2023–4 Season: Week 10 – 6 February 2024
Specialist Rounds
Round 1: Food and Drink
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Which herb is generally used to flavour the tomato–based sauce on a Marinara pizza? |
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Oregano |
2 |
UHT is a food processing technology for liquids. What does the H stand for in UHT? |
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Heat (Ultra Heat Treatment) |
3 |
In which decade were teabags first sold commercially? |
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The 1900s (appearing commercially in 1904 in the USA) |
4 |
In which decade was Guinness first brewed St James Gate, Dublin? |
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1750s (1759, now brewed in over 50 countries) |
5 |
The English name of which curry dish means 'hot fry'? |
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Jalfrezi |
6 |
How is the herb arugula better known in the UK? |
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Rocket (also accept eruca) |
7 |
Traditionally served on a bed of lettuce, Waldorf salad contains five key ingredients: apples, walnuts, mayonnaise and which
other food? |
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Celery or grapes – accept either |
8 |
What is the flavour of crème de cassis liqueur? |
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Blackcurrant |
Supplementaries:
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Which sauce is an essential ingredient of eggs benedict? |
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Hollandaise |
2 |
Which cocktail consists of Tia Maria, Vodka and Coke? |
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Black Russian |
3 |
Which drink first manufactured in the 1920s was produced to provide a source of energy for those who are sick, and was given
in hospitals? |
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Lucozade |
Round 2: Science and Nature
1 |
Camelopard, or cameleopard, is an archaic name for which animal? |
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Giraffe |
2 |
Cassiterite is the principal ore of which common metal? |
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Tin |
3 |
How long does it take for light to travel from the Sun to Earth? |
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8 minutes(accept 7 to 9) |
4 |
The eye's ability to adjust its focus to see objects clearly at different distances is called what? |
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Accommodation |
5 |
Pitchblende is the sulphide ore of which metal?
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Uranium |
6 |
Which is the heaviest internal organ in the human body?
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The liver |
7 |
The sycamore is a member of which genus of deciduous trees? |
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Acer (accept maple) |
8 |
The Cassini–Huygens probe, launched in 1997, was sent to explore which planet? |
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Saturn |
Supplementaries:
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Which layer of the Earth is under the crust and above the core? |
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The mantle |
2 |
The main asteroid belt is between which two planets in our solar system? |
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Mars and Jupiter |
Round 3: Sport
1 |
Opened in September 2023, in which town is Ferrari's Grand Prix design centre based? |
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Marinello |
2 |
Five players have scored goals in four different World Cup Finals tournaments. One of them is Pelé; name one of the other
four. |
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Uwe Seeler (West Germany), Lionel Messi (Argentina),
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), or Miroslav Klose (Germany) |
3 |
Which Premiership manager, an ex–England international, was the first manager to be dismissed (sacked) in January 2023? |
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Frank Lampard (Chelsea) |
4 |
What is the minimum number of points you must attain to win a single game at Badminton? |
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21 |
5 |
Which nation's football team defeated England's Lionesses in the 2023 Women's World Cup Final? |
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Spain |
6 |
Which horse won the 2023 Grand National, ridden by Derek Fox? |
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Corach Rambler |
7 |
How many laps must be completed to win a Speedway race? |
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4 |
8 |
Which commentator memorably uttered the statement "The bowler's Holding, the batsman`s Willey"� |
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Brian Johnston |
Supplementaries:
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Which former England goalkeeper came out of retirement in 2023 to join Wrexham at the request of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney? |
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Ben Foster |
2 |
Who won the Men's Singles title at Wimbledon in 2023? |
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Carlos Alcaraz |
Round 4: Six Feet Under
You'll be given a name; unless specified in the question, please give the name of their last resting place – not just the city, town or
county.
