Set 09 Flashcards
1
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Which acclaimed 1920 silent German Expressionist film, directed by Robert Wiene, tells the story of the deranged title character and his slave, Cesare, and their connection to a string of murders in the village of Holstenwall?
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (or Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari)
2
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Occurring as a result of tidal forces which cause the precession of the equinoxes to vary over time, what name is given to the slight irregular motion, or ‘nodding’, in the axis of rotation of a planet?
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Nutation
3
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What is the name of the Jewish prayer, written in Aramaic and with a two-word name taken from its opening words, meaning ‘all vows’, that is recited in the synagogue at the beginning of the evening service on Yom Kippur?
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Kol Nidre
4
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Which Lebanese Canadian writer won the IMPAC award for his debut novel De Niro’s Game?
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Rawi Hage
5
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Which surprise hit single led to Chris Blackwell’s success at Island Records?
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My Boy Lollipop by Millie
6
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What was the name of Robert Morris’s installation, a series of sculptural and architectural exhibits for visitors to clamber over. The exhibition caused a sensation when it was first staged in 1971 because it was the first time people were actively encouraged to climb on works of art?
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Bodyspacemotionthings
7
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Which songwriter, who has written for Adele, Duffy and Will Young, has a forename and surname that is also a food item?
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Eg White
8
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The son of a republican in Franco’s Spain, which famous singer made his singing debut on national radio aged 8?
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Jose Carreras
9
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What was the directorial debut from Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich?
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Synecdoche, New York
10
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Which electro-pop group released their fourth album, Music for Men, in 2009?
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The Gossip
11
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The secretive Rodney Whitaker wrote under several pseudonyms in his lifetime, most famously as which person? Under this pen-name he published many bestsellers, including the spy novel The Eiger Sanction.
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Trevanion
12
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What name is given to a word which becomes ambiguous when using predictive text due to having the same button combination as other unrelated words?
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Textonym
13
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Neil Gaiman’s tale about a young girl who finds a secret door to an alternate world is called what?
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Coraline
14
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Whose directorial debut, The Unloved, is about children growing up in care, something she did herself?
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Samantha Morton
15
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Andrew Logan founded which now annual pageant in 1972?
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The Alternative Miss World
16
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This eighty year-old farce by Ben Travers tells the story of newly married playboy Gerald Popkiss who finds himself in a compromising situation.
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Rookery Nook
17
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First released commercially for sale to the public in 1982, Cohíba is a cigar brand that was originally supplied exclusively to which person?
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Fidel Castro
18
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Cocijo, the rain god, and Coquihani, the god of light, were the two principal deities of which pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican civilization, their name taken from a Nahuatl word meaning ‘inhabitants of the place of sapote’, that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca between 500BC and the time of the Spanish colonization of the Americas?
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Zapotec
19
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In Aristophanes’ play The Frogs, Dionysus travels to Hades in order to bring Euripides back from the dead but ends up bringing back which other author instead?
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Aeschylus
20
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Appearing in the shape of a rabbit, which trickster figure from Ojibwa mythology, also known as ‘Big Rabbit’, was the inspiration for Joel Chandler Harris’ Br’er Rabbit?
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Nanabozho
21
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Originally broadcast between 2003 and 2008 and set nine years after its ‘parent’ series, All Grown Up! was a spin-off of which animated television series?
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Rugrats
22
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Known to the Romans as Praesepe, or ‘the Manger’, the Beehive Cluster is an open cluster of more than 1000 gravitationally bound stars in which constellation?
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Cancer
23
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Working closely with the Sicilian Mafia as a result of its geographic proximity, the ‘Ndrangheta is an organized criminal society centred in which Italian region?
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Calabria
24
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Which 2004 historical drama film, described by critics as ‘an African Schindler’s List’, stars the Academy Award-nominated Don Cheadle as a hotelier who attempts to save the lives of his family, and those of thousands more refugees, by granting them shelter in his Hôtel des Mille Collines?
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Hotel Rwanda
25
Named after the 17th Century French scholar who compiled a list of them, what name is given in mathematics to a prime number that is one less than a power of two?
Mersenne Prime
26
In which Austrian city could you study at the Johannes Kepler University or the Anton Bruckner Private University for Music, Drama, and Dance?
Linz
27
Long seen as excellent preparation for the more famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, which endurance race, that lasts half as long, is hosted annually in a former army base in the race’s namesake town in Florida?
12 Hours of Sebring
28
What is the oldest surviving Bible text?
The Codex Sinaiaticus
29
What architect was his country's prime minister from 1981 to 1989 before the post was abolished?
Mir Hossein Mousavi
30
Which Swiss Chemist was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1948 for inventing DDT?
Paul Muller
31
What was the name of the Papal palace from the c4 to the Avignon period?
Lateran Palace
32
What element is used in power rods in nuclear power plants due to its ability to capture neutrons and has the atomic number 72?
Hafnium
33
Which American sociologist coined the phrase 'self-fulfilling prophecy' in 1949?
Robert K Merton
34
Which British psychiatrist, part of the Anti-Psychiatry movement, wrote The Divided Self and Self and Others?
R D Laing
35
Which Lord Chancellor of England was appointed in 1367?
William of Wykeham
36
Which Lord Chancellor of England was appointed in 1617?
Sir Francis Bacon
37
Which Lord Chancellor of England was appointed in 1529?
Thomas More
38
Which large lake, about the size of Lincolnshire, is on the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan?
Athabasca
39
Southern blotting is a technique (named for its inventor) used to detect fragments of what?
DNA
40
What technique is used to detect particles of RNA?
Northern blotting
41
What piece of music was used in Manon des Sources and the Stella Artois adverts in the 1980s?
Verdi's overture to The Force of Density
42
Which Italian-born French actor and singer had one of his last roles in Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources?
Yves Montand
43
Who was the first French woman to win an Oscar, in 1959? She is buried in Pere Lachaise alongside Yves Montand.
Simone Signoret
44
Which American mariner disappeared on a routine voyage to the West Indies in 1909?
Joshua Slocum
45
When Ambrose Bierce disappeared in Mexico, he had joined whose army as an observer?
Pancho Villa's
46
Which conquistador died near Seville in 1547?
Hernan Cortes
47
In 1547, which Holy Roman Emperor defeated the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of Muhlburg?
Charles V
48
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act of 1986 regulates animal testing in the UK. What's the only invertebrate covered by the act?
Octopus
49
What is the term for a light in a lighthouse or buoy that shines for a longer period than that for which it is cut off?
Occulting light
50
In dentistry, what is occlusion?
The way teeth in each jaw mesh with those in the other
51
What name is given to numbers which are multiples of I, the square root of minus one?
Imaginary numbers
52
What phrase refers to the exchange of table tennis players between the United States and China in the 1970s. The event marked a thaw in U.S.–China relations that paved the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon?
