All answers contain the name of a fruit. The full answer is required (unless instructed otherwise).
No – not a Latin round, but one about the tainted reputation of various people who perhaps should have known better.
Two of the pictures are of album covers; the designer of the cover is required, not the musical artiste or group.
Visually impaired players were given the biographical details of the artist on the picture, plus the name of the piece.
Note that players who are not visually impaired were not told the title of the piece before answering.
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In which sitcom would you find Jim, Bernard and Humphrey? |
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Yes, Minister (also Yes, Prime Minister) |
2 |
In football, who was known as the Non–flying Dutchman? |
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Dennis Bergkamp |
3 |
What is a comptometer? |
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A mechanical calculator |
4 |
Which car company makes the famously fast Veyron supercar? |
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Bugatti |
5 |
In which decade did Top of the Pops cease regular broadcasts? |
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2000s (2006) |
6 |
In which county is the Thomas Hardy museum? |
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Dorset |
7 |
In which decade was The Great Gatsby published? |
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1920s |
8 |
Who does the union BALPA represent? |
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Airline pilots |
9 |
Which instrument did Marilyn Monroe play in Some Like It Hot? |
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The ukulele |
10 |
Which sitcom links Bren, Dolly and Twinkle? |
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Dinnerladies |
11 |
In which European city is the football team PSG based? |
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Paris |
12 |
In medicine, what is phlebitis? |
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Inflammation of a vein |
13 |
Which world leader is the honorary president of the World Judo Federation? |
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Vladimir Putin |
14 |
Of which celebrated US band is Trent Reznor the lead singer? |
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Nine Inch Nails |
15 |
On which hill in London would you find St Paul's Cathedral? |
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Ludgate Hill |
16 |
Which 1980s singer wrote the novel List of the Lost? |
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Morrissey |
17 |
Near which UK city would you find The Mumbles? |
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Swansea |
18 |
Alphabetically, which Carry On… film comes first? |
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Carry on Abroad |
19 |
Which dance has styles including American, International and Viennese? |
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Waltz |
20 |
In cricket, who in 2016 became the youngest batsman to score 10,000 test runs? |
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Alastair Cook |
21 |
Visited by the Huygens probe in 2005, what is the name of the only moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere? |
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Titan |
22 |
In which year did Stalin die? |
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1953 |
23 |
Which Eagle had a massive hit in the 1980s with The Boys of Summer? |
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Don Henley |
24 |
On which day of the week is The Archers NOT broadcast on Radio 4? |
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Saturday |
25 |
In the Daphne du Maurier book Rebecca, Mrs Danvers is the head housekeeper of which iconic house? |
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Manderley |
26 |
In which US state would you find the city of Chattanooga? |
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Tennessee |
27 |
Name the Seth Rogan film about killing the North Korean leader that caused the regime to hack Sony in 2014? |
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The Interview |
28 |
What name links an Australian city and the first jet bomber to cross the Atlantic without refuelling? |
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Canberra |
29 |
Which country's cricket team played its first international test match in November 2000? |
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Bangladesh |
30 |
Between which two planets would you find the asteroid belt? |
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Mars and Jupiter |
31 |
In which year did Margaret Thatcher die? |
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2013 |
32 |
Whose 1980s debut single was called Love Resurrection? |
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Alison Moyet |
33 |
Who was the last UK Prime Minister to win two General Elections in the same year? |
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Harold Wilson (1974) |
34 |
In the British countryside, what is a "brock"? |
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A badger |
35 |
Liechtenstein lies between Switzerland and which other country? |
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Austria |
36 |
At the cinema, who had a Big Adventure and a Bogus Journey? |
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Bill and Ted |
37 |
Which long–running TV show has starred actors Fred Feast, Bernard Youens and Bradley Walsh? |
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Coronation Street |
38 |
In the UK, The Chief of the General Staff belongs to which of the armed forces? |
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The Army |
39 |
What colour are the flowers of the laburnum tree? |
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Yellow |
40 |
In which decade of the 20th century was sliced bread first marketed? |
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The 1920s (1928 to be exact) |
41 |
What surname links Charlie and Craig of 1980s pop duo The Proclaimers? |
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Reid |
42 |
Who was the UK's last unmarried Prime Minister? |
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Edward Heath |
43 |
In poetry, which old sailor accosts three men on their way to a wedding? |
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The Ancient Mariner |
44 |
Which Italian city is known as La Serenissima? |
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Venice |
45 |
Who played Liberace in the 2013 film Behind The Candelabra? |
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Michael Douglas |
46 |
Which high–energy game show has been presented by Leslie Crowther, Bruce Forsyth, and Joe Pasquale? |
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The Price Is Right |
47 |
Which Canadian won the World Snooker Championship in 1980? |
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Cliff Thorburn |
48 |
