Set 01 Flashcards
1
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In 183 BC, Hannibal committed suicide in which modern-day country?
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Turkey
2
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What is a shorthand term for the repertoire and performers associated with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and the distinctive style of funk music they performed, a term which may reference Plainfield, New Jersey?
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P-Funk
3
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Which Russian born geographer, meteorologist, climatologist and botanist of German descent gives his name to the system of climate characterisation and helped develop one of the world’s first cloud atlases?
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Wladimir Köppen
4
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The actinopterygii comprise an amazing 95% of all fish and are therefore the most common class of vertebrates in the world. What does actinopterygii literally mean?
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Ray-finned
5
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What word means a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate cementing together other materials, including gravel, sand, clay, and silt. Found in the High Plains of the western USA, and in the Sonoran Desert. The term is Spanish and is originally from the Latin calx, meaning lime?
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Caliche
6
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Marlon Brando was born on this day in 1924 – he was nominated for 8 acting Oscars during his lifetime – for which film did he receive his first nomination in 1952?
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A Streetcar Named Desire
7
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Double Falsehood the early eighteenth century play by Lewis Theobald is believed to be a re-writing of which lost play by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher?
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Cardenio
8
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The 1920 Treaty of Trianon formally ended WW1. It was signed by the Allied powers on the one hand and representatives of which (now EU member) country on the other’?
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HUNGARY
9
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This former Royal complex, the Golistan Palace (“Palace of Flowers”), is now a museum. It is to be found within which city’s Arg (citadel)?
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TEHRAN
10
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Marvel was the first comic company to give a black superhero his own comic book - which character made his first appearance in 1972?
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LUKE CAGE
11
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This theoretical contract, based on Islamic doctrine, grants special residence status to Jewish, Christian, and other non-Muslim subjects in return for taxes. While such persons have fewer 10 legal and social rights than Muslims, they are treated better than other non-Muslims. Derived from the Arabic for “people of the contract”, which Islamic term describes these non-Muslim subjects in states governed under Sharia law?
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DHIMMI
12
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In 2010, it hosted a major sporting spectacle: in which city is the ‘11 de Novembro’ stadium?
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LUANDA (Africa Cup of Nations Final)
13
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In the summer of 2010, which was the first Latin American country to legalise same-sex marriages nationwide?
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ARGENTINA
14
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In the troubled times of the 15th century, Yolande D’Aragon used her position to secure the French monarchy by marriage, diplomacy and force. She was the mother-in-law of which French king?
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CHARLES VII
15
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Which word derives from an ancient Persian one meaning a closing-off from the outside world (to keep out wild animals) to make a protected, horticultural space?
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PARADISE (‘pairida?za’)
16
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Some prisoners have been waiting on death row there for 40 years. Which Asian country’s courts show a 99% conviction rate in criminal cases?
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JAPAN
17
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Which word - from the Greek meaning “woman servant” - is a name give to a female “supporter” who assists a women through childbirth and charges for her services, these can include antenatal and postnatal visits and being on call?
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DOULA
18
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Name either of the European countries that joined NATO on 1 April 2009
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ALBANIA or CROATIA
19
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What is the name of the high school choir that is central to the US TV show ‘Glee’?
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NEW DIRECTIONS
20
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Similar in origin and meaning to ‘Baksheesh’, which term derives from a word once uttered by beggars in the dialect of Xiamen (a port in South East China) and now also refers to something obtained unofficially, whether deviously or by ingenuity?
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CUMSHAW
21
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Which German footballer’s last gasp equaliser took the 1966 World Cup Final into extra time?
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Wolfgang WEBER
22
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Claimed by some to be a homegrown US language, others have dismissed it as mere slang. Which term appeared in the mid 1970s to describe a version of English, incorporating the grammar of African languages, which also includes many words invented on the streets?
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EBONICS
23
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Micheline Roquebrune (b 1929) is a French artist. She is the second wife of which Oscar winner who celebrated his 80th birthday in August 2010?
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Sean CONNERY
24
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It carries 2 million passengers a year and each single trip lasts less than 90 seconds; which highly distinctive (and frankly unusual) part of the Paris Metro requires a separate ticket?
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MONTMARTRE FUNICULAR
25
Created by Marvel comics, what first is claimed by Northstar, a French-Canadian mutant who revealed himself in 1992?
FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO
26
Established circa 7,000 years ago, which Lebanese city, founded as Gebal by the Phoenicians, got its current name from the ancient Greeks, who imported its papyrus?
BYBLOS
27
Who was the first man of 'Hispanic' background ever to hold a version of the World Heavyweight Boxing title?
John "The Quietman" RUIZ (WBA)
28
With 180, which country has the most products with protected origin status in the EU?
ITALY
29
Between AD 195, when Septimius Severus sacked and re-built the city, and AD 330 when Constantine selected it as the capital of New Rome, by what name was Byzantium /Constantinople/Istanbul known?
ANTONINIA
30
Earlier films include 'Read My Lips' and the 'Beat that My Heart Skipped; which French director's movies include prison thriller A Prophet' (2009)?
Jacques AUDIARD
31
Sometimes combined with silk or polyester to create a textile fabric which is lightweight and looks like linen; piña is a fibre made from the leaves of which plant?
PINEAPPLE
32
In January 2010, which country announced it was to have two rates of exchange - 2.60 to the $US for "priority" imports, and 4.30 for other items considered non-essential?
VENEZUELA (the Bolivar)
33
His name is synonymous with Funky Music. He's backed every major 'funk' figure, from George Clinton to Prince. What is the surname of the saxophonist introduced by James Brown on the 1974 track 'Soul Of A Black Man' with the words: "Maceo! Come here quick, and bring that funky licking stick!"?
Maceo PARKER
34
He was killed on 13 January 1963 in what is regarded as Africa's first post-colonial military coup; Sylvanus Olympio (b1902) served as Prime Minster (1958-1961) and then as the first ever President (1961-1963) of which African nation?
TOGO
35
Which city, perhaps inhabited since 10000 BC but certainly in continuous habitation for 6,000 years, became an important settlement after the Aramaeans arrived and established a network of canals that still forms the basis of its modern water networks?
DAMASCUS
36
Under the Gonzaga family it became one of the main cultural hubs of Northern Italy, and the country as a whole. Which city is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes created during the 12th century - Lago Superiore, Lago di Mezzo, and Lago Inferiore ("Superior", "Middle", and "Inferior") - a fourth lake, Lake Pajolo, which once completed a defensive water ring of the city, dried up at the end of the 18th century?
MANTOVA or MANTUA
37
FC Unirea Urziceni is a football team playing in which UEFA country, having won Liga 1 in season 2008/09?
ROMANIA
38
59 He has two elder sisters whose ex-husbands were Ricky Nelson and John DeLorean. He has been married to Pam Dawber since 1987. Who is this former UCLA star quarterback (his father was also a Heisman Trophy winner) and leading star of US TV?
Mark HARMON
39
Inhabited since 3650BC and with links to the Akkadians and Hittites, this city in southern Turkey is the country's sixth largest. Its sights include the Ravanda citadel, restored by the Byzantines in the 6th century. Which city?
GAZIANTEP or ANTEP
40
After declaring independence from Ottoman rule, the major European powers formally recognized Albania as an independent principality in July 1913. Independence had been asserted by an assembly convened in the place which is now the country's second largest port city, and which was Albania's capital until 1914. Where was this?
VLORË or VLORA
41
Born Jozef De Veuster he is better known as Father Damian. In 2009 the Pope declared him a Saint for his charitable work with the lepers on which Hawaiian island, where he lived and eventually died himself of leprosy in 1889?
