Set 05 Flashcards
1
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On which island is Idomeneo set?
A
Crete
2
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Perhaps best known for the alleged mannr of his death, which Greek philosopher posited that matter is made up of water, earth, fire and air?
A
Empedocles
3
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In about 350BC, which Greek philosopher posited the theory of the Five Elements, largely accepted through the Western World for over 1000 years?
A
Aristotle
4
Q
Who captained Italy to victory in the 1982 World Cup?
A
Dino Zoff
5
Q
Which is the largest city in Bolivia?
A
Santa Cruz
6
Q
Achieved in the third Test at Headingley in 1930, what was Don Bradman’s highest ever score in a Test innings?
A
334
7
Q
Which Italian-American keyboardist founded and led the jazz-fusion band Retrun to Forever?
A
Chick Corea
8
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The jazz-funk band the Headhunters are best known for their albums as a backing band to which keyboardist in the 1970s?
A
Herbie Hancock
9
Q
Which bird of prey has species called Swainson’s, Ridgway’s and Ferruginous?
A
Hawk
10
Q
In comics what is Judge Dredd’s real first name?
A
Joe
11
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In which country did Gaston Glock found his firearms company in 1963?
A
Austria
12
Q
As well as 1928, St Moritz also hosted the Winter Olympics in which year?
A
1948
13
Q
Which English actress played the title character in the 1979 film Agatha?
A
Vanessa Redgrave
14
Q
What is the name of the mediaeval reed instrument, widely played in its day, which was usually made of boxwood and had both finger holes and primitive keys with a bell end curved like a hockey stick?
A
Crumhorn
15
Q
Continually irritated by the antics of Larry the Lamb and Dennis the Dachshund, what was the name of Toytown’s grumpy old man?
A
Mr Growser
16
Q
Her legs insured for 500,000 francs, what was the stage name for Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois, the star of silent movies and the lover of Maurice Chevalier and Edward VIII?
A
Mistinguette
17
Q
Change and decay in all around I see is a line from which hymn?
A
Abide With Me
18
Q
Nicknamed the Shivering Mountain, which peak’s slopes are so prone to landslides a stretch of the A625 between Chapel en le Frith and Castleton had to be abandoned?
A
Mam Tor
19
Q
Angels one-five was WW2 fighter pilot slang for what height?
A
15,000 feet
20
Q
Complete this children’s mnemonic for imperial measures- ‘A pint of pure water weighs a….’
A
Pound and a quarter
21
Q
Which sport uses the terms ‘bivvy’, ‘boilies’, ‘snowman rig’, and ‘spodding’?
A
Angling
22
Q
What name is given to the oficer’s mess on board a warship?
A
Wardroom
23
Q
What was the nickname for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln railway?
A
Mostly Slow and Late
24
Q
In the USA, the Taft-Hartley Act restricted the power of what?
A
Trade Unions
25
Though eventually ostracised, which Athenian general and politician advocated a powerful navy, thus creditable for the victory at Salamis in 480BC?
Themistocles
26
What was the surname of Warwickshire cricketer, later killed at the Somme, whose calm matter-of-factness impressed P.G.Wodehouse while watching a game in Cheltenham?
Jeeves
27
What ornamental garden is laid out with paths and raised banks instead of hedges?
Parterre
28
What was the name of the one piece garment favoured by Churchill so named because it could be slipped over night clothes at the first sound of an air-raid?
Siren suit
29
I see wars, horrible wars, and the Tiber foaming with much blood is a quote from which Greek classic?
Virgil's Aeneid
30
According to Belloc, why did Henry King die?
Chewing bits of string
31
Which town, noted for its trenchermen and prowess in three codes of football, stands on the River Douglas?
Wigan
32
What is the name of the language used by rabbits in Watership Down?
Lapine
33
Named for a North Italian town, what name is given to the earthenware that has a glaze mainly consisting of compounds of tin?
Faience
34
The Mount Lofty Range is a barrier to the north of which Commonwealth city?
Adelaide
35
Established in 1942, which Jermyn St restaurant is noted for oysters, fish and game?
Wilton's
36
The rescue of Alexander Selkirk by which navigator inspired the tale of Robinson Crusoe?
Dampier
37
What was the punning name of the cafe/snack bar run by Roy Cropper in Coronation Street?
Roy's Rolls
38
Which crop is affected by blossom end rot?
Tomatoes
39
Like Catch 22, what name is given to a test where there is no real choice, named for a c15 Chancellor who raised forced loans?
Morton's Fork
40
On 1st August each year, certain regiments in the British army wear a rose in their caps to commemorate which battle?
Minden
41
What is the name of the silicaceous, flint-like rock that occurs in pebble concretions in sedimentary beds and in some parts of southern England is a building material?
Chert
42
Cotswold Golds are a breed of which farm animal?
Chicken
43
What was the name of the talking bird in Noggin the Nog?
Graculus
44
Which George Eliot novel starts with someone thrown out of their community for a crime they did not commit?
Silas Marner
45
Mark Boland took over as head from the eponymous founder of which well-known retailer?
Morrisons
46
What is the name of the Gordon Ramsay restaurant in the East End?
The Narrow
47
Who scored the first goal in a full international at the new Wembley?
John Terry
48
Red Baron and Orion are cultivars of which vegetable?
Onions
49
The Emperor's New Groove is a Disney film set in which historical empire?
Incan
50
Who is the first person in line to the British throne not a direct descendent of George VI?
Duke of Gloucester
51
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen was the last in which series of novels?
Jeeves and Wooster
52
Which island group has more rainy days in the year than anywhere else on earth?
Hawaii
53
Who was the lead vocalist of Dave Clarke Five?
Mike Smith
54
Hasdrubal was the brother of which military leader?
Hannibal
55
On which horse was Richard Meade the first British Olympian to win an individual gold medal in equestrianism?
Laurieston
56
Which singer and bandleader was known as the highness of Hi di Ho?
Cab Calloway
57
What does Gethsemane literally mean?
Place of the Oil Press
58
Who captained the all-female crew of Maiden in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World race?
Tracey Edwards
59
Under which Treaty did Britain get Hong Kong?
Nanking
60
Bleda was the brother of which military leader?
Attila the Hun
61
Who was the first Test Cricketer to amass 10,000 runs?
Sunil Gavaskar
62
Which variety of quartz, with parallel, often curved bands of colour is used to make pestle and mortars?
Agate
63
In which town were the hull and foresails of HMS Victory manufactured?
Chatham
64
What E is the name given to the days between a solar year and a lunar year, used to calculate the position of Easter and other movable feasts, as well as the French for 'difference'?
Equivalence
65
Of what metal was the Colossus of Rhodes?
Bronze
66
What is probably the most famous sight on the Rue Royale in Paris?
Maxim's restaurant
67
Frederick J Ricketts used which pen name when composing the Colonel Bogey March?
