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| 2019–20 Season |
| Week 17 |
| Specialist Rounds |
| General Knowledge |
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| 1 | Geography (Previously Known As ... ) | 2 | Science |
| 3 | You're 'Avin' a Larf | 4 | Arts & Entertainment |
| 5 | Bollocks to Brexit | 6 | Sport |
| 7 | History | 8 | Up Yours, Delors |
Set by the Nags Head; vetted by the Brewers Arms.
This round is about cities or countries that were previously known by a different name. I will give you the old name; you simply have to state the current name.
| 1 | Bechuanaland |
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Botswana |
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 Formosa |
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Taiwan |
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 Kristiania |
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Oslo |
4 | Northern Rhodesia |
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Zambia |
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| 5 | Madras |
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Chennai |
6 | Canton
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Guangzhou |
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| 7 | Saigon |
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Ho Chi Minh City |
8 | Leningrad |
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St. Petersburg |
| 1 | Spanish Netherlands
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Belgium |
2 | Upper Volta |
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Burkina Faso |
| 1 | Which element, atomic number 38, is named after a village in the Scottish Highlands? |
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Strontium (named after Strontian) |
| 2 | The mobile–phone operating system Android was developed by which company? |
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Google |
| 3 | In an optical system, what name is given to the measurement of how strongly the system converges or diverges light?
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The focal length |
| 4 | Which physical quantity is defined as "the product of the mass and velocity of an object or particle" and is measured in kilogram metres per second? |
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Momentum |
| 5 | The genus Quercus is the scientific term for which type of tree? |
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Oak |
| 6 | Which gas, discovered in 1898, is used in car headlamps to produce adequate light immediately upon switching on?
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Xenon |
| 7 | What name is given to a large molecule composed of many repeated subunits?
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A polymer (accept monomer) |
| 8 | Gossamer is a substance produced by which creatures? |
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Spiders |
| 1 | Which scientist wrote the 1976 book entitled The Selfish Gene? |
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Richard Dawkins |
| 2 | What term is used for a cow that has not had a calf?
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A heifer |
You will be given one or more clues to the identity of a person, and then a humorous quote for which they are responsible. You just need to identify the person concerned.
| 1 | Actor, director, comedian and clarinettist: "It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens" |
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Woody Allen |
| 2 | Comedian, actor, juggler & writer. "If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon"
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W. C. Fields |
| 3 | Scientist: "When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red–hot cinder, a
second seems like an hour. That's relativity"
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Albert Einstein |
| 4 | Beauty queen and actress: "I am a marvellous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house". Full name required |
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Zsa Zsa Gabor |
| 5 | Politician, writer and orator. "I may be drunk Miss but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly"
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Winston Churchill |
| 6 | Footballer and personality. "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered" |
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George Best |
| 7 | Author, humourist, entrepreneur and lecturer: "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated" |
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Mark Twain |
| 8 | Science fiction author and Professor of Biochemistry: "Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance
to those of us who do"
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Isaac Asimov |
| 1 | Singer, actress and businesswoman: "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap" |
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Dolly Parton |
| 2 | Musician: "Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And for the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewellery ..." |
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John Lennon |
| 1 | Who is the director of the recent film The Personal History of David Copperfield, his follow–up to the satirical film The Death of Stalin? |
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Armando Ianucci |
| 2 | Who composed, in 1874, Pictures at an Exhibition? |
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Modest Mussorgsky |
| 3 | Which recently deceased presenter/actor was the straight man to the comedian Arthur Haynes on TV in the 1950s and 60s? |
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Nicholas Parsons |
| 4 | According to the Beatles' song Get Back, where was the home that Jo Jo left? |
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Tucson, Arizona |
| 5 | Which ancient Greek statue, now in the Louvre, is generally thought to have been discovered by a peasant on the Aegean island
of Milos in 1820?
