Set 02 Flashcards
For the last 10 years, Brendan, the older brother of which artist, has been head of the Disasters Emergency Committee?
Anthony Gormley
What is the surname of this father and son- son (1944-99) was a DJ sacked by Radio 1 for presenting a show while drunk and father (1917-91) a bandleader who recorded as Manuel and the Music of the Mountains’?
Love
Age Concern and Help the Aged have now combined into which charity?
Age UK
Which term is used in heraldry to mean a beast of the chase or a reptile standing on the left hind foot with the forefeet in the air?
Mounting
Which former BBC Playschool presenter took their seat in the House of Lords in 2010?
Floella Benjamin
Who wrote the Silverado Squatters, a travel narrative of his and his wife Fanny Osbourne’s honeymoon in Napa Valley, California?
R L Stevenson
By which more familiar name is the psychiatric condition furor uterinus referred to?
Nymphomania
Which Les Dawson character’s catchphrase was ‘Nickers, Nackers, Nockers’?
Cosmo Smallpiece
Remembered for his film and TV scores, who won a record 20 Grammys and a lifetime achievement Grammy in 1995?
Henry Mancini
Ben Fogle is the son of which actress who co-starred with Tommy Steele in ‘Half A Sixpence’?
Julia Foster
Which singer-songwriter from Penistone is sometimes called ‘The Barnsley Nightingale’?
Kate Rusby
Which film character is associated with the quote ‘Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering’?
Yoda
With which instrument does one associate American jazz composer and bandleader Chick Corea?
Piano
In which Ridley Scott film do Liam Neeson and Orlando Bloom play father and son?
Kingdom of Heaven
Which literary and film villain’s lesser known nickname is ‘The Chesapeake Ripper’?
Hannibal Lecter
What is the subtitle of ‘Ice Age 3’?
Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Which annual music festival takes place in Ullapool, and its name is an anagram of ‘Ullapool’?
Loopalou
The sequel to which classic of French literature is called ‘Twenty Years After’?
Three Musketeers
Nominated for the 2006 Mercury Prize, ‘White Bread, Black Beer’ was the first album by which band for seven years?
Scritti Politti
What is the subtitle of the 2009 sequel to the 2007 Transformers film?
Revenge of the Fallen
Which English pop star was born William Michael Albert Broad in 1955?
Billy Idol
Which legendary Hollywood actress took out an advert in ‘Backstage’ that said Actress, Multiple Academy Awards. Looking for work’?
Bette Davis
The first in 1946 was ‘A Matter of Life and Death’ and the 60th was ‘Casino Royale’ in 2006. What?
Royal Film
What was the surname of the family featured in Channel 4’s soap ‘Family Affairs’?
Hart
In 1968 he left his British group to go to America, where he helped create another group. He was made an OBE in 2010. Which man?
Graham Nash
Alexandra Burke is the daughter of Melissa Bell, who sang with which 1980s band?
Soul II Soul
Which late comedian and actor was Roger Moore’s stunt double in The Saint?
Mike Reid
What was the Troggs’ only UK Number 1 single?
With a Girl Like You
Which singer once had to mumble his way through ‘She’s Leaving Home’ on Top of the Pops as dry ice concealed the lyrics he had taped to the floor?
Billy Bragg
Which female TV personality has, among others, children called Holly and Tilly?
Davina McCall
Which legendary film director and actor died on the same day, in 1985, as Yul Brynner?
Orson Welles
Who first rose to public attention playing Emily Shadwick on Brookside?
Jennifer Ellison
Through three series in the 1970s, who played the title role in the sitcom Beryl’s Lot?
Carmel McSharry
Set in the year 2052, which multi-nationally produced space travel TV drama series featured the crew of the Antares?
Defying Gravity
In 2009, which 37-year old film-maker revealed that he once worked as a sex chat room operator, posing as a woman?
Eli Roth
Who played Gene Hunt in the US version of Life on Mars?
