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Kylie Minogue character z Charlene Robinson in neighbours worked as an apprentice in what profession?
Car Mechanic
Dinosaur with distinctive dome on skull meaning thick headed lizard
Pachycephalosaurus
War of Romantics is term for schism among composers in second half of nineteenth century: one side of war was new German school containing Richard wagner and which composer of Hungarian rhapsodies?
Franz Liszt
The grouse shooting season in England famously begins on August 12th known as the Glorious Twelfth but ends on 10th of which month?
December
Largest by population of canadas First Nations people are known in their language as Nehinaw or in English by what four letter name!
Cree
Which Ian was a member of short lived 1970s liverpool punk band big in Japan alongside Bill Drummond and Holly Johnson? He is best known as the lead singer of an indie pop band whose 1@90 debut album was Cloudcuckooland
Ian Broudie (of the lightning seeds)
Traditional welsh law is known as the laws of which king who ruled most of wales in the 940s? Nicknamed the Good, he also gives his name to the Cardiff government building immediately behind and connected to The Welsh Senedd?
Laws of Hywel Dda
The other side of war of the romantics were the conservatives led by Clara Schumann, Joseph Ioachim and which composer of A German Requiem?
Johannes Brahms
The three month close season during which coarse fishing not permitted on English rivers begins on 15th of which month?
March
According to Christian tradition the first recorded incidence of stigmata was received by which Italian Saint in 1224?
St Francis of Assisi
Which type of dinosaur whose name means near crested lizard is known for the distinctive long cranial crest protruding backwards from top rear of the skull, whose function was uncertain, being variously theorised as for sexual display, sound amplification or thermal regulation?
Parasaurolophus
What term denoting a collection of evidence and documents relating to a criminal investigation is also title of popular true crime podcast, launched in 2016, whose Australian host remains anonymous?
Casefile
Which caribbean team nickname Calypso Girls were joint winners of netball World Cup in 1979 with three way tie with Oz and NZ and remain only country other than those two ever to have won it?
Trinidad and Tobago
Natalie Imbriglia character in neighbours Beth Brennan was another tomboy working as an apprentice in which profession?
Builder/construction
A 1988 paper by Jacques Benveniste published in Nature controversially claimed to demonstrate Water Memory, the purported ability of water to retain a memory of dissolved substances after many dilutions. Although it has been thoroughly disproven as a concept, it is still promoted by followers of which pseudoscience?
Homeopathy
Which Asian newspaper that feature country in name was founded in 1838 and thought to be biggest selling English language newspaper in world
Times of India
The ancient laws of Ireland or Feinechus, are known as ____ Law, where blank is which word for type of medieval Irish judge? It is not to be confused with name of non Irish Celtic language from which it differs by only single letter.
Brehon Law
In the 1820s the Native American polymath Sequoyah devised the 85 character syllabary that is used to write which indigenous language known to its speakers as Tsalagi?
Cherokee
Which Ian was member of short lived 1970s liverpool punk band the Crucial Three alongside Pete Wylie and Julian Cope? He is best known as the lead singer of a post punk band whose 1980 debut album was Crocodiles.
Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen
Released in 1969, living in the past was biggest hit single for which group?
Jethro Tull
Leicester city played what stadium before moving to King Power Stadium on 2002?
Filbert Street
Derby County played which stadium before Pride Park in 2003
Baseball Ground
Released in 1989, the living years was biggest hit single for which band?
Mike + the Mechanics
The title character’s mother undergoes human combustion in the 1834 novel Jacob Faithful by which naval officer who went into write The Children of the New Forest?
Captain Frederick Marryat
Which comedian styled himself as German comedy ambassador in London
Henning Wehn
Heidi stern was original name of which singer who had her only uk number one in 1985
Jennifer Rush
Which 2017 musical has a song called Omar Sharif
The Bands Visit
Who wrote the 2023 best new play Olivier award winning Prima FAcie
Suzie Miller
Play by Ryan Calais Cameron nominated for Olivier award in 2023, title based on Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainboe is Enuf?
For Black Boys who have considered suicide when the hue gets too heavy
Best new musical at 2023 Olivier awards based on estate in Sheffield
Standing at the Skys Edge
Tom Hollander nominated for Olivier award for best score for playing which real life businessman in Peter Morgan’s Patriots?
Boris Berezovsky
American evangelist and singer who is title character of a musical 2023 which won Katie Breyben an Olivier award and a 2021 movie which won Jessica Chastain an Oscar.
Tammy Faye Messner
Who played Vladimir putin in play Patriots and won best supporting actor Oliver award for efforts? Father of a child actor/
Will Keen
Term for the coalition of German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories.
Zollverein
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank who issue the eastern Caribbean dollar are based in which Caribbean capital city?
Basseterre
The Bank of Central African States which issue the Central Africa CFA Franc is based in which Central African capital?
Yaounde
The Central Bank of West African States which issue the west African cfa Franc is based out of which west African capital city?
Dakar
The Mousetrap first performed what year
1952
Who is subject of current autobiography The Lives of Brian
Brian Johnson
In recent film adaptation of novel where the crawford sing stars which actress in lead role?
Daisy Edgar-Jones
Historic site the Alamo is in which is city?
San Antonio
If you travel due east from New York which is first European country you come to?
Portugal
The football team called Young Boys play in which city!
Bern
Johnny Wakelin sang song Black Superman in praise of M Ali in 1974 which capital city is named in his support band?
Kinshasa
Madness sang a song about a night boat to where
Cairo
Complete first line of the hymn: Jesus wants me for a …
Sunbeam
Irish washer woman portrayed in music hall and film by Arthur Lucan in 1930: to 1950/!
Old Mother Riley
Reed, marsh, sedge and grasshopper all type of which bird!
Warbler
Which metal used to coat iron or steel when it is galvanised?
Zinc
The iodine test used to find presence of which substance!
Starch
Washington redksins new name
Washington Commanders
When was first womens World Cup fifa?
1991
Maximum number of letters used to name racehorse
18
Europa League final will be on what city in 2022/23 season
Budapest
What number car does Lewis hamilton drive in F1
44
Who is captain of European team in 2023 Ryder cup replacing Stensen
Luke Donald
The Anglican cathedral of st Mary’s famous for its 160m spire is in which English city?
Lincoln
Which film of 1961 starred Elvis and Angela Lansbury as his mother ?
Blue Hawaii
1970s itv rival childrens programme to Blue Peter?
Magpie
How many uk prime ministers served Queen Elizabeth II in her 70 year reign?
Fifteen
Cheltenham Green Top, Crimson Globe and Nutting’s red Globe are varieties of which vegetable?
Beetroot
What is more common name for the royal regiment of Scotland)
The black watch
According to world rugby; what is max number of substitutes that can be nominated per team in rugby Union game
Eight
Who played title role in 1965 film role doctor who and the daleks?
Peter Cushing
Who is father of the house as of April 2023
Sir Peter bottomley
Who is third oresenter of top gear with McGuinness and Flintoff?
Chris Harris
Sir Graham Brady; chair of 1922 committee; mp for which north west constituency?
ALTRINCHAM and Sale
Otters usually leave a small deposit of faeces to mark their territory, what is deposit called?
Spraint
What is name given to flag flown by ship when it leaves port?
Blue Peter
According to FA rules what is the maximum dimensions of a football pitch
130 yards length and 100 yards wide
Name of which printing process is derived from Greek for stone?
Lithography
In which year did nasa space shuttle Columbia disintegrate over Texas?
2003
I’m what year was the Challenger disaster?
1986
Before decimilation how many pennies in a pound?
240 - 20 shillings in a pound and 12 pennies in a shilling
Whcih disciple was originally called Levi and was a tax collector?
Matthew
Which Italian word for detached describes method of playing musical note so it’s shortened and thus detached from successor?
Staccato
Which river flows into the North Sea at Whitby?
Esk
Female swan name
Pen
Corinium was second largest town in Roman Britain, what modern nameV
Cirencester
Greenpeace founded in 1971 in which city?
Vancouver Canada
55th wedding anniversary name?
Emerald
During Falklands war which journalist famously said “I’m not allowed to say how many planes joined the raid but I counted them all out and I counted them all back”?
Brian Hanrahan
I’m which film was the iconic song Rock Around the Clock first sung?
The Blackboard Jungle
By what name is Kaolin better known!
China Clay
Common poppy has how many petals?
Four
Which animal has breeds Birman, Maine Coon, Munchkin and Russian Blue?
Cat
What name is standard design of chess pieces known after 19th century English chess master?
Staunton
Before which year must a car have been built to participate in the London to Brighton vintage car run?
1905
Which university did the Prince attend in the student Prince operetta by Sigmund Romberg?
Heidelberg
Three strokes under par bird nickname
Albatross
Four strokes under par bird name
Condor
Who is central character in John Braine’s Room at the Top?
Joe Lampton
What are metal discs in the tambourine called?
Jingles/zills
Who was father of disciples James and John?
Zebedee
What creature is a turnstone?
Bird
During which classical music did king George II stand thereby starting a tradition which has endured ever since?
Hallelujah chorus of the Messiah oratorio
MLK year of life
1929-1968
Which current premier league manager managed Spain from 2016-18?
Julen Lopetegui
Who is oldest winner of oscwr for best director at 74 at time of win?
Clint Eastwood
Longest subway system in world at 499 miles?
Shanghai
Who is only person to have led the Labour Party on three separate occasions?
Arthur Henderson
Winning three Tony’s and blacklisted in 1950s, which actor played Tevye on stage in fiddler on the roof and pseudolus on stage and screen in a funny thing happened on way to forum?
Zero Mostel
What was name of district of San Francisco which became a centre of counterculture in the late 1960s and which was home to many psychedelic bands and countless hippies?
Haight-Ashbury
During whose presidency of France, between 1895 and 1899 death was Emile Zola’s J’accuse letter written? Died during activity with mistress.
Felix Faure
President of France 1887-94 before assassinated by anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio?
Sadi Carnot
Which poet wrote Idylls of the King an allegorical narrative poem about legend of King Arthur!
Tennyson
What links a mass by Haydn, a town in Lancashire and radio 2 show Rhythm Nation?
Trevor Nelson
What word links 1947 film The Ghost and Mrs Muir, a 70s pop group and breed of cat originally from Devon?
Rex (Harrison, T Rex, Devon Rex)
What word links the biggest selling uk 12 inch single of all time, minister of Middlesex new synagogue between 1960-63 who was regular contributor to Thought for the Day for 25 years, a poem by AE Housman?
Blue (Monday, Lionel, Remembered Hills)
Word connects satirical work by Samuel Butler, satirical work by Thomas More and track from Rubber Soul?
Nowhere (Erewhon origins, meaning of Utopia, nowhere Man)
Novel famous by Mikhail Sholokov most famous
And Quiet Flows the Don
April/May 1942 German bombed attacked number of cultural targets like Norwich, Canterbury, Bath and York. Nikcname given to raids after popular guide book of time?
Baedeker Raids
Five Good Emperors of Rome
Nerva
Trajan
Hadrian
Antoninus Pius
Marcus Aurelius
Standard accompaniment to Osso Buco, ingredients for which Italian condiment include parsley, garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest and olive oil?
Gremolata
April 1942 which city was the target of the Doolittle raid?
Tokyo (by B25 bombers which took off from aircraft carrier and landed in China)
Which organisation whose motto is “challenging religious privilege” founded in 1866 by Charles Bradlaugh who later became liberal Mp for Northampton!
National Secular Society
Which welsh composer born 1944 did the Adiemus album series: Palladio, The Armed Man and his Requiem?
Karl Jenkins
In WW2 a group of
Which Biplanes played a large part in the sinking of the Bismarck?
Swordfish
Which city is capital of the Vaucluse department? It’s bridge is subject of famous French song.
Avignon
Which 1956 film featured songs Wel Did You Evah, I Love You Samantha and Now You Has Jazz?
High Society
Which Ukrainian born composer’s works include operas War and Peace and the Gambler, and the cantata Alexander Nevsky?
Prokofiev
Which 1952 film featured songs Good Morning, Make Em Laugh and All I Do Is Dream Of You?
Singing in the Rain
In world war 2 how was the Junkers Ju 87 better known?
Stuka
In WW2, three Gloster Gladiator biplanes became famous in defence of Malta? How were they popularly known?
Faith, Hope and Charity
Which Moravian born composer’s operas include Katya Kabanova, From the House of the Dead and The Makropulos Affair?
Janacek
Fillmore’ term of office as President ended 1853 but in 1856 he was nominee for the American party also known as what after party supporters drilled reply to law enforcement!
Know Nothing Party
A self declared but hideously ineffectually opponent of slavery, Fillmore signed into law the Fugitive Slave Act. By what name did abolitionists refer to this act?
Bloodhound Bill
Which president’s presidency saw more states admitted to the Union than any other? Six states joined between 1889-90. north and South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming.
Benjamin Harrison
JFK speechwriter who helped draft his inaugural address and his “we choose to go to the moon” and rumoured to ghost write the1957 Putlizer winning biography Profiles in Courage for JFK?
Ted Sorensen
An image of JFK appears on largest and heaviest us coin i. Circulation. What value does it have!
50 Cent
Who is only person to have led the conservative party on two separate occasions?
Andrew Bonar Law
Which city subway has most stops with 472!
New York City
Dancing on Ice winner 2023 series is which bronze medalist at 2016 Rio on the horizontal bar?
Nile Wilson
Which son of a footballer won the 2022 series of Dancing on Ice?
Regan Gascoigne
Which British couple who finished sixth place in 1984 Olympic ice dance competition behind Torvill and Dean and have been longstanding judges on Dancing on Ice with one of them now Head Coach
Karen Barber and Nicky Slater
Which country musician who died in 1953 sang Im So Lonesome I could cry
Hank Williams
Malory Towers protagonist main in Enid Blyton books about fictional Cornwall boarding school!
Darrell Rivers
Which London football club has lost the last three FA Cup finals in a row?
Chelsea
Algal blooms are common effect of which process in which a body of water becomes progressively enriched or saturated with nutrients, typically phosphorus or nitrogen, sometimes due to detergent and fertiliser run-offs?
Eutrophication
Which horticultural company, now HQ in Paignton is named after surname of Thomas the man who founded them in Reading in 1806 and is best known as supplier of seeds?
Suttons
Line drawn up during partition dividing India and Pakistan named after who!
Cyril Radcliffe
Who won the edinburgh comedy Award for 2009 show The Slutcracker and was contestant on first series of Taskmaster?
Tim Key
Created by David Dortort, which western drama tv series, first shown from 1967 to 1971, starred Leif Erickson as head of Cannon family and was set in the arizona territory close to Mexican border in 1870s?
The High Chaparral
Which Swiss choc brand owned by Mondelez has attempted to trademark lilac colour used in branding?
Milka
Scottish singer Mary Sandeman, who had her only UK number one single in 1981, is better known by what stage name?
Aneka
Which fictional boarding school named for a saint is setting for series of six novels by Blyton published between 1941 and 1945, with protagonists Pat and Isabel O’Sullivan the title sisters of the first book The Twins at…
St Clare’s
Along with Robin Cousins and Torville and Dean name either of the other two gold medalists who have served as a judge on the tv show Dancing on Ice? Both were champions in 1988.
Katarina Witt
Natalia Bestemianova
Border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is a line named for which British diplomat?
Mortimer Durand
Which parallel split south and north Vietnam?
17th Parallel
Which parallel splits south and North Korea
38th Parallel
Which parallel splits UsA and Canada?
49th Parallel
Which boundary line was drawn up between China and India?
McMahon Line
Named after two rivers what is the name of the line demarcating the Poland Germany border according to Potsdam conference.
Oder-Neisse Line
Colourful names line used as a border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel published by UN in 2000
Lebanon and Israel
Who won the edinburgh comedy award for his 2014 show Shtick and was a contestant on the 14th and most recently concluded series of taskmaster?
John Kearns
The polish born fashion designer Barbara Hulanicki was founder of which clothes store first opened in kensington in 1964? Company folded in 1975, but the brand has had various revivals and now owned by HoF.
Biba
Named after two horticulturalists who founded the business in Ipswich, what is full name of purveyor of plants bulbs seeds and gardening sundries sometimes abbreviated as T&M?
Thompson and Morgan
Harmful algal blooms in freshwater are often formed from which phylum of organisms commonly known as blue-green algae?
Cyanobacteria
Which flower, with the scientific name nelumbo necifera is used to flavour a type of green tea that is a speciality of Vietnam and often consumed at festivals or celebrations?
Lotus
Dry friction is divided into static friction between non moving surfaces and which other type between moving surfaces?
Dynamic/Kinetic/Sliding friction
Which Hungarian composer’s operettas included the count of Luxembourg and the Merry Widow?
Franz Lehar
During both wars, British soldiers known as Tommies, what slang term was used for Australian soldiers?
Diggers
Which source of vitamin B invented by Fred Walker and Cyril callister first appeared on Australian shelves in 1923?
Vegemite
Name of train that goes from Darwin to Adelaide?
The Ghan
Which word meaning scented in Spanish is a dark and nutty variety of sherry?
Oloroso
Which city to the north of London was a major Roman centre called Verulamium?
St Albans
Which holiday resort town is at the heart of the Devon coastal area known as The English Riviera
Torquay
Clifford’s Tower is all that remains of which city’s centre?
York
The womens magazine featured in which national Sunday newspaper is called You?
The Mail on Sunday
Current name of newspaper previously called the daily worker
The Morning Star
In which country is newspaper La Stampa published?
Italy
“All the news that’s fit to print” is slogan of whcih newspaper?
The New York Times
Name of newspaper featured in the tv series Lou Grant starring Edward Asner?
The LA Tribune
1988 - Phil Collins remake of a 1966 hit for the mindbenders
A Groovy Kind of Love
1964 the supremes first and only number one
Baby Love
1977 Donna Summers only number one
I Feel Love
Lottery Winners #1 album May 2023 title?
Anxiety Replacement Therapy
London rapper born Courtney Angelines Leon Freckleton, #2 album in May 2023 with title Crop Circle 2
Nines
Highest point in Peak District
Kinder Scout
By surface area what is largest country in European Union?
France
Athlete who won three gold in 1952 Olympics - 5k, 10k and marathon?
Emil Zatopek
Phil and Nige are policemen in which British tv comedy?
Early Doors
What is name of Peter Kay’s female alter ego?
Geraldine McQueen
Lou Reed and John Cale founding members of which American group?
The Velvet Underground
1982 - Renee and Renato only number one?
Save Your Love
1971 - T Rex first number
Hot Love
Year of Battle of Midway
1942
Year of Battle of Leyte Gulf
1944
What is name of Cart used to transport victims to guillotine?
Tumbril
Island off northwest coast of scotland abandoned due to infected with anthrax?
Gruinard Island
Which famous motor racing event was first held in January 1911 and won by Henri Rougier?
The Monte Carlo Rally
When Bobby Charlton left Man U he went where for two seasons as player manager?
Preston North End
Only two England cricketers have scored more than 10k test runs?
Alistair Cook and Joe Root
What is length of Olympic rowing course
2000m
Badminton is country seat of what duke
Duke of Beaufort
Five sports in Modern Pentathlon
Shooting, Show Jumping, Fencing, Swimming, Cross Country Running
Which is only non English team in rugby league super league?
Catalans Dragons
Catalans Dragons play in which city?
Perpignan
Nicknamed Bully Boy who won the latest PDC World Darts Championship?
Michael Smith
Who overtook Ronan O’ Gara record of 560 points in rugby six nations this year?
Johnny Sexton
Who did Tyson Fury beat in December 2022 after coming out of retirement?
Derick Chisora
2009 Nobel prize lit winner born in Romania, books The Land of Green Plums, The Hunger Angel, The Fox Was Ever The Hunter, Nadirs, The Appointment.
Herta Muller
Chin Ping Mei is better known as what title when translated into English? Completed during latter half of 16th century during Ming dynasty?
The Plum in the Golden Vase
What is an essential biochemical procedure that makes use of noncompetitive inhibitors to regulate some enzyme reactions? Final product in this process blocks the enzyme that catalyses the first reaction in a series.
Feedback Inhibition
Portmanteau word used to describe sub genre of action adventure games focuses on guided non/linearity and utility gated exploration and progression. One game 1986, one game series from Konami.
Metroidvania
Series of action role playing games created by Hidetaka Miyazaki in 2011 debut and sequels in 2014/16. Dark medieval fantasy setting against knights dragons phantoms demons.
Dark Souls
Subgenre of action role playing and action adventure games known for high levels of difficulty and emphasis on environmental storyline typically in dark fantasy setting. Origin in Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls.
Soulslike
From Latin for white, measure of diffuse reflection of solar radiation out of total solar radiation and measured from 0 for black body that absorbs all incident radiation to 1 corresponding to a body that reflects all incident radiation.
Albedo
Born Coventry 1937, English musician and composer of electronic music. Carried out notable work with bbc radio phonic workshop during 1960s including theme music to Dr Who.
Delia Derbyshire
Lithuanian violin prodigy and virtuous o performer of the theremin. Sister of pianist Nadia Reisenberg.
Clara Rockmore
Scottish composer and performer of electronic and acoustic music. Debut album Varmints 2016. 2019 FIBs.
Anna Meredith
What is the term for the moulting of the exoskeleton in arthropods and other animals?
Ecdysis
What is the term from Latin for “form” and “likeness” in the developmental stage of arthropods between each ecdysis until sexual maturity reached?
Instar
Byproduct of winemaking used in cooking processed from potassium acid salt of namesake acid. Used in baking or cleaning solution.
Cream of Tartar
1893 born berlin painter is Berlin Dada and New Objectivity groups, painted Eclipse of the Sun, The Funeral, Cain or Hitler in Hell, Berlin Street.
George Grosz
Born 1886 Pochlarn, Austria, painter who drew Bride of the Wind, had passionate affair with Alma Mahler who also had affair with Walter Gropius and had been wife of Gustav.
Oskar Kokoschka
Born 1891 in Untermhaus Germany, Neue Sachlichkeit movement, drew The War, The Skat Players, Portrait of the Journalidt Sylvia von Harden.
Otto Dix
Born 1884 Leipzig, expressionist artist who drew The Night, Departure, Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery?
Max Beckmann
Which Holy Roman Emperor rules from 1792-1806? Founder and emperor of Austrian empire. president of German confederation following establishment in 1815. His daughter married Napoleon as his second wife Marie Louise.
Francis II
Patron saint of lost causes?
St Jude
In which film does James Stewart play the character Elwood P Dowd?
Harvey
Who won best male actor at 2023 Oscar’s
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Who headlines Glastonbury 2023v
Elton John, Guns N Roses, Arctic Monkeys
In the Uk what other name is rubella known as !
German Measoes
Who played part of PC Fancy Smith in original series of Z Cars?
Brian Blessed
Which Irish county stretches furthest north?
Donegal
What is final word of the book of Revelation the last book of New Testament?
Amen
What is only French city that stands on the Rhine?
Strasbourg
What image was depicted on badge of Rover cars?
Viking zlongship
What was name of first pitched battle of the English civil war which took place on 23rd October 1642
Edgehill
Who designed the bronze lion statues in Trafalgar Square
Edwin Landseer
The Beggars Opera was written in 1728 by John Gay with music by who?
Johann Christoph Pepusch
What would a florin be worth in decimal currency?
