2023–4 Season: Cup Quarter–Finals – 20 February 2024

Set by the Pack Horse Bowling Club.

1	Who is the only man named Oscar to win an Oscar (to date)?
	Oscar Hammerstein of Rogers and Hammerstein
2	Ken Aston came up with the idea for which part of a football referee's equipment when stuck in traffic?
	The card system
3	What links the playing style of baseball pitcher Pat Venditte, international cricket bowlers Kamindu Mendis and Jemma Barsby and snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan?
	They are ambidextrous (regularly playing these one–handed sports with either hand)
4	According to legend, which Irish giant built The Giants Causeway?
	Finn MacCool (Irish spelling Fionn MacCumhaill). It was to face his giant Scottish rival Benandonner
5	In which part of the body are the cruciate ligaments found?
	The knee
6	The name of which Japanese car manufacturer literally translates as 'three diamonds' as reflected in their logo?
	Mitsubishi
7	The wife of an Earl is known by what title?
	Countess
8	Google Translate lists 42 languages in which ananas is the name of which fruit?
	Pineapple
9	Which daytime TV soap opera is set in the fictional borough of Letherbridge, Birmingham?
	Doctors
10	Which app, that can identify music based on only a short sample, was acquired by Apple in 2018 for a reported $400 million?
	Shazam
11	Which surname, the most common in Ireland, derives from a word meaning 'sea warrior'?
	Murphy
12	To beat George Foreman in their 1974 rumble in the jungle, Muhammed Ali employed what defensive boxing Technique?
	Rope–a–dope
13	What's the name of the big red dog that features in a series of children's books by Norman Bridwell?
	Clifford
14	Which Dostoyevsky novel includes the line "you shouldn't have gone murdering people with a hatchet"?
	Crime and Punishment
15	By what name is Portuguese West Africa now known?
	Angola
16	Which royal has the middle names Philip Arthur George?
	King Charles III
17	Mr Rochester, Mrs Fairfax and John Reed are all characters from which classic novel?
	Jane Eyre
18	Which children's animated character's full name is Samuel Peyton–Jones?
	Fireman Sam
19	How many years are celebrated by a platinum anniversary?
	70
20	Which actor's final film role was as Kincade, the gamekeeper, in the James Bond film Skyfall?
	Albert Finney

21	Which A–list actor retired in 2022 following a diagnosis of aphasia affecting his ability to communicate?
	Bruce Willis
22	The Jutland peninsula forms part of which country?
	Denmark
23	In Channel 4's Countdown, how many letters are selected at the start of each letters game?
	Nine
24	Nathuram Vinayak Godse assassinated which statesman?
	Mahatma Ghandi
25	Which boxer was the last to fight Muhammed Ali in 1981, and five years later was beaten by Mike Tyson for Tyson's first world title?
	Trevor Berbick
26	Which British seaside town is the only one that still has three piers?
	Blackpool (North, Central and South)
27	Which English poet wrote the 1915 poem The Soldier?
	Rupert Brooke
28	The sword bill is the only bird whose beak is longer than its body. What type of bird is it?
	A hummingbird
29	The comedian Gary Delaney married which other comedian in 2013?
	Sarah Millican
30	The diagnostic 'stool chart', designed to classify human faeces into seven categories, is named after which English city?
	Bristol
31	Originally bred in the southwestern USA, which breed of horse has a pale gold or tan–coloured hide and a white mane and tail?
	The Palomino
32	Which American author wrote the commercially and critically successful novel Slaughterhouse Five?
	Kurt Vonnegut
33	Which Brian scored the first ever goal in the Premier league?
	Brian Deane (for Sheffield United)
34	Henry IV deposed and replaced which monarch, his cousin, after not being allowed to inherit the title of John of Gaunt? (Name and regnal number required)
	Richard II
35	What process has taken place when a solid turns directly to a gas, bypassing the liquid stage?
	Sublimation
36	At the world–famous Cooper's Hill Cheese–Rolling and Wake event, what cheese is rolled?
	Double Gloucester
37	Who, in 1963, became the first ever honorary citizen of the USA?
	Winston Churchill
38	On a professional–level squash ball, what colour are the two dots?
	Yellow
39	Which Mars chocolate bar was once advertised with the slogan "What's got a aazelnut in every bite?"
	Topic
40	The United States of America achieve independence on July the 4th, in which year?
	1776 (accept 75 to 77)

