2018–19 Season: Week 12 – 5 February 2019
All questions set by the Church House Bollington.
Specialist Rounds
Round 1: Something Fishy
All answers are fish–related.
1 |
English film director of films including Kes, Cathy Come Home, and Looking for Eric. |
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Ken Loach |
2 |
British politician serving as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since November 2018. |
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Amber Rudd |
3 |
British politician, MP for Epsom and Ewell and Secretary of State for Transport since 2016. |
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Chris Grayling |
4 |
Ska–influenced punk band from Brighton, best known for their 1980 version of the song Tom Hark. |
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The Piranhas |
5 |
A hairstyle that is short at the front and sides and long at the back. Most famously sported by, among others, Peter Stringfellow,
Rod Stewart and Michael Bolton. |
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The mullet |
6 |
A seafaring, pipe smoking merchant marine captain. Best friend of Tintin, created by 'famous Belgian', Hergé. |
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Captain Archibald Haddock |
7 |
A clue or piece of information which is, or is intended to be, misleading or distracting. |
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Red herring |
8 |
Cat owned by children's TV character Bob the Builder. |
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Pilchard |
Supplementaries:
1 |
American band: lead singer Darius Rucker, they had hits in the mid 90s with Let Her Cry, Hold My Hand and
Only Wanna Be With You. |
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Hootie and the Blowfish |
2 |
Met Office Meteorologist known for BBC Weather forecasting, infamous for saying there wasn't a storm predicted
in October 1987. |
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(Michael) Fish. |
Round 2: Mine's a Double
All answers contain a double name. For example:
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English 1980s New Wave band, known for hits such as Rio and Hungry Like The Wolf. |
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Duran Duran |
1 |
Maximum–security correctional facility in New York State, built in 1826, housing over 2000 inmates. |
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Sing Sing |
2 |
Cameroonian footballer, widely regarded as one of Sir Alex Ferguson's worst signings for Manchester United. Humorously
described as, "so bad they named him twice". Currently playing in the Swiss 5th Division. |
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Eric Djemba–Djemba |
3 |
Spa town in Germany's Black Forest, near the French border. Its thermal baths led to fame as a fashionable 19th century
resort. |
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Baden Baden |
4 |
Adopted son of Betty and Barney Rubble, of Flintstones fame, known for his excessive and sometimes misused strength. |
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Bamm Bamm |
5 |
Nickname given to Nazi propaganda broadcaster William Joyce. |
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(Lord) Haw Haw |
6 |
City in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, it's the state's largest inland city. |
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Wagga Wagga |
7 |
Former British League cricketer and later a football agent who died in 2015, best known for being the father of two England
footballers and an England netballer. |
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Neville Neville |
8 |
Song by David Bowie released in 1974 as a single from his Diamond Dogs album. It has been described as being
Bowie's farewell to the glam rock movement he helped pioneer. |
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Rebel Rebel |
Supplementaries
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Popular French Polynesian island resort in the South Pacific, northwest of Tahiti. |
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Bora Bora |
2 |
Hanna–Barbera cartoon character, an anthropomorphic bear cub wearing a purple bow tie. Lived in Jellystone Park with his
smarter–than–average companion. |
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Boo Boo |
Round 3: History
1 |
The battles of Blenheim, Malplaquet and Ramillies took place during which early 18th century war? |
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War of the Spanish Succession |
2 |
Which architect who lived from 1573 to 1652 included amongst his designs The Banqueting House, Whitehall and the layout for
Covent Garden? First name and surname required. |
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Inigo Jones |
3 |
Which 14th century English king died in Pontefract Castle? |
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A Richard II |
4 |
Edward VI reigned from 1547 to 1553. Who was his mother? |
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Jane Seymour (third wife of Henry VIII) |
5 |
Papa and Baby Doc ruled Haiti as father and son dictators from 1957 to 1986. What was their family surname? |
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Duvalier |
6 |
What name, after the township where it occurred, was given to the massacre that killed 69 people in South Africa
on 21st March 1960. |
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Sharpeville |
7 |
Which 19th century battle was the title of a UK number 2 hit for Lonnie Donegan in 1959? |
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The Battle of New Orleans (in 1815, between the USA and Great