10 pence (it was 1/10 of a pound or 24 pence in old money)
Heinz established what year
1869
What’s the name of the actress who played Michelle of the resistance Dubois in Allo Allo?
Kirsten Cooke
When was Lego brick invented?
1958
Which American actor was born mark Sinclair?
Vin Diesel
Which test cricket nation has most wins!
Australia
Under what name was Noel coward play Still Life adapted for cinema?
Brief Encounter
University boat race passes under which two bridges!
Hammersmith and Barnes
Which English king is commemorated in a statue situated just outside the House of Lords showing him braidnishijg sword while sat on horse?
Richard I
Who wrote Ozymandias poem?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cecil Kimber was engineer and main driving force behind establishment of whcih British sports car establishment?
MG
Who won 2022 Open Golf Championship?
Cameron Smith
Who invented first roll film cameras in 1886
George Eastman
Which Paris fashion designer introduced the famous New Look collection in 1947?
Christian Dior
Mock the week theme tune news of the world by which band?
The Jam
Who played title role in 1961 film El CID?
Charlton Heston
Which three word Latin phrase means literally in blazing crime and means being caught in act of doing something h
In Flagrante Delicto
Which pleasure craft was sunk by the Bowbelle on the river Thames in 1989?
The Marchioness
Whcih band’s early albums included Murmur, Reckoning and Doucment?
REM
What is only professional football league team in Kent?
Gillingham
What was name of the character played by Arnold Ridley in Dads Army?
Private Charles Godfrey
What is singular of opera?
Opus
In which Italian city would you find Capodichino Airport?
Naples
What is name of the air base in Berkshire where demos took place against sitting of cruise missiles in 1980s?
Greenham Common (aldermarston marches took place in 1950/60s)
Father Ted Crilly and Father dougal McGuire lived on Craggy island with which other priest?
Father Jack Hackett
Which US actor delivered the line “made it Ma top of the world” in the 1949 white heat?
James Cagney
Think Different was an ad campaign from 1997-2002 by which us tech company?
Apple
After leaving John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers Peter Green became a founding member of which famous band?
Fleetwood Mac
According to Old Testament who was first king of Israel
Saul
What’s the name of the largest active cruise ship in the world both by gross tonnage and passenger capacity?
Wonder of the Seas
Which son of Saul ruled Israel between his father and brother David?
Ish-bosheth
Who is father of Absalom in bible?
David
Who was ancient Levantine deity associated with Seir, Edom, Paran and Teman and national god of ancient Israelites and judahites?
Yahweh
Who is Solomon’s parents in bible?
David and Bathsheba
Who succeeded Solomon as a king of Israel in bible? Eventually became king of Judah while Norrhern Kingdom of Israel ruled by Soenoenelsen
Rehoboam (Jeroboam ruled Israel whulenRehoboam took Judah)
Dwelling of an otter
Holt
Living from 34-23 million years ago in Oligocene epoch, Paraceratherium was a hornless land mammal in which animal family? Probably largest land mammal exited at height of 5m.
Rhinos
On a circuit board diagram what current regulating electrical component is represented by a rectangle internationally or by zigzagged line america?
Resistor
Which leg bone of the human body has latinnname from brooch? Along with tibia it resembles a pin.
Fibula
Also called a failed star, what name given to astrophysical objects that aren’t massive enough to start nuclear fusion and convert hydrogen to helium? They can however fuse deuterium and light they emit peaks in the infrared region of the spectrum.
Brown Dwarf
What series of critically endangered, fish-eating crocodilian takes its name from ttype of hindustani earthenware pot, that resembles the protuberance on snouts of males? Found on Indian subcontinent they are longest crocodiles reaching up to 6m in length.
Gharial
Causing asphyxiation what name given to rare type of natural disaster whereby large amounts of CO2 are released from lake? Happened twice in Cameroon at Lake Monoun in 1984 and at Lake Nyos in 1986. They also fears could happen at Lake Kivu on Rwanda/DRC border.
Limnic Eruption
Which family of hadronic subatomic particles are made up of quark and antiquark pair? Include pions and kaons.
Meson
What name is given to a scientific instrument that separates incoming light by its wavelength (or frequency) and records the resulting spectrum at a detector (usually CCDs)? Astronomers use these fitted to telescopes to classify and measure the motions of stars and galaxies.
Spectrograph
With an area of 250k km sq which small tectonic plate (sometimes said to be smallest) lies wedges between pacific and North American platesV named after Greek explorer with Hispanic name
Juan de Fuca Plate
Created by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004, platform hosts user created games of multiple genres coded in programming languages Lua. Have a namesake currency and a famed “oof” sound when character dies which now a meme.
Roblox
Type of terrier named after a fictional character in Walter Scott’s novel Guy Mannering?
Dandie Dinmont Terrier
Who was refused entry to George IV’s coronation in 1821?
Caroline of Brunswick
Which 2011 single is UK’s biggest selling never to reach #1?
Moves Like Jagger
Who captained the carrack Victoria in 1522 circumnavigation?
Juan Sebastien Elcano
Which breakfast food developed by Dr Bircher-Benner?
Muesli
Who address 25 poems to Lesbia?
Catullus
Term for French boxing/foot fighting martial art created in France.
Savate
Eclectic martial art and self defence method originally developed in England 1898-1902 combining elements of boxing, jujitsu, cane fighting and French savate. Immortal led by Arthur Conan Doyle in sherlock story.
Bartitsu
Brazilian martial art
Capoeira
Brazilian black bean stew
Feijoada
Term for an unarmed combat sport introduced in Greek Olympic Games in 648 bc combining boxing and wrestling.
Pankration
What bird comes in Golden, Grey, ringed, little ringed?
Plover
Puff Daddy record label
Bad Boys Records
Which American boxer at 21 years old, the second youngest fighter to hold the world heavyweight championship having won the nba and nysac belts in victory over Archie moore in 1956? Nicknamed the gentleman of boxing he went on to accumulate 8 title fight wins across career.
Floyd Patterson
In online gaming terminology, the term DLC stands for what? Refers to additional expansions to a game that weren’t included at initial release.
Downloadable content
Which card game touted as strategic card game about cats and destruction? Involves 2-5 players attempting to avoid titular felines.
Exploding Kittens
Which American record label founded in LA in 1991 by Suge Knight, Dre, Dick Griffey, has a logo featuring hooded figure strapped to an electric chair?
Death Row Records
Appearing between 1996 and 2010, which border collie is Blue Peter’s 2nd longest serving dog? Distinctive for her heterochromatic eyes she was shows first rescue dog.
Mabel
Published by Conde Nast, which American monthly magazine is edited by Gideon Lichfield and primarily focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, economy and politics? The magazines name is stylised in alternating black and white capital letters on its cover?
Wired
Which American tv and social media personality born Singapore launched her career with bisexual dating show A Shot At Love With ________, in 2007 expelled from Celeb Big Brother for anti semitic comments on social media?
Tila Tequila
Which party card game made by breaking games, involves players using apps, photos and messages contained on their mobiles to compete in challenges set on the game cards? The name is a pun on tv series which started in 2011.
Game of Phones
Between 2013-14, Maxine peake also played the character Grace Middleton in which bbc tv series set in Derbyshire? Created by Peter Moffat, who intended it as a British equivalent to epic German film saga Heimat following story of a single extended family across a century. Cancelled after two seeasons.
The Village
Released as part of bbc one anthology series Small Axe, letitia Wright stars as Altheia Jones-LeCointe in which 2020 legal drama by Steve McQueen? Tells story of group of black British activists on trial for inciting a riot in 1970 in protest at repeated police raids at titular caribbean restaurant in west London.
Mangrove
Which British strongman won 1993 edition of worlds strongest man? At 6 feet tall he is shortest man ever to win contest but serious knee injury in 1997 forced his immediate retirement from sport.
Gary Taylor
Appearing since 2019, which beagle/basset hound cross is current Blue Peter dog? Adopted from dogs trust, owned by current member of blue Peter production team.
Henry
Which two word term is used to describe an animal which manipulates a host into raising its young? In birds, this is almost always achieved via the adaptation of producing eggs that look similar to the hosts.
Brood parasite
In particle physics, which extension to the standard model posits that every elementary particle has a partner with a spin that differs by one half?
Supersymmetry
Which admiral of the Joseon NAVY regarded as one of koreas national heroes, won 23 documented victories against an invading Japanese fleet between 1592-98?
Admiral Yi
Who served as prime minister of Thailand from 2001-06 but later sentenced to two years imprisonment on charges of corruption related to land deal? Also bought Man City.
Thaksin Shinawatra
12th century Andalusian philosopher Ibn Rushd is widely known by what single word latinised name? This man wrote numerous commentaries on Aristotle and proposed all of humanity shares the same intellect.
Averroes
Which film production company was cofounded by JJ Abrams and Bryan Burk in 1999? Made films like Cloverfield, Star Trek and two Star Wars sequels.
Bad Robot
In 1968, which British author and animal welfare advocate began writing The Observer’s food column following a recommendation from her friend Elizabeth David? Her work was highly influential in the promotion of English cooking, for example in books such as 1974’s English Food.
Jane Grigson
Who served as President of Pakistan from 2001-08 but was sentenced to death in absentia in 2019 following charges of treason?
Pervez Musharraf
Which 1988 movie brought Pedro Almodovar to international attention and was nominated for Oscar best foreign language film? Banderas and Carmen Maura star in movie which features group of relationships in Madrid that dissolve into confusion, exasperation and anger.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Which two word term is given to defence mechanism whereby a harmless species imitates the warning signals displayed by a toxic or harmful species? This phenomenon is named for the English naturalist who observed it in butterflies of Amazon rainforest.
Batesian Mimicry
Which Jewish scholar born in Cordoba and contemporary of Averroes, was the personal physician to Saladin and wrote The Guide for the Perplexed, an attempt to reconcile Aristotelianism with rabbinical Jewish theology?
Maimonides
Who was crowned Champion Trainer for flat racing ten times between 1981 and 2009, a total he shares with Sir Henry Cecil? Six of this trainers horses have won the Derby including Shergar in 1981. Born in Barbados.
Sir Michael Stoute
Which Iron Age hill fort, one of largest in Europe, is located southwest of Dorchester? It was excavated by Mortimer and Tessa Wheeler every season between 1934 and 1937.
Maiden Castle
Which England centre was top points scorer at most recent womens rugby World Cup? She is the time leading points scorer for the Red Roses and was nicknamed the 2019 world rugby womens player of year.
Emily Scarratt
Christian martyr patron saint of comedians, cooked on a gridiron turn me over I’m done.
St Lawrence
Supersymmetry has been suggested as one potential solution to which class of problem in particle physics? The most common example of this type of problem asks why the observable mass of Higgs Boson is so many orders of magnitude smaller than the scale of gravity as indicated by Planck mass.
Hierarchy Problem
What name given to set of six symphonic poems composed by Bedrich Smetana between 1874 and 1879 which represent the landscapes, history and legends of his native Bohemia?
Ma Vlast
Which 16th century dorset castle was gutted by fire in 1929 and not fully restored until 1990s? Located on its namesake estate, close to limestone arch Durdle Door and the adjacent Ministry of Defence firing range.
Lulworth Castle
Which 2002 Pedro almodovar film stars Javier camara as Benigno and Dario Grandinetti as Marco? The movies title refers to advice Benigno gives to Marco about dealing with lover Lydia who is in coma after being gored in a bullfight.
Talk to Her
Admiral Yi is credited with improving design of what type of Korean warship? This ship was notable for its increased armour, cannonry and covered deck to prevent boarding?
Turtle Ship
Which Milan born British food writer has played key role in raising profile of Italian cuisine in uk beginning with publication of her 1976 book Portrait of Pasta?
Anna Del Conte
According to some stories of Christian tradition, which apostle of Jesus was skinned alive in Armenia in 1st century? Martyrdom popular art and holding flayed skin on wall of Sistine chapel.
Saint Bartholomew
In which other form of mimicry do two or more unpalatable species adapt to mimic each other’s honest warning signals? In contrast to parasitic Batesian mimicry this form of mimicry benefits all participants.
Mullerian Mimicry
Another potential, although less intellectually appealing, solution to hierarchy problem is which process in which independent parameters of a physical model seem to have very precisely matched values? In the hierarchy problem, quantum corrections reduce the bare value of the Higgs Boson to its much smaller observable mass.
Fine Tuning
The movies Thelma and Louise, Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven were all made by which film production company founded in 1970?
Scott Free Productions
Who served as PM of France from 2007-12 but was sentenced to five years in prison in 2020 for embezzling public funds in a fake job scandal?
Francois Fillon
Who is most successful trainer in history of British jump racing having been crowned champion trainer a record 15 times through to 2004? Won the grand national with Minnehoma in 1994.
Martin Pipe
England winger Lydia Thompson was sent off after 18 mins of the 2021 womens rugby World Cup final for dangerous tackle on which star New Zealand player? Winger was leading try scorer at World Cup having previously been named world rugby womens player of year both 2015 and 2017.
Portia Woodman
Which 13th and 14th century French Jewish philosopher wrote commentaries on the work of Averroes most notably The Wars of the Lord modelled after Maimonides Guide for the Perplexed? He also wrote commentaries on many books of the Hebrew Bible which were heavily criticised for his Aristotelian positions.
Gersonides
1894 Claude Debussy wrote symphonic work based on which poem by Stephane Mallarme?
The Afternoon of a Faun
Who is current Champion Trainer of National Hunt racing, winning his thirteenth title in 2022? Wins for this man, the most successful trainer of his generation, includes two Cheltenham gold cups with Kauto Star and 2012 GN with Neptune Collonges.
Paul Nicholls
Which England hooker took advantage of their forward dominance to score a hat trick of tries in the delayed 2021 rugby World Cup final? In doing so, she became the first English player of any gender to achieve this feat.
Amy Cokayne
By what five letter word are the 1590s Japanese invasions of Korea known in Korean? These invasions were launched by Toyotomi Hideyoshi with the intent of conquering Korean Peninsula.
Imjin War
Which film production company was cofounded in 1969 by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas? This studio has produced numerous movies by the Coppola family as well as Lucas early sci for film THX 1138.
American Zoetrope
2013 Sam Bailey reached uk number one with Skyscraper, had originally been a song by which American single from 2011 album Unbroken?
Demi Lovato
Which British food writer is credited with changing perception of Mexican cruise in the USA with the publication of 1972 book The Cuisines of Mexico?
Diana Kennedy
Which Scottish author best known for Booker long listed Any Human Heart, wrote the 2013 James Bond continuation novel Solo?
William Boyd
What name is given to display of warning signals by animals that lets potential predators know that attempts at predation are undesirable? Examples include bright colouration and toxic smells whcih may be imitated by harmless species in Batesian mimicry.
Aposematism
Which 2021 Pedro almodovar film stars Penelope Cruz as Janis and Milena Smit as Ana two women whose babies are switched shortly after birth? A secondary plot involves Janis seeking exhumation of a Spanish civil war mass grave in her home village.
Parallel Mothers
Named after the French word for sub machine gun, what name is given to popular Belgian fast food dish consisting of chips various meats and sauces and occasionally crudités served in demi baguette?
Mitrailette
In 2022, who became the first ever British gymnast to win the mens european all round title? He also was the 2019 world champion on parallel bars.
Joe Fraser
Paul Johnson has since 2011 been director of which independent economic research organisation, which specialises in UK taxation and public policy?
Institute for Fiscal Studies
The debut novel by Hugo award winning writer Nghi Vo, the chosen and the beautiful is a queer retelling of which novel from perspective of character Jordan Baker?
The Great Gatsby
Which morrocan city located in foothills of Rif Mountains is nicknamed blue city?
Chefchaouen
Possibly greatest of Admiral Yi’s voxtories wss which battle of 1597, where Korean navy 13 ships hugely outnumbered by Japanese yet still able to win with no losses?
Battle of Myeongnyang
Which Cairo born food writer and anthropologist of Jewish descent is credited with introduced Middle Eastern cuisine to US and UK audiences via books such as 1968’s A Book of Middle Eastern Food?
Claudia Roden
Which 14th/15th century Spanish Jewish philosopher wrote Or Adonai, the light of the lord, a refutation of Aristotelianism? Was teacher of philoopsher Joseph Albo.
Hasdai Crescas
Which 1927 tone poem by Gustav Holst is dedicated to author Thomas hardy and named after fictional place in Hardy’s Wessex)?
Egdon Heath
Which 1999 Pedro almodovar film stars Cecilia Roth as Manuela who travels to Barcelona after death of teenage son? Her life intertwined with three other characters transgender woman Lola, actress Huma and HIV positive nun Rosa by Penelope Cruz.
All About My Mother
Paul Nicholls’ domination of champions trainer title has been disrupted in recent years by which man who has triumphed four times since 2013? Notable wins by this trainers horses include Chelentham Gold Cup triumphs for long run and Bobs Worth.
Nicky Henderson
Who served as PM of Malaysia in 2009-18 later 12 years in prison in 2022 for role in scandal involving state owned wealth fund 1MDB?
Mohammad Najib bin Abdul RAZAK
Which dorset village boasts two castles, 12th century fortification that was slighted by parliamentariest during English civil wars and a Tudor lodge built by sir Walter Raleigh in 1592?
Sherborne
The hierarchy problem is a violation of which heuristic rule that states the ratio of parameters in a fundamental physical theory should generally be close to order of 1 and not be fine tuned?
Naturalness
Which river flows through St Petersburg?
Neva
Whcih conservative ex cabinet minister convicted of perjury in 1997 despite his vow to use in his defence the sword of truth and trusty shield of fair play?
Jonathan Aitken
Which guardian sportswriter described difference between cricket legend Don Bradman and stylish Frank Woolley as the flight of a bird and the flight of an aeroplane?
Neville Cardus
Che Guevara died which year? Which country?
1967 Bolivia
Name of Panamanian law company at centre of Panama papers scandal in 2016?
Mossack Fonseca
Which element has the lowest boiling point?
Helium
In dying material, what name given to substance used to fix the colouring?
Mordaunt
Which photographic system invented in 1947 by Edwin Land?
Polaroid Camera
On aircraft purpose of a pitot tube?
Measure air speed
Who directed films Side Effects, Behind the Candelabra, and Magic Mike?
Steven Soderbergh
Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint were the stars of which 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film?
North by Northwest
2021-22 premier league season two joint top scorers, who both on 23?
Mo Salah and Son Heung-min
In which year did Roger Federer win first Wimbledon title?
2003
2019 netball World Cup champions and therefore current holders before 2023 Cape Town World Cup?
New Zealand
Three Formula One drivers have won SPoTy at least twice, Lewis hamilton is one, others?
Damon Hill and Nigel Mansell
What year did Bolt break world record 100m
2009
Berlin world championships
In rugby Union; who is all time top try scorer for England mens team?
Rory Underwood
Which petrol company invited drivers to “put a tiger in their tank”?
Esso
Which Latin word, now applied to retired person who has been permitted to retain as an honorary title the rank of the last office held, originally meant honourably discharged from public duty
Emeritus
How old did you have to be to get old age pension when first introduced in 1909?
70
What word from Latin from scattered indicates a reference will be found in several places throughout a text?
Passim
What is premier French order of distinction founded by Napoleon in 1802?
Legion of Honour
Who wrote play A Voyage Round My Father about his relationship with his blind barrister father?
John Mortimer
Which county known as the land of the Prince bishops?
Durham
The phrase “winning by a canvas” is sometimes used to describe a narrow win in which sport?
Rowing
Who is current Secretary of State for Northern Ireland!
Chris Heaton-Harris
Who created and scripted the tv shows One Foot in the Grave, Love Soup and Jonathan Creek?
David Renwick
Current editor of The Spectator magazine?
Fraser Nelson
Who created and scripted the tv shows 2point4 Children, dad, Health and Efficiency, and was also inspiration for Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?
Andrew Marshall
Current sec state for Scotland?
Alistair Jack
Bank founded in 1985, Hq in San Francisco and sold off to JP Morgan in May 2023 due to bankruptcy at
First Republic Bank
Which bank founded in 1983 and Hq in Santa Clara failed in March 2023 and assets sold off to First Citizens Bank?
Silicon Valley Bank
Which journalist producer and presenter of Man Alive was married to Esther Rantzen?
Desmond Wilcox
What is measured on Schmitt Index?
Severity of Pain from Stings
Which London borough was granted royal status in year of queens diamond jubilee 2012!
Greenwich
In which film, now considered a classic film noir, did Robert Mitchum play a serial killer who poses as a preacher and charms an unsuspecting widow in order to get his hands on $10k in stolen bank loot!
Night of the Hunter
Australian composer Ron Grainer wrote theme music to which tv series?
Dr Who (Delia Derbyshire remastered it electronically)
In which year did women over 21 get the vote in the uk?
1928
What farm animal known as a Stirk?
Cow - heifer 6-12 months old
Which is Charles dickens last completed novel?
Our Mutual Friend
Kelly Holmes won 800 and 1500m double in which Olympics?
Athens 2004
Which Us golfer came second in major tournaments a record 19 times?
Jack Nicklaus
Female badger name
Sow
Which Salford born rock, blues and jazz singer was vocalist in band vinegar Joe?
Elkie Brooks
The fictional town of Clanton, Missouri, is setting for several novels by which American author?
John Grisham
What is meaning of Latin term Sui Generis?
Unique
Who was host of ITV’s world of sport in 1970s 1980s? He died February this year.
Dickie Davies
What does welsh word Heddlu mean in English?
Police
What English county is Gisburn forest in?
Lancashire
On which Hawaiian island was settlement established in 1866 for treatment of leprosy?
Molokai
Which horse won 2023 Cheltenham gold cup?
Galopin Des Champs
Who designed the high level bridge, which crosses the Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead?
Robert Stephenson
In which county is the town of Bletchley
Buckinghamshire
In the novel of Witches of Easteick by John Updike, what state was east wick in?
Rhode Island
Which perennial yellow flowering shrub is named after a gardener to king George III?
Forsythia
Bob the Builder’s cat called?
Pilchard
Who is Claudia Winkleman’s journalist mother?
Eve Pollard
What’s family name of dukes of Northumberland?
Percy
Which French pianist has sold more than 100m albums in 57 countries?
Richard Clayderman
Known for its cork industry, Alcornocales Natural Park is located in south of which country?
Spain
The term “wriggler” is used to describe larva of which insect?
Mosquito
Stableford, Match Play, Stroke Play are all forms of plying which sport?
Golf
Drunk person said to be how many sheets to the wind?
Three
Who was PM of Indian 2004-14 before Narendra Modi?
Manmohan Singh
What sauce combined with pork with Cantonese dish Gu Lu Yuk?
Sweet and Sour
Name of the joints which connect the ribs to the vertebral column?
Costovertebral Joints
Compression, tube and no-show are all types of which article of clothing?
Socks
Oukaimeden africas highest ski resort is in which country?
Morocco
A huarizo is a cross between male and female versions of which animals?
Male alpaca and female llama
Which 19th century philosopher wrote under pseudonym Hilarius Bookbinder?
Soren Kierkegaard
Which king was alleged assassination of the Popish Plot invented by Titus Oates?
Charles II
What is first word sung in the French national anthem?
Allons
Who played runaway heiress to Clark Gable’s newspaper reporter in Frank Capra It Happened One Night?
Claudette Colbert
Which anaesthetic was created by chemist Alfred Einhorn in 1905?
