2016–17 Season: Week 7 – 29 November 2016
All set by the Dolphin Dragons, and vetted by the Nags Head and the Sutton Mutton.
Specialist Rounds
Round 1: Geography
1 |
Which capital city stands on the river Tagus? |
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Lisbon |
2 |
What is a fumerole? |
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A volcanic vent |
3 |
What is the capital of Slovenia? |
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Ljubljana |
4 |
Perth (Western Australia) stands on which river? |
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The Swan |
5 |
Which desert is found in Chile? |
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The Atacama |
6 |
What is the capital of Croatia? |
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Zagreb |
7 |
What does a meander become when it is cut off from the river? |
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Ox-bow lake |
8 |
The Negev Desert is found in which country? |
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Israel |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What is an erratic? |
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A rock which has no connection with the rocks beneath it (having been carried there by glaciation) |
2 |
What is a levee? |
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A raised embankment alongside a river (it can be natural or man-made and helps prevent flooding) |
Round 2: History
1 |
Which conflict was responsible for the Lancashire Cotton Famine of the 1860s? |
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American Civil War |
2 |
Who succeeded Augustus as Roman Emperor? |
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Tiberius |
3 |
What is the former city of Christiania now called? |
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Oslo |
4 |
Who is the only US President to serve 4 terms of office as President? |
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F. D. Roosevelt |
5 |
Against which city did Rome fight the Punic Wars? |
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Carthage |
6 |
Queen Adelaide was the queen consort of which British king? |
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William IV |
7 |
John, Duke of Lancaster, son of Edward III, is better known as? |
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John of Gaunt |
8 |
What is the third Battle of Ypres also called? |
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Passchendaele |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Richard III was buried for the second time in which city? |
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Leicester |
2 |
Which city did William Wilberforce represent in parliament? |
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(Kingston-upon) Hull |
Round 3: Katherines etc.
(All the questions/answers involve a Catherine/Katie/Kathy etc)
1 |
Who lit the Olympic flame at the 2000 Sydney Olympics? |
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Cathy Freeman |
2 |
Catherine Moorland is the heroine of which Jane Austen book? |
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Northanger Abbey |
3 |
Katherine Howard was cousin to which other wife of Henry VIII? |
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Anne Boleyn |
4 |
Which Italian born TV personality introduced several Eurovision Song Contests in the 60s and 70s? |
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Katie Boyle |
5 |
Which American singer has albums entitled Teenage Dream and Prism, and has a fan in Geoffrey Boycott? |
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Katy Perry |
6 |
Which British king was married to Catherine of Braganza? |
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Charles II |
7 |
What was the original surname of Heathcliffe's Cathy? |
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Earnshaw |
8 |
Name the British Olympic rower who has 2 silver and 1 gold medal. |
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Katherine Grainger |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which TV play of the 1960s gave a boost to the launch of the charity Shelter just a few days later? |
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Cathy Come Home |
2 |
Who played Kathy Beale on Eastenders? |
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Gillian Taylforth |
Round 4: Festivals
1 |
The name of which festival translates literally into English as Farewell to Meat? |
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Carnival |
2 |
Which is the Hindu Festival of Lights, celebrated in the autumn (Northern Hemisphere)? |
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Diwali |
3 |
At which Somerset farm does the annual Glastonbury Festival take place? |
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Worthy Farm |
4 |
The Festival of Remembrance is held on the Saturday before Remembrance Sunday at which place in London? |
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Royal Albert Hall |
5 |
Name the Jewish Festival of light, which occurs every year in late November/ early December. |
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Hannukah |
6 |
What is the other, church, name for Twelfth Night? |
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Epiphany |
7 |
Which town in the Welsh marches hosts a world famous festival of literature and the arts every year in early summer? |
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Hay on Wye |
8 |
What is the name of the festival that takes place in Lerwick, Shetland, on the last Tuesday in January every year? |
