Wikiquiz 1 Flashcards
Wikiquiz
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Which titular objectof the first Harry Potter novel was originally found in Vault 713 at Gringott’s Bank?
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The Philosopher’s Stone
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What is thename beginning with Bof the soft, flat-crowned hat made of wool or felt which has been worn by figures such as Bernard Montgomery and Frank Spencer but most popularly by the French?
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Beret
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Which London thoroughfare, part of the A4, runs from Hyde Park Corner east to its namesake Circus with its famous neon advertising hoardings?
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Piccadilly
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The first was open from 1923 to 2000 and the second has been open since 2007.What London football venueis this?
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Wembley
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What name is given tothe regular shedding of blood and mucosal tissuefrom the wall of the uterus through the vagina?
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Menstruation or period
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“Probably the worst scholar Eton ever sent us -a buffoon and idler.” This quote from Oswyn Murray, an ancient history don at Balliol College, Oxford, is aboutwhich current MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip? As in life, a forename alone is not acceptable.
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Boris Johnson
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Monty Norman was unfairly deprived of credit for composing the iconic theme towhich British film series, with many people believing that John Barry (who merely arranged it for the first film in the franchise) was its composer?
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James Bond
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Which American(1835-1910) wrote the novelsThe Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King ArthurandPudd’n’head Wilsonamong other better known works?
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Mark Twain
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Prince Harry, Harry Styles and Danny Cipriani were all past romantic partners ofwhich TV presenter and celebritywho died aged just 40 in February 2020?
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Caroline Flack
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The regional park the Phlegraean Fields, known for numerous craters and other volcanic landforms, is located just west ofwhich Italian city, the capital of the Campania region?
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Naples or Napoli
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Twinkle Twinkle Little StarandBaa Baa Black Sheepshare a tune.What perhaps even more famous song, taught to most young children, also shares that tune?
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Alphabet song
12
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Tupac Amaru, who led a remnant group of survivors from Vilcabamba from 1571, was the last indigenous leader ofwhich group of people, conquered by the Spanish?
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Inca
13
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Both involving Adolf Anderssen, the Evergreen and the Immortal Games are separate and celebrated 19th century contests inwhat board game and mind sport?
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Chess
14
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What word with various scientific meanings is given tothe solid central part of a comet, also nicknamed “the dirty snowball”?
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Nucleus
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The Embassy Club in Manchester was owned bywhich Mancunian comedianwhose racial “humour” meant he thankfully rarely featured on British television in the years leading up to his death in 2007?
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Bernard Manning
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Father of microbiology Antoine van Leeuvenhoek was the executor of the will ofwhich Dutch painterwhose works includeThe MilkmaidandView of Delft?
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(Johannes) Hans Vermeer
17
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The icons for LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook on a standard Apple iPhone all consist ofwhich two colours?
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Blue and white
18
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Which is theonly chemical elementwhose English name begins with V?
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Vanadium
19
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The Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti hadwhich nationality?
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Nigerian
20
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Gitega replacedwhich cityon the list of African capital cities in 2019?
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Bujumbura
21
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Formed after the Montreal Expos moved south of the border in 2004,which baseball franchisewon its first World Series in 2019 with a 4-3 win over Houston Astros? Franchise name needed but city is not.
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(Washington) Nationals
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In English lawwhich tortinvolves the making of a false statement about another, and can be in writing (libel) or spoken (slander)? A namesake 2013 statute reformed some aspects of English law in this area.
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Defamation
23
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Which pasta shapehas a name meaning “thin string” or “twine” in Italian?
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Spaghetti
24
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What wasthe original middle nameof John Lennon and is the middle name of Gary Lineker?
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Winston
25
The Embarkation of Cythera (1717) is a painting which Frenchman who is particularly associated with the fete galante genre?
Jean-Antoine Watteau
26
Which BBC newsreader, a former Celebrity Mastermind champion of champions, successfully sued the BBC in 2019/20 under the Equal Pay Act, alleging she had been paid less than male peers?
Samira Ahmed
27
Which movement from Claude Debussy's Suite bergamasque has a name basically translating as "moonlight"?
Clair de Lune
28
The annoying phrase "bulge bracket" is collectively given to the key multinational companies operating in what sector?
Banking or finance
29
Which winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics is known, among many other things, for developing his namesake diagram which shows what happens when elementary particles collide?
Richard Feynman
30
Beginning with C and D, name either of the named winter storms which caused significant damage including flooding in the UK in January 2020. This seems like a golden age now.
Ciara or Dennis
31
Nicknamed "the pocket rocket", which Jamaican sprinter has won four of the last five world 100 metres titles and two of the last three Olympic titles, her best time being 10.70 seconds?
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
32
Welcome to the Dollhouse, Storytelling, Palindromes and Happiness are among the films directed by which American independent film screenwriter and director?
Todd Solondz
33
Which demonym follows "No True…" in the name of a fallacy first named by philosopher Antony Flew, which involves attempting to protect a generalisation from counterexamples by changing a definition in an ad hoc fashion to exclude the counterexample?
Scotsman
34
The name of chapter 7 of The Wind in the Willows was taken by an English rock band for the title of their 1967 debut album which featured tracks such as Astronomy Domine and Interstellar Overdrive. Name that band (or, if you wish, the album, but no extra points for that).
Pink Floyd or The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
35
It depicts former Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase and only 336 are believed to remain in circulation: what is the highest denomination of US dollar bill to publicly circulate?
$10,000
36
What name is shared by the brightest star in Canis Minor and the genus of mammals popularly known as the raccoons?
Procyon
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Which 'blog was founded by the former Financial Times journalist Nick Denton but closed in 2016 after being bankrupted by a libel action taken by Hulk Hogan?
Gawker
38
Derived from a Portuguese (and ultimately an Urdu or Persian) word for "soldier", what six-letter name was given to sailors from the Indian subcontinent, and Asia and the Arab world more generally, employed on ships until the mid-20th century?
Lascar
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Anthony Field is the only person who has been a member of which group throughout its existence? This Australian group is aimed at pre-school children and has sold many records in its home nation and the US.
The Wiggles
40
Which 2000 action role-playing video game released by Eidos centres on nanotechnically-enhanced UNATCO agent JC Denton in a future world ravaged by inequality and a deadly plague?
Deus Ex
41
Nip/Tuck, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Archer and The Americans were all first broadcast on which US pay TV channel?
FX
42
A mihrab is a notch in the wall of a Mosque which indicates the direction of Mecca to facilitate prayers. What five letter term is given in Arabic to the direction of Mecca?
Qibla
43
Which year was the longest year in human history at 445 days, because Julius Caesar shifted from the pre-Julian Roman calendar to the Julian calendar by adding two leap months?
46 BC
44
Alexander Stewart, the third surviving son of the Scottish King Robert II, was known for his rapacity and his destruction of the Royal Burgh and Cathedral of Elgin; by what epithet is he best known?
Wolf of Badenoch
45
Which 79 year-old widow was the plaintiff in a 1994 legal case against McDonalds after being burnt by their scalding coffee, being awarded almost $3m? While sometimes cited as an example of overly litigious US culture, in fact she sustained burns to 16% of her body and spent one week in hospital, and McDonalds had offered her just $800.
Stella Liebeck
46
With the subtitle Private Vices, Public Benefits, which 1714 work by Bernard Mandeville is noted for suggesting key economic principles such as division of labour and the invisible hand many years before Adam Smith wrote about them?
The Fable of the Bees
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A real-life Will Hunting, which astronomer began his career as a janitor at Mount Wilson Observatory? He volunteered to be a night assistant and was eventually made a staff member, assisting Edwin Hubble in formulating his namesake law and narrowly failing to discover Pluto (he took photos which included it in 1920, but failed to spot it himself).
Milton Humason
48
Tony Blackburn emotionally appealed live on air for which actress, his wife since 1972, who would go on to appear in Robin's Nest, to return to him?
Tessa Wyatt
49
The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not On Fire and [This band] Do Dallas are two of the albums made by which post-hardcore band formed in Cardiff, active from 1996 to 2005?
Mclusky
50
Outsider Foinavon won the 1967 Grand National when which perhaps aptly named horse, which had unseated its rider, caused a pile up of other horses?
Popham Down
51
Which of the planets in the Solar System has the most consonants in its name?
Mercury
52
Which Indian Batsmen with 15,921 runs is the highest runscorer in the history of Test Cricket?
Sachin Tendulkar
53
What is the name commonly give to a male horse under four years of age?
Colt
54
What South American country has a pair of cannons on its flag making it the one of four countries in the World with firearms on its flag?
Bolivia
55
The Shannon is well knowm for being the longest river in Ireland but what is the second longest?
The Barrow
56
Juba is the capital of which African country?
South Sudan
57
What deceased soul singer, who was at the height of his fame in the 1980s was a significant contributor to David Bowie's Young Americans album?
Luther Vandross
58
What is the name of the fictional village that is thome to Miss Marple? It is the setting for Murder in the Vicarage?
St Mary Mead
59
Who was the leader of the UK Labour Party at the commencement of World War I?
Arthur Henderson
60
What 1984 spoof documentary was the directorial debut for Rob Reiner?
