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What is the name of Wales’s largest island?
Anglesey
What fish gave its name to the Plymouth B————————, a car manufactured by Chrysler between 1964–1974?
Barracuda
Romania’s busiest international airport, located near the capital Bucharest, is named after which Romanian inventor who designed experimental aircraft, including a flying saucer? An Effect has been named after him, a phenomenon showing how a fluid jet stays attached to a convex surface.
Coanda
If someone once misheared “Alzheimer’s Disease” and had been going through life calling it “Old Timer’s Disease”, genuinely thinking that that was how it was written, they would be using one of these. The term came about because someone once thought that the acorn (see photo) was in fact called an “E——————.”.
Eggcorn
What coastal city in Northern Cyprus is known as Ammochostos is Greek and Mağusa in Turkish, but we know it best by this name starting with “F”?
Famagusta
What is the name of the Japanese football team from Nagoya, founded in 1939? It had considerable success in the mid 1990s with Gary Lineker playing under Arsène Wenger.
Grampus Eight
What is the name of this amazing ancient city in India, with some 1,600 monuments and temples stretching over 16 square miles. The capital of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century, this UNESCO World Heritage Site, surrounded by bizarre giant granite boulders, should be on everyone’s bucket list.
Hampi
Protium, Deuterium and Tritium all have one proton each and are all naturally-occurring constituents of Hydrogen. What would you call them?
Isotopes
What animal would translate into Spanish as both “Flame” and “He/she/you/it calls”?
Llama
What is the surname of this much-missed Anatolian psychedelic rock legend? His first name is Bariş and he pioneered rock music in Turkey. Although he died in 1999, Google celebrated what would have been his 80th birthday with this Doodle, on what would have been his 70th birthday, on 2 January 2013.
Baris Manco
What Canadian city has the nickname “Paris of the Praries”? It is also known as “POW City”, because of its huge resources in Potash, Oil and Wheat,
Saskatoon
Before becoming the United Arab Emirates in the early 1970s, the seven sheikhdoms were known by what name as a British protectorate?
Trucial States
Hard W: The elk is also known by what other name, starting with this letter? It comes from a Shawnee and Cree word, meaning “white rump”.
Wapiti
Hard X: This Spanish city is in Eastern Spain. Hannibal’s son was born in the castle, and Pope Alexander VI (one of the Borgias) was born in the city itself. What is the city’s name?
Xativa
Hard Y: By what name is the music producer Martin Glover best known? He was a founding member of Killing Joke, and has been releasing albums with Paul McCartney under the name “The Firemen”.
Youth
Vehicles over what age are exempt from an MOT?
40 years
Identify hit by opening line: “‘There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold’?”
Stairway to Heaven
Identify the hit by opening line: ‘It’s a God-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair’?
Life on Mars
On which Gloucester street stood Fred and Rose West’s ‘House of Horrors’?
Cromwell Street
From which city had the train departed on a journey to London when attacked in The Great Train Robbery of 1963?
Glasgow
What is the male equivalent of sororal?
Fraternal
Which tree has varieties called English, White and Slippery?
Elm
Which global writing system uses 63 different characters?
Braille
Which London district features in the title of the Rolling Stones new studio album?
Hackney (Diamonds)
In 1965 who scaled the 20 foot wall of Wandsworth Prison to make his escape, with three
others?
Ronnie Biggs
Which British comedian/actor played Sugar Daddy Ken in the recent Barbie movie?
Rob Brydon
Which strait separates the island of Lewis and Harris from the UK mainland?
The Minch
Orkney Islands separated by the UK by which body of water?
Pentland Firth
What liquid is a carbonade cooked in?
Beer
In July 2023 what sporting first was achieved by Hannah Dingley?
First Woman to Manage a Men’s Pro
Football Team
Who was the first woman to captain the England women’s cricket team in a One-day
International?
Rachel Heyhoe-Flint
Who acquired political nickname the Prince of Darkness?
Peter Mandelson
Who acquired political nickname Fourteen Pints?
William Hague
Who acquired political nickname Doris Karloff?
Anne Widdecombe
Which architect said ‘A house is a machine for living in’?
Le Corbusier
Coventry’s medieval cathedral was flattened in Second World war bombing raids – who
designed the replacement?
Basil Spence
Who first said ‘Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake’?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who first said ‘Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much’?
Oscar Wilde
What is the medical name for the sideways curvature of the spine which most commonly occurs
in young adults during a growth spurt?
Scoliosis (don’t accept kyphosis –
outward curvature, or lordosis – inward)
What is condition Genu Valgum better known as?
Knock Knees
What is condition Genu Varum better known as?
Bowleggedness
What varnish is named after its Asian country of origin?
Japanese Lacquer
In June, singer Pink was stunned when a female fan threw what onto the stage when she was
performing?
Mother’s Ashes
Operation Golden Orb was the codename for what?
Coronation of Charles III
Which 2023 drama starring Ruth Wilson featured past victims of the abuse in the Magdalene
laundries in Ireland?
The Woman in the Wall
Who helps hoarding families to ‘Sort Their Life Out’ on BBC One?
Stacey Solomon
Which 1847 novel popularised the northern dialect word ‘gormless’?
Wuthering Heights
Edward Murdstone is the stepfather of which Dickens character?
David Copperfield
Which noted American playwright choked to death on the cap of a medicine bottle in 1983?
Tennessee Williams
Which British, actor who voiced one of the characters in the Disney film The Jungle Book,
committed suicide, giving the reason in a note he left that he was bored?
George Sanders
Which single was trashed on air by DJ Mike Read, banned by the BBC yet went on to spend 48
weeks on the charts in 1983-84?
Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Which king’s Statute of the Six Articles became known as ‘The Whip With Six Strings’?
Henry VIII
According to the historians of the time which king died after eating a ‘surfeit of lampreys?
Henry I
There are only two non-white, or non-grey, metals in the periodic table – gold and which other?
Copper
To be labelled as Bourbon a whisky must be distilled from a mash containing at least 51% of
what grain?
