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In February 2006 the US Vice President Dick Cheney shot and injured another man whilst out on a hunting trip. What were the men hunting? These mid-sized birds are generally placed in the order Galliformes. 5-letter answer
Quail
What would Police officers be referring to if they used the acronym
“‘Gsw”?
Gun shot wound
Other than Oganesson, what is the only other chemical element named after a person who was living at the time of naming? This occurred in 1997
Seaborgium
55
What is the most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand?
Christchurch
What is the most populous city in the North Island of New Zealand?
Auckland
What major river flows through the city of Warsaw? It is the country of Poland’s most important waterway and a national symbol
Vistula
Major river through prague
Vltava
60
Between 1992 and 2010 the American football quarterback Brett Favre made 297 regular season starts - a record. The bulk of these starts were made for which American Football team?
Green Bay Packers
Meaning an agent or a mole, what does C.H.IS. stand for in a policing context?
Covert Human Intelligence Source
62
In 1263 Norwegian and Scottish armies fought an inconclusive battle for control of the Western Seaboard of Scotland. This battle took place near which Ayrshire town, the home of the famous Nardini café. 5-letter answer
Largs
63 What “M” is a salad which originated in Poland and consists of thinly sliced or grated cucumbers, often with sweet sour cream or kefir and vinegar, though in some cases oil?
Mizeria
64 Coined during the Vietnam War, what “F” is the deliberate or attempted killing of a soldier, usually a superior, by a fellow soldier?
Fragging
66 In a successful series of novels and short stories that covered 42 years, who served as a joint pseudonym for]the cousins Dannay and Lee, as well as the name of the primary detective-hero they created? The surname of this character begins with “q”.
Ellery Queen
69 What was the seven-letter nickname of the successful American football Quarterback Peyton Manning? This name could equally apply to Pat Garrett, Bat Masterson or a Judge in Scotland
Sheriff
78 What element is the heaviest of the stable halogens? It melts to form a deep violet liquid at 114 degrees centigrade
Iodine
81
Before forming Chas and Dave, Chas Hodges had been a member of which British rhythm and blues group? Their biggest hit had been a top ten cover of the Beatles song “Got to get you into my life” in 1966
Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers
The 1944 Battle of Sio between Australian and Japanese forces took place on what island? Jayapura is the largest city on this island
New Guinea
83
In 2000 British forces freed civilians who had been held captive by the militant group called the West side Boys. This helped to bring an end to the civil war which had raged in which African country? Sir Milton Margai was the first leader of this country following independence
Sierra Leone
Chas and Dave joined up with Tottenham Hotspur to record their souvenir song for the 1987 FA Cup Final. Which team defeated Tottenham in that game? Keith Houchen was one of the scorers for the victors
Coventry
85 Which pièce montée is traditionally served as the cake at weddings in France? It consists of choux pastry puffs piled into a cone and bound with threads of caramel.
Croquembouche
86 What hard, brittle crystaline solid is the second most abundant element in the Earth’s crust (about 28% by mass), after oxygen?
Silicon
89 Nicknamed “Big Ben”, Ben Roethlisberger became the youngest
Quarterback to lead his team to a Super bowl victory when he did so in
2004. What team was this? They also won the Super Bowl in 4 times in the 1970s and again in 2008
Pittsburgh Steelers
Mercury prize nominated album 2023 loyle carner
Hugo
Mercury prize nominated album 2023 Messy is by who
Olivia Dean
Mercury prize nominated album 2023 where I’m meant to be is by who?
Ezra Collective
Mercury prize nominated album 2023 actual life 3 by which artist?
Fred Again
Mercury prize nominated album 2023 J Hus has what name?
Beautiful and Brutal Yard
Mercury prize nominated album 2023 I love you Jennifer B is by which artist?
Jockstrap
Mercury prize nominated album 2023 False ____ is by which band recorded in County Wexford in a Martello tower?
Lankum
Mercury prize nominated album 2023 my 21st century blues is by which artist?
RAYE
Aka blane muise Mercury prize nominated album 2023 nymph is by which artist
Shygirl
Mercury prize nominated album 2023 That! Feels! Good! By which artist?
Jessie Ware
Mercury prize nominated album 2023 Heavy, Heavy is by which eduniburg trio?
Young Fathers
As per the Farmer’s Almanac, the full moon referred to as a
“Strawberry Moon” occurs in which month of the year?
June
92 What piece of furniture is reference in the title of the Chas and Dave song with the repeated lyric of “I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care if he comes round here”?
The Sideboard Song
94 The Grosvenor House Hotel, which once featured Ice Rink where the future Queen Elizabeth learned to skate, can be found on which street, which appears on the traditional London Monopoly board?
Park Lane
96 The name of which element of the periodic table comes from the Greek word for “Smell? It is the densest naturally occurring element
Osmium
97
Funding challenges and war led to the construction of what being halted between 1854 and 1877? It would be the World’s tallest structure for a few years of the 1880s
Washington Monument
98 The 1658 Battle of Rio Neuvo was part of the Anglo Spanish war. It is the largest ever battle fought on what island? The battle of Rio Nuevo was the last Spanish attempt to recapture this place and they ceded the island to England in 1670 under the Treaty of Madrid
Jamaica
101 Which English singer, songwriter and musician, real name Raymond Burns, was a huge star at the time he appeared on a 1983 episode of
“Chas and Dave’s Knees Up”? Two word answer please
Captain Sensible
102 Warsaw rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when which King decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Krakow? A religious zealot, he imposed Roman Catholicism across the vast realm, and his crusades against neighbouring states marked Poland’s largest territorial expansion. Regnal number not required
Sigismund III
103 Holmium and which rare earth element have the highest magnetic strengths? The name of this other element comes from the Greek for hard to get
Dysprosium
105 What “c” is the subdivision of the Polish Zloty?
Grosz
107 Born in 1972 and with a surname beginning with “Q” which dual-code
Welsh Rugby star achieved 52 Rugby union caps for his country and appeared on the British Lions tours of 1997 and 2001?
Scott Quinnell
108 In 2018 in England and Wales, the Independent Office for Police Conduct replaced the IPCC. What did I.P.C.C stand for?
Independent Police Complaints Commission
109 Many NATO countries use what colourful term to refer to friendly fire incidents? The name derives from the pennants used by NATO forces on exercise
Blue on Blue
• 110 The American actor and comedian Jerome Horwitz accidentally shot himself in the foot age 12. He never had the wound fixed and therefore walked with a limp the rest of his life. He was part of which comedy team who made almost 200 films for Columbia from 1922 onwards? Their most memorable movie was perhaps 1932’s “Soup to Nuts”
The Three Stooges (Curly Howard)
111 Ralf Little played Chas Hodges in the 2008 movie “Telstar”. That film was about the life of which man, the producer behind the million selling “Telstar” single?
Joe Meek
112 Coming from a family which includes other actors, which American man with a surname beginning with Q played “Cousin Eddie” in various National Lampoon’s movies?
Randy Quaid
official language of Bhutan
Dzongkha
Official title for king of Bhutan
Druk Gyalpo
What town did churchill deliver iron curtain speech?
Fulton, Missouri
Who wrote fathers and songs?
Ivan Turgenev
Who was President during the Mexican-American war 1846-48?
James K Polk
10 The 2nd deadliest animal that is culpable of schistosomiasis. It is considered to be the second most socioeconomical devastating parasitic disease after Malaria which is transmitted by Mosquitos, however what is this animal called?
Freshwater Snails
In 2022 what became most expensive car ever sold?
1955 Mercedes-Benz
300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe
Who was soviet premier after death of Stalin serving as chairman of council of ministers from 1953-55 until Khrushchev overthrew?
Georgy Malenkov
First product to have a barcode when sold in 1974 in Troy Ohio?
Wrigley’s Gum
Most photographed man of the 19th century?
Frederick Douglass
21 What is the shortest river in the UK which runs through Burnley in
Lancashire?
Brun
Only character in simpsons with five fingers?
God
Which country contains highest Japanese diaspora?
Brazil
What does Samsung mean in korean(
Three Stars
Only domestic animal not mentioned in bible!
Cat
How many hearts do earthworms have!
Five
Which England rugby player was nominated for World Rugby Player of the Year 3 times, in 2012 (when he top scored for England in a famous victory over New Zealand at Twickenham), 2016 and 2017, losing out each time to the wearer of the no 10 shirt for the All Blacks?
Owen Farrell
When the King’s first Birthday Honours list was published on
17 June this year, who was the only person whose knighthood was dated 18 May, the day before his death?
Martin Amis
Who left his role as expert judge on the BBC Two programme MasterChef: The Professionals after six series due to a conflict over his brand ambassadorship for Albert Bartlett Rooster potatoes?
Michel Roux
Which famously thin-skinned former England footballer, a team captain for all 17 series so far of the Sky sports-based comedy panel game A League of Their Own, was awarded the 2010 Foot in Mouth Award from the Plain English Campaign?
Jamie Redknapp
7 Which former boss of Rishi Sunak at Goldman Sachs will leave his post as Chairman of the BBC following the Heppinstall inquiry into his appointment process?
Richard Sharp
Which England cricketer joined Stephen Fry in a podcast series in 2019 which, according to the blurb, was “looking to bounce the unsuspecting listener with a terrific delivery just short of a length”?
Stuart Broad
12 Which name for a body of soldiers is derived from a Latin word for a newborn, originally meaning foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry?
Infantry
13 The name of the various River Avons in England, including our Woodgreen one, come from the Welsh Afon, which means … river, so the name really means “River River”. Of which major European river, the sixth largest in terms of water flow, is this also true?
Rhine
16 Which 5 letter word might mean a fit of temper, a band of leather, or Paul Hogan’s dim-witted flatmate?
Strop
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Which gemstone was renamed by Tiffany’s on its commercial launch in 1968 after the only country in the world in which it is found, as the scientific name of “blue-violet zoisite” was not thought to be sufficiently consumer friendly?
Tanzanite
20 Which jazz singer was known as the High Priestess of Soul and released an album under that name in 1967?
Nina Simone
22 The disease folliculitis, which appears on the skin in the form of a rash, roughly resembling chicken pox, is most frequently contracted from which domestic item?
Hottub
24 Which hot sauce of Indonesian origin is typically made from a mixture of a variety of chilli peppers with shrimp paste, garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice and is also an integral part of the cuisines of Singapore, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka?
Sambal
25 Which dance troupe founded by Arlene Philips was a regular feature on The Kenny Everett Video Show, and performed on Sarah Brightman’s single I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper?
Hot Gossip
26 Which track on the soundtrack of the original Rocky Horror
Picture Show is performed by Meat Loaf?
Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul
29 Which American brand of scale model cars was the primary competitor of Matchbox until Mattel bought the latter’s owner Tyco Toys in 1997?
Hot Wheels
30 Which aircraft was the first successful human-carrying flight technology and consists of an envelope above a gondola?
Hot Air Balloon
How would it be possible to score a nine dart finish in a World Darts Championship match using only 3 scoring beds 3 times each?
Triple 20, Triple 19, Bull - three times
39 The acronym UAP has come to be used in official documents in place of UFO. What does the “p” stand for?
Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon
Which name is shared by the last British tennis player to be ranked World Number 1, a British constitutional convention under which the House of Lords will not oppose the second or third reading of any government legislation promised in its election manifesto, a Uriah Heep album, and the capital of Southern Rhodesia when lan Smith declared UDI?
Salisbury
Enid Blyton wrote about the Famous Five enjoying lashings of cream, hard boiled eggs and treacle, but which item did The Comic Strip famously say came in lashings in their parody Five Go Mad in Dorset?
Ginger Beer
2 Which word connects the nickname of Edinburgh Rugby Club, the last provincial private bank in England from 1921 to 1953, a kelpie dog noted for his ability to hear Japanese air raids approaching Darwin in the Second World War, and the nickname of the third most successful club in English football?
Gunner
The bells of which Anglican church, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and situated outside the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand, play the tune of an eighteenth century nursery rhyme four times a day?
St Clement Danes
An oak sculpture featuring grapes, raspberries and blackcurrants installed in Manchester in 1992 celebrates the original site of which product invented there in 1908, the beverage of choice in Saudi Arabia for the sunset feast during Ramadan?
Vimto
Dr Vernon Charley, a leading scientist at The University of Bristol first produced what in 1938?
Ribena
Which small stream, named after a European surveyor who discovered it in 1847, has given its name to one of Australia’s leading global wine brands which exports to over 50 countries?
Jacobs Creek
12 Which destination in Oxfordshire is reportedly the second most visited location in the United Kingdom by Chinese tourists, after Buckingham Palace?
Bicester Village
15 In ascending order, what might follow Thora, Desmond, and Attila?
Geoff or Damian (degrees for first)
20 What do singers Joan Baez and Tom Robinson, actors Paul Eddington, Judi Dench, Sheila Hancock, and Ben Kingsley, novelist Margaret Drabble, and US President Richard Nixon, have in common with Darlington FC and the University of Pennsylvania?
Quakers
2 What connects Port Elizabeth, Chicago, Baku in Azerbaijan and Wellington New Zealand to a song sung by Doris Day in Calamity Jane?
Windy City
25 What does the Welsh word Croeso mean in English?
Welcome
26 Otis Elevators estimate that 85% of the buildings in which their product is installed do not have what?
13th floors
28 What connects Borussia Dortmund, The Green Bay Packers NFL team, Parramatta Eels rugby league, Corinthians FC in Sao Paolo to Berwick Rangers FC and Darlington FC (again!)?
Fan owned
29 Why might an Australian cricketer who takes five wickets in an innings be said to have a “Michelle”?
After Michelle Pfeiffer
In which sense organs would you find limbal rings?
Eyes
16 Found in arid and semi-arid bushlands in southwestern Africa, what species of antelope is the national animal of Namibia?
Oryx or Gemsbok
18 Found on Inaccessible Island on the isolated Tristan archipelago in the South
Atlantic. What is the currently living smallest flightless bird?
Inaccessible Island Rail
Taking its name from a Russian abbreviation and one of the leading experimental machines to harness power from nuclear fusion. What type of device uses a powerful magnetic field to confine plasma in the shape of a torus?
Tokamak
Which detective is played by Arthur Wontner in the 1931 film The
Sleeping Cardinal?
Sherlock Holmes
Which alcoholic drink shares its name with a Scottish island?
Rum
20 The Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) was a famous name in which art movement of the 1920s?
Art Deco
24 Which Baldwin brother starred in Born On the Fourth of July, Sliver, and Backdraft?
William
28 Which actress wrote the 2018 cookbook The Clean Plate: Eat, Reset, Heal?
Gwyneth Paltrow
29 Vigeland Park, the world’s largest sculpture park of works by a single artist, is in which European capital?
Oslo
34 What type of beans go into a Rajma Masala curry?
Kidney Beans
In 1976 which sprinter won Trinidad and Tobago first gold medal?
Hasely Crawford
36 The Chubut river flows through which South American country?
Argentina
37 Which Itallan luxury fashion house sells the Paradoxe brand of perfume?
Prada
41 Which Royal Horticultural Society garden in Surrey started life in
1878 as the “Oakwood experimental garden”?
Wisley
42 What sport is the subject of William Finnegan’s Pulitzer-prize-winning memoir Barbarian Days?
Surfing
44 Marquee Moon was the 1978 debut album by which American rock band?
Television
45 Taking its name from the gorge between the Carpathian and
Balkan mountains, which is the largest dam on the Danube river?
Iron Gate Dam
46 Which Swiss author wrote the 2023 mystery novel The Enigma of
Room 622?
Joel Dicker
47 Which Swiss watch brand used the slogan “What Are You Made
Of?”?
TAG Heuer
48 Which Russian ballerina won a Tony award for her role in the
Broadway musical On Your Toes?
Natalia Makarova
49 How many storeys high is the tower at the start of a game of
Jenga?
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Which Frenchman has won gold in the 200m (beating Duncan Scott and Tom Dean into silver and bronze) and 400m IM at the World Championships currently taking place in Fukuoka? He’s a strong potential candidate to be ‘the home face of the Games’ at next summer’s Olympics.
Leon Marchand
Who was Amy Pearce, wife of David Pearce played by Keith Baron in the 19805 sitcom “Duty Free”?
Gwen Taylor
which Oscar winning film director, directed several episodes of the TV soap Eastenders, including the BAFTA winning Carol Jackson, Bianca Jackson, Dan Sullivan love triangle episodes?
Tom hooper
What two-word term refers to a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes cosmic warfare, with use of melodramatic, risk-taking adventures, relationships, and chivalric romance?
Space Opera
Initials “DM”, which man’s career in television began when he wrote the script for the “Trial by Fury” episode of Hill Street Blues in 1982? He graduated to becoming Executive Producer of the show winning Emmys along the way
David Milch
In 2008 Tom Hooper was the director of which seven part drama about an American President? In that show Laura Linney played Abigail
John Adams
Comedian Marcus Brigstocke’s first marriage ended in 2013 following his affair with which woman, with whom he co-starred in the musical Spamalot in 2010?
This actress was Del Dingle in Emmerdale and won a series of Dating on Ice
Hayley Tamaddon
10 Which country’s only Eurovision win came in 1971 when Severine won representing what country with the song “Un banc, un arbre, une rue” (A bench, a tree, a street)
Monaco
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What six-letter hypenated dance move is a circular movement where two people, who are initially facing each other, walk around each other without or almost without turning, ie., facing in the same direction (same wall) all the time?
In most cases it takes 6-8 counts to complete.
Do-Si-Do
12 When Birds of a Feather switched to ITV it gave them their best comedy viewing ratings since which one-word title Gwen Taylor comedy of 14 years earlier? Sam Kelly co-starred
Barbara
13 Marcus Fenix is a fictional character and the primary protagonist from the first three games in which video game series? He first appeared in the first game of the series, released in 2006.
Gears of War
15 Competing for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, in both athletics and cycling, who became the first British Paralympian to win golds in multiple sports at the same Games since Isabel Barr at the 1984 Summer Paralympics?
Kadeena Cox
16 What was the one word title of Pink Floyd’s 1971 studio album? With a cover designed by Hipgnosis, the title word can also mean ‘to interfere in something that is not one’s concern’
Meddle
‘BLANK Armada’, ‘Shattered Empire and ‘Shards of the Throne’ are titles of some of the expansions to which large-scale space opera strategy board-game designed by Christian T. Petersen and first released in 1997? It is set in the unstable power vacuum left after the decline and collapse of the previously dominant Lazax race. Two-word answer initials “TI’
Twilight Imperium
Achieving Platinum status in the UK, what word completes the name of Pink
Floyd’s last studio album, released in 2014? The BLANK River
Endless
19 Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford married a few weeks after working together on which 2013 Coen brothers film? 3-word answer
Inside Llewyn Davis
20 Gwen Taylor co-starred alongside David Jason in which late 1980s comedy drama which was set at a different social function in each episode? 5-word answer
A Bit Of A Do
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Gwen Taylor has appeared in Eastenders in recent years as the Grandmother of the characters Callum and Stuart. What is their shared surname? It sounds a lot like the surname of Steve, the irish midfielder who graced Annfield in the 1970s
Highway
23 William George Beers, a Canadian dentist, is considered the inventor of the modern version of what team sport?
Lacrosse
24 Starring Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones, which 1957 drama was the second adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s 1929 semi-autobiographical book of the same name?
A Farewell to Arms
15 In a recent article, what did AV Club say was the best movie set in the state of Connecticut? This 1988 horror comedy featured the acting talents of Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis and Catherine O’Hara
Beetlejuice
5 What is the name of the TV series starring Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen and Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak? Ex Footballer Vinnie Jones also appeared in nine episodes as a character called Brick.
Arrow
27 The Canadian Ice Hockey star Red McCarthy was the co-inventor of which other ice sport? Created exclusively for female competitors, this sport uses a blue, rubber pneumatic ring, designed for use on ice surfaces
Ringette
28 Which man won the Empire Award for Best Newcomer following his performance as “Big Chris” in the movie “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”?
Vinnie Jones
29 In the 2010s drama “Elementary”, what character did Vinnie Jones play? In the Sherlock Holmes stories this man is described as “the second most dangerous man in London”, the most dangerous being Professor Moriarty, Moran’s employer.
Sebastian Moran
30 Achieving Gold Disc sales status in the UK, Pink Floyd’s second studio album was “The BLANK of secrets”. What would fills the blank?
Saucerful
32 Diego Maradona was the male United Press International Athlete of the Year
Award in 1986, no doubt due to his performances in the Football World cup that year. Who had Argentina defeated in the semis? Enzo Scifo was one of their star players
Belgium
34 Dick Pope, an American man born in 1900, was a speedboat salesman known as Mr Florida. He played a great part in promoting the popularity of Florida as a holiday resort and, along the same lines, became known as a key driver in the growth of what sports activity?
Water skiing
35 Located in Africa, which movie adaptation of a Ernest Hemingway story became the highest grossing movie of 1952? It starred Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward
The snows of Kilimanjaro
36 With 16 Gold Medals achieved across 4 games, Mike Kenny is the second most successful Britsh paralympian of all time. In what event did Mike Kenny compete?
Swimming
37 Marcus was the rarely seen husband of Dorien, the next door neighbour in the comedy series “Birds of a Feather”. What was Marcus and Dorien’s surname? This is also the surname of a French actress who called crew members on the movie
A Patriot “Shitty Peasants”
Green
39 Which country’s only Eurovision win came in 2011 when Ell & Nicki won with
“Running Scared”?
Azerbaijan
61 The Canadian man Duncan campbell sometimes known as the “Quadfather”, is rgearded as the inventor of which sport, which has now changed its name? At the age of seventeen, Campbell broke his neck while diving and became paralyzed from the waist down
Murderball (Tom Platz is the bodybuilder quad father)
60 Which South Korean female golfer has now been world number 1 for over 100 cumulative weeks? She is one of only 7 players to achieve a career grand slam and in 2016, she won the first Olympic gold medal since 1900 in the women’s individual tournament?
Inbee Park
59 The real life historical people Charlie Utter, EB Farnum, George Hearst and Seth Bullock were all characters in which Emmy-award winning series of 2004 to 2006 created by David Milch?
Deadwood
56 The ‘Bloodbath of B-R5RB’, a battle involving thousands of players in a single star system, took 21 hours and was recognized as one of the largest and mos expensive battles in video gaming history. This was part of what video game, falling into the space opera subgenre? Two word answer
Eve Online
55 In Line dancing what word refers to a move in which partners circle each other by taking sideways steps? You may know this word from its use in RuPaul’s Drag
race
Sashay
54 In 2009 Tom Hooper directed the excellent movie “The Damned United”. It was based on a book by which man? This author is also associated with the Red Riding Quartet
David Peace
50 Johann Ola Koss was the United Press International Athlete of the Year Award male winner in 1994. What sport did this man excel in?
Speed Skating
49 Which Ernest Hemingway work about the Spanish Civil War became a 1943 epic war starring Gary Cooper and ingrid Bergman?
For Whom the Bell Tolls
48 The blind cyclist Neil Fachie, piloted by Matt Rotherham, successfully defended his kilo time trial and sprint B tandem titles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and in doing so he equaled the record for the most number of Commonwealth Gold medals for Scotland. Name either of the Male able bodied athletes he shares his record of 4 Gold Medals with?
Allan Wells or Tattie Marshall
47 Vinnie Jones was Berhad O’Mahoney in some films of which film series? The series was originally based on the true story of Carlton Leach, a member of the Inter City Firm hooligan gang.
Rise of the Footsoldier
45 Appearing at the Transmt festival in 2023, which English indie rock band reached number one in the album charts with their fifth album Fix Yourself, Not the World? The BLANK
The Wombats
44 Appearing at the Transmt festival in 2023, which English Pop rock band’s biggest
UK hit was
“Always where I need to be’ in 2008? The BLANK
The Kooks
43 Which 1990 single has been credited for bringing line dancing into the mainstream? A worldwide smash hit, this song contains the lyric “Or tell your Aunt Louise, tell anything you please, Myself already knows I’m not okay”
Achy Breaky Heart
42 Which country’s only Eurovision win came in 2003 when Sertab Erener won with
“Everyway that I can”?
Turkey
41 What was the 3-letter nickname of EE Smith, the man sometimes called the
“Father of Space Opera”, he wrote the Lensman and Skylark series of books?
Doc
40 Which award winning cop show of 1993 to 2005 did David Milch create alongside Stephen Boncho? This award-winning gritty show starred Dennis Franz
NYPD Blue
Name of Peter Saratedt older brother recorded under birth name and with backing group the Downbeats. Born New Delhi.
Eden Kane
Eden valley wine growing region is in which country?
Australia
Star sign if born on VE Day?
Taurus (8 May)
Star sign if born back to the future day?
Libra (October 21)
Star sign if born St Brigid’s Day (Imbolc)?
Aquarius (1st February)
Born Pearl harbour attacks then what star sign?
