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Matthew Murphy lead singer of which British band?
The Wombats
D-Day landing beach commanded by Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Utah Beach
Standard reference object for 3D rendering, Over a decade later, in 1975, a computer scientist named Martin Newell created a 3D test model known as the ________.
Utah Teapot
Foil to T-Rex in Dinosaur Comics
Utahraptor
Keanu Reeves character in Point Break
Johnny Utah
a sorting algorithm based on the generate and test paradigm. The function successively generates permutations of its input until it finds one that is sorted. It is not considered useful for sorting, but may be used for educational purposes, to contrast it with more efficient algorithms. Portmanteau of another word and sort.
Bogosort
a slight variation of bubble sort. It differs in that instead of repeatedly passing through the list from bottom to top, it passes alternately from bottom to top and then from top to bottom. It can achieve slightly better performance than a standard bubble sort.
Cocktail Shaker Sort
What musical term is used to describe a rapid, fluctuating variation in the volume of a note or a series of notes? It’s often achieved on string instruments by rapidly alternating the pressure of the bow or pick.
Tremolo
Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon are the current race drivers for what Formula One team?
Alpine F1
What do you call the type of rubber boot that is put on over shoes to keep them from getting muddy or wet during bad weather?
Galoshes
Zvartnots International Airport is the main international airport of which country in the Caucasus region?
Armenia (Yerevan)
What do you call the branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers and layering?
Stratigraphy
The French tragicomedy Le Cid is based on the legend of El Cid. First performed in 1636, which of the three great French dramatists wrote this work?
Pierre Corneille
In March 2024, what country became the first country in the world to explicitly codify the right to an abortion in its constitution? Abortion has been legal in this country since 1975.
France
Which Japanese manga artist first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the popular series Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball?
Akira Toriyama
Which European country became the 32nd member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation after Hungary ratified its accession in March 2024?
Sweden
Genealogy company Ancestry has discovered that Taylor Swift is related to which literary figure, sixth cousins three times removed?
Emily Dickinson
Which still widely available soft drink was originally called “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda”, was launched two weeks before the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and marketed as a hangover cure with the slogan “It takes the ouch out of the grouch”; for the first 20 years of its life, it contained Lithium Citrate, a salt which is now widely used as a mood stabilizer in psychiatric treatment?
7UP
What is the surname of Elizabeth Kimberly, MBE, the first gymnast from Great Britain to win a
medal at the European Championships, World Championships, and Olympic Games?
Tweddle
The high-level clouds known as cirrus are primarily composed of what?
Ice Crystals
Following the success of ‘Song to a Seagull’, ‘Clouds’ was the second LP/album by whom?
Joni Mitchell
In ‘Oliver Twist’, who is the kindly, middle-aged bachelor who rescues Oliver from Fagin’s
clutches?
Mr Brownlow
Who was criticised for wearing a duffel coat – described as a donkey jacket in the press – to the
Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday 1981?
Michael Foot
What is the name of the Welsh actress who has had leading or major roles in ‘Torchwood’,
‘Keeping Faith’, and ‘Broadchurch’?
Eve Myles
What was the name of the actress who played Annie Walker in ‘Coronation Street’ for 23
years?
Doris Speed
Which Johnnie Walker whisky “is known for its smooth, deep, and complex character, making it
a perfect sipping whisky”?
Black Label
‘Tilly Trotter’ was a 1980s trilogy written by whom?
Catherine Cookson
) Which English Premiership rugby club was founded in 1866 as Hampstead Football Club?
Harlequins
What is the first name of the female protagonist in ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’?
Bathsheba
Prior to Alaska and Hawaii being admitted, which was the last of the 48 states to join (1912)?
Arizona
In The Beatles’ ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’, what is Maxwell’s surname?
Edison
In around 1412, in which French village was Joan of Arc born?
Domrémy
What term, preceding “carnivore”, describes animals whose diet requires nutrients exclusive to
animal flesh?
Obligate
What word precedes ‘Hearts’ to give the name of a Scottish League 1 soccer team, one of the
league’s most recent members?
Kelty
In chess, a player who wants to adjust a piece on its square without being required to move it
can announce what French word before touching the piece?
J’adoube
‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ was one of the songs on the Beatles’ 1967 double A-side single –
name the other.
Penny Lane
On the 16th January , which British and Irish Lion left rugby union to join the NFL International
Player Pathway?
Louis Rees-Zammit
What is the title of the 1998 American romantic fantasy film that is loosely based on the 1934
film ‘Death Takes a Holiday’?
Meet Joe Black
Colin Vearncombe (1962-2016) was known by his stage name Black. What was the title of his
1987 hit that made the Top 10 in at least nine countries?
Wonderful Life
In which decade was the Official Monster Raving Loony Party established in the United
Kingdom by Screaming Lord Sutch?
1982
What is the name of the evil wizard who is the sworn enemy of the Smurfs?
Gargamel
What was the title of Sebastian Faulks’ 1993 war novel and family saga?
Birdsong
Who preceded Andrew Motion as Poet Laureate?
Ted Hughes
a) In 1980, two days before her suicide, who told an interviewer she was a compulsive thief and
had been shoplifting for years?
Lady Isobel Barnett
Born in October, 1906, who won more fights by knockout than any other heavyweight
champion in boxing history?
Primo Carnera
WWE’s Million Dollar Man
Ted DiBiase
son of Eurydemus of Malis. He betrayed his homeland, in hope of receiving some kind of reward from the Persians, by showing the army of Xerxes a path around the allied Greek position at the pass of Thermopylae, which helped them win the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
Ephialtes of Trachis
The Oesterlé–Masser conjecture nickname
ABC Conjecture
1936 Poirot novel adapted to TV starring John Malkovich
ABC Murders
Junior demon in C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters
Wormwood
Reformer and author of Institutes of the Christian Religion
Calvin
Sitcom by the Carells, a veteran detective who prefers to be alone, is assigned a new partner. However, she has to deal with being tailed by a partner and while at it, also investigate bizarre criminal cases, played by Rashida Jones
Angie Tribeca
A Little Night Music is based on which Bergman film?
Smiles of a Summer Night
Diplomat who married into a famous family. the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps, Head Start, VISTA, Upward Bound, and other programs as the architect of the 1960s War on Poverty. He was the Democratic Party’s nominee for vice president in the 1972 presidential election.
Sargent Shriver
What graph named after an instrument used when you want to observe the distribution of numeric data, and are especially useful when you want to make a comparison of distributions between multiple groups. The peaks, valleys, and tails of each group’s density curve can be compared to see where groups are similar or different?
Violin plots
The Tree That Owns Itself was a famous tree in which Georgian city in USA?
Athens
Peretz Bernstein stagename, lead singer of Jane’s Addiction and founding Lollapalooza.
Perry Farrell
Marianne Joan Elliott-Said was lead singer of a band and had what stagename?
Poly Styrene
nicknamed “Big Ben”, is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League for 18 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, retired 2022
Ben Roethlisberger
Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. With 1,779 NHL games played, he is the all-time leader in regular season games played in league history. He passed the record previously held by Gordie Howe in his 1,768th game on April 19, 2021. Retired 2022.
Patrick Marleau
Film director of The Son and The Father?
Florian Zeller
an autobiographical children’s novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in 1937, the fourth of nine books in her Little House series has fruit in the name
On the Banks of Plum Creek
German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, including “Strangers in the Night”, “Danke Schoen” and “Moon Over Naples”. Namechecked in Barenaked Ladies One Week.
Bert Kaempfert
French actress and singer. She is best known to English-language audiences for playing Detective Sergeant Florence Cassell in the BBC One series Death in Paradise (2015–2024).
Josephine Jobert
French singer and actress. She was a teenage pop-star in the late-1980s. In 1986, she was the youngest singer to reach number one in the French charts, with the single “T’en va pas”, and she went on to sell millions of records during the decade. ____, her namesake album of 1988, had achieved double-platinum status by 1993.
Elsa (Lunghini)
the queen of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190. She reigned alongside her husband Guy of Lusignan, to whom she was unwaveringly attached despite his unpopularity among the barons of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. PLayed by Eva Green in Kingdom of Heaven (Ridley Scott).
Sibylla
British actor, known for his roles as Lee Adama in Battlestar Galactica and Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin in the ITV series Law & Order: UK. He also had a supporting role as 2nd Lt. Jack Foley in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, as Lieutenant Archie Kennedy in the Hornblower series and was a regular on the British series Ultimate Force and Peak Practice.
Jamie Bamber
Which cast member of Gone with the Wind died in 2020 at the age of 104?
Olivia de Havilland
Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon played star-crossed lovers in what 1939 movie?
Wuthering Heights
What actor played lead roles in the 1935 movies Ruggles of Red Gap, Les Miserables, and Mutiny on the Bounty?
CHarles Laughton
In what 1937 movie did Cary Grant and Constance Bennett become ghosts after a fatal car crash?
Topper
What is soldier Paul Baumer reaching for when he is shot dead by a sniper at the end of the 1930 war movie All Quiet on the Western Front?
Butterfly
Which religious epic directed by Cecil B. DeMille was the top-grossing motion picture for 1932?
The Sign of the Cross
In the 1939 movie Stanley and Livingstone, who played Dr. Livingstone opposite Spencer Tracy as Stanley?
Cedric Hardwicke
Which former Olympic gold medalist starred as the title hero in the 1939 movie serial Buck Rogers?
Buster Crabbe
Which real-life doctor was played by Warner Baxter in the 1936 movie The Prisoner of Shark Island?
