2017–18 Season: Week 8 – 12 December 2017
Specialist Rounds
Set by the Waters Green Lemmings.
Round 1: Arts & Entertainment
1 |
David Jason and Cilla Black were both born with the same surname – what was it? |
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White |
2 |
Which American actress and dancer was born Virginia Katherine McMath in 1911? |
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Ginger Rogers |
3 |
Who was made England's first poet laureate in 1668? |
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John Dryden |
4 |
The Pigeon Tunnel is the autobiography of which British writer? |
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John le Carré |
5 |
Which 1990s sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson was set in the town of Gasforth? |
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The Thin Blue Line |
6 |
Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky features in which Chekhov play? |
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Uncle Vanya |
7 |
The 2017 film Rebel in the Rye is a bio–pic of which American writer? |
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J. D. Salinger |
8 |
Who wrote the music for the ballet Les Sylphides? |
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Chopin |
Supplementaries:
1 |
The Murder at the Vicarage was the first Agatha Christie novel to feature which sleuth? |
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Miss Jane Marple |
2 |
Which Boney M song is about "Russia's greatest love machine"? |
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Rasputin |
3 |
Which Cuban was the Royal Ballet's first black principal dancer? |
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Carlos Acosta |
Round 2: Quotes
You will be given a quotation, and be asked either to complete it or to give a little information about it. For example:
0 |
"All roads lead to ... |
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Rome" |
1 |
Complete the following from Karl Marx: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless
world, and the soul of soulless conditions ..." |
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It is the opium of the people.
(Accept opium.) |
2 |
Oliver Cromwell "I beseech you in the bowels of Christ ... |
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... think it possible you may be mistaken" (Cromwell to General Assembly of
Church of Scotland) Allow anything that shows the intent |
3 |
What is being described? "Power without responsibility – the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages." |
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Baldwin on the press |
4 |
See Naples and ... |
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Die (many attributions) |
5 |
Bliss was it in that dawn ... |
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To be alive (Wordsworth on the French Revolution – in
The Prelude) |
6 |
He's not the messiah ... |
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He's a very naughty boy. (No explanation needed.) |
7 |
Mary Tudor said "When I am dead and opened, you shall find ... |
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Calais lying in my heart" (accept Calais) |
8 |
Martin Luther said "Here I stand ... |
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I can do no other." |
Supplementaries:
1 |
From a Little Richard song: "Gonna tell Aunt Mary ... |
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'bout Uncle John" |
2 |
An old TV advert "For mash get ... |
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Smash" |
3 |
"Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do
... |
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for your country" |
4 |
"Blessed are the peacemakers" was introduced into the English language by whom? |
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William Tyndale in his translation of the bible |
5 |
A brilliant line from Arthur Daley: "The world is your ... |
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Lobster" |
Round 3: Sport
1 |
The Goodwill Games, first held in 1986, were conceived by which American media mogul? |
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Ted Turner |
2 |
Who is the only person to be world champion on both two and four wheels? |
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John Surtees |
3 |
Known as the Paddington Express which former world middleweight champion in the 60's died in October 2017? |
|
Terry Downes |
4 |
NHL ice hockey pucks are made from what substance? |
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Vulcanised rubber
(accept rubber) |
5 |
How many players on a polo team? |
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4 |
6 |
Jason Doyle is the current world champion in which sport? |
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Speedway |
7 |
Water polo consists of four quarters of what duration? |
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8 minutes
|
8 |
In the Ironman competition what is the cycling distance? |
|
112 miles (180.25km) accept 100–120 miles |
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Supplementaries:
1 |
The Iroquois Trophy is awarded in what sport? |
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Lacrosse |
2 |
Not counting the Chase resident, who was known as the Dark Destroyer? |
|
Nigel Benn |
Round 4: Geography
1 |
Tegucigalpa is the capital of which country? |
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Honduras |
2 |
What are drumlins in Ireland? |
|
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Hills |
3 |
Which is the largest island by area in the Irish Sea? |
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Anglesey |
4 |
Which river has the largest discharge of water in the world? |
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Amazon |
5 |
The river Alna runs through which European capital city |
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Oslo |
6 |
Opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, what was commissioned by Francis Egerton (1736–1803)? |
|
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Bridgewater Canal – Egerton was 3rd
Duke of Bridgewater |
7 |
Until the end of 1971, how was Bangladesh known? |
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East Pakistan |
8 |
The River Bollin rises in the Peak District – where does it end? |
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River Mersey (accept
Manchester Ship Canal) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What is the capital of Cyprus? |
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Nicosia is the capital of the Republic of Cyprus and
North Nicosia of Northern Cyprus |
2 |
Two south American countries have no coastline, name either |
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Bolivia and
Paraguay |
Round 5: History
1 |