Sagittarius (7th December)
After early successes for Real Madrid, what nickname did the Spanish Press give to Gareth Bale? This is also the name that was adopted by Thomas Derbyshire, the straight man in a famous comedy double act
Cannon (Tommy Cannon)
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Gareth Bale has a replica of the 17th hole from which Golf Course in his back garden? This Florida course near Jacksonville is the home to the PGA Tour Headquarters and hosts the Players Championship
Sawgrass
39 The parliament of South Africa is located in what city?
Cape Town
61
What is a “Dorset Knob”, most associated with the Moore’s Family of Bridport?
Biscuit
62
In 2011 Prince William chose a Groom’s cake for his wedding reception made from 1700 of what biscuit?
Rich Tea
What “s” is a thin, round waffle cookie made from two layers of sweet baked dough held together by caramel filling?
Stroopwaffel
What seeds are part of the recipe of an Abernethy biscuit?
Caraway Seeds
Which biscuit, sometimes also known as a double biscuit, is comprised of a layer of jam between two biscuits (usually shortbread) with icing and a sweet or cherry on top?
Empire Biscuit
A typical dessert of the Lorraine region of France, which buttery cookie is brown and crispy on the outside but soft and tender on the inside? They are supposedly named after a Ms Palmier, who made them for the Duke of Lorraine
Madeleines
What alliteratively named biscuit was first produced by Elkes of Uttoxeter in 1924? The biscuits usually show a design, often a cow
Malted Milk
Jammie Dodgers are regarded as the top Children’s sweet biscuit brand in the UK. What company make them?
Burtons
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Which Phillip K Dick book looks at an alternative reality where the USA is split between German and Japanese empires?
The man in the high castle
77 Which ancient Indian empire, which existed from the early 4th century CE to late 6th century CE, at its zenith, covered much of the Indian subcontinent? This period is considered as the Golden Age of India by historians.
Gupta Empire
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What colours made up the flag of the German Empire from 1866 to 1918?
Black white and red
80 Which dynasty ruled Iran from 1501 to 1736? It is seen as a crucial empire in Muslim history due to its role in popularising the Twelver school of Shia Islam
Safavid
Founded in 315 BC, what city named for a half-sister of Alexander the Great, was the 2nd largest and wealthiest city of the Byzantine Empire? It was historically the co-reigning city of the Empire, alongside Constantinople.
Thessaloniki
Queen Victoria’s new title of “Empress of India” was proclaimed at the Delhi Durbar on 1st January of what year? At that point in time Benjamin Disraeli was the British PM and Ulysses S Grant was US president. 3 years either way accepted
1877
85 What was the name of Don Quixote’s horse?
Rocinante
90 Which TV and movie sidekick is most associated with the horse “Scout”?
Tonto
92 Which 19th century figure’s most famous horse was “Traveller”? This man led the army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until the surrender of the Confederacy
Robert E Lee
In Greek mythology who was the wife of the Trojan Prince Hector? Her name means “Man Battler” or “Fighter of Men”
Andromache
100 In Greek Mythology who was “wisest and justest of all the centaurs”? This word is also the name of a supposed moon of Saturn which was later found to not exist
Chiron
104 Which nymph was turned into a bear by a furious Hera after falling pregnant thanks to Zeus? The fourth Galilean moon of Jupiter is named after this nymph
Callisto
108 Balius and Xanthus were the two immortal horses of which hero of Greek mythology?
Achilles
111
Which substance, made from the swim bladders of certain fish, is used to clarify beer and wine?
Isinglass
116
Despite numerous disputes and attempts on his life, who remains the President of Venezuela? He succeeded Hugo Chavez in 2013
Nicolas Maduro
120 What “H” is the thick rope or cable used for mooring or towing a ship?
Hawser
130 4 of the 5 members of the Cambridge Spy ring attended which college?
Trinity
131 Which motorbike manufacturer make the Monster, Multistrada and Streetfighter bikes? They are headquartered in Bologna, Italy
Ducati
Teenager Casey Phair became the youngest ever person to play in a football World Cup match when she came on as a substitute for which women’s football team?
South Korea
Who scored the Golden Goal as Germany won the 1996 euros final tournament?
Oliver Bierhoff
24 Who scored the winning goal for Greece as they were the shock winners of the
2004 eros tournament?u
Angelo Charisteas
29 Which Briton finished third behind Wilma Rudolph in the Women’s 100 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics?
Dorothy Hyman
30 Who defended their Olympic Women’s High Jump title at Tokyo in 1964?
Iolanda Balas
31 Which athlete who lit the flame at the 1984 LA Olympics won the Men’s Decathlon gold at Rome 1960?
Rafer Johnson
33 Who defeated Dennis Taylor to win the 1979 World Snooker Championship?
Terry Griffiths
Which South African snooker player did Ray Reardon defeat to win sixth world title in 1978
Perrie Mans
36 Who in 2000 became the first left handed player to win the World Snooker Championship?
Mark Williams
37 Which three time ranking title winner and former World number six has the nickname Dynamite?
Ryan Day
American female tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles titles plus Olympic Gold in ladies singles at Barcelona in 1992?
Jennifer Capriati
England right arm fast bowler who played in 63 Tests and took 226 wickets between 2002 and 2009?
Steve Harmison
4
Musselburgh born darts player who won back to back PDC World Championships in 2015 and 2016?
Gary Anderson
Grimsby snooker player twice reached ranking tournament final but lost 1989 British open to Tony meo and whitewashed in 1989 Grand Prix to Steve Davis 10-0
Dean Reynolds
Mitch McConnell senator for Kentucky and senate majority leader 2015-21 is married to which ex secretary?
Elaine Chao
6
Former World Heavyweight champion known as the Brockton Blockbuster who also had a computer Superfight with Muhammad Ali?
Rocky Marciano
American track athlete who won gold in the Women’s 200 metres at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics?
Gwen Torrance
Maiden name of swimmer who is the current Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe?
Kirsty Coventry
Men’s single figure skating gold at 1984 Sarajevo he also won four consecutive world championships 1981-84, American
Scott hamilton
13 10 a side Men’s sport played by Old Waconians, Cheadle and Boardman & Eccles?
Lacrosse
4 Four time Olympic medalist who was the World Individual Eventing champion in 1974 and 1978 and golds in 1976 and 1984
Bruce Davidson
British speed skater short track trained by Nicky Gooch won three world titles in 2017 1000m, 1500m and team?
Elise Christie
17
Two time dressage Olympic gold medalist in 2012 and 2016 who won both times riding
Valegro?
Charlotte dujardin
18
Squash player nicknamed the French General who won the Men’s World Open title in
Gregory Gaultier
Four time Olympian for field hockey member of squad won bronze at 1992. First to appear at four before Kate Richardson-Walsh did the same.
Jane Sixsmith
20 Finnish rally driver who won the 2000 and 2002 World Rally championships driving for
Peugeot?
Gronholm
21 First name Jan, winner of the most mens international alpine ski races with 86 World Cup wins in Slalom and Giant Slalom? Two gold Olympic medals.
Ingemar Stenmark
25 Rugby League player who was the first black player to captain Great Britain in any sport in 1972?
Clive Sullivan
27 Winner of 15 Motor Cycling World titles and 122 Grand Prix’s between 1965 and 1976?
Giacomo Agostini
Jockey who rode Shergar to a record win at The Derby in 1981. Won it twice more too. Nicknamed the choirboy. Rode musical bliss to victory in 1989 1000 Guineas.
Walter Swinburn
Winner of US PGA championship in both 1970 and 1976
Dave Stockton
In the traditional nursery rhyme, what did the old lady swallow to catch the fly?
Spider
At time of writing, there are six living U.S. presidents, but how many living U.S. presidents were there on the Ist January 1974?
One
In which Italian city can you visit Michelangelo’s statue of Moses?
Rome
The Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel carries traffic through which North American mountain range?
Rocky Mountains
Which sport is known in Japan as Bokushingu?
Boxing
Medically speaking, an IM injection is delivered into what part of the body?
Muscle (intramuscular)
9
Which member of The Three Tenors won first prize at the 1955
Langollen International Eisteddfod?
Luciano Pavarotti
In which sensory organ of the body can you find Kiesselbach’s plexus?
Nose
12
Ffenest is the Welsh word for which part of a house?
Window
What is Justin Trudeau constituency in Canada?
Papineau
Who wrote the Touch of Nom cookbooks: Kate and Kay what?
Allinson
17
The Flights of the Mind by Charles Nicholl is a biography of which
Itallan artist?
Da Vinci
18 Nellie Kim won three gold medals at the 1976 Olympics representing the Soviet Union, in which sport?
Gymnastics
What colour tle is usually worn by SpongeBob SquarePants?
Red
22 in which Irish county do the football club Shamrock Rovers play home games?
South Dublin
30 Savasana, a relaxation position typically used at the end of a yoga session, is also known as what pose?
Corpse Pose
31 What animal links the characters John Morgan, played by Richard Harris in a film from. 1970, and Tom Booker, played by Robert Redford in a film from 1998?
Horse (a man called horse and the horse whisperer)
Diede de Groot is the current world number one player in which sport
Wheelchair tennis
36 Which World War II musical is based on a Pulitzer-prize-winning novel by James A. Michener?
South Pacific
38 Which French sauce, typically served with seafood, is prepared from tomatoes, olive oil, fresh herbs, and lemon juice?
Sauce Vierge
Who has set the 1500m, Mile and 5000m world records in 2023? Has won 1500m golds at rio and Tokyo.
Faith Kipyegon
On what wearable item would you find a Dallas knot?
Shoes/sandals
Who won the women’s 2023 Boston marathon, onlt her second marathon ever, won two silvers in 5k in rio and Tokyo losing to Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot and Dutch Sifan Hassan.
Hellen Obiri
+2 Also known as farmer’s golf, Hornussen is a national sport of which
country?
Switzerland
In 1956 which Swiss mountaineer became third person to summit everest? Did this with Jung Marmet
Ernst Schmied
Which country is made up of administrative divisions called powiats?
Poland
46 Which perennial plant, also known as the African Lily, derives its name from the Greek for the “Flower of Love”?
Agapanthus
Which Russian composer wrote the 1888 opera Dream on the Volga?
Anton Arensky
Which Israell-American author created the Grishaverse fantasy world?
Leigh Bardugo
What did Hugh Victor McKay invent in 1885?
Combine Harvester
First city to reach 1 million population
Rome
co-created and starred in the comedy series Fonejacker (2006–2008, 2012), winning the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series) in 2008
Kayvan Novak
Who played colonel Frank fitt in American beauty?
Chris Cooper
Other member of Tenacious D other than Jack Black
Kyle Gass
Who played Ip Man in the film directed by Wilson Yip? Also Caine in John Wick 4.
Donnie Yen
Ip Man was a grandmaster of which type of southern Chinese kung Fu?
Wing Chun
Japanese actor played scorpion in mortal Kombat, kenji in rush hour 3, ujio in the last samurai. Sunshine, Avenegrrs endgame, bullet train, westworld.
Hiroyuki Sanada
The highest chart position evear reached by Grace Jones in the UK was number 12. This occurred in 1985 and 1986. Name either track which reached that mark
Slave to the rhythm
Pull up to the bumper
What fizzy drink is marketed in the UK with the phrase “The Great
British Pop” on its label?
Tizer
The murder of which MP caused a by-election in the constituency of Southend West in early 2022?
David Amess
The Wonder Stuff were interested in the size of what animal according to their 1991 UK top ten hit?
Size of a Cow
What type of animal featured in the Beatles song which was banned by the BBC for the line “Boy, you’ve been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down”?
I am the walrus
What animal was mentioned in the title of the 1972 Elton John song when he sang “when Suzie wore her dresses tight”?
Crocodile Rock
Name of evil emperor in magic flute
Sarastro
To one year either way, in what year did the Treaty of Paris bring an end to the US Revolutionary War?
1783
David Warner was Spicer Lovejoy, the valet and bodyguard to Cal Hockley in which movie, one of the highest grossing films of all time?
Titanic
Which junction and motorway service area on the Al(M) has been described as “the modern gateway to Cumbria, the North East and Scotland”? it is believed that the Romans defeated a Northern Celtic tribe near here
Scotch Corner
20
What colour is the jubilee Line on the London Underground map?
Silver
Which man, later to be part of the Warren Commission, was sacked by John F Kennedy as head of the CIA following the Bay of Pigs fiasco? First name and surname please
Allen Dulles
A national anthem, by Calixa Lavallée (1880) has been noticed for its resemblance to the “March of the Priests” from the second act of the Magic Flute. What is the name of this national anthem? The original French lyrics were translated into English in 1906
O Canada
Who was the husband of the comedian Gilda Radner between 1984 and her death in 1989?
Gene Wilder
The Annual Truckfest takes places at the East of England Showground at what city juxtaposed to the Al?
Peterborough
26
What was the seven-letter name of the faulty software which led to numerous Post Office masters in the UK being falsely accused of fraud or embezzlement?
Horizon
What was the name of the American pilot who was shot down over
Soviet territory in a U-2 spy plane in 1960?
Gary Powers
What chorus from Nabucco became an unofficial anthem of the Italian Risorgimento, the 19th-century movement for Italian unification?
Va Pensiero (chorus of the Hebrew slaves)
29
Which cigar smoking woman, the MP for Suffolk Coastal and the Pensions Secretary at the time, was trotted out to explain to the Press and TV that Boris Johnson had no clue about Chris Pincher’s record? This was later revealed as a lie
Therese Coffey
Conor Burns had the whip suspended following an alleged groping incident at the 2022 Tory Conference. He pled his innocence but an interjection from which unexpected figure seemed to indicate he was guilty of something. Who was this third party music and TV personality? She was born in Leeds in 1975
Mel B
How old Mozart when he died?
35
In the 1988 movie “Coming to America”, what “” was the name of the fictional kingdom ruled by James Earl jones’ King Jaffe Joffer?
Zamunda
The Flamingos version of which song featuring the word “eyes” is now considered a genre defining Doo-Wop hit? Art Garfunkel reached number one with a different version of the song in 1975
I only have eyes for you
A CIA covert operation code-named PBSuccess led to a coup d’etat in which Central American country? It installed the military dictatorship of Carlos Castillo Armas, the first in a series of U.S.-backed authoritarian rulers
Guatemala
March 1959 saw a revolt in which city when the citizens believed that Chinese forces would attempt to arrest the 14th Dalai Lama?
Lhasa
Also the name of a North Yorkshire village, which Sausage company have offices just off the A1 between Wetherby and Scotch Corner? The slogan of this company is “Flavour you can swear by’
Heck
In December 1973 Spanish prime minister Luis Carrero Blanco was assassinated in Madrid by which separatist organisation?
ETA
Beginning with “M”, what was the first name of Catherine Zeta-jones character in the early 1990s version of “The Darling Buds of May
Mariette
62 Which 2022 action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games was set in a post-apocalyptic version of the Western United States recovering from the aftermath of an extinction event caused by a rogue robot swarm?
Horizon Forbidden West
Some of Mozart’s last letters were to his wife expressing his great joy at the success of “The Magic Flute”. By what given name is Mozart’s wife usually known?
Constanze
66 In the 2009 animated version of The Gruffalo, Rob Brydon voiced the Snake. Which actor, who died in 2022, voiced The Gruffalo? This actor’s real name was Anthony McMillan
Robbie Coltrane
72
Which German philosopher (1748 - 1830), a friend of Mozart, was said to be the founder of the Bavarian Illuminati?
Adam Weishaupt
The 1953 coup d’etat in Iran, aided by the CIA, led to the removal of which man as the Prime Minister?
Mohammad Mossadegh
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is a 1985 literary historical fantasy novel by which German writer?
Patrick Suskind
Which Scottish actor narrates the BBC’s “Race Across the World” series? He was Jack Cloth in the Charlie Brooker-written comedy “A Touch of Cloth”
John Hannah
80
The US intervened in which country’s 1948 general election in order to avert a win for the combined Socialist and Communist party? In the end victory went to De Gaspen’s “Christian Democracy” party
Italy
What type of animal did T-Rex ride according to the name of their 1970 no. 2 hit? The lyrics refer to “the people of the Beltane”
Ride a white swan
83
What is the five-letter name of a Nottinghamshire service station on the Al(M)? The football team from a Northumberland town with the same name are remembered for a FA Cup run in 1978
Blyth
Eddie jones coach of which rugby union team
Australia a
86
In 1973 who became the first Soviet leader to address the American people on television?
Leonid Brezhnev
In March 2022 which Conservative became Britain’s first openly transgender MP?
Jamie Wallis
Seen at various locations in the UK, what is the background colour on UK road signs which provide specific information to HGV drivers?
Black
94 What was the occupation of Lance Corporal Jack Jones in the sitcom Dad’s Army?
Butcher
There was only an 11% turnout for the first round of voting in which North African country’s general election in 2022? The July 25th Movement won the most seats
Tunisia
98
Benjamin Netanyahu won the 2022 General Election in Israel. What party does he represent?
Likud
Pub in tv show Shameless
The Jockey
104 Scottish singer-songwriter Al Stewart sang about the year of what animal in 1976, scoring a US top ten hit in the process?
Year of the Cat
105
“‘Nathan Jones” was a 1971 top 5 hit for which Motown group?
The Supremes
106 The creation and destruction of which Diego Rivera fresco is dramatized in the films Cradle Will Rock (1999) and Frida (2002)?
Man at the Crossroads
108 In 2006 Kenneth Branagh directed a film version of “The Magic
Flute” where the setting was changed to World War One. Which man provided the screenplay for that movie? In 1984 this man adapted “Me and My Girl” for the West End where it ran for eight years
Stephen Fry
109 Frida Kahlo is regarded as an icon by which social and political movement in the United States, who were inspired by prior acts of resistance among people of Mexican descent? Leaders included César Chávez and Rodolfo Gonzales
Chicano Movement
In 1973 Mossad Agents in Lillehammer shot a Moroccan waiter wrongly believing him to be a member of which terrorist group?
This was the group who carried out the Munich Olympics assassinations
Black September
112 The U-2 spyplane pilot Gary Powers was later released by the Soviet Union in an exchange for what Newcastle man, the subject of the movie “Bridge of Spies”?
Rudolf Abel
114 What type of animal did The Kinks refer to in the name of their
1970 UK top 5 hit? The lyrics begin “ think I’m sophisticated ‘cause I’m living my life, like a good homo sapiens”
Apeman
115
What animal lay down on Broadway according to the name of a
1974 Genesis single and album?
The Lamb lay down on Broadway
116 The so-called “Tulip Period” between 1718 and 1730 was a relatively peaceful period for which Empire?
Ottoman
117 Lying just off the Al, which 16th century country house near
Stamford is home to one of the leading three day event trials in the World?
Burghley House
118 In April 1973 the first mobile phone call was made by Martin
Cooper, an employee of what company? This company had been founded as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928
Motorola
119 In April 2022, which Conservative MP quit after admitting to watching Pornography whilst in the chamber of the House of Commons?
Neil Parish
120 Which Nottinghamshire town signposted from the Al was the birthplace of music stars Bruce Dickinson and John Parr and the supposed location of the children’s show “Maid Marian and her
Merry Men”?
Worksop
Who directed John wick four films
Chad Stahelski
Who directed first two Transporter films, the Incredible Hulk, clash of the titans, now you see me and Fast X?
Louis Leterrier
Director of Slither, guardians of galaxy films, the suicide squad?
James Gunn
Joseph Stalin born what name in 1878?
Ioseb Dzhugashvili
Nurburgring is a Grand Prix track in which German state?
Rhineland-Palatinate
Nicknamed “the green hell” by Jackie Stewart, which Grand Prix course has north loop, south loop, finish loop and concrete loop.
Nurburgring
Hockenheimring is a motor racing course found in which German state?
Baden-Wurttemberg
12 Which tennis player defeated Ivan Lendl in the 1981 French Open final?
Bjorn Borg
17 Which of the gospels in the Bible describes the Parable of the Good Samaritan?
Luke
20 In 1963, Betty Miller became the first woman to fly solo across which ocean?
Pacific Ocean
22 John Reid is the real name of which fictional masked vigllante?
Lone Ranger
23 in which country would you find the Mercury Islands and Tasman Bay?
New Zealand
24 In which sensory organ of the body can you find the Organ of Corti?
Ear
26 Which religious leader wrote the 1991 autobiography Freedom in Exile?
14th Dalai Lama
Actor known as the King of Grand Guignol
Vincent Price
Theatre in Pigalle district of Paris known for naturalistic horror shows and is now known for general term for amoral horror
Grand Guignol
29 Which vegetable is known in Italian as carciofo?
Artichoke
33 Swedish footballer Emma Lind is the goalkeeper for which Itallan Serie A dub?
AS Roma
35 Which battle of 1809, fought between Franco- Italian and Austrian armies, shares its name with a former Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union?
Battle of Raab
Carinthia, or Kamiten, is the southernmost state of which European country?
Austria
40 Who was the last General Secretary of East Germany before the fall of the Berlin
Wall?
Egon Krenz
41 Which 2006 Nobel Prize was jointly awarded to John C. Mather and George
Smoot?
Physics
42 Which celebrity chef, together with Antonio Carluccio, forms the Two Greedy Italians?
Gennaro Contaldo
44 In which year did all of the following take place: Little Owl won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Olga Bicherova became World all-around gymnastics champion, and Roger Federer was born?
1981
45 Which Brazillan heavy metal band released the 1993 album Chaos A.D.?
Sepultura
46 Which poem by Walter Scott contains the lines “Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive”?
Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field
47 The Lithica quarries and gardens are a tourist attraction on which
Mediterranean Island?
Menorca
48 The artist Débora Arango Perez appears on which country’s 2,000 pesos
banknote?
Colombia
50 Which character from Shakespeare’s Hamlet says “Goodnight, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest”?
Horatio
John Cusack plays a hitman retuming to his home town for a school reunion, and Minnie Driver his former high school sweetheart, in which 1997 film?
Grosse Pointe Blank
2 Which British musician, who died in May 2023, played keyboards for Curved Air, and wrote the soundtrack to the film THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY?
Francis Monkman
Who won the Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer comedy award in 2005 for the show Darkside, having previous won the Festival Director’s Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival? They usually perform their shows barefoot.
Tim Minchin
Which Northern Irish woman has run the three Michelin starred restaurant
Core in Notting Hill since 2016, previously also winning three stars as head chef of Restaurant Gordon Ramsay?
Clare Smyth
5
What is the name of the book based on a Twitter feed by comedy writer Justin Halpern about conversations with his father? It was adapted into a 2010 television series starring William Shatner.
Shit my dad says
What was the first film released by Channel Four Films (now called Film 4) in 1982? Directed by Stephen Frears and shown on the opening night of Channel
4? lan McKellen took the title role of a man with learning difficulties who struggles with everyday life after the death of his parents.
Walter
Set in Secarral, a fictional island town in Spain, which 2020 video game for children by Ustwo Games features a British girl visiting her grandparents for a week-long vacation? After helping rescue a stranded dolphin, she and her friend Ines form a wildlife rescue league. Four word answer, the first being the protagonist’s name.
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Unemployed dockworker Tommy and diner waitress Gina are the protagonists of what 1986 single? They are also referenced in the 2000 single It’s My Life by the same band.
Livin’ on a prayer
10 Who plays Kendall Roy, the middle son of the family, in the recently-concluded television show Succession? His film roles have included Lee Harvey Oswald in PARKLAND and Jerry Rubin in THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO SEVEN.
Jeremy Strong
Rock Against Racism began in 1976 with a letter to the NME by the photographer Red Saunders, along with Jo Wreford and Pete Bruno, in response to comments made on stage in Birmingham by which musician?
Eric Clapton
13 Which US men’s college basketball coach has won the most NCAA championships with ten, the most recent in 1975? Nicknamed the Wizard of Westwood, he coached the UCLA Bruins for 28 seasons.
John Wooden
14 Which musician and broadcaster is currently the presenter of Radio 2’s blues show, as well as a regular BBC 6 Music presenter? Their autobiography is called Hook Line and Singer and they have written children’s books including Gelert: A Man’s Best Friend.
Cerys Matthews
17 nations only have a single Summer Olympics gold medal. For which nation did Vénuste Niyongabo win their only ever gold, in the men’s 5000m at the 1996 games?
Burundi
16 Based on a French cartoon series, which 2020 video game sees four small dinosaur friends - Rocky, Tiny, Mazu, and Bill - unite to save the day when a dinosaur’s volcano home is blocked by a meteor? They advance through the land solving small puzzles. Up to four players can team up and solve the game together or race karts against each other. The single word title is the name of the volcano-inhabiting dinosaur.
Gigantosaurus
19 Who plays Andy’s girlfriend, later wife, Becky in Detectorists? Her mother is played by the actor’s mother Diana Rigg.