Novocaine
Which son of Attila was the last known ruler of the Huns?
Ernak
Which South American country produces Panquehue cheese!
Chile
Which founding member of the Royal Academy was famous for her flower paintings and ceiling decoration at Frogmore House?
Mary Moser
Moosehead Lake is largest lake in which New England US state?
Maine
Which Latvian poet and playwright wrote the volume of poetry Far Off Reflections on a Blue Evening 1903?
Rainis
Which equestrian three day event is held at a Lincolnshire estate built in 16th century by William Cecil?
Burghley House Trials
Which director was Oscar nominated for film Dead Poets Society and The Truman Show?
Peter Weir
What links Machine Gun Kelly, William Shakespeare and Ingrid Bergman?
They all died on their birthday
Who played Tatiana Romanova in from Russia with Love 1963
Daniela Bianchi
A male rank of aristocracy lying below Duke and above Earl?
Marquis
What do you call a build up of hard snow on leeward side of mountain or ridge which often overhangs cliffs and other steep slopes below?
Cornice
What forms when layers of vegetation are subsumed over time into waterlogged anaerobic soils and bogs?
Peat
What is largest lake in uk by surface areA?
Lough Neagh
Deepest lake in uk
Loch Morar
Architecture; what word is name of 8.3M wide hole at centre of some of pantheon in rome?
Oculus
What is name given to meal which breaks the fast during Ramadan in islam?
The Iftar Meal
Many Japanese dishes end with yaki what does that mean I. That respect?
Grilled
Who played Cherie Blair in both The Queen 2006 and The Special Relationship 2010?
Helen McCrory
Who was youngest child of Queen Victoria? Shares name with a more modern royal.
Beatrice
First name of captain Hastings side of poirot? Also first name of queen Vic’s seventh child.
Arthur
Which scientist who died in 2022, invented the electron capture detector and using it became first to detect the widespread presence of CFCs in atmosphere?
James Lovelock
Which Italian dessert, that takes the form of a ball that is composed of two or more flavours of gelato, has a name which comes from Italian for “truffle”?
Tartufo
Sistine Chapel takes name from which pope exactly between 1471-1484?
Sixtus IV
Which European leader provided voice of titular bear in paddington and paddington 2 in his own country?
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Name of informal literary discussion group which included JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis?
Inklings
What “s” is a dish famous in rome of veal layered with sage leaves and prosciutto then sautéed in white wine?
Saltimbocca
Which Japanese make of motorbike does Tim cruise ride in both top gun and maverick?
Kawasaki
In which decade did first part of London tube open between paddington and Farringdon!
1860s
A life size bronze statue of which man can be found on balmoral castle estate?
John Brown
Which biblical character seen drunk on Sistine chapel ceiling?
Noah
The Timberwolves are a nba team based on what us state?
Minnesota
Ful Medames is considered the national food of Egypt. It is basically a stew of what type of beans?
Fava Beans
Who was eldest child of Queen Victoria? She would go onto become Empress of German and mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Victoria
Who was chancellor of Germany at unification in 1990, the 16 years between 1982 and 1998 was longest since Otto von Bismarck?
Helmut Kohl
What B is a Norse god of poetry? In art this god often portrayed with a harp.
Bragi
Swarkestone Bridge in Derbyshire, at just under a mile long, is the longest stone bridge in England. What river does it cross?
Trent
The Pacers are based in which state? NBA
Indiana
Heart too fast tachycardia, what is too slow?
Bradycardia
English parliamentarian wrote the decline and fall of Roman Empire?
Edward Gibbon
Who wrote play A taste of Honey?
Shelagh Delaney
What was name of princess daughter of George II who lived from 1713 to 1757? Status Quo sang about a girl with this name in uk top 5 hit of 1973.
Caroline
What type of clothing is a perizonium? It is often seen in religious images.
Loincloth
Two word name used to refer to experiment by John B Watson making kid scared of furry objects by associating with loud noises?
Little Albert
Which moon of Saturn believes to have own ring system? This moon named after wife of Kronos in Greek mythology.
Rhea
What S is generic Italian term for sparkling wine?
Spumante
Christ Church Cathedral, originally St Frideswide Priory, is reckoned to be smallest cathedral in England. In which English city is it located?
Oxford
Truman surname in The Truman Show?
Truman Burbank
Norse myth Geri and Freki were Odin’s accompaniment who were they creatures?
Wolves
Name of which spice mix associated with cuisine of Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, means Head of the Shop in Arabic?
Ras El Hanout
Which bbc music quiz show hosted by Rochelle and Marvin Humes? Three pairs against each other.
The Hit List
Who has partnered Alfie Hewitt to numerous wheelchair tennis doubles grand slam championships over past five years!
Gordon Reid
Which lawyer represented Paul McCartney in divorce from Heather mills? She was rewarded by having water poured over head.
Fiona Shackleton
What S is Japanese delicacy consisting of fresh raw fish or meat sliced into thin pieces and eaten with soy sauce?
Sashimi
Visitors to which 18th century town would be ushered to meet the master of ceremonies Beau Nash? Tunbridge wells was said to be an offshoot off this original kingdom.
Bath
Name of mythological ash tree central to Norse cosmological order?
Yggdrasil
Which British newspapers motto is “was, is and will be”?
Daily Telegraph
Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler were main characters in better call Saul which ended in 2022. Name both actors.
Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn
Which northern Irish seaside resort was awarded city status in 2022?
Bangor
Known by aboriginals of east central Australia as dandarabilla, what species of snake is by far the most toxic?
Inland Taipan
In 1899, which Essex town saw the opening of worlds first radio factory? Charles dickens had called it the dullest and most stupid place on Earth.
Chelmsford
What type of nuts are in dairy milk fruit and nuts?
Almonds
Ayrshire is only county in Britain to have three golf courses which have hosted open champs. Name three.
Prestwick, Troon, Turnberry
The oldest extant arch in rome was built by which emperor in AD81? This Flavian emperor was son of Vespasian and brother of Titus.
Domitian
What Friday night radio 4 show was hosted by Jonathan dimbleby between 1987-2019? Chris Mason replaced him.
Any Questions?
An annual award given to Canadian who has made outstanding contributions to public understanding of science it was named after man who promoted worldwide standard time zones?
SandFord Fleming
What is Indonesian dish Lontong
Rice cake
In which Cornish town would you find Murdock House believed to be first house in britainnlit by gas? Mick Fleetwood born in this town/
Redruth
Norse myth; which goddess word magical necklace Brisingamen and rode chariot pulled by cats?
Freyja
What is largest town to be found on Kintyre peninsula? Andy Stewart and his ilk would sing about wishing that the loch by this town was filled with whisky.
Campbeltown
Which golfer from New Zealand wore glasses at start of her career before switching to contacts? Golfer born in Seoul became youngest person to top world golf rankings when doing so in 2015 aged 17
Lydia Ko
Clisham is highest point on which Scottish island it main town of Stornoway? Name of island in outer Hebrides and scotlands biggest.
Lewis and Harris
Which radio comedy programme was successor to earlier show Beyond Our Ken and featured characters including folk singer Rambling Syd Rumpo and the camp pair Julian and Sandy played by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams.
Round the Horne
Laura Kenny only gold medal at Tokyo Olympics was alongside Katie Archibald in which relay cycling event? First time event held for women at Olympics.
Madison
Which cricketer, New Zealand joint most capped, took 361 wickets with left arm spin between 1997-2014? Notably wore glasses throughout career.
Daniel Vettori
Main town on Skye?
Portree
Which actor who died 2015 was Lord Summerisle in The Wicket Man?
Christoper Lee
Which Belgian Artist caused controversy with painting Christs entry into Brussels 1899 which parodied Jesus? Painter, member of Les XX group.
James Ensor
Term for messengers of the Incan empires, agile and fit they were in charge of carrying the quipus, messages and gifts?
Chasquis
Which American beat Madison keys to win 2017 Us open her only grand slam title? Lost to Simona Halep in 2018 French open.
Sloane Stephens
Which 16th century Archbishop of Canterbury wrote first two editions of Book of common Prayer and was first to publish a vernacular service? Man was one of three Oxford Martyrs burned at stake by Mary I for heresy alongside Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer.
Thomas Cranmer
Which radio comedy programme had a cast including Leslie Phillips and Jon Pertwee playing sailors with their own names on HmS troutbridge?
The Navy Lark
The Wicker Man considered an example of Subgenre of horror characterised by rural setting isolation and themes of religion and sacrifice?
Folk Horror
Which Swiss symbolist Artist is best remembered for work The Isle of the Dead in which figure clad in white ferried to rock location?
Arnold Bocklin
The site of Oxyrhynchus is in what Roman province which shares name with modern day African north country? Recognised as principal breadbasket province whose grain exports fed Italy during later Roman Empire.
Egypt
Which French Artist was described as “the symbolist painter par excellence” by Jean Cassou? This man painted mythological scenes such as Oedipus and the sphinx and Jupiter and Semele, as well as painting female characters from the Bible.
Gustave Moreau
Cassava, originally domesticated in Brazil, become principal staple of which pre Colombian people a subgroup of Arawak group who occupied cuba Jamaica and hisapaniola before Chris Columbus.
Taino
The largest cathedral in the world and some measures the second largest church building after St. Peter’s basilica, is the cathedral basilica of our lady aparecida located in town of Aparecida in which countryV
Brazil
Which French cyclist wore glasses throughout career which included winning Tour de France in 1983 and 1984? He missed out on a third win when finishing just 8 seconds behind Greg LeMond in 1989, the closest Tour de France in history.
Laurent Fignon
Which author of twenty love poems and a song of despair was second from his nation to win Nobel literature which he did in 1971?
Pablo Neruda
Which radio comedy programme used the unlikely theme of radio ventriloquism with ventriloquist Peter Brough and titular schoolboy doll who was tutored by a series of guest comedians including Tony Hancock, Harry Secombe and Hattie Jacques?
Education Archie
Which 16th century Protestant reformer was first to publish an English Bible which drew directly from Hebrew and Greek texts, with his translation being a significant influence on later bible translations, including the King James versions? This man was executed for heresy in what was then the Netherlands in 1536.
William Tyndale
Born Carleton Ridenhour, who founded Public Enemy with Flavor Flav?
Chuck D
What was surname of David who won the first three world Indoor singles bowls championships from 1979-81? This winner of five commonwealth gold medals for bowling is generally considered the greatest bowls player of all time.
Bryant
An out of court settlement reached between pacific island country and Australia in 1989 in particular over failure of previous Australian government to remedy damage caused by mass phosphate mining.
Nauru
Which radio comedy programme was written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden and perhaps best known for its segment The Glums about married couple Ron and Eth! June Whitfield’s breakthrough came playing Eth in this series which like Its That Man Again was often referred to by a four letter acronym.
Take It From Here
Which French symbolist painter and printmaker was known for dreamlike paintings including The Cyclops in which he depicts the love of Polyphemus for the naiad Galatea? Symbolist novel A Rebours by Huysmans features a decadent Aristdocat who collects his paintingsx
Odilon Redon
Goatfell is highest point on which Scottish island? The dukes of hamilton live at Brodick Castle on this island located to east of Mull of Kintyre and often referred to as Scotland in Miniature?
Arran
Which Puerto Rican boxer lost to Ireland Katie Taylor in an April 2022 lightweight fight at Madison Square Garden in what was first female headline fight at that venue?
Amanda Serrano
Another of ten largest church buildings in world is Basilica of Our Lady of Lichen completed in 2004 in a village of around 1k people near town of Konin in which European country?
Poland
Which Belgian high jumper who won Olympic gold at the event in Beijing 2008 ahead of Blanka Vlasic in silver wore glasses throughout career?
Tia Hellebaut
What energy unit is defined as the heat required to raise one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius in its large form and one gram of water by one degree Celsius in small form?
Calorie
What O is a German village famed for its ten yearly passion plays?
Oberammergau
Born in 1963 in Kingston Jamaica this England fast bowler is most remembered for figures of 9 wickets for 57 runs which destroyed the South African batting at the oval in 1994?
Devon Malcolm
Born in 1988, this welsh rugby Union star plays on wing or at full back, with 783 he is third highest points scorer for wales and was voted player of series in the 2013 lions tour of Australia?
Leigh Halfpenny
Born in 1993 in Dallas this putting sensation burst onto PGA tour in 2013 and has masters, open, us open amongst 16 pro wins.
Jordan speith
Born in 1958 in Llandudno this goalkeeper made 578 apps for Everton and 92 for wales.
Neville Southall
Born in 1956 in Pennsylvania, the comeback kid is nickname best known for four Super Bowl wins As QB of San Fran 49ers
Joe Montana
Who is songwriting partner of Elton John?
Bernie Taupin
Nickname for Manchester based cricket team competing in The 100?
Originals
Act of delaying or preventing a decision on proposed legislation by prolonging debate is known as what?
Filibustering
Outdoor world record for which Olympic sport is 76 ‘ 8” for mens?
Shot Put
Three orders of Ancient Greek architecture: which one is plainest and no patterns at top of column?
Doric
Three orders of Ancient Greek architecture: which one has scrolls at top of column?
Ionic
Three orders of Ancient Greek architecture: which one is most ornate with flowers and jazz at top?
Corinthian
Grandson of Alfred the Great, who was the first king of all England ruling from 927-39?
Athelstan
Which American state has longest border with Canada?
Alaska
Which first class cricket county plays its home game at New Road?
Worcestershire
Which company’s ad campaign is “food, we get it”?
Deliveroo
SW1A 0AA is post code of what building?
The Houses of Parliament
February 2023: who beat Penrith Panthers to claim 2023 Rugby League World Club Challenge?
St Helens
Taking its name from an early napoleonic victory over Austria in 1797 and with Louvre on its southern side which Parisian street famous for shopping?
Rue de Rivoli
Which rock band has become only fifth group to feature on series of Royal Mail stamps; going on general sale on 12th of January 2023?
Iron Maiden
In 80s and 90s which sci fi author presented tv shows documenting his Mysterious World, his World of Strange Powers and his Mysterious Universe?
Arthur C Clarke
What is third highest mountain in England after Scafell Pike and Scafell?
Helvellyn
Which major trunk road is longest road of Scotland l and connects Stirling to Thurso via Perth and Inverness?
A9
Which UK football club is second only to Egypt Al Ahly and on all time list in terms of total trophies won with 116?
Glasgow Rangers
What type of fish is a sockeye?
Salmon
Who assassinated Gandhi in 1948?
Nathuram Godse
Two new Freeport’s have been announced for Scotland? Where will they be!
Inverness and Cromarty Firth
Firth of Forth
Dave gahan lead singer of which band?
Depeche Mode
In which geological era were almost all of UK’s coal resources laid down?
The Carboniferous
The world record for Olympic event is 7 mins 54 secs for men and 8 mins 44 secs for women to nearest second?
3000m Steeplechase
Whcih general was in charge of Argentinian Junta and President from Dec 1981 to June 1982 when they invaded Falklands?
General Leopoldo Galtieri
Five African countries that crossed by prime meridian?
Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo and Ghana
Who won Rugby Union’s Heineken Cup in 2022?
La Rochelle
Keswick lies at the foot or outflow of which Lake District lake?
Derwentwater
What name has been given to the widely held theory that universe experienced a period of extremely rapid or exponential expansion very shortly after Big Bang?
Cosmic Inflation
How many Super Bowls did Tom Brady win
Seven
Who won the 2023 players championship at Sawgrass the unofficial fifth golfing major?
Scottie Scheffler
The womens World Cup T20 cricket in 2023 was held in which country?
South Africa
The Natmeg cricket shot named after which woman? England player.
Natalie Sciver-Brunt
Which London building do you go under to go from The Mall to Trafalgar Square?
Admiralty Arch
What is Google’s chat GPT alternative?
Bard
What is Meta’s chat GPT alternative?
Llama
Which character was first ever Beano cover star on issue 1 in 1938?
Big Eggo
What appeared on The Dandy cover from 1937 for long time until 1984 when desperate Dan took over?
Korky the Cat
Bear name Beano cover star after big Eggo
Biffo the Bear
Which actor played a sex killer in Hitchcokc’s Frenzy but is more fondly remembered as a detective in. Long running tv series 1972-77 and 1991-92?
Barry Foster (van der valk)
Who captained Ryder cup UsA team twice 2012 and 2016? Only major was 1997 PGA.
Davis Love
There are two female characters that appear in 4 Shakespeare plays? Who?
Queen Margaret and Mistress Quickly
The actor and comedian Steve Delaney assumes which name in the eponymous tv and radio shows of which he is the central character?
Count Arthur Strong
Which novels plot published in 1957 partly takes place in fictional market town of Warley in Yorkshire! Film version appeared in 1959 and starred amongst others Simone Signoret and Laurence Harvey.
Room at the Top
Which actress played sergeant Pepper Anderson in nbc series Police Woman?
Angie Dickinson
Who is shadow education Secretary
Bridget Phillipson
Who composed a musical joke in 1787?
Who composed Humoresque No 7 in G Flat minor in 1890
Mozart
Dvorak
Which dickens novel contains Bella Wilfer, Noddy Boffin and Jenny wren?
Our mutual friend
Which novel features Sue Bridehead, Arabella Donn and Richard Phillotson? It is Hardy’s last published novel.
Jude the Obscure
Who achieved a mens singles grand slam in same calendar year for the first time; 1938
Don Budge
Which character from novels and films began life in the pages of the independent newspaper
Bridget Jones
Which port released collection of poems in 1945 called The North Ship
Philip Larkin
Published in 1957 whose first collection of poems was called Hawk in the Rain!
Ted Hughes
Which British railway station was location for doctor Alec and Laura to conduct a famous affair through weekly meetings there in 1945 drama?
Carnforth
Simon & Garfunkel first uk top 20 was Homeward Bound in 1966, Paul Simon first wrote lyrics in which English railway station?2
Widnes
Which England cricket captain was born in india and had initials MCC
(Michael) Colin Cowdrey
Which England cricketer was born in Zambia and had middle name Henri)
Philippe Henri Edmonds
Which comedy character devised by Spike Milligan once described two sticks of dynamite with these words “what luck! Two big cigars and they’re both lit”?
Eccles
Celebrating 50th birthday in 2023 which British golfer holds unenviable record of most major tournament appearances without a victory?
Lee Westwood
What is first building in uk designed by internationally acclaimed architect Daniel Libeskind
Imperial War Museum North
Which is main character in 1976-78 childrens tv series produced by Cosgrove Hall set in Wheelie World?
Chorlton the Dragon
Which authors 80 birthday was marked by special edition of St Edmunds Ale? Brewery had been founddd by great grandfather in 1799.
Graham Greene
French ragout called Navarin uses which meat?
Lamb
Which word connects Bob Dylan album, U2 first number 1 in uk and perfume by Dolce and Gabbana?
Desire
Which 1998 film starred Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon as teenagers trapped in 50s sitcom set in small Midwest town where everything seemingly perfect)
Pleasantville
Who starred in Parent Trap as Susan and Sharon, whistle down the wind, 20’years later in tv series the flame trees of thika?
Hayley Mills
Which footballer played for Blackburn and Tottenham, played 44 times for wales and managed country 1980-88
Mike England
Term used to describe the illusion that professional wrestling is not staged
Kayfabe
“Things can only get better” by D-ream was walk on theme for many years for which darts player? Then mc Phil jones would interrupt the word better by shouting out surname. Famously won 1983 wolrd champs with 138 finish over Eric Bristow.
Keith Deller
American boxing referee died December 2022 referred the Mike Tyson Evandro Holyfield fight with bit wars. Also Lennox Lewis, Henry Akinwande. Then became tv show host with his name following Judge ________.
Mills Lane
In 1995, three countries joined the EU, which three?
Austria Finland and Sweden
Which Irish lager brand had a famous af depicting an Irish emigrant remembering SAlly OBrien (9@-63: by Allo Allo actress Vicki Michelle) and the way she might look at you?
Harp Lager
Etosha Pan is largest lake entirely in which southern African country?
Namibia
Who was Roman empress 49-54AD, fourth wife of Claudius and mother of Nero.
Agrippina the Younger
Who plays Oliver Queen in the tv show Arrow?
Stephen Amell
Although the first name she writes under could be male or female, what female Scottish author is known for her crime William Lorimer crime novels?
Alex Gray
Steffi Graf won Wimbledon ladies title in 1993 by beating which Czech who famous broke down in tears and consoled by duchess of Kent? This play who died in 2017 would go on to win the 1998 title herselfZ
Jana Novotna
Adam Moran is behind which YouTube channel in which he takes on many dating eating challenges?
BeardMeetsFood
Which form of therapy was pioneered by American Carl Rogers? Theoretical underpinnings of this form of therapy are Core Conditions of empathy, congruence and unconditional positive Regard.
Person-Centred Therapy
Established in 1989 after a famous person, what is the annual multi sport event held in Columbus Ohio considered the second most prestigious event in professional mens bodybuilding after Joe Weider’s Olympia?
Arnold Sports Festival
Which Canadian bodybuilder and entrepeuner created the international federation of bodybuilding with brother and creator of Mr Olympia and Ms Olympia?
Joe Weider
Who played Richard DeVere on To the Manor Born?
Peter Bowles
Who wrote the 1971 book The Hiding Place about ww2 and saving peoples lives?
Corrie Ten Boom
American artist known for paintings of black figures? 1955 from Birmingham Alabama. Voyager, Past Times, Untitled (Supermodel), Untitled (Venus Negra)z
Kerry James Marshall
Bundesliga was founded in 1962 in whcih city?
Dortmund
Rouen and Le Havre are in which department of France in Normandy region? Named after proximity to sea and river:
Seine-Maritime
What board game uses the Crawford rule?
Backgammon
Who wrote Rubyfruit Jungle, Wish You We’re Here, Six of One, Nine Lives to Die?
Rita Mae Brown
Scottish poet born in Stromness, Orkney, works include An Orkney Tapestry, Beside the Ocean of Time, Greenvoe, Magnus, For the islands i sing.
George Mackay Brown
Scottish laird and reputed prophet from the Borders, gift of prophecy was linked to his poetic ability, often cited as the author of the English Sir Tristem, 1220-1298.
Thomas the Rhymer
Which Swedish boxer surprising defeats Floyd Patterson to become world heavyweight champion in 1959? He lost title the following year when Patterson beat him in rematch.
Ingemar Johansson
Born in 1983, which British designer known for his eponymous House and collaborations with Agyness Deyn? He also hosted the T4 series Frock Me.
Henry Holland
Which 1998 fat boy slim single often wrongly referred to S The Funk Soul Brother?
The Rockefeller Skank
Which French fashion designer has been creative director at Celine since 2018, position held at dior and Yves Saint Laurent before?
Hedi Slimane
Which actress played Vod in Fresh Meat? Also starred in civil service sitcoms Not Safe for Work and is engaged to tom Hiddleston whom she will join the McU as villain in 2023 The Marvels?
Zawe Ashton
Which American fashion designer; the creative director of Moschino, has muses including Bjork and model Devon Aoki? Karl Lagerfeld said this man was only one who could take over Chanel when he left.
Jeremy Scott
4 Non Blondes biggest hit song? Not What’s Going On
What’s Up
Which welsh actrsss played Josie, a seemingly sweet dentistry student who drunkenly drilled through a patients cheek in fresh meat? Also appeared in bbc one period drama Cranfordand starred alongside Chris Ramsey in bbc two Sitcom Hebburn.