Dr Samuel Mudd (helped John Wilkes Booth)
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire danced “Cheek to Cheek” in which RKO musical?
Top Hat
What 1935 adventure movie starring Clark Gable was remade in 2020 with Harrison Ford?
Call of the Wild
What was Marlene Dietrich’s first American movie, and the only one for which she received an Oscar nomination?
Morocco
Which actress won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her film debut in the 1936 movie Anthony Adverse?
Gale SONDERGAARD
What 1936 movie found Lionel Barrymore, Warner Baxter, and Fredric March engaged in WWI trench warfare?
The Road to Glory
Which Romanian tennis player won French Open 1973 and US Open 1972?
Ilie Nastase
Which Newcastle-born singer and Quadrophenia actor had a hit with Seven Days in 1993?
Sting
What colour is used to indicate that a ski run is graded easy or for beginners?
Green
What cardinal direction completes the title of Maggi Hambling’s painting, Wild ___ Sea?
North
The Quinta de Olivos (“the olive estate”) is the official residence of the president of which South American country?
Argentina
Which 1980s hospital drama series starred Denzel Washington as Dr. Philip Chandler?
St Elsewhere
In 2014, which nation’s football team became the first to beat Brazil on their home territory in thirty-nine years, with a 7-1 defeat at Belo Horizonte?
Germany
Which chain of hotels is managed by the Pritzker family?
Hyatt
Which historical character completes the title of the 2024 comedy series starring Noel Fielding, The Completely Made-up Adventures of ___ ___?
Dick Turpin
Which thriller writer produced a second outing for attorney Lacy Stoltz in his 2021 novel The Judge’s List?
John Grisham
Which Spanish town on the Costa del Sol is famous for its Golden Mile that runs from the Pirulí Tower to Puerto Banús?
Marbella
Which actress is the only person to have presented themselves with an Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony?
Norma Shearer
Which fictional detective is introduced in Margery Allingham’s novel The Crime at Black Dudley?
Albert Campion
Which gin and apricot brandy cocktail shares its name with a novel by Toni Morrison and a nickname for Celtic Park?
Paradise
Carlsbergite, first discovered in a meteorite found in Greenland, is a nitride of which metallic element?
Chromium
Who became Holy Roman Emperor following the death of Ferdinand I in 1564?
Maximillian II
McIver, Claisebrook, and Karrakatta are railway stations located in which Australian city?
Perth
In The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, what type of animal was Maugrim?
Wolf
In a recent poll of the Broadcasting Press Guild which British TV series was voted the most influential of the last 50 years?
7 Up
In the episode of Fawlty Towers called Waldorf Salad what is described by an American guest as “a little back road”?
M5
In which year did the following events occur: A Street Car Named Desire starring Marlon Brando opened on Broadway; an extra-terrestrial spacecraft was allegedly found near Roswell, New Mexico; the first Edinburgh International Festival was held?
1947
The first took place in Sevilla in 1481, the last in Mexico in 1850; upwards of 3000 people were executed during these ceremonies. By what name were they known?
Auto-da-fe
Which TV channel broadcast the documentary series The Labour Files detailing alleged abuse and harassment within the Labour Party?
Al Jazeera
What is the name given to the study of heritable traits that happen without changes to the DNA sequence?
Epigenetics
What is the title of Richard Dawkins’ second book, a sequel to The Selfish Gene, that focuses on the effect genes can have on their environment, inside or outside the body of the individual organism?
The Extended Phenotype
What action by Louis XIV in 1685 led to the emigration of many French protestants (Huguenots)? About 50,000 settled in England, establishing communities in Spitalfields, London and elsewhere.
Edict of Fontainebleau (usually referred to as the ‘Revocation of the Edict of Nantes’)
In 2020 a QC was commissioned by the Labour Party NEC to investigate allegations of bullying, racism, sexism and factionalism within the Party. His report, which bears his name, was eventually published in 2022 and a number of its recommendations have still to be implemented. What is the name of this report?
The Forde Report
The ‘Great Green Wall’ is a multinational tree-planting scheme intended to counter increasing desertification in which region of northern Africa?
The Sahel
Maclear’s Beacon is the highest point on which African mountain?
Table Mountain
Which dog puppet first appeared on British TV in 1957?
Sweep (Sooty was 1955)
Frequently cited as the best British film ever made, this 1949 production won only one Oscar, for best black and white cinematography. What was the film?
The Third Man
Which Beatles character “Went out tiger hunting with his mum; in case of accidents he always took his mum”?
Bungalow Bill
What was the main battle tank of the British army from the 1960s to the 1990s? It succeeded the Centurion and was, in turn, succeeded by the Challenger.
Chieftain
How is the American MIM-104 surface to air missile better known?
Patriots
Who won the women’s 800m Gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics? She later married a fellow Olympic medallist and had two sons who played for Manchester City?
Ann Packer
Which politician, the Tory MP for Eastbourne, was killed by an IRA car bomb outside his East Sussex home in 1990?
Ian Gow
Which politician, the then Tory MP for Enfield Southgate, was killed in the 1984
IRA bombing of the Brighton Grand Hotel?
Anthony Berry
Which former The Apprentice winner replaced Claude Littner as Alan Sugar’s aide in 16th and 17th series?
Tim Campbell
Who wrote the comic opera La Liberazione di Ruggiero? It was the first surviving opera written by a woman and her only work to survive.
Francesca Caccini
Which fashion designer did Hubert de Givenchy work for as an apprentice in 1945? This fashion house closed in 1957 after this designer died of leukaemia before relaunching in 1992.
Jacques Fath
Which French courtier did Givenchy work for, alongside Pierre Balmain and Christian Dior? From 1948 he focused on perfumes.
Lucien Lelong
Which Google product is a learning app that uses AI to connect students with educational resources? It shares its name with a philosopher.
Socratic
Which Californian based company is known for its speech to text transcription that uses AI and machine learning? In 2018 they announced a partnership with Zoom.
Otter.ai
Which Belgian-French philosopher is known for her 1974 work Speculum of the Other Woman? Since the 1990s she has focused on gender identity and relationships.
Luce Irigaray
Which Bulgarian philosopher, based in France, has written works including About Chinese Women? She is known for adopting Plato’s idea of chora.
Julia Kristeva
The Toronto Raptors initially planned to revive the Huskies name but didn’t because its logo might resemble that of which NBA team in the Western Conference?
Minnesota Timberwolves
Which 1942 film starring Gary Cooper is a tribute to Lou Gehrig, who died aged 37 a year before the film’s release? It features cameos from teammates Babe Ruth and Bill Dickey
The Pride of the Yankees
In which 1949 Academy Award winning biopic did James Stewart star as the titular baseball player who made a comeback to the minor league, eight years after his leg was amputated in a gun accident?
The Stratton Story
In which 1957 biopic did Anthony Perkins start as baseball player Jimmy Piersall? It was adapted from Piersall’s memoir about his bipolar diagnosis
Fear Strikes Out
Who served as Secretary of State from 1845-1849 under James Polk? He later went on to become president.
James Buchanan
Who served as Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson? Nicknamed the Great Commoner he won his first election to the US House of Representatives in 1890.
William Jennings Bryan
Who served as Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson? He later served as Jackson’s Vice President.
Martin Van Buren
Which American photographer was the first woman to join Magnum Photos agency in 1951? In 1960 she did a series of portraits of the First Ladies of America.
Eve Arnold
Which American photographer was the first foreign
photographer permitted to take images of the Soviet
industry? Her famous work “World’s Highest Standard of Living” was published in 1937.
Margaret Bourke-White
Sean Paul collaborated with which singer on which 2014 single Dangerous Love, which charted at #3 in the UK Charts?
Fuse ODG
The Assassin’s Creed series took inspiration from the 1938 novel Alamut by Vladmir Bartol and which 1989 video game, created by Jordan Mechner?
Prince of Persia
Which French video game company develops the Assassin’s Creed games? Other game franchises include Far Cry and Just Dance.
Ubisoft
Which game, set alongside Assassin’s Creed III, focuses on the life of French-African assassin Aveline de Grandpré in New Orleans?
Liberation
Which 1831 autobiography gave a graphic account of enslavement from a slave’s point of view? Thomas Pringle edited the book and gave the author refuge.
The History of Mary Prince
Which memoir written by Richard Wright is about his experiences growing up in the United States before moving to Chicago and joining the Communist Party?
Black Boy
Who along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow proposed that all life was made up of cells? He published poems under the pseudonym Ernst.
Matthias Schleiden
Which French biologist was the first to distinguish between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell types? A species of parasite found in the kidneys of cuttlefish was named after him.
Edouard Chatton
Heather Small was in a relationship with which rugby league player? He won the Man of Steel award in 1990 and their son, James, was elected as a Labour councillor in 2022.
Shaun Edwards
1963-2001 popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit who became a politician, serving as a member of parliament until her assassination
Phoolan Devi
(literally “dandelion”) is a 1985 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami, and starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kōji Yakusho, and Ken Watanabe. The publicity for the film calls it the first “ramen Western”, a play on the term spaghetti Western.
Tampopo
a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing originating in South Asia. Originally performed at Sufi shrines or dargahs throughout South Asia, it is famous throughout Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and has also gained mainstream popularity and an international audience as of the late 20th century. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan most famous singer example.
Qawwali
Food Product offered in Moroccan, Israeli, and Lebanese sizes
Cous Cous
Barbadian dish made with a spurtle known as a fungie stick - national dishes of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Cou-Cou
Capital of South Moravia
Brno
Capital of France’s Aube region?