Britain) |
8 |
The Ottoman Empire ceded control of which Mediterranean island to Britain as part of the negotiations surrounding
the Congress of Berlin of 1878? |
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Cyprus |
Supplementaries
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Who commanded the British Expeditionary Force at the start of the First World War, but was replaced by Douglas Haig in late 1915? |
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Sir John French |
10 |
Which French national hero of the First World War was convicted of treason after the end of the Second World War? |
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Marshall Philippe Petain |
Round 4: Geography
1 |
Barracks, Central and Manchester Road are train stations in which Lancashire town? |
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Burnley |
2 |
What's the only country named after a real (i.e. not fictitious, mythological or legendary) woman? |
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St Lucia |
3 |
In which country would you find the Negev desert? |
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Israel |
4 |
In which city is the Ostankino Tower, the tallest free–standing structure in Europe and from 1967 to 1976,
the tallest in the world? |
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Moscow |
5 |
Queen Maud Land is a region of Antarctica, claimed by which country? |
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Norway |
6 |
In which county is the RSPB reserve Minsmere? |
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Suffolk |
7 |
In which city would you find the arch known as the Gateway of India? |
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Mumbai (accept Bombay) |
8 |
In which US city would you find the Space Needle? |
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Seattle (accept Gatlinburg, Texas, as there's one
there too) |
Supplementaries
1 |
Of which African country is Conakry the capital? |
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Guinea |
2 |
In which country would you find the state of Mato Grosso? |
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Brazil |
Round 5: Science
1 |
Regulus is the brightest star in which constellation? |
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Leo |
2 |
The area around Donna Nook in Lincolnshire is well–known for which creatures which can be seen there from October to
December each year? |
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Grey seals (accept seals) |
3 |
What was the name of the last Space Shuttle to be sent into space? |
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Atlantis |
4 |
Fool's gold contains iron and which other element? |
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Sulfur (or sulphur, if you prefer) |
5 |
Which American astronomer and science populariser co–wrote and narrated the 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal
Journey? He died in 1996. |
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Carl Sagan |
6 |
The Crab, the Eagle and the Horsehead are noted examples of what astronomical feature? |
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Nebulae |
7 |
An amalgam is an alloy that contains which element? |
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Mercury |
8 |
The International Space Station orbits the Earth in which level of the atmosphere, just above the Mesosphere? |
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Thermosphere |
Supplementaries
1 |
Pd is the chemical symbol for which element? |
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Palladium |
2 |
Which element takes its name from the German for 'goblin'? |
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Cobalt |
Round 6: Arts and Entertainment
1 |
'Pearl' was the nickname of which rock, soul and blues singer? |
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Janis Joplin |
2 |
In which state was the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard set? |
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Georgia |
3 |
Which song features the grandchildren Vera, Chuck and Dave? |
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When I'm Sixty Four |
4 |
Guitarist Robert Fripp of the prog rock band King Crimson is married to which pop star, whose heyday was in the late 1970s and
1980s? |
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Toyah Wilcox (accept either or both names) |
5 |
The rapper Method Man, from the group Wu–Tang Clan, played the role of Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff in which
highly–acclaimed US drama? |
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The Wire |
6 |
Which Geordie sports commentator was the writer of the 1980s children's football drama series Jossy's Giants? |
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Sid Waddell |
7 |
Which virtuoso musician (1782–1840) was known as 'the Devil's violinist'? |
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Niccolo Paganini |
8 |
The Ballad of Buster Scraggs is the most recent film from which directing duo? |
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The Coen brothers |
Supplementaries
1 |
What's the name of the film about Queen Anne and her female friendships, which is nominated for ten Oscars at this year's
Academy Awards? |
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The Favourite |
2 |
Which Prime Minister wrote the novel Savrola? |
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Winston Churchill |
Round 7: 2018
All the following took place last year.