41	Shetlands, Chalfonts and Belindas all refer to which affliction in Cockney rhyming slang?
	Haemorrhoids (as in 'piles' – Shetland Isles, Chalfont St. Giles and Belinda Carlisle)
42	If you were described as an AFOL, what would you be?
	An Adult Fan Of Lego! Accept any answer with Lego in it.
43	The films Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report are all based on books by which author?
	Philip K. Dick
44	Which Scottish market town is nicknamed 'Queen of the South', and plays host to the football team of that name?
	Dumfries
45	Which Indian tea is made by boiling tea leaves, milk and sugar, and optional spices including cinnamon and cardamom?
	Chai
46	Schubert's eighth, Beethoven's tenth and Borodin's third are all symphonies better known as what?
	Unfinished
47	Prague is on the banks of which river?
	The Vltava
49	In Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven, what's the only word the titular bird speaks?
	Nevermore
50	In 2016 Hasbro, the makers of Cluedo, announced that they were introducing Dr. Orchid, to replace which of the original six characters?
	Mrs. White
51	Condyles are rounded protrusions on the end of what?
	Bones
52	The Drake equation, first proposed by Frank Drake in1961, is a way of estimating what in the Milky Way Galaxy?
	The number of Extra Terrestrials (active, communicative civilizations)
53	What's the title of Radio 4's humorous, popular science show, hosted by Brian Cox and Robin Ince?
	The Infinite Monkey Cage
54	The fashion chain H&M originated in which European country?
	Sweden
55	Which British comedian recorded a show in 2001 in which he set out to find and meet 54 people who shared his name?
	Dave Gorman
56	Which country is divided by the Strait of Magellan – an important naval passage?
	Chile
57	Which large peninsula contains parts of Belize, Guatemala and Mexico?
	Yucatan
59	As of 2021, which animal gives its name to the youngest section of the Scouts (4 to 6 year olds)?
	The squirrel
60	What is secreted from your sudoriferous glands?
	Sweat

61	Copenhagen, Many Worlds and Objective Collapse are theories to do with what?
	Quantum mechanics
62	If you add a real number to an imaginary number, the result will be what kind of number?
	A complex number
63	Which US President popularised the saying "the buck stops here" – keeping a sign with it written on his desk?
	Harry S Truman
64	Who is the current Shadow Foreign Secretary (as of the 14th of February)?
	David Lammy
65	Who will be representing the UK in this year's Eurovision Song Contest?
	Olly Alexander (accept Years and Years)
66	Who wrote the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's?
	Truman Capote
67	Only two countries have square national flags. The Vatican City is one; which other European country is the other?
	Switzerland
68	Obelisks in Central Park, New York and on the Victoria Embankment, London, share what name?
	Cleopatra's Needle
69	Who scored Manchester City's goal to win their first European Champions League title in June 2023, beating Inter Milan 1–0?
	Rodri (Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante). Also accept Rodrigo
70	What do you call a material that has zero electrical resistance?
	A superconductor
71	Who took over from Laura Kuenssberg in 2022 as the BBC's Political Editor?
	Chris Mason
72	Give a year in the life of Sir Issac Newton.
	1643 to 1727
73	Who (as of the 14 th of February) is the current Deputy Prime Minister?
	Oliver Dowden
74	Which geological fault line, running from eastern to south central Turkey, caused the major earthquake that struck Southern Turkey and Syria in 2023?
	The East Anatolian fault
75	Give a year in the life of Nicolaus Copernicus.
	1473 to 1543
76	Lecanemab and Donanemab are two newly–developed drugs that have been heralded as a breakthrough in the treatment of which disease?
	Alzheimer's (accept dementia)
77	The 1882 novel The Prince and the Pauper was which author's first attempt at historical fiction?
	Mark Twain
78	Which American stand–up comedian was arrested seven times for obscenity in the 1960's, one more time than he appeared on television?
	Lenny Bruce
79	With14 neighbouring countries, which country has the most borders?
	China
80	In 1976 the village Yambuku in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was the scene of the first recorded case of which disease, named for a nearby river?
	E–Bola

