Set 06 Flashcards
1
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The Maillot jaune, or Yellow jersey, is the jersey worn by the leader of the Tour de France. What is the equivalent name, in English or Italian, of the jersey worn by the leader of the Giro d’Italia?
A
Maglia rosa (or Pink jersey)
2
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Discovered in 2005, and sharing its name with the daemon of lawlessness in Greek mythology, what is the name of the only known satellite of the dwarf planet Eris?
A
Dysnomia
3
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Although not primarily thought of as a dramatist, who wrote the 1941 surrealist play Desire Caught By the Tail?
A
Pablo Picasso
4
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In his 1697 work A New Voyage Round the World, William Dampier writes of a real-life marooned man named only as Will, of the Miskito people of Central America. It is believed by scholars that Will was the inspiration for which literary character?
A
Man Friday
5
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Related to the spaniel and bearing strong resemblances to the spaniel and setter families, which breed of dog, originating in the Netherlands, is named after one of the varieties of fowl that it was bred to hunt?
A
Dutch Partridge Dog (or Drentse Patrijshond)
6
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The 2008 European Grand Prix was held at the street circuit in which city?
A
Valencia
7
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Its name may well be considered appropriate as, at 87 hours long, which 1987 John Henry Timmis IV movie holds the world record for the longest ever film?
A
The Cure for Insomnia
8
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In the United States, a felony is a crime punishable by more than one year in jail whilst a misdemeanor is a crime punishable by between five days and one year in jail. What name is given to a crime punishable by fewer than five days in jail?
A
Infraction
9
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Which American triple jumper, who won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, is the only athlete other than Jonathan Edwards to have recorded a non-wind assisted, legal jump of over 18 metres?
A
Kenny Harrison
10
Q
In Hindu mythology, the world rests upon the elephant Maha-pudma that is, in turn, supported by which turtle (or sometimes a tortoise) that swims through Ksheera Sagara?
A
Chukwa
11
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Written sometime between 500 BC and 200 AD, the Chinese text Chou Pei Suan Ching contains what is, perhaps, the earliest known visual proof of which theorem that is known as the Gougu theorem in China and as the Bhaskara theorem in India?
A
Pythagoras’ Theorem
12
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Although part of its territory was in modern-day Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Roman province of Pannonia was located mostly over the territory of which country?
A
Hungary
13
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Of the 14 species of birds known collectively as ‘Darwin’s finches’ thirteen reside on the Galápagos Islands. On which island, off the coast of Costa Rica, does the fourteenth reside?
A
Cocos Island
14
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This name is given to any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation. In almost all animal cells, two for each gene are inherited, one from each parent. Which name?
A
Allele
15
Q
What did Nancy Zerg do on American television on 30 November 2004 that 149 others had tried, and failed, to do?
A
Defeat Ken Jennings on Jeopardy!
16
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John Ford is famously the only person to win four Academy Awards for Best Director. For half a point each, which two directors each won three Academy Awards for Best Director?
A
William Wyler and Frank Capra
17
Q
Although they have since announced their divorce, the Australian actress and singer Natalie Imbruglia married which musician in a beach ceremony in Port Douglas, Queensland on New Year’s Eve in 2003?
A
Daniel Johns
18
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With a name meaning ‘great city’ and established in the twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII, which was the last and most enduring capital of the Khmer Empire?
A
Angkor Thom
19
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The name of which disease, which means ‘siphon’ in Greek in reference to one of its most notable symptoms, was coined by the ancient physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia?
A
Diabetes
20
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What was the name given to the secret research and development laboratories in the Soviet Gulag labour camp system where prisoners, picked from various camps and prisons, were assigned to work on scientific and technological problems for the state?
A
Sharashkas
21
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Which Dutch preacher founded the Roman Catholic community known as the Brethren of the Common Life in the 14th Century?
A
Geert Groote
22
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Sharing a name with an Asian capital city, what name was given to a penannular armlet, usually made of bronze or copper, which served as a form of money amongst certain West African tribes from ancient times until the early 20th Century?
A
Manilla
23
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Which modern sport is thought to have been inspired by, and incorporated rules from, the mediaeval children’s game Duck on a Rock that combined tag and marksmanship?
A
Basketball
24
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Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky, is found in which southern constellation that takes its name from the Latin for ‘keel’?
A
Carina
25
In what year was Anwar Sadat assassinated?
1981
26
The German composer and pioneer of electronic music Oskar Sala used a personally adapted version of the trautonium to create the celebrated non-musical soundtrack of which 1963 film?
The Birds
27
Deriving from the Akkadian for "to build on a raised area", what name was given to the temple towers of the ancient Mesopotamian valley that took the form of terraced pyramids of successively receding levels?
Ziggurats
28
Founded in 1944 as a manufacturer of steel tubing and bicycles, which car maker has a name that can be translated into English as ‘Rising out of Asia’?
Kia
29
Which South African cream liqueur, made with the fruit of the tree Sclerocarrya birrea, known locally as the elephant tree or marriage tree, is now the world’s second best-selling cream liqueur, outsold only by Bailey’s Irish Cream?
Amarula
30
According to Alexander Pushkin in his preface to the fantasy poem Ruslan and Lyudmila, which child-eating witch-like character of Slavic folklore dwells in a "cabin on chicken legs... with no windows and no doors"?
Baba Yaga
31
The tumbi is a traditional Punjabi instrument with how many strings?
One
32
Located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and sharing its name with an English county, which is the world’s largest uninhabited island?
Devon Island
33
Founded in 1952, which sports entertainment company has its headquarters at 1241 East Main Street in Stamford, Connecticut?
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
34
The Argentine author Manuel Puig, who would later write The Kiss of the Spider Woman, penned his first novel in 1968. Its title alluded to a Hollywood actress whose final film role was in the 1972 western The Wrath of God. The title of the novel was Betrayed by… whom?
Rita Hayworth
35
Several figures in the scientific community have proposed that the Renaissance painter Michelangelo may well have suffered from HFA. Currently, there is little consensus as to the extent of the overlap between HFA and Asperger’s syndrome. For what do the letters HFA stand?
High-functioning autism
36
Similar in size to a domestic cat and named after a 19th Century French zoologist, which cat species that inhabits the Andes, Pampas and the Gran Chaco is the most common wild cat species in South America?
Geoffroy’s Cat
37
Until well into the 20th Century this record was held by Mount Everest and until 2001 the record was held by Lhotse Middle. What record is now held by Gangkhar Puensum, a mountain in Bhutan with an elevation of 7570 metres?
The world’s highest unclimbed mountain
38
Although Nautalius and Novatian are sometimes considered this, Hippolytus, who died in around 235 AD, is commonly recognised as the first person to be described by what title?
Antipope
39
Who did the actor Michael Massee shoot and kill on 31st March 1993?
Brandon Lee
40
Premiering in Dresden in 1901, Manru was the only opera by which Polish composer?
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
41
The Bolivian President Evo Morales is the most high profile member of which ethnic group that lived in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America for over 2,000 years before becoming a subject people of the Inca, and later of the Spanish?
Aymara
42
Rolas is the third largest island of which island nation?
São Tomé and Príncipe
43
For many years there was a gap in the periodic table between molybdenum (element 42) and ruthenium (element 44) although many of its properties were predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev. Officially discovered at the University of Palermo in 1937, what is the name of element 43, the lightest chemical element with no stable isotope?