Rachel Stirling
20 Who played Shiv Roy, the only daughter of Logan Roy in Succession? This Australian actor’s film credits include THE DRESSMAKER and THE GLASS CASTLE, and she played Hilde Wangel opposite Ralph Fiennes in an Old Vic revival of Henrik Ibsen’s play The Master Builder.
Sarah Snook
21 Which British bass player, a member of the bands Blue Mink, CCS and T. Rex, was notably the session musician who created the basslines for David Essex’s Rock On, and Lou Reed’s Walk on the wild side?
Herbie Flowers
22 Which 1987 Film4 production, directed by Pat O’Connor, is an adaptation by Simon Gray of J.L. Carr’s novel of the same name? Set in rural Yorkshire shortly after World War 1, it stars Colin Firth, Natasha Richardson, and, in his first credited role, Kenneth Branagh.
A month in the country
24 Which US women’s basketball coach has won the most NCAA championships with eleven, the most recent in 2016? He has coached the University of Connecticut Huskies for 39 seasons as of 2023.
Gene Auriemma
25 In what song do we meet Brenda and Eddie, who “lived for a while in a very nice style,” before a messy divorce, a reconnection, and a standing dinner date at the establishment that is part of the song’s title, where wine and reminiscence flow freely? Although never a UK single, it is one of its singer-songwriter’s best known songs.
Scenes from an Italian restaurant
26 Which British chef had held a Michelin star since 2004 for her self-titled restaurant at London’s Connaught Hotel? She previously worked with Gordon Ramsay and as Marcus Wareing’s sous-chef at Petrus. She is now chef patron for Murano in Mayfair.
Angela Hartnett
Which French chef has three Michelin stars at The Connaught in London?
Helene Darroze
28 Who won the Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer comedy award in 2008 for the show Not Nice, inspired by going to stand-up comedy classes following their divorce? Recent national tours by this artist include Control Enthusiast and Bobby Dazzler.
Sarah Millican
29 Rock Against Racism named Eric Clapton and which other rock star as having generated their movement? This other person was quoted in 1976 as saying,
“I believe very strongly in fascism, people have always responded with greater efficiency under a regimental leadership,” and “Adolf Hitler was one of the first rock stars”.
David Bowie
30 With eight NCAA tournament wins, the most recent in 2008, who is the second most successful coach in US women’s college basketball? She coached the University of Tennessee Lady Vols for 39 years, and was the only woman on Sporting News’s list of the 50 Greatest Coaches of All Time in all sports in 2009, placing 11th.
Pat Summit
31 The book “gmorning, Gnight: Little Pep Talks for Me & You” is adapted from a series of tweets by which American performing artist and writer?
Lin Manuel Miranda
32 Who won Mozambique’s only ever Olympic gold medal in 2000, doing so in the women’s 800m?
Maria Mutola
34 What 2014 video game for one or two younger players chronicles a princess’s quest to fulfil her recently deceased father’s final wishes and bury him in peace? Although death is a theme it is handled whimsically, with the king’s ghost a frequent apparition. The one-word title explains how the King’s sarcophagus is usually moved.
Chariot
35 Who is the regular presenter of the BBC Radio 2 Friday evening show from 7-9pm? A former member of the band Succession, they are strongly associated with drag culture, including by appearing in the West End run of the musical There’s Something About Jamie.
Michelle Visage
36 Name either of the founders of the River Cafe in Hammersmith, Michelin-starred since 1998? One still runs the restaurant, the other died of cancer in 2010.
Ruth Rogers and rose gray
37 On 30 April 1978, 100,000 people marched from Trafalgar Square to the Rock Against Racism organised Carnival Against Racism, which took place in which
East London open-air venue?
Victoria Park
38 Another early Film4 production was which 1985 British romantic comedy set in Liverpool? Written by Frank Clarke and directed by Chris Bernard, it starred Alexandra Pigg and Margi Clarke as sisters working in a slaughterhouse, who have a life-changing night on the town with Alfred Molina and Peter Firth.
Letter to Brezhnev
39 The book “Everyone’s an Alien when You’re an Alien Too” is adapted from a series of tweets by which Canadian author and illustrator, who also provided the drawings for “morning Gnight”? Surname, or the adapted first name used by both the writer and their character, acceptable.
Jonny Sun
40 Who plays Lance’s daughter Kate in Detectorists? She was also Aretha, the character based on author Caitlin Moran in Raised By Wolves, and the young version of Julie Walters’s character Rosie in MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN.
Alexa Davies
41 Described by Professor Graham Wade as perhaps the most technically accomplished guitarist the world has seen, which Australian guitarist won a Grammy for his duets with Julian Bream and had a worldwide hit with Cavatina, the theme from 1978 film The Deer Hunter?
John Williams
42 Who presents Sounds of the 90s on BBC Radio 2? Their other radio presenting work has included co-presenting with Reggie Yates on Radio 1 and Martin Kemp on Radio 2, and they present the podcast Happy Place.
Fearne Cotton
43 Regarded as the inventor of the gossip column with the New York Daily
Mirror’s “On Broadway’ feature, which journalist is mentioned in the lyrics of We Didn’t Start the Fire and The Lady is a Tramp, in which the said lady
“reads every line”?
Walter Winchell
44 Who won the Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer comedy award in 2005 for the show Kindness and Enthusiasm, having previously won the BBC New Comedy award aged 17? As well as thrice being nominated for the main Edinburgh Fringe award, their film ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE was nominated for BAFTA’s New Talent Awards.
Josie Long
45 With five NCAA tournament wins, most recently in 2015, who is the second most successful coach in US men’s college basketball? He coached Army for five years and Duke for 43 before retiring at the end of the 2022 season.
Mike Krzyzewski
46 Red Molly falls for dangerous James and his motorcycle in which Richard Thompson song of 1991? The title is the make and year of the motorcycle, which James gives to Molly with his dying breath
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
47 Who won Puerto Rico’s only Olympic gold medal, doing so in tennis at the
2016 games?
Monica Puig
48 Directed by Michael Caton-Jones and acknowledged as an inspiration for the Pixar film Cars, which 1991 film stars Michael J. Fox as a big city doctor waylaid in the small southern town of Grady?
Doc Hollywood
49 Which platform game for younger players comes pre-installed on every
PlayStation 5? It is set in CPU Plaza, modelled after the inside of the PlayStation 5 console, and provides access to four worlds, each with its own artifacts, which are themed after a corresponding historic PlayStation console. Two-word title, probably not related to a member of UB40 having some downtime.
Astro’s Playroom
50 The characters played by Simon Farnaby and Paul Casar in Detectorists are referred to as Simon and Garfunkel. However, when they are questioned by the police in series 2 it turns out that their characters’ names are actually the same as those of which other musical duo?
Peters and Lee
52 Which 1985 Film4 production, written by Shelagh Delaney and directed by Mike Newell, told the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain? It played a part in launching the careers of its leads, Miranda Richardson and Rupert Everett.
Dance with a Stranger
53 Which nation has the most attendances at the summer and winter olympic games without winning a gold medal at either? They have attended 40 games and won two silvers and two bronzes, most recently a notable underdog run to silver in men’s handball at the 2008 games.
Iceland
55 Which British chef holds a Michelin star at The Northcote Hotel in Lancashire?
A finalist on the Great British Menu in 2010, she won three out of the six courses in the celebrity Christmas version of that programme filmed during
Covid and usually sports a punky hairdo.
Lisa Allen
56 Although The Clash and Steel Pulse were the best remembered acts from the 1978 Anti-Racism Carnival, which four-piece London band were its headliners? Their 1978 album Power in the Darkness contains several tracks. explicitly condemning the National Front and supporting anti-racist youth movements.
Tom Robinson Band
57 Who is the current presenter of BBC Radio 2’s early breakfast show, having taken over from Vanessa Feltz? A regular guest presenter on The One Show, their radio show includes a section called airdrum anthems.
Owain Wyn Evans
59 Edited by Nadia Idle and Alex Nuns, the first book to use content from Twitter as the basis for a historical narrative was published in 2012 and entitled “Tweets from..” what Middle Eastern venue, central to a major 2011 news story?
Tahrir Square
60 Who won the Best Comedy Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010 for the show Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar? As well as their stand-up work, they played main characters in the sitcoms Man Down and After Life.
Roisin Conaty
South African/Italian sportsman who plays professional cricket and previously played field hockey for the South Africa men’s national field hockey team, made debut for Italy in 2023
Wayne Madsen
Born 1940 Chatham, fashion designer who founded fashion and textile museum in 2003
Zandra Rhodes
In the Messier catalogue of astronomical objects, the Dumbbell Nebula, the Ring Nebula, the Little Dumbbell Nebula and the Owl Nebula (M27, M57, M76 and M97) are all examples of what emission nebula produced as a late stage giant star sheds its outer layers, producing a shell of ionised gas? The name of these types of nebulae are a misnomer from observations of them through early telescopes, through which they appeared as another kind of astronomical body.
Planetary Nebulae
12 Used by Humans in art and body art since prehistory around the World. Which natural pigment is a mixture of ferric oxide and clay, has a name meaning ‘pale’ in Latin? It can usually be found in shades of yellow, red and brown.
Ochre
13
Found below what was the reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. What is the nickname given to the mass of black corium or blob of uranium and zirconium infused silicon dioxide resembling a certain part of an African land animal? When this mass formed in 1986 it was so radioactive that being in its vicinity would kill someone within a few minutes.
Elephants Foot
14 In thermodynamics, if a process is isothermal the temperature of a system remains constant. If a process is isobaric the pressure of a system remains constant. What property of a system remains constant if a process is described as isochoric?
Volume
15 Discovered in 1845 by German physicist and used by electrical engineers. Whose two laws of electrical circuits state that: 1. The sum of current flowing into a junction of an electrical circuit is equal to the sum of current flowing out of it (TI Junction Rule) and 2. The sum of all the voltages around a loop in an electrical circuit is equal to zero (The Loop Rule)?
Kirchoff’s Law
19 Only found on Anguilla and another Caribbean island from which it gets its name.
Which species of Threadsnake is the World’s smallest known species of snake growing to a length of 10cm?
Barbados Threadsnake
A monkey named Nkima and a lion named Jad-bal-ja are friends of which fictional hero?
Tarzan
11 What is the third-highest military decoration for valor in combat awarded by the U.S. Armed Forces?
Silver Star
12 Which poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow relates events of “the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five”?
Paul Revere’s Ride
13
“The Simple joys of Maidenhood” and “How to Handle a Woman” are songs from which Lerner and Loewe musical?
Camelot
16 The name of which parasitic plant comes from the Old English for “dung on a twig”?
Mistletoe
17 Earl “Curly” Lambeau was a founder and head coach of which NFL team?
Green Bay Packers
18 Which acid is formed using the Ostwald process?
Nitric Acid
20 Which world capital city is known in Arabic as Al Qahirah?
Cairo
22 Which rapper had a top 20 hit song in 2023 with “Red Ruby da Sleeze”?
Nicki Minaj
24 The Briny Boys was an undersea musical group in which Disney movie?
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
25 American physicist Willis Lamb won a Nobel Prize in 1955 for his study of the structure of what atom?
Hydrogen
10 Formerly part of Poland and Austria- Hungary, which predominantly Catholic city is the largest and most notable urban center of western Ukraine?
Lviv
13 A seven nation army (consisting of the forces of Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweden, Mecklenburg, Saxony, and Wurttemberg) finally held back Napoleon at an 1813 battle fought in which German city? JS Bach is buried in this university city, the largest city in the German state of Saxony.
Leipzig
21 This city in Nepal is visited by countless pilgrims each year because it is the birthplace of the Buddha.
Lumbini
23 The Kapellbrücke bridge (pictured) is the most famous landmark of which
German-speaking, majority-Catholic city in central Switzerland?
Lucerne
26 The White Horse Temple, the first Buddhist temple ever built in China, was built in which ancient city in Henan Province? Located near where its namesake river flows into the Yellow River, this city was the capital of China under the Eastern Han and during the second part of the Tang Dynasty.
Luoyang
31 Which Greek city - old enough to be mentioned by Homer in the Iliad - is the capital and largest city of the region of Thessaly?
Larissa
35 This city on the island of Gran Canaria is one of the co-capitals of the Canary Islands, alongside Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Las Palmas
36 Adolf Hitler grew up in which third-most populous city in Austria, today the capital of the state of Upper Austria? Hitler planned to build a massive museum here to showcase all of the art that his regime looted from countries invaded by Germany during World War II.
Linz
38 Known as Élisabethville in colonial times, which second- largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the largest city in the mineral-rich Katanga region?
Lubumbashi
39 This French seaport in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine lies on the Bay of Biscay.
The painting shown here depicts Cardinal Richelieu overseeing the famous 1627-1628 siege of this city, which was a stronghold of Protestant Hugenots.
La Rochelle
43 Andrzej Sapkowski, the author of the “Witcher” novels, is from which city in central Poland whose name literally means “boat” in Polish? It is a bizarre name because this city is near the geographic center of Poland and is not located on a major river or coast.
Lodz
44 Located on the very tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, this city was once one of the most strategic places in the entire world and it was the site of a major battle between Russia and Japan during the Russo-Japanese War. Known as Port Arthur in English, Port-Artur in Russian, and Ryojun in Japanese, I need you to give the Chinese name for it, which begins with L. Today it is just a district of the much larger city of Dalian, which was in the “D” quiz.
Lushun
45 Along with nearby Donestk, this city in the Donbas region of Ukraine declared itself an independent people’s republic in 2014 and was formally annexed by Russia in 2022 just before its invasion of Ukraine.
Luhansk
49 When hip-hop recording artist Snoop Dogg boasts that he is from “the LBC” he means that he is from this industrial suburb of the city from question #1. This city is a major port on the American west coast.
Long Beach
50
Eannatum - who lived around 2500 - 2400 BC - was the greatest king of which Sumerian city located in what is now southern Iraq? It is believed that Eannatum conquered all of Sumer and Elam and established one of the world’s first empires.
Lagash
Villain character name and actor in Avatar
Miles Quaritch played by Stephen Lang
bgt 2023 winner
Viggo Venn
Q: What is the term in electronics for a circuit in a receiver that automatically reduces or eliminates background noise when no signal is being received?
Squelch
Canadian philosopher whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media theory: coined the expression “the medium is the message” in the first chapter in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man and the term global village.
Marshall McLuhan
Actor plays Jack Reacher, played Aquaman/Arthur Curry in Smallville, Thar Castle in Blue Mountain State.
Alan Ritchson
served as U.S. Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War, organised manhunt for JWB. Played by Bruce McGill in Lincoln.
Edwin Stanton
Actor starring role in Dads and Sneaky Pete, the main corporate stooge in Avatar. Was in friends as half brother of Phoebe Buffay.
Giovanni Ribisi
Round 1
1A The city of Kazan is the capital of which republic of the Russian Federation?
Tartarstan
What was the codename for Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in WW2?
Operation Barbarossa
Which British jazz musician is best known for his composition Stranger on the Shore?
Acker Bilk (clarinet)
What two-word term was given to the cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were preordained to expand across North America?
Manifest Destiny
The Japanese dish tori katsu and the buttered Indian dish murgh makhani both contain which meat?
Chicken
Although much better known for another series of novels, Leaf by Niggle (1945), Farmer Giles of Ham (1949) and Smith of Wootton Major (1967) are works by which English author?
JRR Tolkien
Name and regal number required. In reference to his short cloak, which 12th century King of England was nicknamed Curtmantle? Two of his sons would also go on to become King of England.
Henry II
Which horse, trained by Aidan O’Brien and named for an artist, won the 2023
Epsom Derby?
Auguste Rodin
Followers of which religion would meet in a basadi?
Jainism
Appearing in many TV series in the late 60s and early 70s, how was TV chef
Graham Kerr better known?
Galloping Gourmet
In 1990, which Indian conductor led the first ever performance by The Three Tenors
Zubin Mehta
The city of Makhachkala is the capital of which republic of the Russian Federation?
Dagestan
Following his retirement from competitive swimming, which American portrayed Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in several feature films and TV series?
Buster Crabbe
Although much better known for another series of novels, The Pilgrim’s Regress (1933), Till We Have Faces (1956) and The Dark Tower (1977) are works by which English author?
C.S. Lewis
In Star Trek, what is the name of the home planet of the Klingons?
Kronos
In 2020, Samira Nasr became the first black editor-in-chief of which American magazine?
Harpers Bazaar
Which Italian manager managed Napoli to Serie a victory in 2022/23 but asked for a year long sabbatical?
Luciano Spalletti
Which French manager was Lyon manager 2019-21, Al Nassr 2022-23 and now Napoli from 2023? Won Ligue 1 title in 2010-11 with Lille.
Rudi Garcia
wrote and directed several independent films, including I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), American Psycho (2000), and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
Mary Harron
Best known in the role of Hector Salamanca on both series, he played a drug cartel member who uses a wheelchair after a stroke died AUgust 2023
Mark Margolis
Who played John Steed in the avengers tv show
Patrick Macnee
Who played Tara King in the avengers tv show?
Linda Thorson
Which political party, formed in 1885, successfully campaigned for the independence of India, forming its first government under Nehru in 1947?
Indian National Congress
India ruling party stands BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party
Which American actor and director, who has won two Oscars for Best Director, has sons called Scott, an actor whose films include Fury and Snowden, and Kyle, a jazz musician and composer?
Clint Eastwood
Which county cricket club plays most of its home games at Sophia Gardens?
Glamorgan
The áo däi [ow-die], meaning ‘long shirt’, which consists of a tight-fitting dress or tunic worn over trousers, is the national dress of which South East Asian nation?
Vietnam
Lesotho trad hat found on their flag
Mokorotlo
The Scottish folk tune The Flowers of the Forest commemorates the fallen Scots at which major 16th century battle fought against the English?
Battle of Flodden Field
The breed of pig which is alternatively known as the plum pudding pig, due to its brown colour with black markings, is in part named for which city in the south of England?
Oxford Sandy & Black
In Tolkien’s Middle-Earth, what is the name of the Dwarves’ realm beneath the Misty Mountains, known for its mines?
Moria
Guyana national dish spicy meat stew
Pepperpot
I Eat Cannibals, which reached number 8 in the UK singles chart in 1982, was the debut and most successful single for which British band?
Toto Coelo
Which British artist was producer of Toto Coelo, Heatwave? Only songs Dancin’ (on a Saturday night) and do you wanna dance?
Barry Blue
Which bridge over the Thames in London is also known as the Ladies Bridge, as the current version, opened in 1942, was built largely by women?
Waterloo Bridge
Johnny Come Home, which reached number 8 in the UK singles chart in 1985, was the debut single of which British band?
Fine Young Cannibals
O Which communication of 1870, sent to Berlin by Wilhelm I and
named after the holiday retreat he was in at the time, precipitated the Franco-Prussian War?
Ems Telegram
Which bespectacled red-headed Lomedienne, a regular panellist on Mock the Week, won the BBC Radio 2 New Comedy Award in 2011?
She is also known for her stand-up series You Can’t Take It With You.
Angela Barnes
Which member of the crow family, which has a colourful bill and is found along rocky western coasts of the British Isles, has the binomial name pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax [pie-row-core-axe pie-row-core-axel?
Chough
Which award-winning comedienne, a regular panellist on Mock the Week, hosted the BBC2 quiz Lightning? She is also known for appearing on the first series of [ITV’s reality show Survivor.
Zoe Lyons
In which South Asian country does the national dress consist of a knee-length robe called a gho for men, and an ankle-length dress called a kira for women?
Bhutan
Which early Christian martyr and saint is commonly represented in art as holding a plate with her eyes on it? One legend has her being blinded, before being killed by a sword through the throat.
St Lucy
Which man served as the first Governor-General of Bengal from 1772-85, before being impeached for corruption and eventually acquitted after a seven-year trial?
He shares his surname with a major 11th century battle.
Warren Hastings
The Ebro, the longest river entirely in Spain, rises in which range of mountains?
This range stretches for over 300km across north-western Spain.
Cantabrian Mountains
Which county cricket club plays most of its home games at Grace Road?
Leicestershire
Ibuprofen developed from which acid by boots researchers in 1960s?
Propionic Acid
Which political party was formed in 1906 and under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah succeeded in establishing the separate state of Pakistan in 1947?
All-India Muslim League
In which country was the 17th century pirate Roche Braziliano born?
Netherlands
Which county cricket side, which plays in the competition known until recently as the Minor Counties Cricket Championship, plays home games at the Victory Ground?
Suffolk
O In March 2023, which Exeter and Scotland full back announced his intention to retire from all professìonal rugby after Scotland’s involvement in the 2023 Rugby World Cup? He is Scotland’s record try scorer, with 27.
Stuart Hogg
Q
Written by Luis Vaz de Camöes, which work is considered the national epic of Portugal?
I
Os Lusiadas
O Though it is the second-farthest - and not farthest - planet from the Sun, what is the coldest planet in the solar system? T
Uranus
Which book of prose poetry fables, written in English by Kahlil Gibran
and published in 1923, has been translated into over 100 languages?’
The Prophet
Q Another viral clip on YouTube in 2007 was Cara Cunningham, then known as Chris Crocker, passionately defending a certain American pop star in a video known by what three-word title?
Leave Britney Alone!
Q In music theory, a cadence resolving from chord V [five] - the dominant - to chord I [one] - the tonic - is known by what name?
Authentic Cadence
O Shortlisted for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize, The Back Room is the debut album of which British indie rock band? It includes the singles Blood; Bullets; and Munich.
Editors
Which broadcaster hosted BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs from 1988 until 2006, when she was replaced by Kirsty Young?
Sue Lawley
First presenter of desert island discs 1942-85
Roy Plomley
In 2023, which woman was appointed as Givenchy’s first female Creative Director? Previously serving as Artistic Director at Pringle and Chloe, she is famous for designing Meghan Markle’s wedding dress in 2018.
Clare Waight Keller
In music theory, the first note of a diatonic scale is called the tonic note (for example, the note C in a C major scale). What is the corresponding name for the fifth note of a scale? Fourth note is… third note is… second note is…
Dominant note is 5th
Subdominant is 4th
Mediant is 3rd
Supertonic is 2nd
Which Leicester and former England winger retired from rugby union
in 2023? He is the record try scorer in Premiership Rugby with 101, and was the joint-leading try scorer at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Chris Ashton
Which small part of the brain - about the size of an almond in humans
- links the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and regulates homeostasis?
Hypothalamus
Which broadcaster hosted BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour from 1987 until 2020, when she was replaced by Emma Barnett?
Jenni Murray
Most followed on Twitch in trouble August 2023 for inciting riots with free ps5
Kai Cenet
4 most followed on twitch (only connect)
4th: Ironmouse
3rd: Ninja
2nd: Ludwig
1st Kai Cenat
Born 1992 Birmingham, doctor and plays for Adelaide Thunderbirds and for England national team. Co-captain.
Layla Guscoth
Born 1992 in Barrowford, Lancashire. Co-captain of England side, played for New South Wales swifts until 2021 and then 2022 rejoined Manchester thunder. Won 2018 commonwealth gold for England.
Natalie Metcalf
Great intercept for England against New Zealand semi at 2023 netball World Cup, plays for Loughborough lightning since 2022
Fran Williams
1995 born Carlisle, since 2017 New South Wales swifts, won 2018 Gold Coast netball gold commonwealth. Scoring loads at 2023 World Cup.
Helen Housby
1994 Blackpool born, Adelaide thunderbirds since 2023, scored loads for England at 2023 World Cup.
Eleanor Cardwell
organized effort by a team of British and United States military, scientific, and intelligence personnel to discover enemy scientific developments during World War II. Its chief focus was on the German nuclear energy project, but it also investigated chemical and biological weapons and the means to deliver them
Alsos Mission
Andrew Detmer in Chronicle (2012), Jason Glanton in The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), Lucien Carr in Kill Your Darlings (2013), Harry Osborn / Green Goblin in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Lockhart in A Cure for Wellness (2016), Valerian in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Chris Lynwood in ZeroZeroZero, and Kenneth Nichols in Oppenheimer (2023)
Dane DeHaan
play Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and starred in the dystopian television series Brave New World (2020). In 2023, he co-starred in the comedy Cocaine Bear and Christopher Nolan’s biographical film Oppenheimer
Alden Ehrenreich
portrayed Bernard in The Santa Clause franchise (1994–2022) and Goldstein in the Harold & Kumar film trilogy (2004–2011). Isidor Isaac Rabi in Oppenheimer
David Krumholtz
Played Hans Bethe in Oppenheimer, also appeared in the HBO TV series Westworld (2018), as Merlin in the Netflix TV series Cursed (2020), and as Floki in the History Channel series Vikings (2013–2020).
Gustaf Skarsgard
Who played Harry Truman in Oppenheimer?
Gary Oldman
Which British tennis player and table tennis player won 1969 Wimbledon and French open 1961 and 1966?
