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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
Which country has internet code .mg?
Madagascar
Who founded Matalan in Preston in 1985?
John Hargreaves
Who played Rita Skeeter in the Harry Potter films?
Miranda Richardson
Play Betrayal by Harold Pinter was inspired by his seven year affair in the 1960s with which BBC TV presenter?
Joan Bakewell
Whose arrangement, Fantasia on British Sea Songs, written to mark centenary of Battle of Trafalgar is feature of Last Night of the Proms?
Henry Wood
A Romance of Exmoor is subtitle of which 1869 novel?
Lorna Doone (RD Blackmore)
Merle is the French word for which common bird?
Blackbird
How is musician Clive Powell born in Leigh in 1943 known professionally? the only British music act to have achieved three UK No. 1 hits with his only top 10 chart entries: “Yeh, Yeh” in 1964, “Get Away” in 1966 and “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde” in 1967.
Georgie Fame
Astley Bridge, Great Lever and Kearsley are council wards in which town?
Bolton
Which mammal is the logo of the Leicester based clothing brand Wolsey?
Fox
Bran Stark actor
Isaac Hempstead Wright
Which character in an 1891 novel is arrested for murder at Stonehenge?
Tess (Durbeyfield)
On which radio station does Sara Cox present between 4pm and 7pm on weekdays?
Radio 2
Named after the village/commune in Picardy, France, where it is located, what is the name of the war memorial for casualties at Battle of the Somme designed by Edwin Lutyens?
Thiepval Memorial to Missing of the Somme
2023 Tour de France started in which city?
Bilbao
Which numeral in Morse Code is represented by five dashes?
Zero
Complete the name of this Scottish football club: ______ Morton.
Greenock
What was the name of the British Mars lander that landed in 2003 but then sent no data to Earth?
Beagle 2
In which city was King George II born?
Hanover
Bloomfield, Norbreck and Waterloo are council wards in which town?
Blackpool
Which 1930 film directed by Josef von Sternberg starring Marlene Dietrich was the first feature-length German sound film?
The Blue Angel
Which medical soap opera is set in the West Midlands town of Lethbridge?
Doctors
The 14 mile trail from Carisbrooke to the Needles on the Isle of Wight is named after which poet?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Which is the largest island wholly of Indonesia (New Guinea and Borneo are shared)?
Sumatra
What is the nickname of St Helens born darts player Michael Smith?
Bully Boy
From which club did Liverpool FC sign Kevin Keegan from in 1971?
Scunthorpe
Harry Enfield’s Kevin the Teenager character had what surname?
Patterson
Which boxer is on the cover of the Wings album “Band on the Run”?
John Conteh
Who is currently the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool?
Malcolm McMahon
The North Coast 500 is a route that goes round the coast of Scotland starting and ending in Inverness. If you are doing it clockwise, you first
reach the North Coast of Scotland at which small town?
Durness
After her marriages to fellow tennis player John Lloyd and skier Andy Mill, which golfer was Chris Evert’s third husband?
Greg Norman
Which school, renowned for producing many sporting internationals, is based at Street in Somerset?
Millfield
What is the name of the motorway interchange where the M6, M56 and A50 meet?
Lymm
What was the name of the sheriff in Mel Brooks film “Blazing Saddles” played by the stage and TV actor Cleavon Little?
Sheriff Bart
Which grape is the main grape used in the making of red rioja wines?
Tempranillo
Which virus in the herpes family causes glandular fever?
Epstein-Barr
Dating back to the 1960s, which Italian dessert consists of sweetened
cream and gelatine set in moulds, often with other flavourings added?
Pannacotta
Which four letter name is given to the juice produced after the fruit
(usually grapes) has been crushed?
Must
There were three poets mostly associated with the Liverpool Poets group
of the 1960s. One was Roger McGough. Name either of the others.
Brian Patten and Adrian Henri
Which Commonwealth country celebrates its national day on the 1st of
July?
Canada
Which city s walls have gates called Northgate, Bridgegate, Eastgate and
Watergate?
Chester
Which boxer appeared on the cover of the Beatles “Sgt Pepper” album?
Sonny Liston
If you are doing the North Coast 500 clockwise, you first reach the West
Coast of Scotland at which peninsula with a village of the same name, and
probably via the Bealach na Ba pass which rises to 600 metres?
Applecross
Which renowned girls boarding and day school is based in Brighton?
Roedean
Which Venetian character in commedia dell’arte productions is a greedy old man, whose name has come to describe an article of clothing?
Pantaloon
Which river is formed by the confluence of the Rivers Swale and Ure?
(Yorkshire) Ouse
In 2023, who replaced Sarah Hunter as captain of which England national rugby union side?
Marlie Packer
Which Ukrainian city did the Wagner Group claim to have captured in May
2023?
Bakhmut
Gene Wilder’s character in Mel Brooks film “Young Frankenstein”, insisted that his name should be pronounced in what way?
Fronk-en-steen
What grape is used to make all Chablis wine?
Chardonnay
Mentioned earlier, Gold Coast is the sixth biggest city in Australia. Its
population overtook that of which New South Wales city in 2007, a city
with the largest coal exporting harbour in the world and home to the
Knights NRL team?
Newcastle
In brewing and distilling, what four letter name is given to the result of heating malted grains in hot water?
Mash
Which European country celebrates its national day on the 21st of July to
mark the anniversary of the accession of its first King in 1831?
Belgium
Which novelist, who also wrote under the name Barbara Vine, became a Labour Life Peer in 1997?
Ruth Rendell
In which European country is a mobile telephone referred to as a handy ?
Germany
Which city s walls have gates called Walmgate Bar, Monk Bar, Bootham Bar
and Micklegate Bar?
York
The first album to top the UK albums chart was Frank Sinatra s Songs For
Swingin Lovers in 1956. Who was the arranger on the album, who also
arranged for Nat King Cole and won an Oscar for his work on The Great
Gatsby ?
Nelson Riddle
In the Bible what sort of insects did John the Baptist eat to survive in the
desert?
Locusts
Which French military leader and Supreme Allied Commander said of the
Treaty of Verseilles, “this is not peace, it is an armistice for 20 years”?
Ferdinand Foch
Mahe is the largest island of which Island group?
Seychelles
In which TV police series, which ran from 2003 to 2007, did Peter Davison play the character “Dangerous” Davies, and comedian Sean Hughes play his best friend Mod.
The Last Detective
With a mean diameter of 530 kilometres what is the brightest asteroid as seen from Earth, it was orbited by the Dawn spacecraft in 2011?
Vesta
Which town, which bills itself as “the home of the railways”, is home to the Brick Train a sculpture by David Mach which is made up of 185,000 local bricks?
Darlington
Jazz musicians Bix Beiderbecke, King Oliver and Bobby Hackett all specialised in playing which instrument?
Cornet
Which family of birds are often given the nickname sea swallow because they are so graceful in flight?
Terns
Which comedian, born Charles Olsen in Wigan in 1905 and best known for his work on radio, took his stage name from that of a golfer he admired
who had won the 1912 British Open and the 1920 U.S. Open?
Ted Ray
Edmund, son of Ethelred the Unready, who briefly succeeded his father as
king in 1016, is usually known by which nickname?
Edmund Ironside
Under Scottish law what word precedes the word homicide to describe the
offence we know in the rest of the UK as manslaughter?
Culpable
What surname is shared by the man who won the 1983 BDO World Darts Championship and the English conceptual artist who won the 2004 Turner Prize, his works include “Battle of Orgreave” and “It is what it is”?
Deller (Keith and Jeremy)
Which minor prophet gives his name to the shortest book in the Bible?
Obadiah
Which English King was defeated and captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141?
King Stephen
Which American serial killer, nicknamed The Killer Clown, was executed in 1994 for the murders of 33 men and young boys who were then buried under his house?
John Wayne Gacy
Which Scottish Football League team, promoted at the end of the 2022-23 season, play at Dens Park?
Dundee FC
Stomatology is the branch of medicine concerned with which part of the body?
Mouth
What was the stage name of the singer born Christopher Hamill in Wigan in
1958, who was the lead singer of a group who had 1 Number 1 single plus top 20 singles “ooh to be ah” and “hang on now”?
Limahl (of Kajagoogoo)
As part of his quest for the Golden Fleece Jason was tasked with sowing the
teeth of which mythical animal in a field, the teeth immediately growing
into an army of fearsome warriors?
Dragon
In 1942 a British Commando force, later nicknamed The Cockleshell
Heroes, conducted Operation Franckton, a raid on German shipping in the
harbour of which French city?
Bordeaux
The Joshua Tree, used as the name for a U2 album, belongs to which genus
of shrubs and trees often used as ornamental plants in gardens and as
indoor pot plants?
Yucca
Which village, a major development in urban planning, was founded on the
banks of the Clyde 25 miles south-east of Glasgow in 1786, it was funded
by David Dale to house workers from his mills?
New Lanark
What slang name is given to the area of Los Angeles known officially as Central City East that is home to up to 15,000 homeless people, the name has been adopted for similar depressed areas in cities worldwide?
Skid Row
Which woman who died in June 2023 at the age of 93 became the SNP’s first female MP at Westminster when she won the 1967 Hamilton byelection?
Winnie Ewing
In 1944 during Exercise Tiger, the Allies preparation for D Day, over 900
American troops were killed by a surprise German E boat attack off which
Devon beach?
Slapton Sands
Which model village was built near York at the beginning of the 20th century by Joseph Rowntree to provide low rent housing not just for employees from his chocolate factory but for the general public?
New Earswick
Which man, at the time Minister of Sport, was appointed Minister for Drought during the long hot spell in 1976?
