2022–3 Season: Week 6 – 03 January 2023
Set by the Dolphin Hammers; vetted by the Waters Green Weavers.
Specialist Rounds
Specialist Questions
Round 1: Arts and Entertainment – In Memoriam
(For our teammate Dave Turner, who died this summer and was famous, or notorious, for his bad jokes)
1 |
Dave Allen (1936–2005) was known for his observational comedy, which he delivered seated, with two other props close to
hand. Name either. |
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Cigarette or glass of whisky (actually ginger ale) |
2 |
Name the Liverpudlian comic who hosted Sunday Night at the London Palladium in the mid–1960s and numerous game
shows and quiz shows on ITV during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. His daughter presents a show on Radio 2. |
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Jimmy Tarbuck |
3 |
To whom did Eric Morecambe remark that he was "playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order"?
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Andre Previn (Mr. Preview) |
4 |
Which English ventriloquist (1947–2015) was best known for his puppets Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey? |
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Keith Harris |
5 |
Who is or was Paul O'Grady's alter–ego? |
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Lily Savage |
6 |
The Two Ronnies did a Mastermind sketch where Ronnie Corbett's specialist subject was what? |
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Answering the question before last |
7 |
Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen were a British singing and comedy double act, most active during the 1930s and 1940s. What was the
larger comedy group that they belonged to? |
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The Crazy Gang |
8 |
Give one of the respective pseudonyms under which Peter
Cook and Dudley Moore recorded their adult, rather vulgar recordings during the
1970s. |
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Derek or Clive |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Jeff Dunham is the highest gross touring comedian in the world.
What's he most well known for in his comedy act? |
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Ventriloquism or puppets |
2 |
Wilson, Keppel and Betty formed a popular British music hall and vaudeville act in the middle decades of the 20th century,
capitalising on the fashion for Ancient Egyptian following the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen. What dance formed the highlight of their act? |
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The Sand Dance |
3 |
American stand–up comedian (1925–1966) renowned for his open, free–wheeling, critical and vulgar style of comedy.
He was convicted of obscenity in 1964, and posthumously pardoned in 2003. |
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Lenny Bruce |
4 |
Another American stand–up comedian and actor (1940–2005). Married
seven times to five different women, he had seven children with six
different women. Famous for his frequent collaborations with Gene Wilder, and infamous for his substance abuse problems. |
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Richard Pryor |
Round 2: Geography
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What is the capital of Malta? |
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Valetta |
2 |
Which country is the newest in the world to be recognised by the UN? |
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South Sudan |
3 |
What is the most populous city in the US state of Illinois? |
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Chicago |
4 |
Ceuta and Melilla are exclaves in Africa of which European country? |
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Spain |
5 |
Which country has the longest coastline? |
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Canada |
6 |
In which US state would you find Fort Knox? |
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Kentucky |
7 |
The Strait of Gibraltar separates the Iberian Peninsula from which African country? |
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Morocco |
8 |
Formerly the fourth largest lake in the world (by area), which lake on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan has now largely
dried up due to Soviet irrigation projects? |
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The Aral Sea |
Supplementaries:
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What is the currency of Sweden? |
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The krona |
2 |
Dracula famously lived in the historical region of Transylvania. In what present day country would you find his castle? |
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Romania |
Round 3: History
1 |
Which British PM had the shortest tenure, before Liz Truss? |
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George Canning (119 days; died in office) |
2 |
Which prison reformer was depicted on £5 notes earlier in this century? |
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Elizabeth Fry |
3 |
Who was the first historical figure to be depicted on a £5 note (in 1971)? |
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The Duke of Wellington |
4 |
Which European country became fully independent from Russia in 1917? |
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Finland |
5 |
Which Roman emperor was pronounced as such in York in AD 306, and has a statue outside York Minster? (Name only required –
i.e. no regnal number or epithet.) |
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Constantine (II, the Great) |
6 |
Which Prime Minister, who lost the general election of 1923, was born in Manchester? |
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David Lloyd George |
7 |
Name one of the four daughters of the last Tzar, assassinated during the Russian revolution. |
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Olga,
Tatiana, Anastasia or Marie |
8 |
Who was the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus? |
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Livia |
Supplementaries:
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With which other politician did George Canning (famously) fight a duel? |
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Lord Castlereagh |
2 |
What was the name of Henry I's daughter, who he named as his successor, but was forced into a civil war with her cousin,
Stephen (after whom the reign is named)? |
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Mathilda |
Round 4: Science etc.
