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Question 1

What is the name of Wales’s largest island?

Answer 1

Anglesey

Question 2

What fish gave its name to the Plymouth B————————, a car manufactured by Chrysler between 1964–1974?

Answer 2

Barracuda

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

Coanda

Question 4

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——————.”.

Answer 4

Eggcorn

Question 5

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”?

Answer 5

Famagusta

Question 6

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.

Answer 6

Grampus Eight

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

Hampi

Question 8

Protium, Deuterium and Tritium all have one proton each and are all naturally-occurring constituents of Hydrogen. What would you call them?

Answer 8

Isotopes

Question 9

What animal would translate into Spanish as both “Flame” and “He/she/you/it calls”?

Answer 9

Llama

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

Baris Manco

Question 11

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,

Answer 11

Saskatoon

Question 12

Before becoming the United Arab Emirates in the early 1970s, the seven sheikhdoms were known by what name as a British protectorate?

Answer 12

Trucial States

Question 13

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”.

Answer 13

Wapiti

Question 14

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?

Answer 14

Xativa

Question 15

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”.

Answer 15

Youth

Question 16

Vehicles over what age are exempt from an MOT?

Answer 16

40 years

Question 17

Identify hit by opening line: “‘There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold’?”

Answer 17

Stairway to Heaven

Question 18

Identify the hit by opening line: ‘It’s a God-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair’?

Answer 18

Life on Mars

Question 19

On which Gloucester street stood Fred and Rose West’s ‘House of Horrors’?

Answer 19

Cromwell Street

Question 20

From which city had the train departed on a journey to London when attacked in The Great Train Robbery of 1963?

Answer 20

Glasgow

Question 21

What is the male equivalent of sororal?

Answer 21

Fraternal

Question 22

Which tree has varieties called English, White and Slippery?

Answer 22

Elm

Question 23

Which global writing system uses 63 different characters?

Answer 23

Braille

Question 24

Which London district features in the title of the Rolling Stones new studio album?

Answer 24

Hackney (Diamonds)

Question 25

In 1965 who scaled the 20 foot wall of Wandsworth Prison to make his escape, with three others?

Answer 25

Ronnie Biggs

Question 26

Which British comedian/actor played Sugar Daddy Ken in the recent Barbie movie?

Answer 26

Rob Brydon

Question 27

Which strait separates the island of Lewis and Harris from the UK mainland?

Answer 27

The Minch

Question 28

Orkney Islands separated by the UK by which body of water?

Answer 28

Pentland Firth

Question 29

What liquid is a carbonade cooked in?

Answer 29

Beer

Question 30

In July 2023 what sporting first was achieved by Hannah Dingley?

Answer 30

First Woman to Manage a Men’s Pro Football Team

Question 31

Who was the first woman to captain the England women’s cricket team in a One-day International?

Answer 31

Rachel Heyhoe-Flint

Question 32

Who acquired political nickname the Prince of Darkness?

Answer 32

Peter Mandelson

Question 33

Who acquired political nickname Fourteen Pints?

Answer 33

William Hague

Question 34

Who acquired political nickname Doris Karloff?

Answer 34

Anne Widdecombe

Question 35

Which architect said ‘A house is a machine for living in’?

Answer 35

Le Corbusier

Question 36

Coventry’s medieval cathedral was flattened in Second World war bombing raids – who designed the replacement?

Answer 36

Basil Spence

Question 37

Who first said ‘Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake’?

Answer 37

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 38

Who first said ‘Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much’?

Answer 38

Oscar Wilde

Question 39

What is the medical name for the sideways curvature of the spine which most commonly occurs in young adults during a growth spurt?

Answer 39

Scoliosis (don’t accept kyphosis – outward curvature, or lordosis – inward)

Question 40

What is condition Genu Valgum better known as?

Answer 40

Knock Knees

Question 41

What is condition Genu Varum better known as?

Answer 41

Bowleggedness

Question 42

What varnish is named after its Asian country of origin?

Answer 42

Japanese Lacquer

Question 43

In June, singer Pink was stunned when a female fan threw what onto the stage when she was performing?

Answer 43

Mother's Ashes

Question 44

Operation Golden Orb was the codename for what?

Answer 44

Coronation of Charles III

Question 45

Which 2023 drama starring Ruth Wilson featured past victims of the abuse in the Magdalene laundries in Ireland?

Answer 45

The Woman in the Wall

Question 46

Who helps hoarding families to ‘Sort Their Life Out’ on BBC One?

Answer 46

Stacey Solomon

Question 47

Which 1847 novel popularised the northern dialect word ‘gormless’?

Answer 47

Wuthering Heights

Question 48

Edward Murdstone is the stepfather of which Dickens character?

Answer 48

David Copperfield

Question 49

Which noted American playwright choked to death on the cap of a medicine bottle in 1983?

Answer 49

Tennessee Williams

Question 50

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?

Answer 50

George Sanders

Question 51

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?

Answer 51

Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)

Question 52

Which king’s Statute of the Six Articles became known as ‘The Whip With Six Strings’?

Answer 52

Henry VIII

Question 53

According to the historians of the time which king died after eating a ‘surfeit of lampreys?

Answer 53

Henry I

Question 54

There are only two non-white, or non-grey, metals in the periodic table – gold and which other?

Answer 54

Copper

Question 55

To be labelled as Bourbon a whisky must be distilled from a mash containing at least 51% of what grain?

Answer 55

Corn or Maize

Question 56

What does a martini become when the olive is replaced by a cocktail onion?

Answer 56

Gibson

Question 57

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?

Answer 57

Porter

Question 58

Spanish current manager of Bournemouth since June 2023

Answer 58

Andoni Iraola

Question 59

Welsh Luton manager since November 2022

Answer 59

Rob Edwards

Question 60

Notts Forest manager since September 2021

Answer 60

Steve Cooper

Question 61

Sheffield United manager since Nov 2021

Answer 61

Paul Heckingbottom

Question 62

Wolves manager since August 2023

Answer 62

Gary O'Neil

Question 63

Longest serving manager of a Football League side is which English manager of Harrogate Town in League Two in 2023/24 season?

Answer 63

Simon Weaver

Question 64

Second longest serving manager of a Football League side is which English manager of Accrington Stanley in League Two in 2023/24 season?

Answer 64

John Coleman

Question 65

Longest serving manager in Championship in 2023/24 season which Coventry manager?

Answer 65

Mark Robins

Question 66

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.

Answer 66

Kamchatka

Question 67

The Cameron Highlands are an important tea-growing region located on which peninsula of Southeast Asia, whose major cities include Malacca and Johor Bahru?

Answer 67

Malay Peninsula

Question 68

Athens was (and still is) located on which peninsula in Greece?

Answer 68

Attica

Question 69

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.

Answer 69

Lower Peninsula

Question 70

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.

Answer 70

Upper Peninsula

Question 71

Table Mountain National Park can be found on which uncreatively named peninsula in South Africa?

Answer 71

Cape Peninsula

Question 72

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.

Answer 72

Seward Peninsula

Question 73

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?

Answer 73

Nova Scotia

Question 74

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.

Answer 74

Kola Peninsula

Question 75

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?

Answer 75

Calabria

Question 76

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?

Answer 76

Liaodong

Question 77

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.

Answer 77

Shandong

Question 78

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.

Answer 78

Olympic Peninsula

Question 79

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.

Answer 79

Dingle Peninsula

Question 80

Port-au-Prince is located at the base of which peninsula in southern Haiti? This peninsula's name means "shark" in Spanish.

Answer 80

Tiburon Peninsula

Question 81

This peninsula in northern Greece is home to many Orthodox Christian monasteries. Women are famously prohibited from entering this peninsula.

Answer 81

Mount Athos

Question 82

Multiple different separatist movements co-exist peacefully on which Croatian peninsula whose largest city is Pula? Separatists control many key local government posts here.

Answer 82

Istria

Question 83

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.

Answer 83

Chukchi Peninsula

Question 84

Name this Australian peninsula that forms the northernmost parts of the Australian state of Queensland.

Answer 84

Cape York Peninsula

Question 85

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.

Answer 85

Delmarva Peninsula

Question 86

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.

Answer 86

Cape Bon Peninsula

Question 87

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.

Answer 87

Gove Peninsula

Question 88

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.

Answer 88

Birds Head Peninsula

Question 89

Colombia and Venezuela awkwardly share which peninsula that juts into the Carribean Sea near the entrance to Lake Maracaibo?

Answer 89

Guajira Peninsula

Question 90

Miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop with a number in name. Most popular miniature wargame in the world. First edition of rulebook published 1987.

Answer 90

Warhammer 40,000

Question 91

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.

Answer 91

Fighting Fantasy

Question 92

What is the name of the second Fighting Fantasy gamebook published in 1983 the year after The Warlock of Firetop Mountain?

Answer 92

The Citadel of Chaos

Question 93

Tabletop role-playing game created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

Answer 93

Dungeons & Dragons

Question 94

Who played Jill Masterson in Goldfinger?

Answer 94

Shirley Eaton

Question 95

What film does Honor Blackman play Pussy Galore?

Answer 95

Goldfinger

Question 96

Who plays Oddjob in Goldfinger?

Answer 96

Harold Sakata

Question 97

Franchise of video games by Blizzard Entertainment with games with subtitles Orcs & Humans, Tides of Darkness, Reign of Chaos, Hearthstone.

Answer 97

Warcraft

Question 98

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

Answer 98

Strategos

Question 99

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.

Answer 99

Paranoia

Question 100

The airport known as Euroairport serves the German city of Freiburg, the French city of Mulhouse and which Swiss city?

Answer 100

Basel

Question 101

Who was CEO of Natwest before resigning due to Nigel Farage revelation?

Answer 101

Dame Alison Rose

Question 102

Known as FINA until January this year, what is the two word name of the Federation that administers international competitions in water sports?

Answer 102

World Aquatics

Question 103

What is the main alcoholic ingredient of the cocktail Margarita?

Answer 103

Tequila

Question 104

What was the original name of the Manchester Arena, known officially as the AO Arena?

Answer 104

NYNEX Arena

Question 105

The Abbey Road studios were officially opened in 1931 when which famous composer conducted the London Symphony Orchestra recording some of his music?

Answer 105

Edward Elgar

Question 106

Which publisher owned Express Newspapers between 2000 and 2018?

Answer 106

Richard Desmond

Question 107

Emmanuel Macron's party name changed from En Marche! to which current name?

Answer 107

Renaissance

Question 108

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?

Answer 108

Mary Stavin

Question 109

What name is given to the Scottish examinations broadly equivalent to A Levels in England?

Answer 109

Highers

Question 110

Whose play "Toad of Toad Hall" was based on "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame?

Answer 110

AA Milne

Question 111

The variety of apple, the Granny Smith, was first produced in which country in 1868?

Answer 111

Australia

Question 112

What is former boxer Barry McGuigan's full first name?

Answer 112

Finbar

Question 113

when was the British Army of the Rhine disbanded and the remaining UK service personnel renamed as British Forces Germany?

Answer 113

1994

Question 114

In 1969, in which two cities did John Lennon and Yoko Ono have bed-ins in?

Answer 114

Montreal and Amsterdam

Question 115

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?

Answer 115

The Last Waltz

Question 116

What word from Old English is another name for the badger?

Answer 116

Brock

Question 117

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?

Answer 117

Eden Park

Question 118

The so called Arabic numbering system was first developed in the 9th century in which modern day country?

Answer 118

India

Question 119

Which opera house saw the premiere of Madame Butterfly in 1904?

Answer 119

La Scala

Question 120

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?

Answer 120

Philip Marlow

Question 121

In the UK, which body regulates the medical profession?

Answer 121

General Medical Council (GMC)

Question 122

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?

Answer 122

BT

Question 123

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?

Answer 123

Grey

Question 124

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?

Answer 124

G-MEX Centre

Question 125

Which area of water in Australia is also known as Kati Thanda?

Answer 125

Lake Eyre

Question 126

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?

Answer 126

SWITZERLAND

Question 127

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?

Answer 127

Sir Thomas Beecham

Question 128

Which family has owned the Daily Mail since it was founded in 1896?

Answer 128

Harmsworth (Lord Rothermere)

Question 129

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?

Answer 129

People's Party

Question 130

Edith Pargeter wrote the Brother Cadfael novels under what pen name?

Answer 130

Ellis Peters

Question 131

Lisa Hanna, who won 1993 Miss World, is now an MP for which Caribbean nation?

Answer 131

Jamaica

Question 132

The variety of apple, the Braeburn, was first discovered as a chance seedling in which country in 1952?

Answer 132

New Zealand

Question 133

Which laidback Irish singer had chart success in the UK in 1966 with the song Elusive Butterfly?

Answer 133

Val Doonican

Question 134

When Donald Trump used the word Bigly, it is considered he meant to say which two word term?

Answer 134

Big League

Question 135

What is Burt Reynolds' full first name?