MOLOKAI
42
Whose body was exhumed on the orders of Colombian president Hugo Chavez in July 2010 to facilitate investigation of suspicions of foul play having been involved in his death?
Simón BOLIVAR
43
Joseph Bologne (1739-99) was among the most important figures in the Paris musical scene of his day. He was also famed as a swordsman and equestrian. Known as the "Black Mozart", he was the Chevalier de... what?
SAINT-GEORGE(S)
44
Which country shares its name with the band of Savannah that stretches across Africa from Mali in the west to the Ethiopian Highlands in the East?
The SUDAN
45
Her work depicted the everyday life of urban African Americans. In 1985 she became Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Who had earlier been the first African American poet to win a Pulitzer Prize, for her 1949 collection ‘Annie Allen’?
Gwendolyn BROOKS
46
Which two-word term that first gained currency in the 1950s commonly refers to a person with a non-speaking or supernumerary role in an opera or stage play?
SPEAR CARRIER
47
Combining traditional folk music with Eastern European and Asian influences and driving beats, Chalga, or pop folk, is a phenomenon in which EU country?
BULGARIA
48
On 4 June 1979, a day before his 40th birthday, which leader of the Progressive Conservative Party became Canada's youngest prime minister and the only person to ever defeat Pierre Trudeau in a federal election?
Joe CLARK
49
In 2009, scare stories held that criminal gangs were killing peasant farmers and the fat from their bodies was being sold to European cosmetics manufacturers at £10,000 a litre. In which country were these (subsequently discredited) wild stories circulating?
PERU
50
Almost 300 years after their foundation, who or what did Constantine the Great replace in 310AD with the Scholae?
PRAETORIAN GUARD
51
What was the real first name of the character Corporal 'Radar' O'Reilly in ‘M*A*S*H'?
WALTER
52
During World War I, what was notable about the French government's award of the Croix de Guerre to the US 369th Infantry Regiment?
ALL-BLACK (also first allied unit to reach the Rhine)
53
A Swedish soprano, her perfect singing and vivid acting made her a great heroine in operas by Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss and Janacek. She made her debut in 1947, aged just 20, and was still performing in the 1990s. In 1997 a Eurostar train was named in her honour. Which much loved singer died aged 82 in November 2009?
Elisabeth SÖDERSTRÖM
54
A mercenary leader known as 'Mad Mike', in July 1982, who was found guilty of hijacking a plane to escape from a failed coup in the Seychelles?
Colonel Mike HOARE
55
This dog has been seen at nearly every demonstration in Athens since 2008 and turned up again during the May 2010 protests against the government's big spending cuts. How is he popularly known?
RIOT DOG' or 'PROTEST DOG' real name, KANELLOS
56
In 2009, who became the first woman to referee snooker's World Championship final?
Michaela TABB
57
It is so popular in Canada that versions of it are sold in the country's Burger King, KFC and McDonald's outlets; the classic version of which dish consists of French fries topped with fresh cheese curd, and covered with brown gravy?
POUTINE
58
Similar to the use of thread count for cotton fabrics, what unit of weight is traditionally used to measure the density of fabric made of what?
Momme
59
The 1969 Formula One Grand Prix championship was won by Jackie Stewart driving a car powered by a Ford engine, run by Ken Tyrrell. What was the name of the French company who built the car near Paris?
Matra
60
Who was the jockey who won the Grand National in 1967 on Foinavon?
A. John Buckingham
61
He won the English singles bowls title in 1960 (2pts) Born in North Somerset in 1931the son of an international bowler he won his first commonwealth games gold medal in 1962. (1pt) He won every Commonwealth Games singles bowls gold medal from 1962 to 1978 and was three times world singles champion. Who is this pipe smoking bowler who was still winning world championships in 1992?
David Bryant
62
The Marathon de Sables is a 6 day / 151 mile endurance race across the Sahara Desert normally taking place at the end of March / beginning of April. In which country does it take place?
Morocco
63
Billie Jean King won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. What was her maiden surname?
Moffitt
64
Since 1960 who has the unfortunate record of losing in the women’s singles final the most times (a total of seven)
Chris Evert
65
This Belgian lady was born in Liege in 1982. She has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, being four French Open titles (three being in a row), one Australian Open title, two US Open titles and gold in the singles at Athens 2004. In May 2008 she announced her retirement only to return in 2010 at the Australian Open on a wildcard entry. Who is she?
Justine Henin
66
The Hopman cup is a mixed tennis tournament for international teams which is held every year in which city?
Perth, WA
67
Tennis player Jelena Dokic played for Serbia and which other, adopted country?
Australia
68
The only left-handed player to win the World Championship (Ronnie O’Sullivan is ambidexturous) which he did in 2000 and 2003 he is known as the The Welsh Potting Machine. Who is he?
Mark Williams
69
Who is this former Finnish rally driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 and 2002. After leaving Peugeot in 2005 he drove for Ford in 2006 and 2007 before retiring. Who is he?
Marcus Gronholm
70
Born in 1979 and with a Spanish grandfather. Who is the England and Sale Wing/Full back who is best remembered for his disallowed try in the 2007 World Cup final against South Africa?
Mark Cueto
71
These names are shared by an Englishman and an Australian both famous sportsmen (2pts) The Englishman was named after a Battleship on which his Father served and played and coached the Tampa Bay Rowdies. (1pt) The Australian was a wicketkeeper who in 96 Tests, set a world record of 355 wicketkeeping dismissals. Who are they?
Rodney Marsh
72
In a set of 28 dominoes how many have a total of exactly 6 dots?
A. Four
73
Why were the times achieved by runners unusually slow at the Olympic 3000 metre steeplechase in 1932?
They ran one lap too many
74
Who was the last rider not born in Northern Ireland to hold the title of champion National Hunt jockey, way back in 1992?
Peter Scudamore
75
In the standard ranking for hands of poker, which hand of five cards comes immediately above two pairs?
Three of a kind
76
As a young man in WW2 his ship was torpedoed. One of a handful to survive he escaped from being a German POW by jumping from a train and eventually got to Spain. In London in the 1950’s he married a lady of Indian descent and they had a son who became a famous sportsman. Who is the son?
Sebastian Coe
77
Welsh Rugby star Andy Powell (nicknamed “Brain Dead”) was charged with drunken driving in February after he was stopped driving along the hard shoulder of the M4 in the early hours of the morning. What was his chosen mode of transport?
Golf buggy
78
When the referee Tony Bates was injured in a match between Coventry and Nottingham Forest in February 2010 the fourth official had to take over. Thus for the first time a woman took charge of a football league match. What was her name?
Amy Fearn
79
Which city, with a population of 4 million, is only the seventh largest in India and the second largest in Maharashtra after Mumbai?
Pune
80
He represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. He is best known for a remarkable opening bowling partnership along with fellow West Indian Curtly Ambrose for several years and held the record of most Test wickets. He spent 14 years with Gloucestershire from 1984. Who is he?
Courtney Walsh
81
Who was the Northern Irish F1 driver who in 1979 moved to McLaren where he gave them their first victory in over three years by winning the 1981 British Grand Prix?
John Watson
82
Born in Stepney in 1939 one of his first jobs was as a bouncer at Ilford Palais which was managed by Jimmy Savile at the time. He also worked as a Billingsgate porter (2pts) His brother George was his manager and invested his earnings in a string of London nightclubs. (1pt) His nickname was “Golden Boy”. His professional record was 21 wins (16 by knockout), 8 losses and 2 draws. During 1967, he fought for both the British and European titles, losing to Henry Cooper (Great Britain) and Karl Mildenberger (West Germany) respectively. Who was he?