Corn or Maize
What does a martini become when the olive is replaced by a cocktail onion?
Gibson
Very similar to stout, which type of beer was developed in London in the early 18th century and was dark due to the use of brown malt?
Porter
Spanish current manager of Bournemouth since June 2023
Andoni Iraola
Welsh Luton manager since November 2022
Rob Edwards
Notts Forest manager since September 2021
Steve Cooper
Sheffield United manager since Nov 2021
Paul Heckingbottom
Wolves manager since August 2023
Gary O’Neil
Longest serving manager of a Football League side is which English manager of Harrogate Town in League Two in 2023/24 season?
Simon Weaver
Second longest serving manager of a Football League side is which English manager of Accrington Stanley in League Two in 2023/24 season?
John Coleman
Longest serving manager in Championship in 2023/24 season which Coventry manager?
Mark Robins
Some of the most active volcanoes in the world are located on which Russian peninsula that hangs down from Siberia? It is seemingly closer to Japan and Alaska than to any major Russian population center.
Kamchatka
The Cameron Highlands are an important tea-growing region located on which peninsula of Southeast Asia, whose major cities include Malacca and Johor Bahru?
Malay Peninsula
Athens was (and still is) located on which peninsula in Greece?
Attica
The US state of Michigan has a Latin motto that translates into English as “if you want to see a pleasant peninsula, look around you” - this motto works because all of Michigan can be divided into two large peninsulas separated by the Great Lakes. Give the uncreative name of the larger, southern peninsula, where the vast majority of Michigan’s population lives. Major cities here include Flint, Lansing, and of course Detroit.
Lower Peninsula
Now name the smaller, less inhabited northern peninsula of Michigan, which has an equally uncreative name. Marquette and Sault Ste Marie are “major” cities here - though what it lacks in population it makes up for in popularity with tourists.
Upper Peninsula
Table Mountain National Park can be found on which uncreatively named peninsula in South Africa?
Cape Peninsula
This American peninsula that juts out into the Bering Strait and nearly touches Russia is home to the city of Nome. This peninsula is named for the US Secretary of State who purchased Alaska from Russia - a deal mocked at the time, but one that is generally seen as a tremendous bargain now.
Seward Peninsula
Lunenburg, Yarmouth, and Digby are notable population centers on which Canadian peninsula, which shares its name with the Canadian maritime province that it is located entirely within?
Nova Scotia
This Russian peninsula that borders Norway and Finland is not only home to the port city of Murmansk, it is also home to the world’s deepest borehole. According to a popular urban legend, the Soviets abandoned drilling this peninsula’s namesake borehole after they broke into hell and heard the screams of the damned.
Kola Peninsula
An organized crime syndicate called the ‘Ndrangheta controls which sub-peninsula that shares many cultural traits (such as a predisposition to organized crime) with neighboring Sicily?
Calabria
Dalian is the major city on which Chinese peninsula, whose city of Port Arthur was once a major naval base for Russia and later Japan?
Liaodong
Qingdao - the city where Tsingtao beer is brewed - is the major city of which Chinese peninsula? This peninsula was briefly controlled by Germany before World War I.
Shandong
The “Twilight” series of books and movies takes place in the city of Forks, Washington in the United States - which is located on which peninsula on the westernmost part of the US state of Washington? This peninsula is also home to a large temperate rainforest, which is the centerpiece of a US National Park named for this peninsula.
Olympic Peninsula
The “Twilight” series of books and movies takes place in the city of Forks, Washington in the United States - which is located on which peninsula on the westernmost part of the US state of Washington? This peninsula is also home to a large temperate rainforest, which is the centerpiece of a US National Park named for this peninsula.
Dingle Peninsula
Port-au-Prince is located at the base of which peninsula in southern Haiti? This peninsula’s name means “shark” in Spanish.
Tiburon Peninsula
This peninsula in northern Greece is home to many Orthodox Christian monasteries. Women are famously prohibited from entering this peninsula.
Mount Athos
Multiple different separatist movements co-exist peacefully on which Croatian peninsula whose largest city is Pula? Separatists control many key local government posts here.
Istria
Hopefully, you were able to name the American peninsula that forms the eastern boundary of the Bering Strait above. Now, name the Russian peninsula that forms the western boundary of the Bering Strait. A kind of husky dog is named for this peninsula.
Chukchi Peninsula
Name this Australian peninsula that forms the northernmost parts of the Australian state of Queensland.
Cape York Peninsula
This peninsula on the east coast of the United States separates Chesapeake Bay from the Alantic Ocean. Three US states have territory on this peninsula, which is home to many beach towns such as Rehobath Beach and Ocean City. This peninsula’s eight-letter name can be derived in the following manner: (1) take the first three letters of the name of the state that controls the northerneastern part of it, (2) add the first three letters of the state that controls the middle part of it, (3) add the first letter AND the last letter of the state that controls the southern part of it.
Delmarva Peninsula
Arabic speakers have many different names for this peninsula that sticks out of Tunisia and points at Sicily, but in English we usually call it by its French name.
Cape Bon Peninsula
Name this Australian peninsula that is part of the Northern Territories. It is famous for being the subject of a 1971 Australian court case that established the concept of native title. It also shares its name with a pro-Brexit British politician.
Gove Peninsula
This peninsula on the Indonesian-controlled part of New Guinea has a whimsical name: in English and in Dutch it is named for an animal body part that it allegedly resembles.
Birds Head Peninsula
Colombia and Venezuela awkwardly share which peninsula that juts into the Carribean Sea near the entrance to Lake Maracaibo?
Guajira Peninsula
Miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop with a number in name. Most popular miniature wargame in the world. First edition of rulebook published 1987.
Warhammer 40,000
Series of single-player role-playing gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The first volume in the series was published in paperback by Puffin in 1982. First being The Warlock of Firetop Mountain.
Fighting Fantasy
What is the name of the second Fighting Fantasy gamebook published in 1983 the year after The Warlock of Firetop Mountain?
The Citadel of Chaos
Tabletop role-playing game created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
Dungeons & Dragons
Who played Jill Masterson in Goldfinger?