Ann Jones
Which British swimmer won gold at 2020 olympics4x200m freestyle and won gold at 200m freestyle at world championships at Fukuoka S well as 4x200m gold,
Matt Richards
Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Captain Marvel (2019)[2] and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), MI6 agent Nomi in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021), and as Izogie in The Woman King (2022), miss honey in matilda
Lashana Lynch
Who recorded river the Joni letters in 2007? Won Grammy album of year and only second jazz album to win that award.
Herbie Hancock
Among the most powerful Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards, the boss monster of Seto Kaiba was a “White Dragon” with what distinguishing feature?
Blue Eyes
A common type of soup, also produced by the Covent Garden Soup Co., is named for the pairing of carrot with what herb?
Coriander
In 1961, who managed Tottenham Hotspur to the League and FA Cup double, the first time the feat was achieved in English football in the 20th century?
Bill Nicholson
What common Swahili greeting means “hello”? This short word is often followed by the word “Bwana” meaning “sir”, including in a song by Them Mushrooms.
Jambo
Lionel Bart worked as a waiter at what bar in Covent Garden? Now closed, this venue proved an important site in the development of British skiffle, with acts such as Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard discovered there.
2i’s Coffee Bar
Which iconic point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers recorded 1,521 steals in the 2000s, more than any other NBA player?
Allen Iverson
Which young writer tutored John Betjeman in English at Magdalen College, Oxford? This writer described Betieman as lazy and said he wished “I could get rid of the idle prig”.
CS Lewis
Since 2007, which character, who has had the surnames Barlow and Connor at various points, has for the most part, owned the underwear factory Underworld in Coronation Street?
Carla
2022 trombone based rhythm game developed by holy wow studios
Trombone Champ
In the front row of a Rugby Union scrum, the players on either side are known as props while the central player plays what position, responsible for propelling the ball backwards?
Hooker
The A line on Manchester’s Metrolink network reaches from Bury to which other area of the Manchester region which coincidentally starts with the letter A?
Altrincham
Qiaotou, China produced a majority of the world’s examples of what products?
Steve Jobs was rumoured to suffer from koumpounophobia, the fear of these things, which influenced the design of his products.
Buttons
Bill Oddie has frequently referred to which small black and white bird, related to the pipits, as the “Chiswick Flyover “ as a result of its distinctive “Chi-Sick” call?
Pied Wagtail
Hungarian born painter and art forger garnered celebrity from Clifford Irving book Fake and doc film F for Fake by Orson Welles.
Elmyr de Hory
Dutch painter art forger said to sell a forged painting to Hermann Goring
Han van Meegeren
German illustrator and forger who in 1983 gained fame for creator of so called Hitler Diaries for the journalist Gerd Heidemann.
Konrad Kujau
Which power forward for the San Antonio Spurs recorded 1,786 blocks in the 2000s, more than any other NBA player?
Tim Duncan
Robert Smith and Siouxsie Sioux frequented which former Dean Street club that played an important role in the development of London’s goth culture?
Batcave
In 1971, who managed Arsenal to the League and FA Cup double, only the second time the feat was achieved in English football in the 20th century?
Bertie Mee
A number 1 in several markets but only reaching number 7 in the UK charts, what hit for Evanescence also lent its name to an infamous work of Harry Potter fan fiction?
My Immortal
Essentially the most powerful Yu-Gi-Oh! Card was a set of five cards which formed which “forbidden one”?
Exodia
A common type of soup, also produced by the Covent Garden Soup Co., is named for the pairing of leek with what other vegetable?
Potato
The first mention of Dickens’ Mr. Micawber in the House of Commons came in 1885 when describing the position of Austria in which conflict where British troops fought on a peninsula currently contested between Russia and Ukraine?
Crimean War
What name is given to buttons which don’t have a hole on their face, instead [being fastened with a small metal loop at their back? This word is also used to describe a class of knots.
Shank Buttons
Mary Frith, George Barrington and Jenny Diver were all best-known as what sort of criminals?
Pickpockets
Bill Oddie was the first to identify a species of the reed bunting named for what scientist in the UK? This German also names a fish eagle, a leaf warbler and a species known as the manul.
Peter Simon Pallas
The E line on Manchester’s Metrolink network reaches from Ashton-under-Lyne to which other area of the Manchester region which coincidentally starts with the letter E?
Eccles
Which satirist, close friend, and university contemporary of John Betjeman’s later worked with him on the Architectural Digest? This writer coined terms including
“Stockbroker’s Tudor” and “Pont Street Dutch”
Osbert Lancaster
Which city, the largest in Nagorno-Karabakh, is known as Khankendi by Azerbaijanis?
Stepanakert
Bass player for the smiths died May 2023
Andy Rourke
Drummer for The Smiths
Mike Joyce
In the Fast and Furious film franchise, as well as its first spin-off film, which villain-turned-hero was played by Jason Statham? The primary antagonist of Furious 7, in Fast and Furious 8, he shot his way through a plane of bad guys while simultaneously taking care of a baby in a car seat.
Deckard Shaw
Music director and conductor of Halle Orchestra since 2000
Sir Mark Elder
Dame Emma Walmsley became the first ever female leader of a ‘big pharma’ company in 2017 when she was appointed CEO of which British pharmaceutical company?
GlaxoSmithKline
Latvian goaltender Artürs Silovs who won the MVP award at the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championships plays professionally for what NHL team - franchise name required - that are based on the west coast?
Vancouver Canucks
Diane Morgan plays the ill-informed interviewer Philomena Cunk in the Cunk On… mockumentary series, but this character originated in what earlier BBC cultural criticism and review show whose third series was broadcast in 2015?
Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe
Following the sale of Twitter to Elon Musk, a number of alternative social networks have come to prominence. These include which social network that was spun out of Twitter itself in 2021 and has Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on its board?
Bluesky Social
As a result of an 1870 Act of Parliament, married women gained the right to do what, as implied in the name of the act? This act, along with identically-named acts of 1882, 1884 and 1893, thus helped end the practice of coverture.
Own Property
On 27 June 2023, which nation’s President Alar Karis signed into law the legalisation of same-sex marriage, becoming the first nation that was part of the former Soviet Union to do so?
Estonia
Transmitted by the variola virus, what infectious viral disease characterised by fluid-filled blisters was declared eradicated worldwide by the World Health Organisation in 1980, due to vaccination?
Smallpox
Which high street French bakery-café chain with 34 stores in the UK was founded in Lille by Emmanuel and Trish Croix rather than anyone with the male forename shared with this chain? Its logo features its name in a serif typeface in white on a black background.
Paul
Canadian Mackenzie Weegar, who won Best Defenceman at the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championships. plays for what team - franchise name required - in the NHL that maintains a rivalry with the Oilers?
Calgary Flames
Who became first female chairperson of rolls Royce holding company in 2021
Dame Anita Frew
In the Fast and Furious film franchise, who plays Tej Parker, a mechanic and technical expert? Finding fame in the music industry before acting, his character drove a rocket-powered Pontiac Fiero into space in Fast 9.
Chris Ludacris Bridges
Which actor, a ‘nepo baby’ related to perhaps the most famous unmarried couple in Hollywood, has been a frequent collaborator, as well as the face of, the activewear company Fabletics? She played an influencer who owns a fashion company in the film Glass Onion.
Kate Hudson
Also famous for the Runnymede books and the Mrs. Murphy mysteries, which lesbian author wrote the coming-of-age novel Rubyfruit Jungle?
Rita Mae Brown
It is widely considered that the next disease to be eradicated will be what viral disease which in a small number of cases can cause paralysis? Vaccines developed by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin have reduced cases in the wild to under 200 but it is still endemic to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Poliomyelitis
In May 2023, the Democratic Progressive Party of which Asian nation passed a bill that legalised same-sex adoption? Since 2019 this nation has been the only one in Asia where same-sex marriage is legal.
Taiwan
Instrument common in cuban, Puerto Rico and Latin America it’s a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut out in one side and use by rubbing stick to make a ratchet sound
Guiro
Percussion instrument originating from Ghana made of several calabashgourd shells attached to wooden shaft
Rakatak
The passing of the Married Women’s Property Act of 1870 was influenced by the case of what woman who in 1836 left her husband due to his behaviour, but was blocked by law from keeping her earnings or seeing her children? The husband had unsuccessfully sued the then-Prime Minister Lord Melbourne for adultery.
Caroline Norton
Another Twitter alternative is what social network launched in 2023 by Christopher Bouzy, founder of the Twitter analytics service Bot Sentinel? The network’s name was inspired by the ‘fail whale’ that used to appear when Twitter was down.
Spoutible
What adjective appears before ‘iris’ and ‘hellebore’ in the names of two common
British wildflowers? It is a translation of the Latin name ‘foetidus’.
Stinking
Who is the Green Party candidate for Mayor of London in the 2024 election?
Zoe Garbett
Social media personality known name of Madden San Miguel an American youth football player, met Olivia Livvy Dunne
Baby Gronk
Bulgarian poet playwright and author known most for The Physics of Sorrow (2012); Time Shelter (2020), latter winning 2023 international Booker prize
Georgi Gospodinov
Georgi Gospodinov wrote which 2023 international Booker prize winning novel?
Time Shelter
On 24 June 2023, which Anguilla-born sprinter broke Linford Christie’s long standing British record in the 100 metres? He was disqualified for a false start in the 2021 Olympic final.
Zharnel Hughes
Soviet aircraft MiG stands for?
Mikoyan-Gurevich
The words “A terrible beauty is born” end several stanzas of which poem by W.B. Yeats, written four years after the title event took place in Dublin?
Easter, 1916
In a crochet pattern, you might see the letters BLO. If the O stands for ‘only’, what do the B and L stand for?
Back Loops
One of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history occurred in 1947 when the Royal Navy detonated surplus ammunition on which island in the North Sea? Britain had previously ceded this island to Germany in return for Zanzibar.
Heligoland
Featured as part of the ‘riff-off’ in Pitch Perfect, in which Pat Benatar song does the title phrase follow the lines “Let’s see how you do it, put up your dukes, let’s get down to it”?
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Beginning with ‘W’, which of London’s underground rivers was originally dammed to form the Serpentine? It can be seen flowing through a pipe in Sloane Square underground station.
Westbourne
The first major tournament on the women’s professional golf calendar is sponsored by which oil company? Its logo is a pair of shapes that together resemble the rank insignia of a corporal.
Chevron
In a crochet pattern, you might see the letters HDC. If the C stands for ‘crochet’, what do the H and D stand for?
Half Double
Martina Hingis continued her doubles winning streak at the 1999 Australian Open where she partnered which Russian player? Although her singles ranking peaked at number 8 and she never won a singles Grand Slam, she was the most-googled tennis player from 2001-03.
Anna Kournikova
The words “And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?” end which poem by W.B. Yeats?
The Second Coming
On 24 June 2023, Andy Butchart broke Andy Baddeley’s longstanding Parkrun record. Butchart, Baddeley, and which British triathlete, who won individual silver at the Tokyo Olympics, are the only men to have completed a Parkrun in under 14 minutes?
Alex Yee
Brighton actual stadium name not Amex stadium
Falmer Stadium
Who remains the only US president to have his wedding in England, marrying Louisa Johnson at All-Hallows-by-the-Tower? After no candidate in the 1824 election reached a majority in the Electoral College, the House of Representatives chose this man to succeed as president.
John Quincy Adams
Which two words precede ‘seal’ in the name of the kind of seal that makes the longest and deepest dives? Found in the seas around Antarctica, they are the largest and heaviest species in the order Carnivora.
Southern Elephant
Which BBC drama series, starring Peter Gilmore, ran from 1971-80 and followed the rise of the title Liverpool-based shipping company?
The Onedin Line
Beginning with ‘W’, which of London’s underground rivers divided the City into Ludgate Hill and Cornhill? It names a street opposite Cannon Street Station that hosts the London Mithraeum.
Walbrook
Another legal institution that changed its name in September 2022 was the (now)
King’s Bench Division. Along with the Family and Chancery divisions, it is a division of which court that hears important or high-value civil cases at first instance.
High Court
The pistil of a flower is typically made up of the stigma, the ovary, and which pillar-like structure, beginning with ‘S’, through which pollen tubes grow to reach the ovary?
Style
Featured on the soundtrack of Pitch Perfect 2, in which song by Pat Benatar do the title words precede ‘to the light’, ‘to the thunder’, and ‘together’?
We Belong
Coined by Robert Heinlein in his novel Stranger in a Strange Land, which four-letter word means literally ‘to drink’, but also ‘to understand intuitively’? The word has been adopted by programmers to describe deep understanding of computer code.
Grok
40 Begins with I: this city, the eight largest in Malaysia, became economically depressed after the collapse of the local tin mining industry in the 1970’s. However, in recent years it has become a trendy (if somewhat contrarian) tourist destination because of its excellently preserved colonial architecture and its proximity to much natural beauty. It is the capital of the state of Perak.
Ipoh
Begins with I: this city in the far northeast of Peru is considered the capital of Peruvian Amazonia. It cannot be reached by car: your options to get here are to either fly or to take a river boat.
Iquitos
37 Begins with J: this capital of Nangarhar Province is the fifth largest city in Afghanistan. The Grand Trunk Road passes close to this city, making it an important point for trade between Afghanistan and nearby Pakistan.
Jalalabad
34 Begins with I: this third-largest city in Greenland has a name that means “Iceberg” in the West Greenlandic language, and the name is appropriate: for this city is located at a place where many icebergs break off from the Greenland ice sheet and enter Disko Bay, and from there the North Atlantic. it is statistically very likely that the iceberg that sunk the Titanic came from this city.
Illulisat
32 Begins with J: this city of 9.2 million people in China is the capital of Shandong Province and a major research and university center.
Jinan
29 Begins with J: this city in Malaysia is directly across the strait from Singapore and is connected to Singapore by the Causeway and the Tuas Second Link.
Singaporeans come here to buy cheap goods and people from here go to Singapore to work for higher wages.
Johor Bahru
Manager of Sheffield United as of august 2023
Paul Heckingbottom
Luton town manager as of august 2023
Rob Edwards
28 Begins with I: this city of 123,000 people in Japan’s Mie Prefecture is home to a Shinto grand shrine that houses the Sacred Mirror used by the goddess Amaterasu. Famously, this Grand Shrine is tor down and entirely rebuilt every twenty years.
Ise
26 Begins with J: this city in the US state of Pennsylvania was flooded in 1889 when a nearby dam collapsed, killing over 2,000 people. The dam that collapsed was owned by a private club that included some of the wealthiest American industrialists of the day (including Henry Clay Frick) and the club was accused of causing the flood by improperly maintaining the dam, though the club was acquitted in court of this charge.
Johnstown
25 Begins with I: this suburb of Los Angeles is part of Orange County; it is perhaps most famous for being home to a namesake branch of the University of California (abbreviated UCI) that uses the Anteater as its mascot.
Irvine
24 Begins with I: formerly known as Stanislav when it was part of Poland, this city in Ukraine was renamed after a famous Ukranian poet in 1962.
Ivano-Frankivsk
22 Begins with I: this city in northeastern Romania was historically the capital and dominant city of the region of Moldavia, which is not to be confused with the nearby country of Moldova. Before World War II this city was also home to a substantial and important Jewish community. Historically, this city’s name was spelled with a “J” in English and since this is the 1-I quiz you can give me either version of the name.
Iasi/Jassy
21 Begins with I: The city of Troy (as in, the Trojan War and the Trojan horse) was also known by which less-famous name that begins with I? Hint: this less famous name of Troy lends its name to a famous work of literature.
Ilion
17 Begins with I: in the standard version of the board game “Risk”, which territory in Asia borders the territories of Siberia, China, Mongolia, Yakutsk, and Kamchatka? This territory takes its name from the fifth largest city in Siberia, a place that was once nicknamed “The Paris of siberia” because of all the intellectuals who were exiled there by the Tsar?
Irkutsk
Begins with I: formerly known as Smyrna, this city in Anatolia is one of the most important seaports of the Republic of Turkey.
Izmir
Which Bulgarian/Greek architect was lead architect and planner of Islamabad? Also known as father of K
Ekistics which is science of human settlements.
Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis
10 Begins with I: this historic city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Zagros mountains of Iran was the capital of Iran’s Safavid Dynasty, which lasted from 1501 - 1736 and was an major rival of both the Ottoman Empire of Turkey and the Mughal Empire of India. You also see this city spelled with an “E” sometimes.
Isfahan
Distinct from the pink worn by the general leader, what colour jersey has been worn since 2017 by the points leader of the Giro d’Italia cycling race?
Purple
The Daily Telegraph recently rated Grindr as the best dating app for gay men.
Which app, with a name that is also a pronoun, did they say was best for lesbian and bisexual women and queer femmes?
Her
(In electronics, what is the main function of an integrated circuit with a designation including the number 741?
Amplifier
The Hollywood Flawless Filter is the best-selling product of which make-up brand, named after its British founder?
Charlotte Tilbury
Ring, manufacturers of smart devices for the home such as doorbells and security cameras, is a wholly owned subsidiary of which dominant internet retailer?
Amazon
Kindertotenlieder [KIN-der-tote-en-leeder], or Songs on the Death of Children is an orchestral song cycle written in 1904 by which composer?
Gustav Mahler
Which pre-electronic calculating device consisted of a set of logarithmic scales marked on parts designed to move against each other, and could be linear, circular or cylindrical in form?
Slide Rule
Which four letter word, also a pale ochre colour, is used in videogaming to describe an increase in the power of a game element?
Buff
The Ross Dependency is a territory of Antarctica claimed by which nation?
Although it is named after the British Sir James Clark Ross, the answer is not the UK.
New Zealand
Who is the BBC Radio 4 producer responsible for such comic gems as The Unbelievable Truth and, since 1991, I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue?
Jon Naismith
Charlotte Corday, the assassin of Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution, was a member of which political grouping that broke away from the Jacobins in 1791, and was named after a group of deputies from a south-west department?
Girondins
Kindertransport - The Arrival is a bronze memorial sculpture by Frank Meisler located in the forecourt of which mainline London train station? This station runs services to East Anglia and Stansted Airport.
Liverpool Street
English Pear and Freesia is the best-selling product of which cosmetics and perfume brand, named after its British founder? The company is now owned by Estée Lauder.
Jo Malone
In electronics, what is the main function of an integrated circuit with a designation including the number 555?
Timer
While the general leader wears red, what colour jersey is currently worn by the points leader of the Vuelta a España cycle race?
Green
Which dating app, with a name that is also an informal word for an untidy person, did the Daily Telegraph rate as the best alternative to Grindr for gay, bi, trans and queer men?
Scruff
Who is the BBC Radio 4 producer responsible for such comic gems as Paul Sinha’s History Revision and John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme?
Ed Morrish
Which jazz saxophonist would play a version of My Favourite Things as part of his set, and included it on a 1961 album of the same name?
John Coltrane
The Girondins dominated the French Revolution until the insurrection of 1793, when they were overthrown and executed by which political grouping, named after a group of deputies who would sit on the highest benches in the Assembly?
Montagnards
Which four letter word is used in videogaming to describe a decrease in the power of a game element?
Nerf
Kinderszsenen [KIN-der-shen-en], or Scenes from Childhood is a set of thirteen piano pieces written in 1838 by which German composer?
Robert Schumann
Alexandria Quartet books by Lawrence Durrell
Justine
Balthazar
Mountolive
Clea
Who is the central character of Ford Maddox Ford’s tetralogy Parade’s end?
Christopher Tietjens
Parades End by Ford Maddox Ford four books titles?
Some Do Not…
No More Parades
A Man Could Stand Up
Last Post
The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott book names
The Jewel in the Crown
The Day of the Scorpion
The Towers of Silence
A Division of the Spoils
Four Thomas Harris Hannibal letter books
Red Dragon 1981
The Silence of the Lambs 1988
Hannibal 1999
Hannibal Rising 2006
First film 1986 to star Hannibal lecter directed by Michael Mann?
Manhunter
James Elroy LA Quartet books
The Black Dahlia
The Big Nowhere
LA Confidential
White Jazz
The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry consists of which four books?
The Giver
Gathering Blue
Messenger
Son
Richard Osman scheduled fourth book in murder club franchise title
The Last Devil to Die
9 Actor Paul Bettany is marrief to which actress, the pair having met on the set of A Beautiful Mind?
Jennifer Connelly
Q Which high-scoring letter in Scrabble is, in maths, used to denote the
set of all rational numbers?
Q
Q Which political philosopher, who died in London in 1883, had four
daughters called Jenny with his wife Jenny? I
Karl Marx
Which luxury car brand, which focuses on electric vehicles, was formed in 1996 and acquired by Volvo in 2015? Two astronomical objects share this name.
Polestar
Q Which song about a man caught stealing food during the Irish
Famine, composed by Pete St John, has become a popular anthem at Irish sporting events?
The Fields of Athenry
Also known as the gate of grief what is the name of the strait between Yemen and the Djibouti and Eritrea in hirn of Africa?
Bab Al-Mandab Strait
Q In which of Shakespeare’s plays do the characters include a constable named Elbow, Pompey the down, and Mistress Overdone?
Measure for Measure
9 Which man, criticised for his flight from Kabul in the wake of the Taliban advance, served as president of Afghanistan from 2014 to “21?
Ashraf Ghani
What is the name, from the Latin for having scalej’, of the largest order of reptiles, which includes snakes and lizards?
Squamata
Which man, who had a noted rivalry with Kasparov, was world chess champion from 1975 to ‘85? He has been a member of the duma for Putin’s United Russia party since 2011.
Anatoly Karpov
- Which 1996 Farrelly Brothers film stars Woody Harrelson as an alcoholic exbowler managing a young Amish man with a talent for the game?
Kingpin
In 2011, which country became the first to win the men’s cricket world cup when hosting it? They earlier defeated the West Indies to win the 1983 tournament.
India
- Which singer, who shared part of his stage name with a city in the north of England, had his biggest success in 1960 with the UK number one Running Bear?
Johnny Preston
Q. The tourist attractions of which Nordic capital include a Phallological X
Museum which describes itself as “the world’s only genuine penis museum”?
Reykjavik
Q. Which Franco-British author, whose works include his Cautionary Tales for Children, served as the Liberal MP for Salford South from 1906 to ‘10?
Hilaire Belloc
Q. Which German tennis player, a Wimbledon women’s singles finalist in 2013, holds the record for the fastest serve recognised by the WTA, at 210 km/h?
Sabine Lisicki
American swimmer and polo player nicknamed california condor won eight golds at LA, Seoul and Barcelona
Matt Biondi
From Hindi for mooncraft, name of spacecraft india sent to moon in 2023
Chandrayaan-3
From Hindi for wisdom, name of spacecraft lunar rover sent to moon via Chandrayaan-3 by India in 2023
Pragyaan
Female American swimmer held 200m backstroke world record, won four golds at London Olympics 2012 and 1 in 2016, backstroke specialist.
Missy Franklin
Q Popular at Welsh sporting events, the hymn with music by John Hughes which tells of God feeding the Israelites, is best known in English by what name?
Cwm Rhondda
Q. Which singer, who shares part of his stage name with a river in the north of England, had his biggest success in 1961 with the UK number one Well I Ask You?
Eden Kane (Richard Sarstedt)
Nickname of Haesindang Park found in :mSamcheok east coast of South Korea?
Penis Park
Q Which man, known for his traditional hats and chic dress, served as president of Afghanistan from 2002, shortly after the overthrow of the Taliban, until 2014?
Hamid Karzai
© . What is the name, from the Greek for without a tail’, of the largest order of amphibians, which includes frogs and toads?
Anura
Before becoming an art museum, the building which now houses the Tate Modern in London was what sort of building? The current building, and its predecessor on the same site served this purpose from 1891 until 1981.
Power Station
Scorsese 2023 film by Martin Scorsese and Eric Roth called Killers of the Flower Moon based on book by which journalist?
David Grann
Who, aged 23, became the youngest British female solo artist in nine years to have a number one album in the UK charts with her 2023 release The Good Witch? The album may have received a boost after her set on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.
Maisie Peters
Which species of extinct ratite bird stood up to 3m in height and was native to Madagascar? It is thought to have gone extinct by around 1260 CE, probably as a result of human activity.
Elephant Bird
Which American author won the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize in 2022 for her novel The Rabbit Hutch?
Tess Gunty
Kate Mulgrew played Captain Kathryn Janeway in which Star Trek TV series, that originally aired from 1995 to 2001? Janeway is the captain of the series’ titular ship.
Star Trek Voyager
The Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea are both marginal seas that are considered part of which ocean?
Southern Ocean / Antarctic Ocean
Title of 2014 entry in assassins creed set in Paris during French Revolution
Assassins Creed Unity
Which French clergyman authored the 1789 pamphlet What Is the Third Estate? which was highly influential during the French Revolution? He was also one of the principal authors of The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes
What American sitcom, that starred Charlotte Rae as Mrs Garrett, aired from 1979 to 1988? In this show Mrs Garrett was the housemother at an all-girls boarding school where students included Blair and Tootie.