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Diana, Princess of Wales |
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Althorp, Northamptonshire (pronounced Altrup; accept either) |
2 |
Napolean Bonaparte |
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Hotel des Invalides, Paris – accept Les Invalides |
3 |
John Lennon |
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Strawberry Fields in Central Park, New York – accept Central Park. |
4 |
Oscar Wilde |
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Pere LachaiseCemetery, Paris – accept Pere Lachaise |
5 |
George Michael |
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Highgate Cemetery, London (accept Highgate) |
6 |
Winston Churchill – in which county is his grave? |
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Oxfordshire (St. Martin's Church, Bladon – near his birthplace, Blenheim Palace) |
7 |
Muhammad Ali |
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Louisville, Kentucky (his birthplace – accept Louisville) |
8 |
Henry VIII (both the place and the town needed) |
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St George's Chapel, Windsor – need both please |
Supplementaries:
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Bonnie Prince Charlie |
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Rome (also accept The Vatican City) |
2 |
William Wordsworth (the town will be sufficient) |
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Grasmere, Cumbria (St. Oswald's church) |
Round 5: Ships and the Sea
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Which ship rescued more than 700 survivors from the Titanic |
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RMS Carpathia |
2 |
What was the name of the pleasure boat that sank in the River Thames in 1989 after a collision with the dredger Bowbelle and caused the death of 51 people? |
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The Marchioness |
3 |
Henry VIII's warship Mary Rose sank in the Solent in 1545. In which year was she finally brought to the surface? |
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1982 – accept 1981 or 1983 |
2 |
4. In the cartoon series Captain Pugwash, what was the name of his ship? |
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The Black Pig |
5 |
What was the name of the English lighthouse keeper's daughter whose participation in the rescue of survivors from the
shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 brought her national fame? |
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Grace Darling |
6 |
Who wrote the poem that opens with the line "I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky"? |
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John Masefield (Sea Fever) |
7 |
Who wrote the book African Queen, later made into the 1951 film of the same name? |
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C. S. Forester |
8 |
What was the name of James Onedin's first ship in The Onedin Line? |
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Charlotte Rhodes |
Supplementaries:
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Which British battleship, launched in 1906, was so revolutionary that it gave its name to the whole next generation of
battleships? |
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HMS Dreadnought |
2 |
In the film Jaws, what was the name of the boat that Quint used to hunt for the shark? |
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Orca |
Round 6: Geography and Nuclear Power
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In which US state was the nuclear power station Three Mile Island? |
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Pennsylvania – on the Susquehanna River, not far from state capital
Harrisburg |
2 |
From which river did the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine draw its cooling water? |
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The Pripyat |
3 |
In 1956, Queen Elizabeth II opened a nuclear power station that at the time was called Calder Hall, an early development of
the Windscale site. In which county was this power station located? |
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Cumberland – accept Cumbria (name changed in 1974) |
4 |
Torness is the name of a nuclear power facility sited approximately 30 miles east of Edinburgh. In which Scottish county is
Torness? |
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East Lothian (started producing electricity in 1988; expected decommissioning
approximately 2028) |
5 |
In 2011, a tsunami overwhelmed the cooling systems for a nuclear power station in Japan. What was the name of that facility? |
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Fukushima Daiichi (accept Fukushima) |
6 |
Energy de France (EDF) is currently constructing a nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in UK. From which body of water will
this new power station take its cooling water? |
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The Bristol Channel (South side. Do not accept the River Severn) |
7 |
There are two operational nuclear power stations located less than 5 miles south of Morecambe, UK. Name either of them. |
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Heysham 1 or Heysham 2 (accept just Heysham) |
8 |
In the mid–1950s, a nuclear power station was opened in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It was supplying
electricity to the national grid in 1962. What was the name of that facility? |
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Dounreay (it's currently being decommissioned and cleaned up.) |
Supplementaries:
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Crystal River, St. Lucie (Jensen Beach) and Homestead are all nuclear power facilities in which state in the southern USA? |
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Florida |
2 |
There are currently two nuclear power stations at Sizewell on the English coast, and a third is being planned). In which English county is Sizewell? |
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Suffolk |
Round 7: Arts & Entertainment
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Who wrote about an Oscar (spelt with a C) to win his first Booker Prize in 1988? |
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Peter Carey (for his novel Oscar and Lucinda; accept Carey) |
2 |
Who wrote about an Oskar (spelt with a K) to win the Booker Prize in 1982? |
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Thomas Keneally (accept Keneally; Oskar Schindler in his book
Schindler's Ark) |
3 |
Which author completed his first but privately published play Vera; or, The Nihilists (that's the full title – not
alternatives) in 1880, and married Constance Lloyd in 1884? |
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Oscar Wilde |
4 |
Which actor starred in X–Men: Apocalypse, the Alex Garland films Annihilation and Ex–Machina,
and as Poe Dameron in the Star Wars sequel trilogy? |
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Oscar Isaac (a coconut should be awarded to anyone who knows his full name of
Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada) |
5 |
Which librettist won 8 Tony Awards and 2 Academy Awards, and collaborated with Jerome Kern on the musical Show Boat? |
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Oscar Hammerstein II (accept Hammerstein) |
6 |
Which Canadian jazz pianist won eight Grammy awards and was referred to by Duke Ellington as 'the Maharaja of the keyboard'?