Shirley Eaton
What film does Honor Blackman play Pussy Galore?
Goldfinger
Who plays Oddjob in Goldfinger?
Harold Sakata
Franchise of video games by Blizzard Entertainment with games with subtitles Orcs & Humans, Tides of Darkness, Reign of Chaos, Hearthstone.
Warcraft
military wargame developed by Charles A. L. Totten for the United States Army, and published in 1880 itself descended from the Prussian Kriegsspiel they used to teach battlefield tactics to officers
Strategos
Dystopian science-fiction tabletop role-playing game originally designed and written by Greg Costikyan, Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg, and first published in 1984 by West End Games, set in dystopian future city controlled by the Computer and info is restricted by colour coded security clearance.
Paranoia
The airport known as Euroairport serves the German city of Freiburg, the
French city of Mulhouse and which Swiss city?
Basel
Who was CEO of Natwest before resigning due to Nigel Farage revelation?
Dame Alison Rose
Known as FINA until January this year, what is the two word name of the
Federation that administers international competitions in water sports?
World Aquatics
What is the main alcoholic ingredient of the cocktail Margarita?
Tequila
What was the original name of the Manchester Arena, known officially as
the AO Arena?
NYNEX Arena
The Abbey Road studios were officially opened in 1931 when which famous
composer conducted the London Symphony Orchestra recording some of
his music?
Edward Elgar
Which publisher owned Express Newspapers between 2000 and 2018?
Richard Desmond
Emmanuel Macron’s party name changed from En Marche! to which current name?
Renaissance
Which Swedish actress who appeared in the James Bond films Octopussy and A View to a Kill had previously been the Miss World title in 1977 and had three years relationship with George Best?
Mary Stavin
What name is given to the Scottish examinations broadly equivalent to A
Levels in England?
Highers
Whose play “Toad of Toad Hall” was based on “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame?
AA Milne
The variety of apple, the Granny Smith, was first produced in which country
in 1868?
Australia
What is former boxer Barry McGuigan’s full first name?
Finbar
when was the British Army of the Rhine
disbanded and the remaining UK service personnel renamed as British
Forces Germany?
1994
In 1969, in which two cities did John Lennon and Yoko Ono have bed-ins in?
Montreal and Amsterdam
With a nod to the recent passing of Robbie Robertson, The Band’s final concert was filmed by Martin Scorsese and released as a feature film in 1978 under what name?
The Last Waltz
What word from Old English is another name for the badger?
Brock
Later this year, the Stade de France will be the third ground to host the
Rugby Union World Cup final for the second time. The other two stadia to
do so are Twickenham and which stadium in Auckland?
Eden Park
The so called Arabic numbering system was first developed in the 9th
century in which modern day country?
India
Which opera house saw the premiere of Madame Butterfly in 1904?
La Scala
Sharing name with fictional detective and played by Michael Gambon, what was the name of the lead character in Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective?
Philip Marlow
In the UK, which body regulates the medical profession?
General Medical Council (GMC)
It was announced in July 2023 that Allison Kirkby will take over as Chief Executive Officer of which company in 2024 , the first woman to hold that
post?
BT
Named after a 19th century watercolour painter, Paynes is a shade of which
colour, originally a mixture of Prussian blue, yellow ochre and crimson
lake?
Grey
After its conversion from the old Manchester Central Station, what was the
original name of what is now known as the Manchester Central Convention
Complex?
G-MEX Centre
Which area of water in Australia is also known as Kati Thanda?
Lake Eyre
The most recent European country to join the United Nations was Montenegro in 2006. Which was the previous European country to do so in
2002, the first state to join following a national referendum?
SWITZERLAND
The first stereo recordings were made at Abbey Road studio in 1934 when which St Helens born conductor conducted a recording of Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony?
Sir Thomas Beecham
Which family has owned the Daily Mail since it was founded in 1896?
Harmsworth (Lord Rothermere)
After the 2023 Spanish General Election, which party had the largest
number of seats in the Cortes, although it did not win an absolute
majority?
People’s Party
Edith Pargeter wrote the Brother Cadfael novels under what pen name?
Ellis Peters
Lisa Hanna, who won 1993 Miss World, is now an MP for which Caribbean nation?
Jamaica
The variety of apple, the Braeburn, was first discovered as a chance
seedling in which country in 1952?
New Zealand
Which laidback Irish singer had chart success in the UK in 1966 with the song Elusive Butterfly?
Val Doonican
When Donald Trump used the word Bigly, it is considered he meant to say which two word term?
Big League
What is Burt Reynolds’ full first name?
Burton
What was the name of the British airbase built in Afghanistan in 2005 which was the logistics hub for operations in Helmand Province??
Camp Bastion
A film by DA Pennebaker “Don’t Look Back” is a doc covering which American performer’s 1965 tour of the UK?
Bob Dylan
The Cyrillic alphabet is used in fourteen countries. All but two are either
former Soviet republics or states of the former Yugoslavia. Name either of
the other two countries.
Bulgaria or Mongolia
In which opera house was Benjamin Britten’s opera Billy Budd first performed in 1951?
Royal Opera House, London
Which 2022-23 police series stars Adrian Dunbar as a retired detective who also sings in his friend’s jazz club?
Ridley
In England and Wales, which association represents solicitors?
Law Society
The wife of which British thriller writer was the Labour MP for Stevenage
between 1997 and 2010?
Ken Follett
The fabric seersucker is usually made from which material?
Cotton
The Red Admiral butterfly is a member of which genus, which shares its
name with a famous British actress, now in her 80s?
Vanessa
Which family owned the shipping company the White Star Line at the time
of the Titanic disaster?
Ismay
Which Shakespeare play features Mistress Overdone, a prostitute and
Pompey, her clownish servant and pimp?
Measure for Measure
Found at the beginning of most patterns, and followed by a number of
stitches, for what does the knitting abbreviation co stand?
Cast On
Found at the beginning of most patterns, and followed by a number of
stitches, for what does the knitting abbreviation BO stand?
