2021–2 Season: Week 13 – 29 March 2022
All questions set by the Queens; vetted
by the Plough Horntails and the Sutton Club.
Specialist Rounds
Specialist Questions
Round 1: Geography
1 |
Which country consists of most of the Jutland peninsula and several islands? |
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Denmark |
2 |
Six countries have names (in English) that begin with a point of the compass. North Korea, South Korea and South Africa are three
of them; name one of the other three. |
|
South Sudan, East Timor, North Macedonia |
3 |
Which Pacific island is known to its inhabitants as Rapa Nui? |
|
Easter Island |
4 |
In which US state is the fashionable resort island of Martha's Vineyard? |
|
Massachusetts |
5 |
What's the state capital of New Mexico? |
|
Santa Fe |
6 |
Name one of the two islands that are separated by the Strait of Bonifacio (bonni–fassy–o). |
|
Corsica, Sardinia |
7 |
The port of Immingham stands on which estuary? |
|
The Humber |
8 |
St Helier is the only town on which island? |
|
Jersey |
Supplementaries
1 |
In which country is the city of Mecca? |
|
Saudi Arabia |
2 |
Which body of water separates Saudi Arabia and Iran? |
|
The Persian Gulf |
Round 2: History
1 |
In which month of 1914 did Britain declare war on Germany? |
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August |
2 |
What nickname was given in World War Two to the Seventh Armoured Division of the British Army? |
|
The Desert Rats |
3 |
The Dayton Accords of 1995 were intended to promote peace and stability in which country? |
|
Bosnia Herzegovina |
4 |
What is the alternative name for the Belfast Agreement,
which was signed on April 10th 1998? |
|
Good Friday Agreement |
5 |
Actress Lily Langtry was the mistress of which king? |
|
Edward VII |
6 |
Which king founded King's College, Cambridge in 1441? |
|
Henry VI |
7 |
Who was assassinated by John Bellingham on 11th May 1812? |
|
(Prime Minister) Spencer Perceval |
8 |
Which British explorer led an expedition to traverse Canada's Northwest Passage, but died in the attempt in 1847? |
|
Sir John Franklin |
Supplementaries
1 |
What surname is common to the 9th and 23rd presidents of the USA? |
|
Harrison |
2 |
Which Football League club's ground, known as the County Ground, was used as a prisoner–of–war camp during World
War Two? |
|
Swindon Town |
Round 3: Arts & Entertainment: heroes & heroines
You will be given the name of a central character in a work of literature, film, etc. Just give the title of the work they appear in.
1 |
Novel: Becky Sharp |
|
Vanity Fair |
2 |
Film & novel: Randle McMurphy |
|
One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest |
2 |
Play & film: Blanche DuBois |
|
A Streetcar named Desire |
4 |
Film: Elliott Taylor |
|
ET |
5 |
Musical: Nellie Forbush |
|
South Pacific |
6 |
TV show: Edina Monsoon |
|
Absolutely Fabulous |
7 |
TV show: Lord Robert Crawley |
|
Downton Abbey |
8 |
Musical: Roxie Hart |
|
Chicago |
Supplementaries
1 |
Play: Willy Loman |
|
Death of a Salesman |
2 |
Film: Rose DeWitt Bukater |
|
Titanic |
Round 4: Science
1 |
What is the common name for a cloudy area that develops in the lens of the eye? |
|
Cataract |
2 |
What name is given to a hypothetical form of matter thought to account for approximately 85% of the matter in the
universe? |
|
Dark matter |
3 |
On the pH scale, which number indicates neutral? |
|
7 (seven) |
4 |
Iron is the most abundant element in the earth's core; which is the second most abundant? |
|
Nickel |
5 |
In biology, what name is given to an organism that has both kinds of reproductive organs? |
|
Hermaphrodite |
6 |
What single word describes the process that takes place in the type of cell known as a chloroplast? |
|
Photosynthesis |
7 |
Which hormone, released by the pineal gland, is associated with control of the sleep–wake cycle? |
|
Melatonin |
8 |
The boson sometimes described as the God particle, discovered in 2012, is named after which physicist? |
|
Peter Higgs |
Supplementaries
1 |
Group 1 of the periodic table consists of hydrogen and what category of elements? |
|
Alkali metals |
2 |
What is defined as the heat required to change from solid to liquid with no change in temperature? |
|
Latent heat |
Round 5: Sport
1 |