1 |
Who replaced Nick Grimshaw as host of the Radio 1 breakfast show? |
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Greg James |
2 |
Which country amended its national anthem to make it gender neutral? |
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Canada |
3 |
What was the name of the Peter Jackson film that featured colourised original footage of the First World War? |
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They Shall Not Grow Old |
4 |
Which TV series starred Jenna Coleman as a mother whose baby goes missing on a trip to Australia? |
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The Cry |
5 |
The Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in a consulate in which city? |
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Istanbul |
6 |
Shamefully, the Christmas number 1 single was a novelty cover version of Starship's We Built This City
in which the words 'rock and roll' were replaced by which edible items? |
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Sausage rolls |
7 |
Which former England midfielder, who scored a memorable FA Cup Final goal, died in April 2018? |
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Ray Wilkins |
8 |
Which actor, known for playing Selwyn Froggitt and Claude Greengrass in Heartbeat, died in March 2018? |
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Bill Maynard |
Supplementaries
1 |
Who was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony? |
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Billie–Jean King |
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Both the Miss World and Miss Universe contests were held in December. Name the nationality of either of the winners. |
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Mexican or Filipino |
Round 8: Sport and Games
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Ebbetts Field was the home ground of which iconic American sports team which relocated to the other side of the country in 1957?
Full name of team required. |
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Brooklyn Dodgers |
2 |
Suspended since the hunting ban, which animals were hunted by greyhounds for the annual Waterloo Cup in Cumbria? |
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Hares (do not accept rabbits) |
3 |
In netball, how many seconds is a player with the ball allowed before she must pass or shoot? |
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3 |
4 |
Since 2001, how many points have been needed to win a game of table tennis (subject to winning by two clear points)? |
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11 |
5 |
Name any of the three pieces of gymnastic equipment on which only men compete. |
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Rings, Parallel Bars, or Horizontal/High
Bar |
6 |
What's the name of the rower who sits nearest to the cox in a rowing boat? |
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Stroke |
7 |
Who won the 2018 Copa Libertadores, the South American version of the Champions' League? The second leg of the final was played
in Madrid, after the original match was postponed due to violence on the streets before kick–off. |
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River Plate |
8 |
Which world championships are held annually at the Egremont Crab Fair in Cumbria? Having no teeth is considered to be an advantage,
and the winners are often elderly. |
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Gurning |
Supplementaries
1 |
In 2018, an ice hockey team from which US city caused a surprise by reaching the Stanley Cup finals in
its very first season
of existence? |
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Las Vegas
(the Vegas Golden Knights) |
2 |
Who is the current coach of the Scotland rugby union team? |
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Gregor Townsend |
General Knowledge
1 |
Near to which city was the 2018 Ryder Cup held? |
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Paris |
2 |
In 2018, two cities shared the title of European Capital of Culture. Leeuwarden in The Netherlands was one, what was the other? |
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Valletta |
3 |
Similarly: in 2019, Matera in Italy is joined by which Bulgarian city as European Capital of Culture? |
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Plovdiv |
4 |
Which Somerset farmer hosted the Pilton Pop, Folk and Blues Festival, later renamed the Glastonbury Festival, for the first
time in 1970? |
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Michael Eavis |
5 |
Which fictional character in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby gave his name to a person who exercises a
controlling or mesmeric influence on another, especially for a sinister purpose? |
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Svengali |
6 |
What's the process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated
solution into a more concentrated one? |
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Osmosis |
7 |
Which actor of the Golden Age of Hollywood, starring in films such as Little Caesar, Key Largo and Kid
Galahad, was born Emmanuel Goldenberg in 1893, in Bucharest, Romania? |
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Edward G Robinson |
8 |
Which Asian capital city has been added to the 2020 Grand Prix race calendar? |
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Hanoi |
9 |
Mount Whitney in California, the highest summit in the contiguous United States, is in which mountain range? |
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Sierra Nevada |
10 |
Which Ivory Coast footballer finally retired in 2018 after playing for LeMans, Guingamp, Marseilles, Chelsea (twice),
Shanghai Shenhua, Galatasaray, Montreal Impact and Phoenix Rising? |
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Didier Drogba |
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In which 1963 war film would you find Blythe the Forger, Hendley the Scrounger and Hilts the Cooler King? |
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The Great Escape |
