Set 04 Flashcards
1
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Who paid for Pancho Gonzales’ funeral in 1995, when he died almost friendless?
A
Andre Agassi (his brother-in-law)
2
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Her alternative names include Elissa (Greek) and Elishat (Phoenician). The Phoenician for ‘wanderer’, how was she known to Arab writers?
A
Dido
3
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What was the name of the boat in which John Cobb lost is life on Loch Ness?
A
Crusader
4
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Established in 1919 by Alice Warrender, it is one of the UK’s oldest- which £10K literary prize is awarded for the year’s best work of imaginary literature?
A
Hawthornden
5
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Which Scottish isle features a wide, west-facing bay known as the Bay at the Back of the Ocean?
A
Iona
6
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The emblem of German, Polish and Austrian troops, which flower do the heroes go in search of in Asterix in Switzerland?
A
Edelweiss
7
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This German developed a dialectical scheme that emphasised the progress of history and of ideas from thesis to antithesis and thence to a synthesis. Who was this?
A
Hegel
8
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Who was Plato’s older brother and was one of Socrates’ inner circle. He was also the conversant with Socrates in The Republic?
A
Glaukon
9
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The national fine art museum of Russia in Moscow is named for which merchant, who collected the art?
A
Tretyakov
10
Q
Which country’s national symbol is an imaginary half-lion, half-fish?
A
Singapore
11
Q
The Tifinagh alphabet, its name possibly meaning ‘Phoenician letters’ is now used in private notes by the women of which nomadic people?
A
Tuareg
12
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Which city in Egypt is on the site of Thebes?
A
Luxor
13
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What is on the opposite bank of the Nile from Luxor/Thebes?
A
Valley of the Kings
14
Q
In which African country is the drinking of green tea (Atai) as important culturally as in Japan?
A
Morocco
15
Q
Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth is a world-renowned brand name of superior quality items of which kind?
A
Pencils
16
Q
What is both a Portuguese and Galician form of the biblical name Jacob?
A
Santiago
17
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He established his business in Alessandria, Italy in 1859 making felt from Belgian rabbit fur. Which famous hat maker shares his name with a classic French gangster movie?
A
Borsalino
18
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He directed a 3D re-make of the movie Piranha. Which French Jew with a palindromic surname found fame in 2006 with a remake of Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes?
A
Aja
19
Q
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell, V for Vendetta and Watchmen are all the works of which graphic novelist?
A
Alan Moore
20
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Which Austrian playwright and novelist wrote the filmed The Piano Player and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004?
A
Jenelik
21
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Which Spanish dance performed by a man and a woman shares its name with a 1975 ZZ Top album and a 1985 film starring Kevin Costner?
A
Fandango
22
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Which 1933-born French actor of Sicilian descent had his breakthrough role in Godard’s ‘A Bout de Souffle’?
A
Jean Paul Belmondo
23
Q
Clausio Llosa’s The Milk of Sorrow, which won the Golden Bear at the 2009 Berlin Film festival, was the first film from which country to get international recognition?
A
Peru
24
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Sometimes called the Japanese Walt Disney or the Father of Anime, who interpreted the life of Buddha between 1974 and 1984 in a series of manga books?
A
Tezuka
25
Which online project is organising a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to build a publicly accessible digital library of human languages?
Rosetta
26
Based on a James Michener novel set at the time of the Korean war, for which 1957 film did Miyoshi Umeki win Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first actress of East Asian descent to win an Oscar?
Sayonara
27
The 2002 sci-fi film Solaris, starring George Clooney, was a remake of a 1972 movie of the same name by which Russian film-maker?
Tarkovsky
28
He directed Bandit Queen. Then he changed his focus to Western history and directed Elizabeth (1998) and the Four Feathers (2002). Which man?
Kapoor
29
His verse 'But where are the snows of yesteryear' is famous. Which Frenchman is famous for his Ballad of the Hanged, written while in prison?
Villon
30
Which German philosopher, who held that thought and being are one, died of cholera while Rector of Berlin University?
Hegel
31
Which US entrepreneur made his fortune through the American Fur Company, which he founded in 1808?
John Jacob Astor
32
In which city are the HQ of the ICAO?
Montreal
33
Which American entrepreneur opened the first rail link between NYC and Chicago and built the original Grand Central Station?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
34
Which chief choreographer of the Royal Ballet from the 1930s created the ballets A Month in the Country and The Tales of Beatrix Potter?
Sir Frederick Ashton
35
Which model railway gauge equates to 1:160 scale?
N Gauge
36
Which model railway gauge equates to 1:87 scale?
HO Gauge
37
What's the nickname of someone from Nova Scotia?
Bluenosers
38
What was the real surname of the mapmaker Mercator?
Kremer
39
Which horse, which Kieran Fallon won the 2006 2000 Guineas on, has the name of a US President?
George Washington
40
Which female painter, an associate of the Bloomsbury set, was portrayed by Emma Thompson in a 1995 film?
Dora Carrington
41
What was the surname of the man who invented italic type at his Aldine press?
Manutius
42
According to the King James bible, what turneth away wrath?
A soft answer
43
According to the King James bible, what maketh a cheerful countenance?
A merry heart
44
Aquamarine, emerald, heliodor and morganite are all examples of which mineral?
Beryl
45
Ruby is the red form of corundum. What is the blue form?
Sapphire
46
Which soprano has a stage name meaning 'The Bell' in the native language of her country?
Kiri Te Kanawa
47
Who is the piano player on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue?
Colin Sell
48
Which US general commanded the 2003 Iraq invasion?
Tommy Franks
49
Which town is Monty Panesar from?
Luton
50
Dubonnet is a pink version of which kind of drink?
Vermouth
51
Which psychedelic folk rock band, best known for their song Happy Together, were arguably the first to perform at the White House for Nixon's daughter Tricia?
The Turtles
52
Which French-Israeli singer-songwriter rose to fame when her hit single New Soul was used in an ad campaign by Apple and become the first Israeli soloist to have a top ten hit in the USA?
Naim
53
Which 1972-born singer is sometimes known as the Turkish Elvis and is the best-selling non-Russian act in the Russian charts?
Tarkan
54
This system has been used to describe the method of governance employed by kings of the Saxon dynasty, distinguishing it from the feudalism of the French type. Broadly speaking, it is where the king rules the country through clergy appointed by himself. It is named for the first Holy Roman Emperor. What is it?
