OQL Questions Flashcards
Who made the first solo, non-stop transatlantic aeroplane flight in 1927?
Charles Lindbergh
Which Italian-born explorer landed in Newfoundland in 1497 aboard
the vessel Matthew of Bristol, claiming the territory for the English
king Henry VII?
John CABOT / Giovanni CABOTO
What seven-letter word completes the following Burger King slogan: “the Home of the BLANK”? The word in question is the name of one of the signature burgers sold by Burger King.
WHOPPER
On the dating app Tinder, you can swipe left to not like a potential match and swipe right to like a potential match. What can a user do by swiping up on a potential match?
“SUPER-LIKE”
In athletics what is the opening event of the heptathlon?
100m Hurdles
Edgbaston is the home ground of which English county cricket team?
WARWICKSHIRE
In the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, Marlene is married to which character?
BOYCIE (acc. Aubrey Boyce)
Which of Henry VIII’s wives was the mother of Mary I?
CATHERINE OF ARAGON
With a population of around one million, what is the name of the
urban slum in Nairobi that is the largest in Africa?
KIBERA
The 12th Century chronicle, Historia Anglorum is credited to Henry of which English town in the diocese of Ely?
Huntingdon
Much in the news in recent months, the company BioNTech was founded, and has its headquarters, in which European country?
Germany
Recorded up to 122m in height, Steamboat in Wyoming, USA is the tallest active example of what type of geographical feature?
Geyser
Who made the first successful aeroplane flight across the English Channel in 1909?
Louis Bleriot
What was the only UK number one single for the group “Eurythmics”? The song opens with the line “No one on earth could feel like this, I’m thrown and overblown with bliss”.
There Must Be An Angel
The word “renal” refers to which part of the body?
KIDNEY
Which big cat, which gives its name to a military helicopter and an Apple Mac operating system, is also sometimes known as a cougar, a mountain lion and a catamount?
PUMA
Which of Dickens’ titular characters owns a pet raven named Grip?
Barnaby Rudge
Named after a British physicist and engineer, what is the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature?
Kelvin
Un Chien Andalou was a 1929 Franco-Spanish silent short film that was directed by Salvador Dalí and which Spanish film director?
Luis BUÑUEL
Which Swiss physician and philosopher of the German Renaissance has been dubbed the “father of toxicology”? He is credited with the adage “the dose makes the poison”.
PARACELSUS (acc. von Hohenheim)
The Actes and Monuments, perhaps more commonly known as Foxes Book of Martyrs tells of the persecution of which religious denomination?
PROTESTANTS
A festive record by which US singer, first released in 1994 finally
made it to number one in January 2021, although missed out to
LadBaby in Christmas week itself?
Mariah CAREY
Former “Young One” Ade Edmondson represented which University in
the 2020 series of Christmas University Challenge?
MANCHESTER
The Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall can both be found in which city?
JERUSALEM
Amusingly parodied at the end of Wayne’s World, which 1991 film
ends with characters played by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
driving their car of a cliff and into the Grand Canyon?
THELMA & LOUISE
Operating from the mid 1940s to the mid 1970s, the Seven Sisters was a cartel formed by producers of what?
Oil
Played by Tricia Helfer, Number Six is a character in the remake of which U.S. T.V. sci-fi series that ran for 4 seasons ending in 2009?
Battlestar Galactica
Which first class county cricket side play their home games at the Riverside Ground, Chester-Le-Street
Durham
Tom Bailey, Alannah Currey and Joe Leeway were the members of which successful 80s pop group? Their 5 top ten hits in the UK Singles charts came between 1982 and 1984.
Thompson Twins
One of only 4 people to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, which author is best for his works “The Sounds and the Fury” and “As I Lay Dying”?
William Faulkner
In 2020 Patrick Mahomes became the first NFL/gridiron player to sign a contract worth half a Billion dollars when he agreed a ten year deal with which team?
Kansas City Chiefs
Widely regarded as one of the greatest Rugby League players of all
time, which half-back and five-eighth who spent most of his career
with the North Queensland Cowboys, was named world player of the
year in 2011, 2013 and 2015?
Johnathan THURSTON
“Dirty Old Town”, a minor hit for the Dubliners in 1968 and the
Pogues in 1985, was written by which British folk singer, the father of
a famous musical daughter, about his native Salford?
Ewan MCCOLL
According to the ratings body BARB - Which annual event topped the
ratings on Christmas day 2020 with 8.14m viewers across BBC One,
ITV and Sky News?
The QUEEN’S SPEECH
In which English city would you find the Kelham Island brewery?
Sheffield
According to IMDB, which actor born in 1942 gained his first screen credit in the 1967 film The Long Ride Home and his most recent in the 2020 film Call of the Wild?
Harrison Ford
Which car manufacturer produced the “Allegro” model?
Austin
What is the name of the “supergroup” comprising Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech?
Blind Faith
Amusingly parodied at the end of Wayne’s World II, which 1967 film
end with a wedding being disrupted by Dustin Hoffman’s character
but is perhaps most famous for the line, “Mrs Robinson, you’re trying
to seduce me. Aren’t you?”
The GRADUATE
Hosting some of the world’s biggest retailers, Ledra Street is the most
famous shopping thoroughfare in which EU capital?
NICOSIA
In January 2021, it was announced that which member of the extended British Royal Family was to join the writing team at Mills and Boon? This person is no stranger to writing, having created a popular children’s book and TV character
Sarah Ferguson
The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a work by which German-born but later British author?
Judith KERR
In anatomy, what is the shoulder blade more properly known as?
Scapula
The Americans generally know it as Eggplant, what is this vegetable more usually called in the UK?
Aubergine
Much in the news in recent months, the company AstraZeneca was formed through a merger in 1999. Zeneca was a company founded in UK but in which European county was Astra founded?
Sweden
In Indian cuisine, “Aloo” refers to what vegetable ingredient?
Potato
Ewan McColl wrote The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face, later a hit for
Roberta Flack, about which US folk singer? At the time he was married
to Kirsty McColl’s mother Jean Newlove but having an affair with this
performer, whose half-brother was also a famous folk singer
Peggy SEEGER (half-sister of Pete)
Which unit of measurement is equal to 3.26 light years?
Parsec
Played by Patrick McGoohan, Number Six is the main character in which classic British T.V. Series?
The Prisoner
The Gruffalo is a work by which English children’s author?
Julia DONALDSON
Two former soap actress have played the lead role in the BBC drama series ‘Our Girl’. Can you name either?
Lacey Turner or Michelle Keegan
After 20 years at the New England Patriots, Tom Brady, regarded by many as the greatest NFL Quarterback of all time joined which team for the start of the 2020 season?