Answer 135

Burton

Question 136

What was the name of the British airbase built in Afghanistan in 2005 which was the logistics hub for operations in Helmand Province??

Answer 136

Camp Bastion

Question 137

A film by DA Pennebaker "Don't Look Back" is a doc covering which American performer's 1965 tour of the UK?

Answer 137

Bob Dylan

Question 138

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.

Answer 138

Bulgaria or Mongolia

Question 139

In which opera house was Benjamin Britten's opera Billy Budd first performed in 1951?

Answer 139

Royal Opera House, London

Question 140

Which 2022-23 police series stars Adrian Dunbar as a retired detective who also sings in his friend's jazz club?

Answer 140

Ridley

Question 141

In England and Wales, which association represents solicitors?

Answer 141

Law Society

Question 142

The wife of which British thriller writer was the Labour MP for Stevenage between 1997 and 2010?

Answer 142

Ken Follett

Question 143

The fabric seersucker is usually made from which material?

Answer 143

Cotton

Question 144

The Red Admiral butterfly is a member of which genus, which shares its name with a famous British actress, now in her 80s?

Answer 144

Vanessa

Question 145

Which family owned the shipping company the White Star Line at the time of the Titanic disaster?

Answer 145

Ismay

Question 146

Which Shakespeare play features Mistress Overdone, a prostitute and Pompey, her clownish servant and pimp?

Answer 146

Measure for Measure

Question 147

Found at the beginning of most patterns, and followed by a number of stitches, for what does the knitting abbreviation co stand?

Answer 147

Cast On

Question 148

Found at the beginning of most patterns, and followed by a number of stitches, for what does the knitting abbreviation BO stand?

Answer 148

Bind Off

Question 149

Widely used in the making of alcoholic drinks what are Goldings, Fuggle and Admiral varieties of?

Answer 149

Hops

Question 150

Which 2 piece band formed in Hull in 1982 released the albums, ‘The Language of Life’, ‘Baby the Stars Shine Bright’ and ‘Idlewild’?

Answer 150

Everything But The Girl

Question 151

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?

Answer 151

Felix Francis

Question 152

Catriona is the sequel to which RL Stevenson novel?

Answer 152

Kidnapped

Question 153

What name is given to a long earthen mound shaped by the movement of a glacier?

Answer 153

Drumlin

Question 154

The Italian musical instruction ‘con brio’ directs the player to play the piece in what way?

Answer 154

With Spirit

Question 155

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?

Answer 155

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Question 156

Which composer wrote the piano sonatas, ‘Les Adieux’, ‘The Tempest’, ‘The Hunt’ and Waldstein?

Answer 156

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Question 157

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?

Answer 157

Finings

Question 158

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?

Answer 158

Home to Roost

Question 159

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?

Answer 159

Joan (of Navarre and Countess of Kent)

Question 160

Only one footballer has played 200 International games for his country, who reached this milestone when he played against Iceland in June 2023?

Answer 160

Cristiano Ronaldo

Question 161

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?

Answer 161

Parish

Question 162

What do Americans call cling film?

Answer 162

Saran Wrap

Question 163

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?

Answer 163

Watching

Question 164

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?

Answer 164

Peter Barlow

Question 165

‘The Passenger’ and its sequel ‘Stella Maris’, both published in 2022, were the last novels by which American author who died in June 2023?

Answer 165

Cormac McCarthy

Question 166

In the knitting abbreviation psso, the p represents Pass and the o, Over , for what do the letters ss stand?

Answer 166

Pass Slipped Stitch Over

Question 167

Which artist, believed by some conspiricists to have been Jack the Ripper, painted ‘The Camden Town Murders’ and ‘Brighton Pierrots’?

Answer 167

Walter Sickert

Question 168

Actor Derek Thompson has announced he is leaving the TV drama Casualty having played which character since 1986?

Answer 168

Charlie Fairhead

Question 169

Which political party was founded in 2005 by public figure and TV host Robert Kilroy Silk?

Answer 169

Veritas

Question 170

Long distance footpath, The Borders Abbey Way passes 3 ruined abbeys that give it it’s name, name one of the abbeys?

Answer 170

Melrose/Jedburgh/Kelso

Question 171

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?

Answer 171

Lady Marmalade

Question 172

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?

Answer 172

Phaeton

Question 173

Name either the town or city which are at either end of the 79 mile long footpath, The Great Glen Way?

Answer 173

Fort William and Inverness

Question 174

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?

Answer 174

Community First Responder

Question 175

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?

Answer 175

Shelley Winters

Question 176

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?

Answer 176

Farewell Yellow Brick Road

Question 177

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?

Answer 177

Baileys Beads

Question 178

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?

Answer 178

Caster Semenya

Question 179

The pre owned goods stores seen on many British High streets, but founded in Australia in 1984 by Brian Cumins, has what alliterative name?

Answer 179

Cash Converters

Question 180

The Rachel Papers, published in 1973, was the first book by which author who died in May 2023?

Answer 180

Martin Amis

Question 181

Two English counties each have five letters in their name. Name both

Answer 181

Devon and Essex

Question 182

Which is the most westerly of the UK Shipping Forecast areas?

Answer 182

South East Iceland

Question 183

Also known as Tahoma, Mount Rainier is the highest peak in which American mountain range?

Answer 183

Cascades

Question 184

In which game are the Stayman and Blackwood conventions key strategies?

Answer 184

Contract Bridge

Question 185

In which city is the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund?

Answer 185

Washington DC

Question 186

How often does a hebdomadal event take place?

Answer 186

Every week

Question 187

At the beginning of a game of chess, which piece would be found on squares b1, b8, g1 and g8?

Answer 187

Knight

Question 188

In the card game poker, what comes between a full house and a straight?

Answer 188

Flush

Question 189

Rumen Radev is the current president, and Galab Donev the Prime Minister of which European Country?

Answer 189

Bulgaria

Question 190

Which Emperor was responsible for the building of the Colosseum?

Answer 190

Vespasian

Question 191

Which still politically influential private members club was the headquarters of the Conservative party before the creation of Conservative Central Office?

Answer 191

The Carlton Club

Question 192

By what name is the shrub Syringa Vulgaris more commonly known?

Answer 192

Lilac

Question 193

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?

Answer 193

Louis Althusser

Question 194

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?

Answer 194

Kate Adie

Question 195

Between 1895 and 1898, who was the first person to make a single￾handed navigation around the world in their boat Spray?

Answer 195

Joshua Slocum

Question 196

Wilfred Bigelow was a Canadian surgeon who was a main contributor to the development of which benefit to cardiology patients?

Answer 196

Pacemaker

Question 197

What is the world's biggest freshwater lake, by surface area?

Answer 197

Lake Superior

Question 198

Which entertainer and civil rights activist was the last person to be awarded a symbolic funeral in the Panthéon in Paris in 2022?

Answer 198

Josephine Baker

Question 199

The 13th Wedding Anniversary is usually gifted by what material signifying the intertwining of lives?

Answer 199

Lace

Question 200

Which Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera features eight ghosts all with the surname Murgatroyd?

Answer 200

Ruddigore

Question 201

The RIBA Stirling Prize for Architecture 2022 was awarded to the new library at which Cambridge college?

Answer 201

Magdalene College

Question 202

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.

Answer 202

Barry ENGLAND, Nicholas MOSLEY, Iris MURDOCH, Muriel SPARK and Gordon WILLIAMS

Question 203

What is the name of the scenic limestone escarpment that runs from the Ironbridge gorge to Craven Arms in Shropshire?

Answer 203

Wenlock Edge

Question 204

What is the largest species of edible flatfish, with the current rod–caught record of 459lbs?

Answer 204

Halibut

Question 205

Which was the last team to win the Football League Division One before it became the FA Premiership?

Answer 205

Leeds United

Question 206

In Heraldry, what six-letter word refers to the formal description of a coat of arms, using technical heraldic language

Answer 206

Blazon

Question 207

“Deny thy father and refuse thy name”, follows which famous line of Shakespeare’s?

Answer 207

Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?

Question 208

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?

Answer 208

Derek Thompson

Question 209

According to legend, what remained in the box opened by Pandora?

Answer 209

Hope

Question 210

On a standard match-play dartboard, what number is directly opposite to 19?

Answer 210

1

Question 211

Which famous composer died on 3rd April 1897, less than a year after the death of his lifelong friend and patron, Clara Schumann?

Answer 211

Johannes Brahms

Question 212

What relation was King Charles II to James II?

Answer 212

Brother

Question 213

In 1964, the Yellowjacks (also sometimes known as the Daffodil Patrol) evolved into what well-known and much-admired entity?

Answer 213

Red Arrows

Question 214

Often beloved by crossword compilers as it is a 'useful' word, to which family of fish does the alewife belong?

Answer 214

Herring

Question 215

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?

Answer 215

Baroness Hale

Question 216

In Scandinavian and German mythology, Fafnir was a creature eventually killed by Sigurd (or Sigmund) - what sort of creature was it?

Answer 216

Dragon

Question 217

In 2022, two African countries joined the Commonwealth, despite having no formal ties to the United Kingdom. Name either?

Answer 217

Togo and Gabon

Question 218

Which English landowner and arts patron wrote the libretto for the Handel oratorio, The Messiah?

Answer 218

Charles Jennens

Question 219

Which snooker player lost five consecutive World Championship finals between 1990 and 1994?

Answer 219

Jimmy White

Question 220

What is the name of the company that runs the horse bloodstock auctions at Newmarket, the largest in Europe?

Answer 220

Tattersall's

Question 221

Prior to Boris Johnson in May 2021 who had been the last British prime minister to marry while in office?

Answer 221

Lord Liverpool

Question 222

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.

Answer 222

Exchange and Mart

Question 223

in a career spanning over 60 years who received 12 Academy Award nominations, more than any other male actor?

Answer 223

Jack Nicholson

Question 224

Old Man’s Beard and Traveller’s Joy are alternative names for which common garden plant?

Answer 224

Clematis

Question 225

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?

Answer 225

1840s

Question 226

Queen Victoria used her middle name when she came to the throne, what was her first name?

Answer 226

Alexandrina

Question 227

What brand name was introduced by British Rail in 1966 for its long-haul express passenger services?

Answer 227

Intercity

Question 228

‘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?

Answer 228

Scientology

Question 229

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?

Answer 229

Piz Buin

Question 230

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?

Answer 230

Deepwater Horizon

Question 231

Which brand name now owned by Dutch multinational company AkzoNobel sponsors the ‘Shed of the Year’ competition in the UK?

Answer 231

Cuprinol

Question 232

Dutch multinational company that owns Dulux and other paints and performance coatings like Cuprinol

Answer 232

AkzoNobel

Question 233

What two words connect a range of soft sculptured dolls sold by Xavier Holland and a nickname for Twickenham stadium?

Answer 233

Cabbage Patch

Question 234

Which was the first song from a James Bond film to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song?

Answer 234

Skyfall (by Adele)

Question 235

What connects Postman Pat, the comic book series Sabrina the Teenage Witch and a 2003 rock opera album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse?

Answer 235

Greendale (setting for all of them)

Question 236

At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 who became the first Briton to win four medals at the same summer Olympic Games?

Answer 236

Duncan Scott (1 gold, 3 bronze, swimming)

Question 237

Infiniti is the luxury vehicle division of which car maker?

Answer 237

Nissan

Question 238

Which Welsh town, designated a new town in 1949, has a name that translates into English as ‘valley of the crow’?

Answer 238

Cwmbran

Question 239

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.

Answer 239

Trog

Question 240

Which English east coast resort town is the site of the most easterly horse racing course in Great Britain?

Answer 240

Great Yarmouth

Question 241

Which town is home to BAE Systems Submarines that has produced the vast majority of the Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines?

Answer 241

Barrow

Question 242

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?

Answer 242

Slazenger

Question 243

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.

Answer 243

Sevres

Question 244

Which director, the son of David Bowie, directed the films ‘Moon’ 2009, ‘Warcraft’ 2016 and ‘Mute’ 2018?

Answer 244

David Jones

Question 245

Who was the last US president not to complete a degree and graduate from college?

Answer 245

Harry Truman

Question 246

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?

Answer 246

Dakota

Question 247

In which decade was the Walt Disney Company originally founded by brothers Walt and Roy Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio?

Answer 247

1920s (1923)

Question 248

Who was the only astronaut to go to the Moon twice without landing on it?

Answer 248

Jim Lovell

Question 249

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?

Answer 249

Gulf of Aqaba

Question 250

In which Midlands cathedral city can you visit the Samuel Johnson birthplace Museum and Erasmus Darwin house?

Answer 250

Lichfield

Question 251

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.

Answer 251

The Four Tops

Question 252

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’?

Answer 252

Ronco

Question 253

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.