Ottonian
55
Which former President of Serbia (1998-2002) was unexpectedly cleared of war crimes at the Hague in 2009?
Milutinovic
56
Which US national park is home to c6-c12 Indian cave dwellings, is in the SW of Colorado and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Mesa Verde
57
What collective name was given to Bessie Mundy, Margaret Lofty and Alice Burnham, the three wives of George Joseph Smith?
The Brides in the Bath
58
Where does Lord Snooty live?
Bunkerton Castle
59
Which war hero was nicknamed Old Rough and Ready and later became US President?
Zachary Taylor
60
In cricket scoring, what symbol is used to represent a no ball, with no additional runs scored?
Dot in a circle
61
In cricket scoring, what symbol is used to represent a wide, with no additional runs scored?
An 'X'
62
In which 1871 book did Darwin posit the evolution of men from apes?
The Descent of Man
63
Which name was used from 1945 to 1993 for what then became British Forces, Germany?
British Army of the Rhine
64
In July 2006, which reigning World and Olympic 100m champion failed a drugs test?
Justin Gatlin
65
Which golf course has holes called, among others, Black Rock, the Monk and Burmah?
Troon
66
Which golf course has holes called Jockie's Burn, South America, Spectacles and Barry Burn?
Carnoustie
67
Which Chancellor resigned in 1958?
Thorneycroft
68
When Thorneycroft resigned, so did his Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Who?
Enoch Powell
69
What was Enoch Powell's real first name?
John
70
When Aneurin Bevan resigned as Health Secretary in 1951, which President of the Board of Trade also resigned?
Harold Wilson
71
Who wrote the story on which Psycho was based?
Robert Bloch
72
In which newspaper is the column Atticus?
Sunday Times
73
In which newspaper is the column Crossbencher?
Sunday Express
74
In which country do 100 centimes make a gourd?
Haiti
75
At the age of 71 in 2006, who became the oldest ever actress to model for the Pirelli calendar?
Sophia Loren
76
What some of money is called a Commodore (because it's 'three times a Lady')?
£15
77
What is the most famous work of artist Vladimir Tretchikoff, sometimes called the King of Kitsch?
Chinese Girl
78
According to Disraeli, 'there was only one firm that could do it- and that was Rothschilds'. What?
Purchase the Suez Canal
79
Which character created by Peter Cook was friends with E L Wisty and was the other half of the World Domination League?
Spotty Muldoon
80
Which sport is based on the Duddingston Rules?
Curling
81
Which piece of armour consisted of a breastplate and backplate joined together and whose popularity among heavy cavalry resulting in many regiments being named after it?
Cuirass (Cuirassiers)
82
What nickname was given to the Roman general Scipio after he defeated Hannibal at Zama?
Africanus
83
What name did Terence Rattigan coin as the epitome of the matinee audience he had to please?
Aunt Edna
84
Which free will doctrine was named for a monk excommunicated by Innocent I?
Pelagianism
85
Pelagianism was declared heresy by which body?
Council of Ephesus
86
What is the name of the Slavic minority group, long settled between the Oder and the Elbe in Eastern Germany?
Wents or Sorbs
87
What is the common name of the fish of the family Labridae, of which the ballan and cuckoo are found in British waters?
Wrasse
88
Mount Mitchell, the highest point in the Appalachians, is in which specific chain?
Blue Ridge Mountains
89
In the fishing industry, what function was carried out by the man known as a 'huer'?
Lookout/watch
90
Which Arab capital city vies with Damascus for the title of the world's oldest and claims to have been founded by Shem?
San'aa
91
What nickname was originally given to a cheap car in the 1930s but later became the nickname of a deadly German weapon?
Doodlebug
92
What is removed in a cholecystetomy?
Gall Bladder and stones
93
In which German Land is Weimar?
Thuringia
94
In Cole Porter's 1934 song, what is the name of the lady whose butler conveyed the message that she was unable to attend a lunch as she had been hanged?
Miss Otis
95
In the TV series Where the Heart is, what is the name of the paper products company central to the stories?
Goddards
96
Which English town, now represented in the Premiership, had teams from 1890 named County, Town, United, Borough and Athletic?
Wigan
97
Although its use goes back to Roman times, what term was coined by canal builder James Brindley for clay, sand and gravel with water added mixed in such a way as to become watertight for use in dams?
Puddled clay
98
Also called Typhon, who in Egyptian mythology is the brother of Osiris who is the embodiment of all elements hostile to mankind?
Seth
99
Which 1970 John Wayne film was Howard Hawks' last and carries strong echoes of the classic Rio Bravo?
Rio Lobo
100
Whose name is given to the series of equations which are the mathematical expressions of the laws of Gauss, Faraday and Ampere?
Maxwell
101
If 594 x 841 is A1 in paper sizes, what is 707 x 1000?
B1
102
In July 1933, England, captained by Lt Col Beasley, played the USA, captained by E Culbertonson in Selfridges in which game?
Bridge
103
Known in the USA as a Bonus Issue, what name is given in the UK for the issue of free shares to subscribers in lieu of a dividend?
Scrip issue
104
Which 4th century Roman historian coined the phrase Let He who Desires Peace Prepare for War?
Vegetius
105
The preserved steam railway at Cadeby, Warks was the inspiration for which man's books?
Rev W Awdry
106
What name is given to a seaport like Rotterdam or Singapore that acts as centre for transhipment or the ongoing distribution of goods?
Entrepot
107
On which route was the ferry Princess Victoria on in 1953 when she sank with the loss of 100 lives?
Stranraer to Larne
108
Fought over in WW2, the Mareth Line was a series of fortifications in which country?
Tunisia
109
Which of Marlborough's victories in the War of the Spanish Succession was the heaviest in terms of casualties and was fought to prevent the French from relieving the siege of Mons?
Malplaquet
110
Which Spanish nationalist composer and pianist whose works include the orchestral suites Espanola and Catalonia and the piano suite Iberia?
Isaac Albeniz
111
Generations of Scottish schoolchildren learned to fear the Lochgelly. What is it?
Strap
112
What name is given to the response discovered by Pavlov where a novel stimulus can set off the same reaction as the original stimulus?
Conditioned reflex
113
What is the real first name of Trinny Woodall?