Technetium
44
It is a signaling pathway, implicated in the development of certain cancers, and is one of the key regulators of animal development conserved from flies to humans. What creature gives its name to this pathway that has three homologues in mammals, the best known of which is the Sonic?
Hedgehog
45
Radio Bemba Sound System are the backing group of which French-born singer and political activist of Spanish origin whose most recent album, La Radiolina, was released in 2007?
Manu Chao
46
Examples include ‘halfwit’, as a halfwit is neither a half nor a wit, and ‘hatchback’. What word, deriving from the Sanskrit for ‘much rice’, do linguists give to this type of nominal compound that refers to something that is not specified by any of its parts by themselves?
Bahuvrihi
47
Which late-Pleistocene and Holocene culture, that settled along the coast of present day Ecuador between 8000 BC and 4600 BC, shares its name with a well-known U.S. City?
Las Vegas culture
48
It is often said that the pig is the only mammal other than humans to suffer from sunburn. This may come as some surprise to Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, a rodent for whom sunburn is a major problem. Which rodent, whose common name means ‘master of the grasses’ in the Guarani language, is this?
Capybara
49
A barn is a non-SI unit of area that is used to measure cross sections in nuclear reactions involving incident particles, and equals 10 to the negative 28 square meters. The unit got its whimsical name as it is said to be "as big as a barn" compared to the typical cross sections for nuclear reactions. What name is given to the non-SI unit of area that was devised to describe an area equal to 10 to the negative 24 barns?
Shed
50
Sunni Ali was, perhaps, the most famous ruler of this African empire. Its land stretched from modern day Mali into Nigeria and had its base in what is now Niger and Burkina Faso and its capital at Gao. What was the name of this empire that was destroyed towards the end of the 16th Century?
Songhai (or Songhay) Empire
51
With over 2 million adherents, which syncretist, monotheistic religion, officially established in 1926 in Tây Ninh in southern Vietnam, is the largest religion, in terms of followers, to have been established in the 20th Century?
Cao Dai (or Caodaism)
52
The Cibi is a war dance performed by the national rugby union team of which country prior to international matches?
Fiji
53
Which Russian starred as Rudolph Valentino in Ken Russell’s 1977 film Valentino?
Rudolf Nureyev
54
Which dystopian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin, that was to be a major influence on both Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Huxley’s Brave New World, became, in 1921, the first novel to be banned by the Soviet censorship bureau?
We
55
The 18-year old Fiona Butler was the model for a photograph of 1976 that has been described as ‘the most published photograph of all time’. What sport was she playing in the photograph?
Tennis
56
Sometimes called the world's first novel, The Tale of Genji is attributed to which 11th Century Japanese noblewoman?
Murasaki Shikibu
57
In the 1957 film Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley’s character, Vince Everett, was serving time in prison after he was convicted of which crime?
Manslaughter
58
The father was a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. The son is an acclaimed abstract expressionist painter known for his large scale graffiti paintings such as Apollo and the Artist and Three Studies from the Temeraire. What is their shared name?
Cy Twombly
59
According to legend, the Chinese Emperor Yao had this game designed in the 23rd Century BC to teach his son discipline, concentration and balance. It is known as Wéiqí in Chinese and Baduk in Korean. How is it known in English?
Go
60
Gremolata, typically containing garlic, parsley and grated lemon peel, is the traditional accompaniment to which Milanese braised veal shank dish?
Ossobuco
61
The concepts outlined in a book entitled The Philosophy of Time Travel by Roberta Sparrow feature prominently in which 2001 American independent movie, written and directed by Richard Kelly?
Donnie Darko
62
In which Spanish city was Expo 2008 held?
Zaragoza
63
Which powerful female figure, the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, ruled over China from ‘behind the curtains’ for 47 years from 1861 until her death in 1908?
Cixi
64
As the last known individual of the subspecies Geochelone niger abingdonii, Lonesome George is the ‘rarest creature on Earth’. The common name of his subspecies is taken from the island (alternatively known as Abingdon Island) in the Galápagos Islands group on which he lives. What is this subspecies’ common name?
Pinta Island Tortoise
65
Which eccentric composer, known for his daily routine of leaving his apartment in the Parisian suburb of Arcueil to walk across the city to either Montmartre or Montparnasse, before walking back again in the evening, also published writings under the pseudonyms Virginie Lebeau and François de Paule?
Erik Satie
66
What is the famous last line of Lord Alfred Douglas’ poem Two Loves, first published in The Chameleon in 1894?
I am the love that dare not speak its name
67
Between 1988 and 1998, which filmmaker of the Nouvelle Vague created the influential video project Histoire(s) du cinéma?
Jean-Luc Godard
68
On 26th February 1297 in Loenen aan de Vecht in the Netherlands, townsmen took it in turns to attempt to hit the door of Kronenburg Castle with a leather ball. This is thought to be the earliest recorded game of which sport?
Golf
69
Named after the host of the long-running American game show Let’s Make a Deal, discussions of which counterintuitive probability puzzle, which requires a person to select the correct door from three in order to win a prize, have appeared most prominently in Marilyn vos Savant's Ask Marilyn column in Parade magazine and, more recently, in Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time?
Monty Hall Problem (or Monty Hall Paradox)
70
Daisy-Head Mayzie (1995) and Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (1998) were posthumously published books based on the notes and sketches of which author who died in 1991?
Dr. Seuss
71
What is the name of the bamboo sword used as a practice weapon in kendo?
Shinai
72
The subject of paintings by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Sebastiano del Piombo, which Christian saint, martyred in Catania in the 3rd Century, is said to have had her breasts removed after she had rejected the amorous advances of a Roman prefect?
Agatha
73
Based on Tod Robbins’ short story Spurs, which 1932 horror film about sideshow performers, directed and produced by Tod Browning, was exceptional for its casting of real people with deformities as the titular central characters?
Freaks
74
In Alan Paton’s 1948 novel Cry, The Beloved Country, what is the name of the protagonist, a black South African Anglican priest from the rural town of Ixopo?
Stephen Kumalo
75
The motorboat racer Ken Warby currently holds the water speed record. What was the name of his boat that, in October 1978, reached a record speed of 317.60 miles per hour (511.13 kilometres per hour) upon Blowering Dam in New South Wales?
Spirit of Australia
76
So named because it is equal to the inverse of electrical impedance or resistance, what name, symbolised by an upside-down capital Greek letter Omega, was used in science for the SI derived unit of electric conductance prior to the adoption of the siemens?
Mho
77
Gatka, meaning ‘one whose freedom belongs to grace’, is a martial art that was developed by members of which religion?
Sikhism
78
When Heath Ledger died in January 2008 in the midst of the production of this movie, filming had been finished for the scenes set in the real world. Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell have since been cast to portray the various magical transformations of his character, Tony, in the film’s scenes set in a magical realm. Which film, due for release in 2009 and starring Christopher Plummer in the title role, is this?
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
79
The words ‘galaxy’ and ‘Milky Way’ both first appeared in the written English language in which 1380 poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that takes the form of a dream-like vision composed in octosyllabic couplets?
The House of Fame
80
Featuring her breakthrough single Lucky Number, which American singer, born to a British mother and a Serbian father, released her first full-length album, Stateless, in 1978?
Lene Lovich
81
Art historians believe that, prior to losing her arms, the Venus de Milo held which object from Greek mythology in her left hand?
Golden apple
82
Originally evolving in the 19th Century in areas of Russian partition, Grypsera is a cryptolect used to this day as a secret language by prisoners in which country?
