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Which ninth abbot of Iona and distant cousin of St Columba wrote “Life of St Columba” in 697AD, he instituted his namesake Law at the synod of Birr protecting women and child during war?

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Adomnan of Iona

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Italian Dominican order figure who was Archbishop of Genoa in 1292, wrote compilation of popular saints’ lives called The Golden Legend?

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Jacobus de Voragine

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Dominican friar from eastern Germany 1260-1328, mystic who wrote The Talks of Instruction, the Book of Divine Consolation, On the Noble Man, and german and latin sermons.

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Meister Eckhart

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Julian of Norwich female author who wrote which seminal work between 1375-95

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Revelations of Divine Love

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1373-1440 merchant’s wife who experienced post-natal depression, experienced visions of violent demon and then went on pilgramage and wrote extensive books of travels and visions.

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Margery Kempe

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Born in the Rhineland, son of a blacksmith and schoolmistress, copied bible four times and wrote The Imitation of Christ, born 1380 died 1471

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Thomas a Kempis

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Founder of the Jesuits, fought at the Battle of Pamplona in 1521, wrote “Personal Writings” of his spiritual journeys.

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St Ignatius of Loyola

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538-594, Gallo-Roman who became Bishop of Tours in 573, wrote The History of the Franks

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Gregory of Tours

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Peter Abelard’s lover

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Heloise d’Argenteuil

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1146-1223, member of namesake dynasty which holds hereditary titles in Ireland, wrote The History and Topography of Ireland and The Journey through Wales and The Description of Wales

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Gerald of Wales

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Who wrote The History of the Kings of Britain from 1136?

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Geoffrey of Monmouth

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A warrior hero and demigod in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore. Believed to be incarnation of the Irish god Lugh who is also father. Gained known name from killing a hound.

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Cu Chulainn

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Queen of Connaught in the Ulster Cycle, enemy of King of Ulster Conchobar mac Nessa and started the Cattle Raid of Cooley to steal stud bull of Cooley

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Medb

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Famous middle welsh 12th-13th century book with four branches following all kinds of tales.

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The Mabinogion

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1180-1210, German oral tradition into one single epic poem with Siegfried, winning hand of Kriemhild of Burgundy and also Brunhild of Iceland.

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The Nibelungenlied

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Bavarian author and minnesinger (1160-1220), wrote Parzival (reworking of Perceval by Chretien de Troyes) and Willehalm.

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Wolfram von Eschenbach

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What are the three volumes of Dante’s Divine Comedy

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1) Inferno
2) Purgatory
3) Paradise

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Who wrote Piers the Plowman? Includes characters Will the Narrator, Do-Well, Do-Better and Do-Best.

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William Langland

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Female french author 1365-1430, wrote The Treasure of the City of Ladies?

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Christine de Pizan

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One of few authors of Icelandic sagas whose name we know, wrote The Prose Edda (word derives maybe from Old Norse for great-grandmouth. Some say wrote Egil’s Saga (Egil Skallagrimsson fights Erik Bloodaxe and assists Ethelstan of England).

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Snorri Sturluson

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Fictional Sassanid king who is married to scheherazade and is recited the 1001 Nights tales.

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Shahriyar

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Known as “the lord of the word”, commissioned to write The Shahnameh by the Samanid prince of Khorasan.

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Abolqasem Ferdowsi

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Born Jalaluddin Balkhi in Afghanistan and grew up in Turkey, founder of Whirling Dervishes and mystical Sufi poet? Wrote “the works of Shams of Tabriz” and other selected poems like On Flirting, wrote the Masnavi.

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Rumi

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Persian lyric poet said to be found in every Iranian home and learnt off by heart, best known for The Divan of _____.

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Hafez

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Which of Chinese four classics was written by Luo Guanzhong and set during Han dynasty 169-280 and about feudal lords battling for supremacy?

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Which of Chinese four classics was written by Wu Ch'eng-en? Describes a dangerous pilgramage by a young Buddhist monk called Prince Tripitaka with three companions.

Journey to the West (or Monkey)

Which of Chinese four classics was written by Shi Nai-an? It is set in the Northern Song dynasty (around 1120), tells of how a group of 108 outlaws gathers at Mount Liang (or Liangshan Marsh) to rebel against the government giving alternative name The Outlaws of the Marsh.

Water Margin

Which of the Chinese four Classics was written by Cao Xueqin? Alternatively known as The Story of the Stone, narrated by a speaking stone, characters include Bao-yu and is actually four volumes.

The Dream of the Red Chamber

Japanese Lit: what is the book by Sei Shonagon, gentlewoman at court of Empress Consort Teishi best known as? Private anecdotes and name comes from where manuscript kept.

The Pillow Book

Who wrote The Tale of Genji as well as her own namesake Diary?

Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki)

Considered the greatest master of haiku, wrote The Narrow Road to the Deep North and other travel poems?

Matsuo BASHO

Characterised by a deep fossa in the area between the eye and the nostril on either side of the head, what is the common name for the snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae? These fossa are openings to to a pair of extremely sensitive infrared-detecting organs

Pit Vipers

15 The tallest building in France outside of the Greater Paris is the Tour Incity, found in what place? This city was the capital of the Gauls during the Roman Empire

Lyon

18 Home to a renowned library, the Abbey of St Gall is a UNESCO World Heritage site in which country?

Switzerland

19 Entertainment legend Eric Morley got his big break when which organisation hired him as a publicity manager? In those days the company had a major interest in dance halls across the UK but through various mergers and acquisitions over the years it is now part of Rank and concentrates on Bingo.

Mecca

21 The stilt houses in the area of Lake Maracaibo reminded what explorer of the city of Venice, so he named the region in its honour? This Italian participated in Age of Discovery voyages forst for Spain and then for Portugal

Amerigo Vespucci

24 In the United Kingdom, ketchup was historically prepared with what as a primary ingredient, rather than tomatoes? Richard Briggs's "The English Art of Cookery", first published in 1788, has recipes for both this and walnut ketchup

Mushroom ketchup

26 Which South Korean automaker, who specialises in SUVs and Pick Up trucks, currently has models including the Torres and the Tivoli? This company's current logo is a stylized image of two wings, forming an open ring, symbolizing the dragon?

Ssangyong

27 Which Italian visual artist's better-known works include America, consisting of a solid gold toilet; La Nona Ora, a sculpture depicting a fallen Pope who has been hit by a meteorite; and Comedian, a fresh banana duct-taped to a wall?

Maurizio Cattelan

28 In 1940s and 1950s USA what foodstuff was used as a nickname for pin up girls including Marilyn Monroe? The modern American version of this food was invented by William Lawrence of Chester, New York

Cheesecake

29 Fort Jesus was the only fort maintained by the Portuguese on the Swahili coast of Africa, and is recognised as a testament to the first successful attempt by a Western power to establish influence over the Indian Ocean trade. In which country will you find Fort Jesus today?

Kenya

33 In which Danish city, 19 miles west of Copenhagen, will you find the Cathedral used as the burial church of Danish monarch? If you had visited this city in the Summer of 2022 you may well have bumped into Kacey Musgraves or Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Roskilde

35 Camelon (pronounced Came-Lon) situated near what was once the frontier betwee the Britons and the Romans, has long held connections with King Arthur's "Camelot". The Antonine Wall ran near here and a strange monument called Arthur's O’on was here until the 17th century. Camelon is now part of which large Scottish town?

Falkirk

40 In 1838 Friedrich Bessel made the first successful measurement of the distance to a star other than the Sun. What constellation was that star located in? This constellation is one of the most recognisable, and it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross

Cygnus

47 Which car-sized rover is currently sending images back from the Jezero crater on Mars?

Perseverance

48 "One", sometimes referred to as "One Singular Sensation" is a song from which 1975 musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch?

A chorus line

49 Elisabeth Domitien was the first woman to serve as prime minister of a country in Sub-Saharan Africa. What country did she lead between 1975 and 1976?

Central AFRICAN REPUBLIC

50 Barbara Gordon is the alter ego of which DC Comics character? In August 2022 it was announced that a movie with Leslie Grace playing this character was going to be postponed

Batgirl

Which 1965 film featured Sean Connery in a harsh prison camp set in North Africa?

The Hill

Whose backing band were the Paramount Jazz Band?

Acker Bilk (1962 Stranger on the Shore was 1962 biggest selling single in uk and was only second #1 single in us by British artist)

Who was the US activist and whistleblower born in 1987 who released thousands of documents relating to US Defence to Wikileaks. He was jailed but then pardoned by Obama during his administration.

Chelsea Manning

Which Australian tennis player was recently viciously attacked in a tattoo parlour on the Gold last? (surname will suffice)

Bernard Tomic

2. LOJ This is one of the titles accorded by Christians to Jesus and is also the title accorded to Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie by his devoted followers, the Rastafarians.

Lion of Judah

The last 3 surviving dragons in the fantasy series Game Of Thrones were called by these names. D R and V

Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion

TEOTN The title of a 1954 historical children's novel by Rosemary Sutcliffe based on the real-life disappearance of a Roman legion sent north to fight the Caledonian tribes.

The Eagle of the Ninth

BA: This is the only creature in the Bible who speaks other than the serpent in the Garden of Eden. It addresses its master, much to his surprise, to warn him of the dangers of his mission to curse the Israelites on behalf of an enemy king. Give the name of the creature and its master.

Balaam’s Ass

WR This is the largest living creature of this species and the most social. It has the Latin name Ceratotherium Simum.

White Rhinoceros

.. Who played Q in the Bond film, You Only Live Twice?

Desmond Llewellyn

"Goodnight my darlings, see you in the morning" were last words of which playwright?

Noel Coward

Whose authors last words were nothing but death when asked if there was anything they required?

Jane Austen

6. In which modern day country was Simon Bolivar born?

Venezuela

Which actor played Miss Moneypenny in the Bond film, You Only Live Twice?

Lois Maxwell

Who starred opposite Richard Gere in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman?

Debra Winger

Who topped the charts in 1975 with Whispering Grass and starred as St Major Williams in the 1970's sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum?

Windsor Davies

Which chocolate bar consists of layers of crisp, crunchy cereal filling with soft, chewy nougat, smothered in Cadbury's milk chocolate?

Double Decker

Also known as Racecourse Hill, what at 828 metres is the most elevated point in the eastern part of the Lake District National Park?

High Street

Which song by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko, covered by Julie Driscoll and Siouxsie Sioux among others, starts with the lines: "If your mem'ry serves you well We were goin' to meet again and wait."?

This Wheel’s on Fire

Which Kenyan marathon runner shattered compatriot Eliud Kipchoge’s world marathon record in October 2023 at the Chicago Marathon?

Kelvin Kiptum

Which British gymnast won the gold in vault at the world gymnastics championships 2023?

Jake Jarman

Which British gymnast won the 2022 floor exercise gold at the world gymnastics championships?

Giarnni Regini-Moran

German gymnast who won gold at 2023 world gymnastic championships on parallel bars and got silver on same apparatus at 2020 Olympics

Lukas Dauser

Brazilian American mixed martial artist who competes in Bellator MMA and current Bellator Women’s Featherweight champion holding since 2020. Born Cristiane Venancio.

Cris Cyborg

Who was the first English king, since the Norman conquest, to speak English at his coronation oath?

Henry IV in 1399

Which former member of the popular TV series Dragons' Den founded the internet based company Moonpig which deals with, amongst other things, personalised greetings cards. Apparently it had been the founder's nick-name at school.

Nick Jenkins

After losing several times to Born Borg at Wimbledon, which former tennis player famously said: "'II follow that son-of-a-bitch to the ends of the Earth. He won't be able to look over his shoulder without seeing my shadow"?

Jimmy Connors

Polish tennis player who has reached #9 in world making him highest ranked polish man in history played for team europe in 2023 Laver cup.

Hubert Hurkacz

Which former member of the popular TV series Dragons' Den founded a palletised freight network called Pall-Ex, the third palletised goods distribution network to be launched in the UK and appeared on many reality based TV programmes? This former Dragon died in 2022.

Hilary Devey

8. Who was the last English king not to have English as his native language?

George II

Based on a 1987 book by Fanny Flagg, which 1991 Oscar-nominated film is set in Irondale, Alabama and describes the growing friendship between an older and a younger woman? It starred former Oscar winners Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates.

Fried Green Tomatoes (at the Whistle Stop Cafe)

In the TV series Wire in the Blood (2002-2008), based on Val McDermid's novels, who was the chief inspector working alongside profiler Dr. Tony Hill?

Carol Jordan

Who created the detective Jackson Brodie in a series of books starting with Case Histories in 2004?

Kate Atkinson

Now the site of a supermarket after the closure of the International Harvester factory, where wa the Jowett Car Company based?

Bradford

Started in Coventry in 1919 as TG John & Co Ltd which quality car manufacturer pioneered the use of aluminium engine parts before branching into military vehicles?

Alvis

American podcaster and social media personality known for her viral interviews with Drake, Lil Yachty, Mark Cuban and other celebrities

Bobbi Althoff

Which playwright and anti-communist dissident became the last President of Czechoslovakia, and after its breakup in 1993 the first President of the Czech Republic?

Vaclav Havel

The Terrans, the Protoss and the Zerg are the three species competing for dominance in a distant part of the Milky Way in which 1998 military science fiction real-time strategy video game that began a franchise?

Starcraft

An important standard in international law, by which a commanding officer may be held culpable for war crimes committed by their troops, is named after which Japanese general who led the conquest of Malaya and Singapore in 1941?

Tomoyuki Yamashita

On which line of the London Underground is Roding Valley station, said to be the least used on the network?

Central

[In Formula 1, the world driver's champion usually comes from the team that win the constructor's championship. An exception was 2008, when Ferrari won the constructor's title, but which British driver won the driver's title in a McLaren?

Lewis Hamilton

Which Scottish stunt cyclist and filmmaker is known for his viral videos involving mountain bike street trial tricks often performed in scenic locations, such as The Ridge, filmed on the Cuillin mountain in his native Skye?

Danny MacAskill

The repetitive title of which 1975 song by Abba contained 10 words but only a total of 15 letters?

I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do

Which Scottish artist's model and wife of John Everett Millais had previously been married to the critic John Ruskin, though this was annulled on grounds of non-consummation?

Effie Gray

und 3 Which American cinematographer is best known for his collaborations with Christopher Nolan between 2000's Memento and 2012's The Dark Knight Rises? He won an Oscar for his work on Inception.

Wally Pfister

In materials science, which process heats a material above its recrystallisation temperature, holding for a certain time and then cooling to room temperature, to improve ductility and reduce brittleness and/or internal stress?

Annealing

Ruled by the first four successors of Muhammad, which 7th century empire was the first of the Islamic caliphates, and saw rapid expansion and conquest of much of the Middle East before being succeeded by the Umayyad caliphate in 661?

Rashidun Caliphate

What was the third major caliphate between 750-1258? It followed Umayyad Caliphate which ran 661-750 and was before Ottoman.

Abbasid Caliphate

What dynasty or sultanate was founded by Saladin in 1171 following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt?

Ayyubid

Second major caliphate that replaced Rashidun Caliphate in 661 and ran until 750 when replaced by Abbasid Caliphate?

Umayyad Caliphate

Islamic state ruled Egypt, Levant and the Hejaz from 13th to 16th century run by military caste of manumitted slave soldiers headed by a sultan?

Mamluk Sultanate

Vhich river, with a name of native American origin, is the largest tributary of the Potomac, which it joins at Harper's Ferry after draining the Western Virginia valley between the Blue Ridge mountains and the main bulk of the Appalachians?

Shenandoah

At the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Liverpool, which British gymnast won his first world gold in the men's floor exercise?

Giarnni Regini-Moran

A carbonyl functional group consists of a carbon atom double-bonded to an atom of which other element?

Oxygen

Which Canadian comedian, panel show regular and former Taskmaster winner created and starred in the 2020. Netflix. comedy-drama The Duchess?

Katherine Ryan

The repetitive title of which 1980 song by the Police contained 8 words but a total of only 16 letters?

De Do Do Do De Da Da Da

Which artist, Pre-Raphaelite muse and wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti modelled for Ophelia in John Everett Millais' 1852 painting of the character?

Elizabeth Siddall

In which Pacific island nation do Hindus make up around 28% of the population, the highest percentage of any country other than Nepal, India and Mauritius? | Many are descendants of Indian indentured servants brought there by the British to work on sugar plantations.

Fiji

. Ferrari also won the constructor's championship in Formula 1 in 1999, but were beaten to the driver's title by which Finnish driver in a McLaren?

Mika Hakkinen

Which Scottish endurance cyclist, broadcaster and author first broke the world record for cycling around the world in 2008, doing so in 194 days, and set the current record of just 78 days in 2017?

Mark Beaumont

The Yamashita standard is alternatively known by the name of which US Army captain in the Vietnam War, the commanding officer of the soldiers who committed the My La massacre? Unlike Yamashita, he was acquitted.

Ernest Medina

Former US army officer who was convicted by court martial for murder of 22 unarmed south Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre on March 16 1968 during Vietnam war. Went to house arrest by Nixon order.

William Calley

On which line of the London Underground is Chorleywood station, the least used on the network that is not on the Central line's Hainault loop?

Metropolitan

Named after one of her songs, r.e.m. beauty is a cosmetics company owned by which American singer?

Ariana Grande

The Global Defence Initiative and the Brotherhood of Nod are two rival factions competing for control of the substance Tiberium in the alternate history Earth of which 1995 military real time strategy video game that began a franchise?

Command and Conquer

What German made pistol is given to James Bond in 1958 novel Dr No and in film 1962 and used until 1997 Tomorrow Never Dies?

Walther PPK

What Italian gun was Bond using at start of Dr No before given a Walther PPK?

Beretta 418

Who plays Dr Julius No in Dr No 1962?

Joseph Wiseman

Who played Sylvia Trench in Dr No 1962 and From Russia with Love 1963? Unique in playing Bond girl in two films until Lea Seydoux starred twice as Madeline Swann.

Eunice Gayson

Who played Felix Leiter in Dr No?

Jack Lord

Ursula Andress character name in 1962 Dr No?

Honey Ryder

Who played Q in the first bond film Dr No 1962?

Peter Burton

Who directed the first two Bond films Dr No 1962, From Russia with Love 1963 and also then Thunderball 1965?

Terence Young

At the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Liverpool, who became Ireland's first ever gold medal winner by winning the men's pommel horse?

Rhys McClenaghan

Which New Zealand comedian and former Taskmaster contestant created and starred in the BBC comedy series Starstruck?

Rose Matafeo

Which river, with a name of native American origin, is the largest river flowing into Chesapeake Bay, which it reaches after draining most of central Pennsylvania and parts of upstate New York?

Susquehanna

In 2023, which major UK supermarket chain combined their value ranges under the new name Stamford Street Co.?

Sainsbury's

Another popular Simpsons meme, used to mock expressions of anger at trivial things, shows Homer's father Abe looking up and shaking his fist, and is captioned "Old Man Yells at..." what?

Cloud

The French-derived name of what type of lightweight horse-drawn carriage, developed in the 18th century, is an alternative word for a convertible car and, in shortened form, a different type of widely-used vehicle?

Cabriolet

Since 2014's Interstellar, which Dutch-Swedish cinematographer has served as Director of Photography on the films of Christopher Nolan, up to and including 2023's Oppenheimer, and was Oscar nominated for his cinematography on Dunkirk?

Hoyte van Hoytema

Sometimes also known as frittage, which process in materials science applies heat or pressure to small particles of a material, but keeps them below the melting point, to compact and fuse them together into a solid mass without liquefying?

Sintering

Which Scottish rock band, fronted by brothers Jim and William Reid, had their biggest hit single with April Skies in 1987?

Jesus and Mary Chain

Which person tried killing American pop artist Andy Warhol at his New York studio, known as the Factory, in 1968?

Valerie Solanas

Which common English word, which contains all five vowels once in order, can be used to describe someone taking a serious subject too lightly?

Facetious

What word follows ‘genetic’ in a phrase describing the change in frequency of a gene in a population that can be ascribed to random chance as opposed to selective pressure? This word can be used more generally to refer to a gradual movement from one place to another, for example when carried by water.

Drift

What word can come after ‘Velvet’ and ‘Common’ to give the names of two species of sea duck that can be seen around the coast of the UK in winter?

Scoter

Which US company, at one time the second largest long-distance communications company in the country, filed for bankruptcy amid scandal in 2002, with its CEO Bernard Ebbers and others convicted for a scheme that fraudulently inflated the company’s assets?

WorldCom

Which saint is popularly known as a patron saint of librarians and archivists? Her symbol in art is a studded wheel, a reference to the grisly manner in which she was said to have been executed.

Catherine of Alexandria

Derived from the seeds of the achiote tree, which orange-red food colouring is notably used to colour cheeses such as Gloucester and Red Leicester?

Annatto

Which German kayaker won eight gold medals over six Olympic games between 1980 and 2004? She is both the youngest and oldest ever Olympic canoeing champion.

Birgit Fischer

Which Yorkshire woman (1876-1956) became the only British woman to serve as a soldier in World War I? Initially a volunteer from the St John Ambulance Corps, she ended the war as a sergeant-major in the Serbian Army having been wounded in action, and remains a popular hero in that country.

Flora Sandes

What word can come after ‘Little’ and ‘Temminck’s’ to give the names of two small species of wading bird that can be seen in the UK as a passage migrant in spring and autumn?

Stint

What German payment processor and financial services provider was declared insolvent amid a financial scandal in 2020 that saw billions of dollars go missing, with CEO Markus Braun arrested and currently awaiting trial for fraud and accounting manipulation?

Wirecard

Which common English word, which contains all five vowels once in order, could refer to someone who is careful about their intake of alcohol or anything indulgent?

Abstemious

Which Canadian-born Spaniard joined the Royal Ballet with the rank of Principal Dancer in 2000? She was subsequently artistic director of English National Ballet company from 2012 to ‘22 and was awarded a CBE for services to ballet in 2016.

Tamara Rojo

In a phrase coined by Julian Huxley in a 1942 book, what word follows ‘modern’ to refer to the early 20th century union of the ideas of Darwinian evolution and Mendelian inheritance? This word can be used more generally to refer to a combination of things that form a connected whole.

Synthesis

Composer of the Week, Choral Evensong and Afternoon Concert are shows broadcast on which BBC radio station which focuses on classical music?

Radio 3

Which German equestrian won seven gold medals over six Olympic games between 1992 and 2020, making her along with Birgit Fischer the only female champion at six different Olympiads? Her twelve medals in total is more than any other Olympic equestrian.

Isabell Werth

Which Scottish woman (1864-1917) was a leading suffragist and one of the earliest women in Scotland to qualify as a physician and a surgeon? She organised and led many Scottish Women’s Hospital teams in Europe during World War I, and remains a popular hero in Serbia for her service there.

Elsie Inglis

If James Galway was playing the instrument on which he was a virtuoso as part of an orchestra performing Peter and the Wolf, what sort of animal would be represented by his music?

Bird

Having the E-number E102, which synthetic lemon dye has been used as a food colouring in brands such as Doritos, Jell-O, and Mountain Dew?

Tartrazine

Which fabric was developed by Thomas Burberry as a waterproof fabric for hard wearing overcoats? He patented it under this name in 1888.

Gabardine

Striding Edge is the name of the east ridge of which mountain in the Lake District, the third highest in England?

Helvellyn

Chemistry Nobel recipient John Goodenough died in June. He received the award for the invention of what item, now in everyday use in many objects, including phones and electric cars?

Lithium Ion Battery

In February 2023, who became was elected President of Nigeria?

Bola Tinubu

Each of the Grand Slam events in 2023 was won by a different woman. Who won the 2023 Australian Open?

Aryna Sabalenka

In 2023, the Royal Academy is hosting its first solo exhibition of a female artist. Which woman, known for her performance art requiring feats of endurance?

Marina Abramovic

The 2023 IgNobel prize for Mechanical Engineering went to a team which reanimated what type of dead animal to grip objects securely? It’s got a lot of legs for gripping!

Spiders

Which Hong Kong actor, known for roles in films such as In The Mood for Love, Lust… Caution, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings won the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival?

Tony Leung

Among the sites nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Status in 2022- 2023 was the Tr’ondëk-Klondike site, home to the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation people of which country?

Canada

Which London station, at which one can transfer to the Jubilee, Northern, and Bakerloo lines, was the busiest rail station in the UK for 2022?

Waterloo

The BRICS Summit was held in South Africa in August. While Vladimir Putin did not attend, Russia was represented by which man, its Foreign Minister since 2004?

Sergei Lavrov

Who was the surprise winner of the 2023 Grammy for Song of the Year for Just Like That? It was her 13th Grammy win; in 1990, this redhead won the Album of the Year Grammy for Nick of Time.

Bonnie Raitt

Among the obscure sports featured on ESPN Ocho in August 2023 was the World Championships for what haircut, which is suitable for both business and parties?

Mullet

If you’re tired after work, and come home and eat an assemblage of small items (like crackers, grapes, pepperoni slices, and a pot of yogurt) rather than preparing and cooking a full meal, you have had, according to TikTok, what type of gendered dinner?

Girl Dinner

In the inaugural TikTok Book Awards, the category for BookTok Author of the Year was won by Holly Jackson, who has written the series A Good Girl’s Guide To what?

Murder

Among those who died in 2023 was architect Michael Hopkins, who was known for designing what building, used as offices by members of Parliament?

Portcullis House

In 2023, Netflix cancelled what mysterious show named after a year? It took place on a steamship named Kerberos, taking a group of immigrants from Southampton to New York.

1899

The 2023 IgNobel prize for Medicine went to a team which examined dead bodies to see whether there were equal number of hairs in what body part above the neck?

Nostrils

At the King’s Coronation Concert in May, which American singer, known for her work on ITV, performed the Mulan song Reflection with pianist Lang Lang?

Nicole Scherzinger

In February, Xanana Gusmao was elected Prime Minister of what Asian country?

Timor Leste

Each of the Grand Slam events in 2023 was won by a different woman. Who won the 2023 French Open?

Iga Swiatek

In April, a statue was unveiled to what walrus? She was killed by officials in Oslo in summer 2022 over fears that she would hurt the tourists flocking to see her.

Freya

The Traitors was also a hit in the United States. Although it was filmed in the same castle using similar challenges, it was hosted by what betartanned Scottish actor, known for his stage, screen, and musical career?

Alan Cumming

In September 2023, you could open TikTok and find women asking men how many times a day they thought about what European empire?

The Roman Empire

In the inaugural TikTok Book Awards, the category “Book of the Year” was won by Bolu Babalola for her romantic comedy titled Honey and WHAT? This word is a type of food item.

Spice

Among those who died in 2023 was architect Michael Hopkins, known for designing what venue in Sussex used for an annual classical music festival?

Glyndebourne Opera House

In 2023, Paramount Plus greenlit a second series of what show named after a year? It was a spinoff of Yellowstone, and starred Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford.

1923

Which singer with a distinctive hairstyle won the 2023 Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance? It was his 12th Grammy win; his first was in 1975 for the song Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.

Willie Nelson

In July 2023, who won the PDC Women’s World Matchplay Tournament to become World Champion?

Beau Graves

Which Canadian singer-songwriter performed his album Want One as part of the 2023 Proms? Both of his parents are also singer-songwriters.

Rufus Wainwright

Among the sites nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Status in 2022- 2023 was the Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests in Pu’er from what country?

China

An asteroid was recently named for what astronomer who also worked as a physicist and electrical engineer, and filed joint patents with John Logie Baird around television optics?

Alice Everett

In February 2023, the Green Party selected what person to be their candidate in the 2024 London Mayoral Elections?

Zoe Garbett

There are two books on the Booker Prize shortlist with two-word titles. One is Western Lane by which Kenyan–Indian author?

Chetna Maroo

What American company has been the official baseball cap supplier for Major League Baseball for the past 30 years? The 9FORTY and 59FIFTY are among their best-known and most popular styles of cap.

New Era

Following the main cast as they run a mansion house together, what was the title of the short lived spin-off to Are You Being Served that ran for two series from 1992 to 1993?

Grace & Favour

A former fly-half for Waikato and the Chiefs, who is the current head coach of the New Zealand national men’s rugby union team, having succeeded Steve Hansen in the role in 2019?

Ian Foster

Juliette Binoche starred as Julie in which Polish director’s Three Colours trilogy? Three Colours: Blue also featured Emmanuelle Riva as her mother, Madame Vignon.

Krzysztof KIEŚLOWSKI

Inspired by translated Chinese poetry, Das Lied von der Erde is an early twentieth-century orchestral song cycle by which composer?

Gustav Mahler

Plagioclase, containing sodium and calcium, is one of the two most common varieties of which abundant silicate minerals found in the Earth’s crust?

Feldspars

In psychology, what name is given to the delay in the reaction time between congruent and incongruent stimuli? Named after an American psychologist, this is most commonly demonstrated by asking subjects to read the name of a colour when the word is written in a different colour to the written word.

Stroop Effect

What two-word Latin phrase links the words said by Pontius Pilate as he presented Jesus to the crowd before the crucifixion, paintings by Caravaggio and Mantegna [man-TAYN-ya], and Friedrich Nietzsche’s autobiography?

Ecce Homo

What is the name of the Indian ruler with the epithet “the Great” who expanded the Mughal territory across the subcontinent during the 16th and 17th centuries CE, unifying the state established by his grandfather Babur? He is known for his religious tolerance, ending the jizya tax on non-Muslims.

Akbar the Great

Which American group achieved their highest UK chart position in 1963 with ‘Then He Kissed Me’, though are perhaps better known for their single ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’?

The Crystals

A former three-time winner of the New York City marathon in the early 1980s, which American former track coach was banned in 2019 for doping offences involving athletes he coached, resulting in the shutdown of the Nike Oregon Project?

Alberto Salazar

Which woman, a former screenwriter and actor whose credits include Tricia Armstrong on Coronation Street, has been the first and so far only Mayor of West Yorkshire, serving since 2021? Prior to taking up this post, she succeeded Jo Cox as the MP for Batley and Spen.

Tracy Brabin

Which qualified physiotherapist is the current head coach of the South Africa national men’s rugby union team, having succeeded Rassie Erasmus in the role in 2020?

Jacques Nienaber

The current Australian Open women’s singles champion, which Belarusian tennis player was beaten by Coco Gauff in the 2023 US Open final, but became the world number one ranked player? Footage of her smashing her racquet in the locker room was controversially released after the match.

Aryna Sabalenka

What American company became famous in the 1990s for producing puffy bomber jackets and parkas branded with logos of Big Four American sports teams?

Starter

Which sitcom, that ran for six series between 1977 and 1981, starred Richard O’Sullivan in the lead role as a bistro owner? It was a spin-off of Man About the House.

Robin's Nest

Which English physician and editor published The Family Shakespeare in 1807 with his sister Henrietta? That collection of 20 plays made this man notorious for his heavy-handed expurgation of material that he deemed too racy for women and children

Thomas Bowdler

Which American group achieved their highest UK chart position with their 1962 single ‘He’s So Fine’, later the subject of a dispute that claimed it had been plagiarised by George Harrison’s song ‘My Sweet Lord’?

The Chiffons

Following a 2003 tip-off with a syringe containing anabolic steroids, which doping scandal, that takes its five-letter name from a Californian sports performance company, resulted in the exposure of high-profile athletes, including Marion Jones and Dwain Chambers, as users of illicit performance-enhancing drugs?

Balco (Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative)

Which Polish-American psychologist gives his name to a conformity experiment in which a genuine participant is placed among a group of stooges who purposely give incorrect answers to simple questions to see if the participant joins in giving intentionally wrong answers in order to fit in with the group?