This is Spinal Tap
61
Who, in 1668 was appointed the first poet laureate?
John Dryden
62
Which professional wrestler starred in John Carpenters cult scifi 1988 film They Live? It features a classic line about asskicking and bubblegum.
Roderick George "Roddy" Toombs, ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
63
In 1816 who led an unsuccessful slave revolt against the the British Government in Barbados?
Bussa
64
iIn 2007 Mauretainia became the last country in the world to fully outlaw which activity?
Slavery
65
Eldrick Tont are the first two given names of which famous sporting figure?
Tiger Woods
66
Liberdade, a district considered to have the highest ethnic Japanese population ourside of Japan, is in which South American City?
Sao Paolo
67
According to Biblical tradition whose father was Amram?
Moses
68
In what year was Channel 4 launched?
1982
69
Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company associated with famous billionaire businessman?
Warren Buffet
70
The first rank symptoms of Schizophrenia are often named after which German psyciatrist, the first to describe them?
Kurt Schneider
71
What was the name of Elvis Costello's original backing band?
The Attractions
72
Who was the only US President born in the state of California?
Richard Milhaus Nixon
73
Which hit song from 2000 has the immortal line "Get back you flea -infested mongrel"?
Who let the dogs out
74
Which 1970s police drama starring Michael Douglas and Karl Malden with a Californian city in its title?
The Streets of San Francisco
75
What is the name of the fruit brandy common in the Balkans, associated with Bulgaria but also with roots in other nations in the area?
Rakia/Rakija/Rakiya
76
In Texas Hold em poker what is the name given to mandatory bets placed by players prior to any hand being played?
Blinds
77
What nationality were the first European climbers to ascend Mount Everest in 1956?
Swiss
78
Which virus, which had vaccine developed bt Maz Theiler in 1937, is transmitted by the bite of the female Aedes Aegypti mosquito?
Yellow Fever
79
On a weather map what are line which linking areas with the same atmospheric pressure called?
Isobars
80
Sirimavo Bandaraike became the first elected Prime Minister in 1960 of which country?
Sri Lanka
81
In 1986, who became the first person from an Anglophone country to win the Tour De France?
Greg Lemond
82
The 2000 AD comic book series, best known for Judge Dredd, began puslishing in what year?
1977
83
The molecule trioxygen with the formula O3 is commonly known by what name?
Ozone
84
"Unsex me here, And fill me from the crow to the toe topful Of direst cruelty" are lines spoken by which Shakespearean character?
Lady Macbeth
85
Which record label were the band Oasis initially signed to when they released Definitely Maybe, their debut album in 1993?
Creation
86
Cheyenne is the capital of which US State?
Wyoming
87
What is the term used to describe whwn two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond differences in their reproductive organs?
Dimorphism
88
Andres Manuel Lopez Oblador is the current serving President of which country?
Mexico
89
Who is the only player to have appeared in a Superbowl and the World Series Baseball Finals?
Deion Sanders
90
Who was Napoleon I's second wife, whom he married in 1810, ostensibly to produce an heir?
Marie Louise of Austria
91
Which nation is the World's largest producer of Sugar Beet, with over one quarter of World's production?
Russia
92
A sideline cut is a skill executed in which fast moving field sport?
Hurling
93
In the film adaptation of The Who's Tommy which famous singer played the role of The Acid Queen?
Tina Turner
94
Proton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole act by reducing what substance in the human body?
Stomach Acid
95
Which book by Italo Calvino consists of 55 prose poems describing conversations between Kublai Khan and Marco Polo, describing cities on the latter's travels?
Invisible Cities
96
What is the busiest railway station in Europe and in what city is it located?
Gare du Nord, Paris
97
IIn 1936 who was the first woman to be named Time Magazine's person of the year?
Wallis Simpson
98
Which maritime sport is due to make its debut at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, coronavirus notwithstandstanding?
Surfing
99
What plant is Cornish Yarg cheese coated with?
Nettles
100
A well known Specsavers ad contains a dog being accidentally sheared., but what is the name of the traditional Irish song used in the advert?
Mo Ghile Mear/ Bimse Buain ar Buairt Gach lo
101
Also the title of a David Bowie hit, what was the name of the follow up series to Life on Mars?
Ashes to Ashes
102
What nickname links sports teams from Northampton and Southampton?
Saints
103
What name is shared by the Greek god of darkness, the world's southernmost active volcano, and the ship captained by Sir John Franklin when he and his crew disappeared in 1847?
Erebus
104
Which popular Australian wine brand is named after a small tributary of the North Para River?
Jacob’s Creek
105
Commonly translated as the 'Peacock Angel', Melek Taus is the pre-eminent of the seven holy beings to whom god entrusted the world according to the doctrines of which religion?
Yazidism or Sharfadin
106
Sharing its name with a light blue property on a Monopoly board, which 20th century art movement counted Vanessa Bell, Eric Gill, and John Nash among its members?
Euston Road School
107
No longer an independent country, the armies of which nation were defeated by Napoleon at the battles of Jena and Ligny?
Prussia
108
Later a 'roving ambassador' for Speedo, which American swimmer won four gold medals at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, all in world record times? At those Games, he became the first person to swim the 200 metres backstroke in under two minutes and his record stood for seven years.
John Naber
109
Rising on the slopes of Mount Paektu and flowing into the Sea of Japan, and with a name meaning 'ten thousand' in Mongolian, which river serves as part of the three-way border between China, North Korea, and Russia?
Tumen or Duman
110
Which cat breed shares its name with a number 2 hit for The Four Seasons that appears in the musical Jersey Boys?
Ragdoll
111
Bertrand Russell said that Western philosophy begins with which philosopher, born in the city of Miletus in the 7th century BCE, who believed that everything was ultimately made of water?
Thales
112
Who was the manager of the Great Britain football team at the 1948 Olympic Games?
Matt Busby
113
Who made her screen debut as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin’ to Get Out?
Angelina Jolie
114
What name is shared by three Roman Emperors of the 4th and 5th centuries CE, and three Scottish Kings of the 9th and 10th centuries?
Constantine
115
Which traditional British soft drink is fermented from the roots of the plants Taraxacum officinale and Arctium lappa?
Dandelion and burdock
116
When Private Eye lost a libel action brought by this man in 1986, Ian Hislop quipped, "I've just given a fat cheque to a fat Czech". About whom was he talking?
Robert Maxwell
117
Which city in the UK is home to two cathedrals called St Patrick’s, making it the world’s only city with two cathedrals with the same name?
Armagh
118
Al Pacino was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as which real-life American in the 2019 film The Irishman? The man in question disappeared without trace in 1975.
Jimmy Hoffa
119
Now noted as one of the world’s five ‘Blue Zones’, known for the longevity of their inhabitants, this island earned the nickname of Red Rock when around 10,000 Communists, including the composer Mikis Theodorakis, were exiled there in the aftermath of a failed coup of 1945. This is which Aegean island named after a tragic figure from Greek myth?
Icaria
120
Once famous for its drinking dens, gambling clubs, and brothels, which district of Manhattan shares its name with a succulent cut of meat?
Tenderloin
121
The Stevenson Way is a long-distance walk between Mull and Edinburgh that traces a journey made in which novel by Robert Louis Stevenson?
Kidnapped
122
In the mid-1970s, which band released two albums named after Marx Brothers films?
Queen
123
Lady Gaga has a tattoo on her left bicep that reads, "Prüfen Sie, ob er in der tiefsten Stelle Ihres / Herzens seine Wurzeln ausstreckt, gestehen / Sie sich ein, ob Sie sterben müßten, wenn es Ihnen / versagt würde zu schreiben. Muss ich schreiben?". The words were those of which poet who died of leukaemia in 1926, but whose death is commonly, if mistakenly, more romantically attributed to his having pricked his finger on the thorn of a rose?
Rainer Maria Rilke
124
The order of the animals in the Chinese calendar was supposedly decided by a race. Which animal won the race by riding on the back of the ox and jumping off at the last minute?
Rat
125
Which former Chancellor of the Exchequer was three times defeated in Tory leadership elections, in 1997, 2001, and 2005?
Ken Clarke
126
Which French Romantic artist's early works included Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi and Death of Sardanapalus, both now on display at the Louvre?
Eugène Delacroix
127
Which British TV series was known as My Partner the Ghost when broadcast in the USA?
Randall & Hopkirk Deceased
128
Only two men who never served as President appear on the obverse of American banknotes. One is Benjamin Franklin, and the other is which man, whose profile has risen somewhat in the last few years?
Alexander Hamilton
129
Which American rock band, formed in 1987, take their name from a slang term for spending a 24-hour period smoking marijuana?
Green Day
130
Founded in 1972, which retailer is named after the Greek city in which Richard Tompkins was holidaying when he had the idea for the company?
Argos
131
Although Chanel is best-known for Chanel No. 5, which other number was used for another of its well-known perfumes, launched in 1971, the year before Coco Chanel’s death?
19
132
Which scientifically-important site in Cheshire became the UK’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019?
Jodrell Bank (Observatory)
133
What is the name of the eight-year-old girl who is the protagonist of Candy Crush Saga?