81	Which of the Apostles asked to be crucified upside down?
	St. Peter
82	Kenneth Parker's 1939 design of the Parker 51 became a status symbol. What was a Parker 51?
	A (fountain) pen
83	Who was the mother of James I of England?
	Mary, Queen of Scots
84	Which planet was visited by the space probe Messenger in 2011, after seven years of travel?
	Mercury
85	Which gas is used in a beer can 'widget'?
	Nitrogen
86	Which Spanish conquistador led the 16 th century expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec empire?
	Hernan Cortes
87	"It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen" is the opening line to which novel?
	Nineteen Eighty–Four (by George Orwell)
88	Which is the second longest river in Africa (after the Nile)?
	The Congo
89	What's the largest country in Africa, by land area?
	Algeria
90	Name either of the newspapers that appear in the Harry Potter Novels.
	The Daily Prophet and The Quibbler
91	Edward Woodstock,14 th century Prince of Wales and eldest son of Edward III, was known by what name?
	The Black Prince
92	Published in 1836, what was Charles Dickens's first novel?
	The Pickwick Papers
93	New York's Idlewild Airport was renamed in 1963 as what?
	John F Kennedy International Airport (accept JFK )
94	Which animal's name appears in a name that's given to a small section of hair that grows at a different angle from the rest of a person's hair?
	A cow (as in a cowlick)
95	In which country is Aconcagua, the 189 th highest mountain in the world but the highest outside Asia?
	Argentina
96	The name of which region in India means 'Land of Five Rivers'?
	(The) Punjab
97	Which Cornish dish consists of baked pilchards, whose heads protrude through the pastry crust?
	Stargazey Pie
98	During the battle of Midway, in World War II, Japan lost four aircraft carriers but the Americans lost only one. What was the name of the American ship?
	USS Yorktown (CV–5)
99	Which American jazz poet is known for his work The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, and voiced the original 'Orange Man' Tango advert?
	Gil Scott–Heron
100	When Jarvis Cocker was questioned by the police after invading the stage at the 1996 BRIT awards, which comedian served as his solicitor?
	Bob Mortimer

101	In 1961, who founded the Jewish Historical Documentation Centre in Vienna, which concentrated especially on the hunting of war criminals?
	Simon Wiesenthal
102	Queen Mary I of England married the ruling monarch of which European nation in 1556?
	Spain (King Philip II)
103	Whose 'midnight ride' of April 1775, to alert the colonial militia of British forces, was dramatized in an 1861 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
	Paul Revere
104	Who 'solved' the ancient Greek legend of the Gordian Knot, of which it was said that whoever untied it would rule all of Asia?
	Alexander the Great (he cut it with his sword, thus exercising his mental genius of solving an intractable problem by direct action!)
105	The USA calls space travellers Astronauts; the Russians call them Cosmonauts. What do the Chinese call them?
	Taikonauts
106	On the 19 th of April 2021, NASA made the first ever controlled flight of a craft in the atmosphere of another planet, when which small helicopter flew on Mars?
	Ingenuity (nicknamed Ginny)
107	Certain scenes from the films Star Wars, The Life of Brian and The English Patient have been shot in which African country, because of its landscape?
	Tunisia
108	Which Egyptian god served as the protector of graves and cemeteries and guide to the underworld?
	Anubis
109	Which fictional TV detective, played by Alan Davis, lived in a windmill?
	Jonathan Creek
110	In which year did the Five Nations rugby tournament become the Six Nations?
	2000
111	Which Irish jockey was the first female to win both the Grand National and the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
	Rachael Blackmore
112	Which singer's last reported words were "I'm going to the bathroom to read"?
	Elvis Presley
113	On the 7th of January 2015, the Paris offices of which satirical newspaper were subjected to a terrorist attack?
	Charlie Hebdo
114	On which planet is a solar day equivalent to 117 Earth days and a solar year to 224.7 Earth days (due to how slowly it rotates)?
	Venus
115	Which stretch of water separates Australia from New Zealand?
	The Tasman Sea
116	In which state of the USA is Mount Rushmore?
	South Dakota
117	The statue of which 19 th century merchant was toppled into Bristol harbour in 2020?
	Edward Colston
118	The Irish tradition by which women are allowed to propose to men on the 29 th February is known as what?
	Bachelor's Day
119	Which Venezuelan military hero led Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama to independence from the Spanish Empire, becoming known as El Libertador?
	Simon Bolivar
120	Zane Grey was a prolific author in which genre of fiction?
	Westerns

Supplementaries:

1	In Greek mythology, what's the name of the multi–headed dog that guards the gates to the Underworld – also referred to as the Hound of Hades?
	Cerberus
2	When the Moulin Rouge opened in Paris, in 1889, which Post–Impressionist artist was commissioned to paint a series of posters prominently featuring it?
	Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (accept Toulouse Lautrec)
3	Martin Sheen played US President Josiah 'Jed' Barlett in which American TV series?
	The West Wing
4	Who was the only 18th century Queen of Britain?
	Queen Anne
5	There are four mammalian orders with known venomous representatives. Solenodons (shrews) and slow lorises are two; which other mammals have venom?
	The duck–billed platypus or vampire bat

Tie Break:

The Lego set 'The World's Map', costing around £400, is made from how many pieces?
	11,695

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