Ping pong diplomacy
53
Which English journalist and author holds contrarian views on a number of issues, including global warming, the link between passive smoking and cancer, asbestos and intelligent design? In 1961, he was one of the founders of the magazine Private Eye, and has contributed to it for over four decades.
Christopher Booker
54
The symbol for Volvo, the male gender and the planet Mars also represents which metal?
Iron
55
The emblem of which car company is a trident?
Maserati
56
Sebastien Dangerfield is the hero of which 1955 novel by J P Donleavy?
The Ginger Man
57
The old land of Bessarabia now falls within which European country?
Moldova
58
Why is 18th January Pooh Day?
A A Milne's birthday
59
Which Labour MP was born near Halesworth in Suffolk and was subsequently his party's leader? He resigned as an MP in 1912 over the imprisonment of suffragettes.
George Lansbury
60
What was author Robert Tressell's real name?
Robert Croker
61
Paradise Regained deals with which episode of the New Testament?
Christ's 40 days in the wilderness
62
Penguin paperbacks were orange for general fiction and what colour for biography?
Blue
63
What topic was covered by Penguin green paperbacks?
Crime fiction
64
Who did the singing voice for Jessica Rabbit?
Amy Irving
65
Laura Jesson and Alec Harvey are the central characters in which film?
Brief Encounter
66
At which castle in Kent did the murderers of Becket hatch their plan?
Saltwood
67
In punctuation, what is also called a solidus, virgule or shilling mark?
Forward slash
68
Which British sporting event takes place over three stages: Hafren, Sweet Lamb and Myferin?
The Welsh Rally GB
69
Who is Sebastien Loeb's navigator?
Daniel Elena
70
The Rolls Royce engine PV12, originally used in Spitfires, is better known by the name of which bird of prey?
Merlin
71
Which novel by Dickens was once adapted into a play called The Only Way by the Revd Freeland Wills?
Tale of Two Cities
72
Which king of Scotland's horse galloped off a cliff?
Alexander III
73
What was the name of the man who famously commentated on the Hindenburg crashing in flames?
Herb Morrison
74
Which man coined the term 'Wars of the Roses'?
Sir Walter Scott
75
Which cloaked and hatted crime fighter was played by Orson Welles on radio? Popular in the 1930s, he was associated with silly phrases like 'The weed of crime bears bitter fruit'?
The Shadow
76
In embroidery, the fine, usually diagonal stitch called tent stitch is usually called by which French name?
Petit point
77
Which cricketer changed focus to art in 2009, with an exhibition called Artballing, in which he fired paint-covered cricket balls at a blank canvas?
Michael Vaughan
78
Which children's author wrote the Flambards series?
K M Peyton
79
Kitty McGeever is the first blind actress to be cast in a British soap, playing Lizzie Lakely, who is on community service after a petty crime offence. Which soap?
Emmerdale
80
Which piece of sporting equipment is being described? Traditionally white, the predominant color was gradually changed to Optic Yellow in the latter part of the 20th century to allow for improved visibility.
Tennis ball
81
How long, in feet, is the baseline of a tennis court (including tramlines)?
36 feet
82
Without tramlines, what is the width?
27 feet
83
Also known as the centre mark, was is name of the short mark showing the halfway point of a tennis baseline?
Hash mark
84
What's the next in ascending order in tennis- game point, set point, match point?
Championship point
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In tennis, what two word phrase is the case when the receiver, not the server, has the chance to win the game in the next rally?
Break point
86
If you win break point, you are said to have done what to it?
Converted it
87
In which informal variety of tennis does the first player or doubles team to win four points win the game, regardless of whether the player or team is ahead by two points?
No Ad
88
In tennis, this is sometimes played instead of a third set. This is played like a regular tiebreak, but the winner must win ten points instead of seven. They are used in the Hopman Cup for mixed doubles, and on the ATP and WTA tours for doubles?
Match tiebreak
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In tennis, instead of playing multiple sets, players may play one of these. It is first to 8 (or 10) games by a margin of two games, instead of first to 6 games. A 12-point tie-break is usually played when the score is 8-8 (or 10-10)?
Pro set
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What name is given to a tennis format where a single person plays a doubles team?
Canadian doubles
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What name, also that of a country, is given to Canadian doubles matches where players rotate, therefore taking turns to play singles and doubles?
Australian doubles
92
If a tennis doubles team is referred to as 'one up, one down', what does it consist of?
One able-bodied player, one in a wheelchair
93
What extra feature is permitted in wheelchair tennis?
An extra bounce of the ball
94
In tennis, the two main colours of clay court are red clay and which other colour of clay?
Green
95
Plexicushion, DecoTurf and Har-Tru are all playing surfaces used in which sport?
Tennis
96
Unlike the umpire, who is normally on court, who is the ultimate arbiter of decisions in a tennis match?
Referee
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In tennis, service is expected to occur no later than how long after the previous point?
30 seconds
98
In tennis, the change of ends and the breaks between sets have to last how long?
2 minutes
99
In ATP and WTA tournaments, balls are changed after how many games?
Nine
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However, the first change of balls is after how many games, due to the warm-up games?
Seven
101
A recent proposed rule change in tennis is to allow what on court for limited periods? This is already permitted on WTA tour events in women's tennis.
Coaching
102
In tennis, what alternative name is also given to a kick serve?
An American twist
103
In tennis, an 'eastern' or 'semi-eastern' grip is usually used for what shots?
Backhands
104
For a number of years, a small, apparently frail 1920s tennis player was considered by many to have had the best forehand of all time, a stroke that he hit shoulder-high using a western grip. What was his name?
Bill Johnston
105
In the 1940s and 50s, which Ecuadorian/American player used a two-handed forehand to achieve a devastating effect against larger, more powerful players?
Pancho Segura
106
Which tennis player long considered to have had the best backhand of all time had a powerful one-handed stroke in the 1930s and 1940s that imparted topspin onto the ball?
Don Budge
107
From a poor defensive position on the baseline, which shot in tennis can be used as either an offensive or defensive weapon, hitting the ball high and deep into the opponent's court to either enable the hitter to get into better defensive position?
Lob
108
In tennis, if an opponent is deep in his court, a player may suddenly employ an unexpected ______________, softly tapping the ball just over the net so that the opponent is unable to run in fast enough to retrieve it?
Drop shot
109
In each of the four Grand Slam tournaments in tennis how many people of each gender take part?
128
110
In tennis, the only tournaments that last two weeks are the Grand Slams and which two Opens?
Indian Wells and Key Biscayne/Miami
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Which is the only Grand Slam tournament in tennis that does not have a concurrent wheelchair tournament?
Wimbledon
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Which Grand Slam tournament uses a Plexicushion surface?
Australian Open
113
How many tournaments in the Masters 1000, the second echelon of male tennis?
Nine
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Why is the Masters 1000 so called?
If you win, you get 1000 ranking points
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Which annual tennis tournament is held in Mason, Ohio?
Cincinnati Masters
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As well as the Masters 1000, what are the two other lower echelons of the men's tennis circuit?