Who in 2016 became the second English and third British winner of the
US Masters golf tournament? |
|
Danny Willett |
2 |
Which driver won the Formula One world championship in 2016,
interrupting Lewis Hamilton's sequence of six wins between 2014 and 2020? |
|
Nico Rosberg |
3 |
Which European country won the second FIFA Women's World Cup in 1995, having been runners–up in 1991? |
|
Norway |
4 |
What is the height above the ground of a table tennis table? |
|
2 feet 6 inches (30 inches), or
76 cm |
5 |
Which Canadian player was beaten by Emma Raducanu in the final of the 2021 US Open? |
|
Leylah Fernandez |
6 |
In rugby union, who is Ireland's most–capped player – with 141 appearances between 1999 and 2014, including
84 as captain? |
|
Brian O'Driscoll |
7 |
In the disastrous third Test against the West Indies, which ended last Sunday (the 27th of March), which Lancashire
pace bowler – in only his second Test – was the top scorer in England's first innings? |
|
Saqib Mahmood |
8 |
Which Macclesfield–born skier won bronze in the super combined event at the Beijing Winter Paralympics? |
|
Menna Fitzpatrick |
Supplementaries
1 |
Val Robinson, who died last month aged 80, was one of Britain's best ever players in which sport – as well as being
twice winner of BBC's Superstars competition? |
|
Hockey (149 caps for England, 21 for Great Britain) |
2 |
The Real Madrid left–winger who won six European Cup and Champions' League winner's medals – more than any
other player – died in January 2022, aged 88. What was his name? |
|
Francisco 'Paco' Gento (Real Madrid 1953–71) |
Round 6: Initial impressions
Each answer is two words starting with the same letter. In the case of people, both names are required.
1 |
Musical theatre composer who died in November 2021 aged 91. |
|
Stephen Sondheim |
2 |
French footballer who managed Real Madrid between 2016 and 2021. |
|
Zinedine Zidane |
3 |
African capital city whose name means 'new flower'. |
|
Addis Ababa |
4 |
Town in north–eastern England, the setting of many of Catherine Cookson's novels. |
|
South Shields |
5 |
Close to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray. |
|
Western Wall (accept Wailing Wall) |
6 |
The 6th and 22nd fence to be jumped in the Grand National. |
|
Becher's Brook |
7 |
Pothole 98 metres deep on Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales. |
|
Gaping Gill |
8 |
English politician born in 1759 who led the movement to abolish the slave trade. |
|
William Wilberforce |
Supplementaries
1 |
English writer whose novels include The Power and the Glory and Our Man in Havana. |
|
Graham Greene |
2 |
Hungarian–American illusionist born Erik Weisz. |
|
Harry Houdini |
Round 7: Not really a boys' round
Each answer contains the name of a train, a ship, a plane or a racing car.
1 |
John of Gaunt was the first holder of which dukedom? |
|
Lancaster |
2 |
In which common British water bird do both sexes have a distinctive patch (or speculum) on their wings – iridescent blue
bordered with white? |
|
Mallard |
3 |
In classical mythology, what weapon was wielded by Poseidon (or Neptune), the god of the sea? |
|
A trident |
4 |
Nicknamed The Iron Chancellor, who was the first Chancellor of Germany? |
|
Otto von Bismarck |
5 |
Which Italian–based global fashion brand was listed in the Guinness Book of Records in 2000 for the 'most
controversial (advertising) campaign'? |
|
Benetton |
6 |
What word is used to describe force 12 on the Beaufort scale? |
|
Hurricane |
7 |
Who operated the Chelsea boutique SEX in the 1970s in partnership with his girlfriend Vivienne Westwood? |
|
Malcolm McLaren |
8 |
Which green salad vegetable is known in North America as arugula? |
|
Rocket |
Supplementaries
1 |
The American architect Walter Burley Griffin is best known for designing which Commonwealth city? |
|
Canberra |
2 |
As of March 27th 2022, who is the Shadow Home Secretary? |
|
Yvette Cooper |
Round 8: Not really a girls' round
Each answer contains a word that appears either in the title of a novel by Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte, or the title of
a musical. You should answer the questions normally, i.e. surnames are acceptable; you do not have to give the title of the novel or musical.
