2018–19 Season: Plate Final – 10 September 2019

1	A dog named Bob was the subject of Edwin Landseer's 1831 painting A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society, having saved twenty–three people from drowning over a fourteen–year period. What breed of dog was he?
	Newfoundland
2	Pablo Picasso died, at the age of 91, on the 8^th of April in which year?
	1973
3	Written in 1945 by Bob Wells and Mel Tormé, The Christmas Song was first recorded in 1946 by Nat King Cole and is considered to be the most–played song ever at Christmas time. What is its first word?
	Chestnuts (roasting on an open fire)
4	Born Michael Pasternak in Los Angeles in 1942, this hell–raising DJ joined Radio Caroline in 1964 and moved to BBC Radio 1 on its launch in 1967. Known for his distinctive voice, by what name is he better known?
	Emperor Rosko
5	Who wrote under the pseudonym Ellis Bell?
	Emily Bronte
6	Who wrote the best–selling novel Airport?
	Arthur Hailey
7	Which UK company, describing itself as "the world's largest dedicated online grocery retailer", was founded in the year 2000 by Jonathan Faiman, Jason Gissing and Tim Steiner – former merchant bankers with Goldman Sachs?
	Ocado
8	Who is the current editor of the London Evening Standard?
	George Osborne
9	What is Jeremy Corbyn's middle name?
	Bernard
10	What is President Donald Trump's middle name?
	John
11	Red wax–covered Babybel is a French version of which Dutch cheese?
	Edam
12	Beef Wellington is normally made with beef fillet – baked and wrapped in puff pastry, after first being coated with mushroom duxelles and what else?
	Paté
13	In which country is Mount Edith Cavell?
	Canada
14	Standing 1,451 feet high and formerly known as the Sears Tower, the Willis Tower is listed among the tallest completed skyscrapers in the world. In which US city is it?
	Chicago
15	What is the capital city of Namibia?
	Windhoek
16	The Republic of San Marino lies just to the south of which Italian coastal resort?
	Rimini
17	Who wrote the novel Madame Bovary, first published in 1856?
	Gustave Flaubert
18	In which London borough is the Emirates Stadium, the home of Arsenal FC?
	Islington
19	Epping Forest straddles the border between Greater London and which other county?
	Essex
20	Britain's first stretch of motorway was built in 1958, to bypass which town or city?
	Preston
21	Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the New World was sponsored by which Spanish queen?
	Queen Isabella I (accept Isabella)
22	What relation was King William IV to the monarch who replaced him on the throne?
	Uncle (his successor was Queen Victoria)
23	There are four official original copies of Magna Carta, dating from 1215. Two of them are in the British Library; name either of the two cathedrals that house the other two copies.
	Lincoln or Salisbury
24	Who, in the 16th century, was the mother of three French Kings – Francis II, Charles XI and Henry III?
	Catherine de Medici
25	Who was the husband of Queen Anne?
	Prince George of Denmark
26	Who was President of Germany when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933?
	Paul von Hindenburg
27	Who became Britain's first Liberal Prime Minister in 1859, serving until 1865?
	Lord Palmerston
28	Who was the last British Prime Minister whose responsibilities covered the whole of Ireland, as well as Great Britain, before the Irish Free State was created in 1922?
	Andrew Bonar Law
29	Which film won seven Oscars on the 9th of April, 1963?
	Lawrence of Arabia
30	How is William Claude Dukenfield better known?
	W. C. Fields
31	Kenneth Williams appeared in twenty–five Carry On films – more than any other actor. Which other regular has the second most appearances with twenty–four?
	Joan Sims
32	Which Oscar–winning film of the 1990s opens with a 24–minute sequence depicting the Omaha Beach assault of World War II?
	Saving Private Ryan
33	The Golden Bear award is presented at which international film festival?
	Berlin
34	In the 1938 film Bringing up Baby, what kind of animal is Baby?
	A leopard
35	To which goddess is the Parthenon, on Athens's Acropolis, dedicated?
	Athena
36	In Greek mythology, who was the wife of Zeus?
	Hera
37	In the acronym COSHH, as used in the phrase "COSHH regulations", what does the letter S stand for?
	Substances (Control of substances hazardous to health)
38	What is oenology?
	The science and study of wine
39	In computing: if eight bits make a byte, what is the term for four bits (or half a byte)?
	A nibble
40	Which native of Bollington won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1935?
	James Chadwick (for his discovery of the neutron in 1932)
41	During the 1960s, which club rose from the Fourth Division of the Football League to the First, then went back down to the Fourth, in almost successive seasons?
	Northampton Town (1960 to 1969)
42	How is the plant Lunaria commonly known?
	Honesty