Solomon Asch

What vegetable soup gets its name from the Italian word “to serve”? According to tradition, borlotti beans should be used as the base for this soup.

Minestrone

Using the poetry of Wilhelm Müller, Winterreise [vinter-riser] is an 1827 song cycle composed by which Austrian composer?

Franz Schubert

In Chemistry, what name is given to a cation consisting of one nitrogen atom and four hydrogen atoms? Its salts can be used as explosives and solid fuel rocket propellants, because they decompose into gases when reacting.

Ammonium

Which songwriter of the 1930s and 40s wrote the music for the songs "Georgia On My Mind", "Stardust", and won the Academy Award for the song "In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening"?

Hoagy Carmichael

While he is perhaps more famous in England for his struggles with LBW dismissals, which Australian was the first cricketer to be the IPL Player of the Tournament twice, winning in 2008 and 2013?

Shane Watson

What sparkling perry's mascot is a Chinese Water Deer? Marketed as a drink for women, its name derives from its resemblance to a French sparkling wine, which led to lawsuits over passing off.

Babycham

Although it lost out to An American in Paris at the Academy Awards for Best Picture in 1951, which film, that starred Marlon Brando, was the first to have three performers win Oscars for acting in it?

A Streetcar Named Desire

Which Native American Nation are subjects of the book Killers of the Flower Moon? It details the real events over the 1920s regarding the murder of several people of this Nation who owned the rights to oil rich land.

Osage

The Derby is run over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 10 yards, but how many furlongs are there in one mile?

Eight

In 2022, who spent six weeks as Deputy Prime Minister? They were both preceded and succeeded in the position by Dominic Raab

Therese Coffey

The Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho was based on a book by which author?

Robert Bloch

First published in the 1980s, which tabletop RPG is set in a dystopian city controlled by "Friend Computer"? Unlike most RPGs, players are actively encouraged to plot against and betray each other.

Paranoia

Although now more famous for his statistical work, which scientist born in 1822 is credited with inventing the dog whistle?

Francis Galton

In hip-hop, samples of other music are often used. One of the most popular samples is Clyde Stubblefield's drum break on the track "Funky Drummer". Who was the singer on that track, whose other hits include "The Payback" and "Get on the Good Foot"?

James Brown

In the vintage Penguin book colour scheme, what genre is depicted by the colour green?

Crime

Another popular hip-hop sample is from "Apache" by the Sugarhill Gang. Which band did the Sugarhill Gang themselves originally sample "Apache" from? Their other hits include "Foot Tapper" and "Man of Mystery".

The Shadows

Named after a group of islands in Galway Bay, what is the term for knitwear that was traditionally made with untreated wool and used cabling to create a pattern upon the garment?

Aran Jumper

Created in the 1990s by three members of Seattle's Pagan Publishing, which Tabletop RPG based on the Cthulhu mythos is set in an eponymous US government agency tasked with confronting paranormal horrors?

Delta Green

In Chemistry, what name is given to an anion consisting of three nitrogen atoms? Its salts are primarily used as the gas forming component of car airbags, as they decompose on heating

Azide

What sparkling perry is currently advertised by Denise van Outen? Marketed as a drink for women, its name refers to its resemblance to Italian sparkling wines, which led to lawsuits over passing off.

Lambrini

In 2022, who spent six days as Home Secretary? They were both preceded and succeeded in the position by Suella Bravermann.

Grant Shapps

Which stone circle makes up the Heart of Neolithic Orkney UNESCO World Heritage Site, together with Maes Howe, Skara Brae and the standing stones of Stenness?

Ring of Brodgar

Which Native American protest group staged a standoff at Wounded Knee in 1973 in protest against US policy over reservations and the corruption surrounding the appointment of Pine Ridge Reservation Chairman Richard Wilson?

American Indian Movement (AIM)

Based on the book by Daphne Du Maurier, which Alfred Hitchcock film stars Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara?

Jamaica Inn

In which city is the Rubenshuis, a museum dedicated to housing the works of Peter Paul Rubens?

Antwerp

An NFL football must weigh between 14 and 15 ounces, but how many such ounces are there in one pound?

16

Which protege and biographer of Francis Galton founded the world's first university statistics department at University College London in 1911?

Karl Pearson

In the vintage Penguin book colour scheme, what genre is depicted by the colour red?

Drama

In the vintage Penguin book colour scheme, what genre is depicted by the colour cerise/pink?

Travel

In the vintage Penguin book colour scheme, what genre is depicted by the colour dark blue?

Biographies

In the vintage Penguin book colour scheme, what genre is depicted by the colour grey?

World Affairs

Which songwriter of the 1930s and 40s wrote the music for the songs "That Old Black Magic", "Stormy Weather", and won an Academy Award for "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"?

Harold Arlen

Although he has played only one Test match, which Jamaican all-rounder, famous for his six-hitting, became the third player to be the IPL Player of the Tournament twice, winning in 2015 and 2019?

Andre Russell

Hakim Adi has been nominated for what prestigious book prize for his work 'African and Caribbean People in Britain'? This nomination came one month after the University of Chichester terminated his employment as Professor of African and African Diaspora History.

Wolfson Prize

Sir Nils Olav was recently promoted to the rank of Major General in the Norwegian Army at a ceremony in Edinburgh Zoo. What species of animal is he?

Penguin

2023 Nobel for Economics winner, only sole woman to win the award and only 3rd ever, on the Gender Pay Gap.

Claudia Goldin

Which comedian, TV presenter and former doctor has written the books Flight from Deathrow, The Further Adventures of the Queen Mum and Tim the Tiny Horse?

Harry Hill

First named by the psychologist Endel Tulving, what type of declarative longterm memory refers to the capacity for recollecting autobiographical memory that occurred in a particular context of space and time?

Episodic Memory

Shaquille O’Neal and Nikola Jokic are famous players of which position on a basketball team, often the tallest player on the team and responsible for trying to dominate around the basket on both offence and defence?

Centre

The equation that relates the reduction potential of an electrochemical reaction to its reaction quotient is named after which German chemist, who developed it in 1887?

Walther Nernst

Instead of being called 'wrestlers' or 'superstars' like their male counterparts, female wrestlers in the WWE between 2008 and 2016 were referred to by what word, perhaps more associated with leading female opera performers?

Divas

Made with firmly beaten egg whites and vegetable oil rather than butter, what light sponge cake shares its name with a type of sheer fabric traditionally made from silk?

Chiffon Cake

What was the name of the Tudor pretender who claimed to be one of the princes in the tower, Richard of Shrewsbury, to challenge the reign of Henry VII? He was executed in 1499.

Perkin Warbeck

Which Stephen is the Ugandan athlete who won the men’s marathon at the 2012 London Olympics, and remains the last non-Kenyan champion?

Stephen Kiprotich

Which Mercury Prize winning band also received unsuccessful nominations in 2001 for Asleep in the Back and 2011 for Build a Rocket Boys!, before and after their winning album in 2008?

Elbow

DeFazio and Feeney were the surnames of the title characters in which US sitcom starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams?

Laverne and Shirley

Najla Bouden served from 2021-23 as Prime Minister of which country, making her not only that country's first female Prime Minister but the first in the Arabic speaking world?

Tunisia

Part of Handel's Messiah oratorio, what word, an archaic third-person singular, completes the aria titled I Know That My Reedemer...?

Liveth

Designed by Pierre Cardin in 1954, what noun, evoking its shape, precedes ‘dress’ in the name of a knee-length dress in which the hem of the skirt is folded back on itself to create a voluminous flaring effect?

Bubble

What was the name of the Tudor pretender who claimed to be Edward Plantagenet, becoming a figurehead of John de la Pole’s Yorkist rebellion? He was pardoned by Henry VII due to his young age.

Lambert Simnel

Which Stefano is the Italian athlete who won the men’s marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and remains the last non-African champion?

Stefano Baldini

Instead of being called 'wrestlers' or 'superstars' like their male counterparts, the female wrestlers in Impact Wrestling are referred to by what word, more usually associated with a way to end a boxing match?

Knockouts

Made with almond sponge cake soaked in coffee syrup, and layered with ganache and coffee buttercream, what type of cake is named for a type of musical theatre?

Opera Cake

Magic Johnson and Steph Curry are famous players of which position on a basketball team, traditionally responsible for running the team's offense by controlling the ball and getting it to the right player at the right time?

Point Guard

Which actor and writer, probably best known as the co-creator of a hit sitcom she also starred in, has written the novels Never Greener, Us Three and Love Untold?

Ruth Jones

First named by the psychologist Endel Tulving, what type of declarative long-term memory refers to the capacity for recollecting general knowledge of meanings, concepts and facts about the world?

Semantic Memory

Designed by Cristobal Balenciaga in 1957 and contrasting sharply with the tight waists of Christian Dior’s New Look, what noun, evoking its shape, precedes ‘dress’ in the name of a loose, unbelted dress which hangs straight down from the shoulders?

Sack

Taking office in December 2022, Dina Boluarte is the first female President of which Latin American country?

Peru

In Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas, the aria known as Dido's Lament is sung by Dido following her betrayal by Aeneas and before her tragic suicide. What word completes the common alternative name of this aria: When I am laid in...?

Earth

Which Mercury Prize winning band also received unsuccessful nominations in 2015 for My Love is Cool and 2021 for Blue Weekend, before and after their winning album in 2018?

Wolf Alice

Finkelstein and Montgomery were the surnames of the title couple in which US sitcom starring Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson, and first shown in 1997?

Dharma and Greg

Severny Island and Yuzhny Island are the two main islands that make up which Russian Arctic archipelago, whose name means 'New Land' and which contains Europe's easternmost point?

Novaya Zemlya

Which archaeological hoax was a 10-foot tall figure, carved from gypsum, but claimed to be a ‘petrified man’, and is named for the hamlet in New York state where it was buried in 1868, rather than the Welsh city of the same name?

Cardiff Giant

A silver medallist at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, who is the British record holder in the women’s 800 metres?

Keely Hodgkinson

What is the name of the layer of tissue behind the retina in the eyes of many vertebrates, notably including cats, that reflects light back through the retina and helps them see better in dark conditions?

Tapetum lucidum

Name of flying ram that was origin of the golden fleece from Jason legend

Chrysomallus

What name links the publisher of the 2023 video game Starfield, a biblical pool where Jesus was said to have healed a paralysed man, and the location in Maryland of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where Donald Trump was admitted on catching Covid-19?

Bethesda

Adapted from a comic strip in the Dandy, the children’s TV series Bananaman featured which man as the voice of Eric Twinge? His colleagues from The Goodies, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, played Bananaman and Crow

Tim Brooke-Taylor

Who is the District Attorney for New York County, New York, who is leading the prosecution of Donald Trump in that state over allegations involving paying hush money to the pornographic actress Stormy Daniels?

Alvin Bragg

“I never thought I’d miss you half as much as I do” are the opening lyrics to which song written by Labi Siffre? A 1981 cover version by Madness reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart.

It Must Be Love

In 2012, a regional offshoot of the Louvre was opened in which city 200 kilometres north of Paris, with the intention of broadening access to France’s cultural institutions?

Lens

What quotation from John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi is used as the title of PD James’s first novel, a detective story featuring Adam Dalgleish?

Cover Her Face

Helen Mirren won the 1995 Cannes award for Best Actress for her role in which film, directed by Nicholas Hytner?

The Madness of King George

The fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a common example of what type of microorganism, important for making beer and bread?

Yeast

Which retired golfer captained the European team at the 2023 Solheim Cup? She won two major championships during her career and holed the winning putt at the 2019 Solheim Cup.

Suzanne Pettersen

What is the four-letter name of the AI chatbot, based on the PaLM large language model, that was developed by Google in response to the rise of ChatGPT?

Bard

Dying in 2023, which Japanese composer and pianist was best known as a member of the pioneering electronic band Yellow Magic Orchestra? He composed the score for the 1987 movie The Last Emperor, in which he also played a role.

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Which red-orange pigment beginning with V was originally created from a ground powder of mercury oxide?

Vermillion

Which English philosopher of ordinary language, with the forenames John Langshaw, wrote the 1955 work How To Do Things With Words? During the Second World War he served in the intelligence corps, for which he was awarded an OBE, the French Croix de Guerre and the American Legion of Merit.

JL Austin

In 2010, a regional offshoot of the Centre Georges Pompidou was opened in which city 250 kilometres east of Paris, with the intention of broadening access to France’s contemporary art?

Metz

In which 1987 war film, set primarily in China, does the interned Jim Graham sing the Welsh lullaby Suo Gân [see-oh gan] as Japanese kamikaze pilots prepare to depart their base?

Empire of the Sun

The current British record for a single transfer is currently the £106.7 million paid by Chelsea to Benfica for which midfield player in January 2023?

Enzo Fernandez

What name links the publisher of the 2023 video game Diablo IV, a quarterly football magazine edited by Jonathan Wilson, and a popular dessert offered by the US fast food chain Dairy Queen, similar to McDonald's McFlurry?

Blizzard

Adapted from a comic strip in the Dandy, the children’s TV series Grandpa In My Pocket featured which man as the titular Grandpa? His most famous role was in The Likely Lads, alongside Rodney Bewes.

James Bolam

Who is the District Attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, who is leading the prosecution of Donald Trump in that state over allegations of attempting to interfere with the results of the 2020 presidential election?

Fani Willis

Which song by Labi Siffre reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart in 1987 and won the Ivor Novello award for Best Song the following year? Shaun Williamson notably performed this song live at the 2014 World Indoor Bowls Championship.

(Something Inside) So Strong

A silver medallist at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, who is the British record holder in the women’s 1500 metres?

Laura Muir

What is the name of the translucent third eyelid found in the eyes of many amphibians and some other animals, including cats, that can be drawn laterally across the eye to protect and moisten it while retaining some vision?

Nictitating Membrane

Which blue-green pigment beginning with V was originally created from a ground powder of hydrated chromium oxide?

Viridian

What is the five-letter name of Meta’s large language model upon which its AI bot is based? It is Meta’s equivalent of Google’s PaLM and Open AI’s GPT models.

LLaMa

Dying in 2023, which Finnish composer’s opera L’Amour de Loin became, in 2016, the first by a woman to be staged at the New York Metropolitan Opera in more than one hundred years?

Kaija Saariaho

Which golfer captained the US team at the 2023 Solheim Cup? She has won two major championships during her career and, like Suzann Pettersen, will retain the captaincy in 2024.

Stacey Lewis

The line “Cover her face. Mine eyes dazzle. She died young” triggers repressed memories for the protagonist in which Agatha Christie novel, published posthumously and the last to feature Miss Marple?

Sleeping Murder

Cocktail of gin, vermouth, Campari and orange peel is called a Negroni, when gin is replaced by a champagne it has word added to its name?

Sbagliato (Sba-yi-AH-to)

Transverse, barchan, star and parabolic are all types of which wind-formed geographic feature?

Dunes

What name is given to the Japanese Civil War that took place between 1868 and 1869, and resulted in a victory for Imperial forces over the ruling Tokugawa shogunate?

Boishin War

In May 2023, Bud Light lost its status as the best-selling beer in the United States after conservatives boycotted the brand following its use of which trans actress and TikTok personality in an advert?

Dylan Mulvaney

Taking place in modern-day Iraq in 331 BCE, which battle, the second in two years between Alexander the Great and Darius III [the third], led to the fall of the Achaemenid [a-KEY-men-id] Empire?

Battle of GAUGAMELA

The world record holder in the men’s long course 400 metre individual medley, which French swimmer won the gold medal in the 200 m medley and 400 m medley at the 2023 World Aquatic Championships in Fukuoka to add to the gold medals he won in the same events the previous year in Budapest?

Leon Marchand

Which Japanese gymnast won gold at 2023 world championships on Horizontal Bar to go with his individual all-around the same year?

Daiki Hashimoto

At the 2023 World Gymnastics Championship, who became the first African gymnast to win a medal at a world championships? Representing Algeria.

Kaylia Nemour

At the World Aquatic Championships 2023, which Australian diver won the men's 10m platform?

Cassiel Rousseau

Fred Sirieux daughter who has won gold at 10m platform and synchro at commonwealth games and european championships, silver at worlds

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix

Which Tunisian swimmer won the 400m freestyle at 2020 Olympics and then at the World Aquatic Championships 2023 won 800m and 1500m freestyle gold?

Ahmed Hafnaoui

At the World Aquatic Championships 2023, which British swimmer won men's 200m freestyle Gold?

Matt Richards

At the World Aquatic Championships 2023, which British swimmer won Silver in men's 200m freestyle behind compatriot Matt Richards? He himself won gold in 200m freestyle at 2020 Olympics and gold in 4x200m in Tokyo.

Tom Dean

At the World Aquatic Championships 2023, who won 100m freestyle Gold, Australian who has also won 2016 100m freestyle gold and 2020 100m freestyle silver?

Kyle Chalmers

Which British swimmer won 50m freestyle Bronze At the World Aquatic Championships 2023? He won Gold in 2017 and 2022 50m butterfly and freestyle respectively.

Ben Proud

At the World Aquatic Championships 2023, which Chinese swimmer won 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke as well as 4x100m mixed medley gold?

Qin Haiyang

At the World Aquatic Championships 2023, Scottish swimmer came silver in 200m medley, won 2020 tokyo gold in 4x200m freestyle and 200m freestyle and medley silvers in TOkyo also.

Duncan Scott

Which Swedish swimmer has won 13 world championship golds including 2 at 2023 in 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly? Has won 1 gold in 2016 rio 100m butterfly, three other medals including silver 50m freestyle Tokyo?

Sarah Sjostrom

Australian swimmer nicknamed Terminator has won 2 golds at olympics Tokyo 200m and 400m freestyle, silver in 800m, has won four golds at world championships in 400m freestyle?

Ariarne Titmus

Which Australian swimmer won 5 golds at 2023 World Championships including 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle, has two golds at Tokyo 4x100m freestyle and medley?

Mollie O'Callaghan

Female Hong Kong swimmer won Silver in 100m and 200m freestyle at Tokyo, won 100m 200m golds at 2021 Abu Dhabi WCs but only silver in 100m freestyle 2023 WC

Siobhan Haughey

American swimmer won 800m and 1500m freestyle gold at 2023 Fukuoka to go with 21 Golds at WC and 7 Golds at Olympics?

Katie Ledecky

Australian swimmer won three Tokyo olympics Gold (100m/200m backstroke/4x100m med) and three 2023 WCs 50/100/200m backstroke?

Kaylee McKeown

Which Lithuanian Swimmer won 2012 100m breaststroke at London Gold? Then 2 golds at 2023 World Championships in 100m and 50m breaststroke?

Ruta Meilutyte

South African swimmer world record holder at 200m womens breaststroke, has won Tokyo gold and Fukuoka WC Gold in same event.

Tatjana Schoenmaker

Which Canadian swimmer is only 17 but has four WC golds, 200m butterfly and 400m medley won at both 2022 Budapest and 2023 Fukuoka?

Summer McIntosh

England rugby union team head coach?

Steve Borthwick

France rugby union team head coach since 2019?

Fabien Galthie

Japan rugby union team head coach since 2016?

Jamie Joseph

Ireland rugby union team head coach since 2019?

Andy Farrell

Scotland rugby union team head coach since 2017

Gregor Townsend

Australian professional dual-code rugby coach and former player who has been coaching the Argentina national team since 2022. He is the only coach to have won the major rugby club competition in each hemisphere, winning the Heineken Cup with Leinster in 2009 and Super Rugby with the New South Wales Waratahs in 2014

Michael Cheika

Who has the most caps for England rugby union with 122 as of October 2023?

Ben Youngs

Top try scorer for england rugby union with 49 as of October 2023?

Rory Underwood

English professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Premiership Rugby club Gloucester and the England national team, currently second all-time most tries for England with 36 behind Rory Underwood at 49 as of Oct 2023?

Jonny May

English professional rugby union player who plays as a fullback for Top 14 club Racing 92 and the England national team, in September 2023 scored five tries against Chile in the RWC equalising record for most alongside Douglas Lambert, Rory Underwood and Josh Lewsey?

Henry Arundell

According to documents filed in a July 2023 lawsuit, Sam Bankman-Fried [freed], the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, had planned to make an offer to buy which sovereign island nation and build a bunker there in case of a future apocalypse?

Nauru

Reacting an alkyl halide [AL-kyle HAY-lide] with magnesium forms a re·agent named after which French Nobel Prizewinning chemist? These strongly nucleophilic re·agents are used to create carbon-carbon bonds.

Victor Grignard

Released by country music singer Jason Aldean in May 2023, what song has become widely adopted by the American right wing despite being criticised for promoting gun violence and including racist themes? The controversy grew in July when the song’s music video featured scenes set at a Tennessee courthouse that had been the site of a famous lynching.

TRY THAT IN A SMALL TOWN

The seventh highest-grossing film of 2023, which historical mystery film, performed in Mandarin, chronicles a mystery case set in the Southern Song dynasty? Directed by Zhang Yimou, it stars Shen Teng and Jackson Yee as a soldier and his commander.

FULL RIVER RED

Which of the four main components of blood are small, colourless fragments that coagulate to prevent bleeding from a cut or wound?

PLATELETS

Between 1855 and 1858, who was the last Whig to serve as UK Prime Minister? He returned to Downing Street for a second period the following year as the first Prime Minister of the newly-formed Liberal Party, serving until his death in 1865.

Henry John TEMPLE, Viscount PALMERSTON

At Aintree, the fence that follows Becher’s [beechers] Brook , and is thus both the 7th and 23rd fence jumped at the Grand National, has what name, after a horse who avoided a melee there in 1967?

Foinavon

Black Wednesday was a UK financial crisis that took place in the September of what year of the 1990s? It took place five months after John Major’s election victory

1992

Which American bridge, that crosses a body of water near New Orleans in Louisiana, is the world’s longest continuous bridge over water?

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

Known for colourful sculptures embodying femininity called Nanas, which French sculptor and performance artist produced the Tirs series, where she encouraged viewers to fire guns at bags of paint, catching the splatter from the shots on a white wall?

Niki de SAINT PHALLE

Which actor played the role of “Yellowcoat” Gladys Pugh for the entirety of the run of Hi-de-Hi in the 1980s? Her character fell in love with both of the entertainment managers during the series run.

Ruth Madoc

Long considered a classic of Eurodance, the song ‘Better Off Alone’ was by what trance project from the Netherlands? Despite the name, the group has never been a solo operation.

ALICE DEEJAY

A positive test for the presence of aldehydes or alpha-hydroxy ketones produces a characteristic silver mirror when a chemical re·agent is added. After which German chemist was this re·agent named?

Bernhard TOLLENS

The fourth highest national highpoint in Europe, Mount Dufourspitze is located in which European country?

Switzerland

Which American retired sportsman, a named defendant in a class-action lawsuit against celebrities who endorsed FTX and its cryptocurrency services before the company’s collapse, successfully evaded being served documents relating to the case for many months by constantly travelling? Process servers finally caught up with him in May 2023 at the former FTX Arena in Miami.

Shaquille O'Neal

Taking place in 326 BCE, what costly but decisive battle of Alexander’s Indian campaign saw the Macedonian army defeat the Pauravas and the capture of their leader, Porus? It takes its name from the Greek name of one of the five rivers of the Punjab.

Battle of the HYDASPES

The world record holder in the women’s 400 metre individual medley, which Canadian swimmer won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly and 400 m medley at the 2023 World Aquatic Championships in Fukuoka to add to the gold medals she won in the same events the previous year in Budapest?

Summer MCINTOSH

The high strength lager Super is a beer made by which Glaswegian brewer?

TENNENT

Known for her works exploring gender politics, which American conceptual artist made the 1964 kinetic art piece Meat Joy, in which she and seven others covered themselves with paint, paper and brushes and writhed amongst raw sausages, poultry and fish?

Carolee SCHNEEMAN

Which actor played the role of Yvette Carte-Blanche for the entirety of the run of 'Allo 'Allo! in the 1980s? Her character was one of many who was in love with René Artois, but the only one for whom René reciprocated that love.

Vicki Michelle

Which bridge in New York, that spans a tidal strait, is the longest suspension bridge in the United States? When it was completed in 1964 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, and the first bridge connecting Staten Island to the rest of the city.

Verrazzano Narrows Bridge

Another song lauded by the American right wing, what country song was released by singer Oliver Anthony in August 2023, and also reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100? Although addressing different themes of inequality and wealth, the song was also criticised for stereotypes about people on welfare.

Rich Men North of Richmond

The eighth highest-grossing film of 2023 is what Mandarin science fiction prequel that revolves around the sun expanding and threatening to engulf planets in our solar system? It stars Andy Lau and Wu Jing as a scientist and astronaut who work on the Moving Mountains project.

The Wandering Earth 2

In office 1850–53, who was the last member of the Whig party to serve as US president? He assumed the role following the death of his predecessor, and ran unsuccessfully for the Know-Nothings in 1856.

Millard Fillmore

Considered either dumplings or noodles and typically served as an accompaniment to a meat dish, what foodstuff from southern Germany and Austria has a name derived from the German for “little sparrow”?

Spatzle

Which star of the Hollywood Golden Age played the title characters in Meet John Doe, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Sergeant York and The Virginian?

Gary Cooper

In cookery, what term is used to describe the technique of cutting food, often vegetables such as carrots, celery and leeks, in which the food item is first julienned and then turned a quarter turn and diced, producing cubes of about 3 millimetres or less on each side?

Brunoise

The Welsh musician John Cale notably played which instrument, rarely used in rock music, as a founding member of The Velvet Underground? He notably played it on The Velvet Underground & Nico track Venus In Furs.

Viola

Developed by Larian Studios and released in August 2023, the latest instalment of which roleplaying video game saw a spike in sales after it was revealed during a livestream that the player could have sex with a bear? Named after a key city in the game, it has sold 5.2 million copies and is a current frontrunner for Game of the Year

Baldur's Gate III

Which Sheffield-based musician won the 2023 Olivier Award for 'Best New Musical' for writing the music and lyrics for Standing at the Sky's Edge? He was the guitarist for the Britpop group Longpigs in the 1990s and has twice been nominated for the Mercury Prize as a solo artist.

Richard Hawley

In animal anatomy, what is the name for the fold of skin which forms an open pouch on the lower posterior part of the outer ear? It can be found in a number of mammalian species, including weasels and bats, but is particularly noticeable on domestic cats.

Henry's Pocket

Which Roman historian and biographer wrote 'De vita Caesarum', commonly known as 'The Twelve Caesars'? Robert Graves, writer of 'I, Claudius', famously published a translation in 1957

Suetonius

Which country has been first in the UN's Human Development Index - which measures life expectancy, education and per capita income - since 2021? Norway had previously been number 1 in every report published since 2007.

Switzerland

Aeneas, one of the heroes of Troy who founded Lavinium, a forerunner of Rome, is the son of Anchises and which Roman goddess?

Venus

Which chart-topping podcast, hosted by Joanne McNally and Vogue Williams, encourages listeners to send in their questions, which the pair of agony aunts then discuss candidly? It was named best podcast at the Global Awards in 2022.

My Therapist Ghosted Me

Ari Balouskian plays the viola with which British/American group, Brit nominees in 2023? Their singer Jacob Lusk also appeared on stage with Elton John at Glastonbury earlier this year.

Gabriels

The sixteenth main instalment of which action role playing video game was released this year, in which players take control of protagonist Clive Rosfield and a rotating party of AI-controlled companions through segmented open areas across the continents of Valisthea?

Final Fantasy XVI

In cooking, what term is used for the technique of stacking, rolling, and slicing leafy vegetables or herbs to produce long, thin strips?

Chiffonade

Who succeeded Aneurin Bevan as Labour MP for Ebbw Vale upon his death in 1960? A biographer of Bevan, he would go on to lead the Labour Party from 1980 until 1983.

Michael Foot

Who is the current highest-ranked British women's tennis player? She won her first WTA title in June of this year, defeating fellow Brit Jodie Burrage in the final, and is currently ranked 50th in the world

Katie Boulter

What was the last country from outside Europe to top the UN's Human Development Index, doing so in the 1998 report?

Canada

Which award-winning comedy podcast features a pair of agony aunts, played by Vicki Pepperdine and Julia Davis, who offer listeners dubious and often repeatedly filthy advice?

Dear Joan and Jericha

Who in April 2023 was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the UK? He is also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and is the MP for Hertsmere.

Oliver Dowden

The Henry's pocket is situated in the approximate equivalent location of which part of the human ear? It is a small, anterior-facing tubercle located just above the earlobe, and contains the origin of one of the six intrinsic muscles of the ear

Antitragus

What is the surname of the American football players who are, to date, the only brothers both to win Defensive Player of the Year? JJ, the older brother, retired in 2023 after 12 seasons in the NFL with the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals, while TJ, the younger brother, is in his seventh season playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Watt

Romulus, one of the mythological founders of Rome, is the son of Rhea Silvia and which Roman god?

Mars

Venta Icenorum, a major regional capital in Roman Britain, was not succeeded by a modern town but by a village, Caistor St Edmund, in which current English county?

Norfolk

Which Roman historian, who was born around 150CE, wrote the 80 volume work 'Historia Romana', or 'Roman History'? Although a Roman citizen, he was born in what is now Türkiye and wrote exclusively in Ancient Greek

Cassius Dio

Who was the first President of India, holding the post from 1950 to 1962?

Rajendra Prasad

2023 Podcast Awards Podcast of the Year was awarded to A Positive Life: HIV from Terrence Higgins to Today by who? Also won Best Factual Podcast.

Sam Smith

2023 Podcast Awards chart-topping true crime podcast hosted by Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala, was selected by the public as the winner of the Listeners’ Choice Award for a third year.

RedHanded

Hosted by Poppy Jay & Rubina Pabani, which podcast won Best Podcast in 2020?

Brown Girls Do It Too

Podcast hosted by Jordan North and William Hanson

Help I Sexted My Boss

Jamie Laing & Sophie Habboo podcast

NewlyWeds

Who are the three hosts of The News Agents podcast?

Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel, Lewis Goodall

2020 Louis Theroux podcast name

Grounded

Which Scottish DJ presents podcast Soundtracking?

Edith Bowman

Podcast by Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd

Reasons to be Cheerful

Old Observer journalist who is namesake presenter of Podcast "How to Fail with...."?

Elizabeth Day

The Guilty Feminist is a podcast by which comedian and author?

Deborah Frances-White

British podcast hosted by Chris and Rosie Ramsey

Shagged Married Annoyed

Host of You, Me and the Big C, died 2022

Deborah James

Audible podcast by Idris and Sabrina Elba

Coupledom

UK model was the first transgender model in the UK for L'Oréal, but was dropped within weeks after a racial row.

Munroe Bergdorf

US Sec of State since 2021

Anthony Blinken

Who plays Sabrina in the tv show chilling adventures of Sabrina recent?

Kiernan Shipka

Donald Trump first Sec of State 2017-18

Rex Tillerson

Donald Trump second Sec of State 2018-21

Mike Pompeo

US Sec of Defence since 2021

Lloyd Austin

US Attorney General since 2021, in 2016 had been nominated by Obama to be Supreme Court Justice but blocked by Senate.

Merrick Garland

Secretary of the Interior US since 2021

Deb Haaland

US Sec of Housing and Urban Development since 2021

Marcia Fudge

US Sec of Transportation since 2021

Pete Buttigieg

47th Governor of Michigan 2003-2011 and US Sec of Energy from 2021, female politician

Jennifer Granholm

In which branch of science is the annual Andrew Gemant Award given?

Physics

The Devil's Cataract is part of which natural feature?

Victoria Falls

Which member of The Osmonds had a solo hit with Paper Roses in 1973?

Marie Osmond

In which century was the Uffizi art gallery opened to the public as a museum?