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Up Helly Aa |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which German city hosts the annual Oktoberfest (the world's largest beer festival)? |
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Munich |
2 |
Why is the Macclesfield Festival of Barnaby so called? |
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It is held on and around the Feast of St Barnabas (June 11th) |
Round 5: Food (and Drink)
1 |
If you ordered grenouilles (pronounced gron wee) in a French restaurant, what would you be eating? |
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Frog's legs |
2 |
Named after a J. M. Barrie play which confectionery assortment contains toffee penny, orange chocolate crunch and the green triangle? |
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Quality Street |
3 |
On which Scottish Island is the Talisker whisky distillery? |
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Skye |
4 |
What is the American term for grilling food? |
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Broiling |
5 |
What is Yarg cheese wrapped in? |
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Nettles |
6 |
What colour is the food colour annatto? |
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Orange or red |
7 |
What is pancetta? |
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Italian bacon |
8 |
What gives Windsor red cheese its colour and flavour? |
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Wine (red!) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What is a Beef Wellington? |
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Beef cooked wrapped in pastry |
2 |
What is cous cous made from? |
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Semolina |
3 |
Which fruit is distilled to make Calvados? |
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Apples |
Round 6: Arts and Entertainment
1 |
Which Painter was the main character in the book, and then the film, The Girl with a Pearl Earring? |
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Vermeer |
2 |
Who wrote The Liar, a semi–autobiographical first novel published in 1991? |
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Stephen Fry |
3 |
The writing of which famous poem was supposedly interrupted by the arrival of "a person from Porlock?" |
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Kubla Kahn |
4 |
In architecture, Lancel, Oriel and Sash, are types of what? |
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Windows |
5 |
According to Monty Python, among which organisation's weaponry are "fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency?" |
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The Spanish Inquisition |
6 |
Which actor is the only remaining living member of the Dad's Army platoon? |
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Ian Lavender |
7 |
What was the first solo Number 1 single by a member of the Beatles? |
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My Sweet Lord |
8 |
The Hippopotamus, The Gnu and The Rhinoceros were among the comic songs of which duo? |
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Flanders and Swann |
Supplementaries:
1 |
The Birth of Venus and Primavera are notable works of which Florentine Renaissance artist, born Alessandro Filipepi? |
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Sandro Botticelli |
2 |
Which writer created The Gruffalo? |
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Julia Donaldson |
Round 7: Science and Nature
1 |
What conversion would you be doing if you multiplied by nine over five and added 32? |
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°C to °F |
2 |
How many digits (or equivalents) are used in a hexadecimal system? |
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Sixteen |
3 |
The meteor shower, the Orionids (visible at the end of last month) is composed of debris from what? |
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Halley's Comet |
4 |
Which mammal comes in two-toed and three-toed varieties? |
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Sloth |
5 |
In geometry, what name is given to a 10–sided figure? |
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Decagon |
6 |
The adjective costal refers to which part of the human body? |
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Ribs |
7 |
What type of crab has an enlarged claw, which it holds in the manner of someone playing a violin? |
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Fiddler crab |
8 |
If the positive electrode of an electrolyte cell is called an anode, what name is given to the negative electrode? |
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Cathode |
Supplementaries:
1 |
The disease beri–beri is caused by a lack of vitamin B1. What is this vitamin also called? |
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Thiamine |
2 |
What is the defining characteristic of a scalene triangle? |
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No two sides are the same length, and no two angles are the same size |
Round 8: Sport
1 |
Dressage and show jumping are two of the three disciplines in equestrian three day eventing. The other is? |
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Cross country |
2 |
The modern pentathlon consists of riding, running, shooting, swimming and which other discipline? |
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Fencing |
3 |
Four UK men retained their individual Olympic gold medals in Rio. Mo Farah was one; name one of the others. |
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Jason Kenny |