Billy Walker
83
What is the common name for the garden flower echinacea?
(PURPLE) CONEFLOWER
84
Give the surname of the classical music piano soloist sisters, Katia and Marielle?
LABEQUE
85
In Gustav Holst's work "The Planets Suite" which planet is termed "The Mystic"?
NEPTUNE
86
Tavel and Hermitage wines are produced in which French wine growing area?
RHONE VALLEY
87
Which British Prime Minister maintained a secret correspondence with Venetia Stanley?
H H Asquith
88
Which Dutch Renaissance artist painted "The Hunters in the Snow", in 1565?
PETER BRUEGEL (The Elder)
89
How many contestants are there in Channel 4's TV game show, "Deal or No Deal"?
22
90
Under the recent vehicle registration plate nomenclature, cars beginning with the letter H, come from which area of the UK?
HAMPSHIRE
91
In a railway carriage near which city in Northern France did the allies and the Germans sign the Armistice which ended WWI?
COMPIEGNE
92
In April 2009, ex lawn tennis player Mirka Vavrinec, married which famous sportsman?
ROGER FEDERER
93
Vouvray and Sancerre wines come from which wine region of France?
LOIRE VALLEY
94
In which African country is the Danikil Desert?
ETHIOPIA
95
Who was the Prime Minister of France at the outbreak of WWII?
EDOUARD DALADIER
96
Which scientist's autobiography was called 'What Do You Care What Other People Think?'
Richard Feynman
97
Which former college of the University of London became independent in July 2007?
IMPERIAL COLLEGE
98
Colonel Nicholson is one of the main characters in which famous 1957 war film?
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
99
What was the middle name of Senator Edward M Kennedy, who died in August 2009?
MOORE
100
Which composer, born in Grenoble in 1803 wrote "Benvenuto Cellini", the first of his three operas?
HECTOR BERLIOZ
101
In which month of the year is Walpurgis Night celebrated in Europe and Scandinavia?
APRIL (Eve of May Day)
102
Which well known 1987 film, featured a character named Private Pyle, played by Vincent D'Onofrio?
FULL METAL JACKET
103
In which town is the Devonshire Royal Hospital, now the Devonshire campus of the University of Derby?
BUXTON
104
With which antique dealer did Paddington Bear have his elevenses each day?
MR GRUBER
105
Which British stamp issued in 1870 was the country's smallest ever and shares its name with a farmyard animal?
Bantam
106
In the poem, "The Owl and the Pussycat", by Edward Lear, how much was paid to the pig for the ring at the end of its nose?
ONE SHILLING
107
Which actress played the title role of Sylvia Broome in the 2005 motion picture 'The Interpreter'?
NICOLE KIDMAN
108
Who was Prime Minister of Gt. Britain, under whose premiership the Life Peerages Act was introduced?
HAROLD MACMILLAN
109
The body of which US President, who died in 1885, lies in Riverside Park in Manhattan, in the largest mausoleum in North America?
ULYSSES S GRANT
110
In the TV comedy 'Last of the Summer Wine', what is the name of Nora Batty's husband?
WALLY
111
In classical mythology, of what was Plutus, (not to be confused with Pluto), the God?
WEALTH
112
Which star of the TV series, "Casualty", played an IRA assassin in the TV mini series, "Harry's Game"?
DEREK THOMPSON
113
To travel from Manhattan to new Jersey, one may ride the PATH train. For what does the H in PATH stand?
HUDSON
114
Who chaired the convention, which was established by the European Council in December 2001, to produce a draft Constitution for the European Union?
VALERY GISCARD D'ESTAING
115
In the nursery rhyme, "There was a Jolly Miller", where did the jolly miller live?
ON THE RIVER DEE
116
In 1882, Britain issued a £5 postage stamp, which, up to then, was the largest British postage stamp ever printed. What colour was it?
ORANGE
117
Who eventually broke Bob Beamon's 23 year-old long jump record, in 1991?
MIKE POWELL
118
Who wrote the book Half of A Yellow Sun, about the Biafra conflict?
Chimimanda NGOZI ADICHIE
119
The acclaimed 2009 vampire film Let The Right One In is filmed and set in which country?
Sweden
120
The Maitisong festival of music, dance and theatre takes over which African capital city annually?
Gabarone
121
Never one to shy away from potentially controversial subjects, God Resigns at the Summit Meeting is a play by which Egyptian feminist? She was charged with "insulting Islam" and all original Arabic copies of the play being destroyed?
Nawal El Saadawi
122
From the Choctaw language, what does the word 'bobbasheely' mean in the southern US?
A very close friend
123
What kind of animal, in the USA, is a 'stone toter'?
A fish
124
Both 'bobbasheely' and 'stone toter' are found in the book called DARE. What is DARE, finally published in 2009 after decades of research, an acronym for?
Dictionary of American Regional English
125
The name of which Islamic insurgency group in Somalia means literally 'The Lads' or 'The Youths'?
Al-Shabab
126
In a similar vein, which Egyptian musical channel showcases hip-hop with an Islamic message and has been called the 'MTV of the Middle East'?
4Shbab
127
Which Belfast-born actor has appeared in such films as Veronica Guerin, There Will Be Blood, and Munich, and will play Dumbledore's brother Aberforth in the last Harry Potter film?
Ciaran Hinds
128
Which Japanese multinational sponsors the annual World Photography Awards?
Sony
129
What is the name of the French equivalent of the Mercury Music Prize?
Prix Constantine
130
What name is given to the dialect or form of non-Standard Spanish spoken around the River Plate, i.e in northern Argentina and Uruguay?
Rioplatense
131
What is the Rioplatense equivalent of the French 'verlan', i.e a slang reversing the order syllables in words?
Vesre
132
Which world music band based in Paris has a vesre name referencing its roots in Argentinian dance?
Gotan Project
133
Russia and which other country both claim writer Nikolai Gogol, holding rival festivals in his honour?
Ukraine
134
Pieter-Dirk Uys, well-known for his character Evita Bezuidenhout (also known as Tannie Evita) is a South African comedian and that country's version of which Australian?
Barry Humphries/Dame Edna Everage
135
Shenzhen, Pyongyang and Burma Chronicles are graphic novels inspired by the time which Canadian comic boook author spent in Asia?
Guy Delisle
136
What is an alternative name for the musical genre '8 bit'?
Chiptune
137
Thriller writer Deon Meyer specialises in fast-paced novels of revenge and redemption that also manage to give a revealing portrait of a country in transition. Including the famous Adderley Street flower market, places in which city influence his best-selling books?
Cape Town
138
The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival and its related awards are most associated with which city?
Cork
139
Which Indian-American's debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies (1999), won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name?
Jhumpa Lahiri
140
Petina Gappah is an internationally acclaimed short story writer and novellist whose work deals mainly with life in which country?
Zimbabwe
141
Who wrote Q and A- the basis for Slumdog Millionaire?
Vikas Swarup
142
Author Seth Grahame-Smith is best known for which Jane Austen parody?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
143
Powerful grid computers have revived a musical instrument that was last heard in Ancient Greece. It's a 48 stringed instrument named after its inventor. Whilst no complete example survives, the instrument, somewhat similar to a harp, had a soundboard and was plucked like a guitar, What's it called?
Epigonion
144
Tash Aw's second novel 'Map of the Invisible World' is about which country in the midst of the purges of 1964? Supposed communists were the target of army crackdowns.
Indonesia
145
Which six-letter word, meaning 'difficult to get on with' or 'stubborn', is a contraction of a very common word used every day?
Ornery (from Ordinary)
146
Which man conned c18 London into thinking he was from 'Formosa', even inventing a non-existent language and tricking the Bishop of London into giving him a lectureship at Oxford in Formosan history?