Kenneth J Alford
68
Which Greek playwright wrote Alcestis, Medea and the Bacchae?
Euripides
69
In Islam, the Sidrat al-Muntaha is what kind of tree that marks the end of the seventh heaven?
Lotus
70
Cloten, Belarius and Caius Lucius are all characters in which Shakespeare play?
Cymbeline
71
Which Roman Emperor sent a letter to Britain telling it Rome could no longer maintain its defences in 410AD, thus effectively ending Roman rule in Britain?
Honorius
72
At which battle was the famous Swedish king and general Gustavus Adolphus killed?
Lutzen
73
In which city is the South African parliament?
Cape Town
74
Which Kurosawa film was the basis for 'A Fistful of Dollars'?
Yojimbo
75
During the filming of which movie was Vic Morrow accidentally killed?
Twilight Zone: The Movie
76
In which film does Erroll Flynn play the dashing Geoffrey Thorpe?
Sea Hawk
77
Who is the CEO of WWE (World Wresting Entertainment), often appearing in front of the camera?
Vince McMahon
78
Matchlocks and wheellocks facilitate what?
The firing of a gun
79
In the computer instruction GOSUB, what does the SUB refer to?
Subroutine
80
Nate Starbuck in the US civil war and Thomas of Hookton in the Hundred Years War. Therefore, who was the author's creation in the Napoleonic wars?
Sharpe (Bernard Cornwell)
81
What will be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014?
James Webb Space Telescope
82
Which Austrian-born, later Swedish physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, an achievement for which her colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize and is often mentioned as one of the most glaring examples of women's scientific achievement overlooked by the Nobel committee? Element 109 is named in her honor.
Lise Meitner
83
What was the stage name of Joseph McLaughlin (1917 – 1999), an Irish tenor singer who was successful in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s and the subject of the film Hear My Song?
Josef Locke
84
Which film ends with a showdown between Lt Rick Deckard and Roy Batty at the real life Bradbury Building?
Bladerunner
85
Commander Vimes and Captain Carrot are heads of the city police in which series of novels?
Discworld
86
Who played Austin Powers (and Dr Evil's) father Nigel Powers in Goldmember?
Michael Caine
87
The Steve Wright character Mr Angry hailed from which London suburb?
Purley
88
How is Robbie Burns' March to Bannockburn better known?
Scots Wha Hae
89
According to Byron, 'The Assyrian Came Down Like the Wolf on the Fold'. Who was that Assyrian?
Sennacherib
90
What's the name of the bronze figurine you get for winning the Orange Prize?
Betsy
91
Which book company, selling classic and contemporary novels in over 100 countries, is owned by Pearson?
Penguin
92
Which Gas Mark is 150 degrees C?
2
93
Amish, Latte, Log Cabin and Yo-Yo are all varieties of which practical home-based handicraft?
Crochet
94
How many neutrons in carbon-12?
Six
95
What is the name of positively changed ions?
Cations
96
An alpha particle is identical to the nucleus of which element?
Helium
97
The world's second deepest oceanic trench is named for which nearby kingdom?
Tonga Trench
98
What is the chemical formula for acetylene?
C2 H2
99
Which commonplace item comes in shapes and sizes such as Germicidual, Grolux, Insectucutor, Miniature, Circular and U-Shaped?
Fluorescent tubes
100
Who painted Le Moulin De La Galette?
Renoir
101
Who said that Churchill was fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool?
Clement Atlee
102
Which rival of Sulla and uncle to Julius Caesar reformed the Roman Army to the extent that legionaries referred to themselves as his 'mules'?
Gaius Marius
103
Which centre for English piracy was found on the site of what is now Kingston harbour, Jamaica?
Port Royale
104
Who directed the film of Cold Comfort Farm where Kate Beckinsale stars as Flora Poste?
John Schlesinger
105
Who played Mrs Wembley opposite Dennis Waterman in 'On the Up'?
Joan Sims
106
What was the name of the manor in To The Manor Born?
Grantleigh Manor
107
Which BBC sitcom was set in a shop in Manchesterford?
Acorn Antiques
108
Which city was founded when John Batman bought land from the local Dutigalla natives?
Melbourne
109
In monopoly, which are the only two stations inside the congestion charge zone?
Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street
110
Which Northern Irish canal joins Lough Neagh to Carlingford Lough?
Newry Canal
111
In which year did Caesar invade Britain for the second time?
54BC
112
Which band did the theme tune for The World Is Not Enough?
Garbage
113
If Mildred was played by Yootha Joyce, who played George?
Brian Murphy
114
What is the name of the long, thin peninsula dividing Strangford Lough from the Irish Sea?
Ards peninsula
115
Who played long-suffering wife Elsie Garnett in Til Death Do Us Part?
Dandy Nicholls
116
Which car company evolved in 1904 from the bicycle manufacturers John Kemp Starley and William Sutton and was named for one of their safety cycles?
Rover
117
Which Ferenc Molnar play was the basis for Carousel?
Liliom
118
In what year was Hadrian's Wall started?
122AD
119
The Wrong Boy, published in 2000, was the first novel by which Liverpool writer?
Willy Russell
120
Who led the Scottish National Party from 2000 to 2004?
John Swinney
121
Which famous car marque was born when Cecil Kimber started modifying an exiting car model, lowering the chassis and fitting more sporting bodywork?
MG
122
In which year did the Roman occupation of Britain end?
410AD
123
Who was the first Dutchman to win the Fifa World Player of the Year award?
Marco van Basten
124
Who said 'I married beneath me, all women do'?
Nancy Astor
125
Who was the first Italian to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award?
Roberto Baggio
126
How are Palamon and Arcite known in the title of a play?
Two Noble Kinsmen
127
Which famed stretch of high ground is part of the wider Rombalds Moor?
Ilkley Moor
128
What is the name of the dagger worn in the sock in Highland dress?
Skean Du
129
If you were suffering from dementia pugilistica, what would be wrong with you?
You would be punch drunk
130
Who created the role of Ensign Nellie Forbush in the stage version of South Pacific?
Mary Martin
131
Which Yorkshire football ground hosted a Test match in 1902?
Bramall Lane
132
Which motorboat racer was killed on Windermere on June 13th 1930?
Sir Henry Segrave
133
In which year was John Cobb killed on Loch Ness?
1952
134
What was the nationality of von Bellingshausen, the first man to see the continent of Antarctica?
Russian
135
A translation of Feuerbach's Essence of Christianity was the only work published under whose real name?
George Eliot
136
Which former football manager is/was co-owner of the Baggot Inn in Dublin?
Jack Charlton
137
In IT (not cosmology) what does WIMP stand for?
Windows, Icons, Menus and Pulldowns
138
The word Sake derives from which Japanese city, where it was first produced?