Harvey Keitel
What is the title of Julia Donaldson’s modern classic for children about a wily mouse that gets the better of its natural predators?
The Gruffalo
Whose screen roles include Ace Face in Quadrophenia, Feyd-Rautha in Dune and JD in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?
Sting
In 2005, the last year it was awarded, who became only the second female stand-up comedian to win the Perrier prize?
Laura Solon
Which former TV reality show contestant, now a successful recording artist, has the surname Obika?
Lemar
In the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, which character makes up the foursome with Monkey,Sandy and Tripitaka?
Piggy
Which children’s writer is best known for her 21 titles continuing the Land of Oz series after the death of L Frank Baum in 1919?
Ruth Plumly Thompson
In a Tale of Two Cities, what is the particular profession of Sydney Carton?
Barrister
Under what name did Paul McCartney’s younger brother take photos?
Mike McGear
A woman bent on vengeance for the death of her father, who starred as Catherine in the 1965 film ‘Cat Ballou’?
Jane Fonda
In which German city is the Friedenssaal, or Peace Room, where the Treaty of Westphalia was signed in 1648 to end the Thirty Years War?
Munster
During WW2, who was the last Liberal to sit in the UK Cabinet until the Coalition government of 2010?
Sinclair
In 2010, who completed his report into the events of Bloody Sunday in Derry in 1972?
Lord Justice Savile
Picasso’s 1962 painting The Rape of the Sabine Women is based on the 1799 painting of the same name by whom?
Jacques-Louis David
In which year did Catholic Europe change to the Gregorian calendar?
1582
Who was France’s Chief Minister under Louis XIV until his death in 1661?
Mazarin
The French Fourth Republic had two presidents- Vincent Auriol and who between 1954 and 1959?
Rene Coty
Although historically two different tribes, the Cheyenne are now united with which other tribe in Oklahoma?
Arapahoe
Which member of the Royal Family has the forenames Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick?
The Duke of Kent
What name is given to the panels at the bottom of an Italian Renaissance painting, often containing a series of narrative scenes complimenting the main picture?
Predelli
The full name of which capital city starts ‘Nuestra Senora de (blank blank)’?
La Paz
Prior to 1911, the Northern Territory was part of which Australian state?
South Australia
Based in Geneva, which Educational Foundation offers a Diploma Programme replacing A levels in some schools?
International Baccalaureate
Who was the twin brother of Lech Kaczynski, who stood for (and failed) President of Poland after his brother’s death?
Jaroslav
Which Egyptian god was the patron God of Memphis and the creator of craftsmen?
Ptah
Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were the first Europeans to see which African lake (though Speke was temporarily blind at the time)?
Tanganyika
Which company developed the Java computer language?
Sun Microsystems
Which former TV newsreader now reads the news on the Chris Evans breakfast show in 2010?
Moira Stuart
Three films have won all five major Academy Awards (Film, Screenplay, Director, Actor, Actress). Name all three
It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Silence of the Lambs
Which role on TV has been played by actors with the real names David McDonald, Percy Kent-Smith and Peter Moffatt?
Dr Who
Often known as the Sixth Stone, who was the original pianist with the Rolling Stones, but dropped by Andrew Loog Oldham?
Stewart
Which veteran songwriter discovered Katie Melua and produced her first three albums?
Mike Batt
Which award is given for the best first novel by a Commonwealth writer under 35?
Betty Trask
What was the forename of Captain Frank Furillo’s ex-wife in Hill Street Blues?
Faye
Winner of four Best Director Oscars, whose first and last features were Straight Shooting (1917) and Seven Women (1966)?
John Ford
Which is currently the second-longest running London play after the Mousetrap, running since 1989?
The Woman in Black
Which British actor played Juan Peron in Evita when it first opened in 1978, opposite Elaine Paige and David Essex?
Joss Ackland
Which 1995 film was a collaboration between James Cameron and his then wife Kathryn Bigelow (who directed it)?
Strange Days
What is the name of the public television broadcaster in India?
