Please note that these rounds are presented here in the order that they were stapled together – in other words, the order in which they
will have been asked on the night (except in our game, where the question master
inadvertently turned over two pages after Round 1!). This is different from the order that was given on the front sheet of the question set. (In the electronic
version, each round was in a separate file.)
Either the answer or the question contains the word 'black'.
All questions are based on World War II.
This round is about comical songs of the late 20th century.
1 |
If you owned a 'pair of Purdeys', what would they be? |
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Shotguns (accept guns or rifles) |
2 |
Which artist painted The Fighting Temeraire? |
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J. M. W. Turner |
3 |
In 2015, what was the punning name of the first storm to be named officially by the met office? |
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Abigail (a big gale!) |
4 |
How many loaves are there in a 'Baker's dozen'? |
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13 |
5 |
Whose last words are reputed to be "Look after poor Nellie"? |
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Charles II (for Nell Gwynne) |
6 |
What was the name of John Lennon's first pop group? |
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The Quarrymen |
7 |
What is the winter coat of a stoat called? |
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Ermine |
8 |
Which fruit leaves decorate a peer's coronet? |
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Strawberry |
9 |
Which car company has a Trident as its badge? |
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Maserati |
10 |
From which musical does the song You'll Never Walk Alone come? |
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Carousel |
11 |
Which Altrincham based company was founded by ex–England rugby union players Fran Cotton and Steve Smith? |
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Cotton Traders |
12 |
Who wrote the 'Poldark' novels? |
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Winston Graham |
13 |
How many players make up a netball team? |
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7 |
14 |
What momentous event took place in the UK and Irish Republic on the 15th February, 1971? |
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Decimalisation (of the currency) |
15 |
As of 21st November, 2017, who is the president of the English F.A.? |
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HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge |
16 |
Which carpenter's tool has now become synonymous with a popular puzzle? |
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Jig saw |
17 |
Which is the largest carnivorous animal in the British Isles? |
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Grey seal |
18 |
Who won the Wimbledon Ladies singles title in 1977? |
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Virginia Wade |
19 |
Who played the part of Private Fraser in Dad's Army? |
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John Laurie |
20 |
Singer Adele released her debut album in 2008, entitled
19. What is her surname? |
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(Adele Laurie Blue) Adkins |
21 |
Who composed the operas La Boheme, Tosca and Madam Butterfly? |
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Giacomo Puccini |
22 |
What is another name for an 'epidiascope'? |
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Projector or magic lantern |
23 |
What is the section of the river Cam behind several Cambridge colleges known as? |
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The Backs |
24 |
The bronze memorial plaque issued to next of kin of service personnel killed in WW1 became known as what? |
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Deadman's Penny |
25 |
At which official address does the First Lord of the Treasury reside? |
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10 Downing Street (she or he is also the Prime Minister) |
26 |
Which serial killer lived at 10, Rillington Place, Notting Hill? |
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John Reginald Halliday Christie |
27 |
On which river does the city of Norwich stand? |
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The Wensum |
28 |
The male mistle thrush has a loud, far–carrying song, produced even in wild and rough weather. What country name has it
been given? |
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The stormcock |
29 |
What is the sixth colour of the visible light spectrum or rainbow? |
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Indigo |
30 |
Who is the hero in John Buchan's novel The 39 Steps? |
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Richard Hannay |
31 |
Who composed the music for the 1997 film Titanic? |
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James Horner |
32 |
Which artist, famous for his paintings of birds and wildlife, was born in Langley, Macclesfield in 1901? |
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Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe |
33 |
Name any one of the cycles of the 4–stroke internal combustion engine. |
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Induction, compression, ignition or
exhaust |
34 |
What is a litter of pigs called? |
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Farrow |
35 |
Which element has the atomic number 47 and the symbol Ag? |
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Silver |
36 |
What was the middle name of Winston Churchill? |
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Spencer |
37 |
Which Japanese pottery has the same name as a species of small orange? |
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Satsuma |
38 |
What does the first T stand for in the Isle of Man TT motor–cycle races? |
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Tourist (Trophy) |
39 |
Which Scottish publisher has been producing the Dandy and Beano comics since the late 1930s? |
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D. C. Thomson (of Dundee) |
40 |
Who sculpted St. Michael's Victory Over the Devil at Coventry Cathedral? |
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Sir Jacob Epstein |
41 |
How many goals did Sir Bobby Charlton score in his career with Manchester United? There is some leeway. |
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249 (accept 248 or 250) |
42 |
For what is Sir Rowland Hill most remembered? |
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Introduction of Pre–paid postage (accept penny black) |
43 |
In English law, which hypothetical passenger is regarded as the epitome of an ordinary and reasonable person? |
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The man on the Clapham omnibus |
44 |
Who wrote the seven–volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, published between 1955 and 1966? |
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Alfred Wainwright |
45 |
Who owns the world's largest collection of Victoria Cross medals? |
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Lord Ashcroft |
46 |
In which state of the USA is the Grand Canyon? |
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Arizona |
47 |
An international cryptocurrency and digital payment system was released in 2009. What is the monetary unit called? |
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Bitcoin |
48 |