Osaka
139
In IT, what does WAIS stand for?
Wide Area Information Server
140
Who wrote the best selling Death of a President about the death of Kennedy?
William Manchester
141
Which England attacking midfielder made his debut in Sir Alf Ramsay's final game and bowed out as a sub against Spain in the 1982 World Cup finals?
Trevor Brooking
142
Which popular song written by Hughie Cannon in 1902 is said to have been inspired by a music teacher who liked to linger in a bar in Jackson, Michigan before returning home to his wife?
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
143
Which midfielder captained England on four occasions, including Alf Ramsey's last game, versus Portugal in 1974?
Martin Peters
144
Which song did Ed Stewart play on his afternoon show for the Queen Mother's 80th birthday in 1980 at the request of Princess Margaret?
Car 67
145
Which DJ left the BBC in 1986 after presenting a daily show on Radio 2 for 13 years, saying the station's music policy had become 'geriatric'?
Diddy' David Hamilton
146
The commercial version of which song, claimed to have been written by Hughie Cannon, first appeared in 1902 as He Done Me Wrong?
Frankie and Johnny
147
Which actress became a film star after playing the title role in 1943's Song of Bernadette?
Jennifer Jones
148
Which port was attacked by the 'Cockleshell Heroes'?
Bordeaux
149
The 600 British commandos who attacked St Nazaire in 1942 were accompanied by which destroyer?
HMS Campbeltown
150
Which Booth Tarkington novel, which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize, was later filmed by Orson Welles?
The Magnificent Ambersons
151
Who appeared as an extra in three films in the 1980s before having his first larger role in Blind Date in 1988?
Bruce Willis
152
How many characters in Waiting for Godot?
Five
153
Apart from Ken Barlow, which of the current Coronation Street characters appeared in the series first, their first appearance being in 1961?
Emily Bishop
154
Who was Adrian Chiles' first One Show co-host?
Nadia Sawalha
155
In Rugby Union, what is normally the position of the Number 2?
Hooker
156
In Rugby Union, what is normally the position of the Number 6?
Stand Off
157
Which physicist and atomic scientist took British nationality after WW2 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995, dying in 2005?
Sir Joseph Rotblat
158
Which music hall star, nicknamed the Coster's Laureate, wrote and performed the songs My Old Dutch and Knocked 'Em In the Old Kent Road?
Albert Chevalier
159
Which Bohemian statesman and soldier, the leading Catholic general of the 30 years war, was assasinated by British mercenaries at Eger in 1634?
Albrecht von Wallenstein
160
What was the main nickname of the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus?
The Lion of the North
161
What is the surname of the brothers Larry and Andrew, who directed the film The Matrix?
Wachowsky
162
Who performed the songs Boiled Beef and Carrots, I'm Henery the Eight I Am, and Any Old Iron?
Harry Champion
163
Which steam locomotive, now in the Science Museum, was designed by William Hedley and started work at Wylam Colliery?
Puffing Billy
164
Which steam locomotive, now on display at Darlington Station, pulled the first steam-powered public passenger train from Stockton to Darlington in 1825?
Locomotion Number One
165
Born in October 2003, Billy-Ray is the son of which British actress and her partner Tim Burton?
Helena Bonham-Carter
166
Which famous piece of classical music includes The Hut on Hen's Legs?
Pictures at an Exhibition
167
Corrosion is the chemical erosion of rocks. What corresponding term means the mechanical erosion by the action of rocks and sand carried by a river?
Corrasion
168
Pat Buchanan stood in the 2000 US Presidential election as the candidate for which party?
Reform Party
169
What name is given to the removal of ions from soil or rock by the throughflow of water?
Leaching
170
From which Italian island does the wine Epomeo come?
Ischia
171
In tennis, how many countries compete in the World Group of the Davis Cup?
Sixteen
172
When Britain is relegated from the World Group in the Davis Cup, it drops into which group?
Euro-African Zone
173
Which bowler in 1948 bowled Bradman for a duck in his last ever Test innings?
Eric Hollies
174
Who was the author of the Bab Ballads, published in 1869?
W S Gilbert
175
Who was described in a 'Wanted' notice of 1651 as a 'tall black man, two yards high'?
Charles II
176
Who narrated the Wombles?
Bernard Cribbins
177
For which fictional intelligence agency did Bodie and Doyle work in The Professionals?
CI5
178
The Bay of Love is to the north, the Bay of Roughness to the south, the Bay of Harmony to the east and the Bay of Honour to the west. What is in the centre?
The Sea of Tranquility
179
Which Silicon Valley carmaker specialising in high-performance electric vehicles introduced its prototype Roadster in 2006 and general production started in 2008?
Tesla
180
In the c7, which then capital of China became the world's largest city?
Chang'an
181
Chang'an overtook Ctesiphon, the capital of an empire founded by Ardashir I. Which empire?
Sassanid
182
Which major port city was named by King Cassander for his wife, Alexander the Great's half-sister?
Thessaloniki
183
Who scored a century in the first ever Cricket World Cup Final?
Clive Lloyd
184
With which player did Martina Navratilova win the last of her 59 Grand Slam titles at the 2006 US Open?
Bob Bryant
185
Which Briton won gold medals in consecutive Olympic Games in shooting?
Malcolm Cooper
186
Which ball game is started and restarted with a bounce ball?
Australian Rules Football
187
How many players in a Kabaddi team?
Seven
188
Which toy, first marketed in 1965 by Denys Fisher, allowed people to produce intricate geometrical patterns?
Spiragraph
189
For which county did Mark Ramprakash play before Surrey?
Middlesex
190
Before Greg Rusedski, who was the last British man to reach a Grand Slam final when he lost to Vitas Gerulaitis in the 1977 Australian Open?
David Lloyd
191
Which Canadian sprinter won two gold medals at the 1995 World Championships and repeated his feat at the 1996 Olympics?
Donovan Bailey
192
Which is the first stroke swum in an individual medley event?
Butterfly
193
Before the advent of sponsorship, what colour, traditionally, were British racing cars?
(British Racing) Green
194
Camogie is the women's equivalent of which sport?
Hurling
195
Which club plays its home games at Windsor Park, Belfast?
Linfield
196
1952 Olympic 1500m winner Josy Barthels came from which country?
Luxembourg
197
Which trophy is given to the winners of the NBA?
O'Brien
198
Churchill, the polar bear capital of the world, is in which Canadian province?
Manitoba
199
Which class of animals may be divided into Anura, Urodela and Apoda?
Amphibians
200
What is the name of the highest point of Iceland?
Hvannadalsnukur
201
At six light years away, what is the next closest star to the sun after the Centauri system?
Barnard's Star
202
Which major chemical company bought Fritz Haber's patent for the production of ammonia in 1909?
BASF
203
Which forage plant, medicago sativa, is also known as lucerne, purple medick or trefoil?