Kimberly Nixon
Founded in 1880, the car manufacturer Spyker is by far the largest automobile manufacturer from which north Western European country? Others include VDL and Vencer and lorry DAF.
Netherlands
Which eastenders character was played by Martine mccutcheon?
Tiffany
Premiering in 2021 Netflix, Arcane is an animated series based on which riot games video games series set in city of Piltover? Inspired by Defence of the Ancients, this game has given rise to one of most popular e-sports.
League of Legends
Which dish eaten in French and Italian alps involved melted Reblochon cheese being scattered over potatoes inion and bacon and then cooked?
Tartiflette
In C4 Fresh Meat, which actress played Candice, a literature student who moves into the house in season 3 and falls into relationship with oddball Howard? Other tv roles The Waif in Game of Thrones, Vel Sartha in Andor and title character in Love, Nina.
Faye Marsay
Which German boxer held the world heavyweight title between 1930 and 1932? Only boxer to win world title on a foul and aged 99 died making him longest living heavyweight champ.
Max Schmeling
Now owned by Bugatti, Rimac is car company based in which south Eastern Europe country? At time of release in 2015, concept one model was marketed as fastest mass production electric vehicle in world.
Croatia
Which British boxer best James J Corbett in 1897 to become world heavyweight champion? He is lightest man to hold the title weighing in 165 lbs and was only Briton to do so until Lennox Lewis almost 100 years on.
Bob Fitzsimmons
Which dish from the Massif Central in France involves melting cheese often the local Tomme d’Auvergne variety and blending it into mashed potatoes often including garlic?
Aligot
Which fashion designer was Burberry creative director 2018-22? He had previously been creative director of Givenchy and known for close friendship with K West and Kim K
Riccardo Tisci
Which Corrie character played by Sarah Lancashire was barmaid and had relationships with Des Barnes and Curly who later became husband.
Raquel Watts
Whcih song by The Who often wrongly referred to by Teenage Wasteland?
Baba O’Riley
Which 2016 Netflix animation features Stealth Elf, Eruptor and Spyro the Dragon?
Skylanders Academy
In knitting, what four letter name given to stitch where a loop of wool is pulled back through an existing stitch before the stitch is slipped off the needle? This stitch is essentially a mirror image of the knit stitch.
Purl
Which basic stitch pattern consists of alternative rows of knitting and purling? It shares its name with an item of apparel.
Stocking
Which Pakistani squash player widely consisted best of all time was unbeaten 1981-86 winning 555 matches in row
Jahangir khan
In what 2021 horror movie based on shirt story by Joe hill does Ethan hawke play serial kidnapper known as the grabber? Mason Thames plays latest victim Finney who communicates with deceased victims to escape.
The Black Phone
Kirstie ALLSOPP AND PhIl Spencer property show?
Location Location Location
Who served under Alex Ferguson as assistant manager of Man U 1991-98? Fell out and moved onto Blackburn leeds and Man City.
Brian Kidd
Which russia MMA fighter retired March 2021 after 29 wins 0 loss? First Muslim to win ufc title and defended lightwidgjt title by beating conor McGregor.
Khabib Nurmagomedov
What was whitney Houston’s first uk number one single? 1985, “tonight is the night for feeling alright, we’ll be making love the whole night through”?
Saving All My Love For You
What name is given to a stitch pattern which produces a regular twisted or plaited pattern by changing the order in which the stitches are knitted? It is characteristic of traditional Aran jumpers.
Cable
In what 2022 horror movie directed and written by Zach Cragger, do Bill Skarsgard and Georgina Campbell play strangers who arrive in Detroit to find they have been double booked in same airbnb house?
Barbarian
What name is given to a stitch pattern with appearance of vertical lines that is obtained with alternating stripes of stocking stitch and reverse stocking stitch? It is used to form cuffs, sweater hems or figure hugging portions of a garment.
Ribbing
A 1990 hit by Shanna Ranks gives its name to which Dominican music genre? The genre has developed from a riddim widely used in reggaeton but has a musical base that is faster and more basic.
Dembow
Lyrics to which shows theme song are preceded by two title characters chanting “one two three four five six seven eight/Shlemiel Schlemazel Hasenpfeffer”? Spin off from Happy Days alongside Mork and Mindy.
Laverne and Shirley
Whcih former United player was Alex Ferguson final assistant at man United served between Queiroz and retirement? After six months as hull city in 2016-17 returned to United where AM under OGS.
Mike Phelan
Breville lroduces range of coffee machines for which major brand of single use capsules advertised by George Clooney since 2006?
Nespresso
Which Dutch wheelchair tennis player retired on 2013 while on winning streak of 470 matches? She ended her career with record of 695 wins and 25 losses including 21 grand slam tournaments z
Esther Vergeer
American singer Selena is widely referred to as queen of which genre of music? Combines Mexican vocal styles with European dance rhythms also known as Tex Mex music
Tejano
Which of Whitney Houston uk #1s was recorded for 1988 Seoul Olympics and featured footage of sporting triumphs from games in its video? In this slow piano driven ballad’s chorus, she describes its title as a brief period when she is racing with destiny and will feel eternity.
One Moment in Time
In which 1939 western directed by John Ford does John Wayne play the Ringo Kid? Follows group riding the titular vehicle through apache territory.
Stagecoach
Whcih 2022 comedy horror stars Amanda Stenberg and Pete Davidson as friends who attend a party at a mansion and discover a real life death whilst playing titular “murder in the dark” game?
Bodies bodies bodies
What is name of two female coaches that Thomas rank engine pulls along?
Annie and Clarabel
Which property show follows potential home buyers as they search for dream home in rural areas of UK? Presented by Nicki Chapman and Jules Hudson.
Escape to the Country
Rolling Stones list of greatest ever theme tunes of us sitcomss was this “well we’re moving on up/to the east side/to a deluxe apartment in the sky”? This show spin off from All in the Family and concerned titular African American neighbours of Archie and Edith Bunker.
The Jeffersons
Until closure in January 2023, the longest rollercoaster in Europe was the Ultimate found at which theme park in North Yorkshire?
Lightwater Valley
Which anti parasitic medication most often used as de-wormer in horses, was right wing cause for curing covid-19?
Ivermectin
Following passing of Michael Nesmith in December 2021, who is only remaining living member of the Monkees?
Mickey Dolenz
Airing since 2014, which tv series based on novels by Diana Gabaldon, follows a military nurse who time travels from WW2 to 1743 and married a handsome man amid a Scottish uprising?
Outlander
Which initially controversial video game 2006 saw player control Jimmy whose aim is to rise through social hierarchy?
Bully
Radio football commentator John helm once announced that which footballer had “pissed a fatness test”? This defender won the European cup with Notts Forest in 1979/80 and was one of first non white players selected for England team.
Viv Anderson
Which athlete was bbc sports commentator Ron Pickering referring to when he uttered words “the big Cuban opened his legs and showed his class”? Only man to win both 400 and 800m Olympic titles which he did at 1976 Olympics.
Alberto Juantorena
Cuban high jump world record holder
Javier Sotomayor
Surname of Nancy in film Sid and Nancy played by a Chloe Webb in 1986 film
Spungen
Which Italian singer and model reached top ten in 1988 with dance track Boys (Summertime Love)? Usually first name only also charted with follow up All of Me.
Sabrina Salerno
Which 2017 Taylor Swift song was taken from album reputation “I rose up from dead I do it all the time” afrrr saying earlier “cause she’s dead”, her first #1 song in uk?
Look What You Made Me Do
Which company renowned as leading producer of trading cards for American sports especially baseball! Also known for producing GarbGe Pail Kids range of stickers, this company was acquired by Fanatics, Inc in 2022.
Topps
Which 2015 video game sees player take control of a character who witnesses her best friend being gunned down in school bathroom? The trauma of event gives her power to turn back time.
Life is Strange
Written by Barry Hines, which notoriously bleak 1984 bbc drama depicts the aftermath of a nuclear attack on the city of Sheffield?
Threads
Katrina and Waves 1985 single which Michele Bachman kept trying to play prompting legal action?
Walking on Sunshine
Released in 2016, which Japanese video game follows a high school student named joker who is transferred to another school? He and fellow students discover special powers and form. Group known as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.
Persona 5
Which Israeli singer reached the uk top 20 in 1988 with song Im Nin’alu? Singer who died aged 42 in 2000 also featured on 1992 sisters of mercy track Temple of Love.
Ofra Haza
In 1995 topps tried to challenge Panini Dominance of uk market by acquiring which British company who had premier league sticker contract which they later lost to panini in 2019.
Merlin
Who played role of Mary in Our Friends in the Nirth? Also appeared in Notting Hill and played Jackie Laverty in first series of Line of Duty.
Gina McKee
Airing from 2017-20 Netflix, the fictional German town of Winden is setting for which series, which follows aftermath of child’s disappearance and time travelling conspiracy linked to it?
Dark
Which Dallas based trading card company began nfl cards in 1989 expanding other sports including English league football between 1990/92? Folded in 1994 and attempt to resurrect brand was announced in 2021.
Pro Set
Which 1984 video game has players control Eric who is in mission to steal his report card?
Skool Daze
Which British boxer who held undisputed middleweight title briefly in 1980 before losing to Marvin Hagler, made following observation when commentating; “sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious”?
Alan Minter
Which 1982 graphic novel by Raymond Briggs depicts an elderly English couple’s doomed efforts to survive a nuclear winter? Jimmy Murakami directed a 1986 film adaptation of the story.
When the Wind Blows
In which 1989 Alan Clarke film did Gary oldman play estate agent cum football hooligan Clive Bex Bissell the leader of the Inter City Crew? The film shares title with 1993 Sydney Pollack directed legal thriller.
The Firm
In the popular nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle, what figure laughed to see such fun?
Little Dog
Which Guinean singer and kora harp player reached uk top 40 in 1988 with track Ye Ke Ye Ke! This man who died in 2020 aged 70 also charted with same track twice following decade.
Mory Kante
Which Australian woman did Wisden choose as one of its five cricketers of decade for 2010s? This all rounder made her debut for her nation in bith fiitbalk and cricket at 16.
Ellyse Perry
Which British guitarist who died January 2023 replaced Eric Clapton in Yardbirds in 1965?
Jeff Beck
Which comedian starred as Carr home manager Hannah in Derek and as Lisa the deceased wife of Ricky Gervais’ character in After Life? She also won series 7 of Taskmaster.
Kerry Godliman
Oscar Isaac starred in title role of which 2013 movie directed by Coen Britherz? Partly based on folk singer DVe Van Ronk.
Inside Llewyn Davis
Pub features in Hollyoaks
The Dog in the Pond
Which Scottish driver of Italian descent won Indy car championship four times between 2007-11
Dario Franchitti
Scottish driver three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, most recently in 2013, as well as a three-time winner of the American Le Mans Series, which he last won in 2007
Allan McNish
Which brand of “ultra premium British vodka” is sold in completely gold bottles? Owned by Charlie Morgan the Swansea ballboy who was kicked by Eden hazard in 2013 match.
Au
Sharing his name with London borough, which comedian creations include Loadsamoney and Kevin the Teenager? Partner with Paul Whitehouse.
Harry Enfield
Named after variety of tobacco, which 1972 Roxy Music single begins with the line “make me a deal and make it straight” and ends with its title the first time mentioned in song?
Virginia Plain
The title track of 1982 album which Roxy music single features “much communication/in a motion/without conversation/or a notion”
Avalon
Snap Frost is most popular range of vodka produced by which company? This drink comes in slender clear bottle that Has a ball ball in glass.
Ciroc
Keiichiro Toyama created which Konami horror anthology franchise that debuted in 1999? The player controls protagonists including Harry Mason and James Sutherland in this game based in the titular fictional New Zealand town in which supernatural events occur.
Silent Hill
Which welsh darts player won inaugural BDO world championship in 1978 beating John Lowe 11-7 in final?
Leighton Rees
Concetta Tomei plays a “mom” of five kids including Christina Applegate’s Swell in which 1991 teen comedy? It’s plot follows what happens when Mom goes on extended holiday, leaving kids in care of cantankerous Mrs Sturak who then unexpectedly dies.
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
In effort to speed up flow of rugby Union from 2023+, teams must now take which kicks within 60 secs of signaling their intention to do so?’these kicks are worth three points of rugby Union and 2 points in rugby league.
Penalty Kicks
Which American producer of vodka has used the slogan “vodka so filtered we even took russia out of it”? Bottles produced by this company are entirely blue and frequently seen in high end uk bars.
Skyy
What was surname of Australia cricketing brothers Mark and Steve; who both had international careers in 1990s and 2000s?
Waugh
Which Japanese video game designer created the Metal Gear series of video games? He also designed the teaser title PT which was intended to be a teaser for a title in the silent hill series but was ultimately cancelled by Konami.
Hideo Kojima
Which Roxy music single, taken from album Siren, features lines “late that night/I parked my car/staked my place in the singles bar”? It reached #2 in uk chart in 1975.
Love is the Drug
Which Welshman won his only world darts title to date when he beat Raymond van Barneveld in 1995 bdo final? He also reached the finals of 1996/98 tournaments before moving PsX.
Richie Burnett
First appearing in 1964, which character from the Beano is known for his ability to run at great speeds and has two upright strands of hair protruding from his shaven head?
Billy Whizz
Which producer of vodka is known for its stylish bottles that resemble a clear skull? This company was founded by actor Dan Aykroyd and artist John Alexander.
Crystal Head
Actor Norman Reedus voices SM Bridges a courier delivering supplies to far flung colonies on post apocalyptic earth in which 2019 Hideo Kojima title? First designed by his studio not published by Konami.
Death Stranding
You’re dressed to kill and guess who’s dying? Is a line from which 1979 Roxy music single reaching #2 in uk! Originally written as solo single for Bryan ferry, included on album Manifesto.
Dance Away
In Simpsons, which actor voices characters including Mr Burns, Ned Flanders and Reverend Lovejoy?
Harry Shearer
Which Welshman became only second left handed player to win a world darts title when he beat Simon Whitlock to win 2008 bdo championship? Also reached semi finals of PDX twice.
Mark Webster
Kathleen Turner stars as Beverly Sutphin the “mom” of Ricky lake’s misty Nd Matthew lillerd’s chip in which 1994 John waters comedy? It follows a spate of killings in Baltimore suburb for which bev is main suspect?
Serial Mom
David Jacobs spent several years as the host of what 1960s bbc show, which asked celebrities to decide if new musical releases would be a hit or Miss?
Juke Box Jury
What stage forename did Susan Ker Weld adopt in 1950s later officially changing her name? Her first big hit came playing opposite Steve McQueen in The Cincinnati Kid.
Tuesday Weld
November 2022 pokemon game colours?
Scarlet and Violet
Founded in 1975 by Steve Jackson, iN Livingstone and John Peake, which British tabletop games company has become internationally successful for its range of games played Mini figures in particular warhammer and wRhMmer 40K series!
Games Workshop
Japanese director did Late Spring, An Autumn AFTERNOON, Tokyo Story?
Yasujiro Ozu
Which British actress Hyacinth Bucket on Keeping Up Appearances? Also title role in Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet.
Patricia Routledge
Joe Talbot is lead singer of which post punk band from Bristol? 2017 debut album Brutalism, 2019 album Joy as an Act of ResistNce?
Idles
Which Japanese director did The Life of Oharu, Ugetsu Monogotari and Sansho the Bailiff?
Kenji Mizoguchi
In 1982, games workshop founders Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone also created which range of role playing game books? Notable one is The warlock of firetop mountain.
Fighting Fantasy
Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn make up which notably profane Nottinghamshire post punk duo? Their albums including 2014 Divide and Exit, focus on life in austerity era Britain.
Sleaford Mods
Eric Clapton fell in love with Pattie BoydF who provided inspiration for 1970 album Layla and other assorted love songs. Released by which band!
Derek and the Dominos
Who became famous for playing educating Rita 1983 title character opposite Michel Caine
Julie walters
Originally created by Jervis Johnson and released in 1986 which series of Games Workshop games is a fantasty spoof of American football involving teams Inc elves orcs trolls and goblins?
Blood Bowl
“Be proactive”, “think win/win” and “synergies” are among 7 habits of what kind of people in book by Stephen Covey?
Highly Effective
2012 Noah Baumbach film shot black and white starring Greta gerwig a dancer who remains hopeful in face of unrealistic dreams.
Frances Ha
Iggy Pop real name, songs include The Passenger, Nightclubbing and Lust for Life?
James Osterberg Jr
Originally released by Games Workshop in 1989, which two player board games sees one player take control of a team of space marine terminators while opponents play as band of Tyranid Genestealers? Set on massive abandoned spaceship in warhammer 40K universes
Space Hulk
Actrsss known for playing Edie Pegden in more than 150 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine and died in 2003.
Thora Hird
Grian Chatten is lead singer of which Irish post-punk band? Their 2019 debut album Dogrel received Merc Prize Nom.
Fontaines DC
Which Japanese director directed In the Realm of the Senses and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence?
Nagisa Oshima
Which trans British model writer and activist has fronted brands such as Mulberry and Calvin Klein, in 2022 became first trans woman to appear on cover of Cosmopolitan UK.
Munroe Bergdorf
Pattie Boyd inspired Eric Clapton to write which ballad in 1976 written as she was getting ready to attend a party? Was included 1977 album Slowhand.
Wonderful Tonight
Which Japanese director has won two Palme d’Or for both The Ballad of Narayama and The Eel? Only Japanese director to win twice.
Shohei Imamura
First film director to win Palme d’Or in 1946 and 1951 for Torment and Miss Julie?
Alf Sjoberg
Palme D’Or double winner from Serbia - When Father was Away on Business (1985) and Underground (1995)?
Emir Kusturica
Belgian director brothers who won Palme d’Or twice: Rosetta 1999 and l’Enfant 2005.
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Actor appeared in The Thick of It as chief whip Steve Fleming and later served as Jim Hacker in short lived 2013 revival of Yes, Prime Minister?
David Haig
What is most popular game mode on FIFA? It allows users to earn coins and open packets of players in order to build their dream squad.
Ultimate Team
Which foodstuff precedes “for the Soul” in the title of a 1993 self help book by motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen? This book along with its many sequels consists of inspiration stories from the authors customers.
Chicken Soup
An adaptation of unfinished Edgar Allen Poe short story, what 2019 Robert Eggers film starred Robert Patterson and Willem Dafoe as two feuding men working at titular building? It was shot entirely in black and white and with a nearly perfectly square aspect ratio.
The Lighthouse
Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent make up which punk rock duo that released the Mercury Prize nominated 2015 album Are You Satisfied?? The duo changed name in 2022.
Soft Play (formerly known as Slaves)
Described as the best player never to play at Test level, which South African born Dutch player retired as a cricketer in December 2021? He has the second highest ODI batting average of all time at 67 and the fourth highest in T20 internationals at 44.41.
Ryan Teg Doeschate
Which American gymnast unimpressed face became a meme in 2012 after she failed to win gold in vault at London summer Olympics and got silver instead?
McKayla Maroney
The soft toys Big Ted, Humpty, Jemima and Hamble appeared in which childrens bbc tv series that ran between 1964-88?
Play School
The Mariinsky Ballet in St Oetersburg is still known internationally as what former Soviet name? Taken from Bolshevik revolutionary assassinated jn 1934.
Kirov Ballet
Which species of bird appears on coat of arms of Cornwall because according to a legend king Arthur’s spirit passed into one of these birds upon his death?
Red Billed Chough
During Ramadan traditional for Muslims to break fast by drink water and eat what fruit?
Dates
Which author’s Alexander trilogy 1969-81 was unusual as invariably depicted gay characters in positive light? In 2010 the first in trilogy Fire from Heaven, shortlisted for lost Booker prize of 1970.
Mary Renault
An Indian immigrant to uk and civil servant turned guru, Haroon Amir is the title character of which 1990 novel by Hamif Kureishi that centres on Haroon’s teenaged son Karim.
The Buddha of Suburbia
Inspired by 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre “execution” became most expensive work of Chinese contemporary art when sold £2.9m 2007. By which artist whose oil paintings typically depict his own face frozen in laughter?
Yue Minjin
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a major work by which American photographer! Her works focus on lgbt subcultures and hiv epidemic of 1980s.
Nan Goldin
Not to be confused with a similarly named mammal, which system of wooden brackets that can support overhanging roofs was developed during spring and autumn period and became important part of traditional Chinese architecture?
Dougongs
Which British animated tv series featured an array of often foul mouthed plasticine characters living in the title apartment building? Alistair McGowan, ALISON Steadman and Jane Horrocks all voiced characters for this show.
Crapston Villas
Northern Ireland longest river
Bann
Ireland longest river
Shannon
Belfast main river
Lagan
Largest island and only settlement of St Kilda archipelago
Hirta
In 1923 sigmund Freud published which work an analytical study of the human psyche? The title of this paper contains two of the threee structural elements that Freud held to comprise the psyche.
The Ego and the Id
In 2022, Shree Cement was replaced by Adani enterprises on which Indian stock market index with two word rhyming name?
Nifty 50
The Kwakiutl of the Pacific Northwest and the Pueblo of New Mexico are among the indigenous people described by the anthropologist Ruth Benedict in which 1934 book?
Patterns of Culture
Which island nation is the only member state of the Arab league to be located entirely within the Southern Hemisphere?
Comoros
Which women centred constructed language was created by linguist and author Suzette Haden Elgin in 1982 to test the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis? Could it shape a culture differently if expresses views of women.
Laadan
The capital of Japan during its namesake period between 710-794CE, which city was Shinzo Abe making speech in when murdered July 2022?
Nara
Known primarily for marking end of Swiss dominance among the infantry of the Italian wars and one of earliest military engagements in which firearms proved decisive, which battle of April 1522 saw a combined French and Venetian force under Odet of Foix decisively defeated by an imperial Spanish and papal army under overall command of Prospero Collonna?
Battle of Bicocca
Which syllabic script derived from Chinese characters and developed in Hunan province in around the 12th century was almost exclusively used by women as way of communicating secretly? Script passed down often disguised as embroidery or decorations on fans.
Nushu
August 1963 MLK gave I have a dream speech at end of March on Washington for jobs and freedom. Organised by Philip Randolph and which influential civil rights leader? He was a gay man too.
Bayard Rustin
Egyptian squash player who is 2019/21/22 squash world champion
Ali Farag
The name of which musical instrument appears in a 2022 music rhythm game, developed and published by Holy Wow, which features pieces of music such as Old MacDonald and Also Sprach Zarathustra.
Trombone (Champ)
Considered one of greatest shots in golf history, which American golfer hooked his approach shot nearly 90 degrees to within less than 4m of the hole during sudden death playoff at 2012 masters? The shot would pave the way for the first of this players two wins at Augusta with next two years after.
Gerry Lester “Bubba” Watson
Charlotte Hoborough (2001) and Jonny Gibb (2002) are only two UK winners of reality tv show which had a £1m first prize? 42 completed seasons in USA.
Survivor
What is English name of Christmas cake known as Buche de Noel in France?
Yule Log
Which merseybeat band of 1960s had 3 number one singles: sweets for my sweet, needles and pins and don’t throw your love away?
The Searchers
Fully released in 2022, what nine letter compound word appears before simulator in title of an acclaimed game developed by Futurlab that enables players to perform some relaxing chores in town of Muckingham?