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Which Conservative MP, whose constituency is Witham, served as the UK Home Secretary during Boris Johnson’s time as Prime Minister?
Priti PATEL
A golden boar’s tusk features on the flag of which nation that is found in the Pacific Ocean? The nation used to be known as the New Hebrides.
VANUATU
A king of Babylon is the title character in which Giuseppe Verdi opera that is based on four books of the Bible and a play of 1836?
NABUCCO
What is the most common name of the chemical compound whose
molecules consist of three oxygen atoms? Its depletion from the
Earth’s stratosphere has been a cause for concern.
OZONE
What is the more common name of the militant group ‘Islamic State in West Africa” who are active primarily in Nigeria?
Boko Haram
A festive record by which British duo, first released in 1984 finally
made it to number one in January 2021, although missed out to
LadBaby in Christmas week itself?
WHAM!
One of several operas based on the works of Beaumarchais, a work by
Gioachino Rossini concerns The Barber of which Spanish city?
SEVILLE
The defeat of Hannibal at which battle of 202 BCE marked the end of the Second Punic War?
Battle of ZAMA
Who was English monarch at the time of the creation of the Magna Carta?
John
The tissue of the brain and central nervous system is commonly
divided into ‘white matter’ and another type of ‘matter’ named for
what colour? The latter term is used informally to refer to intelligence.
GREY
The word “pulmonary” refers to which part of the body?
LUNGS
The homeworld of the Klingon Empire in the Star Trek universe is a homophone of the Greek God of Time. Who is that God?
Chronos
In which city would you find the Castle Rock brewery?
Nottingham
Playing a key role in Irish independence, who was leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882 ?
Charles Parnell
The God Hanuman is depicted as which creature ?
Monkey
Wackford Squeers and Newman Noggs are characters from which Charles Dickens novel ?
Nicholas Nickleby
In Indian cuisine, “Gosht” refers to what meat ingredient?
Lamb
Who was shot by Mehmet Ali Agca on May 13th 1981?
Who was shot by Mehmet Ali Agca on May 13th 1981?
Headingley is the home ground of which English county cricket team? YORKSHIRE
YORKSHIRE
Also the name of the album it was taken from, which 1979 UK number
3 hit for Abba has lyrics beginning “People everywhere / a sense of
expectation hanging in the air”?
“VOULEZ-VOUS”
Portrayed by Eliza Scanlen in the 2019 film of the book, what was the
name of the 3rd eldest March sister in the classic novel “Little
Women”? In the book dies from complications from scarlet fever.
BETH / ELIZABETH
What was the name of the ship that transported a group of English families known as the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620?
MAYFLOWER
What word refers to the practice intended to establish an unfair political advantage by manipulating district boundaries?
GERRYMANDERING
Which character, whose goal is to kidnap Princess Peach, is the main
antagonist in the Super Mario games?
BOWSER
Which battle of 451 CE led to the Huns under the rule of Attila withdrawing from Gaul?
Battle of the CATALAUNIAN PLAINS (acc. Campus Mauriacus, Châlons, Troyes, Maurica)
Which county cricket team play at Wantage Road?
Northamptonshire
In botany, what seven-letter adjective is used to refer to the shape of
the leaves of plants such as the maple tree, which resemble a hand
with fingers outstretched? The first four letters of this term is the
name of a feature of the human hand.
PALMATE
In physics, what ‘I’ is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its velocity?
INERTIA
Makhachkala is the capital and largest city of which republic of Russia that has an Islamic majority?
DAGESTAN
Which multiple-time Oscar winner directed the 1946 film “It’s a Wonderful Life”?
Frank Capra
At 350km in length, Scoresby Sund in Greenland is the longest example of what type of geographical feature?
Fjord
Aside from Alexander Hamilton, the other non-President to feature on US paper currency, who is pictured on the $100 bill? He was the first Postmaster General of the US
Benjamin Franklin
In May 1985, thirty-nine people were killed at which stadium in Brussels prior to a game between Liverpool FC and Juventus?
HEYSEL Stadium (acc. King Baudouin Stadium)
Which popular food flavouring has a name deriving ultimately from
the Latin word vagina, meaning ‘sheath’, probably as a result of the
shape of the pods in which it is found?
VANILLA
Kingsholm is the home ground of which English Premier League Rugby
Union side?
GLOUCESTER
What name is shared by one of the founding planets of the Federation in the Star Trek universe and the Roman God of Fire?
Vulcan
Giving her name to a track on the Sons of Kemet album Your Queen is a Reptile, name the American woman, born into slavery, who escaped, freed approximately 70 other slaves as part of the Underground Railroad and was later the first woman to lead an armed assault during the Civil War
Harriet Tubman
Which Eurodance act had a 1994 UK number-one single with the song “Saturday Night”?
WHIGFIELD
Which first class county cricket team play their home games at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff?
Glamorgan
Also the name of the album it was taken from, which 1980 U.K.
number one hit for Abba contains the chorus lyrics “smiling, having
fun / feeling like a number one”?
“SUPER TROUPER”
Between 1884 and 1916, modern day Cameroon was colonised by which European nation?
Germany
Which professionals might ask their clients to choose between “flash” - often in a style called “American Traditional” - and custom?
Tattooists
Which sportswear brand, founded by Rudolph Dassler and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, is a kit sponsor of Crystal Palace, Wigan Athletic and Tranmere Rovers and also employs Jay-Z as a creative director for its basketball division?
Puma
Playboy magazine was founded by which man who passed away in 2017? He also lived at the Playboy Mansion until his death.
Hugh HEFNER
The only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde orbit, what is the largest moon of Neptune?
TRITON
Starring Mark Wahlberg, which 2008 M. Night Shyamalan film sees
the world under attack from flowers which induce humans to commit
suicide?
The HAPPENING
Which actress and businesswoman popularised the use of the word “entanglement” when she used it in a July 2020 episode of her podcast, Red Table Talk? She presents the show with her famous daughter. Her husband, more famous than both, has also appeared on the show as a guest.
Jada Pinkett Smith
Located in the province of Leinster and formerly known as Kings County, which Irish county has Tullamore as its county town?
Offaly
A golden frigatebird features on the flag of which nation that is found in the Pacific Ocean? One of the official languages of the nation is Gilbertese.
KIRIBATI
In botany, what seven-letter name is given to the protective waxy
coverings commonly found on the outer surfaces of plant leaves? It is
also the name of a feature of the human hand
CUTICLE
In anatomy, what is the kneecap more properly known as?