Dennis Howell
British industrial dispute involving trade union recognition at the namesake Film Processing Laboratories in Chapter Road, Dollis Hill in the London suburb of Willesden, that led to a two-year strike between 1976 and 1978?
Grunwick Dispute
Which British economist, involved in the Treaty of Verseilles resigned when he saw the terms, saying later, “If we aim at the impoverishment of Central Europe, vengeance, I dare predict, will not limp ?
John Maynard Keynes
Which singer who died in May 2023, was born with the surname Fredericks in London in 1950, and had 2 Top Twenty UK hits in the 1970s with, “Its in his kiss” and “Rock a doodle do”?
Linda Lewis
Following its intro in 1946 which clothing item was declared sinful by vatican city?
Bikini
In the UK, gifts made from which material should be given to mark a 5th
wedding anniversary?
Wood
What surname is shared by the first winner of the PDC World Darts Championship in 1994 and the novelist and playwright who wrote the novel, “The Magicians” and the play “Dangerous Corner”?
Priestley (Dennis and JB)
Which tall plant, Anthriscus Silvestre, with white flowers and finely cut leaves, is common to British meadows and hedgerows and is sometimes called Queen Anne’s Lace and Wild Chervil?
Cow Parsley
TAROM is the flag carrier and oldest airline of which European country?
Romania
Which head of the German navy briefly succeeded Hitler as President of
Germany before he was sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Nuremburg
trials?
Karl Doenitz
What was the better known surname of the American serial killer born Theodore Cowell, sometimes referred to as the Campus Killer who was executed in 1989 for the murder of over 30 women?
Ted Bundy
Actor Martin Shaw played the title character in which police TV series set in the North East in the 1960’s, Lee Ingleby played his assistant Sergeant Bacchus?
Inspector George Gently
Radio 6 presenter Tom Ravenscroft is the son of which former DJ?
John Peel
The 1st director of the Royal College of Music is best remembered in the name of which reference work?
Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Which healing technique derives its name from the japanese for “universal life energy”?
Reiki
Cockburn John Charles Academy is in the Belle Isle area of which English city?
Leeds
Pluviose, the fifth month of the French Republic calendar, was in which season?
Winter
Which cricket team won the 2023 Indian Premier League?
Chennai Super Kings
In the IPL, on 16th September, 2022 Anil Kumble was also replaced by who as head coach of Punjab Kings?
Trevor Bayliss
In the IPL, who replaced Tom Moody as head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad in November 2022?
Brian Lara
Which South African cricketer holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper, with 532 catches and 555 total dismissals? He is currently head coach of Mumbai Indians in the IPL.
Mark Boucher
Which ex-England coach, Zimbabwean cricketer is head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL?
Andy Flower
Cricket’s Pakistan Super League: what is the name of the team based in the capital and largest city of Balochistan province?
Quetta Gladiators
Cricket’s Pakistan Super League: what is the name of the team based in the nation’s capital?
Islamabad United
Cricket’s Pakistan Super League: what is the name of the team based in the capital of Sindh Province?
Karachi Kings
Cricket’s Pakistan Super League: what is the name of the team based in the capital of Punjab Province? The team comes from Sufism where it is used as a title for some Sufis who are considered especially spiritual. The team plays at the Gaddafi Stadium and have won the last two league titles.
Lahore Qalandars
Cricket’s Pakistan Super League: what team is based in the city in Punjab, Pakistan, located on the bank of Chenab River? Rhyming name nearly.
Multan Sultans
Cricket’s Pakistan Super League: which team is based in the capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province? The team’s name comes from a Pashto language word meaning youth.
Peshawar Zalmi
Who is the only captain to have won the World T20 Cup twice? St Lucian born currently serving as West Indies limited overs team coach and also coach of Peshawar Zalmi.
Daren Sammy
Which English cricketer was struck in testicles three times playing for the Perth Scorchers in 2020? He was part of the winning 2022 T20 World Cup squad and made Test debut for England on 1 December 2022 against Pakistan.
Liam Livingstone
English cricketer nicknamed The Sultan of Bigitude, part of 2022 world cup winning squad in June 2022 against ODI Netherlands became the third English player to score a century in all three formats after Heather Knight and Jos Buttler, took maiden ODI wicket too becoming only and first English player to have scored century and got wicket in all three formats?
Dawid Malan
English cricketer plays for Lancashire, part of team to win 2022 ICC T20 World Cup, scored first ODI century vs Netherlands in December 2022 only one of three centurions alongside Dawid Malan and Jos Buttler. Playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL.
Phil Salt
What is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka? Prior to civil war, it was Sri Lanka’s second most populous city after Colombo. In the Lanka Premier League, the cricket team Kings play here.
Jaffna
What is the capital city of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka? The fort in the city is a WH Site. One of most picturesque cricket stadiums at which the team Titans play in the Lanka Premier League.
Galle
What is the name of the Lanka Premier League team based in the capital city of the Central Province of Sri Lanka? It was the last capital of the ancient kings’ era of Sri Lanka.
B-Love Kandy
What is the name of the Lanka Premier League team based in the capital city of the Western Province of Sri Lanka? Most populous city of Sri Lanka.
Colombo Strikers
What is the name of the Jamaican Caribbean Premier League cricket team? Managed by Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the name derives from a Jamaican patois word for fearless and strong.
Jamaica Tallawahs
Sharing its name with an IPL team, what is the name of the Caribbean Premier League cricket team based out of Port of Spain?
Trinbago Knight Riders
What is the name of the Caribbean Premier League team based out of St Kitts and Nevis?
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
Name of the Caribbean Premier League team based out of Providence, Georgetown?
Guyana Amazon Warriors
What is the name of the Caribbean Premier League team based out of Barbados? Rakheem Cornwall plays for them as does Jason Holder.
Barbados Royals
What is the real first name of Ruby Walsh?
Rupert
In 1886, which US president married Frances Folsom in the White House, the only time that a President married there?
Grover Cleveland
Which is the town referred to in the title of the recent BBC drama series Steeltown Murders?
Port Talbot
In 1820, who became the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he held until his death in 1834?
Thomas Telford
Which word that starts with L completes the title of the executive agency of the Ministry of Defence, the Defence Science and Technology __________?
Laboratory
In Shakespeare’s Hamlet who kills Hamlet in a sword fight?
Laertes
Who was the first Ethiopian to win an Olympic Gold medal when he won the Marathon at the 1960 Games running barefoot? Also won Gold at 1964 Tokyo.
Abebe Bikila
In 1934, which surrealist painted The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft which can be used as a table?
Salvador Dali
Give a year in the life of Adolphe Sax.
1814-94
Ruby Walsh rode which horse to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2007 and 2009, the first horse to regain the cup after finishing second in 2008, together with record five wins in the King George VI Chase?
Kauto StarWhat
What is the title of the recent BBC drama series about British citizens who moved to Australia after WW2?
Ten Pound Poms
The Matabeleland Tuskers and the Mashonaland Eagles are first class cricket teams in which country?
Zimbabwe
The Logan Cup is the premier domestic first class cricket competition in which country? Named after a founding father of a neighbouring country.
Zimbabwe
The Plunket Shield is the premier domestic first class cricket company in which country?
New Zealand
What is the name of the domestic first class cricket league/trophy for Australia?
Sheffield Shield
Also known as Whit Sunday, which Christian festival falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter?
Pentecost
Which multinational retail clothing company owned by the Brenninkmeijer family was founded by two brothers in 1841 - it closed its last UK stores in 2001?
C&A
Who scored three goals when Blackpool FC won the 1953 FA Cup Final?
Stan Mortensen
Who was leader of the 1953 Everest Expedition?
John Hunt
Which Lancashire born contralto died in October 1953 aged 41?
Kathleen Ferrier
On which date was Elizabeth II coronation in 1953?
June 2nd
On which date was charles iii coronation in 2023?
May 6th
Cartoon Network show “The Grim Adventures of ____ & _____” about boy and girl who after winning a limbo game to save a hamster befriend the Grim Reaper, who are blanks?
Billy & Mandy
Rebecca Sugar created which animated show for cartoon network, making them the first non-binary person to launch a show? A young boy and his crystal gems, named Garnet (Estelle), Amethyst (Michaela Dietz), and Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall).
Steven Universe
Who plays Charlie Spring in Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper? Schoolboy who falls in love with Nick Nelson played by Kit Connor.
Joe Locke
Who plays Elle Argent in Heartstopper? Set to join cast of Doctor Who in 2023.
Yasmin Finney
Who has been cast as Ruby Sunday, a companion of Ncuti Gatwa’s 15th reincarnation of Doctor Who?
Millie Gibson
American animated television series created by Mr. Warburton for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a diverse group of five 10-year-old children who operate from a high-tech treehouse, fighting against adult and teen tyranny with advanced 2×4 technology.
Codename: Kids Next Door
Canadian animated television series created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis that premiered on Cartoon Network (formerly Teletoon) in Canada on July 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the U.S. on June 5, 2008. The series is both a homage and satire of common conventions from reality television competition shows like Survivor.
Total Drama
What is the name of Blossom (Pink), Bubbles (Blue) and Buttercup (Green)’s father and creator in Powerpuff Girls?
Professor Utonium
A giant, flying, fire-breathing, prehistoric turtle, a form of Kaiju in Japanese films
Gamera
Kaiju (monsters), superheros (like Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Metal Hero) and Mecha (big robots like Giant Robo and Super Robot Red Baron) are all subgenres of which Japanese term literally meaning “special photography” and term for all heavy special effects film and TV?
Tokusatsu
a mad scientist anthropomorphic chimpanzee with great intelligence, who speaks with a Japanese accent in an overly exaggerated and repetitive manner, main villain of Powerpuff Girls
Mojo Jojo
In Dexter’s Laboratory, who is Dexter’s archnemesis, also boy genius who has secret lab, is in love with Dexter’s sister Dee Dee too?