Poland
83
After the singer and musician Prince changed his name to a seemingly unpronounceable symbol, a combination of the symbols for male (♂) and female (♀), he was often referred to as ‘the symbol’, ‘the squiggle’ or ‘the artist formerly known as Prince’. The symbol, however, did have a name and it was later copyrighted as such. What name?
Love Symbol #2
84
The only dog to be given a name in the entire works of Shakespeare belongs to Launce in The Two Gentleman of Verona. He has been described as "the most scene-stealing non-speaking role in the canon". What is the dog’s name?
Crab
85
Which Uzbekistani boxer, nicknamed ‘White Tyson’, has held the WBA Heavyweight title since defeating Nikolay Valuev in April 2007?
Ruslan Chagaev
86
Originating in the town of Saint-Malo in Brittany, which group of French privateers took their name from the commissioning document they received from the King?
Corsairs
87
The Japanese avant-garde composer Toshi Ichiyanagi married which artist and musician in 1956?
Yoko Ono
88
Which American gangster, who was shot dead by the FBI in 1934, was personally responsible for the murder of more federal agents than any other person in history?
Baby Face Nelson (or Lester Joseph Gillis)
89
Only two elements are named for women- meitnerium and which other?
Curium
90
What is the name of the school bus driver in the Simpsons?
Otto Mann
91
Modelled on la Gendarmerie Nationale of France, and with a name meaning ‘Corps of Law Soldiers’, what was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945?
Kempeitai
92
It had been removed from packets in 2006 as Nestlé were initially unable to find a natural dye, but which colour Smartie was reintroduced in February 2008, using a dye derived from the cyanobacteria spirulina?
Blue
93
Forshi is an Irish variant of which game?
Jai alai
94
Which fictional language, created for a strategic life-simulation video game series first seen in 2000, is a mixture of fractured Ukrainian and Tagalog?
Simlish
95
Until 2002, Slymenstra Hymen was the female dancer and occasional vocalist with which heavy metal group, formed in Virginia in 1985, who are perhaps best known due to their status as the favourite group of Beavis and Butthead?
GWAR
96
What is the stage name of the singer of Lordi?
Mr Lordi
97
King Kamehameha II of Hawaii and his queen died in London during a state visit to Britain in 1824 after catching which disease, to which neither had any immunity?
Measles
98
Caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii, Q fever is often considered the most infectious disease in the world, as a human can be infected by a single bacterium. Applied historically at a time when the causative agent was unknown, for what does the letter Q in Q fever stand?
Query
99
The term 'second-string' comes from a sensible precaution taken by mediaeval competitors in which activity?
Archery
100
Inspired by his own painting Necronom IV, the Swiss painter and sculptor Hans Ruedi Giger won the 1980 Academy Award for visual effects for his design of the title characters in which film?
Alien
101
According to a widely accepted theory first proposed in 1998 by Stanley H. Ambrose of the University of Illinois, a supervolcanic event at which lake on Sumatra, approximately 75,000 years ago, reduced the world’s human population to below 10,000?
Lake Toba
102
Formulated by an Austrian theoretical physicist in 1925, which quantum mechanical principle states that no two electrons (or, indeed, any fermions) within an atom can have identical quantum numbers simultaneously?
Pauli Exclusion Principle
103
Although neither of the country’s two capitals, which is the largest city in Bolivia in terms of population?
Santa Cruz (de la Sierra)
104
Formed in 1993, which American group, who had their first UK top 10 hit in 2002 with the song Blurry, chose their name as a result of their studio being swamped during the Mississippi River Flood?
Puddle of Mudd
105
Although he has never made it past the 4th round of a Grand Slam tournament, which tennis player, born in 1979 and nicknamed ‘Ball’, reached a career high world ranking of 9 in 2003, the highest ranking that has ever been achieved by an Asian-born male tennis player?
Paradorn Srichaphan
106
Which country, that has won a record 24 world titles, won the inaugural Ice Hockey World Championships in Antwerp in 1920?
Canada
107
Located near the modern-day town of Boğazkale in Turkey, which World Heritage Site was the capital of the Hittite Empire?
Hattusa
108
Named after an English explorer, what name is shared by the strait in Papua New Guinea that separates Umboi Island from New Britain and the strait in Indonesia that separates Bird's Head Peninsula from the islands of Waigeo and Batanta?
Dampier Strait
109
In the popular television series The X Files, Dana Scully’s dog shared its name with the chief harpooner aboard the Pequod in Melville’s Moby-Dick. What name?
Queequeg
110
The Spanish novelist Javier Marías, styled as King Xavier I, is the best known of the four claimants to the ‘throne’ of which tiny uninhabited island within the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain?
Redonda
111
How did soccer get its name- it was an abbreviation of which word?
Association (football)
112
In the laws of football, which is the only position specified?
Goalkeeper
113
Where did England play Scotland in the first ever international match?
Oval
114
The Cambridge Rules, important in the evolution of football, were drawn up at which college?
Trinity College
115
John Charles Thring of which public school also devised an influential set of football rules in 1862?
Uppingham
116
The FA first met in 1863 at which London pub?
Freemason's Tavern
117
Which club was the first to withdraw from the FA, and move in a different sporting direction?
Blackheath
118
Who founded the FA Cup?
C W Alcock
119
Which man, of Aston Villa, founded the Football League in 1888?
William McGregor
120
In which city was FIFA founded in 1904?
Paris
121
What's the name of the organisation consisting of FIFA and each of the four home nations' football associations who maintain the Laws of the Game?
International Football Association Board
122
The national football team helped secure a truce to the civil war in 2006 in which country?
Cote D'Ivoire
123
What were Croatia Zagreb called in Yugoslavian days?
Dinamo Zagreb
124
How many rules of football are there?
Seventeen
125
In football, what is usually considered to be the minimum necessary for a team, including goalkeeper, with the ref directed to stop the game if the number fall below this number?
Seven
126
According to the rules, football kit must include what as well as shirt, shorts, socks and boots?
Shin guards
127
In 2008, the IFAB set how many metres in length as a standard international pitch?
105m
128
What are the only circumstances under which a ref is not allowed to end a football match?
When a penalty is about to be taken
129
Added time was incorporated into football after which team beat Stoke 1-0 in very controversial circumstances?
Aston Villa
130
Which was the only major competition to use a Silver Goal rule?
Euro 2004
131
In football, which uncommon restart occurs when the referee has stopped play for reasons including a serious injury to a player, interference by an external party, or a ball becoming defective?
Dropped ball
132
At which World Cup were red and yellow cards used for the first time?
1970 Mexico
133
What is the Asian equivalent of UEFA?
AFC
134
As CONCACAF is to North America, is what to South America?
CONMEBOL
135
What is the African equivalent of UEFA?
CAF
136
And in Oceania?
OFC
137
Each UK FA on the IFAB has one vote. How many votes does FIFA have?
Four
138
Since 1900, there has been a football tournament at every Olympic Games except for which one?
1932 Los Angeles
139
Which was the first Olympic games to permit professional footballers in the soccer tournament?
1984 Los Angeles
140
From Beijing 2008 onwards, what is the main restriction placed on national teams in men's Olympic football?
Must field a U-23 team
141
What is the name of the CONMEBOL competition?
Copa America
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Which tournament consists of the winners of the 6 continental championships, the World Cup holders and the host nation?
Confederations Cup
143
What is the South American equivalent of the Champions League?
Copa Libertadores de America
144
What are the names of the two sections that some football championships are divided into in Latin American countries?
