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Question 1

1 Which singer-songwriter (born March 1 1958) had hits in the 1980s with Wouldn’t It Be Good The Riddle and Don Quixote?

Answer 1

1 Nik Kershaw

Question 2

2 Which Pope was born Eugenio Pacelli on 2 March 1876 in Rome Italy?

Answer 2

2 Pope Pius XII

Question 3

3 Which American actress (born March 3 1982) is married to singer Justin Timberlake?

Answer 3

3 Jessica Biel

Question 4

4 Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore (4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was a noted player of which musical instrument?

Answer 4

4 Xylophone

Question 5

5 Who was killed aged 30 along with her fellow country stars Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas in a plane crash near Camden Tennessee on March 5 1963?

Answer 5

5 Patsy Cline

Question 6

6 Which president of Venezuela died in office on March 5 2013?

Answer 6

6 Hugo Chávez

Question 7

7 For which 2005 film did Rachel Weisz (born 7 March 1970) win a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award?

Answer 7

7 The Constant Gardener

Question 8

8 Which Czech professional tennis player (born 8 March 1990) has won 26 career singles titles two of which are Grand Slam titles the Wimbledon Championships in 2011 and in 2014?

Answer 8

8 Petra Kvitová

Question 9

9 Which toy that first appeared on March 9 1959 is credited to Ruth Handler?

Answer 9

9 Barbie

Question 10

10 Which Pope was born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci on 2 March 1810 in Carpineto Romano near Rome?

Answer 10

10 Pope Leo XIII

Question 11

11 ‘Wasteland Baby!’ released on March 1 2019 is the second studio album from which internationally acclaimed musician?

Answer 11

11 Hozier (Andrew Hozier-Byrne)

Question 12

12 Which Tsar of Russia was assassinated in a bomb by the revolutionary group Narodnaya Volya on 13 March 1881?

Answer 12

12 Tsar Alexander II

Question 13

13 Whom did Ingvar Carlsson succeed in tragic circumstances on March 13 1986?

Answer 13

13 Olof Palme

Question 14

14 Which Canadian actor and narrator (born March 13 1928) primarily known as a stage actor provided the voice of the HAL 9000 computer for the film ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ (1968) and its sequel ‘2010’ (1984)?

Answer 14

14 Douglas Rain

Question 15

15 What character was played in the Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights by German actor Walter Gotell (15 March 1924 – 5 May 1997)?

Answer 15

15 General Gogol

Question 16

16 Apollo XIII was not the first NASA spacecraft to experience a systems failure. The Gemini VIII space mission was launched on March 16 1966 to conduct docking trials of two spacecraft but suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required immediate abort of the mission. The crew was returned to Earth safely. The two astronauts involved were David Scott and who was the command pilot?

Answer 16

16 Neil Armstrong

Question 17

17 Which military decoration was instituted on March 17 1813 by Frederick William III of Prussia?

Answer 17

17 Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz)

Question 18

18 Claire Elise Boucher born in Vancouver Canada on March 17 1988 is the real name of which contemporary recording artist?

Answer 18

18 Grimes

Question 19

19 Which religion has an obligatory Nineteen-Day Fast from sunrise to sunset which usually ends on the March vernal equinox?

Answer 19

19 Bahá’í Faith

Question 20

20 The English painter Jeanette Pickersgill (died March 20 1885) was the first person to legally undergo what process in Britain?

Answer 20

20 Cremation

Question 21

21 Who was UK Poet Laureate from 12 August 1813 until his death on 21 March 1843?

Answer 21

21 Robert Southey

Question 22

22 Martín Vizcarra (born 22 March 1963) became the 67th President of which South American country in March 2018?

Answer 22

22 Peru

Question 23

23 Who was the English dressmaker nurse and housekeeper who was hanged on 24 March 1873 for the murder of up to 20 people by arsenic poisoning including three of her husbands?

Answer 23

23 Mary Ann Cotton

Question 24

24 Which NASA astronaut (born March 25 1928) was the first person to fly in space four times and the only one to have flown to the Moon twice without making a landing?

