Next 21 Flashcards
Which 19th century author wrote the novels Redgauntlet and Quentin Durward?
Walter Scott
What name is given to the Straits of Dover by the French?
Pas de Calais
What was the former name of the African country Malawi?
Nyasaland
Who was the producer and director, known as “The King of Comedy”, who founded the
Keystone Studios in 1912?
Mack Sennett
Who played the part of Nora Batty in The Last of the Summer Wine?
Kathy Staff
Where was John Bunyon imprisoned when he wrote The Pilgrims Progress?
Bedford Gaol
Which brid has alternative name Landrail?
Corncrake
What bird has alternative name Solan Goose?
Northern Gannet
Which bird has alternative name Mother Carey’s Chicken?
Storm Petrel
What is the name of the dysfunctional pupil at St. Custards prep school who is the supposed
author of four books about life at the school, beginning with “Down With Skool”?
Nigel Molesworth
Kenny surname in South Park?
McCormick
Kyle surname in South Park?
Broflovski
Stan surname in South Park?
Marsh
Which was the first battle of the English Civil War in 1642?
Battle of Edgehill in Warwickshire
What bird is to be found on the Lufthansa logo?
Crane
Who sang the James Bond theme song Tomorrow Never Dies?
Sheryl Crow
Garbage sing what James Bond theme song?
The World is Not Enough
The third book in the Hunger Games trilogy, written by the American author Suzanne Collins?
Mockingjay (after second is Catching Fire)
Which department in a hospital is primarily concerned with conditions involving the musculo–skeletal system?
orthopedics
How is Caisson’s Disease better known to us as?
Decompression Sickness
Gloria Estefan and the … ?
Miami Sound Machine
John Lennon and the … ?
Plastic Ono Band
Johnny Kidd and the … ?
Pirates
Bruce Hornsby and the … ?
Range
Football: Who becamethe first female referee in a men’s Premier League game, at the match between Fulham and Burnley on the 23rd of December 2023?
Rebecca Welch
Olympics: The gold painted Royal Mail post box outside Macclesfield Library is dedicated to which 2012 London Summer Paralympic gold medallist?
Dame Sarah Storey
Name either of the two countries where the Pindus Mountains are found.
Greece (Northern) or Albania (Southern)
English stage and screen actress who died aged 89. She was known as the Grand Dame of British Cinema. Her best–known film roles include My Teenage Daughter (1956), Ice Cold in Alex (1958) and The Tamarind Seed (1974).
Sylvia Sims
English film director who died aged 86. He directed the films Chariots of Fire (1981) and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes in 1984.
Hugh Hudson
Which British car manufacturer was responsible for the models called Husky, Minx and Imp?
Hillman
Where did Wallace and Gromit visit in the animated film A Grand Day Out?
moon
What is the Queen of Puddings topped with?
meringue
Which is the largest seaport in Morocco?
Casablanca
Which Midlands city did the pop group The Specials come from?
coventry
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of how many stories?
24
Name either of the two British athletes who won gold medals at the World Athletics Championships held in Budapest last year.
Gold Katarina Johnson-Thompson Women’s heptathlon 20 August
Gold Josh Kerr Men’s 1500 metres
What note do orchestras tune up to?
A (as every instrument has an A)
Who was the first presenter of Family Fortunes?
Bob Monkhouse(from 1980 to 1983) (Max Bygraves then Les Dennis)
Former English international netball player. She made her international debut for the English national team in 1999 and during her career has competed at three Netball World Championships, three Commonwealth Games and two World Netball Series. Assistant ref on Gladiators.
Sonia Mkoloma
A Lisfranc injury, also known as Lisfranc fracture, is an injury of which part of the body?
the foot in which one or more of the metatarsal bones are displaced from the tarsus
What was Thomas Hardy’s last completed novel?
Jude the Obscure
With which well–known band did Joe Walsh join in 1975?
The Eagles
In football, what is the maximum length of time that a goalkeeper can hold the ball for in open play?
Six seconds
Which tax was replaced by VAT in the UK in 1973?
Purchase Tax
According to the proverb, what is better than no bread?
Half a loaf
In the TV programme ‘Allo ‘Allo! what is the name of Rene’s wife?
Edith Artois
Who played Rene Artois in Allo Allo
Gorden Kaye
Who played Edith Artois the wife of Rene Artois in Allo Allo?
Carmen Silvera
Who played Mr Wilberforce Claybourne Humphries in Are you beign served?
John Inman
Who played Mrs Betty Slocombe always mentioning her pussy in Are you being served?
Mollie Sudgen
He was best known for playing Captain Peacock in the TV sitcom Are You Being Served? and its sequel Grace & Favour (Are You Being Served? Again!) and as Herbert “Truly” Truelove in TV sitcom Last of the Summer Wine.
Frank Thornton
Who played Ted Bovis - The Camp’s Entertainment Host, and a former entertainer on Hi De Hi
Paul Shane
The ubiquitous phrase “Hi-De-Hi!” itself, said by everyone. When the entertainment staff say it to the campers, the latter respond with what?
“Ho-de-ho!”
Who played Gladys Pugh - The Camp’s radio announcer and sports organiser. The writers devised her to be the romantic foils for the entertainment managers throughout the series, while being snobbish around the Yellowcoats and Peggy. HI DE HI?
Ruth Madoc
Who played Peggy Ollerenshaw - A chalet maid at Maplins, with dreams of becoming a Yellowcoat and achieving stardom on Hi De Hi? As a singer, she scored a UK number-two hit with the song “Starting Together” in 1986.
Su Pollard
Who played Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arthur Digby St John Reynolds, the most senior officer in charge of the concert party and enjoys their shows immensely in It Aint Half Hot Mum? Also Lord Meldrum in You Rang M’Lord?
Donald Hewlett
written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad’s Army. It was broadcast between 1988 and 1993 on the BBC. The show was set in the house of an aristocratic family in the 1920s, contrasting the upper-class family and their servants in a house in London, along the same lines as the drama Upstairs, Downstairs.
You Rang M’Lord?
Who played Battery Sergeant Major Tudor Bryn “Shut Up” Williams?
Windsor Davies
Gunner “Lofty” Harold Horace Herbert Willy Sugden actor, he is is the diminutive, rotund lead singer of the concert party usually seen in an old-fashioned pith helmet?
Don Estelle
The single–word name of which vegetable is the only one to contains all five vowels?
Cauliflower
How many tiles in total are used in the Chinese game of Mahjong?
144
How many letter tiles are there in Scrabble not including the two blank ones?
98 (100 including the two blank ones)
Which group was made up of Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty and Tam Harvey?
The Humblebums
Who is the female companion of Flash Gordon?
Dale Arden
Where in London would you find a statue of Peter Pan, sculpted by George Frampton?
Kensington Gardens
In 1983 who became the first American woman in space?
Sally Ride
In which British graveyard was Pocahontas buried in 1617?
Gravesend
Who has scored the most test points for England in Rugby Union?
Owen Farrell
In Greek mythology, which king married his own mother?
Oedipus
What was the name of the Ewing family Ranch in Dallas?
South Fork
Ponderosa Ranch is owned by Cartwright family in which TV show?
Bonanza
How many yards are there in a mile?
1760
Which 4 words appeared at the start of the closing credits for the TV programme Dad’s Army?
You have been watching
What nationality was Goliath, the giant slayed by David in the bible?
Philistine
All species of lovebirds are native to which continent?
Africa
Adolf von Baeyer was the recipient of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds. He is known for the synthesis of what plant dye?
Indigo
How many pairs of chromosomes are present in human cells?
23
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the abolition of censorship, which country’s tourism authority set up a phone number in 2016 that connects the caller to a random person?
Sweden
Alcelaphus buselaphus is a species of large antelope typically found in savannas and wooded grasslands in Africa. Having an elongated forehead and oddly shaped horns, what is its common name?
Hartebeest
The Erya is the first surviving dictionary of what Asian language?
Chinese
Nicknamed the Galveston Giant, who was the first black world heavyweight boxing champion? He was formally pardoned by former US President Donald Trump for violating the Mann Act.
Jack Johnson
In Greek mythology, the goddess Leto is the mother of which twin deities?
Apollo and Artemis
who is mother of castor and pollux
Leda
Who was the coach of the New England Patriots from 2000 to 2023?