Bind Off
Widely used in the making of alcoholic drinks what are Goldings, Fuggle
and Admiral varieties of?
Hops
Which 2 piece band formed in Hull in 1982 released the albums, ‘The
Language of Life’, ‘Baby the Stars Shine Bright’ and ‘Idlewild’?
Everything But The Girl
What is the Christian name of the son of crime writer Dick Francis who
continued his father’s franchise following his death in 2010, often using the
same characters used by his father in his novels?
Felix Francis
Catriona is the sequel to which RL Stevenson novel?
Kidnapped
What name is given to a long earthen mound shaped by the movement of
a glacier?
Drumlin
The Italian musical instruction ‘con brio’ directs the player to play the piece
in what way?
With Spirit
Which popular carol arranged as a hymn by William Cummings was written
by Charles Wesley in 1739 and is sung to a score by Felix Mendelssohn?
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Which composer wrote the piano sonatas, ‘Les Adieux’, ‘The Tempest’, ‘The Hunt’ and Waldstein?
Ludwig Van Beethoven
In brewing what name is given to the agents, such as isinglass or gelatine,
added to beer near the end of the process to produce a clearer beer?
Finings
In which sitcom, which ran from 1985 to 1990, did John Thaw play Henry
Willows whose life is disturbed when his son, played by Reese Dinsdale,
come to live with him?
Home to Roost
Which forename is shared by the wife of Henry IV of England and the woman known as the Fair Maid of Kent, the mother of Richard II?
Joan (of Navarre and Countess of Kent)
Only one footballer has played 200 International games for his country,
who reached this milestone when he played against Iceland in June 2023?
Cristiano Ronaldo
A number of West Indian countries including Jamaica, Barbados and
Antigua are spilt into what administrative units that have the same name as
one of the levels in local government in England?
Parish
What do Americans call cling film?
Saran Wrap
In which Merseyside based sitcom, which ran from 1987 to 1993, did Emma
Wray and Liza Tarbuck play sisters Brenda and Pamela and Paul Bown play
Brenda’s boyfriend Malcolm?
Watching
Coronation Street actor Chris Gascoyne, who has announced he is leaving
the soap, is the 7th actor to play which character, first doing so in 2000?
Peter Barlow
‘The Passenger’ and its sequel ‘Stella Maris’, both published in 2022, were
the last novels by which American author who died in June 2023?
Cormac McCarthy
In the knitting abbreviation psso, the p represents Pass and the o, Over ,
for what do the letters ss stand?
Pass Slipped Stitch Over
Which artist, believed by some conspiricists to have been Jack the Ripper,
painted ‘The Camden Town Murders’ and ‘Brighton Pierrots’?
Walter Sickert
Actor Derek Thompson has announced he is leaving the TV drama Casualty
having played which character since 1986?
Charlie Fairhead
Which political party was founded in 2005 by public figure and TV host
Robert Kilroy Silk?
Veritas
Long distance footpath, The Borders Abbey Way passes 3 ruined abbeys
that give it it’s name, name one of the abbeys?
Melrose/Jedburgh/Kelso
Which song, that only reached number 17 for Labelle in 1974, was later a
number 1 twice, for All Saints in 1998 and as a medley including Christina
Aguilera and Pink in 2001?
Lady Marmalade
In Greek myth who was the son of Helios who drove his father’s carriage,
the Sun , for one day, his name was used for an 18th century carriage and a
21st century luxury Volkswagen sedan?
Phaeton
Name either the town or city which are at either end of the 79 mile long
footpath, The Great Glen Way?
Fort William and Inverness
In the medical acronym CFR, identifying a volunteer trained by the
Ambulance Service to deal with serious 999 calls, the C represents
Community, what do the F or R represent?
Community First Responder
Which actress who won 2 Best Supporting Actress Oscars and who was
nominated for a 3rd for a 1970’s disaster film, won her 1st Oscar for the
1960 film The Diary of Anne Frank?
Shelley Winters
What was the title of Elton John’s final tour which ended in Stockholm in
July 2023, it was the 4 word name of a 1973 album with the first word
replaced by farewell?
Farewell Yellow Brick Road
What alliterative name is given to the arc of bright spots seen during a solar
eclipse and caused by the uneven surface of the Moon?
Baileys Beads
Which South African athlete who suffers from hyperandrogenism won an
appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in July regarding
discriminatory testosterone limits which barred her from competing?
Caster Semenya
The pre owned goods stores seen on many British High streets, but
founded in Australia in 1984 by Brian Cumins, has what alliterative name?
Cash Converters
The Rachel Papers, published in 1973, was the first book by which author
who died in May 2023?
Martin Amis
Two English counties each have five letters in their name. Name both
Devon and Essex
Which is the most westerly of the UK Shipping Forecast areas?
South East Iceland
Also known as Tahoma, Mount Rainier is the highest peak in which
American mountain range?
Cascades
In which game are the Stayman and Blackwood conventions key
strategies?
Contract Bridge
In which city is the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund?
Washington DC
How often does a hebdomadal event take place?
Every week
At the beginning of a game of chess, which piece would be found on
squares b1, b8, g1 and g8?
Knight
In the card game poker, what comes between a full house and a straight?
Flush
Rumen Radev is the current president, and Galab Donev the Prime Minister of which European Country?
Bulgaria
Which Emperor was responsible for the building of the Colosseum?
Vespasian
Which still politically influential private members club was the
headquarters of the Conservative party before the creation of
Conservative Central Office?
The Carlton Club
By what name is the shrub Syringa Vulgaris more commonly known?
Lilac
Which French Marxist philosopher murdered his wife in 1980 and was
found guilty of murder by insanity and so confined to an asylum until his
death in 1990?
Louis Althusser
Which former Chief News Correspondent for the BBC until their
retirement in 2003 now shares presenting duties with Pasquale Harmer on
the BBC Radio 4 programme From Our Own Correspondent?
Kate Adie
Between 1895 and 1898, who was the first person to make a singlehanded navigation around the world in their boat Spray?