Alfalfa
204
Name all four stomachs of a ruminant
Rumen, omasum, abomasum and reticulum
205
How many carbon atoms in a benzene ring?
Six
206
What is the smallest rodent, at under two inches in length, called Cardiocranus paradoxus?
Jerboa
207
What was the name of Elton John's 2006 album that was a sequel to Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy?
The Captain and the Kid
208
In 1998, who directed a scene by scene remake of Psycho?
Gus Van Sant
209
What is the generic term for the communication of information to or through a person from a spirit or supernatural entity outside the mind or self?
Channeling
210
What is the name of Ozzy and Sharon's eldest daughter, who refused to appear in The Osbournes?
Aimee
211
In which county is Thatchers cider made?
Somerset
212
Grandma Singleton's is a famous brand of what kind of cheese?
Lancashire
213
Which actor's father, Nick, is a former journalist and TV news anchorman?
George Clooney
214
In what metal would a whitesmith work?
Tin
215
The Pure Evoke-1 was the first product of its kind to reach the mass market. What is it?
Digital radio
216
Before show business, what was Jim Bowen's job?
Teacher
217
When Brian Lara scored 400 against England in Antigua, he recaptured whose briefly held record?
Matthew Hayden
218
Bangladesh lost over 40 of their first tests. But their first win came against which other country?
Zimbabwe
219
What was the winning margin when England beat Australia at Edgbaston in 2005?
2 runs
220
Which Australian player threated or indeed overtook Chris Cairns's record of 87 sixes in Tests?
Adam Gilchrist
221
In what year was the first official Test match played?
1877
222
What major change was made to the Cheltenham Festival in 2005?
Four days rather than three
223
Which is the deepest natural lake in the British Isles?
Loch Morar
224
Which Persian word, originating in Arabic and meaning long seat, is now used in English with a similar meaning?
Divan
225
Who created Charlie Chan?
Earl Biggers
226
Salvador Dali designed the logo for which confectionary company in 1969?
Chupachups
227
Long Black, Lungo and Red Eye are all styles of which drink?
Coffee
228
The song Eternal Flame by the Bangles was inspired by the flame that burns above which singer's tomb?
Elvis Presley
229
One quarter of a bottle of champagne shares its name with which musical instrument?
Piccolo
230
Which is the only province of Canada to have both English and French as official languages?
New Brunswick
231
The first gold record for an LP was awarded to whom by RCA in 1957, his album Calypso being the first ever LP to sell over 1 million?
Harry Belafonte
232
What designation is given to the size of paper that covers one square metre?
A0
233
Which company was formerly known as the Societe Francaise de Teintures Inoffensives pour Cheveux?
L'Oreal
234
In the UK, the drink drive limit is how many milligrams of alcohol per 100ml of blood?
80 milligrams
235
In Germany and Austria, what name is given to a mixture of Coca-Cola and an orange soda like Fanta?
Spezi
236
Which Spanish fashion designer's first collection in 1966 was called Twelve Unwearable Dresses?
Paco Rabanne
237
Dubbed the Crystal Ball of Pop, what was the name of the magazine founded by Andy Warhol and John Wilcock in 1969 and published monthly to this day?
Interview
238
Oscar Tschirky created at the Waldorf the Waldorf salad and which two other culinary innovations?
Eggs Benedict and Thousand Island Dressing
239
Laurie Anderson, known for her 1981 number 2 O Superman, is the wife of which famous US rock musician?
Lou Reed
240
What does the H and M stand for in the name of the clothing retailer?
Hennes and Moritz
241
A tapering rib running beneath the bowl of a spoon as a continuation of the stem is known by what name?
Rat's tail
242
Which comedian's A Beginner's Guide to Acting English was published in 2009?
Khorsandi
243
What name is given to the kind of chain where the links interlock with each other when laid flat?
Curb chain
244
Believing that heavy metal had been underrepresented at Live Aid, the late Ronny James Dio set up which parallel project, persuading other hard-rock stars to join him?
Hearing Aid
245
Which alcoholic drink is used to make a Reform Sauce?
Port
246
In which English seaside resort was the first ever Radio 1 Roadshow held in 1973?
Newquay
247
Which brand of fragrance is so popular with big cats that researchers now use it to lure them into the open to observe or film them?
Calvin Klein's Obsession
248
At 110 Bishopsgate, which building as of 2010 is the tallest in the City of London?
Heron Tower
249
Which former Blue Peter presenter wrote the children's book The Flight of the Magic Clog?
John Noakes
250
According to Kennel Club registrations, which breed of dog is the most popular in the UK?
Labrador
251
The longest gestation period of any mammal is the African elephant. How long is it on average?
660 days
252
Which species of the family Peramelidae has the higest reproductive rate of all marsupials?
Bandicoot
253
Invented in 1745, what is the earliest form of electric condenser?
Leiden Jar
254
At 807 feet, Garrowby Hill is the highest of which North of England range?
Yorkshire Wolds
255
Which Irish county, which is largely marsy, is home to the majority of the Bog of Allen?
Offaly
256
In 1987, a large supernova was observed in which local galaxy?
Large Magellanic Cloud
257
The mantle, which separates the crust from the core of the Earth, comprises the lithosphere and which else?
Asthenosphere
258
Which genes have the ability to cause a virus to create cancer cells?
Oncogenes
259
About 3500 minerals have been discovered, of which about 100 are common in the Earth's crust. While there are some carbonates and sulphides, which is by far the most common group of minerals?
Silicates
260
The actor Jason Statham represented GB at which sport, finishing 12th in the World Championships in 1992?
Diving
261
Which namesake of a former Everton and Scotland captain has won the London Marathon on four occasions. Which British wheelchair racer missed out on a fifth win in 2010 after suffering punctures?
David Weir
262
Which former boxer changed his name by deed poll to 'None of the Above- X' and stood in Thurrock East and Basildon South in the General Election 2010?
Terry Marsh
263
Which South African born power lifter won four Commonwealth Games titles (three for England and one for NZ) between 1966 and 1978?
Precious McKenzie
264
Which American-born martial arts expert invented the Keet June Do style of fighting, blending Chinese kung fu and European boxing?
Bruce Lee
265
Elisabeta Lipa holds the record for the greatest number of Olympic rowing medals won, with 5 gold, 2 silvers and a bronze from 1984 to 2004. What is her nationality?
Romanian
266
Manchester United have a long-standing training relationship with which Belgian club?
Royal Antwerp
267
In 2010, Steve Coppell walked out on Bristol City after two games as manager, but he walked out on which club after just six games in charge in 1996?
Manchester City
268
Shown during the half-time interval of the Superbowl, what name is given to the seven-a-side version of American football played by young women in bras, panties and suspenders?
Lingerie Bowl
269
Which cowboy-themed action adventure game was released by Rockstar in 2010 on Playstation 3?