George Psalmanazar
147
P T Barnum once exhibited the head and torso of a dead monkey attached to the tail of a dried-out fish under what name?
The Feejee Mermaid
148
George Hull, who rivalled Barnum as a hoaxer, buried and then claimed to have discovered a huge carved gypsum figure on a farm in upstate New York. What was this figure known as by the gullible masses?
The Cardiff Giant
149
Oscar Hartzell, in the early c20 conned thousands in America by leading them to believe that they could have a share of the legacy of which deceased Englishman?
Sir Francis Drake
150
Which devious mafia boss feigned insanity for many years depite still running a large chunk of the New York mafia in the 1970s, 80s and 90s?
Vincent 'The Chin' Gigante
151
Jimmy's World' was a faked 'exclusive' story about young drug addicts in 1980 that ruined the reputation of which otherwise well-respected US newspaper?
The Washington Post
152
H L Mencken was the original source of an entirely fabricated story, quoted as fact for many years, that which otherwise ineffective US President installed the first ever bathtub in the White House?
Millard Fillmore
153
Which loyal Persian tricked the Babylonians into surrendering their city to King Darius by mutilating himself, and then claiming to the Babylonians that he was a tortured refugee from Darius' regime, eventually rising to military commander of the city, at which point he opened the gates?
Zopyrus
154
The Era of the Warring States lasted from c425 BC to c221 BC in the history of which country?
China
155
Which doddery, old, and gullible Austrian general surrendered the bridge at Austerlitz after the French tricked him into believing that an armistice had been signed? He was court-marshalled for his error.
General Auersperg
156
The British managed to capture Beersheeba during WW1 from the Ottoman empire by an elaborate ruse gulling the Turks into thinking they would attack Gaza instead. Which man, who never rose above the rank of Colonel, was responsible for the deception?
Richard Meinertzhagen
157
What was the name of the fictional Major in Operation Mincemeat?
William Martin
158
What was the name given to the large-scale operation of deception in 1944, designed to fool the Nazis into thinking the Allies could invade mainland Europe anywhere from Norway to the Mediterranean?
Operation Bodyguard
159
What name was given to the part of Bodyguard that made the Nazis believe a huge American force was gathering in SE England and preparing to invade via Calais?
Operation Quicksilver
160
Which forged document, which was used by the Popes in the Dark Ages to buttress and justify their authority, was proven as a fake by Lorenzo Valla in 1440?
The Donation of Constantine
161
At which battle in Northern Italy in 1525 was Francis I of France captured and held as a prisoner of war?
Pavia
162
Which forged document was used to justify Bismarck's invasion of France in 1870?
The Ems Telegram
163
Which Act was passed by Hitler after he was elected as Chancellor that gave him all the powers of the Reichstag for the next four years?
The Enabling Act
164
Which dictator's wife was particularly fond of claiming (incorrectly) that she was an eminent scientist in her own country, a deception in which her husband connived?
Elena Ceausescu
165
In 1984, Hosni Mubarak approved the faking of an execution in Egypt of which of Gaddafi's former Prime Ministers, who Gaddafi had tried to hire a real hit squad to kill?
Abdul Hamid Bakkush
166
Which US President approved the cover-up of the Gary Powers incident?
Eisenhower
167
The Vietnam war really started in 1964, when the US claimed that its destroyers anchored in which body of water off North Vietnam had been fired upon?
Gulf of Tonkin
168
Which US President opted to have dangerous surgery for cancer of the jaw performed on board his yacht at sea because he wanted to cover up how ill he was?
Grover Cleveland
169
Which US vice-president, to Woodrow Wilson, was called 'a small-calibre man' by Wilson himself and therefore it was Wilson's wife who took over many presidential duties after Wilson suffered a stroke?
Thomas Marshall
170
Who claimed to have discovered Piltdown Man?
Charles Dawson
171
In c18 England, Mary Tofts claimed to have given birth to which animals?
Rabbits
172
In 2002, a cult called Clonaid announced (it was a hoax) that they had cloned a daughter from cells taken from a mother. What was the name of the 'daughter'?
Eve
173
What was the name of the 'lost' Shakespeare play that William Ireland claimed to have found in the c18- in fact he had written it and it was rubbish?
Vortigern and Rowena
174
Until exposed as frauds in the 1960s, New York's Museum of Metropolitan Art displayed huge statues from which European civilisation as the genuine article?
Etruscan
175
Many of the September 11 terrorists, Timothy McVeigh, Hitler and Henry Ford all studied which (fake) document that claimed to be a 'confession' that Jews wanted to run the world?
Protocol of the Elders of Zion
176
Which Pope, who reigned from 1073 to 1085, claimed infallibility was ceded to the Catholic Church by God and that it had never erred, 'nor can it err until the end of time'?
Gregory VII
177
During the Albigensian Crusades, Papal commander Arnaud Amalric uttered the famous words 'Kill them all- God will recognise his own' during an attack on Cathars in which French city?
Beziers
178
Which Pope launched the Inquisition with the words 'It is the duty of every Catholic to persecute heretics'?
Gregory IX
179
What motto appeared on the belt buckles of Kaiser Wilhelm's troops in WW1?
Gott Mit Uns
180
The notorious verse Leviticus 20:13 is taken as justification for an anti-homosexual stance by some Christians. In that case, if they also follow Leviticus 11:12, they should not do what?
Eat shellfish
181
In Russian history, how is the former monk Grigori Otrepyev better known?
The False Dmitri
182
The Prussian Karl Wilhelm Naundorff was the most successful and tenacious of the men claiming to be who?
Louis XVII of France
183
Polish peasant Franziska Schanzkowska took what name in her attempt to claim that she was a famous figure from history? (She wasn't)
Anna Anderson
184
Which ancient rhetorician recorded a number of brilliant escapes in his Strategems of War (c2 AD)?
Polyaenus
185
Which man escaped from the Tower of London thanks to his wife helping to disguise him as a woman after being sentenced to death for his part in attempting to restore the Old Pretender to the throne?
Lord Nithsdale (5th Earl of)
186
In 1849, what innovative method did Henry Box Brown apply to escape from slavery? He eventually made it to Britain.
Posted himself to the North in a crate
187
Of whom did Churchill say 'He Came, He Saw, He Capitulated', blaming him for the Gallipoli fiasco?
Lt Gen Charles Monro
188
Which building, important in WW2, stands on a high rocky outcrop over the River Mulde in central Germany?
Colditz Castle
189
Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths are most associated with which hoax?
The Cottingley Fairies
190
Which British novelist and a group of friends once convinced the British navy to show them around the Dreadnought as they had disguised themselves as the Ethiopian royal family?
Virginia Woolf
191
Which Swiss town was the location of the BBC's infamous spaghetti harvest hoax?
Ticino
192
Qanik and aput are two Inuit words meaning respectively what?
Snow in the air and snow on the ground (there are no other words for snow)
193
Amateur New York psychologist James Vicary is most associated with which technique, which has since been proven not to work (although banned anyway)
Subliminal messages
194
In the Bible, which was the brother of Joseph that convinced the others not to kill him but to leave him in a pit for wild beasts to eat?
Reuben
195
Which son of King David lusted after his half-sister Tamar and tricked her into 'lying with him'?
Amnon
196
In the Bible, Ahab was king of which kingdom?
Samaria
197
Ahab coveted the vineyard of which Jezreelite?
Naboth
198
What is the name of the villainous sergeant at arms in Billy Budd, who falsely accuses Billy of sedition?
Claggart
199
Both Claggart and Budd are on board which ship?