Powerwash
In 1999, Ian Woodley scooped £1m by winning Someone’s Going to Be a Millionaire a segment of which channel 4 show that was presented for its first five seasons by Chris Evans?
TFI Friday
Which player holed a 232 yard shot for an albatross at the 15th in the 1935 masters to give him a tie for the lead? Known as the shot heard around the world. It provided pivotal in his completing the grand slam of golf majors.
Gene Sarazen
Which golfer holed a 40ft birdie putt at the 17th hole of the 1999 Ryder cup singles against Jose Maria OLAZABAL giving the USA the half point they needed to win the so-called Battle of Brookline? The shot has gone down in sport infamy after the USA team and fans prematurely rushed the green breaking golf etiquette.
Justin Leonard
Which Mersey best band of 1960s had uk top ten hit singles including Do You Want to Know a Secret?, Bad to Me, Little Children with latter two reaching #1.
Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas
Best known for tropical flavour which British soft drink was created by hall and Woodhouse brewery in dorset and currently advertised Unleash Your Sunny Side?
Rio
Which basketball legend who won one nba title with Milwaukee bucks and five with lakers decided to wear goggles a kept getting poked by opponents?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
In 2006, Sarah Lang bluffed her way to £1m on which itv show? This show was hosted by Ant and Dec and lasted just two series.
Poker Face
Nominated for game of year, which 2022 adventure games developed by boue12 studios, sees player control a cat as it tries to escape a decaying cyber ith with its robot companion?
Stray
Which journeyman Irish player hit a two iron 229 yards landing within 4 feet of the pin at 18 hole of singles against Fred Couples at the 1989 Ryder Cup?
Christy O’Connor
The biggest every winner in uk game show history is Graham Fletcher who amassed a total of £1.5m when winning jackpot in 2012 on which other ant and Dec hosted itv show in which players had to make titular choice?
Red or Black
In uk monopoly green properties are
Bond Street, Regent Street, Oxford Street
Which merseybeat band of 1960s had uk hit singLes including Hippy Hippy Shake, Youre No Good and cover of Good Golly Miss Molly?
Swinging Blue Jeans
What is name of honey sweetened Christmas cakes or cookies from Germany that often contain almonds spices and have sugar coating? These items have their origins traced back to 13th century bakers in Franconia.
Lebkuchen
Originating in Jamaica and common sight in international food aisles, which grapefruit flavoured soft fizzy drink comes in yellow and Green can! Often served with tequila in a simple version of the Paloma cocktail.
Ting
In 2019, which bespectacled spinner famously scored one run in an unbeaten 74 run tenth wicket parrtnship with Ben Stokes that enabled England to sensationally win the third Ashes test match at Headingley?
Jack Leach
2021 biographical crime drama directed by Shaka King and starring Lakeith Stanfield as an fbi informant?
Judas and the Black Messiah
Which 1970s drama started Erik Estrada as Francis “Ponch” Poncherello and Larry Wilcox as his partner Jon Baker both members of specific police patrol?
Chips
Which comedian and impressionist was first female President of Cambridge footlights society? Regularly impersonates Kirsty Wark, Charlotte green and Nigella Lawson on dead ringers.
Jan Ravens
In Ogden Nash’s 1949 poem Line Up for Yesterday, he pays tribute to 24 baseball players including one nicknamed the Georgia Peach who spent 22 years with Detroit Tigers?
Ty Cobb
Mandy Patinkin started as Dr Jeffrey Gieger in which US medical drama? Running 1994-2000, created by David E Kelley.
Chicago Hope
Joey Tempest has been lead singer of which Swedish rock band since 1979?
Europe
Which American game developed announced its first ever sequel Hades II in December 2022? Other games released include Transistor and Pyre.
Supergiant Games
Orange Man was a portly character painted entirely in orange that was used to adventure which soft drink brand in 1990-2000s? Played by Peter Greeves in adverts would surprise victims by slapping them in face.
Tango
The resin of the Aleppo pine tree is used to flavour which amber coloured Greek wine?
Retsina
What is Portuguese name of the popular Brazilian fried snack made from chicken meat that is covered in dough so makes teardrop/pear shape then fried?
Coxinha
Which hairstyle is a specific type of bun in which hair is arranged in a loose knot or roll at the back of head especially at nape of the neck?
Chignon
Who credited her synaesthesia in playing part in her first fragrance? First perfume in 2021 came in bronze bottle shaped like a bust of woman.
Billie Eilish
Shape inspired by Mount Qiloane, which straw hat is important part of Sotho costume and became national symbol of Lesotho?
Mokorotlo
One British athlete to have won a world championship gold but not an Olympic gold is which 110m hurdler, who won gold at the 1993 and 1999 world championships? Now a pundit for the BBC he is also former world record holder in the event.
Colin Jackson
Norwich born pop star was the vocalist for D Mob, which had the successful hit single “C’mon and Get My Love”. Notably, she co-wrote “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” by Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears’ song “Toxic”, and Katy Perry’s hit “I Kissed a Girl”.
Cathy Dennis
Upcoming captain America sequel will see Sam Wilson (the falcon) playing title role, this 2024 film will have what three word subtitle?
New World Order
In which weekly podcast series do QI elves present their favourite facts they’ve come across during week?
No Such Thing as a Fish
Named after a 1973 song from album Burnin’, what is title of the jukebox musical based on music of Bob Marley?
Get Up Stand Up
1929 The Crime at Black Dudley was first appearance of which detective created by Margery Allingham as a parody of Lord Peter Wimsey?
Albert Campion
Two so-called “two John’s” who created QI are John Mitchinson and which man? In a long career this comedy producer and writer produced all four series of Blackadder and created The News Quiz.
John Lloyd
Named after a song from his 1977 album The Stranger, what is the title of the jukebox musical based on the music of Billy Joel?
Movin’ Out
Previously best known as singer with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, which Liverpudlian electro-pop musician put together the girl group Atomic Kitten? He was also their main songwriter penning hits including the 2001 number one Whole Again.
Andy McCluskey
The Sentient Hyper-Optimised Data Access Network or SHODAN is a maniacal AI evil mastermind in which 1994 game?
System shock
A new team consisting of Red Guardian, Bucky Barnes, Taskmaster and US agent will have their own Marvel film, to be released in 2024. By what name is this group known?
Thunderbolts
Famous models of which car brand include Aventador, Gallardo, Murcielago, Countach?
Lamborghini
Which variety of peppers named after a municipality near La Corunna, is often a popular accompaniment at tapas restaurants? These green peppers are typically fried in olive oil until their skin blisters and while generally mild can sometimes be surprising hot.
Padron Peppers
The final two Avengers films of Marvel phase 6 will have see heroes battling which adversary? Film due for 2025 release will be called the _____ Dynasty.
Kang
Riffing on the title of one of her songs from 1989, what is title of jukebox musical based on music of Gloria and Emilio Estefan?
On Your Feet
Kyle McLachlan character name in Twin Peaks
Dale Cooper
Which MLS side won only mls cup in 1998 named after an 1871 disaster in the city in which it is located? Bastion Schweinstiegrr joined from Man U in 2019.
Chicago Fire
Between 2011-17, Tamsin Grieg starred in which bbc sitcom alongside Stephen Mangan as Beverly and Sean Lincoln who go to work in USA as scriptwriters for MattLeBlanc character?
Episodes
1934’s A Man Lay Dead introduced which detective character?
Roderick Alleyn (by Ngaio Marsh)
Another British athlete to have won world championship gold but not Olympic god is which Welshman who won 400m hurdles at 2011 world champs in Daegu?
Dai Greene
In which radio 4 comedy talk show does QI co creator John Lloyd play head of titular establishment to which three guests donate an object whcih fascinates them? Cocreated by QI elf Dan Schreiber.
The Museum of Curiosity
Formerly member of band World Party, which musician co-wrote lord of robbie Williams song like let me entertain you, Millenium and rock DJ
Guy Chambers
One of biggest selling 2022 singles was Peru a track by which Nigerian singer whose real name is Adademola Adefolahan? Also featured Ed Sheeran.
Fireboy DML
In which brussels street does housewife and prostitute Jeanne Dielman live in 1975 Film by Chantal Akerman?
Quai du Commerce
Which actor played role of Mildred Roper in George and Mildred?
Yootha Joyce
Which actor played George Roper in the tv sitcom George and Mildred opposite Yootha Joyce as Mildred?
Brian Murphy
which 2023 true crime podcast presented by Hannah Ajala discusses catfishing scams, interviewing scammers and scammed! Title comes from adult entertainment star whose stolen photos have made her face o series of cat fishing scams across globe.
Love Janessa
Kane Robinson is an English actor who plays Sully in Top Boy? Shortlisted for 2016 Mercury prize for made in the manor. Stage name?
Kano
“Jet Boy, Jet Girl” was song by Band Elton Motello released in 1977, next year exact same backing track used for which song that became uk top 10 hit?
Ca Plane pour moi (plastic bertrand)
A reference librarian called Mo Testa was central character in which weekly comic strip created by Alison Bechdel? Strip ran from 1983 to 2008 with characters aging in real time.
Dykes to Watch Out For
Which DC Comics character who takes form of anthropological vegetable matter mound shares name with 1985 album by Malcolm McLaren and 1994 hit for the Grid?
Swamp Thing
The first ever song recorded by the Quarrymen (who would later become The Beatles) was which buddy Holly song that was a #1 for the crickets in 1957? Song gives its name to a touring rock n roll show first performed in 1986.
That’ll Be The Day
Which common name given to any organism that consists of a symbiotic fusion of a fungus with algae or cyanobacteria?
Lichen
Which of the nuclei bases in human body is unique in that it binds to different bases in dna and rna! This nucleobase binds to thymine in dna and uracil in rna.
Adenine
What does Cytosine bind to in both dna and rna?
Guanine
Occuring when a Crystal absorbs and emits gamma rays without releasing phonons, which physical phenomenon - sometimes called recoil-free gamma-ray resonance absorption - is more commonly named after German physicist who discovered it in 1958?
Mossbauer Effect
Introduced by Tibor Rado in 1962 On Non-Computable Functions which game in theoretical computer science with an animal inspired name consists of designing an n-state Turing machine with a two symbol alphabet (0, 1) that can print the maximum number of 1s on an initially blank tape before halting?
Busy Beaver game
Clade cetancodontamorpha comprises the cetaceans (whale dolphin porpoise) the hippos the extinct pig like entelodonts and which carnivorous mammals that lived in China during Eocene 46-36m years ago? One of largest terrestrial mammals ever lived and named after American explorer and adventurer who led team and discovered skull in 1923.
Andrewsarchus
How many overs in ODI cricket?
50
Who did Andre Agassi marry in 2001?
Steffi Graf
Whcih island nation won mens gold rugby 7s in 2016 Olympics?
Fiji
Mariana Pajon was selected as Colombia’s flag bearer at 2012 Olympic Games. She proved an inspired choice as won gold in what event? Also 2016 and 2020 silver.
BMX racing
At the Tokyo Olympics Quinn become the first trans athlete and first out non binary athlete to win an Olympic medal. They won gold medal in womens fotjball when which country defeated Sweden in gold medal match.
Canada
Runner up at the 2020 world Grand Prix and the 2022 World Series final which Dutch darts player is nicknamed the Aubergenius because of job working at aubergine farm!
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Which swimmer won the gold medal in the womens 400 metres freestyle at the 2012 Olympics in London? In 2015, year after her retirement she was tragically killed in a helicopter accident that occurred during filming of a French reality tv series.
Camille Muffat
Which British boxer won the light heavyweight world title in 1948 by defeating the American Gus Lesnevich and held the title until 1950? Following his retirement, he made appearances in films such as Carry on Constable and Carry on Regardless prior to his mysterious death from a gunshot wound in 1965.
Freddie Mills
Turkey and brazil are reigning women and men paralympics champions in which sport specifically designed for athletes with vision impairment? In this sport, two teams of three players attempt to roll a ball containing bells over opponents goal line and block attempts to do same.
Goalball
Which race was won by Dallas Seavey for a joint record fifth time in 2021? In winning, Seavey smashed the previous race record by over 13 hours.
Iditarod
Which attacking left back was first frenchman to play for athletic Bilbao? Won World Cup 98 and euro 2000. Because he was born in French basque province of Labourd, his selection adhered to the clubs policy of selecting only players of Basque birth or heritage.
Bixente Lizarazu
One of inaugural inductees to rugby football league hall of fame, which welsh legend scored 591 tries in his career, the second highest tally of all time? He played for Wigan from 1953-68 and won the 1960 Rugby League World Cup with GB.
William “Billy” Boston
Many classic games saw player control characters who could die from a single hit, such as Contra and Gradius, both games developed by which Japanese manufacturer? Using this company’s namesake cheat code at the Contra title screen could make the game a little easier.
Konami
Scrapped by Kellogg in the uk in 2017 as drive to reduce sugar in brand, which breakfast cereal was essentially a hybrid of Frosties and Rice Krispies? Their boxes featured a cartoon spaceman.
Ricicles
In whcuh Olympics did Mo Farah do double gold at 5k and 10k?
2012 and 2016
One of inaugural inductees to the rugby football league hall of fame, which Australian legend scored a record 796 career tries, mainly for Warrington, for whom he played from 1946 to 62? Nicknamed the wing wizard this player was uniquely also inducted into the Australian rugby league hall of fame.
Brian Bevan
Which Glaswegian trio whose members included Manda Rin, gave the label its only uk top 40 with the Secret Vampire Soundtrack EP? They reportedly became the first unsigned band to play on Top of the Pops when they performed the EPs lead track Kandy Pop on show in 1996.
Bis
John Thaw detective first name endeavour?
Inspector Morse
Time for Bed, Whatever Love Means, The Secret Purposes and The Death of Eli Gold are all novels written by which comedian, whose on-stage partners have included Rob Newman?
David Baddiel
WhT series of hack and slash games include several modes in which players characters Dante can be killed with just one hit? The Heaven or Hell mode goes further by making not just Dante but all of enemies die one hit too.
Devil May Cry
One of inaugural inductees to rugby football league hall of fame whcih English legend scored. A record 6200 points during his career which involves two spells at Wakefield Trinity! Both his brothers played game too but you only need surname.
Neil Fox
Great British menu and Saturday kitchen regular who
Holds Michelin star for his Gidleigh Park restaurant in Devon. Name differ only by one letter from an Oscar winning actor.
Michael Caines
Which childrens animated tv series first broadcast in 1974 featured a friendly rivalry between titular green dog and pink cat named Custard who lived next door? Original series was narrated by Richard Briers.
Roobarb (and Custard)
Which 1934 Bette Davis film, based on 1915 W Somerset Maugham novel, is known as the film that made Davis a star? Leslie Howard played Philip Carey who is obsessed with Davis’ Mildred Rogers.
Of Human Bondage
Which actress played Katya in Scorsese early film Goncharov? In real life she was in Taxi Driver playing character Betsy with whom Travis bickle gets infatuated.
Cybill Shepherd
Which charity was founded by Bruce Kenrick in London in 1966, logo is red and white featuring triangular arch?
Shelter
The Wasp T-12 a phone with an extra large 5 button “because it’s the most common number” featured prominently in which British comedy, whose only series aired on channel 4 in 2005? Written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris this satire of east London hipsters starred Nicholas Burns as its title character.
Nathan Barley
Bette Davis and Henry Fonda star in which 1938 film set in Antebellum south! Davis stars as Julie Marsden, spoiled southern Belle whose actions cause Fonda’s Preston Dillard to call off engagement.
Jezebel
In which bbc sitcom running from 1984-89 did suburban busybody Martin Bryce, played by Richard Briers, have a love-hate relationship with his seemingly perfect neighbour Paul Ryman (played by Peter Egan)?
Ever Decreasing Circles
Best known for playing Dobby in Peep Show, which comedian actress and voice over artist released first novel Jane is Trying in 2021?
Isy Suttie
Designed by Edmund McMillan and inspired by his own experiences growing up with a religious upbringing, what roguelike game includes the character of The Lost who dies from a single hit due to having no heart containers and being unable to gain any by any means?
The Binding of Isaac
Inducted into the rugby football league hall of fame in 2000 which South African legend played for St Helen’s from 1957 to 68 and scored 392 tries for them? His first of three tries in the 1958-59 championship final is regarded as one of the greatest in the history of the game.
Tom van Vollenhoven
Which charity founded in 1997 by Carol and Paddy Henderson opened first branch in 2000 and now has 1200 branches across uk?
Trussell Trust
The record label Chemikal Underground was set up and run by which Glasgow band? Fronted by Alun Woodward and Emma Pollock, their name was inspired by a famous Spanish cyclist, and they were nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2000 for their album The Great Eastern.
The Delgados
The Honeycombs, Fat Larry’s Band and the Dave Clark Five were all bands named after members who played what instrument?
Drums
54 year old estate agent Amanda Lovett became an unlikely darling of the internet last December when appeared as contestant on which bbc one show?
The Traitors
Popular in Catalan regions of Spain and Southern Europe, a Caganer is a figurine depicting the character doing what?
Defecating
Whcih Englishman is coach of world number one rugby side Ireland?
Andy Farrell
When I think of you; black cat; escapade are a few of which artists #1 singles in USA?
Janet Jackson
Gorgonzola comes from what animal?
Cow
Amongst Ps2 launch titles was console version of which tekken spin off game sometimes TTT? Compilation of first three tekken games.
Tekken Tag Tournament
Barbadian cricket player youngest of the three W’s and went in to chair the International Cricket Council? Name checked in Lord Beginner’s song Victory Calypso.
Clyde Walcott
A member of Yourube’s Beta Squad with Chunkz, which person finished fifth in 2021 London mayoral election getting just under 50k votes! Best known for large scale pranks like making fake McDonald’s and apple store.
Niko Omilana (either part)
Only fools and horse first name of the man found in back of Denzil’s lorry during episode Strangers on the Shore?
Gary
In which Irving berlin song written for musical follow the fleeet in 1936, does the singer exhort the listener to perform the titular action “while there’s moonlight / and music and love and romance”(
Let’s face the music and dance
The fifth instalment of which Namco arcade driving game series with an alliterative two word name was also a launch title for the PS2? This series also provided launch titles for both ps1 and ps3.
Ridge Racer
Patricia Field was a fashion consultant on the 2008 us remake of whcih Australia sitcom? Molly Shannon and Selma Blair star as uncouth mother and daughter duo in roles originally played by Jane Turner and Gina Riley.
Kath and Kim
In only fools and horses episode the jolly boys outing, what is stage name of the magician who forms a double act and lives with Raquel in Margate? A misunderstanding towards the end of the episode leads to Del Boy throwing this characters belongin out of a window.
The Great Raymondo
Tracey Thorn Co wrote and provided vocals for which massive attack hit single of 1995? This track gave its title to Massife AttCk second album, released in 1994?
Protection
Which 2020 film was an English language remake of 2014 Ruben Ostlund black comedy Force Majeure? Will Ferrell and Julia Louis Dreyfus play married couple wholes relationship takes nasty turn during ski trip when ferrell’s characyer abandons his family during an abalancheS
Downhill
Another Ps2 launch title was the first in which first person shooter series developed by free radical design? Noted for GSOH and more stylised design than forebears, the most recent game in series was its third instalment, Future Perfect, in 2005.
Timesplitters
Empire and West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum were uk #1 albums during 2000s for which British band! Their most successful single was 2009 top three hit Fire.
Kasabian
Which non-Beta Squad YouTuber is Chunkz regular comedic partner including in the most popular episode of Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Chicken Shop Date series? This man has also presented several series for bbc, including cohosting spin off show from FreeE the Fear with Wim Hof alongside comedian Munya Chawawa.
Yung Filly (Andres Barrientos)
Eren Eli and Ajith Jaya-Wickrema were founders of which casual dining restaurant which specialises in food from countries such as Brazil and Argentina and celebrate Latin America.
Las Iguanas
Taking gold medals in two different sports at same games, which paralympian won an athletics gold in T38 400m at rio, followed by victory in C4-5 cycling time trial? She would win two further golds at Tokyo but only in cycling this time.
Kadeena Cox
After Mary Whitehouse won libel suit against writer Johnny Speight, he depicted Alf Garnett reading her book and agreeing with her views in which sitcom? Later sequel to this show was Jn Sjckness and in health.
Til Death Do Us Part
The Last Broadcast and Some Cities were UK chart topping albums during the 2000s for which Manchester band? Their most successful single was 2002’s There Goes The Fear.
Doves
Everything but the girl had a uk number three hit single in 1988 with which song? It had previously been a uk number one hit for Rod Stewart in 1977 when it was released as a double A side with first cut is the deepest.
I don’t want to talk about it
Which 2017 film was an English language remake of the 2011 French film Intouchables? Both concern rich quadriplegic man who lost will to live. Bryan Cranston and Kevin harr.
The upside
Another PS2 launch title was which winter sports game, the first in series that would have instalments subtitled Blur, On Tour and Tricky?
SSX
Which British band had two uk chart topping albums during the 2000s with Out of Nothing and This New Day? Their most successful singles include World At Your Feet the official England song for the 2006 fifa World Cup and gravity.
Embrace
Which British sportswoman won a silver medal at 2004 athens in quadruple skulls rowing? Followed this with cycling gold medal on Beijing winning individual pursuitZ
Rebecca Romero
Patricia Field was brought in as stylist on 2018 revival of which comedy drama! Originally running from 1988-98, it featured Candice Bergen in title role of tv anchorwoman on fictional cbs news magazine.
Murphy Brown
Known for his trademark flamboyant kaftans and capes, and his advocacy for diversity, which late stylist was first African American creative director of US Vogue, later acting as an editor-at-large between 1998 and 2013?
Andre Leon Talley
Ajith Jaya Wickrema left Las Iguanas in 2009 to found whcih Caribbean themed restaurant chain?
Turtle Bay
What is surname of father and son duo of film composers of whom father is most successful individual in history of best original score Oscar winning nine awards including Camelot and The king and I? His son nominated 15 times 0 win including shawshank redemption, American beauty and skyfall.
Newman (Alfred and Thomas)
Zager and Evans #1 in 1969 including brackets
In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)
Humphrey Bogart and lUaren Bacall met on set of 1944 film based on 1937 Hemingway novel?
To have and have not
Which Swiss born French racing driver survivors dramatic crash durin 2020 Grand Prix in Bahrain crediting halo with saving his life!
Romain grosjean
The quizzer Ken jennings is a rotating host on jeopardy with which actress who rose to fame playing title role in Blossum in the 1990s?
Mayim Bialik
The 1973 film Touki Bouki is candidate for title of the greatest film made in which African nation?
Senegal
One of deficiencies of the Standard Model of Particle Physics is hierarchy problem. Problem deals with extensive scale discrepancy between which two fundamental forces?
Weak and gravity
Malinowski in Argonauts of Western Pacific talks of ceremonial exchange system by what name across Trobriand archipelago?
Kula Ring
Appearing in title of 1982 book by Richard Dawkins, which word from Greek for showing is used in genetics to describe the set of observable characteristics or traits of an organism?
Phenotype
Standard Chinese dictionary during 18th and 19th centuries named after which third emperor of Qing dynasty. Reigning from 1661-1722, longest reigning emperor in Chinese history?
Kangxi Emperor
James Cronin and Val Fitch won Nobel prize for physics for discovery of what phenomenon in decay of neutral k mesons? Involves breaking of symmetries in standard model.