He died in 2007. |
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Oscar Petersen |
7 |
In The Muppets, who is green and lives in a rubbish bin? |
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Oscar the Grouch |
8 |
From which film did Naatu, Naatu win the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Original Song in 2023? |
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RRR |
Supplementaries:
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Which painter lived in later life at Giverny in France and made many pictures of his garden? |
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Oscar–Claude Monet (obviously better known as Claude Monet) |
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Who is the youngest Academy Award (Oscar) winner? |
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Tatum O'Neal – both names required (Best Supporting Actress for
Paper Moon) |
Round 8: History
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Who was proclaimed Roman Emperor in York in 306 AD and became the first Christian Emperor? |
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Constantine |
2 |
Why was Edward III's fourth son, the Duke of Lancaster, known as John of Gaunt? |
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He was born in Ghent |
3 |
In medieval times, what was chevauchée (shev–o–shay)? |
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Burning and pillaging enemy territory, or an armed raid on
enemy territory or the literal translation of horse charge) |
4 |
Which English monarch was said have had Calais written on their heart? |
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Mary I – accept Mary Tudor (after the loss of Calais,
England's last possession in France) |
5 |
What was the name of the build–up of coalition forces from August 1990 to January 1991 following Iraq's invasion of
Kuwait? |
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Operation Desert Shield (not Desert Storm) |
6 |
Which European monarch has had the longest reign? |
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Louis XIV of France (72 years, two years longer than Elizabeth II of the
UK) |
7 |
Which Roman Emperor died from illness (rather than a snake bite) in York in AD 211? |
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Septimius Severus – accept Severus |
8 |
Give a year in the reign of King Canute (Cnut) as King of England. |
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1016to 1035 |
Supplementaries:
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Where was the first permanent English settlement on the mainland of what is now the USA? |
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Jamestown in Virginia – established in 1607 |
2 |
A little lateral thinking is required for this answer: according to Sellars and Yeatman's historical spoof 1066 and
All That, what action at the Battle of Balaclava (in the Crimean War) was immortalised by Lord Tennyson? |
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The Charge of the Fire Brigade (do not accept Light Brigade) |
General Knowledge
1 |
Andy Capp is a British comic strip created by which cartoonist? |
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Reg Smythe (for the Mirror group newspapers) |
2 |
Tequila is made by distilling which plant? |
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The blue agave plant (accept agave – do not accept cactus. The agave is
a succulent) |
3 |
Simnel cake was traditionally eaten during, and associated with, which religious period? |
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Lent (accept also Mothering Sunday or Easter Sunday) |
4 |
Derivatives trader Nick Leeson caused the collapse of which merchant bank in 1995 as a result of his fraudulent trading? |
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Barings Bank (the UK's oldest merchant bank at the time) |
5 |
Which stretch of water separates the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Northern Province of Sri Lanka? |
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The Palk Strait (it connects the Bay of Bengal to Palk Bay) |
6 |
Whose family seat is Woburn Abbey? |
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The Dukes of Bedford |
7 |
Which Central American country was formerly called British Honduras from 1840 to 1981? |
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Belize |
8 |
Dyce is the major international airport that serves which city? |
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Aberdeen |
9 |
As of 24 January 2024, who is the President of the BBFC, the British Board of Film Classification (formerly the British Board
of Film Censors)? |
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Natasha Kaplinsky (she was the first winner of Strictly Come Dancing) |
10 |
Including overseas territories, which country has the most time zones? |
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France (12, or 13 if you include its claim in Antarctica) |
11 |