Troyes
Eponymous ‘axioms’ used to define natural numbers
Peano
First female US Attorney General
Janet Reno
Swedish actress. She achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium series: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest.
Noomi Rapace
Woman about whom Mick Jagger asked
“Who could hang a name on you?”
Ruby Tuesday
Phases of mitosis (Only Connect)
Pro - Meta - Ana - Telo
Largest city of Borneo
Samarinda
Largest city of New Guinea
Jayapura
the title character’s oppressive boss in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. The character is played by John Barron.
CJ
Russian author of Petersburg
Andrei Bely
a jazz standard composed by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins in 1954. Rollins chose the name as it is an anadrome of African country.
Airegin
Lead singer of Biffy Clyro
Simon Neil
Creator of The Lily, the first US newspaper edited by and for women
Amelia Bloomer
Titular princess in a play by Victorien Sardou
Fedora
d’Urfé: Glazed pottery also known as “greenware”
Celadon
2022 Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys collaboration
Purple Zone
This plant grows to 12 ft or higher,
Named Musa textilis in Latin,
And Philippine people acquire
Its fibres, sturdier than hemp
To make shawls and other attire
ABACA
the closest living terrestrial relative of the elephants
(rock) hyrax
A unit of transmission speed equal to the number of times a signal changes state per second. It was once commonly used when discussing the speed of communication between two devices.
Baud
Notorious actress
Ingrid Bergman
Swedish slalom skier who won two Olympic golds in 1980
Ingemar Stenmark
Top Gear theme tune
Jessica
Assassin’s Creed game set primarily in Paris
Unity
Four things Addams Family are described as in the theme tune ONLY CONNECT
They’re creepy and they’re kooky
Mysterious and spooky
Two words following Lorem Ipsum ONLY CONNECT
Lorem ipsum dolor sit
Born 1942 Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground
John Cale
Brazil’s smallest state
Sergipe
John Ford’s four Best Director Oscar films
The Informer
The Grapes of Wrath
How Green Was My Valley
The Quiet Man
a Japanese plucked half-tube zither instrument, and the national instrument of Japan. It is derived from the Chinese zheng and se, and similar to the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum and ajaeng, the Vietnamese đàn tranh, the Sundanese kacapi and the Kazakh jetigen.
Koto
a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa typically has 21 strings
Kora
C: traditional French candy consisting of a smooth, pale yellow, homogeneous paste of candied fruit and ground almonds topped with a thin layer of royal icing. They have a texture similar to that of marzipan, but with a fruitier, distinctly melon-like flavour
Calisson
His breakout role was as Seth Cohen on the Fox television series The O.C. He has appeared in films including Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Thank You for Smoking, In the Land of Women, and Jennifer’s Body.
Adam Brody
American actress and singer. She is known for her starring role as Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl, which ran from 2007 to 2012. She has also appeared in films such as Killer Movie, Country Strong, The Roommate, Monte Carlo, The Oranges, The Judge, The Weekend Away, and EXmas.
Leighton Meester
Which British city has a nickname for its people called Janner?
Plymouth
Which British city is a Weegie from?
Glasgow
Dee-dars are from which british city?
Sheffield
Capital of the Caribbean island of Nevis?
Charlestown
Capital of the Caribbean island of Tobago?
Scarborough
Founded by Andrew Cherng and Peggy Cherng, what fast-food chain headquartered in California is the largest Asian-segment restaurant chain in the United States? It offers a variety of American-Chinese dishes, including orange chicken, Beijing beef, and Kung Pao chicken among others.
Panda Express
What do you call the form of magnetism whereby some materials are weakly attracted by an externally applied magnetic field, and form internal, induced magnetic fields in the direction of the applied magnetic field?
Paramagnetism
What do you call the iron- and oxygen-binding protein found in the cardiac and skeletal muscle tissue of vertebrates? In humans, it is found in the bloodstream only after muscle injury.
Myoglobin
Which Mexican-American singer was portrayed by Jennifer Lopez in a 1997 film directed by Gregory Nava?
SELENA Quintanilla-Perez
Jacques de Molay was the last grand master of what military order dissolved by Pope Clement V in 1312? He was burned upon a scaffold by Philip IV of France in 1314.
Knights Templar
The Assembly of the Republic is the unicameral legislature of which European Union country?
Portugal
Assassinated by his nephew, who was the king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975? This king led the oil embargo that caused the 1973 oil crisis.
Faisal
American boxer Eddie Eagan is the only person to win a gold medal in different disciplines at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. He won his summer gold in boxing at the 1920 Olympics. Twelve years later, he won his winter gold in what discipline?
Bobsledding
Swedish figure skater. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men’s Figure Skating (1920, 1924, 1928) as well as an Olympic silver medal in the same event in 1932, and three World Championships (1922, 1924, 1929). He and Eddie Eagan are the only athletes to have won a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
Gillis Grafstrom
Which is the tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, known for its skiing as well as for a massive hydroelectricity and irrigation engineering scheme completed in the 1970s?
Snowy Mountains
Here’s one to give comfort to any Welshmen in tonight. Which children’s charity was founded in 1983 after England finished last in the Five Nations table?
Wooden Spoon Society
The Luzon Strait separates the largest island in the Philippines from which island nation?
Taiwan
Which name connects a British graphic artist known as The King of Saucy Postcards, the original name of the title character of Better Call Saul, and an English language university founded in 1821 in Montreal?
McGill (Donald was the cartoonist and Chuck McGill changed his name to Saul Goodman)
In music, a scale is made up of the notes within a key arranged in order, beginning with the root note or tonic. What similar concept is made up of the notes of a single CHORD arranged in order?
Arpeggio
Winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, what was the subtitle of the 2018 Spider-Man film that was the first animated film in the Spider-Man franchise?
Into the Spider Verse
Probably most famous for creating and writing Bagpuss, which English puppeteer also created the BBC childrens’ TV series Ivor the Engine, Clangers and Noggin the Nog?
Oliver Postgate
Which comedian, British but born in Iran, announced in 2021 that she would be performing under her birth name of Shaparak rather than her adopted professional name Shappi?
Shaparak KHORSANDI
Of the players who captained the England men’s cricket team in 20 or more Tests, which player has the lowest win percentage, winning 2 of his 23 Tests? Captaining the side from 1986 to 1988, he also captained the team on the “Rebel Tour” of apartheid South Africa in 1990.
Mike Gatting
Linguist Judy Kegl is best known for her work on the sign language of what Latin American nation, which developed during the 1980s at a school for deaf teenagers?
Nicaragua
What namesake reagent is used in organic chemistry to create carbon-carbon bonds? They are generally made up of an atom of magnesium bound to a halogen and another organic group, often an alkyl, making the common formula R-Mg-X.
Grignard Reagent
Popular as a backing track for videos on TikTok, the 2015 song Makeba is by which French singer-songwriter? Real name Jeanne Galice, her stage name was taken from a world religion.
Jain
The paper Modern Moral Philosophy, written by GEM Anscombe in 1958, introduced what term into philosophy, although the meaning has since changed? In short, the term refers to the position that moral judgement on an action must be based on the results of that action.
Consequentialism
What documentary was directed, produced and written by Penelope Spheeris in 1981? It focuses on the punk scene in Los Angeles, paying particular attention to Black Flag, the Germs and the Circle Jerks.
The DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
The winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2012 for Life on Mars, which poet served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 until 2019?
Tracy K Smith
This strip about Marie Curie “doing the eye thing again” comes from what webcomic, written and illustrated by Kate Beaton, that commonly focused on topics and people from history?
Hark! A Vagrant
The web series Black History in Two Minutes or So is presented by which American historian and filmmaker, who also presents the PBS series Finding Your Roots?
Henry Louis GATES
The Greek dish chtapodi sti schara is made primarily with what animal’s meat?
Octopus
Pierina Legnani was the first person to be granted what specific title, being honoured in 1894 by ballet master Marius Petipa? Later dancers to hold this honour have included Phyllis Spira and Margot Fonteyn.
Prima Ballerina Assoluta
The video game magazine Edge gives out 10/10 marks very sparingly, with only 24 games given a 10 in their run. What 2022 game is the only one created by a solo designer to receive a 10? Developed by Sam Barlow, it uses a similar style of play as his earlier games Her Story and Telling Lies, giving the player FMV clips from films starring the actress Marissa Marcel and tasking them with discovering the truth behind her disappearance.
Immortality
Author of Annie John, See Now Then, and Mr. Potter
Jamaica Kincaid
Operatic duet partner of Freddie Mercury on “Barcelona”
Montserrat Caballe
Tampa fruity nickname
The Big Guava
New York city with nickname Flour City
Rochester
1832-1887 He was the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person to serve in the United States Congress.
Joseph Rainey
Elected by the Mississippi legislature to the United States Senate as a Republican to represent Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction era, he was the first African American to serve in either house of the U.S. Congress.
Hiram R Revels
American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first African American ever elected as governor.
Douglas Wilder
Which poet read out Of History and Hope at Bill Clinton’s 1997 inauguration?
Miller Williams
Who read out poem Praise Song for the Day at the 2009 Obama inauguration?
Elizabeth Alexander
Who read out poem One Today at the 2013 Obama inauguration?
Richard Blanco
Robert Frost read which poem at the inauguration of JFK in 1961?
The Gift Outright
1993 inauguration Maya Angelou read which poem at Bill Clinton’s inauguration?
On the Pulse of the Morning.
This was one of the most important elected offices in the Roman Republic and the first significant position to be held by Julius Caesar (from 64 BCE onwards). What was the title of this office?