Apertura and Clausura
145
What is the name of the French equivalent of the Premiership?
Ligue 1
146
The first written rules of rugby union appeared in which decade?
1840s
147
Which was the last Olympics at which rugby was played?
1924 Paris
148
What are the maximum dimensions of a rugby pitch?
100 x 70m
149
In which decade did William Webb Ellis run with the ball at Rugby school?
1820s
150
In which year did rugby union become professional for the first time?
1995
151
What is the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the Six Nations?
Tri Nations
152
What is the name of the French domestic rugby league?
Top 14
153
What is the name of the domestic rugby cup competition in South Africa?
Currie Cup
154
In which country is the ITM Cup played in rugby?
New Zealand
155
The Magners League added teams from which country from 2010-11?
Italy
156
Who are the founder three countries of the Magners League?
Ireland, Scotland and Wales
157
What is the new name for what started as Super 12, then became Super 14, the transnational Southern hemisphere rugby league?
Super rugby
158
What was the name of the precursor of the Six Nations that started in 1883?
Home Nations Championship
159
Where was the first ever rugby sevens competition held, somewhere that still has an association with this form of the game?
Melrose
160
Which was the first overseas international rugby team to tour England?
New Zealand Native
161
In 1973, what was the venue for the first ever international rugby sevens tournament, also the venue for the first ever Rugby Sevens World Cup in 1993?
Murrayfield
162
Before 1995, rugby union was often marked by accusations of what, a portmanteau word?
Shamateurism
163
Rugby tackles must be lower than which part of the body?
Neck
164
In rugby union, a player who has been substituted may return permanently, but only if he is replacing which position?
Front-row forward
165
In international rugby union matches, up to how many replacements are allowed?
Seven
166
How many forwards are there per team in rugby union?
Eight
167
How many in rugby league?
Six
168
One of the main differences between rugby and American football is that in rugby, only the player with the ball may be tackled. This means that what is allowed in American football that is not allowed in rugby?
Blocking
169
How high above the ground is the crossbar in rugby union?
Three metres
170
In rugby union, how are touch judges now more commonly referred to?
Assistant referees
171
In rugby union, what does TMO stand for?
Television Match Official
172
In rugby union, what is it called when the ball is kicked a very short distance from hand, allowing the kicker to regather the ball and run with it?
Tap kick
173
In rugby union, a yellow card sends players to the sin-bin for how long?
Ten minutes
174
What is the maximum width of the non-rigid shoulder pads allowed in rugby?
10mm
175
In which city are the IRB HQ?
Dublin
176
In rugby union, what does NACRA stand for?
North America and Caribbean Rugby Union
177
FIRA-AER regulates rugby in which global region?
Europe
178
FORU governs rugby in which part of the world?
Oceania
179
CONSUR governs rugby in which part of the world?
South America
180
Which association governs rugby in Asia?
ARFU
181
In Rugby Union, what does SANZAR stand for?
South Africa, New Zealand and Australia Rugby
182
In April 2010, with a win over Serbia, which unlikely country from tier 2 beat South Africa and New Zealand's record of 17 consecutive wins in Rugby Union?
Lithuania
183
Which country will host the 2015 Rugby World Cup?
England
184
Which country will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup?
Japan
185
Emily Valentine, in Portora Royal School, Enniskillen in 1887, set up one of the first what in the world?
Women's rugby teams
186
Which country was excluded from the Five Nations from 1931 to 1939?
France
187
In which Roman stadium do the Italians play their home Six Nations games?
Stadio Flaminio
188
In the Tri Nations, each team plays the others how many times?
Three
189
In 2012, which fourth country will be invited to take part in the Tri-Nations?
Argentina
190
Which was the first Commonwealth Games to host Rugby Sevens?
1998 Kuala Lumpur
191
In which city were the Commonwealth Games held in 1990?
Auckland
192
In which city were the Commonwealth Games held in 1978?
Edmonton
193
In which city were the Commonwealth Games held in 1974?
Christchurch
194
In which city were the Commonwealth games held in 1966?
Kingston, Jamaica
195
In which city were the Commonwealth Games held in 1962?
Perth
196
In which city were the Commonwealth Games held in 1954?
Vancouver
197
In which city were the Commonwealth Games held in 1950?
Auckland
198
In which city were the Commonwealth Games held in 1938?
Sydney
199
In which city were the Commonwealth Games held in 1934?
London
200
Which country is bidding against Australia to host the Commonwealth Games in 2018?
Sri Lanka
201
Rugby sevens will be back in the Olympics from which year?
2016
202
1982 saw the first international women's match in rugby between which two countries?
France and Netherlands
203
The first Women's Rugby World Cup was held where in 1991?
Wales
204
Who won the first ever wonen's rugby world cup?
USA
205
Which team have won the last four women's rugby world cups in a row?
New Zealand
206
How long is each half in a game of rugby sevens?
7 minutes
207
As well as Hong Kong, which other major city not normally associated with rugby hosts a prestigious rugby Sevens tournament?
Dubai
208
In tag rugby, what are the tags made of?
Velco (they're on belts)
209
What is an alternative name for mini rugby?
New Image Rugby
210
Rugby tens, played with ten players per side, originates from which country?
Malaysia
211
Which variant of mixed-gender rugby played by children in the USA is called AFR?
American Flag Rugby
212
Which founding father of Australian Rules football, not incidentally, was a pupil at Rugby school?
Tom Wills
213
Which Scandinavian cross between soccer and rugby is no longer played?
Swedish football
214
As well as murderball, wheelchair rugby is also called what?
Quad rugby
215
Which team sport has been called, on more than one occasion, 'the greatest game of all'?
Rugby league
216
What is the highest governing body of Rugby League?
RLIF (RL International Federation)
217
What is the Antipodean equivalent of the Super League?
National Rugby League
218
Who are the current Rugby League World Cup holders?
New Zealand
219
In 1922, the Northern Rugby Football Union changed its name to what?
Rugby Football League
220
At which hotel in Huddersfield was the Northern RFU founded?
The George
221
Twenty-two clubs were present at the George Hotel meeting, plus which team, who negotiated by telephone?
Stockport
222
In 1897, which feature of rugby union was abolished from rugby league?
The line-out
223
With around 120,000 spectators, which sporting event holds the British record for a rubgy game?
1954 Challenge Cup Final
224
In 1983, the rules of rugby league were changed to replace the scrum with what?
A handover
225
If a winner is required in a rugby league game, what rule comes into play?
Golden Point
226
In rugby league, an attacking team gets a maximum of how many tackles as they progress upfield before possession changes over?
Six
227
How many subs are allowed to be used per team in a rugby league game?
Four
228
The pivot and the five eighth are alternative names for which rugby league position?
Stand off half
229
In rugby league, which position is most likely to play the role of a 'dummy half'?
Hooker
230
In rugby league, what is an alternative name for the 'lock'?
Loose forward
231
Before New Zealand's victory in 2008, which country had won every Rugby League World Cup since 1975?
Australia
232
Why was rugby league banned in France from 1940 to 1944?
Associated with pre-Vichy political regime
233
Which country hosted the first ever Rugby League World Cup in 1954?
France
234
Which French RLFC was a founder member of the Super League but collapsed only a year later?
Paris St Germain
235
What is the name of the third tier of British Rugby League?
Championship One
236
What is the (southern) French equivalent of the Co-operative Championship?
Elite One Championship
237
What is the national sport of Papua New Guinea?
Rugby League
238
What is the name of the premier New Zealand-only rugby league competition?