MANDARK Astronomonov
In which month is the Last Night of the Proms held at the Royal Albert Hall?
September
Tall tree with scientific name Pseudotsuga menziesii, arguably the tallest in Britain at 66m?
Douglas Fir
Tall tree with scientific name Pinus sylvestris, tall one found at Cragside in Northumberland may be tallest in England
Scots Pine
Tallest tree in world is Hyperion, what type of tree?
Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
Largest tree by volume is the General Sherman and is found in California, what type of tree?
Giant Sequoia
Tree native to Indian subcontinent, Ficus benghalensis, could be broadest in world?
Banyan
Eucalyptus microtheca, endemic to Northern Australia, is hugely broad tree, the tree named Monkira Monster is second “broadest” in world. Known by what name in Australia this species?
Coolibah
A tree in species Pinus Longaeva found in Inyo County, California known as Methuselah is 4,855 years old. What type of tree, looking for two word name?
Bristlecone Pine
Russian geographer born in 1839 and renowned explorer of Central and East Asia, has a juniper tree named after him, wild horses, gazelles. Urban legend that Joseph Stalin was illegitimate child of this man.
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Jaguar Land Rover currently produce two ranges of vehicles at their Halewood plant in Merseyside. Name either.
RANGE ROVER EVOQUE or DISCOVERY SPORT
Only three clubs were both founder members of the Football League in
1888 and founder members of the Premier League in 1992. One is Everton,
name either of the other two teams.
Aston Villa and Blackburn
In terms of area, which is the third largest US State after Alaska and Texas?
California
Fourth least populated US States in reverse order
47th: North Dakota
48th: Alaska
49th: Vermont
50th: Wyoming
Capital of Guam
Hagatna
Which 81 year old singer songwriter released his fifteenth studio album “Seven Psalms” in May 2023?
Paul Simon
Name for betting on three consecutive numbers in a horizontal line on roulette?
Street
Bet on two vertically/horizontally adjacent numbers term in roulette
Split
Roulette system: progression betting strategy like the martingale but does not require the gambler to risk their stake as quickly with dramatic double-ups. The namesake System involves using a series of numbers in a line to determine the bet amount, following a win or a loss.
Labouchere System
Roulette betting system. It is based on a mathematical equilibrium theory devised by a French mathematician of the same name. Like the martingale, this system is mainly applied to the even-money outside bets, and is favored by players who want to keep the amount of their bets and losses to a minimum. The betting progression is very simple: After each loss, one unit is added to the next bet, and after each win, one unit is deducted from the next bet.
D’Alembert System
Who presents the TV show: Little Trains and Big Names where they meet other famous faces who share passion for miniature railways?
Pete Waterman
American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett for Netflix. The series centers on students based on Kroll and Goldberg’s upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictionalized younger self
Big Mouth
The Great Amazon Heist stars which prankster?
Oobah Butler
Rwandan and Belgian racing driver and television presenter. She was born in Belgium. 2022 Sky presenter and now presents Bangers: Mad for Cars alongside Tinie Tempah on C4.
Naomi SchiffWho has won every season of
Who has won every season of W Series of motor racing so far? British woman.
Jamie Chadwick
In April 2017, he was critically injured in a collision at Donington Park that resulted in both of his legs having to be amputated, one below and the other above the knee. Now pundit, won SPOTY Helen Rollason Award in 2018.
Billy Monger
Name of 2023 tv series where Steve Coogan plays Jimmy Saville?
The Reckoning
British dark comedy television series created by Martin Freeman, Chris Addison and Simon Blackwell. The series follows two parents who struggle with parenthood and is partially based on Freeman’s own experiences.
Breeders
Swedish electric car company bought by Volvo in 2015, vehicles produced in China home to Volvo’s parent company Geely.
Polestar
Who wrote 1940 debut novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter?
Carson McCullers
2017 novel Home Fire is by which Pakistani British writer?
Kamila Shamsie
The 2018 Womens Prize for Fiction winner Home Fire was Kamila Shamsie’s reimagining of which Sophocles play in a modern setting?
Antigone
Dutch pop and jazz singer Active since 2007, she rose to prominence in 2009 with debut single, “Back It Up”. Follow-up single “A Night Like This” topped charts in the Netherlands. Albums include #1 in UK The Shocking Miss ______.
Caro Emerald
Ethan James Barnett what stage name? Self titled album in 2019. Brother of George Ezra. Second album “Dancing, Alone” out in 2023.
Ten Tonnes
American-born British-American, French horn player. She is a member of the Berlin Philharmonic, and is a presenter of TV and online programs about classical music. Co-created an album called “Mozart y Mambo” with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra.
Sarah Willis
Born 1880 Geneva, moved to America - compositions - in particular the Suite hébraïque for viola and orchestra, Baal Shem for violin and piano (later orcestrated) and Schelomo for cello and orchestra - often reflect his Jewish heritage
Ernest Bloch
Spanish and Puerto Rican cellist, composer, and conductor. He made many recordings throughout his career of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, including some as conductor, but he is perhaps best remembered for the recordings he made of the Cello Suites by Bach. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy (though the ceremony was presided over by Lyndon B. Johnson).
Pablo Casals
Isata (26), Braimah (25), Konya (22), Jeneba (20), Aminata (17) and Mariatu (13) are members of which musical family?
Kanneh-Mason (including Sheku)
an abstract strategy board game for two players designed by Eric Solomon in 1977. The game is “based on the eternal conflict in the universe between order and chaos
Entropy
The name of the game borrows the obsolete German word meaning misdeed or bad action, a strategy board game, invented by Werner Schöppner and published by Ravensburger since 1960?
Malefiz
Family of two-player turn-based strategy board games played with small stones, beans, or seeds and rows of holes or pits in the earth, a board or other playing surface. The word comes from tool noun derived from an Arabic word meaning “to move”.
Mancala
German game and toy company, publishing house and market leader in the European jigsaw puzzle market. Name derived from the Upper Swabian town found in Baden-Wurttemberg.
Ravensburger
Borg and Camilleri are the two most common surnames in which European
country?
Malta
Meaning “one who lives in the valley”, which is most common surname in Austria?
Gruber
Derivation of a first name, what is most common surname in Belgium?
Peeters
Most common surname in Bulgaria?
Ivanov
Most common surname of Croatia and second most common in Slovenia, derived from ethnic name for a Croat
Horvat
Most common surname of Czech people comes from new man/woman
Novak/Novakova
Most common surname in Denmark, second is Jensen
Nielsen
Most common surname in France
Martin
Hungarian word for Smith occupational name is which second most common in the country?
Kovacs
Most common surname in Italy
Rossi
Most common surname in Netherlands and means The Young?
De Jong
Most common Norwegian surname
Hansen
Most common Polish surname
Nowak
Most common Portuguese surname
Silva
Most common surname in Spain
Garcia
What’s most common surname in Turkey?
Yilmaz
tradtional vegetable season in uk runs from st georges day to summer solstice
Asparagus
The Equator passes through only one country in Oceania, although only on
water rather than over land. Which island country is this?
Kiribati
Which American senator was a primary architect of the Good Friday
Agreement, signed in Belfast in 1998?
George Mitchell
Fieldfares and redwings, which migrate to Britain for the winter, are both
members of which family of birds?
Thrushes
An extract from which cantata was used as the music for television adverts
for Old Spice aftershave in the 1970s?
Carmina Burana
Superbowl MVP for first two Superbowls was who?
Bart Starr
In which month does the Lord Mayor’s Parade take place through the streets of London?
November
Which LA Rams wide receiver won the 2022 Superbowl MVP
Cooper Kupp
Which New England Patriots wide receiver won the 2019 Superbowl MVP
Julian Edelman
Which Philadelphia Eagles QB won the 2018 Superbowl MVP?
Nick Foles
Which Denver Broncos linebacker won the 2016 Superbowl MVP?
Von Miller
Which San Francisco 49ers QB won three Superbowl MVPs, second only to Tom Brady’s 5?
Joe Montana
Which Pittsburgh Steelers two Superbowl MVPs joint 3rd with Bart Starr, Eli Manning and Patrick Mahomes?
Terry Bradshaw
Who won two NBA MVP awards with St Louis Hawks including the very first one 1955-56 and 1958-59?
Bob Pettit
Which NBA player has the most MVP awards with 6? Second with 5 is Bill Russell and Michael Jordan.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Which Denver Nuggets center won 2021 and 2022 NBA MVP award?
Nikola Jokic
Which Philadelphia 76ers centre won 2023 NBA MVP award?
Joel Embiid
Giannis Antetokounmpo won the 2019 and 2020 NBA MVP award as a Power Forward, who was the last Power Forward to win doing so in 2007 for the Dallas Mavericks?
Dirk Nowitzki
New York Yankees outfielder who won 2022 American League MVP?
Aaron Judge
LA Angels pitcher and designated hitter won the 2021 American League MVP?
Shohei Ohtani
Cuban born first baseman who won the 2020 American League MVP while playing for Chicago White Sox and now for Houston Astros?
Jose Abreu
Los Angeles outfielder who won the 2014, 2016 and 2019 American League MVP?
Mike Trout
Boston Red Sox outfielder who won the 2018 American League MVP, he became the first player in MLB history to win the Most Valuable Player, Silver Slugger, Gold Glove, batting title, and World Series all in the same season. Outside of baseball, is also a professional ten-pin bowler for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He bowled a perfect game in the World Series of Bowling in 2017.
Mookie Betts
Nicknamed Miggy, which Detroit Tigers third baseman won the 2012 and 2013 American League MVP award?