Sarah Jane
114
Which strip of land designed to give access to the Baltic cut off East Prussia from the rest of Germany from 1919 to 1945?
Polish Corridor
115
In a pun on the French-speaking part of Switzerland, what name is given to the hilly country east of Le Havre?
La Suisse Normande
116
The highest railway summit in the South of England lies on which preserved steam line?
Watercress line
117
In Cheshire and Lancashire, what name is given to a lagoon formed when a depression formed by mining subsidence becomes permanently flooded?
Flash
118
Often sung to the tune of Onward Christian Soldiers and the title of a play by William Douglas Home, which phrase has been facetiously referred to as 'every Welshman's claim to fame'?
Lloyd George knew my father
119
In which game are the handicaps called bisques and run from 26 to -2 for world-class players?
Croquet
120
Which Hungarian-born mathematician and scientist oversaw the creation of the early computer MANIAC-1 at Princeton from 1940-52?
Johann von Neumann
121
Arniston Bay wine comes from where?
South Africa
122
Which c17 French mathematician invented an auxiliary scale which improved the accuracy of linear and angular measurements and was named after him?
Vernier
123
Who scripted Foyle's War on TV and wrote the children's book The Falcon's Malteser?
Anthony Horowitz
124
Which London hotel celebrated its centenary in 2006?
The Ritz
125
Probably the most famous contestant to take part in the BBC series Superstars, Brian Jacks was also successful in which sport?
Judo
126
As well as Tommy Stack, who else rode Red Rum to victory in the Grand National?
Brian Fletcher
127
The American Kelly Slater is a world champion in which sport?
Surfing
128
Which female Australian squash player was so dominant, no-one could beat her between 1962 and 1980?
Heather McKay
129
Which sport has provided the most BBC Sports personalities of the year?
Athletics
130
Which US athlete won the 110m hurdles gold medal in both 1984 and 1988?
Roger Kingdom
131
Which batsman averaged over 100 runs in first class cricket in 2006?
Mark Ramprakash
132
Which Irishman won the Tour De France in 1987?
Stephen Roche
133
Which British flyweight world boxing champion was born in Tunisia in 1956?
Charlie Magri
134
Who in 1897 were the first ever winners of the Rugby League Challenge Cup?
Batley
135
Until its closure in 1970, which was London's only horse-racing venue?
The Frying Pan in Alexandra Park
136
Not 147. What is the *real* highest possible break in the game of snooker?
155
137
Who was the first ever World Darts Champion?
Leighton Rees
138
On which island were Curtly Ambrose, Viv Richards and Andy Roberts all born?
Antigua
139
Whose ghost is said to haunt Newmarket racecourse?
Fred Archer
140
Which Frenchman was the first ever Rugby Union international to win 100 caps?
Phillippe Sella
141
At one time it had the largest capacity in the world (250,000). In which city is the Strahov Stadium?
Prague
142
Which man, who became manager of non-league Bromley in 2006, famously bankrupted himself and Crystal Palace in 1999?
Mark Goldberg
143
Who was the first non-Briton to score 100 Premier League goals?
Dwight Yorke
144
Who beat Bob Beamon's long jump record at last in 1991?
Mike Powell
145
Which British driver ended with the most ever F1 victories, with 31?
Nigel Mansell
146
Who captained Europe to Ryder Cup success in 1985, 1987 and 1989?
Tony Jacklin
147
In sport, how is the man born Ferdinand Louis Alcindor better known?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
148
Which of the Davies brothers won the World Snooker Championship on the first 15 occasions it was held?
Joe
149
Who was the first England player to play in 100 Test matches?
Colin Cowdray
150
Formed in 1862, which is the oldest still extant Football League club?
Notts County
151
Who, in 2000, became the first ever left-handed world snooker champion?
Mark Williams
152
Which American won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17?
Michael Chang
153
What was Tom Finney's previous occupation, taken up in his nickname- 'The Preston _______'?
Plumber
154
Which great England spin bowler, who took 297 test wickets, was nicknamed Deadly?
Derek Underwood
155
Which are the four sports that you can win by moving backwards?
High jump, Backstroke, Rowing, Tug of war
156
As well as Somerset and Durham, Botham played for which other county?
Worcestershire
157
Which footballer retired aged 41 in 1986, with his final appearance coming in the World Cup against Brazil?
Pat Jennings
158
Which sportsmen are banned from having beards?
Jockeys
159
In which sport do teams compete for the McCarthy Cup?
Hurling
160
Which cricketer was nicknamed Junior due to his relationship to his brother?
Mark Waugh
161
What was Steve Waugh's nickname?
Tugga
162
Mize Hazelwood, Andy Mapple and Liz Hobbs have all been British champions at which sport?
Waterskiing
163
How many Majors did Nick Faldo win?
Six
164
He won three British opens and three of what else?
US Masters
165
Which British boxer was once implicated in the attempted murder of Frank Warren?
Terry Marsh
166
Who was both the youngest and the oldest post-war Test cricketer for England?
Brian Close
167
Which team won the 1986 FA Cup final without an Englishman in the side?
Liverpool
168
Which was the other London football venue in the World Cup 1966 as well as Wembley?
White City
169
Which American, who died in 2002, won both the Olympic 100m title and the Superbowl?
Bob Hayes
170
In what year did Helsinki stage the inaugural World Athletics Championships?
1983
171
Which England cricket captain was twice dismissed for 99 runs?
Mike Atherton
172
In the Discworld novels, Mustrum Ridcully holds which title, as Discworld's most senior wizard at the Unseen University?
Arch-Chancellor
173
In Discworld, what title is held by Lord Vetinari, the dictator of Ankh-Morpork?
Patrician
174
What part did Gordon Jackson play in the Professionals?
George Cowley
175
Which Canadian supermodel was briefly the girlfriend of Fabien Barthez?
Linda Evangelista
176
Which Agatha Christie novel takes its name from a line in The Lady of Shallott by Tennyson?
The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side
177
Which supermodel was briefly married to Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres?
Eva Herzigova
178
Who was the first ever American winner of Wimbledon?
Bill Tilden
179
In Ken Follett's spy thriller The Key to Rebecca, who or what is Rebecca?
The Daphne Du Maurier novel
180
Which Chancellor coined the advice 'When in a hole, stop digging'?