Red Dead Redemption
270
American Walker Cup golfer Erik Compton has special dispensation to use a golf cart during competitive events as a result of which medical procedure?
Heart transplants
271
What name is given to a biathlon with archery rather than shooting?
Arcathon
272
Which Dutch brewing company became famous for their 'ambush marketing' stunt at the World Cup 2010?
Bavaria
273
In whih game does a player who has been whitewashed have to kiss La Fanny (the naked buttocks of a young woman, usually a sculpture)?
Boules
274
Who played Pearl Slaghoople, Fred's mother in law, in the Flintstones movie in 1994?
Elizabeth Taylor
275
How is the Crimean War known in Russia?
The Oriental War
276
In which naval battle did HMS Temeraire play a crucial role?
Trafalgar
277
The Holy Alliance against France consisted of Russia and which two other countries?
Austria and Prussia
278
Modelled on the bullfight, in which country did the Paso Doble dance originate?
France
279
Whose misplaced pass at Wembley in 1995 against Colombia led to Rene Higuita's 'scorpion' clearance?
Jamie Redknapp
280
Disko Troop is the captain of the 'We're Here' fishing vessel in which Kipling novel, later a film starring Spencer Tracy?
Captains Courageous
281
What were mortals given by Zeus as punishment for Prometheus stealing fire?
Pandora's Box
282
There are three types of muscle in the human body. Name all three?
Smooth, skeletal, cardiac
283
In the Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, who is Santiago's apprentice?
Manolin
284
Which Irish actor is known for playing a one-armed waiter named Riddle, an incompetent builder in a hotel and someone posing as a dead man in order to claim a winning lottery ticket? He shares his name with a doomed scientist.
David Kelly
285
Which British car company makes the Tamora?
TVR
286
Who directed the films Elephant Man and The Straight Story?
David Lynch
287
In 1785 William Withering described the use of which plant for combating dropsy and heart disease?
Digitalis
288
A group of disaffected monks from which order founded Fountains Abbey in 1132?
Benedictines
289
In a manuscript of 1265, a mixture of opium, hemlock, mandragora juice, ivy and unripe mulberry is believed to be the world's first what?
Anaesthetic
290
Which German, who championed Chopin and Brahms, composed works including Papillons, Carnaval and Kinderszenen?
Robert Schumann
291
Who composed the theme tunes to The A Team, Quantum Leap and NYPD Blue?
Mike Post
292
Which father of Theseus committed suicide when Theseus forgot to put up the correct sail after killing the Minotaur?
Aegeus
293
Who wrote the play Endgame?
Samuel Beckett
294
Who wrote the tetralogy of plays known as Parade's End?
Ford Madox Ford
295
Which American invented the carpet sweeper?
Melville Bissell
296
Which Arsenal player was signed in 2000 from Olympique de Marseille for £6m?
Robert Pires
297
What two word phrase describes a person who has been forbidden by a high court judge to issue proceedings in any county court in England and Wales without permission?
Vexatious litigants
298
Which Hornsey Art College Student went from Bazooka Joe to far greater success in another band?
Adam Ant
299
Which three word phrase describes someone not represented by a solicitor or firm of solicitors at any stage during court proceedings?
Litigant in person
300
Durban and Pietermaritzburg are in which South African province?
Kwazulu Natal
301
Which film actor links the roles of Michaelangelo, General Gordon and Cardinal Richelieu?
Charlton Heston
302
Huey Newton and Bobby Searle helped found which radical group?
Black Panthers
303
The Duke of Wellington, Marcus Licinius Crassus and Lord Nelson have all been played on film by whom?
Laurence Olivier
304
Uncle Pumblechook and the Pocket family feature in which Dickens novel?
Great Expectations
305
The poet Leopold Senghor was the first President of which African nation?
Senegal
306
Which golfer holds the record for the most ever British Open wins, with six?
Harry Vardon
307
Which American golfer won the British Open five times from 1975 to 1983?
Tom Watson
308
The silver claret jug awarded to the winner of the British Open was not the original trophy. What sartorial item was?
Red Leather Belt
309
Which chemical element has the symbol Re?
Rhenium
310
What did Edgar Allen Poe call 'Little slices of death'?
Sleep
311
Which compound, used in explosives and sometimes also called methylbenzene or phenylmethane, was named by Berzelius after an extract from a Columbian tree?
Toluene
312
Which land animal is the closest living relative to the whales?
Hippopotamus
313
Whose epitaph, translated into English, reads 'He lies somewhere here'?
Heisenberg
314
Which Nobel laureate invented the detonator for the atomic bomb, a ground control approach system for aeroplanes, a bubble chamber for detecting radiation and was present on the Enola Gay when it dropped its load on Hiroshima?
Alvarez
315
What name did Marx give to the transitional stage between the capitalist society and a communist one?
Dictatorship of the proletariat
316
The largest and heaviest insects in the world, they are native to New Zealand and are like prehistoric crickets. By what generic name are these insects known?
Weta
317
Which French agricultural engineer identified an inverse relationship between the size of a team and the average amount of individual effort needed from each team member?
Ringelmann
318
What is the proper scientific name for bushbabies?
Galago
319
Which was the only new sport in the Beijing Olympics, with gold in the women's going to France and in the men's to Latvia?
BMX
320
The Olympic victory lap tradition started when a spectator handed a Ugandan flag to a surprise winner in a track and foield competition. Who was this winner- he was given a house by Idi Amin as a reward but was later forced to flee?
Akii-Bua
321
Which important motor sports event was held between Buenos Aires and Santa Rosa de la Pampa in January 2009?
Paris-Dakar
322
In which sport did Ukrainian Irini Merleni become the first female Olympic champion when medals for women were added in 2004?
Wrestling
323
Who became the first American woman since Picabo Street in 1995-6 to retain the Women's Downhill World title in 2009?
Lindsey Vonn
324
Who is the golfer with most PGA tournament wins, an American who won 82 between 1934 and 1979?
Sam Snead
325
Which computer game franchise is set in Racoon City and has evolved into a series of Milla Jovovich films?
Resident Evil
326
Who in 1996 was the last ever non-Chinese, and the only non-Asian ever, to win the men's table tennis tournament at the Olympics?
Jan-Ove Waldner
327
Which country had never won a gold medal in Olympic history until two golds in two days in the tennis in Athens 2004?
Chile
328
Sometimes referred to as 'foot volleyball', this Malaysian game involves stunning aerial moves, and two teams of three face each other across a net 5ft 1 inch high. Which sport?
Sepak
329
The fastest four runners ever in the women's 1500m are all from which country?
China
330
The fastest non-Chinese ever at 1500m was which woman, who won the 800m and 1500m at Montreal and the 1500m at Moscow?