The HMS Bellipotent
200
In To Kill a Mockingbird, which drunken bigot, who shares his surname with a small town in Surrey, accuses a black man falsely of raping his daughter Mayella?
Bob Ewell
201
What is the forename and surname of that black man, both shared with a Six Music DJ and pop star?
Tom Robinson
202
In David Copperfield, Uriah Heep, while claiming to be 'umble', is maliciously plotting against his boss, called what?
Mr Wickfield
203
In the Great Gatsby, what is Gatsby's real original name?
James Gatz
204
What was the name of Cronus' wife in Greek mythology?
Rhea
205
Which brother of Apollo sneaked into his pasture when only a day old and stole all his cows?
Hermes
206
Which princess from Caledonia married Heracles?
Deianira
207
Who was marrying Thetis at the wedding where Eris sent the Apples of Discord?
Peleus
208
What device did Hera wear to appear more attractive to Zeus to seduce him, with the (successful) aim of ensuring that while he had sex and slept, the Greeks won the Trojan war (Zeus had favoured the Trojans)?
Aphrodite's girdle
209
Ron Ziegler was the long-suffering press secretary for which US president?
Richard Nixon
210
To what was Jimmy Carter referring when he used the famous euphamism 'an incomplete success'?
Rescue of the Iranian hostages
211
Of which English club was Jan Molby the manager when they were promoted to the League for the first time in 2000?
Kidderminster Harriers
212
In English one day cricket, which county is called the Royals?
Worcestershire
213
Which is London's oldest railway station, first opened in 1836?
London Bridge
214
Mr Creakle and Tom Traddles are in which Dickens book?
David Copperfield
215
Which anti-corruption campaigner had to resign as Governor of New York State in 2008 after a call-girl scandal?
Elliot Spitzer
216
Thin Lizzie, Inspiral Carpets and Simply Red have all had albums with which single-word title?
Life
217
The Carsten Holler installation called Test Site at Tate Modern in 2006/7 took what form?
A slide
218
Why did Hailie Gebresalassie not run the marathon in Beijing?
Worried about his asthma and the air pollution
219
The company founded by William Britain in 1860, thanks to the pioneering process he invented, became pre-eminent in the manufacture of which collectible objects?
Toy soldiers
220
In education, how was the Transfer Test better known?
The Eleven Plus
221
Puff Daddy, the Spice Girls and Bobby Brown have all had albums with which one-word name?
Forever
222
In England and Wales, what is the oldest age at which one can be called up for jury service?
Sixty-nine
223
Who was the first female candidate for US Vice president?
Geraldine Ferrero
224
The several versions of which bestselling Playstation game include 5-Prologue?
Gran Turismo
225
Geoffrey Anthony Quinn became (in)famous under what name in London?
Paul Raymond
226
Which jockey, nicknamed Choc, was the top English jockey at Cheltenham in 2007 and won the 2008 Champion Hurdle on Katchit?
Robert Thornton
227
Which Nintendo game has versions including Twilight Princess and Phantom Hourglass?
The Legend of Zelda
228
At which London station was the first ever WH Smith opened in 1848?
Euston
229
In 1906, what was the first European country to give women the vote?
Finland
230
In which Canadian province or territory is Mount Logan, the country's highest point?
Yukon Territory
231
Which American Admiral of WW2, portrayed on screen by Jimmy Cagney and Robert Mitchum, was nicknamed Bull, though not to his face?
William Halsey
232
Which American General of WW2, portrayed on screen by Karl Malden, was nicknamed The Soldier's General and the GI General?
Omar Bradley
233
Which DJ and writer was Chris Evans and Billie Piper's best man?
Danny Baker
234
Which clu is associated with the notorious hooligans called the Soul Crew?
Cardiff City
235
Which woman became the first female chef in Britain to run a 3-star restaurant when she took over from Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road?
Clare Smyth
236
In 2004, where became the first US state to sanction gay marriages?
Massachussetts
237
A deficiency of Vitamin A (thiamin) leads to which eye disease in children?
Xerophthalmia
238
What would you be making if you were using micro-soft, micro-hard and stearin?
Candles
239
Deryck Wibley is/was married to which Canadian singer?
Avril Lavigne
240
Which journalist replaced the late Linda Smith as chairperson of the British Humanist Association?
Polly Toynbee
241
Which single word describes an organisation set up by Clive Stafford Smith to campaign against the death penalty?
Reprieve
242
Also the name of a spider, what is the nickname of competitive eating champion Sonya Thomas?
Black Widow
243
Which structuralist anthropologist wrote The Raw and the Cooked and The Elementary Structures of Kinship?
Claude Levi-Strauss
244
Which singer/songwriter is the father of a child called Donovan Rory McDonald?
Noel Gallagher
245
Which music hall comedian gave his name to a reconnaissance plane widely used on the Western Front in WW1?
Harry Tate
246
Who is known as the Father of Anglo-American Conservatism and coined the term 'The Fourth Estate'?
Edmund Burke
247
Known as the Butcher of Riga, which Nazi was implicated in the deaths of 40,000 Latvian Jews and died in Paraguay in 1977?
Rochman
248
Which bronze-clawed birds of Arcadia had to be killed as one of Heracles' Labours?
Stymphalian
249
Dubbed The Queen of Science, she became one of the first female members of the Royal Astronomical Society and an Oxford college is named for her?
Somerville
250
In January 1975, Elisabeth Domitien became the first female prime minister of an African country. Which one?
Central African Empire
251
Umkhonto we Sizwe was the military wing of which organisation?
ANC
252
In Norse mythology, how did Tyr get his hand bitten off?
Chaining up the wolf Fenrir
253
In which African country is the Karamtoba Obelisk marking the point where Mungo Park started his journey to the source of the Niger?
Gambia
254
Francisco Macias Nguema was the first president of which African country?
Equatorial Guinea
255
Which artist had the middle name Francois-Ghislain and is famous for works including On The Threshold of Liberty?
Rene Magritte
256
About which of his own works did Verdi claim it 'lacked melody and has hardly any chance of being kept in the repertoire?'
Rigoletto
257
Who wrote the Piano Concerto for the Left Hand for Wittgenstein's brother Paul?
Ravel
258
Sharing his name with an England footballing family, who was the 'flower smelling bull' in a 1936 children's book by Munro Leaf?
Ferdinand
259
Which German born artist and woodcarver has a winged snake as his emblem and did many portraits of Martin Luther?
Lucas Cranach
260
In which Italian city is the Pinacoteca di Brera?
Milan
261
Written in 1887, what was the sequel to King Solomon's Mines?
Allen Quartermain
262
Bo is the second city of which African country?
Sierra Leone
263
In which state is Appalachian highest point Mount Mitchell?
North Carolina
264
Which is the largest island of the Juan Fernandez archipelago?
Robinson Crusoe
265
In astronomy, which word means an increase in the wavelength of light from a galaxy recieved by a detector, compared with others?
Red shift
266
On a scale of 1-12, what scale measures the intensity of earthquakes?
Mercalli
267
Described as the most influential environmental photograph ever taken, what name is given to the image taken by Anders from Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve 1968?
Earthrise
268
In November each year, the Leonids meteor shower takes place as the Earth passes through debris left by the tail of which comet?
Temple-Tuttle
269
Which so far unproven (unprovable?) hypothesis postulates that every even number is the sum of two primes?
Goldbach's conjecture
270
In chemistry, what is the brown ring test used to detect?
Nitrates
271
Which organic compound is a structural polysaccharide derived from beta glucose and was discovered and isolated by Ansleme Payen?
Cellulose
272
Which unusual breed of dog sheds tears when upset, has a diet including fruit and veg and the highest body temperature of any dog?