Bill Belichick
Who replaced Bill Belichick as New England Patriots coach in 2023?
Jerod Mayo
Sharing its name with a thin, rectangular biscuit, what is the four letter acronym for the executive public body which evaluates the use of new and existing medicines, treatments and procedures for the NHS in England and Wales?
Nice
Which colour, whose name is derived from the French word for a chestnut, can also mean a type of rocket which generates a loud bang and a bright flash?
Maroon
Round 2 is a collection of random general knowledge questions.The pilot episode of which show, which became the most watched TV programme in the world in 2008 and ran for 8 series before coming to an end in 2012, was called “Everybody Lies”?
House
Which sport launched the USA’s first world class professional league in 2023 with teams San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings, Washington Freedom, Mi New York, and Los Angeles Knight Riders?
cricket
Which song was written and originally recorded by Welsh rock band Badfinger and subsequently became a UK number 1 for both Harry Nilsson and Mariah Carey?
Without You
Which 5 letter word could mean a quantity of thread wound to a length upon a reel, a flight of wild fowl, or a Celtic knife or dagger?
Skein
Which English close harmony pop vocal trio was formed in 1944, had top 10 hits in the 1950s with “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” and “Little Drummer Boy”, performed as part of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002, and that year achieved a Guinness World Record as the world’s longest surviving vocal group without a change in the original line up?
The Beverley Sisters
Which French soup made from cauliflower, potatoes, and veal stock is named for the mistress of Louis XV executed by guillotine during the French Revolution in 1793?
Creme du Barry
Which is the only ordinal number which when spelled in English has its letters in alphabetical order?
First
When Prince Philip, in a speech to the General Dental Council in 1960, said that he had practiced the science of dontopedalogy for a good many years, what did he mean?
He said it was “the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it”
Former police traffic officer, the aptly named Russ Bray, retired from which job after 28 years in January 2024?
World darts referee
Which test cricket team became this month the first ever to lose 6 wickets without scoring, but went on to win the match in the shortest ever number of balls?
India who beat South Africa at Newlands
Former referee Keith Hackett called it the most aggressive atmosphere he encountered in England. Please name one of the football teams involved in the Old Farm Derby …
Norwich City or Ipswich Town
Which song written by Charles Aznavour was covered by Elvis Costello in 1999 for the film Notting Hill?
She
Which 19th century American writer, best known for his fiction, had the only bestseller of his lifetime with the non-fiction A Conchologist’s First Book (about mollusc shells), published in 1839?
Edgar Allen Poe
Which German, rather better-known for other activities, had his novel Michael published against his wishes in 1929?
Joseph Goebbels
Which American mathematical prodigy was recognised in his academic field for papers such the page-turner The Set of Curvilinear Convergence of a Continuous Function Defined in the Interior of a Cube in 1969, but became more widely famous in 1995 for his political manifesto? He committed suicide in prison in 2023.
Theodore ‘Ted’ Kaczynski
(accept ‘The Unabomber’)
After the ratification of a treaty agreed in June 2022, with which country will Denmark have its shortest border?
Canada
(the two have agreed to divide Hans Island, which lies between Greenland and Nunavut, which will give them a border 1.2km long)
The Esperança Bridge, a mere 3.2m long, connects which two countries?
Portugal and Spain
Pheasant Island, in the Bidasoa river, has, since 1659, spent alternating periods of six months under the governance of two European countries. Which two?
France and Spain
In 1987 Norman Mailer directed his only feature film, starring Ryan O’Neal and Isabella Rossellini. What is its title?
Tough Guys Don’t Dance
Nicknamed ‘the sweater girl’, which famous actress’s mob-linked boyfriend Johnny Stompanato was killed by her daughter?
Lana Turner
Creme de menthe, creme de cacao and crushed ice;
&
Wade Dooley, Will Greenwood and current England coach Steve Borthwick all started their playing careers at which Lancashire rugby club (full name required)?
Preston Grasshoppers (the cocktail is the grasshopper)
White rum, pineapple juice, grenadine and Mascherano liqueur;
&
Born Gladys Smith, this actress was known as America’s Sweetheart during the silent era. She was awarded the second Best Actress Oscar for her role in Coquette and was married three times, on the second occasion to Douglas Fairbanks.
Mary Pickford
Gold rum, Galliano liqueur, pineapple juice and lime juice, topped with prosecco;
&
What word can be:
a song by US rock band Heart;
a cybersecurity firm;
and a predatory species of fish, an animated version of which eats all but one of the clownfish eggs at the start of the film Finding Nemo?
Barracuda
Eggnog with brandy and rum, served hot;
&
Jasper and Jinx are the middle names of which duo, with whom Gene Kelly dances in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh?
Tom and Jerry
Whisky and vermouth;
&
Cattleman and outlaw who had a longstanding feud with the 4th Marquess of Montrose and who was played by Liam Neeson in a 1995 film.
Rob Roy
Korean rice dish meaning mxiing cooked rice
Bibimbap
Which seminal jazz album was released by Miles Davis in 1957? “Birth and Death”
Birth of the Cool
What is the nickname of Schubert’s string quartet no. 14 in D minor, D810? “Birth and Death”
Death and the Maiden
In which comic novel of 1759 does a completely blank page indicate that the eponymous hero is waiting to be born?
Tristam Shandy
Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature;
&
transgender Tik Tok personality whose association with Bud Light led to a huge fall in sales of the beer and a drop of more than $20 billion in the value of its manufacturer.
Bob Dylan / Dylan Mulvaney
1939 film about a school teacher, which was remade in 1969, nominated for best actor Oscars on both occasions but winning only in 1940;
&
play by Arnold Wesker which takes its title from words its lead character saw on a café menu.
Goodbye Mr Chips / Chips With Everything
Novel by Julian Barnes which won the Booker Prize in 2011 and was filmed in 2017 starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling;
&
Christmas carol whose chorus is “Gloria, Hosanna in Excelsis”.
Sense of an Ending / Ding Dong Merrily on High
Name in the UK for the drug called acetaminophen in the USA;
&
former editor of The Independent, now a ubiquitous BBC presenter and interviewer currently appearing, inter alia, on Start the Week and the Today programme.
Paracetamol / Amol Rajan
British / Pakistani author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist (shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2007);
&
former president of Afghanistan, after whom Kabul airport is named.
Mohsin Hamid / Hamid Karzai
On which private island in the Grenadines was a ten-acre plot given to Princess Margaret as a wedding present in 1960? She visited frequently throughout her life, describing it as “the only place I can relax”?
Mustique
Which 1948 John Huston film, starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Edward G Robinson, tells the story of a group trapped by a hurricane in a hotel on the eponymous island?
Key Largo
The pure white sands of Whitehaven beach are a popular tourist site on which island of the Great Barrier Reef?
Whitsunday Island
Vaitape is the main settlement on which island group of French Polynesia, famed for its luxury resorts?
Bora Bora
APPGs are viewed by many merely as a means for politicians to obtain expenses-paid trips to exotic locations (the politicians may express a different opinion). What does APPG stand for?
All-Party Parliamentary Group
In which country was the secret state police known as Savak?
Iran
Where in the world is Llanito spoken?
Gibraltar
Which very well-known Monty Python sketch begins, after (in some versions) a scene-setting voiceover, with the words: “Come in … Trouble at t’mill”?
The Spanish Inquisition
How is the New York road officially called The Avenue of the Americas better known?
6th Avenue
What was the name of the submersible which sadly imploded in June killing all on board while attempting to explore the wreck of the Titanic?
Titan
In the 1966 World Cup held in England, two grounds were picked from the north eastern region, Roker Park being one, name the other?
Ayresome Park (Middlesborough)
Who sang the theme tune for the Bond film, The Man With the Golden Gun?
Lulu
In which English county would you find Happisburgh, famous for its lighthouse?
Norfolk
New coins are being issued in 2024, which small animal will be depicted on the two-pence coin?
Red Squirrel
Who sang the theme tune for the Bond film, For Your Eyes Only?
Sheena Easton
In which English county would you find Berry Head lighthouse, famous for being one of the shortest stacks, yet still high on a cliff?
Devon
In the 1966 World Cup held in England, Wembley and which other ground represented the south eastern region for matches?