Tatiana Kazankina
331
This video game released in 1983 featured a hero, Dirk the Daring, who has to save Princess Daphne from an evil dragon. What was its name?
Dragon's Lair
332
Which boardgame's wooden pieces, called meeples, have become a symbol of European board gaming?
Carcassone
333
Invented by the French mathematician Eduard Lucas in 1883, the aim of this mathematical game that contains the name of an Asian capital is to move a stack of disks to another rod. What is the name of this puzzle?
Towers of Hanoi
334
Born Anne Marie Tricki in Paisley in 1955, which former Page 3 girl appeared in Are You Being Served, The Likely Lads, Hi di Hi and Carry On Dick?
Penny Irving
335
Who became the youngest ever All Black in 1994 versus France, aged 19?
Jonah Lomu
336
In December 1995, which leg spinner claimed his 200th Test wicket in only his 42nd Test?
Shane Warne
337
Born in New York in 1946, whose world record stood for 23 years before finally being surpassed in 1991?
Bob Beamon
338
Which phrase, describing people with the means to organise others and to make things happen, derives from an 1874 poem by Arthur O'Shaughnessy?
Movers and Shakers
339
Which archetypal American expression is said to have originated in 1956 from the Carson Roberts Advertising Agency in Los Angeles?
Have a Nice Day
340
Which man was Oscar nominated for the role of Sergeant John M Stryker, killed by a Japanese sniper?
John Wayne
341
In which film was this?
Sands of Iwo Jima
342
Sands of Iwo Jima contains the first use of which three word phrase meaning to 'get ready to fight'?
Lock and load
343
John Bradley was at the real-life Iwo Jima and appeared briefly in the film. What was the name of the book written by his son about the event?
Flags of Our Fathers
344
Who is the General Secretary of Unison (as of the late 2000s)?
Dave Prentice
345
At which Crown Court was the trial of Harold Shipman?
Preston
346
What name is given to the periodic return of a comet?
Apparition
347
Caucasus, Harbinger and Cordillera are all names of what?
Lunar mountains
348
Which herb is used in absinthe and appears in fish dishes?
Fennel
349
Which vegetable has cultivars including Red Emperor and Red Knight?
Runner Bean
350
In the Beatitudes, who will 'see God'?
Pure of Heart
351
In the Beatitudes, what will the peacemakers be called?
The Sons of God
352
In which gospel do we read of the Sermon on the Plain?
Luke
353
Which English chemist and physicist carried out an experiment bearing his name which was the first to yield accurate values for the gravitational constant and mass of the Earth?
Henry Cavendish
354
In Wuthering Heights, who does Catherine Earnshaw marry?
Edgar Linton
355
The Rodin museum in which US city houses The Thinker?
Philadelphia
356
Which famous singer and songwriter has the middle names Mustapha Abdi?
Paul Anka
357
Which group had the original hit with the song Boogie Nights in 1977?
Heatwave
358
In series 4 the action moved to London and the main protagonist volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Which TV drama starred the Seaton family and their friend Jack Ford?
When The Boat Comes In
359
In which ITV series did James Bolam first star as woodwork teacher and jazz fan Trevor Chapman?
The Beiderbecke Affair
360
In which shooting discipline did Malcolm Cooper win his 2 gold medals in 1984 and 1988?
Small-Bore Rifle
361
Which is the fastest known fish, at 69mph?
Sailfish
362
Which c20 monarch said that 'soon, there will be only five kings left- the King of England and the four in playing cards'?
King Farouk of Egypt
363
What was the name of the character played by John Alderton in the ITV comedy Please Sir?
Bernard Hedges
364
In which French city did the Duke of Windsor marry Wallis Simpson?
Tours
365
Which Hollywood film studio was responsible for the Road To... Series of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour films?
Paramount
366
Which famous building was designed by George Edwin Bergstrom between 1941 and 1943?
The Pentagon
367
Which American photographer co-founded the Photo-Secession group and was married to Georgia O'Keeffe?
Alfred Stieglitz
368
A little child, a limber elf, singing, dancing to itself is a passage from which poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
Christabel
369
In which US city was Elvis' final concert appearance (26th June 1977)?
Indianapolis
370
Which American landmark completed in 1884 was designed by Robert Mills?
Washington Monument
371
Which was the first Elvis Presley LP to reach Number 1 in the UK charts in January 1960?
Elvis Is Back
372
Which American photographer, born 1923, worked for Harper's Bazaar for over 20 years, becoming famous for his photos of models and celebrities?
Richard Avedon
373
Which was the first football ground in England to host internationals in the c19, c20 and c21?
Villa Park
374
At which football ground did Ali beat Cooper in 1966?
Highbury
375
At which football ground did Eubank win the World Super Middleweight championship in 1991?
White Hart Lane
376
Which man won an Oscar for 'Baby, It's Cold Outside and wrote the Broadway musical 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'?
Frank Loesser
377
Which team wrote the musical Paint Your Wagon?
Lerner and Loewe
378
Which Paris-born musician formed the 'Quintet of the Hot Club of Paris' with Django Reinhardt in 1934?
Stephane Grappelli
379
Which bone in the body is most often broken?
Clavicle
380
What is the name of the world's biggest bird survey, providing the RSPB with a snapshot of the UK's birds each winter?
Big Garden Birdwatch
381
What is the easternmost point of Africa?
Ras Hafun
382
What is the northernmost point of Africa?
Al Ghiran Point or Cap Blanc
383
What is the westernmost point of continental Europe?
Cape Roca
384
Aqua Regia is a mixture of which two acids?
Hydrochloric and Nitric
385
Aqua Regia dissolves all metals but which one?
Silver
386
Which member of the Royal family joined the cast of Hair on stage in an impromptu 1969 appearance?
Princess Anne
387
Which 1969 song gave Elvis his first US Number 1 for 7 years?
Suspicious Minds
388
Which British-born horror actor died in 1969?
Boris Karloff
389
Which Nobel Prize did the UK's Sir Derek Barton win in 1969?
Chemistry
390
Invented in the c18, which printmaking technique when combined with etching produces areas of subtle tone as well as more precisely etched lines?
Aquatint
391
Sold for a woman named Tofana in the c17 and sold for a time in Rome and Naples by her daughter, what was Aqua Tofana?
Liquid Poison
392
Who played Buck Barrow in the film of Bonnie and Clyde?
Gene Hackman
393
In which film was the line 'One morning I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. How he ever got inside my pajamas I'll never know'?
Animal Crackers
394
In which 1973 film is the closing line 'I'd just blow it' spoken by Robert Redford?
The Sting
395
Which artist is best known for Conversion of St Paul, The Fortune Teller and the Deposition of Christ?
Carravaggio
396
Thirty km west of St Petersburg, which Russian port is located on Kotlin Island?
Kronstadt
397
Where has trademarked the name of 'America's Port'?