Patella
The Earth’s ozone layer is primarily noted for filtering out potentially
harmful light in what region of the electromagnetic spectrum? Light in
this region has wavelengths shorter than those of visible light, but
longer than those of X-rays.
ULTRAVIOLET / UV
Which group of pay television sports channels currently have exclusive rights to UEFA Champions League matches in the UK?
BT Sport
Which actor was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award at the 2020 Oscars ceremony for his role as Pope Francis in The Two Popes?
Jonathan PRYCE
Which long-running TV show launched in 1985 with the murder of Reg Watts?
EASTENDERS
Newhaven in Sussex has a memorial bench dedicated to which US hip hop artist, often referred to as the Godfather of Gangsta rap, a founder member of NWA? Changing one letter of his name will give you the name of an Emma Stone movie from 2010.
Easy E
Which profession uses an “egg registry” as a means of establishing intellectual property rights?
Clowns
“Only Love” is a song from Every Kingdom, the 2011 debut studio album of which indie folk musician?
Ben HOWARD
Which of the four canonical modes of painting of the renaissance, is a
painting technique for softening the transition between colours,
mimicking an area beyond what the human eye is focusing on?
SFUMATO
Its name coming from Italian for “light-dark”. Which of the four
canonical modes of painting of the Renaissance is the use of strong
contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a
whole composition?
CHIAROSCURO
Harwich International Port and the Purfleet ferry terminal can both be found in which English county?
ESSEX
The prince Calaf falls in love with the title character of which Giacomo Puccini opera?
TURANDOT
Ordered by King AEthelred (Ethelred the Unready) in 1002, the massacre of Danes living in England is known by the name of which Saint, upon whose feast day – 13th November – it occurred?
Saint Brice
Formed in 2005 and disbanding in 2015, Robert Kilroy Silk was the founder of which political party?
Veritas
What six-letter word fills in the blank in the two following KFC products: “Bargain BLANK” and “Mighty BLANK for One?
BUCKET
Which Belgian athlete won the women’s Heptathlon gold at the 2016
Rio Olympics?
Nafissatou THIAM
Which element with atomic number 87 takes its name from a European country ?
Francium
David Gower, Gary Lineker, and Rory McGrath were among the regulars on which sports-themed panel show that ran on BBC One from 1995-2006?
THEY THINK IT’S ALL OVER
The longest pedestrian shopping area in Europe, Strøget is a popular
tourist destination within which capital city?
COPENHAGEN
Stranded” which topped the UK album charts in 1973 was an album by which group? 8 years later the band would have their only UK Number one single with a song written by John Lennon
Roxy Music
Which Dutch painter born in 1582 painted “The Laughing Cavalier” ?
Frans Hals
Formed in 2004 and dissolving in 2016, for which party did George Galloway stand when winning the Bethnal Green and Bow seat in 2005?
Respect
Which actor was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award at the 2020 Oscars ceremony for his role as Charlie Barber in Marriage Story?
Adam DRIVER
Which famous horse won the Grand National in 1973, 1974, and 1977?
RED RUM
John Major was MP for which constituency between 1979 and 200?
Huntingdon
What is the name of the Spanish conquistador who, in 1519, led an
expedition to what is now Mexico, causing the fall of the Aztec Empire
and beginning the first phase of the Spanish colonisation of the
Americas?
Hernan CORTES
Which Roman author wrote the body of work known as The Satires? One version of his biography asserts that he was banished by the emperor Domitian, whom he subsequently mocked in The Emperor’s Fish.
Juvenal
Tom Pinch and Mark Tapley are characters from which Charles Dickens novel?
Martin Chuzzlewitt
Which princess is the ruler of the fictional Mushroom Kingdom in the
Super Mario games?
Princess PEACH / Princess
TOADSTOOL
As at the 2019 General Election, which is the largest UK parliamentary constituency by electorate (just over 113,000), currently held by Bob Seely?
Isle of Wight
One of only 4 people to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, which author wrote the series of novels featuring Harry Angstrom known collectively as The Rabbit series?
John Updike
The US city of Milwaukee sits on which of the Great Lakes?
Michigan
Which Conservative MP, whose constituancy is Esher & Walton, served as the UK Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister in 2020?
Dominic RAAB
Which US hip hop group released the classic 1989 album, 3 Feet High and Rising?
De La Soul
One of several operas based on the works of Beaumarchais, a work by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart concerns The Marriage of which titular
character?
FIGARO
Newhaven in Sussex has a statue of which former pastry chef who worked on ferry’s sailing from the town? He later became the President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Which word associated with coffee, means “stained” in Italian?
Macchiato
Which 1964 film featured General Jack Ripper as the head of the U.S. military?
Dr Strangelove
Mount Elbert in Colorado is the high point of which mountain range?
ROCKIES (acc. SAWATCH range)
Which of the Mercury 7 astronauts was in 1962 the first American to
orbit the Earth, circling it three times?
John GLENN
Liberia declared its independence from which country in 1847?
USA
Which children’s game, first sold in 1965, features “Cavity Sam” who, amongst other difficulties, has a small horse lodged near his hip?
Operation
Which figure in American public life is often referred to by her initials AOC? She is currently a member of the House of Representatives for New York’s 14th congressional district.
Alexandria OCASIO-CORTEZ
Which Swedish swimmer is the current world record holder in the women’s 50m and 100m freestyle events?
Sarah SJÖSTRÖM
The 1959 novel “Naked Lunch” was the most famous work by which
Beat Generation author?
William BURROUGHS
Which element with atomic number 113 takes its name from an Asian country?
Nihonium
With a one word title, which J.M Coetzee novel won the Booker prize in 1999?
Disgrace
A famous painting by Jacques-Louis David shows Napoleon crossing what mountain range?
The Alps
Portrayed by Emma Watson in the 2019 film of the book, what was
the name of the eldest March sister in the classic novel “Little
Women”? In the book she marries John Brooke.
MEG / MARGARET
“Cosmo’s Factory” which topped the UK album charts in 1970 was an album by which group? The group in question had 4 top ten singles in the UK with their only Number 1 single coming in 1969.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Taking up the role in 1843 who was the first Poet Laureate to be appointed by Queen Victoria?
William Wordsworth
The first episode of which returning nature documentary was the most watched programme of 2017 in the UK?
Blue Planet II
Which US hip hop group released the classic 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back?
Public Enemy
Perhaps the best-known of all items of Indian clothing, its name
translates as ‘strip of cloth’. This is which shoulder-to-waist drape,
typically worn by women?
SARI
Ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top ten albums of all time, “Dreams”, “Go Your Own Way”, and “The Chain” all appear on which album by Fleetwood Mac?