Pontifex Maximus
From the same part of the world as Bruce Springsteen, he was the straight man of a radio and film comedy duo who were perhaps best known for their Who’s On First routine. Who was he?
Abbott
Which Glasgow band of the 1980s and 1990s had UK top twenty hits with Real Gone Kid, Fergus Sings The Blues and Dignity?
Deacon Blue
Played on film by Roger Daltrey this convicted one-time armed robber became a journalist published in the Sunday Times, the Guardian and the New Statesman among others. What was his name?
John McVicar
Which Major League Baseball team plays its home games at Busch Stadium?
St Louis Cardinals
Made in Dymock, Gloucestershire and named after a local variety of pear, what is this famous artisanal cheese called?
Stinking Bishop
He was born in Lewisham in 1961 and is one of only two British reggae artists to have a number one hit on the Billboard charts. The other act was UB40 with whom he briefly performed live as lead singer. Who is he?
Maxi Priest
Which two Greater Manchester boroughs have no border with the City of Manchester?
Bolton and Wigan
Who is the only person to have won an Olympic gold medal and an Oscar?
Kobe Bryant
Who is the only Italian footballer to have won a Premier League winner’s medal as a player?
Mario Balotelli
Only two African cities have underground transport systems.
Algiers and Cairo
Which Herman Wouk novel of 1971 deals with events leading up to and including the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941? In 1983, it was made into a TV mini-series with a cast including Robert Mitchum, Ali McGraw and Topol, among many others.
The Winds of War
Who won Putlizer for Fiction for The Caine Mutiny?
Herman Wouk
Which English mathematician and physicist (b.1850, d.1925) gives his name to a layer in within the ionosphere which reflects radio waves, thus enabling beyond-the-horizon telecommunications?
Oliver Heaviside
Who, with 15 Champion Trainer titles is the most successful British National Hunt trainer of all time? Following his retirement in 2006 his son, David, took over his Somerset based stables.
Martin Pipe
In an internal combustion engine, what name is given to the part of a connecting rod that engages with the crankshaft?
Big End
In mathematics which Greek letter is usually used to denote a small change in a quantity?
Delta
Burghley House stands near which Lincolnshire town sometimes described as the best stone town in England? The town shares its name with a famous football stadium.
Stamford
Which Doris Day song was also the title of her 1963 film co-starring James Garner? In 1983 it was a Top Ten hit for Tracey Ullman.
Move over Darling
Which town, roughly half way between Shrewsbury and Hereford, was described by John Betjeman as the loveliest town in England? It has a famous castle and almost 500 listed buildings.
Ludlow
Which French composer (1875 -1937) wrote two completed operas, L’Heure Espagnole and L’Enfant et les Sortilèges with a libretto by Colette?
Maurice Ravel
Which Doris Day song, from the film Calamity Jane, contains the lyrics:
“Now, I shout it from the highest hills, Even told the golden daffodils.”?
Secret Love
rose to widespread recognition when she played Tiffany Valentine in Bride of Chucky (1998), reprising the character in several more instalments of the Child’s Play film series. Since 1999, she has voiced Bonnie Swanson on the Fox animated sitcom Family Guy. Won WSOP bracelet. Played Celia Mae in Monsters Inc.
Jennifer Tilly
Often appearing in a bright red colour, what form of oxidised mercury, the only important ore of the metal, is found in fractures of sedimentary rocks in areas of volcanic activity or near hot springs?
Cinnabar
The dabchick is the alternative name for which water fowl? (Note: a two–word answer is required).
Little Grebe
Cells were first discovered in which material by Robert Hooke in 1665? He observed the hexagonal structures formed by suberin, this material’s main constituent.
Cork
Who is arguably the most famous inhabitant of Scatterbrook Farm?
Worzel Gummidge
Which girl’s name precedes … of Sunnybrook Farm in the title of a 1903 novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin? The early screen adaptation featured Mary Pickford in the title role.
Rebecca
On which farm does the annual Glastonbury Music Festival take place?
Worthy Farm
On which London estate was PC Keith Blakelock murdered during a riot in October 1985?
Broadwater Farm
What kind of train was a 1991 No. 6 hit for Liverpool–based group the Farm?
Groovy
In the best–known number from the 1932 Warner Brothers musical 42nd Street, a group of the cast sing about their intention to shuffle off to which city?
Buffalo
Which Anglo–Saxon king was responsible for the Massacre of St. Brice’s Day, 1002, in which many Danish settlers were murdered?
Ethelred II the Unready
What was the name of the Royal Navy’s new, ultra–modern battleship, launched in 1906, which transformed naval technology and led to a naval arms race with Germany?
HMS Dreadnought
How is the year 1848 in European history generally known?
The Year of Revolutions
A song recorded by Frank Sinatra, which won the Oscar for best original song in 1955, was the theme song to which romantic comedy, set in Rome?
Three Coins in a Fountain
The medieval keep known as Clifford’s Tower is a notable landmark in which city?
York
The most northerly point on the Irish mainland is located in which county?
Donegal (Malin Head)
Slavonia and Istria are two of the four regions of which European country?
Croatia (along with Dalmatia and Croatia)
Into which body of water does the River Volga flow?
The Caspian Sea
What type of businessman is sometimes referred to by the slang term ‘Uncle’ in cockney London?
pawnbroker
Making his Test Match debut in this year’s first Test Match between England and India at Hyderabad, which spin bowler took 7 wickets for 62 runs in India’s second innings, the best return for a debutant since Jim Laker in 1948?
Tom Hartley
Who won the Men’s Singles title at the Australian Open tennis championships this year?
Jannik Sinner
The Peter Cook and Dudley Moore sketch One Leg Too Few features a one–legged actor trying to persuade a producer to give him a role in a film. What role is he seeking?
Tarzan
In which famous narrative poem would you read the line “as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean”?
(The Rime of) the Ancient Mariner
Who led the 1685 Rebellion against King James II, which ended in defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor, and was subsequently beheaded?
Duke of Monmouth
Who is MP for mid–Ulster and currently First Minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly?
Michelle O’Neill
What affectionate name was given to the alligator–snapping turtle discovered in Urswick Tarn, Cumbria, in February?
Fluffy
Elected annually, the Guizer Jarl (yarl) is the leader of a popular winter ceremony, held each January in which part of the United Kingdom?
Shetland – the ceremony is Up Helly Aa. (Accept Lerwick)
What new name was given to the Biblical patriarch Jacob, son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, after he wrestled with God?
Israel
The title ‘Most Christian King’ was claimed by the rulers of which country?
France
In which common form of chemical reaction are chemical bonds broken down, mostly by water?
Hydrolysis
Because of the preparations for the Olympic Games in Paris, for the first time this year the Tour de France will finish, not in the capital, but in which other French city? It started in Florence.
Nice
In the World Indoor Athletics Championships, held in Glasgow earlier this month, British athlete Molly Caudery, by winning a gold medal, became World Champion in which athletic event?
Pole Vault
The Furry Dance, sometimes called the Floral Dance, is a feature of an annual celebration held in May in which Cornish town?
Helston
Diego Garcia, home to a controversial US military base leased from the UK, belongs to which group of Islands?
Chagos Islands
Which city was the inspiration for the Ewan McColl song Dirty Old Town , later recorded by the Dubliners and the Pogues?
Salford
What Tex–Mex dish, consisting of strips of grilled meat (originally beef) served with peppers and onions on flour or corn tortilla, has a name meaning “little strips”?
Fajitas
Which Welsh Football League club plays its home games outside Wales?
The New Saints (they play in Oswestry, Shropshire)
In Through the Out Door was the final studio album of which English rock band, released the year before the death of their drummer in 1980?
Led Zeppelin
Which Shakespeare play takes place mostly in the Italian city of Padua?
The Taming of the Shrew
The fictional River Am is located in which fictional county?
Borsetshire (in The Archers). The most famous village on the Am is Ambridge
In the story of the House that Jack Built, what was the distinctive feature of the cow?
A crumpled horn
Which southern hemisphere city is scheduled to host the 2032 Summer Olympics?
Brisbane
Who has been the BBC’s Moscow correspondent almost continuously since 2003?
Steve Rosenberg
Which slogan of resistance, later used by the Spanish Communist orator La Pasionaria in the Spanish Civil War, is thought to originate as an expression of French determination to defend Verdun at all costs during World War I? Answers in English, French or Spanish).
They shall not pass
Which controversial political movement was founded in 1897 by the Austrian journalist Theodor Herzl?
Zionism
At the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2021, Emily Campbell became the first British woman to win a medal (silver) in which sport?
Weightlifting
According to a Northumbrian song, who has “gone to sea” with “silver buckles on his knee”?
Bobby Shaftoe
The new rule in the NHS whereby all patients, their relatives or carers can have access to review from an independent critical care team if they are not satisfied with the treatment provided, is called what?
Martha’s Rule
Which noted literary figure was played by Anthony Hopkins in the film Shadowlands?
CS Lewis
What name, that of an island in its country of origin, was given to the Japanese macaque (monkey) which went missing in the Scottish Highlands for more than five days in January this year?
Honshu
In which sport do teams compete for the Sheffield Shield?
Cricket – Australia’s inter–state competition
The town of Tenby and the region around St. Bride’s Bay are located in which national park?
Pembrokeshire Coast
Spanish for meatballs
Albondigas
Greek for meatballs
Keftethes
Which Shakespeare play is set mainly in the Forest of Arden?
As You Like It
In the nursery rhyme, when the crooked man who walked a crooked mile found a crooked sixpence on a crooked style, what did he buy?
Crooked Cat
According to the Biblical Book of Genesis, where is the Land of Nod located?