12 |
Which National League football team are known as the Monkey Hangers? |
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Hartlepool United |
13 |
Which Scottish football team is named after the patron saint of Paisley, the town in Renfrewshire where they play their home
games? |
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St Mirren |
14 |
What's the nickname given to Anne Hegarty, one of the chasers on ITV's
The Chase? |
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The Governess |
15 |
Which Yugoslavian–born tennis player, then world number one, was stabbed in the back by a deranged fan of her rival
Steffi Graf during a match in 1993? |
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Monica Seles |
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Which famous comic strip dog, the pet of an iconic Beano character, is an Abyssinian Wire Haired Tripe Hound? |
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Gnasher |
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Talisker Single Malt Whisky is produced at the Carbost Distillery, on which Scottish Island? |
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Isle of Skye |
18 |
Which late American voice artist, known as 'The Man of a Thousand Voices', has the inscription "That's All
Folks" on his gravestone? |
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Mel Blanc |
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Which comic book villain, an arch enemy of Superman, has been played on screen by Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey? |
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Lex Luthor |
20 |
Volpone, The Alchemist and The Devil is an Ass are all works by which English playwright,
poet, actor and literary critic? |
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Ben Jonson |
21 |
Which Asian capital city is served by Hamid Karzai International Airport? |
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Kabul |
22 |
"Charlie don't surf" and "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" are quotes from which
classic 1979 film? |
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Apocalypse Now |
23 |
Who was the captain of the West Indies team that won the inaugural Cricket World Cup in 1975? |
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Clive Lloyd |
24 |
What name is shared by a 1980 David Bowie song, a 1996 Harold Pinter play and a 2008 BBC crime drama? |
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Ashes to Ashes |
25 |
The refreshment room at Carnforth railway station in Lancashire is named after which classic British film? |
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Brief Encounter |
26 |
If the statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooking Rio de Janeiro was a cricket umpire, what would he be signalling? |
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A wide ball |
27 |
In December 2018, Austrian Ralph Hasenhüttl replaced Mark Hughes as manager of which Premier League football team? |
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Southampton |
28 |
What full name is shared by the drummers of both Queen and Duran Duran? |
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Roger Taylor |
29 |
What was the nerve agent used to poison Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury last year? |
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Novichok |
30 |
Who was the architect of Blenheim Palace? |
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John Vanbrugh |
31 |
Who is the current mayor of Greater Manchester? |
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Andy Burnham |
32 |
Which is the longest river that flows completely in France? |
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The Loire |
33 |
Leinster, Munster and Ulster are three of the four historical provinces of the island of Ireland. What's the fourth? |
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Connacht |
34 |
Who wrote the 1910 novel The History of Mr Polly? |
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H. G. Wells |
35 |
In matchplay golf, a winning margin of 7 & 6 is colloquially called what? |
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A dog licence (in pre–decimal times, 7s 6d was the cost of a dog
licence) |
36 |
Who scored England's final penalty in the shoot–out win over Columbia at the 2018 World Cup? |
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Eric Dier |
37 |
Who invented the wind–up radio? |
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Trevor Bayliss |
38 |
Who shot and wounded Ronald Reagan in 1981? |
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John Hinckley |
39 |
In which English cathedral are Henry IV and Edward the Black Prince buried? |
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Canterbury |
40 |
The Channel 4 TV series Supervet features the work of a leading vet and his practice. What's the vet's real
name? |
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Professor Noel Fitzpatrick |
41 |
In the children's comic strip series Captain Pugwash,
what's the name of Cut Throat Jake's ship? |
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The Flying Dustman |
42 |
In the Lord of Rings book and film trilogy, what's the name of the dwarf who is one of the Fellowship of the Ring
and who, for part of the way, accompanies Frodo on his quest? |
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Gimli |
43 |
On which motorway would you find South Mimms Services? |
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M25 |
44 |
Which French artist painted The Absinthe Drinker and The Dance Class? |
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Edgar Degas |
45 |
The head of which animal represents the mark of the London Assay Office? |
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Leopard |
46 |
What's the currency of the Philippines? |
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Peso |
47 |
FC Astana featured in this season's Europa League football competition being narrowly knocked out in the group stage.