RUMOURS
Margaret of Anjou was the wife of which English Monarch?
Henry VI
First airing in 2015, and one of Netflix’s most popular foreign language series, “Call My Agent” is a TV show from which European country?
France
Pamela Anderson has been married four times. Her second husband was which man, the singer of hits such as “Picture” and “All Summer Long”?
KID ROCK (acc. Bobby Shazam and Robert Ritchie)
The Americans usually call it Cilantro, what is this herb more commonly called in the UK?
Coriander
The Giraffidae family contains two extant genera, the giraffes, and which other animal, found in the dense rainforests of the Congo?
Okapi
Which man perhaps best known as an MMA commentator, but also works as TV host and comedian, recently signed a deal with Spotify reportedly worth $100m granting them exclusive distribution rights for his podcast?
Joe Rogan
Which city is situated at the mouth of the River Douro ?
Porto
In which Pakistani town was Osama Bin Laden captured and killed in May 2011?
Abbotabad
Which Scottish football team, currently competing in the Premiership, plays home matches at Rugby Park?
Kilmarnock
In athletics, what is the final event of the Decathlon?
1500m
With a population of around one million, what is the name of the
urban slum in Mumbai that is perhaps the largest in Asia?
DHARAVI
Freddie Flintoff, Jamie Redknapp, and Jack Whitehall have been among the regulars on which sports-themed panel show that has been broadcast on Sky One since 2010?
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
“Lolita” was a 1955 novel written by which Russian author?
Vladimir Nabakov
Which figure in American public life is often referred to by her initials ACB? She was controversially appointed to the US Supreme Court in 2020 following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Amy Coney BARRETT
Racing 92 are one of two Paris-based Top 14 sides; the other is which side that lost the European Cup final in 2001 and 2005? They are known for their pink kit
STADE FRANÇAIS
Which word associated with coffee, means “milk” in Italian?
Latte
Pamela Anderson has been married four times. Her first husband was which man, the long-term drummer of the band Mötley Crüe?
Tommy LEE
Which duo, who have appeared in several movies and TV shows together, provided the voices for Thomson and Thompson in Steven Spielberg’s 2011 film of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn?
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
Named after the queen of the fairies in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, what is the largest moon of Uranus?
TITANIA
Widely regarded as one of the greatest Rugby League players of all
time, which stand-off and fullback who spent his entire career with
the Brisbane Broncos, was named world player of the year in 2003
and 2006?
Darren LOCKYER
Starring Nicholas Cage, which 2009 Alex Proyas film sees a young boy
receive a 50 year old piece of paper detailing every major disaster due
to hit the Earth including accurately predicting the end of civilisation
by a solar flare? Fortunately the boy escapes the destruction of the
Earth after being whisked away by aliens.
KNOWING
Taking up the role in 1968 who was the first Poet Laureate to be appointed by Queen Elizabeth II (2nd)?
Cecil Day-Lewis
Ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top ten albums of all time, which Beach Boys album features the tracks “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”, “God Only Knows”, and “That’s Not Me”?
PET SOUNDS
In physics, what ‘E’ is a measure of a system’s disorder, formally defined as the thermal energy per unit temperature that is unavailable for doing useful work?
ENTROPY
Which Brazilian swimmer is the current world record holder in the men’s 50m and 100m freestyle events?
César CIELO
Originally airing between 2017 and 2020, “Dark” is a Netflix TV show from which European Country?
Germany
When “Saturday Night” by Whigfield reached number one in 1994, it knocked which Wet Wet Wet song off the number-one spot? The song had spent the fifteen previous weeks top of the chart.
“LOVE IS ALL AROUND”
Name the so-called “supergroup” comprising George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.
Travelling Wilburys
Which of the Mercury 7 astronauts was in 1961 the first American to
travel into space?
Alan SHEPARD
The God Anubis is depicted as having the head of which creature?
Jackal
What type of electrical generator, popular in science demonstrations
and named for the American physicist who invented it in 1929, uses a
moving belt to accumulate electric charge on a hollow metal sphere?
VAN DE GRAAF generator
With a one word title, which Ian McEwan novel won the Booker prize in 1998?
Amsterdam
Which world leader was shot by John Hinckley Jnr on March 30th 1981?
Ronald Reagan
Two actors played the lead role in the BBC Crime series ‘Death in Paradise’ between Ben Miller and Ralf Little. Can you name either?
Kris Marshall or Ardal O’Hanlon
Which Jamaican sprinter won the women’s 100m and 200m gold at
the 2016 Rio Olympics?
Elaine THOMPSON
Kazan is the capital and largest city of which republic of Russia that has an Islamic majority?
TATARSTAN
Currently playing in the Scottish Premiership, which football team plays home matches at McDairmid Park?
St Johnstone
Which type of youth detention centre is named after the town near
Rochester in which the first such institution was established in 1902?
BORSTAL
What three colours appear on the flags of Lithuania and Guinea?
Red, Green and Gold (Accept Yellow)
The song “Defying Gravity” appears in which musical?
Wicked
Operating between 1925 and 1939, the Phoebus Cartel was an anti-competitive association of manufacturers of which product? You will have many of these in your home.
Lightbulbs
Which sportswear brand, founded by Adolph Dassler and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, is a kit sponsor of Leeds United, Ipswich Town and Accrington Stanley and also produce a range of Pharrell Williams branded clothing.
Adidas
The Passion of Joan of Arc was a 1928 French silent film that was directed by which film director?
Carl Theodor DREYER
Which famous horse, that won the 1981 Derby, was stolen from the Aga Khan’s stud farm in 1983?
SHERGAR
Which of Dickens’ titular characters is an apprentice to architect Seth Pecksniff?
Martin Chuzzlewhit
Which British multinational owns brands such as Johnnie Walker and Captain Morgan? It trades on the FTSE 100 as DGE.
DIAGEO
Which businessman and scientist of the Dutch Golden Age of science has been dubbed the “father of microbiology”? He was the first to document microscopic observations of muscle fibres, bacteria, and red blood cells.
Antonie VAN LEEUWENHOEK
“Lightning Bolt” is a song from the self-titled 2012 debut studio album of which indie folk musician?
Jake BUGG
Which American men’s lifestyle and entertainment magazine is known for its logo of a silhouette of a rabbit?
PLAYBOY
Which English king came to the throne when he overthrew Richard II
in 1399?
HENRY IV
Which Dutch painter, born in 1450, painted “The Garden of Earthly Delights”?
Hieronymus Bosch
As of the 2019 General Election, which is the smallest UK parliamentary constituency by area, currently held by Jeremy Corbyn?