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What is the hardest natural substance on Earth? |
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Diamond |
2 |
What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge called? |
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An insulator |
3 |
What was the name of the first man–made satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957? |
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Sputnik (1) |
4 |
Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover? |
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Apollo 15 |
5 |
Mycology is the study of what? |
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Fungi (accept mushrooms) |
6 |
What is the defining feature of a scalene triangle? |
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All of its sides are different lengths (or all of its angles are
different) |
7 |
What geometric figure has internal angles that add up to 360 degrees? |
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A quadrangle or quadrilateral
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8 |
Reed, marsh, sedge and grasshopper are varieties of which bird? |
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Warblers |
Supplementaries:
1 |
How many vertebrae does the average human possess? |
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33 |
2 |
What is herpetology the study of? |
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Amphibians (including toads and frogs)
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Round 5: Jims and Joes (one or the other is in either the question or the answer)
1 |
Which Labour Prime Minister represented a constituency in Cardiff? |
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James (Jim) Callaghan |
2 |
Who was the Long Haired Lover from Liverpool? |
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Little Jimmy Osmond |
3 |
Who, according to the 1960s pop song had "a picture of you"? |
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Joe Brown |
4 |
What was the name of the Labour MP, murdered in 2016? |
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Jo Cox |
5 |
Which snooker player is nicknamed The Whirlwind? |
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Jimmy White |
6 |
Which TV family had seven children, one of whom was called Jim–Bob? |
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The Waltons |
7 |
Which social media personality, known as The Body Coach, ran online PE classes during the COVID–19 pandemic? |
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Joe Wicks |
8 |
Who is the narrator of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island? |
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Jim Hawkins |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Who was the Soviet leader during World War Two? |
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Joseph Stalin |
2 |
Who did Ben Stokes succeed as the English Cricket captain for test matches? |
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Joe Root |
3 |
David Harbour plays Jim Hopper in which Netflix series? |
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Stranger Things |
4 |
Which baseball player married Marilyn Monroe (and gets a mention from Simon and Garfunkel in Mrs. Robinson)? |
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Joe di Maggio |
Round 6: 100 Years of the BBC
1 |
By the Sleepy Lagoon is the theme tune to which long–running BBC radio programme? |
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Desert Island Discs |
2 |
What is the title of the Mastermind theme? |
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Approaching Menace |
3 |
Which 15–minute BBC radio programme ran for 58 years, from 1946 to 2004? |
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(Alistair Cooke's) Letter from America |
4 |
Who was the longest–serving presenter of the same TV programme? |
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Patrick Moore (The Sky at Night) |
5 |
What was the first programme screened on BBC2, in 1964? |
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Play School |
6 |
And which presenter of Play School now sits in the House of Lords as a Lib Dem? |
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Floella Benjamin |
7 |
Top Gear launched in 1977. Name either of the original presenters. |
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Angela Rippon or Tom Coyne |
8 |
Who wrote Fleabag and the first series of Killing Eve? |
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Phoebe Waller–Bridge |
Supplementaries:
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The first record played on Radio 1, in 1967, was Flowers in the Rain by The Move. Who was the DJ? |
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Tony Blackburn |
2 |
In 1954, George Cowling was the first on–screen presenter of what? |
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TV weather forecast |
3 |
The first foreign language service began in 1938. Which language? |
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Arabic |
Round 7: Sport
1 |
Which American hurdler won over 100 successive finals races in 400m hurdles between 1977 and 1987? |
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Ed Moses |
2 |
Which Briton won the 1968 400 metres hurdles Olympic gold medal (and famously knocked them all down on his
lap of honour)? |
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David Hemery |
3 |
Who was the first keeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup final (1988)? |
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Dave Beasant |
4 |
In what sport would you be competing if you completed a triple toe–loop? |
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Figure skating |
5 |
Name either of the two British long jumpers who (surprisingly) won Olympic gold in Tokyo in 1964. |
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Mary (Bignall) Rand or Lynn Davies
('Lynn the Leap') |
6 |
Which French word is used for a purely high jumping contest for show jumping horses? |
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Puissance |
7 |
What sport was the back story to White Men Can't Jump? |
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Basketball |
8 |
Which firm sponsored the Cheltenham Gold Cup for the first time in 2022? |
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Boodles |
Supplementaries:
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In which sport is the Four Hills competition held? |
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Ski–jumping |
2 |
How many times does a 3000 metre steeplechase runner jump the water jump? |
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Seven |
3 |
Which steeplechase is run over four and a quarter miles and includes 30 jumps? |
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The Grand National |
4 |
What was the name of the high jumper who revolutionised the event by jumping backwards, facing up at the bar?