White City
Which former Casualty Actress won an Oscar for playing Christy Brown’s mother in the film, My Left Foot?
Brenda Fricker
Which American actress, more known for a famous detective role, will be joining Casualty in an episode due in 2024?
Sharon Gless
Set before and during the Second World War this 1992 Channel 4 TV series was based on a 1984 book by Mary Wesley. The title is taken from a stretch of grass between the Cornish house in which the action first takes place, and the sea cliffs on which many significant events take place.
The Camomile Lawn
This term has often been used, particularly by people from Caribbean background, to refer to people of Jamaican origin although its meaning changes depending on context. It is derived from Jamaican dialect for ‘home’. What is it?
Yardie
This admiral commanded British fleets during the American War of Independence and is perhaps best known for defeating the French at the Battle of the Saints in 1782. What was his surname?
Rodney
What is the surname of the character ‘Brenda’ played by Victoria Wood in her award winning comedy series Dinnerladies? It is revealed in the last episode when her estranged mother Petunia (played by Julie Walters) dies and Brenda discovers that the name on her mother’s death certificate is the same as her own.
Furlong
D
In the 1968 classic Sci-Fi film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, what is the name of the spaceship in which two astronauts journey to find the alien race who planted a mysterious monolith on the Moon?
Discovery
TJMC
Name the fictional company that owns Red Dwarf in the iconic BBC sci-fi comedy of the same name.
The Jupiter Mining Corporation
TSM
In 1610, the Italian astronomer Galileo published a sensational pamphlet in Latin called Sidereus Nuncius announcing his discovery of the four large moons of Jupiter by using the recently invented telescope. How is the pamphlet known in English?
The Starry Messenger
Which Conservative MP for the constituency of Selby and Ainsty, resigned on 10th June 2023 causing a bye-election?
Nigel Adams
Who refereed the 2023 Rugby World Cup Final between South Africa and New Zealand?
Wayne Barnes
Which literary award was given to The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green in 2023?
Gold Dagger
Quite recently regaled in song, what indigenous British bird has the Latin name perdix perdix?
Partridge
In the car crash that killed Princess Diana, her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and the chauffeur Henri Paul in August 1997, Diana’s bodyguard was the only occupant of the car to survive. What was his name?
Trevor Rees-Jones
The working process of what is, in theory, the most efficient heat engine possible, is known by what name?
Carnot Cycle
Which purported biography in 9 volumes began publication in 1759 with the first 2 volumes, but does not even reach the birth of its eponymous subject until volume 3? It is famed for its digressions, double entendres and graphic devices.
Tristram Shandy
(or more properly The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman)
Name the long running Radio 4 culinary panel show presented by Jay Rayner and currently airing at 10.30 on Saturday mornings.
The Kitchen Cabinet
Broadcast in 2019, in which legal drama did Julianne Margulis (pictured) play the title character?
The Good Wife
He is probably best known as a presenter of television programmes on biology and medicine and his regular appearances on The One Show. He is an intermittent fasting and low-carbohydrate diet advocate who has written books promoting the ketogenic diet. Popularised 5:2 diet.
Michael Mosley
He performed the world’s first fallopian tubal transplant in 1979 but this technology was later superseded by in vitro fertilisation. Presented Walking with Cavemen, and the BAFTA award-winner The Human Body.
Robert Winston
Now in its second series which coming-of-age Channel 4 comedy, set in the University of Brent, is a lightly fictionalised account of its writer Jack Rooke’s life?
Big Boys
The third volume of his autobiographical trilogy of his early life was entitled May Week Was in June. Who was this poet, journalist, critic, and broadcaster who died in 2019?
Clive James
The Tory MP for Gosport and former Cabinet member, Dame Caroline Lancaster (her married name), is the daughter of which well-loved former children’s television presenter and crime documentary broadcaster?
Fred Dinenage
Which actress plays Mandy Carter in the surreal comedy series Mandy? BBC 2 have commissioned a third series.
Diane Morgan
Little Nellie in 1967 and Wet Nellie in 1977 have what common cinematic origin?
James Bond films
(one was an autogyro in You Only Live Twice, the latter the Lotus Esprit in The Spy Who Loved Me)
The Gold Sovereign as its name suggests features an image of the current sovereign on its obverse side. Since 1817 which person features on the reverse side?
St George
Who is the only female artist in UK chart history to have a No 1 single as a solo performer, as part of a duo, a quartet and a quintet? She has written or co-written eleven UK No 1 singles and sung on 14 No 1 singles.
Mel Chisholm
Currently one of the most collectable coins is a 50p coin released in 2009. Due to its low mintage it often sells upwards of £150. Which British institution features on it?
Kew Gardens
Discovered in 2010 which chemical element is the most recent of the halogens?
Tennessine
Which Kenyan holds the record for the men’s marathon, set in Chicago in October 2023?
Kelvin Kiptum
Which comic, with the forenames Alfred Hawthorne, would have celebrated his 100th birthday this week if he had not died in 1992?
Benny Hill
The old city of Jerusalem is divided into four unequal quarters, the largest being the Muslim quarter followed by the Christian and then the Jewish. Which is the smallest remaining quarter?
Armenian
The world’s largest uninhabited island, apart from temporary visitors from NASA who train there due to its similarities with Martian conditions, is in Canada. Over 55,000 square kilometres it shares its name with the forename of a former England test cricketer born in Jamaica in 1963. Can you name the island?
Devon Island
(the cricketer is Devon Malcolm)
Where am I?
I am walking through Gamla Stan ‘the old town’ and pass St Nicholas’s Church where the country’s monarchs are crowned. I reach the Royal Palace, one of the largest in Europe, where Jarl Berger built the original fort in the 13th century and around which the city developed.
Stockholm
Which is the only racehorse to have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup five times?
Golden Miller
Which 1948 adventure film starring John Mills as the eponymous character had music composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams? The composer recycled elements of the incidental music into his 1952 Seventh Symphony.
Scott of the Antarctic
Surname of a Welsh rugby union player who has recently left the sport to seek his fortune in the USA with the NFL
Louis Rees-Zammit
a) An African river described as “great, grey, green and greasy” in the short story The Elephant’s Child;
b) A volcano 5393m high which is the second highest peak in Mexico.
Limpopocatepetl
(Limpopo and Popocatapetl)
a) A fictional TV character from an imported US series first seen in 1979 who was always dressed in white, including hat, and who sported a 62 inch waist;
b) Name given to the meat of a sheep that is between one and two years old.
Boss Hogget
(Boss Hogg and Hogget)
Which actor played Boss Hogg in original TV show Dukes of Hazzard
Sorrell Booke
He is best known for his portrayal of Beauregard “Bo” Duke in the American television action/comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard, Jonathan Kent in the 2001–2011 TV series Smallville, and James “Jim” Cryer on the television series The Haves and the Have Nots, created by Tyler Perry.
John Schneider
He had a small role as U.S. Marshal Gil Tatum in Django Unchained (2012) but better known as Luke Duke on original Dukes of Hazzard.
Tom Wopat
Actress who played original Daisy Duke in DOH
Catherine Bach
Name of bumbling corrupt sheriff in The Dukes of Hazzard?
Sheriff Roscoe P Coltrane
Who played Huggy Bear on original Starsky and Hutch?
Antonio Fargas
a) A piece of floating sea ice too small to be classed as an iceberg;
b) A container for carrying beer equivalent to 64 fluid ounces;
c) Historically a slang term for a four wheeled hansom cab.
Growlers
a) In baseball an act by the batter of hitting a ball slowly and a short distance;
b) Small seed-eating birds with stubby conical bills of the genus Embiriza;
c) Surname of a darts player from the North-West known for his resemblance to the cartoon character Peter Griffin.
Bunting
What was the title of the series of rather dark school-based books by children’s author Gillian Cross? The eponymous character was memorably portrayed on television 1996-1998 by the late Terrence Hardiman.
The Demon Headmaster
Which Manchester-born actress played Grange Hill headmistress Mrs Bridget McClusky for eleven years between 1980 and 1991?
Gwyneth Powell
Who was the headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 until his death 1842 aged only 46? He is also portrayed in the novel Tom Brown’s Schooldays.