The Facts of Life
Tiffany, Christian Dior, Givenchy, and Fendi are all subsidiaries of which French luxury goods conglomerate?
LVMH
What name, that references an alcoholic drink, is given to the major rebellion against the government of New South Wales in 1808? It resulted in a coup d’état which deposed Governor William Bligh.
Rum Rebellion
French cuisine “a La _______” term for if key ingredient is cauliflower
Dubarry
Scott Bakula played Captain Jonathan Archer in which Star Trek TV series, that originally aired from 2001 to 2005? Archer is the captain of the series’ titular ship.
Star Trek: Enterprise
Which species of extinct ratite bird stood up to 3.6m in height and was native to New Zealand? It is thought to have gone extinct by 1445 CE, within a hundred years of human settlement in New Zealand.
Moa
The second most prolific international goal-scorer at the Women’s World Cup is which USA striker who currently plays for San Diego Wave? She has scored 121 international goals so far, including five in a single game against Thailand at the
2019 World Cup.
Alex Morgan
Which is the smallest of the US Ivy League universities in terms of student numbers? Located in Hanover, New Hampshire it is the most northerly of the Ivy League and is the second most recently founded, being established in 1769.
Dartmouth
Princeton university found in what state
New Jersey
Balenciaga, Gucci, Alexander McQueen, and Yves Saint Laurent are all subsidiaries of which French luxury goods conglomerate?
Kering
Who owns Kering luxury goods company?
Pinault
Who founded LVMH?
Arnault
What name, that references an alcoholic drink, is given to the major rebellion against the US government from 1791 to 1794 in western Pennsylvania? The rebels were protesting against a federal tax imposed on distilled spirits by George Washington’s administration.
Whiskey Rebellion
Which early French feminist authored The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, published in 1791 as a critique of the failures of the French revolution to address gender equality? As a result of her writings she was guillotined in 1793 during the Reign of Terror.
Olympe de Gouges
The Facts of Life was a spin-off from which other sitcom, which aired from 1978 to 1985? In this show’s first two seasons Mrs Garrett is the housekeeper for Mr Drummond, who has adopted Arnold and his brother Willis.
Diff’rent Strokes
What word, derived from the French for ‘trade union’, was the title of the 2015 entry in the Assassin’s Creed video game series that was set in London in the mid-nineteenth century?
Assassins Creed Syndicate
Which Brazilian author is best known for his novels Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands?
Jorge Amado
What series of real time strategy video games features entries with the subtitles
Red Alert and Tiberium Wars?
Command and Conquer
What is the largest chain of pet shops in the UK?
Pets at Home
Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 book of title character as actress in golden age of Hollywood speaking to journalist Monique Grant
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
First name or surname acceptable. Which character was played by Michael Crawford in Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em between 1973-1978? He was married to the long-suffering Betty.
Frank Spencer
What song was a 2019 number 3 hit for rapper AJ Tracey featuring Jorja Smith? It is titled for the district of West London where AJ Tracey was raised, which is also a stop on the Circle and Hammersmith and City lines.
Ladbroke Grove
Which Indian actor, who played the game show host Prem Kumar in Slumdog Millionaire, has won two Filmfare awards for Best Actor? He has also appeared in the television show 24.
Anil Kapoor
Which Polish sculptor’s work was the subject of the Tate Modern exhibition Every Tangle of Thread and Rope between November 2022 and May 2023? Her best-known works include Agora in Chicago’s Grant Park and Birds of Knowledge of Good and Evil in Milwaukee.
Magdalena Abakanowicz
The name of what modern day west African country was first coined by Flora Shaw in 1897? Shaw was the wife of Lord Lugard, a British colonial administrator who was involved in the 1914 unification of Northern and Southern Protectorates into one
Colony and Protectorate.
Nigeria
In Tokyo 2020 which Hungarian fencer became only man to win three consecutive gold medals in same fencing event?
Aron Szilagyi
Which Italian fencer and politician is only female to have won three consecutive fencing medals in same event at Olympics 2000, 2004 and 2008? Also won team in 1996, 2000 and 2012 so six altogether.
Valentina Vezzali
What is the name of the spicy lamb or beef-based sausage originating in the Maghreb? Brought over to France in the 1960s and 1970s by Algerian immigrants and Pieds-Noirs, it is usually spiced with cumin and chill pepper or harissa.
Merguez
In 2023 whcih nfl player had heart attack playing for buffalo bills?
Damar Hamlin
Bauxite is refined to produce aluminium oxide in what industrial process that often precedes the Hall-Héroult process, named for an Austrian scientist?
Bayer Process
First female in any sport to win individual event gold at four consecutive events: 2004 to 2016 at freestyle wresting, Japanese
Kaori Icho
Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler who has won four gold medals in same event from 2008 to 2020 Olympics
Mijain Lopez
Cuban boxer won three gold medals 1972, 1976 and 1980, one of three to win alongside Laszlo Papp and fellow cuban Felix Savon
Teofilo Stevenson
In August 2019, online fashion retailer Boohoo acquired Karen Millen and what other fashion brand? It shares its name with a BBC documentary series first broadcast in 2005.
Coast
Which Indian actor, known as the ‘Baadshah of Bollywood’ was Danny Boyle’s original choice to play the game show host in Slumdog Millionaire? He plays the titular role in the 2023 film Pathan, the second highest grossing Hindi film ever.
Shah Rukh Khan
The longest-standing record in athletics was set by which Czechoslovak athlete in the women’s 800m in 1983?
Jarmila Kratochvilova
Which lake, covering an area of nearly 400 square kilometres, is the largest by surface area in the United Kingdom?
Lough Neagh
Which writer was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times - the most times without winning it? She was first shortlisted for The Dressmaker in 1973, and finally for Master Georgie in 1998.
Beryl Bainbridge
Which Greek historian, known as ‘the father of history, is known for writing The Histories, an account of the Greco-Persian wars?
Herodotus
What is the real name of the person credited with inventing the cryptic crossword and writing the famously difficult puzzle Cain’s Jawbone, all written under the suitably tortuous pseudonym ‘Torquemada’?
Edward Powys Mathers
Which radical movement during the English Civil Wars, known for participating in the Putney Debates, were identified by their sea-green ribbons?
Levellers
Which 19th Century art movement included the artists Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt?
Impressionism
Which England player, the top scorer at Euro 2022, has missed out on the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup due to an injury to her anterior cruciate ligament?
Beth Mead
What name is shared by a village in Essex and a hymn tune which Gustav Holst composed as a setting for I Vow to Thee My Country, based on Jupiter from his Planets suite?
Thaxted
\Iternatively called the small-scaled or fierce snake, which snake, native to Australia, is generally regarded as having the most toxic venom of any reptile the world?
Inland Taipan
Philippa of Lancaster, the eldest child of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster, was queen of which country between 1387 and 1415?
Portugal (King John I)
What is the real name of the world’s most prolific compiler of cryptic crosswords, who compiled under several pseudonyms including the suitably hellish ‘Dante’ the Financial Times?
Roger Squires
Which lake, covering an area of just over 70 square kilometres, is the largest by surface area on the island of Great Britain?
Loch Lomond
Which writer, who also wrote young adult novels such as The Owl Service, became - in 2022 - the oldest author to feature on the shortlist for the Booker Prize? His novel Treacle Walker was the shortest ever novel to make the shortlist.
Alan Garner
The Iceni’s territory included all of which present day English county?
Norfolk
Which song from The Threepenny Opera was taken to number one in both the
US and UK by Bobby Darin in 1959?
Mack the Knife
The longest-standing record in men’s athletics was set by which East German in the discus in 1986?
Jurgen Schult
Rachel Parris, a founder of the improv comedy group Austentatious, is also a regular guest host of which podcast, focusing on women’s rights and regularly presented by Deborah Frances-White?
The Guilty Feminist
Alternatively called atracids, which family of spiders, native to Australia, are generally regarded as the most venomous spiders in the world?
Australian Funnel Web
Philippa of England, sometimes known as Philippa of Lancaster, was the youngest child of Henry IV and Mary de Bohun. Name one of the countries of which she was queen between 1406 and 1430.
Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Which radical leader of the French Revolution, and architect of the Terror, was described as ‘the sea-green incorruptible’ by Thomas Carlyle?
Maximilien Robespierre
By what name, shared with a Gloucestershire village, is the hymn tune which Gustav Holst wrote as a setting for In the Bleak Midwinter known?
Cranham
Which palace, in the centre of Vienna, is the official residence of the President of Austria, and was also one of the official residences of Habsburg emperors?
The Hofburg
Which British vaccinologist, a professor at Oxford University, led the development of the Oxford Astra-Zeneca vaccine for covid-19?
Sarah Gilbert
At which ground was the first test of the 2023 men’s Ashes series held?
Edgbaston
Greta Gerwig first film directed by herself and Joe Swanberg - 2008
Nights and Weekends
What ‘C’ is the first milk, rich in antibodies, produced by mammals straight after the delivery of a newborn?
Colostrum
Alongside Will Best, which Brummie television presenter, who also helmed a revival of The Big Breakfast in 2022, will be presenting the revived series of Big Brother on ITV later this year?
AJ Odudu
The horn section who played on many songs recorded by the Stax label, including Sitting on the Dock of the Bay and Mustang Sally, took their name from which city, the hometown of both Stax and Sun records?
The Memphis Horns
On an Ordnance Survey map, what does the abbreviation CG stand for? These might most often be found in rural areas, particularly around farms.
Cattle Grid
Which fitness programme, initially known as “Rumbacize”, was founded in 2001 by the Colombian dancer and choreographer Beto Pérez?
Zumba
Which title character of a Thomas Hardy novel has a child named Sorrow?
Tess of D’Urbervilles
Formed in 2018, and releasing their debut album, The Record, in 2023, indie supergroup Boygenius consists of Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and which other singer songwriter, whose solo debut album was Stranger in the Alps?
Phoebe Bridger
In medicine, ‘pyrosis’ is an alternative term for which complaint?
Heartburn
Andy Warhol gained which portmanteau nickname due to two different sides of his personality?
Drella (Dracula and Cinderella)
In musical theatre, what term beginning with ‘B’ is used for the spoken text that comes between songs? Occasionally this term also includes song lyrics.
Book
Named Time Woman of the Year in 1986, which Southeast Asian political figure was the first woman who was not linked with the British Royal Family to be granted that title in her own right?
Corazon Aquino
The longest river entirely within Spain, the Ebro, empties into what marginal sea of the Mediterranean?
Balearic Sea
Which title character of a Thomas Hardy novel has a son who is known until tragic death by the nickname Little Father Time?
Jude the Obscure (Fawley)
On an Ordnance Survey map, what does the abbreviation LC stand for? These can be found in urban and rural areas, with gates being a key feature.
Level Crossing
Which element has the highest melting temperature of any metal, around 3,400 degrees centigrade? This leads to its use in many high-temperature industrial processes, including so-called Tig welding.
Tungsten
TIG welding stands for Tungsten _____ ________
Tungsten Inert Gas
What is the name of the hapless pirate who is the main playable character in the Monkey Island series of video games? He shares his unusual surname with a fictional family created by P.G. Wodehouse.
Guybrush Threepwood
[What is the more common name for the medical term ‘diplopia”?
Double Vision
Which company makes the Trent family of aircraft engines?
Rolls Royce
Debuting in 2010, Caprica was a short-lived spin-off from the rebooted version of which science-fiction TV series?
Battlestar Galactica
Christine Lagarde is currently President of the European Central Bank, but who did she succeed? This man was Prime Minister of Italy from 2021 to ‘22.
Mario Draghi
Presented for many years by Humphrey Lyttleton, and currently by Jack Dee, which Radio 4 comedy panel game is billed as “the antidote to panel games”?
I’m sorry I haven’t a clue
Which British composer, who is perhaps most closely associated with a long-running action franchise, won five Oscars, including for Born Free and Out of Africa?
John Barry
Rock 4 Choice was a series of benefit concerts founded by which American all-female rock band associated with both the grunge and ‘riot grirl’ scenes? They took their very short name from a slang term for an uncool person.
L7
Persian who wrote the canon of medicine (1025)
Avicenna
While not a full code of laws, the foundations of Roman law as set out by jurists such as Paetus Catus are referred to as the law of how many ‘tables”?
Twelve
With the exception of 2020 when Covid interrupted, since 1948 the US Masters golf tournament has been held in which month of the year?
April
SSRI stands for?
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
Debuting in 2018, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was a spinoff from which TV series, itself based on a long-running comic?
Riverdale
Egyptian god ibis or baboon: the god of the moon, wisdom, knowledge, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art and judgment
Thoth
What term, derived from the Persian for taste’, is used for a small dish in Balkan or Western Asian cuisine, commonly served as an accompaniment to alcohol?
The plural is used for a meal formed by combining a number of these.
Mezes
Nicknamed ‘The Commentator’ for his commentaries on Aristotle, by what one-word name is the 12 century Andalusian polymath Ibn Rushd best known? His works include The General Principles of Medicine.
Averroes
What is the world’s busiest train station, located in Tokyo and with several million passengers passing through each day?
Shinjuku
Tribute and Proper Job are among the beers produced by which brewery, based in Cornwall?
St Austell
Farm Aid is an ongoing series of benefit concerts founded by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and which other American rock musician? This man took part of his stage name from that of a big cat native to the Americas.
John Cougar Mellencamp
Le Villi, Edgar and La Rondine are among the lesser-known operas by which
composer?
Giacomo Puccini
What flavour liquor added to wine or champagne to make Kir or Kir Royale?
Blackcurrant
What prequel to the popular US TV series Yellowstone stars Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford?
1923
role-playing video games?
A psychology experiment in which an animal is reared in isolation from members of its own species is named for which teenage boy who appeared mysteriously in Nuremberg in 1828 with almost no knowledge of himself and a tiny vocabulary, having grown up with very little human contact?
Kaspar Hauser
The head of MI6 is known by what one-letter codename?
C (in green ink)
Which American science fiction author won Hugo and Nebula awards for her story Bloodchild? She also wrote the 1979 novel Kindred.
Octavia E Butler
und 3
Domestic ferrets were bred from what wild mustelids, known for their distinctive bandit mask?
Polecats
What line of miniature dolls and accessories was founded and designed by Chris Wiggs in 1983 and licensed by Bluebird Toys from 1989 to 1998? The titular blonde-haired and blue-eyed girl had friends called Tiny Tina and Wee Willie.
Polly Pocket
Which Irish comedian has presented The Apprentice: You’re Fired! and the Channel 4 quiz show One and Six Zeros?
Dara O Briain
Which American golfer of Japanese and Chinese descent won the 2020 PGA
Championship in just his second major? He would go on to win the Open Championship the following year.
Collin Morikawa
Which alliteratively-named American rock band’s 2004 song Float On was certified silver in the UK in 2022?
Modest Mouse
What word can mean both a dessert made from gelatin or a fruit preserve similar to jam!
Jelly
What prequel to the popular US TV series Yellowstone stars Faith Hill and Sam Elliott? Its title is a 19th-century year ending in the number ‘3’.
1883
Sonya Blade and Kitana are characters in what series of fighting video games?
Mortal Kombat
What right-wing political party was launched in 2020 by Laurence Fox?
Reclaim Party
What mustelids in the UK are around the same length as the average house cat, with a chocolate brown coat, pointy ears and a long bushy tail? They have a distinctive cream patch on their chest and neck known as a bib.
Pine Marten
Similar to Polly Pocket, what toy line made by Bluebird Toys was primarily marketed towards young boys? The titular blond-haired boy wore jeans, a white t-shirt with a red “M” on it, and a baseball cap.
Mighty Max
Which English television personality has presented Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two and the Channel 4 quiz show One Question?
Claudia Winkleman
What word may be preceded by ‘Dark Green’, ‘Silver-Washed’ or ‘High Brown’, among others, in the names of a group of brightly-coloured British butterflies?
Fritillary
Sauce bearnaise, flavoured with shallots, tarragon and chervil, is a ‘daughter sauce’ derived from which of the five ‘mother sauces’ of French cuisine?
Hollandaise
Benjamin Britten wrote several roles, including the contralto part of his 1949 Spring Symphony, for which Lancashire-born singer, before her tragically early death from cancer at the age of 41?
Kathleen Ferrier
Which Jamaican-born athlete competed for England in the javelin at four
Olympics? She won gold in 1984 ahead of compatriot Fatima Whitbread, who took bronze.
Tessa Sanderson
Designed by Nigel Gresley, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North-Eastern Railway, which steam locomotive has held the world speed record of 126 miles per hour since 1938?
Mallard
Generally considered to have been the first Englishman to fly an aeroplane in England, who was awarded the Royal Aero Club Aviator’s Certificate Number 1 in 1910?
John Moore-Brabazon
With 141 caps for England, who holds the record for the most international appearances in Women’s Rugby Union? She started her career with Lichfield Ladies, and more recently played for Loughborough Lightning until her retirement this year.
Sarah Hunter
What is the name given to the blue-banded fluorite semi-precious mineral, mined on a small scale near Castleton in Derbyshire, and which gives its name to a local cavern?
Blue John
Who was the first African-American woman to have been awarded a pilot’s licence? Unable to find a flying school in the USA which would admit her, she went to France where she qualified in 1921.
Bessie Coleman
Which Jamaican-born cricketer played for England in 40 tests between 1989 and 1997? In 1994, provoked by being hit on the helmet by a bouncer when batting, he took 9 for 57 against South Africa in an exceptionally fast, hostile bowling spell.
Devon Malcolm
The Mallard took the British speed record from which other steam locomotive? Designed by William Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, it achieved a then-record speed of 114 miles per hour in 1937, and is named for an event of that year.
Coronation
Which British actor was twice nominated for the Best Actor Oscar in 1930, for his performances in Condemned and Bulldog Drummond, but lost out to George Arliss? He later won the award for his role in A Double Life.
Ronald Colman
Sauce Mornay, flavoured with Gruyère cheese, is a ‘daughter sauce’ derived from which of the five ‘mother sauces’ of French cuisine?
Bechamel
Benjamin Britten’s 1943 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings was written for which British horn player, who was later tragically killed at the age of 36 in a car accident?
Dennis Brain
What word may be preceded by ‘Large’, ‘Small’, ‘Essex’ or ‘Lulworth, among others, in the names of a group of moth-like British butterflies?
Skipper
In which Shakespeare play, considered a so-called ‘problem play’, do we encounter the King of France, Helena, Bertram and Paroles?
All’s Well That Ends Well
Which construction toy, featuring metal strips, plates and mechanical elements, was introduced by Frank Hornby in 1901? From 1914 onwards, it was manufactured at a factory in Bin’s Road, Liverpool.
Meccano
What is the title of the debut novel by Toni Morrison, published in 1970, which tells the story of a young black girl, Pecola Breedlove? The story examines how racism shapes her perception of beauty, and the title relates to a physical characteristic she wishes to acquire.
The Bluest Eye
In the 2023 Women’s Ashes, which wicketkeeper captained the Australian team? She currently holds the world record for most runs in a women’s T20 match with 148 against Sri Lanka in 2019.
Alyssa Healy
Chicken pox official virus name
Varicella Zoster
The song Big Spender was written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for which
1966 Broadway musical? In the musical and the subsequent 1969 film, it is sung by a chorus of dance hostess girls who are taunting customers.
Sweet Charity
The River Lee runs through which Irish city, the largest in the province of Munster?
Cork
In the New Testament, the Sermon on the Mount appears in which of the four Gospels?
Matthew
Rwanda celebrates its Independence Day on the 1st of July of each year. From which country did it gain its independence in 1962? Other former colonies of this country include Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Belgium
Which actor, who won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Edie Doyle in On the Waterfront, is at 99 years old currently the oldest living Academy Award winner?
Eve Marie Saint
What name has been given to a sycamore tree located in the Trossachs which has grown around and absorbed many pieces of scrap metal from a nearby blacksmith’s scrap heap? The name comes from one of the most notable metal items it has swallowed up in its trunk.
The Bicycle Tree
The 1975 album Metal Machine Music is by which rock musician? The album consists largely of white noise and feedback, and damaged the artist’s commercial reputation, with Rolling Stone magazine saying that it sounded like
“the tubular groaning of a galactic refrigerator”
Lou Reed
The River Corrib runs through which Irish city, the largest in the province of Connaught?
Galway
Toni Morrison’s third novel, published in 1977, tells the story of a character known as Milkman, growing up in Michigan. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, what is its title, which it shares with a book of the bible?
Song of Solomon
In the 2023 Women’s Ashes, which batter captained the England team? In 2020 she became the first woman, and also the first England player, to score an international century in all three formats of the game.
Heather Knight
The 1983 album Trans is by which rock musician? The album featured electronic music and vocoders, leading to the artist’s record label Geffen suing him on the grounds that the record, and his next release Everybody’s Rockin’, were deliberately uncommercial?
Neil Young
In 1947 Gerty Cori became the first female Nobel laureate in which category, for her role in the “discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen”?
Physiology or Medicine
In the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin, what does the homicidal sparrow admit to using as the murder weapon?
Bow and Arrow
Soju, one of the bestselling spirits in the world, is largely produced and consumed in which country?
South Korea
What four-letter word is used to describe a number of variants of poker, which are characterised by players receiving complete hands face down at the beginning of each hand, then replacing cards at each round of betting? Five-card [this word] is a popular variant for new players, and often used in video poker machines in casinos.
Draw Poker
The Hungry Tree is a London Plane Tree planted in the grounds of King’s Inns in Dublin, and is so called because it has grown over and absorbed which nearby object?
Park Bench
Which NFL plays its home games at the State Farm stadium in Glendale? They made one Super Bowl appearance in the 2008 season but lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Franchise name or nickname, acceptable.
Arizona Cardinals
Lords Prayer appeared in which two gospels?
Matthew and Luke
At the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Morocco defender who was notable for being the first player to wear a hijab?
Nouhaila Benzina
One of the first women to be elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors, copies of whose sculpture Reconciliation are installed at old Coventry Cathedral, the Hiroshima Peace Park, a water garden at Stormont Castle, and a chapel on the site of the Berlin Wall?
Josefina de Vasconcellos
The basketball players Julius Erving, Wilt Chamberlain, and Allen Iverson all played significant parts of their career with which NBA franchise?
Philadelphia 76ers
In classroom chemistry, the presence of what substance is tested for by dropping iodine solution into a liquid? If this substance is present, the liquid will turn a dark blue.
Starch
Often opposed to materialism, what name is given to the philosophical view that reality is in some sense mental or spiritual? Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a notable proponent of this view.
Idealism
What term in physics, coined in 1900, can be described as the smallest discrete amount of any physical phenomenon, such as light?
Quantum
1 commonplace in Indian restaurants, aloo gobi is a mix of potatoes with what regetable, which the word ‘gobi’ denotes?
Cauliflower
Of the six World Marathon Majors, two are in Europe. One is the London Marathon - what is the other?
Berlin
The band Helloween is often seen as a founding figure of which subgenre of heavy metal, which emerged out of speed metal in the 1980s? It is characterised by clean vocals, a melodic sound, and lyrics influenced by fantasy and mythology.
Power Metal
“Out here in the fields / I fight for my meals / I get my back into my living” are the opening lines to which single by The Who, which does not contain the song title in its lyrics?
Baba O’Riley
Reginald Dyer was never convicted for ordering which massacre, in which British troops killed upwards of 1000 Indian civilians in 1919?
Jallianwala Bagh or Amritsar Massacre
What term in physics, popularised in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, can be described as the principle that no one frame of reference has a privileged position in respect to any other?
Relativity
Often opposed to rationalism, what name is given to the philosophical view that reality should be understood primarily through sense experience? John Locke was a notable proponent of this view.
Empiricism
The basketball players Walt Frazier, Patrick Ewing, and Carmelo Anthony all played significant parts of their career with which NBA franchise?
New York Knicks
The band Mayhem is often seen as a founding figure of which subgenre of heavy metal, which emerged out of thrash metal in the 1980s? It is characterised by harsh vocals, the wearing of ‘corpsepaint’, and lyrics expressing occult and Satanic themes.
Black Metal
A commonplace in Indian restaurants, aloo matar is a mix of potatoes with wh vegetable, which the word ‘matar’ denotes?
Peas
With approximately 325 million speakers across the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar, what is the fifth most-spoken language family in the world? Malay and Tagalog are major languages in this family.
Austronesian
In typography, which two consecutive letters are used to refer to the two most common types of dash, which are roughly the length of these letters in upper case?
M and N
What surname is shared by the twin basketball players selected fourth and fifth in the 2023 NBA draft, named Amen and Ausar, and by the twin fictional detectives known as Dupont and Dupond in their original appearances in French?