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Dick Fosbury |
Round 8: Women Who Should be on Bank Notes
... of some country – not always the UK!
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Her dates are 1825 to 1852. She was a pioneer of modern–day computing (and incidentally Byron's daughter). Who was she?
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Ada Lovelace |
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She should have been credited for her part in discovering the double–helix structure of DNA. What was her name? |
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Rosalind Franklin |
3 |
Who was the first woman to take her seat as a British MP? |
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Nancy Astor |
4 |
In 2018, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern became the second head of government to give birth while in office. Who was the
first? |
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Benazir Bhutto |
5 |
In which field of the arts was Berthe Morisot famous? |
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(Impressionist) painting |
6 |
Who wrote of the Tenant of Wildfell Hall? (Both names, please.) |
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Anne Bronte |
7 |
Who was the Jamaican woman who also attended to the sick and wounded in the Crimean War, setting up the 'British Hotel'
behind the lines? |
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Mary Seacole |
8 |
For what was Sarah Gilbert awarded a Damehood in 2021? |
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Leading the work on (discovering and developing the Oxford Zeneca)
Covid vaccine |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Name the famous woman (1864 to 1952) who was a cross dresser (male impersonator) in the
Music Hall, known as The London Idol. |
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Vesta Tilley |
2 |
Sanna Marin became Prime Minister of which country in 2019, at the age of just 34? |
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Finland (as a matter of interest, 12 of their 19 cabinet members are women
– only Spain having more) |
General Knowledge
1 |
How many French kings were named Louis? |
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Eighteen (Louis XVIII is the last one, although Louis XVII never reigned –
so accept 17 if there's a fuss!) |
2 |
Who is the present Chancellor of Germany? |
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Olaf Scholz |
3 |
Which type of taxi in Bangkok gets its name from the sputtering sound of its engine? |
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The tuk tuk |
4 |
The name of what colour derives from the Hindi word for dusty? |
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Khaki |
5 |
Toubkal, the highest mountain in Morocco, is part of which mountain range? |
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The Atlas Mountains |
6 |
Opened in 1663, which is the oldest theatre in London? |
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The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (accept either!)
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7 |
In which city are the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (or IMF)? |
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Washington DC |
8 |
The Lark Ascending was voted as UK's favourite piece of music by Classic FM listeners earlier this year. Who wrote it?
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Ralph Vaughan Williams |
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Two species of thrush come to Britain as winter visitors. Name either. |
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Fieldfare or redwing |
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Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. Who was the Roman Emperor at the time? |
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Titus |
11 |
Why was the ship Ever Given in the news in March 2021? |
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It blocked the Suez Canal (for
six days) |
12 |
Which television presenter and gardener owns a garden in Herefordshire called Longmeadow? |
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Monty Don |
13 |
Which character was famously played on TV by Joan Hickson from 1984 to 1992? |
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Miss Marple |
14 |
Name the capital of the French region of Alsace. |
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Strasbourg |
15 |
What is Boy George's surname? |
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O'Dowd |
16 |
Which family still live at Capesthorne Hall? |
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The Bromley–Davenports |
17 |
Which icon of the late 20th century is, as of last November, being played on the small screen by Elizabeth Debicki? |
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Diana, Princess of Wales (in The Crown) |
18 |
In which decade did Louise Brown become the first IVF baby? |
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1970s (1978) |
19 |
Which popular singer at the moment shares his surname with the twelfth Doctor Who? (Both names of the singer required) |
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Lewis Capaldi |
20 |
Which form of transport, that derives its name from the French for 'carriage with wooden benches', was once common for
works outings during the early 1900s? |
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Charabanc |
21 |
What name, involving a northern town, is given to a cut of lamb comprising a double loin chop sliced from the saddle roast? |
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Barnsley chop |
22 |
Who was Liz Truss's short–lived Chancellor of the Exchequer? |
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Kwasi Kwarteng |
23 |
Which famously destructive wind, blowing from the Sahara to the Mediterranean, gave its name to a VW coupé car? |
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The Sirocco |
24 |
Name the fictional narrator in The Great Gatsby (the novel). |
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Nick Carraway |
25 |
In Islam, what is a surah? |
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The name given to a chapter in the Quran |
26 |
Which flower is also the goddess of the rainbow in Greek Mythology? |