What is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the World? |
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Damascus (Syria – inhabited continuously for 10 to 12 thousand years) |
12 |
Which folk–punk singer songwriter was born on Christmas day 1958 and died in December last year? |
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Shane MacGowan |
13 |
On which small Scottish Island is the UK's first Space Port being built? |
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Unst (Shetland Isles) |
14 |
As of January 2024, who is the Prime Minister of New Zealand? |
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Christopher Luxon |
15 |
Which England footballing legend shared his battle with OCD in his new Netflix series? |
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David Beckham |
16 |
Name one of the two English cities through which the river Itchen flows. |
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Winchester or Southampton |
17 |
In the AI engine ChatGPT, what does the P stand for? |
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Pre–trained (Chat Generative Pre–trained Transformer) |
18 |
The American statistician, baseball analyst and psephologist Nate Silver founded an organisation, website and podcast named
FiveThirtyEight. To what does the title FiveThirtyEight refer? |
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The number of electors in the US Electoral College. (Accept
any reference to electors or the US Electoral College. A majority of electors is required in order to elect the US President.) |
19 |
How is the organisation officially known as Ansar Allah, whose name translates as Supporters of God or Party of God, better
known? |
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The Houthi movement |
20 |
In Hinduism and Buddhism, what term refers to having things in harmony with order, custom, and moral duties? |
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Dharma |
21 |
Which artist had the highly successful Renaissance World Tour in 2023? |
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Beyoncé Knowles–Carter (accept Beyoncé, Beyoncé
Knowles, or Beyoncé Carter) |
22 |
The ancient Hundred of Hamestan was recorded in the Domesday Book. What present day UK town is based in the geographical
district of Hamestan? |
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Macclesfield |
23 |
As of 24 January 2024, who is the owner of Macclesfield Football Club? |
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Robert Smethurst |
24 |
By what performing name is the musician and singer Annie Clark better known? |
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St. Vincent |
25 |
As of 24 January 2024, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Post Office Limited (i.e. the Post Office)? |
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Nick Reid |
26 |
As of 24 January 2024, who is the Minister for Culture, Media and Sport? |
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The Right Hon. Lucy Frazer |
27 |
The Treaty of Nanking brought an end to which war? |
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The 1st Opium War (1839–42). Accept Opium War, or
Anglo–Chinese War) |
28 |
In addition to Winston Churchill, who else represented the UK at the Potsdam Conference, held from the 17th of
July to the 2nd of August 1945? |
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Clement Attlee (he was elected as Prime Minister during the Conference) |
29 |
As of 24 January 2024, who is the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland? |
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The Rt. Hon. Chris Heaton–Harris |
30 |
Which is the only university in England with its own railway station? |
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University of Birmingham (accept Birmingham) |
31 |
What or where is the highest commercial airport in England? |
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Leeds–Bradford Airport (accept Yeadon or Leeds). The
highest airfield in the UK is at Long Mynd at 426m. It's run by Midland Glider Club. Leeds–Bradford is only the 53rd highest
airfield at 208m but is the highest commercial airport |
32 |
Who co–hosts The Rest is History, the highest–ranked UK history podcast, with Dominic Sandbrook? |
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Tom Holland (do not accept James Holland – he is Tom's brother, and
a specialist military historian.) |
33 |
Who co–hosts the leading UK political podcast The Rest is Politics with Alistair Campbell? |
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Rory Stewart |
34 |
Where do you find adult stem cells in the human body? |
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Niches or bone marrow or gonads (also accept
sex organs or similar.) |
35 |
Why should you remember Eye of the Tiger by Survivor, or Wannabe by The Spice Girls, or Dancing Queen
by ABBA, or maybe best of all Stayin' Aliveby The Bee Gees? |
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation or CPR – accept either.