Islington North
In Islam, what six-letter word refers to the final adobe of the righteous?
JANNAH
In children’s TV, Mumm-Ra was the nemesis of which group of characters?
Thundercats
Which children’s game, first sold in 1967, has an onomatopoeic name representing the sound of marbles falling through a tube?
Kerplunk
Perhaps the best-known of all items of Japanese clothing, its name
translates as ‘thing to wear’. This is which full length robe, typically
worn by women?
KIMONO
Which Suffolk port is the busiest container port in Britain? The port deals with nearly 50% of Britain’s containerised trade.
Port of FELIXSTOWE
In 2019, an explosion occurred at a Russian laboratory in Novosibirsk that houses samples of which disease? The disease was declared eradicated by the World Health Organisation in 1980
Smallpox
Which word, meaning ‘chaos’ or ‘madness’, is derived from the name
of a hospital established in South London in the 14th century for the
treatment of the mentally ill?
BEDLAM
Which car manufacturer produced the “Chevette” model?
Vauxhall
Fired from Saturday Night Live in 1995, which actor went on to star in movies such as The Wedding Singer and recent Netflix hit Murder Mystery?
Adam Sandler
The Clockwork Orange is a nickname given to the subway system in which city ?
Glasgow
Giving her name to a track on the Sons of Kemet album Your Queen is a Reptile, name the woman, believed to have been born in Ghana, who led a slave revolt and guerrilla war against the British in Jamaica, forcing them to sign a peace treaty in 1740, confirming the freedom of the escaped slaves and establishing a settlement at Moore Town
Nannie of the Maroons
In what year did King John agree to, and sign, Magna Carta?
1215
Nicknamed ‘El Jefe’, which leader was the dictator of the Dominican
Republic between 1930 and his assassination in May 1961?
Rafael TRUJILLO
The Canadian city of Toronto sits on which of the Great Lakes?
Ontario
In May 1985, fifty-six people were killed following a fire at which stadium that is the home of Bradford City FC?
VALLEY PARADE (acc. Utilita Energy Stadium)
Fired from Saturday Night Live in 1986, which actor went on to be nominated for an Oscar and win the BAFTA for best actor for his portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in a film by Richard Attenborough?
Robert Downey Jr
Which multiple time Oscar-winner directed the 1962 film “Laurence of Arabia” ?
David Lean
“There’s No Business Like Show Business” is a song from which musical that was made into a 1950 film versions starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel?
Annie Get Your Gun
In 2019, the Pirbright Institute in Surrey destroyed its stock of which disease? Prior to destruction it was the largest stock of a disease that was declared eradicated by the Food and Agriculture Organisation in 2011
Rinderpest
An Italian merchant named Giovanni and his wife are believed to be the two figures depicted in which 1434 painting by Jan van Eyck?
ARNOLFINI Portrait / ARNOLFINI Wedding (acc. clear equivalent)
Which actress starred alongside Michael Crawford as his long
suffering wife, Betty, in Some Mothers Do ‘Ave Em?
Michele DOTRICE
A so-called ‘cage’, which protects objects inside it from
electromagnetic fields and is popular in science demonstrations, is
usually named for which physicist who introduced it in 1836?
Michael FARADAY
What three colours appear on the flags of Estonia and Botswana?
Blue, White and Black
What is the capital city of Costa Rica?
San Jose
What eight-letter word is the Islamic concept of total reliance on God?
TAWAKKUL
Returning to screens after almost 9 years, a Christmas special of which sitcom was the most watched programme of 2019 in the UK?
Gavin and Stacey
Give a year in the life of the artist Rembrandt?
1606 - 1669
Blood cells are commonly categorised as ‘platelets’, ‘red blood cells’,
or as a category named for what other colour? These cells include
lymphocytes and neutrophils.
WHITE (blood cells)
In the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, Cassandra marries which character?
RODNEY Trotter
Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve are the two figures in which 1533 painting by Hans Holbein the Younger?
The AMBASSADORS
Which Australian city is situated at the mouth of the River Torrens?
Adelaide
Located in the province of Leinster and formerly named due to its location in as the geographic centre of Ireland, which Irish county has Mullingar as its county town
WestMeath
A famous painting by Emmanuel Leutze shows Washington crossing which River that shares a name with a state of the USA?
The Delaware
Bridgetown is the capital of which Caribbean island?
BARBADOS
Noted for Christians putting Ash crosses on their head, which day of
the week marks the first day of Lent?
WEDNESDAY
Which late US heartland rock star, received a song-writing credit on Sam Smith’s Stay with Me after the song was found to bear too close a similarity to his 1989 track I Won’t Back Down?
Tom Petty
Which 73 year old member of the Royal Family announced in January 2021 that she was launching her own online book club to take place on Instagram?
Camilla/Duchess of Cornwall
Which Paris-based rugby side have lost the European Cup final three of the last five years?
RACING 92
Which French political philosopher wrote the 1748 work The Spirit of the Laws? He is considered the principal source of the theory of separation of powers and is believed to have had a great influence on the Founding Fathers.
MONTESQUIEU (acc. Charles-Louis de Secondat)
In the 1992 film ‘My Cousin Vinny’, who plays the role of Vinny?
Joe Pesci
What was the only UK number one single for the group “Madness”? It opens with the lines “Good morning miss? Can I help you Son”?
House of Fun
According to IMDB, which actor born in 1949, gained her first screen credit in the 1977 film Annie Hall and her most recent in the 2020 film My Salinger Year?
Sigourney Weaver
England first competed in a FIFA World Cup in which country?
BRAZIL (1950)
The 1962 novel “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” was the most
famous work by which author, who was influenced by the Beat
Generation?
Ken KESEY
Which late US soul star, received a song-writing credit on Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines after the song was found to bear too close a similarity to his 1977 track Got to Give it Up?
Marvin Gaye
Which Greek playwright of old comedy, wrote Lysistrata and The Frogs and was accused by Plato of slander that contributed to the trial and execution of Socrates?
Aristophanes
Which fruit has a name that can be traced ultimately to an Aztec word
meaning ‘testicle’, probably as a result of its shape?
AVOCADO
One of only two non-Presidents to feature on US paper currency, who is pictured on the $10 bill? He was the first US Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
In children’s TV, Megatron was the nemesis of which group of characters ?
Autobots
Which British multinational owns brands such as Screwfix and B&Q? It trades on the FTSE 100 as KGF.
KINGFISHER plc
Which South American country has its capital at Bogota?
COLOMBIA
Which South American country has its capital at Caracas?