Tiffi or Toffette
134
As well as being the primary ore of aluminium, bauxite is also the primary source of which soft, silvery-blue metal that becomes silvery-white in its liquid state?
Gallium
135
The oldest man ever proclaimed Roman Emperor was which man, proclaimed emperor alongside his son, and largely against his will, whilst Pro-consul in Africa, during a revolt against Maximinus? Aged 79, he committed suicide after just 21 days upon learning of the death of son at the Battle of Carthage.
Gordian I
136
Also the name of a fictional spacecraft, what was the name of the US Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, launched in 1960?
USS Enterprise
137
Which card game, often associated with Christmas, in which players bet on one of four cards and try to play out their hands first, shares its name with a major English racecourse?
Newmarket
138
Which French mathematician (1540-1603), whose work is seen as an important step towards modern algebra, due to its innovative use of letters as parameters in equations, also served as codebreaker to the French kings Henry III and Henry IV?
François Viète or Franciscus Vieta
139
What surname is shared by a member of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning team and his nephew who was a member of England’s 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning team?
Cohen (George & Ben)
140
Which town in Shropshire is named after a famous Scottish engineer who died in 1834?
Telford
141
Aged 11, this Moravian composer wrote the ballet The Snowman, which was popular in Vienna, and two years later his Second Piano Sonata was played throughout Europe by Artur Schnabel. This is which composer who became better-known in the USA for his Oscar-winning scores for the films Anthony Adverse (1936) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)?
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
142
James Lovelock chose the name Gaia Hypothesis to describe his hypothesis that the biosphere has a regulatory effect on the Earth's environment that acts to sustain life on the suggestion of which Booker Prize-winning novelist?
William Golding
143
Lance Armstrong’s last Tour de France victory (later quashed) and Alberto Contador’s first Tour de France victory both came while they were riding for a team named after which American TV channel associated with science and history documentaries?
Discovery Channel
144
Which question has been posed in the titles of top 10 hits for both the Eurythmics and Madonna?
Who’s That Girl?
145
All of England’s ten highest mountains are in which county?
Cumbria
146
Which famous writer was the daughter of the author of the 1792 book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and the wife of the author of the 1820 poem To a Skylark?
Mary Shelley
147
The Philemon Foundation was established in 2003 to publish the complete works of which 20th century thinker? The foundation is named after the wise spirit guide who appears in this man's work commonly known as The Red Book.
Carl Gustav Jung
148
What name is given to the painful condition of women where tissue similar to the lining of the womb starts to grow in other places, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes?
Endometriosis
149
In 1982, Ingrid Bergman’s last film role saw her play which world leader who had died four years earlier?
Golda Meir
150
Sharing its name with a semi-precious stone that comes in bands of different colours, what is the longest river in Antarctica?
Onyx
151
“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.” This is the opening line of the 1963 novel The Bell Jar, which was the only novel written by which author?
Sylvia Plath
152
Number 3 in the periodic table. Which soft, silvery-white alkali metal is the lightest solid chemical element?
Lithium
153
Which song title is shared by 1984 UK number one singles by Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Jennifer Rush and a 1985 UK number nine single by Huey Lewis and the News?
The Power of Love
154
Brisket, Flank and Sirloin are all cuts of which meat?
Beef
155
Which British heavyweight boxer defeated Deontay Wilder in February 2020? In doing so he unified the WBA, IBF, WBC, WBO and The Ring world titles.
Tyson Fury
156
Jones, Blake, Dinkley and Rogers, are the surnames of four of the characters in which classic cartoon series?
Scooby-Doo
157
Wuhan, the city at the centre of the current Coronavirus outbreak, is the capital of which province in Central China?
Hubei
158
Surely a staple in any healthy diet. Which colour packet do Rib N Saucy flavoured Nik Naks come in?
Purple
159
Angra Mainyu (also known as Ahriman) is the evil, destructive spirit in which religion?
Zoroastrianism
160
Which English cathedral city shares its name with the former name of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe?
Salisbury
161
On the Kinsey Scale, used to describe a person's sexual orientation. If 0 is exclusively heterosexual, then which number is used to represent people who are exclusively homosexual?
6/six
162
Coming to mean a person who is neglecting their duties. Which Roman emperor begins the phrase "______ fiddled while Rome burned"?
Nero
163
Built between 1853 and 1856. Manchester's Free Trade Hall is built on the site of which 1819 event?
Peterloo Massacre
164
Which American actor, who is perhaps best known for his role in a 2018 Marvel movie, has also portrayed real life figures Jackie Robinson, James Brown and Thurgood Marshall on film?
Chadwick Boseman
165
Officially 948 metres in height, Tugela Falls is the 2nd tallest waterfall in the world. In which country is it located?
South Africa
166
Which traditionally non-league English football club has enjoyed a rapid rise into the football league in recent years, after being purchased by 5 ex Manchester United players and Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim?
Salford City
167
Mary Anning was a fossil collector and palaeontologist who became known for the important finds she made in Jurassic marine fossil beds along the coast at Lyme Regis. Lyme Regis is a town in which English county?
Dorset
168
German chancellor Angela Merkel is the leader of which centre-right political party?
Christian Democratic Union/CDU
169
What name is given to the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish?
Ichthyology
170
“a priori” describing knowledge obtained independent of experience and “a posteriori” describing knowledge obtained through experience. Are terms that first appeared in which influential work by Immanuel Kant, first published in 1781
Critique of Pure Reason
171
Presuming that no letters are placed on a double or triple square. How many points would you get for the word QUIZ in a game of English language scrabble?
22
172
Which franchise did legendary NFL Quarterback Tom Brady sign for this week? Ending his 20 year stint with the New England Patriots
Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Tampa Bay
173
Two men who later became president of the United States, signed the declaration of Independence in 1776. Thomas Jefferson was one, who was the other?
John Adams
174
Which fashion designer (1890-1973) who worked with Salvador Dali on a number of creations, including the Lobster Dress, was the great rival of Coco Chanel?
Elsa Schiaparelli
175
An Oxford Chemistry graduate, born in Grantham and an Oxford Geography graduate, born in Eastbourne. Are the only two women to have held which job?
UK Prime Minister
176
What is the surname of brothers Angus and Malcolm, who formed the band AC/DC in Sydney in 1973?
Young
177
Which stew of beans with beef and pork is considered the national dish of Brazil? Its name comes from the Portuguese for "beans".
Feijoada
178
Which antibiotic gives its name to a cocktail made from blended Scotch, smoky Islay Scotch, lemon juice, and honey ginger simple syrup?
Penicillin
179
Meursault a French-Algerian man condemned to death for the murder of an Arab man in French-Algiers, is the main character in which very well regarded philisophical novel of 1942?
The Stranger/The Outsider
180
Which Oscar winning movie of the 1970s, was controversial at its time for its portrayal of Russian roulette in Vietnamese POW camps? Journalist Peter Arnett claimed “In its 20 years of war, there was not a single recorded case of Russian roulette ... The central metaphor of the movie is simply a bloody lie”
The Deer Hunter
181
Which legendary Dutch track and field athlete who was nicknamed "the flying housewife", won four golds medals in track field at the 1948 London Olympic Games?
Fanny Blankers-Koen
182
What was the name of the Scottish chef, best known for his 1969-71 TV cooking show The Galloping Gourmet?
Graham Kerr
183
What name is shared by a corrupt former Vice President of FIFA, an actor who starred in the TV series Dixon of Dock Green from 1955 to 1976 and an important early Canadian-American film executive? (First and Last names)
Jack Warner
184
The favourite actor of your setter. Which Hungarian-American actor rose to international acclaim playing a crazed serial killer in the 1931 Fritz Lang film M?
Peter Lorre
185
Its name coming from the Arabic for "Rightly Guided". What was the name of the first of the four major Islamic caliphates established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad?
Rashidun
186
Written by Pete St. John in 1979 and recorded by artists including Mairead Carlin, Daniel O'Donnell and The Dubliners. Which Irish folk ballad tells the story of a fictional man from County Galway, who is sentenced to transportation for stealing food for his starving family?
The Fields of Athenry
187
After the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660, three men were posthumously executed. Two of those were Oliver Cromwell and John Bradshaw. Which man, the brother in-law of Cromwell, was the third man posthumously executed?
Henry Ireton
188
The 2007 single Dream Catch Me, was a one hit wonder for which English singer-songwriter?
Newton Faulkner/Sam Faulkner
189
A favourite of Frederic Chopin. The 1831 opera Robert le Diable is a work by which German composer?
Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Commissioned by Napoleon's sister and noted for having two or three too many vertebrates in the subject's back. The 1814 work Grande Odalisque, is one of the most famous works by which French artist?
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
191
Bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame Street to the south, Westmoreland Street to the east and Fishamble Street to the west. Which area of Dublin, that is thought to take its name from a 17th century English statesman, is promoted as its "cultural quarter" and as the centre of the city's nightlife?
Temple Bar
192
Which movie superstar gives his name to a 2018 UK number five single, by DJs Tiesto and Dzeko?
Jackie Chan
193
What was the name of the Russian submarine that exploded on August 12th, 2000 in the Barents Sea killing all 118 people aboard? Russian authorities attempted to cover up the disaster for 5 days, before finally accepting British and Norwegian help to locate the wreckage.