1 |
Who was the only female signatory of the Limehouse Declaration in 1981? |
|
Shirley Williams (reference: Shirley – by Charlotte
Bronte. The Limehouse Declaration was a precursor to the foundation of the SDP.) |
2 |
Previously a judge, who is the presenter of the current series of the BBC cooking programme Great British Menu? |
|
Andi Oliver (reference: Oliver the musical) |
3 |
Which EFL club plays its home games at the One Call Stadium – also known as Field Mill? |
|
Mansfield Town (reference: Mansfield Park – by Jane
Austen) |
4 |
The lyrics to which famous song were written in 1895 by the Australian poet Banjo Paterson? |
|
Waltzing Matilda (reference: Matilda the musical) |
5 |
Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1993 for her part in Howard's End? |
|
Emma Thompson (reference: Emma – by Jane Austen) |
6 |
Who was appointed leader of the UK Independence Party in October 2021? |
|
Neil Hamilton (reference: Hamilton the musical) |
7 |
Which US state is nicknamed the Sooner State? |
|
Oklahoma (reference: Oklahoma the musical obviously!) |
8 |
Which 2014 film is about gay activists who raise money for families affected by the 1984 miners' strike? |
|
Pride (reference: Pride & Prejudice – by Jane
Austen) |
Supplementaries
1 |
What's the stage name of the English recording artiste Stephen Manderson? |
|
Professor Green (accept Pro Green) (reference:
The Professor – by Charlotte Bronte) |
2 |
Which London–born socialist and feminist was prosecuted in 1877, along with the future MP Charles Bradlaugh, after they
published a treatise advocating birth control? |
|
Annie Besant (reference: Annie the musical) |
General Knowledge
1 |
To which saint (after whom a famous quiz show host was named) is Britain's northernmost cathedral – in Kirkwall,
Orkney – dedicated? |
|
St. Magnus |
2 |
Give any one of the three given names of Boris Johnson's latest child, who was born on the 9th of December
2021. |
|
Romy, Iris or Charlotte |
3 |
The official name of Paris's Place de l'Etoile, the site of the Arc de Triomphe, was changed in 1970 –
to what? |
|
Place Charles de Gaulle |
4 |
Which title character in a novel by George Eliot was a linen weaver? |
|
Silas Marner |
5 |
According to the Bible, who was the father of the Apostles James (the Greater) and John? |
|
Zebedee |
6 |
On International Women's Day this year (the 8th of March), a statue to Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (who was
described by Emmeline Pankhurst as "the brains of the suffragist movement") was unveiled in which Cheshire town, where she lived for over 50 years? |
|
Congleton |
7 |
Greg Davies was the presenter, and Daisy May Cooper one of the team captains, in a recent revival on Sky Max of which comedy
panel show? |
|
Never Mind the Buzzcocks |
8 |
Name either the Head Coach or the Director of Cricket who left their posts after England's 4:0 defeat in the recent Ashes
series. |
|
Chris Silverwood or Ashley Giles |
9 |
What breed of dog is Almanza Backseat Driver, known as Baxer – winner of Best in Show at Crufts 2022? |
|
Flat coated retriever (accept retriever) |
2 |
Which early name for a bicycle was derived from the Latin words for "speed" and "foot"? |
|
Velocipede |
11 |
What was John F. Kennedy's middle name? |
|
Fitzgerald |
12 |
In which city would you find most of the works of the architect Antoni Gaudi? |
|
Barcelona |
13 |
In the novel Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh, who or what was Aloysius (al–oo–ish–us)? |
|
A teddy bear (owned by one of the central characters, Sebastian Flyte) |
14 |
What's the literal translation into English of Yom Kippur – the Hebrew name for the holiest day in the Jewish
calendar? |
|
Day of Atonement |
15 |
Which South American country is named after the Venezuelan leader known as the Liberator? |
|
Bolivia (after Simon Bolivar) |
16 |
Which TV competition was presented from 2013 to 2016 by Claudia Winkleman and from 2019 to 2021 by Joe Lycett? |
|
The Great British Sewing Bee |
17 |
At which Olympic Games did Nadia Comaneci (pronounced Comanetch) achieve the first Olympic perfect 10 in
gymnastics? (Either year or city is acceptable.) |
|
Montreal, 1976 |
18 |
Which London Borough has two cathedrals, one Catholic and one Anglican? |
|
Southwark |
19 |
Which member of the Monty Python team became a naturalised British subject in 1968 and formally renounced his American
citizenship in 2006? |
|
Terry Gilliam |
20 |
Which national leader was known to US intelligence services as The Beard? |
|
Fidel Castro |
21 |
In which town in the north–west of England is the World of Glass museum? |
|
St Helens |
22 |
Which 1968 film was based on a short story by Arthur C. Clarke – written in 1948, first published in 1951, and entitled
The Sentinel? |
|
2001: A Space Odyssey (accept 2001) |
23 |