VENEZUELA
Which member of the equine family has three extant species: Plains, Mountain and Grevys?
Zebra
The 1835 work Democracy in America and the 1856 work The Old Regime and the Revolution are both works by which French political philosopher? His work is considered important in furthering the idea that Western democracy improves living standards
Alexis de TOCQUEVILLE (acc. Clérel)
What was the name of the galleon captained by Francis Drake in his circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580?
GOLDEN HIND
The Blue Mosque, also known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, and the Hagia Sophia can both be found in which city?
ISTANBUL
Anne of Bohemia was the wife of which English Monarch?
Richard II
Starring Helen George, Laura Main and Stephen McGann and set in
the East End of London, which BBC period drama about medical
professionals was the second most watched show on Christmas day
2020?
CALL THE MIDWIFE
Which British civil servant is regarded by many, particularly in Ireland, as being largely responsible for the slow disbursement of food and aid during the Irish Famine of the 1840’s?
Charles Trevelyan
What was the name of the first prime minister of Republic of the
Congo (Leopoldville)? He served from June 1960 until being deposed
in a coup three months later before being executed in early 1961.
Patrice LUMUMBA
Published in 1966, the novel “The Master and Margarita” was written by which Russian author?
Mikhail Bulgakov
Oblomov is a novel of 1859 by which Russian author?
Ivan GONCHAROV
Aconcagua in Argentina is the high point of which mountain range?
ANDES (acc. PRINCIPAL
CORDILLERA)
What name refers to a political procedure where members of a parliament or congress debate a piece of legislation so as to delay or prevent a decision being made on it?
FILIBUSTER
Harold Wilson was MP for which constituency from 1950 to 1983? He was the only ever MP in the constituency which was dissolved in 1983, largely replaced by Knowsley South
Huyton
Which of Henry VIII’s wives was the mother of Elizabeth I?
Anne BOLEYN
When Some Mothers Do ‘Ave Em returned for a 2016 Comic Relief
special, which actress played the role of the grown up Jessica? The
actress’s breakthrough role came in The James Bond film, Quantum of
Solace.
Gemma ARTERTON
Give a year in the life of the artist Francisco Goya ?
1746 - 1828
Taking place in 991AD, in the reign of King AEthelred, and recorded in a famous poem; a battle between marauding Danes and overwhelmed English defenders takes its name from which Essex town on the Blackwater river?
Maldo
On which day of the week was Jesus generally said to have been
crucified?
Friday
Inspired by the forward Roger Milla, which African country reached the World Cup Quarter-Finals in 1990, having beaten the holders Argentina in the tournament’s opening match?
CAMEROON
Written by the one-time Nazi Franz Liebkind, Springtime for Hitler is a fictional musical that appears in which stage musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks’s 1967 film of the same name?
The PRODUCERS
The material denim takes its name from a corruption of the name of which French city?
NIMES
Slovenia’s oldest castle and one the country’s most-visited tourist attractions, which medieval castle overlooks its namesake glacial lake at the southern foot of the Karawanks mountains near the border with Austria?
BLED Castle
During the 1820s and 30s, John Constable completed a series of famous paintings of which English cathedral?
SALISBURY Cathedral
Portrayed by George Takei in the original Star Trek series, what is the name of the helmsman of the USS Enterprise?
Hikaru SULU
The subject of a noted 1776 portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and quickly a favourite in London society, by what name do we know the young Ra’iatean man who became the first Pacific Islander to visit Britain?
OMAI or MA’I
What type of environmentally harmful substance is defined as an atmospheric gas that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range?
GREENHOUSE GAS
“You better not tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy.” are the opening lines of which acclaimed 1982 novel set in rural Georgia?
The COLOR PURPLE
Winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, which 2009 Michael Haneke film depicts life in a strangely oppressive German village in the years leading up to World War I?
The WHITE RIBBON
What girl’s name is given to the riots that occurred in South and Mid Wales between 1839 and 1843 in response to perceived unfair taxation of farms and agricultural land?
REBECCA riots
The leaves of which tree make up almost the entire diet of the koala?
EUCALYPTUS
In baseball, what name is given to the position equivalent to the bowler in cricket?
PITCHER
How is the peasant girl Marenka known in the title of an 1866 opera by Bedrich Smetana?
The BARTERED BRIDE
Commonly used in the textiles industry, which unit of thermal resistance is used to measure the thickness of duvets?
TOG
In phonetics, what name is given to a consonant - such as ‘t’ or ‘b’ - that is made by blocking a part of the mouth so that no air can pass through, allowing the air to burst out after a brief moment?
PLOSIVE (acc. STOP consonant or oral STOP)
Prior to the adoption of the Euro, the centime was equal to 1/100th of the currency of which country?
FRANCE
Dying at Cincinnati Zoo on 1st September 1914, “Martha” was the last-known living individual of which once very common bird species?
PASSENGER PIGEON
Which constellation is named after a hunter from Greek myth who was the son of Poseidon and the Gorgon Euryale?
ORION
Which comedian played Pete Brockman, the male head of the family, in the TV sitcom Outnumbered?
Hugh DENNIS
Which Italian condiment – made from garlic, parsley, and lemon zest - is commonly used as an accompaniment to the braised veal shank dish ossobuco?
GREMOLATA
Bondi Beach is perhaps the most famous beach in which city?
SYDNEY
Despite its name, the Lincoln Handicap is run each spring at which race-course?
DONCASTER
Ranked 19th in NME’s list of the Greatest Albums of the 2010s, Total Life Forever was a 2010 album by which British indie rock band with an animal-inspired name?
FOALS
The colour ‘shocking pink’ is named for the colour of the lettering used on the perfume bottles of the scent Shocking, created by which female Italian fashion designer?
Elsa SCHIAPARELLI
The City of London skyscraper at 122 Leadenhall Street is better-known by what nickname, after the kitchen appliance it is said to resemble?
The CHEESE-GRATER
Winner of the Best Storytelling at the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards, which action-adventure survival horror video game follows Deacon St. John’s attempts to locate his wife in post-apocalyptic Oregon?
DAYS GONE
Which American singer had a hit in 1967 with San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)?
Scott MCKENZIE
In 1879, Albert Einstein was born in which German city, famed for having the church with the tallest steeple in the world?
ULM
Which Polish mathematician gives his name to a fractal in the shape of an equilateral triangle which is subdivided recursively into smaller equilateral triangles?
Waclaw SIERPINSKI
Aragorn is the titular ‘King’ in the third and final book in which very famous trilogy?
The LORD OF THE RINGS
In which 1998 film does Jim Carrey’s character unknowingly have his whole life filmed as a TV programme, living in a huge TV set inhabited by hired actors?