Kursk
194
Which anonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism within the art world, was launched in response to the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition "An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture" (1984), whose roster of 165 artists included only 13 women?
Guerilla Girls
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“De rerum natura”, (also known as On The Nature of Things”, in English) is a first century didactic poem by which Roman philosopher? The poem was written with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience.
Lucretius
196
Motown: The Musical, a Jukebox Musical which premiered on Broadway in April 2013, is based on the autobiography of which man?
Berry Gordy
197
She is currently the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Which American chemical engineer was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes?
Frances Arnold
198
The 1840 novel A Hero of Our Time was written by which Russian author and poet? He has been given the epithet "the poet of the Caucasus".
Mikhail Lermontov
199
Which Welsh darts player won the 2020 BDO World Championships? At aged 57 he is the oldest man to win either of the darts world titles.
Wayne Warren
200
The television sitcom Dad's Army was primarily filmed in which Norfolk town? The town was also the birthplace of Thomas Paine.
Thetford
201
Which turbulent slow-spinning storm in Jupiter's southern hemisphere has been seen from Earth since around 1665?
Great Red Spot
202
Which bones of the body, of which there are 33, are divided into five groups often known as the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal?
Vertebrae
203
Which material, a form of calcium sulphate, derives its common name from the fact that a large deposit of it exists under Montmartre?
Plaster of Paris
204
What nickname is shared by the football teams Luton Town and Stockport County because of the industry for which both towns are known?
Hatters
205
Which major city was founded in 1835 and named after the serving British Prime Minister?
Melbourne
206
After his arrest and execution in 1953 following a coup d'état by Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet officials instructed subscribers to the Great Soviet Encyclopaedia to tear out the three-page article on this man, and replace it with expanded articles on F.W. Bergholz, the Bering Sea, and Bishop Berkeley. Who was this man, a former chief of the NKVD who was promoted to deputy premier under Stalin from 1941?
Levrentiy Beria
207
At the 1908 Olympics, the City of London Police defeated Liverpool Police to win the gold medal in which event?
Tug of war
208
Born in Mittelbiberach, Germany, Karl Kehrle was a Benedictine monk better known as Brother Adam. He is best-known for breeding a strain of honeybee resistant to Isle of Wight disease, which was decimating the bee population in the early 20th century. He served as beekeeper and monk at which English abbey - after which his bee strain is named - until his retirement in 1992?
Buckfast Abbey
209
Which Asian spice derives its name from the Chinese for 'person plant root' because its roots are said to resemble a man's legs?
Ginseng
210
In the Marvel Comics franchise, which of the X-Men shares his name with a chess piece?
Bishop
211
The smallest production car ever made was the P50, manufactured by which company that was named after the town on the Isle of Man in which it was based?
Peel
212
Which female Dutch swimmer won three gold medals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and a further gold medal in Athens four years later?
Inge de Bruijn
213
What name is given to the sequences of repeated nucleotides that appear in DNA to protect the ends of chromosomes?
Telomeres
214
Loving the Alien was a 1985 top 20 hit for which singer who starred as an alien in a 1976 film?
David Bowie
215
At which battle of June 451 CE did a coalition led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I force the Huns, under Attila, to withdraw from Gaul?
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains or Battle of Châlons
216
Which English king was buried at Westminster Abbey a few days after its consecration?
Edward the Confessor
217
The French anarchist Martial Bourdin died in February 1894 when chemical explosives that he was carrying prematurely detonated outside the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park, London. He was the inspiration for the character of Stevie, who dies in a similar fashion in which 1907 novel?
The Secret Agent (by Conrad)
218
Nyotaimori is the Japanese name given to the practice of serving sushi or sashimi from what unusual surface?
Naked body of a woman
219
Which US city is mentioned in the titles of 1967 hits for both The Flower Pot Men and Scott McKenzie?
San Francisco
220
In Greek mythology, what is the name of the satyr who was flayed alive after he lost a musical contest with Apollo?
Marsyas
221
When Jamie Murray won the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title in 2017, his partner was which woman who had won the Ladies’ Singles title 20 years earlier?
Martina Hingis
222
The first university-educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil, which Swedish naturalist and disciple of Linnaeus accompanied Joseph Banks on James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific Ocean aboard the Endeavour?
Daniel Solander
223
One of the best-known works of the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare is this 1998 reimagining of which very famous painting?
Mr and Mrs Andrews (by Gainsborough)
224
Between 1948 and 1967, the Mandelbaum Gate was the only border crossing point in which divided city?
Jerusalem
225
His best-known work is probably his Die Schönbrunner" Walzer, Op. 200, which is commonly cited as the most famous of all waltzes prior to the creation of Johann Strauss II's The Blue Danube. This is which Viennese composer and great rival of Johann Straus I?
Joseph Lanner
226
What name is shared by three different rivers which flow through Salisbury, Bath, and Warwick respectively?
Avon
227
Often noticeable when you are hungry, borborygmus is the medical name for which bodily phenomenon?
Stomach rumbling
228
First coming to attention for his role as the child, Elliott, in Steven Spielberg's film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Henry Thomas has been seen on our screens more recently as Hugh Crain in which Netflix series that debuted in 2018?
The Haunting of Hill House
229
Which common garden flower takes its name from the Greek for 'water vessel' because of the cup-like shape of its seed capsules?
Hydrangea
230
The new £20 note features JMW Turner and his famous painting of which ship?
The Fighting Temeraire
231
Which word, meaning ‘to withdraw support for a person or organisation as a form of protest’, derives from the surname of an Irish land agent who was so treated in order to get rents reduced?
Boycott
232
This statue in Odate Station, in Japan's Akita province, depicts which akita dog who has a central place in modern Japanese folklore because of his example of great loyalty? The dog used to go to Tokyo’s Shibuya Station to meet the train that brought his master home from work every day, until his master died suddenly while away from home, leading the dog to wait at the train station every day for almost ten years, hoping in vain for the return of his master.
Hachik?
233
Which day of the week is named after the Norse goddess who serves as the wife of Odin?
Friday (Frigg)
234
Which English city gives its name to a low cabinet for holding sheet music (or sometimes books)?
Canterbury
235
Caspar David Friedrich's Two Men Contemplating the Moon was, according to the author himself, the inspiration for which famous play, in which two men contemplate any number of things?
Waiting for Godot
236
Rhodes International Airport is named after which ancient Greek boxer of the 5th century BCE, twice Olympic champion, whose three sons also became celebrated Olympians?
Diagoras of Rhodes
237
Which Irish town – which might remind you of an episode of South Park - gives its name to a pair of legendary cats who supposedly fought until only their tails remained?
Kilkenny
238
Which disease is named after the English doctor who wrote the 1817 work entitled An Essay on the Shaking Palsy?
Parkinson’s disease
239
Which panel show, broadcast between 1995 and 2006, took its name from a famous line spoken by Kenneth Wolstenholme?
They Think It’s All Over
240
Which mythical creature appears in the titles of a novel by John Wyndham and a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?
Kraken
241
The first woman ever to win the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, the Golden Globe for Best Original Score, and the Oscar for Best Original Score for the same film, which Icelandic composer was honoured for her work on Joker? She is commonly known by a single name.
Hildur (accept her patronymic Guðnadóttir if given)
242
Which book of the Old Testament gets its name because it starts with a census of the children of Israel?
Numbers
243
Appearing continuously for many months as engineers calibrated equipment and experimental TV sets, the first continuously broadcast image on television was of which cartoon character?
Felix the Cat
244
Taken by Man Ray, this photograph is of Rrose Sélavy, an alter-ego of which famous artist?
Marcel Duchamp
245
Which member of England's 2003 Rugby Union World Cup winning team had already represented England at Rugby League?
Jason Robinson
246
Often considered the birthplace of jazz, which is the only New Orleans neighbourhood located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River? The neighbourhood shares its name with an African capital city.
Algiers
247
Which bird is the world's fastest bird on land that is also capable of flight? Its predators include raccoons, hawks, and, of course, coyotes.
Roadrunner
248
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, which Czech sportswoman became the first person to win two gold medals at the same Winter Olympics using two different types of equipment, having triumphed in the super-G in alpine skiing, and in the parallel giant slalom in snowboarding?
Ester Ledecká
249
Salvatore and Cherilyn were the real first names of which famous duo?
Sonny & Cher
250
Persecution and the Art of Writing, Thoughts on Machiavelli, and History of Political Philosophy are among the best-known works of which German-born American philosopher (1899-1973) who is criticised in some quarters for advocating a return to authoritarian rule and imperial domination?
Leo Strauss
251
Which Italian painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
252
Docs, Sheets and Slides are programmes within which internet company's office suite, all of which work in conjunction with its cloud-based storage service Drive?
Google
253
The country whose capital is Bamako is an anagram of the capital of Peru. Name both the country and the capital.
Lima and Mali
254
Tracey Neville, sister of footballers Gary and Phil, played for and coached the English national team in which seven-a-side ball sport predominantly played by women?
Netball
255
The two word name for which structure formed by intertwined strands of DNA precedes A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA in the title of a 1968 work by James Watson?