In 1910 which country declared a republic when King Manuel II fled to the UK? |
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Portugal |
2 |
Who was the first president of the State of Israel? |
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Chaim Weizmann |
3 |
In which decade was the Night of the Long Knives? |
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1930s (1934) |
4 |
Who was England's last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury (1556–58)? |
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Reginald Pole |
5 |
Who was the last Roman Catholic monarch of England? |
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James II |
6 |
Which husband of Mary Queen of Scots was killed at Kirk O' Field, Edinburgh in 1567? |
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Lord Darnley (Henry Stuart) |
7 |
This being the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, who was the long–standing friend of
Lenin and leader of the Mensheviks? |
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Julius Martov |
8 |
Also on the anniversary: who wrote the novel Dr. Zhivago? |
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Boris Pasternak |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What is the popular name for Arminius, who led the German tribes to victory over the Romans in the Battle of Teutoberg Forest? |
|
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Herman the German |
2 |
The Evian Accords in the 1960s resulted in independence for which country? |
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Algeria |
Round 6: Science
1 |
Which element is named after the Italian physicist who directed the first controlled nuclear chain reaction? |
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Fermium |
2 |
Which word describes the closest point to the sun in a planet's orbit? |
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Perihelion |
3 |
Which Russian psychologist came up with the theory of conditioned reflex after studying his dogs' behaviour? |
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Pavlov |
4 |
Which is the only bone in the human body that is not connected to any other? |
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Hyoid bone (it provides attachments for the tongue) |
5 |
Dyspepsia is the medical term for what complaint? |
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Indigestion |
6 |
What is the most common sedimentary rock? |
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Sandstone |
|
7 |
What is the SI unit of magnetic flux? |
|
Weber |
8 |
A fish's caudal fin is usually referred to as what? |
|
The tail
fin |
Supplementaries:
1 |
In mathematics, what do the initials LCM stand for? |
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Lowest Common Multiple |
2 |
The supercontinent Pangea broke up into two supercontinents; name either. |
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Laurasia and Gondwana |
Round 7: Weird Words
1 |
What part of a rowing boat has a spoon and a loom? |
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The oars |
2 |
If you are loquacious (low–kway–shus), what do you like doing? |
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Talking |
3 |
What does it mean to have consanguinity with someone? |
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You're blood relations |
4 |
What is the more common name for the saucy Victorian entertainment called a mutoscope? |
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What The Butler Saw |
5 |
In literature, what is a clerihew? |
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A poem (a short nonsense poem) |
6 |
If you have aphonia, what can't you do? |
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Speak |
7 |
To which body part does the word 'otic' pertain? |
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The ear |
8 |
Members of which profession would wear a toque blanche? |
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Chef (accept cook, cooking, etc.) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
If you "go commando", what are you not doing? |
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Wearing underwear |
2 |
Americans call it the rutabaga, but how is it known in Europe? |
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The swede |
3 |
If you are a pontist, what are you interested in? |
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Bridges |
4 |
Named after a renaissance painter, what colour is Titian? |
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Red – usually referring to hair colour |
5 |
In Japan, the name of which traditional female entertainers translates as
'art person'? |
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Geisha |
Round 8: 2017, Give or Take
1 |
What, in the summer of 2017, were Wanna Cry and Petya? |
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Computer ransomware (accept viruses or malware) |
2 |
With what are the recently–leaked Paradise Papers concerned? |
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Tax avoidance schemes used by the rich |
3 |
Name the explorer from Prestbury who went missing in Papua New Guinea in November 2017. |
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Benedict Allen |
4 |
What ceremonial position did Sarah Clarke take up in 2017, the first time a woman has held the post. |
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Black Rod |
5 |
Robert Mugabe was recently removed from power in Zimbabwe, but which party did he represent? |
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ZANU–PF |
6 |
In May, 22 people died during a terrorist attack in Manchester as fans left a concert by which pop star? |
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Ariana Grande |
7 |
Which Californian cult leader died in 2017? |
|
Charles Manson |
8 |
The Queen celebrated how many years of marriage in 2017? |
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70 (1947 – 2017) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Name the acclaimed British sci–fi author who died in August. |
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Brian Aldiss |
2 |
From which Netflix series was Kevin Spacey dropped recently when allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him? |
|
House of Cards |
4 |
Name one of the three acts that headlined Glastonbury
this year. |
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Ed Sheeran, Foo Fighters, Radiohead |
5 |
Since November, which item of ecclesiastical garb has Archbishop of York John Sentamu decided to wear again? |
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A dog collar |
6 |
In November 2017, which classic wartime romance celebrated 75 years since its release? |
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Casablanca |
General Knowledge
Set by the Chester Road Tavern.