The 500 and the 250
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What is the lowest level of tennis circuit administered by the ATP and was used by Andre Agassi to get back into tennis when his ranking plunged to 141st in the world between Grand Slam wins?
Challenger Tour
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And what is the level below the Challenger Tour, administered by the ITF?
Futures Tournaments
119
On the women's tennis tour, what is the next rank down below Grand Slams?
Premier events
120
Which woman has won more Grand Slam tournaments (24) than any other, with Steffi Graf in second place on 22?
Margaret Court
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As well as Martina Navratilova, which other woman won 18 Grand Slams in the Open era?
Chris Evert
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By a large margin, an Associated Press poll in 1950 named who as the greatest tennis player of the first half of the 20th century?
Bill Tilden
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Who was the first man ever to win all four tennis Grand Slam events in the same year?
Don Budge
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Who are the only two men ever to have won a Career Golden Slam in singles tennis?
Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal
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Which writer frequently included tennis in his books; a keen amateur player himself, his most famous book was set at the fictional Enfield Tennis Academy in Massachussets?
David Foster Wallace
126
Which ancient Roman sport was the origin of golf?
Paganica
127
Which ancient Chinese sport bears some resemblance to golf?
Chuiwan
128
Cambuca in England and chambot in France were both early versions of which sport?
Golf
129
Which Scottish king banned golf in 1457, as it was a distraction from learning archery?
James II
130
On a golf course, what is the name given to the apron of slightly rougher grass surrounding a putting green?
A fringe
131
What is the golfing term for a bend on a hole, so the green is not directly visible from the teeing area?
A dogleg
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In which US state was the first ever 18 hole golf course, Downers Grove, built in 1892? It's still there.
Illinois
133
In golf, before plastic tees became widespread, what tended to be used instead?
A pile of sand
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Which body was spun off in 2004 from the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews to maintain the rules of the game?
The R & A
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The R & A jointly governs golf with which other organisation?
United States Golf Association
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Complete this sentence found on the back cover of the Rules of Golf: 'Play the ball as it lies, play the course as you find it, and if you cannot do either...'?
Do what is fair
137
What's the penalty in golf for making a stroke at the wrong ball?
Two strokes
138
In golf, what name is given to clubs which embody characteristics of both woods and irons in varying degrees?
Hybrids
139
What's the maximum number of clubs in a golf bag?
Fourteen
140
There are four main golf clubs. In order of distance/accuracy, these are drive, _________, chip and putt?
Approach
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In golf, what name is given to four strokes under par?
Condor
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And five strokes under par?
Ostrich
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In golf, what is the opposite of match play?
Stroke play
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In the variant of golf called a Skins Game, what are skins?
Prize money
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What is the name of the scoring system in golf where 1 point is for a bogey, 2 points for a par, 3 points for a birdie, 4 points for an eagle?
Stableford
146
What variant of golf is played between two teams of two players each, in which each team has only one ball and players alternate playing it. For example, if players A and B form a team, A tees off on the first hole, B will play the second shot, A the third, and so on until the hole is finished?
Foursome
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What is the name of a foursome golf game played with a ball each?
Four Ball
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Which variant of golf is also called Ambrose or Best Shot?
Scramble
149
What name is given to a golf scramble game in which each player in a team tees off on each hole. The best drive is used and all players play their own ball from this spot?
Champagne scramble
150
Which variant of golf is also called modified alternate shot?
Greensome
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In golf, what number generally represents the number of strokes above par that a player will achieve on an above average day?
Handicap
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In golf what is a player with a handicap of zero or less (usually a professional player) called?
Scratch golfer
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Which country has the most golf courses per capita, according to Golf Digest?
Scotland
154
Which independent nation has the most golf courses per capita?
New Zealand
155
In which country is there an official ban on building golf courses, although hundreds are built every year anyway?
China
156
In what part of the world would you find the Sunshine Golf Tour?
Southern Africa
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Based in the USA, what is the best-known golf tour for men over 50?
Champions Tour
158
What is the feeder Tour to the PGA tour?
Nationwide Tour
159
What is the feeder tour to the European tour?
Challenge Tour
160
Before the Masters and the US PGA, what were the two major tournaments that no longer exist?
US Amateur and British Amateur
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The American equivalent of the PGA for women is the LPGA. What is the women's equivalent in the UK and Ireland?
Ladies Golf Union
162
What is it called in boxing when your opponent is too injured to continue?
Technical Knockout
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In ancient Greek boxing, what was a korykos?
Punch bag
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In ancient Greek boxing, what were himantes?
Leather straps worn on the hands
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Which Emperor banned boxing in c 500AD as it disfigured the face, which he saw as the image of God?
Theodoric the Great
166
James Figg was the first English champion at what, in 1719?
Bare-knuckle boxing
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Which heavyweight champion, in 1743, introduced the first rules to bareknickle boxing?
Jack Broughton
168
Under the Broughton rules, if a boxer dropped to one knee, he had how long to recover?
30 seconds
169
In 1838, which major revision of the rules came into boxing?
London Prize Ring rules
170
Who drafted the Marquess of Queensberry Rules?
John Chambers
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Chambers drafted them for amateur boxing fights held at which West London venue?
Lillie Bridge
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Under the Queensbury rules, how many rounds in a boxing match?
12
173
Under the Queensbury rules, how long is each side of a boxing ring?
12 feet
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The legal case of R versus Coney ended what in sport?
Bare knuckle fighting
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Who was the world's first heavyweight champion under the Queensberry rules?
Gentleman Jim Corbett
176
Jim Corbett won the first heavyweight title from John Sullivan in which city in 1892?
New Orleans
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In boxing, what rule gives the referee the right to step in and administer a count of eight to a fighter that he feels may be in danger, even if no knockdown has taken place?
The Standing Eight Rule
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In the rules of boxing, there are many places you are not allowed to punch an opponent. Which is the only named organ that you cannot punch?
Kidneys
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In boxing, what name is given to a defensive move in which a boxer wraps his or her opponents arms and holds on to create a pause, after which both fighters must take a full step back?
Clinch
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In an Olympics or Commonwealths match, how many minutes in total are spent boxing?
Nine (three rounds each of three minutes)
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In an Olympic or Commonwealth boxing match, which part of the glove must connect with an opponent for a scoring punch to be landed?
White strip
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What does RSC stand for in boxing?
Referee stopped contest
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What about RSCOS?
Outscored opponent
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What about RSCH?
Head injury
185
The death of which Korean boxer led to a reduction from 15 rounds to 12 for professional fights?
Duk Koo Kim
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What is the name of the boxer's assistant, a cutaneous doctor who ministers to small cuts on his face?
Cutman
187
What is the difference in tops between female amateur and professional fighters?
Amateurs have sleeves
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US boxing allows reuseable cotton ones, whereas most other national federations insist on disposable adhesive ones. What?
Handwraps
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Which boxer was suspended for a year because a plaster-like substance was found in his handwraps before his fight against Shane Mosley?