Answer 253

Henry Ferguson

Question 254

Which actor’s television roles have included parts in ‘The Sweeney’, ‘Kavanagh QC’, ‘A Year In Provence’ and the comedy ‘Home To Roost’?

Answer 254

John Thaw

Question 255

In writing and typography what word is given to two or more letters that are joined as a single glyph?

Answer 255

Ligature

Question 256

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?

Answer 256

Greece

Question 257

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?

Answer 257

PS Waverley

Question 258

What was the name of the society osteopath who was charged with living off immoral earnings during the Prefumo Affair?

Answer 258

Stephen Ward

Question 259

The Triple Entente of the early 1900s was an understanding between the United Kingdom, France and which other country?

Answer 259

Russia

Question 260

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?

Answer 260

Billy Two Rivers

Question 261

What name is missing from a child born on July 5 2023 - Frank Alfred ________ Johnson

Answer 261

Odysseus

Question 262

What is width of Olympics swimming pool in metres?

Answer 262

25m

Question 263

Westgate and Kirkgate are railway stations in which Yorkshire city?

Answer 263

Wakefield

Question 264

What is the name of the pub in Hollyoaks?

Answer 264

The Dog in the Pond

Question 265

Which word completes the title of this hymn by Charles Wesley "O for a Thousand _______ to Sing"?

Answer 265

Tongues

Question 266

Who is the new owner of Wigan Athletic? Owns part of Wigan Warriors rugby league and founded datamonitor in 1990.

Answer 266

Mike Danson

Question 267

Which butterfly whose first specimens in the UK were collected in 1832 is named after a World Heritage Site in Dorset?

Answer 267

Lulworth Skipper

Question 268

Who was PM at end of Crimean War?

Answer 268

Viscount Palmerston (1855-58, 1859-65)

Question 269

Who was PM at start of Crimean War?

Answer 269

Earl of Aberdeen (1852-55)

Question 270

Henry Searle won the 2023 Boys singles title at Wimbledon. In 2008, who was last british winner of girls singles?

Answer 270

Laura Robson

Question 271

What is the name of Miss Marple's nephew?

Answer 271

Raymond West

Question 272

Hercule Poirot policeman name

Answer 272

James Japp

Question 273

Mystery novelist and friend of Hercule Poirot said to be a caricture of Christie herself

Answer 273

Mrs Ariadne Oliver

Question 274

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?

Answer 274

Furness

Question 275

RRS Sir David Attenborough was built at which English shipyard?

Answer 275

Cammell Laird in Birkenhead

Question 276

RRS ships stands for what?

Answer 276

Royal Research Ship

Question 277

Which two countries have won the Copa America the most times with 15 each as of 2023?

Answer 277

Argentina and Uruguay

Question 278

Which two countries have yet to win the Copa America as of 2023?

Answer 278

Ecuador and Venezuela

Question 279

Who plays the title character, Queen Georgiana, in the 2023 TV sitcom Queen of Oz?

Answer 279

Catherine Tate

Question 280

In 1973, who wrote the book A Coast to Coast Walk?

Answer 280

Alfred Wainwright

Question 281

Which English post-punk band are abbreviated as PiL

Answer 281

Public Image Limited

Question 282

The city of Murmansk lies on Kola Bay, an inlet of which sea?

Answer 282

Barents Sea

Question 283

Published in 1915, The Thirty-Nine Steps was the first novel to feature Richard Hannay. Which was the second published the following year?

Answer 283

Greenmantle

Question 284

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?

Answer 284

Mr Standfast

Question 285

Which single by Vanessa Paradis reached #3 in UK and #1 in France in 1987?

Answer 285

Joe Le Taxi

Question 286

In which town does Westmorland and Furness Council meet?

Answer 286

Kendal

Question 287

Which Italian word that means "all" or "together" is used as a musical term for the whole orchestra as opposed to the soloist?

Answer 287

Tutti

Question 288

In the Heat of the Night is a 1969 mystery drama film based on the life of which Philadelphia police detective?

Answer 288

Virgil Tibbs

Question 289

Which chemical compound has the formula Al(OH)3?

Answer 289

Aluminium Hydroxide

Question 290

British name for which butterfly originates from the discovery of two species in an area of South London in 1748?

Answer 290

Camberwell Beauty

Question 291

Who was PM at the accession of Queen Victoria?

Answer 291

Viscount Melbourne

Question 292

Winners of which event at Wimbledon win The Duchess of Kent Challenge Cup?

Answer 292

Ladies Doubles

Question 293

Which country withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003 - they applied to rejoin (not yet successfully) in 2018?

Answer 293

Zimbabwe

Question 294

Who was the star of the 2022 TV drama series The Tourist?

Answer 294

Jamie Dornan

Question 295

Who was Langworthy Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester from 1907 to 1919?

Answer 295

Ernest Rutherford

Question 296

Which Cammell Laird built Type 42 (Sheffield-class) destroyer was sunk by Argentine aircraft on May 25 1982?

Answer 296

HMS Coventry

Question 297

Two golfers have each won the USPGA Championship five times, one is Walter Hagen and the other is who?

Answer 297

Jack Nicklaus

Question 298

In which year was Queen Camilla born?

Answer 298

1947

Question 299

Queen Camilla's great grandmother is Alice Keppel who was which monarch's mistress?

Answer 299

Edward VII

Question 300

How many obstacles does an athlete have to clear in a 3000m steeplechase race?

Answer 300

35 (28 fixed and 7 water jumps)

Question 301

How many jumps in total at the Grand National?

Answer 301

30 (16 fences but two are skipped for second lap, The Chair and the Water Jump)

Question 302

How many hurdles are jump during a 110m/400m hurdles?

Answer 302

10

Question 303

Interchange and Forster Square are railway stations in which Yorkshire city?

Answer 303

Bradford

Question 304

Catherine's Bar is a regular feature in the twelve series of which TV comedy drama?

Answer 304

Death in Paradise

Question 305

Which word completes the title of this hymn by William Henry Draper "All ______ of Our God and King"?

Answer 305

Creatures

Question 306

Which actor played "Genial" Harry Grout in Porridge and Maester Aemon in Game of Thrones?

Answer 306

Peter Vaughan

Question 307

Which trio with family names Yarrow, Stookey and Travers were Leaving on a Jet Plane in 1969?

Answer 307

Peter, Paul and Mary

Question 308

Peter and Wolf what instrument is the duck?

Answer 308

Oboe

Question 309

Peter and the Wolf what instrument is the bird?

Answer 309

Flute

Question 310

In Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, what instrument in the Wolf?

Answer 310

French Horns

Question 311

Pierre Trudeau was PM of Canada between 1968-1979 and 1980-84 but which Prime Minister was in between his stints in power?

Answer 311

Joe Clark

Question 312

What is the surname of the brothers John, a TV and radio presenter and author, and David, a well known actor?

Answer 312

Suchet

Question 313

Which British sportswear brand makes Aston Villa, Newcastle and Wolves football shirts?

Answer 313

Castore

Question 314

Which Italian sportswear brand makes Crystal Palace and Notts Forest football shirts?

Answer 314

Macron

Question 315

Which Danish sportswear brand makes Everton and Southampton football shirts? From German word for bumblebee.

Answer 315

Hummel

Question 316

2023/24 season only one premier league football team have shirts made by Puma, which one?

Answer 316

Man City

Question 317

Which English sportswear makes the football shirts for Bournemouth, Brentford and West Ham in 2023/24 season?

Answer 317

Umbro

Question 318

Which Premier League side has been sponsored by Cazoo since 2022?

Answer 318

Aston Villa

Question 319

Which car vehicle market site has been the sponsor for Scottish Premier League and for Crystal Palace since 2022?

Answer 319

Cinch

Question 320

International tech company HQ in Goppingen, Germany have been sponsor of Manchester United since 2021?

Answer 320

TeamViewer

Question 321

Hong Kong based insurance and finance company has been official shirt partner of Tottenham since 2019

Answer 321

AIA

Question 322

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?

Answer 322

Cheshire and Staffordshire

Question 323

The system used to aid cricket umpires has which three letter abbreviation?

Answer 323

DRS Decision Review System

Question 324

Traditionally, in which month of the year is the Monte Carlo Rally held? Held first in 1911.

Answer 324

January

Question 325

Who is the Greek muse of eloquence and epic poetry? Her name also appears in the lyrics of a Bruce Springsteen song

Answer 325

Calliope

Question 326

Port wine comes from grapes grown in which Portuguese valley?

Answer 326

Douro

Question 327

What was the name of the two headed llama in the Dr Doolittle books and film?

Answer 327

Pushmi Pullyu

Question 328

When he played his 532nd senior game for St Helens RLFC earlier this season, which player set a new appearance record for the club?

Answer 328

James Roby

Question 329

What 2010 movie is sequel to 2000 Meet the Parents and 2004 film Meet the Fokkers

Answer 329

Little Fokkers

Question 330

In 2022 the Swedish company Viaplay acquired which UK pay per view sports channel?

Answer 330

Premier Sports

Question 331

Which Canadian writer coined the term "Global Village" in the 1960s and coined the expression "the medium is the message"?

Answer 331

Marshall McLuhan

Question 332

Which colliery was the last deep coal mine in the Lancashire coalfield, closing in 1993?

Answer 332

Parkside

Question 333

In Latin grammar, how many distinct cases are there, including Nominative and Accusative?

Answer 333

There are 6 distinct cases in Latin: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative, and Vocative

Question 334

Which small town close to Balmoral hosts a Highland Games every September, usually attended by the Royal Family?

Answer 334

Braemar

Question 335

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.

Answer 335

Lancashire and Cumbria

Question 336

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?

Answer 336

Paul McGann

Question 337

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?

Answer 337

TMO (Television Match Official)

Question 338

In 1001 Arabian NIghts, how many voyages does Sinbad the Sailor make? He is shipwrecked on all of them.

Answer 338

Seven

Question 339

Dacia is now a subsidiary of which French company?

Answer 339

Renault

Question 340

Traditionally, in which month of the year does the Tour de France take place?

Answer 340

July

Question 341

The wines Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume come from grapes grown in which French river valley?

Answer 341

Loire

Question 342

Which Hitchhikers character had two heads and three arms?

Answer 342

Zaphod Beeblebrox

Question 343

Leigh new name and old name

Answer 343

Leigh Centurions > Leigh Leopards now

Question 344

Two stations were built in Kent to serve the Eurostar trains, but at present neither is in use. Name either.

Answer 344

Ebbsfleet and Ashford

Question 345

Under what name has the BT Sports TV Channel been rebranded?

Answer 345

TNT Sport

Question 346

Approval has been granted for a deep coal mine to be called Woodhouse Colliery to be sunk near which town in Cumbria?

Answer 346

Whitehaven

Question 347

British band XTC was formed in which Wiltshire town?

Answer 347

Swindon

Question 348

In Latin grammar, there are three moods, indicative, subjunctive and which other?

Answer 348

Imperative

Question 349

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.

Answer 349

Main-Danube Canal

Question 350

For many years, Marje Proops was the agony aunt in which daily newspaper?

Answer 350

Daily Mirror

Question 351

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?

Answer 351

Dower House

Question 352

2023 Richard Osman 4th book in the Thursday Murder Club series

Answer 352

The Last Devil to Die

Question 353

The capitate, lunate and trapezoid bones are found in which part of the body?

Answer 353

Wrists

Question 354

What 6 letter Sanskrit word meaning "instrument of thought" denotes a word or sound repeated to aid concentration when meditating?

Answer 354

Mantra

Question 355

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?

Answer 355

Billy Casper

Question 356

Did Mary Ever Visit Brighton Beach? Is a mnemonic designed to remember the order of what?

Answer 356

Order of Nobility

Question 357

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?

Answer 357

Antonin Dvorak

Question 358

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?

Answer 358

Gnomon

Question 359

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?

Answer 359

1976

Question 360

EFL teams Cardiff City and Barrow FC share what nickname?

Answer 360

The Bluebirds

Question 361

In relation to malfunctioning computers what word does the letter B represent in the acronym BSoD?

Answer 361

Blue Screen of Death

Question 362

Known now for their high profile ceremonial duties which is the oldest continually serving regiment in the British Army?

Answer 362

Coldstream Guards

Question 363

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?

Answer 363

Tom Walker

Question 364

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?

Answer 364

Davits

Question 365

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?

Answer 365

Skylon

Question 366

The popular films "Tootsie", "Blade Runner" and "An Officer and a Gentleman" were all released in the UK in which year?

Answer 366

1982

Question 367

Historically, the containers, acerra, alabastrum, aryballos and pouncet box where all designed to hold what type of substance?

Answer 367

Perfumes/scented powders

Question 368

Name either of the 2 regiments in the British Army that comprise the Household Cavalry?

Answer 368

Life Guards and the Blues & Royals

Question 369

Also known as wool fat which sticky purified wax obtained from sheep wool is widely used in the making of soap and cosmetics?