Thompson
Which actor starred as the manservant Hugo Barrett in the 1963 Joseph Losey film The Servant? He also played the lead roles in Death in Venice, Victim, and The Night Porter.
Dirk Bogarde
In ophthalmology, what term, deriving from the Greek for ‘fall’, refers to a drooping or falling of the upper eyelid? It is sometimes called ‘lazy eye’, but should not be confused with amblyopia, which shares that nickname.
Ptosis
If one is making a strictly authentic cacio e pepe [Catch-ee-o ay pe-pay], rather than using parmesan or grana padano, one should use what hard sheep’s (Cheese, which is also used in pasta alla gricia?
Pecorino
Controversial for his lassez-faire attitude towards budgets and his own level of remuneration, which architect designed the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Turning Torso in Malmö
Santiago Calatrava
Pittsburgh is on two rivers: Allegheny and which other beginning with M
Mononahela
Noted for its modding community, the 2023 mod My House is for a game in which series, a first person shooter series that began in 1993? It is known for its high levels of graphic violence and the fictional BFG gun, and Eternal is a recent entry in the series.
Doom
What word beginning with D names an app that brands itself as voice chat for gamers’. Users can pay for the Nitro version of this app which allows them to boost their server.
Discord
Which prolific American roots guitarist played with Captain Beefheart on the album Safe as Milk, and played a key role in forming, and producing the self-titled album, for Buena Vista Social Club?
Ry Cooder
In baseball, in the statistical category ERA, if the RA stands for ‘Run Average,’ for what does the E stand?
Earned
Looking like a more professional version of Discord, what word beginning with S names an app used to streamline workplace communication, allowing multiple channels for different teams and purposes? Its success led to the shutdown of its competitor, Stride.
Slack
Controversial for gender inequality within his practice and for his open disdain towards environmental protestors, which Danish architect and leader of the BIG firm designed Mountain Dwellings in Copenhagen and the giant reflective ORB which was a hit at 2018 Burning Man?.
Bjarke Ingels
Which Japanese company, still a car manufacturer amongst other enterprises, made the Zero aeroplane that was prominently used during World War 2?
Mitsubishi
One should try to use guanciale rather than bacon or pancetta when making a carbonara, or which other Roman pasta sauce, which is made from pecorino, tomato, and onion?
Amatriciana
Which actress starred as Lady Marian Trimingham in the 1971 Joseph Losey film The Go-Between? She also played the lead roles in Don’t Look Now and McCabe and Mrs. Miller.
Julie Christie
McCabe and Mrs. Miller.
In ophthalmology, what term, deriving from the Greek for ‘nodding’ or
‘drowsiness’, refers to rapid, repetitive movements of the eye, most often from ‚side to side? This phenomenon is distinct from the natural saccades (suh-
KAHDS) that facilitate high-resolution vision.
Nystagmus
The Orange Revolution of 2004-5 led to the overthrow of which European leader?
Viktor Yanukovich
In baseball, and other sports, in the statistical category WAR, if the WA stands for “Wins Above” for what does the R stand?
Replacement
Which city has the largest community of Somali immigrants in the USA, contributing to a healthy East African food scene? Non-Somali delicacies of this city include the Juicy Lucy, which one can also eat in the nearby city of St. Paul.
Minneapolis
Which American drummer played with Captain Beefheart on the album Ice Cream for Crow, before becoming the drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers for their first two albums? In recent years he has composed the soundtracks for such films as Spring Breakers, Contagion, and Drive.
Cliff Martinez
What is the title of the incredibly dense and well-researched podcast hosted by | Tyler Mahan Coe which chronicles several stories within 20th century country [music? It is named for two things country musicians are known to enjoy.
Cocaine and Rhinestones
Between 1998 and 2011, the AO Arena in Manchester was named after what local newspaper, which has been published in the city since 1868?
Manchester Evening News
Earlier this year, Adolfo Corrado won the BBC’s Cardiff Singer of the World competition. His winning programme included Non più andrai, an aria taken from which opera by Mozart? It is sung by the show’s title character, as he teases Cherubini about the future he faces in the army.
The marriage of Figaro
Which European country celebrates its independence day on the 1st of October?
It commemorates the signing of the London and Zurich agreements in 1960, which proclaimed this country’s independence from the UK.
Cyprus
Despite being the work of several authors, the Hardy Boys series of teen mystery stories have all been written under what pseudonym since the series launched in
1927?
Franklin W Dixon
Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of what metal, which makes up a large part of the cathode in the lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles?
This element’s high energy density helps extend the vehicles’ driving range.
Nickel
Kristen Stewart starred as Princess Diana in Spencer, a 2021 film by which Chilean director? His other works include the 2016 biopic Jackie, which starred Natalie Portman as former US First Lady Jackie Kennedy.
Pablo Larrain
Which American musician wrote the 2015 memoir Girl in a Band? She spent more than 30 years as the bass player of the rock band Sonic Youth, which she co-founded with Thurston Moore in 1981.
Kim Gordon
Which French sportswear firm supplied South Africa’s kits for the 2023 Women’s World Cup? This company created several iconic football shirts during the 1980s, including the kit Argentina wore to win the 1986 World Cup, and also supplies the tennis player Richard Gasquet [GAS-kay.
Le Coq Sportif
London’s Grant Museum of Zoology is home to one of the last remaining
Skeletons of what animal, which was last seen in captivity in 1883? These close relatives of the zebra were hunted to extinction in their native South Africa.
Quagga
Which Norwegian has won more Winter Olympic medals than any other athlete, claiming 15 - including eight golds - between 2002 and 2018? She is generally regarded as the greatest female cross-country skier of all time.
Marit Bjorgen
Which journalist hosts the BBC’s disability news podcast Access All? She was appointed as the corporation’s disability correspondent in 2014, and has also presented Watchdog on BBC One since 2016.
Nikki Fox
The Democratic Republic of Congo is the world’s largest producer of what metal that is also used in the cathodes of lithium-ion batteries? Its heat-resistant properties help extend the batteries’ lifespans and make them safer to use.
Cobalt
Despite being the work of several authors, the Nancy Drew series of teen mystery stories have all been written under what pseudonym since the series launched in 1930?
Carolyn Keene
Which actor played private detective John Shaft in the 1971 ‘blaxploitation’ classic Shaft? He reprised the role in two spin-off movies in 2000 and 2019 - both also called Shaft - in which Samuel L Jackson played his nephew.
Richard Roundtree
Before changing its name in 2019, the to this company name Arena in Liverpool was named after liverpool echo which has been published in the city since
1879?
M & S Bank Arena
Which journalist has presented In Touch, BBC Radio 4’s programme for blind and partially sighted listeners, since 1974? He also regularly presents the station’s consumer show You and Yours, and was made an MBE in 1988.
Peter White
Name Moldova two bordering countries
Romania a and Ukraine
The Grant Museum in London also houses a skeleton of what carnivorous marsupial, which was last seen in captivity in 1936? These creatures were deliberately hunted to extinction in their native Australia.
Thylacine
Which Dutch speed-skater won the women’s 1500m at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, making her the first athlete to win individual gold medals at five consecutive Games?
Ireen Wust
Usually held in mid-April, what Sikh festival celebrates the founding of the Khalsa community in 1699? It features a large procession called the Nagar Kirtan.
Vaisakhi
Which French film-maker directed Kristen Stewart in two of her earliest forays into arthouse cinema, 2014’s Clouds of Sils Maria and 2016’s Personal Shopper?
His other works include the film and TV series Irma Vep.
Olivier Assayas
Which American musician wrote the 2015 memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl? Musically, she is best known as one of the two ever-present members of the rock band Sleater-Kinney, alongside fellow singer and guitarist Corin Tucker.
Carrie Brownstein
Founded in 2015, which English sportswear firm supplied the Republic of Ireland’s kits for the 2023 Women’s World Cup? The Red Bull and McLaren Formula 1 teams and the England men’s cricket team also wear kits made by this company, whose logo features a pair of wings.
Castore
Who played MI5 agent Johnny Worricker in a David Hare BBC television film trilogy, beginning with 2011’s Page Eight?
Bill Nighy
What word, which can mean to collide forcefully or to criticise severely, describes a competitive form of spoken-word poetry originating in 1980s Chicago, associated with high-energy performance?
Slam
Which Chinese-derived word originates from the custom of touching the ground with the forehead to show reverence before superiors? It is used in English to mean to act in an excessively subservient manner.
Kowtow
Which UK-based construction contractor trades as BBY on the London Stock Exchange? The company is the main contractor on EDF’s Hinkley Point C project.
Balfour Beatty
Fons Americans, a four-metre-tall fountain modelled after the Victoria Memorial which blends references to both Western art history and the Atlantic slave trade, is the work of which artist? She is also known for work in the media of shadow puppetry and cut-paper silhouettes.
Kara Walker
In 1923-24, which Connecticut-born modernist composed pieces for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart? He used Pythagorean tonality in his unfinished
Universe Symphony.
Charles Ives
Diana Taurasi has played for which Phoenix-based Women’s National Basketball
Association team since 2004?
Phoenix Mercury
In 2017, Australian politician Bob Katter explained that he wouldn’t be spending any time on the issue of same-sex marriage, because “in the meantime, every three months a person’s torn to pieces” in North Queensland, in what sort of entirely unrelated occurrence?
Crocodile Attacks
A competitor to battery electric vehicles, tuel cell vehicles use which gas as a combustible fuel? Combustion of this fuel creates only water as a byproduct.
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Hydrogen
Which 1989 song by Black Box features samples of Loleatta [lo-LEET-ah]
Holloway’s Love Sensation, in which she sings the lyrics “walk right in”, as well as the three words which are mis-transcribed as the title of the track (either wording is acceptable)?
Ride on Time
At the time the youngest woman elected to Parliament, who in 1929 became MP for North Lanarkshire? The wife of Aneurin Bevan, in the Labour government of 1964-70 she was the first Minister for the Arts and played a central role in the foundation of the Open University.
Jennie Lee
The works of which artist include a series of libraries featuring books covered in Ankara wax print fabric, and Woman Shooting Cherry Blossoms, exploring themes of globalisation and colonialism typical of his work?
Yinka Shonibare
Which British aerospace, defence, and nuclear engineering services company trades as BAB on the London Stock Exchange? This company won a 2019 contract to deliver five Type 31 frigates to be built at Rosyth.
Babcock
The 2018 BBC and Netflix four-part police procedural Collateral, created by David Hare, starred which actress as DI Kip Glaspie, who investigates the shooting of a pizza delivery man?
Carey Mulligan
What term is given to the culture or scene of drag pageants originating in New York City in the late 20th century, spearheaded by the African-American and Latino communities? It shares its name with a traditional set of dances performed by couples.
Ballroom
couples.
In an example of mutualism, species of which insects create a sugary liquid called honeydew which ants feed on? In return, ants protect these insects from predators.
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Aphids
Tamika Catchings played her entire 15-year career at which Indiana-based
Women’s National Basketball Association team?
Indiana Fever
Suffragette movement three colours
Green white and purple
Which is the first play in the Oresteia forest-EYE-uh] trilogy by Aeschylus [EECE-kuh-luss]? It concerns the homecoming of the titular king of Mycenae [my-SEE-nyl, whereupon he is murdered by his wife Clytem•nes-tra.
Agamemnon
Which American electronic musician invented several alternate tunings on the 1986 album Beauty In The Beast, such as the non-octave repeating Alpha and
Beta scales?
Wendy Carlos
WNBA team based in Georgia
Atlanta Dream
WNBA team based in Illinois
Chicago Sky
WNBA team based in Connecticut
Connecticut Sun
WNBA team based in Indiana
Indiana Fever
WNBA team based in New York
New York Liberty
WNBA team based in Washington DC
Washington Mystics
WNBA team based in Texas
Dallas Wings
WNBA team based in Nevada
Las Vegas Aces
WNBA team based in california
Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA team based in Minnesota
Minnesota Lynx
WNBA team based in arizona
Phoenix Mercury
WNBA team based in Washington state
Seattle Storm
What is the shared name of a shipping forefast area and a style of jumper with alternating bright colours?
Fair Isle
In 2022 which country endured: an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister Ariel Henry, a flood which led to 2500 people being evacuated and 934 killings related to gang violence in the capital city?
Haiti
Which woman was the 3rd or 4th wife of Julius Caesar, and the one to whom he was married at the time of his assassination?
Calpurnia
10 In the Silent Film era which Canadian-American actress was nicknamed
“America’s Sweetheart” and the “girl with the curls”?
Mary Pickford
11 What title is given to the Chamberlain of the Pope’s household?
Camerlengo
14 What is the shared name of a shipping forecast area and the river on which Rosyth Royal Dockyard sits?
Forth
16 What is the name of the Summer residence of the Pope? The gardens occupy the site of a residence of the Roman Emperor Domitian.
Castel Gondolfo
17
The TV character Alan Partridge has two fictional children. Can you name
Fernando and Denise
20 The Australian actress Rose Byrne has played Bea (a nod to Beatrix Potter) in the two recent Peter Rabbit movies. What was the two-word name of Beatrix Potter’s 17th century house located near Hawkshead in the Lake District?
Hill Top
21
Prince Andrew showed amazing generosity in 2022 by paying £12m to a woman he had previously claimed to have never met. Who was that woman?
Virginia Giuffre
22 For how many days in the Summer of 1978 was Pope John Paul I in office?
33 Days
27 What is the shared name of a shipping forecast area and a river which meets the sea at Limerick?
Shannon
“Hereditary Genius” a book about the genetic inheritance of intelligance was written by which Victorian polymath, a half-cousin of Charles Darwin?
Francis Galton
32 Some say that the famous Portland vase in the British museum shows
Cleopatra seducing Mark Anthony. What is the Portland vase made from?
Cameo Glass
34 Sometimes referred to as “Italy’s most famous unsolved mystery”, what was the name of the Vatican teenager who went missing in 1983 after attending a flute lesson?
Emanuela Orlandi
35 Born Fania Borach, which American comedienne was portrayed by Barbra Streisand in the stage musical “Funny Girl’?
Fanny Brice
36 The city of Dallas is usually hyphenated along with which other Texan city, the fifth largest in the state?
Fort Worth
Cleopatra born and died in same city, which?
Alexandria
46 In 1960 who became the first Archbishop of Cantebury to meet with a Pope for more than 400 years?
Geoffrey Fisher
50 What was the name of the giant baby character played by Matt Lucas on the Reeves and Mortimer panel show “Shooting Stars”?
George Dawes
52 The Chisholm Trail was a droving trail which led from Texas to the railheads in which city?
Kansas City
55 Cleopatra’s father and brother both had the same name, what?
Ptolemy
56 Who was Pope at the time of the Lateran Treaty in 1929 and therefore became the first ever head of state of the Vatican?
Pius XI
63 What is the shared name of a shipping forecast area and the most Southernly point of Ireland?
Fastnet
65 What is the shared name of a shipping forecast area and a disputed uninhabited islet which lies 187 miles west of Scotland and 263 miles north west of Ireland?
Rockall
69 What Scottish actress was the posh Lady Jane Felsham in Lovejoy and then the not-so-posh Mrs Hughes in Downton Abbey?
Phyllis Logan
70 During his 1992 US Presidential campaign Ross Perot asked American’s to listen for a “giant BLANK sound” as American jobs headed to Mexico. What word fills the blank?
Sucking
lead singer of the 2 Tone ska revival band the Selecter, which released four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1970s and the 1980s, including “On My Radio”, “Three Minute Hero”, “Missing Words” and “The Whisper”
Pauline Black
Which band was the first Scottish artist to have a UK number one single, achieving this in 1969 with a Beatles cover version?
Marmalade
When Sunderland beat Leeds in a shock men’s FA Cup Final result in 1973, who scored the only goal of the game? He later became the first manager sacked in the English Premier League when he left Chelsea.
Ian Porterfield
Who created the 1991 perfume White Diamonds? While not the first of its type, its popularity is regarded as having sparked the celebrity perfume boom of the 1990s and beyond?
Elizabeth Taylor
Running from 2000-2005, which BBC One Sunday evening drama starred Alastair MacKenzie as a London restauranteur who inherits the lairdship of a Scottish estate, and Richard Briers and Susan Hampshire as his parents?
Monarch of the Glen
The young detective Nancy Drew first appeared in the 1930s, in a series of novels written by various authors under what pseudonym?
Carolyn Keene
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Nine British riders have worn the yellow jersey as race leader of the Tour de France. Who was the first, who did so for one day in 1962, and later went on to win the road cycling World Championship in 1965?
Tom Simpson
Voted number one in thegamer.com’s list of best female video game characters, Aloy is the protagonist of which 2017 action RPG from Guerilla Games, set in a post-apocalyptic world of machine dinosaurs?
Horizon: Zero Dawn
The first recorded horse racing in England took place in the late 12th century at which fair? Named for an apostle also known as Natanael, this horse, cloth and pleasure fair took place at Smithfield in London until the 19th century. (Highbrow alert #1)
St bartholomew’s Fair
Number 8 in the American Film Institute’s centenary list of top movie, villains, Phyllis Dietrichson, played by Barbara Stanwyck, is the central character in which 1944 Billy Wilder film noir?
Double Indemnity
Betty and Judy Haynes, played in the film by Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen, are sisters, a performing duo, and love interests for the leading
“men, in which musical?
White Christmas
When Ipswich Town beat Arsenal in a shock men’s FA Cup Final result in
1978, who scored the only goal of the game? He fainted on the pitch in shock and had to be substituted for the last 12 minutes of the game.
Roger Osborne
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“Hey you, don’t watch that, watch this. This is the heavy heavy monster sound,” is the beginning of a spoken word introduction to which 1979 top ten hit, a cover of a Prince Buster song from 1964? Once the music kicks in there are no further lyrics except for the title.
One Step Beyond
23 Who was the first Welsh artist to have a UK number one single, achieving this in 1958 with As I Love You?
Shirley Bassey
24 Running from 2001-2003, which BBC Sunday evening drama starred
Michelle Collins as a London single mum who answers an advertisement to run a B&B on a Scottish island, and Paul Kaye as a friend who pretends to be her husband to fulfil the advertisement’s requirements?
Two Thousand Acres of Sky
25 Who was the second British rider to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey, doing so in 1994, then again in 1997 and 1998, in all three cases by winning the prologue time trial?
Chris Boardman
26 Salchipapas - sausages and fries with coleslaw on the side - is a popular street food in which country?
Peru
27 Created by Alexander McCall Smith and played on screen by Jill Scott, what is the name of the founder of Botswana’s fictional No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency?
Precious Ramotswe
28 Run in the East Riding of Yorkshire over four miles of farm track and field, what is the oldest horse race in the English sporting calendar? It has been run annually since 1519 and takes place on the third Thursday in March, often in poor weather and sometimes with only one horse taking part to preserve the race’s existence.
Kiplingcotes Derby
29 A popular Twitter meme is taken from a video of YouTuber Brittany
Broski pulling exaggerated faces of disgust and interest by turns. What drink was Broski trying in the original YouTube clip? She is often referred to as [this drink] Girl.
Kombucha
Who did voice for HAL 9000 in 1968 film
Douglas Rain
6’10” Nigerian visual artist who played the titular Alien in 1979?
Bolaji Badejo
31 Developed by Apple and launched in 2004, which line of digital audio workstations allows users to create music or podcasts, as well as offering tutorials by established stars. Its name is based on the title of a track from The Clash’s debut album, but has one letter different.
GarageBand
32 Voted number two in thegamer.com’s list of best female video game: characters, Senua is the protagonist, and her “Sacrifice” the subtitle, of which 2017 action adventure game from Ninja Theory? During her quest she is beset by demons who may be real, or may be symbols of her mental health struggles.
Hellblade
33 When Wimbledon beat Liverpool in a shock men’s FA Cup Final result in
1988, who scored the only goal of the game? A former Reading player, he went on to a managerial career including the Northern Ireland national team.
Lawrie Sanchez
34 Which French director’s films include GIRLHOOD, MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, and most recently PETITE MAMAN?
Celine Sciamma
35 Rellenos de papas, potato croquettes stuffed with a beef hash and then fried, are a common snack in which Caribbean island territory?
Puerto Rico
37 Another Twitter meme involving alternate expressions of disdain and enthusiasm is taken from which Drake video, in which he wears a burnt orange puffa jacket? The song reached number 3 in the UK and won two awards at the 2017 Grammies.
Hotline Bling
38 Which French music rental service and app was founded as Blogmusik by Daniel Marhely in 2006, and relaunched under its current name in 2007
after settling a copyright infringement case. It is now active in 180 countries, has 90 million audio files available, and is the sixth most used streaming service in the UK as of the end of 2022.
Deezer
39 Which French directors most acclaimed film, BEAU TRAVAIL is set in the Foreign Legion in Djibouti and draws on her 1950s childhood in colonial Africa? Her other films include TROUBLE EVERY DAY and her only English-language film to date is 2018’s HIGH LIFE, starring Robert Pattinson?
Claire Denis
40 “On a hot summer night would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?” is the beginning to the spoken word introduction to which song? A number 33 hit in 1977, it is much better known as the second track on one of the 20 best selling albums of all time.
You took the words right out of my mouth
42 Number 3 in thegamer.com’s list of best female protagonists, is Aurora, who finds herself trapped in a fairytale book while grieving the death of her mother in which game? A platform/RPG game by Ubisoft, it is described as a rare game that’s suitable for, and recommended to, all ages.
Child of Light
43 Number 21 in the AFI greatest villains list is Mrs Eleanor Iselin, played by Angela Lansbury in which 1962 neo-noir psychological political thriller directed by John Frankenheimer?
The Manchurian Candidate
44 Running from 1996-2001, which BBC Sunday evening drama featured
Stephen Tompkinson as an English priest transferred to the fictional Irish village of the title, and Dervla Kiwan as the local publican?
Ballykissangel
45 Which group was the first Australian artist to have a UK number one single, achieving this in 1965 and following up with another number one in the same year?
The Seekers
46 Which detective was created by real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy
Reichs in her series of novels, but is better known from the TV show Bones, where the character is played by Emily Deschanel and based more on Reichs herself than the novel’s character?
Temperance Brennan
47 The third British rider to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey was which career domestique, who wore it for a day in 1994 and was sporting director of Team Sky when Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France in 2012? Although unrelated, he shares a surname with another British yellow jersey wearer.
Sean Yates
48 Opened in 1539, which British racecourse is recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as “the oldest racecourse still in operation”? At one mile and one furlong it is also the shortest licenced British racecourse.
Chester
49 Running from 1995-1997, which BBC Sunday evening drama featured Robert Carlyle in the title role of a policeman in the fictional Scottish town of Lochdubh (Loch-DOO), who is keen to avoid both promotion and the attentions of his superiors in Inverness?
Hamish Macbeth
52 Founded in 2007 by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, which German music streaming site is much used by emerging acts to upload their own music, with Lizzo and Post Malone among the artists whose careers benefited from a presence there?
Soundcloud
53 Who is the fourth British person, and the only Scot, to have worn the Tour de France yellow jersey, doing so in 2000 for three days after a stage 1 time trial win? On two other occasions he was within a second of taking the yellow jersey.
David Millar
54 Which band were the first Irish act to top the UK singles chart, doing so in 1964 with the song Diane?
The Bachelors
55 Which French director’s first film, ALL IS FORGIVEN, was nominated for a Cesar in 2007. Her other films include THINGS TO COME, BERGMAN ISLAND, and 2023’s rapturously received ONE FINE MORNING starring Léa Seydoux
Mia Hansen-Love
56 Consisting of mashed potatoes with an onion and bacon mixture, sprinkled with chopped parsley and pickled beets, brandende karlighed or burning love, is a warming winter dish in which country?
Denmark
57 Which group 1 flat horse race, open to horses aged four years or older and run at Ascot over one mile, is named for the founder of Royal Ascot?
Queen Anne Stakes
58 Who released the celebrity fragrance MOl in 1998, having been a film, television, fashion, recording and publishing star since 1976? It is unclear whether the fragrance resembles that of the 1970s product Hai Karate.
Miss Piggy
59 Number 5 in thegamer.com’s list of best female protagonists is the title character of which 2009 action adventure from PlatinumGames? She is a bespectacled witch with a posh English accent, dual pistols and magically transforming hair which becomes a deadly weapon. This game has three sequels but we only need the one-word title of the original.
Bayonetta
60 When Wigan beat Manchester City in a shock men’s FA Cup Final result in
2013, who scored the only goal of the game? It was only his third game back in the team after recovering from a broken leg.
Ben Watson
Which comic book superhero was played by Nicholas Hammond on television in the 1975?
Spider-Man
10 At which London hotel did the actress Tallulah Bankhead drink champagne from her shoe during a press conference in 1951?