(Stayin' Alive is often cited as the best song for performing CPR. Its 100–120 bpm is considered to be the ideal rate for chest
compressions). |
36 |
Who owns the company that makes the podcasts The Rest is History, The Rest is Money, The Rest is
Entertainment, and The Rest is Politics? |
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GaryLineker (the company name is Goalhanger Podcasts) |
37 |
Lady Nancy Astor was the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons. In which year was she elected? |
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1919 (accept 1918 to 1920) |
38 |
SAGE is the Scientific Advisory Group for what? |
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Emergencies |
39 |
In which film of 1998 did Gwyneth Paltrow win her only Best Actress Oscar (to date)? |
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Shakespeare in Love |
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The Eiffel tower was the main exhibit at the 1889 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair), held to commemorate the
centenary of what event? |
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The start of the French Revolution |
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Which member of the British royal family competed at Wimbledon in 1926? |
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Prince Albert (also accept either Duke of York or
King George VI) |
42 |
Which shipping area lies between Wight and Plymouth? |
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Portland |
43 |
How is the 20th century composer and entertainer born David Ivor Davies better known? |
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Ivor Novello |
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Who was Margaret Thatcher's first Chancellor of the Exchequer? |
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Geoffrey Howe |
45 |
Whose second symphony is known as the Little Russian? |
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Tchaikovsky |
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What was the pen name of the 20th century novelist born Neville Norway? |
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Nevil Shute |
47 |
What is the name of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice? |
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Antonio |
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Which US state is nicknamed The Golden State? |
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California |
49 |
The source of the river Rhine is generally regarded as being in which European country? |
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Switzerland (Lake Toma, in the Canton of Graubunden) |
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Fermented shark, known as hákarl, is a national dish of which European country? |
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Iceland |
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Who succeeded David Lloyd George as UK Prime Minister in 1922? |
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Andrew Bonar Law (1922–23; accept Bonar Law) |
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Which gland produces melatonin, which helps correct sleeping patterns? |
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The pineal gland |
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Margaret Beaufort was the mother of which English monarch? (Name and regnal number required) |
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Henry VII (seventh) |
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Who, in 2014, won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in Dallas Buyers Club? |
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Matthew McConaughey |
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TV gardener Joe Swift is the son of which female novelist and biographer, born 1939 in Sheffield? |
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Margaret Drabble |
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Which shipping line owned RMS Lusitania, which was sunk by a German submarine in 1915 off the southern coast of
Ireland? |
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Cunard |
57 |
Which metal is traditionally given to celebrate a tenth wedding anniversary? |
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Tin |
58 |
Which novel, written by Christopher Isherwood, was the basis of the 1972 film Cabaret? |
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Goodbye to Berlin |
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Which geological process takes place when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it? |
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Subduction |
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Which female French painter was married to the brother of her fellow Impressionist Edouard Manet? |
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Berthe Morisot |
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Yaoundé is the capital of which African country? |
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Cameroon |
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Which world–famous tenor, born in Barcelona in 1946 and best known for roles in the operas of Verdi and Puccini, was
diagnosed with leukaemia in the 1980s but recovered and continued performing? |
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Jose Carreras |
63 |
Which song was top of the Official UK singles chart at Christmas 2023? |
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Last Christmas (by Wham) |
64 |
Of which Southern Rock band was Lowell George the lead vocalist and guitarist? |
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Little Feat |
65 |
The UK's current Poet Laureate is Simon Armitage. Who was his immediate predecessor? |
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Carol Ann Duffy |
66 |
Cagliari is the capital city of which Mediterranean island? |
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Sardinia |
67 |
The 'Cruyff turn' is an evasive dribbling move used in football, named after Dutch player Johan Cruyff and used in
his only World Cup appearance – in which year? |
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1974 (no leeway – obviously!) |
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Which US President, elected in 1904, said "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"? |
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Theodore Roosevelt |
69 |
The moons of which planet in our solar system are named after Shakespearean characters? |
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Uranus |