Answer 369

Lanolin

Question 370

In a 1990s tv comedy series what was the name of the siblings Frogmella and Spud-U-Lika?

Answer 370

Slob (Children of Wayne and Waynetta)

Question 371

Over a period of over 40 years which company produced the perfumes, Alliage, Beautiful, Pleasures and Youth Dew?

Answer 371

Estee Lauder

Question 372

Which creatures from Scots mythology are half human and half seal with the ability to shapeshift between the two?

Answer 372

Selkie

Question 373

Foxton in Leicestershire, Galton Valley in Smethwick and Stoke Bruerne in Northampton all have museums dedicated to which form of transport?

Answer 373

Canals

Question 374

Tony Blair, actress Tilda Swinton and the fictional character James Bond all studied at which Edinburgh school?

Answer 374

Fettes College

Question 375

2023 book 'The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece' is humorous novel written by which major movie star?

Answer 375

Tom Hanks

Question 376

Filling the post for over 20 years who was the longest serving leader of the British Labour Party?

Answer 376

Clement Attlee

Question 377

Amongst the 32 Boroughs of London what is geographically unique about the borough Richmond Upon Thames?

Answer 377

Only one with land on both sides of the Thames

Question 378

The opening of the Millennium Ribble Link in 2002 meant that which canal, on which construction began in 1794, waterway network?

Answer 378

Lancaster Canal

Question 379

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?

Answer 379

Lotus

Question 380

Since it's formation who has been the leader of the Lib Dems for the longest period, filling the post for over 11 years?

Answer 380

Paddy Ashdown

Question 381

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?

Answer 381

Canon Daniel Clement

Question 382

Which small creature of the subclass Hirudnea has a scientific name, Hirudo Medicinalis, which reflects its area of usefulness historically?

Answer 382

European Medicinal Leech

Question 383

From the French for rascal which word, much used in the Biggles novels, was used as slang for German soldiers during both World Wars?

Answer 383

Boche

Question 384

Much in the news this year in a period of industrial action, Mick Whelan is the Secretary General of which British Trade Union?

Answer 384

ASLEF (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen)

Question 385

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?

Answer 385

Toulouse

Question 386

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?

Answer 386

ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association)

Question 387

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.

Answer 387

The Western Brothers

Question 388

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.

Answer 388

Mantovani

Question 389

What name is given to the smaller and more slender version of the insect the dragonfly?

Answer 389

Damselfly

Question 390

Viewed by many as a highlight of Glastonbury 2023, Rick Astley and Stockport band Blossoms performed the songs of which iconic British band?

Answer 390

The Smiths

Question 391

From the German for "defence force" what name was given to the German forces between 1921 and 1945?

Answer 391

Wehrmacht

Question 392

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?

Answer 392

Strasbourg

Question 393

In 1928 which military commander, who had often been criticised for his leadership and decision making, was given a State funeral at Westminster Abbey?

Answer 393

Douglas Haig

Question 394

No Plan Like Yours To Study History Wisely, is a mnemonic designed to remember the order of what?

Answer 394

British Ruling Houses

Question 395

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?

Answer 395

Mulligan

Question 396

1980s TV adverts what 2 word phrase did Paul Hogan use to describe Fosters lager?

Answer 396

Amber Nectar

Question 397

Mostly Slow and Late was a nickname, based on its initials, of the unpopular railway line which connected Manchester, Sheffield and where?

Answer 397

Lincoln

Question 398

American author of The Sot-Weed Factor (1960), Giles Goat-Boy (1966) and Chimera (1972)?

Answer 398

John Barth

Question 399

Smallest and least populated of five main islands of Japan?

Answer 399

Okinawa

Question 400

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?

Answer 400

Swimming

Question 401

First name of the inventor of Braille?

Answer 401

Louis

Question 402

Smallest square number greater than 1000?

Answer 402

32 squared = 1024

Question 403

William Wordsworth was born in which town?

Answer 403

Cockermouth

Question 404

Four dots in Morse Code

Answer 404

H

Question 405

Which country has internet code .mg?

Answer 405

Madagascar

Question 406

Who founded Matalan in Preston in 1985?

Answer 406

John Hargreaves

Question 407

Who played Rita Skeeter in the Harry Potter films?

Answer 407

Miranda Richardson

Question 408

Play Betrayal by Harold Pinter was inspired by his seven year affair in the 1960s with which BBC TV presenter?

Answer 408

Joan Bakewell

Question 409

Whose arrangement, Fantasia on British Sea Songs, written to mark centenary of Battle of Trafalgar is feature of Last Night of the Proms?

Answer 409

Henry Wood

Question 410

A Romance of Exmoor is subtitle of which 1869 novel?

Answer 410

Lorna Doone (RD Blackmore)

Question 411

Merle is the French word for which common bird?

Answer 411

Blackbird

Question 412

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.

Answer 412

Georgie Fame

Question 413

Astley Bridge, Great Lever and Kearsley are council wards in which town?

Answer 413

Bolton

Question 414

Which mammal is the logo of the Leicester based clothing brand Wolsey?

Answer 414

Fox

Question 415

Bran Stark actor

Answer 415

Isaac Hempstead Wright

Question 416

Which character in an 1891 novel is arrested for murder at Stonehenge?

Answer 416

Tess (Durbeyfield)

Question 417

On which radio station does Sara Cox present between 4pm and 7pm on weekdays?

Answer 417

Radio 2

Question 418

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?

Answer 418

Thiepval Memorial to Missing of the Somme

Question 419

2023 Tour de France started in which city?

Answer 419

Bilbao

Question 420

Which numeral in Morse Code is represented by five dashes?

Answer 420

Zero

Question 421

Complete the name of this Scottish football club: ______ Morton.

Answer 421

Greenock

Question 422

What was the name of the British Mars lander that landed in 2003 but then sent no data to Earth?

Answer 422

Beagle 2

Question 423

In which city was King George II born?

Answer 423

Hanover

Question 424

Bloomfield, Norbreck and Waterloo are council wards in which town?

Answer 424

Blackpool

Question 425

Which 1930 film directed by Josef von Sternberg starring Marlene Dietrich was the first feature-length German sound film?

Answer 425

The Blue Angel

Question 426

Which medical soap opera is set in the West Midlands town of Lethbridge?

Answer 426

Doctors

Question 427

The 14 mile trail from Carisbrooke to the Needles on the Isle of Wight is named after which poet?

Answer 427

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Question 428

Which is the largest island wholly of Indonesia (New Guinea and Borneo are shared)?

Answer 428

Sumatra

Question 429

What is the nickname of St Helens born darts player Michael Smith?

Answer 429

Bully Boy

Question 430

From which club did Liverpool FC sign Kevin Keegan from in 1971?

Answer 430

Scunthorpe

Question 431

Harry Enfield's Kevin the Teenager character had what surname?

Answer 431

Patterson

Question 432

Which boxer is on the cover of the Wings album "Band on the Run"?

Answer 432

John Conteh

Question 433

Who is currently the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool?

Answer 433

Malcolm McMahon

Question 434

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?

Answer 434

Durness

Question 435

After her marriages to fellow tennis player John Lloyd and skier Andy Mill, which golfer was Chris Evert's third husband?

Answer 435

Greg Norman

Question 436

Which school, renowned for producing many sporting internationals, is based at Street in Somerset?

Answer 436

Millfield

Question 437

What is the name of the motorway interchange where the M6, M56 and A50 meet?

Answer 437

Lymm

Question 438

What was the name of the sheriff in Mel Brooks film "Blazing Saddles" played by the stage and TV actor Cleavon Little?

Answer 438

Sheriff Bart

Question 439

Which grape is the main grape used in the making of red rioja wines?

Answer 439

Tempranillo

Question 440

Which virus in the herpes family causes glandular fever?

Answer 440

Epstein-Barr

Question 441

Dating back to the 1960s, which Italian dessert consists of sweetened cream and gelatine set in moulds, often with other flavourings added?

Answer 441

Pannacotta

Question 442

Which four letter name is given to the juice produced after the fruit (usually grapes) has been crushed?

Answer 442

Must

Question 443

There were three poets mostly associated with the Liverpool Poets group of the 1960s. One was Roger McGough. Name either of the others.

Answer 443

Brian Patten and Adrian Henri

Question 444

Which Commonwealth country celebrates its national day on the 1st of July?

Answer 444

Canada

Question 445

Which city s walls have gates called Northgate, Bridgegate, Eastgate and Watergate?

Answer 445

Chester

Question 446

Which boxer appeared on the cover of the Beatles "Sgt Pepper" album?

Answer 446

Sonny Liston

Question 447

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?

Answer 447

Applecross

Question 448

Which renowned girls boarding and day school is based in Brighton?

Answer 448

Roedean

Question 449

Which Venetian character in commedia dell'arte productions is a greedy old man, whose name has come to describe an article of clothing?

Answer 449

Pantaloon

Question 450

Which river is formed by the confluence of the Rivers Swale and Ure?

Answer 450

(Yorkshire) Ouse

Question 451

In 2023, who replaced Sarah Hunter as captain of which England national rugby union side?

Answer 451

Marlie Packer

Question 452

Which Ukrainian city did the Wagner Group claim to have captured in May 2023?

Answer 452

Bakhmut

Question 453

Gene Wilder's character in Mel Brooks film "Young Frankenstein", insisted that his name should be pronounced in what way?

Answer 453

Fronk-en-steen

Question 454

What grape is used to make all Chablis wine?

Answer 454

Chardonnay

Question 455

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?

Answer 455

Newcastle

Question 456

In brewing and distilling, what four letter name is given to the result of heating malted grains in hot water?

Answer 456

Mash

Question 457

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?

Answer 457

Belgium

Question 458

Which novelist, who also wrote under the name Barbara Vine, became a Labour Life Peer in 1997?

Answer 458

Ruth Rendell

Question 459

In which European country is a mobile telephone referred to as a handy ?

Answer 459

Germany

Question 460

Which city s walls have gates called Walmgate Bar, Monk Bar, Bootham Bar and Micklegate Bar?

Answer 460

York

Question 461

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 ?

Answer 461

Nelson Riddle

Question 462

In the Bible what sort of insects did John the Baptist eat to survive in the desert?

Answer 462

Locusts

Question 463

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"?

Answer 463

Ferdinand Foch

Question 464

Mahe is the largest island of which Island group?

Answer 464

Seychelles

Question 465

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.

Answer 465

The Last Detective

Question 466

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?

Answer 466

Vesta

Question 467

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?

Answer 467

Darlington

Question 468

Jazz musicians Bix Beiderbecke, King Oliver and Bobby Hackett all specialised in playing which instrument?

Answer 468

Cornet

Question 469

Which family of birds are often given the nickname sea swallow because they are so graceful in flight?

Answer 469

Terns

Question 470

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?

Answer 470

Ted Ray

Question 471

Edmund, son of Ethelred the Unready, who briefly succeeded his father as king in 1016, is usually known by which nickname?

Answer 471

Edmund Ironside

Question 472

Under Scottish law what word precedes the word homicide to describe the offence we know in the rest of the UK as manslaughter?

Answer 472

Culpable

Question 473

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"?

Answer 473

Deller (Keith and Jeremy)

Question 474

Which minor prophet gives his name to the shortest book in the Bible?

Answer 474

Obadiah

Question 475

Which English King was defeated and captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141?

Answer 475

King Stephen

Question 476

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?

Answer 476

John Wayne Gacy

Question 477

Which Scottish Football League team, promoted at the end of the 2022-23 season, play at Dens Park?

Answer 477

Dundee FC

Question 478

Stomatology is the branch of medicine concerned with which part of the body?

Answer 478

Mouth

Question 479

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"?

Answer 479

Limahl (of Kajagoogoo)

Question 480

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?

Answer 480

Dragon

Question 481

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?

Answer 481

Bordeaux

Question 482

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?

Answer 482

Yucca

Question 483

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?

Answer 483

New Lanark

Question 484

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?

Answer 484

Skid Row

Question 485

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?

Answer 485

Winnie Ewing

Question 486

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?

Answer 486

Slapton Sands

Question 487

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?

Answer 487

New Earswick

Question 488

Which man, at the time Minister of Sport, was appointed Minister for Drought during the long hot spell in 1976?

Answer 488

Dennis Howell

Question 489

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?

Answer 489

Grunwick Dispute

Question 490

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 ?

Answer 490

John Maynard Keynes

Question 491

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"?

Answer 491

Linda Lewis

Question 492

Following its intro in 1946 which clothing item was declared sinful by vatican city?

Answer 492

Bikini

Question 493

In the UK, gifts made from which material should be given to mark a 5th wedding anniversary?

Answer 493

Wood

Question 494

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"?

Answer 494

Priestley (Dennis and JB)

Question 495

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?

Answer 495

Cow Parsley

Question 496

TAROM is the flag carrier and oldest airline of which European country?

Answer 496

Romania

Question 497

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?