Antonio Margarito
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In boxing, what item is usually black or red and is made of rubber (sometimes leather) in order to cushion the body from deadly shots towards the male's most vulnerable body part?
Waistband
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What kind of boxer, like Ali, kept a distance between himself and his opponent, jabbing and thus wearing him down?
Out fighter
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What name is given to the kind of boxer able to fight at close range with a combination of technique and power, often with the ability to knock opponents out with a combination and in some instances a single shot?
Boxer-puncher
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Also known as a slugger, what name is given in boxing to a fighter who generally lacks finesse and footwork in the ring, but makes up for it through sheer punching power?
A brawler
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In boxing terminology, what part of the face is used as slang for the ability to absorb punishment while remaining able to continue boxing?
Chin
195
Sometimes called "pressure fighters", in boxing, which style of fighters attempt to stay close to an opponent, throwing intense flurries and combinations of hooks and uppercuts?
Swarmers (or 'in fighters')
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In boxing, what name is given to the slippery, defensive style of fighters who often rely on their opponent's mistakes in order to gain the advantage whether it be on the score cards or more preferably a knockout?
Counter punching
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Which fight in 1990 in Las Vegas was billed as Thunder Meets Lightning?
Chavez (Thunder) versus Taylor (Lightning)
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Prior to a bout, both boxers have to agree on the weight of what?
The gloves used
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There are two types of punchbag in boxing. What name is given to the small, tear-drop shaped one?
Speed bag
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There are two types of punchbag in boxing. What name is given to the large cylindrical one?
Heavy bag
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In boxing, what is the basic stance, sometimes called 'textbook' stance?
Upright stance
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Boxers tap their cheeks or foreheads with their fists for what reason?
As a reminder to keep fists up
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Name all four basic punches in boxing- the jab, the straight right/left hand, ________ and the uppercut?
Hook
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What is recognised as the most important punch in a boxer's arsenal because it provides a fair amount of its own cover and it leaves the least amount of space for a counter punch from the opponent?
Jab
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In boxing, what name is given to a powerful, straight punch thrown with the rear hand. From the guard position, the rear hand is thrown from the chin, crossing the body and traveling towards the target in a straight line?
Cross
206
The classic one-two combination of punches in boxing is what followed by what?
Jab, then cross
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What punch is being described in boxing? A semi-circular punch thrown with the lead hand to the side of the opponent's head. From the guard position, the elbow is drawn back with a horizontal fist (knuckles pointing forward) and the elbow bent.
Hook
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What is a hook called when it targets the lower body?
Rip
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In boxing, what punch is used to lift the opponent's chin and set him off-balance?
Uppercut
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A large, swinging circular punch starting from a cocked-back position with the arm at a longer extension than the hook and all of the fighter's weight behind it is sometimes referred to as a "roundhouse", "haymaker" or what other term?
Sucker-punch
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Which rarely used and unconventional punch, is one in which the opponent swings an arm out several times in a wide arc, usually as a distraction, before delivering with either that or the other arm?
Bolo punch
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In boxing defence techniques, a block recieves a connecting punch. What deflects one?
A parry
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Which rough form of grappling is technically against the rules but is often permitted in professional fights?
Clinch
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In boxing, what defensive move involves rotating the body slightly so that an incoming punch passes harmlessly next to the head. As the opponent's punch arrives, the boxer sharply rotates the hips and shoulders?
Slipping
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There are three main forms of guard position in boxing- the low guard, the mixed guard and which other one, involving gloves in front of the face and sometimes known as earmuffs?
Peek a Boo
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In boxing, Philly Shell, hitman, cross-armed or crab are all what?
Guard positions
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Manny Pacquiao used which famous but rarely used and risky strategy pioneered by Muhammad Ali against Miguel Cotto in 2009?
Rope-a-dope
218
Which middleweight champion is regarded as the inventor of the bolo punch in boxing?
Ceferino Garcia
219
Unlike the right cross, which has a trajectory parallel to the ground, it has a looping circular arc as it is thrown over-the-shoulder with the palm facing away from the boxer. It is especially popular with smaller stature boxers trying to reach taller opponents. Which punch?
Overhand right
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Which rare punch in boxing can be described thus? A regular hook, then as the opponent lunges in, the boxer should throw the hook and pivot on his left foot and swing his right foot 180 degrees around. If executed correctly, the aggressive boxer will lunge in and sail harmlessly past his opponent like a bull missing a matador? It was used to great effect by Floyd Mayweather against Ricky Hatton.
A check hook
221
The corner of which boxer threw in the towel agains Floyd Mayweather, despite protests by the boxer himself that he did not want to retire?
Diego Corrales
222
Which are the only two European countries to ban professional boxing?
Norway and Iceland
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In which US town is the International Boxing Hall of Fame?
Canastota, NY
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An early horse race was that between the steeds of Odin and those of which giant?
Hrungnir
225
Which geographical feature of the USA is where horseracing was first contested in that country?
Long Island
226
Organised horse racing in the USA started with the publication of what book?
American Stud Book
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This race was a one hundred mile, one day long ride starting in Squaw Valley, Placer County and ending in Auburn, California. For what endurance horse racing trophy?
Tevis Cup
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In which US state are the Del Mar and Santa Anita horse racing tracks?
California
229
Which US horse racing venue has the largest dirt Thoroughbred race course in the world, and it has the sport's largest grandstand?
Belmont Park
230
In which US location is the Horse Riding Hall of Fame?
Saratoga, NY
231
There are two kinds of flat races- handicap races and which other?
Conditions races
232
Name all three ancestors of thoroughbred horses?
Darley Arabian, Godolphin, Byerly Turk
233
Rather than thoroughbreds, which type of horse is used in endurance racing?
Arabian
234
Not recognised as an official breed until 1940, what kind of American racing horse resulted from breeding Spanish horses with English ones brought over in the early c17?
Quarter Horse
235
In the USA, which races, run at the end of the year, have challenged the Triple Crown events as determiners of the three-year-old Champion? They are held at a different track every year.
Breeder's Cup
236
What are the names of the two different types of horses used in harness racing?
Pacers and trotters
237
In horse racing, the Drinkers of the Wind Derby in California, the Texas Six Shooter Stakes, and the Bob Magness Derby in Delaware make up which Triple Crown?
Arabian Triple Crown
238
Which animal is generally considered to be the most successful ever Canadian racehorse, winning the Kentucky Derby in 1964 and going on to become a famous sire?
Northern Dancer
239
The only challenge to this claim by Northern Dancer would be which of his sons?
Nijinsky
240
The only race track in North America which stages Thoroughbred and Standardbred (harness) meetings on the same day, what is the name of Canada's premier horse racing venue, in Toronto?
Woodbine
241
In Australia, the Wallabadah Cup in horse racing is always held on which day of the year?
New Year's Day
242
Which Australian steeplechaser is known for his battle with Red Rum in 1973?
Crisp
243
Which mare was the first ever to win the Melbourne Cup three times, 2003-5?