Denis Healey
181
Who was the director of the 2005 Gothic fantasy film The Brothers Grimm?
Terry Gilliam
182
What nickname is sometimes given to the last Sunday before Advent because it was the day Christmas puddings were traditionally prepared?
Stir-Up Sunday
183
In bridge, what word means mistakenly discarding or trumping when you hold a card of the suit led?
Revoking
184
How many centimetres in an inch to the nearest 100th of a centimetre?
2.54
185
In bridge, what name is given to the holding of just one card in a suit?
Singleton
186
In music, the treble clef is alternatively known by the name of which note, which it indicates on the stave?
G
187
The first and second Battles of Manassas are also known by the name of which stream?
Bull Run
188
In music, the bass clef is known by the name of which note, which it indicates on the stave?
F
189
In American planes like the P51 Mustang, what does the P stand for?
Pursuit
190
There'll be Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover was a double A side that got to Number 1 in the 1990s- what was the other song?
Unchained Melody
191
In the DC3 aircraft, the D stood for Douglas. What did the C stand for?
Commercial
192
What is the more familiar trade name of lucite, or polymethyl methacrylate?
Perspex
193
Nuticulus atque Auriculus is the Latin translation of which children's book?
Noddy and Big Ears
194
Which jazz clarinettist, who also played the saxophone, had his first great success with his 1939 recording of 'Woodchopper's Ball'?
Woody Herman
195
The fan club Six of One is interested in what?
The Prisoner
196
Which BBC Sunday night programme, edited and sometimes presented by Huw Wheldon, ran from 1958 to 1965 and was Britain's first arts magazine programme?
Monitor
197
Which ITV Saturday night programme was presented by Jack Good and ran from 1958 to 1959, being the first ever show dedicated to rock and roll?
Oh Boy!
198
Which character in Animal Farm represents Stalin?
Napoleon
199
As well as sphalerite, which is the other main ore of zinc?
Smithsonite
200
Which was the last Bond film for which Shirley Bassey sang the theme tune?
Moonraker
201
Which motor manufacturor produced models called the Calais, Seville and Cimarron?
Cadillac
202
Which playing card king has only one eye?
Diamonds
203
What was Titian's surname?
Vecelli
204
Which queen in a normal pack of cards faces to the right of the card rather than the left?
Spades
205
Of which American president was it said by General Edward Bragg in nominating him as Democratic Party candidate in 1884 'They love him most for the enemies he has made'?
Grover Cleveland
206
Which animal often follows polar bears around, feeding on the carcasses of their kills, although they also eat lemmings?
Arctic foxes
207
In which city is/was the annual Weltklasse athletics meeting held?
Zurich
208
When Ruud Gullit became Newcastle United manager, who did he take over from?
Kenny Dalglish
209
John Major is a fan of which FC?
Chelsea
210
How many Olympics did Tessa Sanderson compete in?
Six (1976-1996)
211
When Graham Gooch became England's highest ever scoring Test player, which man did he overtake?
David Gower
212
Who were the first British club to install an artificial pitch?
QPR
213
Who was the most prolific goal scorer in Portsmouth's history, later managing them?
Jimmy Dickinson
214
Later sold to Man U, which man once scored 9 goals for Bournemouth against Margate in the FA Cup in 1971?
Ted McDougall
215
Which was the only London club George Best played for?
Fulham
216
Which was the only Scottish club George Best played for?
Hibernian
217
Who won the US Masters in 1984 and 1995 and captained the victorious Ryder Cup team of 1999?
Ben Crenshaw
218
Who managed Chesterfield to the FA Cup semis in 1997?
John Duncan
219
In which city did Walter Swinburne suffer severe head injuries in 1996?
Hong Kong
220
What is the name of the Oldham RL team?
Bears
221
Gareth Edwards' most successful partnerships for Cardiff and Wales in the 1970s were with which other player?
Barry John
222
Which newspaper sponsored a darts tournament from 1948 to 1990?
News of the World
223
Which England captain helped Kerry Packer set up his World Series Cricket?
Tony Grieg
224
Which food company makes Toblerone?
Kraft
225
Where on his body does David Beckham have the name Romeo tattooed?
Between his shoulders
226
How many milk teeth does a child have?
Twenty
227
Which children's TV presenter of the 1980s served with the 1st Gurkha Rifles in WW2?
Tony Hart
228
Florence Nightingale Graham became famous in the world of cosmetics under what name?
Elizabeth Arden
229
Where on your body would you have LASIK or LASEK surgery?
Eye
230
Who is the famous aunt of Brookside and Sound of Music actress Summer Strallen?
Bonnie Langford
231
Which predator is sometimes called a White Pointer?
Great White Shark
232
Which element consists of more than half of all the dissolved material in sea water?
Chlorine
233
Which bony freshwater fish with fleshy paired fins and an elongated body breathes air?
Lungfish
234
By what other name is the blowfly more commonly known?
Bluebottle
235
Which scientist synthesised the artificial drug that effectively killed syphillis?
Ehrlich
236
What name is given to a fish's pressure detecting organ?
Lateral line
237
It has been used to prevent horses from bleeding through the nose during races and is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned lit due to its use as a masking agent for other drugs. First used c.1960, your GP would prescribe you Frusemide to treat what?
High blood pressure
238
What is the highest point in Warwickshire?
Ebrington Hill
239
Indigenous to the seas around Britain, which creature has the alternative name 'Blackfish'?
Pilot whale
240
Which variant of the alloy bronze is made up of copper, tin and zinc?
Gun metal
241
In which event did Steve Redgrave win the first of his five Olympic Gold medals?
Coxed Four
242
Who won the Tour De France in 2008?
Carlos Sastre
243
Which flat race was originally called the Coronation Stakes but was renamed in 1973 after the horse that won the previous year?
Brigadier Gerard Stakes
244
Which Australian has the second highest number of Test centuries ever, behind only Sachin Tendulkar, and plays intermittently for the Tasmanian Tigers?
Ricky Ponting
245
The World Championships of which sport includes events called Team Relay, Team Endurance Relay, Team Supercatch, Team Australia Round and Team Terror?
Boomerang throwing
246
What was the nickname of Ruslan Chagaev, the Uzbek boxer who held the WBA heavyweight title in the late 2000s?