Wealthy Russians may have a second home, holiday home or country home. By what name are these houses known? |
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Dacha |
49 |
Exactly how long is a standard marathon race, in miles and yards? There is some leeway. |
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26 miles, 385 yards (accept +/– 100 yards) |
50 |
Which bitter tasting spice, of the ginger family, is sometimes known as 'Indian saffron'? |
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Turmeric |
51 |
Which was the UK's first garden city and innovator of the first traffic roundabout? |
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Letchworth (circa 1903) |
52 |
The Swiss manufacturing company Victorinox is perhaps most famous for which of its products? |
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Swiss army knife |
53 |
What name links the early Scottish words for a short petticoat and a museum ship moored at Greenwich? |
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Cutty sark |
54 |
Where, on the human body, would you find the philtrum? |
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Middle area of upper lip (accept groove on top lip) |
55 |
What is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury? |
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Lambeth Palace |
56 |
With whom did Jann Haworth collaborate on the cover design for the Beatles'
Sergeant Pepper album? |
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Peter Blake |
57 |
Of which genus of plant is the onion a species? |
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Allium |
58 |
What is the capital of Liberia? |
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Monrovia |
59 |
In which year did the 100–1 outsider Foinavon win the Grand National? There is some leeway. |
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1967 (accept 1966 or 1968) |
60 |
Which Titan stole fire from heaven? |
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Prometheus |
61 |
What is the more common name of the medical condition 'epistaxis'? |
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Nosebleed |
62 |
What type of creature is a Flemish Giant? |
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Rabbit |
63 |
Material from the Scottish isle of Ailsa Craig is famous for the manufacture of which sporting equipment? |
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Curling stones |
64 |
In Shakespeare, which character asks "If you prick us, do we not bleed"? |
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Shylock (in The Merchant of Venice) |
65 |
Gymnophobia is the fear of what? |
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Nakedness |
66 |
A deemster is an official in which part of the British Isles? |
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Isle of Man |
67 |
In which year did the Spanish Armada sail for Britain? There is some leeway. |
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1588 (accept 1587 or 1589 |
68 |
Who is accredited with the invention of the aqualung scuba–diving apparatus? |
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Jacques Cousteau |
69 |
Which semi–precious mineral, a form of fluorite, is only found in the UK at Castleton in Derbyshire? |
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Blue John |
70 |
Name either of the presenters of TV's Location, Location, Location. |
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Kirsty Allsop or Phil Spencer |
71 |
Which premier league football club is known as either 'The Throstles' or 'The Baggies'? |
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West Bromwich Albion |
72 |
How is Schubert's symphony No. 8 better known? |
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Unfinished |
73 |
Which extravagant fashion designer created Madonna's conical busted basque? |
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Jean–Paul Gaultier |
74 |
Which gland in the human body secretes the hormone responsible for growth? |
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Pituitary |
75 |
Of whom did Dennis Healey say that being attacked by him "was like being savaged by a dead sheep"? |
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Geoffrey Howe |
76 |
Where was "The shot heard all around the world" fired? |
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Sarajevo (assassination of Archduke Ferdinand) |
77 |
Name either of the feuding families in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. |
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Montague or Capulet |
78 |
What type of creature is a fer–de–lance? |
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Snake |
79 |
What is the common or garden name of the flower genus Antirrihnum? |
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Snapdragon |
80 |
Who wrote the novels Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape? |
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Tom Sharpe |
81 |
What is the last event of athletics decathlon? |
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1500 metres |
82 |
Which singer wrote and had hits with Country Roads and Annie's Song? |
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John Denver |
83 |
How is the mineral kaolinite, sometimes called kaolin, better known? |
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China clay |
84 |
The first stage of hatching salmon eggs are called 'fry', as in 'small–fry'. Name either of the following
two stages before adulthood. |
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Parr or smoult |
85 |
Who is the General Secretary of the Unite trade union? |
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Len McCluskey |
86 |
In the sport of curling, what is the target area known as? |
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The house |
87 |
Paper sized 148 x 210mm is given what metric name? |
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A5 |
88 |
Which 55 year old male tennis player challenged Billy Jean King to a $100,000 winner–take–all match in 1973? |
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Bobby Riggs |
89 |
Which BBC weather forecaster has recently been revealed to possess a remarkable talent in portrait painting? |
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Thomasz Schafernaker |
90 |
Which is the largest gem–quality diamond ever found? |
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The Cullinan (uncut weight 3,106 carats) |
91 |
At which 1851 attraction did over 800,000 visitors each pay one penny to use the new flushing toilets possibly giving rise to
the expression "spending a penny"? |
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Crystal Palace (accept The Great Exhibition) |
92 |
Which brand of individually wrapped confectionery is named after a J. M. Barrie play? |
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Quality Street |
93 |
If someone or something was described as 'murine', what creature would they resemble? |
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Mouse |
94 |
Which London thoroughfare was originally the site of the aviary of King James I? |
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Birdcage Walk |
95 |
The Infernal Gallop, from Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach, is the tune most associated with
which dance? |
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The can–can |
96 |
In the musical My Fair Lady, what "hardly ever happens in Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire"? |
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Hurricanes |