Answer 497

Karl Doenitz

Question 498

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?

Answer 498

Ted Bundy

Question 499

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?

Answer 499

Inspector George Gently

Question 500

Radio 6 presenter Tom Ravenscroft is the son of which former DJ?

Answer 500

John Peel

Question 501

The 1st director of the Royal College of Music is best remembered in the name of which reference work?

Answer 501

Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Question 502

Which healing technique derives its name from the japanese for "universal life energy"?

Answer 502

Reiki

Question 503

Cockburn John Charles Academy is in the Belle Isle area of which English city?

Answer 503

Leeds

Question 504

Pluviose, the fifth month of the French Republic calendar, was in which season?

Answer 504

Winter

Question 505

Which cricket team won the 2023 Indian Premier League?

Answer 505

Chennai Super Kings

Question 506

In the IPL, on 16th September, 2022 Anil Kumble was also replaced by who as head coach of Punjab Kings?

Answer 506

Trevor Bayliss

Question 507

In the IPL, who replaced Tom Moody as head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad in November 2022?

Answer 507

Brian Lara

Question 508

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.

Answer 508

Mark Boucher

Question 509

Which ex-England coach, Zimbabwean cricketer is head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL?

Answer 509

Andy Flower

Question 510

Cricket's Pakistan Super League: what is the name of the team based in the capital and largest city of Balochistan province?

Answer 510

Quetta Gladiators

Question 511

Cricket's Pakistan Super League: what is the name of the team based in the nation's capital?

Answer 511

Islamabad United

Question 512

Cricket's Pakistan Super League: what is the name of the team based in the capital of Sindh Province?

Answer 512

Karachi Kings

Question 513

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.

Answer 513

Lahore Qalandars

Question 514

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.

Answer 514

Multan Sultans

Question 515

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.

Answer 515

Peshawar Zalmi

Question 516

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.

Answer 516

Daren Sammy

Question 517

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.

Answer 517

Liam Livingstone

Question 518

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?

Answer 518

Dawid Malan

Question 519

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.

Answer 519

Phil Salt

Question 520

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.

Answer 520

Jaffna

Question 521

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.

Answer 521

Galle

Question 522

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.

Answer 522

B-Love Kandy

Question 523

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.

Answer 523

Colombo Strikers

Question 524

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.

Answer 524

Jamaica Tallawahs

Question 525

Sharing its name with an IPL team, what is the name of the Caribbean Premier League cricket team based out of Port of Spain?

Answer 525

Trinbago Knight Riders

Question 526

What is the name of the Caribbean Premier League team based out of St Kitts and Nevis?

Answer 526

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

Question 527

Name of the Caribbean Premier League team based out of Providence, Georgetown?

Answer 527

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Question 528

What is the name of the Caribbean Premier League team based out of Barbados? Rakheem Cornwall plays for them as does Jason Holder.

Answer 528

Barbados Royals

Question 529

What is the real first name of Ruby Walsh?

Answer 529

Rupert

Question 530

In 1886, which US president married Frances Folsom in the White House, the only time that a President married there?

Answer 530

Grover Cleveland

Question 531

Which is the town referred to in the title of the recent BBC drama series Steeltown Murders?

Answer 531

Port Talbot

Question 532

In 1820, who became the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he held until his death in 1834?

Answer 532

Thomas Telford

Question 533

Which word that starts with L completes the title of the executive agency of the Ministry of Defence, the Defence Science and Technology __________?

Answer 533

Laboratory

Question 534

In Shakespeare's Hamlet who kills Hamlet in a sword fight?

Answer 534

Laertes

Question 535

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.

Answer 535

Abebe Bikila

Question 536

In 1934, which surrealist painted The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft which can be used as a table?

Answer 536

Salvador Dali

Question 537

Give a year in the life of Adolphe Sax.

Answer 537

1814-94

Question 538

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?

Answer 538

Kauto StarWhat

Question 539

What is the title of the recent BBC drama series about British citizens who moved to Australia after WW2?

Answer 539

Ten Pound Poms

Question 540

The Matabeleland Tuskers and the Mashonaland Eagles are first class cricket teams in which country?

Answer 540

Zimbabwe

Question 541

The Logan Cup is the premier domestic first class cricket competition in which country? Named after a founding father of a neighbouring country.

Answer 541

Zimbabwe

Question 542

The Plunket Shield is the premier domestic first class cricket company in which country?

Answer 542

New Zealand

Question 543

What is the name of the domestic first class cricket league/trophy for Australia?

Answer 543

Sheffield Shield

Question 544

Also known as Whit Sunday, which Christian festival falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter?

Answer 544

Pentecost

Question 545

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?

Answer 545

C&A

Question 546

Who scored three goals when Blackpool FC won the 1953 FA Cup Final?

Answer 546

Stan Mortensen

Question 547

Who was leader of the 1953 Everest Expedition?

Answer 547

John Hunt

Question 548

Which Lancashire born contralto died in October 1953 aged 41?

Answer 548

Kathleen Ferrier

Question 549

On which date was Elizabeth II coronation in 1953?

Answer 549

June 2nd

Question 550

On which date was charles iii coronation in 2023?

Answer 550

May 6th

Question 551

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?

Answer 551

Billy & Mandy

Question 552

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).

Answer 552

Steven Universe

Question 553

Who plays Charlie Spring in Alice Oseman's Heartstopper? Schoolboy who falls in love with Nick Nelson played by Kit Connor.

Answer 553

Joe Locke

Question 554

Who plays Elle Argent in Heartstopper? Set to join cast of Doctor Who in 2023.

Answer 554

Yasmin Finney

Question 555

Who has been cast as Ruby Sunday, a companion of Ncuti Gatwa's 15th reincarnation of Doctor Who?

Answer 555

Millie Gibson

Question 556

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.

Answer 556

Codename: Kids Next Door

Question 557

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.

Answer 557

Total Drama

Question 558

What is the name of Blossom (Pink), Bubbles (Blue) and Buttercup (Green)'s father and creator in Powerpuff Girls?

Answer 558

Professor Utonium

Question 559

A giant, flying, fire-breathing, prehistoric turtle, a form of Kaiju in Japanese films

Answer 559

Gamera

Question 560

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?

Answer 560

Tokusatsu

Question 561

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

Answer 561

Mojo Jojo

Question 562

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?

Answer 562

MANDARK Astronomonov

Question 563

In which month is the Last Night of the Proms held at the Royal Albert Hall?

Answer 563

September

Question 564

Tall tree with scientific name Pseudotsuga menziesii, arguably the tallest in Britain at 66m?

Answer 564

Douglas Fir

Question 565

Tall tree with scientific name Pinus sylvestris, tall one found at Cragside in Northumberland may be tallest in England

Answer 565

Scots Pine

Question 566

Tallest tree in world is Hyperion, what type of tree?

Answer 566

Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

Question 567

Largest tree by volume is the General Sherman and is found in California, what type of tree?

Answer 567

Giant Sequoia

Question 568

Tree native to Indian subcontinent, Ficus benghalensis, could be broadest in world?

Answer 568

Banyan

Question 569

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?

Answer 569

Coolibah

Question 570

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?

Answer 570

Bristlecone Pine

Question 571

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.

Answer 571

Nikolay Przhevalsky

Question 572

Jaguar Land Rover currently produce two ranges of vehicles at their Halewood plant in Merseyside. Name either.

Answer 572

RANGE ROVER EVOQUE or DISCOVERY SPORT

Question 573

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.

Answer 573

Aston Villa and Blackburn

Question 574

In terms of area, which is the third largest US State after Alaska and Texas?

Answer 574

California

Question 575

Fourth least populated US States in reverse order

Answer 575

47th: North Dakota 48th: Alaska 49th: Vermont 50th: Wyoming

Question 576

Capital of Guam

Answer 576

Hagatna

Question 577

Which 81 year old singer songwriter released his fifteenth studio album "Seven Psalms" in May 2023?

Answer 577

Paul Simon

Question 578

Name for betting on three consecutive numbers in a horizontal line on roulette?

Answer 578

Street

Question 579

Bet on two vertically/horizontally adjacent numbers term in roulette

Answer 579

Split

Question 580

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.

Answer 580

Labouchere System

Question 581

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.

Answer 581

D'Alembert System

Question 582

Who presents the TV show: Little Trains and Big Names where they meet other famous faces who share passion for miniature railways?

Answer 582

Pete Waterman

Question 583

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

Answer 583

Big Mouth

Question 584

The Great Amazon Heist stars which prankster?

Answer 584

Oobah Butler

Question 585

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.

Answer 585

Naomi SchiffWho has won every season of

Question 586

Who has won every season of W Series of motor racing so far? British woman.

Answer 586

Jamie Chadwick

Question 587

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.

Answer 587

Billy Monger

Question 588

Name of 2023 tv series where Steve Coogan plays Jimmy Saville?

Answer 588

The Reckoning

Question 589

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.

Answer 589

Breeders

Question 590

Swedish electric car company bought by Volvo in 2015, vehicles produced in China home to Volvo's parent company Geely.

Answer 590

Polestar

Question 591

Who wrote 1940 debut novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter?

Answer 591

Carson McCullers

Question 592

2017 novel Home Fire is by which Pakistani British writer?

Answer 592

Kamila Shamsie

Question 593

The 2018 Womens Prize for Fiction winner Home Fire was Kamila Shamsie's reimagining of which Sophocles play in a modern setting?

Answer 593

Antigone

Question 594

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 ______.

Answer 594

Caro Emerald

Question 595

Ethan James Barnett what stage name? Self titled album in 2019. Brother of George Ezra. Second album "Dancing, Alone" out in 2023.

Answer 595

Ten Tonnes

Question 596

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.

Answer 596

Sarah Willis

Question 597

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

Answer 597

Ernest Bloch

Question 598

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).

Answer 598

Pablo Casals

Question 599

Isata (26), Braimah (25), Konya (22), Jeneba (20), Aminata (17) and Mariatu (13) are members of which musical family?

Answer 599

Kanneh-Mason (including Sheku)

Question 600

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

Answer 600

Entropy

Question 601

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?

Answer 601

Malefiz

Question 602

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".

Answer 602

Mancala

Question 603

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.

Answer 603

Ravensburger

Question 604

Borg and Camilleri are the two most common surnames in which European country?

Answer 604

Malta

Question 605

Meaning "one who lives in the valley", which is most common surname in Austria?

Answer 605

Gruber

Question 606

Derivation of a first name, what is most common surname in Belgium?

Answer 606

Peeters

Question 607

Most common surname in Bulgaria?

Answer 607

Ivanov

Question 608

Most common surname of Croatia and second most common in Slovenia, derived from ethnic name for a Croat

Answer 608

Horvat

Question 609

Most common surname of Czech people comes from new man/woman

Answer 609

Novak/Novakova

Question 610

Most common surname in Denmark, second is Jensen

Answer 610

Nielsen

Question 611

Most common surname in France

Answer 611

Martin

Question 612

Hungarian word for Smith occupational name is which second most common in the country?

Answer 612

Kovacs

Question 613

Most common surname in Italy

Answer 613

Rossi

Question 614

Most common surname in Netherlands and means The Young?

Answer 614

De Jong

Question 615

Most common Norwegian surname

Answer 615

Hansen

Question 616

Most common Polish surname

Answer 616

Nowak

Question 617

Most common Portuguese surname

Answer 617

Silva

Question 618

Most common surname in Spain

Answer 618

Garcia

Question 619

What's most common surname in Turkey?

Answer 619

Yilmaz

Question 620

tradtional vegetable season in uk runs from st georges day to summer solstice

Answer 620

Asparagus

Question 621

The Equator passes through only one country in Oceania, although only on water rather than over land. Which island country is this?

Answer 621

Kiribati

Question 622

Which American senator was a primary architect of the Good Friday Agreement, signed in Belfast in 1998?

Answer 622

George Mitchell

Question 623

Fieldfares and redwings, which migrate to Britain for the winter, are both members of which family of birds?

Answer 623

Thrushes

Question 624

An extract from which cantata was used as the music for television adverts for Old Spice aftershave in the 1970s?

Answer 624

Carmina Burana

Question 625

Superbowl MVP for first two Superbowls was who?

Answer 625

Bart Starr

Question 626

In which month does the Lord Mayor's Parade take place through the streets of London?

Answer 626

November

Question 627

Which LA Rams wide receiver won the 2022 Superbowl MVP

Answer 627

Cooper Kupp

Question 628

Which New England Patriots wide receiver won the 2019 Superbowl MVP

Answer 628

Julian Edelman

Question 629

Which Philadelphia Eagles QB won the 2018 Superbowl MVP?

Answer 629

Nick Foles

Question 630

Which Denver Broncos linebacker won the 2016 Superbowl MVP?

Answer 630

Von Miller

Question 631

Which San Francisco 49ers QB won three Superbowl MVPs, second only to Tom Brady's 5?

