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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