Dordashan
With the death of Norman Painting, the longest-serving Archers cast member is now June Spencer, who plays which character?
Peggy
Which pastor and theologian, head of the anti-Nazi movement, was the most successful U-boat commander in WW1?
Martin Niemoller
Which branch of philosophy deals with things that exist, not just things that can be known?
Ontology
Which poet and historian was legal advisor to the Supervisory Committee for India between 1834 and 1838?
Thomas Macauley
Which c19 British philosopher called ‘natural rights’ ‘nonsense on stilts’?
Jeremy Bentham
Joe Hill’, who wrote the best-selling Heart Shaped Box, is the pseudonym of the son of which other writer?
Stephen King
Which young people’s magazine was founded in England in 1879 by the Religious Tract Society?
Boy’s Own
Who was in charge of the BEF at the time of the Dunkirk evacuation?
Lord Gort
Which future Chancellor became Ambassador to Moscow in 1940?
Sir Stafford Cripps
About which book did Virginia Woolf write in 1922 ‘Never did I read such tosh’?
Ulysses
Who was chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1931 to 1950?
Sir Adrian Boult
In the c19, fans of which sport were known as ‘The Fancy’?
Boxing
Which comedy radio show of the 1960s had as its theme tune ‘The Angus Prune Tune’?
I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again
During which conflict did British regiments first wear khaki?
The Indian Mutiny
Who wrote the novel ‘Invisible Man’ (not ‘The Invisible Man’)?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who wrote The Invisible Man?
G K Chesterton
Which historian who specialised in c19 and c20 European history was born in Birkdale in 1906 and died in 1990?
A J P Taylor
In which fictional suburb of South London was Mrs Dale’s Diary set?
Parkwood Hill
Who was American Chief of Staff in WW2?
George C Marshall
What was the WW2 equivalent of Ultra in Bletchley Park in Honolulu?
Magic
What tune is traditionally played by English military bands when a batallion or regiment is leaving and is also sometimes called Brighton Camp?
The Girl I Left Behind Me
As what was Income Support known between 1965 and 1988?
Supplementary Benefit
What is the name of mythical lions found in or around Burmese temples?
Chindits
In which UK General Election could 18-year olds vote for the first time?
1970
Which club won the first ever Heineken Cup in 1996?
Toulouse
Who was the commander of Octavian’s fleet at the battle of Actium against Cleopatra and Mark Anthony?
Agrippa
Who, in May 2008, replaced Monty Don as the lead presenter of Gardeners World on TV?
Toby Buckland
Where in the world is the Old Man of Storr?
Skye
In the first of his world darts championships in 1990, who did Phil Taylor beat in the final?
Eric Bristow
Which country won the first ever African Cup of Nations in 1957?
Egypt
Which US director’s best known film was ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’?
Robert Mulligan
In WW2, what was the designation and number of the boat skippered by JFK that was sunk by the Japanese?
PT109
Which planet was visited by NASA’s Messenger spacecraft, launched in 2007?
Mercury
Which canal in Kent was dug in 1809 to present an obstacle to an invading army?
Royal Military Canal
Who replaced Michael Aspel as presenter of the Antiques Roadshow in 2008?
Fiona Bruce
For his work in which field did Sir Martin Evans share the Novel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2007?
Stem cell research
Which song from The Gay Divorcee won the first ever Best Song Oscar?
The Continental
What is the name of the cup for which Australia play New Zealand at one-day cricket?
The Chappell-Hadlee Cup
Which band leader is particularly associated with the band ‘The Jazz Messengers’?
Art Blakey
Which chemical element is named from the Latin for Russia?
Ruthenium
Which venue was the first to stage the Winter Olympics twice?
St Moritz
Which Ulsterman won a record number of TT races but was killed on a racing circuit in Estonia in the 2000s?
Joey Dunlop
Who completed the printing of the Gutenberg bible in 1453?
Johann Fust
In which of her palaces did Elizabeth I die?