Thomas Arnold
The Mexican socialite with the improbable name of Genovesa Casanova has strenuously denied an inappropriate romantic liaison with which member of Royalty? (title and forename needed)
Frederick X
Nigeria shares land borders with four other nations. Name two.
Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger
Give a year in the life of Peter I, known as Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia.
1672 to 1725
Give a year in the life of Ivan IV, known as Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of All Russia.
1530 to 1584
In which language is Leonard Bernstein’s choral composition Chichester Psalms sung?
Hebrew
Slovenia shares land borders with four other nations. Name two.
Austria, Croatia, Italy and Hungary
Madame Butterfly set on which island?
Kyushu
an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan that served as a trading post for the Portuguese (1570–1639) and subsequently the Dutch (1641–1854).
Dejima
: The current series of the Strictly Come Dancing spin off show, It Takes Two has two presenters. One a
professional dancer and one a former contestant. Name both.
Jeanette MANRARA and Fleur EAST
The Traitors has a companion show fronted by Ed Gamble with what name?
The Traitors: Uncloaked
Which 1979 song by Fleetwood Mac featured the University of Southern California Marching Band
(Trojans)? It was also the title song of the album which was the follow up to Rumours.
Tusk
Who is the only monarch to be born and die at Buckingham Palace?
Edward VII
: Which island,10th largest by area in the world, was named after the title held by Francis Egerton,
President of the Royal Geographical Society?
Ellesmere Island
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, the 1903 novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin was set in the fictional town of
Riverboro, in which US State? It is the largest state by area in New England.
Maine
In 1644 which North-Western town was attacked and captured by Royalist forces under Prince Rupert and James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, leading to a so called massacre of the defenders? In 1651 James Stanley was executed for treason in this town.
Bolton
Charlie Higson actor, comedian and author has written a series of novels about young James Bond. In May 2023 he published his first adult James Bond novel, the title of which differs from one of Ian Fleming’s novels by just one word. What is Higson’s title?
ON HIS MAJESTY’s SECRET SERVICE
Which additional word changes a John Osborne play of 1956 into an Oasis number one hit of 1996?
Don’t
Which name was popularised by a novel of 1904, is the name of an English poet who wrote the collection titled Anecdotal Evidence, and is a track on the Beach Boys album All Summer Long?
Wendy
Which name features in the title of a song written by Hank Marvin, a song on Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde, and a song covered and made a hit by Shakin Stevens?
Marie
Which name connects a Spanish queen called the Mad, a song by Kool and the Gang and a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent which was a hit for Scott Walker in 1968?
Joanna
from 1945 to 1946 which country experienced the highest rate of inflation ever recorded and in 1946 issued the highest ever denomination banknote - 100 quintillion pengoes?
Hungary
On the Abbey Road album sleeve three of the Beatles wear suits designed by which Welsh born tailor and designer? He also created the suit worn by Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Batman.
Tommy Nutter
Who was the last British Prime Minister to be educated at Cambridge University?
Stanley Baldwin
In which city is the Headquarters of the IMF?
Washington DC
Which famous Oscar winning British actor played Heathcliff in the 1939 film version of Wuthering Heights and Mr Darcy in the 1940 version of Pride and Prejudice?
Laurence Olivier
Samarinda is the largest city by population on which large island?
Borneo
In 2005 which woman was Alan Sugar’s aide in the first series of
The Apprentice?
Margaret Mountford
The Magus is a novel by which english author?
John Fowles
What is the highest mountain in Northern Ireland?
Slieve Donard
Which band had a no 1 hit in 1982 with The Lion Sleeps Tonight?
Tight Fit
Whose best known works include the lion sculptures in London’s
Trafalgar Square?
Edwin Landseer
Who wrote Strangers and Brothers and Corridors of Power?
CP Snow
In which work by Charles Kingsley will you find the main character
Tom, a young chimney sweep?
The Water Babies
Which singer’s backing group were Cockney Rebel?
Steve Harley
Give a year in the life of Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck
1599-1641
What was the motto of the Women’s Social and Political Union set up by the Pankhursts in 1903?
Deeds not Words
Vincent Damon Furnier is better known as which singer?
Alice Cooper
Which group spent 8 weeks at no1 in 1962 with Wonderful Land?
The Shadows
Which town in Cheshire is nicknamed the Silk Town but traditionally was known as the Treacle Town?
Macclesfield
What is the home ground of Hearts FC?
Tynecastle Park
Bateman’s, Rudyard Kipling’s home, is in which English county?
East Sussex
The newest ‘section’ of the Scout movement was introduced in 2021 for four and five year-olds. What is it called?
Squirrels
If the Great Fire of London started in Pudding Lane, at which corner
did it finish?
Pye Corner
In November 2022, two women who identify as lesbians were elected
to governorships, a first for their respective states. Maura Healey was
one: what state does she represent?
Massachusetts
What is the Sanskrit name for the yoga pose also known as Mountain Pose that is the starting point for many modern standing yoga poses?
TADASANA
From the Latin for “white”, which garment is worn by Christian clergy over the cassock, and is generally the second innermost garment worn
during a service?
Alb
What does the AA stand for in “AAH” (Hypothesis) and “AAT” (Theory)”? These are pseudoscientific ideas that postulate human evolution from the idea that a large population of our ancestors branched off away from the rest and settled underwater.
Aquatic Ape
The band Looking Glass scored a hit in 1972 about a woman (a “Fine Girl”, if you will) with what name? The song was made popular again
through the Guardians of the Galaxy films, and the name is also shared by a noted 90s and 2000s R&B singer.
Brandy
Most cases of carpal tunnel syndrome involve pressure on which nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel? This is also a noun used in some branches of mathematics.
Median nerve
Which colorfully named cologne by Dolce & Gabbana has notes of green apple, jasmine, and Sicilian lemon? Its “Summer Vibes” offshoot is woodier and has notes of Bergamot.
Light Blue
Ptolemy XII was exiled from Egypt in 58 BCE but returned 3 years later to reclaim the throne, assassinating what eldest daughter of his who
had been ruling in his absence? He would later designate his children Ptolemy the Thirteenth and Cleopatra the Seventh - yes, that Cleopatra - as his successors.
Berenice the Fourth
Who voiced and heavily resembles the antagonist Yzma in Disney’s film The Emperor’s New Groove? Once described as “the most
exciting woman in the world” by Orson Welles, she is possibly best known for her 1953 recording of “Santa Baby.”
Eartha Kitt
What is the name for the maneuver in hockey in which a player hits the puck very fast and hard often resulting in high velocity but low accuracy? It’s also the name of a 1977 Paul Newman film.
Slap Shot
Because of their many long legs, the Majoidea superfamily of crabs is generally given what name?
Spider Crab
Which indicator, abbreviated GPI, takes account of a nation’s wellbeing and separates societal progress from economic growth, and has been
suggested to replace or supplement GDP?
Genuine Progress Indicator
Which multiple Caldecott Medal winner was known for illustrating books including Once a Mouse, Shadow, and fairy tales including Puss in Boots and Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper?
Marcia Brown
What is the name of the pre-Meiji ethnic Japanese people who often worked as butchers, tanners, and executioners? These people were
highly discriminated against and lived as outcasts in ghettos.
Burakumin
Which Dan Harmon animated sitcom on FOX is set in mythical ancient Greece and centers on a flawed family of humans, gods, and monsters? Voice actors include Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, and Hannah Waddingham.
Krapopolis
Cleopatra (the Seventh as we now know) co-ruled at different times with two of her brothers Ptolemy the Thirteenth and Fourteenth. All
three of them included in their official names what Greek-rooted epithet to indicate filial piety?
Philopator
Which Tom Ford cologne exploded in popularity after it was revealed to be a fragrance of choice for Harry Styles? It’s named after two of
its primary scent notes.
Tobacco Vanille
Gene Ray, the self-proclaimed “wisest man on Earth”, created a webpage in 1997 that gained traction in pseudoscientific communities
in which he posited that space and reality as we know it is wrong and that, according to his model, we are experiencing four separate days
simultaneously. What is the two-word name of this geometric model of reality?
Time Cube
From the Latin for “over” and “fur”, which shortened version of the alb is worn by Christian clergy and is usually knee length with open sleeves?