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Alistair Brownlee |
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Andy Murray |
4 |
Similarly, four UK women also retained their individual Olympic gold medals in Rio. Laura Trott (now Kenny) was one;
name one of the others. |
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Jade Jones |
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Nicola Adams |
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Charlotte Dujardin |
5 |
Name one of the five European golfers in this year's Ryder cup, who are not UK citizens. |
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Sweden |
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Henrik Stenson |
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Spain |
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Sergio Garcia |
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Spain |
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Rafa Cabrera Bello |
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Germany |
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Martin Kaymer |
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Belgium |
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Thomas Pieters |
6 |
Who, with 14 Paralympic golds has now overtaken Tanni Grey–Thompson's record for the UK's most successful female paralympian? |
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Sarah Storey |
7 |
Which team defeated Wales in the semi–final of the Football European Championship this summer? |
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Portugal |
8 |
Which was the only team England defeated in the same championship? |
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Wales |
Supplementaries:
1 |
In cricket what is signalled by the umpire holding out one arm horizontally? |
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No ball |
2 |
In baseball what term is given to the fielder who is positioned behind the batter? |
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Catcher |
3 |
Who was appointed the English Women's Cricket Captain, to succeed Charlotte Edwards in June 2016? |
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Heather Knight |
General Knowledge
1 |
For the coronation of which monarch was Zadok the Priest written, by Handel in the eighteenth century? |
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George II |
2 |
Who is Jenson Button's "stable mate" at McLaren this season? |
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Fernando Alonso |
3 |
Who left this year's Strictly come Dancing for unspecified personal reasons in October? |
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Will Young |
4 |
Ruth Langsford is married to which TV Broadcaster from Ireland? |
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Eamonn Holmes |
5 |
What is the name of the political party founded by the Rev. Ian Paisley? |
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The Democratic Unionist |
6 |
What is the architectural term for the generally triangular portion of an end wall which supports a pitched roof? |
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Gable |
7 |
This October, playing against Bangladesh, which English bowler scored a "fifer", (ie took 5 wickets ) on his first appearance for his country in an ODI? |
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Jake Ball |
8 |
What was the name of the Holiday camp in the Sitcom Hi-Di-Hi? |
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Maplin's |
9 |
Which canal accounts for Wigan having a pier? |
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The Leeds and Liverpool |
10 |
Hector E. Bonzo was the last captain of which ship which sank in 1982? |
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The General Belgrano |
11 |
Rogue trader Nick Leeson brought down which bank? |
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Baring Brothers |
12 |
St Johnstown (or St Johnstoun) was once the capital city of Scotland. By what name is St Johnstown now known? |
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Perth |
13 |
Bryony Page, from Crewe, won an unexpected silver medal in which discipline at the Olympics? |
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Trampolining |
14 |
Patience, by Gilbert and Sullivan, contains a character named Bunthorne who "Walks
down Piccadilly with a poppy or a lily in his medieval hand". Of which real life person was this meant as a take–off? |
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Oscar Wilde |
15 |
The Gulf of Venice lies at the northern end of which sea? |
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Adriatic |
16 |
What word can mean either the SI Unit for measuring the mass of atoms, molecules etc, or a small mammal, found in Britain
(and elsewhere)? |
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Mole |
17 |
Who defeated Great Britain in the 2016 Davis Cup at the semi-final stage? |
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Argentina |
18 |
In which African country is the Nubian Desert to be found? |
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Sudan |
19 |
What was the name of the maidens who carried dead Viking warriors to feast in Valhalla? |
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The Valkyries |
20 |
Which bird appears in the title of a Ralph Vaughan Williams composition of 1914 (revised in 1920)? |
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Lark |
21 |
In 1685 the Duke of Monmouth led a rebellion against which King, his uncle? |
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James II (James VII of Scotland) |
22 |
Who is the recently impeached President of Brazil? |
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Dilma Rousseff |
23 |
What is the name of the layer between the earth's crust and its core? |
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The mantle |
24 |
How old was the dancing queen in Abba's song? |
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Seventeen |
25 |
Margaret Thatcher represented which constituency? |
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Finchley |
26 |
Which author created the blue–blooded sleuth Albert Campion? |
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Margery Allingham |
27 |
Which song's lyric contains these words "I love the colourful clothes she wears. And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair." |
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Good Vibrations (Beach Boys) |
28 |
In Greek myth, which princess helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece? |
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Medea |
29 |
The RRS Sir David Attenborough is designed to operate in which maritime regions? |
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Polar |
30 |
In Scotland, every January, many women have a celebration in honour of Jean Armour. She was the wife of which famous Scot? |
|
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Robbie Burns |
31 |
Portia Simpson Miller is the current prime minister of which Caribbean island |
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Jamaica |
32 |
Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis? |
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Diana |
33 |
In which Shakespeare play does the title character get annoyed when the French send him a gift of tennis balls? |
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Henry V |
34 |
While walking through woods in 1941, George de Mestral was inspired, by the burrs that clung to his clothes, to invent what product? |
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Velcro |
35 |
Who is the only person in UK history to hold all 4 major offices of state (PM, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home and Foreign secretary)? |
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James Callaghan |
36 |
The legend of King Alfred burning cakes is said to have taken place on which so called "island"? |
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Athelney |
37 |
Who was the Greek God of War? |
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Ares |
38 |
Manchester United lost 3 games on the trot this September: name one of the three teams that beat them. |
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Feyenoord |
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Watford |
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Manchester City |
39 |
"Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye" is a line from which 1968 film? |
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2001: A Space Odyssey |
40 |
What is Jeremy Corbyn's constituency? |
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Islington North |
41 |
Which perennial herb, scientific name Foeniculum vulgare has seeds that taste of aniseed? |
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Fennel |
42 |
For which film did Mark Rylance win the Oscar for best supporting actor this year? |
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Bridge of Spies |
43 |
Honiton (Devon) and Nottingham are traditional centres for the production of which material? |
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Lace |
44 |
Maddie Hinch starred in which GB gold–winning team at the Rio Olympics? |
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Ladies Hockey |
45 |
On which river was Handel's 'Water Music' first performed? |
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The Thames |
46 |
The brambling, crossbill and linnet are species of which bird? |
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Finch |
47 |
Elon Musk is the CEO of which American Aerospace company? |
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SpaceX |
48 |
What type of clothing was a Bicorne? |
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Hat |
49 |
Actress Pearl Mackie has been chosen to play which high profile TV role? |
|
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The Doctor's new companion (on Dr Who) |
50 |
Who took hostage various oil ministers at an OPEC meeting in Vienna in 1975? |
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Carlos the Jackal |
51 |
Which is the 3rd type of rock, along with igneous and sedimentary? |
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Metamorphic |
52 |
As of November 9th,which political party has Leanne Wood as its leader? |
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Plaid Cymru |
53 |
What type of animal has a name that literally translates as river horse? |
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Hippopotamus |
54 |
Who did Clementine Ogilvy Hozier marry in 1908? |
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Winston Churchill |
55 |
Which railway handbook of 1863 became an unusual bestseller after a 2012 reissue? |
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Bradshaw's |
56 |
Which series of films is set in the island and township of Amity? |
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Jaws |
57 |
Who is the canal loving wife of actor Timothy West? |
|
Prunella Scales |
58 |
The Thinker and The Kiss are notable sculptures by whom? |
|
Auguste Rodin |
59 |