Miguel Cabrera
Which baseball outfielder won the National League MVP awards in both 2015 with Washington Nationals and 2021 with Philadelphia Phillies?
Bryce Harper
Nicknamed the Machine, which Domicican born baseball player won the 2005, 2008 and 2009 National League MVP awards while playing for St Louis Cardinals?
Albert Pujols
The World Series MVP Award was renamed in honour of which baseball player known for “The Catch” in the 1954 World Series?
Willie Mays
Which Dominican shortstop won the 2022 World Series MVP award while playing for the winning side Houston Astros?
Jeremy Pena
Which Cuban right fielder and designated hitter won the 2021 World Series MVP award while playing for the winning side Atlanta Braves?
Jorge Soler
Which Canadian centre won the Hart Memorial Trophy for NHL MVP in 2023, 2021 and 2017 while playing for Edmonton Oilers?
Connor McDavid
6 time winner of NHL MVP playing for Detroit Red Wings in 50s and 60s?
Gordie Howe
3rd in list of all-time MVP wins, which Canadian defenceman was MVP for NHL four times in the 1930s?
Eddie Shore
Who holds the record for most points and assists in a single season by a defenceman, he won a record eight consecutive Norris Trophies as the NHL’s best defenceman and three consecutive Hart Trophies as the league’s most valuable player (MVP) in 1970/71/72 playing for Boston Bruins?
Bobby Orr
Which Canadian centre won 3 NHL MVP awards in 1973, 1975 and 1976 while playing for Philadelphia Flyers?
Bobby Clarke
Which Canadian centre nicknamed The Magnificent One won three NHL MVPs for Pittsburgh Penguins in 1988, 1993 and 1996?
Mario Lemieux
Which Russian left winger won three MVP NHL awards in 2008, 2009 and 2013 while playing for Washington Capitals?
Alexander Ovechkin
Canelo Alvarez signed a 365 million USD contract with which organisation in 2018 to hold rights to his fights over next five years?
DAZN
Karim Benzema signed two year contract 2023-25 for which Saudi club?
Al-Ittihad
Cincinnati Bengals QB signed a $275m contract for 2024-29?
Joe Burrow
Los Angeles Chargers QB signed a $262.5m contract for 2024-29?
Justin Herbert
Baltimore Ravens QB signed a $260m contract 5 years (2023–2027)?
Lamar Jackson
Which Philadelphia Eagles QB signed a $255m 5 years (2023–2027) contract?
Jalen Hurts
Which Denver Broncos QB signed a $242,588,236 five year contract in 2022?
Russell Wilson
Which Arizona Cardinals QB signed a $230m 5 year contract in 2022?
Kyler Murray
Which Cleveland Browns QB signed a $230m 5 year contract in 2022? Previously had a contract with Houston Texans but after sexual misconduct charges transferred to Browns.
Deshaun Watson
Which Boston Celtics player signed the most expensive basketball contract as of 2023 for 5 years 2024-29?
Jaylen Brown
Which third baseman and shortstop for San Diego Padres signed an 11 year contract in 2023 for $350m?
Manny Machado
Which Puerto Rican shortstop for New York Mets signed an 10 year contract in 2022 for $341m?
Francisco Lindor
Nicknamed Nino or Bebo, which Dominican shortstop and right fielder signed a $340m contract in 2021 for 14 years for San Diego Padres?
Fernando Tatis Jr.
In Canada, passenger rail services are run by Via Rail, but most rail traffic in the country is freight traffic, mostly run by two companies. One is Canadian National. Which is the other, which built the first cross country track in the
1880s?
Canadian Pacific
Who is directing November 2023 film The Marvels? Previously directed Little Woods 2018, Candyman 2021.
Nia DaCosta
Which director has collaborated with Ryan Reynolds by directing Free Guy (2021), The Adam Project (2022), and the upcoming Deadpool 3 (2024)? Perhaps best known as the director of the Night at the Museum film franchise and primary producer of the Netflix series Stranger Things.
Shawn Levy
Olga Kurylenko played which character in 2021 film Black Widow and set to reprise character in 2024 Thunderbolts?
Taskmaster
2024 Captain America film will have what subtitle shared with a 20th century classic novel?
Brave New World
The oldest tree in the UK is at least 2000 years old, and may even be twice that age. Located in a churchyard in Fortingall in Perthshire, what type of tree is it?
Fortingall Yew
2023 American crime thriller film starring Benicio Del Toro as Tom Nicholls and Will Grady by Justin Timberlake?
Reptile
Wes Anderson short film released on Netflix in 2023 with Benedict Cumberbatch as title character?
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
David Grann, known for Killers of the Flower Moon, also did which book then made into a film with Charlie Hunnam as Percy Fawcett?
The Lost City of Z
April 2023 David Grann book about a namesake mutiny which took place after the ship’s wreckage in 1741?
The Wager
David Grann’s 2018 book The White Darkness centres on the exhibitions of which explorer and British Army officer who died in 2016 Chile after attempting a first solo and unaided crossing of the Antarctic?
Henry Worsley
Formerly the BBC’s Middle East correspondent and editor for over 25 years, which Welsh born journalist was appointed BBC News International Editor in 2022?
Jeremy Bowen
Vauxhall’s plant at Ellesmere Port effectively produces one range of vehicles. The Opel/Vauxhall Combo is rebadged for three other motor manufacturers. Name any one of these
Citreon (Berlingo), Peugeot (Rifter) or FIAT (Doblo)
Multinational automotive corporation formed from merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the PSA Group (Peugeot, Citreon, DS, Opel, Vauxhall). This company includes Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Dodge, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, RAM.
Stellantis
What was the name of the park ranger in the Yogi Bear Cartoon?
Ranger Smith
The Rugby Football Union introduced a league system for the 1987-88 season. Three of the original twelve clubs have been ever present in the top division. One is Bath, name either of the others.
Gloucester and Leicester
Golda Meir, who was Prime Minister of Israel between 1969 and 1974, was
born in the Russian Empire in a city which is now the capital of a European
country. Which city?
Kiev
Only three darts players from outside the UK have been PDC World champion. Who, in 2003, was the first?
John Part (also Raymond van Barneveld and Michael van Gerwen)
Which British poet retold 24 tales from Ovid’s Metamorpheses in his award winning 1997 collection “Tales from Ovid”?
Ted Hughes
After California and Texas, which US State has the third highest population
with about 22 million inhabitants?
Florida
The Trappist movement was constituted as a separate religious order in 1892, but can date their formation to over three hundred years earlier. They branched off from which monastic order?
Cistercians
Which 77 year old Irish performer released his 44th studio album “Moving On Skiffle” in March 2023?
Van Morrison
In a Yankee bet, a punter would bet on four horses. Including doubles etc,
how many individual bets are made as part of a Yankee?
11
Peeters (pron PAY-TERS) and Janssens (pron YAN-SENS) are the two most
common surnames in which European country?
Belgium
The season for which vegetable foodstuff runs from the end of December
until the end of March, which is when the variety grown outside becomes
more readily available?
Rhubard
The Equator passes through two Asian countries. One is Indonesia. Which is
the other, although the Equator lies only on water rather than over land?
Maldives
who was the Irish Taoiseach at the time of
the Good Friday Agreement?
Bertie Ahern
Which is the only British falcon to spend the British winters south of the Sahara Desert?
Hobby
An extract from which suite by J S Bach was used for the music in television adverts for Hamlet Cigars from the 1960s onwards?
Air on the G String
Lagavulin, Bowmore and Ardbeg are Scotch whiskies produced on which
Hebridean island?
Islay
How many teats does a cow’s udder have?
Four
The entertainer George Logan, who died in May 2023, was best known for his portrayal of which character?
Dr Evadne Hinge (of Hinge and Bracket)
Patrick Fyffe played which character opposite George Logan as the other half of the double act?
Dame Hilda Bracket (as Hinge and Bracket)
Which English darts player has been the losing finalist without ever winning the most times at PDC World Darts Championship? Three times include 1999, 2002, 2006, losing all three to Phil Taylor.
Peter Manley
Which German born French actress won the 1960 Best Actress Oscar for playing Alice Aisgill in the film, Room at the Top?
Simone Signoret
Which car manufacturer produced the models Ascona and Manta,
production of both beginning in 1970?
Opel
What was the name of the dog in Enid Blyton’s series of books featuring the Secret Seven?
Scamper
In the sitcom Dad’s Army what was the name of the air raid warden played by Bill Pertwee?
Hodges
The estuary of the Mawdach river, which drains much of Snowdonia, is crossed by which bridge named for the town to which it connects, it’s the longest timber railway viaduct in Wales?
Barmouth Bridge
What colour are the mature berries of the juniper tree?
Purple/Black
Sancho Panza rode Dapple the Donkey, who did Don Quixote ride?
Rocinante
According to the Book of Proverbs, the price of a virtuous woman is far above what?
Rubies
What common name is given to Aster Novi-Belgii a plant that blooms around a Saint’s day the 29th September?
Michaelmas Daisy (New York Aster)
Duke of Monmouth rebelled against James II in 1685, his father was Charles II but who was his mother?
Lucy Walter
Which North Yorkshire town, long associated with the brewing industry, was divided into two in December 2015 when its 18th century bridge collapsed during severe flooding?
Tadcaster
The Slavonic Dances are a series of 16 orchestral pieces written in the 1870s and 1880s by which composer?
Antonin Dvorak
“A Beautiful Noise” which opened on Broadway in 2022, is a stage musical based on the life and songs of which singer/songwriter?
Neil Diamond
2022 Olivier Award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Richard Hawley and a book by Chris Bush set on Park Hill Estate in Sheffield
Standing at the Sky’s Edge
Leo Di Caprio character name in Killers of the Flower Moon?