National Zonal Competition
239
In which country is the Bemobile Cup competed for in Rugby League?
Papua New Guinea
240
In which country is the Tom van Vollenhoffen Cup competed for in Rugby League?
South Africa
241
Who are the current tyre suppliers to Formula One?
Bridgestone
242
In Formula One, what does the Formula refer to?
The set of rules with which the cars must comply
243
What is the name of the highest class of license issued by the FIA, allowing its holder to race in F1?
Super license
244
What is the Formula One limit for maximum revs of an engine?
18,000 rpm
245
In which constructor's car did Farina win the first ever F1 championship?
Alfa Romeo
246
Jimmy Lea was the bassist in which glam rock band?
Slade
247
Who was the first Hispanic Attorney General, under George W Bush?
Alberto Gonzalez
248
Steve Priest was the bassist in which glam rock band?
The Sweet
249
What was the first name of the character played in Dallas by Victoria Principal?
Pam
250
Who is reported to have said that 'the noblest prospect a Scotsman ever sees is the high road leading to England'?
Doctor Johnson
251
Which Albanian was the first winner, in 2005, of the International Booker Prize?
Ismail Kadare
252
Which c20 ballet includes the characters of Phrygia, Aegina and Crassus?
Spartacus (Khachaturian)
253
Which African country's international car registration is CD?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
254
In which African country does the Equator leave the Atlantic Ocean?
Gabon
255
What is the subtitle of The Rite of Spring?
Pictures from Pagan Russia
256
Which photographer was involved in the scandal in 2007 where it seems that the tape was edited and the Queen left in a huff?
Annie Leibowitz
257
What is the centre height of a badminton net in feet and inches?
Five feet
258
What is the height at the centre of a lawn tennis net?
Three feet
259
What is the title of the so-called Navy Hymn, whose first verse ends with 'For Those in Peril on the Sea'?
Eternal Father, Strong to Save
260
Which word, now meaning wandering, was originally the name of Aristotle's followers?
Peripatetic
261
Who wrote the 1798 poem The Battle of Blenheim, where a peasant tries to explain to his grandchildren 'Twas a Famous Victory'?
Robert Southey
262
Which word, now meaning secret or obscure, is associated with the school of philosophers following Pythagoras?
Esoteric
263
Who wrote the stirring 1915 poem The Battle of Lepanto, about Don John of Austria going to the war?
G K Chesterton
264
Which British writer was married to the soldier Lt Gen Sir Frederick 'Boy' Browning?
Daphne du Maurier
265
Which Asian island is the home of a pygmy elephant, confirmed as a seperate species in 2003?
Borneo
266
Which Asian country claims the greatest Scouting membership, around 9 million?
Indonesia
267
Brant Parker and Johnny Hart, who both died in April 2007, were responsible for which syndicated cartoon strip, set at the court of a short, bad-tempered mediaeval king?
The Wizard of Id
268
Johnny Hart was also the creator of which cartoon strip featuring cavemen and various strange creatures?
BC
269
Pyrolusite and hausmanite are ores of which metal?
Manganese
270
Rutile and ilmanite are ores of which metal?
Titanium
271
In 1824, which was the first dinosaur to be named, with William Buckland naming it after the Greek for 'large lizard'?
Megalosaurus
272
How many players may a team field in Australian Rules?
Eighteen
273
At which former London airport did Neville Chamberlain ill-advisedly wave his piece of paper?
Heston
274
How many players on a team in Gaelic football?
Fifteen
275
Dr Gideon Mantell discovered in Sussex the fossil of which dinosaur in 1822, named after the resemblance of its tooth to that of an existing lizard?
Iguanodon
276
Which grimly appropriate Biblical codename was given to the RAF saturation bombing of Hamburg in July 1943?
Operation Gomorrah
277
Which appropriate codename was given to the RAF airdrops of food to starving Dutch civilians in the closing stages of WW2?
Operation Manna
278
Which writer and broadcaster took over from Jacqueline Wilson as Children's Laureate in 2007?
Michael Rosen
279
The wartime abbreviation ATA was jokingly called Ancient and Tattered Airmen, but what did it really stand for?
Air Transport Auxilliary
280
What was the royal title of the father and son Indian cricketers who both captained their country from the 1940s-1970s, the father also having played for England 3 times?
Nawab of Pataudi
281
According to Herodotus, what name was given to the elite troops of the ancient Persian army, because they immediately replaced casualties?
Immortals
282
Lost in New York was te subtitle of the sequel to which famous 1990 film?
Home Alone
283
The Adventure Home and The Rescue were subtitles to sequels of which successful 1993 film?
Free Willy
284
Which Raymond Briggs creation has been used to advertise KFC and Irn-Bru, to the author's displeasure?
The Snowman
285
Which cricketing first was achieved by Charles Bannerman after tea at the MCG in 1877?
First Test century
286
Who played Shaft in the 2000s remake?
Samuel L Jackson
287
What is the main grape used in the red Bordeaux wines St Emilion and Pomerol?
Merlot
288
What does spiccato mean in music?
Bounce the bow
289
Which American novelist wrote Main Street and Babbitt?
Sinclair Lewis
290
What condition is indicated by three parallel horizontal lines on a weather chart?
Fog
291
Which motorway connects Edinburgh to Stirling?
M9
292
Which Olympics saw drugs testing introduced, and the first failure?
Mexico 1968
293
Who also writes novels under the name Jack Harvey?
Ian Rankin
294
Which is the smallest county by area in Northern Ireland?
Armagh
295
Which day is Europe day, also significant for different reasons in the Americas?
5th May
296
Which belief system was codified by the Augsburg Confession of 1530?
Lutheran
297
Who is the Hindu god of fire?
Agni
298
Which cricketing first resulted when West Indian Joe Solomans threw down Australian Alan Davidson's wicket on December 14th 1960?
First tied test match
299
Who also writes novels under the name Caroline Harvey?
Joanna Trollope
300
What type of fruits are Van and Mayduke?
Cherries
301
Which is the largest county in Northern Ireland?
Tyrone
302
Who are the only two men ever to win the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and World Championships in the same year?
Eddie Merkcx and Stephen Roche
303
Which condition is indicated by a comma on a weather chart?
Drizzle
304
Which treaty ended the war of the Austrian Succession in 1748?
Treaty of Aachen
305
Who was the wife of King Henri II of France?
Catherine de Medici
306
Who played Jack Carter in the needless 2000 remake of Get Carter?
Sylvester Stallone
307
Who fought in the boxing 'battle of the long count'?
Tunney and Dempsey
308
Which post WW2 British PM was the first to attend a grammar school?
Harold Wilson
309
Who played Jeremy Irons' wife in Reversal of Fortune?
Glenn Close
310
Which boxer was nicknamed the Boston Strong Boy?
John L Sullivan
311
In which modern day country was Trajan born, becoming the first Roman emperor to be born outside Italy?
Spain
312
In plants and animals, what term is used to denote a tendency to revert to ancestral type, e.g such as an evolutionary throwback?
Atavism
313
Also known as sinter, which porous rock composed of calcium carbonate is formed round mineral springs?
Travertine
314
What is the reptilian name for a fibrous green or blue silicate of iron and sodium?
Crocidolite
315
What name is given to a sticky waterlogged soil lacking in oxygen?
Gley
316
What is the medical name for the sound and sensation of danaged bone or cartilage grating together?
Crepitus
317
Outside Brazil, which country owns the biggest swathe of Amazon rainforest?