Los Angeles
398
Which LD councillor was killed in 2000 in a samurai sword attack in Cheltenham?
Andrew Pennington
399
Jamie Oliver was head pastry chef at whose restaurant in Neal Street, where he learned the art of making Italian food?
Antonio Carluccio
400
How many pieces does each player start with in draughts?
12
401
Which sister of Stirling Moss was five times European Ladies' Rally Champion?
Pat Moss-Carlson
402
In Wisden and most other printed cricket statistics, what is the typological convention indicating that a batsman's score was not out?
Asterisk
403
Why has the Union Flag been flown on public buildings on 17th July since 2005?
Duchess of Cornwall's birthday
404
Which British film actor and director who had also starred in Hollywood was killed in 1943 when the airliner in which he was returning from Portugal was shot down?
Leslie Howard
405
Which palace was the birthplace of James II and Charles II?
St James's Palace
406
Which comic strip by Frank Dickens about a downtrodden office worker appeared in the Evening Standard from 1964 to 2001 and was also serialised on Radio 4?
Bristow
407
The Latin name for which leg-bone is also a name given to a brooch-pin?
Fibula
408
The Latin name for the kneecap, Patella, is also the name for which marine mollusc?
Limpet
409
In heraldry, which animal is a 'herrison'?
Hedgehog
410
In which women's sport is the Curtis Cup competed for?
Golf
411
Which is the world's highest extinct volcano?
Aconcagua
412
Which motor company, itself a subsidiary of VW, has owned Lamborghini since 1998?
Audi
413
Which 1977 Mel Brooks film was a spoof of/homage to Hitchcock films?
High Anxiety
414
Who was the first player since WW2 to score more than 30 league goals in 3 successive seasons?
Alan Shearer, Blackburn 1993-6
415
Ken Docherty in 1997. Who was the only other non-UK winner of the World Snooker Championship in the c20?
Cliff Thorburn (1997)
416
Which Ancient Greek philosopher featured in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?
Socrates
417
What is the name of the bit of Romeo and Juliet that introduces The Apprentice?
The Dance of the Knights
418
in which ITV children's series did a 5-foot robot bring chaos to the Wilberforce household?
Metal Mickey
419
Ray Quinn, runner-up to Leona Lewis in the X Factor 2006 was formerly an actor in which soap?
Brookside
420
The names of post WW2 British tanks all start with which letter?
C
421
At which Olympics were the 385 yards added to the Marathon?
1908
422
What is the nickname of Schumann's first symphony?
Spring
423
What was the last play written by Shakespeare alone?
The Tempest
424
Before Rainbow, Geoffrey Hayes was an actor in which famous soap?
Z-Cars
425
What role did Michael Jackson play in The Wiz?
Scarecrow
426
In The Wiz, who played Dorothy?
Diana Ross
427
Name all three allotropes of carbon in nature?
Diamond, graphite and buckminsterfullerine
428
What extra wide-screen system was invented by Fred Waller in 1952?
Cinerama
429
Thought to have been crafted between 24000BC and 22000BC, which 11cm statuette is named for the Austrian village where it was discovered in 1908?
Willendorf Venus
430
Which co-founder of the Really Terrible Orchestra is Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh?
Alexander McCall Smith
431
The Aphrodite of Cnidos and Hermes with the Infant Dionysus are sculptures by whom?
Praxiteles
432
Which FBI agent and KGB spy was arrested in February 2001 for causing 'possibly the worst intelligence disaster in US history'?
Robert Hansson
433
Which Mayan city-kingdom in the far west of Honduras flourished form the c5 to c9 and was anciently called Xukpi?
Copan
434
Which Spanish architect designed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles and the National Museum of Roman Art in Merida, Spain?
Rafael Moneo
435
The John Bates Clark Medal is awarded to outstanding academics in which field of study since 1947?
Economics
436
First issued in 1549, which denomination of money was worth two shillings and sixpence, or one eighth of a pound?
Half a crown
437
In law, what adjective describes a litigant who brings a suit solely to harrass or silence an adversary?
Vexatious
438
Which city is home to the SS Cyril and Methodius Memorial Library, Vitosha Boulevard and Alexander Nevsky Cathedral?
Sofia
439
In which famous story does Inspector Petrovich investigate?
Anna Karenina
440
The musical ensemble Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem appeared on which TV show?
The Muppets
441
H W Longfellow immortalised Florence Nightingale as the Lady With the Lamp in which poem?
St Philomena
442
Which film character is associated with the quote Fear Leads to Anger, Anger Leads to Hate, etc'?
Yoda
443
Which musical artist was the first to play the new Wembley?
George Michael
444
Who adapted Brideshead Revisited for the TV?
John Mortimer
445
Which BBC sitcom was set in St Ogg's Cathedral?
All Gas and Gaiters
446
Who starred as Brother (then Father) Dominic in Oh Brother and Oh Father?
Derek Nimmo
447
Which BBC sitcom was set at Hatley Station?
Oh Doctor Beeching
448
Which type of planes did Hitler use to fire the opening salvoes of WW2, attacking railway bridges in Poland?
Stukas
449
Walter Boyne wrote which book and presented the TV series of the same name covering the aerial war in WW2?
Clash of Wings
450
What is the surname of the family featured in the Thorn Birds?
Cleary
451
Sailor was a 1976 BBC series set on board which RN vessel?
Ark Royal
452
Set during the Burma campaign, which Gregory Peck film shows our hero shot down into the jungle by the Japanese?
The Purple Plain
453
Name this series. Produced by the BBC in 1954, and taking two years to make, it was considered essential viewing for RAF recruits for decades, covering the role of British aircraft in WW2?
War in the Air
454
In Goodnight Sweetheart, what was Gary Sparrow's day job?
TV repairman
455
Who starred as Father Charles Duddleswell in Bless Me Father, where he was the priest of St Jude's, Fairwater?
Arthur Lowe
456
Which is the most remote youth hostel on mainland GB?
Glen Affric
457
Michael Winterbottom's 2007 drama A Mighty Heart, starring Angelina Jolie, was based on which true-life event?
The murder of Daniel Pearl
458
In which 1957 film is Burt Lancaster a gossip columnist who tries to break up his sister's romance with a jazz musician, played by Tony Curtis?
The Sweet Smell of Success
459
Covering the 545 million years since the end of the Proterozoic, and going back to the time when diverse hard-shelled animals first appeared, what is the name of the current eon in the geological timescale?
Phanerozoic
460
How is the fictional character Chingachgook known in the title of an 1826 novel?
The last of the Mohicans
461
As well as Niamey, which other capital city lies on the River Niger?
Bamako
462
Written in Greek and thought to have been compiled around the 4th Century AD by Hierokles and Philagrios, Philogelos is the world’s oldest existing collection of what?