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Iris |
27 |
How many sides has a chiliagon (killy–a–gon)? |
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1,000 |
28 |
In a suit of chain mail, what is protected by the greaves? |
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Legs |
29 |
What is the name of the Downing Street cat? |
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Larry |
30 |
Which conductor was famous in the mid–20th century for his concerts with the Halle Orchestra at the Free Trade Hall,
Manchester? |
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Sir John Barbirolli |
31 |
Who, in literature, got "around the world in 80 days"? |
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Phileas Fogg |
32 |
The city of Beersheba, which has more chess grandmasters per capita than any other city in the world, is in which
country? |
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Israel |
33 |
George Cohen, a member of England's World Cup–winning squad of 1966, and who died just before Christmas, spent his
entire playing career with which club? |
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Fulham |
34 |
In which decade was the first London Underground line opened? |
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The 1860s (1863, Metropolitan Line) |
35 |
Who founded The Samaritans? |
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(Rev.) Chad Varah |
36 |
Where in the human body is the masseter muscle? |
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The jaw or face |
37 |
What is or was a trebuchet? |
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A giant catapult (used in medieval siege warfare) |
38 |
What is the first name of Professor McGonagall, in the Harry Potter books? |
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Minerva |
39 |
In which decade was the first Batman comic released? |
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1930s (1939) |
40 |
Which small layered combination of almond paste, laid on a base of shortcrust pastry and jam, is named after a place in the Peak
District? |
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Bakewell tart (or pudding) |
41 |
What is the minimum age required for a US citizen to become President of the USA? |
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35 |
42 |
In the recent FIFA World Cup, in Brazil's quarter final against Croatia, what crucial part did Brazil's Marquinos play? |
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He missed his penalty kick |
43 |
The name of which flower comes from the Ancient Greek word for a star? |
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The aster |
44 |
Which Austrian painter (1862 to 1918) was famous for his use of gold in his paintings? |
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Gustav Klimt |
45 |
Where would you be most likely to find a Fresnel (fray–nel) lens? |
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In a lighthouse |
46 |
Emmeline Pankhurst's suffragette movement was, officially, the WSPU. What does the S stand for? |
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Social (Women's Social and Political Union) |
47 |
Who designed the Blue Peter Garden in 1974? |
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Percy Thrower |
48 |
In Greek mythology, who was condemned to roll a boulder up a hill for ever? |
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Sisyphus |
49 |
Which city's underground metro–line is the only one in the UK that operates completely underground? |
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Glasgow (the third–oldest underground metro system in the world,
after London and Budapest) |
50 |
Name the fictional village where Noel's House Party was set. |
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Crinkley Bottom |
51 |
On the first day of the test series against Pakistan (Dec 1, 2022), four England batsmen scored centuries. Name one of them. |
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Zac Crawley, Ollie Pope, Ben Duckett or
Harry Brooke |
52 |
Which composer's name means 'small' in Welsh and 'stream' in German? |
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Bach |
53 |
Shakespeare wrote four plays set in Ancient Rome. Julius Caesar and
Anthony and Cleopatra are two of them; name either of the others. |
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Titus Andronicus or Coriolanus |
54 |
What species of the crow family is the largest in Britain? |
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The raven |
55 |
Which artist also served Cesare Borgia as Military Engineer? |
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Leonardo (da Vinci) |
56 |
Who is the Governor of Florida, who is emerging as perhaps the main Republican rival to Donald Trump? |
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Ron de Santis |
57 |
Which family lived at Tatton Park from 1598 until the National Trust took it over in 1958? |
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The Egertons |
58 |
Which book of the New Testament comes after the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? |
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Acts (of the Apostles) |
59 |
Who was Roman Emperor at the time of Christ's crucifixion? |
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Tiberius |
60 |
What name is given to a division (of time) in a polo match? |
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A chukka |
61 |
Who composed the Symphonie Fantastique? |
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Hector Berlioz |
62 |
In 1932, the BBC launched its Empire Service. What did it become? |
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The World Service |
63 |
Named after a mortal, in Greek mythology, who was abducted by the gods to serve as Zeus's cup bearer, what is the largest moon
of Jupiter? |
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Ganymede |
64 |
Who became the first woman in Britain to qualify as a physician and surgeon? |
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson |
65 |
The world's first national park was established in 1872 in which country? |
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The USA (Yellowstone) |
66 |
Who wrote the operas Der Rosenkavalier and Don Juan? (Both names, please.)