Double Helix
256
Which second-largest city in Bavaria held namesake Nazi party Rallies between 1923 and 1938 and namesake Trials of Nazi leaders in October 1946?
Nuremberg
257
Which comedian and actor (1953-2016) wrote, produced and starred as Brenda Furlong in the sitcom Dinnerladies?
Victoria Wood
258
What is the second book of the Old Testament?
Exodus
259
Which carbonated soft drink brand disastrously reformed its formula in 1985, producing a version unoffically called 'New [this drink]'? Within three months its original formula was reintroduced.
Coca-Cola or Coke
260
The rivers Test and Itchen join at which south coast English city, forming that city's namesake Water?
Southampton
261
Get the Party Started, Just Like a Pill and So What were big UK hits for which American vocalist, the i in whose stage name is often stylised as an exclamation mark?
P!nk
262
Which British monarch, who ruled from 1830 to 1837, had (before he took the throne) ten illegitimate children with the Irish actress Dorothea Jordan?
William IV
263
Larissa Latynina and Alexandr Dityatin were Soviet Olympic greats at which sport?
Gymnastics
264
What is alphabetically the first of the halogens?
Astatine
265
Which 2008 film starring Robert Downey, Jr., as Tony Stark was the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film to be released?
Iron Man
266
The philosophy of art is a sub-discipline of which branch of philosophy which considers beauty and taste?
Aesthetics
267
Which fruit, also the name of a QLL team, is memorably known as 'pamplemousse' in French?
Grapefruit
268
What adjective is used to describe a tail which has adapted to grasp or hold objects?
Prehensile
269
What forename and surname are shared by two musical Americans, one a world-leading classical guitarist and the other a world-leading film composer? In February 2020 a tweet from Sony Classical embarrassingly confused them.
John Williams
270
A subject perennially of interest to economists, which word completes the title of the Keynes masterwork: General Theory of Employment, Interest and _____?
Money
271
In cricket, what humorous alliterative name, said to allude to the fact it is where "agricultural" (i.e. basic) shots go, is given to the part of the field in the deep on the batsman's leg side, typically stretching from forward of deep midwicket to backward of long on?
Cow corner
272
The surname of which composer followed 'viva' in a coded message sent after Italian reunification, which alluded to the then King of Sardinia?
Verdi
273
Which coat with toggle fastenings and a hood is named after a town near Antwerp in Belgium where their namesake thick woolen material originated?
Duffel coat
274
Which is the only number whose name in English has its letters in alphabetical order?
Forty
275
One of the three great French dramatists of the 17th century alongside Moliere and Racine, Le Cid is the best known work of which playwright?
Pierre Corneille
276
In which Channel 4 sitcom, broadcast since 2013, does Greg Davies play Dan Davies, who hates his job as a teacher? Rik Mayall played the character's father until his untimely 2014 death.
Man Down
277
The Bridal March is taken from Richard Wagner opera, named after the son of Parsifal in Arthurian legend?
Lohengrin
278
Which is the only country in the mainland Americas through which the Tropic of Cancer passes?
Mexico
279
Much in the news at present, which branch of medicine is defined by Wikipedia as "the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in defined populations"?
Epidemiology
280
Emphasising authority and hierarchy and opposing Communism and democracy, what -ism is the political movement associated with Francisco Franco's rule in Spain?
Falangism
281
Which football manager, now in charge of Leicester City, preceded Jurgen Klopp as manager of Liverpool?
Brendan Rodgers
282
If the BBC uses iPlayer, ITV uses ITVHub and Channel 4 uses All4, what is the name of the on-demand app used by Channel 5?
My5
283
Films including Cimarron, Giant and Showboat were based on works by which American writer (1885-1968)?
Edna Ferber
284
What two digit number links the US maximum speed limit in miles per hour up to 1987, the international dialling code for Brazil, and the atomic number of caesium?
55
285
Lobamba is the legislative and royal capital of which small African nation?
ESwatini (accept Swaziland)
286
What adjective beginning with A describes a process which occurs without transferring heat or mass between a thermodynamic system and its surroundings, with energy being transferred to the surroundings only as work?
Adiabatic
287
Who is a man obliged to marry in a levirate marriage?
His brother's widow
288
Which large forest in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia gives its name to the 9CE battle at which Germanic forces led by Arminius defeated the Romans?
Teutoberg Forest
289
Before they played together in Cream, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce were both members of which early 60s rhythm and blues group, a so-called "Organisation" centred around its lead singer?
Graham Bond Organisation
290
In 2019 Blizzard Entertainment announced they were working on a fourth instalment of which hack-and-slash action adventure video game franchise, set in the world of Sanctuary, in which the player is the titular Lord of Terror?
Diablo
291
Along with Ice Station Zebra it was said to be one of two films which Howard Hughes watched obsessively in his declining years. Which leader did John Wayne improbably play in The Conqueror (1956)?
Genghis Khan
292
What Spanish-sounding name did the artist with the forenames Lazar Markovich, who founded Suprematism with Casimir Malevich, give to himself? Your answer needs two words.
El Lissitzky
293
The name of which precious stone combines the Latin word for "stone" and a genitive Latin form of the place in Persia from which it was mined? With Sapphire, it is a birthstone for September.
Lapis Lazuli
294
She served as MP for Northampton North from 1974 to 1979, but spent most of that time in disgrace after punching a car park attendant in a row in 1974. Who was best known, however, for being Britain's first openly lesbian MP?
Maureen Colquhoun
295
Name this American investor and tech entrepreneur whose brief spell in charge of Reddit in 2015 saw her resign after a backlash against measures to reduce sexual harassment on that site, and allegations she had mishandled several employment disputes.
Ellen Pao
296
Like Lake Eyre it is an endorheic salt lake: which lake in South Australia is the second largest lake in Australia?
Lake Torrens
297
Named after the German who rediscovered it in 1821, which effect in physics is the build up of an electric potential across a temperature gradient?
Seebeck effect
298
Which Australian police drama series which ran from 1994 to 2006 was set in the fictional town of Mount Thomas, Victoria?
Blue Heelers
299
Which writer of the song Strange Fruit adopted the children of executed spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg after the death of their parents?
Abel Meeropol
300
Prior to Alex Yoong joining MInardi in 2001, which member of the Thai royal family was the only southeast Asian to compete in Formula One, racing in 19 races between 1950 and 1954?
Prince Birabongse
301
In cockney rhyming slang, what type of alcoholic beverage are you ordering if you ask for a “Dame Vera”?
Gin
302
Men born in 1940-43 with given names Richard, George, James and John are collectively better known under what name?
The Beatles
303
Led by William Wilberforce, an Act of Parliament passed on this day in 1807 abolished what in the British Empire?
The Slave Trade (Slavery itself was not abolished until 1833 but was accepted as an answer).
304
Who painted this?
Vermeer
305
Which horse won the 2018 and 2019 Aintree Grand Nationals?
Tiger Roll
306
How many great-grandchildren has Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II?
Eight
307
Continuing Bake Off's unbroken record of an LGBT co-presenter, which nice Jewish boy is replacing Sandi Toksvig?
Matt Lucas
308
One for the anagram fans. Which film director is "Nott In Quarantine"?
Quentin Tarantino
309
Bernie Taupin often writes lyrics for which singer-songwriter born on this day in 1947?
Sir Elton John
310
Albumen is a fancy word for what specific food item?
Egg White
311
Which number, that is a multiple of 10, is the approximate percent of the world's population that lives in the Northern Hemisphere?
90%
312
In what month of the year is Ed Balls Day?
April
313
Published in 1886, Jo's Boys is the second sequel to which much better known, and oft-adapted book in which we meet Jo?
Little Women
314
I Saw Her Standing There and Dancing Queen are both songs about a girl of what age?
Seventeen
315
Which semi-retired chess legend is known as "The Beast of Baku"? (Pictured: my friends' Baku-born beast.)
Garry Kasparov
316
Drug dealer and warlord Joaquin Guzman is better known by what name? My friends' board game loving dog (pictured) is, unbelievably, named after him.
El Chapo
317
Which British Prime Minister is this a photo of?
Anthony Eden
318
Unusually deserted - what city is this?
Paris
319
In what decade was Joan of Arc born?
1410s
320
Which man, currently Emeritus Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won a Nobel prize in 1987 for "for his contributions to the theory of economic growth"?
Robert Solow
321
Please Forgive Me is the opening track on what album, the fifth best selling in the U.K of the 2000s?
White Ladder
322
Can't visit the most venerated sites - what city is this?
Washington D.C
323
Excellent social distancing - but what city is this?
Berlin
324
Other than India which country has a majority population that identifies as Hindu?
Nepal (As per 2011, 48.54% of Mauritians identify as Hindu so this was accepted too)
325
With a total population of about 67 million, what is the most populous country with a land border with Brazil?
France
326
Probably trickier than the others - what capital city is this?
Bogota
327
Taking the title of a real film and adding one letter (e.g Iron Mean) creates a film with the following synopsis and what title? "Encouraged by Robert De Niro and John Cazale, Christopher Walken's apparition traumatizes a stag in rural Pennsylvania."
The Deer Haunter
328
Unusually deserted - what city is this?