Ernest Burkhart
Robert DeNIro character name in Killers of the Flower Moon?
William King Hale
She made her film debut in Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2012), and went on to collaborate with filmmaker Kelly Reichardt in the independent films Certain Women (2016) and First Cow (2019). Mollie Burkhart in Flowers of the Killer Moon.
Lily Gladstone
Canadian actress of Cree and Métis heritage played Lizzie Q, Mollie Burkhart’s mother, in Killers of the Flower Moon?
Tantoo Cardinal
Which high ranking religious office in Shi’ite sect of Islam means sign or token of God?
Ayatollah
In 1931 at which location on the Cromarty Firth did over 1000 Royal Navy sailors mutiny after being told their pay was to be cut?
Invergordon Mutiny
What were the two mutinies that took place in 1797, one in Portsmouth and one on the Thames?
Spithead and The Nore
In betting terminology what name, that of a nationality, is given to a bet of
5 selections making up 26 separate bets?
Canadian (Super Yankee)
Name one of the 2 islands separated by the Windward Passage?
Cuba and Hispaniola
How many pounds were in the traditional Imperial measure, the
hundredweight?
112
Which iconic US actor has appeared in UK adverts for the bakers Warburtons promoting bagels and the Korean car company Kia for a car
that shares his name?
Robert de Niro
Which man who designed a number of notable religious buildings, including St Chad’s Cathedral in Birmingham is best remembered for his
design work in the 19th century rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament?
Augustus Pugin
Peasholm Park, a public park which is famous for its lake in which council staff recreate the Battle of the River Plate annually using model boats is found in which East Coast resort?
Scarborough
2022 Womens Wimbledon champion represents which country?
Kazakhstan
Which company, founded by Erroll Damelin and Jonty Hurwitz in 2007, was the UK’s biggest payday lender until it collapsed in 2018 following scrutiny by the Financial Conduct Authority?
Wonga
The library of The Literary and Philosophical Society, known as the Lit and Phil, the largest independent library outside London, is found in which Northern city?
Newcastle
In the Catholic church individuals with which title can conduct baptisms, weddings and funerals even though they are only in the last phase of
training for the priesthood?
Deacon
What name is shared by an April 1862 battle which was a victory for Ulysses S Grant’s Union forces and the ranch that featured in the 1960s
Western series, The Virginian?
Shiloh
In Greek myth who died in the arms of Aphrodite after being gored by a wild boar, his blood mixing with her tears and becoming the anenome?
Adonis
In April which man resigned as Chairman of the BBC after his failure to declare involvement in helping Boris Johnson to secure an £800,000 loan?
Richard Sharp
In the classic sitcom “Never the Twain” which actor played antique dealer Oliver Strawbridge, the rival of Simon Peel played by Donald Sinden?
Windsor Davies
Which hormones produced in the pituitary glands have analgesic qualities
and are responsible for positive moods?
Endorphins
Which Austrian born Swiss actor won the 1962 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in, ‘Judgement at Nuremburg’?
Maximillian Schell
Which man who designed a number of architectural features at Chatsworth
House in Derbyshire is best remembered for designing the Crystal Palace
for the 1851 Great Exhibition?
Joseph Paxton
Born 1422, He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books.
William Caxton
The Gutenberg Museum is one of the oldest museums of printing in the world, located opposite the cathedral in the old part of which German city, the city of birth of Johannes Gutenberg?
Mainz
In January 2018 which British construction and estates management company went into liquidation pushing many of its suppliers into
insolvency and costing the UK taxpayer up to £180 million?
Carillion
What specific measure of distance equates to 6076 feet?
Nautical Mile
What is the only services on the M6 Toll motorway?
Norton Canes
As of October 24th 2023, how much does it cost to use the entire M6 toll road at peak weekday prices for a car?
£8.20
How much is one-way on the Dartford Crossing as of October 24th 2023?
£2.50
As of October 2023, how much is the ULEZ charge?
£12.50
As of October 2023, how much is the London Congestion Charge if paid in advance or on the day?
£15
What name is given to the young of a beaver? The first one to be spotted in London over 400 years was sighted recently in September 2023.
Kit
In optics what measure (usually denoted by the letter f) of how strongly the system converges or diverges light, is the inverse of a system’s optical power?
Focal Length
In meteorology, what, also called a dry storm, is an observable streak or shaft of precipitation falling from a cloud that evaporates or sublimates before reaching the ground?
Virga
The Russian and The Pyrenean are the two species of which long snouted aquatic mammal in the mole family?
Desman
Discovered in October 2017 by Robert Weryk using the Pan-STARRS telescope. Which coma-less object, with a highly elongated body (with a longest-to-shortest axis ratio ~5:1) and a highly hyperbolic orbit was determined to be first discovered interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System?
Oumuamua
What was second interstellar object found in solar system?
2I/Borisov
What comet is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3.3 years? first recorded by Pierre Méchain on 17 January 1786 but known to be periodic when calculated by namesake astronomer. Designated 2P/______.
Encke’s Comet
What was the third comet known to be periodic? A German-Austrian astronomer confirmed its periodic nature from Czechia and was named after him. Said to have since disintegrated or split into two.
Biela’s Comet
American astronomer who in 1847 discovered comet named 1847 VI later named after her “Miss ________’s Comet”. Won gold medal from Christian VIII of Denmark in 1848. First internationally known woman to work as both a professional astronomer and a professor of astronomy after accepting a position at Vassar College in 1865. Nantucket Observatory and Aquarium named after her.
Maria Mitchell
British geologist and Anglican priest one of founders of geology, proposed Cambrian and Devonian period of geology at same time Roderick Murchison proposed Silurian period.
Adam Sedgwick
Born 1766, an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium. He also developed a way to process platinum ore into malleable ingots. Prize named after him.
William Hyde Wollaston
Who was the first winner of the Wollaston Medal in 1831? an English geologist, credited with creating the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country.
William Smith
Born 1790, an English obstetrician, geologist and palaeontologist. His attempts to reconstruct the structure and life of Iguanodon began the scientific study of dinosaurs: in 1822 he was responsible for the discovery (and the eventual identification) of the first fossil teeth, and later much of the skeleton, of Iguanodon? Won second Wollaston Medal.
Gideon Mantell
In evolutionary biology, what two word term is a theory that proposes that once a species appears in the fossil record, the population will become stable, showing little evolutionary change for most of its geological history? In 1972, Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould published landmark paper on theory and coined term.
Punctuated Equilibrium
What medal established in 1875 by Royal Netherlands Academy of Science in honour of famous Dutch microscopist is granted every ten years to someone in field of microbiology?
Leeuwenhoek Medal
The Leeuwenhoek Medal was awarded to a woman for the first time in 2023, which Australian scientist best known for the structure and functioning of microbial communities and the nature, properties and reactivity (especially crystal growth) of nanomaterials?
Jillian Banfield
Dutch microbiologist born in 1851 one of founders of virology and credited with discovering viruses calling them CONTAGIUM VIVUM FLUIDUM, won Leeuwenhoek Medal in 1905.
Martinus Beijerinck
Australian born but Scottish scientist who won 1915 Leeuwenhoek Medal. In 1887 discovered namesake virus__ella the cause of Malta Fever. Also discovered protozoan parasite known as Trypanosoma _____i, the cause of animal trypansomiasis which is the sleeping sickness spread by the tsetse fly.
David Bruce
Who is is an American paleoclimatologist and marine geologist and the Co-Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School? Was first female winner of Wollaston Medal for Geology in 2014 for work heavily in climate change and global and sea warming.
Maureen Raymo
Which professor of geophysics at the University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences became another female winner of Wollaston Medal in 2023 for various aspects of geomagnetism and her leadership roles within the geophysics community?
Kathryn Whaler
Born 1683, British natural philosopher, clergyman, engineer and freemason who was elected to the Royal Society in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton. As a Freemason, he was instrumental in the success of the first Grand Lodge in London in the early 1720s and served as its third Grand Master. Has won Copley Medal a record three times.
John Theophilius Desaguliers
Name the two female recipients of the Copley Medal, won in 1976 and 2021 respectively.
Dorothy Hodgkin and Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Which English dyer and astronomer who was the first to systematically experiment with electrical conduction was the winner of the first two Copley Medals? Until his work in 1729 the emphasis had been on the simple generation of static charges and investigations of the static phenomena (electric shocks, plasma glows, etc.). He showed that electricity can be conducted through metals and that it appeared on the surfaces of insulators.
Stephen Gray
Which astronomer won the 2023 Copley Medal?
Martin Rees
A massive pumpkin in the USA broke the world record for the heaviest gourd. This pumpkin is named after which sports personality?
Michael Jordan
The Chinese victory at the Battle of Chamdo in 1950 resulted in the annexation of what Asian region?
Tibet
Named by Rolling Stone in 2016 as the greatest drummer of all time, John Bonham was the drummer of what rock band?
Led Zeppelin
In Greek myth, the all-male tribe known as Gargareans mate with which other tribe to keep their tribes reproductive? Female children are kept by this tribe while males are given to the Gargareans.
Amazons
Sean Rad, Justin Mateen and Whitney Wolfe founded what online dating application that is used by 75 million users monthly in 2020?
Tinder
In service since 2011, what two-word name is given to Israel’s air defence system that is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells?
Iron Dome
Which British barrister was tasked to draw the borders for India and Pakistan in 1947? His efforts resulted in 14 million people fleeing across the proposed border when they discovered they were displaced in the “wrong” country.
Cyril Radcliffe
What namesake line forms the afghanistan pakistan border? Named after anglo indian diplomat.
Durand Line
What is the named line between China and India or more specifically Tibet and India?