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The Venus de Milo |
| 6 | Which Indian–born artist co–designed, in 2012, the ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture situated outside the Olympic Stadium in London? |
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Anish Kapoor |
| 7 | Handbags and Gladrags was the theme song for which award–winning TV mockumentary series which ran from 2001 to 2003? |
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The Office |
| 8 | Give a year in the life of Jane Austen. |
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1775 to 1817 |
| 1 | Which British actress won two Oscars in the 1990s, for Howards End and Sense & Sensibility, and provides the voice of the parrot Polynesia in the current film Dolittle? |
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Emma Thompson |
| S2 | In which series of children's books and television programmes would you find the characters Bumpy Dog, Tessie Bear and the mischievous goblins Sly and Gobbo? |
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Noddy |
| S3 | Originally hosted by Ned Sherrin, and now by Paul Gambaccini, what is the name of the Radio 4 programme, described as "the general knowledge music quiz"? |
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Counterpoint |
Don't panic: nothing Brexit–related here. All answers start with either the letters BO or BR.
| 1 | What is the state capital of Idaho? |
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Boise |
| 2 | Which Hindu deity is regarded as the creator god? |
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Brahma |
| 3 | Which Berkshire town was the home of the Met Office until 2003? |
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Bracknell |
| 4 | In 1931, Aldous Huxley wrote which dystopian novel? |
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Brave New World |
| 5 | What is the name of the style of Brazilian music popularised in the 1950s and 1960s by Antonio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto? |
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Bossa nova |
| 6 | Name the American rock band whose biggest hit was 1976's More Than A Feeling. |
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Boston |
| 7 | What is the nickname of the American baseball team from Milwaukee? |
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The Brewers |
| 8 | Which of the halogen elements has the atomic number 35? |
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Bromine |
| 1 | Which European country has Sarajevo as its capital? |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2 | Which character in To Kill A Mockingbird gave their name to a British rock band of the 1990s? |
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Boo Radley |
| 1 | Name either of the football teams for which Brian Clough played professionally (scoring 251 goals in 274 appearances). |
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Middlesbrough or Sunderland |
| 2 | Which former Wimbledon tennis champion announced their retirement on February 26th this year? |
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Maria Sharapova |
| 3 | Despite only being 22, which woman is the most decorated American gymnast of all time? |
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Simone Biles |
| 4 | Where would you find the Happy Valley and Sha Tin racecourses? |
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Hong Kong |
| 5 | Who is the Scottish fly half that has been dropped from the current Six Nations squad for "breaches of protocol"? |
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Finn Russell |
| 6 | With which team did Lewis Hamilton start his Formula One career? |
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McLaren |
| 7 | Which Cuban holds the world record, set in 1993 and current (as of March 1 st), for the High Jump at 2.45 meters? |
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Javier Sotomayor |
| 8 | Which cricketer kept wicket for England 95 times between 1967 and 1981, scoring nearly 4,500 runs and taking 250 catches? |
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Alan Knott |
| 1 | As of February 2nd 2020, who has scored the most Premier League goals? |
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Alan Shearer (260) |
| 2 | There are currently ten golf courses on the rota to hold the Open Championship. How many of them are in Scotland? |
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Five (St. Andrews, Turnberry, Carnoustie, Muirfield and Troon) |
A round of dark events and dastardly deeds.
| 1 | Who was convicted of shooting Martin Luther King? |
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James Earl Ray |
| 2 | In which decade of the 18th century was the Black Hole of Calcutta incident, when 123 out of 146 imprisoned soldiers died? |
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1750s (June 1756) |
| 3 | Where, in 1692, did members of Clan Campbell massacre members of Clan MacDonald for being slow in swearing allegiance to William and Mary? |
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Glencoe |
| 4 | The French Revolution was a rising against the reign of which King, leading to his execution in 1793? |
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Louis XVI |
| 5 | In the mid–to–late 1990s, fighting between two tribes in Rwanda, Burundi and Congo led to the deaths of over 1.5 million people. Name either of the two tribes. |
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Hutu or Tutsi |
| 6 | What was the name of the village where US troops murdered some 350 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in March 1968? |
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My Lai |
| 7 | Who was the Chilean socialist leader overthrown in a military coup supported by the United States in September 1973? |
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Salvador Allende |
| 8 | In which city did the St. Valentine's Day massacre take place in 1929? |
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Chicago |
| 1 | Between 1830 and 1850 the forced relocation of 60,000 native American Indians to reservations west of the Mississippi is known as what? |
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The Trail of Tears |
| 2 | The Battle of the Little Big Horn, where the US 7th Cavalry under General Custer lost over half of their men, took place in which state? |
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Montana |
In the spirit of balance, this too has nothing to do with Brexit, but is a round of all things French.