Rome
329
St John's Wood is the only London Underground station which does not contain any of the letters of the word "Mackerel". Two former London Underground stations pass the mackerel test: Wotton and Wood Siding, which were part of the network between 1933 and 1935. Which U.S state passes the test?
Ohio
330
Who is pictured appearing on Mastermind in 1988?
Anne Hegerty
331
What city with a five-letter name, that (pronounced differently) is a synonym for 'judge', is the birthplace of Karl Marx in 1818?
Trier
332
Now mostly obsolete, a rastrum (pictured) is a five-pointed writing implement used to draw what?
Staff Lines/Stave
333
Meat of a sheep that is older than one year (i.e not lamb) and younger than two years (i.e not mutton) is known as what word, starting with an h?
Hogget
334
What is the correct spelling of Twitter account holder @BBCLauraK's surname?
Kuenssberg
335
Which nobel prize winner of 1909 was the great-grandson of whiskey distiller John Jameson?
Guglielmo Marconi
336
In Yiddish, someone who is kvelling is undergoing which emotion, also one of the canonical seven deadly sins?
Pride
337
In total, a semi-prime number has how many factors?
Four
338
Speaking of semi-prime numbers, in what year was the European Economic Community formed?
1957
339
Known as "the only English queen never to set foot in the country", who was Richard I’s wife?
Berengaria
340
Why did cosmonauts carry the TP-82 triple-barreled pistol in space? A) For protection from bears and wolves B) To fights aliens C) In case WWIII started in space D) In case one of the cosmonauts went crazy. Please answer using one character.
A - For protection from bears and wolves when they landed in Siberia
341
For the 1992 Rumbelows Cup Quarter Final, Jimmy Greaves drew the home teams. Which idiot, under the rules of the time eligible to represent Scotland in international soccer, drew the away teams?
Donald Trump
342
Chrysolophus amherstiae is known as Lady Amherst's what type or fowl?
Pheasant
343
Carlos Danger is a dating pseudonym of which man, whose criminal activities are believed by psephologists to have (indirectly) swung the 2016 U.S Presidential election?
Anthony Weiner
344
What is the Sieve of Eratosthenes used to find?
Prime Numbers
345
'Attercop' is an obsolete word for which type of creepy crawly?
Spiders
346
A Batavophone speaks what language?
Dutch
347
Which Scotswoman finished 8th in the final of the Rio Olympics 400 metres hurdles?
Eilidh Doyle
348
In what capital city did Buster Douglas defeat Mike Tyson?
Tokyo
349
Who was Mayor of Stuttgart from 1974 to 1996? His father was much more (in)famous.
Manfred Rommel
350
Alongside Ryan Seacrest, who co-hosted the first season of American Idol?
Brian Dunkleman
351
Which musical’s songs include I Am Africa and Joseph Smith American Moses?
The Book of Mormon
352
Which remote Scottish island, the location for Michael Powell's film The Edge of the World, retained the Julian calendar when the rest of Great Britain moved to the Gregorian in 1752?
Foula
353
He was one half of a famous duo, the epitaph on his tombstone reads "And the Beat Goes On." Who was killed in a skiing accident at the appropriately-named Heavenly Mountain Resort in California in 1998?
Sonny Bono
354
The heavily-guarded compound known as Gold Base, located in Riverside County, California, is the de facto international headquarters of which religious group?
The Church of Scientology
355
Which US filmmaker directed the innovative and critically-acclaimed videos for Fatboy Slim's Praise You and Weapon of Choice, The Beastie Boys' Sabotage and The Pharcyde's Drop?
Spike Jonze
356
The only branch of the Pompidou museum outside of France, in which Spanish city, the birthplace of a famous artist, would you find The Cube (El Cubo), unofficially called the “Pop Up Pompidou”?
Malaga
357
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macduff was thane of which historic Scottish county, home to the football teams Dunfermline Athletic and Raith Rovers amongst others?
Fife
358
A basketball team from which Canadian city became the first franchise from outside the USA to win the NBA championship in June 2019?
Toronto (Raptors)
359
Born in Dumbarton, Scotland in 1952, who was the founding member, principal songwriter, guitarist, and lead singer of Talking Heads?
David Byrne
360
The original signatories of the manifesto of which short-lived modernist art and poetry movement included Wyndham Lewis and Ezra Pound? It published two issues of the literary magazine BLAST, in June 1914 and July 1915.
Vorticism
361
In Greek mythology, which Trojan youth, described by Homer as 'the loveliest born of the race of mortals' was abducted by Zeus in the form of an eagle, and taken to Mount Olympus? A very large moon in the solar system is named for him.
Ganymede
362
Inspiring J.G. Ballard's 1975 dystopian novel High Rise and featuring in Martin Amis' London Fields, what is the name of this Ern? Goldfinger-designed building in Kensal Town, London?
Trellick Tower
363
Which demonym links a 1930 painting by Grant Wood, and a 1999 film by Sam Mendes?
American
364
Set in Haiti under the rule of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his secret police, the Tonton Macoute, who wrote the 1966 novel The Comedians?
Graham Greene
365
As depicted in a 2015 Steven Spielberg film, what is the name of the bridge in Berlin that was used for the exchange of captured spies - most notably Gary Powers and Rudolf Abel – earning it the nickname of ‘Bridge of Spies’?
Glienicke Bridge
366
He was a contract killer and career criminal. He was convicted in 1979 of the murder of John H. Wood, the first U.S. federal judge to be assassinated in the 20th century. In a TV interview he claimed to have been involved in the assassination of JFK. He is the estranged (now deceased) father of which actor?
Woody Harrelson
367
By what name is Virginie Gautreau known in the title of an 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent? It received a scandalous reception at the Paris Salon of that year.
Madame X
368
What name (forename and surname required) links the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature winner and the protagonist of the US science fiction TV show Quantum Leap?
Samuel Beckett
369
Which German-born composer wrote a number of his 24 symphonies while resident in Sunderland between 1760 and 1762? Today he is much better known for his achievements in astronomy.
William Herschel
370
Which London-born member of the Rat Pack became the brother-in-law of future President John F. Kennedy after marrying socialite Patricia Kennedy in 1954?
Peter Lawford
371
In 2017, actor Kevin Costner closed down his Midnight Star casino in which town in South Dakota, the title location of an HBO television show that spanned three seasons and a 2019 TV movie?
Deadwood
372
Albert II, Prince of Monaco, represented Monaco at five Winter Olympics in bobsleigh. His wife, Charlene Wittstock, represented South Africa at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in which sport?
Swimming
373
The best-selling true crime book Helter Skelter was an account by attorney Vincent Bugliosi of his prosecution of which notorious killer?
Charles Manson
374
Which Hungarian mathematician gave his name to a number that denotes the collaborative distance (or steps) between a person and himself?
Paul Erdos
375
When Karl Lagerfeld was replaced as head designer at Chloé by a then-25-year-old woman, he commented, "I think they should have gone for a big name. They did - but not in fashion.” Who replaced him?
Stella McCartney
376
In 2016, which Scottish sportsman became the first Summer Olympic Games medalist to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans?
Chris Hoy
377
In which classic movie do the first words, "Here you are sir, Main Level D", occur 21 minutes 35 seconds into the film?
2001: A Space Odyssey
378
During a spell as a drug dealer, thief and hustler in Harlem in the 1940s, which man, who was assassinated in Feb 1965, was referred to as "Detroit Red" because of the reddish tinge to his hair inherited from his Scottish maternal grandfather?
Malcolm X (Malcolm Little)
379
In which modern-day country would you find the ancient cities of Byblos and Tyre?
Lebanon
380
On a drum kit, it’s a combination of two cymbals, controlled by a foot-operated pedal. What is the name of the racehorse that is a central character in the Marx Brothers film A Day at the Races?
Hi-Hat
381
What colour connects the lead singer of alternative rock band Pixies and the female vocalist of Coventry 2-Tone band The Selectors?
Black
382
The 2019 Amazon Prime series Too Old To Die Young was directed by which Danish film director, known for his films Drive and Only God Forgives?
Nicolas Winding Refn
383
Commemorated in a song by Prefab Sprout, which member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, nicknamed ‘the Hillbilly Heartthrob’, had a no.3 hit in the UK in 1972 with It's Four in the Morning?
Faron Young
384
His works including the 1901 opera Manru, which composer went on to become Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Foreign Affairs? He signed the Treaty of Versailles on behalf of Poland following the First World War.
Paderewski
385
Commissioned in 2015 as a memorial in the wake of a series of terror attacks across France, the sculpture Bouquet of Tulips, was unveiled next to the Grand Palais in Paris in October 2019, to a decidedly mixed reception. Which American artist was responsible?
Jeff Koons
386
Antonín Dvo?ák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World, had its world premiere in 1893 at a New York venue named for which Scotsman?
Andrew Carnegie
387
Niani, in present day Guinea, birthplace of Sundiata Keita, was the capital of which empire in the 13th-16th centuries?
Mali Empire
388
She recited her poem On the Pulse of Morning at the 1993 inauguration of Bill Clinton. Who released the exotica album Miss Calypso in 1957?