Ritz
15 Hawkers, Darters, and Chasers are all types of which insect?
Dragonfly
17 Which Swedish pop duo had hits with The Look and It Must Have Been love
Roxette
18 What animal is used to make the Spanish dish Cochinillo asado?
Suckling Pig
How many feathers does a badminton shuttlecock have
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Strait dividing the southern part of Sakhalin from northern end of Hokkaido! Named after a French naval officer.
La Perouse Strait
Northernmost point of the island of Hokkaido, also gives name to the Japanese name of the La Perouse Strait separating it from Sakhalin.
Cape Soya
27 Which American physicist lived on St John in the U.S. Virgin Islands until his death in 1967?
Robert Oppenheimer
28 In the traditional nursery rhyme Old Mother Hubbard, what musical
Instrument is the dog playing?
Flute
30 Figure skaters Vanessa James and Eric Radford won a bronze medal at the
2022 Olympics representing which country?
Canada
32 Which is the world’s second-largest gold-producing country, after China?
Australia
33 Which television drama series takes its title from a girls soccer team that survives a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness?
Yellowjackets
35 Which England cricketer wrote the 2020 memoir Bowl. Sleep. Repeat?
Jimmy Anderson
38 Which French sculptor designed the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de
Janeiro?
Paul Landowski
39 How many years must a red wine be aged for in order for it to be labeled as a Crianza?
2
40 Which American author wrote My Antonia, the final book in the Great Plains trilogy?
Willa Cather
41 In which European country is the Siedlec Desert?
Poland
43 Which novel by Alexandre Dumas opens with a chapter titled The Shade of of Cardinal Richelieu?
Twenty Years After
44 Which Olympic gold medal-winning Finnish ski Jumper released the debut album Night of Surprises in 1992?
Matti Nykanen
45 Which Coventry-based car manufacturer adopted the hare bonnet mascot for its 12/50 model?
Alvis
46 The Inktomi Crater, also known as “The Splat”, is a feature of which moon of Saturn?
Rhea
48 A Beautiful Mine by R]D2 was the theme music to which Emmy-award-winning U.S. drama television serles?
Mad Men
49 Which British writer and explorer wrote the travel memoir The Valleys of the Assassins (1934)?
Freya Stark
50 How many legs does a Giant Vinegaroon have?
8 - it’s a scorpion
Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons band
Chemical Brothers
Alexander Pall and Andrew Taggart band
Chainsmokers
Australian Cheyne Coates and Andy van Dorssalaer band
Madison Avenue (of don’t call me baby fame)
Mayte Mateos and Maria Mendiola band
Baccara
Colin Angus and Richard West band famous for 1992 hit
The Shaman (Ebenezer Goode)
Two’s at Number One: Anita Dels and Ray Slijngaard hit the top spot in 1993 with a repetitive hit. How are they better known and what was the #1?
2 Unlimited - No Limits
19 Trivia: What is the total if you add the number from Stevie Nicks
“Edge”, the number of Years in the song by The Levellers, the year
James Blunt sang about and how old Bryan Adams said he wants to be
“Til I Die”?
2023 (17 + 15 + 1973 + 18)
Bryan Abrams lead singer of which 90s vocal band
Color Me Badd
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Trivia: The singer of disco classic Knock On Wood, Ami Stewart, is the aunt of which 80s pop singer?
Sinitta
16 Trivia: Which Human League album has the same name as a no.1 for
Gorillaz?
Dare
Alf Garnett character played by Warren mitchell first appeared I. Which tv show
Till death do us part (sequel was in sickness and in health)
Which American show was inspired from uk till death do us part?
All in the family
Main character and actor therein of us show all in the family
Archie Bunker by Carroll O’Connor
What far right political party were the biggest losers in the Spanish general election? They share their name with a news outlet and a novel by Christina Dalcher
Vox
In sonic hedgehog, what animal is cream?
Rabbit
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Which daughter of a famous ex-professional basketballer player became the first NWSL player to earn a contract of more than a million dollar per year when she signed a 4 year extension with Washington Spirit in
2022?
Trinity Rodman
Which Hindi language film Is India’s highest grossing film of all time?
This 2016 film revolves around a Pehlwani amateur wrestler who trains his 2 daughters to become India’s first world class female wrestlers
Dangal
8 Which Chinese literary critic won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his
“campaigns to end communist one-party rule in China”?
Liu Xiaobo
10 What was the name of the movement founded by Wangari Maathal in
1977 which a focus on planting trees, environmental conservation and womens rights?
Green Belt Movement
Caravane cheese from Mauritania made from pasteurised milk of which animal?
Camel
16 What term did J. Thomson originally give for the negatively charged particles now known as electrons? This term also follows Malphigian’s in the name of two anatomical structures in the kidneys and the spleen and Meissner’s to describe a type of nerve ending in the skin that is sensitive to light touch
Corpuscle
17 All about love, The will to change, Ain’t I a woman, and Feminism is for everybody are works by what American author and feminist who died in December 2021?
Bell Hooks
18 What Czechoslovaklan runner is best known for winning three gold medals in the 1952 Olympic games in Helsinki in the 5000m, 10,000m and marathon? He had never competed in a marathon before and only decided to join the race at the last minute
Emil Zatopek
Messi and che Guevara both born in which argentine city?
Rosario
23 What Is the natlonal sport of Columbla? It involves a metal puck/disc at small targets containing gunpowder
Tejo
25 Which moral philosopher wrote the work Animal Liberation where he popularised the term Speciesism?
Peter Singer
Who wrote music and libretto to Putlizer Prize for Music 2023 winning opera Omar which is about an enslaved Muslim man, Omar Ibn Said, in Charleston SC in 19th century?
Rhiannon Giddens
28 Which photographer produced the series Only Half the Picture alluding to traumatic events experience by the LGBTQIA+ community in South Africa, as well as love and intimacy?
Zanele Muholi
32 Murakami’s works, “Hear the Wind Sing”, “Pinball, 1973”, and “A Wild Sheep’s Chase” are books in a trilogy named after which animal?
Rat
38 What Mexican ballet dancer is currently a principal with the English national ballet? In 2018 he won the Prix Benois de la Danse for his performance in Don Quixote
Isaac Hernandez
40 In which town In Nevsehir Province in Turkey was an ancient multi-level city capable of sheltering 20,000 people found by a resident in 1963 renovating their home?
Derinkuyu
MX2 and MX3 are models of what car manufacturer founded in 2017? They are mexico first electric car brand.
Zacua
46 In 1922, who served as US Senator for Georgia for 1 day making her the first female US Senator?
Rebecca Felton
47 What Nicaraguan dynasty was overthrown in 1979?
Somoza
49 What Beijing-based university is the highest ranking Asian entry in the World University Rankings 2023 at 16th? Peking University is ranked 17th
Tsinghua
50 What is the full name of the daughter of Kim Jong-un who is believed to be the sucessor to her father as Supreme Leader of North Korea?
Kim Ju-Ae
What was the first name of the son of Pope Alexander VI who became the first person to resign as a Cardinal? He went on to lead French forces in the Italian Wars and became the inspiration for the book “The Prince”
Cesare Borgia
Older literature might refer to the IBWM as the inter-governmental body in charge of measurement standards. What does IBWM stand for in this context
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
3 The “Turkish Rondo” or “Turkish March”, imitating the sound of Turkish bands which were in vogue at the time, is one of the most A famous pieces by which composer?
Mozart
5 In which novel of 1961 would you find the character “Dunbar” airman whose goal is to prolong his life by whatever means possible? In order to do this he cultivates boring hobbies which make his life seem longer
Catch-22
Amala Dlamini stage name - song Kiss Me More
Doja Cat
9 The Northern Ireland secretary Conor Burns gave Boris Johnson a firm defence during partygate. What 3-word term did he use to describe the way partying had been forced upon poor Boris during the lockdown? The phrase was widely riducled in the media
Ambushed by cake
14 The Black Pope is the name given to the head of what organisation?
The current holder of this post is the Venezuelan Arturo Sosa
The Jesuits
20 Whilst Texas was under Mexican control, settlers were invited from the United States and Europe in order to counter raids being made by which Native American tribe?
Comanche
27 The song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams is the most downloaded song of all time in the UK. It was taken from the soundtrack of which 2013 animated movie?
Despicable Me 2
28 What is the name of the Pope’s Ring? Until 1842 it was used as a signet to seal official documents signed by the Pope
Ring of the Fisherman
29 The word Parsec (as in the unit of length) is a portmanteau of what short series of words?
Parallax of Second
30 What is the shared name of a shipping forecast area and the courtyard of a Norman castle?
Bailey
33 Which team, who joined English Div 2 from the National League in the last few years, play at the Borough Sports Ground, London?
Sutton United
35 Winona Ryder received an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of socialite May Welland in which 1993 Martin Scorsese movie?
The Age of Innocence
43 What was the name of the ranch which was the home of the Ewings in “Dallas”
Southfork
47 What is the name of the fictional English village where Rupert the
Bear lives?
Nutwood
53 Who retired as Chief Executive of Hong Kong during 2022?
Carrie Lam
Who is current chief executive of Hing Kong since 2022?
John Lee Ka-Chiu (John Lee)
64 What was the name of the English theatre impressario who took first took Charlie Chaplin to America? He is often credited with popularising the custard-pie-in-the-face gag
Fred Karno
65 Who was the ist Pope to resign? He died in prison in 1296 and no subsequent pope has taken this papal name
Celestine V
Which group originally from Detroit’s Brewster public housing were originally called the Primettes before changing their name and then releasing their first Motown single “I Want a Guy” / “Never Again” in 1961?
The Supremes
What is the name of the mascot of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, a portmanteau of a certain sea and “Unity”?:
TAZUNI
Eudyptula minor is a species found in New Zealand. Tazuni, the mascot of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is what bird of the order sphenisciformes?:
(Little) PENGUIN
Netball World Cup 2023 mascot was a meerkat with which name?
LETSATSI
In 1971, his novel The Siege of Trencher’s Farm was controversially filmed as Straw Dogs. Sam Peckinpah’s cinematic treatment marked a watershed in the depiction of sexual violence in the cinema though the most controversial scenes are absent from the book. From Scenes Like These (1968), shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1969.
Gordon Williams
Who played Winston Zeddemore in ghostbusters franchise?
Ernie Hudson
Pearl Harbour is on which island?
Oahu
Who provided the first exact solution to the Einstein field equations of general relativity, for the limited case of a single spherical non-rotating mass? Leading to his namesake radius for black holes.
Karl Schwarzschild
Michael Oher from the blind side film won Super Bowl with which nfl team?
Baltimore ravens
Name of person who did fake adoption of nfl player Michael oher and played by Sandra bullock in the blind side?
Leigh Anne Tuohy
Eurovision first British entrant Patricia bredin dies in 2023 at 88, took place in eurovision 1957, what city hosted?
Frankfurth
First Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 held in which city?
Lugano
2023 dc film Blue Beetle stars which actor as Jamie Reyes/Blue Beetle? Also Miguel Diaz in Cobra Kai and Victor Graham in Parenthood.
Xolo Mariduena
Which prophet mentioned in Zadok the Priest music?
Nathan
Cuba longest river
Cauto
1998 Sarah waters debut novel
Tipping the velvet
Secretary signature on business docs has which two letters next to?
PP
Megan Swan made first female President of which organisation in 2021?
Magic Circle
Uk prime minister when jfk assassinated
Alec Douglas-Hume (for four weeks)
1980 The Elephant Man was which directors first Oscar nomination?
David Lynch
The TV series 30 Rock featured several shows within the show. What was the three-word title of the reality show that followed Tracy’s wife Angie and her friends? In real life, this title could only be bestowed on the consort of the monarch of the Hashemite kingdom.
Queen of Jordan
The first being established at San Diego Zoo in 1972, frozen zoos collect and store jenetic materials from members of which biological kingdom?
Animal
Which German political philosopher is probably best known for her book The Origins of Totalitarianism, and for her account of the trial of Adolf Eichmann subtitled A Report on the Banality of Evil?
Hannah Arendt
Playing for England in this year’s Ashes, whose innings of 208 at Trent Bridge was just the eighth double century in the history of women’s test cricket?
Tammy Beaumont
Which grammatical case indicates a noun or pronoun that has a relationship, typically possession, to some other noun? In English, this case is usually marked by an apostrophe S.
Genitive
From the Italian word for ‘stubborn’, which term in music is used for a repeated motif that is sustained for an extended period in a piece?
Ostinato
Which battle of the American War of Independence, fought in New York state in (1777, saw John Burgoyne’s British army defeated by the rebels under Horatio Gates?
Saratoga
Only two teams who play home matches in capital cities have been European champions in men’s rugby union. One of these is Saracens, who play home matches in the Hendon area of which city?
London
Which French philosopher and activist, who joined an anarchist column during the Spanish Civil War and laboured in a car factory to better understand the working class, starved herself to death in 1943? Only later did her works, such as Gravity and Grace, become widely known.
Simone Weil
Scoring 99 at Trent Bridge this summer, who is the only other current international female cricketer to have made a test double century? In a rare double, she has also represented Australia in association football.
Ellyse Perry
Another show within 30 Rock was which game show with a one-word title, which involved contestants defining the homophone of a word read out by the host?
However, the show’s title would also encompass words with identical spellings.
Homonym
From the Latin for ‘a falling’, which musical term can be perfect, imperfect, plagal or interrupted, in classifying the series of chords used to resolve a harmony?
Cadence
What English word, used to describe a recently delivered child, comes from the Greek word for ‘new and the Latin for birth’?
Neonatal
Which writer of crime fiction made over 50 appearances in TV adaptations of his works and their spin-offs? These cameos in Endeavour, Lewis and Inspector Morse spanned from 1987 to 2016, the year before his death.
Colin Dexter
Often appearing enlarged in Alzheimer’s sufferers, which interconnected cavities in the brain produce cerebro•spinal fluid? The same word also describes the larger pair of chambers in the heart, which pump blood to the lungs and the rest of the body.
Ventricles
Two women were on the final ballot for the 2020 Labour leadership election. One was Lise Nandy, who remains in the shadow cabinet. Which MP for Salford and Eccles was the other? She served in Corbyn’s shadow cabinet, and for less than three months as Starmer’s shadow education secretary.
Rebecca Long-Bailey
Which grammatical case indicates a word that is the recipient or beneficiary of an action, also called the indirect object? In English, this is usually signified by the preposition ‘to’.
Dative
In 1991, artist Michael J. Deas used photographs taken by Kathy Anderson as inspiration to paint the updated Torch Lady logo for which studio?
Columbia Pictures
Which British luxury car brand’s 2023 roster of vehicles include the model names Flying Spur, Continental GT, and Batur series? Founded in Cricklewood in 1919, it won the ‘24
Hours of Le Mans’ 5 times between 1924 until 1930.
Bentley
Which Saint names cardiffs national museum of history?
St Fagan’s museum of history
What scientific term is for when Earth’s rotation axis is directly perpendicular to the Sun-Earth line, tilting neither toward nor away from the Sun? This is the moment when day and night are the same length of time.
Equinox
Which pro wrestler won the WWF Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam 1992, held in the UK for the first time at Wembley Stadium? He beat his real-life brother-in-law Bret “The Hitman” Hart.
British Bulldog
Which theme park in Wales can you find the wooden roller coaster called
‘Megafobia’ the fastest wooden roller coaster in the United Kingdom? Other rides in this park include Vertigo and Speed.
Oakwood
What is the first name of the aunt in the Patrick Dennis’s 1955 novel An Irreverent Escapade? It was made into a film in 1958 with Rosalind Russell playing this character.
Mame
What name is given to larval stage for Lepidoptera, including butterflies and moths? They cocoon themselves before transitioning to their adult form.
Caterpillars
Which UK city was given the now largely defunct nickname “Linenopolis” when it led the world’s linen industry during the Victoria era? Another nickname was “Old Smoke” due to its shipping and industrial output.
Belfast
Which presenter has been one of the five main presenters since 2018 on BBC
Radio 4’s Today programme? She previously hosted Radio 4’s The World at One.
Martha Kearney
Mission Impossible 2022 seventh film subtitle
Dead Reckoning Part One
Which singer songwriter released the “yacht rock” hit song Sailing in June 1980?
It was his only number one on Billboard’s Hot 100.
Christopher Cross
Host of great pottery throwdown
Siobhan McSweeney
Which UK city was given the now largely defunct nicknames of “Worstedopolis” or “Woolopolis” when it led the world’s wool industry during the Victorian era?
Bradford
Which female presenter has been one of the five main presenters since 2013 on
BBC Radio 4’s Today programme? She is the main Sunday presenter on BBC
News at Ten.
Mishal Hussain
Which Southeast Asian nation currently ranked 8th in Asia’s women’s football is nicknamed the “Malditas” [Mal-di-tas]? They finished bottom of Group A in the FIFA World Cup but did beat hosts New Zealand.
Philippines
What is the first name of the aunt in Graham Greene’s 1969 novel Travels with my Aunt? It was made into a film in 1972 with Maggie Smith playing this character.
Augusta
Which pro wrestler nicknamed “The Heartbreak Kid” won the WWF European title in 1997 from the British Bulldog at WWF One Night Only held in Birmingham? He was helped by “Triple H” and their wrestling stable known as “D-Generation X”
Shaun Michaels
Which HBO show stars Jean Smart as comedian Debra Vance, who is looking to reinvent her image? Hannah Einbinder stars as her head writer Ava Daniels.
Hacks
Which team did Manchester United beat 2-0 in the FA Cup final on May 22nd, 1999, on their way to the “Treble” that year? Their manager was Ruud Gulit.
Newcastle
“He’s got morning glory and life’s a different story. Everything’s going Jackanory are the lyrics from which Blur single? It was released in August 1995 in the same week as an Oasis’ single during “The Battle of Britpop”, it went on to be number one.
Country House
What word of French origin is used for a woman’s bedroom or a private room for her to receive her intimate friends? It translates as “pouting or sulking room”.
Boudoir
A 1999 film directed by Claire Denis and a 1951 opera by Benjamin Britten are both based on which unfinished novella by Herman Melville?
Billy Budd
Current editor in chief of FT
Roula Khalaf
Rodney Trotter middle name
Charlton
In 2021, which County Council moved its headquarters to Woodhatch Place in the town of Reigate [rye-gate]?
Surrey
Which Irish novelist has been longlisted for the Booker Prize on five occasions, most recently in 2023 for Old God’s Time? Their first nomination, the 2005 novel A Long Long Way, was their first to also make the shortlist.
Sebastian Barry
Lee Pace played which character in the hobbit trilogy, the father of Legolas
Thranduil
In 1992, Kurt Cobain visited the Rough Trade shop in Ladbroke Grove and asked for a copy of the 1979 debut album of which then all-female experimental post-punk band named after a garment and founded by Ana da Silva and Gina Birch?
The Raincoats
Which Kent and England top order batter and captain, whose international career lasted from 1954 until 1975, was the first cricketer to play 100 Test matches, reaching. this milestone against Australia in 1968?
Colin Cowdrey
First performed in 1938, Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by which Russian composer, whose other works include the ballet Cinderella?
Sergei Prokofiev
Also known as Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee
Battle of Shiloh
The Vicksburg campaign 1862-63 fought in which American state?
Mississippi
battle of the American Civil War fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and Union Gen. George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland
Battle of Antietam
remains the bloodiest day in American history, with a combined tally of 22,727 dead, wounded, or missing. Which battle fought in 1862
Antietam
Proton-pump inhibitors have largely replaced the H2RA class of medications, such as ranitidine, which were also used to reduce stomach acid. In this initialism, the H2R represents ‘histamine type-2 receptor’ but what does the ‘A’ stand for?
Antagonist
Which town, located since 1965 within Greater London rather than Surrey, continued to serve administratively as Surrey’s county town until 2021? It remains the seat.of the council of the namesake southwest London borough.
Kingston-upon-Thames
Which Indian-born novelist who has lived in Canada since 1975 has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize for each of his three novels: Such A Long Journey, A Fine Balance, and Family Matters?
Rohinton Mistry
Although he has claimed it was Johnathan, what is Arnold Rimmer’s unflattering middle name, in the sitcom Red Dwarf?
Judas
In 2001, which designer succeeded Stella McCartney as creative director of Chloé until she herself left in 2006? She held a similar role at Céline between 2008 and 2017.
Phoebe Philo
Zanny Minton Beddoes is the current editor-in-chief of which British weekly publication, whose areas of focus are similar to those of the Financial Times?
Articles in this publication, whose logo features white text on a fire engine red background, are traditionally published anonymously.
The Economist
Often abbreviated to DC, what method of financial analysis is often used by private equity firms to value companies based on a forecast of their future earnings?
Discounted Cashflow
In 1985, which Australian batter and captain became the first cricketer to play in 100 One-Day Internationals, eventually playing his 273rd and last in 1994? His 11,174 runs in Test cricket was the all-time record until overtaken by Brian Lara.
Allan Border
Taking its name from a diminutive for the Spanish for “early”, and particularly associated with Rioja and Ribera del Duero, which is the most-planted red wine grape in Spain?
Tempranillo
Which lawyer, economist and leader of India’s Dalits, then called Untouchables, chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India in the 19405? This recipient of doctorates from Columbia University and LSE became the first Minister of Law and Justice in the Nehru cabinet.
BR Ambedkar
Gina Birch and Ana da Silva were inspired to form The Raincoats after watching which all-female group, whose members include vocalist Ari Up, play live? Kurt Cobain named this band’s album Cut one of his 50 favourites, and their drummer
Palmolive later joined The Raincoats.
The Slits
Who, in 1985, became the first Black bishop in the Church of England when he was appointed Bishop of Croydon? He came second in the 2003 poll The 100
Greatest Black Britons.
Wilfred Wood
October obviously means “8th month”. Which two months were added to the Roman calendar to relegate it to being the tenth month? Put together they make the title of a 1980 hit single for Barbara Dickson.
January, February
Who is the only member of the German Nazi Party to be buried at Mount Zion in Jerusalem?
Oskar Schindler
Halley’s Comet meteor shower peaks October
Orionids
Cecilia and Robbie are lovers in which lan McEwan novel, which he adapted with Christopher Hampton into a 2007 film starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy?
Atonement
13 Used mainly in South Asia, the word crore means what number?
10 million
In Indian number system, what does Lakh stand for number wise
100,000
19 What word refers in the UK to a seafood-based pasta sauce, but in the USA to a tomato and herb sauce which occasionally has meat in but never seafood?
Marinara
20 Which 1958 film, starring John Mills, Sylvia Sims, Harry Andrews and Anthony Quayle, was released in the USA under the far more mundane title Desert Attack?
Ice Cold in Alex
Who writes the book Gadsby which doesn’t contain the letter E?
Ernest Vincent Wright
22 Which is the world’s most remote city of more than
100,000 people, being 3,841km from the nearest other city of that size?
Honolulu
23 What is the name for the ground cover of the dogbane family; the name is shared by a shade of lavender- blue matching a common colour of its flowers?
Periwinkle
American novelist: horsemen pass by, the last pciture show, lonesome dove (Putlizer pri3 won 1985) and terms of endearment. Co-wrote script for Brokeback mountain Film.
Larry McMurtry
25 Which London film processing laboratory was the site of a two-year strike in the 1970s by a mainly female and South Asian heritage workforce? The strike, while unsuccessful, is regarded as a turning point in UK race relations.
Grunwick
27 Vanessa, Corin and Lynn are the three children of Rachel Kempson and which actor (forename AND surname please)
Michael Redgrave
28 Which are the only TWO positions allowed to score points in netball? (BOTH are required)
Goal Shooter and Goal Attack
30 EP. Thompson’s 1980 pamphlet Protest and Survive, the title a parody of a Government leaflet, triggered a surge of support for which organisation, which was founded in 1957 and still exists in a much smaller form?
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
32 In 2020, statues of which historical figure were toppled in St Paul, Minnesota and Richmond, Virginia by groups including Native American activists? Another statue of the same person was decapitated in Boston.
Christopher Columbus
34 The singer and multi-instrumentalist Ray Thomas played what is probably rock music’s best known flute solo on what 1967 single?
Nights in White Satin
Which band had song Nights in White Satin
moody blues
35 In 1920, which orchestra - still going strong - became the UK’s first municipally-supported ensemble? The first
Principal Conductor was Appleby Matthews.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
36 What is the largest town/city in England without a professional men’s football team? With a population of 325,000 at the 2011 census it was then the 10th largest settlement in England
Wakefield
40 Named after a blue flowering perennial plant and probably an enemy of nominative determinism, which sister ship to the Mayflower did not succeed in crossing the Atlantic in 1620?
Speedwell
42 Published in 1881, Charles Darwin’s final book investigated the actions of worms to form what substance?
Mould
43 What name is given to a bone that is embedded within a tendon or a muscle, the largest example being the patella?
Sesamoid
47 Which distinctive headgear was worn by Natalie Portman in the 2016 film Jackie? The film’s subject popularised this style in the 1960s, notably wearing several examples made by the designer Halston.