Answer 24

24 Jim Lovell

Question 25

25 'Wise Blood' 'The Violent Bear It Away' and 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find' are among the notable works of which American writer and essayist (March 25 1925 – August 3 1964) who often wrote in a sardonic Southern Gothic style and relied heavily on regional settings and supposedly grotesque characters often in violent situations?

Answer 25

25 Mary Flannery O'Connor

Question 26

26 In which US state was American playwright Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III born on March 26 1911?

Answer 26

26 Mississippi

Question 27

27 Which Native American civil rights activist gave a speech at the 45th Academy Awards ceremony on March 27 1973 for actor Marlon Brando to decline the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Godfather?

Answer 27

27 Sacheen Littlefeather

Question 28

28 What pen name was adopted by the writer born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (28 March [O.S. 16 March] 1868 – 18 June 1936)?

Answer 28

28 Maxim Gorky

Question 29

29 What was the name of the character played by Eunice Gayson (17 March 1928 – 8 June 2018) James Bond's love interest in the first two Bond films (Dr. No and From Russia with Love) and is therefore considered to have been the first-ever "Bond girl"?

Answer 29

29 Sylvia Trench

Question 30

30 Foaled on March 30 1970 and nicknamed Big Red which American Thoroughbred racehorse in 1973 became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years? His record-breaking victory in the Belmont Stakes which he won by 31 lengths is widely regarded as one of the greatest races of all time.

Answer 30

30 Secretariat

Question 31

31 Which English playwright and author (27 October 1889 – 31 March 1981) of 'The Chalk Garden' and 'National Velvet' was the great-grandmother of Samantha Cameron wife of David Cameron?

Answer 31

31 Enid Bagnold

Question 32

32 Which American memory grandmaster (born March 3 1992) won the World Memory Championships for three consecutive years 2015 2016 and 2017 and is currently the world No. 1 ranked memory competitor?

Answer 32

32 Alex Mullen

Question 33

33 Probably best-known for playing Anthony Falconetti in the 1970s television mini-series 'Rich Man Poor Man' which American actor (born March 24 1933) has appeared in almost three hundred feature films and television productions including like 'Any Which Way You Can' (1980) 'Conan The Barbarian' (1982) 'Rumble Fish' (1983) and 'Red Dawn' (1984)?

Answer 33

33 William Smith

Question 34

34 Played by Scott Paulin in 'The Right Stuff' Chris Ellis in 'Apollo 13' and Kyle Chandler in 'First Man' which former American World War II pilot (March 1 1924 – June 13 1993) aeronautical engineer and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts became NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office?

Answer 34

34 Deke Slayton

Question 35

35 Which horse trained by Henrietta Knight won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2002 2003 and 2004?

Answer 35

35 Best Mate

Question 36

36 In February 2019 which team defeated the LA Rams 13 - 3 to win Super Bowl LIII?

Answer 36

36 New England Patriots

Question 37

37 Who is the principal conductor of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra?

Answer 37

37 David Brophy

Question 38

38 Which actor is probably best known for playing Ross O'Carroll-Kelly since his stage incarnation began?

Answer 38

38 Rory Nolan

Question 39

39 What is the US Secret Service code-name for President Donald Trump?

Answer 39

39 Mogul

Question 40

40 Which Irish painter (17 October 1860 – 18 March 1940) born in Castleplunket Co Roscommon spent much of his later career in Paris as part of the Pont-Aven movement and was a close friend of Paul Gauguin? In March 2011 one of his works 'Landscape Cassis' an oil-on-canvas painted in the south of France in 1913 sold at Sotheby's for £337250 (€383993)?

Answer 40

40 Roderic O'Conor

Question 41

41 Which Swiss-born actor (22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019) received international acclaim for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the Oscar-nominated film 'Downfall' (2004)?

Answer 41

41 Bruno Ganz

Question 42

42 Which American singer-songwriter (March 25 1942 – August 16 2018) who began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit was known as 'The Queen of Soul'?

Answer 42

42 Aretha Franklin

Question 43

43 What baked Middle Eastern desert consists of sheets of filo pastry layered with chopped nuts soaked in honey or syrup and usually cut into diamond shapes?