| 1 | Who captained France to their 1998 Soccer World Cup victory and, as of March 1st, manages the national team? |
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Didier Deschamps |
| 2 | During World War 2, who was the leader of the Vichy regime which was the nominal government of the Free Zone of France? |
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Marshal Philippe Pétain |
| 3 | Who became the first and, to date, only female Prime Minister of France, in 1991? |
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Edith Cresson |
| 4 | In 1909 who was the first man to fly the English Channel in a powered airplane? |
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Louis Bleriot |
| 5 | Which French film won five Oscars in 2012, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin? |
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The Artist |
| 6 | Which 14–year–old French singer had a hit record in 1987 with Joe le Taxi? |
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Vanessa Paradis |
| 7 | Which French designer's trademark is the red soles of his stiletto shoes? |
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Christian Louboutin |
| 8 | Claude Monet is well known for his paintings of water lilies in the gardens of his house, 50 miles west of Paris. What is the name of this village where he lived and worked? |
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Giverny |
| 1 | In the early 1990s, Nicole and Papa featured in adverts for which model of car? |
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Renault Clio |
| 2 | The Winter Olympics were held in France in Albertville in the last year that both the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same year. In which year was this? |
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1992 |
| 3 | Who was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, on the 13th of July 1783? |
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Jean–Paul Marat |
Set by the Brewers Arms; vetted by the Nags Head.
| 1 | Robert De Niro is James Conway, and Ray Liotta is Henry Hill, in which 1990 mobster film? |
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Goodfellas |
| 2 | In which British city would you find the Birchfield Harriers competing at the Alexander Stadium? |
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Birmingham |
| 3 | Who is known as the Father of Television?
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John Logie Baird |
| 4 | Which British Prime Minister resigned in 1957 following the Suez fiasco? |
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Anthony Eden |
| 5 | Trachoma is a contagious disease affecting which body part? |
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The eye |
| 6 | In which local village would you find Capesthorne Hall? |
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Siddington |
| 7 | In which year of the 20th century did the Titanic sink? |
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1912
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| 8 | In the USA it's known as an 'alligator pear'. What's it known as in the UK?
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Avocado |
| 9 | In mathematics, what term is given to a straight line connecting two points on a curve or curved surface? |
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Chord |
| 10 | The Peverell brothers, Colin Creevey and Romilda Vane exist in which series of books and films? |
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Harry Potter |
| 11 | Which 'M' is Britain's leading hospital specialising in eye injuries?
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Moorfields |
| 12 | Barry Killerby played which character in the 1990s, on various programmes involving Noel Edmonds? |
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Mr. Blobby |
| 13 | Which Englishman won the World Snooker Championship for the first time in 2015? |
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Stuart Bingham |
| 14 | Kerstin 'Kiki' Haakanson was the first winner of which international beauty pageant in 1951? |
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Miss World |
| 15 | What sort of pastry is used to make an Eccles cake?
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Puff pastry |
| 16 | Collingwood, Ustinov and John Snow are colleges at which university in the North of England? |
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Durham |
| 17 | Which current League One side has previously been known as New Brompton? |
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Gillingham |
| 18 | Operation Mercury was the German codename for the invasion of which Mediterranean island in 1941? |
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Crete |
| 19 | In architecture, what can be described as "an inner courtyard that is open to the sky, or a skylight"?
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An atrium |
| 20 | In which city would you find Crumlin Road gaol?
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Belfast |
| 21 | What does the term 'Avast' mean when on a ship or boat? |
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Stop, desist or cease (accept any reference
to stopping) |
| 22 | Which 20th century musician's last words were "Love one another"?