East of Eden
Slieve Donard, the highest peak in Northern Ireland, is located in which mountain range?
Mountains of Mourne
According to the proverb, what features of clothing are not present in shrouds?
Pockets
Which ITV drama series stars Vicky McClure as bomb disposal expert Lana Washington?
Trigger Point
Which veteran English football manager recently ended a brief stint as interim manager of Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen? March 2024
Neil Warnock
In which English city is the National Science and Media Museum?
Bradford
Acqua di Gio perfume by which fashion house?
Giorgio Armani
Shalimar perfume by which fashion house?
Guerlain
Black Opium perfume by which fashion house?
Yves Saint Laurent
Said to be first fad expression in USA, an American slang phrase generally referring to leaving quickly, being forced to leave quickly by someone else, or taking advantage of a propitious opportunity to leave. Popularized during the early 20th century, the exact origin of the phrase is uncertain. Contains a number.
23 Skidoo
Julius Caesar said to have been stabbed how many times?
23
minimum number of people needed so that the probability that two share a birthday is >50%
23
He is best known for composing four of the most-recorded American songs of all time: “Stardust” (lyrics by Mitchell Parish), “Georgia on My Mind” (lyrics by Stuart Gorrell), “The Nearness of You” (lyrics by Ned Washington), and “Heart and Soul” (lyrics by Frank Loesser). “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening”, with lyrics by Mercer, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951.
Hoagy Carmichael
Soft inner wool produced by musk oxen
Qiviut
Danio rerio is the scientific name of which fish, often used as a model organism,
in part because of their transparent nature during development making internal
parts easier to study?
Zebrafish
What colour is shared by the fictional vehicle Thunderbird 2 and the Mr Men
character Mr Fussy?
Green
Which Midwestern US State, admitted to the union in 1858, has a name meaning
‘Cloudy River’ in the Siouan language Dakota?
Minnesota
A verbal attack by which Tory MP in 1978 was likened by Dennis Healy to being
“savaged by a dead sheep”?
Geoffrey Howe
Standing at 7ft 1in tall, which Pakistani bowler is the tallest test cricketer of all
time? He played four tests, all in 2013.
Mohammad Irfan
Which Japanese lunar mission touched down in January 2024, but came to rest
on its nose, so its solar panels could not be deployed to face the sun? It did
successfully drop the rovers LEV-1 and Sora-Q, which are functioning correctly.
SLIM / Smart Lander
for Investigating
Moon
What was the subtitle of the eighth Star Trek film, which saw the cast of The Next
Generation travel back in time to Earth in 2063 to facilitate mankind’s earliest
encounter with Vulcans?
First Contact
Until her death in 1572, which queen of Navarre was the acknowledged spiritual
and political leader of the Huguenot movement during the French Wars of Religion?
Jeanne d’Albret/JEANNE III
Between 2012 and 2017, Valentina Monetta represented which country in the
Eurovision Song Contest four times?
San Marino
The title character in which long-running comic strip had an older brother named
Rico, whom he killed in self-defence in a 1977 issue? A later character called Rico, appearing from 2000 on, is a clone of the title character.
Judge Dredd
What is the name of the type of the standardised mats, twice as wide as they are long, used for flooring in traditional Japanese-style rooms?
Tatami
Which theologian and writer of the work The Cost of Discipleship is honoured in
Westminster Abbey’s gallery of 20th century martyrs? He was executed in 1945
after being accused of playing a role in the 20th July plot to assassinate Hitler.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Which sheep achieved fame in 2015 when he was found in Australia after several years wandering wild, and shorn of a record 41.1 kilogram fleece? He was named after a prize-winning sheep in Father Ted.
Chris
What music style originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the 1970s as a fusion of African and East Indian rhythms with calypso? It was defined by Lord Shorty, its inventor, as the ‘Soul of Calypso’.
Soca
Which Canadian singer-songwriter is known for songs including Southern Man,
Heart of Gold and After the Goldrush?
Neil Young
What was the subtitle of the fourth Star Trek film, which saw the cast of the original TV series return to Earth and travel back in time to 1986?
The Voyage Home
Shortly before her death, Jeanne d’Albret negotiated a peace treaty with the French Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici, arranging the marriage of Jeanne’s son Henry, who would become Henry IV, to which daughter of Catherine?
Margaret of Valois
Mainly produced in China and sometimes sold as Sharon fruit or kaki, which
golden fruit is usually only eaten when fully ripened, when it softens to a jelly?
Persimmon
Which Midwestern US State, admitted to the union in 1867, has a name meaning ‘Flattened Water’ in the Siouan language Chiwere?
Nebraska
Standing at just 4ft 9in tall, the shortest test cricketer of all time is which wicketkeeper-batsman who played nine tests, all in 2012? He represented New Zealand, although he was born and raised in South Africa, and has a distinctly Afrikaner name.
Kruger Van Wyk
The lowest-pitched instrument to feature, which instrument comprises a string
quartet along with a viola and two violins?
Cello
In the Netflix TV series Wednesday, Larissa Weems, the shapeshifting principal
of Nevermore Academy, is played by which actress, previously known for playing
Brinne of Tarth in Game of Thrones?
Gwendoline Christie
Also known as Tex-Mex music, what popular music style fuses Mexican and US styles with European influences from German and Czech immigrants? Selena is nicknamed the ‘Queen of…’ this style.
Tejano
Also honoured with a statue in Westminster Abbey’s gallery of 20th century martyrs, which Polish priest was killed at Auschwitz in 1941 after volunteering to take the place of another man, and was canonised by Pope John Paul II in 1982?
Maximilian Kolbe
Which word for a type of plant, such as ivy, is also the name of a creature in
Minecraft who is camouflaged green and can sneak up on a player before exploding?
Creeper
Between 1971 and 1981, the group Peter, Sue and Marc represented which country in the Eurovision Song Contest four times, with the songs Les illusions de nos vingt ans, Djambo Djambo, Trödler und Co and Io Senza te?
Switzerland
Which politician served as Irish Taoiseach from 1981 to March 1982, and again from December 1982 to 1987? He joined Margaret Thatcher in signing the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985.
Garret FitzGerald
Which politician served as Irish Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973, and again from 1977 to 1979? He had earlier had a successful sporting career, winning five All-Ireland titles in hurling and one in Gaelic football.
Jack Lynch
Which word, from the Latin for ‘furrow’, is used in anatomy for various grooves, crevices or furrows in the human body, such as the gluteal ____?
Sulcus/Sulci
Which band in 2014 became the first heavy metal group to headline the Glastonbury Music Festival?
Metallica
In the second of his books on the long 19th century, Eric Hobsbawm described the years 1848-1875 as ‘the age of [what]’?
Capital
Eric Hobsbawm first book in trilogy of “the long 19th century” was the age of “what”: Europe 1789-1848? Followed by Capital, Empire and Extremes.
Revolution
A Cotton Office in New Orleans, also known as Interior of an Office of Cotton Buyers in New Orleans and Portraits in an Office (New Orleans), is an oil painting by which artist in 1873?
Edgar Degas
When Leicester beat Chelsea to win the 2021 FA Cup, who scored the only goal of the game?
Youri Tielemans
Located in Gateshead, what is the name of the shopping centre which is the UK’s
second largest by retail area behind Westfield Shepherd’s Bush?
Metrocentre
As well as partnering Jelena Jankovic and Martina Hingis to Grand Slam titles, Jamie Murray has won the US Open mixed doubles twice in 2017 and 2018 partnering which American, a former world number one ranked doubles player?
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Septimus Smith is a major character in which Virginia Woolf novel of 1925? Its titular character appears in six other works by Woolf.
Mrs Dalloway
Which politician, the Tory MP for Eastbourne, was killed by an IRA car bomb outside his East Sussex home in 1990?
Ian Gow
In Australia and New Zealand, Anzac Day is marked on the 25th of which month
each year?
April
Which German scientist, along with Thomas Young, names a theory of trichromatic colour vision? He names the largest German association of research institutions.
Hermann von HELMHOLTZ
Artist Anthony van Dyck was, in 1599, born in which city - then in the Spanish Netherlands - where he spent his early years and completed his apprenticeship?
Antwerp
Which daisy-like flower, native to Central America, is considered an aggressive species in the UK, according to the Royal Horticultural Society and the University of Reading?
Mexican Fleabane
What type of firearm lends its name to the wars fought between Māori tribes in the early 19th century, after they had been armed by Europeans?
Musket Wars
Which British progressive rock band released the 1973 double concept album Tales from Topographic Oceans?
Yes
Which politician, the then Tory MP for Enfield Southgate, was killed in the 1984
IRA bombing of the Brighton Grand Hotel?
Anthony Berry
The Scottish estate of Adverikie was used as the location for the fictional Glenbogle estate for which TV series which aired on BBC from 2000 to 2007 and was loosely based on the Highland Novels series by Compton Mackenzie?
Monarch of the Glen
Jamie Murray has also won two men’s doubles Grand Slams, the US and Australian Opens in 2016, partnering which Brazilian, a former world number two ranked doubles player?
Bruno Soares
Septimus Harding is the protagonist and titular character of which 1855 novel by
Anthony Trollope - the first of a series of six?
The Warden
Which Scottish comedian and former Taskmaster contestant released his first novel Meantime, a crime novel whose Glaswegian protagonist is addicted to drugs and alcohol, in 2022? His stand-up tours have included I Would Happily
Punch Every One of You in the Face and Lap of Shame.
Frankie Boyle
Located just off the M60 in Greater Manchester, what is the name of the shopping centre which is the third largest in the UK by retail area behind Westfield Shepherd’s Bush and the Gateshead Metrocentre?