Answer 43

43 Baklava

Question 44

44 For which 1944 film was Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald (born William Joseph Shields; 10 March 1888 – 14 January 1961) nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (which he ultimately won) and the Academy Award for Best Actor? Voting rules were changed shortly after this occurrence to prevent further dual nominations for the same role.

Answer 44

44 Going My Way

Question 45

45 Which French sociologist introduced the term anomie to describe that condition in which norms for conduct are either absent weak or conflicting in his ground-breaking study in 1897 'Suicide'?

Answer 45

45 Émile Durkheim

Question 46

46 Who was the 121st emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession his reign spanned the years from 10 March 1846 through to his death on 30 January 1867 corresponding to the final years of the Edo period?

Answer 46

46 Emperor Kōmei / Osahito

Question 47

47 Which British airport has the code DSA?

Answer 47

47 Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Question 48

48 Which American musical theatre lyricist and composer (born March 6 1948) has written such hit musicals as Godspell (1970) Pippin (1972) and Wicked (2003)? He has contributed lyrics for a number of successful films including Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) The Prince of Egypt (1998; music and lyrics) and Enchanted (2007).

Answer 48

48 Stephen Schwartz 

Question 49

49 Osteology is the study of what?

Answer 49

49 Bones

Question 50

50 Praesepe also known as the Beehive Cluster is a major open star cluster located in which zodiacal constellation?

Answer 50

50 Cancer

Question 51

51 Which two different cartoon characters with the same name appeared in comic strips in the UK and USA in March 1951?

Answer 51

51 Dennis the Menace

Question 52

52 Charlotte Gunn became in March 2018 the second female editor of which music magazine that has been published weekly since 7 March 1952?

Answer 52

52 NME / New Musical Express

Question 53

53 Literally "big-little" what is the Japanese term for the matched pair of traditionally made Japanese swords (nihonto) worn by the samurai class in feudal Japan?

Answer 53

53 Daishō

Question 54

54 Who played George Cowley in the TV series The Professionals?

Answer 54

54 Gordon Jackson

Question 55

55 What is the surname of the American magician comedian musician actor inventor filmmaker television personality and best-selling author Penn (born March 5 1955) known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller?

Answer 55

55 Jillette

Question 56

56 Which Russian video game designer and computer engineer (born 14 March 1956) developed the tile-matching puzzle video game Tetris while working for the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences a Soviet government-founded R&D center?

Answer 56

56 Alexey Pajitnov

Question 57

57 Which treaty was signed on 25 March 1957?

Answer 57

57 Treaty of Rome

Question 58

58 Which 1886 novel by Henry James is a satirical account of female emancipation in the American city of its title?

Answer 58

58 The Bostonians

Question 59

59 Which American actor (born March 31 1957) is perhaps best known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the 'Superman' series of feature films released between 1978 and 1987 and Dave McFly the older brother of Marty McFly in the 'Back to the Future' films?

Answer 59

59 Marc McClure

Question 60

60 Which 1960 Hollywood film starring Spencer Tracy Fredric March and Gene Kelly was a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes 'Monkey' Trial which resulted in John T. Scopes's conviction for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution to a high school science class contrary to a Tennessee state law?

Answer 60

60 Inherit the Wind

Question 61

61 The name of which style of Chinese martial art literally means “spring chant”?

Answer 61

61 Wing Chun

Question 62

62 Which Irish writer born in Mullingar in 1962 writes the Detective Lottie Parker novels which includes 'The Missing Ones' 'The Lost Child' and 'No Safe Place'?

Answer 62

62 Patricia Gibney

Question 63

63 'Small Island' (2004) and 'The Long Song' (2010) are notable works by which London born writer (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) who explored the experience of Jamaican British people in a series of novels over 20 years?

Answer 63

63 Andrea Levy

Question 64

64 The murder of which woman in New York on March 13 1964 inspired research into the bystander phenomenon because it was commonly believed that more than 30 witnesses to the event did nothing to intervene?

Answer 64

64 Kitty Genovese

Question 65

65 On 18 March 1965 when Alexey Leonov became the first human to walk in space who was his partner cosmonaut who commanded the historic Voskhod 2 mission?