1 |
In what year was the first SMS text message sent? |
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1992 |
2 |
Name the world's most expensive painting, sold at auction in November 2017. |
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Salvator Mundi |
3 |
Who is the current president of the European Union? |
|
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Jean–Claude Juncker |
4 |
Who is the current manager of Macclesfield Town football club? |
|
John Askey |
5 |
Which author created the character George Smiley? |
|
John Le Carre |
6 |
In which TV show would you have heard the phrase "could I have a P please, Bob"? |
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Blockbusters |
7 |
In which English county would you find St Michael's Mount? |
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Cornwall |
8 |
New Hampshire, Silkie and Faverolles are all types of what? |
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Chicken |
9 |
Who gave Pip his wealth in the novel Great Expectations? |
|
Abel Magwitch |
10 |
What might a numismatist collect as well as coins? |
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Medals |
11 |
In which country could you visit the De Efteling theme park? |
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Netherlands |
12 |
A hippophobe is afraid of which animals? |
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Horses |
13 |
Who won this year's X Factor? |
|
Rak–Su |
14 |
Which artist released the albums Let's Get It On and What's Going On? |
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Marvin Gaye |
15 |
Rohingya Muslims are allegedly being persecuted in which country? |
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Myanmar |
16 |
The Japanese word kamikaze translates to what? |
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Divine wind |
17 |
Who composed the opera The Rake's Progress? |
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Igor Stravinsky |
18 |
What is a garganey |
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A bird (duck) |
19 |
Whose recordings include the albums In a Silent Way and Kind of Blue? |
|
Miles Davis |
20 |
Which is the only one of the Great Lakes situated entirely within the USA? |
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Lake Michigan |
21 |
The dollar sign appears above which number on a computer keyboard? |
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4 |
22 |
What is the name of the poem by Wordsworth that begins: "I wandered lonely as a cloud"? |
|
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Daffodils |
23 |
In men's golf, who won the Open Championship in 2016? |
|
Henrik Stenson |
24 |
What is the gel–like substance that fills most of the eye? |
|
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Vitreous humour |
25 |
In what year was the last manned mission to the moon? |
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1972 (accept 1971–1973) |
26 |
Who wrote the classic British sitcom Only Fools and Horses? |
|
John Sullivan |
27 |
Although not the largest city, Montgomery is the capital of which US state? |
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Alabama |
28 |
In which English county is Leeds Castle? |
|
Kent |
29 |
What is the collective name for a group of owls? |
|
A parliament |
30 |
Used in battle, what was a mangonel? |
|
A large catapult |
31 |
Which European capital city translates to 'Merchants Harbour'? |
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Copenhagen |
32 |
Edina and Patsy starred in which BBC comedy television series? |
|
Absolutely Fabulous |
33 |
The Kennington Oval hosted the final of which inaugural competition in 1872? |
|
The FA Cup |
34 |
Benedict Cumberbatch plays mathematician Alan Turing in which 2014 film? |
|
The Imitation Game |
35 |
Actor Wagner Moura played which crime figure in the Netflix series
Narcos? |
|
Pablo Escobar |
36 |
Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael made up which children's TV crime fighting team? |
|
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
37 |
Which river runs through Leeds city centre? |
|
The Aire |
38 |
The Blackburn Hawks are a team that compete in which sport? |
|
Ice hockey (Blackburn, UK) |
39 |
Which playwright wrote Waiting for Godot? |
|
Samuel Beckett |
40 |
Oregon, Nevada and Arizona all border which US state? |
|
California |
41 |
Who plays paralegal Rachel Zane in the US legal drama Suits? |
|
Meghan Markle |
42 |
Who is the current Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer? |
|
John McDonnell |
43 |
Name any one of the 5 goalscorers in the 2017 FA Trophy final between Macclesfield Town and York City. |
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Macc: Rhys Brown, Ollie Norburn. York: Jon Parkin, Vedaine Oliver, Aidan Connolly. |
44 |
What was the outcome of Operation Neptune Spear? |