McMahon Line
Which US technology company headquartered in Dallas was responsible for producing the world’s first transistor radio? This company was also involved in the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958.
Texas Instruments
The coat of arms of which European country is also informally known as sahovnica (chessboard) as it has 13 red and 12 white fields?
Croatia
Of the eight countries that the prime meridian is passing through, what is the largest?
Algeria
Kelly McGillis portrayed flight instructor Charlotte Blackwood in the 1986 film Top Gun. What was the character’s callsign?
Charlie
OMAD is a type of intermittent fasting that restricts a person’s calorie consumption during a certain window of time. What does OMAD stand for?
One Meal A Day
Russian author Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev was best known for writing the novel Petersburg. He is better known by what pen name?
Andrei Bely
Which fictional stereotype of a British suburban male “chav” first appeared as the “voice of da yoof” on Channel 4’s The 11 O’Clock Show in 1998?
Ali G
Which rugby player was dropped from the England squad for the 2004 Autumn internationals after he failed to turn up to an England training camp due to a previously arranged commitment to appear on A Question of Sport?
Matt Dawson
Which item of sporting equipment, traditionally made of persimmon but more recently titanium or carbon fibre, has a legal maximum volume of 460 cubic centimetres?
Wood in Golf
Which British motor car manufacturer is based in Malvern and produces 850 cars per year, all assembled by hand?
Morgan
Which role was played by Clark Gable in Gone With The Wind?
Rhett Butler
Which footballer made his first team debut for Melchester Rovers in 1954 against Elbury Wanderers and scored twice in a 3–3 draw?
Roy Race
Which brand of instant coffee, a concentrated syrup which is flavoured with coffee and chicory, was first produced in 1876 at the request of The Gordon Highlanders in India, but is now generally found in the baking aisle?
Camp Coffee
The Andes are the longest continental mountain range in the world; which is the northernmost country which includes part of the range?
Venezuela
Which British TV sitcom has as its theme tune the Bob Dylan song “This Wheel’s on Fire”, performed variously by Adrian Edmondson, Marianne Faithfull and Debbie Harry?
Absolutely Fabulous
The boa constrictor is a very rare instance of an animal having the same English common name and scientific binomial. Which is the only other vertebrate animal, now extinct, which shares this trait?
Tyrannosaurus Rex
What is meant by the placename element in Welsh town names Caer, as in Caerphilly for example?
Castle
Which infantry regiment was formed in 2007 by combining the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, The Light Infantry and the Royal Green Jackets?
The Rifles
If Argentina are the Pumas, Chile the Condors, Australia the Wallabies, and South Africa the Springboks, how are the Portuguese national rugby team known?
Os Lobos - the wolves
Unusually for the country which consumes more fish per capita than other in Europe, cod is rarely consumed fresh in Portugal, where dried and salted cod has become an iconic ingredient; what is the Portuguese word for cod?
Bacalhau
The events leading to the independence of Brazil in 1822 were triggered by the invasion of Portugal in 1807 by which country?
France
What name is given to port wine which is matured in small oak barrels for several years, giving it (according to The Wine Society) smooth, silky texture and subtle oak nuances, with sweet nutty flavours on the palate?
Tawny
Which tourist region of Portugal takes its name from the Arabic meaning west of Andalucia?
The Algarve
Which Portuguese hot sauce based on red chillies, sweet peppers, and lemon juice takes its name from the Ronga word for pepper from Southern Mozambique, where Portuguese explorers first produced it?
Peri Peri
Which World Heritage Site is a 16th-century fortification that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon?
Torre de Belem (or The Tower of St Vincent)
Developed by the RNLI in the 1960s, the acronym RIB is a lightweight boat constructed with air tubes that are inflated to a high pressure. What does the R in the acronym stand for?
Rigid (rigid-hulled inflatable boat)
Middlewich, Nantwich, Northwich and Droitwich are known as the “Domesday Wiches” due to their mention in the Domesday Book of 1086; they were economically important for the production of which commodity?
Salt
The international cricket stadium at Sylhet is in which country?
Bangladesh
In 2022 West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper resigned as an MP to take up a
role as Chair of which body?
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
In which German city is the prevalent beer style called altbier, not because it is old but because it is brewed in the old style of top fermentation? It
looks a bit like Newcastle Brown but has a taste more akin to lager.
Dusseldorf
Which is the lightest of the halogens with an atomic number of nine?
Fluorine
In India, the rainy season is between June and September when the monsoon winds are coming from which two word direction?
South West
Nickname of Darth Vader, which Russian is a Russian oligarch and a government official, considered a close ally and “de facto deputy” of Vladimir Putin? Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in Vladimir Putin’s cabinet from 2008 to 2012. He is currently CEO and President of Rosneft.
Igor Sechin
Which World War 1 battle lasted for ten months in 1916 and resulted in 130,000 German deaths and 160,000 French deaths?
Battle of Verdun
Malin Head, on the Inishowen Peninsula, the northernmost point of the island of Ireland, is in which county?
Donegal
What name given to a cow’s stomach when it is eaten?>
Tripe
Edeka, Kaufland and Norma are retail chains in which country?
Germany
Which ITV franchise covered Wales and part of the West of England
between 1968 and 2002?
HTV (Harlech)
In July 2023, 62 new moons of which moon were announced which moved it to first in list of planets with most moons?
Saturn
Now working as an actor and a painter, which performer used to play the
character Vic Reeves?
Jim Moir
Which international sporting venue in England has the postcode NN12 8TN?
Silverstone
Loreen’s two Eurovision winning songs
Euphoria and Tattoo
Johnny Logan’s two Eurovision winning songs
1980 What’s Another Year and 1987 Hold Me Now
On top of Johnny Logan’s winning songs of Whats Another Year and Hold Me Now is which 1992 song he wrote for which winning act for Ireland?
Linda Martin’s Why Me
4 What is the demonym for an inhabitant of the Republic of Togo?
Togolese
Burkina Faso demonym
Burkinabe
Which writer and broadcaster, born in Whiston Hospital in 1961, is on the North of England team on Radio 4’s Round Britain Quiz?
Stuart Maconie
Which pre-war art and architectural movement took its name from the name of the Paris Exhibition of 1925?
Art Deco
The international cricket stadium at Kwekwe is in which country?
Zimbabwe
Who replaced Rosie Cooper as MP for West Lancashire after winning a by- election in 2023?
Ashley Dalton
Which German city is known for a beer style called Weisse (pron VICE-A),
which is usually cloudy and sour and often served with a shot of fruit
syrup?
Berlin
Which Labour MP replaced Chris Pincher as MP for Tamworth following the 19th October by-election? She defeated Andrew Cooper of the Conservatives and Ian Cooper of Reform.
Sarah Edwards
Which Labour MP replaced Nadine Dorries as MP for Mid Bedfordshire following the 19th October by-election? He defeated the Conservative candidate Festus Akinbusoye.
Alistair Strathern
Typhoons in the Pacific and hurricanes in the Atlantic can happen any time during the year, but the highest number occur during two consecutive months. Name either of these months.
August and September
Brow Head, the southernmost point of the island of Ireland, is in which county?
Cork
Which parts of the animal is used in the dish sweetbreads?
Thymus or Pancreas
Auchan and Système U are supermarket chains based in which country?
France
In 1993 which company took over the ITV franchise for the South of England from Television South, which had itself taken over from Southern Television eleven years earlier?
Meridian
Apart from cricket, which other team sport, has a playing position called third man, although this is normally only in the women’s game?
Lacrosse
In English grammar, the words Above, Across, Among, Beyond and Through
are all examples of which part of speech?
Prepositions
Formerly classed as an asteroid, which of the dwarf planets in the solar system is the nearest to the sun, taking just over four and a half years to complete its orbit?
Ceres
Who played Jim Hacker in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister?
Paul Eddington
Which famous English sporting venue has the postcode GL50 4SH?
Cheltenham Racecourse
Which of Shakespeare’s plays is a play within a play, starting with a drunken tinker called Christopher Sly who watches the actors perform?
The Taming of the Shrew
The Yorkshire town of Harrogate is famous for its displays of which type of
flower every spring?
Crocuses
Which performer, who died in 2023, created the character of Sandy Stone, described as a decent man from the suburbs?
Barry Humphries
In some versions of the story, which of the Knights of the Round Table is
the illegitimate son of King Arthur?
Mordred
Who is Lancelot’s son and who is the mother?
Galahad (born of Lancelot and Elaine)
At the recent Coronation, the Head of which of the churches in the British Isles presented the King with the Bible?
Church of Scotland
Which British singer finished eleventh in Eurovision in 1978 as a member of
the band Co-Co before winning it as a member of Bucks Fizz three years
later?
Cheryl Baker
What is the unusual location of Stott Hall Farm in West Yorkshire?
In between carriageways of M62
In whcih real life school was Tom Browns Schoolboys set?
Rugby
1st class stamps are now what colour in UK?
Purple
2nd class stamps are now what colour in UK?
Green
Who wrote Tom Browns Schooldays
Thomas Hughes
Born Norwich 1802, English social theorist often seen as the first female sociologist, she wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte?
Harriet Martineau
Born 1828, Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. _________, famous novels include “Miss Marjoribanks”, “Hester” and “The Library Window”?
Margaret Oliphant
His notable roles include Kingsley Shacklebolt in the Harry Potter film series, Captain Simon Katanga in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Clive King in the BBC medical drama Casualty, where he was one of the original cast members. He also played real-life Somali warlord Osman Ali Atto in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down.
George Harris
His only film role to date is that of Vincent Crabbe in six of the eight Harry Potter films. In 2012, he was imprisoned for two years for his participation in the 2011 England riots.
Jamie Waylett
Who played Dudley Dursley and also appeared in The Queen’s Gambit?
