multinational food conglomerate Ferrero acquired various cookie brands from Kellogg's, such as Keebler and what other cookie
brand with a rhyming name, founded by a talent agent, and originally sold in distinctive round metal tins?
Famous Amos
1228
What is the name of the Civil Rights organization founded in Chicago in the 1940s that aimed to use non-violent protest to affect change?
You may give the 4-letter acronym.
CORE (Congress of Racial Equity)
1229
"Take Us Home" is a documentary which aired on Amazon Prime following the promotion hopes of what team which won their way into
the English Premier League at the end of Season 2 in 2020?
Leeds United FC
1230
Reese Witherspoon played what memorable character in the 1999 indie comedy Election?
Tracy Flick
1231
The notion of “the elect” is an important theological position in the work of what French reformer whose ideas took root in Reformed churches such as the Presbyterian denomination?
John Calvin
1232
A major race in the 2023 election is the Kentucky gubernatorial contest, in which what relatively popular Democrat is the defending
incumbent?
Andy Beshear
1233
VoteForTheWorst.com was a chaos-creating website originally designed to advance contestants on what show?
American Idol
1234
who won season 5 of ru paul drag race uk
Ginger Johnson
1235
Last four Danish monarchs with 2023 new one included
Christian X
Frederick IX
Margrethe II
Frederick X
1236
What is the German-derived medical term used for the sharp, localized pain experienced during ovulation, typically caused by the rupturing or
contraction of the ovaries or fallopian tubes in actions related to egg release?
MITTELSCHMERZ
1237
The Electric Express was the first train made by what staple American toy brand in 1900?
Lionel