Joshua Slocum
Wilfred Bigelow was a Canadian surgeon who was a main contributor to
the development of which benefit to cardiology patients?
Pacemaker
What is the world’s biggest freshwater lake, by surface area?
Lake Superior
Which entertainer and civil rights activist was the last person to be
awarded a symbolic funeral in the Panthéon in Paris in 2022?
Josephine Baker
The 13th Wedding Anniversary is usually gifted by what material signifying
the intertwining of lives?
Lace
Which Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera features eight ghosts all with the
surname Murgatroyd?
Ruddigore
The RIBA Stirling Prize for Architecture 2022 was awarded to the new
library at which Cambridge college?
Magdalene College
Many quizzers know that P H Newby won the first Booker Prize in 1969 for
Something to Answer For. Name any of the other five authors who were
on the shortlist with Newby.
Barry ENGLAND,
Nicholas MOSLEY, Iris
MURDOCH, Muriel
SPARK and Gordon
WILLIAMS
What is the name of the scenic limestone escarpment that runs from the
Ironbridge gorge to Craven Arms in Shropshire?
Wenlock Edge
What is the largest species of edible flatfish, with the current rod–caught
record of 459lbs?
Halibut
Which was the last team to win the Football League Division One before it
became the FA Premiership?
Leeds United
In Heraldry, what six-letter word refers to the formal description of a coat
of arms, using technical heraldic language
Blazon
“Deny thy father and refuse thy name”, follows which famous line of Shakespeare’s?
Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?
Which actor has announced that they will be leaving their role of Charlie
Fairhead in the BBC drama series Casualty, having been in Episode 1 back
in 1986?
Derek Thompson
According to legend, what remained in the box opened by Pandora?
Hope
On a standard match-play dartboard, what number is directly opposite to
19?
1
Which famous composer died on 3rd April 1897, less than a year after the
death of his lifelong friend and patron, Clara Schumann?
Johannes Brahms
What relation was King Charles II to James II?
Brother
In 1964, the Yellowjacks (also sometimes known as the Daffodil Patrol)
evolved into what well-known and much-admired entity?
Red Arrows
Often beloved by crossword compilers as it is a ‘useful’ word, to which
family of fish does the alewife belong?
Herring
The role is often nicknamed the Senior Law Lord. The current President of
the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is Lord Reed of Allermuir, who
took office in 2020. Who immediately preceded him in this role?
Baroness Hale
In Scandinavian and German mythology, Fafnir was a creature eventually
killed by Sigurd (or Sigmund) - what sort of creature was it?
Dragon
In 2022, two African countries joined the Commonwealth, despite having
no formal ties to the United Kingdom. Name either?
Togo and Gabon
Which English landowner and arts patron wrote the libretto for the Handel
oratorio, The Messiah?
Charles Jennens
Which snooker player lost five consecutive World Championship finals
between 1990 and 1994?
Jimmy White
What is the name of the company that runs the horse bloodstock auctions
at Newmarket, the largest in Europe?
Tattersall’s
Prior to Boris Johnson in May 2021 who had been the last British prime minister to
marry while in office?
Lord Liverpool
Which publication consisting entirely of adverts was founded in 1868 by William Cox?
Since 2009 it no longer appears in printed format but continues online.
Exchange and Mart
in a career spanning over 60 years who received 12 Academy Award nominations,
more than any other male actor?
Jack Nicholson
Old Man’s Beard and Traveller’s Joy are alternative names for which common garden
plant?
Clematis
The Great Famine also known as the Irish Potato Famine, a period of mass starvation
and emigration in the history of Ireland took place during which decade of the 1800s?
1840s
Queen Victoria used her middle name when she came to the throne, what was her
first name?
Alexandrina
What brand name was introduced by British Rail in 1966 for its long-haul express
passenger services?
Intercity
‘The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power’ is a 1991 article written by American
investigative journalist Richard Behar that is highly critical of which organization that
has been described as a cult, business or new religious movement?
Scientology
Which sunscreen company takes its name from a mountain on the Austrian-Swiss
border where chemist Franz Greiter was inspired to concoct the original product after
getting sunburnt?
Piz Buin
In 2010 an explosion on which offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico caused 11 fatalities
and the largest maritime oil spill in history?
Deepwater Horizon
Which brand name now owned by Dutch multinational company AkzoNobel sponsors
the ‘Shed of the Year’ competition in the UK?
Cuprinol
Dutch multinational company that owns Dulux and other paints and performance coatings like Cuprinol
AkzoNobel
What two words connect a range of soft sculptured dolls sold by Xavier Holland and a
nickname for Twickenham stadium?
Cabbage Patch
Which was the first song from a James Bond film to win the Academy Award for Best
Original Song?
Skyfall (by Adele)
What connects Postman Pat, the comic book series Sabrina the Teenage Witch and a
2003 rock opera album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse?
Greendale (setting for all of them)
At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 who became the first Briton to win four medals at the
same summer Olympic Games?
Duncan Scott (1 gold, 3 bronze, swimming)
Infiniti is the luxury vehicle division of which car maker?
Nissan
Which Welsh town, designated a new town in 1949, has a name that translates into
English as ‘valley of the crow’?
Cwmbran
Wally Fawkes, a Canadian born British jazz clarinetist and cartoonist drew cartoons
under what pen name? His most famous creation was the ‘Flook’ comic strip that ran
in the Daily Mail from 1949 to 1984.
Trog
Which English east coast resort town is the site of the most easterly horse racing
course in Great Britain?
Great Yarmouth
Which town is home to BAE Systems Submarines that has produced the vast majority
of the Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines?
Barrow
Which company, one of the oldest surviving sports brands and usually associated with
other sports, made the Challenge 4-Star, the official match ball for the 1966 FIFA
World Cup?
Slazenger
Which French porcelain manufacturer opened in 1756 and has been owned by the
French crown or government since 1759? It is often marked with two blue painted
interlaced ‘L’s.
Sevres
Which director, the son of David Bowie, directed the films ‘Moon’ 2009, ‘Warcraft’
2016 and ‘Mute’ 2018?