Pillbox Hat
49 William Powell and Myrna Loy were the stars of which series of six films released between 1934-47 based on book by dashiell hammett?
The Thin Man
Found in blood, what name is given to the small, colorless cell fragments that help form clots to stop or prevent bleeding?
Platelets
8
Shists, Gneisses and Granofels are the three main textural classifications of which of the major rock groups?
Metamorphic Rocks
Polaris star constellation
Ursa Minor
Big dipper asterism found in which constellation
Ursa Major
12 A probable origin of the stories of Sea Serpents from the tales of sailors in times gone by. Which rarely seen and highly elongated (growing up to 11m) is the World’s longest known bony fish?
Giant oarfish
Four geological periods of Mars
Pre-Noachian
Noachian
Hesperian
Amazonian
17 Found in the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, weighing 15 kg and reaching 1 metre in height. Which black furred, arboreal Gibbon is the largest? It is also distinguished from other Gibbons by having a large A gular sac (or throat pouch) it can inflate and having two digits on each foot.
Siamang (Symphalangus Syndactylus)
18 Making the news in July 2023. Which disorder also known as Mammalian meat allergy (MMA) and spread by tick bites, results in rashes, vomiting, difficulty breathing, a drop in blood pressure and stomach ache 3-8 hours after eating meat?
Alpha-Gal Syndrome
- Which English weaver and carpenter from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire invented the Spinning Jenny in 1765? This multi spindle weaving device allowed cloth to be produced much faster and was of the key inventions in the early industrial revolution.
James Hargreaves
Richard Arkwright invented what spinning device
Spinning Frame
Women’s World Cup final 2015 who scored only second ever hat trick in world cup final for USA and first since hurst?
Carli Lloyd
Who won Golden Ball at World Cup women’s 2023 Spanish player
Bonmati
Senagalese FIfA sec gen appointed by Infantino in 2016
Fatma Samoura
In 2020, she became the first woman to referee a Major League Soccer regular season match in 20 years, officiated the World Cup final women’s 2023
Tori Penso
Samples: What is the name of the Yorkshire based duo who’s first 3 top ten hits in the 90s sampled Kate Bush, Eurythmics, Gwen Guthrie, * Crown Heights Affair, Human League and Sylvester?
Utah Saints
Samples: What is the name of the Puff Daddy debut single that used elements of Matthew Wilders “Break My Stride”, Grandmaster Flashs
“The Message and Michael Jacksons “Rock With You”?
Can’t nobody hold me down
Samples: Atomic Kitten’s I Want Your Love and 808 State feat. MC
Tunes The Only Rhyme That Bites borrow heavily from the theme tune of which 1958 Oscar winning movie?
Big Country
Samples: Which Sting song did Craig David and the Sugababes both borrow the guitar track from to have hits, along with Monica using it in Take Him Back, Juice WRLD in Lucid Dreams and Nas in The Message?
Shape of my Heart
12 First Top Tens: Can you tell me which group this is from the initials of their first UK top tens and the years they had them? ATSW (92) TS
(93) DTA (94) LIAF (98)
Ace of Base
13 First Top Tens: Can you tell me which solo artist this is from the initials of their first UK top tens and the years they had them?? BOMT
(98) S (99) (YDM)C (99) BTMYH (99)
Britney Spears
14 First Top Tens: Can you tell me which group this is from the initials of their first UK top tens and the years they had them? IOTAM (92) AMLS
(92) CIBM (92) WCIWUWY (93)
Take That
36 Two Hit Wonders: Which solo artist from a TV talent show has had just 2 UK hits, Maybe That’s What it Takes & Cry.
Alex Parks
38 Two Hit Wonders: Which English singer of Greek Cypriot descent had
2 UK top 20 hits with Story of My Life & Shining?
Kristian Leontiou
39 Two Hit Wonders: This British duo had 2 hits in 1985 and 1986 called
Lean On Me and For America. Three more releases stalled in the top 80 then they vanished. Name them.
Red Box
40 Two Hit Wonders: Despite 18 top tens in thir homeland of Finland, this group have only had 2 hits in the UK, Guilty & the rock banger in The Shadows. Name them
The Rasmus
The Brenner Pass forms the border between which two European countries?
Italy and Austria
Running from Patcham along the route of the A23 down to Pool Valley, what is the name of Brighton’s principal underground river?
Wellesbourne
Reputedly giving its name to Mayonnaise, Mahon is the capital city of which Spanish island?
Menorca
Noel Harrison’s recording of the song “The Windmills of Your Mind” won the Academy Award for Best Original Song after it was featured in which
1968 film?
The Thomas crown affair
16 In 2021, Marc Skinner succeeded Casey Stoney as the manager of which football club in the Women’s Super League?
Manchester United
19 Also the traditional birthstone for the month of September, what precious gemstone is the traditional gift for a 45th wedding anniversary?
Sapphire
20 Famed for designing the wedding dresses worn by Kate Middleton and Serena Williams, the dress designer Sarah Burton is also the creative director of which British fashion house, named after its founder who died in 2010?
Alexander McQueen
23 In a Spanish Flamenco performance, what is a ‘pericon?
The fan
31 What is the name of the tissue located beneath the bark of trees which forms wood and transports water from roots and stems to the leaves?
Xylem
35 Which actor delivers the line “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” in the 1979 war film, ‘Apocalypse Now?
Robert Duvall
39 With Como Grande as its highest peak, what is the name of the largest mountain range to be found in Italy?
Apennine
41 In 2000, in which South American country did the US Dollar replace the
Sucre as the national currency?
Ecuador
45 In 2022, which British comedian and former solicitor who was formerly part of a famous double act released his first published novel entitled ‘The Satsuma Complex’?
Bob Mortimer
46 Which former Downing Street Director of Communications and which former MP for Penrith and the Borders who stood in the 2019 Conservative leadership election are the two regular co-hosts of the weekly political podcast ‘The Rest is Politics’?
Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart
59 What is added to a Croque Monsieur to make a Croque Provencal?
Tomati
64 Taking its name from the Latin for ‘heaped rainstorm’, what is the name of the dense, towering vertical type of cloud that typically forms prior to a thunderstorm occurring?
Cumulonimbus
65 In 2003, the Met Office moved its headquarters from Bracknell in Berkshire to a purpose-built structure in which city in South West England?
Exeter
The Pogues version of “Dirty Old Town” is played when which League Two football team take to the pitch? This team, nicknamed The Ammies, plav at the Peninsula Stadium
Salford City
Beatles first uk number one song
From me to you
“You take me up” was a number 2 hit single in 1984 for which group which featured Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway?
Thompson twins
Which harmonica playing Rock-group frontman has on-stage alter egos including Mirrorball Man and MacPhisto?
Bono
When The Hollies recorded “He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother” at Abbey Road studios in 1969, which session musician of the time played piano?
During the 1960s this man was a member of Bluesology
Elton John
Justin Currie plays harmonica on which band’s 1989 debut hit “Kiss this thing goodbye”? Their 1995 song “Roll to me” reached the US top ten
Del Amitri
10 Which 1976 song with a harmonica section was Bryan ferry’s biggest solo hit in the UK? The first line of the lyrics is “And now the marriage vow is very sacred”
Let’s stick together
11
Which English singer joined Smiths members Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke for a 1984 cover version of the song “Hand in Glove’? Aged 37 at the time, it gave her her biggest hit since Monsieur Dupont in 1969
Sandie ShAw
12
“Long Train Runnin” is the biggest UK chart hit for which American country rock band? This song was released in 1972, Michael McDonald would not join this band until 1975
Doobie Brothers
13 Which General of the Mexican Revolution was assassinated in 1923 whilst he stopped to buy Pumpkinseed from a roadside trader? His skull is now believed to be in the possession of Yale’s Skull and Bone Society
Pancho Villa
15 The entire period of Mexican History from 1876 to 1911 is named after which man, the de facto dictator for most of this period? He rose to the rank of general, leading republican troops against the French-backed rule of Maximilian I
Porfirio Diaz
Final and decisive battle of the Texas revolution fought April 21 1836, Sam houston vs Santa Anna
Battle of San Jacinto
18 What “c” is the outfit or suit worn by a Mariachi musician? The outfit is one that is associated with Mexico around the world and is often worn along with a wide-brimmed Sombrero
Charro
Carlos slim company name
Grupo Carso
22 in 1858 which Mexican statesman became the first indigenous man to be Head of State in post-colonial America? During his presidential terms, he supported a number of controversial measures, including his negotiation of the McLane-Ocampo Treaty
Benito Juarez
King Edward VII born name
Albert
29 On what weekly podcast show hosted by Dax Shepherd and Monica
Padman did Prince Harry attribute his mental health issues to the ineffective parenting style of previous generations? Two word answer
Armchair Expert
30 In 2008 Prince Harry caused controversy after making racist comments to which British comedian? During the 2006 Fringe, this man performed the solo show All of Me, in which he publicly acknowledged his own homosexuality for the first time.
Stephen K Amos
33 At what stately home did Meghan Markle spend the night before her wedding to Prince Harry? This Italianate mansion in Buckinghamshire was the home of Viscount Astor and was the setting for many events of the Profumo Affair
Cliveden
35 What piece of kitchen equipment lends its name to the agreement between the British royal family and the Press that William and Harry would be allowed to carry out their academic studies in peace, in exchange for the occasional photograph?
Pressure Cooker Agreement
37 The foundation stone of New Delhi was laid by which man at the Delhi
Durbar of 1911?
George V
39 Fort St George, the first British fort in India, was located in which city?
The Corporation of this city is the oldest in India and the second oldest in the world after London
Chennai
Goa capital
Panaji
44 Over 2000 people died in what has become known as the Bhopal
Disaster. Which pesticide company owned the plant from which the posionous gas was released?
Union Carbide
45 Since 1956, which city of Southern India has housed the Rashtrapati Nilayam, the winter office of the president of India? This city on the Deccan plateau is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telanga
Hyderabad
48 Now a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Himalayan railway running from which town of West Bengal climbs from sea level to 7200ft using loops and zig-sags? The BBC have made a documentary about this line and steam enthusiasts come from all over the world to see it
Darjeeliny
Matrix 2021 subtitle
Resurrections
3rd film bill and Ted subtitle film 2020
Bill and Ted Face the Music
52 Keanu Reeves was Kai, a masterless Samurai in which movie of 2013?
47 Ronin
55 What was the name of the 2015 Eli Roth thriller starring Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas? In this movie two unexpected visitors force themselves on Reeves happily married character. No joke, this was a disturbing drama
Knock Knock
56 Which Canadian actor played Keanu Reeves father in the 2006 movie
“Lake House”? This man’s other roles include the Duke of Wellington in Waterloo and Rudyard Kipling in The man who would be King
Christopher Plummer
59 Keanu Reeves starred in the video for which 1991 Pau;a Abdul hit? The lyrics from the chorus of this song include the line “Hurry, hurry lover, come to me”
Rush Rush
Worlds largest hot spring found in New Zealand and is called Waimangu Cauldron and what English name re
Frying pan Lake
67 In which country will you find Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe? The mountainous region of the northern shore is known both for its historic character and as a major wine region
Hungaryb
68 Slightly smaller than the Lebanon, what lake of Northwestern Russia is the second largest lake in Europe after Lake Ladoga?
Lake Onega
Owned by the National Trust, what is the deepest lake in England? In 2007, this lake was announced as the winner of a vote to determine
“Britain’s Favourite View” by viewers of ITV.
Wast Water
The Lake of Menteith, located near Stirling, plays host to something called the “Bonspiel”. The last occurrence of this was in the Winter of 1979. What is the Bonspiel?
Curling match
Canadian folklore what creature said to inhabit Okanagan Lake in BC Canada?
Ogopogo
What is the most notable aspect of the prisoner uniform at the so-called
“Tent City Jail” ran by “America’s toughest sheriff” Joe Arpaio?
Pink Underwear
Who was leader of Tory party 1997-2001?
William Hague
8
Which Scottish footballer served 44 days in jail for the on-pitch headbutting of a Raith Rovers defender in 1994? The disgrace meant he never played for the Scottish national side again?
Duncan Ferguson
10 What Category C prison in Norfolk played host to Jeffrey Archer in 2001?
Found near the village of Griston, it has also housed Reggie Kray and Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour
Wayland
11 Also known as Stockhof, Albert Pierrepoint executed over 100 Nazi war criminals at the prison of which Lower Saxony town? Between 1933 and 1937, the Nazi regime held their Reich Harvest Thanksgiving Festival near here
Hamelin
12 Which English prison has been nicknamed the “Monster Mansion” due to the large number of high-profile, high-risk sex offenders and murderers held there? Notable inmates include Jeffrey Bamber, Mick Philpott and Harold Shipman
Wakefield
13 Sharing its name with an Italian city, which US prison is known as the Alcatraz of the Rockies? El Chapo is an inmate there
Florence
14 In which country will you find “Danli Prison”, regarded as the World’s toughest? The inmates set their own rules in this prison which lies about 20 miles from the Nicaraguan border
Honduras
16 Which American Journalist and Novelist, initials “EP”.
, won the first Pulitzer
Prize for Fiction, awarded in 1918 for his book, “His Family”*
Ernest Poole
17 Later made into a movie by Orson Welles, which Booth Tarkington novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1919? The novel traces the growth of the United States through the declining fortunes of three generations of an aristocratic family
The Magnificent Ambersons
22 The Captain and Gus McRae are former Texas Rangers trekking to
Montana to set up a Cattle ranch in which Larry McMurtry Pulitzer prize winning novel?
Lonesome Dove
27 What is the shared two-word name of elif Batuman’s 2018 Pulitzer Prize nominated novel and Fyodor’s Dostoyevsky’s 1868 novel featuring the character Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin?
The Idiot
28 Which American man, the writer of the first two Dirty Harry films and the
1982 Conan the Barbarian movie, was also a co-creator of the award-winning series “Rome”?
John Milius
30 Which Northern Irish actor who died in 2023 was Titus Pullo in the TV series “Rome”? First name Ray, he was also Blackbeard in the third and fourth seasons of Black Sails
Ray Stevenson
33 Lindsay Duncan was BAFTA nominated for her role in which 1991 TV miniseries written by Alan Bleasdale? Robert Lindsay’s character in this show was said to be based on Derek Hatton
Gbh
34 In 2010, The Guardian ranked which black comedy at number 5 in their list of “The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time? Based on the writer’s experiences at the University of Warwick, it starred Peter Davison, Barbara Flynn and David Bamber. 4 word answer
A very peculiar practice
36 The English actress Esther Hall had a small role in the series “Rome”, but which man did she star alongside in a series of adverts for BT between 2005 and 2011? He has played the role of Humphrey Goodman in more than one TV series
Kris Marshall
Kris Marshall returns as Humphrey Goodman back in uk (shipton abbott) after leaving island of Saint Marie in which 2023 tv show
Beyond Paradise
Death in Paradise is filmed on which caribbean island doubling up as Saint Marie?
Guadeloupe
37 Caran Hinds is an actor who appeared in both the TV series Rome and Game of Thrones. He was Julius Caesar in Rome, but who did he play in Game of Thrones? This character is a former ranger of the Night’s Watch who became the “King-Beyond-the-Wall” and the new leader of the Wildlings
Mance Rayder
38 The English actor Rocky Marshall appeared in the TV series Rome, but he
first appeared on British screens when he was cast as ladies man Duncan
Hart in which soap which ran from 1997 to 2005?
Family Affairs
40 Born in 1972, who became the first Spaniard to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 1994?
Conchita Martinez
41 Which Spanish Tennis player became the youngest winner of the women’s singles title at the 1989 French Open, defeating World No. 1
Steffi Graf in the final?
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
42 Going into the 1992 Olympics, Fermin Cacho was not regarded as a Gold Medal candidate, however the slow pace suited him and his final lap of 50.6 seconds earned him Gold over what distance?
1500m
44 Which Spanish cyclist is the only man to win the Tour De France five times consecutively? He is also one of only seven people to achieve the Tour - De France-Giro double in the same year
Miguel Indurain
45 Which Spanish Tennis player who won the 1998 French Open has been
Rafael Nadal’s primary coach for the last 7 years?
Carlos Moya
46 Which Monegasque man is Ferrari’s other race driver alongside Carlos Sainz Inr in their 2023 team? This man made his F1 debut in 2018 for Sauber and had his first win at the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix
Charles LeClerc
47 4 Spanish men have won Golf majors. They are Sergio Garcia, Seve Ballesteros, Jon Rahm and which other? This man won both of his at the
US Masters
Jose Maria Olazabal
49 Carlos Sainz Sr won the World Rally championship twice - with what team did both of these victories occur? Sebastien Ogier has won with this team in recent years
Toyota
50 Isabel Fernandez and Miriam Bianco have both been Spanish sportswomen of the year due to their performances in which Sport?
Ryoko Tani is widely regarded as the greatest ever female performer in this sport
Judo
51 For which NBA side did the Spanish Basketball player Ricky Rubio star for between 2011 and 2017? Kevin Garnett led this team to the playoffs in 8 consecutive seasons and finished his career here
Minnesota Timberwolves
53 What “A” is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel?
Aliyah
54 Which American directed The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape
(1963), and Ice Station Zebra?
John Sturges
Name any year of Henry the Navigator
1394-1460
56 One of the first wine regions in Australia, the Hunter Valley is located in which state?
New south wales
59 What is the capital of the Portuguese archipelago, the Azores?
Ponta Delgada
60 The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical drama film which centres on political and personal turmoil among the royal family of Henry Il of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their three surviving sons, and the French king.In what year was it set? 5 yeiks either way allowed
1183
62 What “c” is a stiff or structured petticoat designed to hold out a woman’s skirt, popular at various times since the mid-19th century?
Crinoline
63 What “B’, an American expression derived from the Tagalog language, refers to a remote rural area?
Boondocks
64 Regularly appearing on Radio 4 alongside Rob Owen Brown and Fliss
Freeborn, Dr Annie Gray is a historian who specialises in what specific area?
History of Food
65 Frederic Weatherley composed the war song “Roses of Picardy” and which sentimental ballad of 1910 associated with Ireland and funerals?
Danny Boy
66 Which man, born to an Italian father in Buenos Aires in 1770 created the flag of Argentina and is regarded as a father of the country?
Manuel Belgrano
67 In Back to the Future, what drink has Marty McFly requested at Lou’s Café, only to be told by Lou: “A
_? Can’t give ya a ___
unless ya
order something.
The word filling the blanks is the name of the drink
Tab
70 Name either of the characters played by Paul Keane or Elaine Smith in the early years of Neighbours. There on-off romance was a central storyline at the time. First name is fine
Des Clarke or Daphne Lawrence
71 Bradley Walsh was Dave Dodds in which 2001 football movie?
Mike Bassett: England Manager
72 “Strong arm of the law” was a Gold-selling album in 1980 for which
English heavy metal band? Biff Byford was the lead singer of this group
Saxon
73 Four of the original exemplifications of the Magna Carta are still in existence. Two are in the British library, one is in Salisbury Cathedral.
Which cathedral holds the other?
Lincoln cathedral
Who managed Spain to women’s World Cup 2023 success?
Jorge Vilda
Who managed Spain to women’s World Cup 2023 success?
Jorge Vilda
Who scored Spain’s only goal in 1-0 victory over England I. World Cup 2023 final
Olga Carmona
Who scored Spain’s only goal in 1-0 victory over England I. World Cup 2023 final
Olga Carmona
Which county cricket club has won the County Championship outright on 20 occasions, making it the most successful county apart from Yorkshire?
Surrey
Which horse won the 2023 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham?
Constitution Hill
League 1 team was promoted as champions to the 2023/24 championship season?
Plymouth Argyle
Somerset-born David Bryant (1931-2020) is regarded by many as the greatest exponent of his chosen sport, winning many world titles and gold medals. What was his sport?
Bowls
Which sporting event has occurred at Olney in Buckinghamshire since the C15?
Pancake Race
What is the name of the Cornishman who became World Heavyweight boxing champion in the 1890s?
Bob Fitzsimmons
What is the term for the defensive system constructed along the eastern and south-eastern English coastline in the last century or so of the Roman Empire?
Saxon Shore
Which C17 poet served as MP for Kingston-upon-Hull for around twenty years from 1659?
Andrew Marvell
1a
Which motorway connects the M4 with central Bristol?
M32
Which ancient track (now a long-distance footpath) has Avebury in Wiltshire as its western terminus?
The Ridgeway
Which motorway connects the M6 with Telford in Shropshire?
M54
In which county will you find the NT properties of Little Moreton Hall, Quarry Bank and Dunham Massey?
Cheshire
In which county will you find the EH properties of Restormel Castle, Chysauster Iron Age village and Castel-an-Dinas hillfort?
Cornwall
What is the highest point in Cumbria which is not in the Lake District?
Cross Fell
Which Scottish architect and engineer, dubbed the Colossus of Roads, designed the Menai Strait bridge in North Wales and the Caledonian canal in Scotland, among much else?
Thomas Telford
Which Edinburgh University professor jointly won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2013 for his work on sub-atomic particles?
Peter Higgs
Scottish architects Robert Adam and Alexander Thomson are associated with which artistic movement of the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?
Neo-Classicism
Which now defunct Clydebank shipbuilding company built the Lusitania, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth and QE2, among many other very famous vessels?
John Brown
Brother and sister Ann Gloag and Sir Brian Souter founded which group of bus and rail operators in 1980?
Stagecoach
The hymn ‘Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer’ (aka ‘Bread of Heaven’) is usually sung to which tune?
Cwm Rhondda
Which late 60s pop group was led by Andy Fairweather-Low?
Amen Corner
Which well-known Welsh folk song chronicles the problems faced by a Welsh housewife and her little cooking utensil?
Sosban Fach
Which bass-baritone opera singer, famous for his roles in the operas of Puccini and Wagner, was born in 1965? He received a knighthood in 2017.
Bryn Terfel
In which Welsh town or city is the International Music Eisteddfod held?
Llangollen
The events of June 16 1904 in a very famous novel are commemorated and celebrated each year in Dublin on that date. How is this date known?
Bloomsday
In which 1890 novel, by an Irish-born writer, does the artist Basil Hallward play a leading role?
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Which play by Brian Friel was made into a 1998 film starring Meryl Streep?
Dancing at Lughnasa
What is the title of Joseph O’Connor’s 2002 novel about a ship taking Irish emigrants to America?
The star of the sea
What is the Manx name for the Isle of Man?
Ellan Vannin
Before Douglas what was capital of Isle of Man?
Castletown
To which diocese of the Church of England do the island and its islets belong?
Sodor and Man
What do the letters MHK after a Manxman’s or Manxwoman’s name stand for?
Member of the House of Keys
Apart from Peel, what is the name of the only other mediaeval stone castle on the island?
Rushen
Which Isle of Man private school sets a fiendishly difficult general knowledge quiz which appears in the Guardian newspaper at Christmas?
King William College
What is name of airport on isle of man(
Ronaldsway
The bronze statue of which late comedian, former Manx resident and honorary citizen of Tirana adorns the Douglas sea front?
Norman Wisdom
painting “The Irritating Gentleman” by which artist , created in 1890
Berthold Woltze
best known for his trilogy of body horror films; The Human Centipede (First Sequence), The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), and The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence). He was an original director of Dutch reality TV series Big Brother
Tom Six
Which African country is named from the Portuguese for prawn?
Cameroon
Only woman appointed to cabinet position by Maggie thatcher?
Janet Young
Which cult musician initiated No Music Day?
Bill Drummond
Which dynasty used the acrostic slogan AEIOU?
Habsburg
What did wildcatters go in search of?
Oil
What links Destroyed by Babylonians, 587BC; rebuilt by Herod; destroyed by Romans, 70AD?
Fates of Temples of Jerusalem
What links: Robert Frost; Bonnie Raitt; Matt Damon; Bill Gates; Mark Zuckerberg?
Harvard Drop Outs
It is considered the heart of modern Istanbul, with the central station of the Istanbul Metro network. It is also the location of the Republic Monument (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Anıtı) which was crafted by Pietro Canonica and inaugurated in 1928
Taksim Square
Portmanteau word used for satellite antenna used for reception of the now defunct British Satellite Broadcasting television service (BSB) because of its shape?
Squarial
She has won four Academy Awards for Best Costume Design for the films Barry Lyndon (1975), Chariots of Fire (1981), Marie Antoinette (2006), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Maria Canonero
has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design twelve times, winning four times - for the films Chicago (2002), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Colleen Atwood
President nicknamed Last Cocked Hat?
James Monroe
President nicknamed Old Hickory?
Andrew Jackson
Hindu god of death and justice
Yama
What is the world’s most widely used psychoactive drug?
Caffeine
Who says the “Right Here Right Now” sample from fatboy slim song and from what film
?
Angela Bassett (Strange Days)
Who played Bosch in the tv show Bosch and Bosch legacy by author Michael Connelly
Titus Welliver