Trafford Centre
In the third of his books on the long 19th century, Eric Hobsbawm described the years 1875-1914 as ‘the age of [what]’?
EMPIRE
First published in 1956, what is the first and best-known book in Gerald Durrell’s autobiographical Corfu Trilogy?
My Family and Other Animals
Published by Dream Games, which casual tile-matching game sees players swap objects with the aim of assisting a king redecorate his castle, and not to save him from various fates. The latter is the narrative of the aggressive marketing campaign, making it the world’s biggest mobile game by monthly revenue.
Royal Match
The wars fought between the Iroquois and neighbouring tribes in the Great Lakes
region throughout the 17th century are most commonly named for which animal?
Beaver Wars
Which British progressive rock band released the 1974 double concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?
Genesis
Which plant native to South west China and its namesake region is considered an aggressive plant in the UK and an invasive species in Australia? Popular in Victorian England it takes one of its alternative names from a bird who enjoyed eating its fruit.
Himalayan Honeysuckle (Pheasant Berry)
Who were the Two Fat Ladies?
Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright
The four official languages of Spain are Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Basque and which other that is mainly spoken in the autonomous community with its capital at Santiago de Compostela?
Galician
Artist Diego Velázquez was, in 1599, born in which Spanish city, where he spent his early years and completed his apprenticeship?
Seville
In New Zealand, Waitangi Day is marked on the 6th of which month each year?
February
Which other actress achieved Europe’s Triple Crown of Best Actress awards with the three awards coming for her roles in Maps to the Stars, The Hours and Far from Heaven.
Julianne Moore
Which French scientist, along with Thomas Young, names an equation that describes capillary pressure difference across static fluids? Known as “The French Newton” he wrote the five-volume work Celestial Mechanics.
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Which American astronomer’s work on period-luminosity relations influenced Edwin Hubble’s law on universe expansion? Her work provided the first standard candle to measure distance to other galaxies.
Henrietta Swan LEAVITT
2017 film It stars Robert Pattinson as a small-time criminal who tries to free his developmentally disabled brother, played by Benny Safdie, from police custody, while attempting to avoid his own arrest; Directed by Josh and Benny Safdie.
Good Time
2015 folk horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers in his feature directorial debut. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy in her film debut, alongside Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson.
The Witch
Four letter word: key of life is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol used to represent the word for “life” and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself
Ankh
1998 musical drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes from a story by Haynes and James Lyons. It is set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s, and tells the story of fictional bisexual pop star Brian Slade, who faked his own death and backingband Venus in Furs.
Velvet Goldmine
Group that took “Blinded by the Light” to #1 in the U.S.
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (oriignally written by Bruce Springsteen)
Which actor plays Joe Goldberg on You?
Penn Badgeley
vegan restaurant in Arès, France owned by chef Claire Vallée and was the first vegan restaurant to receive a Michelin star
ONA
First five winners of The Masked Singer UK and their costumes ONLY CONNECT
Nicola Roberts - Queen Bee
Joss Stone - Sausage
Natalie Imbruglia - Panda
Charlie Simpson - Rhino
Danny Jones - Piranha
Four judges on The Masked Singer UK ONLY CONNECT
Mo Gilligan
Davina McCall
Rita Ora
Jonathan Ross
A founder of the Transcendental Club in 1836 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which Unitarian minister is best known for essays including Nature; The Over-Soul; and Self-Reliance?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
First name required and sufficient. In the British line of succession, which royal ranks immediately before the Princess Royal (Princess Anne), the late Queen Elizabeth II’s second child?
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
Along with Luzon and Mindanao, what is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines? It includes islands such as Panay; Negros; and Cebu.
Visayas (or Visayan Islands)
Scottish singer. He was the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Bay City Rollers during their most successful period in the 1970s. Died 2021.
Les McKeown
In 2021, which English cricketer became the first woman to score an international century in all three formats of the game - Test; ODI; and T20?
Heather Knight
Which British rapper won Best Newcomer at the 2024 MOBO Awards? In August 2023, he was found not guilty of conspiring to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life, following a trial in which prosecutors controversially cited his lyrics to try to demonstrate his guilt.
Tunde
Which comedian’s tours have included the memorably named The Award-Winning Mince Pie; The Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst; and The Man With The Flaming Battenberg Tattoo?
Rhod Gilbert
While Yahtzee is the OG “roll and write” game, this style has become very popular in the last couple of years. In which roll and write game are you a real estate developer racing to build a feature? A two-word answer is sufficient.
WELCOME TO… (Your Perfect
Home)
Which Danish-German-American child psychologist devised an eight-stage theory of development, beginning with trust vs mistrust (hope), and ending with integrity vs despair (wisdom)?
Erik Erikson
What is the oldest print publication still in circulation in the UK (and indeed, the world)? This weekly magazine began publication in 1828, and contributors have included Kingsley Amis; John Stuart Mill; and Patrick Cosgrave.
The Spectator
The Félibrige [“FAY-lee-brizh”] literary and cultural association, founded in 1854, sought to preserve which European minority language and culture?
Provencal
What American waterway, completed in 1825 to connect the Hudson River to the Great Lakes, was called Clinton’s Folly?
Erie Canal
Lenny Rush also appeared as Morgan in the 2022 CBBC series Dodger, in which the role of Fagin was played by which actor? This actor won the second of his two BAFTAs for his role as Stephen Baxter in 2003’s The Second Coming.
Christopher Eccleston
The other major benchmark classification for crude oil in international trading is WTI, standing for West
[BLANK] Intermediate. Which oil-rich part of the USA fills in the blank?
Texas
Borneo; Java; Sulawesi; and Sumatra are part of which Asian island group that is split between five nations? A one-word answer is sufficient.
Greater SUNDA Islands
First name required and sufficient. In the British line of succession, which royal ranks immediately before the Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Edward), the late Queen Elizabeth II’s fourth child?
Master ERNEST Brooksbank
Which 20th century American composer and conductor, known for Peter Pan, also wrote the choral work Chichester Psalms?
Leonard Bernstein
In which roll and write game are you attempting to map out territory with various features in a fantasy kingdom while avoiding monsters?
Cartographers
Inspired by Erikson’s stages of psychological development, which American theologian similarly identified six stages of faith development, beginning with intuitive-projective, and ending with universalising faith?
James Fowler
What is the oldest print publication still in circulation in the US? This magazine began publication in 1845 as a weekly but moved to monthly in 1921, and contributors have included Marie Curie, Jonas Salk, and Stephen
Hawking.
Scientific American
The DuVernay test for racial diversity was proposed in 2016, after which of her films was controversially
sidelined by Oscars voters in 2015?
Selma
Asser, a Welsh monk, was summoned to Wessex to teach Latin to which Anglo-Saxon king, and became his biographer?
Alfred the Great
Which comedian’s tours have included the memorably named Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999?
James Acaster
Which American rapper, real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, shared a Grammy in 2019 for his contribution to Childish Gambino’s “This is America”? In November 2023, a Georgia court controversially ruled that prosecutors could cite his lyrics to try to demonstrate his guilt.
Young Thug
In 2023, which English cricketer became the second woman to score an international century in all three formats? She shares her surname with a former Question of Sport team captain.
Tammy Beaumont
What is the term for the non-enzymatic chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar, usually requiring the addition of heat to a liquid?
Pasteurisation
Which musician, a former member of The Longpigs and (briefly) Pulp, wrote the music and lyrics for the
musical Standing At The Sky’s Edge? It debuted at the Crucible Theatre in his home town of Sheffield in 2019, and transferred to the West End this February, following a run at the National Theatre.
Richard Hawley
It has been claimed that which epidemiologist saved more lives in the 20th century than anyone else, on account of his research, alongside Sir Austin Bradford Hill, which proved the link between lung cancer and smoking?
Richard Doll
Which Leeds-born cyclist won the women’s World Road Race Championship in 1960 and 1967, as well as five world titles in the individual pursuit? Her 1967 world record for the 12-hour time trial surpassed the men’s record for two years
Beryl Burton
“She was just a sort of bigoted woman” was the assessment then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown made of which Rochdale woman he had been speaking to during general election campaigning in 2010, in an accidentally-recorded clip that later
made the news?
Gillian Duffy
Murchison Falls and Kibale are National Parks located in which African country?
Uganda
Created in 2012, what YouTube channel is best known for its series of videos entitled Everything Wrong With…, which focus on humorously highlighting errors, plot holes and other flaws in movies?
Cinema Sins
Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg are distilleries located on which Scottish island that is legally recognised as a distinct region for single malt whisky?
Islay
Which 2022 film with a majority female cast starred Viola Davis as a general that trains a group of warriors who protect the African kingdom of Dahomey [da-HOME-ee]?
The Woman King
The Cuban and the Hispaniolan are the two species of which shrew-like insectivorous mammals found only in the Caribbean? Both species are among the small number of venomous mammals.
Solenodon
‘Whispering Bill’ is a nickname given to which country musician who has had hits such as ‘Still’ and ‘Po’ Folks’? He has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry for the last 62 years, longer than anyone else.
Bill Anderson
Which British triathlete won a silver medal in the men’s event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics? He went on to race the anchor leg for the gold medal-winning team the mixed relay alongside Georgia Taylor-Brown, Jess Learmonth and Jonathan Brownlee
Alex Yee
What word beginning with T is used in pottery for the process of shaping a pot on a wheel? It is not to be confused with ‘turning’ and sounds like something you should not do with a pot.