White Tyson
247
King Phillip Came Over From Great Spain is a mnemonic to remember what?
Taxonomy (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order etc)
248
Camels Often Sit Down Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak. Early Oiling Might Prevent Premature Hurting is a mnemonic for what?
Geological eras (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian etc)
249
Every Bible Gets Dusty After Easter is a mnemonic for remembering what?
The order of guitar strings
250
Cary Grant Expects Unanimous Votes in Movie Reviews Tonight is a mnemonic for remembering what?
Electro-magnetic spectrum (Cosmic, Gamma, X-Rays, Ultraviolet, Visible, etc)
251
Which famous footballer is credited with inventing the 'sweeper' system?
Franz Beckenbauer
252
Billy Bingham managed which international side through the 1980s?
Northern Ireland
253
Franco Baresi played more than 450 times for which Italian FC?
AC Milan
254
Which other non-Catalan preceded Bobby Robson as Barcelona manager?
Johann Cruyff
255
Jock Stein died of a heart attack while Scotland were playing which team?
Wales
256
Which country won the Cricket World Cup in 1996?
Sri Lanka
257
What were the real first names of rugby player 'Dusty' Hare?
William Henry
258
Which course hosts the French Derby?
Chantilly
259
What is the French name for the French Derby?
Prix du Jockey Club
260
In 1996, which Sri Lankan managed to score a century off only 48 balls?
Jayasuriya
261
Which Mexican man won the London Marathon in 1994, 5 and 6?
Dionicio Ceron
262
How often are the World Showjumping Championships held, with the 2006 event in Aachen, Germany?
Every four years
263
Which F1 motor racer broke his neck in a race in Michigan in 1996?
Emerson Fittipaldi
264
Which Apollo astronaut played golf on the moon?
Alan Shepherd
265
Which holiday resort in the Isle of Man burnt down in 1973, killing 50 people?
Summerland
266
Which Coen Brothers film features a famous scene where crooked bookmaker Bernie takes a walk in the woods and has to plead for his life with a reluctant gunman called Tom?
Millers Crossing
267
Running between September and October, which was the first month in the French Revolutionary Calendar?
Vendemiaire
268
In judo, what colour belt comes between green and brown?
Blue
269
What was Martin Offiah's first Rugby League side?
Widnes
270
Haakonshallen Castle, the oldest in Norway, is in which city?
Bergen
271
Who was the first ever player to throw a nine-dart finish on TV?
John Lowe
272
Drottningam Castle is the permanent residence of which family?
Swedish Royal Family
273
Which English furnituremaker published the Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer's Guide, and had his workshop in St Giles Cripplegate?
George Hepplewhite
274
The fifth lowest place in the world, at 132m below sea level, the Mangyshlak Peninsula is in which country?
Kazakhstan
275
Anna Maria Smart became the first British woman in 1762 to take up what kind of post?
Newspaper editor
276
The first British comic strip, Charles Folkard's Adventures of Teddy Tail, appeared in which newspaper in 1915?
Daily Mail
277
Which English designer published the Cabinetmaker's and Upholsterer's Drawing Book in 1791 and The Cabinet Directory in 1803?
Thomas Sheraton
278
In the Bible, which two animals are named in the tenth 'non-coveting' commandment?
Ox and ass
279
The Matchless Six competed in the Amsterdam Olympics, 1928. From which country were they?
Canada
280
Which county won the first ever County Championship, in 1890?
Surrey
281
He issued the first known written code of laws in England. Which King of Kent was defeated by the West Saxons in 568 but later became ruler of England south of the River Humber?
Ethelbert
282
Michael Boyd took over as director of what in 2003 from Adrian Noble?
Royal Shakespeare Company
283
On which East Belfast estate did George Best grow up?
Cregagh
284
Which writer wrote Men In Shadow, The Uninvited Guest and Whistle Down The Wind?
Mary Hayley Bell
285
Mary Hayley Bell was married to which actor?
Sir John Mills
286
Which English equestrian won the individual Gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics?
Richard Meade
287
Sports equipment distributor Paul Fireman obtained the US license to manufacture which British training shoes in 1979?
Reebok
288
Founded in 1903, which car company was financed by the Earl of Shrewsbury?
Talbot
289
R Griggs and co began to produce what boots under license in Britain in 1960?
Dr Martens
290
Which poetess had her work The Battle of Marathon privately printed?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
291
Which Greek poet wrote Prometheus Bound?
Aeschylus
292
Belgian fencer Victor Boin was the first man to do what, at the 1920 Olympics?
Take the Olympic Oath
293
Which Jewish festival is also called the Feast of Weeks?
Shavuot
294
The American Crawford Long discovered which anaesthetic in 1842?
Ether
295
The American Horace Wells first used which anaesthetic in 1844?
Nitrous Oxide
296
Which Jewish festival is also called the Feast of Dedication?
Hannukah
297
The poor-will of North America is the only bird that does what?
Hibernate
298
In pop music, how is Michael Peter Balzary better known?
Flea
299
Which comedian starred in the films The Rebel and the Wrong Box in the 1960s?
Tony Hancock
300
Which King of the West Saxons from 802 had by 829 united England for the first time under one king?
Egbert
301
Nicholas Hytner was appointed director of which arts organisation in 2003?
National Theatre
302
Which Foreign Secretary died of a heart attack in February 1977?
Anthony Crosland
303
What is the capital of Benin?
Portonovo
304
Which football team suffered successive relegations from the first to the fourth divisions from 1979 to 1982?
Bristol City
305
Which was the only one of the seven wonders of the world built by a woman?
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (built by Artemisia)
306
Which British actress has a Christian name meaning Beloved and also took the title role in the film Beloved?
Thandie Newton
307
Which of the Seven Wonders of the World was destroyed by Herostratus in 356 BC?
The Temple of Artemis
308
The Royal Mail was founded during the reign of which King?
Charles I (1635)
309
Who were the last two men executed in 1964 prior to the abolition of the death penalty?
Peter Allen and John Walby
310
Before Michael Schumacher in 2000, who was the last Ferrari F1 champion, over two decades earlier?
Jody Scheckter
311
Which country in 1984 was the last to win the Home International Championship?
Northern Ireland
312
Who partnered Steve Redgrave to gold in the Coxless Pairs at Seoul, 1988?