Peru
318
The group name derives from the Latin for sickle, a reference to the shape of their wings. The Hobby, kestrel and merlin belong to which group of raptors?
Accipitridae
319
Which precious stone is second hardest after diamond?
Ruby
320
What is the general term for the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum?
Chyme
321
Based on the language from which the word inch derives, which civilisation must have been the first to divide the foot into twelve inches?
Romans
322
In May 2008, Chris Evans paid a world record price for a car. The 1961 Ferrari had once belonged to which late star of The Magnificent Seven?
James Coburn
323
What nationality is Geri Halliwell's mother?
Spain
324
Who is the current Director General of the WHO?
Dr Margaret Chan
325
Which alternative therapy involves the application of a 'high vibrational field of life-force energy around an affected area....allowing one's own biological intelligence to do whatever healing it deems necessary'?
Reiki
326
Which two cheeses are layered to create a Huntsman's Cheese?
Stilton and Double Gloucester
327
What would you stir with a spurtle, also sometimes called a theevil?
Porridge
328
Which Vick's nasal decongestant's adverts used to feature a character called Malcolm?
Sinex
329
Dating from the c7, which musical style is still performed at the Imperial Court of Japan?
Gagaku
330
Dubbed the Singing Meatball by the Finnish press after a drink-driving arrest in 1962, Olavi Virta was a leading exponent of which unlikely musical genre?
Finnish Tango
331
Who arranged the tune Barnacle Bill, the theme to Blue Peter?
Mike Oldfield
332
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in posession of brains must be in want of more brains' is the first line of which Seth Grahame-Smith novel that has been called the world's first mainstream literary mash-up?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
333
Who provided the voice for Bungle in Rainbow and K9 in Doctor Who?
John Leeson
334
Which singer-songwriter was one half of the duo Lamb before parting company with Andy Barlow in 2004?
Lou Rhodes
335
Which stringed instrument, consisting of a flat wooden body with numerous strings stretched horizontally and played with the fingers or plectrum is also called a Citre?
Zither
336
Sharing his name with an actor from Last of the Summer Wine, who was the title character, an armchair detective, in Baroness Orczy's The Old Man in the Corner?
Bill Owen
337
Which noted broadcaster is the niece of another famous broadcaster, the late Lord Winstanley?
Anna Ford
338
Of Romany descent, which pop guitarist and singer was born Brian Hines in Birmingham in 1944?
Denny Laine
339
Which British pop-punk band were responsible for the 2002 single Year 3000?
Busted
340
Which instrument is sometimes included in the less typical string quintet line-up- as was the case in for Dvorak's quintet Opus 77 and Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik?
Double bass
341
Designed by Decimus Burton, which building in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew is the world's largest surviving Victorian glass structure?
Temperate House
342
In which city is Dawson College, scene of a shooting incident in September 2006 in which 2 people died and more than 20 were hurt?
Montreal
343
Incorporated by Sir David Wills in 1958, which organisation promotes international relations (especially Anglo-American) through annual conferences?
Ditchley foundation
344
Signing recently a £1m record deal with Universal, which regiment of the British army has marches by the German composer Johann Valentin Hamm and Mozart?
Coldstream Guards
345
The only military action in England during the Glorious Revolution, where did 250 Dutch soldiers eject 600 Irish Catholics led by Patrick Sarsfield in the Battle of Broad Street?
Reading
346
A cynical reworking of a well-known saying about progress, what title did Lenin give to his 1904 pamphlet about the state of the Communist party?
One Step Forward Two Steps Back
347
Which king of France (1483-1498) was known as the Affable?
Charles VIII
348
Who was the first ever elected head of state to give birth while in office?
Benazir Bhutto
349
In Beowulf, which present-day country is the location of the mead hall Heorot which is repeatedly attacked by Grendel?
Denmark
350
Who was physician to the Roman Emperor Maximillian, and was a saint martyred in 303AD, with a name meaning All Compassionate?
St Panteleimon
351
Her alternative names include Elissa (Greek) and Elishat (Phoenician). The Phoenician for 'wanderer', how was she known to Latin writers?
Dido
352
Who is generally rated as Australia's best ever soldier and was knighted on the battlefield by George V?
Sir John Monash
353
Who is the current National Poet for Wales?
Gillian Clarke
354
Which strand of neo-Nazism that called for socialism alongside nationalism derived its name from its founding brothers, Gregor and Otto?
Strasserism
355
Which Greek God and his devotees were commonly depicted carrying a thyrsus, i.e a staff of giant fennel?
Dionysus
356
Who plays Lois Lane in the film Superman Returns?
Kate Bosworth
357
Established in 1919 by Alice Warrender, it is one of the UK's oldest. Which £10,000 literary prize is awarded for the year's best work of imaginary literature?
Hawthornden
358
Which former voice of the Speaking Clock may have recorded the 5-4-3-2-1 Thunderbirds Are Go! Voiceover?
Brian Cobby
359
Formerly called Platypus, which British indie band have a line-up comprising brothers Billy Lunn, Josh Morgan and Billy's girlfriend Charlotte Cooper?
The Subways
360
Beatie Ednie, born London 1962, is the daughter of which actress, whose last role was as the Queen Mother in 'The Queen'?
Sylvia Syms
361
After he was a teenage singer with the band Riff Raff, he joined the army in 1981 but bought himself out with £175, later describing it as the wisest money he had ever spent?
Billy Bragg
362
Which alias first appeared in the credits of a 1969 Western called Death of a Gunfighter?
Alan Smithee
363
Based on a Henry Fielding novel, which 1977 Tony Richardson film had the tagline 'The story of a young English footman who served the Lady Booby but loved the Little Fanny?
Joseph Andrews
364
Latterly a Guardian columnist, in 1969, aged 22, who established himself as the father of rock criticism with a study of pop history called Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom?
Nik Cohn
365
In which TV series was Stringfellow Hawke the main hero?
Airwolf
366
Which female pop star appeared in the films Jubilee, The Tempest and Quadrophenia?
Toyah Willcox
367
Released in 1975, We All Had Doctor's Papers was the only comedy album to top the UK album charts. Who recorded it?
Max Boyce
368
What was the name of the boat in which John Cobb both became the first man to go over 200mph on water and died?
Crusader
369
With M was a Greek name referring to that country's Peloponnese during the Middle Ages and early modern period?
Morea
370
Established in the late 1920s by Joe Adonis, which feared organised crime outfit executed Dutch Schultz?
Murder Inc
371
In Admiralty law, it's a fraudulent act committed by a master or crew causing damage to a vessel or a cargo (including desertion and illegal scuttling). In criminal and civil law, it is the process of bringing repeated legal actions solely to harass. What is it called?
Barratry
372
The Czech composer Julius Fucik composed the circus song known as Thunder and Blazes. What was its original English title?
Entrance of the Gladiators
373
The modern version of this ancient musical instrument, with a pear shaped body and a very long neck, first came into use in Turkey but became popular in Greece from the 1920s onwards. What is it called?
Bouzouki
374
He composed ten operas and five ballets, but who is best known as the composer of the scores for films by Fellini, Zeffirelli and Francis Ford Coppola?
Nino Rota
375
Known as the Voice of Egypt, millions turned out for her 1975 funeral. What was this famous singer's name?
Umm Kulthum
376
Meaning People from the East, what name is given to the hardy Buddhist inhabitants of the Sapta Koshi valley in Nepal?
Sherpas
377
Since 1985, the currency of Peru has been the sol. What was it before that?