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George
Harrison |
| 23 | In US politics, the Republicans are known as GOP. What does GOP stand for? |
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Grand Old Party |
| 24 | Which female Great British 1500m runner won the Diamond League title for the first time in the 2016 season? |
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Laura Muir |
| 25 | Never Had a Dream Come True was a UK number one for which group in 2000? |
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S Club 7 |
| 26 | The St Bartholomew's Day Massacre saw the killing of people of which Protestant sect in France in 1572? |
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Huguenots |
| 27 | "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet" is a line from a poem by which British author/poet? |
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Rudyard Kipling |
| 28 | Daniel Cook, Edward Elizabeth Hitler and Vyvyan Basterd are all characters that have been played by which British actor/comedian?
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Adrian 'Ade' Edmondson |
| 29 | In which year did Adam Smith publish The Wealth of Nations?
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1776 (accept 1774 to 1778) |
| 30 | Which communist politician became premier of Romania in 1965, serving until his execution in 1989? |
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Nicolae Ceausescu |
| 31 | Which cyclist became the first Briton to win the Tour de France? |
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Bradley Wiggins |
| 32 | Which 2019 MTV Video Award Song of the Year winner contains the line "I got the horses in the back / Horse
tack is attached"?
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Old Town Road |
| 33 | Which is the most westerly railway station of those on a standard London Monopoly board?
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Marylebone |
| 34 | According to Tripadvisor, what (as of the 28th February) is the top attraction to visit in Macclesfield?
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Tegg's Nose Country Park |
| 35 | James Patterson teamed up with which former US President to write the novel The President Is Missing? |
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Bill Clinton |
| 36 | The chital is a species of which hooved animal? |
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Deer |
| 37 | Which bridge spans the expanse of water between Dawes Point in The Rocks and Milsons Point? |
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Sydney Harbour Bridge |
| 38 | Which British physicist and author said "Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet"?
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Stephen Hawking |
| 39 | "Heroes of the sea, noble people" is the first line of which European country's national anthem? |
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Portugal |
| 40 | Whose country residence is Gatcombe Park? |
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Princess Anne,
the Princess Royal |
| 41 | Both Matthew Boulton and James Watt have featured on which British banknote? |
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£50 |
| 42 | Richard Noble set a land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour driving which car? |
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Thrust 2 (accept Thrust) |
| 43 | If 42 is the ultimate answer according to The Hitch–Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what is the ultimate question?
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What do you get if you multiply six by nine? |
| 44 | Which novel by Yann Martel won the Booker Prize in 2002? |
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The Life of Pi |
| 45 | Which musical film, starring Barbra Streisand, was inspired by the life of the entertainer Fanny Brice? |
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Funny Girl |
| 46 | Audrey Tautou plays the title character in which 2001 French happy–go–lucky film? |
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Amelie |
| 47 | Edmund Barton was the first Prime Minister of which Commonwealth country? |
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Australia |
| 48 | What is the name of the object that is placed either side of an aeroplane wheel to stop it rolling? |
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Chock |
| 49 | Which dinosaur's name, when translated from Latin, means 'swift robber'? |
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Velociraptor |
| 50 | In which year did the USA adopt The Star–Spangled Banner as its national anthem?
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1931 (accept 1929 to 1933) |
| 51 | Which Northern Irish rider won the Superbike World Championship for three consecutive years between 2015 and 2017?
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Jonathan Rea |
| 52 | Which English boxer was the first to be awarded a knighthood?
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Henry Cooper |
| 53 | Which American Baseball team plays its home games at Fenway Park? |
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Boston Red Sox |
| 54 | On an email, what does 'CC' stand for?
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Carbon copy |
| 55 | Bedford–Fillbasket, Predora and Welland are all types of which vegetable? |
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Brussels sprouts |
| 56 | According to Jewish tradition, what was the name of Adam's first wife? |
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Lilith |
| 57 | In the novel Anna Karenina, how did the title character die? |
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Suicide – she throws herself under a train (accept
either answer) |
| 58 | Alpha, Dominant and Nevada are all types of which vegetable? |
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Cauliflower |
| 59 | In which British city would you find the Borough of Merton?
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London |
| 60 | What is the most famous building in the Piazza Dei Miracoli, formally known as the Piazza Dei Duomo?