Andrew Holmes
313
Edwin Reardon, a novelist struggling to make a living, appears in which George Gissing novel?
New Grub Street
314
Which Borodin opera was completed after his death by Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov?
Prince Igor
315
On which ship was Kitchener drowned?
HMS Hampshire
316
Which was the first UK TV quiz format to be sold to the USA?
Krypton Factor
317
Brian Lara was born on which island?
Trinidad
318
How was Nizhny Novgorod known in the Communist era?
Gorky
319
What was the name of the trading company chartered by James I in 1606 to colonise the eastern US coast?
The London Company
320
Which veteran actor was often seen on Spitting Image in pursuit of a knighthood?
Sir Donald Sinden
321
Which is the world's most populous island?
Java
322
In Porridge, what was the name of Slade Prison's Mr Big?
Harry Grout
323
If Bavaria is the largest Land, which is the smallest?
Bremen
324
What were Daley Thompson's real forenames?
Francis Morgan
325
Who, in 1856, became the first PM of New Zealand?
Henry Sewell
326
Prior to Michael Vaughan, who was the last England captain to win an Ashes series?
Mike Gatting
327
Which major German city stands on the River Leine?
Hannover
328
Who was the first ever double BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner?
Henry Cooper
329
Which ITV soap opera of the mid 1980s was axed after exactly 100 episodes?
Albion Market
330
Who was the first man to go into space twice?
Virgil Grissom
331
What was the name of the actor, gangster and friend of Princess Margaret who was the subject of a 2005 biography by Wensley Clarkson?
John Bindon
332
Whose record of winning the first five GPs of a season did Michael Schumacher equal when he won the Spanish GP in 2004?
Nigel Mansell
333
The war of the Austrian Succession was faught over the right of Maria Theresa to succeed her father- who?
Charles VI
334
When Nick Faldo won his third British Open in 1992, he was the first man to do so since whom?
Henry Cotton (1948)
335
Who was killed by Hector while wearing the armour of Achilles?
Petroclus
336
Which city was capital of Natal province from 1856 to 1994?
Pietermaritzburg
337
Which Biblical name is given to a character whose mere presence brings misfortune upon those accompanying him?
Jonah
338
What is the administrative capital of Sri Lanki, in the suburbs of the commercial capital Colombo?
Kotte
339
Plane Crazy was a short film marking whose first (silent) appearance?
Mickey Mouse
340
Which composer won the first Best Album Grammy in 1958 with Peter Gunn?
Henry Mancini
341
Which board game did Parker Bros say had 52 fundamental errors on first inspection?
Monopoly
342
Justine Levy's 2004 French bestselling novel Rien de Grave told how a model-turned-singer called Paula stole the author's boyfriend and was a thinly-disguised account of whose behaviour?
Carla Bruni
343
On TV, how is/was Arthur Boyt better known?
The Roadkill Chef
344
Which school did Mr Chips teach at?
Brookfield
345
What is the name of the famous Fiat factory in the centre of Turin?
Mirafiori
346
Which actor is the title subject of the 1957 poem The Newborn?
Daniel Day-Lewis
347
Named for a city, which 1996 treaty pledged the European nations to 'work towards ever closer union'?
Amsterdam
348
Which was the first ever tunnel to be bored through the Alps?
Mont Cenis
349
In the USA, what is Strunk and White?
Usage/style guide for American English
350
Which Viennese-born lady married Gropius and Mahler and had an affair with Kokoschka?
Alma Schindler
351
The Ancient Greeks called it Pyrgis and the Romans Deultum. Which Black Sea port?
Burgas
352
Which country's most presigious film prizes are the Genie awards?
Canada
353
Belonging to the suborder Cyprinodontidae, which fish lives only eight months in the wild, and therefore is the shortest lived of all fish species?
Tooth Carp
354
The Seimas is the parliament of which EU member state?
Lithuania
355
Which 1939 film gave William Holden his breakthrough role as Joe Bonaparte, whose dreams of becoming a violinist are funded by boxing?
Golden Boy
356
If you superimpose a ! on a ? then how is the resulting rarely used punctuation mark known?
Interrobang
357
Which co-founder of Wikipedia fed out with Jimmy Wales and launched a rival, Citizendium, with experts contributing?
Larry Sanger
358
The American Chet Snouffer took the title in the first ever World Championships of which throwing sport in 1979?
Boomerang throwing
359
The IHF is the governing body of which sport?
Handball
360
Well-known players of which game include Richard Rodgers, Harpo Marx, Sam Goldwyn, Howard Hawks and Darryl Zanuck- all of whom are commemorated in its Hall of Fame?
Croquet
361
Founded in 1951, which alliance to aid socio-economic development in Asia-Pacific is named for the city it was based in?
The Columbo Plan
362
Frederick-William of Brandenburg, under whom the Prussian army made its debut in the c17, was nicknamed what?
The Great Elector
363
Berlioz's Requiem commemorates which historical event?
1830 revolution
364
Which American poet, author of Oread, was known by her initials HD?
Hilda Doolittle
365
What does the musical term Ritardando mean?
Slowing down
366
The tinamou is a flightless chicken-like bird found on which continent?
South America
367
Which was Racine's first successful play in 1667?
Andromache
368
What was the name of the UK-USA operation that ousted Mossadegh in Iran in 1953?
Operation Ajax
369
Which Athenian sculptor is alleged to have had a homosexual relationship with his beautiful model, the courtesan Phryne?
Praxiteles
370
How is the Renaissance painter Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi better known?
Ghirlandaio
371
Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss is the aunt of which actor?
Nigel Havers
372
The designer dog breed 'Chiweenie' is a cross between a Chihuahua and what?
Dachshund
373
How many degrees is each interior angle of a hexagon?
120 degrees
374
In the BBC TV series in the 1980s, The Mistress, who played the title character, Maxine?
Felicity Kendal
375
Originally a Scandinavian term, what was the name of the elite infantry who formed the King's personal bodyguard in late Anglo-Saxon England and who fought to the death alongside Harold at Hastings?
Housecarls
376
In horse racing, what name is given to a handicap race for 2 year olds?
Nursery
377
What is the colour of a 5 Euro banknote?
Grey
378
In horse racing, what term is used for a Flat race run under National Hunt rules?
Bumper
379
Which German-born American artist 1880-1966 painted Yellow Predominance in the abstract Expressionist style in 1949?