Maya Angelou
389
What name is shared by a lawyer played by Pete Postlethwaite in The Usual Suspects and a 'no-win scenario' training exercise designed to test the character of Starfleet Academy recruits in the Star Trek TV series and films?
Kobayashi
390
Which band’s 1989 song, their first UK top 10 hit, might have been given the more scientifically accurate, if rather more prosaic, name Iron Pyrite?
The Stone Roses (Fools Gold)
391
In March 1997, 39 members of which cult based in San Diego, California committed mass suicide with the intention of teleporting to a spaceship they believed was flying behind the comet Hale–Bopp? The cult shared its name with a 1980 Western film.
Heaven's Gate
392
Which American burlesque artist was married to Marilyn Manson until their divorce in 2007?
Dita Von Teese
393
Dorothy Parker's review of which 1957 novel (considered by the writer to be her "magnum opus in the realm of fiction") was brief and to the point: "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly, it should be thrown with great force."
Atlas Shrugged
394
Which American writer, author of The Devil’s Dictionary, disappeared in Mexico in late December 1913, never to be seen again?
Ambrose Bierce
395
He played a photojournalist, inspired by Sean Flynn, in a 1979 film. Which American actor posthumously released a book of his '60s photography The Lost Album in 2012? The Royal Academy held an exhibition of his work in 2014.
Dennis Hopper
396
Which casino hotel on the Las Vegas strip shares its name with a cocktail made of vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice and lime juice?
Cosmopolitan
397
It has been alleged that the painting Nativity With St Lawrence and St Francis, dated to 1600 and stolen from a Palermo church in 1969, was held by a Sicilian Mafia boss, who tried to extort a ransom from the church for its return. Who was the artist?
Caravaggio
398
Which English mathematician, and mentor of Indian prodigy Ramanujan, wrote a famous essay about the aesthetics of mathematics, A Mathematician's Apology (1940)?
G.H. Hardy
399
Which notorious real-life Irish-American crime boss, former leader of the Winter Hill Gang In Boston, was played by Johnny Depp in the film Black Mass?
James ‘Whitey’ Bulger
400
What surname is shared by a US actor who starred in the 2014 movie Whiplash; and a Hungarian-born theoretical physicist known as 'the father of the hydrogen bomb'?
Teller
401
Which former investment banker, has since May 2017 served as the President of France?
Emmanuel Macron
402
Which royal navy gun ship, which fought only one fleet action at the Battle of Trafalgar. Is now best known for being depicted in an 1838 oil painting by JMW Turner?
HMS Temeraire
403
Rioja, Rueda and Bierzo are all wine regions in which country?
Spain
404
In which US national park is the famous old cone geyser named "Old Faithful"?
Yellowstone National Park
405
Unsurprisingly she is question 5 in this quiz. Which woman was the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century?
Coco Chanel
406
Many people regard The Beatles as the greatest band of all time, although I myself prefer the musical genius of Westlife. But in March 1963, what became the first album to be released by The Beatles?
Please Please Me
407
“Inferno”, “Purgatorio” and “Paradiso” are the three sections of which long narrative poem that was originally completed in 1320? The classic Roman poet Virgil is represented as human reason in the poem.
Divine Comedy
408
If you add together the amount of players in a Rugby Union team to the amount of players in a Rugby League team, what would be your answer?
28
409
Described by the BBC as "the official who will probably have the greatest impact on our everyday lives of any individual policymaker in modern times". Which man is the current Chief Medical Officer for England?
Chris Whitty
410
Which Premier League side, play their home games at the footballing fortress of Carrow Road?
Norwich City
411
A piece of unparalleled musical genius. Which titular character, of a 1978 song by the recently departed Kenny Rogers, offers advice such as “You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em”?
The Gambler
412
Chestnut alert. The 1911 opera Bluebeard's Castle, was the only completed opera by which composer?
Bela Bartok
413
Number 53 on the periodic table. Which chemical element, sometimes found in foods, is needed in the body to make thyroid hormones?
Iodine
414
Gaining independence from France in 1960. Which modern day African country was formally known as The Republic of Upper Volta?
Burkina Faso
415
What was the surname of the very famous man, who was baptised with the forenames Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus?
Mozart
416
Following on from my question about the colour of the packet of Rib N Saucy flavoured Nik Naks last week. What is the colour of the packet of Nice N Spicy flavoured Nik Naks?
Orange
417
One scholar described him as "What Shakespeare is to drama, _______ may be to sculpture: the first pan-European sculptor whose name is instantaneously identifiable with a particular manner and vision, and whose influence was inordinately powerful...." Which Italian sculptor (1598-1680) is credited with creating the Baroque style of architecture?
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
418
Which Formula One technical director came to prominence as the mastermind behind Michael Schumacher’s seven world titles while at Benetton and Ferrari? In 2009, Jenson Button won the F1 Drivers Championship, while driving for this man’s namesake team.
Ross Brawn
419
Both reaching number 12 in the UK charts in 1984. The songs "The Boys of Summer" and "The Heat is On" were solo singles for former members of which band?
Eagles
420
Also a best-selling author, writing books about beauty, fitness and well-being. Which American actress is best known for playing the role of Pam Ewing in the American TV series Dallas?
Victoria Principal
421
Which French city in Normandy is named ‘The City Of One Hundred Spires’? It is also home to one of the world’s most famous cathedrals and was the scene of Joan of Arc’s burning at the stake.
Rouen
422
Of the 27 times the PDC Darts World Championship has been held, it has been won 18 times by English players. Which European country has the 2nd most titles with 4 victories?
Netherlands
423
"London 0 Hull 4", was the critically acclaimed 1986 debut album of which UK band?
The Housemartins
424
Deriving from the Latin for “I will please”. What is the name given to any inert substance or medical treatment which is not designed to have any therapeutic value, but can help deceive the patient to think it is having a positive effect?
Placebo
425
The humorous character of Sam Weller appears in which Charles Dickens novel? It was the first Dickens novel to be published.
Pickwick Papers
426
Sometimes referred to as "living fossils". What is the name of the reptile endemic to New Zealand, that is noted for having a pronounced third eye?
Tuatara
427
"I see dead people" is a famous quote said by Haley Joel Osment's character in which 1999 film?
The Sixth Sense
428
Often associated with space travel. In Physics, which term describes the minimum speed needed for a free, non-propelled object to escape from the gravitational influence of a massive body?
Escape Velocity
429
Oromo and Amharic are the two most commonly spoken languages in which populous African nation?
Ethiopia
430
One of the hero's of your setter tonight. The poignant final words in the diary of which British actor and comedian were "Oh, what's the bloody point?"? The man in question committed suicide not long after on 15 April, 1988.
Kenneth Williams
431
Among their products are Tizer and the energy drink Rockstar, which soft drinks company is perhaps best known for their production of Irn Bru?
Barr
432
William Kidd (1645-1701), Bartholemew Roberts (1682-1722), Anne Bonny (1700-1782), Francois l'Olonnais (1635-1668) and Henry Morgan (1635-1688) were all members of which “profession”?
Pirates
433
“I met a traveler from an antique land...” begins a Percy Bysshe Shelley poem, and “In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone” begins a Horace Smith poem, sharing what name?
Ozymandias
434
Mainly found in the Xinjiang region of China. What is the name of the minority Turkic Muslim group, of which an estimated one million members have been detained in Chinese re-education camps since 2016?
Uyghurs
435
According to a book detailing his life (although it is now widely accepted that much of the account was fictionalised). Which man was born circa 1750 in the Mandinka village of Juffure, in the Gambia and raised in a Muslim family? This man was portrayed in a famous 1977 miniseries by LeVar Burton and John Amos.
Kunta Kinte
436
Adge Cutler who became known as “The Bard of Avonmouth” and was noted for singing in his broad West Country accent, was the lead singer of which surprisingly successful band at the time of his 1974 death in a car crash?
The Wurzels
437
------, Wilding, Todd, Fisher, Burton, Burton, Warner, Fortensky. Which surname should begin this list?
Hilton
438
What is the name of the Paris racecourse that plays host to the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race?
Longchamp
439
One of only two people to have held four cabinet positions within the United States government. Which then U.S Attorney general was the first person to resign in protest against Richard Nixon on the night of October 20, 1973, that became known as "The Saturday Night Massacre"?
Elliot Richardson
440
Simon Mayo, Mark Kermode and Angelica Bell are all presenters on which classical music digital radio station that launched in March 2019?
Scala Radio
441
Observed by Plato as slander that contributed to the trial and death of Socrates. The 423 BC play "The Clouds" which lampooned Athens intellectuals, is a work by which ancient Greek comic playwright?
Aristophanes
442
The first Muslim woman to win the award. Which Iranian political activist was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights?
Shirin Ebadi
443
An important part of the War of the Spanish Succession. Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–11) took place in which European country?
Hungary
444
Which pioneering comedy producer, was responsible for or helped developed all of: "Have I Got News For You", "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", "Drop The Dead Donkey" and "Father Ted" for Hat Trick Productions? He died aged 55 in 2008, when he had a heart attack at the wheel of his car and crashed into a lorry.
Geoffrey Perkins
445
What is the name of the seafood dish from the coast of Valencia that is similar to paella and arros a banda, but instead of using rice it uses noodles?