The TRUMAN SHOW
After emigrating to the USA, Einstein took up a permanent position at which Ivy League university in New Jersey?
PRINCETON
The City of London skyscraper at 20 Fenchurch Street is better-known by what nickname, after the handheld device it is said to resemble?
The WALKIE-TALKIE
The Canadian-born businesswoman Florence Nightingale Graham built up a cosmetics empire in the USA that made her into one of the world’s wealthiest women. By what name is she now better known?
Elizabeth ARDEN
Which British pop group, with a name alluding to a classic children’s TV programme, had a hit in 1967 with Let’s Go To San Francisco?
The FLOWER-POT MEN
Winner of the Outstanding Contribution at the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards, which 2015 episodic graphic adventure video game focuses on Max Caulfield, an 18-year-old photography student who discovers that she has the ability to rewind time at any moment?
LIFE IS STRANGE
Which Swedish mathematician gives his name to a fractal resembling a snowflake that becomes infinitely more intricate as more triangles are added?
Helge von KOCH
Sirius Black is the titular ‘Prisoner’ in the third book in which very famous series?
HARRY POTTER
In which 1993 film does Bill Murray’s character find himself in a time loop, reliving the same today over and over again in Pennsylvania?
GROUNDHOG DAY
Despite its name, the Cambridgeshire Handicap is run each autumn at which race-course?
NEWMARKET
Dying at Hobart Zoo on 6th September 1936, “Benjamin” was the last-known living individual of which species of marsupial?
THYLACINE / TASMANIAN TIGER or WOLF (do not accept Tasmanian devil)
Which hunter from the Old Testament gives his name to the famous ninth variation of Elgar’s Enigma Variations?
NIMROD
Which actor played Ben Harper, the male head of the family in the TV sitcom My Family?
Robert LINDSAY
Prior to the adoption of the Euro, the pfennig was equal to 1/100th of the currency of which country?
GERMANY
Which American city is home to the famous Waikiki Beach?
HONOLULU
Which Argentine green sauce – commonly used with grilled meat – is made with parsley, garlic, oregano, vinegar, and vegetable oil?
CHIMICHURRI
Ranked 22nd in NME’s list of the Greatest Albums of the 2010s, Visions of a Life was a 2017 album by which British alternative rock band with an animal-inspired name?
WOLF ALICE
Usually made from denim, jeans take their name from a corruption of the name of which Italian port city?
GENOA
The Nazi Ernst Ludwig is a character in which stage musical that revolves around the relationship between the American writer Cliff Bradshaw and the English cabaret performer Sally Bowles in Berlin during the early 1930s?
CABARET
The author of a 1704 book entitled An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa, by what name do we know the Frenchman who tricked London society into believing his claim to be the first native of what is now Taiwan to visit Europe?
George PSALMANAZAR
Commonly known outside Romania as Dracula’s Castle and one of Transylvania’s most-visited tourist attractions, which medieval castle can be found in its namesake town, 25 kilometres southwest of Brașov?
BRAN Castle
During the 1890s, Claude Monet completed a series of famous paintings of which French cathedral?
ROUEN Cathedral
Portrayed by Nichelle Nichols in the original Star Trek series, what is the name of the communications officer of the USS Enterprise?
Nyota UHURA
Inspired by the forward El Hadji Diouf, which African country reached the World Cup Quarter-Finals in 2002, having beaten the holders France in the tournament’s opening match?
SENEGAL
Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide are the two compounds most responsible, by far, for which harmful environmental phenomenon?
ACID RAIN
“124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom.” are the opening lines of which acclaimed 1987 novel set in post-Civil War Cincinnati?
BELOVED
Winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, which 2012 Michael Haneke film depicts an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, coping with the partial paralysis Anne suffers following a stroke?
AMOUR
In baseball, what name is given to the position equivalent to the wicket-keeper in cricket?
CATCHER
Which plant makes up almost the entire diet of the giant panda?
BAMBOO
Which unit of weight, equal to one gram per 9,000 metres, is used to measure the fineness of nylon?
DENIER
How is Hanna Glawari known in the title of an enormously popular Franz Lehar operetta of 1905?
The MERRY WIDOW
Which town in Mid Glamorgan is best remembered for a series of riots in 1910 and 1911 in which coal miners and the police confronted one another, sometimes violently?
TONYPANDY
Common in Estuary English and usually affecting the letter ‘T’ when found at the end of a word, what name is given in phonetics to a stop sound made by rapidly closing the vocal cords and then releasing them?
GLOTTAL stop
Which children’s book was written by Dr Seuss after his publisher bet him that he couldn’t write a book that used fewer than 50 different words?
GREEN EGGS AND HAM
The surname Singh, commonly used by Sikhs, is an ancient Indian name for which animal?
LION
Which company is London’s longest-standing ratepayer, having occupied the same premises on the Strand since 1706?
TWININGS
Which very famous fashion designer co-hosted the first seven series of Eurotrash with Antoine de Caunes?
Jean-Paul GAULTIER
Which English cathedral was reputedly the tallest building in the world from 1300 until its spire blew off in a storm in 1549?
LINCOLN Cathedral
Which is the first of the four gospels in the New Testament?
Matthew
One of only two individuals to have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize, which Irish playwright won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 and won the 1939 Academy Award for Best Screenplay?
George Bernard Shaw
Which late politician dubbed “Chat show Charlie” was leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006?
Charles Kennedy
Who was the first woman to break the sound barrier, doing so in 1953?
Jacqueline Cochran
Which hugely popular 2020 Netflix documentary series centres on the world of big cat breeding and includes various colourful characters including Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin?
Tiger King
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, what was the Colossus of Rhodes?
A Statue
What is the currency of Bulgaria?
Lev
Assuming none of the tiles were placed on a double letter, triple letter, double word, or triple word score square, how many points would you score for playing the word QUIZ in a game of scrabble?
22
Which South African rugby union player was the only player in South Africa’s world cup winning squads of both 1995 and 2007? Renowned for his physical strength, his first name is derived from the Afrikaans word for ox.
Os Du Randt (accept Jacobus Petrus du Randt)
Which Pre-Socratic philosopher, a student of Thales, proposed an early theory of evolution in which the first humans were birthed by fish who left the sea?
Anaximander
Which classic 1987 John Hughes film stars Steve Martin as marketing executive Neal Page and John Candy as shower curtain ring salesman Del Griffith, and features their ordeal of trying to get to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving?