Hans Hoffman
380
In the Royal Navy, what kind of ship is the HMS Exeter?
Destroyer
381
In the Royal Navy, what kind of vessel is the current HMS Victorious?
Submarine
382
In the film Moonraker, Moonraker is a space shuttle. What is Moonraker in the book?
A nuclear missile
383
In Len Deighton's novel the Ipcress File, who or what was Ipcress?
A brain-washing technique
384
If the Prestige is the third part of a magic trick, what are the first two?
The Pledge and the Turn
385
Which Northants public school is maintained by the Worshipful Company of Grocers?
Oundle
386
What was the name of the bio-chemist who accompanied Che Guevara on his Norton around South America?
Granado
387
Hailing from Gitta and nicknamed The Sorcerer, who did ecclesiastical writers of the early church call the Father of Heresies?
Simon Magus
388
Which word derived from either the colour of a robe worn by a shepherd of the same name in d'Urfe's pastoral romance L'Astree or from a c12 sultan? It is now used to mean either a colour or a glaze.
Celadon
389
Whose name is missing from this quintet? Olav Olavson Bjaaland, Helmer Julius Hanssen, Sverre Helge Hassel and Oscar Wisting.
Roald Amundsen
390
On whose grave in Westminster Abbey is the slave trade described as 'This Open Sore of the World'?
David Livingstone
391
Which one-time slave became a major-general in the Russian army and governor of Reval (now Tallinn) and forms the main character in his great-grandson Pushkin's 'The Blackamoor of Peter the Great'?
Hannibal
392
In the event of a major terrorist attack, Operation Delta is the plan to move what to Bramshill House, Hampshire?
Parliament
393
Which body awards the annual Laurence Olivier award for best new play?
Society of London Theatres
394
Which Boublil and Schonberg musical features the songs Why God Why?, If You Want To Die in Bed, and The Sacred Bird?
Miss Saigon
395
Which TV adventurer had a sidekick called Georgina Jones and had the names Cornelius Chance, Dick Daring and Darius Crud rejected before settling on his eventual name?
Adam Adamant
396
Which film directed by Woody Allen starts with two thieves answering the telephone while robbing a house?
Radio Days
397
By which three letter name is Thomas A Anderson better known in a famous trilogy of sci-fi films?
Neo
398
The old man was right. Only the farmers won. We lost. We always lose. These are the last lines of which famous film?
The Magnificent Seven
399
What is the name of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius' pet dog?
Goddard
400
Which rap group is made up of DJ Muggs, B-Real, Sen Dogg and Eric Bobo?
Cypress Hill
401
In which 2006 BBC drama series are characters employed as Manchester postal workers?
Sorted
402
What T is the proper name for a chef's hat?
Toque
403
Prince Charles's second urban village is in which town in Cornwall?
St Austell
404
According to Samuel Johnson, claret is for boys, port for men, but what for heroes?
Brandy
405
The mnemonic 'Did Margaret ever visit Blackpool Beach' helps you remember what?
Orders of nobility
406
Penhaligon's Bluebell, Creed Fleurissimo, Gianna Rose Atelier Pretty Little Hen and Roger and Gallet Blue Lotus are all expensive varieties of what?
Soap
407
Which B is a document enabling a commissioned officer in the armed forces to hold a higher rank on a temporary basis?
Brevet
408
Discovered by a British brewer and amateur astronomer, which is the only known large moon in our solar system that revolves around its planet in the opposite direction to that planet's rotation?
Triton
409
By what other name is the prairie wolf more commonly known?
Coyote
410
Which is the largest European wading bird, Numenius Arquata?
Curlew
411
Albus Dumbledore is in Harry Potter. A dumbledore is an old dialect word for which creature?
Bumblebee
412
In centimetres, how far does the moon recede from the Earth every year?
Four
413
Which award has been won twice by Martin Offiah, Andy Gregory and Gerry Helme and three times by Sean Long?
Lance Todd trophy
414
When the 1956 Olympics were held in Melbourne, what was the longest individual track race for women?
200m
415
Which sporting action comprises four phases called catch, drive, finish and recovery?
Rowing
416
In the phases of a golf shot, what is the second after backswing and before impact?
Downswing
417
On what day of the week is the Melbourne Cup always run?
Tuesday
418
Which driver won his first ever F1 Grand Prix at the 113th attempt in Hungary 2006?
Jensen Button
419
Which captain of Somerset declared after one over in the 1979 B and H cup, leading to disqualification and a change in the rules so that it would never happen again?
Brian Rose
420
In Mah Jongg, which tile has a completely blank face?
White dragon
421
Which author, whose books include The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse and Nostradamus Ate My Hamster has a fan club called Sproutlore?
Robert Rankin
422
What was being described? 'Thou still unravished bride of quietness, thou foster-child of silence and slow time?'
Grecian Urn
423
In the Verdi opera Simone Boccanegra becomes the first Doge of which city?
Genoa
424
In an old song written by William Hargreaves, which animal was ridden by 'his jockey, little John McGee, who got so awfully disgusted he went to have his tea?
Donkey
425
How are the Burial of the Dead, A Game of Chess, The Fire Sermon, Death by Water, and What the Thunder Said known collectively?
The Waste Land
426
Which American man is the subject of the book The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes?
Ambrose Bierce
427
Which sentimental poet, born Winifred Emma May, wrote in the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror for more than 40 years under the title The Quiet Corner?
Patience Strong
428
Which England batsman became the first for over 70 years to score a double hundred in a test match in Australia, in the 2006-7 Ashes series?
Paul Collingwood
429
Which sort of horse, with a high-stepping action, was bred to draw light carriages for hire?
Hackney
430
Who collaborated with Richard Rogers on the Pompidou Centre design?
Renzo Piano
431
During 2006, which Australian scored a double century against Bangladesh after coming on as a night-watchman?
Jason Gillespie
432
Where on the Leeds-Liverpool canal is the five-rise lock staircase?
Bingley
433
What is the best-selling album ever?
Thriller
434
As well as the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which is the third, neutral one?
Red Crystal
435
What is the after edge of a sail called?
Leech
436
Filister, Trying and Jack are all types of which tool?
Plane
437
Which is the sixth and final film in the Rocky series?