Richmond
The meerkat is a close relation of which other animal?
Mongoose
The Will Eisner Awards are given annually in San Diego, CA, in what field?
Comic books
Which company’s lawnmowers are advertised with the slogan ‘It’s a lot less bovver than a hover’?
Qualcast
Which PM represented Italy in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Versailles?
Vittorio Orlando
What was the seperate peace between Russia and Germany signed prior to the Treaty of Versailles?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
What was George Eliot’s first novel?
Adam Bede
What was George Eliot’s last novel?
Daniel Deronda
The Lauberhorn downhill skiing races are held close to which resort?
Wengen
In which decade was the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland first defined?
1290s
In film classification, what did the X certificate replace?
H (for Horror)
Who was the first British composer to win the Oscar for best music?
Sir Malcolm Arnold (Bridge on the River Kwai)
What is the name of the cup for which India play Australia at cricket?
Border-Gavaskar
In which London store did the first demonstration of television take place?
Selfridges
The Hahnenkamm downhill skiing races are held at which resort?
Kitzbuhel
Which bandleader commissioned George Gershwin to write Rhapsody in Blue?
Paul Whiteman
Who is represented in Rodin’s sculpture ‘The Thinker’?
Dante
Invar is an alloy of iron and which metal?
Nickel
Nicholas Jenkins is the narrator of which famous novel?
A Dance to the Music of Time
Which admiral was the senior Allied commander at the Gallipoli landings?
Roebuck
In chemistry, what term is used informally to refer to a metal that oxidises or corrodes relatively easily, and reacts variably with diluted hydrochloric acid to form hydrogen?
Base metal
Which city was the capital of Spain immediately before Madrid?
Toledo
Who directed Sin City and From Dusk Till Dawn?
Robert Rodriguez
What euphemistic name was given to the communal kitchens set up by the Ministry of Food in WW2 to ensure people who had run out of rationing coupons could still eat?
British Restaurants
What term is used in chemistry for metals resistant to corrosion or oxidisation and which also tend to be precious metals due to their rarity in the earth’s crust?
Noble metals
Who wrote the 2007 book ‘More than A Game’, a history of early cricket?
John Major
In Camberwick Green, who was the commander of Pippin Fort?
Captain Flack
Which American actor shares his name with a traditional English ballad and a part of the Eldon Square shopping centre in Newcastle?
Chevy Chase
In Chigley, who owned the private railway and drove the steam engine Bessie?
Lord Belborough
Who won the 1981 Whitbread First Novel award for his book ‘A Good Man in Africa’?
William Boyd
Which famous man was born Doroteo Arangal in 1877?
Pancho Villa
Who wrote the novel ‘Love On the Dole’?
Walter Greenwood
What is the name of the French newspaper formerly controlled by the Communist Party, although it has been sold since?
L’Humanite
What name is given to the interchange of the M6, A14 and M1?
Catthorpe interchange
Which German tabloid has the highest circulation in Europe?
Bild
What name is given to the interchange of the M60, M62 and M66?
Simister Island
How was Fergus Drennan known in the title of a BBC series?
The Roadkill Chef
In 2006, 10 year old Giuseppe Mangano became the youngest person ever to swim which geographical feature?
Straits of Messina
The documentary Freedom’s Fury is about a notoriously tense and aggressive USSR v Hungary match in which sport?
Water Polo
Who scored the controversial last-minute winner for the USSR v USA in the basketball at Munich?
Alexandr Belov
In 1962, Fred Baldesare became the first man to swim the channel how?
Underwater (Scuba)
Which author selected the epitath ‘The Defence Rests’?
John Mortimer
In 2006, Keith Ellison became the first man of which faith to become elected to the US Congress?
Islam
Swallow’s Nest, Death Bivouac and the White Spider are all features on which European mountain?
Eiger
What was notable about Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, when he was elected to the Senate in 2006?
First Socialist to be elected
The US police series ‘The Shield’ is set in which city?