Makybe Diva
244
In Mauritius, and sharing its name with a famous part of Paris, what is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere?
Champ de Mars
245
Which New Zealand bred harness horse, along with Phar Lap, was one of the most famous from that country and was the first to win $1 million in stakes in American history?
Cardigan Bay
246
Run since 1897 at Greyville Racecourse, what is South Africa's premier horse race?
Durban July Handicap
247
Which Cape Town racecourse shares its name with a Warwickshire town?
Kenilworth
248
Which man, who trained at Ballydoyle in Tipperary, was one of the most successful racing trainers of all time?
Vincent O'Neill
249
Run in mid-July, what is the second-most important race held at Longchamp after the Arc de Triomphe?
Grand Prix de Paris
250
Which event, the French Derby, is run at Chantilly?
Prix du Jockey Club
251
In the Palio in Siena, each horse and rider represents a city ward. What is the name of these wards?
Contrade
252
Jockeys are not allowed in Britain to raise the whip higher than where?
Shoulder
253
After Happy Valley, which is the second racetrack in Hong Kong?
Sha Tin
254
Taking place usually at Independence day, which country's own brand of horse racing involves races over 25 kilometres?
Mongolia
255
Which Middle East horse race has the biggest purse in the world?
Dubai World Cup
256
Which new racetrack, the world's largest, opened in 2010 for the Dubai World Cup?
Meydan Racecourse
257
Which stallion book records the pedigrees of stallions?
Weatherbys
258
A bet to place means you get a payout if your horse finishes first or second. What is the bet if you want to go for 1st, 2nd or 3rd?
A bet to show
259
In football, how many Rules of the Game?
Seventeen
260
In which magazine did Ebenezer Cobb Morley publish the 17 Rules of the Game in football in 1863?
Bell's Life In London
261
Which body's motto is 'For the Game- For The World'?
FIFA
262
Which two other sports are regulated by FIFA as well as football?
Futsal and beach soccer
263
Who was the first president of FIFA?
Robert Guerin
264
Which country moved from the Asian football federation to UEFA in 1994?
Kazakhstan
265
In 2002, which country moved from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian one?
Australia
266
Which two countries are CONCACAF members despite being on the South American mainland?
Guyana and Surinam
267
To mark its centenary celebrations in 2004, FIFA organised a friendly between which two countries?
France and Brazil
268
What, in football, did German composer Franz Lambert create?
The FIFA Anthem
269
The first meeting of what took place at the FA's offices at Holborn Viaduct in London on 2 June 1886?
IFAB (International Football Association Board)
270
What two-word phrase means a footballer who is able to play comfortably in a variety of positions?
Utility Player
271
Which Mexican goalkeeper was famous for being able to play as a striker when called upon?
Jorge Campos
272
Which German goalkeeper scored in a record four German divisions, the German Cup and the Champions League?
Hans-Jorg Butt
273
Who effectively invented the role of sweeper or libero?
Franz Beckenbauer
274
In days of yore, when teams in football played a 2-3-5 formation, what name was given to the three 'midfielders'?
Half-backs
275
Brazil's famous final goal at the 1970 Finals was scored by which full-back?
Carlos Alberto
276
In football, what collective name is given to the left and right backs?
Full backs
277
Which Italian player effectively created the role of the moern attacking full-back and was nicknamed The Spider?
Giacinto Facchetti
278
By what two-word name is a holding midfielder or midfield anchor better known?
Defensive midfielder
279
Andreo Pirlo is one half of a famous defensive midfield partnership for AC Milan and Italy. Who is the other half?
Gennaro Gattuso
280
In modern football-speak, someone like Dennis Bergkamp or Zinedine Zidane was a striker playing 'in the hole'. How was this position known in days of yore?
Inside forward
281
What is the Italian term for this position?
Trequartista
282
Royal Engineers, in 1872, played with an amazing 1-2-7 formation. What was the name of the single defensive position?
Three-quarter back
283
Who was the famous trequartista of the Hungary team in the early 1950s?
Nandor Hidegkuti
284
Which team came third in the World Cup of 1970?
West Germany
285
Which club won the European Cup three times in a row in the 1970s?
Ajax
286
What was the score in the first ever international game, between England and Scotland in 1872?
0-0
287
Which geographical name was given to the school of football exemplified by the 2-3-5 formation as modified by Austria, the Czechs and Hungarians in the 1920s?
Danubian School
288
Which formation in football was devised by Vittorio Pozzo, the Italian manager in the 1930s, and helped the Italians win their back-to-back World Cups in the 1930s?
Metodo
289
Which football formation, consisting of two 'mirrored' letter shapes, was created by Herbert Chapman at Arsenal?
W-M
290
Which formation did the Brazil team play at the 1970 World Cup?
4 2 4
291
Who coached the 1970 Brazil team, having played in the 1958 side?
Mario Zagallo
292
Who were the two managers who took A C Milan to three European Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and three UEFA Super Cups between 1988 and 1995?
Arrigo Sacchi and Fabio Capello
293
Later, AC Milan had further success in the early 2000s under which now Premiership manager?
Carlo Ancelotti
294
Which team did Guus Hiddinck take to the 2006 World Cup?
Australia
295
What is now 105m long and 68m wide as of 2008?
A football pitch
296
What, in sport, is eight yards by eight feet?
A football goal
297
Liverpool engineer John Brodie invented what in 1891?
Goal nets
298
The goal area is known as what, colloquially, and in imperial measurement?
Six yard box
299
Likewise, how is the penalty area sometimes referred to as?
Eighteen yard box
300
What is the purpose of the D or penalty arc in football?
Exclusion zone for other players during penalties
301
What is the name of the shorter end of the field in football that is not between the goalposts?
By-line
302
What is the diameter of the centre circle in football?
Twenty yards
303
Where must other players stand during a penalty shoot-out?
Within the centre circle
304
What words is futsal a contraction of?
Futbal de Salon
305
How many players per side in futsal?
Five
306
How many substitutes are allowed in futsal?
Unlimited
307
How long is a half in futsal?
Twenty minutes
308
In futsal, the ball can go out of play for what reason that is not used in football?
Touching the ceiling
309
As of 2010, which is the highest-ranked country in the world at futsal and also number one in Europe?
Spain
310
Which Asian country is in fourth place in the futsal rankings, substantially better than it has ever done in football?
Iran
311
In which city was the inaugural FIFA futsal World Cup held in 1989, predictably won by Brazil?
Rotterdam
312
Which sport is also known as beasal?
Beach football
313
Beach football splits the game into thirds, each of how many minutes?
Twelve
314
What happens when you get a yellow card in beach football?
You leave the pitch for two minutes
315
Which alternative world cup is held by the N F Board for countries not represented by FIFA?
VIVA World Cup
316
Despite having a goalscoring opportunity for West Ham against Everton, which footballer earned plaudits for stopping play because he noticed the goalkeeper was injured before the ref did?