Answer 631

Joe Montana

Question 632

Which Pittsburgh Steelers two Superbowl MVPs joint 3rd with Bart Starr, Eli Manning and Patrick Mahomes?

Answer 632

Terry Bradshaw

Question 633

Who won two NBA MVP awards with St Louis Hawks including the very first one 1955-56 and 1958-59?

Answer 633

Bob Pettit

Question 634

Which NBA player has the most MVP awards with 6? Second with 5 is Bill Russell and Michael Jordan.

Answer 634

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Question 635

Which Denver Nuggets center won 2021 and 2022 NBA MVP award?

Answer 635

Nikola Jokic

Question 636

Which Philadelphia 76ers centre won 2023 NBA MVP award?

Answer 636

Joel Embiid

Question 637

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?

Answer 637

Dirk Nowitzki

Question 638

New York Yankees outfielder who won 2022 American League MVP?

Answer 638

Aaron Judge

Question 639

LA Angels pitcher and designated hitter won the 2021 American League MVP?

Answer 639

Shohei Ohtani

Question 640

Cuban born first baseman who won the 2020 American League MVP while playing for Chicago White Sox and now for Houston Astros?

Answer 640

Jose Abreu

Question 641

Los Angeles outfielder who won the 2014, 2016 and 2019 American League MVP?

Answer 641

Mike Trout

Question 642

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.

Answer 642

Mookie Betts

Question 643

Nicknamed Miggy, which Detroit Tigers third baseman won the 2012 and 2013 American League MVP award?

Answer 643

Miguel Cabrera

Question 644

Which baseball outfielder won the National League MVP awards in both 2015 with Washington Nationals and 2021 with Philadelphia Phillies?

Answer 644

Bryce Harper

Question 645

Nicknamed the Machine, which Domicican born baseball player won the 2005, 2008 and 2009 National League MVP awards while playing for St Louis Cardinals?

Answer 645

Albert Pujols

Question 646

The World Series MVP Award was renamed in honour of which baseball player known for "The Catch" in the 1954 World Series?

Answer 646

Willie Mays

Question 647

Which Dominican shortstop won the 2022 World Series MVP award while playing for the winning side Houston Astros?

Answer 647

Jeremy Pena

Question 648

Which Cuban right fielder and designated hitter won the 2021 World Series MVP award while playing for the winning side Atlanta Braves?

Answer 648

Jorge Soler

Question 649

Which Canadian centre won the Hart Memorial Trophy for NHL MVP in 2023, 2021 and 2017 while playing for Edmonton Oilers?

Answer 649

Connor McDavid

Question 650

6 time winner of NHL MVP playing for Detroit Red Wings in 50s and 60s?

Answer 650

Gordie Howe

Question 651

3rd in list of all-time MVP wins, which Canadian defenceman was MVP for NHL four times in the 1930s?

Answer 651

Eddie Shore

Question 652

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?

Answer 652

Bobby Orr

Question 653

Which Canadian centre won 3 NHL MVP awards in 1973, 1975 and 1976 while playing for Philadelphia Flyers?

Answer 653

Bobby Clarke

Question 655

Which Canadian centre nicknamed The Magnificent One won three NHL MVPs for Pittsburgh Penguins in 1988, 1993 and 1996?

Answer 655

Mario Lemieux

Question 656

Which Russian left winger won three MVP NHL awards in 2008, 2009 and 2013 while playing for Washington Capitals?

Answer 656

Alexander Ovechkin

Question 657

Canelo Alvarez signed a 365 million USD contract with which organisation in 2018 to hold rights to his fights over next five years?

Answer 657

DAZN

Question 658

Karim Benzema signed two year contract 2023-25 for which Saudi club?

Answer 658

Al-Ittihad

Question 659

Cincinnati Bengals QB signed a $275m contract for 2024-29?

Answer 659

Joe Burrow

Question 660

Los Angeles Chargers QB signed a $262.5m contract for 2024-29?

Answer 660

Justin Herbert

Question 661

Baltimore Ravens QB signed a $260m contract 5 years (2023–2027)?

Answer 661

Lamar Jackson

Question 662

Which Philadelphia Eagles QB signed a $255m 5 years (2023–2027) contract?

Answer 662

Jalen Hurts

Question 663

Which Denver Broncos QB signed a $242,588,236 five year contract in 2022?

Answer 663

Russell Wilson

Question 664

Which Arizona Cardinals QB signed a $230m 5 year contract in 2022?

Answer 664

Kyler Murray

Question 665

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.

Answer 665

Deshaun Watson

Question 666

Which Boston Celtics player signed the most expensive basketball contract as of 2023 for 5 years 2024-29?

Answer 666

Jaylen Brown

Question 667

Which third baseman and shortstop for San Diego Padres signed an 11 year contract in 2023 for $350m?

Answer 667

Manny Machado

Question 668

Which Puerto Rican shortstop for New York Mets signed an 10 year contract in 2022 for $341m?

Answer 668

Francisco Lindor

Question 669

Nicknamed Nino or Bebo, which Dominican shortstop and right fielder signed a $340m contract in 2021 for 14 years for San Diego Padres?

Answer 669

Fernando Tatis Jr.

Question 670

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?

Answer 670

Canadian Pacific

Question 671

Who is directing November 2023 film The Marvels? Previously directed Little Woods 2018, Candyman 2021.

Answer 671

Nia DaCosta

Question 672

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.

Answer 672

Shawn Levy

Question 673

Olga Kurylenko played which character in 2021 film Black Widow and set to reprise character in 2024 Thunderbolts?

Answer 673

Taskmaster

Question 674

2024 Captain America film will have what subtitle shared with a 20th century classic novel?

Answer 674

Brave New World

Question 675

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?

Answer 675

Fortingall Yew

Question 676

2023 American crime thriller film starring Benicio Del Toro as Tom Nicholls and Will Grady by Justin Timberlake?

Answer 676

Reptile

Question 677

Wes Anderson short film released on Netflix in 2023 with Benedict Cumberbatch as title character?

Answer 677

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Question 678

David Grann, known for Killers of the Flower Moon, also did which book then made into a film with Charlie Hunnam as Percy Fawcett?

Answer 678

The Lost City of Z

Question 679

April 2023 David Grann book about a namesake mutiny which took place after the ship's wreckage in 1741?

Answer 679

The Wager

Question 680

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?

Answer 680

Henry Worsley

Question 681

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?

Answer 681

Jeremy Bowen

Question 682

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

Answer 682

Citreon (Berlingo), Peugeot (Rifter) or FIAT (Doblo)

Question 683

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.

Answer 683

Stellantis

Question 684

What was the name of the park ranger in the Yogi Bear Cartoon?

Answer 684

Ranger Smith

Question 685

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.

Answer 685

Gloucester and Leicester

Question 686

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?

Answer 686

Kiev

Question 687

Only three darts players from outside the UK have been PDC World champion. Who, in 2003, was the first?

Answer 687

John Part (also Raymond van Barneveld and Michael van Gerwen)

Question 688

Which British poet retold 24 tales from Ovid's Metamorpheses in his award winning 1997 collection "Tales from Ovid"?

Answer 688

Ted Hughes

Question 689

After California and Texas, which US State has the third highest population with about 22 million inhabitants?

Answer 689

Florida

Question 690

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?

Answer 690

Cistercians

Question 691

Which 77 year old Irish performer released his 44th studio album "Moving On Skiffle" in March 2023?

Answer 691

Van Morrison

Question 692

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?

Answer 692

11

Question 693

Peeters (pron PAY-TERS) and Janssens (pron YAN-SENS) are the two most common surnames in which European country?

Answer 693

Belgium

Question 694

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?

Answer 694

Rhubard

Question 695

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?

Answer 695

Maldives

Question 696

who was the Irish Taoiseach at the time of the Good Friday Agreement?

Answer 696

Bertie Ahern

Question 697

Which is the only British falcon to spend the British winters south of the Sahara Desert?

Answer 697

Hobby

Question 698

An extract from which suite by J S Bach was used for the music in television adverts for Hamlet Cigars from the 1960s onwards?

Answer 698

Air on the G String

Question 699

Lagavulin, Bowmore and Ardbeg are Scotch whiskies produced on which Hebridean island?

Answer 699

Islay

Question 700

How many teats does a cow's udder have?

Answer 700

Four

Question 701

The entertainer George Logan, who died in May 2023, was best known for his portrayal of which character?

Answer 701

Dr Evadne Hinge (of Hinge and Bracket)

Question 702

Patrick Fyffe played which character opposite George Logan as the other half of the double act?

Answer 702

Dame Hilda Bracket (as Hinge and Bracket)

Question 703

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.

Answer 703

Peter Manley

Question 704

Which German born French actress won the 1960 Best Actress Oscar for playing Alice Aisgill in the film, Room at the Top?

Answer 704

Simone Signoret

Question 705

Which car manufacturer produced the models Ascona and Manta, production of both beginning in 1970?

Answer 705

Opel

Question 706

What was the name of the dog in Enid Blyton's series of books featuring the Secret Seven?

Answer 706

Scamper

Question 707

In the sitcom Dad's Army what was the name of the air raid warden played by Bill Pertwee?

Answer 707

Hodges

Question 708

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?

Answer 708

Barmouth Bridge

Question 709

What colour are the mature berries of the juniper tree?

Answer 709

Purple/Black

Question 710

Sancho Panza rode Dapple the Donkey, who did Don Quixote ride?

Answer 710

Rocinante

Question 711

According to the Book of Proverbs, the price of a virtuous woman is far above what?

Answer 711

Rubies

Question 712

What common name is given to Aster Novi-Belgii a plant that blooms around a Saint's day the 29th September?

Answer 712

Michaelmas Daisy (New York Aster)

Question 713

Duke of Monmouth rebelled against James II in 1685, his father was Charles II but who was his mother?

Answer 713

Lucy Walter

Question 714

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?

Answer 714

Tadcaster

Question 715

The Slavonic Dances are a series of 16 orchestral pieces written in the 1870s and 1880s by which composer?

Answer 715

Antonin Dvorak

Question 716

"A Beautiful Noise" which opened on Broadway in 2022, is a stage musical based on the life and songs of which singer/songwriter?

Answer 716

Neil Diamond

Question 717

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

Answer 717

Standing at the Sky's Edge

Question 718

Leo Di Caprio character name in Killers of the Flower Moon?

Answer 718

Ernest Burkhart

Question 719

Robert DeNIro character name in Killers of the Flower Moon?

Answer 719

William King Hale

Question 720

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.

Answer 720

Lily Gladstone

Question 721

Canadian actress of Cree and Métis heritage played Lizzie Q, Mollie Burkhart's mother, in Killers of the Flower Moon?

Answer 721

Tantoo Cardinal

Question 722

Which high ranking religious office in Shi'ite sect of Islam means sign or token of God?

Answer 722

Ayatollah

Question 723

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?

Answer 723

Invergordon Mutiny

Question 724

What were the two mutinies that took place in 1797, one in Portsmouth and one on the Thames?

Answer 724

Spithead and The Nore

Question 725

In betting terminology what name, that of a nationality, is given to a bet of 5 selections making up 26 separate bets?

Answer 725

Canadian (Super Yankee)

Question 726

Name one of the 2 islands separated by the Windward Passage?

Answer 726

Cuba and Hispaniola

Question 727

How many pounds were in the traditional Imperial measure, the hundredweight?

Answer 727

112

Question 728

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?

Answer 728

Robert de Niro

Question 729

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?

Answer 729

Augustus Pugin

Question 730

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?

Answer 730

Scarborough

Question 731

2022 Womens Wimbledon champion represents which country?

Answer 731

Kazakhstan

Question 732

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?

Answer 732

Wonga

Question 733

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?

Answer 733

Newcastle

Question 734

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?

Answer 734

Deacon

Question 735

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?

Answer 735

Shiloh

Question 736

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?

Answer 736

Adonis

Question 737

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?

Answer 737

Richard Sharp

Question 738

In the classic sitcom "Never the Twain" which actor played antique dealer Oliver Strawbridge, the rival of Simon Peel played by Donald Sinden?

Answer 738

Windsor Davies

Question 739

Which hormones produced in the pituitary glands have analgesic qualities and are responsible for positive moods?

Answer 739

Endorphins

Question 740

Which Austrian born Swiss actor won the 1962 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in, 'Judgement at Nuremburg'?

Answer 740

Maximillian Schell

Question 741

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?

Answer 741

Joseph Paxton

Question 742

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.

Answer 742

William Caxton

Question 743

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?

Answer 743

Mainz

Question 744

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?

Answer 744

Carillion

Question 745

What specific measure of distance equates to 6076 feet?

Answer 745

Nautical Mile

Question 746

What is the only services on the M6 Toll motorway?

Answer 746

Norton Canes

Question 747

As of October 24th 2023, how much does it cost to use the entire M6 toll road at peak weekday prices for a car?