THROWing
Chobe National Park and Nxai Pan National Park are located in which African country? It also shares the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park with a southern neighbour.
Botswana
Ben ‘Yahtzee’ Croshaw created what Internet video series for The Escapist from 2006 to 2023? Named for the speed of his narration, the series primarily focused on reviewing video games in a highly critical and acerbic style.
Zero Punctuation
What name do we give in physics to a force that keeps a body moving with a uniform speed along a curved path? It is not to be confused with a similarly named “fictitious force”.
Centripetal Force
“You’re joking. Not another one!” were the words of which woman from Bristol, whose BBC vox pop concerning then-Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement of the 2017 UK general election went viral? Her surname is not a matter of public record, so her first name is sufficient and required.
Brenda from Bristol
Which French woman won thirteen world championships in cycling between 1985 and 2001 and won the road race at the Atlanta
1996 Olympics? She represented her country in seven Olympic Games between 1984 and 2008.
Jeannie Longo
Introduced to the UK in 1987, what brand of dietary supplements originally launched just providing diet shakes, in chocolate, strawberry or vanilla flavours? Big Narstie was appointed as an ambassador for this brand in 2023.
SlimFast
Which battle of 216 BC resulted in the total defeat of Roman Republic forces by the Carthaginians, with Carthaginian commander Hannibal using a double-envelopment tactic to practically annihilate the Roman army? This battle followed earlier Carthiginian victories at Trebia and Lake Trasimene.
Battle of CANNAE
Don’t Touch Me’ was a Grammy Award-winning hit in the 1960s for which country musician, nicknamed the ‘Miss Country Soul’? She has appeared over 5,000 times at the Grand Ole Opry, more than anyone else.
Jeannie Seely
Along with solenodons, which rodents are the only surviving terrestrial mammals native to the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola? They are medium sized tree-dwelling rodents resembling guinea pigs, but sometimes with long tails.
HUTIA
St George’s Channel connects the Irish Sea with which other sea, which lies to the south of Ireland and to the west of Cornwall and Brittany?
Celtic Sea
Which 2022 film with a majority female cast starred Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Frances McDormand and told of the sexual assaults that happened at Manitoba Colony, an isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia?
Women Talking
Which Dutch footballer, who moved from Celtic to Hull in 2009, has a famously long surname that arose in the 17th century from the marriage of two notable families?
Jan VENNEGOOR OF
HESSELINK
Which soccer player, along with Michelle Akers, was one of two women named by Pele in his 2004 FIFA 100 list of Greatest Living Footballers? She played for Washington Freedom between 2001 and
2003, and she won two women’s world cups and two Olympic Gold medals in her nearly two decades on the US Women’s National Team
until her retirement in 2004.
Mia Hamm
Though she later became more famous for directing comedies, whose first big film was a 1981 documentary about the LA punk scene called The Decline of Western Civilization?
Penelope Spheeris
Composer Tobias Picker adapted what 1973 book that mostly takes place in a medical facility into a 2022 opera? His husband, Aryeh Lev Stollman, who wrote the libretto, is both a writer and neurologist like the author of the original book.
Awakenings (by Oliver Sacks)
Which region in the south of Italy makes up the toe of the boot of the peninsula? Catanzaro is the capital of this region.
Calabria
What Greek mathematician and astronomer, who died in 190 BCE, is best known for work on conic sections, including developing definitions of parabola, hyperbola, and ellipse, which are still used today? There is a lunar crater named for this person.
Apollonius of Perga
What common horror movie trope, most often found in slasher movies, refers to the sole female character who survives the confrontation with the villain during a movie’s climax?
Final Girl
Jamie Lee Curtis main character name in Halloween, she is saved by Sam Loomis played by Donald Pleasance?
Laurie Strode
Caitlin Clark She is the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer and is regarded as one of the greatest players in women’s college basketball history. Played for which college team?
Iowa Hawkeyes
What is the term for the decorative moulding placed at the top of interior walls that can add a stately, regal elegance to any room?
Crown Moulding
Ernest Thayer first published what baseball poem under his pen name “Phin” in the San Francisco Examiner in 1888? Let it be a lesson to you about hubris and overconfidence.
Casey at the Bat
What fitness trend, that gained popularity due to social media influencer Lauren Giraldo, involves a 5 time a week treadmill workout with a specific % incline, miles per hour, and time spent on machine? Your answer should be three separate numbers in specific order.
“12-3-30” workout
Which actor has received 5 Emmy nominations for his guest roles for dramas including The Outer Limits, Brothers and Sisters and Masters of Sex? He played Frank Baker in The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Beau Bridges
What man became U.S. Speaker of the House on January 7th , 2023, following 15 rounds of voting, but was later ousted the following October?
Kevin McCarthy
What mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, who notably died in Alexandria in 415 CE, was a revered teacher and respected mathematical expert, editing and commenting on many mathematical concepts, including penning a treatise on Apollonius’ work on conic sections?
Hypatia
What fitness trend that gained popularity due to rumors it is used by Harry Styles, is a type of Pilates that incorporates the use of a specific type of machine?
Reformer
What term refers to actresses, often the final girls, who have had prominent, notable, and very audible, appearances or recurring roles in horror movies? This term was used as the title of a Ryan Murphy series in the mid-2010s.
Scream Queens
Penelope Spheeris’s follow-up to Decline of Western Civilization was a fictionalized view of the kids who came into the city and fueled LA’s punk scene. What was the name of the movie which later inspired a Pet Shop Boys song?
Suburbia
Composer Tobias Picker adapted what 1992 Stephen King book, a murder mystery set in a small Maine town, into a 2013 opera? Mezzosoprano Patricia Racette starred in the original production as the title character.
Dolores Claiborne
What British author is best known for her series of books featuring police commander Adam Dalgliesh, the fourth of which, Shroud for A Nightingale, was a finalist for the Mystery Writers of America best novel award in 1971?
PD James
Which actor has received 5 Emmy nominations for his guest roles for dramas including ER, Six Feet Under and Succession? He portrayed Prince Philip in The Queen.
James Cromwell
What Tennessee-born IndyCar driver won the 2023 Indianapolis 500? He was the 2017 and 2019 IndyCar Series Champion, and currently races in Car #2 for Team Penske.
Josef Newgarden
What name is given to a rare form of germ cell tumor, usually comprised of different kinds of tissue like muscle, hair, or teeth? These kinds of tumors are usually benign but can become malignant in rare cases.
Teratoma
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, What Moves the Dead, and Nettle & Bone are among the award-winning fantasy novels penned by Ursula Vernon under what avian pseudonym?
T. Kingfisher
What traditional gospel song became closely associated with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s? Pete Seeger, who is credited with changing the central verb to the version most people are familiar with, released a 1963 live album with this title.
We Shall Overcome
Born in 1936, what Kenyan author and playwright is often mentioned on the shortlist for the literature Nobel? His first novels including 1964’s Weep Not, Child, were in English, but since 1970 he writes primarily in his native Gikuyu.
NGUGI Wa Thiong’o
The first novel by beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary featured and was named after what boy, a friend of her more famous characters Ramona and Beezus Quimby? First name acceptable
Henry Huggins
What Colombian-American fashion journalist and author, the current editor-in-chief of Elle USA, has been a judge on all 20 seasons of ProjectRunway?
Nina Garcia
The Official Scrabble Players’ Dictionary added more than 500 new words in 2022 including several valuable Z words. What word for a Middle Eastern spice blend worth 15 points would let you dump 3 A’s at once?
Zaatar
Especially popular with Ming and Qing dynasty empresses, a fengguan is a tall crown covered in jewels usually with two long hanging tassels off the sides. After what creature is this crown named?
Phoenix
What French author of Afro-Caribbean descent, popular for his adventures and romances, snapped back at a racist critic in 1843, saying “My father was a mulatto, my grandfather was a Negro, and my great-grandfather a monkey. You see, Sir, my family starts where yours ends.”
Alexandre Dumas
The 2005 Ron Howard film Cinderella Man starred Russell Crowe as what real life boxer whose improbable win for the World Heavyweight title in 1935 led to his nickname and the name of the movie?
James J Braddock
What hip-hop dance, that became popular in the 1980’s, derived its name from a long-running doll brand?
Cabbage Patch
What 2016 Scripps Spelling Bee co-winning word describes an exercise therapy developed in the 20th century by a Ukrainian-Israeli engineer that seeks to integrate mind and body wellness through guided movements?
Feldenkrais (Method)
“Stay thirsty my friends” has been used as a slogan for what beer brand, whose name essentially describes its logo?
Dos Equis
Stretching 4,645 mi, the Trans-Canada Highway, the longest road in Canada, spans from Victoria and Haida Gwaii, British Columbia to what provincial capital its eastern terminus?
St Johns, Newfoundland
What electronic musical synthesizer, shaped like an eighth note, has been used to create “interesting” cover songs on various YouTube and TikTok channels?
Otamatone
What American designer, the chief creative officer for his namesake fashion, accessory, footwear, and fragrance brand, is known for sporting all-black attire and was a main judge of Project Runway from Seasons 1 to 10?
Michael Kors
Another new Z word added to the Scrabble dictionary is what portmanteau for a low carb, grain free pasta? It’s worth 16 points.
Zoodle
The wives of Ancient Egyptian pharaohs wore crowns in the shape of what animal to represent the protection of the goddess Nekhbet? It is also the symbol of Upper Egypt while the cobra represents lower Egypt.
Vulture
“It’s Beer. Hooray, Beer!” has been used as a slogan for what beer brand, whose name essentially describes its logo?