Harry Melling
English actor and former rugby union player who was body double for Hagrid in the Harry Potter films
Martin Bayfield
British-Brazilian actor who played Dean Thomas in Harry Potter and Wes Gibbins in How to Get Away with Murder?
Alfred Enoch
Who was Cornelius Fudge in Harry Potter and known more for Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small?
Robert Hardy
Which Oscar winner who won Best Actress for Darling in 1965 appeared in Prisoner of Azkaban as Madam Rosmerta?
Julie Christie
He is known for portraying George Dent in the news-gathering sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey, and Silas Blissett in Hollyoaks from December 2010 until 2012. Rawle returned to Hollyoaks in 2016, 2020 and 2022. He is also known for his role as Amos Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).
Jeff Rawle
Who played Olympe Maxime in Harry Potter? Starred as Miss Ruth Jones in Rising Damp.
Frances de la Tour
Who is the landlord of the house and lead of Rising Damp sitcom played by Leonard Rossiter?
Rupert Rigsby
Who played a likeable young medical student Alan Moore in Rising Damp?
Richard Beckinsale
Who played Philip Smith in Rising Damp? Also played Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in Death in Paradise.
Don Warrington
American-born British actress and theatre director, known for her appearances as Arabella Figg in the Harry Potter film series, Eedy Karn in the Disney+ Star Wars spinoff series Andor, and as the Three Witches in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth
Kathryn Hunter
He is the founder and artistic director of the Théâtre de Complicité, London. Appeared in Mission IMpossible Rogue Nation, Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows, The Last King of Scotland. Great Grandfather has a well known point for diagnosing appendicitis.
Simon McBurney
British actress and musician known for playing Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potters and the wilding Osha in Game of Thrones?
Natalia Tena
Chris Finch in The Office and Amycus Carrow in Harry Potters
Ralph Ineson
British actor, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler, played Fenrir Greyback in Harry Potters, made debut in Ritchie’s Snatch. Body found in 2014 in Death Valley by hikers died at 50.
Dave Legeno
Actor who played Vecna in Stranger Things and also Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter Deathly Hallows
Jamie Campbell Bower
She gained prominence through her roles as Romilda Vane in the Harry Potter films (2009–2011) and Ruby Button in the E4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2011–2018). As of 2019, she plays Triss Merigold in the Netflix adaptation of The Witcher.
Anna Shaffer
According to Irish legend who built the Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim?
Finn MacCool
Conan Doyle’s Hussar officer character in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
Brigadier Gerard
Give a year in life of Thomas Arne who wrote Rule Britannia
1710-1778
The 5th symphony of which composer was entitled The Reformation , he also composed the oratorios, Elijah and St Paul ?
Felix Mendelssohn
The Battle of the Denmark Strait in 1941 was an operation to sink the German battleship Bismark but resulted in the sinking of which ship, Britain’s last battle cruiser?
HMS Hood
In 1982 Charles Burton and which other adventurer completed a 3 year
trans-global expedition that traversed both of the poles?
Ranulph Fiennes
Which author created the characters, Axel Lindenbrock and Ned Land?
Jules Verne
Professor Pierre Aronnax, Conseil and Ned Land are characters in which famous novel?
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Captain Nemo appears in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and which other book published five years later in 1875?
The Mysterious Island
Cyrus Smith, Tom Ayrton and Captain Nemo are all characters in which Jules Verne novel?
The Mysterious Island
Which Icelandic volcano do Otto Lidenbrock and nephew Axel rappel into at start of Journey to the Center of the Earth?
Snaefellsjokull
Which Italian volcano does Professor Lidenbrock and Axel return from the centre of the Earth through in Journey to the ….?
Stromboli
Situated on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal what is the longest, deepest and highest canal tunnel in Britain?
Standedge Tunnel
Which composer wrote the score for 3 films of Shakespeare plays, Henry V Hamlet and Richard III as well as the music for the war films Battle of
Britain and The First of the Few ?
William Walton
What was the stage name of the actor and comedian born Joseph Levitch in 1926?
Jerry Lewis
Which American adventurer, who died in a plane crash in 2007, was the first person to complete a balloon circumnavigation of the Earth in his
balloon “Spirit of Freedom”?
Steve Fossett
Because of their suitability for astronomical observation 6 of the UK’s National Parks, including Exmoor and Snowdonia, have been granted IDSR status, what do the letters DS represent in that acronym?
International Dark Sky Reserve
Historically what trade was carried out by a webster?
Weaver
Jonny Wilkinson 2003 World Cup winning drop kick for England was scored in which city?
Telstra Stadium in Sydney
In historic occupations a postillion worked with which form of transport?
Coach
Which comic, which ran from 1958 to 2001, featured, Ballerina on a String , Robina Hood and most notably The 4 Marys ?
Bunty
In the sitcom Dinnerladies, which ran from 1998-2000, which actress who went on to star in the drama Shameless played canteen assistant Twinkle?
Maxine Peake
film credits include Nanny McPhee, Hilary and Jackie (playing Iris du Pré), and the 1997 film The Borrowers, in which she played Homily Clock. Other films include Bridget Jones’s Diary, Calendar Girls, Highlander, and as Fighter Pilot Bravo 5 in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
Celia Imrie
Cleeve Cloud is the highest point in which range of English hills?
Cotswolds (and of Gloucestershire)
Which anti-cyclonic storm is located 22 degrees south of Jupiter’s equator?
The Great Red Spot
In ancient Rome what name was given to the commoners who, as determined by the census, were not regarded as Patricians?
Plebians
Containing stir fried green peppers and green chillies which Indian curry translates into English from Bengali as stir fry?
Jalfrezi
Curry takes its name from the Urdu word for ‘fried,’ as the spices are fried in oil or ghee at high temperatures until they start coagulating into a paste.
Bhuna
Which curry name from urdu/persian for stewed in ghee?
Rogan Josh
Which actress, who died in January this year, played dressmaker Olive Woodhouse in Eastenders, but is possibly best remembered for her role as Sister Diana Murdoch in the 1958 film, Ice Cold in Alex ?
Sylvia Syms
What word completes the name of the invasive plant Heracleum mantegazzianum, the sap of which can cause human skin to become
sensitive to sunlight leading to blistering, Giant …………..?
Giant Hogweed
The multi sport venue Caja Magica, or Magic Box, in Madrid is mainly used as a venue for which sport?
Tennis
Yellowknife is the capital of which Canadian territory?
Northwest Territories
Whitehorse is the capital of which Canadian territory?
Yukon
Who was the author of the book which was adapted to The Unlikely Pilgramage of Harold Fry starring Jim Broadbent?
Rachel Joyce
During World War 2 the Gustav Line and the later Gothic Line where German defensive positions in which country?
Italy
At 179 metres what is the highest point of the ceremonial County of Merseyside?
Billinge Hill
Current President of Nigeria replacing Buhari in May 2023?
Bola Tinubu
Name one of the 2 rivers in the title of the canal, actually referred to as a navigation, that runs from Sowerby Bridge to Wakefield?
Calder and Hebble Navigation
Give a year in the life of painter Canaletto…
1697-1768
Paul and Pauline Calf and Tommy Saxondale where characters played on TV by which comedian and actor?
Steve Coogan
Which Irving Berlin song has been sung in at least 3 films, by Clark Gable, by Fred Astaire and as a duet by Gene Wilder and Frankenstein’s monster?
Putting on the Ritz
Which word completes the name of the river that flows through Edinburgh, ______ of Leith?
Water
Sense and Sensibility has oldest Elinor, middle sister Marianne and who is the youngest?
Margaret
Founder of EasyJet’s surname?
Haji-Ioannou
Which of the two inaugural members of Wigan RLFC Hall of Fame were born in Cardiff in 1934?
Billy Boston
Garuda is the mount of which Hindu god?
Vishnu
Test Cricket has been played in three of the UAE, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and which was first in 2002? Third most populous city of UAE after these two.
Sharjah
How is Paul Wickstead, known as Wicky, described in the title of a BBC TV sitcom?
Greg Davies
“A slag heap is at best a hideous thing, because it is so planless and functionless. It is something just dumped on the earth, like the emptying of a giant’s dust-bin”, taken from which 1937 book?
The Road to Wigan Pier
Which Roman Emperor ruled jointly with his father Marcus Aurelius and then solely until he was assassinated in 192AD?
Commodus
Who completed his Symphony No 8, also known as the Antarctic Symphony in 2001?
Peter Maxwell Davies
In The Archers, which Nigel died from a fall in 2011?
Pargetter
Which Z is a small round skull cap worn by clerics in Roman Catholic church, pope’s is whte?
Zucchetto
Which steeplechase was run at Bogside near Irvine from 1867 to 1965 when course closed and it moved to current venue the next year?
Scottish Grand National
Which industralist was the MP for the Wirral from 1906-09?
William Hesketh Lever
In Bible, who was first wife of Jacob, the older sister of his second wife?
Leah
In Bible, who was second wife of Jacob, the younger sister of his first wife?
Rachel
The Idle Working Men’s Club is in which English city?
BradfordWhich
Which explorer was killed on island of Mactan in the Philippines in 1521?
Ferdinand Magellan
Who took lead of around the world navigation when Magellan killed in 1521 and so oversaw first successful world navigation completion?
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Which future PM was MP for Bootle constituency between 1911 and 1918?
Andrew Bonar Law
In Bible, name either of the sons of Jacob with his second wife, Rachel?
Benjamin and Joseph
Philip Davies, MP for Shipley, married which MP for Tatton in 2020?
Esther McVey
Whose debut album The Voice was released in 2001?
Russell Watson
Which word beginning with Z is the slender arch of bone that forms a bridge between the temporal bone and the cheekbone on each side of the skull?