David Jones
Who was the last US president not to complete a degree and graduate from college?
Harry Truman
The C-47 Skytrain, a military transport aircraft widely used by Allied forces during
World War II, was given what name by the RAF and Commonwealth air-forces?
Dakota
In which decade was the Walt Disney Company originally founded by brothers Walt
and Roy Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio?
1920s (1923)
Who was the only astronaut to go to the Moon twice without landing on it?
Jim Lovell
Two gulfs form a ‘V’ shape at the north end of the Red Sea, the gulf to the west of
Sinai is the Gulf of Suez, what is the name of the gulf to the east of Sinai?
Gulf of Aqaba
In which Midlands cathedral city can you visit the Samuel Johnson birthplace Museum
and Erasmus Darwin house?
Lichfield
Which American vocal group, formed in the 1950s and part of the Motown sound,
maintained all four original members until the end of the 1990s when Lawrence
Payton died of liver cancer? The sole original member still living is Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir.
The Four Tops
Which American company founded by Ron Popeil became a byword for non-essential
gadgets such as the ‘Inside-the-egg-scrambler’, ‘Chop-o-matic’, ‘Smokeless Ashtray’,
‘Hair-in-a-can’, the ‘Record Vacuum’ and the ‘Buttoneer’?
Ronco
Which Irish born British mechanic and inventor is noted for his role in the
development of the modern agricultural tractor? He was the first person in Ireland to
build and fly his own aircraft and he developed the first four-wheel drive Formula 1
racing car.
Henry Ferguson
Which actor’s television roles have included parts in ‘The Sweeney’, ‘Kavanagh QC’, ‘A
Year In Provence’ and the comedy ‘Home To Roost’?
John Thaw
In writing and typography what word is given to two or more letters that are joined as
a single glyph?
Ligature
Starting with the fall of a military junta in 1974 and including the transitional period to
democracy after legislative elections, the ‘Metapolitefsi’ is a period of history of which
European country?
Greece
Built in 1946 by A & J Inglis in Glasgow and now used for excursions around the British
coast, what is the name of the last seagoing, passenger carrying paddle steamer in the
world?
PS Waverley
What was the name of the society osteopath who was charged with living off immoral
earnings during the Prefumo Affair?
Stephen Ward
The Triple Entente of the early 1900s was an understanding between the United
Kingdom, France and which other country?
Russia
British designer Wayne Hemmingway, the co-founder of ‘Red or Dead’, is the son of
which Canadian Mohawk professional wrestler active from 1953 to 1977?
Billy Two Rivers
What name is missing from a child born on July 5 2023 - Frank Alfred ________ Johnson
Odysseus
What is width of Olympics swimming pool in metres?
25m
Westgate and Kirkgate are railway stations in which Yorkshire city?
Wakefield
What is the name of the pub in Hollyoaks?
The Dog in the Pond
Which word completes the title of this hymn by Charles Wesley “O for a Thousand _______ to Sing”?
Tongues
Who is the new owner of Wigan Athletic? Owns part of Wigan Warriors rugby league and founded datamonitor in 1990.
Mike Danson
Which butterfly whose first specimens in the UK were collected in 1832 is named after a World Heritage Site in Dorset?
Lulworth Skipper
Who was PM at end of Crimean War?
Viscount Palmerston (1855-58, 1859-65)
Who was PM at start of Crimean War?
Earl of Aberdeen (1852-55)
Henry Searle won the 2023 Boys singles title at Wimbledon. In 2008, who was last british winner of girls singles?
Laura Robson
What is the name of Miss Marple’s nephew?
Raymond West
Hercule Poirot policeman name
James Japp
Mystery novelist and friend of Hercule Poirot said to be a caricture of Christie herself
Mrs Ariadne Oliver
Cumbria County Council was replaced in April 2023 by two unitary authorities. One is Cumberland Council. Which word is missing from the other Westmorland and _________ Council?
Furness
RRS Sir David Attenborough was built at which English shipyard?
Cammell Laird in Birkenhead
RRS ships stands for what?
Royal Research Ship
Which two countries have won the Copa America the most times with 15 each as of 2023?
Argentina and Uruguay
Which two countries have yet to win the Copa America as of 2023?
Ecuador and Venezuela
Who plays the title character, Queen Georgiana, in the 2023 TV sitcom Queen of Oz?
Catherine Tate
In 1973, who wrote the book A Coast to Coast Walk?
Alfred Wainwright
Which English post-punk band are abbreviated as PiL
Public Image Limited
The city of Murmansk lies on Kola Bay, an inlet of which sea?
Barents Sea
Published in 1915, The Thirty-Nine Steps was the first novel to feature Richard Hannay. Which was the second published the following year?
Greenmantle
Published in 1915, The Thirty-Nine Steps was the first novel to feature Richard Hannay. Which was the third published the four years on after the second book Greenmantle too?
Mr Standfast
Which single by Vanessa Paradis reached #3 in UK and #1 in France in 1987?
Joe Le Taxi
In which town does Westmorland and Furness Council meet?
Kendal
Which Italian word that means “all” or “together” is used as a musical term for the whole orchestra as opposed to the soloist?
Tutti
In the Heat of the Night is a 1969 mystery drama film based on the life of which Philadelphia police detective?
Virgil Tibbs
Which chemical compound has the formula Al(OH)3?
Aluminium Hydroxide
British name for which butterfly originates from the discovery of two species in an area of South London in 1748?
Camberwell Beauty
Who was PM at the accession of Queen Victoria?
Viscount Melbourne
Winners of which event at Wimbledon win The Duchess of Kent Challenge Cup?
Ladies Doubles
Which country withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003 - they applied to rejoin (not yet successfully) in 2018?
Zimbabwe
Who was the star of the 2022 TV drama series The Tourist?
Jamie Dornan
Who was Langworthy Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester from 1907 to 1919?
Ernest Rutherford
Which Cammell Laird built Type 42 (Sheffield-class) destroyer was sunk by Argentine aircraft on May 25 1982?