Mexican Hairless
273
What word means the method of seperating a mixture of gases due to their different rates of passage through a porous septum?
Atmolysis
274
What name is given to the spice from the Chinese cinnamon tree?
Cassia
275
Which mammal is known in North America as the rock rabbit?
Pika
276
Which part of the brain regulates respiration, heartbeat and blood pressure?
Medulla Oblongata
277
What is the common name for the garden plant Lunaria, also sometimes called the Money Plant for its shiny silvery paper-like discs?
Honesty
278
The absence of which Labour Party MP led to James Callaghan losing his vote of no confidence in 1979? The man in question was on his deathbed and died five days later.
Sir Alfred Broughton
279
In which country is there a village with the unfortunate name of Al-Qaeda, because it is at the base of a mountain?
Yemen
280
The Sackler Crossing is a feature of which London tourist attraction?
Kew Gardens
281
Escholtzia is the plant with which common name?
California poppy
282
What is the name of the hired assassin in Rigoletto?
Sparafucile
283
The Fourcault process is used in the manufacture of which everyday commodity?
Glass
284
Who was the first National Hunt jockey to ride 1000 winners?
Stan Mellor
285
Which ancient peoples from the NW of present-day Iran, together with the Chaldeans, defeated the Neo-Assyrian empire?
Medes
286
Ascalon was which mythical hero's sword?
St George
287
Who became the second Chancellor of West Germany in 1963?
Ludwig Erhard
288
Which hunting lodge of the Earl of Shrewsbury now attracts thousands of visitors every year?
Alton Towers
289
The body known as Fannie Mae was instituted by which US president?
F D Roosevelt
290
Who wrote a play called Turandot in 1953?
Brecht
291
What is the name for a line joining places of equal winter temperature?
Isocheim
292
A goniometer is an instrument for measuring what?
Angles of crystals
293
In which geological era are we now living?
Cenozoic
294
Boreas and Zephyrus are two of the four Greek winds. What are the others?
Notus and Eurus
295
Where would you find a swingletree?
In the traces of a horse-drawn vehicle or plough
296
What is the function of staddle-stones?
To support a haystack or rick
297
Which English composer wrote the opera of Pilgrim's Progress?
Ralph Vaughan Williams
298
James Van Allen contributed what to tennis?
The tie-break
299
John Rokesmith appears in which Dickens novel?
Our Mutual Friend
300
In which town was the Northern Rugby Football Union formed in 1895?
Huddersfield
301
A Talent to Amuse was whose autobiography?
Noel Coward
302
Against which team did England play the last 'Timeless Test Match' in 1939, which was abandoned because England had to get a boat back home?
South Africa
303
At which trial was Mandela and others tried for sabotage?
Rivonia trial
304
Which society has the motto 'Indocilis privata loqui' (not apt to disclose secrets)?
The Magic Circle
305
Which word, meaning commonplace or trivial comes from the Middle French for 'common to all'?
Banal
306
Which of her cousins increasingly supplanted Sarah Churchill in the affections of Queen Anne from 1704?
Abigail Masham
307
Which British anti-war group, founded by Bertrand Russell, advocated non-violent civil disobedience?
The Committee of 100
308
The first ever tied test match occurred in Brisbane in 1960 between Australia and which country?
West Indies
309
In Britain, in recognition of what is called The Code, whose image is painted onto an eggshell, and no two are allowed to be alike?
Clowns
310
Whose autobiography, co-written with Penny Junor, is called Wonderful Today?
Patti Boyd
311
What was the family name of Prince Albert?
Wettin
312
Which English composer wrote the comic opera The Perfect Fool from 1918-22?
Gustav Holst
313
Of the 42 cheeses mentioned in Monty Python's Cheese Shop Sketch, which is the only fictional one?
Venezuelan Beaver Cheese
314
On whose novel was the film The Wooden Horse based?
Eric Williams
315
Which controversial Scottish MP damaged the Mace in 1988?
Ron Brown
316
In which county is Stinking Bishop cheese made, as featured in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit?
Gloucestershire
317
Which British Charity was founded by Cecil Jackson Cole in 1961?
Help the Aged
318
Who created Lassie?
Eric Knight
319
Which disease is also called regional enteritis?
Crohn's Disease
320
Whose temple in ancient Rome was always left open in times of war so he could assist against the Sabines?
Janus
321
A cameo in the children's TV series of Supergran was the last ever appearance of which comic actor?
Charles Hawtrey
322
Paralympics is a contraction of which two words?
Parallel Olympics
323
In which Olympic event is there a minimum age requirement of seven years?
Three Day Eventing
324
Bourgogne and Petit Gris are versions of which foodstuff?
Snails
325
Which famous piece of classical music was described by its composer as a 17-minute crescendo?
Ravel's Bolero
326
Which root vegetable is known as the vegetable oyster or the oyster plant?
Salsify
327
What is the nickname of the MARRIAGE OF FIGARO overture?
The egg-timer
328
In April 2003 86 year old Alexander Muat was the oldest ever person to get what?
An ASBO
329
What comes next in this sequence- six bagger, five bagger, four bagger, turkey, double......?
Strike (10 pin bowling)
330
When then GB RL captain Andy Farrell switched codes in 2005, which club did he sign for?
Saracens
331
Muslims believe Muhammad ascended into heaven from which city?
Jerusalem
332
What is the main metal in the earth's core?
Iron
333
What was the name of the operation at the start of WW2 to evacuate children?
Operation Pied Piper
334
Which king began to rebuild the Jerusalem Temple during the reign of Augustus?
Herod the Great
335
Where in the world would you find the Court of Chief Pleas?
Sark
336
Which Roman God came to be known as Old Father Time?
Saturn
337
In the RAF in WW2, who or what was a goldfish?
An airman rescued at sea
338
Which country won gold at waterpolo in Beijing for the third time in a row?
Hungary
339
What item of furniture is a credenza?
A sideboard
340
What is the internet domain name for Guernsey?
.gg
341
What Greek word was first used by Alexander Pope and means a descent from the sublime to the ridiculous or an anticlimax?
Bathos
342
In 2004, Wendy Craig revealed that her son Ross was in fact fathered by which writer during a 1960s affair?
John Mortimer
343
What is the surname of the Beautiful South guitarist, shared with a famous footballer?
Collymore
344
The first two perfect numbers are 6 and 28. What is the next?
496
345
Who (also) composed the operas Zanetto, L'Amico Ritz and Guglieme Ratcliff?
Mascagni
346
Richard Matheson's post-apocalyptic novel I Am Legend was made into a 1971 Charlton Heston film called what?
The Omega Man
347
Which tuber is native to Brazil and was widely planted in the W Indies to feed slaves? It's highly toxic until cooked.
Cassava or manioc
348
Who were the first father and son to have seperate UK hit singles, in 1981 and 2002?
The Iglesias
349
Prior to Padraig Harrington in 2007-8, who was the last golfer to win the Open in two consecutive years?
Tiger Woods (2005-6)
350
Which Danish man drew the controversial cartoons of Muhammad?
Kurt Westergaard
351
Which creature's name derives from the Latin for Sea Crow?
Cormorant
352
Who took the photo of Patti Smith on the cover of Horses?
Richard Mapplethorpe
353
What is the name of the largest lake in Kazakhstan?
Balkhash
354
Which French king, 'Le Bon' was taken prisoner by the English after the Battle of Poitiers?
John II
355
What was the name of the UN peachkeeping force sent to Bosnia after Dayton?
IFOR
356
In poetry, what term is used for the omission of a letter (e.g. O'er)?
Elision
357
Which Scottish king was taken prisoner by the English after the battle of Neville's Cross?