Inti
378
What was Yomi in Japanese mythology, Aaru to the ancient Egyptians and Avernus to ancient Romans?
The underworld
379
The panyolada is the classic expression of Spanish disgust and involves hundreds of people waving what in unison, e.g. In sports stadia?
White handkerchiefs
380
The architect William Thornton is best known for which building, started in 1793?
The U S Capitol
381
Standing 435m high, the Milad Tower replaced the Azadi tower as the highest in which Asian capital in 2005?
Tehran
382
The Austrian national gallery is housed in which former Habsburg palace, once home to Franz Ferdinand?
Belevedere Palace
383
The world's 4th largest island is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, 80% of which are unique to it. Where?
Madagascar
384
In 1993, paleontologist Jose Bonaparte discovered which dinosaur, now regarded as the largest and heaviest land animal of which there is substantial proof?
Argentinosaurus
385
Credited with creating state brothels, which Athenian lawmaker and poet (638-558BC) was one of the Seven Sages of Greece and introduced a more humane code of law and ended aristocratic control of the government?
Solon of Athens
386
What is the Western equivalent of a 'lakh'?
100,000
387
Who won five golds at the 1980 Winter games and set new records in each event?
Eric Heiden
388
In rhythmic gymnastics, there are 5 performances with different objects. Ball, clubs, hoop and ribbon are four. Which is the fifth?
Rope
389
What name was given to the athletic competition held in Delphi every 4 years from 600BC to 400AD, in honour of Apollo?
Pythian Games
390
In the 1960s, Yulia Berberyan was the best Bulgarian tennis player. Her three daughters, who she coached, all appeared in the top 10 of the WTA rankings, a unique feat. What was their surname?
Maleeva
391
His correct age is a mystery to this day. Which Ethiopian won the 5km and 10km at the Moscow 1980 Olympics, and was between 33 and 42 at the time?
Miruts Yifter
392
Gold medal winner in Athens 2004, he was the first athlete of non-African descent to run the 110m hurdles in less than 13 seconds, and a nation mourned when he was injured in Beijing. Who?
Liu Xiang
393
Kazuyoshi Funaki, Janne Ahonen, Sven Hannawald, Jens Weissflog, Jiri Parma, Mike Holland and Adam Malysz are all Olympic competitors in what?
Ski Jumping
394
Which sport is made up of one set of table tennis, one of squash, one of badminton and one of tennis?
Racketlon
395
Which Jamaican man won 3 consecutive Commonwealth golds in the 100m, two in the 200m but is best remembered for his 200m gold at Montreal in 1976?
Don Quarrie
396
Which man won the championship with Houston Rockets, a member of the original Dream Team, and led the Portland Trail Blazers to the NBA finals twice?
Clyde 'The Glide' Drexler
397
Gorillas in the Mist was based on the life of which real-life conservationist?
Dian Fossey
398
Who ran for Peruvian president in 1990 and is the author of Conversation in the Cathedral, Who Killed Palomino Molero, and The Feast of the Goat?
Mario Vargas Llosa
399
The Viscount of Bragellone is one of two sequels to which famous book?
The Three Musketeers
400
One of the c20's great authors, Li Yaotang died in Shanghai in 2005 aged 100. His most famous work was the Family. Under what name did he write?
Ba Jin
401
Who was responsible for Monsoon Wedding and Salaam Bombay?
Mira Nair
402
He founded the Gesundheit Institute in 1972 and annually organises a group of volunteers who travel to Russia dressed as clowns. His life inspired a film in which the title part was played by Robin Williams. By what nickname is Hunter Adams (b 1945) known?
Hunter 'Patch' Adams
403
Who was the director of the cult Japanese horror film Ringu and Ringu 2?
Hideo Nakata
404
Which best-selling novel by a Russian freemason describes in great detail the Masonic initiation rite of the character Pierre Besouchoff?
War and Peace
405
This movie opens with a screen card reading Revenge is a dish best served cold- Old Klingon Proverb. TIME magazine called it the best dance film since West Side Story. Which cult film?
Kill Bill
406
Which playwright and short story writer gives his name to a literary device representing an investment in the future development of the story. He said 'If you say in the first chapter there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it must go off- if it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there?
Anton Chekhov
407
Which poem type was originally applied to funerary monuments but later meant any type of poem with a clever twist. Catullus, Martial, Robert Herrick and the Duc de la Rochefoucauld were famous writers of these over the centuries. What is their name?
Epigram
408
His pen names included Heliostropolis, Merchant, Andrew Morton, Eye Witness and T. Taylor. While hiding in a churchyard after taking part in the Monmouth rebellion he noticed a name carved on a headstone. Years later he used it in a literary work of great popularity. What was that name?
Robinson Crusoe
409
Jean Jacques Annaud's directorial debut was Black and White In Colour and is about French colonists at war with Germans in Africa. Winning the 1976 Best Foreign Language Film, it was the first and so far only Oscar for which African country?
Cote d'Ivoire
410
What was the title of the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi about her childhood in Tehran during the 1979 revolution that was made into an animated film in 2007?
Persepolis
411
Who played the lead role of Captain Emily in the 1970s sitcom Hallelujah about an overenthusiastic Salvation Army member?
Thora Hird
412
Who did the silly paintings in Allo Allo?
Van Clomp
413
Down Amongst the Z Men was the only film made by which comedy troupe?
The Goons
414
Who played bigot Eddie Booth in the racist 1970s comedy Love Thy Neighbour?
Jack Smethurst
415
Who played Eddie Booth's luckless West Indian neighbour Bill?
Rudolph Walker
416
Which actor and actress took the lead roles in the film version of For The Love of Ada?
Wilfred Pickles and Irene Handl
417
What used to be called the Black Arrows and then the Yellowjacks and have an Italian version called the Frecce Tricolori?
Red Arrows
418
Ross Tilley was a WW2 pioneer who assisted which other man?
Archibald McIndoe
419
In WW2, which of Hitler's generals was tasked with attacking the Crimea, an operation that at first went well until Stalingrad?
Mannstein
420
Operations Marauder, Dexter, Yorktown, Dewey Canyon and Aurora were all part of which war?
Vietnam
421
Against which Japanese military commander were the Americans fighting in Okinawa?
Lt Gen Ushijima
422
In It Ain't Half Hot Mum, what was the nickname of Gunner Beaumont?
Gloria
423
In It Ain't Half Hot Mum, what was the nickname of Gunner Sugden, played by Don Estelle?
Lofty
424
In It Ain't Half Hut Mum, what was the nickname of Gunner Graham?
La Di Da
425
In Are You Being Served The Movie, to which fictional part of Spain do the team head?
Costa Plonka
426
Sergeant John Mann was John Thaw's first major TV role- what was the name of the series?
Redcap
427
Who starred as Inspector Jean Darbley at Hartley's police station in Juliet Bravo?
Stephanie Turner
428
What was Van der Valk's first name?
Piet
429
Which character, played by Jill Gascoigne, was British TV's first ever female detective, in the series The Gentle Touch?
Maggie Forbes
430
Commanded by Frank Beck, who was played by David Jason in the film about the incident, All The King's Men, which division of British soldiers mysteriously disappeared at Gallipoli in 1915?
Sandringham Company
431
The Ashtons, a middle-class Liverpool family, were the subject of which ITV drama series set during WW2?
Family At War
432
Which oldest son of Mussolini is an important source of information on his fascist dictator Dad, as he published memoirs?
Vittorio
433
Which shockingly realistic BBC film told the story of a nuclear strike on Britain, through the eyes of two families?