HMS Coventry
Two golfers have each won the USPGA Championship five times, one is Walter Hagen and the other is who?
Jack Nicklaus
In which year was Queen Camilla born?
1947
Queen Camilla’s great grandmother is Alice Keppel who was which monarch’s mistress?
Edward VII
How many obstacles does an athlete have to clear in a 3000m steeplechase race?
35 (28 fixed and 7 water jumps)
How many jumps in total at the Grand National?
30 (16 fences but two are skipped for second lap, The Chair and the Water Jump)
How many hurdles are jump during a 110m/400m hurdles?
10
Interchange and Forster Square are railway stations in which Yorkshire city?
Bradford
Catherine’s Bar is a regular feature in the twelve series of which TV comedy drama?
Death in Paradise
Which word completes the title of this hymn by William Henry Draper “All ______ of Our God and King”?
Creatures
Which actor played “Genial” Harry Grout in Porridge and Maester Aemon in Game of Thrones?
Peter Vaughan
Which trio with family names Yarrow, Stookey and Travers were Leaving on a Jet Plane in 1969?
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter and Wolf what instrument is the duck?
Oboe
Peter and the Wolf what instrument is the bird?
Flute
In Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, what instrument in the Wolf?
French Horns
Pierre Trudeau was PM of Canada between 1968-1979 and 1980-84 but which Prime Minister was in between his stints in power?
Joe Clark
What is the surname of the brothers John, a TV and radio presenter and
author, and David, a well known actor?
Suchet
Which British sportswear brand makes Aston Villa, Newcastle and Wolves football shirts?
Castore
Which Italian sportswear brand makes Crystal Palace and Notts Forest football shirts?
Macron
Which Danish sportswear brand makes Everton and Southampton football shirts? From German word for bumblebee.
Hummel
2023/24 season only one premier league football team have shirts made by Puma, which one?
Man City
Which English sportswear makes the football shirts for Bournemouth, Brentford and West Ham in 2023/24 season?
Umbro
Which Premier League side has been sponsored by Cazoo since 2022?
Aston Villa
Which car vehicle market site has been the sponsor for Scottish Premier League and for Crystal Palace since 2022?
Cinch
International tech company HQ in Goppingen, Germany have been sponsor of Manchester United since 2021?
TeamViewer
Hong Kong based insurance and finance company has been official shirt partner of Tottenham since 2019
AIA
The majority of the Peak District National Park is in Derbyshire, but it
stretches into Greater Manchester, West and Soutb Yorkshire and two
other counties. Name either of the other two?
Cheshire and Staffordshire
The system used to aid cricket umpires has which three letter
abbreviation?
DRS Decision Review System
Traditionally, in which month of the year is the Monte Carlo Rally held? Held first in 1911.
January
Who is the Greek muse of eloquence and epic poetry? Her name also appears in the lyrics of a Bruce Springsteen song
Calliope
Port wine comes from grapes grown in which Portuguese valley?
Douro
What was the name of the two headed llama in the Dr Doolittle books and
film?
Pushmi Pullyu
When he played his 532nd senior game for St Helens RLFC earlier this
season, which player set a new appearance record for the club?
James Roby
What 2010 movie is sequel to 2000 Meet the Parents and 2004 film Meet the Fokkers
Little Fokkers
In 2022 the Swedish company Viaplay acquired which UK pay per view
sports channel?
Premier Sports
Which Canadian writer coined the term “Global Village” in the 1960s and coined the expression “the medium is the message”?
Marshall McLuhan
Which colliery was the last deep coal mine in the Lancashire coalfield,
closing in 1993?
Parkside
In Latin grammar, how many distinct cases are there, including Nominative
and Accusative?
There are 6 distinct cases in Latin: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative, and Vocative
Which small town close to Balmoral hosts a Highland Games every September, usually attended by the Royal Family?
Braemar
The majority of the Yorkshire Dales National Park is in North Yorkshire, but
it stretches into two other counties. Name either of the other two.
Lancashire and Cumbria
The eighth doctor appeared in just one TV programme, a one off Dr Who
TV movie in 1996. Who portrayed the doctor in that programme?
Paul McGann
Video decisions in the Premier League are passed to the VAR. What three letter abbreviation is used for the video ref in Rugby Union matches?
TMO (Television Match Official)
In 1001 Arabian NIghts, how many voyages does Sinbad the Sailor make? He is shipwrecked on all of them.
Seven
Dacia is now a subsidiary of which French company?
Renault
Traditionally, in which month of the year does the Tour de France take place?
July
The wines Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume come from grapes grown in which French river valley?
Loire
Which Hitchhikers character had two heads and three arms?
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Leigh new name and old name
Leigh Centurions > Leigh Leopards now
Two stations were built in Kent to serve the Eurostar trains, but at present
neither is in use. Name either.
Ebbsfleet and Ashford
Under what name has the BT Sports TV Channel been rebranded?
TNT Sport
Approval has been granted for a deep coal mine to be called Woodhouse Colliery to be sunk near which town in Cumbria?
Whitehaven
British band XTC was formed in which Wiltshire town?
Swindon
In Latin grammar, there are three moods, indicative, subjunctive and which
other?
Imperative
Also known as the Europa Canal, but more usually after the two rivers it connects, which canal completed in 1993 flows through Bavaria to allow ships to travel from the North Sea to the Black Sea? The name of either of those two rivers is acceptable.
Main-Danube Canal
For many years, Marje Proops was the agony aunt in which daily
newspaper?
Daily Mirror
What generic name is given to the house that the widowed mother of a landowner would move into after her husband has died and her son takes over the main house?
Dower House
2023 Richard Osman 4th book in the Thursday Murder Club series
The Last Devil to Die
The capitate, lunate and trapezoid bones are found in which part of the body?
Wrists
What 6 letter Sanskrit word meaning “instrument of thought” denotes a
word or sound repeated to aid concentration when meditating?
Mantra
What full name is shared by the character played by the young actor David Bradley in the film “Kes” and the American Golfer who won the US Open in 1959 and 1966 and the Masters in 1970?