David II
358
The third mode melody from Archbishop Parker's Psalter appears in which orchestral work of 1910?
Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis (RVW)
359
What is the second longer river system in Australia?
Murrumbidgee
360
Dorothy, the unfaithful wife of Macmillan, was the daughter of which Duke?
Devonshire
361
Three times PM in the c19, which man, 22 years leader, was the longest-ever serving Tory leader?
Earl of Derby
362
Which animal was introduced to Britain for food by the Normans, first in Wales?
Rabbit
363
With which feminist writer did Annie Leibowitz live for many years?
Susan Sontag
364
In which 2007 film did Will Smith star alongside real-life son Jaden?
In Pursuit of Happyness
365
Which religion was largely founded by Gerald Gardner?
Wicca
366
How is Laura Hollins better known?
Agyness Deyn
367
Who played Caesar in the 1963 film Cleopatra?
Rex Harrison
368
In 2004 Rocco Buttiglioni had to resign which position due to his religious views?
EU Commissioner
369
Near which town is the Peel tower that commemorates a local PM?
Bury
370
Who got an Oscar nomination for his role as Lentulus Batatius in Spartacus?
Peter Ustinov
371
Which rapper's real name is O'Shea Jackson?
Ice Cube
372
Which group's albums include Quartet, Rage in Eden and Systems of Romance?
Ultravox
373
Which European football team is named after a fleet-footed huntress?
Atalanta
374
Statius composed an epic about the tragic events in which Greek city?
Thebes
375
Which man, whose name was a palindrome, led Cambodia in the 1970s?
Lon Nol
376
Ebbelwei is a drink served in the Sachsenhausen district of which city?
Frankfurt
377
Brutus and Cassius were defeated at which battle?
Phillippi
378
Which prophet found God in a 'still, small voice'?
Elijah
379
In which Italian city do Chievo play home games?
Verona
380
What kind of food is a gugelhupf?
A cake
381
Which tourist route links Wurzberg and Fuessen?
The Romantic Road
382
Which composer was born in Ciboure, near the Spanish border?
Maurice Ravel
383
Robert Peel was MP for which town from 1830 until his death in 1850?
Tamworth
384
Which series of children's books by Tony Di Terlizzi and Holly Black chronicle the adventures of the Grace children?
The Spiderwick Chronicles
385
The former home of Robert Peel is now the site of which theme park?
Drayton Manor
386
Which series of children's books by Michelle Paver, set in the Stone Age, feature the central character Torak?
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
387
Which mathematician is most associated with the topographical problem of the seven bridges of Konigsberg?
Leonhard Euler
388
Jerry Allison, Joe Mauldin and Sonny Curtis were in which famous backing band?
The Crickets
389
The Tangulla Pass in Tibet holds which geographical extreme record?
World's highest railway track
390
In pool, which shot is the equivalent of a 'double' in snooker?
Bank
391
With three spells in office totalling 21 years, who was Canada's longest serving PM?
Mackenzie King
392
How is Persian polymath Ibn Seena better known?
Avicenna
393
Alec Dickson founded which international development charity in 1958?
VSO
394
Who plays the role of the musician Wladyslaw Szpilman in an award winning film of 2002?
Adrien Brody
395
Which plant with a bright yellow flower is also called 'mountain tobacco' and is used in homeopathy?
Arnica
396
In 1961, Kennedy signed the order to set up which civilian organisation sponsored by the US Govt to help civilians in developing countries?
Peace Corps
397
In which country is Europe's highest railway station?
Switzerland
398
Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews and Gordon Stoker were better known as which backing band?
The Jordannaires
399
Which word means a word with the same spelling as another, but a different pronunciation and meaning (e.g. Reading)?
Heteronym
400
In pool, which shot is the equivalent of a 'plant' in snooker?
A combination
401
Which US TV series of the 1990s is about a New York doctor stuck in Alaska?
Northern Exposure
402
How is the trilogy of plays Homecoming, The Hunted and the Haunted known?
Mourning Becomes Electra
403
Under which PM did women get the vote on the same terms as men?
Stanley Baldwin
404
What is the name of the Commissioner of Gotham City?
James Gordon
405
The trilogy of plays Table Manners, Living Together and Round and Round the Garden is called what?
The Norman Conquests
406
Which Italian word means the women's quarters in a Muslim palace?
Seraglio
407
What's the name of the Singapore street circuit in F1?
Marina Bay
408
The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy is a short satirical novel by whom about the funeral business in LA?
Evelyn Waugh
409
In which 1966 Hitchcock political thriller did Paul Newman star opposite Julie Andrews?
Torn Curtain
410
Inspector William Henderson is the police commissioner in which comic-book city?
Metropolis
411
What term was coined by Gerry Anderson to describe his puppeteering technique?
Supermarionation
412
In which city is the Corrierra Della Sera published?
Milan
413
Usually eaten at breakfast, what is the name of the puffy unleavened flat bread in India that is fried in ghee?
Puri
414
Which strain of influenza was responsible for the 2009 pandemic?
H1N1
415
Of Italian descent and birth, what nationality was Cesare Cardini, inventor of the salad that bears his name?
Mexican
416
Usually shorter than a chemise, which sleeveless women's undergarment covers the top half of the body, usually to the waist but sometimes to the midriff?
Camisole
417
The hip joint is ball and socket, the knee and elbow hinge. What type of joint is to be found between the thumb and hand?
Saddle
418
Which light woven fabric, usually made of cotton or a cotton/synthetic mix, is often used for net curtains?
Voile
419
Born in 1952, whih fashion designer worked which Pierre Cardin for 2 years before joining Patou, then going freelance in 1976?
Jean-Paul Gaultier
420
Formerly a senior fashion editor with Vogue, which Chinese-American has designed wedding gowns for Mariah Carey, Uma Thurman and Chelsea Clinton, among others?
Vera Wang
421
Which form of exercise consists of dropping to a squat position, kicking the feet backwards and doing a push-up before jumping as high as possible with hands over the head?
Burpee
422
A bit like mosaic, which decorative art form is the technique of using cut and fitted polished coloured stones to create images?
Pietra Dura
423
Born in 1870, who rediscovered Transcendental Meditation, popularised in the 1960s by his disciple Maharishi Mahesh Yogi?
Guru Dev
424
Who directed the film of Leon Uris' Exodus?
Otto Preminger
425
Which Italian artist, known as the 'faultless painter', has his Sculptor in the National Gallery?
Andrea del Sarto
426
In 1877, he constructed the phonograph, which he called 'the ideal amanuensis'. Who?
Thomas Edison
427
Baron Passfield, who helped to found the LSE, was better known how?
Sidney Webb
428
Which law states that it is impossible to make a engine that will continually take heat from a heat source and, by itself, turn it into an equivalent amount of mechanical work?
Second law of thermodynamics
429
The Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System, at 5.5 times the density of water. Which planet is second, at 5.4 times?
Mercury
430
On which river does Kolkata stand?
Hooghly
431
Pions and kaons are members of which group of sub-atomic particles?
Mesons
432
Green in colour, one of the Earth's most common minerals and known as peridot when gem quality. Which mineral?
Olivine
433
Native to South East Europe and Asia, what is the common name of the russet-coloured fruit Mespilus Germanica?
Medlar
434
The Bashi channel, Luzon Strait, Balintang Channel and Babuyan Channel area all areas of water separating Luzon from which island?
Taiwan
435
Which five-letter term describes chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation number changed, e.g when oxygen is added to carbon to make carbon dioxide?
Redox
436
Volta's original electric battery consisted of cloths impregnated with salt interleaved between alternate plates of silver and which other metal?