Which country is Astana the capital of? |
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Kazakhstan |
48 |
At which battle of 42 BCE did the forces of Anthony and Octavian decisively defeat those of Brutus and Cassius? |
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Philippi |
49 |
Which strait separates mainland South America from Tierra Del Fuego? |
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Magellan |
50 |
In which suburb of Los Angeles is Disneyland located? |
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Anaheim |
51 |
Which sunken battleship forms the memorial to the 1177 sailors and marines killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor? |
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USS Arizona |
52 |
What's the name of the sweet bread loaf, originating in Milan, popular at Christmas? |
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Panettone |
53 |
What was the original name of the band The Shadows? |
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The Drifters |
54 |
What's a gigli saw used for? |
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Bone cutting, or amputation |
55 |
What do the auctioneers 'Tattersalls' specialise in selling? |
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Racehorses (accept horses) |
56 |
In which US state does the long–distance race known as the Iditarod take place? |
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Alaska (it's a sled dog race) |
57 |
In 1932, which author wrote the script for the first King's Christmas speech? |
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Rudyard Kipling |
58 |
The only surviving Hanseatic League buildings in the UK can be found in which Norfolk port, which was the main trading post with
the League in the Middle Ages? |
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King's Lynn |
59 |
What type of people are members of the Three Commas Club? |
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Billionaires (1,000,000,000) |
60 |
Complete the quote by Dr Johnson: "Claret for boys, port for men but ... " – which drink "for
heroes"? |
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Brandy |
61 |
Tudor Mansion, Hampshire, in 1926, is the venue for which board game? |
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Cluedo |
62 |
Henry Croft was the founder and first anointed example of what charitable tradition of working–class culture in
London? |
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Pearly King |
63 |
The traditional Maori greeting known as 'hongi' involves doing what? |
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Rubbing noses together |
64 |
What was notable about pianist Moura Lympany's 1979 appearance on Desert Island Discs? |
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She chose her own recordings for all of her choices |
65 |
Which Canadian supermodel is known for her 1990 comment, "We don't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day"? |
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Linda Evangelista |
66 |
Who led the victorious army at the Battle of Edington in AD 878? |
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King Alfred |
67 |
Which pop star, famous for her varied hair colour in her 1980s heyday, wrote the music for the 2013 musical Kinky Boots? |
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Cyndi Lauper |
68 |
Which Scottish golf course and Open Championship venue is owned by Donald Trump? |
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Turnberry |
69 |
Sweet Georgia Brown is the theme song of which sports team? |
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Harlem Globetrotters |
70 |
Henry Hunt was to have been the key speaker at an 1819 gathering which became known by what name? |
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Peterloo massacre |
71 |
What's the name of the spicy, fruity condiment, produced in Sheffield, which is similar in appearance to Worcestershire
sauce? |
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Henderson's Relish |
72 |
Who played O. J. Simpson in the 2016 TV series The People Vs O. J. Simpson? |
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Cuba Gooding Jr |
73 |
What's the first name of the boy who owns Woody, Buzz and the other toys in the
Toy Story film series? |
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Andy |
74 |
What's the highest number in bingo? |
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90 |
75 |
What number appeared on Herbie in the Love Bug films? |
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53 |
76 |
Who directed the Isles of Wonder opening ceremony to the 2012 London Olympics? |
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Danny Boyle |
77 |
Which Peanuts character is always depicted surrounded by a cloud of dust and dirt? |
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Pig–Pen |
