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2016–17 Season: Cup and Plate Quarter Finals – 24 January 2017

Questions 1–60: set by the Dolphin Dragons.

1Point of Ayre is the northernmost tip of which large island in the British Isles? Click to show or hide the answer
2Which Olympic gold medal winning swimmer played Tarzan in 12 films in the 1930s and 40s? Click to show or hide the answer
3What was Tommy Cooper's catchphrase? Click to show or hide the answer
4Rutger Hauer starred in a series of adverts for which alcoholic drink using the slogan "Pure Genius"?? Click to show or hide the answer
5Katerina Witt, of East Germany, won gold in both the 1984 and 1988 winter Olympics. In which discipline? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
6Urquhart Castle overlooks which loch, the second biggest in Scotland? Click to show or hide the answer
7Which Shakespeare play contains the characters Sir Toby Belch, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Malvolio? Click to show or hide the answer
8And which contains the characters Touchstone, Rosalind and Orlando? Click to show or hide the answer
9James Lind 1716–1794 was a pioneer in helping to eradicate which disease amongst sailors? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
10During the reign of which British monarch was the battle of Trafalgar? Click to show or hide the answer
11Why are vegans avoiding new £5 notes? Click to show or hide the answer
12Zac Goldsmith was MP for a Constituency in which town? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
13Of the six Orders of Chivalry in the UK, three are the St Michael and George order, the Royal Victorian Order and the Order of the British Empire. Name one of the remaining three. Click to show or hide the answer
14What is the highest rank in the British Army? Click to show or hide the answer
15What game comprises 54 wooden blocks stacked in a tower, where one block is removed from the tower and placed on top until it falls? Click to show or hide the answer
16What is the oldest surviving form of Japanese theatre, having been developed in the 14th Century? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
17During the reign of which British Monarch was the Battle of Blenheim fought? Click to show or hide the answer
18Who is most famed for his 1817 work An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, in which he was the first to describe paralysis agitans? This condition was later renamed after him Click to show or hide the answer
19Lady with an Ermine and Virgin of the Rocks are paintings by which artist? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
20Where is sculptor Ian Rank Broadley's image of the queen most commonly viewed? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
21In which country was muesli invented? Click to show or hide the answer
22What is the state capital of Montana? Click to show or hide the answer
23Which Spanish singer was on the books of Real Madrid as a goalkeeper in his youth? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
24What's the chief ingredient of the Irish dish boxty bread? Click to show or hide the answer
25Providence is the capital of which state? Click to show or hide the answer
26What is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet? Click to show or hide the answer
27Which animated sitcom features the Smith family, parents Stan and Francine and their children Steve and Hayley? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
28Which trip–hop band compromises Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley? Click to show or hide the answer
29In Roman numerals, which letter is used to represent 500? Click to show or hide the answer
30Which fictional detective solved the Mysterious Affair at Styles? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
31In Arthurian legend who was the lover of Tristan? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
32Geographically which is the westernmost football team currently playing in the Premier League? Click to show or hide the answer
33If you landed at Carthage airport, in which country would you be? Click to show or hide the answer
34Which river rises in Tibet, then flows 1800 miles through India, Pakistan and into the Arabian sea? Click to show or hide the answer
35Which detective solved the Adventure of the Copper Beeches? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
36The name of which desert means waterless place in Mongolian? Click to show or hide the answer
37You'll Never Walk Alone, theme of Liverpool supporters, is a song taken from which Rogers and Hammerstein musical? Click to show or hide the answer
38According to some legends, and various writers, who was the lover of Cressida? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
39In which English county are the Quantock Hills? Click to show or hide the answer
40What is the opposite of nocturnal? Click to show or hide the answer
41Which actor plays the character Jason Bourne in the various Bourne films? Click to show or hide the answer
42Where on the body should spats be worn? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
43What one word was Punch magazine's advice to persons about to marry, in an 1845 edition? Click to show or hide the answer
44Harold Wilson, Eric Morecambe, Fred Trueman and Sir Ian Botham were amongst the winners of which (possibly redundant) award? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
45Where on the body should a cummerbund be worn? Click to show or hide the answer
46Which actor plays the character Jack Reacher in the various Reacher films? Click to show or hide the answer
47Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, but what is the event? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
48Who is the current holder of the women's marathon world record? Click to show or hide the answer
49London houses all but two of the various Tate Museums. Name either of the other locations. Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
50Piri–piri sauce comes from the cuisine of which country and its colonies? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
51John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti formed which artistic movement? Click to show or hide the answer
52How much was the old coin, a groat, worth? Click to show or hide the answer
53Which breakfast cereal was advertised with the slogan "They're grrrreat!"? Click to show or hide the answer
54The Guggenheim Museum is located in New York and which European city? Click to show or hide the answer
55With Which football club did Kevin Keegan start his footballing career? Click to show or hide the answer
56And which famous cricketer also played football for Scunthorpe United? Click to show or hide the answer
57Which international company was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen (or Sir John Edward Cohen, to give his proper name)? Click to show or hide the answer
58Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and David Hockney belong to which genre of art? Click to show or hide the answer
59Prior to decimalisation in U.K., what was term given to a coin worth two shillings? Click to show or hide the answer
60Which international company did Jeff Bezos (born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen) found? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer

Questions 61–120: set by the Wharf

61The TV shopping channel QVC is an acronym, self–describing the business. The Q stands for quality. Give either of the other two words. Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
62In millimetres, what is the standard diameter of copper piping used to supply UK kitchen sinks? Click to show or hide the answer
63Which US president was assassinated the year Queen Victoria died? Click to show or hide the answer
64In which film is the quad of Trinity College Cambridge used for the scene of the 'running race to beat the clock chimes'? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
65From which club did Manchester United sign the Armenian midfielder Henrik Mkhytarian? Click to show or hide the answer
66What is the surname of the Jennifer Saunders character in Absolutely Fabulous? Click to show or hide the answer
67Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke were fatally stabbed while on British government business in 1882. In which city? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
68Identify the film from its last line: "You finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you, God damn you all to hell!" Click to show or hide the answer
69Another last line: "I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as in my dreams. I hope ..." Click to show or hide the answer
70Which scientific law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction? (A name and a number are required.) Click to show or hide the answer
71Which country produces 60% of the world's platinum? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
72Which writer's lesser known books include Coming up for Air and Homage to Catalonia? Click to show or hide the answer
73In which novel does the character Gabriel Oak appear? Click to show or hide the answer
74The 192 metre high Gateway Arch is in which American City? Click to show or hide the answer
75In 2012, which conservative MP and novelist resigned to spend more time with her husband in New York? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
76The films The African Queen and Apocalypse Now are both based on which book by Joseph Conrad? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
77What top–selling computer game series lets you steal cars, buy weapons and kill people, and go with prostitutes? Click to show or hide the answer
78What animal is depicted within the company logo of Slazenger? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
79Complete this list: mustard, green, scarlet, peacock, white, ... Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
80Red and yellow cards were introduced by FIFA in which World Cup? Click to show or hide the answer
81US film star Robert Vaughn died in 2016. What was the name of his character in The Man from UNCLE? Click to show or hide the answer
82In Greek mythology, who supports the heavens on his shoulders as a punishment from Zeus? Click to show or hide the answer
83Vladimir and who else are waiting for Godot? Click to show or hide the answer
84The Queen famously lives at SW1A 1AA, but who lives at SW1A 2AA? Click to show or hide the answer
85The Victoria Falls Bridge over the Zambezi river connects Zambia to which other country? Click to show or hide the answer
86What was the pseudonym of the Japanese radio broadcaster Iva Tokuri whose propaganda programme was aimed at US soldiers during World War 2? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
87What was the name of the local in Only Fools and Horses? Click to show or hide the answer
88Which Scottish soup is made from smoked haddock, potatoes and onions? Click to show or hide the answer
89How many centimetres or inches are there in a 'hand', the measurement used for horses? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
90What letter comes next: A, S, D, F, G, H, J, K...? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
91Nelson defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Aboukir Bay. What name do we know it as? Click to show or hide the answer
92ACAS was set up in 1975 to advise and arbitrate in industrial disputes. What does the C stand for in ACAS? Click to show or hide the answer
93What is the legal term for 'A sudden and irresistible act of nature that could not reasonably have been foreseen'? Click to show or hide the answer
94Whose queen was the city of Adelaide named after? Click to show or hide the answer
95Who is the only British Pope? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
96Madison Avenue in New York is associated with which industry? Click to show or hide the answer
97What would your job be if you were 'after–burning'? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
98Of which Southern African country is Maseru the capital? Click to show or hide the answer
99Which former governor of Maryland was Vice President of the USA from 1971 to 1973? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
100Giacomo Agostini was a world champion in the 1960's and 70's. What was his sport? Click to show or hide the answer
101What do Mary Jane Kelly, Elizabeth Stride and Annie Chapman have in common? Click to show or hide the answer
102If you were standing on the sea–front at Algeciras in Spain and looked to the East, what would you see? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
103If you are accused of a crime, you may have an 'alibi'. What does the Latin word 'alibi' mean? Click to show or hide the answer
104What is the fastest animal on two legs reaching speeds of 40 mph? Click to show or hide the answer
105In 1931 what was the first ever televised sporting event? Click to show or hide the answer
106The Rolls Royce radiator ornament is called The Spirit of ... what? Click to show or hide the answer
107In texting what does the acronym BYOB mean? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
108Who is actress Shirley MacLaine's younger brother ? Click to show or hide the answer
109Who said that they "would not be going with the dough" in 2017? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
110In which US city are the NFL side The Steelers based? Click to show or hide the answer
111Which city is served by Louis Armstrong airport ? Click to show or hide the answer
112Whose most recent detective novel is called Rather Be The Devil? Click to show or hide the answer
113Season 6 of which fantasy series featured the Battle of the Bastards? Click to show or hide the answer
114Who is Northern Ireland's First Minister? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
115Jude Law starred in which recent Sky Atlantic series? Click to show or hide the answer
116Hugh Cornwell has recently collaborated with poet John Cooper Clarke on an album entitled This Time it's Personal. Which punk band did he formerly lead? Click to show or hide the answer
117Which former Booker prize winner has recently published a novel called Swingtime, which tells the tale of an African family moving to London? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
118How many consecutive Premier League games did Chelsea win, before losing to Spurs on Jan 4th? Click to show or hide the answer
119Who is the current World Professional Snooker champion? Click to show or hide the answer
120Which Jazz singer was known as the First Lady of Song? Click to show or hide the answer

Supplementaries:

1"Suffering Succotash" was the catchphrase of which animated cat? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer
2Which French Impressionist artist famously painted a series based on the facade of Rouen Cathedral at different times of day? Click to show or hide the answer
3Proverbially what is the thief of time? Click to show or hide the answer
4The height of a horse is measured from the ground to which part of its body? Click for more information Click to show or hide the answer

Tie Breaker

The Church House Bollington and the Rushton Royal Oak are two MQL 'outposts'. According to Google maps, how long should you allow to walk from one to the other? Click to show or hide the answer

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