18th Century

Which of the gospels in the Bible tells the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead?

John

Margaret Atwood, Henry Kissinger, and Benazir Bhutto all graduated from which Ivy League university?

Harvard

A passionate musician reluctantly accepts a "day job" as a high school music teacher to support his family, which leaves him little time for his own compositions and dreams in Mr Holland's Opus, who plays title character Glenn Holland?

Richard Dreyfuss

The 1,000 islands that make up the Buccaneer archipelago off the coast of Australia are located in which ocean?

Indian Ocean

A schav soup is traditionally prepared using the leaves of which perennial herbaceous plant?

Sorrel

In 1980, Abolhassan Banisadr was elected the first president of which country?

Iran

The company Capezio is best known for making shoes for which activity?

Dancing

The Sejm is the lower house of parliament of which country?

Poland

Which children's book by Margery Williams is subtitled or, How Toys Become Real?

The Velveteen Rabbit

Who was the British prime minister when the RMS Titanic sank?

Herbert Asquith

Which British actor and MOBO award-winner owns the Porte Noire restaurant and wine bar in London?

Idris Elba

Which Baldwin brother starred in Last Exit to Brooklyn and The Usual Suspects?

Stephen Baldwin

1964 novel by Hubert Selby Jr looking at New York City made into a 1989 film starring Stephen Lang and Stephen Baldwin

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Which English artist, and founding member of the Royal Academy, painted the portrait of Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1786)?

Thomas Gainsborough

The annual Rhine Marathon is a rowing event on the river Rhine between Leverkusen and which other German city?

Dusseldorf

Named after the "Old Man of the Sea" in Greek mythology, what is Neptune's second-largest moon?

Proteus

In 1936, which Danish seismologist discovered that the Earth had a solid core?

Inge Lehmann

Which Disney film features the characters Abby Mallard and Buck Cluck?

Chicken Little

How many time zones are there in Mexico?

Four

In Norse mythology, what was the profession of Andhrímnir?

Cook

Kieserite is a naturally occurring mineral containing which Group 2 element?

Magnesium

Which American chef wrote the 2000 memoir Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly?

Anthony Bourdain

Which glacier in New Zealand is named after an Austrian emperor?

Franz Josef Glacier

Also known as The Well-served or The Victorious, which French king was crowned in 1429 after victory at the Siege of Orleans?

Charles VII

Which city's marathon event has its finish line on Boylston Street?

Boston Marathon

Which US automaker designed the American main battle tank M1 Abrams?

Chrysler

In a collaboration between the Louvre and the beauty brand Lancome, Zendaya posed in a photograph completing what fragmented Hellenistic statue?

Winged Victory of Samothrace

Known for uniting his country following years of internal fighting, which Afghan leader negotiated the Durand Line with British India?

Abdur Rahman Khan

Also found in Thai desserts, what name is given to the traditional Portuguese food made of egg yolks drawn into thin strands and boiled in sugar syrup? Its name literally means "egg threads".

Fios de Ovos

The fictional New South Wales town of Summer Bay is the main setting of what Australian TV soap opera?

Home and Away

Coastal, inland and Central Ranges are the three known species of what snake that is endemic to Australia and New Guinea?

Taipan

From the Latin for "little cavity", what do you call the hollow, distensible cup-shaped cavities in the lungs where oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide?

Alveoli

(255, 0, 255) is the standard RGB code for what color, named after an 1859 battle fought in modern-day Italy between France and Austria?

Magenta

Once the capital of the Kingdom of Burundi, what city has been the capital of the Republic of Burundi since 2019?

Gitega

Doja Cat's new song "Balut" recorded a sample of which WWE wrestler?

Ric Flair

Mitsouko and Shalimar are some of the perfumes created by which French cosmetics company?

Guerlain

Also known as nuclear disintegration, what two-word term generally refers to the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation?

Radioactive Decay

In Egyptian mythology, which god murdered the fertility deity Osiris?

Set

Real estate developer Srettha Thavisin was elected as prime minister of which Asian country in August 2023?

Thailand

Which soap brand named after a flotation device was introduced by Lever Brothers in the UK in 1895 and has recently been sponsor to Maclaren Formula 1 and the Bangladesh cricket team?

Lifebuoy

What is the name of the British charity founded in 1965 which rescues important buildings, restores them and makes them available for self-catering holidays? Its properties include Luttrell’s Tower near Southampton.

The Landmark Trust

Which type of pizza, which sounds as though it may be named after an Italian island but in fact means whimsical, is prepared with mozzarella cheese, Italian baked ham, mushroom, artichoke and tomato?

Capriciossa

Which annual event in London dating back to the thirteenth century is held on the second Saturday in November and involves a procession from Guildhall, via Mansion House and St Paul's Cathedral, to the Royal Courts of Justice?

Lord Mayor’s Show

An anagram of Thrush Blamed Eaglet, what was the name of the pub on the Yorkshire Moors in American Werewolf in London where the boys are warned not to stray off the road?

The Slaughtered Lamb

Which term for a unit of power first adopted in the late 18th century by Scottish engineer James Watt is also the name of the museum of the King’s Royal Hussars in Winchester?

Horsepower

The geometric shapes in the video game Tetris are of different shapes and colour, but which characteristic do they have in common?

Four Squares

Which controversial Welsh ITV Rugby World Cup 2023 pundit captained the British and Irish Lions in New Zealand in 2005 in the second and third tests following Brian O’Driscoll’s injury?

Gareth Thomas

Which Disney animated film, which is scheduled for a live action version in 2025, features a dim-witted rooster called HeiHei?

Moana

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, English clubs won the European Cup six seasons in a row – Liverpool 3 times, Nottingham Forest twice, and which other in 1982?

Aston Villa

Which country is the world’s largest grower of figs, hazelnuts, apricots and oregano?

Turkey

What connects Gino Esposito from Neighbours, the villain of the nineteenth century penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls, Rossini’s Figaro and Theodoric of York played by Steve Martin on Saturday Night Live?

Barbers

Which south London town was home to the UK's only international airport during the interwar period, including the world's first air traffic control and the first airport terminal, until it closed in 1959, and is the hub for the only tram system in Greater London?

Croydon

In Alexandre Dumas’ novel, the main character Edmond Dantes, after escaping from the Chateau d'If, assumes three alter egos: the Italian abbe called Giacomo Busoni, the Englishman Lord Wilmore and which third?

The Count of Monte Cristo

David Bowie famously adopted numerous alter egos including Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, but which controversial Aryan fascist persona was based on the humanoid alien played by Bowie in the film The Man Who Fell to Earth?

The Thin White Duke

Which singer and guitarist is credited on Elton John’s US number 1 cover of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds under the moniker of "Dr. Winston O'Boogie"?

John Lennon

Which is the largest perfect cube in the Fibonacci sequence, which corresponds to the lowest gale force in the Beaufort Scale, the number of teeth in a quadrant and the number of bits in a byte?

8

Which of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas, the only one to feature a character based overtly on a historical figure, Sir Richard Cholmondeley who was an early 16th Century Lieutenant of the Tower of London, is subtitled The Merryman and His Maid

The Yeomen of the Guard

Giving its name to the oldest established distillery on Islay dating from 1779, what is the name of the island’s administrative capital?

Bowmore

Who were Fred (later renamed Freda), Maggie, Jim, George and Shelley?

Blue Peter Tortoises

Since 2022, which is the only name common to two British cities, including the oldest of the seven cities in Wales?

Bangor

Which beach near Santiago de Cuba was the site of a landing of 16,000 US soldiers during the Spanish American War of 1898 and shortly afterwards gave its name to a white rum-based cocktail?

Daiquiri

Which food spread was marketed under the name Parwill from 1928 to 1935 before reverting to its original name, and finally came back under Australian ownership in 2017?

Vegemite

Hard A: If I were going on holiday to northern Iceland, to the country's largest town outside of the Reykjavik region, where am I going?

Akureyri

What English word derives from the Italian "banca rotta", which means 'broken bench'?

Bankrupt

Hard C: Liverpool FC's anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone", comes from which Rogers and Hammerstein musical?

Carousel

Hard D: What name is given to a Chinese single-edged sword? Michelle Yeoh uses one in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Dao

Hard E: What town in Spain is near Alicante airport and is best known for its enormous palm grove, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Elche

Hard F: What was the surname of the first female referee to officiate (as head referee) at a Men's World Cup game. This happened last December in the match between Costa Rica and Germany.

Frappart

Easy G: Other than "The Eagles, by what nickname is Crystal Palace FC also known?

Glaziers

Hard G: If I had just 5K'd during a NMPZ game, and Rainbolt was my hero, what computer game am I probably playing?

Geoguessr

Easy J: In spite of having 128 million speakers, what language has no official status in any country, apart from on an island in Palau?

Japanese

Hard K: What is the name of the Hindu God of Wealth?

Kubera

Easy M: What links one of the British Isles, the IATA area code of an airport and an album by Neneh Cherry?

Man

Hard M: Who played the role of Karen in the première of David Mamet's award-winning play "Speed-the-Plow", though she herself got very mixed reviews?

Madonna

The WHAT Helmet is a Roman cavalry sports helmet from the first or second century AD. It was found around 1915 in a gravel bed on the left bank of the Waal river, near the namesake Dutch city?

Nijmegen Helmet

Hard O: What links a former dancer on Strictly Come Dancing, a defunct music competition similar to the Eurovision Song Contest but for Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries, and a former England international rugby player?

Oti

Hard P: In English-speaking countries, we know the druid as Getafix. But what was his name in the original French?

Panoramix

Hard Q: What is the name of this town in western France? It is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department.

Quimper

Hard Z: This former Spanish political leader actually took his surname from his mother, rather than from his father, which was the norm in Spain. PM of Spain 2004-11

Zapatero

Who was the sculptor of the Colossus of Rhodes

Chares of Lindos

The fearsome breed of dog pictured here is named for which town of 25,000 people located in the German state of Baden-Wurtemburg?

Rottweil

In England and Wales, the heir to the British throne is called the Prince of Wales. In Scotland, that same heir is instead referred to as the Duke of which small town of a few thousand people located on the Isle of Bute?

Rothesay

In 1947, a US Army weather balloon crashed near which small city in the US state of New Mexico? Almost immediately, rumors spread that the crash was an alien spaceship and that the government recovered bodies of aliens from the crash site.

Roswell

From 2014 - 2017, this city in Syria was the capital of the Islamic State, the self-proclaimed caliphate ruled by the terrorist group ISIS. Between ISIS's capture of this city, ISIS's destruction of Shia and Christian sites, and the battle to capture this city back from ISIS, it is estimated that about 90% of this city was destroyed during the Syrian Civil War.

Raqqa

This industrial city - the 11th largest city in Russia by population - is located in southern Russia close to where the Don River flows into the Sea of Azov.

Rostov

This picture from the year 2009 depicts the author of this quiz meeting Joulupukki - the Finnish equivalent of Santa Claus. This magical encounter took place in which city in Finland, the capital and largest city of Lapland?

Rovaniemi

The General Headquarters (GHQ) of Pakistan's army is located in which city in Punjab province? This is the fourth most populous city in Pakistan and is sometimes considiered the "twin city" of nearby Islamabad due to how close to each other the two cities are located.

Rawalpindi

This woman is dancing to a style of music called frevo, which originated in which fourth-largest city of Brazil? Frevo is now recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage and is common at Brazilian carnival celebrations and parades. This city is also the capital of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.

Recife

This city on the Adriatic Sea in Emilia-Romagna is a major beach destination for tourists in Italy - especially for Italians from other parts of Italy. There are also significant Roman ruins in the center of this historic city, and most tourists who visit San Marino visit it by bus from this Italian city.

Rimini

This Hanseatic city on the Baltic Sea is the largest city of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania). It was the most important seaport of East Germany (DDR) back when that existed.

Rostock

A man named Baron von Rammer (no, I did not make that name up) invented the torpedo in 1866 in which port city on the Adriatic Sea? Rammer tested his torpedo from the dock pictured here, which is now a tourist attraction. Today this city is part of Croatia and bears a suitably Slavic name, but before World War I it was known as Fiume and was the primary seaport of Hungary (yes, Hungary used to have a coastline). In fact, Hungarian dictator Janos Kadar was born in this city.

Rijeka

Dozens of Danish monarchs are buried in the UNESCO-listed gothic cathedral of which city in Denmark? This city was the capital of Denmark until the 1400's and has a strong Viking heritage that you can learn more about at the local Viking Ship Museum.

Roskilde

During his victory speech following the 2019 general election, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a joke about changing the color of which post-industrial seaside town in North Yorkshire, which was one of several long-time Labour strongholds that elected Conservative MPs that year? Until 2015 this town near the River Tees was home to a steelworks.

Redcar

Located in Navarre, this small town on the Spanish side of the border between Spain and France is located near and named for one of the major passes through the Pyrenees Mountains. The two most famous things about this town are probably: (1) it is a major stopping point on the Way of St. James, the traditional Catholic pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, and (2) it was the location where Roland was ambushed and killed in the both real life and in the famous medieval French poem the Song of Roland.

Roncevalles

This city in southeastern Poland is part of the historic region of Galicia and currently serves as the capital of Poland's Subcarpathian Voivodeship. The presence of several aerospace companies in this city has led to it being nicknamed the "Aviation Valley" on Poland (analogous to Sillicon Valley in the United States).

Rzeszow

This German town of 17,000 people is located just south of Bonn, on the western bank of the Rhine. A significant battle of World War II was fought for control of the major railway bridge that crossed the Rhine in this city - the Allies were able to capture the bridge intact but it collapsed 10 days later. Nonetheless, the Allied capture of this bridge gave them their first bridgehead into the heart of Germany. A best-selling book and a Hollywood movie were made about the battle here.

Remagen

This small town of 3,800 inhabitants on the island of New Britain - now part of Papua New Guinea - has been obscure for most of its history. The exception was between 1942 and 1945, when it was transformed into Imperial Japan's primary military headquarters for World War II. There were 110,000 Japanese troops stationed here and it was a major base of operations for Japanese air and naval forces. The Allies never dared to attack this base, preferring to instead isolate it.

Rabaul

The moderate climate that can be enjoyed in this small Italian city on the Ligurian coast (near Genoa) has made it a popular place for wealthy Italians to build villas. That climate has also made it a popular place for diplomatic conferences: a 1920 treaty named for this city set the borders between Italy and Yugoslavia and a 1922 treaty named for this city normalized relations between Weimar Germany and the Soviet Union.

Rapallo

2023 Spiel des Jahres game of the year was a remake of a city-building puzzle video game developed and published by Toukana Interactive. In the game, players need to place hexagonal tiles of various biomes to create an idyllic landscape.

Dorfromantik

What is the title of the instant Sunday Times bestselling debut novel by journalist and author Yomi Adegoke which was released in 2023? The TV rights were won at auction by US entities A24 and HBO Max and the BBC.

The List

a social media startup by founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth in Fall 2019.[6] Originally designed for podcasts under the name Talkshow, the app was rebranded as what name? Social Audio app where users communicate in audio chat rooms that accommodate thousands of people.

Clubhouse

Which actor performed at the African Grove Theatre in New York City before making his European debut in 1833 as Othello at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden? He is among the 33 stage actors honoured with a bronze plaque at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon.

Ira Aldridge

Released in 2003, what was the title of Beyoncé's debut solo album? It featured the singles Crazy in Love, Naughty Girl and Baby Boy.

Dangerously in Love

In 1987, brothers Andrew and Philip Oliver created the first in which successful series of platform action adventure games? Published by Codemasters, this series of games sees the player take control of an anthropomorphic egg in boxing gloves.

Dizzy

An allegedly leftfield Twitter alternative is which site operated by the hacktivist The Jester, which features no advertisements, no trolls, and claims to offer enhanced privacy?

Counter Social

In 2015, Russell T. Davies created a trilogy of connected shows: All4’s Tofu, E4’s Banana and which Channel 4 show, also set in Manchester? It follows an unmarried gay couple, played by Vincent Franklin and Cyril Nri, in a long-term relationship.

Cucumber

Which Chinese snooker player beat John Higgins to win the 2021 Masters, becoming the tournament’s youngest champion since Ronnie O'Sullivan more than 25 years earlier? In 2022, he was suspended from the sport for five years for his part in a match-fixing scandal involving several other Chinese players.

Yan Bingtao

The twins Melanie and Martina appeared alongside host Pat Sharp on what chaotic children's ITV game show, which aired from 1989 to 1999?

Fun House

Matthew McConaughey voices the koala Buster Moon and Reese Witherspoon voices the pig Rosita in which Illumination-produced animated musical film franchise, whose two films to date were released in 2016 and 2021?

Sing

Which American athlete won the men's shot put gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships? In 2021, he broke Randy Barnes’ longstanding world record.

Ryan Crouser

In 2016, which English singer became the first woman inducted into Radio 2’s Folk Awards Hall of Fame? She originally rose to fame with the band Fairport Convention, before embarking on a solo career; in 1971, she became the only guest vocalist to appear on a Led Zeppelin track when she sang on The Battle of Evermore.

Sandy Denny

Which 2022 Apple TV+ series was based on a novel by Gregory David Roberts about an Australian bank robber who breaks out of prison and flees to Mumbai?

Shantaram

Which footballer scored in every match Brazil played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, a record that has yet to be equalled?

Jairzinho

What is the alliterative name of the chain of dining pubs operated by Greene King which promote themselves as offering large, low-cost meals for families?

Hungry Horse

Until a 2009 rebuild, which Court at Wimbledon was nicknamed the Graveyard of Champions? Ironically, in 1991 former winner Pat Cash lost to Thierry Champion on this court.

Court Number 2

Which British video game developer often referenced 1989 Derby winner Nashwan in games such as Xenon 2: Megablast and Speedball 2?

Bitmap Brothers

Forename or surname acceptable. Which EastEnders character, played by Toby-Alexander Smith, murdered his wife Chantelle, Tina Carter and Kush Kazemi? He was arrested and left Walford in 2022.

Gray Atkins

Throughout the history of the Cricket World Cup, the associate members have provided numerous memorable moments. Which Zimbabwean, who coached England to Ashes glory in 2005, scored 69 not out and took 4 for 42 to lead his nation to a victory over Australia in their opening game at the 1983 tournament?

Duncan Fletcher

Forename or surname acceptable. Which Coronation Street character, played by Connor McIntyre, murdered Andy Carver and Luke Britton? His character was in a relationship with Eileen Grimshaw before being stabbed to death by Anna Windass in 2018.

Pat Phelan

Which outdoor clothing, survival and sports equipment company was founded in Moss, Norway, in 1877 by the eponymous alliteratively-named sailor and his wife Margrethe? This company is now a subsidiary of the Canadian Tire retail chain.

Helly Hansen

The character Major Tom made his second appearance in which 1980 number one single by David Bowie? In this song, the title precedes the lyrics “…funk to funky, we know Major Tom’s a junkie”.

Ashes to Ashes

Which singer-songwriter, who emigrated from the former USSR as a child, topped the UK album charts in the 2000s with Call Off The Search and Piece by Piece?

Katie Melua

What general name is given to an alcoholic drink consisting of one or more spirits, mixed with other flavouring ingredients? Examples include a mojito or a screwdriver.

Cocktail

Which American singer-songwriter produced the music, lyrics and book to the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown? In 2020 she was included in Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Anais Mitchell

At the 2007 Cricket World Cup, which Bermudian player became a sensation when he took a stunning diving catch to dismiss Robin Uthappa in a game against India? A police officer by profession, he is one of the heaviest men to have played international cricket, weighing around 127 kilograms.

Dwayne Leverock

A cocktail garnished with the zest of a citrus fruit is said to be served "with a" what?

Twist

In 1973, the American rock climber Yvon Chouinard founded which outdoor clothing and equipment company? In 2022, Chouinard announced that he had relinquished control of the company to a non-profit trust that would use its profits to fight climate change.

Patagonia

One of the most embarrassing cricketing moments for England came at the 2011 World Cup, when they lost by three wickets to Ireland. Which player, whose brother Niall also started the game, was man of the match after hitting 113 from 63 balls?

Kevin O'Brien

You can answer with the UK or US name of this show. Steve Harvey is the current host of which American game show that surveys 100 members of the public on a wide array of questions? In the UK, Max Bygraves and Les Dennis have hosted this show.

Family Fortunes (Feud in America)

The Legend of Zelda is set in which magical kingdom, inspired by the countryside near the childhood home of its creator Shigeru Miyamoto?

Hyrule

Forename or surname acceptable. Which Hollyoaks character, played by Sophie Austin, was revealed as the ‘Gloved Hand Killer’ who murdered seven characters and teamed up with fellow serial killer Silas Blissett? Silas later murdered her in 2016.

Lindsey Roscoe

Pamela Anderson’s sex tape with Tommy Lee wasn't her only sex tape that was leaked. Though it was made before the tape with Lee, in 1998 a second sex tape was leaked to the internet featuring Anderson with which frontman of the hair metal band Poison?

Bret Michaels

Known as the Traumatiser at its original home of Pleasureland in Southport, what is the name of the steel rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach that features five inversions and, upon moving to Blackpool, became the world's first coaster to be suspended completely above water?

Infusion

Which Czech-Icelandic musician produced the music and lyrics to the Tony Award-winning musical Once, along with Glen Hansard? She also starred in the film version of the musical.

Marketa Irglova

Which Italian film-maker began his career as a 'spaghetti Western' screenwriter, before becoming arguably the foremost name in the giallo genre of gory horror films? His best-known works include The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Tenebrae and Suspiria.

Dario Argento

meaning 'yellow', what word is the Italian term for crime fiction, named after the bright yellow colours of early mystery paperbacks

Giallo

What character is played by Michael Cera in 2023’s Barbie? The real-life doll this character is based on was introduced as ‘Ken's buddy’ and became the subject of many memes depicting them as a gay couple over the claim that "all Ken's clothes fit him".

Allen

How many boxes are there on Deal or No Deal?

22

What outdoor clothing and equipment brand was founded in Newcastle by mountaineers Peter Lockey and Gordon Davison in 1966? This company, which has a German-derived name, is now headquartered in Sunderland.

Berghaus

Which British electropop act added a lyrical reference to Major Tom in their remix of David Bowie’s Hallo Spaceboy, which became a UK top 20 hit in 1995? This duo had four UK number one singles of their own between 1985 and ‘88.

Pet Shop Boys

Possibly the biggest fairytale run in Cricket World Cup history came in 2003, when Kenya made the semi-finals. Which player, widely considered the greatest Kenya has ever produced, captained the side at the tournament?

Steve Tikolo

New Zealand were themselves victim of a shock in the 2023 Women's World Cup when they were beaten 1-0 by which Asian island nation in the group stage? This was the only three points these debutants got in the tournament.

Philippines

Which massive pig-like antagonist must Link do battle with to save Princess Zelda in several instalments of the Legend of Zelda series?

Ganon

Forename or surname acceptable. Which Emmerdale character, played by Paige Sandhu, murdered Leanna Cavanagh, Andrea Tate and Ben Tucker? She left the soap in 2022.

Meena Julta

AAlain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen and Lewis Hamilton have all won one or more Formula 1 World Drivers' Championships while racing for which team?

McLaren

In 2017, which independent brewery issued guidance to employees at the roughly 200 pubs it owns to not serve customers who swore? Other notable features of this brewery's pubs have included bans on mobile phone usage and their lack of music and TVs.

Samuel Smith's

With a name derived from a Greek word meaning 'circle' or 'turn', what Greek street food consists of thin shavings of meat cooked on a vertical spit and placed in a pita bread with, among other ingredients, vegetables and tzatziki?

Gyros

Which fast bowler is the current captain of the Australia men’s cricket team?

Pat Cummins

Which platform duo (stars of more than ten games on various Playstation consoles, including the PS5 title Rift Apart) are a 'Lombax' and a small robot strapped to his back, who collect bolts to buy new and more powerful weapons to defeat enemies?

Ratchet and Clank

Airing on ITV for five series between 1976 and ‘79, what British sitcom follows its titular bickering couple, with the surname Roper, after they move to the middle-class suburb of Hampton Wick?

George and Mildred

Which Welsh second row forward, the world's most capped male rugby player, captained the British and Irish Lions rugby union squad on their 2021 tour to South Africa?

Alun Wyn Jones

Which guitarist wrote the song Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay with Otis Redding? This man, who was nicknamed 'The Colonel', was the guitarist of Booker T and The MG’s.

Steve Cropper

George and Mildred was a spin-off of which other comedy, broadcast on ITV for six series between 1973-'76, that starred Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox and Sally Thomsett as occupants of accommodation owned by the Ropers? This show would later be adapted into the US sitcom Three’s Company.

Man About the House

Michael Phelps won how many gold medals at Beijing Olympics breaking Mark Spitz record?

8

The 2011 Carbuncle Cup was awarded to which complex of buildings at Salford Quays, the home of BBC Sport, BBC Breakfast, CBBC and BBC 5 live, alongside the Dock10 studios? Its design and layout led judges to comment, “How uncreative can a ‘Creative Quarter’ be?”

MediaCity UK

Which Welsh fly-half, formerly of Northampton Saints and currently playing for Toulon in France, was the leading points scorer on the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa in 2021?

Dan Biggar

Owned by GlaxoSmithKline, which British brand of toothpaste is recognisable from its trademark three-stripe configuration? It claims to be the first toothpaste to offer users a certain clean feeling in their mouth, apparently created by the white stripe and key to the brand’s name.

Aquafresh

First airing on Channel 4 in 2006, in which makeover show did Gok Wan encourage individuals with poor body confidence to be photographed nude, with the aim of encouraging them to view themselves more positively?

How to Look Good Naked

Which duo, consisting of a boy and his best friend who has been transformed into an ‘ottsel’, must collect power cells and orbs to stop the world flooding with Dark Eco in a 2001 Playstation 2 adventure game, subtitled The Precursor Legacy? Later games in the series, named just for the first character, took on a more Grand Theft Auto-inspired look and gameplay.

Jak and Daxter

The lyrics “We’ve got stars directing our fate/And we’re praying it’s not too late” feature in which 1998 Robbie Williams hit? Taken from the album I’ve Been Expecting You, this song samples the theme to the Bond film You Only Live Twice.

Millenium

Which Welsh winger with a hyphenated surname was the youngest member of the British and Irish Lions squad on their 2021 tour to South Africa? He plays club rugby for Gloucester.

Louis Rees-Zammit

Otis Redding was often nicknamed the ‘Mad Man from’ which city in Georgia? This city is noted for its musical heritage, being the home of Randy Crawford and Little Richard among others.

Macon

Which brand of toothpaste is the UK's second-most popular? Its advertising campaigns tend to utilise recommendations from real dentists and emphasise how regular use will allow users to enjoy cold drinks and ice cream again without suffering discomfort.

Sensodyne

In The Hunger Games, who was selected alongside Katniss Everdeen as the District 12 participant in the games? Katniss and this character form a close alliance while participating in the Games. Forename or surname is sufficient.

Peeta Mellark

Delphine Seyrig's major breakthrough in acting came in 1961, when she starred in which Alan Resnais-directed film, set in a luxury hotel, about a man and woman who may have previously met in a Czech resort?

Last Year at Marienbad

In 1967 Otis Redding released the album King and Queen, which consisted of duets with which American singer, who was often referred to as ‘the Queen of Memphis Soul' with songs Gee Whiz (Look at his Eyes), B-A-B-Y, and Tramp?

Carla Thomas

Mildred Roper was played by which actress who died of liver failure in August 1980, less than a month after the release of the George and Mildred film?

Yootha Joyce

Who played George Roper in George and Mildred?

Brian Murphy

A spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, which platform duo (a chameleon and a bat) must collect book pages to defeat evil CEO Capital B? Funded through Kickstarter, this game's protagonists’ names sound like a musical instrument.

Yooka-Laylee

The lyrics "Cause I got too much life/Running through my veins/Going to waste" feature in which 2002 Robbie Williams hit, taken from the album Escapology? Darryl Hannah appears as Williams’ love interest in its video.

Feel

In 1985, Peter Cox and Richard Drummie released a single entitled Call Me. What was the name of this duo, whose other hits include We Close Our Eyes and King of Wishful Thinking?

Go West

Which Welsh winger, who played for Worcester Warriors in the English Premiership and currently plays club rugby for Cardiff, was the leading try scorer for the British and Irish Lions on their 2021 tour to South Africa?

Josh Adams

Which man was the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that killed Otis Redding? He was the trumpeter in Redding's backing band, the Bar-Kays.

Ben Cauley

Which man was the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that killed Otis Redding? He was the trumpeter in Redding's backing band, the Bar-Kays.

Prim(rose)

Which Italian disco singer had a 1987 UK number 2 hit single with the title Call Me? A prior single, Easy Lady, was a Europe-wide success in 1986 and reached number one in her homeland.

Ivana SPAGNA

First airing in 2008 and originally presented by Jenny Frost, in which TV makeover show were individuals stripped of their usual make up and styling, with their resultant natural look rated in one of three ways by members of the public?

Snog Marry Avoid

Delphine Seyrig played Simone Thevenot in which surreal 1972 Luis Bunuel film, in which the dinner plans of a group of middle-class friends are repeatedly thwarted by unusual events and symbolic dreams?

The DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE

Which actor, who would later go on to play Alvin Smedley in Last of the Summer Wine between 2003-‘10, played the role of George Roper in George & Mildred?

Brian Murphy

Which actress appeared on the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover and later worked with Ringo Starr on the 1978 film Sextette? Her film roles included starring alongside Cary Grant in 1933’s She Done Him Wrong.

Mae West

Which Moroccan-born rapper founded Coke Boys Records? His biggest hit in the US and UK was the 2017 single Unforgettable, featuring Swae Lee.

French Montana

IIn August 2023, which Nigerian footballer became the third African player to score in seven consecutive Premier League games? He joined Nottingham Forest from Union Berlin in 2022.

Taiwo AWONIYI

Which Ghanian-British fashion designer collaborated with British Airways on their new uniforms in 2023? In 2004, he designed amenity kits for Virgin Atlantic.

Ozwald Boateng

The song ‘Roam’ [please spell: R-O-A-M] is a 1989 single from the album Cosmic Thing by which American new-wave group, whose members include Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson?

The B-52s

In which Shakespearean play could you find the characters Lavinia, Tamora, Saturninus and Aaron the Moor? Notoriously bloody, the titular role has been played on screen by Sir Antony Hopkins

Titus Andronicus

What praenomen, or first name, is shared by a daughter and granddaughter of Augustus, and an aunt and daughter of Caligula?

Julia

Which battle of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage was fought in the southeast of the Italian peninsula in 216BCE? Consuls Varro and Paullus led the Roman forces to a crushing defeat against Hannibal, who had recently traversed the Alps with his famous war elephants.

Cannae

Crassus died at which battle of 53BC

Battle of Carrhae

What was the name of Hadrian’s famous horse, a gift to the Emperor from the Roxolani tribe? Named for a Scythian river god, the steed can be seen depicted in the Arch of Constantine.

Borysthenes

Which of the seven hills of Rome was a hotbed of the plebeian civil rights movements, and home to a large proportion of the city’s immigrant population?

Aventine

Who starred as the Emperor Claudius in the 1976 BBC series, I, Claudius? This actor also played the senator Gracchus in the 2000 film, Gladiator.

Derek Jacobi

The wall stretching from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde, built to keep out the Pictish and Scottish tribes to the north, is named for which Emperor?

Antoninus Pius

Which New Romantic band of the 1980s derives its name from a piece of Berlin graffiti, spotted by writer Robert Elms?

Spandau Ballet

Which historian’s written works on Rome include Rubicon, Dynasty, and Pax: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age?

Tom Holland

Which star of the ITV sitcom Plebs is also known for playing Jonny Goodman in Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner?