Jokes
463
The earliest known proponent of generative grammar and sometimes called the world’s first linguist, Panini is best remembered for his formulation of the 3,959 rules governing the morphology of which language?
Sanskrit
464
Ruling from 1526 until 1530 and succeeded by his son Humayun, who was the first Mughal Emperor?
Babur
465
Four football teams – Celtic, Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Manchester United – have completed the European treble by winning their domestic league, most important domestic cup competition and the European Cup/Champions League. However, only one team has ever completed the so-called ‘treble-horror’ by finishing as runners-up in all three competitions. Which team achieved this unenviable distinction in 2002?
Bayer Leverkusen
466
Their training centred more on disguise and using their sex to an advantage rather than fighting and assassinating, what name was given to a female ninja?
Kunoichi
467
The first Ethiopian Emperor of this name is traditionally said to have been the son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and became, in the late 3rd Century BC, Ethiopia’s first Jewish Emperor. The second Ethiopian Emperor of this name is perhaps best remembered for ordering three electric chairs during the 1890s and, upon discovering that they were useless as his country had not yet developed an electrical power industry, used one of them as his throne. What is the shared name?
Menelik
468
Originally meaning ‘time giver’ in German, which word is now applied to any external cue, such as light, temperature or eating patterns, that entrains the circadian system of an organism?
Zeitgeber
469
The Norwegian-American economist Thorstein Veblen coined the phrase ‘conspicuous consumption’ in which 1899 work, in which he attacked the values of contemporary culture?
The Theory of the Leisure Class
470
Which son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim held the titles of Duke of Saxony, King of Germany and King of Italy and, in 962 AD, was crowned by Pope John II as the first true Emperor of what became known as the Holy Roman Empire?
Otto I
471
The year 1816 was dubbed the Year Without a Summer because a persistent dry fog dimmed the sunlight throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The fog was, in fact, a stratospheric sulphate aerosol veil largely caused by the eruption of which stratovolcano on Sumbawa Island in the East Indies in the previous year?
Mount Tambora
472
Located on the flood plain of the Bani River in its namesake city in Mali, which mosque and UNESCO World Heritage Site is the world’s largest mud brick building?
Djenne
473
The 2008 American reality television series Scream Queens saw ten unknown actresses compete for a role in the sixth installment of which film series starring Tobin Bell?
Saw
474
Created by the scholar and activist Maulana Karenga in 1966, which week-long holiday that honours African-American heritage is celebrated annually between 26th December and 1st January?
Kwanzaa
475
The last time two tennis players from the same country competed against one another in a men’s Grand Slam final was at the 2004 French Open. For half a point each, who were the two finalists that year?
Gaston Gaudio and Guillermo Corea
476
Featuring an iconic shot of a rocket landing in the Moon’s eye, which 1902 black and white silent film directed by Georges Méliès was the world’s first science-fiction film and is considered by many to be cinema’s first masterpiece?
A Trip to the Moon
477
The Pantanal Cat and Pampas Cat are both subspecies of which small striped cat native to western central South America that shares its name, but for a hyphen, with Chile’s most successful football club?
Colocolo
478
The xistera used in jai alai is a modified version of a spear-throwing tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart-throwing that has been in use since the Upper Paleolithic and was particularly popular with early Native Americans. Derived from the Nahuatl for ‘water thrower’, what is the name of this tool?
Atlatl
479
Which city’s name was given to the iconic modernist chair designed by the Bauhaus architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his partner Lilly Reich for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929?
Barcelona
480
Which Canadian WWF wrestler and former Intercontinental Champion died during a televised live per-pay-view event in 1999 after an entrance stunt went horrifically wrong, causing him to fall 78 feet into the ring?
Owen Hart
481
Which man, who effectively founded the UAE in his role as leader of Abu Dhabi, died in 2004?
Sheikh Zayed
482
How is Lynx deodorant known in the rest of the world?
Axe
483
Which current Premiership goalkeeper was an unused substitute in the first ever Champions League final in 1993?
Carlo Cudicini
484
Which American photographer, whose best known works include Rose and Driftwood (1932) and Clearing Winter Storm (1940), was inducted into the California Hall of Fame by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in December 2007?
Ansel Adams
485
Which French newspaper was founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry at the request of General Charles de Gaulle after the German army was driven from Paris during World War II?
Le Monde
486
The ampersand (&) originated in Roman times as a ligature of which two letters?
E and t
487
Sold at Sotheby's, London on 10 July 2002 for £49.5 million, it is the most expensive Old Master painting ever sold at auction. It was painted in 1611 and depicts a scene from the Gospel of Matthew. What is its title?
Massacre of the Innocents
488
Which word refers to someone who collects or studies seeds?
Spermologist
489
Which tennis player, who won the men’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles in the only year that he competed at the Championships, is the only champion never to have lost a competitive match at Wimbledon?
Bobby Riggs
490
What is the name of the American television programme, starring forensic psychiatrist Michael Stone of Columbia University who rates murderers on a 22 point scale of wickedness that he developed?
Most Evil
491
Which slow dance in triple metre that originated in Central America in the 16th Century before spreading to Italy and Spain, where it was soon banned for its perceived obscenity, was revived as a musical form in the 20th Century by composers such as Debussy and Satie?
Sarabande
492
Discovered at Fermilab in 1995, which third-generation quark, with a charge of +(2/3)e and a mass of 170.9±1.8 GeV/c2, is by far the most massive of the six ‘flavours’ of quarks?
Top
493
Antoni Tàpies and Enrique Tábara were members of which artistic movement, that took its name from the Catalan for ‘the seventh face of the die’ and had connections to the Surrealists and Dadaists, that was founded in Barcelona in October 1948 by the poet Joan Brossa?
Dau al Set
494
Released in 1955, Bill Haley’s Rock Around the Clock was the first single to sell 1 million copies in the UK. Which single with a religious theme, released in 1957, was the second?
Mary’s Boy Child
495
Although its existence has been known since antiquity, which metalloid element, with the atomic number 33, became the first element to be isolated in historic times by the German Dominican friar Albertus Magnus in 1250?
Arsenic
496
Named after a Swedish medical physicist, what is the SI derived unit of equivalent dose?
Sievert
497
Currently edited by Kai Diekmann and with a daily circulation of almost 4 million copies, which is the world’s best-selling newspaper outside of Asia?
Bild
498
In February 2008, it was announced that which American thriller writer has overtaken Jacqueline Wilson as the ‘most borrowed author’ from British libraries?
James Patterson
499
What is the name of the Austrian Alpine skier whose left leg was amputated after a horrific fall during a World Cup Super-G run at Kvitfjell in Norway on 2 March 2008?
Matthias Lanzinger
500
Written in 1809 after the composer’s patron Archduke Rudolph was forced to leave Vienna upon the French attack on the city, by what name is Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major better known?
Les Adieux