43	Which European golfer holds a record 25½ points won in Ryder Cup matches?
	Sergio Garcia
44	In 1993, Rebecca Stephens became the first British woman to achieve which physical feat?
	Reaching the summit of Mt. Everest
45	Which member of the cat family provides the name of the Keighley Rugby League Club?
	The cougar
46	In which county is the Aegeas Bowl – a venue for both County and Test Match cricket?
	Hampshire
47	In which decade did Manchester Racecourse, situated at Castle Irwell, close?
	1960s (1963)
48	Which Australian cricketer famously used an aluminium bat in a Test Match against England at Perth in 1979?
	Denis Lillee
49	The Dodgers are a baseball team from which US city?
	Los Angeles
50	Who were the winners of the BBC Sports Team of the Year Award in 2018?
	The England (Women's) Netball team
51	What is the last event in the women's heptathlon?
	800 metres
52	Prior to Alastair Cook in February 2019, who was the last England cricketer to receive a knighthood?
	Ian Botham (in 2007)
53	Which football club plays home matches at Tynecastle?
	Heart of Midlothian (accept Hearts)
54	Situated in Northumberland, which is the most northerly National Hunt racecourse in England?
	Hexham
55	In which sitcom would you periodically encounter the infamous gangsters known as the Driscoll Brothers?
	Only Fools and Horses
56	A floral tribute bearing the words "Not Arf" was seen at the funeral of which DJ in December 2006?
	Alan Freeman
57	A museum in the Norfolk town of Thetford celebrates which much–loved BBC sitcom?
	Dad's Army
58	What was the name of the computer on Red Dwarf?
	Holly
59	How many playing cards are used in a game of canasta?
	108 (two full packs, including jokers)
60	Which board game's name is Latin for 'I play'?
	Ludo
61	Which motorway links Coventry and Leicester?
	M69
62	What colour will the new Elizabeth Line be on the London Underground map?
	Purple
63	Which car firm, now owned by Volkswagen, was founded by an Italian in a German town that is now in France?
	Bugatti
64	The first UK–built Concorde airliner made its maiden flight on the 9th of April 1969. What was the name of its test pilot?
	Brian Trubshaw
65	On which planet did the Daleks originate?
	Skaro
66	Who was the original Dr. Who?
	William Hartnell
67	Brendan Rodgers, current manager of Leicester City, has previously managed five other clubs. Celtic, Liverpool and Swansea City are three of them; name either of the other two.
	Reading or Watford
68	What is the name of the loud plastic horn made famous in the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
	Vuvuzela
69	In which decade did the Ryder Cup become open to players from Ireland and continental Europe, as well as Great Britain?
	1970s (Irish players from 1973; continentals from 1979)
70	The Curtis Cup is awarded to women players in which sport?
	Golf
71	Which US scientist was the first person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes, for chemistry in 1954 and the Peace Prize in 1962?
	Linus Pauling
72	What is described by Kepler's three laws?
	The motion of the planets around the Sun
73	In additive colour mixing, what colour is created by mixing red and green light?
	Yellow
74	What phenomenon causes the apparent change in pitch of a fire engine's siren when it is moving away from, rather than approaching, the hearer?
	The Doppler effect
75	During World War II, the name of which musical instrument, invented in the early 20th century by comedian Bob Burns, became the generally applied nickname for a new hand–held anti–tank weapon?
	Bazooka
76	The name of which plant translates as 'beautiful lady'?
	Belladonna (also known as deadly nightshade)
77	In which city were the Plymouth Brethren founded?
	Dublin
78	In the calendar of the Christian Church, which Sunday marks the beginning of the liturgical year?
	The first Sunday of Advent (accept Advent Sunday)
79	Which US actor, who died in 2012, starred as Oscar Madison in the TV series The Odd Couple, and later in the title role of the TV series Quincy ME?
	Jack Klugman
80	Which satirical war film, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould, inspired a US TV series that ran from 1972 to 1983?
	*MASH**
81	What did Samuel Greg, founder of Quarry Bank Mill, and his son Robert witness on Monday 16th August 1819?
	The Peterloo Massacre
82	Mary of Guise (ghees – with a hard G) was the mother of which 16^th century Queen?
	Mary, Queen of Scots
83	In which year was Nelson Mandela freed from prison in South Africa?
	1990
84	Who was the only 20th century US President whose surname began with a vowel?
	Dwight D. Eisenhower
85	Which island chain in the North Pacific was known as the Catherine Archipelago prior to 1867?
	The Aleutian Islands
86	Which US state is known as The Old Dominion?
	Virginia
87	What was the stage name of the ballet dancer Margaret Hookham?
	Dame Margot Fonteyn
88	The ruins of Carthage are in which modern country?