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Smoking in enclosed spaces was banned in England from July 1st in which year? |
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702007(accept 2006 to 2008) |
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Which US President said, in Berlin in 1987, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"? |
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Ronald Reagan |
72 |
Easter Island is a territory of which South American country? |
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Chile |
73 |
In heraldry, what colour is gules? |
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Red |
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Who wrote and performed the theme music to the TV programme One Foot in the Grave? |
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Eric Idle |
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Who is the current speaker of the House of Commons? |
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Lindsay Hoyle – accept Hoyle |
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Which Scottish Knight led the Scots (along with Andrew Moray) at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297? |
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William Wallace |
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Who was British Prime Minister from 1784 to 1800, and again from 1804 to 1805? |
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William Pitt the Younger (answer must include Younger) |
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Which organisation briefly changed its name to Consignia in 2001? |
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The Post Office |
79 |
Which country was formerly known as Portuguese West Africa? |
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Angola |
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Fingal's Cave is on which island of the Inner Hebrides? |
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Staffa |
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The Church of St. John the Baptist in Tideswell is better known by what name? |
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Cathedral of the Peak |
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Ode to Joy comes from which of Beethoven's symphonies? |
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The ninth |
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Currently, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially classifies five celestial bodies in our solar system as dwarf
planets: Pluto, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea and which other? |
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Ceres |
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the autobiography of which American writer and poet? |
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Maya Angelou |
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Which spice comes from the shell of the nutmeg? |
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Mace |
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Humans and chimpanzees share roughly what percentage of their DNA? |
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98% (accept 95 to 100) |
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Which of the world's oceans is the deepest? |
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The Pacific |
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Which Greenpeace ship was sunk in Auckland Harbour in 1985 by French special forces? |
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Rainbow Warrior |
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Which is the only property on a traditional British Monopoly board that's south of the River Thames? |
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Old Kent Road |
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Which is the largest desert in the world by area? |
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Antarctica (deserts can be hot and dry, semi–arid, coastal or cold) |
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Two women shared the Booker Prize in 2019. Margaret Atwood was one; who was the other? |
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Bernadine (Bernie) Evaristo |
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Which female tennis player has won the highest number of Grand Slam singles titles?? |
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Margaret Court (24) |
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Tiger Woods won his first major in over a decade in 2019, at which tournament? |
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The Masters (accept Augusta) |
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Two Native American leaders led their warriors against Custer's troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Sitting Bull was
one; who was the other? |
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Crazy Horse |
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Which Spanish king commissioned Christopher Columbus to explore the New World? |
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Ferdinand (2nd of Aragon and 1st of a united Spain – accept
either) |
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How old (in years) was Queen Elizabeth II when she was crowned in 1953? |
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27 (no leeway) |
Supplementaries:
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What was the capital city of the Inca empire? |
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Cusco |
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How many wings does a bee have? |
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Four |
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"I coulda been a contender" was a line spoken by the character Terry Malloy in which film of 1954? It had 12 Oscar
nominations, and won 8 including Best Picture. |
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On the Waterfront |
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Who wrote the 1963 novel The Girls of Slender Means? |
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Muriel Spark |
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What was the name of the cruise ship in the film Carry On Cruising? |
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The SS Happy Wanderer |
And lastly – for the lateral thinkers ...
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At the Cannes Film Festival, what is the name of the award given for the best canine performance in films that year? |
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Palm Dog |
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