78 |
The David Bowie albums Low, Heroes and Lodger are collectively known as what? |
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The Berlin albums, trilogy or triptych |
79 |
In which English town was the TV series Butterflies set? |
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Cheltenham |
80 |
Boy and Going Solo are autobiographies by which author? |
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Roald Dahl |
81 |
Name either of the villages submerged by the creation of Ladybower reservoir. |
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Derwent or Ashopton |
82 |
After the Screaming Stops was the title of a documentary film described as one of the must–see programmes
of the 2018 TV Christmas schedules. It documents the rise and fall of which 1980s band, and their preparations for a one–off reunion concert
at the O2 arena? |
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Bros |
83 |
The 2018 John Lewis Christmas advertisement featured Elton John playing which of his hits? |
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Your Song |
84 |
What's the full name of Top Cat's right–hand cat in the TV cartoon of the same name? |
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Benny the Ball |
85 |
What's the name of the Swiss society that provides assistance to those wishing to end their own lives, at
its eponymous
clinic near Zurich? |
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Dignitas |
86 |
Jacob Rees–Mogg is the MP for the north–east part of which English county? |
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Somerset |
87 |
The Royal Horticultural Society hosts two annual flower shows in London. The most famous is at Chelsea; at which royal palace
is the other held? |
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Hampton Court |
88 |
Who is the host of the ITV daytime quiz show Tenable? |
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Warwick Davis |
89 |
Along with green and white, which other colour was used on the banners of the suffragette movement? |
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Purple |
90 |
Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe features a jousting tournament set in the grounds of a castle in which Leicestershire
town, known these days for the production of KP Crisps? |
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Ashby–de–la–Zouch |
91 |
What was the nickname of the SS and Gestapo officer Klaus Barbie? |
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The Butcher of Lyon |
92 |
Sucre is the constitutional capital of which country? |
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Bolivia |
93 |
What's the second largest city, by population, in Greece? |
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Thessaloniki (accept
Thesalonika or Salonika) |
94 |
Newport, Warrington and Middlesbrough are all home to what type of bridge, also known as a ferry bridge or an aerial transfer
bridge? |
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Transporter bridge |
95 |
Which animal features on the badge of Lamborghini cars? |
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Bull |
96 |
Which Yorkshire town is home to both John Smith's and Samuel Smith's breweries? |
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Tadcaster |
Supplementaries
1 |
Who set up the production company known as the Really Useful Group, and released an autobiography entitled Unmasked in
2018? |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber |
2 |
What's the name of Donald Trump's property in Palm Beach, Florida, which he refers to as his Southern White House? |
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Mar–a–Lago |
3 |
Which American teen drama, which ran for six series between 1998 and 2003, was set in the fictional town of Capeside,
Massachusetts, and helped to launch the careers of Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams? |
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Dawson's Creek |
4 |
Which US president popularised the motto "the buck stops here", keeping a sign to that effect on his desk in the
Oval Office? |
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Harry S Truman |
5 |
According to Basil Fawlty, what specialist subject would his wife Sybil take on Mastermind? |
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The bleedin' obvious |
6 |
Which huge US construction project began in 1931 and was completed in 1936? |
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The Hoover Dam |
7 |
Frederick Augustus, the second son of George III, is immortalised in which nursery rhyme? |
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The Grand Old Duke of York |
8 |
In Dallas, what did the J. R. in J. R. Ewing stand for? |
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John Ross |
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