Paolo di Canio
317
In which country is choripan, similar to a hot dog, enjoyed at football matches?
Argentina
318
What is called torcidas organizadas in Brazilian football and barra brava in Argentinian football?
Hooliganism
319
Why are Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight well-known in the world of football?
Leeds fans killed in Istanbul in 2000
320
Which player was once threatened by an Inter Milan fan threatening to burn down his restaurant?
Christian Vieri
321
In which year of the Home Nations Championship did the Tartan Army invade the pitch at Wembley after beating England 2-1, breaking down the goalposts and cutting up turf?
1977
322
Which famous streaker disrupted the final between Portugal and Greece at Euro 2004?
Jimmy Jump
323
Who managed to get into the Man United team photograph before the Champions League final against Bayern Munich?
Karl Power
324
In the film Green Street, a fan refers to West Ham's derby against which other team as like 'Israel v Palestine'?
Milwall
325
What is the leading fan's group in Britain campaigning for the return of terraces?
Stand Up Sit Down
326
After the 2002 World Cup, the head of which country's FA decided to run for President?
South Korea
327
Which Celtic goalkeeper died after colliding with a Rangers player in 1931?
John Thomson
328
Jock Stein died of a heart attack during a game in which Scotland beat which country to secure their place at the 1986 World Cup?
Wales
329
Which South African director was responsible for the radically different films Tsotsi (2005) and Wolverine (2009)?
Gavin Hood
330
What was the name of the radio station launched by the Sun fronted by Jon Gaunt, which lasted only 18 months, thank God?
SunTalk
331
What name has been given to the new genre of 'rom-coms' that feature close male friendships?
Bromance
332
What was Jed Mercurio's 2009 biography of JFK called?
American Adulterer
333
On 31 March 1949, the record label RCA Victor announced the creation of what?
The 45rpm 7 inch single
334
Which talking budgie in the 1950s sang with a Geordie accent?
Sparky
335
Which Indian author's The Immortals (2009), is set in the city of his birth, Bombay. It tells the stories of Shyam, Mallika and Nirmalya, whose lives are all touched in some way by music?
Amit Chaudhuri
336
In 2009, actor David Timson created 150 separate voices for a box set recording of every book in which series?
Sherlock Holmes
337
In 2009, the film Flash of Genius tells the story of one man's fight to save which invention from the automotive industry?
Intermittent windscreen wiper
338
Which Hollywood star wrote the autobiography 'Pieces of My Heart', dealing with his starring role in Hart to Hart and the death of his wife?
Robert Wagner
339
At one point, William G Stewart was secretary to which flamboyant MP?
Tom Driberg
340
Which eccentric MP's career ended when he covered up the fact that he'd driven the wrong way round a roundabout? At one point, Christine Holman (now Hamilton) was his secretary.
Gerald Nabarro
341
What was the name of the 2009 James Corden and Matthew Horne film described as a 'waste of a good film title'?
Lesbian Vampire Killers
342
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino, Il Divo is a film biopic of the life of one of Italy's most significant modern politicians. Who?
Giulio Andreotti
343
The work was started in 1975 and opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1984.It presents a panoramic view of key events and people in the 20th century. This installation forms a mural that is 600 feet long and 12–20 feet high. The artist worked on the panels from 1975 until his death. It was reopened in 2009 after refurbishment, and is housed near Waterloo station. What's it called?
The Topolski Century
344
Which comedian had a show called I've Never Seen Star Wars in 2009?
Marcus Brigstocke
345
Who did Alan Moore collaborate on Watchmen with?
Dave Gibbons
346
The only ecumenical university in Europe, what is the name of Liverpool's 'third' university?
Liverpool Hope University
347
Marcus Harvey, who became infamous for his Myra Hindley portrait in Sensation, has created a portrait of which famous person out of vegetables and sex toys?
Margaret Thatcher
348
Which singer-songwriter's 2009 album was called Years of Refusal?
Morrissey
349
Which comedian was fined in 2009 for smashing an audience member's mobile phone?
Lee Hurst
350
Crime writer Graham Hurley sets all of his books in which unlikely city?
Portsmouth
351
What was the Notorious B.I.G.'s real name?
Christopher Wallace
352
Born Iain David McGeachy in New Malden, he was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a forty-year career he released twenty studio albums, working with artists such as Eric Clapton and David Gilmour. How was he better known?
John Martyn
353
From which TV series did the memorable phrase 'He's Just Not That Into You' come?
Sex and the City
354
Who played Arthur Daley's nephew Archie in the atrocious 2000s remake of Minder?
Shane Ritchie
355
Who is the Chief Creative Officer of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios?
John Lasseter
356
When Marc-Vivien Foe collapsed and died in 2003, Cameroon were playing which country in the Confederations Cup?
Colombia
357
What was the name of the York FC player who collapsed and died in 1990?
David Longhurst
358
The air disaster of 1949 in which the Torino FC squad died is known as what?
The Superga disaster
359
Which country's entire football team died in 1993 in an air crash?
Zambia
360
In football, what does FARE stand for?
Football Against Racism in Europe
361
In which country does the W League run for women's football?
USA
362
In which country does the L League run for women's football?
Japan
363
Which country hosted the first ever African Cup of Nations?
Ghana
364
Which German led the Greeks to victory in Euro 2004?
Otto Rehhegal
365
After Maradona was sent home from USA 1994 for failing a drugs test, which country knocked Argentina out of the competition?
Romania
366
Lee Bowyer fought with which of his NUFC team-mates on field in 2005?
Kieron Dyer
367
What Italian name has been given to the 2006 Serie A matchfixing scandal, which resulted in Juventus being relegated to Serie B?
Calciopoli
368
Escape to Victory was based very loosely on the wartime football match between the Luftwaffe and which other club, who won the game and were persecuted for it?
Dynamo Kiev
369
Which manager took Burnley FC to the Premiership in the 2000s?
Owen Coyle
370
Which German football club published a special edition of the Bible, with additional writings by its Christian players?
Schalke 04
371
On 5 December 1921, the FA banned what game from its members' grounds?
Women's football
372
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, the UEFA Women's Championship in football has been dominated by which country?
Germany
373
The first ever women's football world cup in 1991, won by the USA, was held in which country?
China
374
How did Dutch women's football team FC De Rakt make headlines in 2008?
Unveiled revealing new kit, including short skirts
375
A rare example of hooliganism in women's football came in the 2000 African Cup of Nations final, where fans from which country threw bottles at Nigerian players, causing the game to be abandoned?
South Africa
376
If Josef Bican is in top spot for all goals ever scored by footballers, who is in second place?
Gerd Muller
377
Which Brazilian has scored the most goals ever by a Brazilian, with Pele only in second place?
Arthur Friedenreich
378
Which Brazilian played in 1188 professional football matches between 1985 and 2007 and is sixth in the all-time goalscorers charts?
Romario
379
In paralympic football, 5-a-side games are played for blind players and 7-a-side for players with what handicap?