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Richard Strauss |
67 |
Three films are tied for the most Oscar wins of all time at 11 each. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003),
and Titanic (1997) are two of them; what's the third film? |
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Ben–Hur (1959) |
68 |
In J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Wendy is one of the three Darling children. Name either of her brothers. |
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John or Michael |
69 |
Since 1995, The Derby has been run on a Saturday. On which day was it run before then? |
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Wednesday |
70 |
What sauce is made through a maturing process, using (among many things) vinegar, spirits, molasses, red onions, garlic, tamarind,
anchovies ... ? |
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Worcester(shire) Sauce |
71 |
What was the title of the lost painting by Van Klomp that featured prominently in 'Allo, 'Allo? |
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The Fallen Madonna (with the Big Boobies)
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72 |
Which Austrian scientist is most famous for his "thought experiment" involving a cat in a steel chamber which may be considered
to be both simultaneously alive or dead? |
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Erwin Schrödinger |
73 |
There are four Tate Galleries. Tate and Tate Modern are in London; give the location of one of the others. |
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Liverpool or St. Ives |
74 |
The Spratly Islands are located in which Asian body of water? |
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The South China Sea |
75 |
Harriet Smith and Jane Fairfax are characters in which Jane Austen novel? |
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Emma |
76 |
Who plays Dr. Robotnik in the films Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2? |
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Jim Carrey |
77 |
In which city would you find the building La Sagrada Familia? |
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Barcelona |
78 |
What is the name of Lancashire's T20 cricket team? |
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Lancashire Lightning |
79 |
Which small, round pie, similar to a turnover, and filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter, sometimes topped
with demerara sugar, is named after a place in the North West of England? |
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The Eccles cake |
80 |
Which presenter of Blue Peter has also been a Doctor Who companion, and the BBC's commentator on the Cruft's
Dog Show for over 40 years? |
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Peter Purves (pur–vis) |
81 |
Which band released the 2022 album The Car, 16 years on from their debut album Whatever people say I am, that's
what I'm not? |
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Arctic Monkeys |
82 |
Which US author wrote the novel The Witches of Eastwick in 1984? |
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John Updike |
83 |
Lyon is the capital of which French Region? |
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Auvergne–Rhone–Alpes – accept Rhone Alpes,
as the addition is very recent (2016) |
84 |
Why did Neil Parrish resign as an MP last autumn? |
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Looking at porn (on his mobile) during a parliamentary debate.
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85 |
Hare Hill, the National Trust gardens between Alderley and Macclesfield, is particularly known for its annual display of which
flowering plant? |
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Rhododendrons |
86 |
What is Makaton? |
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A simplified form of sign language, particularly used with Special Needs
children |
87 |
Which country, formerly part of the USSR, beat Wales at rugby in November 2022? |
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Georgia |
88 |
Diego Rivera was the husband of which other painter, whose dates are 1907 to 1954? |
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Frida Kahlo |
89 |
Under what name does J. K. Rowling write the Cormoran Strike novels? |
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Robert Galbraith |
90 |
Launched in 1974, what is the longest–running soap opera produced by the BBC? |
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Pobol y Cwm (People of The Valley) |
91 |
From which country is the Duffel coat's name derived? |
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Belgium |
92 |
What is the name of the Swedish warship built in the 17th century that sank roughly 1.3 kilometres into its maiden voyage, and
was brought to the surface in the 1960s? |
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Vasa (its salvaged remains can be viewed at a museum in Stockholm) |
93 |
Who, in Pygmalion (and My Fair Lady), was Henry Higgins's housekeeper? |
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Mrs. Pearce |
94 |
What is the name of the tower (a hunting lodge) visible on the skyline above Lyme Park? |
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The Cage |
95 |
In 2022, Dominic Raab called Angela Rayner a "champagne socialist" after she attended which event? |
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Glyndebourne |
96 |
Which team does Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen drive for? |
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Red Bull |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Its first schematic was designed by Harry Beck in 1931. What is it? |
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The London Underground map |
2 |
Which characters are the most famous creation of Pierre Culliford (also known as Peyo)? |
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The Smurfs |
3 |
Which Japanese film studio produced films including Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro? |
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Studio Ghibli |
4 |
By what name was the country of Eswatini formerly known? |
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Swaziland |
5 |
What does the Pope's title, 'pontiff', actually mean? |
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Bridge builder |
6 |
Who is the only French footballer to have won the FA Cup on five occasions? |
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Patrice Evra |
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