|
Death of Osama
bin Laden |
45 |
What will trigger the implementation of Operation London Bridge? |
|
Death of Queen Elizabeth II |
46 |
What was the name of the Brazilian football team whose plane crashed in November 2016? |
|
Chapocoense |
47 |
What is the name for the young of a puffin? |
|
Puffling |
48 |
What was Che Guevara's real first name? |
|
Ernesto |
49 |
In which country was investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia murdered by a car bomb in October 2017? |
|
Malta |
50 |
Who was the first person to be voted out of this year's
I'm a Celebrity...? |
|
Shappi Khorsandi (Accept Shappi) |
51 |
Who was appointed Governor of the Bahamas in July 1940? |
|
Edward, Duke of Windsor (Accept Edward VIII) |
52 |
Nazanin Zaghari–Radcliffe is currently (4/12/17) being detained in which country? |
|
Iran |
53 |
Who was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the 2004 US Presidential election? |
|
John Kerry |
54 |
Whose debut solo album As You Were was released in October 2017? |
|
Liam Gallagher (full name required) |
55 |
In which Oscar nominated film does Leonardo DiCaprio play Jordan Belfort? |
|
The Wolf of Wall Street |
56 |
Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr? |
|
James Earl Ray |
57 |
What is the name of the surveyor's instrument used to measure vertical and horizontal angles? |
|
Theodolite |
58 |
What was released in November 2017 with the slogan "Say hello to the future?" |
|
iPhone X (Accept as either letter X or 10) |
59 |
Eleanor Rigby is a song on which studio album by
the Beatles? |
|
Revolver |
60 |
In which French city did Germany sign the instrument of surrender to end their involvement in WWII? |
|
Reims |
61 |
Due for release on 15 December, what is the latest Star Wars film called? |
|
The Last Jedi |
62 |
In which battle did the charge of the light brigade occur? |
|
Battle of Balaclava |
63 |
Which fish has the Latin name Esox lucius? |
|
The pike |
64 |
Which team won the 2017 Cricket County Championship? |
|
Essex |
65 |
Who are the current FA Cup holders? |
|
Arsenal |
66 |
Who directed the film The Hurt Locker? |
|
Kathryn Bigelow |
67 |
Who was announced this summer as the latest reincarnation of Doctor Who? |
|
Jodie Whittaker |
68 |
Give a year in the life of William Shakespeare. |
|
1564 to 1616 |
69 |
In greyhound racing, what colour jacket does Trap 1 wear? |
|
Red |
70 |
Who was Henry VIII's first wife? |
|
Catherine of Aragon |
71 |
What was Beethoven's only opera called? |
|
Fidelio |
72 |
Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta has the alternative title
The Peer and the Peri? |
|
Iolanthe |
73 |
Who is the current leader of UKIP? |
|
Henry Bolton |
74 |
Who is the President of FIFA? |
|
Gianni Infantino |
75 |
Who wrote the novels Emma and Persuasion? |
|
Jane Austen |
76 |
Who is the current health minister? |
|
Jeremy Hunt |
77 |
In which year was the Battle of the Boyne? |
|
1690 (accept 1685–1695) |
78 |
How many yards are in a chain? |
|
22 |
79 |
What is the capital of Senegal? |
|
Dakar |
80 |
What is the highest point in the Peak District? |
|
Kinder Scout |
81 |
In US politics, the Republicans are often referred to as 'the G. O. P.' What does this stand for? |
|
Grand Old Party |
82 |
Which real life person did Tom Hanks play in Saving Mr Banks? |
|
Walt Disney |
83 |
What is the name of the Australian cricket captain in the current Ashes series? |
|
Steve Smith |
84 |
Your Tiny Hand is Frozen is a song from which opera? |
|
La Bohème |
85 |
Lisbon is situated on which river? |
|
The Tagus |
86 |
Who did England play in this month's Rugby League World
Cup final? |
|
Australia |
87 |
Aluminium is obtained from which raw material? |
|
Bauxite |
88 |
Which brewery's red triangle was the first registered trademark? |
|
Bass |
89 |
How is the 18th century failure of a joint stock company, trading with South America, better known? |
|
The South Sea Bubble |
90 |
Which TV character owned a car with the registration number FAB 1? |
|
Lady Penelope (in
Thunderbirds) |
91 |
In which jail was Oscar Wilde imprisoned in 1895? |
|
Reading |
92 |
Who wrote the Roxy Music No. 1 Jealous Guy? |
|
John Lennon |
93 |
Coeliac disease sufferers are intolerant to what? |
|
Gluten |
94 |
How is the wheel clamp better known in America? |
|
The Denver boot |
95 |
'Pixel' is an abbreviation of which two–word phrase? |
|
Picture element |
96 |
What was the name of the computer that defeated Garry Kasparov in 1996? |
|
|
Deep Blue |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which comic actor/writer plays brother and sister Paul and Pauline Calf? |
|
Steve Coogan |
2 |
Who wrote the Man Booker prize winning novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings? |
|
Marlon James |
3 |
What is the capital of Azerbaijan? |
|
Baku |
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