Cerebral palsy
380
In blind football, which is the only player allowed to be sighted?
Goalkeeper
381
What is the Spanish name for the style of short-passing football that culminated in wins at Euro 2008 and the World Cup 2010?
Tiki Taka
382
In friendly international matches, what is the limit for number of substitutes?
Six
383
When Jerzy Dudek successfully distracted penalty takers in the 2005 Champions League final, he was basing his tactics on those of which of his predecessors?
Bruce Grobelaar (in the 1984 final)
384
In football, how would English players or supporters normally refer to what is also called a 'wall pass' or a 'give and go'?
A one-two
385
Who was Brazil's midfield general at the 1958 and 1962 World Cups, later going on to coach Peru?
Didi
386
When Maradona scored the 'Hand of God', it was as a result of a misplaced back pass to Shilton by which defender?
Steve Hodge
387
Who were all three of Brazil's three-man strike force at Brazil 1970?
Pele, Jairzinho, Tostao
388
What is the name of the governing body of cycling?
UCI
389
What name is given to the type of bicycle where the rider sits back with the legs horizontal?
Recumbent
390
Lotoja is, at 206 miles, the longest single-day road race in which country?
USA (Logan, Utah to Jackson, Wyoming)
391
The most popular type of cycle racing in North America, what name is given to races based on circuits typically less than a mile in length and run for a set time (60min, 90min, etc) rather than a specific distance?
Criterium
392
Englishman James Moore, of Ely, won the first ever cycle race in which Paris park in 1868?
St Cloud
393
What form cycling is being described? Races typically take place in the autumn and winter and consist of many laps of a 2–3 km or 1–2 mile course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills, and obstacles requiring the rider to dismount, carry the bike and remount in one motion.
Cyclo-cross
394
In a rowing boat, which side is strokeside?
Port
395
What name is given to starboard?
Bowside
396
What name is given to the form of rowing where each rower has one oar, held with both hands?
Sweep rowing
397
What name is given to rowing where each oarsman has two oars?
Sculling
398
What other name, sounding like a protective covering, is sometimes given to racing rowing boats?
Shells
399
In multi-rower boats in rowing, where does the lightest person traditionally sit?
The bow
400
Which Oxford university claims to have the oldest college rowing club in the world?
Brasenose
401
The University Boat Race was the second Varsity sporting event. A match in which other sport preceded it by two years?
Cricket
402
After the Leander, where in Germany was the second rowing club in the world founded?
Hamburg
403
In which city was the first American rowing club?
Detroit
404
Which was the first university rowing club in the USA?
Yale
405
Which is the oldest international sports federation in the Olympics movement, dating from 1892?
FISA (rowing)
406
Why was rowing cancelled at the 1896 Athens Olympics?
Bad weather
407
In all rowing competitions, there are only four formats of numbers of people involved. What are they?
1,2,4,8
408
In running, boats for how many rowers are always coxed?
Eight or more
409
Which rare form or rowing has a boat with 2 scullers and 2 sweepers?
Queep
410
Which rare form or rowing has a boat with 1 sculler and 2 sweepers?
Randan
411
If a scull is the oar for a sculling boat, what is the name of an oar in a racing boat?
Blade
412
The CRASH-B Sprints in Boston are a competition in which sport?
Indoor rowing (on machines)
413
Which sport demands the highest power outputs of athletes in any sport?
Rowing
414
Which competition in rowing is over 1 mile, 550 yards?
Henley regatta
415
In rowing, what can be defined as time trial races that take place from autumn to early spring? Boats begin with a rolling start at intervals of 10 - 20 seconds, and are timed over a set distance.
Head Races
416
Who established the Head of the River Race in 1926?
Steve Fairbairn
417
Which Head Race in the USA is now the largest rowing event in the world?
Head of the Charles Regatta
418
In these rowing races, crews start lined up along the river at set intervals, and all start at the same time. The aim is to catch up with the boat in front, and avoid being caught by the boat behind. If a crew overtakes or makes physical contact with the crew ahead, a ______ is awarded. As a result damage to boats and equipment is common?
Bumps races
419
Eton and which other are the only ones in Britain to continue the tradition of bumps races?
Shrewsbury
420
What name is given to a rowing race where competitors have to row out to a marker, turn around it, then finish at the start line?
Stake race
421
At the Olympics, as well as men's and women's there are two more categories for rowing- what are they?
Lightweight men and lightweight women
422
In the rowing federation FISA, what does the A stand for?
Aviron (Federation International des Societes d')
423
What is the difference in coxswains' equipment between British and international rowing events?
In British events, the cox must wear a buoyancy aid
424
Which Jules Verne novel recounts a fight between an ichthyosaur and a giant plesiosaur?
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
425
The Monarch of Invisible Empire was one nickname given to Montague Norman; what position did he hold at the abandonment of the gold standard in 1931?
Governor of the Bank of England
426
Which German painter of the c16 painted the Madonnas of Soliturn and Darmstadt?
Hans Holbein the Younger
427
The 1529 landscape painting showing the victory of Alexander the Great at Issus is the best known work by which c16 German artist?
Albrect Altdorfer
428
What is the collective name of the semitendinotus, the semi membraneous and biceps femoris muscles?
Hamstrings
429
Which Babylonian king conquered Jerusalem?
Nebuchadnezzar
430
Which human rights lawyer defended the National Theatre during Mary Whitehouse's unsuccessful case against The Romans in Britain?
Geoffrey Robertson
431
Which man defended the Guardian against Jonathan Aitken, Jeremy Thorpe against a charge of murder and Ken Dodd for tax evasion?
George Carman
432
Which Greek term means trial and error and is applied to problem-solving?
Heuristic
433
Who was known for his 'The Man Who' cartoons?
H M Bateman
434
Who wrote the Afghanistan-set The Man Who Would be King in 1888?
Rudyard Kipling
435
The song Heart and Soul was written by which man, with lyrics by Frank Loesser?
Hoagy Carmichael
436
In which English town is The Public, an arts centre well-known for its daring architecture, described as 'a shoe box with blobby windows'?
West Bromwich
437
Science writer John Gribbin has also published a biography of which singer?
Buddy Holly
438
Who directed the Usual Suspects, the first two X-Men films, Superman Returns and Valkyrie?
Bryan Singer
439
His first major play, Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening, 1891), which concerns sexuality and puberty among some young German students, caused a scandal, as it contained scenes of homoeroticism, implied group male masturbation, actual male masturbation, sado-masochism between a teenage boy and girl, rape, and suicide, as well as references to abortion. In 2006, it was adapted into a successful Broadway musical, Spring Awakening. Which German playwright?
Frank Wedekind
440
What is the name of the wrsetler played by Micky Rourke in the 2009 film?
Randy 'The Ram' Robinson
441
The compilation album Now 1 featured two songs by which band?
UB40
442
Who directed Hiroshima Mon Amour and Last Year at Marienbad?
Alain Resnais
443
Who wrote Q and A, later filmed as Slumdog Millionaire?