Threads
434
Who wrote the Western stories West of the Pecos, Nevada, Wanderer of the Wasteland and Code of the West?
Zane Grey
435
Sheriff of Tombstone, Under California Stars, Yellow Rose of Texas and Bad Man of Deadwood are all cowboy films starring who?
Roy Rogers
436
What was the name of the most frequent female character in Lovejoy?
Lady Jane Felsham
437
Starring Thora Hird and Bill Fraser, which BBC series charts the post-war life of the Brassington family in Yorkshire?
Flesh and Blood
438
What was the almost exact British equivalent of the X Files, made years earlier and starring James Hazeldine, Louise Jameson and John Carlisle?
The Omega Factor
439
The Simcox and Titmuss families are at the centre of which famous book set in Gloucestershire?
Paradise Postponed
440
Which series starred Jane Asher as a civilian woman recruited during WW2 to operate as Allied agents behind enemy lines?
Wish Me Luck
441
Which director is known for epic, 11 and 12 hour long American documentary series, including The American Civil War and The West?
Ken Burns
442
A cult classic since it was first made in 1969, which X-rated documentary film features Alexander Sanders, Britain's self-proclaimed Wizard in Chief, and his coven?
Legend of the Witches
443
What are Borchester Market, Bromford and Chiltern Green all types of?
Model railway layouts
444
Nigel Havers' first leading role on TV was as which Charles Dickens hero?
Nicholas Nickleby
445
Which pop star played MacHeath in the TV adaptation of A Beggar's Opera?
Roger Daltrey
446
David Powlett-Jones is the main character in which R F Delderfield novel?
To Serve Them All My Days
447
Who wrote the love story The Far Pavillions, set in India during the British Raj?
M M Kaye
448
What was the name of Fred Dibnah's last series before his death?
Made in Britain
449
Which band links the songs We've Only Just Begun, Goodbye to Love, Rainy Days and Mondays, Bless the Beasts and Children and This Masquerade?
The Carpenters
450
What was the name of the lead singer of the Seekers?
Judith Durham
451
What was Nat King Cole's real middle name (i.e not King)?
Adams
452
Which Irwin Shaw novel about three men drawn into WW2 was filmed, starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift?
The Young Lions
453
Who directed the film of All Quiet on the Western Front?
Lewis Milestone
454
Who escapes from a Nazi camp alongside Frank Sinatra in Von Ryan's Express?
Trevor Howard
455
What's the name of John Wayne's character in The Searchers?
Ethan Edwards
456
In WW2, Lt. Franz von Werra, shot down during the Battle of Britain, was the only German to do what?
Escape and get back to Germany
457
After the brutal death of a prostitute in Occupied Warsaw, a German general is suspected of being a serial killer. Starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif, which film?
Night of the Generals
458
In WW2, Royal Marine Major Stringer and Captain Thompson intensively trained which group of men?
The Cockleshell Heroes
459
Which WW2 epic about the 8th Air Force starred Gregory Peck and was nominated for 4 Oscars?
Twelve O'Clock High
460
Who starred opposite Jimmy Stewart is Miller's wife in the Glenn Miller Story?
June Allyson
461
Whose was the third name and picture on the Singing In The Rain poster as well as Debbie Reynolds and Gene Kelly?
Donald O'Connor
462
Which man, who starred opposite Marilyn Monroe in Home Town Story, has exactly the same name as the lead singer of a 1970s and 1980s pop group?
Jeff Lynn
463
Who directed the Cary Grant version of Arsenic and Old Lace?
Frank Capra
464
Who starred alongside Lee Remick in Days of Wine and Roses?
Jack Lemmon
465
Susan Hayward, Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner starred in which African-themed adaptation of a Hemingway work?
The Snows of Kilimanjiro
466
Posters for which film displayed the advertisement-cum-tagline 'Britain's Newest Film Star- the new Consul Cortina Super'?
Carry On Cabby
467
In which Carry On film did Shirley Eaton play a starring role?
Carry on Nurse
468
Which Henry Fonda film won two Oscars in 1940 and was a Steinbeck adaptation?
The Grapes of Wrath
469
Sir Alexander Corda directed Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in which film about Nelson's adulterous liaisons?
That Hamilton Woman
470
Who played Bobby Darin in the biopic 'Beyond The Sea', also starring Kate Bosworth?
Kevin Spacey
471
Who was the first man to beat Fangio's record of five GP wins?
Michael Schumacher (won his sixth in 2003)
472
Which Briton is widely considered to be 'the best driver never to win an F1 season'?
Stirling Moss
473
Drivers from which constructor won the F1 championship for 2 years until the company withdrew from all motorsport in the wake of the 1955 Le Mans disaster?
Mercedes
474
When Jack Brabham won F1 three times, he helped prove the superiority of which technological innovation, the first major one in the history of F1?
Mid-engined car
475
With which car did Mike Hawthorne become the first British F1 champion in 1958?
Ferrari
476
During the 1960s, which 'upstart' F1 constructor pioneered the monocoque chassis and sponsorship logos on cars?
Lotus
477
Which company was the first to sponsor (Lotus) cars in F1 in 1968?
Imperial Tobacco
478
In motor racing, what is FOCA?
Formula One Constructors Association
479
Bernie Ecclestone entered F1 seriously in 1971 by buying which team?
Brabham
480
FOCA entered a war in the early 1980s with which rival federation?
FISA (Federation Internationale du Sport Automobile)
481
Which agreement in 1981, updated in 1992 and 2007, ended hostilities between FOCA and FISA?
Concorde Agreement
482
Which F1 technological innovation, introduced by Renault in 1977, produced up to 1100 bhp but was banned by the FIA from 1989?
Turbocharging
483
The now defunct Brabham team powered which driver to two F1 championships in the early 1980s?
Nelson Piquet
484
At which notorious curve in San Marino did Ayrton Senna lose his life?
Tamburello
485
No F1 driver has lost their life since Ayrton Senna, although two people doing which job have been killed, one at the 2000 Italian GP and the other at the 2001 Australian GP?
Track Marshals
486
Who were the Big Four constructors who won every F1 championship from 1984 to 2008?
Williams, Maclaren, Ferrari and Renault
487
What was the former name of the Renault team?
Benetton
488
When Schumi came out of retirement in 2010, he raced for which team?
Mercedes
489
What rule of F1, legal since 1950, was banned in 2002?
Team Orders
490
Which was the controversial Grand Prix that year that led to them being banned?
Austrian GP
491
When Bridgestone became the sole tyre supplier to F1 in 2007, they won the 'tyre war' with which rival manufacturer?
Michelin
492
In 2000, Ford created which largely unsuccessful F1 team?
Jaguar
493
In F1, what is the GPMA?
Grand Prix Manufacturers Association
494
In F1, what collective name is sometimes given to the smaller, often privately-owned racing teams, that have made somewhat of a comeback since 2008?
Privateers
495
Which F1 team did Mercedes buy in 2010, ending at the same time their long association with Maclaren?
Brawn
496
The FISA-FOCA war culminated in a FOCA boycott of which 1982 GP?
San Marino
497
In 2009-10 the FIA was in a new dispute, this time with which organisation that threatened to withdraw and set up a rival championship series?
FOTA (Formula One Teams Association)
498
Which track hosted the last ever non-F1 world championship, the 1983 Race of Champions won by Keke Rosburg?
Brands Hatch
499
Which country ran its own national F1 championship from 1960 to 1975?
South Africa