CP Violation (charge parity)
After death of her husband Zheng Yi, which former prostitution took over and expanded his fleet? At peak had more than 1500 ships and 80000 sailors and therefore considered most successful pirate in history.
Madame Ching
The 1945 Chants d’Ombre and 1948 Hosties Noires, are key works of Negritude movement, written by which poet also first president of Senegal?
Leopold Sedar Senghor
Which system of gift exchange common among tribes of Pacific Northwest was analysed in Marcel Mauss’ book The gift? Franz Boas studied this system among the Kwakiutl people.
Potlatch
Who produced the biggest winning margin in elite eventing history to win the Badminton Horse Trials aboard Lordships Graffalo in May 2023?
Ros Canter
Serving as basic units of both dna and rna, which organic molecules are composed of three subunits, including five carbon sugar and a phosphate group consisting of 1-3 phosphates. Adenosine Triphosphate is an example of this type of organic molecule.
Nucleotide
Born around 4BC, which stoic philosopher was a tutor and advisor to Nero but was ultimately ordered by latter to suicide when implicated in Pisonian conspiracy?
Seneca the Younger
Highest peak of Rockies
Mount Elbert
Napoleon Chagnon is best known for his work among whcih indigenous Amazonian tribal people, who he controversially described as living “in a state of chronic warfare”?
Yanomami
Prion is a portmanteau of what two words?
Proteinaceous Infection
What was name of short lived Chinese dynasty that lasted for a few months in 1644, during transition from Ming to Qing? Dashing King Li Zicheng founddd this dynasty in Xi’an but died a year later.
Shun Dynasty
The 1937 volume of poetry Pigments was one of key works of Negritude movement. It was written by which poet and politician who was born in French Guiana?
Leon Damas
Vice President under James Buchanan was only 36 and so youngest ever
John C Breckinridge
Another hierarchy problem is that the acceleration of the universe implies the existence of a non zero value for what quantity? This concept usually symbolised by Lambda represents energy density of space and associated with dark energy.
Cosmological Constant
Which indigenous people of Lake Sebu on island of Mindanao attracted attention when “discovered” in 1971 and claimed to be a Stone Age tribe living in isolation.
Tasaday
From the Greek for “all seed”, what is name of the hypothesis that proposes the existence of life throughout the universe, distributed by space dust comets and asteroids as well as man made objects? In 5th century bc Anaxagoras was first to use word but used later by Berzelius and Helmholtz.
Panspermia
The Warka Vase and The Mask of Warka were among the items looted from Iraq museum in 2003, excavated from city of Uruk and created by which civilisation, earliest in Mesopotamia, epic of Gilgamesh is work from this civilisation.
Sumer
To date( one of only two VPs to be both speaker of house and Vice President, which US politician was VP under Ulysses S Grant between 1869 and 1873 but replaced by Henry Wilson for Grants second term?
Schuyler Colfax Jr
World serpent name in Norse mythology
Jormungandr
What is numerical name of main organisational structure of Manchu households under Qing Dynasty? Although originally a military system later used for other admin functions such as distribution of land.
Eight Banners
Compiled by his student Porphyry, the Enneads, is a collection of writings by which philosopher born around 204CE in Roman Egypt? Key figures in Neoplatonism.
Plotinus
Who wrote the Pollyanna and Just David books
Eleanor H Porter
Which 1881 German language novel by Swiss author Johanna Spyri tells of title character, a 5 year old girl who lives with her grandfather in Swiss alps?
Heidi
In which process are neutrinos with a specific flavour later measured to have a different flavour? This discovery, which won scientists a Nobel Prize in the 2010s implies that neutrinos have a non zero mass, which would require a change to the Standard Model.
Neutrino Oscillation
Erwin Panofsky suggested that whcih Artist used himself as model for head of John the Bap in his painting Salome? Model he used for Salome was also used for his work Sleeping Venus, now in Dresden, which this artist painting alongside fellow Venetian Giorgione.
Titian
Capital of Galicia and end of Way of St James?
Santiago de Compostela
What name given to spherical bacteria or archaea? May form clusters, chains and bacteria of this shape cause gonorrhoea, strep throat and Mrsa.
Coccus
Highest mountain in Sweden in the Scandinavian mountains?
Kebnekaise
Subordinate only to ruling princes, which feudal lords were highest ranking aristocrats in Bulgarian and muscovite society between the 10th and 17th centuries? The long beards were famously taxed by Peter the great.
Boyars
“Speculum of the Other Woman” and “this sex which is not one” are among the influential feminist works of which Belgian born French theorist whose work examines the uses and misuses of language in relation to women? Criticised e=mc2 as sexed.
Luce Irigaray
Arjuna is the central character in the Mahabharata. With name derived from Sanskrit for Black or Dark, which eighth avatar of Vishnu is charioteer and advisor to Arjuna?
Krishna
A feature unique to Japanese theatre art Kabuki is kumadori, which is added using technique of same name, what is kumadori?
Stage Make Up
Which mountain is site of highest point in Finland? The national high point is indicated with border mark due to summit of this mountain lying in neighbouring Norway.
Halti
Subordinate only to the shogun, which feudal lords rules most of Japan from their vast land holdings between the 10th and 19th centuries? The defeat of many holders of this title at the Battle of Sekigahara led to creation of the ronin class of samurai.
Daimyo
Two of Maxwell’s equations are named for which German scientist sometimes called greatest mathematician since antiquity? One of laws is flux theorem and describes the relationship between electric charges and their resulting electric field, and other precludes the existence of magnetic monopoles.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
What name given to rod shaped bacteria or archaea? May form chains and bacteria include Salmonrlla, agent of anthrax, bacterium used in yoghurts.
Bacillus
The son of wealthy coffee planter, which dictator was president of Nicaragua from 1937-47 and 1950-56? Assassinated by poet Rigoberto Lopez Perez in 1956.
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
In her book Marine Lover of Friedrich Nietzsche, Irigaray claims philosopher was terrified of what because of what concept? Word popularised by Derrida refers to privileging of the masculine in the construction of meaning and the organisation of the social world?
Phallicentrism
The Japanese theatre art known as bunraku consists of three kinds of performers: puppeteers; chanters and musicians of what instrument?
Shamisen
Not to be confused with spirillum; what name given to long helically-coiled bacteria? Bacteria includes Lyme disease, syphillis, and leptospirosis.
Spirochaete
Commonly depicted with ten heads, which demon king and chief villain of the Ramayana abducted Rama’s wife Sita and took her to kingdom of Lanka?
Ravana
Which Algerian born French feminist writer is best known for Le Rire de La Meduse (laugh of Medusa) a 1975 essay introduced feminist writing style which she claims allows her to move outside of conversational rules found in patriarchal systems?
Helene Cixous
Which army officer served as dictator of Paraguay from 1954-89? 35 year rule is longest in modern South American history.
Alfredo Stroessner
Maxwell corrected the circuital law of which French physicist by adding a displacement current term? This scientists other contributions include the invention of the solenoid and the right hand grip rule.
Andre-Marie Ampere
Werner Krauss plays which titular insane hypnotist uses sleep Walker to commit murders in a 1920 Robert Wiene film?
Dr Caligari (Das Cabinet des…)
Pope Alexander VI said to have hosted a debauched supper in October 1501 named after nuts of which genus of tree? Edible nuts used to make Franco italian delicacy marron-glacé.
Chestnut
The north western peak of which mountain in High Tatras is highest point in Poland?
Rysy
What is name of traditional form of Japanese comic theatre developed alongside Noh? Sometimes performed as intermission during acts in Noh, these two forms are still closely associated with each other and together make up Nogaku theatre.
Kyogen
What general term used to describe organisms that thrive in conditions that are usually challenging to life on Earth such as high salinity, high temps, acidic or alkali?
Extremophiles
Lying a few miles SE of Rysy, which is highest mountain in High Tatras, in the Carpathian range and in Slovakia? In early twentieth century this mountain was variously high point of kingdom of Hungary, czechoslovakia, Slovakia then czrchosvloskia again as well as claimed by polandS
Gerlach
The wife of great sage Kashyapa, the goddess Kamadhenu is usually depicted with head and breasts as woman, wings of bird( tail of peafowl and body of what animal?
Cow
Literally meaning war lord in old Slavic, in Byzantine times this title given to military commanders of Slavic populations especially in Balkans. Title which Vlad the impaler held in wallachia?
Voivode
Helene Cixous’s work inspired which theorist known for her 1990 book Epistemology of the Closet, and for a controversial article published the following year entitled Jane Austen and the Masturbating Girl?
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
Nicknamed El Jefe, whcih man served as dictator of Dominican Republic from 1930-61? Murdered by hitmen.
Rafael Trujillo
Heavily influenced by German expressionism, FW Murnau directed which 1927 silent movie for which Janet Gaynor won the first academy award for best actress? Film incorporated Charles Gounod’s 1872 composition Funeral March of a Marionette.
Sunrise: A song of two humans
Which politician served as President of Serbia within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1989 until 1997 and then an President of Federal Rdpublic of Yugoslavia 1997-2000? 1999 he became first sitting head of state charged with war crimes.
Slobodan Milosevic
Separating Malaysia peninsula and Singapore, which internaitonal strait shares name with Malaysian state and namesake river
Johor Strait
In computing, what composite data structure is an associative array that maps keys of arbitrary size to fixed size values as well as a namesake function to compute an index? Accessing data in these structures is fast when given an index, however errors can occur if those functions cause namesake collisions that generate the same index for more than one key.
Hash Table / Hash Map
Which 1879 Tchaikovsky opera, based on novel in verse by Pushkin, concerns selfish titular hero who lives to regret his blasé rejection of a young woman’s love and his careless incitement of a fatal duel with his best friend?
Eugene Onegin
First educator to offer a psychology course in the USA, which philosopher and psychologist has been called Father of American Psychology, developed the perspective known as radical empiricism, and wrote works such as The Principles of Psychology and The Varieties of Religious Experience?
William James
Which French mathematician and physicist (1776-1831) who made important contributions to differential geometry and number theory win the grand prize from paris Academy of Sciences for her essay on elasticity theory and today gives her name to an annual maths prize awarded by French Academy of Sciences?
Sophie Germain
Who included a recipe for Hashish fudge in a best selling 1954 cookbook which also recalled her life in Paris? Her name appears in title of an earlier literary work that she did not write herself.
Alice B Toklas
Which ancient god of fertility the afterlife and dead is often depicted with green skin and pharaohs beard? According to Plutarch god killed when sealed in leaden box and tossed into Nile.
Osiris
Completed in 2017, the Ping Am Finance Centre is second tallest building in China and fourth tallest in the world. It is located in which city in Guangdong that established as xhinas first special economic zone in 1980?
Shenzhen
In computer programming the term “c string” is also known by what name that refers specifically to an implementation as an array of characters in string and ending with specific control character? It has historically created security problems if control character inserted in middle of string.
Null terminated string
William James founded psychological school known as pragmatism with this American philosopher logician and semioptician who pioneered the idea of logic gate which used decades later in creating digital computers. Who wrote influential articles The Fixation of Belief and How to Make Our Ideas Clear?
Charles Sanders Peirce
What name given to non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system that do not produce electrical impulses? Examples of these cells include oligodendrocytes, Astrocytes and Schwann cells.
Glia
What name given to colonies formed by escaped slaves in Brazil? Most famous Palmares in modern day state of Alagoas.
Quilombos
Herman and Liza are characters in which 1890 Tchaikovsky opera based on novella by Pushkin? The opera named after playing card which causes central character Herman to lose 40k rumbles at operas climax.
The Queen of Spades
Recipes for traditional dishes such as moqueca bahaina, a crab stew, appear through Dona Flor and her two husbands; book by which rbwazikian author modernist? Includes recipes in other novels Gabriela, Clove and cinnamon.
Jorge Amado
Construction of Goldin Finance 117 put on hold in 2019 but is already chinas third tallest building. Located on what city on the Bohai Sea? City linked to Beijing by the Hai River and one of four province level cities with Beijing, Shanghai; Chongqing.
Tianjin
Named after a French navigator who explored it in 1787, which strait separates the Japanese island of Hokkaido from southern portion of Russian island of Sakhalin? Sometimes called Soya Strait.
La Perouse Strait
Which large mass of grey matter located just above brain stem between the cerebral cortex and midbrain; has the primary function of relaying motor and sensory signals to the cerebral cortex?
Thalamus
Which 1897 rimsky-korsakov opera based on play by Pushkin follows apocryphal tale of famous composer who poisons a fellow composer out of jealousy?
Mozart and Salieri
Which ancient Egyptian goddess said to have resurrected her husband Osiris after he is slain? Considered divine mother of pharoahs and her worship spread across Greco-Roman world.
Isis
Although this man rejected label ‘pragmatist’, his five volume work The Life of Reason is sometimes considered the first extended treatment of pragmatism. Which Spanish born American philosopher is best remembered for aphorisms such as those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it and only the dear have seen the end of war?
George Santayana
Who killed his uncle Ganga Zumba to become King of Palmares quilombo? This husband of Dandara waged constant war against Portuguese colonists and has become icon to Afro Brazilians and his birthday is celebrated as black awareness day in Brazil.
Zumbi
Which Latin American author includes 150 family recipes in Afrodita a book that combines memoir, recipe book and sex manual? In another memoir; Paula; this author describes life in exile and death of a child:
Isabel Allende
Brazils Black Awareness Day was moved to Zumbi’s birthday which the date of the passage of law that abolished slavery in Brazil. What name usually given to that law?
Golden Law
After isis resurrects Osiris; the pair are said to have produced which god of the sky as their heir? This god is often depicted with head of a falcon.
Horus
In computing; the abstract data type known as a stack, which implements LIFO organisation is defined by what two alliterative operations? In the C++ standard library, these keywords are only two member functions besides swap that change the contents of the stack.
Push and Pop
Which French mathematician and natural philosopher (1706-1749) is best known for her translation of and commentary on Newton’s Principia? Her work remains the standard French translation of Newton’s work today.
Emilie du Chatelet
Also known as the paleomammalian cortex, which set of brain structures located on either side of the thalamus, supports functions such as emotion, behaviour and long term memory? The hippocampus and amygdala are considered components of this system.
Limbic System
Which Russian mathematician (1850-1891) made key contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics during her life? She was first woman to obtain a doctorate in mathematics and the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe.
Sofya Kovalevskaya
Which imperial princess of Brazil promoted and signed the Lei Aurea (golden law) while acting as regent for her father Dom Pedro II? The passage of the law may have contributed to republic coup d’etat that ousted her father and prevented her from ascending to the throne.
Isabel
Considered one of founders of function psychology which US philosopher and pragmatist coined the term “occupational psychosis” and wrote works such as The Public and its Problems and Democracy and Education?
John Dewey
Which American writer wrote culinary memoir If I can cook / you know god can, which features recipes from across Americas written in vernacular English? She is best known for her play For Colored Gorls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf.
Ntozake Shange
Also known as a record, what six letter word refers in C-based programming languages to a composite data type that defines a collection of variables in same block of memory? In C++ this is a keyword that defines an object identical to a class but has default public visibility instead of a classes default private visibility.
Struct
In which Edgar Allen Poe story is the title domesticated creature killed by narrator only to seemingly return bearing a white patch in shape of gallows?
The Black Cat
The simplest molecule with this functional group is formic acid discovered in ants. This is which functional group with formula COOH that is present in most organic acids including Citric acid and acetic acid?
Carboxyl Group
Sometimes also known as a “stop”, what name is given in phonetics to a consonant sound which makes a complete stoppage of the air stream such as the sound typically made by letters p or t in English?
Plosive or Occlusive
Believed to contain relics of several Buddhas including eight strands of hair from head of Gautama, which gilded stupa is highest building in Myanmar’s largest city Yangon? All other buildings capped at 75% of height.
Shwedagon Pagoda
What crop gives name to a popular revolt in Iran against an 1890 concession granted by Nasir Al-Din Shah of Persia to the UK? Crop first grown commercially by John Rolfe at Jamestown.
Tobacco
What is name of abode of heavenly gods in Shinto belief that is said to be connected to Earth by the “floating bridge of heaven”?
Takamagahara
Northern Somalia divided into two autonomous regions: Somaliland and which other region with capital at Garowe, considered itself a separate state since 1998.
Puntland
The term “Brocken Spectre” refers to magnified enormous shadow of an observer cast upon clouds opposite to sun’s direction, that is frequent phenomenon on the Brocken mountain; the highest peak of which highland area of northern Germany?
Harz Mountains
What name is given in phonetics to a consonant sound made by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulates close together? Examples include ‘ch’ sound in German and the ll sound in welsh.
Fricative
Guarded by a pair of four eyed dogs and inhabited by a demon who drags souls of wicked to hell; what is name of sifting bride that separates world of living from world of dead in Zoroastrianism?
Chinvat Bridge
In renaissance music, a cantus firmus is a pre-existing tune that is used as basis of a polyphonic composition. With over 40 settings, which secular French folk song was most popular cantus firmus source and used for masses by Dufay, Ockeghem and Palestrina?
L’Homme Arme
Poe was major influence on this writer who named his cat after Theodor Adorno? Which author is best known for his novel Rayuela (Hopscotch) in which chapters can be read in a variety of orders?
Julio Cortazar
Azawad is name given by rebels to the northern portion of which African country? This was the name given to a short lived unrecognised state that existed her in 2012/13.
Mali
Which functional group bonded to a saturated carbon atom in alcohols, contains an oxygen atom covalently bonded to a hydrogen atom?
Hydroxyl
Recognisable by golden canopy and octagonal pavilion;whcih Buddhist temple and relic site is found in the palace complex in Kandy, Sri Lanka?
Temple of the Tooth
Ambazonia is an anglophone region of which African country? A self declared autonomous state, Ambazonia declared independence from this country in 2017.
Cameroon
Which crop provides an alternative name for the 1791 Haitian Revolution which led to neighbouring cuba becoming the most substantial producer of this crop in the Caribbean? This crop had been introduced to the New World by Christopher Columbus who had collected samples in the Canary Islandsz
Sugarcane or sugar
Aldehydes are terminal examples of which functional group that consists of a carbon atom double bonded to an oxygen atom?
Carbonyl Group
Which 20th century novel features an abnormally large and obnoxious black cat called Behemoth who walks on his hind legs and has weakness for vodka?
The Master and Margarita
Katherine Dunham’s 1941 ballet Rites de Passage was influenced by the work in which anthropologist? This anthropologist who worked with Hurston, made the documentary Trance and Dance in Bali and famously documented sexuality of teenagers on Polynesian island of Tau?
Margaret Mead
Separated from mainland by Kara Sea, which Russian archipelago gives name to a polar mirage caused by high refraction of sunlight that gives the impression that sun is rising earlier than it actually is?
Novaya Zemlya
Said to be thinner than strand of hair and sharper than a sword, which bridge must be crossed in order to reach Paradise according to Islam?
As-Sirat
The Morning Glory cloud is a rare meteorological phenomenon consisting of a low level solitary atmospheric wave and associated cloud, observed only in the southern part of which shallow body of water off coast of northern Australia that separates the Gove Peninsula in NT from Cape York peninsula in QL?
Gulf of Carpentaria
Which consonants - subsets of fricatives- are of higher amplitude and pitch and are made by directing a stream of air with the tongue towards the teeth? Examples include first consonants in English words sip, zip and ship.
Sibilants
These compounds are contrasted with aldehydes by central carbon atom being bonded to two other carbon atoms. The simplest example of which compound is used as nail polish remover?
Ketone
In physical geography what landform created by sediment deposits formed at mouth of river! This term sharks it’s name with Greek letter.
Delta
What poetic form is split into three parts: the Strophe, Antistrophe and the Epode?
Ode
Noboru Wataya later renamed Sawara (Mackerel) is a cat who features in which novel by Haruki Murakami? When the cat goes missing it’s owner employ the mysterious clairvoyant Malta Kano to help find it?
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
So-called Yewr without a summer was year 1816 and caused by which volcano erupting in indonesiaV
Tambora
In Norse mythology; Bifrost is a burning rainbow bridge connecting Asgard, Midgard and other realms and ending in heaven at which dwelling which serves as home of god Heimdallr?
Himinbjorg
Which rebel national liberation movement was founded in 1973 to represent the Sahrawi people in their struggle to take control of their Western Sahara homeland?
Polisario Front
Which Greek led the Greeks at the battle of Salamis defeating xerxes decisively in 480BC?
Themistocles
Often regarded as the cultural icon of its country, what is name of Himalayan Buddhist site located in the cliff side of the upper Paro valley in Bhutan?
Tigers Nest
This crop provides an alternative name for war of Bavarian succession, fought between Frederick II of Prussia and Joseph II of Austria. The most widely cultivated variety of crop is indigenous to the Chiloe Archipelago and has been cultivated by locals before the Spanish conquest?
Potato
What name is given in phonetics to stop sound produced when pent up air behind tightly closed vocal folds is suddenly released? This sounds is represented by a rotated apostrophe in Hawaiian and Samoan and by a symbol resembling a question mark without he dot in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Glottal Stop
Who played titular demon headmaster in the cbbc show? Died May 2023 aged 86.
Terrence Hardiman
Which French dramatist attacked the Vichy government of Petain with his play Antigone a work based on tragedy by Sophocles?
Jean Anouilh
Verbal Behaviour was an influential 1957 publication of whcih American psychologist and social philosopher who developed the principle of reinforcement and the philosophy of radical behaviourism?
Burrhus Frederic Skinner
Which German composer’s only violin concerto was written in 1806 for soloist Franz Clement who had assisted this composer in writing only opera? Largely forgotten before revived by violinist Joseph Joachim.
Beethoven
the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning
Madrasa
Which playwright and his regular collaborators John Kani and Winston Ntshona wrote the play The Island, in which two inmates of Robben Island prison spend their nights rehearsing Sophocles Antigone? This playwright also collaborated with Kani and Ntshona on the play Sizwe Banzi is Dead. His novel Tsotsi was made into 2005 film by Gavin Hood.
Athol Fugard
What type of chemical bonding between two atoms with sharply different electronegativities involves transfer of electrons?
Ionic bonding
Scientific theory of behaviourism was popularised by which American psychologist; well known for conducting the Little Albert and Kerplunk experiments?
John B Watson
One of Durer’s best known watercolours is a 1502 work now on display in vienna depicting this animal; and a dead one of these animals appearing in title of one of best known performance works of Josef Beuys. Which animal?
Hare
Which German composer’s only violin concerto was written in 1838 for soloist Ferdinand David who spent six years assisting with the composition? Composer who conducted the 1844 revival of Beethoven’s violin concerto; also wrote a rarely performed concerto for violin and strong or orchestra at age of 13.
Felix Mendelssohn
Since 1991, THE ONLY 2 non-caretaker prime ministers of Bangladesh have both been women; they are sheikh Hasina and which other who become country’s first woman PM in 1991 before losing to Hasina in 1996? Returned to office in 2001.
Khaleda Zia
Which German composer’s only violin concerto was written in 1878 for the soloist Joseph Ioachim? Joachim stated that germany had produced four great violin concerti, Beethoven’s, mendelsoohn’s Bruch’s first and this one with whom Joachim was a close collaborator?
Johannes Brahms
The polish town of Wieliczka near Krakow is home to a mine that produced what resource continuously between 13th century and 2007? The mine has been a unesco world heritage site since 1978.