Answer 65

65 Pavel Belyayev

Question 66

66 Which French voice actor animator and film director (born 15 March 1967) is best known for co-directing all four films in the Despicable Me franchise and as the voice of the Minions?

Answer 66

66 Pierre Coffin

Question 67

67 Which American alternative rock band from Chicago Illinois was formed in 1988 by frontman Billy Corgan (born March 17 1967) (lead vocals guitar) and James Iha (guitar) (born March 26 1968)?

Answer 67

67 The Smashing Pumkins

Question 68

68 What is the title of the 1968 Disney comedy that features a Volkswagen Beetle called Herbie with a mind of its own?

Answer 68

68 The Love Bug

Question 69

69 Which American professional golfer (March 3 1920 – May 28 1994) was the oldest player ever to win a modern major in 1968 taking the PGA Championship in San Antonio by a stroke at the age of 48 years 4 months and 18 days? 

Answer 69

69 Julius Boros

Question 70

70 FIA headquartered at 8 Place de la Concorde Paris is the world governing body of which sport?

Answer 70

70 Motorsport

Question 71

71 Which company was opened in Seattle Washington on March 31 1971 by three partners who met while they were students at the University of San Francisco: English teacher Jerry Baldwin history teacher Zev Siegl and writer Gordon Bowker?

Answer 71

71 Starbucks

Question 72

72 Which former Argentine footballer (born March 2 1972) is the current manager of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur?

Answer 72

72 Mauricio Pochettino

Question 73

73 Known as “the Black Hercules” which US boxer broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw in a March 1973 bout?

Answer 73

73 Ken Norton

Question 74

74 In March 1974 which planet was first visited by Mariner 10?

Answer 74

74 Mercury

Question 75

75 Which Bizet opera had its world premiere on March 3 1875 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris?

Answer 75

75 Carmen

Question 76

76 Which television soap opera set in California was a spin-off from Dallas?

Answer 76

76 Knots Landing

Question 77

77 Which former mayor of San Francisco was sworn in as governor of California on January 7 2019?

Answer 77

77 Gavin Newsom

Question 78

78 Launched in the United States and Canada on 27 March 1986 marketing luxury and high performance vehicles what is the luxury vehicle marque of Japanese automaker Honda?

Answer 78

78 Acura

Question 79

79 Which 1997 film was nominated for 14 Oscars winning 11 of them?

Answer 79

79 Titanic

Question 80

80 Which English actor (born 6 March 1980) is best known for playing a young Endeavour Morse in the ITV drama series 'Endeavour'?

Answer 80

80 Shaun Evans

Question 81

81 Which two US states border Florida?

Answer 81

81 Alabama & Georgia

Question 82

82 On which two horses has jockey Richard Johnson (born July 21 1977) won the Cheltenham Gold Cup?

Answer 82

82 Looks Like Trouble (2000) & Native River (2018)

Question 83

83 Which two astronauts were scheduled to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 13 mission?

Answer 83

83 Jim Lovell & Fred Haise

Question 84

84 Which two actors played the title roles in the BBC comedy series 'Gavin & Stacey'?

Answer 84

84 Mathew Horne & Joanna Page

Question 85

85 In which two years did Lake Placid host the Winter Olympic Games?

Answer 85

85 1932 & 1980

Question 86

86 Who are the two Formula One drivers for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team in the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship?

Answer 86

86 Lewis Hamilton & Valtteri Bottas

Question 87

87 In the Bible who were the two wives of the patriarch Jacob?

Answer 87

87 Leah & Rachel

Question 88

88 'Frank and Jesse' (also known as Frank & Jesse) is a 1994 American biographical western film written and directed by Robert Boris and starring which two actors as Jesse and Frank James?

Answer 88

88 Rob Lowe & Bill Paxton

Question 89

89 Who have been the two question masters to date of the BBC quiz programme 'Eggheads'?

Answer 89

89 Dermot Murnaghan & Jeremy Vine

Question 90

90 Tunisia is bordered by which two African countries?

Answer 90

90 Algeria & Libya