Zygomatic (Arch)
Only horse to win Grand National and Scottish Grand National in the same year?
Red Rum
Registered office of which charity campaigns to reduce litter, improve local places and prevent waste is at The Pier, Wigan?
Keep Britain Tidy
Whichh African born Roman Emperor, last of Year of 5 Emperors died in Eboracum in 211AD?
Septimius Severus
Year of the Five Emperors?
193AD
Year of the Four Emperors?
69AD
First emperor in the Year of Five Emperors in 193AD?
Pertinax
The most recent stadium to host a test cricket match for the first time is at Lucknow in India when which country played a home match against the West Indies in 2019?
Afghanistan
In the BBC TV sitcom Upstart Crow what was the surname of Ned, the household servant of the Shakespeare family?
Bottom
Which player has appeared in all six finals at the World Snooker Championships losing all six?
Jimmy White
Percy Park is a rugby union club affiliated to which country?
Northumberland
Which of the Mitford sisters wrote the novel Love in a Cold Climate?
NancyBy
By which title is King Charles III known as in the Channel Islands?
Duke of Normandy
6 June 1988 Robert F Kennedy was assassinated in which LA Hotel by Sirhan Sirhan?
Ambassador HotelW
What was the F stand for in the explorer name Robert F Scott born in 1868?
Falcon
The world’s largest building by volume is the Boeing factory built in 1967 in which
city in Washington state?
Everett
Which fish of the genus Gadus, a popular food dish, has three main species: the
Atlantic, the Pacific and the Greenland?
Cod
Which type of puzzle expresses a word or phrase as a combination of pictures,
and has a name that is a Latin ablative plural meaning ‘things’?
Rebus
Which French fashion house, for which Karl Lagerfeld was Creative Director from
1983 until his death in 2019, is known for, amongst other things, its collarless,
four pocketed tweed suits and the iconic 2.55 handbag?
Chanel
In which 1966 number one single by the Beatles is the title character’s name
followed by the words “picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has
been”?
Eleanor Rigby
The name of which form of isomerism is a reference to functional groups lying on
one or other side of a molecule, rather than anything to do with gender identities?
But-2-ene [BUTE-two-een] is the simplest compound that exhibits this type of
isomerism.
Cis-Trans Isomerism
What animal completes the title of this 1978 classic of African-American cinema,
directed by Charles Burnett: Killer of …?
Sheep
Currently held by the Plaid Cymru [PLYDE CUM-ree] Member Elin Jones, the
Llywydd [HLOO-with] is the equivalent in the Welsh Senedd [SEN-eth] of which
position in the House of Commons?
Speaker
A MOSFET is a variety of which type of electronic component with three terminals - the gate, source, and drain? The T in MOSFET stands for this component.
Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
Inspiring Homer Simpson’s shorter “D’Oh!”, the Scottish actor James Finlayson
was known for his “Doooooh!” catchphrase in numerous short comedy films
starring which duo?
Laurel and Hardy
The vividly coloured 1952 canvas Mountains and Sea is one of the best-known
works of which American abstract expressionist painter, known for her “soak
stain” techniques, applying diluted oil paint onto unprimed canvas?
Helen Frankenthaler
The fourth movement in Camille Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals is named
for Tortoises and features a slowed-down version of which piece of music,
originally composed by Jacques Offenbach?
Galop Infernal
The southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson lies on which major river, close to
where it empties into the Black Sea?
Dnieper
The practice of gerrymandering is named after the politician Elbridge Gerry, who
served as US Vice President under which President?
James Madison
In 1996, Anthony Julius published a book examining the antisemitism of which
Nobel Prize-winning poet, who wrote in a 1920 poem “The rats are underneath
the piles / The Jew is underneath the lot.”?
TS Eliot
Which song, written by Max Martin, was rejected by the groups the Backstreet Boys, TLC and Five before its release in 1998 became the debut smash hit for Britney Spears?
… Baby One More Time
In which European country is Joia, the establishment that in 1996 became the
first completely vegetarian restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star, and has
retained it ever since?
Italy
Which Australian tennis player who held the World Number 1 ranking for just a
single week lost consecutive Wimbledon singles finals to Pete Sampras and
Goran Ivanisevic?
Pat Rafter
Which African country is a semi-enclave, surrounded by Senegal except for its
coastline on the Atlantic?
Gambia
Cis-trans isomerism is also known as configurational isomerism, or by what name
referring to a branch of mathematics?
Geometric
What substance completes the title of this 1991 classic of African-American
cinema, directed by Julie Dash: Daughters of the …?
Dust
Currently held by the Green MSP Alison Johnstone, what is the two-word name
for the post in the Scottish Parliament that is the equivalent of the Speaker of the
House of Commons?
Presiding Officer
Which good witch is Elphaba’s counterpart and the other principal character in
the musical Wicked?
Glinda
Completed in 2022, the world’s second largest building by volume is the Tesla
Gigafactory in which US state capital?
Austin
The European, the American, the Alaskan and the Scale-Eye are the four species
of which type of flat fish, a popular food dish belonging to the family of right-eye
flounders?
Plaice
One of the few tennis players to reach the World Number 1 slot without ever
winning a Grand Slam singles tournament, which Russian player lost consecutive
French Open finals in 2008 and 2009 to Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova?
Dinara Safina
Which novelist in 1983 became the first African American woman to win a
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but in more recent years has come under fire for her
promotion of David Icke and antisemitism such as in her 2017 poem It Is Our
(Frightful) Duty to Study the Talmud?
Alice Walker
In which European country was ONA, the establishment that in 2021 became the
first completely vegan restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star, but was closed
down last year?
France
The Polish port city of Szczecin [SHCHETCH-in], or Stettin, lies in the
northwestern corner of the country on which major river, close to where it empties
into the Baltic Sea?
Oder
With a name meaning ‘The Agreement’, which Dammam-based Saudi football
club signed the Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson in 2023?
Al-Ettifaq
Silicon and germanium are examples of which type of materials, used to make
transistors? This word is represented by the letter S in the acronym MOSFET.
Semiconductor
Some years before it became associated with Homer Simpson, the comedian
Peter Glaze would often utter the expression “Doh!” on which BBC children’s
variety show that ran from 1955 to 1984?
Crackerjack!
Which TV presenter presented Crackerjack! first appearing from 1955-64, Playbox too, This is Your Life 1955-87 before being replaced?
Eamonn Andrews
Born with first name William but took another comedian’s first name, catchphrase “I wanna tell you a story”, Family Fortunes 1983-85, songs Cowpuncher’s Cantata, Heart of my Heart, Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea, Meet Me on the Corner.
Max Bygraves (after Max Miller)
British comedian and entertainer, known for his work with his orange ostrich puppet costume Oswald the Ostrich
Bernie Clifton
British comedy magician and actor who was known for many years as “the Great Soprendo”. Married to Victoria Wood.
Geoffrey Durham
He was best known for co-starring in the sitcom A Fine Romance with his wife Dame Judi Dench, and for voicing Dr. Watson in the long running Sherlock Holmes adaptations for BBC Radio
Michael Williams
Ian and Janette tough better known as what comedy act?
The Krankies
Cyril John Mead and Edward Hugh McGinnis found fame as which comedy act.
Syd Little and Eddie Large
English comedian born in London. He appeared in Crackerjack! with Eamonn Andrews and Leslie Crowther in the 1960s, and with Michael Aspel, Don Maclean and Bernie Clifton in the 1970s. In Crackerjack! sketches, he usually played a pompous or middle-class character, who would always get exasperated with his partner Don Maclean during the course of the sketch. Maclean would then give an alliterative reply, such as “Don’t get your knickers in a knot” or “Don’t get your tights in a twist”. He regularly uttered the expression “D’oh!”, originated by James Finlayson in Laurel and Hardy films, long before it became associated with cartoon character Homer Simpson.
Peter Glaze
Nickname for group of 1930s comedians: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox, Charlie Naughton and Jimmy Gold and sometimes ‘Monsewer’ Eddie Gray. Essentially comprised of three double acts; Flanagan and Allen, Naughton and Gold, and Nervo and Knox (with some input from Gray).
The Crazy Gang
Given nickname “Stewpot”, principally known for his work as a DJ on BBC Radio 1 (particularly the Saturday morning Junior Choice) and Radio 2, and as a presenter of Top of the Pops and Crackerjack on BBC Television.
Ed Stewart
First host of The Price is Right 1984-88, first few series of Stars in their Eyes 1990, suffered bad car crash in 1992.
Leslie Crowther
The show was the successor to Beyond Our Ken, which had run from 1958 to 1964 with largely the same cast. The show was created by Barry Took and Marty Feldman, who wrote the first three series. Characters include Douglas Smith, Lady Counterblast, Julian and Sandy, J Peasmold Gruntfuttock.
Round the Horne
Which American abstract expressionist painter, known for works with political
and philosophical themes, produced the first of many paintings in his Elegies to
the Spanish Republic series in 1948?
Robert Motherwell
Which archipelago in Papua New Guinea includes the islands New Britain, New
Ireland and the Admiralty Islands?
Bismarck Archipelago
Predating Charles Dickens by over two centuries, the first known use of the
phrase “what the dickens” is in which Shakespeare play, where it is spoken by
Mistress Page?
The Merry Wives of Windsor
In the acronym “DINKY”, normally used to describe younger couples with
careers, the “NKY” stands for “No Kids Yet” but what does the “DI” stand for?
Double/Dual Income
Who wrote Home Fire
Kamila Shamsie
Who wrote Pale fire
Nabakov
Who wrote Pale fire
Nabakov
Who played Princess Margaret in last series of the crown
Lesley manville
Tv show 1954-61 Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam.
Hancock’s Half Hour