How many hundredweights are there in a ton? |
|
20 |
24 |
In which type of criminal activity does a peterman specialise? |
|
Safe breaking |
25 |
Which English cartoonist and illustrator is best known for his work
with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (first published in 1971)? |
|
Ralph Steadman |
26 |
The Italian midfielder known as Jorginho came third in the Ballon d'Or last year. Which English Premier League
club does he play for? |
|
Chelsea |
27 |
Which London music venue, where the Rolling Stones played their first ever gig in 1962, closed in 2008 and is now a
Wetherspoons pub? |
|
The Marquee Club |
28 |
Wile E. Coyote is the arch–enemy of which cartoon character? |
|
Roadrunner |
29 |
Which singer was born Gaynor Hopkins in Skewen, Glamorgan, in 1951? |
|
Bonnie Tyler |
30 |
Which city in Texas has a name that means 'yellow' in Spanish? |
|
Amarillo |
31 |
What's the official march of the Royal Navy? |
|
Heart of Oak |
32 |
What is measured by a pluviometer? |
|
Rainfall |
33 |
What would be stored in a charnel–house? |
|
Corpses or bones |
34 |
In which century was the Taj Mahal built? |
|
17th (1632–53) |
35 |
Who has been British Champion Jockey for the last three years, but has been banned from this year's season for
misdemeanours including alcohol misuse? |
|
Oisin Murphy |
36 |
In the 19th century, who or what came to be known as 'the sick man of Europe'? |
|
The Ottoman Empire (accept Turkey) |
37 |
Which former television chat show host, whose programme was the subject of a Channel 4 investigation broadcast earlier this
month, has presented the Drivetime show on talkRadio since September 2021? |
|
Jeremy Kyle |
38 |
Jens Stoltenberg, a former Prime Minister of Norway, is the current head of which international organisation? |
|
NATO |
39 |
Which US state capital city is nicknamed 'the Mile High City'? |
|
Denver |
40 |
Which battle of the Second World War is commemorated by the Seventh Symphony of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich?
|
|
Leningrad |
41 |
Which disease was first identified after an outbreak at an ex–servicemen's conference in Philadelphia, in 1976? |
|
Legionnaire's Disease |
42 |
Which Andalusian city gives its name to a bitter orange, used especially in marmalade? |
|
Seville |
43 |
In Chinese astrology, which creature represents the year that started in February 2022? |
|
The tiger |
44 |
Which country finished the 2022 Winter Paralympics as runners–up to China in the medals table? |
|
Ukraine |
45 |
What's the family name of the Dukes of Devonshire? |
|
Cavendish |
46 |
Born in 1977, what is the first name of the Queen's oldest grandchild? |
|
Peter (Phillips) |
47 |
Who was ridiculed in 2014 over his struggle to eat a bacon sandwich? |
|
Ed Miliband |
48 |
What work by Homer takes its name from an alternative name for the city of Troy? |
|
The Iliad |
49 |
At last month's Brit Awards, who received the awards for British Artist of the Year, British Album of the Year and Best
British Single? |
|
Adele |
50 |
What form of food poisoning was named after a 19th century pioneer of antiseptic surgery? |
|
Listeria |
51 |
In aviation, what does the V stand for in the abbreviation VTOL? |
|
Vertical |
52 |
Which of the traditional English Quarter Days falls on March 25th? |
|
Lady Day |
53 |
In netball, what position is abbreviated to GS? |
|
Goal Shooter |
54 |
Now known as a Brownie Guider, what ornithological name was previously used for the leader of a group of Brownies? |
|
Brown Owl |
55 |
What sort of fruit is a mirabelle? |
|
A plum |
56 |
Who has been the MP for Islington North since 1983? |
|
Jeremy Corbyn |
57 |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first President, and has been described as the founding father, of which country? |
|
Bangladesh |
58 |
Born Veronica Bennett, name the leader of a famous girl group who died in January aged 78. |
|
Ronnie Spector |
59 |
Which bird of the heron family is said to make a booming sound? |
|
The bittern |
60 |
In contract bridge, how many tricks do you need to win if you successfully bid one no trump? |
|
Seven |
61 |
Which company has brewed beer in Southwold, Suffolk, since 1872? |
|
Adnams |
62 |
Which European golfer won the US Masters golf tournament in 1980, aged 23, and was the youngest winner until Tiger Woods came
along? |
|
Severiano Ballesteros (Woods first won it in 1997, aged 21) |
63 |
What name is given to the sign of quality and reliability, displayed on articles approved by the British Standards
Institution? |
|
Kitemark |
64 |
Which Dickens character was played on film by Lon Chaney in 1922, Alec Guinness in 1948, and Ron Moody in 1968? |
|
Fagin |
65 |
Who said, in 1983, "I warn you not to be ordinary. I warn you not to be young. I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn
you not to grow old"? |
|
Neil Kinnock |
66 |
Who was the only US president never to be elected either as president or vice–president? |
|
Gerald Ford |
67 |
Name the first female US Secretary of State; she died last week. |
|
Madeleine Albright |
68 |
Frequently used in genetic research, what's the common name for the species of insect with the scientific name
Drosophila melanogaster? |
|
Fruit fly |
69 |
In poker, what hand is ranked between a full house and a straight (or running) flush? |
|
Four of a kind |
70 |
A group of English post–impressionist painters led by Walter Sickert, in the years immediately preceding World War I,
took their name from which area of North London? |
|
Camden Town |
71 |
Name the England lock who was sent off in the second minute of this season's Six Nations match against Ireland. |
|
Charlie Ewels |
72 |
In which English county is Royal Leamington Spa? |
|
Warwickshire |
73 |
Which Bronte character was played on film by Laurence Olivier in 1939, Timothy Dalton in 1970, and Ralph Fiennes in 1992? |
|
Heathcliff |
74 |
Which Yorkshire–born novelist and playwright wrote, in his 1934 travelogue English Journey, "I would rather
spend a holiday in Tuscany than in the Black Country, but if I were compelled to choose between living in West Bromwich or Florence, I would make
straight for West Bromwich"? |
|
J. B. Priestley |
75 |
Who succeeded his father, King John, as King of England in 1216? |
|
Henry III |
76 |
In the current West End musical Six, what are there six of? |
|
Wives (of Henry VIII) |
77 |
Sometimes known as osiers, what type of trees belong to the genus Salix? |
|
Willows |
78 |
In the German legend of the Nibelungen, which legendary queen was won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried? |
|
Brunhild or Brünnhilde |
79 |
Which retail chain was founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick? |
|
The Body Shop |
80 |
Which model of car – built in Sunderland since 2006, and the seventh best–selling in the UK in
2021 – is named after an ethnic grouping of people, native to Iran? |
|
The (Nissan) Qashqai |
81 |
Tagalog is the national language of which country? |
|
The Philippines |
82 |
Which breed of dog takes its name from the region of Croatia where it originated? |
|
Dalmatian |
83 |
Which English actress has been married to the Italian actor Franco Nero, since 2006? (They also had a son together in 1969.) |
|
Vanessa Redgrave |
84 |
Which King of France is the longest ever reigning monarch of any major European country? |
|
Louis XIV (72 years – 1643–1715) |
85 |
Which character in Only Fools and Horses was played by Paul Barber, who also appeared in the film The Full
Monty? |
|
Denzel |
86 |
What flower is sometimes known as the Lent Lily? |
|
Daffodil |
87 |
In Norse mythology, what name was given to the handmaidens of Odin, who were sent to battlefields to select those worthy of a
warrior's death? |
|
The Valkyrie |
88 |
Five countries, including Russia, voted against the recent UN Draft Resolution condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Thirty–four, including China, abstained. Name one of the other four countries that voted against. |
|
Belarus, DR (North) Korea, Eritrea, or Syria |
89 |
Under what fictional name did the preserved railway locomotive No. 5972 Olton Hall come to prominence in the 21st century? |
|
The Hogwarts Express (in the Harry Potter films) |
90 |
The Magyars are the largest ethnic group in which country? |
|
Hungary |
91 |
What was the only novel written by Oscar Wilde? |
|
The Picture of Dorian Gray (accept "Portrait") |
92 |
Who married Alice, the daughter of Sir Ivo Fitzwarren, in 1402, when he was 48 years old? |
|
Richard (Dick) Whittington |
93 |
Who founded a monastery on the Scottish island of Iona in 563 AD? |
|
St. Columba |
94 |
The actor Leonard Fenton died in January 2022, aged 95. Which character did he play in EastEnders for 34 years? |
|
Dr Harold Legg |
95 |
What name is given to the young of ferrets, otters and squirrels? |
|
Kittens |
96 |
Which British city was the birthplace of the writer Roald Dahl? |
|
Cardiff |
Supplementaries
1 |
Miranda Bailey and Richard Webber are characters in which American TV drama series, whose 18th season is currently
being broadcast? |
|
Grey's Anatomy |
2 |
Who scored two tries, four conversions and ten penalties in England's first three Six Nations rugby matches this year? |
|
Marcus Smith |
3 |
Which character from Sheridan's play The Rivals is noted for mixing up words? |
|
Mrs Malaprop |
4 |
Today is the 50th birthday of Priti Patel. Who did she succeed as Home Secretary in 2019? |
|
Sajid Javid |
5 |
Lying at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, what is Italy's third largest city? |
|
Naples |
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