Surplice
In November 2022, Tina Kotek was elected governor of what state, that state’s first governor to identify as a lesbian? She replaced Governor Kate Brown who identifies as bisexual.
Oregon
What name is given to the Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount? In 1993, its prominent golden arched roof
was refurbished from a donation provided by King Hussein of Jordan.
Dome of the Rock
What is the Sanskrit name for the yoga pose also known as Corpse Pose? It is the restorative pose that typically ends a yoga session.
Shivasana
Which index, abbreviated HPI and introduced by the New Economics Foundation in 2006, looks at wellbeing and environmental impact instead of economic progress? It is designed to challenge GDP and the Human Development Index.
Happy Planet Index
What unofficial hockey position, also known as a goon, is meant to intimidate the opposition with bullying or violent actions? A 1976 Clint Eastwood film shares this name
Enforcer
Which multiple Caldecott Medal winner is known for his illustrations in Make Way for Ducklings in 1941? He also illustrated the Homer Prince and Henry Reed series of novels
Robert McCloskey
Because of the males’ small claws moving across their much larger claws when eating, the Ocypodidae family of crab is generally given what name?
Fiddler Crabs
What is the name of the Korean untouchable caste associated with butchers? They sit below Cheonmin and above Nobi in the Joseon caste system.
Baekjong
Which Molyneux sisters animated sitcom on FOX is set in Alaska and centers on a flawed family living in the town of Lone Moose? Voice actors include Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, and Will Forte.
The Great North
What retail company, whose slogans include “We belong to something beautiful,” was founded in Limoges in 1969?
Sephora
Which American surfer was crowned World Surf League Champion a record 11 times between 1992 and 2011 and is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time? He has won the Laureus World Sports Award for Action
Sportsperson of the Year a record four times.
Kelly SLATER
Which English composer’s 1891 choral work De Profundis was one of the first works commissioned by the Three Choirs
Festival? His setting of the anthem ‘I was glad’ has been used at coronations since 1902.
Hubert Parry
Which English singer presents his Finest Hour every Sunday on BBC Radio 6 Music?
Guy Garvey
Which extinct species of human, which lived during the Palaeo·lithic, was first identified in 2010 from fossils found in the
namesake cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains?
DENISOVANs
Ranked among the top 20 slogans of all time by Creative Review, “Refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach” was a slogan
used by what European beer brand, although it has not been used since the 1990s?
Heineken
In the classic American sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, which actor played the role of Tony, an astronaut who marries the
2000-year-old genie of the show’s title? This actor found greater fame with a long-running TV role that began in 1978.
Larry Hagman
Which state have Amy Klobuchar [CLOH-buh-shar], Tim Pawlenty [paul-ENT-ee] and Michele Bachmann all represented when unsuccessfully seeking to become their party’s candidate in 21st-century US Presidential elections?
Minnesota
A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2023, which active volcano in Martinique was the site of the deadliest volcanic eruption of the 20th century in 1902?
Mount Pelee
Which American singer presents his Block Party every Saturday on BBC Radio 6 Music?
Huey Morgan
In 2003, an extinct species of very small human was identified from bones discovered in Liang Bua cave on which Indonesian island? Although sometimes informally referred to as ‘hobbits’, these humans are more properly named after the island on which they lived until around 50,000 years ago.
Flores
Which English composer used poetry by Thomas Traherne in his cantata Dies Natalis [dee-yez nat-AHL-iss], which he conducted
at the Three Choirs Festival in 1946? As well as choral works, this composer is known for his song cycles such as Let Us Garlands
Bring, his Cello Concerto, and compositions for the clarinet
Gerald Finzi
In 2021, Nigo [nee-go] was appointed creative director of what French fashion house? This fashion brand takes its name from the given name of its founder, who has the surname Takada.
Kenzo
Which state have Tim Ryan, Dennis Kucinich [coo-SIN-itch] and John Kasich [CASE-ick] all represented when unsuccessfully
seeking to become their party’s candidate in 21st-century US Presidential elections?
Ohio
Which musical sisters had UK top ten hits in the 1970s with ‘We Are Family’ and ‘Lost in Music’?
Sister Sledge
In the classic American sitcom Bewitched, who plays Samantha, a good witch who marries an ordinary mortal man?
Elizabeth Montgomery
Which coastal town in Suffolk is the most easterly settlement in the UK?
Lowestoft
What is the current name of the paid-subscription service formerly known as Twitter Blue? This name was changed
following Twitter’s purchase by Elon Musk.
X Premium
Which London-based book publisher is known for its minimalistic covers of white text on a blue background? Half of the Nobel Laureates in Literature since 2015 have had their works published by this company.
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Blue cheeses like Roquefort use mould to create their pungent taste. The mould used in Roquefort is P. roqueforti, where the P stands for what genus of fungi? This genus also gives its name to a group of antibiotics, whose name you may give instead.
Penciullium
What single letter denotes the brightest stars in the Morgan-Keenan system of stellar classification? These stars are so
bright they are said to burn ‘blue-white’
O (OBAFGKM)
Dory, from the Finding Nemo series of films, is perhaps the most famous of what kind of fish in the genus Paracanthurus?
Regal Blue Tang
Harald Bluetooth, king of the Danes and wireless technology namesake, constructed many edifices across Denmark. Among them were a number of which fortifications, named for their distinctive shape? They are also known as
Trelleborgs, after one such site.
Ring Fortress
The 1968 ‘Blue House Raid’ was a failed assassination of which South Korean president? This strongman was assassinated in the Blue House eleven years later.
PARK Chung-Hee
Fitzcarraldo Editions also publishes essays, whose covers have blue text on a white background. One essayist they have published is which French author, known for her memoirs and autobiographical works such as Shame and A Woman’s Story?
Annie Ernaux
Former Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey sits on the board of directors for which microblogging site? After Twitter was purchased by Elon Musk, some users may have wondered why this alternative had to hide away for
so long.
BlueSky
Joni Mitchell recorded several songs on Blue with which other singer-songwriter, her partner at the time? He is best known for his song “Fire and Rain” and his cover of Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend”.
James Taylor
Another member of the UK Government’s Blue Belt program is which Atlantic Ocean island with a capital at Jamestown?
Saint Helena
O-Type stars make up the smallest fraction of what segment of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, used to classify star types?
This segment shows the most common stage of stellar evolution as opposed to dwarves and giants.
Main Sequence
Le Creuset’s casserole dish is often reported, perhaps erroneously, to be the favourite cooking pot of which American TV chef? Studying at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, she is best known for the show The French Chef.
Julia Child
Who is the BArefoot Contessa in American TV cooking?
Ina Garten
Blu, from the Rio series of films, is perhaps the most famous of which kind of bird in the genus Cyanopsitta?
Spix’s Macaw
a Known for its iconic blue dome and facade, the Shah Mosque is located in Isfahan in which modern-day country?
Iran
Blue Rev is a 2022 album by which shoegaze-inspired indie band? Their breakthrough single was 2014’s “Archie, Marry Me”, while their 2017 album Antisocialites won the Juno award for Best Alternative Album, a feat they repeated with Blue Rev
Alvvays (pronounced Always)
Which American striker also scored 6 goals at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, taking home the silver boot with less assists? She currently plays in the blue colours of San Diego Wave, but is most famous in the UK for her brief cameo at
Tottenham Hotspur and her notorious “tea” celebration.
Alex Morgan
Harald Bluetooth also constructed a runestone in Jelling [yelling] dedicated to his parents; his children did not return the favour. Which of his sons revolted and seized the throne from him in the 980s? He would later become the first Danish King of England, overthrowing Aethelred the Unready and founding the house named for his son, Cnut.
Sweyn Forkbeard
Bloo is a sentient blue blob, manifested by a young boy called Mac, in which Cartoon Network television series? The name of the series refers to an orphanage that is home to many children’s former pretend-playmates.
Foster’s Home for Imaginary
Friends
Released in 2022, The Looker was a parody of which widely acclaimed 2016
puzzle video game developed by Jonathan Blow?
The Witness
‘Mark and Tim’ was a sketch on the early 1990s TV show The Mary Whitehouse Experience that parodied two British singers, usually showing them do nothing but move their heads slowly from side to side. One of its subjects was Tim
Burgess, the lead singer of which group?