Fideua
446
The works "The Destruction of Dresden" (1963), "Hiter's War" (1977) and "Churchill's War" (1987) are all works by which prominent English Holocaust denier?
David Irving
447
Depicting a scene in his uncle Michel Musson's cotton brokerage business. Which US city completes the title of Edgar Degas's 1873 painting "A Cotton Office in ______ _______"?
New Orleans
448
Captain of last year's Essex team, who won English cricket's County Championship for the 2nd time in 3 years. Which Dutch cricketer, is considered by many to be the greatest player to never play test cricket? He retired from ODI's in 2011 with a batting average of 67.00.
Ryan Ten Doeschate
449
Cosima Wagner, the 2nd wife of Richard Wagner, was also the daughter of composer Franz Lizst. Before being married to Wagner, she had been married to which German conductor from 1857 to 1863?
Hans Von Bulow
450
At the time they were most violent riots in the history of the city. What name is given to the week long riots, that took place in Constantinople in 532 CE, against the rule of Justinian I?
Nika Riots
451
As well as being a regular team host on Have I Got News For You, Ian Hislop is the editor of which fortnightly satirical magazine?
Private Eye
452
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Madonna, Arcade Fire, Little Mix and Leonard Cohen have all recorded songs with what title? It is the name of a woman executed in Rouen in 1431.
Joan of Arc
453
The cities of St Paul, Minnesota; Memphis, Tennessee; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are all on which river?
Mississippi
454
Commonly attributed to Gloria Steinem, but probably coined by the Australian social activist Irina Dunn, what single word completes this feminist slogan? "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a ..."
Bicycle
455
Meaning "old smoky", from the pall of smoke that use to hang over it, "Auld Reekie" is a nickname for which British city?
Edinburgh
456
Which chain of men's outfitters grew out of a tailor's shop set up by Moses Moses in Covent Garden, in 1851? The shop was later taken over by his sons Alfred and George, who anglicised their surname.
Moss Bros
457
First appearing in 2001: A Space Odyssey, where it is voiced by Douglas Rain, how is the Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer more commonly known?
HAL 9000
458
Lonsdaleite is a mineral named after pioneering crystallographer Dame Kathleen Lonsdale. Also known as "hexagonal diamond", and formed when meteorites containing graphite strike the earth, it is a rare allotrope of which non-metallic element?
Carbon
459
Which major character in the musical Hamilton doesn't appear until the second half, when he returns to America having been Ambassador to France?
Thomas Jefferson
460
The fictional island of Utopia, in Thomas More's 1516 book of the same name, lies 15 miles off the mainland of which continent?
South America
461
What is the fluid that surrounds and cushions a fetus during development? The "waters breaking" refers to the release of this.
Amniotic fluid
462
Little Men and Jo's Boys are sequels to a better-known 1868 novel by which author?
Louisa May Alcott
463
Unvanquished is a book giving an account of the troubled relationship between the United States and the United Nations during the 1990s. It's by which Egyptian, whose election to a second term as UN Secretary-General was vetoed by the US in 1996?
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
464
In Chinese myth this is caused by a giant dragon eating the sun; the occurrence of this forms a plot point in Mark Twain's novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court; "Baily's Beads" sometimes appear during it. What astronomical phenomenon is this?
Solar Eclipse
465
Three countries in the world have more Portuguese language speakers - as either a first or second language - than Portugal itself. One is Brazil - what are the other two?
Angola and Mozambique
466
Former Olympic medallist in judo, longtime Mixed Martial Arts champion, and now a professional wrestler, which sportswoman goes by the nickname "Rowdy"?
Ronda Rousey
467
Published by Oxford University Press, the series of books known colloquially as VSIs are popular with many quizzers as they give a relatively quick overview of a subject. What do the letters VSI stand for?
Very Short Introduction
468
Bhaktivedanta Manor in Hertfordshire is the UK headquarters for the Hare Krishna movement. The manor was donated to the movement in 1973 by which former Beatle?
George Harrison
469
The mystic symbols known as the fylfot and the gammadion, and in heraldry sometimes as the cross cramponée, are similar in appearance to which other symbol, nowadays much more notorious?
Swastika
470
Who played the title character in the 1990s fantasy TV series Xena: Warrior Princess?
Lucy Lawless
471
Louis Armstrong is usually known for playing the trumpet, but as a child he first learnt which other, similar instrument?
Cornet
472
Colditz Castle is about 30 miles south-east of which city, the second largest in the former East Germany?
Leipzig
473
"In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to love" and "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" are quotes from the work of which nineteenth century poet?
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
474
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara are the co-founders of Grafton Architects, and won the 2008 World Building of the Year Award for the Grafton Building at Bocconi University in Milan. Jointly awarded the 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize, what is their nationality?
Irish
475
Which novel, first published in 1959, ends with the line, "And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my..." followed by the title character's name? The novel is better known for its opening line, which begins with the same name.
Lolita
476
What four letter term, an abbreviation of a longer word, is used as slang for a purported romantic pairing between characters in a work of fiction, especially one advocated by fans rather than as part of the original work? An example is the so called "Johnlock Conspiracy", positing a romance between the main characters in the BBC series Sherlock.
Ship [This is a shortened version of "relationship". Those who advocate a particular pairing are known as "shippers"]
477
What two word term was coined by paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould for the theory that evolution progresses mostly as result of long periods of stability interspersed with brief, rapid speciation events?
Punctuated Equlibrium
478
Formed in Dublin in 1957, what was the first Irish band to have a UK number one single, with the song Diane?
The Batchelors
479
Named after its French inventor, what type of lens, consisting of a set of annular concentric sections, was commonly used in lighthouses in the 19th and 20th centuries? Other applications include theatre lights and hand-held magnifiers.
Fresnel
480
Which German physicist's voltage law, also known as his second circuit law, states that the sum of the voltage changes around the path of any closed loop is equal to zero?
Gustav Kirchhoff
481
Which military leader, in a letter written to Lord Bathurst in 1813, described the soldiers in his own army as "the scum of the earth"?
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington [either underlined word is acceptable]
482
Which journalist and former presenter on BBC Breakfast won an award as Young Engineer for Britain at age 19, and is a former champion Irish dancer?
Steph McGovern
483
In mountainous regions, anabatic winds usually blow upslope. What word is used for winds that blow downslope, often at night, driven by the cooling of air at higher altitudes?
Katabatic
484
"Kingyo" is the Japanese word for what living creature? Selectively bred in east Asia for centuries, varieties include the Bubble Eye, Shubunkin, Comet and Telescope.
Goldfish
485
Released in 1985, which album by Dire Straits became the first by any artist to sell a million copies on CD?
Brothers in Arms
486
Recently popular on Twitter after putting their splendidly behatted and moustached Head of Security in charge of their social media feed, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum is based in which city? The city is also home to the NBA team known as the Thunder.
Oklahoma City
487
Potentially helpful for measuring and ensuring social distancing, what piece of sporting equipment is between 2.6 and 2.7 metres long in men's competition, and between 2.2 and 2.3 metres for women?
Javelin
488
Of the six UK and Irish libraries which are defined as Legal Deposit Libraries, entitled to receive a free copy of anything published, which is based in Oxford?
Bodleian
489
Aged 23, which Labour MP is currently the Baby of the House? She has recently returned part-time to her former job as a care worker in a retirement village.
Nadia Whittome
490
Apicius is a 1st century AD Roman text, considered to be one of the earliest examples of what type of book?
Cookbook or recipe book
491
Which fictional Japanese secret agent was created by John P Marquand in a series of six novels, the first four of which were serialised in the Saturday Evening Post in the 1930s?
Mr Moto
492
In Irish legend, Fionnghuala, Aodh, and the twins Fiachra and Conn are the children of which sea god?
Lir, Ler or Allód [the ultimate source for the name of Shakespeare's King Lear]
493
With salons in Leeds and Bradford, who is the current holder of British Hairdresser of the Year?
Robert Eaton
494
Who was the author of The Destiny Waltz, which in 1971 became the first winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year?
Gerda Charles (accept Edna Lipson)
495
In 1988, Wet Wet Wet reached number 1 in the UK charts with a cover of With a Little Help From My Friends, released as a charity record in support of ChildLine. It was a double A side with which other Beatles song, performed by Billy Bragg?
She's Leaving Home
496
Which American statistician and pioneer of data visualization became known for his criticisms of Microsoft Powerpoint, in particular citing its role in contributing to the Columbia space shuttle disaster?
Edward Tufte
497
Only three women have ever pole vaulted above 5 metres in competition. One is the Russian world record holder, Yelena Isinbayeva. Name either of the others, both of whom are American.
Jennifer Suhr or Sandi Morris
498
Wherrytown, Chyandour, Trevarrack and Heamoor are suburbs and outlying villages of which English town?
Penzance
499
Moshe Sharett, Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th presidents of Israel, were all born in which present day country?
Ukraine
500
Based on Full Tilt! Pinball, a video game published by Maxis in 1995, what was the name of the electronic pinball table bundled with early versions of Microsoft Windows? It first appeared with Microsoft Plus! 95 and was packaged with each version up to Windows XP.
3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet
