2016-17 Season: Week 5 - 8 November 2016
Specialist Rounds
Set by the Ox-fford 'C'; vetted by the Park Taverners and the Cock Inn.
Round 1: Geography
1 |
Which African capital city has a name that means "three cities"? |
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Tripoli |
2 |
Windhoek (pronounced Vind-hook) is the capital of which African country? |
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Namibia |
3 |
Which river forms almost the entire border between Norfolk and Suffolk? |
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The Waveney |
4 |
In which English county is the town of Maldon, famous for its sea salt? |
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Essex |
5 |
Which country has three counties, named Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey? |
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Jamaica |
6 |
Which Central American country's currency is the quetzal? |
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Guatemala |
7 |
Which strait separates Russia from Alaska? |
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Bering Strait |
8 |
Barcelona is the capital of which of Spain's autonomous regions? |
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Catalonia |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Apart from Russia, which of the former Soviet republics is the largest in area? |
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Kazakhstan |
2 |
Which river flows through the city of Durham? |
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Wear |
Round 2: History
1 |
In which century was Hadrian's Wall built? |
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2nd |
2 |
Who was on the English throne when Christopher Columbus first reached America? |
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Henry VII |
3 |
Which leader was overthrown by Fidel Castro during the Cuban revolution? |
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Fulgencio Batista |
4 |
Which Venezuelan soldier, born in 1783, was instrumental in the liberation of several South American countries and had a country named after him? |
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Simon Bolivar |
5 |
Which battle is known as Custer's Last Stand? |
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Little Big Horn |
6 |
When Winston Churchill was first elected to parliament in 1900, which constituency did he represent? |
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Oldham |
7 |
Which 17th century war was ended by the Treaty of Westphalia? |
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Thirty Years War |
8 |
Who was assassinated by Ramon Mercador near Mexico City in 1940? |
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Leon Trotsky |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What is the alternative name of the Munich Putsch, a failed coup attempt made on November 8th 1923 by Adolf Hitler? |
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The Beer Hall Putsch |
2 |
In which Northern Ireland town did an IRA bomb kill eleven people on November 8th 1987? |
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Enniskillen |
Round 3: Arts & Entertainment
1 |
Which film franchise featured Martin Riggs, played by Mel Gibson? |
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Lethal Weapon |
2 |
Which opera by Benjamin Britten is based on a novel by Herman Melville? |
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Billy Budd |
3 |
Which Canadian rapper topped the charts for 15 weeks this year with the single One Dance? |
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Drake |
4 |
The third film in which franchise caused an internet backlash this year due to its casting of three women in the leading roles? |
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Ghostbusters |
5 |
Which poet wrote the line 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all'? |
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Alfred Lord Tennyson |
6 |
Which surreal TV comedy show was created by Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding? |
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The Mighty Boosh |
7 |
Which French artist, a leading exponent of Fauvism, became known in later life for his decoupage-style cut-outs? |
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Henri Matisse |
8 |
Who wrote the novels Case Histories (2004) and Life after Life (2013)? |
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Kate Atkinson |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Who played the title role in the sitcom Father Ted? |
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Dermot Morgan |
2 |
Which city is the setting for Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar named Desire? |
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New Orleans |
Round 4: Science
1 |
Which drug was originally derived from willow bark? |
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Aspirin |
2 |
Which chemical element is named after the Scottish village near which it was discovered in 1790? |
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Strontium |
3 |
Which element was used in the definition of the second and the metre as SI units, and is widely used in atomic clocks? |
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Caesium |
4 |
What would be the purpose of bariatric surgery? |
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Weight loss |
5 |
What metric unit is equivalent to ten thousand square metres? |
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Hectare |
6 |
How is the medical condition dyspepsia better known? |
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Indigestion |
7 |
What is the anatomical name for the voice box? |
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Larynx |
8 |
In which constellation are the Pleiades star cluster and the Crab Nebula? |
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Taurus |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What is measured on the Gay–Lussac scale? |
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Concentration of alcohol |
2 |
What is measured on the Stanford–Binet (bee–nay) scale? |
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Intelligence |
Round 5: Sport
1 |
Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup three years running from 1964 to 1966? |
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Arkle |
2 |
Which boxing trainer was best known for working with Muhammed Ali for over 20 years? |
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Angelo Dundee |
3 |
Andy Murray recently became the 26th man to be named world number one tennis player. Who was the first, in 1973? |
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Ilie Nastase |
4 |
What is the nationality of the new president of UEFA Aleksander Ceferin? |
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Slovenian |
5 |
Which motor racing circuit hosts the Japanese Grand Prix? |
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Suzuka (not Suzuki!) |
6 |
In which sport would you be most likely to use a stimpmeter? |
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Golf |
7 |
Which 19-year-old American gymnast won four gold medals at the Rio Olympics? |
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Simone Biles |
8 |
Name either of the cycling events for which Laura Trott won a gold medal at Rio. |
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Team pursuit |
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Omnium |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which Tottenham Hotspur player scored for both sides in the 1987 FA Cup Final, including the winning goal for Coventry City? |
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Gary Mabbutt |
2 |
Which England bowler was hit for six sixes in an over by Yuvraj Singh of India at the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in 2007? |
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Stuart Broad |
Round 6: Musicals
All the answers are the name of a musical, or contain one.
1 |
Ailurophobia is the fear of what? |
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Cats |
2 |
Which American city is known as the Windy City? |
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Chicago |
3 |
Formerly part of a duo, which singer has released solo albums entitled Diva, Medusa and Bare? |
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Annie Lennox |
4 |
Give the next five words of this quotation from Macbeth: By the pricking of my thumbs … |
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Something wicked this way comes |
5 |
What name was shared by queen consorts of William I, Stephen and Henry I, as well as a 12th century claimant to the English throne? |
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Matilda |
6 |
Born in August, River Rocket is the name inflicted on the 5th child of which TV personality? |
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Jamie Oliver |
7 |
What product was advertised in the 1970s with the catchphrase 'is she or isn't she'? |
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Harmony Hairspray |
8 |
Which US state is nicknamed the Sooner State, and has Tulsa as its second largest city? |
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Oklahoma |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Later this week, Magnus Carlsen is due to start his defence of what title? |
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World Chess Champion |
2 |
Which disgraced former Conservative MP is now the leader of UKIP in the National Assembly for Wales? |
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Neil Hamilton |
Round 7: Pennies for them
In this round, every answer contains the word Guy.
1 |
Who is the lead singer and principal front man of the rock group Elbow? |
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Guy Garvey |
2 |
Who had four UK no 1 hits in the 1950s including She Wears Red Feathers and Singin' the Blues? |
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Guy Mitchell |
3 |
Who was the leader of the Dam Busters raid? |
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Guy Gibson |
4 |
Which novel by Walter Scott, with the alternative title The Astrologer, featured the character Dandie Dinmont, whose name was given to a breed of dog? |
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Guy Mannering |
5 |
Which character first appeared in the Robin Hood legends as a hired killer, who attempts to kill Robin but ends up being killed by him? |
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Guy of Gisborne |
6 |
Which TV drama series, first broadcast in the 1980s, starred Lee Majors as a Hollywood stunt man who moonlights as a bounty hunter? |
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The Fall Guy |
7 |
Which John Lennon song was a UK no 1 hit for Roxy Music, three months after Lennon's death? |
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Jealous Guy |
8 |
Which member of the Cambridge Five spy ring escaped to the Soviet Union with Donald McLean in 1951, even though he was not under suspicion at the time? |
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Guy Burgess |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which 1989 British rom-com film was written by Richard Curtis and stars Jeff Goldblum as an American actor living and working in London? |
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The Tall Guy |
2 |
Nathan Detroit, Miss Adelaide and Sky Masterson are characters from which musical? |
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Guys and Dolls |
Round 8: Election Day
They're voting as we speak. In this round the definitions given will lead you to the surname of an American president.
1 |
Victoria Beckham's maiden name. |
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Adams |
2 |
Cartoon character created by Jim Davis. |
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Garfield |
3 |
Non-metropolitan county, abolished in 1996, whose county town was Middlesbrough. |
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Cleveland |
4 |
Maiden surname of the British tennis player who won the French Open in 1959 and was a Wimbledon finalist in 1961. |
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Truman |
5 |
Stan Laurel's real surname. |
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Jefferson |
6 |
Cathedral city on the river Witham. |
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Lincoln |
7 |
The name of Tom Hanks's volleyball in the film Castaway. |
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Wilson |
8 |
Director of the FBI from 1935 to 1972. |
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Hoover |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Eponymous character played by Dudley Moore in a 1981 film about a drunken millionaire. |
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Arthur |
2 |
First name of the creator of Rip Van Winkle. |
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Washington (Irving) |
General Knowledge
Set by the Ox-fford 'C'; vetted by the Park Taverners and the Cock Inn.
1 |
Which shipping line operated the Titanic? |
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White Star |
2 |
Which town or city was the seat of the French government from 1940 to 1944? |
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Vichy |
3 |
Who is the subject of the 2014 bio-pic The Imitation Game? |
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Alan Turing |
4 |
Seen in the Beano since its first issue in 1938, which character lives in Bunkerton Castle? |
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Lord Snooty |
5 |
In which European capital city does the TV detective Sarah Lund operate? |
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Copenhagen |
6 |
Who played the title character in Monty Python's Life of Brian? |
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Graham Chapman |
7 |
According to Homer, who fired the arrow that struck Achilles in the heel? |
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Paris |
8 |
In the Bible, which of the patriarchs of Israel married his first cousins Leah and Rachel? |
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Jacob |
9 |
Which fictional character was the most famous creation of Swiss author Johanna Spyri? |
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Heidi |
10 |
How much did Edward Lear's Owl and Pussycat pay for their wedding ring? |
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One shilling |
11 |
What foodstuff is produced by an apiculturist? |
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Honey |
12 |
Which MP was Father of the House of Commons from 1992 until 2001? |
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Edward Heath |
13 |
Which band did John Lydon form in 1978 after the demise of the Sex Pistols? |
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Public Image Ltd. |
14 |
Which French word is used for strips of chicken or fish, dipped in breadcrumbs and deep-fried? |
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Goujons |
15 |
Which minister of health introduced Britain's National Health Service in 1948? |
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Aneurin (Nye) Bevan |
16 |
Which Italian film director made the so-called spaghetti westerns? |
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Sergio Leone |
17 |
Which cult, or body of religious beliefs, was founded in the 1950s by L Ron Hubbard? |
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Scientology |
18 |
In Greek mythology, who killed the gorgon Medusa? |
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Perseus |
19 |
Who wrote the popular science book A Short History of Nearly Everything? |
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Bill Bryson |
20 |
What is the largest species of seal? |
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Elephant seal |
21 |
Which US state has Dover as its capital? |
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Delaware |
22 |
Who was known as the Iron Chancellor? |
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Otto von Bismarck |
23 |
Name either of the co-authors of The Meaning of Liff, a dictionary of made-up words first published in 1983. |
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Douglas Adams |
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John Lloyd |
24 |
In which US state is the airport with the IATA code DFW? |
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Texas |
25 |
To what class of molluscs do slugs and snails belong? |
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Gastropods |
26 |
Narendra Modi became prime minister of which country in 2014? |
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India |
27 |
Which member of the royal family was murdered by the IRA in 1979? |
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Lord Mountbatten |
28 |
Which Spanish city is famous for the running of bulls during the San Fermin festival? |
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Pamplona |
29 |
Give a year in the life of the potter Josiah Wedgwood. |
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1730–95 |
30 |
Who did Neil Kinnock succeed as leader of the labour party? |
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Michael Foot |
31 |
What subject did Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, teach at Oxford? |
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Mathematics |
32 |
In cooking, what do you mix with chocolate to make a ganache? |
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(Double) cream |
33 |
What is the name of the mobile messaging application, launched in 2011, that allows images to be shared for a maximum of ten seconds before they are deleted? |
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Snapchat |
34 |
In which country are the headquarters of the Hyundai motor company? |
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South Korea |
35 |
Which island, midway between Orkney and Shetland, gives its name to a shipping forecast sea area? |
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Fair Isle |
36 |
In which track and field event has Mike Powell held the world record since 1991? |
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Long jump |
37 |
In which month is the Celtic festival of Beltane celebrated? |
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May |
38 |
What is orology the study of? |
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Mountains |
39 |
Which brand of Scotch whisky is named after the Ayrshire grocer who began selling it in 1820? |
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Johnnie Walker |
40 |
The polar research ship which people voted to name Boaty McBoatface has actually been named after which famous person? |
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Sir David Attenborough |
41 |
What foodstuff can be blanket or honeycomb? |
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Tripe |
42 |
Which video games series is set in fictional cities such as San Andreas, Liberty City and Vice City? |
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Grand Theft Auto |
43 |
What was built in 1851, moved in 1854, and destroyed by fire in 1936? |
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The Crystal Palace |
44 |
Which sweet herbal liqueur is named after an Italian war hero, and also shares its name with a controversial fashion designer? |
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Galliano |
45 |
Which tennis star was married to the actress Brooke Shields from 1997-1999? |
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Andre Agassi |
46 |
Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906, after negotiating the peace treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese war? |
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Theodore Roosevelt |
47 |
Which TV presenter's recently published memoir is entitled A Life in Questions? |
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Jeremy Paxman |
48 |
Beside which London square would you find the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields? |
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Trafalgar Square |
49 |
Which fruit has the same name as a native of a Moroccan port on the Strait of Gibraltar? |
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Tangerine |
50 |
Moorfields is London's hospital for the treatment of which part of the body? |
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Eyes |
51 |
Who is currently fourth in line to the British throne? |
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Princess Charlotte |
52 |
Former presenter of The Voice, will.i.am, was a member of which band, whose hits included the 2009 UK number one I Gotta Feeling? |
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Black Eyed Peas |
53 |
Which island emerged from the sea off the coast of Iceland in 1963? |