Zinc
437
Seral communities are stages in ecological progressions. A hydrosere is a seral community in water and a lithosere on rock. Where would you find a psammosere?
Sand
438
Five of the six terrestrial biomes are Desert, Tundra, Tropical Rainforest, Temperate Rainforest and Grassland. Which is the sixth, also known as Boreal Forest?
Taiga
439
Which type of fishing can be coldwater, coolwater or warmwater?
Flyfishing
440
Selected for 13 Pro Bowls and playing mainly for the San Francasico 49ers, who holds the NFL records of 1549 receptions, 33,895 recieving yards, and 197 touchdown catches?
Jerry Rice
441
Which RL club are distinguished by the 'red vee' on their shirts?
St Helens
442
In 1995, which NZ yacht with a sweet-sounding name became only the second non-USA boat to win the America's Cup?
Black Magic
443
Wolverhampton Wolves, who play at the Ladbroke Stadium in Monmore Green, play which sport?
Speedway
444
In monopoly, how much do you get from each player if it's your birthday?
10
445
Douglas Bunn created the Derby Bank at Hickstead in the image of a similar obstacle at which course in Germany?
Hamburg
446
Lella Lombardi has two unique records in F1 history. Name both
Only woman to score points and only person to finish a season with 0.5 points
447
In 1999, which Italian club were the last ever winners of the European Cup-Winner's Cup?
Lazio
448
Which swimmer won five medals, including 3 golds, at the Munich Olympics and is the only swimmer of either sex to hold all freestyle records simultaneously? She retired aged 16.
Shane Gould
449
Which multi-sport event takes place every four years for non-Olympic sports, including Field Archery, Orienteering, Powerlifting and Karate?
World Games
450
Chris Evert won six US Open titles between 1975 and 1982. Who won in 1979 and 1981, the only years she did not win?
Tracy Austin
451
A Yorkshire dartboard differs from a standard one in two ways. Name both.
No treble ring and no outer (green) bullseye ring
452
What was the venue for the world's first F1 GP in 1950?
Silverstone
453
In 1978, who was the last British player to win a singles title at the All-England Badminton Championships, the second of her two wins?
Gillian Gilks
454
In bingo, how is 30 known?
Dirty Gertie
455
In bingo, how is 25 known?
Duck and Dive
456
Which 2007 book by Henry Nicholls concerns a 90kg tortoise aged between 60 and 200 who could be the last survivor of his sub-species?
Lonesome George
457
In 1847, a young Bavarian immigrant called Johann Gramp planted the Barossa Valley's first commercial vineyard- he did so on the banks of which watercourse?
Jacob's Creek
458
Which composer, born in 1810, compared his personality to a poisonous mushroom?
Chopin
459
Which city, 150 miles north of Baghdad, is the centre of the Iraqi petroleum industry?
Kirkuk
460
imdb.com is for films- so what does the B of ibdb.com stand for?
Broadway
461
Which book by Chris Stringer tells the epic story of the human colonisation of Britain?
Homo Britannicus
462
Who is the subject of Whistler's 'Arrangement in Grey and Black, Number 2'?
Thomas Carlyle
463
To what does the Rock in 30 Rock refer?
Rockefeller Plaza
464
Which popular collection of songs includes 'Cradle Song', 'Anthony', 'By Mirabel Bridge', 'Down There in Limousin' and 'Shepherd Lass'?
Songs of Auvergne
465
In chess, in theory, which side can achieve check-mate fastest?
Black
466
Who wrote 'Stumbling on Happiness'?
Daniel Gilbert
467
Established by Canaanites and mentioned 13 times in the Bible, which coastal city is today the fifth largest in Israel?
Ashdod
468
Notable people of this ancestry include Gunter Grass and Donald Tusk. Sometimes called Wends, which ethnic group are descendents of the Pomeranian tribes that settled between the Oder and Vistula?
Kashubians
469
Rome's domination of the Mediterranean basin became complete in the period 171BC to 146BC with the defeat and annexation of which rival power?
Macedonians
470
Which insect adopts an 'obelisk position' on hot, sunny days?
Dragonfly
471
What's the name of Sarah Ferguson's ex-dresser who absconded from her open prison, where she was serving a life sentence for murder, in 2009?
Jane Andrews
472
A triumphal arch, what is the name of the Indian war memorial in Delhi?
India Gate
473
Plans for a museum in Mumbai to which late Nobel Prize-winning Briton were shelved in 2010 as he has detractors in India as well as fans?
Kipling
474
What nationality was Lavrador, after whom Labrador is named?
Portuguese
475
Which city in present-day Iran was the capital of the Elamite Empire before its fall to the Assyrians?
Susa
476
Which Latin word, meaning 'handful', what was the main tactical unit in Roman Legions until the cohort replaced it?
Maniple
477
According to myth, which King founded Leicester and is buried in a chamber underneath the Soar?
Lear
478
UTC is more or less equivalent to GMT. It's a French acronym and translates to CUT in English. What does CUT stand for?
Co-ordinated Universal Time
479
Where in England is the National Memorial Arboretum?
Alrewas
480
The soundtrack score from which 2010 film originates entirely from Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf?
Inception
481
Which ecclesiastical term decribes an appointed form of public prayer consisting of a series of supplications, deprecations, or intercessions in which the clergy lead and the people respond?
Litany
482
Under UK company law, when an investor's shareholding reaches a certain threshold they are obliged to offer to buy up all the other shares in it. What is this threshold?
0.3
483
In 2006, Scotland Yard investigated whether which politician had breached the Prevention of Corruption Acts by accepting a £600 cowboy outfit from Philip Anschutz?
John Prescott
484
Which leading women's rights group challenged the 2010 budget for not having carried out an Equality Impact Assessment?
Fawcett Society
485
Kemble and Co of Milton Keynes were the UK's last leading manufacturer of which items?
Pianos
486
In 1742, which head of state made peace with Prussian king Frederick II by ceding Silesia to him in the Treaty of Breslau?
Maria Theresa
487
Which centre near Bala in Wales was accused in 1994 of sending young offenders on luxury holidays or 'Crooks Tours' as portrayed in the media?
Bryn Melyn
488
Penned by critic-turned-playwright Nicholas de Jongh, the play Plague over England revolves around the sexuality of which famous Englishman?
John Gielgud
489
What name has been given to the 33ft tall four-armed 'metal mermaid' sculpture visible from the A80 near Cumbernauld?
Arria
490
Which Serbian prince's assassination in Belgrade in 1868 derailed the Balkan League's plans for a co-ordinated rebellion against the Ottomans?
Michael III
491
Which band shared their name with a 1925 novel of New York city in the Jazz Age as told through a series of overlapping stories?
Manhattan Transfer
492
Which band took their name from William S Burroughs' 1961 follow-up to The Naked Lunch?
Soft Machine
493
In which year did Crick, Watson and Wilkins win the DNA Nobel Prize?
1962
494
Born in California in 1937, whose best-known song is 'Okie from Muskogee'?
Merle Haggard
495
Which Yorkshire village is noted for its Scarecrow Festival and represented Knapely in the film of 'Calendar Girls'?
Kettlewell
496
Which TV chef owns the TV production company 'Fresh One Productions'?
Jamie Oliver
497
Which strait seperates the Gulf of Aqaba from the Red Sea and is Israel's only outlet to that sea, meaning it was blockaded by Nasser ?
Straits of Tiran
498
What was the name of Thom Yorke's debut solo album?
The Eraser
499
Which Arabic word means those parts of Mecca and Medina not able to be entered by non-believers?
Haram
500
Which educational institute in Cambridge, MA, was George Marshall speaking at when he proposed the Marshall Plan?
Harvard