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Which American stand-up comedian performed his last TV special Revelations in London in 1993, shortly before his premature death at the age of 32? Known for his criticism of religion and right-wing politics, the comedian in question once quipped “I believe that there is an equality to all humanity: We all suck.”
Bill Hicks
Katrín Jakobsdóttir became the Prime Minister of which Nordic country in 2017?
Iceland
In which 1970 Beatles song did Paul McCartney sing “when I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me”?
Let it Be
Born on this day in 1832, mathematician and children’s author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was better known by which pen name?
Lewis Carroll
What is the profession of the titular character in the Verdi opera Rigoletto?
Jester (accept fool)
What is the surname of Barney, the seemingly resident boozer of Moe’s Tavern in The Simpsons?
Gumble
Common in Indian cuisine, what type of food is paneer?
Cheese (prompt on dairy)
Which poet wrote “It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all”?
Which poet wrote “It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all”?
Who was the shortest serving US President? This President gave the longest ever inauguration speech, which he gave in the pouring rain. He then caught pneumonia and died 31 days later. His grandson also later became President.
William Henry Harrison (prompt on Harrison. Do not accept Benjamin Harrison)
Who composed By the Sleepy Lagoon, the theme tune for BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs?
Eric Coates
A country is “doubly landlocked” when it is surrounded only by landlocked countries (requiring the crossing of at least two national borders to reach a coastline). There are only two such countries in the world; but which is the only doubly landlocked country in Europe?
Liechtenstein
Boltmaker is a Yorkshire Bitter brewed by which Keighley based brewery?
Timothy Taylor’s
What is the name of the red haired boy in Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman?
James
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of which Hanoverian monarch? This monarch reigned from 1830 to 1837.
William IV
What type of mythical creature is Mr Tumnus in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
Fawn (accept half-man half-goat)
Born in 1965, how is the WWE wrestler with the birth name Mark William Calaway better known? He is a seven time heavyweight world champion.
The Undertaker
Which stand up comedian won the eighteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2020? At 55 years old, he is the oldest winner to date.
Bill Bailey
Which 20 year old Chinese snooker player won the 2021 Masters on 17th January 2021? He is the youngest winner of the Masters since Ronnie O’Sullivan in 1995.
Yan Bingtao
Which British physicist was one of the two winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics?
Roger Penrose
Who played Major Charles Ingram in the 2020 TV drama Quiz?
Matthew Macfadyen
Which Georgian-British singer sang about 9 million bicycles in Beijing in 2005?
Katie Melua
Which South African rugby union player, who has so far represented the Springboks 67 times, was the only player in South Africa’s world cup winning squads of both 2007 and 2019? He started the 2007 final at inside centre, but came off the bench to play at fullback in the 2019 final.
Francois Steyn
What type of mythical creature is Gimli in The Lord of the Rings?
DWARF
Which poet wrote “no man is an island”?
John Donne
Who was the first woman to fly solo around the world, doing so in 1964?
Jerrie Mock
Erna Solberg became the Prime Minister of which Nordic country in 2013?
Norway
In which 1969 Beatles song did George Harrison sing “Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter/ Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here”?
Here Comes the Sun
Who played Diana Ingram in the 2020 TV drama Quiz?
Sian Clifford
What does James use as the nose for his snowman in Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman?
Tangerine
What is the first name of hapless Springfield policeman Chief Wiggum in The Simpsons?
Clancy
One of only two individuals to have won both an Oscar and Nobel Prize, which American singer-songwriter won the 2001 Academy Award for Best Original Song and the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature?
Bob Dylan
Which politician, who held the British record for the 100m sprint from 1967 to 1974, was leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2006 to 2007? He is sometimes known by a first name shared with a Merciless character from Flash Gordon.
Menzies Campbell
Who was the shortest US President in stature at 5 foot 4? The fourth President of the USA, he won re-election in 1812 by defeating the 6 foot 3 DeWitt Clinton
James Madison
Which four-time snooker world champion, a Scotsman known as The Wizard of Wishaw, lost in the final of the 2021 Masters on the 17th January 2021?
John Higgins
Which British virologist was one of the three winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine?
Michael Houghton
Which first cousin of George V of the United Kingdom and Nicholas II of Russia was born on 27 January, 1859? Name and regnal number required.
Wilhelm II
What is the profession of the titular character in the Benjamin Britten opera Peter Grimes?
Fisherman
Which is the last of the four gospels in the New Testament?
John
Which pre-Socratic philosopher, a student of Leucippus, is best known for his atomic theory – that everything in the universe was made up of atoms?
Democritus
How is the masked WWE wrestler with the birth name Oscar Gutierrez better known? Born in 1974, he is a three-time world champion and is considered by many to be the greatest cruiserweight in pro wrestling history.
Rey Mysterio
Which American stand-up comedian, a former Pentecostal preacher turned atheist known for his distinctive scream, died in a car crash in 1992 at the age of 38? He once said of cocaine: “There’s no happy ending to cocaine. You either die, you go to jail, or else you run out”.
Sam Kinison
Who composed Sailing By, the theme tune for the Shipping Forecast?
Ronald Binge
A country is “doubly landlocked” when it is surrounded only by landlocked countries (requiring the crossing of at least two national borders to reach a coastline). There are only two such countries in the world; but which is the only doubly landlocked country in Asia?
Uzbekistan
Hobgoblin, described as a “ruby beer”, is brewed by which Witney based brewery?
Wychwood
Who sang about a funky moped in 1975?
Jasper Carrott
Caroline of Ansbach was queen consort of which Hanoverian monarch? This monarch reigned from 1727 to 1760.
George II
Common in Japanese cuisine, what type of food is Udon?
Noodle(s)
Which classic 1989 John Hughes film stars John Candy as a slacker who has to babysit his brother’s three children for several days at short notice?
Uncle Buck
Which professional dancer won the eighteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Bill Bailey? She had won the previous series with Kevin Fletcher.
Oti Mabuse
Beginning in 2016, which Netflix series chronicles the reign of Elizabeth II?
The Crown
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, what was the Pharos of Alexandria?
A Lighthouse
What is the currency of Hungary?
Forint
Assuming none of the tiles were placed on a double letter, triple letter, double word, or triple word score square, how many points would you score for playing the word ANSWER in a game of scrabble?
9
Who is the only football player to have won three FIFA World Cups?
Pele
What were the forenames of C.S. Lewis?
Clive Staples
What was the name of the penguin in the 1993 Wallace and Gromit film The Wrong Trousers? Contrary to popular belief he was a well disguised penguin, not a chicken.
Feathers McGraw
Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, who live from 1788 to 1899, is the earliest validated person to achieve what feat?
Live to 110 (become a supercentenarian)