Red Stripe
Name the adorable animal with a two-word name that is native to South and Southeast Asia whose big eyes and languid gait have helped gain it extra attention for its threatened populations? That, and its toxic armpit sweat glands.
Slow Loris
After winning the Best Musical or Comedy Score Oscar for Emma, what composer has gone on to score other critically acclaimed films including The Cider House Rules and Chocolat?
Rachel Portman
What 20th century American singer and activist lived primarily in France, but stayed active in the US civil rights movement? At the March on Washington in 1963, she said “I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens… but I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad. And when I get mad, you know that I open my big mouth.”
Josephine Baker
What hip-hop dance, that became popular due to a hit single in the early 1990’s, derives its name from a long-running candy brand?
Tootsie Roll
What 2016 Scripps Spelling Bee co-winning word describes the second half of a pair of concepts developed by sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies in the early 20th century? This word describes modern society ruled by rationality, as opposed to a traditional one based on family.
Gesselschaft (other is Gameinschaft which is family ties and community)
WHAT object, more often used in comedic entertainment, has become a popular, though, unorthodox instrument; streamers TwoSetViolin has used it to cover classical tunes such as Pachelbel’s Canon and “Fur Elise”?
Rubber Chicken
With differences including ball size and field dimensions, what team sport based on another game has been contested in women’s tournaments at the Olympics on and off since 1996? It was back at the 2020 Games, in part because of its popularity in Japan who did indeed win gold.
Softball
The mature fruits of what genus of the squash family can be dried out and its fibrous structure used for exfoliation, usually during a shower? The genus is also the common name under which these long, natural fiber sponges are marketed.
Luffa (Loofah)
Stretching 3,365 mi, US Route 20, the longest road in the United States, spans from Newport, Oregon, to what city, its eastern terminus?
Boston, Massachusetts
Which early 20th century comedian’s best-known catchphrase was “Take my wife… please.”?
Henny Youngman
1940’s Stranger in the Third Floor, starring Peter Lorre, is generally regarded as the first film to truly be a part of which subgenre of film?
Film Noir
What is the first name of the member of the Kardashian-Jenner family who owns
the alcohol brand 818 Tequila, and was criticised for appropriating Mexican culture in advertising it on Instagram?
Kendall Jenner
What is the two-word rhyming title of the book by David Walliams about a boy named Frank, whose father is thrown into prison for driving the getaway car in a bank robbery?
Bad Dad
Several countries had royal families belonging to the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Just as the British branch changed their name to Windsor, the branch ruling which other country in 1920, under king Albert I, changed their name to that
of the country, and still reign today?
Belgium
Which Bruce Lee film culminates with him ascending a pagoda, taking on martial arts experts with different styles on each floor, with his final opponent being played by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
The Game of Death
The Mark of the Year is an award given in which sport where the best catches are known as ‘spectacular marks’, or ‘speckys’?
Australian Rules Football (accept
Aussie Rules)
The most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction, L’Homme au droigt, is a work by which Swiss sculptor?
Alberto Giacometti
Succeeding Baroness Hale in 2020, who is the current President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, whose notable judgements include declaring the Home Office’s Rwanda scheme unlawful?
Robert Reed / Baron
Reed of Allermuir
Which two-word term, originally popularised in the 17th century, describes the basic philosophical principle of treating others as you would have them treat you?
Golden Rule
Which addition reaction, named for an American chemist, creates a carboncarbon bond between a donor enolate or other nucleophile, and an acceptor that is usually an alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl?
Michael reaction
Which Bruce Lee film culminates with him fighting in the Colosseum in Rome against a character played by Chuck Norris?
The Way of the Dragon
A tacky outer layer known as a pellicle is formed on meat or fish by air drying and allows the flavours and colour produced by what preservative culinary process to better adhere to its surface?
Smoking
Simon Reynolds’s 2005 history of post-punk, Start Again, took its title from the
lyrics of which 1983 hit by Orange Juice?
Rip It Up
The obstetrician and palaeontologist Gideon Mantell discovered the first fossil teeth in 1822, and reconstructed the skeleton of which dinosaur, famously mistaking its thumb spike for a horn, so misplacing it on top of the head?
Iguanodon
Milton Keynes is the most populous settlement in which one of the home counties?
Buckinghamshire
What is the two-word alliterative title of the book by David Walliams about Miss Root, a medical professional who takes teeth left for the tooth fairy and replaces them with various sinister or disgusting things?
Demon Dentist
Which river of Lower Saxony, passing through the city of Bremen and with its mouth at Bremerhaven, is the longest river entirely in Germany?
Weser
What is the first name of the member of the Kardashian-Jenner family who owns Good American, a denim brand promoting body inclusivity?
Khloe Kardashian
The characters Kimberly, Bela, Leighton and Whitney are the titular female students in which US TV series, first broadcast in 2021 and created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble?
The Sex Lives of College Girls
The first time in chart history that the top three songs on the Billboard Hot 100 were all country songs was in August 2023. With his cover of Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car, Luke Combs was one of the three artists - name either of the other two, whose songs were Last Night and Try That in a Small Town?
Morgan Wallen or Jason Aldean
What word denotes a logical deduction that uses two true premises to imply a conclusion, with a classic example being “All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore Socrates is mortal”?
Syllogism
Another method of carbon-carbon bond formation, allowing the preparation of an alkene by reacting an aldehyde or ketone with a triphenyl phosphonium ylide [illid], is which reaction named for a German organic chemist and 1979 Nobel prize winner?
Wittig reaction
Succeeding Baron Burnett in September 2023, who was appointed as the first ever Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales?
Sue Carr / Baroness
Carr of Walton-onthe-Hill
In 2019, Lauren Laverne succeeded Shaun Keaveny as the host of the breakfast show on which BBC digital radio station?
Radio 6
Which alliteratively named clothing company, founded in Nottinghamshire in 1919
and primarily known for their tights and stockings, for many years had a parrot as
their logo, since replaced by their initials?
Pretty Polly
The Cic Fada [Kick Fodd-a] is an annual competition for players of which sport, to
see who can score from the greatest distance?
Gaelic Football
The 1980s BBC children’s TV comedy drama Jossy’s Giants centred around a team playing which sport?
Football
What is the name of the elongated, sucking mouthpart of insects such as butterflies, that is typically tubular and flexible?
Proboscis
With a name meaning ‘white reggae’, which album by the Police contained their number one hits Message in a Bottle and Walking on the Moon?
Regatta De Blanc
Which German physicist and chemist (1896-1978) was the first to mention the idea of nuclear fission, and was co-discoverer of the chemical element Rhenium? She was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, but never won.
Ida Noddack
Which English king was killed in a brawl in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire in 946
AD at the age of 25?
Edmund I
An underwear advert for which fashion house, featuring FKA Twigs, was banned in January 2024 by the Advertising Standards Agency for objectifying women? The ASA was subsequently accused of double standards for not censoring the equivalent male advert.
Calvin Klein
Which traditional Scottish pudding is made with flour; breadcrumbs; dried fruit
such as currants and raisins; suet; sugar; and spices, with some milk to bind it?
The name of this dessert has also been used as a nickname for the logo of the
Scottish National Party.
Clootie Dumpling
Which arts venue, located at Lewis Cubitt Square in King’s Cross, opened in February 2023, and is home to the show The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks?
Lightroom
Which concert hall in Sloan Terrace, Chelsea is home to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra?
Cadogan Hall
In 2017, Melissa Rauch - best known as Bernadette on The Big Bang Theory -
voiced which cartoon villain, who was originally voiced by Arleen Sorkin in 1992’s
Batman: The Animated Series?
Harley Quinn
Which ball game created in 1989 by Jeff Knurek, inspired primarily by concepts from volleyball, is played between two teams, usually with two players each, where players line up around a small trampoline-like net with teams alternately hitting the ball back to the net?
Spikeball
What variety of braised pork, available as a burrito filling in Chipotle restaurants, has a name derived from the Spanish for ‘little meats’?
Carnitas
What town, now the capital of the Indian state of Nagaland, gives its name to a major
WWII battle of 1944? It is sometimes referred to as the “Stalingrad of the East”.
Kohima
What type of inelastic light scattering is named after an Indian physicist who won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for its discovery?
Raman Scattering
Which arts venue, located on Oxford Street, opened in 2022 to provide visitors with an immersive experience that explores the power of the mind?
Twist Museum
Which traditional Welsh bread, with an alliterative name, is flavoured with tea; spices; and dried fruits like raisins, currants and candied peel?
Bara brith
Which American geneticist (1861-1912) discovered sex chromosomes, but was not acknowledged by the Nobel committee or by the scientific community in general, with most of the credit going to her doctoral advisor Thomas Morgan Hunt, and geneticist Edmund Beecher Wilson?
Nettie Stevens
Name and appellation required. Which English king was murdered at Corfe Castle in 978 AD at the age of 16?
Edward the Martyr
What variety of braised beef, available as a burrito filling in Chipotle restaurants, has a name ultimately derived from the Arawak language? Its name is very similar to that of a popular way of cooking meat outdoors
Barbecoa
Which ball game was created in Switzerland by Hermann Brandt in the 1970s, containing elements of handball, volleyball and squash? The onomatopoeic name of the game is derived from the sound the ball makes when rebounding off a frame on the court.
Tchoukball
Which autonomous region in the north west is the largest province-level subdivision of China? Its capital is at Ürümqi.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Belgian conservationist. She founded Lola ya bonobo in 1994, which is a bonobo sanctuary, just south of Kinshasa, at Mont Ngafula, in the Lukaya Valley, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Claudine Andre