The Charlatans
Which Anglo-Irish nobleman and MP who died in 1816 left his library and art collection to Cambridge University, along with the bequest to build a namesake museum?
Fitzwilliam
Italian food purists insist that there are only two acceptable varieties of true Neapolitan pizza: the Margherita and which other, that is topped only with tomato, olive oil, oregano, and garlic? It has no cheese, and perhaps surprisingly, no seafood.
Marinara
Which seven-letter word for a localised grouping precedes ‘headache’ in the name for a type of headache that occurs in bouts, and involves a piercing unilateral pain usually felt close to one eye, accompanied by restlessness?
Cluster
Which French model and actress with a single-word stage name played Simone in the 1963 film The Pink Panther and Renée in the 1965 film What’s New Pussycat?
Capucine
With a Norse-derived name meaning ‘water island’, what is the westernmost permanently inhabited island in Scotland? Found near the southern end of the Western Isles, it is connected by causeway to the larger island of Barra.
Vatersay
In which 2022 epic historical film did Nicole Kidman play Alexander Skarsgård’s
mother?
The Northman
A Silk Road entry point to China at the western end of the Han Dynasty Great
Wall, the Yumen Pass is also known as the ____ Gate, where the blank is which
ornamental good that many caravans passed through carrying?
Jade
Which branch of anthropology involves the in-depth study of a particular cultural
group? It is not to be confused with the closely related field of ethnology, which
compares different cultural groups.
Ethnography
What three-letter word precedes
electrophoresis’ in the name of the molecular
biological technique that won Arne Tiselius a 1948 Nobel prize? This technique separates DNA and RNA molecules based on their size and charge
Gel
Although pancetta or other meats are often substituted, Italian food purists insist that a true spaghetti carbonara must be made with what specific cured meat, made from pork jowls or cheek?
Guanciale
The other subject of The Mary Whitehouse Experience’s ‘Mark and Tim’ sketches
was Mark Gardener, who was one of two vocalist-guitarists in which shoegaze
band, alongside Andy Bell?
Ride
Which musical is based on the 1967 film of the same name with Julie Andrews
in the title role, and tells the story of a small-town girl who comes to New York
City in the 1920s, with a plan to marry for money instead of love?
Thoroughly Modern Millie
In office from 1948 to 1953, and again from 1955 to 1963, who was Israel’s first
Prime Minister?
David Ben-Gurion
Which widely acclaimed 2014 puzzle video game, developed by Croteam, was
partly named after a Greek mythological automaton, and had a recent sequel
released in November 2023?
The Talos Principle
Andrew Hodges wrote a bestselling 1983 biography of which mathematician, that
later became the basis for a 2014 film?
Alan Turing
A precursor to the Southern Silk Road, the Ancient ____ Horse Road connected
China to Tibet, with the blank being which commodity, grown in China and from
the Tang dynasty onwards, often traded in return for Tibetan ponies?
Tea
In anthropology, field research is often divided into two types: an insider’s perspective, called ‘emic’ [ee-mick], and an outsider’s approach, known by what corresponding four-letter word? Both terms originated in linguistics, with ‘emic’
coming from ‘phonemic’ [foe-nee-mick] and this from the ending of a similar word.
Etic
Team Alinghi, who won the 2003 and 2007 America’s Cup, represented which
landlocked nation?
Switzerland
Which goddess is shown with a mirror in paintings by Velázquez, Titian, Veronese and Rubens which all feature her namesake effect, whereby she appears to be looking at herself, although her reflection is shown from the
viewer’s perspective, and would not be seen from her angle?
Venus Effect
William Whewell also coined which word for the assumption that the same natural
processes that operate in present-day scientific observations have always applied? In geology, this theory is the opposite of catastrophism and is also known as gradualism.
Uniformitarianism
Which French comic actor with a single-word stage name played the title role in the 1950s and ’60s Don Camillo series of French-Italian films? He also appeared with Bob Hope in Paris Holiday and with David Niven in Around the World in Eighty Days.
Fernandel
Which Scottish island, also close to Barra and a little southwest of Vatersay, was
inhabited from the Iron Age until it was abandoned in 1912, and is known for its
namesake Boat Song, a folk song about sailors “Sailing homeward, to ____”?
Mingulay
Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar are often cited as examples of which genre of novel known by a French name and based on real people and events, but with changed names and details to give a façade of fiction?
Roman a clef
In which US city did Kelvin Kiptum set a new world record for the men’s marathon
in 2023, with a time of two hours and 35 seconds?
Chicago
Which seven-letter word for a pulling force precedes ‘headache’ in the name of
the most commonly occurring type of headache, usually felt as a band-like pain
across the whole head?
Tension
Usually muttering the words “What Doooing”, a boxer dog called Moose appeared in the adverts for which credit checking website?
Clearscore
What title is shared by a 1936 Alfred Hitchcock film starring Sylvia Sidney, amongst others, and a hit single by the Beastie Boys?
Sabotage
Before Wiley and DJ Target topped the chart as members of Roll Deep, they had a 2002
hit with Champagne Dance as part of which other grime collective? According to their
name, they might also have been responsible for rigging the cost of topping up a mobile
phone, if using a tariff introduced in the 1990s.
Pay As U Go Cartel
Published in 1683, Joseph Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises On The Whole Art Of Printing
was regarded as the bible of the printing trade. Fittingly, it contains the first known
instance of what common English word, familiar from Christianity, being used to refer to a
trade union branch concerned with printing or journalism?
Chapel
Which tactic in chess involves attacking an opponent’s piece such that it cannot move
without exposing a more valuable piece behind it to capture?
Pin
Nicknamed the Magpies, which Australian rules football club won the 2023 AFL Grand
Final, beating the Brisbane Lions?
Collingwood
Most actors to play the Doctor in Doctor Who have a numerical designation, but who
played the incarnation referred to not by a number, but instead as ‘the War Doctor’? He
first appeared in the episode The Name of The Doctor
John Hurt
Gerhilde, Grimgerde, Helmwige, Ortlinde, Rossweise, Schwertleite, Siegrune, and
Waltraute are sisters of the title-character of which work by Richard Wagner, usually
performed as the second part of a longer operatic cycle?
Die Walküre / The
Valkyrie
The Hindu Kush formed the southern and eastern borders of which historic region of
Central Asia? This was a province of the Persian empire before it was conquered by
Alexander the Great, who then married its princess, Roxana.
Bactria
In which 2011 comedy-drama film with an ensemble cast does the late Tom
Wilkinson play a retired judge searching for his long-lost lover in Jaipur, while staying
at the titular hotel alongside Judi Dench and Maggie Smith?
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Used for the early parts of the London Underground network, on sub-surface lines,
what method of forming a tunnel involves excavating to the required depth from
ground level, roofing over, and then backfilling?
Cut and Cover
Usually under one metre long, which small species of shark lives in tidal pools and is able to survive oxygen depletion by selectively shutting down nonessential neural functions and ‘walking’ between pools with its fins? It shares its name with a shoulder ornament on a ceremonial jacket.
Epaulette Shark
In Doctor Who, who played the incarnation of the Doctor referred to not by a
number, but instead as ‘the Fugitive Doctor’?
Jo Martin
Nicknamed the Cats, which Australian rules football club won the 2022 AFL
Grand Final, beating the Sydney Swans?
Geelong
Which tactic in chess involves attacking an opponent’s high-value piece such that
it is forced to move out of the way to allow the capture of a weaker piece behind
it? It is sometimes regarded as the opposite of a pin.
Skewer
Released on the same day in 2020, Everything Sucks and Everything Is Beautiful are albums by which non-binary New York rapper, born Destiny Frasquieri? According to their stage-name, they might stand to inherit a company that, in the
1990s, became the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones.
Princess Nokia
Mechanick Exercises On The Whole Art Of Printing also contains the first known
instance of what common English word, also familiar from Christianity, being
used to refer to a printer’s apprentice, tasked with mixing ink and handling trays
of metal type?
Printer’s DEVIL
In 1870, James Henry Greathead improved upon what tunnel-boring device, used to prevent cave-ins during deep-level excavation, which was used in the construction of the City and South London Railway? The earlier design had been used in construction of the tunnel from Wapping to Rotherhithe.
Tunnelling Shield
Gram staining is a technique in which discipline of biology, also known as microscopic anatomy, which studies tissues in relation to their specialised functions?
Histology
retired track and field athlete LONG JUMP who competed for the United Kingdom and later Italy in the long jump. She won the World Championships twice and two Olympic silver medals (1996 and 2000).
Fiona May
The historic region of Bactria was located south of which river, which gives its name
to a collection of 180 gold and silver artefacts from the Achæmenid [ah-KEE-mun-id]
Empire, nearly all of which are now housed in the British Museum?
Oxus / Amu Darya
Charles Thomson co-founded the Stuckism movement with which man, an ex-lover
of Tracey Emin, who has worked across multiple visual art forms, writing, as well as
playing in bands such as Thee Headcoats?
Billy Childish
Although mostly grown as vegetables, the less-edible older specimens of which
genus of plants, whose name derives from the Arabic for ‘fibrous’, are used in the
bathroom as coarse, exfoliating scrubbing-sponges?
Luffa
Sixtus Beckmesser, Kunz Vogelgesang, Konrad Nachtigall, Balthasar Zorn, and
Ulrich Eisslinger are among the title-characters of which work by Richard Wagner —
the longest single opera to be regularly performed?
The Master Singers of Nuremberg
Private Eye companion podcast
Page 94
Podcast true crime stories with the hosts’ Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala characteristic humour, rapport and witty commentary.
Red Handed
Who presents High Performance Podcast alongside Jake Humphries?
Professor Damian Hughes
Podcast Hosts Zeze Millz and David “Sideman” Whitely cover everything about the UK’s Black music industry
+44 Podcast
Relationships podcast by hosts Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy?
The Therapy Crouch
Podcast: For anyone with a confession to make – author and journalist Candice Brathwaite and actress Coco Sarel are ready to hear it.
Closet Confessions
Podcast Step behind the closed doors of British politics with George Osborne and Ed Balls
Political Currency
Who presents Radio SHow and Podcast THis American Life?
Ira Glass
Jimmy Fallon the punching bag for the rest of the crew—and for the remainder of the limited series’ run. The resulting conversation between him and Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver PODCAST
Strike Force Five
Which ex boyband member presents podcast The Last Soviet? a podcast about Sergei Kirkakev, the Russian cosmonaut who was stranded in space for a year following the collapse of the USSR.
Lance Bass
PODCAST Comedian Nish Kumar and journalist Coco Khan have turned the dumpster fire that is British politics into a podcast.
Pod Save the UK
PODCAST Simon Parkin is one of very few journalists capable of writing about gaming with the depth, wit and intelligence (unfortunately) usually reserved for art and cinema.
My Perfect Console
British podcaster, author, and life coach. He is also a co-founder of Sama Tea. Podcast is ON PURPOSE. Book Think Like a Monk. Book 8 Rules of Love.
Jay Shetty
Due to John Cass’s links to slavery, the City, University of London, School of Business was changed from CASS to which name after a mathematician in 2021?
Bayes Business School (after Thomas Bayes)
Oxford University Business School is named after which Saudi-Canadian financier?
Wafic Said
Cambridge University Business School is named after which English business and political figure?
Judge
Name of the Business School of the University of Pennsylvania?
Wharton School
Business School of MIT named after which person?
Sloan School of Management
Tuck School of Business is the business school of which Ivy League university?
Dartmouth College
Johnson School for grad and Dyson School for undergrad are the business schools of which Ivy League university?
Cornell University
Very funny people Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas and June Diane Raphael (plus a roster of very funny special guests) love movies. PODCAST
How Did This Get Made?
Which ‘King of Clay’ beat Michael Chang to triumph at the 1995 Men’s French
Open?
Thomas Muster
Martin Lewis Perl and Frederick Reines won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1995
for their discoveries regarding what class of elemental particles that can be
charged or neutral?
Leptons
In the “Pioneers of Communication” stamp set, which knighted British inventor
appeared on the 19p and 25p stamps? He is noted for introducing the Uniform
Penny Post system under Queen Victoria.
Rowland Hill
Which Radio 1 presenter and MTV Europe VJ guest presented Top of the Pops
in May 1995? In 1998 she notably failed to turn up to their Radio 1 job after a
night of clubbing, and in 2005 appeared on Celebrity Big Brother.
Lisa L’Anson
Which explosive sounding single was a number one hit for The Outhere Brothers
in 1995?
Boom Boom Boom
Which bespectacled presenter fronted the game show, Raise the Roof, where
contestants could win a house worth £100,000? An urban myth suggests they
played the sax on Baker Street.
Bob Holness
Which indie album, released by the Boo Radleys, hit number one on the charts?
Wake Up!
In October 1995, which US opera house unveiled a new system for translating
the words of onstage operas? The first was Verdi’s Otello, starring Placido
Domingo.
Supertitles at the Met
The Beltane Fire, a choreographic poem for orchestra was performed for the
first time at Symphony Hall in Boston in 1995. It was conducted by which
Englishman, who also composed it?
Peter Maxwell Davies
Which much decorated actress received an Olivier nomination for the role of
Yvonne in Les Parents terribles. Married to Denis Lawson, she continued to work
in theatre after losing an eye in 2003?
Shiela Gish
Which actor and R&B singer guest-presented Top of the Pops in June 1995? She
recorded the song Sweetness and later went on to be a panellist for Loose
Women.
Michelle Gayle
Which coming-of-age drama, screened at the 1995 Cannes Film festival and
directed by Harmony Korine, featured the film debut of Chloe Sevigny?
Kids
Who defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario to win the women’s singles tennis title at
the 1995 Australian Open?
Mary Pierce
Drummer Alan “Reni” Wren left which band in 1995? Their hits include Made of
Stone and Sally Cinnamon.
Stone Roses
Which Non-Proliferation Treaty was extended indefinitely and without conditions
by 170 countries in May 1995?
nuclear
Which indie album, released by Supergrass, debuted at number one on the
charts?
I Should Coco
In 1995, which electrical goods retailer and former sponsors of the Football League Cup
closed its 311 stores, resulting in the loss of more than 3,000 jobs?
Rumbelows
Castlerigg, Swinside and Long Meg are examples of what?
Stone Circles
Where is the gypsy horse fair, held in early June of each year?
Appleby (in Cumbria)
What is the affectionate name given to the Ravenglass and Esksdale Railway?
La’al Ratty
Name the 3 other teams in England’s group in the 2022 Qatar World Cup
Wales, USA, Iran
Name the 3 other teams in England’s group in UEFA’s Euro 2024 compe77on
Serbia, Denmark, Slovenia
In which 10cc song do they compare death to “a cold lasagne suspended in deep
freeze”?
Life is a Minestrone
In which US loca7on does Tina Turner tell us that “salt pork and molasses is all you get in
jail”?
Nutbush City Limits
Which band had a UK top ten hit with “I Want Candy” in 1982?
Bow Wow Wow
Which US singer had a UK number 2 hit in 1968 (and again in 1975) with a song called
“Honey”?
Bobby Goldsboro
Which US detective series always opened with a phone showing the number 555-2368
and an answer message chasing the lead character for money?
The Rockford Files
Which Saturday morning children’s programme had the phone number 01811 8055?
Multicoloured Swap Shop
36-24-36 is the phone number of the person who does ‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap’ in
the song of the same name by which band?
AC/DC
6323003, or six three, two three, double O three in the lyrics, is the number of the phone box, now a museum in Meols (pronounced. Mells) on the Wirral, in the song Red Box White Lights. The song was performed by, and the museum is dedicated to, which 1980s electronic band?
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Under the German purity laws of 1516 only 4 ingredients can be used in making beer.
Name any three.
WATER, YEAST, MALT (ACCEPT BARLEY) & HOPS
Altbier, a copper-coloured beer, is mainly brewed in which Rhineland city?
Dusseldorf
Which jockey featured in the nomina7ons for the 2023 Sports Personality of the Year?
Frankie Dettori
Which cricketer featured in the nomina7ons for the 2023 Sports Personality of the Year?
Stuart Broad
Which former Manchester City, Bolton and Derby footballer died in 2023, aged 79?
Francis Lee
Which Derbyshire born aristocrat and gaoler of Mary, Queen of Scots persuaded the
Cavendish family to settle at Chatsworth, and built the Tudor mansion which was
eventually rebuilt into the current house?
Bess of Hardwick
Traditionally associated with southwest England, what specific dairy product is prepared
by heating cow’s milk with steam and then cooling in shallow dishes, collecting the fatty
content that rises to the surface?
CLotted Cream
Edd Kimber was the first, and Matty Edgell the most recent, winner of which UK reality TV
show?
The Great British Bake Off
Which Austrian businessman and conman was the CEO of the fraudulent company
Wirecard and has been on the run since 2020? In 2023 he was revealed as a Russian
spy and is now believed to be in Russia.
Jan Marselak
Which one time member of the “Bromley Contingent” (a name applied to a group of early
Sex Pistols fans in 1975) wrote and performed several Top 10 UK singles, including
Spellbound and Hong Kong Garden?
Siouxsie Sioux (accept Susan Ballion)
Who sang the theme song for unofficial bond film Never Say Never Again?
Lani Hall
Who performed the theme song for the 1967 unofficial bond film Casino Royale? Was written by Bacharach and David.
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sung by Mike Redway)
Which author, in collaboration with Eric Crozier, wrote the libretto to Benjamin Britten’s
opera Billy Budd?
EM Forster
Which philosopher and student of Wittgenstein introduced the term ‘Consequentialism’
into the language of analytic philosophy in her 1958 article Modern Moral Philosophy?
Elizabeth Anscombe
The role of First Lord of the Treasury is conventionally held by which member of the UK’s Cabinet?
Prime Minister
Which cigarette brand has the best-selling cigarette type found in the UK? This brand is
commonly initialised to L&B.
Lambert and Butler
What is the name given to the informal table that consists of each constituent college of
the University of Oxford’s academic ranking for the prior year?
Norrington
For every year from 2009 to 2018, the top selling new car in the UK was the Ford
Fiesta. This has stopped production and been replaced by what model, the top
selling new car in the UK in 2023?
Ford Puma
Which river, the longest and second largest tributary of the Ganges and the largest
tributary entirely in India, flows through New Delhi and Agra before meeting the
Ganges at the Triveni Sangam at Prayagraj? At this confluence it is larger than the
Ganges itself.
Yamuna
Which actor and comedy writer who died in 2023 was the only female regular cast
member on the radio show I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again? She also appeared in the
first episode of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue and spoke the first line of dialogue on
Emmerdale?
Jo Kendall
In particle physics, what type of mesons are formed from first generation – i.e. up and
down – quarks and antiquarks and no others, and are the lightest known hadrons?
Pi Mesons
Parasite and All Quiet on the Western Front are the two most recent foreignlanguage films to win four Academy Awards. Which 1982 Swedish period drama focusing on two titular siblings was the first to do so?
Fanny and Alexander
unorthodox starring roles in Robert Altman’s Brewster McCloud (1970) and Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude (1971). He also had supporting roles in films such as MAS*H (1970), Electric Dreams (1984), Heat (1995), Dogma (1999), Coyote Ugly (2000) and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
Bud Cort
Her later work included performances in Rosemary’s Baby (1968), What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969), Where’s Poppa? (1970),
Maude in Harold and Maude (1971), Every Which Way But Loose (1978), Any Which Way You Can (1980), and My Bodyguard (1980). Won BSA for ROsemary’s Baby.
Ruth Gordon
Blinding Lights and Save Your Tears are singles by The Weeknd which came from
which album, released in March 2020?
After Hours
What family of flowering plants, that flower only once in their lifetime, are marked by
long still leaves and showy flowers? Found chiefly in the Americas, examples are
pineapples and Spanish moss.
Bromeliads
The monarchy of which nation became the first to adopt absolute primogeniture in
place of male primogeniture in the order of succession, doing so in 1980? Crown Princess Victoria now next in line.
Sweden
In Greek mythology, who is the brother of Electra, whom she waits for to avenge the
murder of their father, Agamemnon, by killing their mother, Clytemnestra? Which he
does
Orestes
In 1995, which tennis player shouted at hecklers in the crowd at Wimbledon and then
quit the match in fury at the code violations he received from the chair umpire? The
resulting ban from Wimbledon 1996 made him the first and, so far only, player to be
banned from a future ATP tournament for on court behaviour.
Jeff Tarango
Which wine estate in Dorking, Surrey has the largest vineyard in England?
Representing more than 10% of plantings in the UK, in 2010 its Chalk Ridge Rosé
won the IWC International Gold award, the world’s biggest and most influential wine
competition.
Denbies
Each Electronic Arts (non-sports) Game up to 2016 featured a jingle that would
say ‘EA Games’ followed by what two-word phrase?
Challenge Everything
What is the name given to the informal table that consists of each constituent
college of the University of Cambridge’s academic ranking for the prior year?
Tomkins
The role of Lord Privy Seal is conventionally held by one of two Cabinet
members, one who sits in the House of Lords and the other in the House of
Commons. Name either.
Leader of the House
of Lords OR Leader
of the House of
Commons
Which senior car industry executive with joint French, Lebanese and Brazilian
citizenship was imprisoned in Japan in 2018 for financial irregularities? He
skipped bail and fled the country in 2019 and has since been resident in Beirut?
Carlos Ghosn
Which one time member of the “Bromley Contingent” enjoyed Top 10 success in
the United States with the albums Whiplash Smile and Rebel Yell?
Billy Idol (accept
William Broad)
What Soviet spacecraft has been in continuous use since the 1960s and is the main craft used to take people to and from space stations? The 3rd Soviet crewed spaceflight programme after Vostok and Voskhod, it was the only way to
reach the international space station throughout most of the 2010s.
Soyuz
Which granddaughter of Bess of Hardwick and cousin to James I and VI was named by Elizabeth I as 2nd in line to the throne after her cousin James I and VI? The Main Plot allegedly aimed to put her on the throne, and her clandestine
marriage and subsequent escape from house arrest led to her imprisonment and death in the tower (both names required)
Arabella Stuart
Which novel by Thomas Hardy is set on Egdon Heath and features the
characters Clym Yeobright, Eustacia Vye and Diggory Venn?
Return of the Native
In Greek mythology, who is the brother of Antigone, whom she tries to bury in
defiance of the orders of her uncle, Creon?
Polynices
In 2004, which then Indiana Pacers player received the longest ever suspension
for an on-court incident in NBA history for his role in the so-called malice at the
palace? He also received a year’s probation for jumping into the crowd to grab
and punch opposing fans.
Ron Artest (accept
Metta SandifordArtest or Metta World
Peace)
Which vineyard in Tenterden in Kent is the largest producer of English wine, with
almost 1,000 acres under vine? It predominantly produces sparkling wines, and
its Rosé Brut won a Platinum Award at the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards.
Chapel Down
God’s Plan and Nice For What are singles by Drake which came from which
album, released in June 2018?
Scorpion
Which 17th century Italian scientist gives his name both to a large order of
flowering plants, that includes violets, willows and coca, as well as eponymous
parts of the human excretory system called “pyramids” and “corpuscles”?
Marcello Malpighi
In particle physics, what type of meson, that exists as four types, is distinguished
by a ‘strangeness’ quantum number and is a combination of up/down quarks or
antiquarks with strange quarks or antiquarks?
Kaon / K Meson
The last movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 saw the first ever use of which specific wind instrument in a symphony, the largest and lowest pitched regularly used in a symphony orchestra?
Contrabassoon
(accept the double
bassoon, but do not
accept or prompt on
‘bassoon’)
Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated in which US city?
LA
While being only the 5th best-selling car in the UK in 2023, what was the bestselling car in Europe and, indeed the world, last year?
TESLA Model Y
Also sometimes referred to as the Ganges, or Ganga, which river is the
westernmost distributary of the Ganges due to an artificial channel linking the two
rivers in West Bengal and flows through Kolkata?
Hooghly
Joe Kendall started alongside Nigel Rees and others in which radio sketch show
that billed itself as A Correspondence Course in Dynamic Living? It has been
repeated numerous times since its original 1976-80 run.
The Burkiss Way
Two people have won a REGOT (including a razzie). One is Alan Menken. Who
is the other?
Liza Minnelli
Known as ‘The Welsh Potting Machine’, which Welsh snooker player won his third
World Championship in 2018, a full 15 years after his last victory in the event?
Mark Williams