Who won 2 individual gold medals for Britain within hours of each other at the Rio Olympics? |
|
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Max Whitlock |
60 |
The Freemantle Doctor and the Cape Doctor are types of what? |
|
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Winds |
61 |
What bird of the crow family has the Latin name Pica pica? |
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Magpie |
62 |
Which big cat is the symbol for Peugeot cars? |
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Lion |
63 |
Pissarro is classified as belonging to which school of painting? |
|
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Impressionist |
64 |
Which famous, recently renovated, railway engine was seen in the Crewe area in June this year? |
|
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The Flying Scotsman |
65 |
What type of clothing is an Ulster? |
|
Overcoat |
66 |
Who was elected to lead the Conservative party immediately after John Major? |
|
William Hague |
67 |
What title was held by Robert Devereux, executed after leading a rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I in 1601? |
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The Earl of Essex |
68 |
In which partly autobiographical novel by Charles Dickens do the Murdstones and the Peggotys appear? |
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David Copperfield |
69 |
The musical "Half a Sixpence" was based on a novel by which writer? |
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HG Wells (Kipps) |
70 |
The world's largest man made lake by volume lies between Zambia and Zimbabwe. What is its name? |
|
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Lake Kariba |
71 |
Which Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera is subtitled The Peer and the Peri? |
|
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Iolanthe |
72 |
"Squire Trelawney, Dr Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen" is the opening to which adventure novel? |
|
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Treasure Island |
73 |
In which city is Venice Beach? |
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Los Angeles |
74 |
Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry were the members of which rock band? |
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REM |
75 |
In which establishment is the Lutine Bell located? |
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Lloyds of London |
76 |
Which famous building is found on the Ile de la Cite in Paris? |
|
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(The Cathedral of) Notre Dame |
77 |
Who wrote the plays Blithe Spirit,
Private Lives and Hay Fever amongst others? |
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Noel Coward |
78 |
The Society of West End Theatre Awards were renamed after which actor in 1984? |
|
Laurence Olivier |
79 |
Who was the first suspect to be arrested with the aid of wireless telegraphy? |
|
Crippen |
80 |
Mount Tyree (15,918 feet) is the second highest peak on which continent? |
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Antarctica |
81 |
What is the post at the bottom (and top) of a banister called? |
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A newel post |
82 |
What animal has the Scientific name Pongo? |
|
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The Orangutan |
83 |
The region of Patagonia is located in two countries. Name either. |
|
Argentina or Chile |
84 |
Who presents the ITV quiz show, The Chase? |
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Bradley Walsh |
85 |
From which island does the cha-cha-cha ballroom dance originate? |
|
Cuba |
86 |
In "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" what was the name of the paranoid android? |
|
Marvin |
87 |
Who was the first Minister for the Arts (appointed by Harold Wilson)? |
|
|
Jennie Lee |
88 |
When the Tour of Britain came to Cheshire, on 6 Sept, in what park did the stage finish? |
|
Tatton |
89 |
Graham Nash (of Crosby, Stills and Nash fame) was previously a singer and songwriter with which English pop group? |
|
The Hollies |
90 |
Clove hitch, sheepshank, Turk's head and granny are among types of what? |
|
Knot |
91 |
Which Poet Laureate wrote crime fiction under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake? |
|
Cecil Day Lewis |
92 |
What name is given to the science of cultivating plants without putting them in soil but using mineral solutions in water? |
|
Hydroponics |
93 |
The ancient cities of Chichen Itza, Palenque and Calakmul are World Heritage sites in which country? |
|
Mexico |
94 |
What is the name of the company wishing to explore the viability of fracking around Little Plumpton and Roseacre Wood in Lancashire? |
|
Cuadrilla |
95 |
Who wrote the Sword of Honour trilogy (Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender)? |
|
Evelyn Waugh |
96 |
In which century was the Taj Mahal built? |
|
|
Seventeenth |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which famous American object was cast in a Whitechapel foundry in 1752? |
|
The Liberty Bell |
2 |
As of Nov 9, who is the ladies' tennis number 1 in the world, despite losing the 2016 Wimbledon final to Serena Williams? |
|
Angelique Kerber |
3 |
Born in Barbados in 1988 singer, songwriter, model and actress Robyn Fenty is better known by her middle name. Which is? |
|
Rihanna |
4 |
In which Indian city is the historic Red Fort complex? |
|
Delhi |
5 |
Who won this year's cricket county championship? |
|
Middlesex |
6 |
What was the first man–made object to move faster than the speed of sound? |
|
|
A whip |
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