	Tunisia
89	In which country is Lake Disappointment?
	Australia
90	Which capital city's name can be translated as 'northern capital'?
	Beijing
91	What is the name of the deep–fried balls or patties made of ground chick peas, fava beans or both, originating in Egypt and the Levant but commonly eaten throughout western Asia?
	Falafel
92	In which Italian city did pesto sauce originate?
	Genoa
93	Published in the United Nations database of country names in 2016, what is the new short–form name of the Czech Republic?
	Czechia
94	Aiming to end a 27–year dispute with Greece, the parliament of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia voted in 2019 to change the country's name to what?
	North Macedonia (Republic of)
95	Which politician has owned dogs called Ruby, Teddy, Offa, Lucy, Sadie, Cosby and Barley?
	David Blunkett
96	Catherine Blaiklock was the original leader of which UK Political Party?
	The Brexit Party
97	Who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1979 with his book The Executioner's Song, based on the life and death of Gary Gilmore?
	Norman Mailer
98	In Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, what is the name of the Queen of the Goths, whom Titus captures after a ten–year campaign?
	Tamora
99	In which Shakespeare play would you find the characters Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse, and two from Ephesus with the same names?
	The Comedy of Errors
100	In the novel Pride and Prejudice, what is Mr. Darcy's first name?
	Fitzwilliam
101	Who was the last Poet Laureate to hold the post for life?
	Ted Hughes
102	Which pop star's fans are known as 'Little Monsters'?
	Lady Gaga
103	Which English county is the venue for the Glastonbury music festival?
	Somerset
104	Which 19th century orchestral symphonic work has four movements, entitled The Sea and Sinbad's Ship , The Kalendar Prince, The Young Prince and the Young Princess, and Festival at Baghdad?
	Scheherezade
105	How many white keys are there on a standard piano?
	52 (and 36 black, making 88 in total)
106	What is the Greek word for fire?
	Pyro
107	Name the artist behind the Rabbit sculpture, which was sold for 91 million dollars in May 2019, setting a new record for a work by a living artist.
	Jeff Koons
108	How much does a standard letter size first–class stamp cost?
	70 pence
109	Which islands are covered by postcodes with outward codes TR21 to TR24?
	The Isles of Scilly
110	With which US rock band was Lou Gramm the lead singer?
	Foreigner
111	Which UK group has recorded albums entitled The Hurting and Songs from the Big Chair?
	Tears for Fears
112	Name either of the NFL teams for which OJ Simpson played.
	Buffalo Bills or San Francisco 49ers
113	Why does Brian Deane, of Sheffield United, have a special place in Premier League history?
	He scored the first ever Premier League goal
114	Which 20th century artist had studios called The Factory?
	Andy Warhol
115	Which US architect designed a famous house called Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, as well as the Guggenheim Museum in New York?
	Frank Lloyd Wright
116	In which year was cigarette advertising banned on British television?
	1965 (accept 1964 to 1966)
117	Which event did Susannah Gill win in record time in February 2019?
	The World Marathon Challenge (seven marathons on seven continents in seven days) – accept either
118	Honda have been working on humanoid robots for the last thirty years, all given what name?
	Asimo (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility)
119	Werner von Braun famously designed NASA's moon rockets. Who was his opposite number in the Russian space programme?
	Sergei Korolev
120	Which US car maker produces models including the Spark, Tahoe, Cruze and Suburban?
	Chevrolet

Supplementaries:

121	Which is the least populated of the US States?
	Wyoming
122	Liverpool Football Club's signature song, You'll Never Walk Alone, comes from which musical?
	Carousel
123	Alaska and Texas are the two largest US states by land area. Which is the third largest?
	California
124	Who was the second president of the United States of America?
	John Adams
125	Who wrote the novel Heart of Darkness, first published in 1899?
	Joseph Conrad
126	Name either of the two male tennis players that have won the French Open six times or more in the Open Era (i.e. since 1968).
	Bjorn Borg or Rafael Nadal
127	Who is the only person to serve two non–consecutive terms as US president?
	Grover Cleveland

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How many named lakes are there in the Lake District?
	There are over ninety named bodies of water in the Lake District, but only one of them is named as a lake: Bassenthwaite Lake. Generally, the larger ones are meres (e.g. Windermere) or waters (e.g. Coniston Water) and smaller ones are tarns. There are also some reservoirs.

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