Tom Rosenthal

Which Roman-born fashion designer is best known for her 1937 ‘Lobster Dress’, an evening gown with illustration by Salvador Dali? The dress was famously worn by Wallis Simpson in photographs taken by Cecil Beaton for Vogue magazine.

Elsa Schiaparelli

Remus Lupin, werewolf and Defence Against The Dark Arts professor in the Warner Brothers Harry Potter film franchise, is portrayed by which actor?

David Thewlis

In which Shakespearean play could you find the characters Volumnia, Virgilia, Menenius Agrippa and Cominius? The story of a victorious general returning to Rome, the titular role has been played on screen by Ralph [RAY-f] Fiennes.

Coriolanus

With 196 goals in all competitions, which Italian is SS Lazio’s all-time leading goalscorer? This current Lazio captain joined the club in 2016 following spells at Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus.

Ciro Immobile

The song ‘Empire’ is a 2006 single from an album with the same title by which English rock band, whose members include Chris Edwards and Tim Carter?

Kasabian

In Monty Python’s Life of Brian, what is the first answer offered (referencing sanitary innovation) to John Cleese’s ‘What have the Romans ever done for us?’ rant?

Aquaducts

What praenomen, or first name, is shared by the wife and daughter of Germanicus? These women are also the grandmother and mother of Nero

Agrippina

Who appeared as the Emperor Marcus Aurelius in the 2000 film, Gladiator? This actor also played Dictator Lucius Sulla in the 2003 miniseries, Julius Caesar.

Richard Harris

Which Roman writer and politician served as governor of Bithynia in Anatolia from 110CE? His many letters to the emperor Trajan give modern historians a great insight into the day-to-day administration of the Empire at this time.

Pliny the Younger

Which battle, the final engagement of the Second Punic War, was fought in what is now northern Tunisia in 202BCE? Publius Cornelius Scipio, who had survived Cannae, led the Roman forces in annihilating the Carthaginians, thereby ending the war. Scipio was granted the cognomen of ‘Africanus’ to commemorate his victory.

Zama

Which of the seven hills of Rome was a fashionable residential location for the city’s elite, and was home to Nero’s Golden House, Maecenas’ gardens, and Trajan’s bath house?

Esquiline

The Flavian Amphitheatre was given which iconic name due to a huge statue, The Colossus of Nero, which stood at the entrance of the Domus Aurea? A London theatre shares this name.

Colosseum

What was the name of Caligula’s famous horse, once believed to have been a candidate for Consul? According to Roman historians, the Emperor loved the steed so much he provided it with its own house, ivory manger and a diet of oats mixed with flakes of gold.

Incitatus

Which Roman Emperor, ruling the western half of the Empire from 392-394CE, shares his name with a 2016 superhero musical, which enjoyed a revival earlier this year at London’s Turbine Theatre? Described as a “camp and colourful nostalgia-trip to the 1980s,” the original cast included Warwick Davies, Amy Lennox, Marcus Brigstocke and the voice of Brian Blessed.

Eugenius

The play Spartacus, later renamed Drums in the Night, was written by which German theatre director and playwright, who founded the Berliner Ensemble with his wife, actress Helena Weigel?

Bertolt Brecht

Nephew of Tiberius and adoptive father of Nero, who was the fourth Emperor of Rome?

Claudius

Which star of the ITV sitcom Plebs is also known for playing Tommo in Sky One’s Brassic?

Ryan Sampson

Which fashion house, specialising in accessories and jewellery, was founded in Rome in 1884? It is known for its serpent designs and, in a nod to Ancient Rome, the replacement of the U in its name with a V on their branding and signage?

Bulgari

Tiberius and Gaius, the brothers who served as tribunes of the plebs between 133BCE and 121BCE and were both murdered for their advocacy of progressive reform, had which family name?

Gracchus

The most famous of Julius Caesar’s assassins, who died alongside Cassius at the Battle of Pharsalus? According to legend, upon his death Caesar uttered ‘You too, child?’ in reference to this man.

Brutus

Wallace Reyburn wrote a fictional biography of which man which has led to this man being erroneously credited with an invention which should probably be credited to Sir John Harrington?

Thomas Crapper

Valued at around $3m, William Shakespeare is the individual credited with the most expensive what in history?

Autograph

Aptenodytes antarctica was the original scientific name of which species of animal now known as Pygoscelis antarcticus? The common name of this animal stems from specific markings on its head - your answer should be two words

Chinstrap Penguin

Troublegum and Infernal Love are albums by which Irish Rock band whose name ends with a question mark?

Therapy?

More commonly used to refer to a collection of various items associated with one thing, what word has its roots in legal language meaning “Things beyond the dowry?

Paraphernalia

The area outside the home arena of which Big four sports team is colloquially called Jurassic Park by its fans?

Toronto Raptors

When Will You Marry? painting by which artist

Paul Gauguin

Which Grade 1 listed castle, in Gloucestershire, was the burial place and final home of Catherine Parr, the final wife of Henry VIII?

Sudeley Castle

Devon is considered a hotspot for sightings of the Jersey tiger variety of which creature, that is rarely spotted in other parts of the UK?

Moth

Which location in Cornwall housed the Crown Jewels during WW1?

Bodmin Jail

Which Bath born comedian was a regular on Mock The Week from 2006 to 2010? His live stand up shows include Dingledodies and Wonderbox.

Russell Howard

Best selling UK single of the 1960s

She Loves You

Best selling UK single of the 1970s

Mull of Kintyre

Best selling UK single of the 2010s

Shape of You

Best Selling UK single of the 2000

Evergreen

Three Kings of England married to a woman called Matilda

William the Conqueror Henry I Stephen

Who is the daughter of Judy Garland who is not Liza Minelli and starred in Grease 2?

Lorna Luft

In which city in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia is there a 4th-century, 24 metre obelisk, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Aksum/Axum

Which member of the Borgia family and illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI, was a major inspiration for Machiavelli's The Prince? He was made a cardinal on his fathers ascendancy to the papacy, but resigned this in 1498 after the mysterious death of his brother Giovanni, whom he was rumoured to have killed. Cesare (CHE-ZA-RAY)

Cesare

In Jainism, what name is given to a spiritual teacher who has conquered the cycle of births and rebirths and makes a path for others to follow?

Tirthankara

Which family of adhesives, with abbreviation CA, is marketed under trade names such as Superglue?

Cyanoacrylate

Unlike in the rest of the UK, where 12 people make up the panel, how many people serve on a jury for a criminal trial in Scotland?

15

Which Scottish football team, located in Lanarkshire, is the only foreign team to have won the Copa del Rey? They were invited to a special postseason edition of the competition in 1927 and won it after defeating Real Madrid 3-1 in the final.

Motherwell

Although the US Dollar is also accepted, what is the local currency of Curacao? Until 2002, It was the currency of the European country which rules Curacao.

Guilder

Its name originates from the German word for ‘construction’, what principle in quantum mechanics states that in the ground state of an atom, electrons fill subshells of the lowest available energy, before filling subshells of higher available energy?

Aufbau Principle

Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis is a 1910 work by which English composer?

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Which Scottish football team is the only team in the world to have a 100% win rate against Barcelona over more than one match? They beat the Spaniards twice in the 1960’s and twice in the 1980's.

Dundee United

Araldite is one of the earliest types of what family of adhesives, which typically requires two components to be mixed together and are the end products of resins named for this adhesive family?

Epoxy

Which religious leader was the 24th tirthankara and is considered by Jains to be the founder of modern Jainism?

Mahavira

Walmer, Scotney and Chilham castles are in which English county?

Kent

Named after the German physicist who discovered it, what rule in quantum mechanics states that every orbital in a subshell is singly occupied with one electron before any one orbital is doubly occupied?

Hund's Rule

Unlike in the rest of the UK, what third verdict is available in a Scottish court of law, alongside 'guilty' and 'not guilty'? It has been proposed to remove this verdict as an option.

Not Proven

Which England wicket-keeper-batsman, who plays county cricket for Lancashire, is the captain of the England men's One-Day International team which is currently competing in the Cricket World Cup in India?

Jos Buttler

At which racecourse did Ace Impact win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe last week? It gives its name to a French leather goods company founded in 1948 by Jean Cassegrain.

Longchamp

In September 2023, who was charged with the murder of Tupac?

Duane Davis

Asisat Oshoala who is the first Nigerian footballer to score in three different World Cup tournaments and the first ever African woman footballer to win the Uefa Champions League is a forward with which club team?

Barcelona

Who is the National Party leader who won October 2023 election in New Zealand?

Christopher Luxon

musician of African descent in London from the early Tudor period, who probably came to England as one of the African attendants of Catherine of Aragon in 1501. He is one of the earliest recorded black people in what is now the United Kingdom after the Roman period. Played trumpet at Henry VII funeral and coronation Henry viii?

John Blanke

The most recent of these is that the four strangers are telling the truth about the apocalypse in Knock at the Cabin, whilst the first two of these are, arguably, that the Hindu and Christian gods are real, in the films Praying With Anger and Wide Awake. Films by which Director?

M Night Shyamalan

First performed in 1874, this piece of music is sampled in the intro to Take That’s Never Forget. Performed with two choirs, an orchestra and four soloists, the most commonly played part of this piece is the Dies Irae.

Verdi's Requiem

Almaz Ayana broke the women’s 10000m record and Wayde Van Niekerk broke the men’s 400m world record at which Olympic games, the 31st Olympiad, which also saw the reintroduction of golf after 112 years and a second place finish for Team GB?

Rio 2016

What word is common to all of the following: a Chicagoan emo band whose singer is William Beckett; a cinema display ratio of 1.375 to 1 used as standard in ‘30s and ‘40s; a famed South London venue that saw the last performance of The Smiths; and a Netflix series starring Elliot Page, about an adopted family of superpowered children?

Academy (The Academy Is…, Academy Ratio, Brixton Academy, The Umbrella Academy)

The bloody showdown between Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin and Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man at the denouement of Sam Raimi’s 2002 film was the catalyst for the creation of which appellation, first given later that year to The Bourne Identity?

12A

What is paired with a tanager in the title of a song by Sufjan Stevens? A creature of this type called Kaepora Gaebora speaks to Link regularly during The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Owl

Johnny Vaughn, Christian O’Connell, Matt Johnson, Jonathan Pearce, Georgie Ainslie, Josh Widdicombe, Colin Murray twice and now Rick Edwards have all been the host of which Radio 5 panel game that awards points for sporting punditry?

Fighting Talk

What is this? Capable of living for well over 10 years (in comparison to a few months to 2 years for their kin), these creatures can be identified by their enlarged thorax and, often, the presence of wings or, often, stubs where wings once were, which are shed after mating. Though their name suggests a leadership position, they have no control over their colony and their only role is to lay eggs, running into many millions during their lifetime.

Queen Ant

The first ever duty free shop was opened in 1947, and remains active today, at an airport in which town in County Clare, Ireland?

Shannon

It is a long standing tradition of which Football League club to play ‘I’ve Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts’ when the team wins at home? It’s also been played after their 3 victories at Wembley, including twice in 2014 when they won the FA Trophy and were promoted from the Conference. Currently they play in League One, after Paul Mullin broke the League Two goals record to get them promoted before dropping down two divisions to play for Wrexham. Which team is this, supported by the Amber Army, who play at the Abbey Stadium?

Cambridge United

Affecting roughly 1 in 20 women, which chronic medical condition, with an unknown cause, occurs when cell types usually found only within the uterus grow outside of it?

Endometriosis

Nicholas Lyndhurst was the first choice to play the lead role in which TV show that began in 1997 and aired its most recent special in 2016, that was called “Daemons’ Roost”? Due to being cast in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Anthony Head, who appeared in the pilot, was replaced by Stuart Milligan in the role of Adam Klaus, the magician who the windmill-dwelling title character designs tricks for.

Jonathan Creek

Ranked the number 12 best Arms Warrior in World of Warcraft in 2022 and a winner of Best Painted Warhammer 40k figures at the London Open this July, who was the 2010 winner of the World Snooker Championships? Most recently winning a Triple Crown event with the 2022 Masters, this Australian made two 146 breaks in a single match at the 2023 World Championships.

Neil Robertson

Often said to be born from the blood of Ouranos when he was castrated by Cronus, by what collective name are the Greek mythological figures Megaera, Tisiphone and Alecto most commonly known?

The Furies

Comedy characters that share which first name include: a woman from Temecula who wants a very well done steak in a viral 2023 SNL sketch; the adopted mother of Tia Landry in the sitcom Sister Sister; the object of Screech’s affections in Saved By The Bell;

Lisa

Other than Earth, what is the only other body in the solar system that is known to have liquid on its surface?

Titan

Dig!, The Devil and Daniel Johnson, Gimme Shelter, Anvil! The Story of Anvil and Metallica: Some Kind of Monster are all films that could be described by which portmanteau term? This Is Spinal Tap could also be described as this or as another similar rhyming term.

Rockumentary

The best-selling song by Jamelia, a genus of African and Asian antelopes, the 1972 Wimbledon men’s singles champion, and a Latin-style dance performed on Strictly Come Dancing all share their names with models of trainer created by which German sportswear company?

Adidas (Superstar, Gazelle, Stan Smith, Samba)

Grandaughter, great-niece, sister, niece/wife and mother were the relationships of which woman to the first 5 Roman emperors? It was rumoured she poisoned her husband Claudius to push her son Nero into power.

Agrippina the Younger

The only time that the England and Germany men’s football teams have been in the same opening group stage was at which tournament? Neither side managed to progress ahead of Portugal or Romania. This was the first European Championships to jointly be held in two countries, and it saw David Trezeguet score the Golden Goal against Italy in the final to make France champions.

EURO 2000

Ernie Tagliaboo and Ernie Pantusso are the real names of sitcom characters known by what nickname? The first played by Damon Wayans Jr in New Girl worked in basketball, whilst the second from Cheers worked in baseball, where he trained Ted Danson’s Sam Malone.

Coach

Giving its name to the 4th album released by Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, which British location placed 6th in a 2023 Time Out list of the best beaches in the world? Managed by The National Trust as part of the Stackpole Estate, it is found on the Pembrokeshire Coast and known for its golden sands and clear blue water.

Barafundle Bay

The only British Prime Minister to have also served as Attorney General

Spencer Perceval

The blowing of the shofar, a ceremonial horn, has its most important modern occurrence during the observance of which major Jewish High Holy Day? Bread and fruit dipped in honey are significant symbolic foods eaten on this holiday, which is often referred to as Jewish New Year.

Rosh Hashana

A rain of coins and keys, a shoe standing on its end, and a cloud with a line of bunting hanging out of it are all memorable images from which 2022 film, the third feature to be directed by Jordan Peele? The film's name is said several times throughout the movie, mostly by Daniel Kaluya’s character lead character.

Nope

Making 11 international football appearances for their country between 2006 and 2009, which boxer was unbeaten through 22 professional bouts but lost their 23rd, their only match in their home country of Ireland, in May 2023? That loss was at light-welterweight but she remains the undisputed lightweight world champion.

Katie Taylor

Which English boxer defeated Katie Taylor in her first loss in May 2023?

Chantelle Cameron

‘She Who Is Black’ is an English translation of a Sanskrit word that is the name of which mythological figure? Often pictured with blue skin and a belt of severed heads, she is the Hindu goddess of empowerment, change and time.

Kali

Baldrick, Little Bob, Bristol start and dodging practice are all phrases used in which hobby? A practice originating in the 15th century, a 2014 bid to have it classed as a sport to increase engagement was opposed, in case it would cause problems with the Church of England, whose buildings it almost entirely takes part in.

Bell Ringing

The songs Brand New Day and Perfect World by the Irish rock band Kodaline are the only pieces of music that soundtrack which TV show that, since 2013, has made stars of everyday people such as Sandi Bogle, George Gilbey, Steph and Dom Parker?

Gogglebox

Posted in 2011, the tweet “I love Speed...The film of course. Just been on TV. Not seen it for a while. Sandra Bullock is a very good actress” was written by which sportsman, causing a running gag on his podcast Tailenders? Nicknamed ‘The Burnley Express’, he is the leading test wicket taking fast bowler of all time.

Jimmy Anderson

Dictator of Tomania (based on Germany) and Leader of the Nami Party of the Double Cross in The Great Dictator

Adenoid Hynkel

Nickname of Virgil Hilts in the great escape played by Steve McQueen

The Cooler King

The Balkan kaval, the Arabic nãy, the Chinese dizi, and the Japanese Shakuhachi are all types of which musical instrument family, which also includes the ocarina, the recorder and the piccolo?

Flute

Lost for around 150 years until it was rediscovered in France in 1970, the Easter Sonata was composed by which German? It wasn’t for another 40 years, in 2010, that piece was actually finally attributed to her,

Fanny Mendelssohn

Arena, Battlegrounds, and Tavern Brawls are all gameplay modes available in which video game? Dr Doom, Reno Jackson and The Lich King are beloved cards in this digital collectable card battler, created by Blizzard and subtitled Heroes of Warcraft.

Hearthstone

Inspired by the pearl fishing boats of the region, the Al-Janoub stadium used for the 2022 World Cup was one of the final completed works of which architect?

Zaha Hadid

Typically mountain or volcano dwelling being who subsist on a diet of rocks, Bludo, Darunia, Daruk, and Yunobo are all notable characters of which fictional species who, alongside the Zora and Deku Scrubs, are creatures that the protagonist Link encounters in the Legend of Zelda video game series?

Gorons

The Kandi Factory, Boys to Manzo, Bethenny Ever After and Vanderpump Rules are all spin-offs from the various shows in which American reality television franchise? UK versions include Jersey and Chester.

Real Housewives

What was the name of the short-lived iTunes social media service, run by Apple between 2010 and 2012? This is also the name of an American golfing equipment brand, a term used to measure computer lag time.

Ping

In 1987, brothers Thomas and John Knoll began work on which programme, whilst John was working for visual effects pioneers Industrial Light and Magic?

Photoshop

Who became King at the end of the War of Spanish Succession?

Philip V

White in Hampshire, Red in Surrey, Ferry in County Durham, Tick in South Yorkshire, Haver in Suffolk, Ampt in Bedfordshire, Coles in Warwickshire, Burgess in West Sussex and Bex on the East Sussex coast are all the starts of English town names that end with what 4 letter word?

Hill

Name of Kim Kardashian first husband married 2000-04, Kris Humphries was second and Kanye third?

Damon Thomas

What is Rip Torn's born first name?

Elmore

Since 2018, Theo Paphitis has been the chancellor of which university, that dropped the name of its city in the same year? It takes its name from a 20 mile long geographical feature (itself probably named for the Northern Gannet).

Solent

What name links: the writer of the 2021 memoir What It Feels Like For A Girl (Lees); a Bond girl played by Teri Hatcher; the character played by Paul Rudd in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet; the killer of Achilles during the Trojan War;

Paris

Despite it being invented there in 1891, the US have only ever played in the World Cup of this sport once, losing all of their matches in 2003. The England national team of this sport won the BBC Sports Team of the Year award in 2018, and England’s top scorer at the most recent World Cup was Eleanor Cardwell, who currently plays for the Adelaide Thunderbirds

Netball

Which footballer who played for Tottenham during 1980s/90s was diabetic and in 2018 had a rat eat part of his foot while in South Africa?

Gary Mabbutt

This is the name of a bounty hunter/party planner in the sitcom Arrested Development. This word is found in common in the names of the performers of OG Original Gangster and You Can Do It. The fast food chain Sonic serves a unique shape of this common item. Urban Dictionary lists this word as meaning to kill someone, crystal meth, and diamonds.

Ice

In the film Punch-Drunk Love, Adam Sandler’s character intends to perform a version of this hobby to obtain one million air miles. There can often be a cross-over with hoarding or doomsday-prepping in this hobby, due to the numbers of non-perishable items that can be accumulated using this technique, which has caused newspaper theft to skyrocket. A TLC reality TV series describes an Extreme version of this activity, which is not really possible in the UK due to tighter legislation and a different consumer culture. This is what activity, where consumers score great deals via the use of paper tokens that allow exclusive offers?

Couponing

This country is the home of the bowling variant of five pin bowling. A boxer who represented this country at the Olympics had his only professional losses against Oliver McCall and Hasim Rehman, both of whom he beat in rematches. This is the home country of the Bayern Munich full back nicknamed Roadrunner, and of the tennis players Milos Raonic

Canada

Only two boxers to beat Lennon Lewis professionally

Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman

Who Am I? I was born in Massachusetts in 1979, the child of immigrants. After college, I wrote and starred in an off-Broadway play called Matt & Ben, where I portrayed Ben Affleck. In 2017, I became a shareholder in Swansea City FC as part of the consortium that took over the club, the same year my eponymous sitcom ended. In recent years I have created the shows Velma, a Scooby-Doo spin-off, and Never Have I Ever. My film roles include Inside Out and Ocean’s 8.

Mindy Kaling

Used as an exclamation by Alan Partridge, which English motorway, the 6th longest in the country, runs east to west across the Pennines between Hull and Liverpool?

M62

1913’s Painting with White Lines, which sold for $41.6 million in 2017, is the most expensively sold painting by what artist? A teacher at the Bauhaus until its closure by the Nazi’s in 1933.

Wassily Kandinsky

Fought in Maryland and sometimes called the Battle of Sharpsburg, especially by those in the states once governed by the Confederacy, which battle of 17th September 1862 was the single bloodiest day in the history of the United States, with over 20,000 dead, wounded or missing in action? It was a major turning point in the Civil War in favour of the Union, and led to Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation 5 days later.

Battle of Antietam

What name is shared by: the copywriter in Mad Men played Jay R Ferguson and the film character who said the line “I’m walking here!”

Rizzo

One of his most recent interviews, Gene Hackman made an unplanned appearance on this TV show in 2008. Recurring phrases that offer positive reactions on this show include ‘gangsta’, ‘out of bounds’, ‘righteous’, ‘that puts the shama lama in ding dong’ and ‘that’s one mac daddy patty’. This show’s host, born in Ohio with a surname he de-Anglicised, came to fame as the winner of The Next Food Network Star. Each show always begins “Hi, I’m Guy Fieri, and we’re rolling out looking for America’s greatest” what 3 sorts of restaurant, often shortened to Triple D?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

LolaVie is a haircare brand founded by which American actress?

Jennifer Aniston

Which British space scientist and educator, who has co-presented The Sky at Night since 2014, has been immortalised as a Barbie doll as part of Mattel’s Role Models range celebrating global female icons?

Maggie ADERIN-POCOCK

Based on a Jojo Moyes novel of the same name, which 2016 film follows a recently paralysed man, played by Sam Claflin, and his carer, played by Emilia Clarke, as they teach each other lessons in life and love?

Me Before You

Which Scottish player, who returned to professional snooker in 2021 aged 52, has made 11 maximum breaks in official competitions? In 1990 he won the World Snooker Championship aged 21, the first of his seven wins.

Stephen Hendry

Peter, Norman, and Rhoda Florence founded which literary festival in 1988? The festival is named for the town in Powys in which it is held, which is also renowned for its plentiful second-hand bookshops.

Hay(-on-Wye) Festival

Honest Beauty is a makeup and wellness brand founded by which American actress?

Jessica Alba

During the week of his 39th birthday, which Irish actor appeared on The Last Leg on Channel 4 a little worse for wear? He is perhaps best known for his role as Roy Trenneman on The IT Crowd.

Chris O'Dowd

Lily Collins and Sam Claflin star in which 2014 romantic comedy, based on Celia Ahern's novel Where Rainbows End? It tells the story of two lifelong friends who begin to wonder if their bond is more than platonic after one of them moves to the US.

Love, Rosie

Which Scottish snooker player has achieved 12 maximum breaks in official competition and won four world titles? He was the focus of a News of the World match-fixing sting operation in 2010.

John Higgins

Which Scottish snooker player has achieved 12 maximum breaks in official competition and won four world titles? He was the focus of a News of the World match-fixing sting operation in 2010.

Trevor Lawrence

Another tragic film ending is the execution of Bjork's partially blind character Selma Jezkova in which 2000 Lars Von Trier film?

Dancer in the Dark

In Welsh culture, what name, that stems from the Welsh words for ’sit’ and ‘be’, is given to a number of festivals that include ranked poetry and music competitions? The national one of these typically takes place in the first week of August

Eisteddfod

Which comedian co-created the sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola along with Chuck Lorre? First american tv show to feature Nigerian family/ She has also appeared on Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo.

Gina Yashere

British actor first film role POTC: On Stranger Tides 2011, Finnick Odair in THG films, Me Before You, Oswald Mosley in Peaky Blinders, Mycroft Holmes in Enola Holmes and Billy Dunne in Daisy Jones and the Six?

Sam Claflin

Between 2012 and 2018, which arts festival took place annually in and around Portmeirion? The name of the festival references a major character from a TV show set in the town.

Festival Number Six

About Face is a makeup brand founded by which American popstar, who uses a stage name which is an anagram of her real forename?

Halsey

Considered a potential generational talent, which Canadian-Dominican baseball player made his MLB debut for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2019? In July 2023, this son of an MLB Hall of Famer won the Home Run Derby, emulating his father’s achievement in 2007.

Vladimir GUERRERO, Jr

Based on a memoir by Tami Oldham Ashcraft, which 2018 film stars Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin as a newly engaged couple who bond over their love of sailing, only to find themselves caught in a deadly hurricane while at sea?

Adrift

Another song on the GTA: Vice City soundtrack was I Ran (So Far Away) by which Liverpudlian synth-pop group, noted for lead singer Mike Score's winged hair cut? The song didn't reach the top 40 in the UK, where the band's Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) was a much bigger hit.

A Flock of Seagulls

Which English snooker player, who claimed his lone world title to date in 2015, has achieved nine maximum breaks in official competition? He was the second player after Ken Doherty to win world titles at both amateur and professional level.

Stuart Bingham

Among the most famous episodes of The Twilight Zone, Time Enough at Last starred which actor as Henry Bemis, who finds himself alone in a world surrounded by books he can no longer read? Among his other famous roles are playing the Penguin in the 1960s Batman TV series, and Rocky Balboa's manager and trainer.

Burgess Meredith

Another track on the GTA: Vice City soundtrack was (I Just) Died In Your Arms, a hit for which alliteratively-named London group? Reaching number 4 upon release in the UK, it topped the American charts in 1986.

Cutting Crew

Described as a potential generational talent when he was just 13, which player was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks first overall in the 2023 NHL Draft? In 2020, he was granted exceptional status and allowed to enter the junior leagues a year earlier than normal.

Connor Bedard

Which music, arts and science festival has been held annually in mid-August in the Brecon Beacons since 2003? The festival has a large campsite known as ‘the settlement’.

Green Man

When appearing on Alan Carr's Chatty Man, which comedian, under his alterego of Keith Lemon, downed both Lambrini and Blue Aftershock in a nineminute interview, describing the latter tipple as "the devil's piss"? This comedian created Lemon after the cancellation of his early 2000s sketch show Bo’ Selecta!.

Leigh Francis

Another highly-regarded Twilight Zone episode is set on what street, which completes the title The Monsters Are Due On...? Over the course of the episode, the residents of this completely normal street descend into paranoia, as aliens take control of the neighbourhood power supply in order to see how easy it would be to cause human society to break down.

Maple Street

Set during World War II, which 2016 comedy drama stars Gemma Arterton and Sam Claflin as screenwriters who bond while making a propaganda film for the Ministry of Information? Bill Nighy also stars as an actor struggling to accept he is no longer a leading man.

Their Finest

Policeman and wizard Peter Grant is the protagonist of which series of urban fantasy novels, written by Ben Aaronovitch?

Rivers of London

First name required. The 2008 single Release Me was the most successful UK song by which Swedish singer, commonly known by her first name?

Agnes

Alton Towers is located in which UK county?

Staffordshire

Passing away in 2020, Alexi Laiho was the lead vocalist and guitarist for which Finnish death metal band, of which he was also a founding member? This band took their name from a lake which was the location of a notorious unsolved murder in 1960.

Children of Bodom

French pirate, nicknamed La Buse ("The Buzzard") or La Bouche ("The Mouth") in his early days for the speed and ruthlessness with which he always attacked his enemies as well as his ability to verbally attack his opponents. He is known for allegedly hiding one of the biggest treasures in pirate history, estimated at over £1 billion, and leaving a cryptogram behind with clues to its whereabouts.

Olivier Levasseur

Considered the first significant game in the 4X genre, the first instalment of what turn-based strategy video game series was released in 1991? The sixth edition of this game, in which players are charged with leading a society through centuries of human history, was released in 2016.

Civilisation

Having the Latin name Rhus aromatica, which plant’s dried fruits have many uses in North African cuisine? They can be steeped in water to make a pink lemonade, or more commonly used as a spice to provide a lemon flavour to both meat dishes and salad.

Sumac

BOTH NAMES: The renaissance of women’s wrestling in WWE is partly due to a quartet who have been dubbed the 'Four Horsewomen'. They include which daughter of a legendary American wrestler, who sometimes uses her father’s famous strut and "wooo!" taunts? She has had 14 world title reigns in her career to date.

Charlotte Flair

In 1975, Siskel and Ebert both picked which Robert Altman film as their favourite of the year? This political and cultural satire of America focused on the country music scene, with an ensemble cast including Keith Carradine and Karen Black.

Nashville

Which brand of hard-surface cleaning products has been advertised with the slogan "loves the jobs you hate"? This range of products features a bespectacled man wearing orange and white clothing in its branding.

Mr Muscle

With a name which means 'head of the shop' in Arabic, which North African spice mix commonly consists of up to a dozen spices, including nutmeg, cinnamon and cumin? It can be rubbed on meat or fish, or stirred into couscous or rice.

Ras El Hanout

Which Irishwoman pinned Ronda Rousey to win WWE’s first-ever all-female Wrestlemania main event in 2019? Adopting the nickname ‘The Man’ during a feud with Charlotte and Ric Flair, an iconic image of this woman proudly posing with a broken nose helped cement her as one of wrestling's biggest stars.

Becky Lynch

Which Canadian-American actress played Shauni McClain in Baywatch between 1989 and '92? She also starred opposite Steven Seagal in Under Siege that year, but struggled to establish a film career.

Erika Eleniak

Which Canadian-born American video game designer is best known for developing the Civilization series of strategy games? In 1982, he co-founded the software company MicroProse.

Sid Meier

Which member of WWE's Four Horsewomen was accompanied to the ring by her cousin, Snoop Dogg, at Wrestlemania in 2016? Nicknamed The Boss, she and Bianca Belair became the first black women to main-event Wrestlemania in 2021; however, she acrimoniously left WWE in 2022 alongside her then tag-team partner, Naomi.

Sasha Banks

Manufactured by Unilever, what range of household bleaches and related cleaning products is advertised with the slogan "Kills all known germs. Dead"? The company also sells a range of toilet rim blocks.

Domestos

Entering the final hole of the 1999 Open at Carnoustie with a three-shot lead, which French golfer triple bogeyed the hole, at one point wading into a burn to consider playing a shot from the water? He ultimately lost a playoff to Paul Lawrie.

Jean Van Der VELDE

Lead singer of Human League

Philip Oakey

Dave Gahan lead singer of which band?

Depeche Mode

Which British comedy magician and actor performed under the stage name ‘The Great Soprendo’? This man, married to Victoria Wood from 1980 to 2005, was also a regular in Countdown's Dictionary Corner.

Geoffrey Durham

Which American actress played Caroline Holden in Baywatch between 1993 and '97? She had earlier featured in the soaps One Life to Live and Ryan's Hope, and went on to play Caitlin Cross in Nash Bridges.

Yasmine BLEETH

Aiming to raise funds in the wake of a 2010 earthquake in a Caribbean country, a group of artists, including Leona Lewis, Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams, released a cover of REM's song Everybody Hurts under what twoword name?

Helping Haiti

At the 2012 Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club, which Australian lost a four-shot lead to Ernie Els, bogeying the last four holes to give Els the title? He went on to win the US Masters the following year.

Adam Scott

Created by Sid Meier, which business simulation game’s first edition was released by MicroProse in 1990? It challenges the player to build a network of tracks, stations and services, while fending off rival entrepreneurs.

Railroad Tycoon

Which loosely-defined ‘group’ released charity singles each year between 2008 and '11, including covers of Hero by Enrique Iglesias, Heroes by David Bowie and Wishing on a Star by Rose Royce? Each of these records topped the charts.

X-Factor Finalists

Used across North Africa and the Levant, which spice mix contains oregano, basil, thyme and savory, which is then mixed with toasted sesame seeds, salt and sumac? It is commonly eaten on pitta bread, as a seasoning for meat, or sprinkled onto hummus.

Za'atar

Which British magician hosted three series of his own ITV show, A Kind of Magic, after a star-making turn at the 1989 Royal Variety Performance? He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1988, and has since become known as a campaigner for charities fighting the disease.

Wayne Dobson

Which brand of laundry detergent has been marketed with the Doorstep Challenge? This product is the UK equivalent of the American brand Tide.

DAZ

Which American actress played Neely Capshaw in Baywatch between 1995 and '98, later reprising the role in 2016's Sharknado: The 4th Awakens? She also played the title character in the sitcom Sheena.

Gena Lee Nolin

Which spice mix is often added to dishes such as doner kebab and koftas? Originally Turkish in origin, its name basically means ‘spices’ in Arabic, and it is thought of as a middle eastern equivalent of the Indian garam masala.

Baharat

Under what name did a group of mostly Liverpudlian musicians record a version of He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother, taking the UK Christmas number one slot in 2012? The funds raised supported various charities associated with the Hillsborough disaster

The Justice Collective

In 1994, Siskel and Ebert both picked which sports documentary as their favourite film of the year? This Steve James movie focuses primarily on the high school students Arthur Agee and William Gates.

Hoop Dreams

Which wrestler's matches with Sasha Banks at Takeover: Brooklyn and Takeover: Respect are often cited as among the greatest in the history of WWE's NXT brand? Originally a fun-loving fan favourite, she has since become a cynical, sarcastic heel who leads the Damage CTRL faction.

Bayley

Which golfer almost lost the Ryder Cup for the US team in 1991 at Kiawah Island, losing a four-shot lead to Colin Montgomerie in a critical singles match on the final day? His blushes were only spared when Bernhard Langer missed a putt on the final hole.

Mark Calcavecchia

Which US State is Kiawah Island golf course situated in?

South Carolina

Published by MicroProse in 1987, what was the first Sid Meier-designed game to feature Meier's name in its title? This open-world game enabled players to explore the Caribbean, and was remade in a 1993 version subtitled Gold.

SId Meier's Pirates

What brand of household odour elimination products has been advertised with the slogan “Breathe happy”? Outside the English-speaking world, this product is sold as Ambi Pur.

Febreze

Which musician had a number one hit in the UK in 1961 with Poetry in Motion?

Johnny Tillotson

Popular nightlife district of Hamburg

Reeperbahn

Which musical film was the first sound movie, and second movie overall, to win the Best Picture award at the Oscars?

The BROADWAY MELODY

Who plays former SMERSH agent Rosa Klebb (No 3) of Spectre in From Russia With Love?

Lotte Lenya

Which Italian actress plays Tatiana Romanova in From Russia With Love 1963 based on Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive?

Daniela Bianchi

Who played Ali Kerim Bey, head of MI6 Station T in Istanbul, his last film role before his suicide in June 1963?

Pedro Armendariz

Name of character (SPECTRE No. 5), a Czechoslovak chess grandmaster and SPECTRE agent played by Vladek Sheybal.

Kronsteen

In which James Bond film does Desmond Llewelyn appear as Q for first time?

From Russia With Love

Fastest fish recorded could be Istiophorus platypterus

Sailfish

A known fastest fish is Istiompax indica which is what?

Black Marlin

Which invasive species is threatening the survival of native crayfish in the UK

Signal Crayfish

Which invasive species is threatening the survival of native crayfish in the UK

Harlequin Ladybird

During the day, the brown hare commonly rests in a depression in the ground, known as a what?

Form

What is the surname of the Australian twin brothers, Steve and Mark, who were enormously successful international cricketers from the 1980s to the early 2000s?

Waugh

The Irimia twins making Cheeky Girls have what first names?

Gabriela and Monica

Jedward surname

Grimes

In which eastern European country were the positions of prime minister and president occupied by twin brothers in 2006-2007?

Poland - Kaczyński twins

Ruling family of Dubai

Al Maktoum family

City which was captured by the Imperial Japanese Army on 15 February 1942 and was the site of the first F1 night time Grand Prix

Singapore

What hedging shrub, of genus Ligustrum, is well known to fans of JK Rowling?

Privet

The butterfly bush is a tall, messy plant with white or purple flowers, cultivated because it is so attractive to butterflies. To what genus does it belong?

Buddleia

What plant is nicknamed pee-the-bed?

Dandelion

UK residents are banned by the government from deliberately cultivating certain plants. One of these is Impatiens glandulifera, an invader from a mountainous part of the world. What is its common name?

Himalayam Balsam

What sweet-smelling climbing plant of genus Lonicera derives its names from the edible nectar that can be sucked from its tubular flowers?

Honeysuckle

BASEBALL: This player spent his entire 20-year Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees and holds the record for career hits by a shortstop. He shares a surname with sprinter Carmelita, although the two are not related

Derek JETER

BASEBALL: This prolific player had a long career with the Mariners, Rangers and Yankees, but his legacy is marred by steroid use. He was engaged to Jennifer Lopez and was rumoured to have had an affair with Madonna

Alex Rodiguez

Japanese singer, songwriter and artist, born 1933. Her albums include Approximately Infinite Universe (1973) and Double Fantasy (1980).

ONO

The UK’s largest general insurance firm was created by the merger of Norwich Union and CGU. What is its name?

AVIVA

Who was lead singer of Jefferson Airplane singing White Rabbit?

Grace Slick

Which pair wrote the song "Because the Night" released by one of theirs bands?

Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith

Meaning “the correct path” in Arabic, what is the name of the body of law in Islamic tradition that is derived from the Quran and the Hadith? It is not to be confused with fiqh, which refers to the understanding and practice of these laws.

Sharia

11 Of the string instruments commonly used in a Western orchestra, which is the only one to primarily use the alto clef?

Viola

Also used as the name of several armies throughout history, Khalsa is the name given to the community of people baptised into which Indian religion?

Sikhism

Isese is the traditional religion of which West African people? This religion has a pantheon of spirits called Orishas, which are also a feature of several religions of the African diaspora such as Cuban Santería, Brazilian Candomblé, and Shango in Trinidad.

Yoruba

Subtitled A Theory of Poetry, which work of literary criticism by Harold Bloom is divided into six major categories that he called “revisionary ratios” and argues that poets are hindered by their relationship with their precursors?

The Anxiety of Influence

Which 18th-century French actress is credited with introducing a more realistic acting style along with Michel Baron? She is the subject of a play by Eugène Scribe, which was adapted into an opera by Francesco Cilea.

Adrienne Lecouvreur

Which short story by H. P. Lovecraft is the first to introduce the Cthulhu mythos? Its title is taken from a Mesopotamian fish god and, in turn, it inspired the name of an ancestor of the Greyjoy family in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire.

Dagon

Lasting over four hours and known for its extreme difficulty, Opus clavicembalisticum is a solo piano piece by which 20th-century English composer, whose works have been championed by pianists such as John Ogdon and Jonathan Powell?

Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

Which artist of the Dutch Golden Age painted The Young Bull? At nearly life size, it was the first Western painting to depict everyday life on a grand scale.

Paulus Potter

12 Which BBC sitcom, written by and starring Greg Davies, is based on the German series Der Tatortreiniger?

The Cleaner

Which 2018 film stars Constance Wu as a Chinese American academic who only learns her boyfriend belongs to one of Singapore’s richest families when they travel together to a wedding? It was the highest grossing romantic comedy of the 2010s.

Crazy Rich Asians

The Magnolias, Barnsdale, Barleywood, Berryfields, and Longmeadow have been among the long-term filming locations for which BBC television series that has been on the air since 1968?

Gardener's World

Which Oscar-winning actor has played the editor of the Daily Bugle in four different Spider-Man franchises: Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, and the animated Spider-Verse films?

Jonathan Kimble JK Simmons

Which actor, who became famous in the 1980s and ’90s for her skills as an improvisational comedian, played the character of Agnes Nutter in Good Omens? She had previously played the same role in an adaptation for BBC Radio 4.

Josie Lawrence

Which Netflix dating show features couples talking to each other in pods where they are unable to see one another, only meeting face-to-face once a marriage proposal is accepted?

Love is Blind

In which 1961 suspense film does Dirk Bogarde star as a London barrister who fights the blackmailers of his young lover? It uses the same plot as the 1919 German film, Different from the Others, which is considered the first film to have a sympathetic portrayal of gay characters

Victim

What was the first major television series to feature David Attenborough? Broadcast on BBC TV between 1954 and 1963, it featured Attenborough catching exotic animals for London Zoo.

Zoo Quest

Airing in 1984, which Doctor Who serial – broadcast in four parts – marked the last regular appearance of Peter Davison and the first of Colin Baker as the Doctor? Concerning a war fought over a drug derived from bat milk, fans voted it the best story in Doctor Who history in 2009.

The Caves of Androzani

Which TV and radio presenter, who has mostly worked for CBBC and Capital Radio, appeared alongside the puppet Hacker T. Dog in a viral clip in which Hacker says, “We’re just normal men ... we’re just innocent men”?

Lauren Layfield

Played by Doris Speed, which snobbish character was the landlady of the Rovers Return from the first episode of Coronation Street until her departure from the show in 1984? Either name acceptable.

Annie Walker

Which 1973 Senegalese film by Djibril Diop Mambéty concerns Mory and Anta, two young people trying to raise money to travel to Paris? During production, Mambéty was arrested for attending an anti-racist demonstration in Rome and was bailed out following intervention from Sophia Loren.

Touki Bouki or The Journey of the Hyena

Carolyn Bertozzi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work in what sub-field, which deals with chemical reactions that occur within living organisms but that do not interfere with the organism’s own biochemical processes? Bertozzi had success in developing click reactions that did not use copper catalysts, removing the risk of copper toxicity

Bioorthogonal Chemistry

Which Belgian cyclist won the women’s road race at the 2023 World Cycling Championships in Glasgow? She also won in the velodrome, picking up gold in both the elimination and points races, and beat Katie Archibald to bronze in the omnium.

Lotte KOPECKY

Which British island gives its name to the prison formed in 2009 from the merger of Parkhurst and Albany prisons?

Isle of Wight

Basilan is the largest island in which archipelago that shares its name with a sea located between Borneo and the Filipino island of Mindanao [MIN-dun-OW]?

Sulu Sea

Some literary critics consider the Latin American Boom to begin with which 1963 novel by Argentine author Julio Cortázar? This novel is notable for having chapters that can be read in more than one order.

Hopscotch (or Rayuela)

Which British fashion designer came to prominence in the 1980s by producing T-shirts with political slogans? In 1984, she famously met Margaret Thatcher while wearing one of her designs protesting against Pershing II missiles.

Katharine Hamnett

Name either of the two co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party. They led their party into a power-sharing agreement with the SNP, and both of them hold ministerial positions in the Scottish government.

Patrick HARVIE and Lorna SLATER

Based on the memoirs of Brooke Magnanti, also known as Belle de Jour, Lucy Prebble created which television series in 2007, starring Billie Piper as Hannah Baxter, who moonlights as a high-end escort?

The Secret Diary of a Call Girl

With a name meaning “infused tea”, what name is given to Japanese green tea where the whole leaves are infused in hot water, unlike matcha, which is powdered? Gyokuro is a variety of this tea that is grown in the shade rather than full sun.

Sencha

Winning their only Challenge Cup in 2018, which rugby league side is the only non-English team in the Super League? Either word of their two-word name is acceptable.

Catalans Dragons

Only the third woman to win a Palme D’Or after Jane Campion and Julie Ducournau [doo-coor-no], which director won this award in 2023 for the courtroom thriller Anatomy of a Fall? Her film Sibyl was also nominated for the 2019 Palme D’Or

Justine Triet

Wilson’s disease can cause excess copper in the human body and lead to copper toxicity. One sign of the disease is a brown or copper-coloured ring surrounding the iris, named after what two German doctors who described them in the early 20th century?

Kayser-Fleischer Ring

Which Dutch cyclist came second to Lotte Kopecky at women’s road race at the 2023 World Cycling Championships, but beat Kopecky to win the 2023 Tour de France Femmes? In 2022, she came second to Annemiek [anna-MEEK] van Vleuten at the Tour.

Demi Vollering

Sold in raw and ripe varieties, what type of fermented tea originates in the Chinese province of Yunnan?

Pu'er

The lead-acid battery used in cars uses what acid, whose chemical formula is H2SO4?

Sulphuric Acid

Which song, written and originally recorded by the Bee Gees, did Boyzone release as the lead single from their 1996 album A Different Beat? It was the band’s first UK number one.

Words

Which politician is the leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland? Between 2020 and 2022 she served as the Minister of Justice, a role directly elected by a cross-community vote.

Naomi Long

Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper created which 2020 dark comedy-drama show, with Piper in the title role, concerning an actor who is a victim of phone hacking?

I Hate Suzie

The Sulu Sea is separated from the South China Sea by which long, thin island of the Philippines? Frequently described as “the most beautiful island in the world” by travel magazines, it is known for its unique and diverse flora and fauna.

Palawan

An important work at the beginning of the Latin American Boom, The Death of Artemio Cruz is a novel influenced by Citizen Kane that was written by which Mexican author, also known for The Old Gringo?

Carlos Fuentes

Which British fashion designer, alongside his wife Geraldine, founded the brand Red or Dead in 1982 with a stall on Camden Market?

Wayne Hemingway

Travis Kelce plays which american football position?

Tight End

Which British-American actor and comedian co-wrote and starred as Nigel Tufnel in This is Spinal Tap? His other mockumentary films include Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and Mascots.

Christopher Guest

Croatian politician and historian. Following the country's independence from Yugoslavia, he became the first president of Croatia and served as president from 1990 until his death in 1999.

Franjo Tudjman

What were the surnames of the mother and daughter who developed a namesake personality test based on the work of Carl Jung? The test uses four categories: introversion or extraversion, sensing or intuition, thinking or feeling, and judging or perceiving.

Myers-Briggs

Controlling 95% of the global market share, S&P (formerly Standard & Poor’s), Moody’s, and Fitch Group are the “Big Three” of what type of company? These companies assess the ability to repay debt and the likelihood of default.

Credit Rating

Hiragasy is a traditional festival of music, dance, and oratory that is performed in the highlands of what island nation?

Madagascar

Cofi is a dialect of Welsh spoken around what royal town, the county town of Gwynedd? The village of Llanrug is located four miles east of this town and has the highest proportion of Welsh speakers of any settlement at 86%.

Caernarfon

Derived from the first four Arabic letters, what name is given to a writing system that only represents consonants, leaving the vowels to be inferred by the reader? Arabic and Hebrew both use this kind of writing system.

Abjad

The basic principle of forensic science, which can be summarised as “Every contact leaves a trace”, is the namesake “exchange principle” of which French criminologist?

Edmond Locard

Also known as the Mearns, which of the traditional counties of Scotland is named after a town that ceased to exist in the nineteenth century? The current county town is Stonehaven

Kincardineshire

Which island is connected to the Javanese city of Surabaya by the Suramadu Bridge? This island gives its name to the fourth most spoken language in Indonesia, behind Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese.

Madura

Two species of trout, the gillaroo and the sonaghen, are found exclusively in which lough on the border of Leitrim and Fermanagh?

Lough Melvin

The basic tenets of universal grammar are challenged by the apparent lack of recursion in which Amerindian language? Ignoring diacritic marks, inserting a single letter into the name of this language results in the name of a type of fish.

Piraha

What is the least populous canton of Switzerland, and the smallest in area after the City of Basel? This “half-canton” notably only granted women the right to vote in 1991. Two-word answer required.

Appenzell Innerrhoden

1976 movie and 2019 remake by Roland Emmerich detailing the events of a major sea battle in June 1942 in the Pacific. What is the English name of that battle?

Midway

1970 movie depic;ng the 1941 Japanese airstrike on Pearl Harbour directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1956 movie about the sinking of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

The battle of the river plate

British pop singer of the 1980s who’s greatest hits included Searchin’ and Who’s Leaving Who.

Hazel Dean

. Bri;sh jazz musician, primarily a saxophone player who can also play the clarinet, keyboards, and other instruments. He is closely associated with The Jazz Warriors.

Courtney Pine

Bri;sh TV actress, deaf from birth and best known for her role in Eastenders and for winning Strictly Come Dancing in 2021.

Rose Ayling Ellis

Australian tennis player born 1996 and three ;mes Grand Slam Champion who also represented her country at Cricket. Re;red in 2022 to start a family.

Ash Barty

British musician born 1947 who has played lead guitar for Uriah Heap since 1967.

Mick Box

Who created Harry Bosch

Michael Connolly

Who created Jane Tennison

Lynda La Plante

Who created Kurt Wallender

Henning Mankell

Who created Salvo Montalbano

Andrea Camilleri

How many shillings in a guinea?

21

Joe Root's England cricket shirt number

66

‘Key of the door’ in Bingo

21

Min. winning score in Badminton game points wise

21

Fluid ounces in a pint

20

What were the forenames of showman P. T. Barnum?

Phineas Taylor

How many shots make up a max. 147 break in snooker?

36

What surname is shared by a historian with the first name Catherine, whose 1763 work The History of England was a Whig rebuttal to David Hume’s Tory The History of England; and a historian with the forenames Thomas Babington, whose 1848 work The History of England is one of the major works in the Whig interpretation of history?

Macauley

Which disgraced historian unsuccessfully sued Deborah Lipstadt for libel after she named him in her book Denying the Holocaust? This man claimed that Hitler had no knowledge of the Holocaust in Hitler’s War.

David Irving

What is the surname of these three sisters: Ching-ling, who married Sun Yat-sen; Mei-ling, who married Chiang Kaishek; and Ai-ling, who married China’s richest man H. H. Kung? Mei-ling shared Time’s Person of the Year award in 1937, and Ching-ling defected to the Communists and became the acting president in 1976.

Soong

Since 2018, the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group has been employed by the government of Faustin-Archange Touadéra against rebels in which country’s ongoing civil war?

Central African Republic

Which Northumbrian noblewoman and Catholic saint was the founding abbess of Whitby Abbey and was present at the Synod of Whitby in 664?

Hilda of Whitby

Used both literally and metaphorically, what name for the political ideology, similar to irredentism, of seeking to recover lost territory was first used to describe the policies advocated by Georges Clemenceau and Georges Ernest Boulanger following Germany’s annexation of Alsace-Lorraine in the Franco-Prussian War?

Revanchism

Which British educator taught King Charles at Gordonstoun, was Tony Blair’s housemaster at Fettes, was the headmaster of Eton while David Cameron and Boris Johnson were there, and was the Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford when Rishi Sunak arrived at the college?

Sir (William) Eric (Kinloch) Anderson

Known for her elaborate tattoos, the Siberian Ice Maiden, or the Princess of Ukok, is a 5th -century BCE mummy found in a burial site belonging to which nomadic Scythian culture of a namesake valley in the Altai mountains?

Pazyryk culture

Which of America’s founding fathers wrote the Preamble to the US Constitution? He was an outspoken opponent of slavery and proposed the decimal coinage system. He died from complications caused by a whalebone catheter

Gouverneur Morris

Which American journalist worked as a foreign affairs correspondent for The Sunday Times from 1985 until she was killed in the siege of Homs in 2012?

Marie Colvin

In 1514 on this day, Mary Tudor (sister to Henry VIII) married which French king?

Louis XII

Dwight Eisenhower #34 middle name

David

Gerald Ford 38th president middle name

Rudolph

Michael Caine Zulu character name

Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead

Stanley Baker Zulu character name

Lieutenant John Chard

What year did colour TV begin on BBC and ITV in the UK?

1969

What was the capital of Rhodesia?

Salisbury

Who sang “Matthew & son” in 1967?

Cat Stevens

A solo artist who has released 10 studio albums and is best known for the 1984 hit single “Missing You”, which reached No.1 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top 10 in the UK singles chart.

John Waite

British chef best known for being executive chef of the Michelin-starred Northcote restaurant. She was also one of four winning chefs on season five of the BBC cooking show Great British Menu.

Lisa Goodwin-Allen

In Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons, where do the Mysterons originate from?

Mars

In Fireball XL5, which character did Sylvia Anderson provide the voice for?

Dr Venus

Which test pilot was at the controls of Supercar by Gerry Anderson?

Mike Mercury

Stingray was the flagship of which organization?

World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP)

Where did the Zulus destroy Henry Pulliene’s British forces on 22 January1879?

Isandlwana

Who commanded the Alamo in 1836?

William Travis

worlds first nuclear powered submarine

USS Nautilus

The national weapon of Nepal, traditionally serving the role of a basic utility knife for the Nepali-speaking Gurkhas

Kukri

Who made the vital putt which guaranteed that Europe retained the Ryder cup in 2023?

Tommy Fleetwood

Which was the largest tank battle of World War II?

Kursk

Which citrus fruit believed to have originated in central China as an F1 hybrid of the mangshanyeju subspecies of mandarin orange and the ichang papeda? Japanese etymology from vinegar. Looks like a yellow clementine.

Yuzu

Which American mma fighter did Logan Paul beat in a boxing match in Manchester in October 2023?

Dillon Danis

Which town in Yorkshire gives its name to a chop of lamb that is cut across the saddle, effectively resulting in a double loin chop?

Barnsley

Now in a relationship with Thomas Brodie-Sangster, which actor was twice married to Elon Musk and, in 2022, urged him to buy Twitter, texting “Please do do something to fight woke-ism”?

Talulah Riley

What is the nationality of the fashion designer Elie Saab, known for his red-carpet dresses and bridal couture? In 2020, his office and home were destroyed in a major explosion.

Lebanese

Using the tagline “World of Curves” and selling clothes in sizes 14 to 32, which was the first “plus size” women’s clothes retailer on the British high street? In 1997, it became among the first fashion brands to sell online and has collaborated with celebrities such as Beth Ditto.

Evans

Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka founded which comedy website whose forums were the origin of many memes and internet trends such as Slender Man, “All your base are belong to us”, and Let’s Play videos? Christopher Poole founded the notorious 4chan imageboard when certain pornographic content was banned from this website.

Something Awful

Becoming popular in the West in recent years, what name is given to the traditional Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with a gold-containing resin? This practice treats the breaking and repair as part of the history of the object rather than seeking to disguise it.

Kintsugi

Which British-Iranian food writer won the Observer Food Monthly Award for Best New Cookbook in 2014 for her recipe book Persiana? She has since released the books Feasts, Bazaar, and Flavour.

Sabrina Ghayour

Which Spanish white grape was the most-planted grape variety in the world through the 1990s and 2000s, and is primarily used in Spain’s brandy industry?

Airen

Often grown to create a visual barrier or shaded walkway, what name is given to the process of shaping a tree so that a clear central vertical trunk produces horizontal branches that may interlock with neighbouring trees? It is not to be confused with espalier, in which the horizontal branches are spaced at regular intervals up the stem.

Pleaching

What is a tree that is trained flat against a support, such as a wall, with a central vertical stem and several tiers of horizontal branches, generally referred to as arms? From Italian for shoulder.

Espalier

Which American rapper first rose to prominence as a result of a viral clip of her saying “cash me outside, how ’bout dat?” on a 2016 episode of Dr Phil titled ‘I Want to Give Up My Car-Stealing, Knife-Wielding, Twerking 13-Year-Old Daughter Who Tried to Frame Me for a Crime’?

Bhad Bhabie or Danielle Bregoli

The earliest known use of what word for a scruffily or disreputably attired person is as the name of a demon in John Langland’s Middle English poem Piers Plowman?

Ragamuffin

Which organelles in plant cells are the site of photosynthesis within cells and where sunlight is converted into energy-storing molecules such as ATP?

Chloroplasts

The western French city of Nantes lies close to the mouth of which major river?

Loire

What was the flagship of William the Conqueror on his conquest of England? Stopped in Channel and had breakfast as so quick.

Mora

Derived from two Sanskrit words, what is the name of the only symphony of Olivier Messiaen who pioneered usage of the Ondes Martenot?

Turangalila

Name of the Uncle and Patriarch of the Dukes of Hazzards boys, played by Denver Pyle in TV series and Willie Nelson in the film?

Uncle Jesse

What is the name of the cricket franchise based in Brisbane who won their only men’s Big Bash League title in the 2012-13 season?

Heat

Isinglass, a form of collagen used mainly in the clarification of beers and wines, is obtained from which internal organ of fish?

Swim Bladder

Which ancient Roman festival, beginning on the 17th of December and lasting for up to a week, was named for the God of agriculture? Some of its customs are thought to have influenced later midwinter and Christmas festivities.

Saturnalia

Name of Adelaide's Big Bash League team in Twenty20 cricket, they play at Adelaide Oval?

Adelaide Strikers

Name of Hobart's Big Bash League team in Twenty20 cricket, they play at Blundstone Arena?

Hobart Hurricanes

Name of one of Melbourne's Big Bash League teams in Twenty20 cricket, they play at Marvel Stadium?

Melbourne Renegades

Name of one of Melbourne's Big Bash League teams in Twenty20 cricket, they play at Melbourne Cricket Ground?

Melbourne Stars

Name of Perth's Big Bash League team in Twenty20 cricket, they play at Perth Stadium?

Perth Scorchers

Name of one of Sydney's Big Bash League team in Twenty20 cricket, they play at Sydney Cricket Ground?

Sydney Sixers

Name of one of Sydney's Big Bash League team in Twenty20 cricket, they play at Sydney Showground Stadium?

Sydney Thunder

Which 23-time Olympic gold medal winning sportsman set a record of 159 feet in 2016 for the longest ever televised golf putt, which has since been beaten by Ian Poulter?

Michael Phelps

What era name is given to the period of Japanese history from 1926-89, corresponding to the reign of Emperor Hirohito, who is also known by this name?

Showa

The title character in Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's 2000s comic book series Y: The Last Man is the only man in a world of women, after a disaster wipes out all males. Y is short for what name, that he shares with a character in Hamlet who appears only as a skull?

Yorick

In the lyrics for the Lou Reed classic Walk on the Wild Side, Holly came from which US city?

Miami

What is the name of the niche found in mosques which indicates the qibla, or direction of Mecca?

Mihrab

Among the British military aid to Ukraine in the ongoing war have been 14 of which type of tank, that share their name with a Space Shuttle?

Challenger

The captain Lee Rosbach is the one consistent cast member of which reality TV series that follows the crews of luxury yachts?

Below Deck

What is the name of the cricket franchise based in Adelaide who won their only men’s Big Bash League title in the 2017-18 season?

Adelaide Strikers

Which substance precedes ‘-bag’ in another name for the abomasum, or fourth stomach chamber of ruminants? This substance, obtained from the lining of that organ, consists of chymosin [KY-muh-sin] and other enzymes.

Rennet

What is the official name for fourth and final stomach in ruminants with alternative names maw, rennet bag, reed tripe - it secretes rennet and is known as the true stomach?

Abomasum

WHat is the official name for the third compartment of the stomach in ruminants with alternative names the bible, the fardel, the manyplies and the psalterium? It receives chewed cud, and absorbs volatile fatty acids.

Omasum

primary site of microbial fermentation and with alternative name the paunch, which is the first and largest stomach compartment in ruminants?

Rumen

What is the second chamber in the four-chamber alimentary canal of a ruminant animal? Colloquially referred to as the honeycomb, bonnet, or kings-hood?

Reticulum

Named after a Dutch squadron commander, which private island in the British Virgin Islands is owned by Richard Branson?

Necker Island

In The Dukes of Hazzard, which corrupt county commissioner was played by Sorrell Booke in the original series and by Burt Reynolds in the 2005 film?

Boss Hogg (Jefferson Davis Hogg)

The southern French city of Arles lies close to the mouth of which major river?

Rhone

The earliest known use of what word for bombastic displays of self-confidence is as the name of a boastful character in Edmund Spenser’s allegorical epic The Faerie Queene?

Braggadocio

In the 1820s and 1830s, J.M.W. Turner created a series of paintings in and around which city in West Sussex, including two depictions of its ship canal with the cathedral in the background?

Chichester

Among the British military aid to Ukraine in the ongoing war have been 200 of which type of anti-tank missile, that share their name with an athletics event?

Javelin

Also played to the same tune as the British national anthem, Samuel Francis Smith's patriotic song America is better known by its opening words. What are they?

My Country Tis Of Thee

The twin brothers Brett and Jason Oppenheim are the owners of a high-end Los Angeles real estate brokerage in which reality TV series, that follows the lives of the group of female real estate agents who work for them?

Selling Sunset

Usually located to the right of the mihrab, what name is used for the pulpit in a mosque where the imam stands to deliver sermons? In contrast to Christian pulpits, the stairs usually ascend in a straight line from the front.

Minbar

What era name is given to the period of Japanese history from 1989-2019, corresponding to the reign of Emperor Akihito, who is also known by this name?

Heisei

Which video game, released by Psyonix in 2015 and free-to-play since 2020, is a sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic RocketPowered Battle-Cars and effectively involves playing football with cars?

Rocket League

What was the last band to headline Glastonbury in the twentieth century? Their lead singer, Skin, was also the first black British woman ever to headline at the festival.

Skunk Anansie

Subtitled “To Everything There Is a Season”, which song by Pete Seeger takes its lyrics from The Book of Ecclesiastes?

Turn! Turn! Turn!

Which manga series follows Gon Freecss, a young boy who discovers that the father who abandoned him belongs to an elite class of people who are licensed to pursue rare creatures, find treasure, and capture criminals?

Hunter x Hunter

Desmond Child received a songwriting credit on what 2020 single by Ava Max because it contains an interpolation from Bonnie Tyler’s ‘If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)’ that was also used in Bon Jovi’s ‘You Give Love a Bad Name’?

Kings & Queens

The singer Cesária Évora was known as the “Queen of Morna”, a musical style that originated in which African country? Morna songs often evoke a sense of longing or “saudade”.

Cabo Verde

what term is (in Portuguese folk culture) a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent

Saudade

Which Scottish music manager is well-known for having managed both Elton John, with whom he also had a romantic relationship, and Queen? He has twice been portrayed by a Game of Thrones star on screen: by Aidan Gillan in Bohemian Rhapsody, and by Richard Madden in Rocket Man.

John Reid

Which Turkish-American Twitch streamer is known for his 8-hour daily broadcasts in which he provides socialist political commentary? Perhaps his most famous stream involved playing the video game Among Us with representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar and fellow streamer Pokimane as part of a voter-registration push.

Hasan Piker

What was the best-selling album in the UK in 1972? It was the first compilation album that was put together for telemarketing in the UK, and included songs by Argent, Deep Purple, Sly and the Family Stone, and Cilla Black.

20 Dynamic Hits

Which South African rapper and singer released the song ‘John Cena’ about the WWE wrestler in 2019? The video spawned a viral challenge to recreate the dance moves, which Cena performed himself on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Sho Madjozi

Marc Doyle founded which website that compiles reviews of films, TV shows, albums, and video games? Unlike Rotten Tomatoes, it produces a weighted average of reviews rather than a percentage of positive reviews.

Metacritic

Which Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist, dubbed ‘the Maharajah of the Keyboard’, recorded albums such as On the Town and Night Train with his trio?

Oscar Peterson

Mae Borowski, a college dropout who returns to her hometown of Possum Springs, is the central character of which 2017 exploration video game, which was praised for its story and dialogue?

Night in the Woods

”I too, dislike it” are the opening words of Poetry, a work by which American poet? Her other poems include The Steeple-Jack and The Fish.

Marianne Moore

Richard Page was the lead vocalist of which Phoenix, Arizona band?

Mr Mister

Sofie Gråbøl starred as Detective Sarah Lund in which Danish television crime series, which was broadcast on BBC Four in the early 2010s?

The Killing

Dnaish show Borgen meaning Castle is informal name of Christianborg Palace and has Birgitte Nyborg Christensen (Sidse Babett Knudsen) becoming PM? Written by who.

Adam Price

Who starred as Martin Rohde, lead detective in Copenhagen of murder on The Bridge? Also starred as Konstantin in Killing Eve.

Kim Bodnia

Swedish actress stars as Saga Norén in the Danish/Swedish co-produced TV series The Bridge as the Malmo side detecitve?

Sofia Helin

Taking the wickets of Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal and Shaminda Eranga, which pace bowler became the only English player to take two hat tricks in Tests? He retired after taking more wickets than any other English bowler in this summer’s Ashes.

Stuard Broad

In the high-definition television format 1080i, i refers to what method of displaying a moving image by only changing each horizontal line every other frame?

Interlacing (Interlaced)

Villanova, Drexel and Temple are among the universities based in which city in the eastern United States, which is also home to an Ivy League university?

Philadelphia

In particle physics, an approximate conservation law holds that what number, symbolised B, remains the same in almost all Standard Model interactions? A quark has a value of ⅓ for this number.

Baryon Number

Which Major League Baseball team missed this year’s playoffs despite having the current overwhelming favourite to be the Most Valuable Player, Shohei Ohtani, and past MVP Mike Trout? Local rivals the Dodgers did make the playoffs.

LA Angels

Who is lead singer of Birmingham band Judas Priest?

Rob Halford

Lead singer of Motley Crue for majority of their lifetime?

Vince Neil

Which yellow halogen, with a boiling point of -34 degrees Celsius, has the highest boiling point of any element that is a gas at room temperature?

Chlorine

“We Don’t Go To Ravenholm…” and Nova Prospekt are chapters in what critically and commercially successful first-person shooter game sequel of the early 2000s?

Half-Life (2)

What is the largest London borough by population? Bordering Lambeth and Southwark to the north and Merton and Sutton to the west, Fairfield Halls is an arts venue in this borough.

Croydon

One of the earliest programmable drum machines, the TR-808, was produced by which Japanese electronic musical instrument company?

Roland

Written and directed by Emma Seligman and starring Rachel Sennott, what 2020 film is about a woman who runs into her sugar daddy and his wife at a mourning event?

Shiva Baby

Alongside the ongoing COVID pandemic, global economic disruption was caused in 2021 by a ship owned by which Taiwanese freight company becoming stuck in the Suez Canal?

Evergreen

The medication Ivermectin is useful for treating what itchy and contagious skin disease, caused by Sarcoptes mites?

Scabies

Lead singer and guitarist of Megadeth

Dave Mustaine

In particle physics, an approximate conservation law holds that what number, symbolised L, remains the same in almost all Standard Model interactions? An electron has a value of 1 for this number.

Lepton Number

Which Major League Baseball team missed this year’s playoffs despite having the current overwhelming favourite to be the Cy Young award winner, Gerrit Cole, and reigning MVP Aaron Judge?

NY Yankees

Caroline Proust starred as Captain Laure Berthaud in which French television crime series, which was broadcast on BBC Four between 2006 and 2021?

Spiral

mystery drama television series created and written by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, and directed by Campion and Garth Davis, Series 1 follows Detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) and deals with her investigation of the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old girl in New Zealand. Series 2, China Girl, is set in Sydney five years later, as Detective Griffin investigates the death of an unidentified Asian girl found at Bondi Beach.

Top of the Lake

1990 biographical drama film by Jane Campion based on Janet Frame's three autobiographies, the second of which gives its name to this film?

An Angel At My Table

Taking the wickets of Dean Elgar, Kagiso Rabada and Morne Morkel, which spin bowler in 2017 became the most recent English player to take a hat trick in a Test? He temporarily came out of Test retirement to play in this summer’s Ashes.

Moeen Ali

Australian television, advertising and film director, best known for directing the film Lion (2016), and the film Mary Magdalene, written by Helen Edmundson. He earlier directed episodes of the series Top of the Lake (2013).

Garth Davis

In the high-definition television format 1080p, p refers to what method of displaying a moving image by changing each horizontal line on every frame?

Progressive Scan

American glam metal band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983. The band is best known for their 1984 hit song "Turn Up the Radio".

Autograph

Twisted Singer, best-known songs include "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", lead singer and songwriter is which man?

Dee Snider

American thrash metal band from New York City, formed in 1981 by rhythm guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker

Anthrax

Lead singer of Anthrax thrash metal band

Joey Belladonna

Northeastern, Brandeis and Tufts are among the universities based in which city in the eastern United States, which is also home to an Ivy League university?

Boston

”I, too, sing America” are the opening words of I, Too, a work by which American poet? His other poems include The Weary Blues and Mother to Son.

Langston Hughes

Leadi singer of Iron Maiden

Bruce Dickinson

American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya

Slayer

The medication Ivermectin is useful for treating what skin condition, which often causes redness on the face?

Rosacea

Written and directed by Emma Seligman and starring Rachel Sennott, what 2023 film is about lesbian high school students who set up a self-defence class partially as a pretext to have sex with cheerleaders?

Bottoms

Limmy is primarily a creator on which website owned by Amazon? Subscribers to his channel on this website can request improvised stories and bizarre facial expressions from him.

Twitch

Lead singer of Slayer, also their bassist

Tom Araya

Alongside the ongoing COVID pandemic, global economic disruption was caused in 2021 by defaults on the bonds issued by which Chinese real estate company, one of the largest real estate companies in the world?

Evergrande Group

What is the largest London borough by area? Bordering Croydon to the west and Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley to the north, Churchill Theatre is an arts venue in this borough.

Bromley

One of the earliest commercial digital synthesisers, the CMI, was produced by which Australian electronic musical instrument company?

Fairlight

Jeff Keith is the lead singer of which Sacramento band? Other band members bassist Brian Wheat and guitarist Frank Hannon, hit songs include Little Suzi, Modern Day Cowboy and Cumin' Atcha Live.

Tesla

Along with chlorine, what radioactive colourless noble gas is one of two elements with a boiling point of between -100 and zero degrees Celsius?

Radon

The Silent Cartographer and 343 Guilty Spark are levels in what critically and commercially successful first-person shooter game of the early 2000s?

Halo: Combat Evolved

Which transport company, also one of the UK’s largest bus operators, currently operates the Great Western Railway franchise and is the majority owner of the operating companies Avanti West Coast and South Western Railway?

FirstGroup

The vestibule and the semicircular canals are components of what specific part of the human body?

Inner Ear

The writer of one of the most complete diaries in the UK’s Mass-Observation project, what was the name of the Barrow-in-Furness resident whose diaries were adapted by Victoria Wood in the television film Housewife, 49?

Nella Last

Van Halen three stint lead singer most recently 2006-2020.

David Lee Roth

Mammals are divided into three main groups: egg-laying monotremes, marsupials, and a group that contains the vast majority of mammal species. That group is named after what temporary organ that connects the foetus to the uterus?

Placenta

What two-word term, that appears in the subtitle of On the Origin of Species, did Charles Darwin use to refer to the process that can bring about new species through the differential survival and reproductive success of individuals due to differences in characteristics that can be inherited by their offspring?

Natural Selection

What word describes the phases of the moon when more than half (but not the whole) of the disc is illuminated? Like a crescent moon, it can be both waxing and waning.

Gibbous

Einstein called the inclusion of which physical constant in his theory of general relativity “the biggest blunder of my life” as he was working under the assumption the universe was not expanding? This constant is now used to help explain dark energy

Cosmological Constant

Not to be confused with Robert Millikan’s similarly-named experiment to measure elementary electric charge, what long-term experiment was begun by Thomas Parnell at the University of Queensland in 1927 to demonstrate that some substances that appear to be solid are in fact highly viscous liquids?

Pitch Drop Experiment

Leslie Valiant won the Turing Award for his contributions to the theory of computation including PAC learning. PAC learning is a framework used for mathematical analysis in which the learner tries to learn a concept by selecting a hypothesis from a set of hypotheses that has a low generalization error. In this context, for what do the letters PAC stand?

probably approximately correct

What is the three-letter name of the class of homeotic genes that control the development of structures along the head-to-tail axis of many animals, including vertebrates, and are critical to the proper placement of structures during embryonic development?

Hox genes

Who was the first scientist to suggest that changing levels of carbon dioxide could affect temperature in her 1856 paper ‘Circumstances affecting the heat of the sun’s rays’?

Eunice Newton Foote

In 1963, Ralph Pearson introduced which theory that groups certain chemical substances into two categories, one of which consists of small and weakly polarizable members and the other with large and strongly polarizable members?

HSAB or hard and soft acids and bases

Many species of bird are named after plumage only present on the males. One example is which species of warbler, a common breeding bird in Britain with the scientific name Sylvia atricapilla?

blackcap

Used as an insect repellent and as biological pest control, which poisonous plant with yellow flowers is the exclusive food of a beetle which, in Britain, is found only along the River Ouse around York and the East Anglian fens?

tansy

At the Olympics, gymnastics consists of three disciplines: artistic, rhythmic, and which other that was introduced in 2000?

Trampolining

Italy’s Arianna Fontana is the most decorated Olympian in which specific winter sport, with 11 medals? Two of these came in 2014, in events in which Britain’s Elise Christie was disqualified. Four-word answer required.

Short Track Speed Skating

Which Italian former Formula One driver and two-time Champ Car world champion became a handcyclist after having both legs amputated following a crash in 2001? He won four Paralympic gold medals at the games in London and Rio de Janeiro.

Alex Zanardi

In 2023, which Cameroonian MMA fighter became the first reigning champion to quit the UFC in almost 20 years? He defeated Stipe Miocic to become heavyweight champion in 2021.

Francis Ngannou

Francis Ngannou became first reigning UFC champion to quit since which fighter who quit in 2004. In 2015, this fighter was made the inaugural inductee into the Modern-era wing of the UFC Hall of Fame (or second).

BJ Penn

Inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2009, nicknamed The Iceman, competed 1998-2018, Light Heavyweight Champion. Appeared in films How High, Drillbit Taylor, Kick-Ass 2.

Chuck Liddell

1996-2001, which show stars Don Johnson[1] and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit (SIU)?

Nash Bridges

Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Tokyo. It was founded in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki.

Pancrase

American mixed martial arts promotion founded in 2008 and based in Santa Monica, California, owned and operated as a subsidiary of television and media conglomerate Paramount Global - from latin for warrior

Bellator MMA

Founded by namesake MMA fighter, which mixed martial arts (MMA) training organization was recognized as an excellent training camp. It has been the training camp for fighters such as Matt Hughes, Tim Sylvia, Jens Pulver, Robbie Lawler, and Jeremy Horn.

Miletich Fighting Systems

Dutch actor, former mixed martial artist, kickboxer and professional wrestler. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three-time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak (21 wins, 1 draw).

Bas Rutten

Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days. This started in 2006 and ended in 2013 and included a UFC record 16 consecutive victories in that span.

Anderson Silva

Born in Akrotiri in 1979, At UFC 78, he became the first British fighter to compete in a UFC main event. At UFC 199, he became the first British fighter to win a UFC Championship.[6] He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on 5 July 2019.

Michael Bisping

Canadian UFC fighter, nicknamed Rush, he retired as the reigning Welterweight Champion in December 2013, having held the record for most wins in title bouts and the second longest combined title streak in UFC history (2,204 days) while defending his title nine consecutive times. Only ever lost to Matt Hughes and Matt Serra.

Georges St-Pierre

Russian UFC fighter longest-reigning UFC Lightweight Champion ever, having held the title from April 2018 to March 2021. With 29 wins and no losses, he retired with an undefeated record

Khabib Nurmagomedov

UFC fighter Donald Cerrone known by which nickname?

Cowboy

Which Russian basketball team was Brittney Griner playing for when she was detained on drug smuggling charges in 2022? This team won 13 straight league titles and 6 EuroLeague titles between 2009 and 2021.

UMMC Ekaterinburg (accept either part) or Ekat

Which Dutch cyclist, who won five stages at the Tour de France between 2017 and 2022, was suspended for 9 months in 2020 after causing a major crash at the Tour de Pologne that led to Fabio Jakobsen being placed in a medically induced coma?

Dylan Groenewegen

Which Norwegian footballer became the first foreigner to be the top scorer in Germany’s Bundesliga when he scored 18 goals for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1989–90 season?

Jorn Andersen

Nicknamed “Beau ‘n’ Arrow”, which darts player joined the PDC Women’s Tour in 2022 and won her first ten events?

Beau Greaves

Which American golfer won the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award for the 2020–21 season, and finished as a runner up in three of the four golf majors in his first two years on the tour?

Will Zalatoris

Named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2023, which all-rounder captains India’s women’s teams in all formats? She became the first woman to be handed a Level 2 sanction from the ICC after she smashed the stumps and criticised the umpire during India’s 2023 tour of Bangladesh.

Harmanpreet Kaur

Captain of South Africa test cricket womens team

Suné Luus

Wisdens Cricketer of the Year 2023: which English cricketer is a right-arm pace bowler and lower order batter. He plays first-class cricket for Durham and made his Test match debut for the England cricket team in June 2022.

Matthew Potts

Wisdens Cricketer of the Year 2023: which New Zealand cricketer made his international debut for the New Zealand national cricket team in January 2017. He also plays first-class cricket for Wellington.

Tom Blundell

Wisdens Cricketer of the Year 2023: who is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket, he represents Surrey, having previously played for Essex.

Ben Foakes

Pakistani former international cricketer and commentator. Nicknamed the "Rawalpindi Express",[3] he is regarded as one of the fastest bowlers in cricketing history.

Shoaib Akhtar

2022 Wisden Cricketer of the Year: Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team in all formats of the game. A right-arm fast bowler with a unique bowling action, he is considered one of the best bowlers in the world. He plays for Gujarat in domestic cricket and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.

Jasprit Bumrah

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2022: South African–born New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand cricket team.

Devon Conway

MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET team that plays in Los Angeles

Knight Riders

MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET team that plays in New York

MI New York (Mumbai Indians)

MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET team that plays in San Francisco

Unicorns

MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET team that plays in Seattle

Orcas

MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET team that plays in Grand Prairie, Texas, captained by Faf du Plessis former South Africa captain

Texas Super Kings

MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET team that plays in Washington DC

Washington Freedom

Born in Funchal, Madeira, which all-rounder was the first cricketer born in Portugal to play for Australia?

Moises Henriques

2022 Wisden Cricketer of the Year, English right-arm medium fast bowler who represents Sussex since 2015

Ollie Robinson

2022 Wisden Cricketer of the Year: Indian international cricketer and the current captain of India men’s cricket team in all formats. Considered one of the best batsmen of his generation and one of greatest opening batters of all time

Rohit Sharma

2022 Wisden Cricketer of the Year: South African cricketer born in Pretoria, right-handed batter and leg break bowler, she played for South Africa in Test matches, One Day Internationals (ODI) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) between 2009 and 2021, and was captain of the side between 2016 and 2021, retiring internationally in 2023

Dane van Niekerk

Guyanese cricket coach and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. Considered one of the greatest batsmen of his era, who is the 10th highest run scorer of all time in International cricket and the 8th highest in test cricket.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Nicknamed Bobo, who is current captain of the West Indies test side taking over from Jason Holder?

Kraigg Braithwaite

Australian cricket coach and a former first-class cricketer. He is the former coach of the Australian Women's Cricket Team. He currently coaches the England men's white-ball cricket team, and led the team to being the winners of the 2022 T20 World Cup.

Matthew Mott

Who is England ODI cricket captain?

Jos Buttler

2019 Wisden Cricketer of the Year, part of England's winning 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup team, and was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, holds record for highest individual score by an english woman in test cricket (208)?

Tammy Beaumont

Who was was the first woman to be named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Along with Charlotte Edwards, she was the mainstay of England's batting during the first decade of the 21st century, and played a key role in the team's two world titles in 2009.

Claire Taylor

Captain of the White Ferns, New Zealand cricket team? Has represented New Zealand at field hockey also.

Sophie Devine

The Police guitarist

Andy Summers

American musician, singer, and songwriter known for being the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter of rock bands Alabama Shakes, #249 on Rolling Stones Greatest 250 guitarists

Brittany Howard

Founding member of the Doors, which guitarist wrote or co-wrote many of the Doors' songs, including the hits "Light My Fire", "Love Me Two Times", "Touch Me", and "Love Her Madly"? #248 Rolling Stones guitarists

Robby Krieger

Lead singer of B52's

Fred Schneider

Which #246 ROlling Stones Guitarist released solo 2023 album Seven Psalms - WH?

Paul Simon

Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner are twin guitarists from which band?

The National

#239 Rolling Stones guitarist, 1958 Rebel Rouser, others include Pepe, Peter Gunn, Cannonball.

Duane Eddy

From 1987 to 1997 she played on all three of Michael Jackson's world tours, and from 1999 to 2001 she toured and recorded with Jeff Beck. 1992 debut, Above Below and Beyond (produced by former Stevie Wonder guitarist Michael Sembello) has Rimsky-Korsakov.

Jennifer Batten

Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson stage name

H.E.R.

American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer from North Carolina. Known for "One Dime Blues", recorded a 2004 album with Taj Mahal before death.

Etta Baker

American blues musician with real name Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr

Taj Mahal

#229 Rolling Stones guitarist, which 16 year old released "You'll Lose a Good Thing" in 1962 getting R&B number one?

Barbara Lynn

Guitarist of the Sex Pistols

Steve Jones

Who was original bassist of Sex Pistols before being replaced by Sid Vicious (John Simon Ritchie) in early 1977?

Glen Matlock

Which American avant-garde composer was #227 Rolling Stones guitarist: symphonies have nicknames Tonal Plexus, The Peak of the Sacred, Gloria, Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven. Also The Ascension and Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses.

Glenn Branca

American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. Co-wrote Tracks of my Tears, played on Going to a Go Go and played around with Belafonte's Day-O The Banana Boat Song.

Marv Tarplin

Australian guitarist #220 Rolling Stones list, debut album "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit" 2015, "Tell me how you really feel" 2018, "Things take time, take time" 2021.

Courtney Barnett

Glenn Tipton and KK Downing are guitarists in which band?

Judas Priest

2022 album Back from the Dead, by which band with vocalist and guitarist Lzzy Hale?

Halestorm

best known as the founder and lead guitarist of The Commodores, alongside Lionel Richie, one of first African American students to integrate the Florida school system prior to enforcement of Brown v Board of Education

Thomas McClary

Guitarist joined Genesis in 1971, captured his new two-hand tapping technique in 1971's Nursery Crime, then did guitar solo on Firth of Fifth, left Genesis in 1977.

Steve Hackett

American guitarist #215 Rolling Stones, former lead guitarist of rock band The War on Drugs, recorded 2017 Lotta Sea Lice with Courtney Barnett.

Kurt Vile

#213 Rolling Stones guitarist is which american guitarist who albums No Burden, Historian and Home Video 2021. Also one of three members of boygenius alongside Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker.

Lucy Dacus

#211 Rolling Stones guitarist for Yeah Yeah Yeahs, also a photographer

Nick Zinner

#209 Rolling Stones guitarist, blues guitarist from Austin, Texas. Won 2020 Grammies for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for This Land album. Portrayed Arthur Crudup in 2022 Elvis film.

Gary Clark Jr

Lead singer and a founding member of the band Godflesh, then in band Jesu, briefly in Napalm Death on their debut album Scum.

Justin Broadrick

New York session musician, #206 Rolling Stones guitarist, on Steely Dan's "Hey Nineteen", Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" and Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song"?

Hugh McCracken

Famous Bahamanian guitarist on Rolling Stones Top 250

Joseph Spence

Famous Trinidadian guitarist made his mark in Jamaica and became pioneer of Rocksteady.

Lynn Taitt

#201 Rolling Stones guitarists, famous for Parliament and Funkadelic and playing in a diaper on stage.

Garry Diaper Man Shider

Term "culture industry" which likens popular culture to a factory producing standardised cultural goods such as films and radios coined by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer in which 1947 work?

Dialectic of Enlightenment

Which man, the last king of Assyria according to the Greek writer Ctesias, was depicted in an oil painting by Eugene Delacroix and gives his name to a title of a play by Lord Byron?

Sardanapalus

"The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,. And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;" opening lines of which poem by Byron in 1815 Hebrew Melodies?

The Destruction of Sennacherib

Who is author of Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, politician and writer was characterised by Hunter S Thompson as Samoan attorney Dr Gonzo in FALILV. This activist in the Chicano Movement disappeared in 1974 during trip to Mexico.

Oscar Zeta Acosta

One of the oldest works in the modern ballet repertory, which Jean Dauberval comic ballet was inspired by a Pierre-Antoine Baudouin painting?

La Fille Mal Gardee

In Japanese mythology, which deity is the god of the sea, storms and harvest? Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi are siblings of this deity who slew the eight-headed serpent Orochi.

Susanoo

Which semi-autobiographical debut novel by Tsitsi Dangarembga focuses on story of a Shona family in post-colonial Rhodesia during the 1960s? This work opens with Tambu the protagonist being told of the death of a sibling.

Nervous Conditions

The Swan No 18 is a work of 1915 by which Swedish artist? Her paintings are considered among the first abstract paintings and many predate compositions by Kandinsky and Malevich.

Hilma af Klint

The 1954 film Godzilla is often considered the first film in which genre of japanese film?

Kaiju

What is the name of the defence attorney and law professor who is portrayed by Viola Davis in legal drama How to Get Away with Murder?

Professor Annalise Keating

Natalie Wood drowned during a break from production in which film that had been billed as her comeback work? Finally released 2 yeard after her death, this sci fi film also starred Christopher Walken.

Brainstorm

In a Season 14 episode, it is revealed which iconic tv character is son of Denver Broncos right tackle? This character killed his father in S5 and fed him to his half brother neither of which he was at this point aware he was related to.

Eric Cartman

Which South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter created the ubiquitous Netflix series Squid Game?

Hwang Dong-hyuk

Set in 1902, which 1991 Julie Dash film tells story of three generations of Gullah women in the Peazant family as they prepare to migrate north from South Carolina? First work by an African American woman director to obtain general release.

Daughters of the Dust

In early 2023, it was announced which actor will portray AMy Winehouse in upcoming biopic Back to Black? Since 2020, this actress has been in series Industry.

Marisa Abela

Prudhoe Bay, Alaska is the northern terminus of which network of roads that stretches for almost 30k km? But for a short break at Darien Gap, it is possible to travel down this network to the southern tip of the Americas.

Pan-American Highway

What place name is shared by one of the five Medway Towns and a suburb of the London Borough of Havering? The latter of these two places makes up a constituency with Dagenham and gives it name to a steel distribution company located nearby.

Rainham

With a name from Turkic languages that means Black Sand, which desert covers roughly 70% of the territory of Turkmenistan?

Karakum Desert

What word is common to all of following: the longest of the Three Sisters rivers in Ireland, the northernmost point of the USA and a port-town in Cumbria?

Barrow - The Barrow (Nore/Suir are others), Point Barrow, Barrow-in-Furness

Which is the largest city, and admin centre, of the Republika Srpska? This settlement is second largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Banja Luka

Which town in Aberdeenshire is the biggest fishing port in UK in terms of total landings by vessels? It has pop of 19k and is easternmost town on scottish mainland.

Peterhead

Xu Jiayin is the founder and chairperson of which large property developer? $300b debt n 2022, difficulties are sparking ongoing property crisis in chinese economy.

Evergrande

Sharing part of its name with a much larger settlement in Lincolnshire, which village in West Yorkshire is home to the branch of British Library that houses the majority of UK's newspaper archive?

Boston Spa

Officially called the vertical chamber apparatus, what more popular three word name did psychologist Harry Harlow give to his isolation chamber used kfor experiments on rhesus macaque monkeys? would place monkeys who have bonded with mothers alone into device for up to 3 months at a time.

Pit of Despair

The Syrian city of Homs sits on which river? In antiquity, the important city of Antioch was sometimes known as Antioch-on-the-this river.

Orontes

Whcih author and economist wrote the works Race and Economics 1975 and Basic Economics 2000? A prominent black conversative for decades, this person turned down jobs in both the Ford and Reagan administrations.

Thomas Sowell

The Kasubi Tombs, that serves as the burial grounds for four kabakas (kings), is a UNESCO world heritage site that can be found in which sub-Saharan African city?

Kampala

Which ancient vessel, that played a vital role in Persian wars, has a name that dervies from fact it is propelled by three rows of oars?

Trireme

Which court that met in Palace of Westminster and was named after richly decorated ceiling of the room in which it sat, was used by Henry VII to break the power of the gentry? These days, the name of this court is used as a metaphor for a legal body that behaves without due process or in secret.

Star Chamber

What term was used to describe peasants who owned over 8 acres of land at the end of the RUssian empire? In 1929, the soviet govt announced liquidation of this class and accelerated a campaign of deportations and executions against them.

Kulaks

In Feb 2023, President Maia Sandu addressed her people and said Russia were planning a coup led by miltary trained civilians against her country. In favour of country joining EU, Sandu is president of which country>

Moldova

Which opinion polling and blogging site was created by statistician and US election expert Nate Silver? Site takes name from number of electors in US electoral college.

FiveThirtyEight (538)

King Oswiu of Northumbria ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter in accordance with Rome rather than Irish monks at Iona during which gathering of 664CE?

Synod of Whitby

Considered one of best speeches ever in parliament, and led to fall of Chamberlain govt, which MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook told Chamberlain "You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go"?

Leo Amery

Jim Allister is the current leader of which hard-right Northern Irish political party? This party opposes the Good Friday Agreement as a core principle and was founded by members who resigned from the DUP.

Traditional Unionist Voice

Derived from the Zulu words for "the crushing", what name is given to the early 19th century period of wars and migrations that were result of aggressive nation-building by the Zulu ruler Shaka?

Mfecane

Which activist co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries alongside Sylvia Rivera in 1970? Despite claims to contrary, this outspoken advocate for gay rights denied sparking Stonewall uprising.

Marsha P. Johnson

In 2021, scientists worked out that which naturally preserved bog body, that was discovered in Silkeborg in 1950, had a last meal of fish and porridge?

Tollund Man

Which Scandanavian company is the largest producer of dairy goods sold in UK? In 2022, this company began "Don't cancel the cow" campaign in response to young people going vegan.

Arla Foods

Which nightclub has been located at 8901 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood since 1964? In its early years it was notable for hosting acts such as The Doors, The Byrds, Otis Redding and The beach boys.

Whisky a Go Go

Which colour precedes the word "children" in the New Age conept developed by Nancy Ann Tappe that suggests certain kids possess special and often supernatural traits and abilities? These traits can include telepathic, creative or paranormal abilities.

Indigo Children

Which waist-length lightweight jacket is named after a character who appeared in American soap Peyton Place? James Dean famously wore one of these jackets in Rebel without a cause.

Harrington

A Harrington jacket was originally known by what name after the name of the British company that made them first in models such as G9.

Baracuta

The Cannonball Express and Wipeout are two of the main attractions found at which theme park in Lowestoft, Suffolk?

Pleasurewood Hills

Davie Fogarty is owner of which comapny that sells oversized wearable blankets? Name can be turned into an item of clothing by adding a letter.

Oodie

Which uni student and YouTuber garnered media attention in 2021 after having to be rescued from Afghanistan by UK gov after he travelled to the country as Taliban took over? in April this year revealed he went back to Afghan and was being held in detention.

Miles Routledge

Which thick vegetable stew from Hungary traditionally uses wax peppers and tomato as main ingredients? This dish also often uses onion, ground paprika, and bacon fat, and is similar to the Balkan dish Sataras?

Lecso

One of the first TV chefs, which eccentric, and often drunk, cook presented a variety of shows for the BBC as well as writing self-titled books on subjects such as hangovers?

Keith Floyd

Melvyn Bragg has spent 25 years as host of which Radio 4 discussion show that usually looks at historical topics?

In Our Time

David Bowie and Iggy Pop said to have based famous opening drumbeat of which song on the Armed Forces NEtwork call signal? This song mentioned Johnny Yen and Hypnotising Chickens both in reference to William S Burroughs novel The Ticket that Exploded.

Lust for Life

Which guitarist and inventor pioneered the solid body electric guitar with a prototype model that he named Log? One of the most famous Gibson models is named after this person.

Les Paul

The massively mutliplayer pet simulation game ADOPT ME! is the most played game on which online platform?

Roblox

"The Model" and "THe Robots" both appeared on which 1978 Kraftwerk album? This album has been described as a catalyst for synth-pop revolution.

The Man-Machine

Which two player abstract strategy board game sees players use different coloured marbles on a hexagonal board with the objective of pushing six of the opponents pieces off the board? This game was designed in France in 1987 under orignial name Sumito.

Abalone

Which girl group has a billboard number one hit in 1964 with the song Chapel of Love? Telling story of wedding day, this song had been recorded by The Ronettes before with intention of releasing it as a single.

The Dixie Cups

A second Chernobyl disaster took place in 2006 in which series of first person shooter survival horror games that are set in the exclusion area around the reactor? Fourth instalment subtitled Heart of Chernobyl will become the first game to be available on consoles when released later this year.

STALKER

The video game franchise STALKER is influenced by Tarkovsky's Stalker film and also book novel Roadside Picnic by which brothers?

Arkady and Boris STRUGATSKY

*ONLY CONNECT* The four subtitles of which game franchise include: 1) Shadow of Chernobyl 2) Clear Sky 3) Call of Pripyat 4) Heart of Chornobyl

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

"Devil Like Me" 2014 and "Cocaine Jesus" 2015 are songs by which alt indie band that hail from North Carolina? In 2022, the leadsinger of band, Ela Melo, announced she was transgender via Twitter.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Which stand-up comedian won an award at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe for her self-written show Tar Baby? This comedian has been on QI, Mock the Week, Taskmaster, once revealted prior to comedy she worked as dominatrix.

Desiree Burch

What name is given to hairlike appendage that protrudes from animal sperm cells and enables the cells to swim?

Flagellum

Which isotope of plutonium is primary fissile isotope used in production of nuclear weapons?

Plutonium 239

First hypothesised in 1920s, which cycles describe the collective effects of eccentricity, axial tilt and precession on Earth's climate over thousands of years? These cycles are responsible for triggering start and ends of glaciation periods.

Milankovitch cycles

Famous for popularising Newtonian mechanics in Italy, which academic (1711-1778) who was often depicted as the goddess MInerva, was the first woman in world to obtain a doctorate in science?

Laura Bassi

In population genetics, what "effect" is the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population?

Founder Effect

Also known as a grade IV astrocytoma, which is the most aggressive and most common type of cancer that originates in the brain? With a typical survival time of only 14-16 months after diagnostic,this cancer causes finger-like projections that infiltrate the brain.

Glioblastoma

In his 1986 book Engines of Creation, the engineer K Eric Drexler gave what two word name to the hypothetical end of the world scenario where out of control self-replicating molecular nanotechnologies consume all of Earth's biomass while building more of themselves?

Gray Goo

What name is given to a semiconductor device with two terminals, that typically allows flow only in one direction?

Diode

Found in much of sub-Saharan Africa, what is sole member of the genus Leptailurus? This cat's diet consists of birds, lizards and rodents particularly Vlei rat.

Serval

Also known as the corpse flower due to its powerful smell of rotting flesh, the plant that produces largest individual flower on Earth belongs to which genus of parasitic plants? Native to Indonesian rainforests.

Rafflesia

How many players on a team in each of: netball, handball and kabaddi?

Seven

Owing to fact all turned pro in this year, group of snooker players inc Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, Mark Williams often referred to as Class of which year? Same epithet given to Man U team of Beckham, Neville and Scholes.

Class of 92

Which England batter held the reocrd for most career runs in Test cricket for 33 years until being surpassed by Colin Cowdrey in 1970? One of a select list of players to amass 50k first class runs, this person spent his whole county career with Gloucestershire.

Wally Hammond

Which retired American racing driver is only woman to have won a race in IndyCar? In 2013, she won pole position for the Daytona 500.

Danica Patrick

In 2023, the Dolphins became the 17th team, and first expansion franchise since 2007, in which sports league? Expansion franchise thaat joined in 2007 was Gold Coast Titans.

National Rugby League

The BMW CHampionship and TOur Championship are final two events in the playoffs for which championship trophy on the PGA Trophy? First awarded in 2007, Rory McIlroy only three time winner.

FedEx Cup

Ronda Rousey won each of her seven professional MMA bouts in the first round by which specific type of submission?

Armbar

Considered a once-in-a-generation talent, which Nicky Henderson trained horse won the 2023 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham and the 2023 Aintree Hurdle? With a Timeform rating of 177, this young horse is only 5 points from becoming highest rated hurdler of all time.

Constitution Hill

Which Japanese superstar was the MVP in the 2023 World Baseball Classic? he was first baseball player to be both an elite hitter and pitcher since Babe Ruth.

Shohei Ohtani

One of most marketed people in his sport, the australian Jason Belmonte was among first players to popularise the two handed approach style to deliver shot in which sport?

Ten Pin Bowling

Winning Silver behind East German athletes in 200m 400m and 800m freestyle at 1976 Montreal, which swimmer called "Surly Shirley" by American media? First prominent athlete to make vocal accuasations of doping against East Germany.

Shirley Babashoff

Second most popular participation sport in Spain (behind football) which racket sport is typically played in pairs on an enclosed court that is slightly smaller than a doubles tennis court? This game differs from tennis in that the court has walls and the ball must be served below waist height.

Padel

Notable for being a stickler for the rules, and not being scared to punish top players, which Portuguese tennis umpire is best known for giving Serena Williams a game penalty during the 2018 US Open final?

Carlos Ramos

With their first season in 2022 and a name derived from a double-hull sailing boat that originated in the south-western Pacific islands, which is the only Rugby Union team not based in Australia or New Zealand to play in the Super Rugby league?

Drua (Fiji)

With a name derived from a shrub with aboriginal etymological origins, what is the name of the Super Rugby league team based in Sydney?

Waratahs

With a name derived from wild australian horses, what is the name of Canberra's Super Rugby team?

ACT Brumbies

What is the name of the rugby union team based in Perth in the Super Rugby?

Force

What is the name of the Super Rugby team based in Melbourne?

Rebels

What is the name of the Super Rugby team based in Brisbane?

Reds

What is the name of the Super Rugby team based in Auckland?

Blues

What is the name of the Super Rugby team based in Hamilton on the Waikato river?

Chiefs

What is the name of the Super Rugby team based in Christchurch?

Crusaders

What is the name of the Super Rugby team based in Dunedin, the principal city of the region of Otago?

Highlanders

What is the name of the Super Rugby team based in Wellington?

Hurricanes

Based out of Mt Smart Stadium in South Auckland, what is the name of the Super Rugby team made up of players from various Pacific Island nations as well as New Zealand and Australian born players of a specific heritage?

Moana Pasifika

What is the name of the annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales? South African teams Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers joined in 2021.

United Rugby Championship

Which South African rugby union referee took charge of Super Rugby finals in 2010, 2013 and 2014 and has officiated in Tri-Nations / Rugby Championship matches since 2009, refereeing matches between Australia and New Zealand in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013. In the 2011 Rugby World Cup, he refereed four pool games, a quarter-final, a semi-final and the final.

Craig Joubert

Welsh former international rugby union referee, who retired in December 2020 after a 17-year career. He currently holds the world record for the most test matches refereed and is one of five international referees listed as professional within the Welsh Rugby Union. Came out as gay in 2007.

Nigel Owens

Only South African referee at 2023 Rugby Union World Cup?

Jaco Peyper

Only Irish referee at 2023 Rugby Union World Cup?

Andrew Brace

Only French referee at 2023 Rugby Union World Cup? In 2013, he broke his two legs in two places after getting too close to the action.

Mathieu Raynal

Only Georgian referee at the 2023 Rugby Union World Cup?

Nika Amashukeli

What city in Telangana is the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium hosting games in the 2023 Cricket World Cup?

Hyderabad

He was the first Bangladeshi umpire to officiate in 100 matches in men's international cricket. He was also the first umpire from Bangladesh to be named as a match official for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in 2023.

Sharfuddoula

Which English cricket umpire won the 2019 and 2022 David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year? At the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

Richard Illingworth

Which South African cricket umpire won the 2016, 2017 and 2021 David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year? At the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

Marais Erasmus

Which Sri Lankan cricket umpire won the 2012 and 2018 David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year? At the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

Kumar Dharmasena

Which English cricket umpire won the 2013-15 David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year? At the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

Richard Kettleborough

Which Australian cricket umpire won five consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards between 2004 and 2008, and was generally considered to have been the best umpire in the world during his time?

Simon Taufel

South African professional rugby union player who plays scrum-half for Japan Rugby League One club Yokohama Canon Eagles and the South Africa national team. He was a member of the South Africa team that won the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Faf de Klerk

French professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Top 14 club Toulouse and captains the France national team.

Antoine Dupont

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in which city being used in the Rugby World Cup 2023

Lille

Stadium Stade Geoffroy-Guichard being used in Rugby World Cup 2023 in which city

Saint Etienne

Stade de la Beaujoire stadium being used in which city for 2023 Rugby World Cup?

Nantes

Bordeaux is on which river?

Garonne

Stade de Marseille being used in 2023 Rugby World Cup is called what alternative name since 2016 with a company and another word?

Orange Velodrome

West Indies cricket umpire only West Indies member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, at the 2023 Cricket World Cup

Joel Wilson

Pakistani cricket umpire only Pakistani member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, at the 2023 Cricket World Cup

Ahsan Raza

Which singer performed on the Sticky & Sweet Tour to promote her 2008 album Hard Candy?

Madonna

Who was the first West Point graduate to be elected U.S. president?

Ulysses S Grant

Which member of the plover family is the national bird of Ireland?

Lapwing

In office from 1992 to 2023, who was the longest-tenured female U.S. senator?

Dianne Feinstein

Which actor played a hunted Nazi in the movie Marathon Man and a Nazi hunter in the movie The Boys from Brazil?

Laurence Olivier

Secretary Dorothy Boyd and football star Rod Tidwell are characters in what 1996 Oscar-winning movie?

Jerry Maguire

What duo has declared the 2023 song “Infinity Repeating” to be their “last song ever”?

Daft Punk

What term is used for moving a canoe by carrying it over land?

Portage

Petruchio travels to which Italian city in search of a wife in the Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew?

Padua

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award in the field of cinema in which country?

India

Which comic book hero battles a criminal organization called the Court of Owls?

Batman

Which Grand Slam tennis women’s singles event has been won three times by Polish player Iga Swiatek?

French Open

How many letters are included in the Arabic alphabet?

28

What is the nickname of Lynette Fromme, the Manson family member who tried to assassinate Gerald Ford in September 1975?

Squeaky

Cornelius McGillicuddy managed the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1950, which led him to become the first baseball manager to win the World Series three times. By what name is he better known?

Connie Mack

Starring John Barrymore and Myrna Loy, the 1933 film Topaze was based on the 1928 play written by which Frenchman, who was the first filmmaker elected to the Academie francaise?

Marcel Pagnol

The 1987 dystopian action film The Running Man is set in what year of the 21st century? In real life, Donald Trump was sworn in as president of the United States in this year.

2017

Which Swedish film director won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for the films Torment and Miss Julie?

Alf Sjoberg

First awarded in 1921, the Archibald Prize is generally seen as the most prestigious painting prize in which country? It is annually awarded to the best portrait painting painted by a resident of the country concerned.

Australia

Subdivided into 100 avos, the pataca is the currency of which Asian city?

Macao

Developed by taekwondo practitioner Billy Blanks in 1976, whay body fitness system incorporates martial arts and boxing techniques without the intent of being used for combat or self-defence activities?

Tae Bo

What was the name of the Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental North America after arriving in modern-day Canada in 1000?

Leif Erikson

Used as early as the 10th century, what do you call the vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen?

Mullion

In chemistry, what word generally refers to a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds?

Compound

Originally constructed as a Hindu temple, what landmark is considered by Guinness World Records as the world's largest religious structure?

Angkor Wat

Frenchman Jacques Polge was the head perfumer of which luxury fashion house from 1978 to 2015?

Chanel

Which 1994 album by Blur went straight to number one on the UK Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for 90 weeks, coming to define Britpop along with the album Definitely Maybe by Oasis?

Parklife

Which stately home near Stevenage in Hertfordshire was home to Edward Bulwer Lytton, the author of such purple prose phrases as “it was a dark and stormy night” and “the pen is mightier than the sword”?

Knebworth House

St Ann's Well, an ancient warm natural spring in Derbyshire, is the source of water for which bottled mineral water, Nestle’s only UK bottled water brand?

Buxton

Residents of which English county sometimes refer to the rest of the UK as the North Island?

Isle of Wight

In a conservatory in the grounds of which Royal Palace dating from the 16th Century does the world’s largest grapevine grow, planted in 1768 and having a circumference of some 13 feet around the base?

Hampton Court

Which Parliamentary constituency returned Michael Heseltine as its MP from 1974 to 2001 and then Boris Johnson from 2001 until 2008?

Henley

What were first included in the compilation of the Official Chart Show on Sunday afternoons on BBC Radio 1 from 2005?

Downloads

Which term meaning “freedom from narrow restrictions” has been since 1996 the name for a line of laptop computers by Dell, aimed at corporate enterprises, healthcare, government, and education markets?

Latitude

What was first seen in Hampshire in 2011, opened in Lake Garda in 2018 and in Florida in 2022, and will open next year in Texas and Szechuan, China?

Peppa Pig theme parks (insert joke about Szechuan Peppa Pig here – credit to Paul Sinha for that one!)

Which month of the year is the only one during which all of the "Big Four" major professional sports leagues in the U.S. (basketball, baseball, American Football and ice hockey) regularly schedule games?

October

Since the end of World War II, there have been 17 different prime ministers of which 13 have been educated at Oxford University. Winston Churchill, James Callaghan and John Major didn’t bother with university at all, so which is the only university other than Oxford to have awarded an undergraduate degree to a British prime minister elected after 1945?

Edinburgh (Gordon Brown)

Alexandria, Bethesda, Bowie, Chevy Chase, Frederick and Kensington are all suburbs of which capital city?

Washington DC

Which four letter word could be a yoga pose, a mine clearing tank used in the D-Day campaign, a scratch technique used by disk jockeys, a variety of sour apple?

Crab

Which band’s second studio album was called October and reached number 11 in the UK album chart in 1981? Unlikely as it might seem, its lyrics were inspired by the membership of three members of the band in a Christian group called the Shalom Fellowship.

U2

The 1973 October War when an Arab coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched an attack on Israel is better known by one of two names of religious festivals, depending on which side of the conflict you were. Please name either

Yom Kippur or Ramadan

Which 2005 single by Green Day was dedicated to victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans?

Wake Me Up When September Ends

In British politics, what took place in October 1974 for the first time since 1910 and has not happened since?

A second General Election

Which 1990 film launched the career of Alec Baldwin, playing Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan in his first screen appearance?

The Hunt for Red October

October is Black History Month in the UK, but in the US it is in which other month to coincide with Abraham Lincoln’s birthday?

February

A volcanic eruption in October 1961 forced the evacuation to the UK of all of the inhabitants of which island, the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, 1732 miles from Cape Town?

Tristan de Cunha

If yesterday, we had daily cleaning, and tomorrow morning we shall have what to do after firing, what do we have today? This is Poem "Naming of Parts" by which poet?

Henry Reed

Which painting, whose eyes Peter Cook and Dudley Moore said follow you round the room, hangs in the Wallace Collection and is the basis of the mascot on the label of a can of McEwan’s?

The Laughing Cavalier by Franz Hals

What connects a 6 foot bed, a Matchbox toy made in 1:43 scale, the IPL franchise based in Madras (or Chennai, if you prefer), and a 100 mm long cigarette launched in the UK in 1984?

Super King

Which hat, also known as the peci or kopiah, is traditionally worn by Muslim men in South East Asia on formal occasions? It is particularly associated with the political leaders Sukarno, Tunku Abdul Rahman and the Sultan of Brunei.

Songkok

In the second book of the Harry Potter series, The Chamber of Secrets, what is the name of the giant spider living in the Forbidden Forest that Harry and Ron are advised to meet by Hagrid?

Aragog

Who was appointed editor of The Times in 2022, having previously held the same role at The Telegraph and The Sun?

Tony Gallagher

Which Italian programmer gives his name to a law that states “the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it”?

Brandolini's law

a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm their opponent by providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments, term was coined in 1994 by anthropologist Eugenie Scott, who named it after an American creationist

Gish Gallop

Which tennis grip requires the knuckle of the index finger to be placed on bevel 2 of the racket? It was originally used for all shots, but with modern rackets is used by elite players only for serves, volleys and slices.

Continental Grip

Which sparkling fruit drink was created in South Africa in 1966? In 2001 it added an ‘r’ onto its name in the UK to bring it in line with the rest of the world.

Appletiser

What became the second asteroid to be discovered, after Ceres, when Heinrich Olbers first spotted it in 1802?

Pallas

Pensées is a collection of philosophical fragments written by which 17th -century French polymath, who made many notable advances in mathematics and the sciences as well as philosophy?

Blaise Pascal

What is the term used to describe the phenomenon where a spinning object moving through a fluid (such as air) curves away from its principal flight path because of differences in pressure on either side of the object?

Magnus Effect

Described by Brian Eno as “perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived”, which Nigerian musician is regarded as one of the founders of Afrobeat along with Fela Kuti? He is perhaps best known for his work in Kuti’s band Africa 70.

Tony Allen

Which country, part of the former Yugoslavia, is known in its native language as Crna Gora [TSUR-na gora]?

Montenegro

Lucas Pope is the only developer to win the Grand Prize at the Independent Game Festival on two occasions. His first win came for Papers, Please in 2013, his second was for which 2018 detective video game where the player takes the role of an insurance inspector on the titular boat?

Return of the Obra Dinn

Who served as head of the Stasi, the East German secret police, from 1957–89?

Erich Mielke

Oliver Kilbourn was the leader of an art group named after which Northumberland town? Its members were mainly employed by the nearby Woodhorn and Ellington collieries leading to this group’s alternative name of the Pitmen Painters.

Ashington

Who directed the 1998 film Belly, starring Nas and DMX? He is known primarily for music videos for rap artists that featured a fisheye lens including Missy Elliott’s The Rain.

Hype Williams

Who is the first British Sign Language contestant on Channel 4 GBBO?

Tasha Stones

The fourth asteroid to be discovered, after Ceres, Pallas and Juno, what is the second largest asteroid by mass and volume after Ceres? Visited by the spacecraft Dawn in 2011, it is also the brightest asteroid visible from earth.

Vesta

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter joined forces with Alan Braxe and vocalist Benjamin Diamond to form what French house trio, who reached UK number two in 1998 with Music Sounds Better With You?

Stardust

What rhetorical technique – partly named for an American creationist – sees a debater attempt to overwhelm their opponent by providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments?

Gish Gallop

Which tennis grip requires the knuckle of the index finger to be placed on bevel 5 of the racket? This grip generates extreme top spin on forehands but is not recommended for casual players.

Western Grip

Which carbonated citrus fruit drink was developed in Algeria in 1933 and is particularly popular in the Francophone world? In 2008, a UK advert for this brand featuring sexually suggestive animals had to be shown after 9pm.

Orangina

Which chemical element takes its name from the German city in which the GSI Helmholtz Centre, where it was first synthesised in 1994, is located?

Darmstadtium

When Tony Gallagher joined The Times as Deputy Editor in 2020, who succeeded him as editor of The Sun, a position this person still holds?

Victoria Newton

The ‘Second Viennese Trio’ consists of the serialist composers Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and which other Austrian composer and conductor who is best known for works such as Passacaglia and Concerto for Nine Instruments?

Anton Webern

Which hat, also known as the Uzbek hat and Jinnah cap, was developed in Bukhara and made from the wool of a particular breed of fat-tailed sheep? It is associated with the political leaders Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Hamed Karzai.

Karakul

In which motorsport do two cars race in a straight line from a standing start over a quarter of a mile? In the United States, this sport is governed by the National Hot Rod Association.

Drag Racing

Which American actor played Detective Bobby Simone in seasons two to six of NYPD Blue? He went on to play Matt Santos in the final two seasons of The West Wing, and Nero Padilla in Sons of Anarchy.

Jimmy Smits

The Dutch footballers Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard were the top three in the vote for the Ballon d’Or Award of 1988, during their time at which club? The trio were part of two of the team’s seven European Cup wins, with all three scoring goals in a final.

AC Milan

Joseph R. Bagshawe was the leader of an art group named after which North Yorkshire coastal village? Laura Knight was involved in this group as well as her involvement in the Newlyn School, and both groups laid stress on plein air painting using natural light.

Staithes

Who directed the 2010 film Never Let Me Go? He is known for his music videos including Scream by Michael and Janet Jackson, and Hurt by Johnny Cash.

Mark Romanek

Who was the last Communist leader of East Germany? He served for six weeks following Erich Honecker’s removal from that position.

Egon Krenz

Into which body of water do Europe’s second and fourth longest rivers, the Danube and Dnieper, both flow?

Black Sea

Into which body of water do Europe’s first and third longest rivers, the Volga and Ural, both flow?

Caspian Sea

1963’s Call Up The Groups was the first, and 1978’s A Taste of Aggro the last, of the top ten hits for which humorous pop group who specialised in parodies of other artists?

Barron Knights

In Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine, which sour flatbread made from teff flour is used as a foodstuff and an eating utensil?

Injera

What is the term used to describe the tendency of a fluid jet to stay attached to a convex surface, causing it to curve around that surface, as observed in certain aerodynamic and fluid dynamics scenarios?

Coandă effect

Monadology is a short work on metaphysics by which 17th and 18th century German polymath, who made many notable advances in mathematics and the sciences as well as philosophy? Voltaire satirised this man’ belief that we live in the “best of all possible worlds”, a remark made in his earlier work Theodicy.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Which UK digital radio station began in 2019 with a show presented by Simon Mayo? The station’s presenters include other ex-Radio 2 stalwarts Richard Allinson and Charles Nove.

Scala Radio

Tony Allen played the drums on which Nigerian musician’s album Aura? This jùjú singer founded his band African Beats in 1967 and went on to become one of the first African pop musicians to gain international recognition. His best-known albums include Juju Music and Synchro System.

King Sunny Adé

2022 role-playing video game video game developed and published by Cosmo D. It is set in the same world as Off-Peak, The Norwood Suite, and Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1. Characters have seven skills: cooking, deception, music, observation, physique, wisdom, and wit. Wins IGF Grand Prize.

Betrayal at Club Low

2021 rogulike deckbuilding game by Daniel Mullins Games won IGF Grand Prize. The game is presented as found footage recorded by Luke Carder, an internet content creator who specializes in collectible card games under the pseudonym "The Lucky Carder".

Inscryption

Adapted into a 2004 film starring Daniel Craig, which Ian McEwan novel begins with a group of people attempting to stop a helium balloon from escaping into the air? The main character, Joe Rose, is subsequently stalked by a member of the rescue party.

Enduring Love

Two young siblings are aided by a balloon seller who uses his stick to rescue some money that has been dropped in a grate in The White Balloon, the debut feature of which Iranian director whose other films include This Is Not a Film and Taxi Tehran?

Jafar Pahani

In everyone’s favourite balloon film, Up, who provides the voice of Charles Muntz, the explorer who is the childhood hero of the main character, Carl?

Christopher Plummer

Bassist Jah Wobble is in which band with lead singer John Lydon?

Sex Pistols

Which founding member of the band Soft Machine curated the 2001 Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre? In 1983 he made the top forty with a cover of the Elvis Costello song Shipbuilding.

Robert Wyatt

In 1993 who curated the first Meltdown Festival? A conductor and composer of contemporary classical music, his operas include Into the Little Hill, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Written on Skin, the latter of which is considered by many as a landmark work in contemporary music

George Benjamin

‘...the enormous condescension of posterity’ is a phrase that appears in the preface of what 1963 work of social history by the English Marxist historian E. P. Thompson?

The Making of the English Working Class

Among those who Thompson wanted to rescue from condescension were the ‘deluded followers’ of what woman? A self-described prophet who in 1814 declared herself pregnant with the new Messiah, a movement dedicated to her teachings existed in small clusters well into the twentieth century.

Joanna Southcott

Thompson’s final book, published in 1993, was Witness Against the Beast, a study of the work of which English painter and poet, the author of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell?

William Blake

What name is given to the branch of ethics, often associated with Immanuel Kant, which holds that decisions should be made according to duties and principles, as opposed to the outcomes of actions?

Deontological ethics

Deontology can be contrasted with Consequentialism, a word coined by what philosopher in her 1958 paper Modern Moral Philosophy? She also wrote the book Intention.

G. E. M. ‘Elizabeth’ Anscombe

In 1993 which country voted in a referendum to change the electoral system from First Past the Post to the Mixed Member Proportional system? It was held in conjunction with a general election that saw Jim Bolger re-elected as Prime Minister.

New Zealand

In 2007 the voters of which country passed a referendum to legalise abortion, overturning the result of a 1998 referendum in which legalisation had been defeated by 51 percent to 49? It saw the fulfilment of an earlier election pledge by the Prime Minister, José Sócrates.

Portugal

Which author of There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack, The Black Atlantic and After Empire was appointed in 2020 as the inaugural director of UCL’s Sarah Parker Redmond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation?

Paul Gilroy

Which author of Back to Black and The New Age of Empire became the UK’s first Professor of Black Studies in 2016 when he was appointed to that position by Birmingham City University?

Kehinde Andrews

Which author of the articles The Great Moving Right Show and Encoding/Decoding, and founding editor of the New Left Review had a long association with Birmingham University’s Centre for Cultural Studies, including serving as its director from 1968 to 1979?

Stuart Hall

Three scientists were awarded the 2021 Medicine ig Nobel for their research into the effectiveness of what physical process as a decongestant medicine for the improvement of nasal breathing?

Orgasm

Which American actor was voted Sexiest Man Alive in 1987? He came to prominence when he played Perseus in the 1981 film Clash of the Titans, appeared in LA Law, and years later played the rival advertiser Jim Cutler in the final three series of Mad Men.

Harry Hamlin

In the House of Commons in 1978, who compared being attacked by Geoffrey Howe to being ‘savaged by a dead sheep’? This bushy eyebrowed politician served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Harold Wilson and in 1981 narrowly defeated Tony Benn in a Labour Deputy Leadership contest.

Denis Healey

Calculated as the reciprocal of the focal length of a lens, what name is given to the derived unit of optical power, alternatively expressed as m-1 [m to the power of minus one]?

Dioptre

Which German physicist gives his name to an integral identity which is used to approximate the intensity of light in optical diffraction? He also coined the term black body radiation.

Gustav Kirchoff

Toric contact lenses are used to correct which error of vision, usually caused by an irregularly shaped eyeball which leads to rotational asymmetry in the eye’s refractive power?

Astigmatism

Which French defender, who played in the 1988/89 double winning Marseille side, was sent off when France beat Spain in the final of the 1984 Men's European Championship? He remains the only player to be sent off in a Euros final.

Yvon Le Roux

Alongside producer Peter Rogers, which English film maker directed every single instalment in the Carry On franchise?

Gerald Thomas

At the 2015 Eurovision who became the first host nation to score nul points when I Am Yours by the Makemakes failed to garner a single vote? This country won the previous year’s contest with the song Rise Like a Phoenix.

Austria

What two-word name is given to the proposition which asks if there is an infinite set with cardinality between that of the natural numbers and that of the real numbers? It is independent from certain axioms of set theory, and thus can neither be proved nor disproved within them.

Continuum Hypothesis

An infinite set that can be placed in one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers is known as a countable set while one that cannot, such as the real numbers, is known as uncountable. This concept of a hierarchy of infinities was introduced by which German mathematician in an article of 1874?

Georg Cantor

What musical instrument can go before wire, stool, bar, and mover?

Piano

In the Bible, Jesus feeds the five thousand using five loaves and how many fish?

Two Fish

Which Irish county is home to Leopardstown racecourse?

County Dublin

Which 1970s glam rock band had hits with Telegram Sam and Solid Gold Easy Action?

T.Rex

Griots, the national dish of Haiti, is made by boiling and frying cubes of which meat?

Pork

In field hockey, what colour card is shown for a minor offence, resulting in a two-minute suspension?

Green

Born in 2019, Jasper Mezvinsky is the grandson of which U.S. president?

Bill Clinton

Which fruit is an anagram of 'Miners Mop'?

Persimmon

Which Mediterranean city is the destination of the cruise ship in the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure?

Athens

Which South African restaurateur wrote the 2022 cookbook Bliss on Toast?

Prue Leith

Which Lewis Capaldi song opens with the lines "I bring her coffee in the morning, She brings me inner peace"?

Pointless

In Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire, who turns Louis de Pointe du Lac into a vampire?

Lestat

Which British geographer was Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843?

George Everest

How many discs does each player have at the start of a game of Connect 4?

21 (42 holes = 6 rows, 7 columns)

Cats are the only mammals that are unable to identify which taste element?

Sweet

How many clocks, including the one that is face down, are there in Salvador Dali's painting Persistence of Memory?

Four

Which British author wrote the Dr Ruth Galloway series of mystery novels?

Elly Griffiths

Which Russian town completes the title of Dmitri Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of ___?

Mtsensk

In 2008, who became the first Serbian tennis player to be ranked world number one?

Ana Ivanovic

Which Channel island shares its name with a sculpture in the form of a rectangular pillar topped by a head?

Herm

What links the highest mountain in Crete with the daughter of King Gama in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta?

Ida

Which French restaurateur was the most Michelin-starred chef, with a record 32 stars in 2016?

Joel Robuchon

In the title of a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, what "Was sweeter far than honey, Was stronger far than wine"?

Heather Ale

Salamis was the ancient capital of which European country?

Cyprus

In Mexican cookery, what name is given to a stone mortar, usually carved from basalt and used in combination with a pestle called a tejolote?

Molcajete

Which disaccharide, consisting of two units of alpha glucose linked with a 1,1- glycosidic bond, is used by insects to store energy for flight? It also plays a role in protecting animals such as tardigrades from death by freezing.

Trehalose

What word, denoting a person who seeks out opulence and pleasure, derives from the name of a Greek-speaking city in modern Calabria? The city developed an early form of patent law to protect the creations of its bakers.

Sybarite

Gibbet Hill is the highest point on the rim of which natural amphitheatre in Surrey that was listed as one of the “Seven Natural Wonders of the South” in a 2005 TV programme? The A3 used to skirt the site until the construction of the Hindhead Tunnel.

Devil's Punchbowl

Hamantashen, a kind of triangular pastry whose name means “Haman’s ears”, are eaten at what Jewish festival also known as the “Feast of Lots”?

Purim

Which 1938 Conference convened by Franklin D. Roosevelt had the aim of resettling Jewish refugees who had been made stateless in Germany by the Nuremberg laws?

Evian Conference

What Roman civil ceremony would celebrate the success of a military commander by having him ride a four-horse chariot in a parade along with his army, captives, and booty?

Triumph

In 2018, who became the most recent British golfer to win the Women’s Open?

Georgia Hall

What word beginning with “P” describes substances such as tri⋅ethyl⋅borane which ignite spontaneously on contact with air?

Pyrophoric

Which cosmetic procedure, commonly performed on eyebrows, uses the namesake apparatus to apply semi-permanent pigment to the upper layers of the skin in hair-like strokes?

Microblading

Before playing Sasha in 2023’s Barbie, Ariana Greenblatt had already appeared in a billion-dollar movie, playing a young version of which character who is thrown to her death on the planet Vormir by her adoptive father as he tries to claim the Soul Stone?

Gamora

Heavily influenced by the Brandenburg Concertos, Stravinsky’s Concerto in E-flat is often referred to by what name, referencing the location of the estate of its commissioners, the Bliss family?

Dumbarton Oaks

In August 2023, which American tennis player announced that he would be retiring from tennis to play pickleball full time? This winner of the 2017 Paris Masters teamed up with Francis Tiafoe at the 2022 Laver Cup to beat Roger Federer in the latter’s final professional match.

Jack Sock

The K-pop band BTS’ name stands for Bangtan Sonyeondan [SOH NYON DAN]. If Sonyeondan means “boy scouts”, what property is denoted by “Bangtan”?

Bulletproof (Boy Scouts)

In English administrative law, what two-word Latin phrase denotes a situation where a public body has acted “beyond its powers”, rendering its decision subject to judicial review?

Ultra Vires

In which story by Guy de Maupassant do Mathilde and her husband spend ten years living in poverty to pay off the debt from buying a replacement for the title lost object?

The Necklace

Which of Jupiter’s Galilean moons is the densest natural satellite and the most geologically active object in the solar system?

Io

Which captain of the European team at the 2019 and 2021 Solheim Cups remains the last Scottish winner of the Women’s Open?

Catriona Matthew

The non-heart parts of Robert the Bruce are buried in which Scottish town’s abbey? “The king sits in” this town in the first line of the folk song Sir Patrick Spens.

Dunfermline

Another of the “Seven Natural Wonders of the South” is the estuary of which river whose mouth is near the western edge of the Seven Sisters cliffs?

River Cuckmere

What word, derived from an Ecclesiastical Greek term meaning “to retire”, refers to ascetics such as Hilarion who would withdraw completely from secular life? Unlike hermits, they would undergo a consecration service similar to funeral rites, compelling them to stay in one place.

Anchorite

Which island is the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, splitting the various branches of government between its villages of Susupe and Capitol Hill?

Saipan

In Japanese cookery, what name is given to a pottery mortar, often with a rough pattern on the inside and used in combination with a pestle called a surikogi?

Suribachi

Another form of cold protection in tardigrades relies on expressing IDPs. If the “P” stands for “proteins”, what property, possessed by monomeric alpha-synuclein and tau, is denoted by “ID”?

Intrinsically Disordered

Which English town once banned children from its cinema on Sundays, a decision whose judicial review names a standard for unreasonableness where the courts will correct an absurd decision by a public body?

Wednesbury

Set during the Franco-Prussian war, in which story by Guy de Maupassant is the title prostitute pressured by fellow stagecoach passengers into sleeping with a Prussian officer to allow their journey to continue?

Boule de Suif (Ball of Lard)

In which desert would you have found the Tree of Ténéré, an acacia that was the world’s most isolated tree until it was knocked down by a truck driver in 1973?

Sahara

Which is the smallest of Jupiter’s Galilean moons? The extreme youth and smoothness of its surface suggests it may harbour a sub-surface ocean.

Europa

In September 2023, which 2014 Wimbledon finalist announced that she was retiring from tennis to play pickleball full time? Her results suffered after she sustained a concussion from slipping on the changing room floor at the 2015 US Open.

Eugenie Bouchard

The K-pop band SNSD, or Sonyeo Sidae [SON-YOH SHEE-DEH], best known for their 2009 single Gee, usually have their name rendered in English as “Girls’ [What]”? This word is a rough translation of Sidae, and coincidentally starts with a G.

Generation

The namesake “Gulf” of which river with a two-letter name is the longest estuary in the world? The Irtysh meets this river near Khanty-Mansiysk in Siberia.

Ob

Ariana Greenblatt has gone on to appear as a young version of which title character of a Star Wars TV series? During the Clone Wars, this character was the padawan learner of Anakin Skywalker.

Ahsoka Tano

Who plays grown up Ahsoka Tano?

Rosario Dawson

As Stravinsky was convalescing with tuberculosis at the time, which of his friends conducted the private premiere of the Dumbarton Oaks Concerto? This conductor also taught composition to Aaron Copland.

Nadia Boulanger

What word beginning with “H” describes mixtures such as hydrazine with di⋅nitrogen tetroxide which ignite as soon as their components come into contact with each other?

Hypergolic

Which cosmetic procedure, commonly performed on eyebrows, shapes the eyebrows by twisting the namesake objects around individual hairs? The procedure is sometimes preferred to waxing for those with sensitive skin.

Threading

Which five-letter word beginning with “B” is a term for a basic shelter, particularly in remote parts of Scotland, with limited amenities that is left open for passers-by to use free of charge?

Bothy

Recently photographed drinking a beer on his bike during the final stage of the Tour of Britain, which Ineos Grenadiers rider is the last British cyclist to take the Lanterne Rouge as the slowest person to complete that year’s Tour de France?

Luke Rowe

In April 2019, she became, as the sixth Black and first British Black model, Victoria's Secret Angel. Podcast called Role Model. In 2023, she replaced Maya Jama as presenter of popular BBC television series Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star.

Leomie Anderson

British model who was discovered in Hammersmith Primark in 2006. Appeared in Zoolander 2 and Terminal films. February 2008, she was the first black model to walk a Prada runway in over a decade. In Beyonce XO and Yonce music videos.

Jourdan Dunn

Debut as a cast member on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex in 2014, she appeared on the third series of Love Island in 2017. Known for documentary about revenge porn off back of her experience with Stephen Bear.

Georgia Harrison

English singer and songwriter with real first names Uzoechi Osisioma "Uzo" ________. Did Never Forget You with Zara Larsson.

MNEK

British singer songwriter with real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett

FKA Twigs

British TV chef and USA Food Network and model writing at least 1m book sales in UK alone, guest judge on Ru Paul Drag's Race UK season 4 and is mother of Charlie's Angels actress Ella Balinska.

Lorraine Pascale

What was the five-word title of the first of two albums released by Lana Del Rey in 2021? It was preceded by single releases of Let Me Love You Like a Woman and the title track.

Chemtrails over the Country Club

Photoreceptor cells in the outer edges of the retina, that are responsible for night vision, are known by what name, that is also an imperial unit of length equal to sixteen and a half feet?

Rods

What two words follow Jedi in the title of a 2019 Star Wars video game published by EA?

Fallen Order

Apart from two years playing in France with Racing 92, the Ireland rugby union captain Johnny Sexton has spent his entire career with which Irish team who play in the United Rugby Championship?

Leinster

Which fashion designer, who designed Kate Middleton's wedding dress for her marriage to Prince William, recently announced that she would be leaving Alexander McQueen, having worked there for 26 years?

Sarah Burton

In which English county are the towns of Tamworth, Cannock, and Lichfield?

Staffordshire

Which Russian business oligarch who brought a civil case against Roman Abramovich seeking over £3 billion in damages, was a critic of Vladimir Putin, and was granted political asylum by the UK in 2003? He was found dead at his home in Sunninghill, near Ascot, in 2013.

Boris Berezovsky

Named after a neo-classical sculptor, which Parisian square, or 'Place' [Plass], lies at the bottom of Montmartre hill and is famously associated with the bohemian demi-monde?

Place Pigalle

Which 2014 Liane Moriarty novel, about five women caught up in a murder investigation, was turned into an HBO TV series starring Nicole Kidman alongside Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley?

Big Little Lies

First appearing on his 1975 album ...Is It Something I Said?, which US standup comedian and film star created the character of Mudbone, an elderly African American wino philosopher from Tupelo, Mississippi?

Richard Pryor

What is the surname of the American brother and sister John and Tracy, who won the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title together in 1980?

Austin

What single word follows Jedi in the title of the 2023 Star Wars video game published by EA that is a sequel to Fallen Order?

Survivor

Launched in 2002, which National Lottery game is based on the main Lotto draw, but allows players to choose not only their numbers, but also the number of draw balls they are aiming to match, from 1 for a £6 prize to 5 for £350,000?

Hot Picks

The ‘activated’ form of which chemical element is commonly used in filters, air purification and odour control, including in pet litters?

Carbon

Winning in 1998, who is the only Portuguese writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?

José Saramago

Launched in response to Covid-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions, the Freedom Convoy was a 2022 populist, right-wing protest movement led by truckers who blockaded various roads and border crossings in which Commonwealth country?

Canada

What was the alliterative two-word title of the second of two albums released by Lana Del Rey in 2021? It was preceded by single releases of Arcadia and the title track.

Blue Banisters

Appearing on the first series of his eponymous Comedy Central sketch show in 2003, which American comedian created the character of Clayton Bigsby, a blind white supremacist who is unaware that he is black?

Dave Chapelle

Which word for a dried grape precedes 'wine' in an alternative name for straw wine, a sweet dessert wine made by drying grapes on straw mats after they have been picked?

Raisin Wine

Named after a royal duchy, which Parisian 'Place' [Plass] centres around its namesake column commemorating Napoleon’s victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, and is known for its luxury hotels, including the Ritz?

Place Vendome

Which 2018 Liane Moriarty novel, about a group of people who meet on a 10-day health and wellness retreat, was turned into a Hulu mini-series starring Nicole Kidman alongside Melissa McCarthy and Luke Evans?

Nine Perfect Strangers

In Italian, when the letters C and H are next to each other in a word they combine to make the sound of what single English letter not normally used in the Italian alphabet?

K

Which journalist and human rights activist, known for her reporting of the war in Chechnya and criticism of Vladimir Putin, was murdered in an elevator at her home in Moscow in 2006, and has an annual human rights award named after her?

Anna Politkovskaya

From 2005, when he first moved up from their feeder club Swansea, until 2023, when he joined the French club Toulon, the former Welsh rugby union captain Alun Wyn Jones spent almost all of his professional career with which Welsh team who play in the United Rugby Championship?

Ospreys

With a name meaning 'Martial Arts Hall', which Tokyo venue hosted the Olympic judo and karate competitions in 2021, and is also known as a live music venue?

Budokan

Which point of the compass appears in the lyrics of the Canadian national anthem O Canada?

North [“The true north strong and free”]

The Russian Covid-19 vaccine approved in 2020 shared what name with a series of Soviet spacecraft?

Sputnik

In the TV show Dallas… who shot JR? This character was played by Mary Crosby. First name or surname acceptable.

Kristin Shepard

Played by Robert Downey Jr. in the 2023 film Oppenheimer, which US administrator as Chair of the US Atomic Energy Commission heavily influenced its 1954 decision to revoke Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance?

Lewis Strauss

2023 Mercury winners Ezra Collective met at the Tomorrow's Warriors jazz programme. Which band associated with that organisation, and whose name includes an ancient term for Egypt, were nominated for the prize in 2018 for the album 'Your Queen is a Reptile'?

Sons of Kemet

Theravada, Mahayana, and Tantric are among the schools of which major world religion, founded on the Indian subcontinent?

Buddhism

Which Hong Kong-born actor, the fifth of local company TVB's 'Five Tiger Generals', has worked with director Wong Kar-Wai on seven films, including In The Mood For Love and 2046?

Tony Leung

Located in Palmer Land in Antarctica, what is the highest mountain in any British territory, at 3239 metres high?

Mount Hope

Which Canadian author's second novel Study for Obedience was shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize?

Sarah Bernstein

Jonathan Swift compares readers who use what type of short cuts to travellers entering a palace through the privy? This short cut is the list of topics and page numbers usually found at the end of a book to help readers navigate nonfictional works.

Index

The Buggles had the first video played on MTV in 1981… but whose song 'You Better Run' was the second?

Pat Benatar

Demis Hassabis was one of the founders of the AI company DeepMind, which made headlines in 2016 when one of its programmes defeated world champion Lee Sedol in which strategy board game?

Go

Following the wars in the aftermath of the death of Alexander the Great, which of the Macedonian generals took control of most of what is now Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan, founding a dynasty that reigned until annexed by the Romans in 63BC?

Seleucus (Seleucus I Nicator) (accept Seleucid Dynasty/Kingdom/Em pire)

Hof HaCarmel, Bat Galim and Merkaz HaShmona are three railway stations in which northern coastal Israeli city, the location of the Baha'i World Centre?

Haifa

Mimamsa, Vedanta, and Yoga are among the schools of which major world religion, founded on the Indian subcontinent?

Hinduism

Which other Tomorrow's Warriors-associated jazz group were nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2016 for the album 'Channel the Spirits'? Their name refers to an astronomical event.

The Comet is Coming

Played by Matt Damon in the 2023 film Oppenheimer, which US military officer directed the Manhattan Project during World War II?

Leslie Groves

Born in Calcutta and then set up in Freshwater, IOW: British photographer who is considered one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century. She is known for her soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorian men and women, for illustrative images depicting characters from mythology, Christianity, and literature, and for sensitive portraits of men, women and children.

Julia Margaret Cameron

Duke University based in which North Carolina town?

Durham

The Demon Deacons is the nickname of sports teams from which private university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina?

Wake Forest University

The body of water that Vietnam refers to as Bien Dong, which means 'East Sea', is generally known in English by what name? It is enclosed by Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Borneo and its namesake country.

South China Sea

Before co-founding DeepMind, Demis Hassabis worked at which British video games studio, co-designing the games Syndicate and Theme Park alongside Peter Molyneux? This company was merged into EA UK in 2001 and shares its eight-letter name with a rather noisy amphibian.

Bullfrog Productions

Pollyanna is a 1913 novel by which author?

Eleanor H. Porter

Which astronaut was the prime Command Module pilot in the failed Apollo 13 mission, working alongside Jim Lovell and Fred Haise?

Jack Swigert

The second most widely cultivated crop in the world – by tonnes harvested – is which cereal originating in North America? One of its names is also used in the UK to refer to wheat.

Maize (Corn)

The Buggles had the first video played on MTV in 1981… but whose song 'She Won't Dance With Me' was the third? This artist would have a big hit that year with 'Young Turks', while ‘Baby Jane' became a number one hit two years later.

Rod Stewart

Which Hong Kong-born actor, the fourth of TVB's 'Five Tiger Generals', starred opposite Tony Leung in the Infernal Affairs films? He is also known as one of the 'Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop.'

Andy Lau

Located on Tristan da Cunha, what is the highest mountain in a British territory with a permanent population, at 2062 metres high?

Queen Mary's Peak

Which British-Indian author's debut novel Western Lane was shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize?

Chetna Maro

One of these items commonly found at the end of a non-fiction book might describe itself as "an alphabetical list of terms which are uncommon, new or specialised”. Not to be confused with a dictionary, this is what aid to general readers, taking its name from the Ancient Greek word for language?

Glossary

Egyptian professional squash player. He is the 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 and 2022–23 World Champion. He has a highest career world ranking of world No. 1 by the Professional Squash Association (PSA).

Ali Farag

Egyptian professional squash player. She is a seven time World champion and became the youngest woman to win the Women's World Championship (2015).[1] In 2016, she retained her title and in 2019 won her third World Championship equalling the feat of Michelle Martin and rising to equal fourth in the all-time list of world championships won. She is the current world champion after winning the 2022/2023 edition of the tournament.

Nour El Sherbini

Australian former professional squash player who was one of the game's leading players in the 1990s. She was ranked number one in the world from 1993 to 1996 and again in 1998 and 1999, and won three World Open titles and six British Open titles.

Michelle Martin

The 18XX series of board games is mainly concerned with the building and operation of what? The titles of the majority of the individual games refer to the year in which it is set, generally being in the 19th century

Railroads

What is the romanisation system for Mandarin Chinese used in most modern contexts? Developed in the People's Republic of China in the 1950s, to replace older systems like Wade-Giles, it became official at the UN in 1982 although, perhaps unsurprisingly, Taiwan refuses to endorse it.

Pinyin

The Yorkshire soothsayer Ursula Southeil is better remembered by what name?

Mother Shipton

What is the nickname of the Australian women’s football team?

Matildas

The fylfot and gammadion are alternative name for what symbol?

Swastika

Emmet is an archaic word for which creature?

Ant

Which athletics event might feature an ‘O’Brien shift’?

Shot Put

In which sport is the referee sometimes known as the ‘director’ or ‘president of the jury’?

Fencing

Which country defeated England in the 2023 Netball World Cup final?

Australia

Which famous ship is named after a tributary of the Thames which rises in Gloucestershire and flows through Bourton-in-the-Water?

Windrush

What do we call a material, such as wood, that will not carry an electrical charge?

Insulator

Who created the British CID detective Roderick Alleyn?

Ngaio Marsh

Created by Margery Allingham which detective was assisted by former burglar Magersfontein Lugg?

Albert Campion

Which animal was once thought to sweat blood?

Hippopotamus

In which country is the source of the Blue Nile?

Ethiopia

The former state of Northern Rhodesia is now called ...what?

Zambia

Who was the Ancient Rome Republic’s last dictator?

Julius Caesar

A ‘wildcatter’ is an individual who searches for what - in areas otherwise not known for its presence?

Oil

Which porridge-like dish is made from ground corn meal cooked in water, milk or broth?

Grits

What do Americans call a drawing pin?

Thumb Tack

What ends with ‘thankful feelings after the storm’ ?

Beethoven’s 6th (or Pastoral) Symphony

Which outfit lived at No Fixed Abode, Cricklewood?

The Goodies

Which long running sitcom was originally intended to be titled The Fighting Tigers?

Dad's Army

Which show saw sketches featuring ‘competitive Dad’?

The Fast Show

What links: Janitor; Febrile; Marriage; Apricot; Mayor; Junior?

Starts with months abbreviations

What links: Winston Churchill; Emperor Claudius; King George VI; Marilyn Monroe?

Stuttered

The fen raft and the cardinal are the UK’s largest types of which creature?

Spider

Which is the lowest number not allocated to a UK motorway?

7 (No M7)

What is the state capital of South Carolina?

Columbia

the patron saint of banking as well as of grocers and the police

Saint Michael

patron saint of artists, physicians, bachelors, notaries, butchers, brewers, and others; his feast day is 18 October

St Luke

Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta was subtitled The Merryman and His Maid?

The Yeoman of the Guard

Who is the heroine of Stella Gibbons's Cold Comfort Farm?

Flora Poste

Name of A Passage to India character fictional character, a sexually repressed Englishwoman who falsely accuses an Indian physician of attempted rape

Adela Quested

Lara's surname in Dr Zhivago

Antipova

Heroine of FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD from Thomas Hardy

Bathsheba Everdene

Who won the 2023 Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool, Hoylake, his first major championship?

Brian Harman

Who won the 2023 Wimbledon Ladies' Singles title, becoming the first unseeded woman to win?

Marketa VONDROUSOVA

Completed about 1592, who painted the huge canvas Il Paradiso which is in the main hall of the Doge’s Palace in Venice?

Tintoretto

In 2010 at the White House, before singing which song, did Paul McCartney say 'I could be the first guy to be punched out by a president'?

Michelle

Which Beatles song makes reference to two prime ministers - Heath and Wilson?

Taxman

Athletics club, based in Birmingham, founded in 1877, which has produced Denise Lewis, Katharine Merry, Kelly Sotherton and Mark Lewis-Francis

Birchfield Harriers

Winter resort in Colorado, which has, since 2002, been host to the Winter X (Extreme) Games

Aspen

Genus of flowering plants, which can be used to produce an ointment or salve for various skin conditions. The first part of its name is from an Old English word meaning pliant or bendable, and has nothing to do with magic or sorcery.

Witch Hazel

Formula 1 racing team, formerly named Renault, currently represented by drivers Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon

Alpine

The name of several Royal Navy warships, and the UK's third most common pub name (according to Wikipedia); it references an event following the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

Royal Oak

What was the title of the 1961 film starring Deborah Kerr and Gary Cooper in his last film appearance?

The Naked Edge

The Edge of Heaven was a 1986 UK number one hit and final single for which duo?

Wham

In which English county would you find the 18 mile long limestone escarpment called Wenlock Edge?

Shropshire

Darkness on the Edge of Town, released in 1978, was the fourth studio album by which US singer songwriter?

Bruce Springsteen

Which 2010 film, starring Mel Gibson and Ray Winstone, was based on an earlier BBC political thriller drama series of the same name first broadcast in 1985, and which won multiple awards?

Edge of Darkness

Who was the British journalist and TV producer who wrote the best-selling novel The Horse Whisperer?

Nicholas Evans

Who was the British humanitarian, referred to as 'the British Schindler', who helped to organize the rescue of hundreds of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation? He died in 2015 aged 106.

Sir Nicholas Winton

Who was the English bishop burned at the stake in 1555 in Oxford? Nicholas ______

Ridley

Which British author wrote The Cruel Sea?

Nicholas MONSARRAT

Which footballer was transferred from Celtic to Arsenal in 1983 for £750,000?

Charlie Nicholas

Which treaty in 1856 ended The Crimean War?

Treaty of Paris

At which battle in 1346 did Edward III say about his 16 year old son 'Let the boy win his spurs'?

Crecy

In 1877, Which British Prime Minister made Queen Victoria the Empress of India?

Benjamin Disraeli

Who was the first Prime Minister to live at 10 Downing Street?

Robert Walpole

Which king of England's mother and son were both beheaded?

James I

She has been a main co-presenter of Newsnight from 2022. She had earlier appeared in the twentieth series of I’m A Celebrity, and, despite auditioning for the role of Question Time host the BBC inexplicably chose Fiona Bruce.

Victoria Derbyshire

In 2004 she appeared in I’m a Celebrity, as well as Celebrity Big Brother and Dancing on Ice. She had become famous as an original member of a girl group formed in 1998, though she left the group for the first time in 2001 four weeks before their first number one single.

Kerry Katona

Kevin Costner starred in which 1988 romantic comedy sports movie, co-starring Susan Sarandon?

Bull Durham

Which British actress became a star in the 1940s in movies such as Fanny by Gaslight (1944) and co-starred in a number of films with Stewart Granger. She also had a long career on British television appearing in series such as Lovejoy, Steptoe and Son, and Up Pompeii as Aphrodite?

Jean Kent

Which British singer, songwriter and actor had his first UK top ten single (and only US hit) with a song featured on the soundtrack of the 1973 film That”ll Be the Day?

David Essex

Who wrote the 1915 novel Of Human Bondage?

Somerset Maugham

Who was the main commentator on ITV ‘s coverage of British Professional Wrestling from 1955 to 1988?

Kent Walton

American born UK based performer, entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2003 as the world's most enduring recording artist, having released material over eight consecutive decades, long career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death and she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance, most famous recording Creole Love Call.

Adelaide Hall

Which novel published between 1759 and 1767 includes the eponymous hero, his parents Walter and Elizabeth, his uncle Toby, Corporal Trim, Doctor. Slop, and Parson Yorick?

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

In 1975, 5-year-old Raymond Leitch was the last person in Britain to die from what?

Snake Bite

Which song was performed by, among others, Thin Lizzy in 1972, the Pogues (with the Dubliners) in 1990, Metallica in 1998, and Bryan Adams in 2019?

Whiskey in the Jar

popular Indian dish, originating among the Parsi community, name comes from Gujarati word for cereal dish and Gujarati word meaning vegetable greens or cooked veggies

Dhansak

Starting with the oldest, put these Wonders of the World in the order they were built: Colossus of Rhodes, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Statue of Zeus.

Hanging Gardens (c.600BC) Statue of Zeus (c.435BC) Mausoleum (c351BC) Colossus of Rhodes (292-280BC)

Starting with oldest, put these four Bond films starting with ‘The’ in chronological order: The Living Daylights The Man with the Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me The World Is Not Enough

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) The Living Daylights (1987) The World Is Not Enough (1999)

This Polish-born mathematician and philosopher, was nicknamed Bruno by friends and colleagues. Who is best known for developing a humanistic approach to science, and as the writer and presenter of 13-part BBC TV documentary series in 1973?

Jacob Bronowski (The Ascent of Man)

This comedian’s career covered music hall, films, TV, and theatre. As the strangely attired and hilariously strutting Professor Wallofski, who influenced John Cleese in the Ministry of Silly Walks sketch?

Max Wall

He played more than 60 cinema roles, and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Heiress (1949) and posthumously for Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), but with John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century?

Sir Ralph Richardson

This portrait photographer devised cameras in 1888–1891 and shot moving pictures in London. Who became wealthy with inventions in printing, and from a chain of photographic studios, but spent it all on inventing, went bankrupt three times, was jailed once, and died in poverty in 1921?

William Friese-Greene

This political campaigner, and long-time member of the Socialist Workers Party, is best-known for his journalism. This included the exposure of corrupt architect John Poulson and overturning the convictions of the Birmingham Six. In whose name did The Guardian and Private Eye set up an award for investigative or campaigning journalism?

Paul Foot

She published 31 novels, from The Fat Woman’s Joke in 1967, to After the Peace in 2018. Her best-known 1983 novel, televised by the BBC in 1986, is about a very unattractive woman taking revenge on her husband and his attractive lover. What is the name of this author, essayist, and playwright?

Fay Weldon (most famous novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil)

The Canadian-born jazz clarinettist and a cartoonist, Wally Fawkes, illustrated the Flook cartoon strip in The Daily Mail from 1949 to 1984. What was his pen name for this satire of British politics?

Trog

The American terrorist Ted Kaczynski committed suicide in prison. Based on the FBI case identifier, what nickname did the media give him?

Unabomber

Alongside Terry Nichols, who commited the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995?

Timothy McVeigh

What was the name of the mercenary leader and oligarch, who was killed along with nine other people when a business jet crashed in Tver Oblast, north of Moscow?

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Before he retired in 1976, which footballer founded a firm in Bolton that recycled paper into products such as kitchen roll and toilet paper, and sold it in 1984 for £8.35 million?

Francis Lee

Sweet Home Alabama was written by Lynyrd Skynyrd in response to which song by Neil Young?

Southern Man

A mosaic outside St Giles Cathedral marks the entrance to Edinburgh's Old Tolbooth which was demolished in 1817. Giving its name to an 1818 novel by Sir Walter Scott, what is this mosaic called?

The Heart of Midlothian

Established in the early 19th century when it began importing cotton and silk from Shanghai, which European city has the oldest Chinatown?

Liverpool

established in 1594, it is recognized as the world's oldest Chinatown, which district of Manila?

Binondo

First appearing in 1965, by what name is the puppet Hiram K Hackenbacker more commonly known?

Brains

Sometimes called the 'Heart of Industrial England' or 'The Gateway to the Peak', which market town has a local football team is known as The Spireites?

Chesterfield

Taweret is the protective ancient Egyptian goddess of childbirth and fertility. She is typically depicted with the limbs and paws of a lion, and the back and tail of a Nile crocodile, pendulous female human breasts, and the body of which animal?

Hippopotamus

Which idiom meaning to express one’s anger, derives from the medieval belief that different organs of the body are the repositories of different emotions?

To vent one's spleen

Which country successfully soft-landed a probe near the moon’s South Pole on August 23rd 2023?

India (Chandrayaan-3)

The Galileo probe studied Jupiter, its moons, and the asteroids Gaspra and Ida from 1995 to 2003. What is the name of space probe currently orbiting Jupiter from 2016 until 2025?

Juno

Which orchestral march by William Walton, was commissioned for the coronation of King George VI? & For many years it was largest manufacturer in Britain. Founded in 1926, it disappeared in 2008, when AkzoNobel acquired it. Give the full name of this company, of which Sir John Harvey-Jones was chairman from 1982 to 1987.

Crown Imperial Chemical Industries

From 1974 to 1993, which Dutch actress starred as the eponymous character in five Emmanuelle films? & Also called ‘ice’ or ‘glass’, the clear or shiny blue-white chunks of methamphetamine, used as a party drug, are most commonly known as what?

Sylvia Kristel/Crystal Meth

Which phrase, attributed to Napoleon, is used to spurn someone’s sexual advances? & Which American dancer dressed in a short skirt of artificial bananas and a beaded necklace, became an iconic image of the Jazz Age? She was the first black woman to be inducted into the Pantheon in Paris.

Not tonight, Joséphine Baker

In the Bible which book comes between The Book of Joel and The Book of Obadiah? & The actor Ronald Magill portrayed which character, from the first episode of Emmerdale Farm in 1972, until 1995?

The Book of Amos Brearly

Best known for his 1968 hit Tiptoe Through the Tulips, what was the stage-name of singer and ukulele player Herbert Khaury? & Which former Lib Dem Leader has been MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale since 2005?

Tiny Tim

Which 1938 Graham Greene novel is a murder thriller set in the 1930s with Pinkie Brown and Ida Arnold as its main characters? & Popularized in the early 1950s by artists such as Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, which style of music blended Western musical styles such as Country with Rhythm & Blues? The style waned in the late 1950s.

Brighton Rockabilly

This footballer played for Manchester City and Liverpool, and gained one Scottish cap in 1933. His managerial career included the GB Olympic team in 1948 and Scotland in 1958. Knighted in 1968, who was he? & In films such as 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933, and Footlight Parade, which American choreographer devised elaborate musical production numbers, often involving complex geometric patterns?

Sir Matt Busby Berkeley

Which British jazz musician, known principally for his saxophone playing, also plays the flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, and keyboards? He founded the black British band the Jazz Warriors in 1986.

Courtney Pine

Which tree is missing from this list of five national flags: Coconut Palm, Mahogany, Royal Palm, Silk Cotton?

Cedar (of Lebanon - trees on other national flags: Fiji, Belize, Haiti, and Equatorial Guinea respectively)

Excelling in both dramatic and comic roles, which American actor was nominated for 8 Oscars, winning Best Supporting Actor in 1956 for a comedy-drama, and Best Actor in 1974 for a straight drama?

Jack Lemmon (1956 Mr Roberts, 1974 Save the Tiger)

Which one is missing from this 1910 list: Cape, Natal, Transvaal?

Orange Free State (or Orange River - they are the four British colonies which formed the Union of South Africa)

In 1968, when Donovan is singing that she lives upon a hill and is sitting very still and asks "Is she sleeping? I don't think so. Is she breathing? Yes, very low.", who is he singing about?

Jennifer Juniper

Playing at the Phoenix theatre what is the subtitle of the stranger things play starting in 2023 in London

The First Shadow

Which Turner Prize nominated artist, known for his “Really Good” thumbs up sculpture on the Fourth plinth, announced yesterday that he has pulped 6000 copies of The Da Vinci Code and turned them into 1200 new editions of Orwell’s 1984?

David SHRIGLEY

Which actor played Cedric Daniels in The Wire from 2002 to 2008 and Charon in the John Wick franchise from 2014 to 2023?

Lance Reddick

1533-1592 clever guy versed in Greek and Latin, pioneered new literary form of Essays which he released 1570-92? French.

Michel de Montaigne

Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (The True History of the Conquest of New Spain) is a first-person narrative written in 1568 author which? Served under Hernan Cortes in valley of Mexico, first accounts of Yucatan with Cordoba.

Bernal Diaz

Has house named after him at Westminster School, born 1553 English writer. He is known for promoting the English colonization of North America through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582) and The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589–1600).

Richard Hakluyt

an Elizabethan playwright, poet, satirist and a significant pamphleteer. He is known for his novel The Unfortunate Traveller, his pamphlets including Pierce Penniless, and his numerous defences of the Church of England.

Thomas Nashe

Ludovico Ariosto wrote Orlando Furiosa, which was continuation of unfinished poem Orlando Innamorato by which author?

Matteo Maria Boiardo

16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature. He was born at Allington Castle near Maidstone in Kent, though the family was originally from Yorkshire. His family adopted the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses. His mother was Anne Skinner, and his father Henry, who had earlier been imprisoned and tortured by Richard III,[2] had been a Privy Councillor of Henry VII and remained a trusted adviser when Henry VIII ascended the throne in 1509.

Thomas Wyatt

Elizabethan poet, died 31 in 1586 at battle of zupthen: wrote The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, the defence of Poesy

Philip Sidney

In 1980, as a member of the crew of Soyuz 38 Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez who was a military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut became the first Latin American, the first person of African descent, and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into Earth orbit. Which country is he from?

Cuba

Chinese economist and politician, who served as the premier of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2023. Died in October 2023.

Li Keqiang

Lead singer of crazytown who sang butterfly

Shifty Shellshock

Whose frescoes decorate Padua’s Scrovegni chapel?

Giotto

On what might S925 be stamped?

Silver Sterling

What autumnal contest takes place in Southwick, Northants?

World conker championships

Castle used by Im a celeb in wales

Gwrych Castle, Wales

What links: Bees; game; goals; lighthouses; magnets; zoos?

All have keepers

What is the name of the Rugby League World Cup trophy?

Paul Barriere Trophy

Who wrote The Beauty Myth? 2022 The Bodies of Others.

Naomi Wolf

She is known for the Temeraire series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her Scholomance fantasy series (2020–2022). Her standalone fantasy novels Uprooted (2015) and Spinning Silver (2018) were inspired by Polish folklore and the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale respectively.

Naomi Novik

Her first novel, The Poppy War, was released in 2018, followed by the sequels The Dragon Republic in 2019 and The Burning God in 2020. Kuang released a stand-alone novel, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence, in 2022 and it won Nebula Award.

RF Kuang

The Locked Tomb (Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth, Alecto the Ninth) is a series of science fantasy novels by which New Zealand author?

Tamsyn Muir

The book Nettle & Bone won 2023 Hugo Award written by which author? Also wrote graphic novel Digger won the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story.

Ursula Vernon (as T. Kingfisher)

American philosopher bron 1932 notable concepts include the "Chinese room" argument against "strong" artificial intelligence. Had debate with Derrida after JD responded to JL Austin theory of illocutionary act.

John Searle

Born 1859 Austrian-German philosopher and mathematician who established the school of phenomenology. Wrote Philosophy of Arithmetic and Logical Investigations.

Edmund Husserl

German philosopher born 1889 first major text, Being and Time (1927), Dasein (German for existence) is introduced as a term for the type of being that humans possess.

Martin Heidegger

Born 1857 Swiss linguist, semiotician and philosopher, one of two major founders of semiotics. Came up with Langue (abstract, systematic rules of a system) and parole (speech, concrete instances of langue) a theoretical linguistic dichotomy.

Ferdinand de Saussure

1839 Cambridge MA, American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". Said to be one of two founders of semiotics. Did maths lots, namesake arrow meaning Nor.

Charles Sanders Peirce

Phenomenology of Perception is 1945 book by which French philosopher?

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Born 1891 Germany, moved to America, Vienna Circle and logical positivism. Wrote The Logical Syntax of Language and The Unity of Science.

Rudolf Carnap