Los Angeles
What name has been given to the fossils of enormous snakes, possibly the largest land predators since the dinosaurs, found in a Colombian coal mine in the 2000s?
Titanoboas
Which sports commentator has described his own voice as sounding like ‘a screaming banshee with piles’?
Sid Waddell
In which sport do Team Northumbria, Loughborough Lightning and Northern Thunder compete?
Netball
In May 2007, Matthew Briggs became the youngest Prem footballer at that time when he made his debut versus Middlesbrough for which team?
Fulham
Which snooker player is nicknamed ‘The Jester from Leicester’?
Mark Selby
Which ex-Great Britain rugby league international scored a try on his international Union debut for Ireland in 2007?
Carney
Which English city gives its name to a show jumping obstacle that takes the form of a vertical jump with a small pool of water at the bottom on the landing side?
Liverpool
Which sport takes its name from the Norman French meaning ‘bent’ and is played with a plastic ball rather than a puck?
Bandy
Which Japanese numbers game, which translates as ‘not equal’, uses the symbols for ‘greater than’ and ‘less than’ to help the players?
Futoshiki
In which board game could your turn be described as a bingo or a phoney?
Scrabble
Who is the only man ever to win BDO and PDC darts world titles at the first attempt?
Dennis Priestley
Which athlete ended the 10 year, 122 victory run of Ed Moses in the 400m hurdles in Madrid in 1987?
Harris
In 1982, there were joint runners-up in the F1 World Championship. One was Nelson Piquet- who was the other?
Peroni
Le Grande is the name of the score needed to win at baccarat. Numerically, what is Le Grande?
Nine
At which beach is the HQ of the British Surfing Association?
Fistral
What is the assumed name of magician Stephen Frayne?
Dynamo
Which Spanish band leader appeared in films such as Gay Madrid, You Were Never Lovelier and Weekend at the Waldorf?
Xavier Cugat
An 11-year old girl called Abbey Kimber read out a poem at the end of which 1980s UK Number 1 single?
The Land of Make Believe
Which US protest singer, a hero in the Soviet Union and Latin America, committed suicide in 1987 and is the subject of the film Red Elvis?
Dean Read
Which TV character lives at Ripley Mill, Briar Hollow, West Sussex?
Jonathan Creek
Which actor is the son of the actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham?
Benedict Cumberbatch
What were Bix Beiderbecke’s forenames?
Leon Bismarck
In the TV series Dr Quinn- Medicine Woman, what was Quinn’s forename?
Michaela
By what name was stage and costume designer Lev Rosenberg, who regularly collaborated with Sergey Diaghelev, better known?
Leon Baxt
Which singer-songwriter had the nickname ‘Soul Brother Number Two’ and died in 2006?
Wilson Pickett
Laura Pierce was the first person to win the top prize in which tedious game-show?
Deal or No Deal
Which actor played American playboy Dickie Greenleaf in the Anthony Minghella-directed The Talented Mr Ripley?
Jude Law
In draughts, what name is given to the removal of an opponent’s piece when the possibility of taking has been overlooked?
Huffing
Which Manchester concert hall, now a hotel, was the base of the Halle Orchestra before it moved to the Bridgwater Hall?
Free Trade Hall
The aeolipile, described by Hero of Alexandria, is considered the forerunner of which more recent invention?
Steam engine
Which East German Communist leader ordered the building of the Berlin Wall?
Walter Ulbricht
Above which number does the & sign appear on a keyboard?
7
In Round the Horne, what is the name of the earthy folk singer played by Kenneth Williams?
Rambling Syd Rumpo
Which city is served by Otopeni International Airport?
Bucharest
Who founded Bahai’ism?
Mirza Hussayn-Ali Nuri
How many dominoes in a standard ‘double-six’ set?
Twenty eight
Which classic series of pocket reference books was published from 1937 to 2003 by Frederick Warne and Co, some 100 subjects being covered in this time?
Observers Books