Vikas Swarup
444
A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carre concerns the global war on terror and is set in which city?
Hamburg
445
Who wrote the song Hallelujah?
Leonard Cohen
446
The theatre group Kneehigh originate from which British county?
Cornwall
447
Which 2008 film saw Burt Reynolds as a washed up Hollywood star thinking is is being invited to play Shakespeare in Stratford on Avon but instead it's an amateur production in Stratford St John, Suffolk?
A Bunch of Amateurs
448
The Emmy-award winning documentary The Beckoning Silence was about climbing which mountain?
The Eiger
449
Which lesbian American poet (1911-1979), famed for her friendship with Robert Lowell, was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950, a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1956 and a National Book Award Winner for Poetry in 1970?
Elizabeth Bishop
450
Which classic of c20 literature was written on a long scroll of paper that is still occasionally unfurled at museums and galleries worldwide?
On The Road
451
Which American composer was born in December 1908 and is still alive as of November 2010?
Elliott Carter
452
In 2008, what became the fastest-selling DVD of all time in the UK?
Mamma Mia
453
Tate Britain has a room dedicated to his work. Which influential abstract artist worked in St Ives with Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth and later created the controversial pavilion at Peterlee new town?
Victor Pasmore
454
Who wrote Maus, the comic-book treatment of the Second World War?
Art Spiegelmann
455
What is the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, named for a British astrophysicist who was played by David Tennant on TV in 2008?
The Eddington Limit
456
Which German artist created slides which spiralled down Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in 2006, and created a functioning hotel room in New York's Guggenheim Museum?
Carsten Hoeller
457
Under what name did Paul McCartney record an album of ambient music in 1993?
The Fireman
458
Which Japanese American supporter of gay rights played Mr Sulu in Star Trek?
George Takei
459
Which Kentucky-born singer-songwriter also stars in films and has his own brand of supermarket food, called Bakersfield Biscuits?
Dwight Yoakam
460
Which Norwegian composer, percussionist and jazz performer has a habit of performing on instruments not usually associated with the genre? His piece de resistance is a three-foot horn made entirely of 2500-year-old ice from a Norwegian glacier.
Terje Isungset
461
Who was the director of Waltz With Bashir?
Ari Folman
462
In his victory speech, Barack Obama referred to the phrase A Change is Gonna Come, associated with which singer-songwriter?
Sam Cooke
463
Which British playwright and memoirist, author of The Smoking Diaries and the Last Cigarette, died, perhaps predictably, of lung cancer in 2008?
Simon Gray
464
Which computer game, launched in 2007 and with sackboy/sackgirl/sackperson as its main protagonist, was praised for its pioneering use of user-generated content, where players could design new levels of their own? Stephen Fry voices the tutorials.
LittleBigPlanet
465
Which English economist raised eyebrows with his rejection of capitalism in 1920's The Acquisitive Society?
R(ichard) H(enry) Tawney
466
Which drink, popular in the c19, was made with red wine, brandy, lemon, sugar and sherry?
Claret Cup
467
In which Spanish city do Osasuna play?
Pamplona
468
The unusual name of which Italian football club reflects the fact that it was a merger of two pre-existing teams?
Sampdoria
469
Sampdoria and Genoa CFC have been sharing which venue since 1946?
Stadio Luigi Ferraris
470
Dukla and Sparta are two of the three Prague football teams. What's the third?
Slavia
471
In which Dutch city do FC Twente play?
Enschede
472
In which Norwegian city do Rosenborg play?
Trondheim
473
Which Romanian town is the smallest ever to host Champions League football?
Urziceni
474
Litex Lovech are a football club from which country?
Bulgaria
475
Curve, in Leicester, is the first British building by which famous architect?
Rafael Vinoly
476
Which man, who headed the winner for Arsenal in the 1980 Cup-Winners Cup against Juventus, the first time they had lost to a British team on home soil, died aged 39 from a drug overdose in 2001?
Paul Vaessen
477
Where the Air is Clear, Aura, and The Death of Artemio Cruz are works by which giant of Mexican literature, born 1928?
Carlos Fuentes
478
Berowne is a character in which Shakespeare play?
Love's Labour's Lost
479
The Mexican father of which singer-songwriter, whos emiddle name is Chandos, was the co-inventor of the x-ray microscope?
Joan Baez
480
Starring Malcolm McDowall as the namesake emperor, which was the first major motion picture (1979) to feature eminent film actors in a film with explicit sex scenes?
Caligula
481
Which American minimalist sculptor and video artist is known for working with large-scale assemblies of sheet metal? He was involved in the Process Art Movement.
Richard Serra
482
Charles Peattie created which cartoon character for the Daily Telegraph?
Alex
483
Which new £100m commercial development alongside the Regent's Canal in King's Cross, housing London's first new classical concert venue since The Barbican opened in 1982, will provide a new home for the London Sinfonietta and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment?
King's Place
484
Which controversial 1975 Italian drama film written and directed by Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini is based on the book The 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade. Because of its scenes depicting intensely graphic violence, sadism, and sexual depravity, the movie was extremely controversial upon its release, and remains banned in several countries to this day. It was Pasolini's last film; he was murdered shortly before it was released?
Salo
485
What is the Arabic word for blessed or lucky, used in slang to mean lucky in many non-Arab languages, and also related to the forename of a President of the USA?
Baraka
486
Which composer and lyricist created the musicals Annie (1977) and Bye Bye Birdie (1960)?
Charles Strouse
487
Which comic strip artist was the first to create the character of Little Orphan Annie?
Harold Gray
488
What is the name of the horse in War Horse?
Joey
489
Which chef, dubbed 'the Russell Brand of the kitchen' started his television career on the BBC in Autumn 2008 with What to Eat Now, a cookery programme based on his book of the same name?
Valentine Warner
490
Which contemporary Egyptian novelist wrote the massively successful The Yakoubian Building in 2007, a scathing look at Egypt since 1952?
Alaa al-Aswany
491
Who directed A Bridge Too Far?
Richard Attenborough
492
Now living in the USA after seeking asylum there due to persecution, from which country do thrash metal band Acrassicauda (meaning black scorpion) hail?
Iraq
493
What is the most famous creation of John Pasche?
The tongue and lips logo for the Rolling Stones
494
Young British musician Alison Balsom plays which instrument?
Trumpet
495
Which award-winning Norwegian author and journalist is the daughter of Ingmar Bergman?
Lin Ullmann
496
Which Peterlee-born actress is known for her television roles in Our Friends in the North (1996), The Lost Prince (2003) and The Forsyte Saga (2002); and her portrayal of Bella in the film Notting Hill (1999)?
Gina McKee
497
Which young, gay French director is famous for his films Swimming Pool and 8 Women?
Francois Ozon
498
Esbjorn Svensson was a Swedish jazz pianist who died in 2008 in what kind of accident?
Scuba diving
499
Which Liverpudlian screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom?
Frank Cottrell Boyce