Which unit of measurement comes from the Latin word Uncia meaning "one–twelfth part"? |
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Inch |
49 |
Who is the patron saint of Macclesfield? |
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St Barnabas. |
50 |
Which 19th century Russian composer was also a respected chemist? |
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Alexander Borodin |
51 |
Winston Churchill appears on the new £5 note design, and Jane Austen will be on the next £10, but which
painter will grace the new £20 note? |
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JMW Turner |
52 |
Which fictional diarist made his first entry on 1st January 1981? |
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Adrian Mole |
53 |
Famed for the battle that took place there in 1686, in which county is Sedgemoor? |
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Somerset |
54 |
Who played down–at–heel producer Max Bialystock in the 1968 Mel Brooks movie the Producers? |
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Zero Mostel |
55 |
What number links the characters Major Major, Chaplain Tappman, and Milo Minderbinder? |
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22 |
56 |
In which Norwegian town was the 1994 Winter Olympics held? |
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Lillehammer |
57 |
Which gaseous element has a name derived from the Greek for stench? |
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Bromine |
58 |
The fall of Constantinople finally signalled the end of which Empire? |
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The Byzantine Empire |
59 |
Which band was first on stage at the original Live Aid concert in 1985? |
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Status Quo |
60 |
What was the name of the Labour MP murdered in 2016? |
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Jo Cox |
61 |
Which 1889 novel was subtitled To Say Nothing of the Dog? |
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Three Men in a Boat |
62 |
Which Liverpudlian wrote the play John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert? |
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Willy Russell |
63 |
In which Polish city was the trade union Solidarity founded? |
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Gdansk (in the shipyards) |
64 |
The 2016 film Hail, Caesar! Staring George Clooney is by which duo? |
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Joel and Ethan Coen (accept Coen brothers) |
65 |
What number links Timmy, Dick, George, Julian, and Anne? |
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5 (The Famous Five) |
66 |
Which athlete claimed to have eaten over 1,000 chicken nuggets during the 2008 Beijing Olympics? |
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Usain Bolt |
67 |
The notorious Prison Experiment of the early 1970s took place at which US university? |
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Stanford (students chosen to play guards became brutal) |
68 |
Name a month in 1940 during the Battle of Britain. |
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July – October |
69 |
Which band had a 1996 hit with The Day We Caught The Train? |
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Ocean Colour Scene |
70 |
Before nationalisation, which rail company ran the West Coast Mainline? |
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London Midland Scottish (LMS) |
71 |
Founded in 1973, Virago Press publishes books by whom? |
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Women |
72 |
Which famous London museum is located on Great Russell Street? |
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The British Museum |
73 |
What is the subject of the movies Sneakers, Blackhat, and Wargames? |
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Computer hacking |
74 |
Which lubricant links the characters Danny, Kenickie, Rizzo and Sandy? |
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Grease (the musical) |
75 |
Which racing driver and Top Gear presenter is known as the Queen of the Nurburgring? |
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Sabine Schmitz |
76 |
What is the main colour of the Fly Agaric mushroom? |
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Red |
77 |
In which capital city was Oscar Wilde born in 1854? |
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Dublin |
78 |
Who is the lead singer of The Specials? |
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Terry Hall |
79 |
In prehistory, what was mined at Grimes' Graves in Norfolk? |
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Flint |
80 |
Who wrote the 1973 novel Fear of Flying? |
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Erica Jong |
81 |
The birthplace of philosopher Albert Camus, which country lies immediately to the north of Mali? |
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Algeria |
82 |
Who was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for Now Voyager? |
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Bette Davis |
83 |
Which government position has been held by lawyers, teachers, and a tiller girl? |
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Speaker of the House of Commons |
84 |
How is the England Women's Football Team better known? |
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The Lionesses |
85 |
According to Ohm's Law, what is current multiplied by resistance? |
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Voltage |
86 |
Which shop chain introduced the Winfield brand in the 1960s? |
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Woolworth's. |
87 |
The name of which percussion instrument means "wood sound" in Greek? |
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Xylophone |
88 |
Jacobites were named after which monarch? |
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James II (need regnal number) |
89 |
Which novel is the first in a series about the children of the Walker and Blackett families? |
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Swallows and Amazons |
90 |
Which sea is also known as Lake Tiberias? |
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The Sea of Galilee |
91 |
In the film Brief Encounter, who plays housewife Laura Jesson? |
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Celia Johnson |
92 |
Which annual race links Isis and Goldie? |
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The Boat Race |
93 |
In football, which team won the 2016 Women's Super League and the Women's Continental Cup? |
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Manchester City |
94 |
What did Ole Rømer first attempt to measure accurately in 1676? |
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The speed of light |
95 |
Which of Henry VIII's wives gave birth to Elizabeth I? |
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Anne Boleyn |
96 |
Which group scored a 60s hit with Lily The Pink? |
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Scaffold |