Rocky Balboa
438
Reducing sail by rolling, folding or tying up part of it is called what?
Reefing
439
Which grape is most commonly used in red wines from Beaujolais?
Gamay
440
Elizabeth Fretwell, who died in 2006, was well known for what?
Opera soprano
441
In the early 1970s, which album spent a record 278 consecutive weeks in the British top 40?
Bridge Over Troubled Water
442
Which player made £10,000 for his father in bet winnings when he made his England debut in 2006?
Chris Kirkland
443
Which lake is formed by the damming of the Zambezi?
Kariba
444
Which is the best-selling album ever in British history?
Sergeant Pepper's
445
Who wrote the autobiography 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl?
Grayson Perry
446
Who won an Oscar for the Colonel Bogey March?
Malcolm Arnold
447
Who wrote Franny and Zooey and For Esme With Love and Squalor?
J D Salinger
448
Which BBC TV presenter is the son of actress Julia Foster?
Ben Fogle
449
Which is the largest city square in the world?
Tiananmen
450
Which church was founded in Britain in the c17 by John Biddle, having grown from the work of Erasmus?
Unitarian
451
What word does a stamp collector use to describe a group of three or more stamps joined together either vertically or horizontally?
Strip
452
At which 1643 Civil War Battle was Parliamentary leader John Hampden fatally wounded?
Chalgrove
453
Which nickname used to be shared by Charlton Athletic and Port Vale, although Charlton no longer use it?
Valiants
454
What name is usually given to a cocktail consisting of rum, lime, sugar and angostura bitters?
Planter's Punch
455
As well as burlap and sackcloth, which other main fibre is made from jute?
Hessian
456
What is the English name for the Jewish festival of Sukkot?
Feast of Tabernacles
457
What is the English name for the Jewish festival of Purim?
Feast of Lots
458
Which fabric is produced by using a weave in which the warp threads are interwoven only with ever third or fourth weft thread, producing a glossy finish?
Satin
459
Of which Shakespeare character is it remarked 'He thinks too much- such men are dangerous'?
Cassius
460
Which gas was, in 1823, the first to be liquefied, when Michael Faraday was experimentally putting it under pressure?
Chlorine
461
Which gas was first liquefied in 1877 by Louis-Paul Cailletet of France and Raoul Pictet of Switzerland?
Oxygen
462
Edgar Pearce, jailed for 21 years at the Old Bailey in 1999 for bomb-making and blackmailing threats to Barclays and Sainsburys, was given what nickname?
The Mardi Gra Bomber
463
In which Gilbert and Sullivan work does Angelina sue Edwin for breach of promise?
Trial By Jury
464
Which Tory represents Horsham?
Francis Maude
465
Which European language uses a semi-colon to represent a question mark?
Greek
466
Which former US President in 1848 suffered a fatal stroke in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, to which he had been re-elected after serving as president from 1825 to 1829?
John Quincy Adams
467
Which Hollywood actor founded Malpaso, his own production company?
Clint Eastwood
468
Which Hollywood actor founded Wildwood, his own production company, and won an Oscar for his first venture into direction?
Robert Redford
469
The title character of which Rafael Sabatini adventure novel is a doctor who turns pirate after being wrongfully convicted of treason and transported to the West Indies, played on film by Errol Flynn?
Captain Blood
470
Which Rafael Sabatini swashbuckling novel takes its name from the theatre character used as a disguise by its protagonist and starred Stewart Grainger when it was filmed?
Scaramouche
471
Which US President was characterised by his opponents as 'the hero of many a well-fought bottle', due to his heavy drinking?
Franklin Pearce
472
From what poem is the phrase Tender is the Night taken?
Ode to A Nightingale (Keats)
473
What is the chemical name for Epsom salts?
Hydrated magnesium sulphate
474
In what game might you use an alley or an aggie?
Marbles
475
What is the chemical name for Glauber's salts?
Sodium sulphate
476
From which poem is the phrase 'A Handful of Dust'?
The Waste Land
477
What precise name is given to the deposition of ice crystals directly out of the air when the dew point is at or below freezing point?
Hoar frost or rime
478
As of 2010, name the last three clubs Rafa Benitez has managed.
Valencia, Liverpool, Inter Milan
479
What kind of fog forms when air cools to dew point by travelling across a colder surface such as sea or snow?
Advection fog
480
What vegetable has cultivars including Bedford Fillbasket, Cambridge Number Five and Peer Gynt?
Brussels sprout
481
Which perfume was the world's first artificially produced aldehyde?
Chanel Number Five
482
When the world's first deep tube railway opened in 1890, its northern terminus was King William Street in the City. Where was its southern terminus?
Stockwell
483
In which legal procedure do one or more claimants in a court case represent a larger group of people all making the same kind of claim against the same defendent?
Class Action
484
Which British party, founded in 1917, is allied permanently to the Labour Party and sponsors Labour MPs, who run as joint candidates of both parties?
Co-Operative Party
485
Director of the Earth Institute at Colombia University, who is known for his work The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time?
Jeffrey Sachs
486
Name the home ground of Warrington Wolves?
Halliwell Jones Stadium
487
Which HBO prison drama was mostly set in the experimental prison unit Emerald City?
Oz
488
Which RL team play/played at the Atlantic Solutions Stadium?
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
489
In 1949, Hideki Yukawa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting the existence of which subatomic particle?
Meson
490
What kind of websites are Guba, Daily Motion and Veoh?
Video clips
491
Which video game character created by Shigeru Miyamoto wears only a necktie?
Donkey Kong
492
The Kurosawa film Ran is based on which Shakespeare tragedy?
King Lear
493
Which Shigeru Miyamoto character first appeared in Donkey Kong as a carpenter named Jumpman?
Super Mario
494
The cover for which Beatles album was designed by Richard Hamilton?
The White Album
495
What is the highest point of Corsica?
Monte Cinto
496
Played on film by Ben Affleck, which comic book superhero is the alter ego of lawyer Matt Murdock?
Daredevil
497
Maromokotro is the highest point of which island nation?
Madagascar
498
Give either forename of Benson and Hedges who founded the cigarette company in 1873?
Richard Benson and William Hedges
499
In which city is Cosi Fan Tutti set?
Naples
500
Which US cigarette was advertised under the slogan 'You've come a long way, baby'?
Virginia Slims