Table Salt
Marine algae blooms known as “red tides” can result in local filter/-feeding molluscs such as mussels and oysters becoming toxic via which process in which harmful substances either natural or man made gradually build up inside a natural organism?
Bioaccumulation
In 1981, which politician became the first woman PM of Norway, later being Dir-Gen of the WHO in 1998?
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Founded as mosque in 989AD, becoming sig seat of learning under Mansa Musa in 14tj century, the Sankore Madrasah is oldest of three mosques that formed which city’s famed “university”?
Timbuktu
Which playwright’s adaptation of Antigone starred Antonin Artaud as Tiresias? This playwright adapted Sophocles other Theban plays for his work La Machine Infernale.
Jean Cocteau
Skinner’s Verbal Behaviour was critiqued by this man in a hugely influential 1959 review that appeared in academic journal Language, which has come to be regarded as one of foundational documents of cognitive psychology. What man argued that skinner ms theory of operants is not able to account for the fact that people can speak and understand sentences they have never heard before?
Noam Chomsky
Belgian village of Spiennes, near Mons, is home to a large Neolithic mine that has been a unesco world heristage site since 2000. Which resource widely used in tool making was mined there 4300-2200BC?
Flint
Climate change, deforestation and overgrazing are among biggest causes of which process, by which biological productivity of the dry lands is lost as they become increasingly arid? Dry lands of Mongolia and African sahel worst saffrcted.
desertification
Title of novel published by BF Skinner in 1948 in which he imagines the application of his ideas to design of human community? Novels original English title was influenced by a book published by Henry David Thoreau nearly 100 years earlier.
Walden Two
Shot while trying to escape from prison; the tragic death of Tom Robinson appears in which 20th century American novel? Novels title is reference to an action described as a sin by one character; this novels sequel takes its title from a line in biblical book of Isaiah.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Chemistry rule of thumb known as Octet rule states that main group elements tend to bond in such a way that atoms have eight valence electrons giving them the same configuration as elements in what group?
Noble Gases or Inert Gases or Group 18
Which Russian composer’s only violin concerto was written in 1878 for soloist Leopold Auer, although premiered by Adolph Brodsky after Auer declined to perfomr it? This composer was assisted with its composition by violinist Iosif Kotek( who was his pupil and probably lover.
Tchaikovsky
Established in 1551 by the holy Roman emperor Charles V, the national university of San Marcos is oldest continuously operating uni in Americas; in which South American capital city is it?
Lima
Unesco WHS since 2006, Sewell is an uninhabited Chilean mining town located on slopes of Andes. Town once served as housing for workers at El Teniente, worlds largest underground mine producing which resource?
Copper
From Hebrew for order or arrangement, what is the name of ritual feast that marks the Jewish holiday of Pesach or Passover?
Seder
The title character of which Mozart opera is commander who led the Cretan armies during Trojan War? Other major characters in opera include Ilia the daughter of King PriamZ
Idomeneo
Which military strategy in which direct attacks are avoided in favour of indirect war of attrition is named after the Roman dictator who used it to defeat Hannibal’s forces during the Second Punic War:
Fabian Strategy
The family Laridae is comprised of Terns in subfamily Sterninae and which other seabirds? Two of these birds endemic to galapagos: one; named for forked tail is only nocturnal species and one named after lava is the rarest species.
Gulls
The first major power station in Brazil resulting in damming of which river st the Paulo Afonso waterfall? It is sometimes called the “river of national integration0” due to linking the industrial southeast with the agricultural northeast and it is major river to east of Brazil’s Great Escarpment.
São Francisco
The frieze is middle of three bands that comprise of which superstructure of mouldings that lies horizontally above columns in classical architecture? In Doric architecture this structure was often heavily ornamented.
Entablature
In cell biology, what name is given to specialised sun cellular structure that has one or more specific functions? Examples include the mitochondrion and the vacuole.
Organelle
Another bird endemic to Galapagos is only known flightless species of which seabird? Birds have been used for fishing z
Cormorants
The Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language was collected and published by which 19th century Russian lexicographer and folklore collector by whose name the collection is known?
Vladimir Dal
The Itaipu dam on river Parana produces most electricity in world damn other than three gorges dam. Construction of dam resulted in flooding of which waterfalls which were twice as powerful as Iguazu Falls?
Guaira Falls
The lowest band of the entablature is the architrave or epistyle which is formalised example of which type of structural horizontal block that spans the space or opening between two vertical supports? Ornamental examples of these blocks can be found in hypostyle halls of ancient Egypt.
Lintel
Which Mozart opera seria in two acts centres around the titular Roman emperor, who reigned 79-81 and the scheming noblewoman Vitellia?
La clemenza di Tito
Which Numidian king initially sided with Romans during second Punic War before switching sides? He was eventually captured by the romans and taken prisoner although his name lives on as the name of a city in the Maghreb.
Syphax
In classical architecture, the entablature is traditionally divided into the architrave, the frieze and which horizontal moulded projection that surmounts the frieze?
Cornice
The Storm and Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man are works by which 19th century playwright, often considered the most prominent proponent of Russian dramatic realism?
Alexander Ostrovsky
Which Nordic country became in 1906 the first in Europe to give women the right to vote and the following year became the first country in the world to elect women to its national parliament, when nineteen women were elected to the Eduskunta?
Finland
These savage people appear in the title of poem by CP Cavafy which ends with these people being described as a kind of solution. Which people also appear in the title of a JM Coetzee novel in which the narrator an unnamed magistrate is tortured by the soldiers of the sinister colonel joll?
Barbarians
An endemic breeder to the Galapagos is the waved species of which seabirds that spend most of their lives at sea? One individual from closely related Laysan species was reported to have raised her fortieth Chick at age of 70 in March 2021.
Albatross
Which Mozart opera concerns attempt of hero Belmonte, assisted by his servant Pedrillo to rescue his beloved Konstanze from Pasha Selim? The title of the opera includes the name of the living quarters used by wives in ottoman household.
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Which Carthaginian general was third son of Hamilcar Barca and younger brother to Hannibal and Hasdrubal? He commanded forces in Iberia during second Punic war but lost to scipio at battle of Ilipa.
Mago Barca
Mozart popular operas The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte all had libretti written by which Venetian?
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Gluons are an example of which force carrying particles named in part after an Indian physicist and mathsman? Photons are another example of these elementary particles.
Gauge Bosons
In eukaryotic cells; which thick solution includes all of the material inside the cell including the organelles except for the nucleus?
Cytoplasm
When it was built the Itaipu Dam surpassed the Guri Dam as largest hydroelectric plant in the world. The Guri Dam is one of several large dams on which river, largest tributary of Orinoco?
Caroni
This mythological musician appears in the title of a cycle of poems by Rainer Maria Rilke which begins “tree arising o pure ascendance”. Which character also appears in title of tennesssee Williams okay about Val Xavier’s arrival in a small southern town?
Orpheus
The sixth largest hydroelectric plant in world is at the Tucurui dam on which river? Forming a basin with the Araguaia river; flows north through its namesake state and enters Atlantic at Amazon delta.
Tocantins
Which minute particles; found in all living cells, translate genetic code into chains of amino acids in order to synthesise proteins?
Ribosomes
Who sculpted Chris the redeemer?
Paul Landowski
One of “Darwin’s Finches” is known as the vampire ground finch due to habit of feeding on blood of Nazca and blue footed species of which seabirds that nest in colonies on wolf and Darwin islands?
Booby/Sula
In classical architecture which triangular shaped architectural element is placed above the cornice? Triangular area within this element is called the Tympanum and often decorated with relief sculpture.
Pediment
Gluons bind together two down quarks and one up quark in which uncharged particles found in atomic nuclei?
Neutrons
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner 2023
Demon Copperfield by Barbara Kingsolver
The Birth of the Prison is the subtitle of which of Michel Foucault’s major works? In this book, Foucault uses Bentham’s Panopticon to illustrate his contention that prisons create “docile bodies” through observation.
Discipline and Punish
Led by Zhang Jue, which peasant revolt against the eastern HAn dynasty in 184 AD during reign of Emeperor Ling serves as opening of the Chinese classic novel Sanguo Yanyi (romance of the three kingdoms)?
Yellow Turban Rebellion
What is common name for sea snails for the family Cypraeidae whose shells were used as a form of currency in many areas of Africa, Asia and the pacific islands until the late 19th century?
Cowrie
First performed in 1870, not to be confused with opera by Berlioz and ballet by Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet is a symphonic poem by which composer whose other symphonic poems include Francesca da Rimini and Marche slave.
Tchaikovsky
What is common name of genus Oxyuranus in the Elapidae family of snakes endemic to Australia and new Guinea comprising inland, coastal and central range species?
Taipan
In mathematics, which Hebrew letter is used for denoting different degrees of infinity? Using ____ as a placeholder, the size of the set of whole numbers is ____-zero while size of set of real numbers is larger infinity called _____-one.
Aleph
What is common name of the Micrurus genus, the American representatives of the Elapidae family of venomous snakes? This name mentions a habitat of some sea snakes of the same family, but the name is more likely to be related to these snakes vivid colours?
Coral Snakw
Taking place in 622 what is the name given to journey Muhammad took as left Mecca ?
Hegira
Separating the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland which canal completed in 1893 connects namesake gulf in Ionian Sea with the saronic gulf in the Aegean Sea?
Corinth Canal
What was most recent country to legalise divorce? Gained independence from Uk in 1964, passed a 2011 referendum on divorce with 53% of the vote.
Malts
The Will to Knowledge is the title of the first volume of which of Michel Foucault’s major works? This work introduces Foucault’s concept of bio power and traces the development of erotic desire in western society.
The History of Sexuality
It’s aim to replace the Tang Dynasty with the Yan, which rebellion took place between 755 and 763 and is named after general who instigated it! With up to 36 million casualties, it is considered one of bloodiest conflicts in history.
An Lushan Rebellion
The moon is described as being “distant from the Sea, with amber hands” in one of this author’s poems and is described as being “but a chin of gold/a night or two ago” in another poem by which author of Because I could not stop for death?
Emily Dickinson
What name given to traditional shell beads made from whelk and quahog shells by eastern woodlands tribes of North America that were commonly used as a form of exchange becoming legal tender in New Zealand during the mid-17th century?
Wampum
Asides from Vatican City; what is only country in which divorce remains illegals except for its 5% Muslim population?
Philippines
First performed in 1905, and not to be confused with similarly titled opera by Debussy or the incidental music by Faure or Sibelius, Pelleas und Melisande is a symphonic poem by which composer, whose other works include the string orchestra version of the sextet Verklarte Nacht?
Arnold Schoenberg
Taking place on August 1st 1927, the Chinese communist party’s armed uprising against the anti-communist purges administered by nationalist Kuomintang takes its name from which city, in which it occurred? The city in question is the capital of Jiangxi province.
Nanchang
The Grand Canal in China is worlds longest canal and connects Beijing to which city?
Hangzhou
The common name of genus Bungarus in the Elapidae family of snakes that is found in south and Southeast Asia? The common or blue species of this snake is responsible for both the most numerous snake bites and the most snakebite deaths in the Indian subcontinent.
Kraits
The southernmost of the Decade volcanos is Merapi which has already had several eruptions in the 2020s and which is located on which island, the most populous of Indonesia and home to the country’s capital?
Java
“A history of insanity in the age of reason” is the subtitle of which of Michel Foucault’s major works? In this book, Foucault discusses The Ship of Fools to help illustrate his appraisal of the changes in social attitudes towards insanity between the Renaissance and the modern day.
Madness and Civilisation
Sometimes known as the Kingdom of Fon, after major ethnic group, which west African kingdom located within present day Benin became a regional power in 18th century as a vassal state of the Oyo Empire? The republic now known as Benin took the name of this kingsom between 1958 and 1975
Kingdom of Dahomey
An Archaeology of the Human Sciences is the subtitle of which of Michel Foucault’s major works? This opens with a detailed description of Velazquez’s Las Meninga and used metrology’s he set out later in Archaeology of Knowledge.
The Order of Things
First performed in 1854 and not to be confused with opera by Tchaikovsky or this man’s own piano etude, Mazeppa is a symphonic poem by which composer, whose other symphonic poems include Tasso: Lamento e Trionfo and Les Preludes?
Franz Liszt
Pantheon In Paris And Us States Capitol in DC both examples of which architectural style that emerged in Europe in mid 18th century?
Neoclassicism
“Heavenly King” and self-proclaimed younger brother of Jesus Christ, which Hakka Chinese revolutionary led massive Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty during 19th century? 30-50m dead.
Hong Xiuquan
Plasma levels of which chemical element, vital in muscle contraction, is primarily regulated by the parathyroid hormone? Vitamin D helps to regulate the amount of this element to the body.
Calcium
In maths, what Greek letter is customarily used to denote an arbitrarily small positive quantity and in statistics also for a so-called error term? In the former sense, continuous functions can be defined using the _____-delta technique.
Epsilon
Drinking Alone By Moonlight is among best known work of which Tang Dynasty poet? Moon also in poem Quiet Night Thought, and legend has it he drowned while attempting to embrace the moons reflection on the surface of a river.
Li Bai
What is the common name of the genus Dendroaspis?
Mambas
Sonni and Askia were two dynasties of which empire centred on capital of Gao?
Songhai Empire
Sometimes called handa, X-shaped cast copper ingots were once used as a form of currency in parts of what is now the DRC and are commonly known as “Katanga crosses” after which region of the country, once a province in its own right and is famed for its many mines?
Katanga
Venetian born French author sparked debate known Smas Quarelle du Roman de La Rose when criticised Jean de Meun’s poem Roman de La Rose? Wrote book The Book of the City of Ladies.
Christine de Pizan
What name, from Nahuatl for “hill water” was given to basic political entity in Aztec society consisting of city state and surrounding territory? Aztec empire formed of an alliance between three of these: Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, Tlacopan.
Altepetl
A key moment in path to WW2 was Germany’s annexation of what neighbouring region, named after. Mountain range; which was home to large number of ethnic Germans?
Sudetenland
Coastal migration theories for settlement of Americas often refer to a “Highway” of what organism? Consistent presence of “forests” of this organism along the western coast of the Americas may have helped seafaring settlers along their journey.
Kelp
Most of worlds production of this metallic element has until recently been used for rechargeable batteries, while a sig portion used for pigments in particular yellow Orange and red Sulfides. Which element?
Cadmium
The tallest known mountain in our system solar is Rheasilvia which can be found in an impact created of same name of which asteroid, the brightest visible from earth?
4 Vesta
Which French chemist gives his name to law also known as Amonton’s Law that states that the pressure of a given mass of gas varies directly with the absolute temperature of the gas when the volume of kept constant?
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Pauline Viardot created role of Fides in which composer’s opera Le Prophete? She also appeared in productions of this composer’s opera Les Huguenots and Robert Le Diable and her pupil Marie Sasse created the title role in this composer’s L’Africaine.
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Which moon of Uranus is noted for its extreme terrain, including three massive grooved structures called Coronae and Verona Rupes, the highest known cliff in the solar system? This is fifth largest moon of Uranus after Titania, Oberon, Ariel and Umbriel.
Miranda
The Querelle des Bouffons was a dispute that took place in Paris in the 1750s about the merits of Italian comic buffa sparked by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s La serve padrona. Which of Pergolesi’s supporters composed the opera Le Devin du Village, but is better known for his writings such as the novel Julie ou La Nouvelle Heloise (Julie or the new Heloise)?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
From the Nahuatl meaning “large house”, what designation smaller than an altepetl usually consisted of several families and is sometimes translated into Spanish as Barrio? Tenochtitlan consisted of 20 of these entities.
Calpulli
In which major, non capital city is Taksim Square? Along with neighbouring Gezi Park, it was the site of major protests in 2013/14 initially in response to plans to develop the area, but later against the increasing authoritarianism of ruling Justice and Development Party.
Istanbul
Colour of first modern synthetic pigment Prussian Blue is more intense than natural Cobalt Blue and is due to presence of which metallic element?
Iron
Inidngeous Americans may have migrated to America from the Jomon civilisation who were settled in what modern day country)
Japan
In 2015, new photos revealed Serenity Chasma a vast equatorial chasm and part of one of largest faults in the solar system. Serenity Chasma is found on what fourth largest object in the Kuiper Belt that was discovered by James W Christy in 1976.
Charon
What name meaning “one who speaks” was used for hereditary ruler of an altepetl and can broadly translate as king?
Tlatoani
Guru Gobind Singh established practice of male Sikhs using surname Singh and female Sikhs using surname?
Kaur
Author of Pippi Longstocking?
Astrid Lindgren
In 1969 book The Children of the Dream, Bettelheim claims children brought up in which sort of agricultural communities are not beholden to any particular parents? Communal Israeli settlements.
Kibbutzim
Which author who collected fairy tales such as Cinderella and sleeping beauty in his Tales of Mother Goose?
Charles Perrault
Which French chemist first stated the ideal gas law by combining Avogadro’s law, Gay-Lussac’s Law, Boyle’s Law and Charles Law? Along with German chemist he names the equition that relates temperature and pressure during a discontinuation phase transition.
Benoit Paul Emile Clapeyron
In which capital city is Maidan Nezalezhnosti or Independence Square? It was site of Euromaidan protests that began after government of Viktor Yanukovych chose to suspend signing agreement with EU instead choosing closer ties to Russia?
Kiev
Which French playwright wrote Le Cid, The Liar, Cinna; was criticised by Richelieu’ academe Francaise for not confirming to theee unities of classical drama?
Pierre Corneille
Which French playwright wrote Phedre, Andromaque, Britannicus, Iphigenie?
Jean Racine
September 2022. Study described New Mexico footprints dating 21-23k ago; undermines theory that which paleo-Indian culture was first in North America? Named after another site in New Mexico but found across North America.
Clovis Culture
Which young French composer wrote Samson and Delihah for Pauline Viardot in 1875?
Cammile Saint-Saens
The Tlatoani would participate in which ceremony held at end of every 52 year cycle of Aztec calendar? Ceremony used for purification and to put off end of world by carrying namesake object through Tenochtitlan.
New Fire ceremony
Which metallic element was defining component of principal white pigment until late 19th when replaced by zinc white and then titanium white?
Lead
Guru Gobind Singh was tenth and final human Sikh guru, he named which religious text the final and eternal guru?
Guru Granth Sahib
Vermillion was primary red pigment used by painters until 20th century when supplanted by cadmium red. Vermillion is mainly sulfide of what metallic element?
Mercury
The mozambiquan author Paulina Chiziane is most recent winner of a prize awarded by Portugal and Brazil and named after author of Os Lusiadas or The Lusiads?
Camoes
Which British chemist gives his name to a law which states that amount of gas that is dissolved in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas above the liquid when the temperature is kept constant?
William Henry
Which composer referred to Pauline Viardot as the godmother of his career in part because she created the title role in his first opera Sapho? Composer also did Faust.
Charles Gounod
A masterpiece of La novelle vague cinema, which 1962 art film written and directed by Francois Truffaut revolves around love triangle involving the male title characters and a woman played by Jeanne Moreau?
Jules et Jim
Notes for two WW2 naval battles and taking its name from one of countries largest oil depot ports, which gulf indents the northern coast of Libya?
Gulf of Sidra
Which German Artist associated with Dada movement, is best known for his abstract collages which he called Merz Pictures?
Kurt Schwitters
What name is given to subatomic particles with half integer spin? The Italian physicist Ettore Majorana gives his name to a particular type of these particles when they are also their own antiparticles.
Fermions
Which German philosopher of Jewish origin born in today Czechia, known for establishing school of phenomenology whose tenets were elaborated in works such as the unfinished 1936 book The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology?
Edmund Husserl
In a work anticipating Mendelev’s table four years on, whose Law of Octaves stated any element will exhibit analogous behaviour to the eighth element following it in the table. Published in 1865 by British scientist:
John Newlands
Last days of which revolutionary who was guillotined in 1794 were dramatised by Georg Buchner into a play that was printed in 1835 but premiered only in 1902? Maximilien Robespierre and Camille Desmoulins are among the plays other characters.
Georges Danton
What is highest ranking of the four varnas or castes in Hinduism?
Brahmins
Named after an influential chaplain and counsellor to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, which gulf is a sheltered inlet of Pacific Ocean bounded northwest by El Salvador, northeast by Honduras, and southeast by Nicaragua?
Gulf of Fonseca
John Newland’s work on law of octaves was influenced by which German chemists attempt to sort the elements into his namesake triads, in which atomic mass of middle element was approximately equal to the average of atomic masses of other two elements of that triad? Chemist also known for creati NY the first lighter known as his namesake lamp.
Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner
Which metrical foot beginning with T is opposite of an iamb and consists of a stressed or long syllable followed by an unstressed or short one such as in the name Michael?
Trochee
The origin of Hindu varnas is generally traced to the Purusha Sukta in which ancient collection of Sanskrit hymns that have been orally transmitted since 2nd Millenium BC?
Rigveda
Which German Artist associated with dada movement is best known for her photomontage collages such as Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Beer Belly of the Weimar Republic?
Hannah Hoch
Fermions obey which quantum mechanical principle; formulated by the namesake Austrian physicist, which states that two or more identical fermions cannot occupy the same quantum state in the same system simultaneously?
Pauli Exclusion Principle
Excluded entirely from the four fold Varna system, and historically comprising an implicit fifth Varna, is what group of people once sometimes called Untouchables in English? When elected in 1997 KR Narayanan became Indian first president from this group whose name derived from Sanskrit for broken or scattered.
Dalit or Harijans
Which metrical foot beginning with S consists of two consecutive stressed or long syllables such as in name Taylor?
Spondee
Which student of Edmund Husserl was a prominent figure of the Frankfurt school in spite of emigrating to the US in 30s? He became known as father of the new left combined Marx and Freud in the 1954 book Eros and Civilisation and criticised capitalist society in 1964 One Dimensional Man?
Herbert Marcuse
Flag of Guinea is vertical bands Red Yellow Green, if ignore hues, then reversing order of bands gives us flag of which of guinea’s neighbouring countries?
Mali
A founding member of Dada movement; which German-French Artist is known primarily for his sculptures and painted wood reliefs as well as geometric abstract collages such as Untitled (Collage with Squares Arranged according to Laws of Chance) hanging at Moma.
Jean Arp
Mendelev’s chief rival was which German chemist who published an 1864 version of periodic table containing 28 elements for the first time organised according to their valence? In 1882, he was jointly awarded the Davy medal with Mendelevz
Lothar Meyer
Which 1962 art film written and directed by Agnes Varda depicts two hour period during which title character waits to hear of results of medical test about cancer?
Cleo de 5 a 7
Which 1965 La Nouvelle Vague sci-fi film, written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, is set in the titular technocratic dictatorship, and stars Eddie Constantine as the French coat wearing secret agent, Lemmy Caution?
Alphaville
This French phenomenologiSt attended Husserl’s Paris Lectures in Feb 1929 and was strongly influenced by him, publishing The Structure of Behaviour and Phenomenology of Perception. This is which philosopher who founded Les Temps Modernes with Sartre and De Beauvoir?
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
In now superseded scientific theory which substance also known as fifth element or quintessence was said to permeate all space and was used to explain both gravity and movement of light? Discredited by Michelson-Morley experiment in 1887.