Answer 747

£8.20

Question 748

How much is one-way on the Dartford Crossing as of October 24th 2023?

Answer 748

£2.50

Question 749

As of October 2023, how much is the ULEZ charge?

Answer 749

£12.50

Question 750

As of October 2023, how much is the London Congestion Charge if paid in advance or on the day?

Answer 750

£15

Question 751

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.

Answer 751

Kit

Question 752

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?

Answer 752

Focal Length

Question 753

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?

Answer 753

Virga

Question 754

The Russian and The Pyrenean are the two species of which long snouted aquatic mammal in the mole family?

Answer 754

Desman

Question 755

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?

Answer 755

Oumuamua

Question 756

What was second interstellar object found in solar system?

Answer 756

2I/Borisov

Question 757

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/______.

Answer 757

Encke's Comet

Question 758

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.

Answer 758

Biela's Comet

Question 759

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.

Answer 759

Maria Mitchell

Question 760

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.

Answer 760

Adam Sedgwick

Question 761

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.

Answer 761

William Hyde Wollaston

Question 762

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.

Answer 762

William Smith

Question 763

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.

Answer 763

Gideon Mantell

Question 764

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.

Answer 764

Punctuated Equilibrium

Question 765

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?

Answer 765

Leeuwenhoek Medal

Question 766

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?

Answer 766

Jillian Banfield

Question 767

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.

Answer 767

Martinus Beijerinck

Question 768

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.

Answer 768

David Bruce

Question 769

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.

Answer 769

Maureen Raymo

Question 770

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?

Answer 770

Kathryn Whaler

Question 771

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.

Answer 771

John Theophilius Desaguliers

Question 772

Name the two female recipients of the Copley Medal, won in 1976 and 2021 respectively.

Answer 772

Dorothy Hodgkin and Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Question 773

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.

Answer 773

Stephen Gray

Question 774

Which astronomer won the 2023 Copley Medal?

Answer 774

Martin Rees

Question 775

A massive pumpkin in the USA broke the world record for the heaviest gourd. This pumpkin is named after which sports personality?

Answer 775

Michael Jordan

Question 776

The Chinese victory at the Battle of Chamdo in 1950 resulted in the annexation of what Asian region?

Answer 776

Tibet

Question 777

Named by Rolling Stone in 2016 as the greatest drummer of all time, John Bonham was the drummer of what rock band?

Answer 777

Led Zeppelin

Question 778

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.

Answer 778

Amazons

Question 779

Sean Rad, Justin Mateen and Whitney Wolfe founded what online dating application that is used by 75 million users monthly in 2020?

Answer 779

Tinder

Question 780

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?

Answer 780

Iron Dome

Question 781

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.

Answer 781

Cyril Radcliffe

Question 782

What namesake line forms the afghanistan pakistan border? Named after anglo indian diplomat.

Answer 782

Durand Line

Question 783

What is the named line between China and India or more specifically Tibet and India?

Answer 783

McMahon Line

Question 784

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.

Answer 784

Texas Instruments

Question 785

The coat of arms of which European country is also informally known as sahovnica (chessboard) as it has 13 red and 12 white fields?

Answer 785

Croatia

Question 786

Of the eight countries that the prime meridian is passing through, what is the largest?

Answer 786

Algeria

Question 787

Kelly McGillis portrayed flight instructor Charlotte Blackwood in the 1986 film Top Gun. What was the character's callsign?

Answer 787

Charlie

Question 788

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?

Answer 788

One Meal A Day

Question 789

Russian author Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev was best known for writing the novel Petersburg. He is better known by what pen name?

Answer 789

Andrei Bely

Question 790

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?

Answer 790

Ali G

Question 791

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?

Answer 791

Matt Dawson

Question 792

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?

Answer 792

Wood in Golf

Question 793

Which British motor car manufacturer is based in Malvern and produces 850 cars per year, all assembled by hand?

Answer 793

Morgan

Question 794

Which role was played by Clark Gable in Gone With The Wind?

Answer 794

Rhett Butler

Question 795

Which footballer made his first team debut for Melchester Rovers in 1954 against Elbury Wanderers and scored twice in a 3–3 draw?

Answer 795

Roy Race

Question 796

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?

Answer 796

Camp Coffee

Question 797

The Andes are the longest continental mountain range in the world; which is the northernmost country which includes part of the range?

Answer 797

Venezuela

Question 798

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?

Answer 798

Absolutely Fabulous

Question 799

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?

Answer 799

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Question 800

What is meant by the placename element in Welsh town names Caer, as in Caerphilly for example?

Answer 800

Castle

Question 801

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?

Answer 801

The Rifles

Question 802

If Argentina are the Pumas, Chile the Condors, Australia the Wallabies, and South Africa the Springboks, how are the Portuguese national rugby team known?

Answer 802

Os Lobos - the wolves

Question 803

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?

Answer 803

Bacalhau

Question 804

The events leading to the independence of Brazil in 1822 were triggered by the invasion of Portugal in 1807 by which country?

Answer 804

France

Question 805

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?

Answer 805

Tawny

Question 806

Which tourist region of Portugal takes its name from the Arabic meaning west of Andalucia?

Answer 806

The Algarve

Question 807

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?

Answer 807

Peri Peri

Question 808

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?

Answer 808

Torre de Belem (or The Tower of St Vincent)

Question 809

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?

Answer 809

Rigid (rigid-hulled inflatable boat)

Question 810

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?

Answer 810

Salt

Question 811

The international cricket stadium at Sylhet is in which country?

Answer 811

Bangladesh

Question 812

In 2022 West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper resigned as an MP to take up a role as Chair of which body?

Answer 812

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Question 813

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.

Answer 813

Dusseldorf

Question 814

Which is the lightest of the halogens with an atomic number of nine?

Answer 814

Fluorine

Question 815

In India, the rainy season is between June and September when the monsoon winds are coming from which two word direction?

Answer 815

South West

Question 816

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.

Answer 816

Igor Sechin

Question 817

Which World War 1 battle lasted for ten months in 1916 and resulted in 130,000 German deaths and 160,000 French deaths?

Answer 817

Battle of Verdun

Question 818

Malin Head, on the Inishowen Peninsula, the northernmost point of the island of Ireland, is in which county?

Answer 818

Donegal

Question 819

What name given to a cow's stomach when it is eaten?>

Answer 819

Tripe

Question 820

Edeka, Kaufland and Norma are retail chains in which country?

Answer 820

Germany

Question 821

Which ITV franchise covered Wales and part of the West of England between 1968 and 2002?

Answer 821

HTV (Harlech)

Question 822

In July 2023, 62 new moons of which moon were announced which moved it to first in list of planets with most moons?

Answer 822

Saturn

Question 823

Now working as an actor and a painter, which performer used to play the character Vic Reeves?

Answer 823

Jim Moir

Question 824

Which international sporting venue in England has the postcode NN12 8TN?

Answer 824

Silverstone

Question 825

Loreen's two Eurovision winning songs

Answer 825

Euphoria and Tattoo

Question 826

Johnny Logan's two Eurovision winning songs

Answer 826

1980 What's Another Year and 1987 Hold Me Now

Question 827

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?

Answer 827

Linda Martin's Why Me

Question 828

4 What is the demonym for an inhabitant of the Republic of Togo?

Answer 828

Togolese

Question 829

Burkina Faso demonym

Answer 829

Burkinabe

Question 830

Which writer and broadcaster, born in Whiston Hospital in 1961, is on the North of England team on Radio 4's Round Britain Quiz?

Answer 830

Stuart Maconie

Question 831

Which pre-war art and architectural movement took its name from the name of the Paris Exhibition of 1925?

Answer 831

Art Deco

Question 832

The international cricket stadium at Kwekwe is in which country?

Answer 832

Zimbabwe

Question 833

Who replaced Rosie Cooper as MP for West Lancashire after winning a by- election in 2023?

Answer 833

Ashley Dalton

Question 834

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?

Answer 834

Berlin

Question 835

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.

Answer 835

Sarah Edwards

Question 836

Which Labour MP replaced Nadine Dorries as MP for Mid Bedfordshire following the 19th October by-election? He defeated the Conservative candidate Festus Akinbusoye.

Answer 836

Alistair Strathern

Question 837

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.

Answer 837

August and September

Question 838

Brow Head, the southernmost point of the island of Ireland, is in which county?

Answer 838

Cork

Question 839

Which parts of the animal is used in the dish sweetbreads?

Answer 839

Thymus or Pancreas

Question 840

Auchan and Système U are supermarket chains based in which country?

Answer 840

France

Question 841

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?

Answer 841

Meridian

Question 842

Apart from cricket, which other team sport, has a playing position called third man, although this is normally only in the women's game?

Answer 842

Lacrosse

Question 843

In English grammar, the words Above, Across, Among, Beyond and Through are all examples of which part of speech?

Answer 843

Prepositions

Question 844

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?

Answer 844

Ceres

Question 845

Who played Jim Hacker in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister?

Answer 845

Paul Eddington

Question 846

Which famous English sporting venue has the postcode GL50 4SH?

Answer 846

Cheltenham Racecourse

Question 847

Which of Shakespeare's plays is a play within a play, starting with a drunken tinker called Christopher Sly who watches the actors perform?

Answer 847

The Taming of the Shrew

Question 848

The Yorkshire town of Harrogate is famous for its displays of which type of flower every spring?

Answer 848

Crocuses

Question 849

Which performer, who died in 2023, created the character of Sandy Stone, described as a decent man from the suburbs?

Answer 849

Barry Humphries

Question 850

In some versions of the story, which of the Knights of the Round Table is the illegitimate son of King Arthur?

Answer 850

Mordred

Question 851

Who is Lancelot's son and who is the mother?

Answer 851

Galahad (born of Lancelot and Elaine)

Question 852

At the recent Coronation, the Head of which of the churches in the British Isles presented the King with the Bible?

Answer 852

Church of Scotland

Question 853

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?

Answer 853

Cheryl Baker

Question 854

What is the unusual location of Stott Hall Farm in West Yorkshire?

Answer 854

In between carriageways of M62

Question 855

In whcih real life school was Tom Browns Schoolboys set?

Answer 855

Rugby

Question 856

1st class stamps are now what colour in UK?

Answer 856

Purple

Question 857

2nd class stamps are now what colour in UK?

Answer 857

Green

Question 858

Who wrote Tom Browns Schooldays

Answer 858

Thomas Hughes

Question 859

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?

Answer 859

Harriet Martineau

Question 860

Born 1828, Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. _________, famous novels include "Miss Marjoribanks", "Hester" and "The Library Window"?

Answer 860

Margaret Oliphant

Question 861

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.

Answer 861

George Harris

Question 862

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.

Answer 862

Jamie Waylett

Question 863

Who played Dudley Dursley and also appeared in The Queen's Gambit?

Answer 863

Harry Melling

Question 864

English actor and former rugby union player who was body double for Hagrid in the Harry Potter films

Answer 864

Martin Bayfield

Question 865

British-Brazilian actor who played Dean Thomas in Harry Potter and Wes Gibbins in How to Get Away with Murder?

Answer 865

Alfred Enoch

Question 866

Who was Cornelius Fudge in Harry Potter and known more for Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small?

Answer 866

Robert Hardy

Question 867

Which Oscar winner who won Best Actress for Darling in 1965 appeared in Prisoner of Azkaban as Madam Rosmerta?

Answer 867

Julie Christie

Question 868

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).

Answer 868

Jeff Rawle

Question 869

Who played Olympe Maxime in Harry Potter? Starred as Miss Ruth Jones in Rising Damp.

Answer 869

Frances de la Tour

Question 870

Who is the landlord of the house and lead of Rising Damp sitcom played by Leonard Rossiter?

Answer 870

Rupert Rigsby

Question 871

Who played a likeable young medical student Alan Moore in Rising Damp?

Answer 871

Richard Beckinsale

Question 872

Who played Philip Smith in Rising Damp? Also played Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in Death in Paradise.

Answer 872

Don Warrington

Question 873

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

Answer 873

Kathryn Hunter

Question 874

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.

Answer 874

Simon McBurney

Question 875

British actress and musician known for playing Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potters and the wilding Osha in Game of Thrones?

Answer 875

Natalia Tena

Question 876

Chris Finch in The Office and Amycus Carrow in Harry Potters

Answer 876

Ralph Ineson

Question 877

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.

Answer 877

Dave Legeno

Question 878

Actor who played Vecna in Stranger Things and also Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter Deathly Hallows

Answer 878

Jamie Campbell Bower

Question 879

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.

Answer 879

Anna Shaffer

Question 880

According to Irish legend who built the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim?

Answer 880

Finn MacCool

Question 881

Conan Doyle's Hussar officer character in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars

Answer 881

Brigadier Gerard

Question 882

Give a year in life of Thomas Arne who wrote Rule Britannia

Answer 882

1710-1778

Question 883

The 5th symphony of which composer was entitled The Reformation , he also composed the oratorios, Elijah and St Paul ?