Billy Casper
Did Mary Ever Visit Brighton Beach? Is a mnemonic designed to remember
the order of what?
Order of Nobility
Best known for his 9th Symphony in E Minor, that has a more familiar title,
which composer, born in Bohemia, also composed the operas, Alfred,
Rusalka and Armida?
Antonin Dvorak
What 6 letter word meaning “one that knows or examines” in Ancient Greek, is used for the part of a sundial that shows the time via the position of its shadow?
Gnomon
The classic albums Hotel California, Songs in the Key of Life and Wings at the Speed of Sound were all released in UK in which year?
1976
EFL teams Cardiff City and Barrow FC share what nickname?
The Bluebirds
In relation to malfunctioning computers what word does the letter B
represent in the acronym BSoD?
Blue Screen of Death
Known now for their high profile ceremonial duties which is the oldest
continually serving regiment in the British Army?
Coldstream Guards
What full name is shared by the singer who has had Top Ten hits with,”Leave a light on” and “Just you and I” and the performer who appears as
the fictional comic character, Jonathan Pie?
Tom Walker
What is the name of the arms, usually carrying pulley blocks, which can be
used across the side or stern of a ship to raise or lower a lifeboat?
Davits
What was the name of the 50ft tall futuristic, cigar shaped structure that was constructed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, it is also the name of an observation tower used to view Niagara Falls?
Skylon
The popular films “Tootsie”, “Blade Runner” and “An Officer and a Gentleman” were all released in the UK in which year?
1982
Historically, the containers, acerra, alabastrum, aryballos and pouncet box where all designed to hold what type of substance?
Perfumes/scented powders
Name either of the 2 regiments in the British Army that comprise the Household Cavalry?
Life Guards and the Blues & Royals
Also known as wool fat which sticky purified wax obtained from sheep wool is widely used in the making of soap and cosmetics?
Lanolin
In a 1990s tv comedy series what was the name of the siblings Frogmella and Spud-U-Lika?
Slob (Children of Wayne and Waynetta)
Over a period of over 40 years which company produced the perfumes, Alliage, Beautiful, Pleasures and Youth Dew?
Estee Lauder
Which creatures from Scots mythology are half human and half seal with the ability to shapeshift between the two?
Selkie
Foxton in Leicestershire, Galton Valley in Smethwick and Stoke Bruerne in
Northampton all have museums dedicated to which form of transport?
Canals
Tony Blair, actress Tilda Swinton and the fictional character James Bond all
studied at which Edinburgh school?
Fettes College
2023 book ‘The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece’ is humorous novel written by which major movie star?
Tom Hanks
Filling the post for over 20 years who was the longest serving leader of the
British Labour Party?
Clement Attlee
Amongst the 32 Boroughs of London what is geographically unique about
the borough Richmond Upon Thames?
Only one with land on both sides of the Thames
The opening of the Millennium Ribble Link in 2002 meant that which canal, on which construction began in 1794, waterway network?
Lancaster Canal
Which plant yields a fruit represented by Homer as producing in those who
ate it a state of dreamy forgetfulness and loss of desire to return home?
Lotus
Since it’s formation who has been the leader of the Lib Dems for the longest period, filling the post for over 11 years?
Paddy Ashdown
The books Murder Before Evensong and A Death in the Parish are written by Richard Coles and features which main character an amateur ecclesiastical detective?
Canon Daniel Clement
Which small creature of the subclass Hirudnea has a scientific name, Hirudo Medicinalis, which reflects its area of usefulness historically?
European Medicinal Leech
From the French for rascal which word, much used in the Biggles novels, was used as slang for German soldiers during both World Wars?
Boche
Much in the news this year in a period of industrial action, Mick Whelan is the Secretary General of which British Trade Union?
ASLEF (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen)
Which southern French city is the capital of the region of Occitaine which was created in 2016 when the existing regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrenees were amalgamated?
Toulouse
The Garrison in the New Forest National Park is the only surviving theatre
that was run by which body, set up in 1939, to provide entertainment for
the Forces during World War II?
ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association)
In reality, second cousins rather than siblings, which English music hall duo had the first names Kenneth and George. Songs include We’re Frightfully BBC and Keeping Up the Old Traditions.
The Western Brothers
Anglo-Italian conductor, composer and light orchestra-styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature, his single tracks included “The Song from Moulin Rouge”, which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1953, the first instrumental track ever to do so; Cara Mia number one in 1954.
Mantovani
What name is given to the smaller and more slender version of the insect
the dragonfly?
Damselfly
Viewed by many as a highlight of Glastonbury 2023, Rick Astley and Stockport band Blossoms performed the songs of which iconic
British band?
The Smiths
From the German for “defence force” what name was given to the German forces between 1921 and 1945?
Wehrmacht
Which city is the capital of the French region of Grand Est which was created in 2016 from the amalgamation of the 3 existing regions, Alsace,
Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine?
Strasbourg
In 1928 which military commander, who had often been criticised for his leadership and decision making, was given a State funeral at Westminster Abbey?
Douglas Haig
No Plan Like Yours To Study History Wisely, is a mnemonic designed to
remember the order of what?
British Ruling Houses
In golf, primarily in the USA, what name is given to a second try after your first shot has gone wrong, either through a blunder or bad luck?
Mulligan
1980s TV adverts what 2 word phrase did Paul Hogan use to describe Fosters lager?
Amber Nectar
Mostly Slow and Late was a nickname, based on its initials, of the unpopular railway line which connected Manchester, Sheffield and where?
Lincoln
American author of The Sot-Weed Factor (1960), Giles Goat-Boy (1966) and Chimera (1972)?
John Barth
Smallest and least populated of five main islands of Japan?
Okinawa
In which sport did June Croft win Olympic silver in 1980 and Olympic bronze in 1984 representing GB plus seven medals including three gold for England in Commonwealth Games?
Swimming
First name of the inventor of Braille?
Louis
Smallest square number greater than 1000?
32 squared = 1024
William Wordsworth was born in which town?
Cockermouth
Four dots in Morse Code
H