Luminiferous Ether
Which metrical foot beginning with D consists of a stressed or long syllable followed by two unstressed or short syllables such as in the name Gregory?
Dactyl
Also at Moma is Tableau Rastadada, a photomontage collage by which French artist who was one of the early major figures of dada movement? Perhaps best known for his Mechanomorphs in which he depicted invented machines and machine parts.
Francis Picabia
Who discovered Gallium four years after predicted by Mendelev’s? Although this man ostensibly named Gallium after native country, some have said chosen as pun on own name, Latin gallus means rooster?
Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Fourth and traditionally lowest of Hindu varnas but implicitly ranked above the Dalits is which Varna traditionally reserved for peasants, labourers and artisans?
Shudra
Egyptian mythology Apep is a giant serpent deity who represents chaos and serves as greatest enemy of which Egyptian god of sun?
Amun-Ra
Which metrical foot beginning with A consists of two unstressed or short syllables followed by a stressed or long one such as in name Marianne?
Anapest
Merleau-Ponty’s other great influence aside from Husserl was which philosopher who introduced the term Dasein to describe the unique experience of being human?
Martin Heidegger
Which gulf in Pacific Ocean connects Sea of Okhotsk on the north with Sea of Japan on south by dividing Russian island of Sakhalin from country’s mainland? Name of gulf referred old European name for central and northern Asia.
Gulf of Tartary
As old as time, and taking forms as disparate as an amoeba and a human man, Qwfwq is the omnipresent narrator of many of Italo Calvino’s short stories including first set of stories in his collection Ti con zero. Character also narrates all but two of stories in which other Calvino collection that contains The Dinosaurs and La Distanza della Luna.
Cosmicomics
According to Song of Deborah in the Book of Judges, who kills the Canaanite general Sisera by driving a tent peg through his temple?
Jael
Ashes and Snow, an art installation by Canadian photographer Gregory Colbert travels the world and appears in structures called the Nomadic Museum. The first Nomadic Museum, in nyc, was made from shipping containers and supported by paper and cardboard tubes and was designed by which Japanese architect?
Ban Shigeru
Lambda Calculus is a method for defining functions introduced by which mathematician also known for a collaboration concerning computable functions?
Alonso Church
Best known work of which Athenian historian And general included Pericles’ Funeral Ovation and the Melian Dialogue, both of which are still studied by modern political theorists?
Thucydides
In Book of Samuel, who helps David escape from her father Saul by tricking soldiers into believing David is injured in bed? The legality of her marriage to David is questioned S she was previously married to Palti, and David abandoned her after she criticised his unseemly dancing.
Michal
The War of Stray Dog, or the Petrich incident, was between which two countries in 1925?
Bulgaria and Greece
What microscopic structure is the basic functional unit of life! Majority of organisms on Earth consist of only one of these.
Cell
Who created fuzzy logic? Values between zero and one.
Lofti Zadeh
The title of whcih short story published in 1945 refers to point in space found on nineteenth step down to basement of house of Carlos Argentino Daner, from which everything in the universe can be seen clearly from every angle simultaneously?
The Aleph
Which German mathematician and logician formulated the axiom of choice and along with Abraham Fraenkel goes his name to a system of set theory?
Ernst Zermelo
What is name of planet that features in works of Kurt Vonnegut whose inhabitants are described in Slaughterhouse-Five as existing in all times simultaneously?
Tralfamadore
Malabo capital of Equatorial Guinea found on what island?
Bioko
What name given to single called fungi typically from the Ascomycota phylum? Some of these organisms cause infections in humans, but they are also used in baking and brewing.
Yeast
Which Russian city grew up around a customs house built by empress Elizabeth intended to control trade with Turkey, and takes its name from a nearby fortress named after a popular Cossack bishop? The customs house was built on Temernik River which joins the Don in this city before closing into sea of Azov.
Rostov-on-Don
In the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, when Hilkiah found a lost scroll in the temple of Jerusalem, he brought it to which prophet and teacher who authenticated it as a Book of Law leading to Deuterinomic reforms of Josiah, and prophesissed the destruction of Jerusalem? She is one of seven women considered prophets in Rabbinic tradition and she gives her name to two sets of bricked up gates in southern wall of Temple Mount.
Huldah
One of two narrators of which novel by Haruki Murakami is a man whose brain has been split to allow him to perform complex calculations, who learns that his consciousness will be subsumed into his subconscious mind in a process that while seemingly instantaneous to external world, will seem infinite to him? The other narrative in novel entitled the end of the world.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland
National Museum of African American History and Culture located on the National Mall in Washington was designed by which Ghanaian-British architect?
David Adjaye
What name is given to a long, winding ridge comprised of fluvio-glacial sediment that is formed by glacial meltwater? They may be up to 100s of kilometres long and are sometimes used to support roads.
Esker
National Museum of Qatar, based on shape of desert rose crystal, and extension to Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid are among the works of which French architect also known for designing institut du monde arabe in Paris and the Torre Agbar in Barcelona?
Jean Nouvel
“There is no set whose cardinality is strictly between that of the integers and the reals” is the most common phrasing of which conjecture introduced by George Cantor that is also subject of the first of Hilbert’s 23 problems?
Continuum Hypothesis
Written in Greek for a Greek audience, The Jewish War is a work by which 1st century historian and military commander? He commanded Jewish forces against the Romans at the Siege of Yodfat and later became a Roman citizen and advisor to the emperor Titus.
Flavius Josephus
The IJssel and the Waal are two of the main waterways in the Netherlands and two of the main distributaries of which major river? The Meuse joins with the Waal just before entering the North Sea.
Rhine
Becoming independence leader following assassination of brother Amilcar, Luis Cabral became first president of which African country upon its independence in 1974? At the time of its independence, Cabral hoped this country would stay United with another former Portuguese colony Cape Verde but the two countries split after 1980 coup.
Guinea-Bissau
Who is only woman mentioned in Hebrew Bible who reigned in Judah or Israel in her own right? Daughter of Ahab and Jezebel she took power following the deaths of her husband Jehoram and son Ahaziah, and established the worship of Baal in Judah.
Athaliah
Which German critical theorist of the Frankfurt School coined the term Public Sphere and talked about its structural transformation in a 1962 book? This man’s other work is Theory of Communicative Action published in 1981.
Jurgen Habermas
Who wrote 1532 epic poem Orlando Furioso telling title Paladin to Charlemagne who goes mad with love for pagan princess Angelica?
Ludovico Ariosto
Also known as visual purple, what light/sensitive receptor protein acts as a pigment in photoreceptor cells of the retina especially the rods?
Rhodopsin
What word is used for melodic framework used as a basis of improvisation in Hindustani classical music? This concept refers to the modes and scales that may be used and notes that must be emphasised, as well as melodic structures, motifs and ornamentations.
Raga
Which Spartan lawgiver of the 9th century BC is said to have established the militaristic reforms that saw Sparta become a major power in Ancient Greece? This man is said to have developed the Spartan Constitution known as the Great Rhetra, but refused to allow it to be written down.
Lycurgus
One of core texts of critical theory is the 1947 Dialectic of Enlightenment Co written by Theodor Adorno and which Frankfurt school philosopher and sociologist whose other works include Eclipse of Reason?
Max Horkheimer
Known as the Hero Twins: Hunahpu and Xbalanque defeated the arrogant god Vucub Caquix - or seven macaw - in the mythology of which civilisation?
Maya
Gas, column and paper are forms of what separation process which passes a mobile phase over a stationary phase and separates materials based on their speed at travelling through a medium?
Chromatography
Groundwork of a Metaphysics of Morals in which author uses common sense morality to argue for a single universally applicable “supreme principle” is a 1785 book by which philosopher?
Immanuel Kant
Which ethnic group native to southern nigeria formed the main population of the short lived republic of Biafra in the late 1960s? This is third largest ethnic group in nigeria.
Igbo
JHD Jensen and which other physicist developed the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus? She gives her name to the unit for the two-photon absorption cross section, which honours her theoretical investigation into two-photon scattering.
Maria Goeppert Mayer
In western music notation what symbol can be placed after a note to increase duration by 50%? Two of these symbols increase the duration by 75%.
Dot
What German word is used for soils largely consisting of silt that are deposited by the wind? It was first applied to deposits found along the Rhine.
Loess
Codex Justiniani is codification of Roman law is best known component parts of which collection of writings on jurisprudence, the largest surviving single body of Latin text, that was issued by Justinian between 529 and 534?
Corpus Juris Civilis
What is largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, accounting for over a third of population? Addis Ababa within region named after this group although Amhara are largest ethnic groups in the city:
Oromo
What tectonic plate - bordered by Sunda Plate to the southwest and Pacific Plate to the east - shares its name with the sea above most of its surface? The east of the plate; and namesake sea; borders Mariana Trench?
Philippine Sea Plate
Almaviva disguised himself as Lindoro and falls in love with Rosina in which opera by Gioachino Rossini? Rosina is able to escape the advances of her guardian Bartolo with help of the title character.
The Barber of Seville
What is name of technique of separating liquids based on boiling point? The fractional form of this process is used to refine crude oil.
Distillation
Name of country Zimbabwe comes from namesake language of which ethnic group that makes up 80% of population there?
Shona
What name is given by Kant to his ethical principle first formulated in Groundwork of a Metaphysics of Morals that states that a person should act only according to maxims that can be willed as a universal law?
Categorical Imperative
The Marschallin’s Young lover Octavian disguises himself as maid Mariandel in order to help sophie escape her engagement from boorish Baron Ochs in which opera by Richard Strauss? Octavian also served as thisnopera’s title character in which he delivered an engagement gift on behalf of baron.
Der Rosenkavalier
Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagun was an ethnographer who compiled work he called La Historia General. Written in both Spanish and Nahuatl it detailed Aztec culture life and beliefs. Best preserved is a codex known by what name? Preserved in Laurentian Library.
Florentine Codex
What small tectonic plate, east of the pacific plate, runs parallel to much of Central America? This plate is named for an uninhabited island 550km southwest off coast of Costa Rica.
Cocos Plate
This woman announced discovered of Higgs Boson in 2012, Italian experimentalnparticle physicist has since become first woman o be director general at CERN and was also selected for second term in 2021?
Fabiola Gianotti
What separation process creates a pellet and a supernatant? This laboratory technique separates particles by size and density by rotating a solution at high velocity.
Centrifugation
Oldest surviving text from new world is a Mayan codex named after which European city? Ernst Forstermann’s work on codex in this city’s library helped decipher Mayan calendar and numerical system.
Dresden
What small tectonic plate north east of pacific plate is named for explorer who also names a strait nearby? Plate subduction underneath North American plate:
Juan de Fuca Plate
Considered the second major equestrian statue of Italian Renaissance after Donatello’s Gattamelata, the statue of Bartolommeo Colleoni in Venice is a work by which florentine sculptor? Artist was primary teacher of Leonardoz
Andrea Del Verrochio
Which Russian word meaning “black soil” refers to a dark humus-rich soil first described in Ukraine but also found across Eurasian Steppe and North American prairies?
Chernozem
What word used to describe a light cavalry class from Central Europe that may have their origins in the black army of the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus? At the 1683 Battle of Vienna, John III Sobieski led the largest cavalry charge in history with 18k of troops who were wearing wings
Hussars
Kantian ethics are an example of which type of normative theory that holds the morality or otherwise of an action is to be judged on whether or not it adheres to a moral code of some kind rather than its consequences? Derived from Greek for “obligation” this word is more broadly given to the philosophical study of duty.
Deontology
Kant addressed some of the criticisms of The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals in which 1788 work of moral philosophy the second of this three critiques?
The Critique of Practical Reason
What is name of the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world? Also known as the Devils Bible due to its portrait of Satan, this codex was written in a Benedictine monastery in Chrast, Bohemia, but has been kept in Sweden since it was looted during the thirty years war.
Codex Gigas
Macromolecules such as DNA can be sorted by size and charge by what process, in which electric field is applied to a gel?
Gel electrophoresis
Who designed the bronze horseman statue in Russia of Peter the great it’s on the colossal Thunder Stone?
Etienne Maurice Falconet
Which Portuguese term refers to the black soil rich in carbon that is found in Amazon basin? Developed by indigenous farming communities around 2.5k years ago and doesn’t undergo nutrient leaching to same extent as naturally occurring soils.
Terra Preta
Who is primary antagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird? He accuses Yom Robinson of raping his daughter, tries to kill Jem and Scout.
Bob Ewell
The ascending aorta gives rise to two small but vital arteries adjacent to aortic valve which supply the myocardial muscles. What name is given to these arteries, through which flow is maximal during ventricular ventricular diastole?
Coronary Arteries
In august 1791, which Vodou priest helped spark the Haitian revolution when alongside the priestess Cecile Fatiman, he initiated a slave revolt against white planters and slaveholders? He was caught and killed in November the same year.
Dutty Boukman
Which pioneering French photographer, co-founded of magnum photos in 1947, developed the concept of the moment decisif, a split second that reveals the larger truth of a situation as demonstrates in his Behind the Gare Saint-Lazard which shows man mid jump over a puddle?
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Which motet for four voices by Mozart is a setting of a Eucharistic hymn that hails the presence of the body of Christ in the sacrament?
Ave verum corpus
In 19th century the small Indian or Javan species of which mammals in the family Herpestidae were introduced to sugar plantations across the Caribbean in order to control rat populations? Their introduction has had a devastating impact on ground nesting birds, native mammals such as solenodons and has driven some reptile species to near extinction.
Mongooses
In linguistics, what name is given to smallest units of sound that can create a change in meaning in a given language by distinguishing one word from another?
Phonemes
What name is given to an electrical component consisting of insulated wire wound into a coil that stores energy in a magnetic field created when a current flows through it?
Inductor/Choke/Reactor
Cow goddess in Egyptian mythology
Hathor
Which leader of the Haitian Revolution who allied with Rigaud and Boyer against Toussaint Louverture in so-called War of Knives in 1799, is commonly considered the first president of Haiti, and his name given to suburb of port-au-Prince where president Moise assassinated in 2021?
Alexandre Petion
The banquet of Trimalchio is central event in what work of fiction, another example of early Latin novel; likely written during reign of Nero probably by Gaius Petronius?
The Satyricon
Which motet for eight voices by contemporary American composer Morten Lauridsen is setting of a Gregorian chant from Matins of Christmas and proclaims the “great mystery”?
O magnum mysterium
The first major branch of the ascending aorta comprises a trunk which gives rise to the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery. By what name is this trunk known?
Brachiocephalic trunk
In 2021, unesco inscribed the Jewish sites in three German sites as a single world heritage site, cities were Speyer, Worms and which capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate described as the capital of European Jewry?
Mainz
Sebastien Pinera first term as Chilean President was both preceded and followed by two terms of which socialist politician the first woman to hold the Chilean Presidency and first elected woman leader in South America?
Michele Bachelet
St Kitts and Nevis home to over 60k of which species of monkey! Native to west Africa, along with macaques and sooty mangabeys have been widely used in hiv/aids research.
Vervet Monkey
Phonemes can be combined to create which linguistic units the smallest parts of a word that still carry semantic meaning?
Morphemes
When humankind plotted against the sun god Ra he sent his eye in form of Hathor to seek revenge, transforming cow goddess into which lioness headed goddess of war and vengeance? Warrior goddess also served as a deity of healing and protector of the pharoahs.
Sekhmet
Another unesco WHS in 2021 was series of 14th century fresco cycles found throughout which city in Veneto, Italy? The city’s best known fresco is undoubtedly the early 14th c work by Giotto that adorns the walls of Scrovegni Chapel.
Padua
What electrical device is formed by the junction of two dissimilar electrical conductors? These devices use the Seebeck effect and are used as temperature sensors.
Thermocouple
Probably written during rule of Hadrian, title of Suetonius important collection of biographies from Julius Caesar to Domitian?
The Twelve Caesars
After nigeria and Algeria, which country is continents third largest producer of oil? Country enclave of Cabinda is nicknamed Kuwait of Afric.
Angola
The subclavian arteries on the right and left each branch into two forming the right and left axillary arteries and which other pair of arteries which have a crucial role in supplying blood to the brain and spinal cord?
Vertebral arteries
What name given to phenomenon in which a single phoneme can be realised in distinct ways? For example shoe, the change in sh vs she doesn’t change the meaning of word but will sound different.
Allophony
The vertebral arteries give off the anterior and posterior spinal arteries to the spinal cord and the posterior inferior cerebellar arteries. They then unite to form which artery at the pontomedullary junction?
Basilar Artery
Which device is manually adjustable variable resistor with three terminals and allows regulation of a current through a circuit? A rheostat is a similar device using only 2 terminals. These devices can act as transducers to detect position.
Potentiometer
18th November still a public holiday in Haiti. Which battle fought on 18th November 1803 just south of Cap-Haitien is considered decisive conflict of Haitian Revolution; where rebels led by Dessalines defeated the French general rochambeau?
Battle of Vertieres
Unesco WHO site in 2021 is which Russian lake’s eastern shores where there’s 4-2 millennia BC petroglyphs along with similar rock carvings found at White Sea? The second largest lake in Europe, this lake is also home to 17th century wooden churches on Kizhi Island WHs since 1990.
Lake Onega
Which motet for four voices by Palestrina is a setting of beginning of Psalm 42 from Latin Psalters and compares spiritual yearning to the thirst of the deer?
Sicut Cervus
Who was husband of Georgia O Keeffe / took 1907 photo The Steerage?
Alfred Stieglitz
Which motet for four voices by Anton Bruckner is setting of a Latin gradual for the anniversary of the dedication of a church and is sometimes translated as this is the lords house which he hath made?
Locus Iste
Also called a hot carrier diode, what device by a semi-conductor and metal and has very low forward voltage drops and fast switching action compared to silicon diodes? This device is named for its inventor.
Schottky Diode
One of largest single works from Roman Empire to survive is Naturalis Historia, who?
Pliny the Elder
The Dom Republic is home to large feral population of which birds native to sub Saharan Africa! Ground dwelling birds have been kept semi-captive for millennia for meat and pest control, and in wild May follow troops of vervet monkeys.
Helmeted Guineafowl
What name is given to pairs of words that differ by a single phoneme? These pairs must exist for us to differentiate between true phonemes and allophones and in English, include “big and pig” and “pool and pull”.
Minimal Pairs
Battle of Sekigahara was followed three years later by establishment of what shogunate?
Tokugawa or Edo
Which city in Haiti nicknamed the city of independence as where Dessalines declared independence from France in 1804? 200 years on it was early focal point of another uprising where Artibijirw revolutionaries seized this city whcih gives name to large Caribbean gulf on which it stands?
Gonaives
One of Indian revolt 1857 causes was belief among sepoys, Indian infantrymen, that a grease made from pig fat and beef tallow was used on the gunpowder cartridges for a new design of rifle. These rifled muskets had what name including area in London made?
Pattern 1853 Enfield
In biochemistry what name given to molecules upon which enzymes may act resulting in a product?
Substrate
Characters in which work of literature include Inez Serrano, postal clerk killed by her lover, and a valet without eyelids who encounters Inez after her death?
Huis Clos (No Exit)
What was the mountain on which burning bush took place?
Horeb
A jebena is a pot used to pour which drink in a customer important to Ethiopian and Eritrean culture?
Coffee
What type of belief system mostly founded in isolated Pacific Ocean societies, is charactered by adherents beliefs that ancestral spirits will bring manufactured goods to a society?
Cargo Cults
Who wrote essay about Fox and Hedgehog?
Isaiah Berlin
Written in 1560s but first published about a century later Book on Games of Chance has been called first systematic treatment of probability. Which Italian polymath wrote this work?
Gerolamo Cardano
Manohar Malgonkar’s book The Devils Wind tells sotry of Indian rebellion of 1857 from the perspective of Nana Sahel who led Siege of Kanpur. Nana Saheb last holder of which title the rulers of the Maratha Confederacy? Role was initially a Prime Minister appointed by Chhatrapati.
Peshwa
Having previously acted as de facto regent during reign of Fyodor I, which man - brother of Fyosie’a wife Irina - became first non-Rurikid tsar of Russia upon death of childless Fyodor in 1598?
Boris Godunov
The Elegant Effendi is a murdered miniaturist who speaks from afterlife to reader in opening chapter of which 1998 novel by Orhan Pamuk?
My Name is Red
In 1894, Emil Fischer proposed that both the enzyme and the substrate possess specific complementary geometric shapes that fit exactly into one another. What name, referring to two everyday objects, is given to this model?
Lock and Key Model
What was name of Sepoy who attacked two British officers in Barrackoore in 1857 and was hanged as a result in an incident often credited as inciting the Indian mutiny?
Mangal Pandey
What name given to any of the pretenders to Russian throne during time of troubles who claimed to be son of Ivan the Terrible? He best known of pretenders given this name reigned as tsar 1605-06.
False Dmitry
Which archipelago consisting mainly of Severny and Yuzhny Islands divides the Barents Sea from the Kara Sea to the east? Under 3000 people live in this area.
Novaya Zemlya
To which South American country did Basques make up nearly half immigrants in 17th and 18th centuries? The so called Castilian-Basque aristocracy, which included figures including Jose Miguel Carrera. Writer Miguel de Unamuno said that two things can clearly be attributed to Basques: society of Jesus and this republic.
Chile
In which 1967 novel by Brian O’Nolan writing under pseudonym Flann O’Brien, is the title character a man named Fox who has a face identical to that of a man whom the nameless dead narrator had while living helped to murder?
The Third Policeman
Which Russian peninsula lies south of the Barents Sea? Murmansk; the largest city north of the Arctic circle, is an important port on this peninsula, relying on the ice-free waters of the Barents Sea in which it sits.
Kola Peninsula
Which organ secretes enzymes lipase, trypsin (proteins), and amylase (starch)into the duodenum?
Pancreas
Followers of John Frum cargo cult which believes titular is servixeman will bring wealth and prosperity to Jose who follow him have built symbolic landing strips to encourage seaplanes to land on island of Tanna sort of which island nation in Melanesia?
Vanuatu
Malay peninsula and Sumatra are home to one species of which family of mammals that are similar in shape to a pig with a short, prehensile nose trunk?
Tapir
The explorer Richard Burton suggested that the Ethiopian city of Harar was origin of which stimulant? Popular in Yemen and Somalia shrub leaves are chewed.
Khat
Which Englishman an opponent of Bayesian statistic, has been called the “single most important figure in 20th century statistics”, developed theory of ANOVA, or analysis of variance, where the F test named in honour is central?
Ronald Fisher
The posthumous memoirs of Bras Cubas sometimes translated as Epitaph of a Small Winner - is a Brazilian novel narrated by dead title character who discusses his love of virgilia and friendship with Quincas Botha. Novel written by?
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Large arboreal monkey endemic Borneo named for distinctive facial feature?
Proboscis Monkey
Fifth president of Indonesia, Sukarno’s daughter
Megawati
Southernmost city in the world it’s the southern terminus of the Pan American Highway?
Ushuaia
What people of the early Middle Ages gained control of a navy when they took over Carthage in 439BC?
Vandals
Academy statuette designed by which mgm art director?
Cedric gibbons
Which former head of advertising at NBCUniversal has Elon Musk named a new chief executive of Twitter, just over six months after his controversial takeover of the social media company?:
Linda YACCARINO
Australian comedy series created and written by husband-and-wife team Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer, who also star as the show’s main characters, Gordon and Ashley.
Colin from Accounts