Answer 883

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 884

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?

Answer 884

HMS Hood

Question 885

In 1982 Charles Burton and which other adventurer completed a 3 year trans-global expedition that traversed both of the poles?

Answer 885

Ranulph Fiennes

Question 886

Which author created the characters, Axel Lindenbrock and Ned Land?

Answer 886

Jules Verne

Question 887

Professor Pierre Aronnax, Conseil and Ned Land are characters in which famous novel?

Answer 887

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Question 888

Captain Nemo appears in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and which other book published five years later in 1875?

Answer 888

The Mysterious Island

Question 889

Cyrus Smith, Tom Ayrton and Captain Nemo are all characters in which Jules Verne novel?

Answer 889

The Mysterious Island

Question 890

Which Icelandic volcano do Otto Lidenbrock and nephew Axel rappel into at start of Journey to the Center of the Earth?

Answer 890

Snaefellsjokull

Question 891

Which Italian volcano does Professor Lidenbrock and Axel return from the centre of the Earth through in Journey to the ....?

Answer 891

Stromboli

Question 892

Situated on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal what is the longest, deepest and highest canal tunnel in Britain?

Answer 892

Standedge Tunnel

Question 893

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 ?

Answer 893

William Walton

Question 894

What was the stage name of the actor and comedian born Joseph Levitch in 1926?

Answer 894

Jerry Lewis

Question 895

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"?

Answer 895

Steve Fossett

Question 896

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?

Answer 896

International Dark Sky Reserve

Question 897

Historically what trade was carried out by a webster?

Answer 897

Weaver

Question 898

Jonny Wilkinson 2003 World Cup winning drop kick for England was scored in which city?

Answer 898

Telstra Stadium in Sydney

Question 899

In historic occupations a postillion worked with which form of transport?

Answer 899

Coach

Question 900

Which comic, which ran from 1958 to 2001, featured, Ballerina on a String , Robina Hood and most notably The 4 Marys ?

Answer 900

Bunty

Question 901

In the sitcom Dinnerladies, which ran from 1998-2000, which actress who went on to star in the drama Shameless played canteen assistant Twinkle?

Answer 901

Maxine Peake

Question 902

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.

Answer 902

Celia Imrie

Question 903

Cleeve Cloud is the highest point in which range of English hills?

Answer 903

Cotswolds (and of Gloucestershire)

Question 904

Which anti-cyclonic storm is located 22 degrees south of Jupiter's equator?

Answer 904

The Great Red Spot

Question 905

In ancient Rome what name was given to the commoners who, as determined by the census, were not regarded as Patricians?

Answer 905

Plebians

Question 906

Containing stir fried green peppers and green chillies which Indian curry translates into English from Bengali as stir fry?

Answer 906

Jalfrezi

Question 907

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.

Answer 907

Bhuna

Question 908

Which curry name from urdu/persian for stewed in ghee?

Answer 908

Rogan Josh

Question 909

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 ?

Answer 909

Sylvia Syms

Question 910

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 ..............?

Answer 910

Giant Hogweed

Question 911

The multi sport venue Caja Magica, or Magic Box, in Madrid is mainly used as a venue for which sport?

Answer 911

Tennis

Question 912

Yellowknife is the capital of which Canadian territory?

Answer 912

Northwest Territories

Question 913

Whitehorse is the capital of which Canadian territory?

Answer 913

Yukon

Question 914

Who was the author of the book which was adapted to The Unlikely Pilgramage of Harold Fry starring Jim Broadbent?

Answer 914

Rachel Joyce

Question 915

During World War 2 the Gustav Line and the later Gothic Line where German defensive positions in which country?

Answer 915

Italy

Question 916

At 179 metres what is the highest point of the ceremonial County of Merseyside?

Answer 916

Billinge Hill

Question 917

Current President of Nigeria replacing Buhari in May 2023?

Answer 917

Bola Tinubu

Question 918

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?

Answer 918

Calder and Hebble Navigation

Question 919

Give a year in the life of painter Canaletto...

Answer 919

1697-1768

Question 920

Paul and Pauline Calf and Tommy Saxondale where characters played on TV by which comedian and actor?

Answer 920

Steve Coogan

Question 921

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?

Answer 921

Putting on the Ritz

Question 922

Which word completes the name of the river that flows through Edinburgh, ______ of Leith?

Answer 922

Water

Question 923

Sense and Sensibility has oldest Elinor, middle sister Marianne and who is the youngest?

Answer 923

Margaret

Question 924

Founder of EasyJet's surname?

Answer 924

Haji-Ioannou

Question 925

Which of the two inaugural members of Wigan RLFC Hall of Fame were born in Cardiff in 1934?

Answer 925

Billy Boston

Question 926

Garuda is the mount of which Hindu god?

Answer 926

Vishnu

Question 927

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.

Answer 927

Sharjah

Question 928

How is Paul Wickstead, known as Wicky, described in the title of a BBC TV sitcom?

Answer 928

Greg Davies

Question 929

"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?

Answer 929

The Road to Wigan Pier

Question 930

Which Roman Emperor ruled jointly with his father Marcus Aurelius and then solely until he was assassinated in 192AD?

Answer 930

Commodus

Question 931

Who completed his Symphony No 8, also known as the Antarctic Symphony in 2001?

Answer 931

Peter Maxwell Davies

Question 932

In The Archers, which Nigel died from a fall in 2011?

Answer 932

Pargetter

Question 933

Which Z is a small round skull cap worn by clerics in Roman Catholic church, pope's is whte?

Answer 933

Zucchetto

Question 934

Which steeplechase was run at Bogside near Irvine from 1867 to 1965 when course closed and it moved to current venue the next year?

Answer 934

Scottish Grand National

Question 935

Which industralist was the MP for the Wirral from 1906-09?

Answer 935

William Hesketh Lever

Question 936

In Bible, who was first wife of Jacob, the older sister of his second wife?

Answer 936

Leah

Question 937

In Bible, who was second wife of Jacob, the younger sister of his first wife?

Answer 937

Rachel

Question 938

The Idle Working Men's Club is in which English city?

Answer 938

BradfordWhich

Question 939

Which explorer was killed on island of Mactan in the Philippines in 1521?

Answer 939

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 940

Who took lead of around the world navigation when Magellan killed in 1521 and so oversaw first successful world navigation completion?

Answer 940

Juan Sebastián Elcano

Question 941

Which future PM was MP for Bootle constituency between 1911 and 1918?

Answer 941

Andrew Bonar Law

Question 942

In Bible, name either of the sons of Jacob with his second wife, Rachel?

Answer 942

Benjamin and Joseph

Question 943

Philip Davies, MP for Shipley, married which MP for Tatton in 2020?

Answer 943

Esther McVey

Question 944

Whose debut album The Voice was released in 2001?

Answer 944

Russell Watson

Question 945

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?

Answer 945

Zygomatic (Arch)

Question 946

Only horse to win Grand National and Scottish Grand National in the same year?

Answer 946

Red Rum

Question 947

Registered office of which charity campaigns to reduce litter, improve local places and prevent waste is at The Pier, Wigan?

Answer 947

Keep Britain Tidy

Question 948

Whichh African born Roman Emperor, last of Year of 5 Emperors died in Eboracum in 211AD?

Answer 948

Septimius Severus

Question 949

Year of the Five Emperors?

Answer 949

193AD

Question 950

Year of the Four Emperors?

Answer 950

69AD

Question 951

First emperor in the Year of Five Emperors in 193AD?

Answer 951

Pertinax

Question 952

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?

Answer 952

Afghanistan

Question 953

In the BBC TV sitcom Upstart Crow what was the surname of Ned, the household servant of the Shakespeare family?

Answer 953

Bottom

Question 954

Which player has appeared in all six finals at the World Snooker Championships losing all six?

Answer 954

Jimmy White

Question 955

Percy Park is a rugby union club affiliated to which country?

Answer 955

Northumberland

Question 956

Which of the Mitford sisters wrote the novel Love in a Cold Climate?

Answer 956

NancyBy

Question 957

By which title is King Charles III known as in the Channel Islands?

Answer 957

Duke of Normandy

Question 958

6 June 1988 Robert F Kennedy was assassinated in which LA Hotel by Sirhan Sirhan?

Answer 958

Ambassador HotelW

Question 959

What was the F stand for in the explorer name Robert F Scott born in 1868?

Answer 959

Falcon

Question 960

The world's largest building by volume is the Boeing factory built in 1967 in which city in Washington state?

Answer 960

Everett

Question 961

Which fish of the genus Gadus, a popular food dish, has three main species: the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Greenland?

Answer 961

Cod

Question 962

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'?

Answer 962

Rebus

Question 963

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?

Answer 963

Chanel

Question 964

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"?

Answer 964

Eleanor Rigby

Question 965

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.

Answer 965

Cis-Trans Isomerism

Question 966

What animal completes the title of this 1978 classic of African-American cinema, directed by Charles Burnett: Killer of …?

Answer 966

Sheep

Question 967

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?

Answer 967

Speaker

Question 968

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.

Answer 968

Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor

Question 969

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?

Answer 969

Laurel and Hardy

Question 970

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?

Answer 970

Helen Frankenthaler

Question 971

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?

Answer 971

Galop Infernal

Question 972

The southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson lies on which major river, close to where it empties into the Black Sea?

Answer 972

Dnieper

Question 973

The practice of gerrymandering is named after the politician Elbridge Gerry, who served as US Vice President under which President?

Answer 973

James Madison

Question 974

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."?

Answer 974

TS Eliot

Question 975

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?

Answer 975

... Baby One More Time

Question 976

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?

Answer 976

Italy

Question 977

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?

Answer 977

Pat Rafter

Question 978

Which African country is a semi-enclave, surrounded by Senegal except for its coastline on the Atlantic?

Answer 978

Gambia

Question 979

Cis-trans isomerism is also known as configurational isomerism, or by what name referring to a branch of mathematics?

Answer 979

Geometric

Question 980

What substance completes the title of this 1991 classic of African-American cinema, directed by Julie Dash: Daughters of the …?

Answer 980

Dust

Question 981

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?

Answer 981

Presiding Officer

Question 982

Which good witch is Elphaba's counterpart and the other principal character in the musical Wicked?

Answer 982

Glinda

Question 983

Completed in 2022, the world's second largest building by volume is the Tesla Gigafactory in which US state capital?

Answer 983

Austin

Question 984

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?

Answer 984

Plaice

Question 985

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?

Answer 985

Dinara Safina

Question 986

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?

Answer 986

Alice Walker

Question 987

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?

Answer 987

France

Question 988

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?

Answer 988

Oder

Question 989

With a name meaning 'The Agreement', which Dammam-based Saudi football club signed the Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson in 2023?

Answer 989

Al-Ettifaq

Question 990

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.

Answer 990

Semiconductor

Question 991

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?

Answer 991

Crackerjack!

Question 992

Which TV presenter presented Crackerjack! first appearing from 1955-64, Playbox too, This is Your Life 1955-87 before being replaced?

Answer 992

Eamonn Andrews

Question 993

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.

Answer 993

Max Bygraves (after Max Miller)

Question 994

British comedian and entertainer, known for his work with his orange ostrich puppet costume Oswald the Ostrich

Answer 994

Bernie Clifton

Question 995

British comedy magician and actor who was known for many years as "the Great Soprendo". Married to Victoria Wood.

Answer 995

Geoffrey Durham

Question 996

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

Answer 996

Michael Williams

Question 997

Ian and Janette tough better known as what comedy act?

Answer 997

The Krankies

Question 998

Cyril John Mead and Edward Hugh McGinnis found fame as which comedy act.

Answer 998

Syd Little and Eddie Large

Question 999

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.

Answer 999

Peter Glaze

Question 1000

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).

Answer 1000

The Crazy Gang

Question 1001

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.

Answer 1001

Ed Stewart

Question 1002

First host of The Price is Right 1984-88, first few series of Stars in their Eyes 1990, suffered bad car crash in 1992.

Answer 1002

Leslie Crowther

Question 1003

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.

Answer 1003

Round the Horne

Question 1004

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?

Answer 1004

Robert Motherwell

Question 1005

Which archipelago in Papua New Guinea includes the islands New Britain, New Ireland and the Admiralty Islands?

Answer 1005

Bismarck Archipelago

Question 1006

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?

Answer 1006

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Question 1007

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?

Answer 1007

Double/Dual Income

Question 1008

Who wrote Home Fire

Answer 1008

Kamila Shamsie

Question 1009

Who wrote Pale fire

Answer 1009

Nabakov

Question 1010

Who wrote Pale fire

Answer 1010

Nabakov

Question 1011

Who played Princess Margaret in last series of the crown

Answer 1011

Lesley manville

Question 1012

Tv show 1954-61 Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam.

Answer 1012

Hancock’s Half Hour