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| 61 | Which musical act had a 1979 hit that mentions Mandalay, Tiger Bay, Bombay and Santa Fé? |
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Ian Dury & the Blockheads |
| 62 | In which sport did Ding Ning become World Champion for the third time in 2017? |
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Table tennis |
| 63 | Which French impressionist's works include The Ballet Dancers and Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando? |
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Edgar Degas |
| 64 | What is the name of the public footpath that runs for over 2,000 miles between Georgia and Maine in the USA? |
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Appalachian Trail |
| 65 | The New England Patriots have won the Super Bowl six times. With which other team do they share this record? |
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Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 66 | Which horse race was won five times in a row, between 1932 and 1936, by Golden Miller? |
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The Cheltenham Gold Cup |
| 67 | Zamzam Ibrahim is the leader of which British Union until April 2020? |
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National Union of Students (NUS) |
| 68 | Which footballer won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 2009? |
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Ryan Giggs |
| 69 | The Originals are a cricket team in the new The Hundred competition, but in which city are they based? |
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Manchester |
| 70 | Which internet dating app is unique in that it only permits females to start a chat with matches?
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Bumble |
| 71 | The 1976 film All the Presidents Men tells the story of which political scandal? |
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TheWatergate affair |
| 72 | Which country won the World Lacrosse Championship in 2014?
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Canada |
| 73 | What is the steering wheel in an aeroplane's cockpit called?
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Tiller |
| 74 | On the road, ANPR might automatically detect and read what? |
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Number plates or registration plates |
| 75 | 'HOMES' is a mnemonic for remembering which geographical features of North America?
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The Great Lakes |
| 76 | Which creature was used by King Richard II as his personal badge? |
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The White Hart
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| 77 | Jamaica declared independence from the UK in which year of the 1960s?
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1962 (August to be exact) |
| 78 | What is the highest mountain in Northern Ireland? |
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Slieve Donard |
| 79 | In which English county would you find Warkworth Castle?
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Northumberland |
| 80 | What is the title of the sequel to the classic book Catch–22? |
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Closing Time |
| 81 | William Railton is best known as the designer of which London monument?
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Nelson's Column |
| 82 | Which Beatles song contains the line "When I was younger, so much younger than today"? |
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Help |
| 83 | In the Zodiac, two of the Water signs are Pisces and Cancer. What's the third? |
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Scorpio |
| 84 | Metalmarks, Skippers and Swallowtails are common names for family groups of which insect? |
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Butterfly |
| 85 | The Walker children, featured in the original story of Swallows and Amazons, are John, Susan, Roger, Bridget and whom? |
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Titty |
| 86 | How many European Cups did Phil Neal win while playing for Liverpool?
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Four (1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1983–84) |
| 87 | Which Welsh comedian presented the BBC comedy music show Never Mind the Buzzcocks before it was axed in 2015? |
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Rhod Gilbert |
| 88 | In which year did author Sir Terry Pratchett, soul singer Ben E King and actor Sir Christopher Lee all pass away? |
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2015 (no leeway) |
| 89 | Which British supermarket chain was originally founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen? |
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Tesco |
| 90 | Which actor played the part of Doctor Who from March 1981 to March 1984?
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Peter Davison |
| 91 | In 2002, who became the first person to fly solo around the world non–stop in a balloon? |
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Steve Fossett |
| 92 | Pernicious anaemia is caused by a deficiency of which vitamin? |
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B12 |
| 93 | What was voted Scotland's greatest man–made wonder in 2016? |
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The Forth Bridge |
| 94 | According to the FBI, which day of the week is the most popular for bank robberies?
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Fridays |
| 95 | If you are a vexillologist, what do you study? |
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Flags |
| 96 | Which castle, built in the 1220s, is perched on a rocky crag above the Cheshire Plain? |
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Beeston Castle |
| 1 | Night blindness is sometimes caused by a deficiency of which vitamin?
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A |
| 2 | Which foodstuff caused controversy at the 1978 Chess World Championship?
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Yoghurt |
| 3 | Which Manchester boxer beat Ricky Burns in a lightweight bout, at Manchester Arena in October 2017? |
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Anthony Crolla |
| 4 | Which former Sex Pistol wrote an autobiography entitled Anger is an Energy? |
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John Lydon |
| 5 | The Nephrology department of a hospital generally treat issues related to which organ of the body? |
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Kidney |
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