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Surtsey |
54 |
Which playwright, who died in September, is best known for Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
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Edward Albee |
55 |
Which TV series features a race of people called the Dothraki? |
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Game of Thrones |
56 |
What is the name of the Paralympic-style sporting event for disabled service personnel, held in London in 2014 and Florida in 2016? |
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The Invictus Games |
57 |
What is the more familiar name for a dactylogram? |
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Fingerprint |
58 |
Which Asian country's flag shows a yellow lion holding a sword? |
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Sri Lanka |
59 |
What was the name of the Japanese electronic toy, popular during the 1990s, that you had to care for as if it was a pet? |
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Tamagotchi |
60 |
Which Italian Renaissance painter was commemorated in the name of an unmanned European Space Agency mission, launched in 1985? |
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Giotto |
61 |
Actress Charmian Carr died in September. She is best remembered for her role in which hugely successful 1965 film? |
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The Sound of Music |
62 |
The trades union BALPA represents members of what profession? |
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Airline pilots |
63 |
Which constituency was Caroline Lucas elected to represent in 2010, making her the Green Party's first MP? |
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Brighton Pavilion |
64 |
Which Beatles song begins with the words 'I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me'? |
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Norwegian Wood |
65 |
How is Rachel Watson, played by Emily Blunt, described in the title of a 2016 film? |
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The Girl on the Train |
66 |
How does the title of Johann Strauss's operetta Die Fledermaus (pronounced dee flayder-mouse) translate into English? |
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The Bat |
67 |
Which company built the Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner? |
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De Havilland |
68 |
What is the nationality of Juan Manuel Santos, the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize? |
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Colombian |
69 |
In the medical term MRI scanner, what does the M stand for? |
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Magnetic |
70 |
Which comedian was born Matthew Hall in 1964, and is a qualified doctor? |
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Harry Hill |
71 |
Which style of music originated in Seattle, and became popular in the 1990s due to the success of bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam? |
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Grunge |
72 |
Also the name of the BBC TV channel that broadcasts in Gaelic, what is the Scottish Gaelic word for Scotland? |
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Alba |
73 |
Which British fashion retailer took its name from the title of a 1971 film directed by William Friedkin? |
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French Connection |
74 |
What is the married surname of Princess Anne's daughter Zara? |
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Tindall |
74 |
In the US presidential elections, who is Hillary Clinton's running mate? |
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Tim Kaine |
76 |
At the start of a game of chess, how many squares are unoccupied? |
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32 |
77 |
Name either of the two men who shared the 1994 Nobel peace prize with the recently deceased former Israeli president Shimon Peres. |
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Yitzhak Rabin |
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Yasser Arafat |
78 |
Which common medical condition is caused by a lack of red blood cells or haemoglobin? |
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Anaemia |
79 |
Which airline suffered two disasters in 2014, one flight disappearing over the Indian Ocean, and another shot down over Ukraine? |
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Malaysian Airlines |
80 |
What occupation did Al Capone have printed on his business cards? |
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Used furniture dealer |
81 |
In which country is Lillehammer (pronounced lily-hammer), host city of the 1994 Winter Olympics? |
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Norway |
82 |
Dwayne Johnson was recently named the world's highest paid actor. By what name is he better known? |
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The Rock |
83 |
Who was the first scientist to be knighted? |
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Isaac Newton |
84 |
What is the highest peak in the Peak District National Park? |
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Kinder Scout |
85 |
Which Spanish word, also used in English, literally means 'killer'? |
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Matador |
86 |
The island of Hispaniola is shared between Haiti and which other country? |
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Dominican Republic |
87 |
Which boxer was nicknamed the Brockton Blockbuster? |
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Rocky Marciano |
88 |
Which fashion brand achieved mainstream international fame after Elizabeth Hurley wore their 'safety pin' dress in 1994? |
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Versace |
89 |
By what nickname is journalist Mazher Mahmood generally known? |
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The Fake Sheikh |
90 |
Which island is separated from South America by the Straits of Magellan? |
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Tierra del Fuego |
91 |
In which month of the year is Holocaust Memorial Day commemorated in the UK? |
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January (27th) |
92 |
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, who is the daughter of Polonius and the sister of Laertes? |
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Ophelia |
93 |
Which baseball team have this week overcome the 'Curse of the Billy Goat' to win their first World Series title since 1908? |
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Chicago Cubs |
94 |
With which girl group did Beyoncé Knowles first find chart success? |
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Destiny's Child |
95 |
What is the only UNESCO World Heritage site in Northern Ireland? |
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The Giant's Causeway |
96 |
What name is given to the lower house of the Russian parliament? |
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The State Duma |
Supplementaries
1 |
Which city will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games? |
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|
Gold Coast |
2 |
What is the common name for the African mongoose also known as the suricate? |
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Meerkat |
3 |
What type of Mexican tortilla has a name that means 'little donkey'? |
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Burrito |
4 |
Which Roman road shares its name with a type of fur? |
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Ermine St |
5 |
Which character in children's literature has a wife called Mildew and a son called Mould? |
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Fungus the Bogeyman |
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