2017–18 Season: Week 14 – 27 February 2018
All questions were set by the Robin Hood.
Specialist Rounds
Round 1: History
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During which year was Korea divided into North Korea and South Korea? |
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1945 |
2 |
Who was the wife of King Charles II? |
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Catherine of Braganza |
3 |
The British Women's Institute was founded, photos were required in UK passports for the first time and the British nurse
Edith Cavell was executed by German firing squad. All of these events happened in which year of the 20th century? |
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1915 |
4 |
Which Scottish King died at the Battle of Flodden in 1513? |
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James IV of Scotland |
5 |
During which year during the American Civil War did Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address? |
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1863 |
6 |
During which century did Richard the Lionheart rule England? |
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12th century (1189–1199) |
7 |
Whose famous last words in 1999 reportedly were, "I finally get to see Marilyn"? |
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Joe DiMaggio |
8 |
Which King of England, born in 1452, was the son of Richard, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville? |
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Richard III |
Supplementaries:
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How many children did Queen Victoria have? |
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9 |
2 |
Which laws of 1797 made trade unions punishable as a conspiracy? |
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The Combination Acts |
Round 2: AKA What's in a name?
Please give the better known stage names of the people described.
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Film actress, born 1938: real name Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko |
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Natalie Wood (born to Russian immigrant parents, the young actress changed
it to blend into Hollywood) |
2 |
Filmaker, actor and writer, born 1935: real name Allen Konigsberg |
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Woody Allen |
3 |
Actor, born 1943: real name Krishna Pandit Bhanji |
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Ben Kingsley |
4 |
Pop musician, born 1946: real name Farrokh Bulsara |
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Freddie Mercury |
5 |
Actor, born 1933: real name Maurice Micklewhite |
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Michael Caine |
6 |
Actor, comedian, director, born 1890 : real name Arthur Stanley Jefferson |
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Stan Laurel |
7 |
Pop musician, born 1963: real name Georgios Panayiotou |
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George Michael |
8 |
Pop musician, born 1954: real name Declan Patrick McManus |
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Elvis Costello |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Pop musician, born 1971: real name Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong |
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Dido |
2 |
Actress, born 1945: real name Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironov |
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Helen Mirren |
Round 3: Science
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In which part of the human body does mydriasis occur? |
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The eye (it's the dilation of the pupil) |
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2 |
How many molar teeth are in a fully–developed adult's mouth? |
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12 (including 4 wisdom teeth) |
3 |
Where in the human body would you find the soleus muscle? |
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In the leg (back of the calf) |
4 |
The French inventor Joseph–Marie Jacquard revolutionized the textile industry when he developed a programmable
version of what type of machine in 1804? |
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Loom (Jacquard loom) |
5 |
Who won both the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 and the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911? |
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Marie Curie |
6 |
What does ADHD stand for? |
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
7 |
The genus 'Quercus' is the scientific term for which type of tree? |
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Oak |
8 |
Which German mathematician, astrologer and astronomer defined three laws of planetary motion, describing the movement
of planets around the sun? |
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Johannes Kepler |
Supplementaries:
1 |
A 'keloid' on the human body is a type of what? |
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Scar |
2 |
In which year did Yuri Gagarin become the first human to travel into outer space? |
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1961 |
Round 4: A Capital Idea
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What is the capital of Gabon? |
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Libreville |
2 |
What is the capital of the island of Jersey? |
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St Helier |
3 |
Which pacific island's capital is Suva? |
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Fiji |
4 |
Florence is the capital of which Italian region? |
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Tuscany |
5 |
What is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin? |
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Madison |
6 |
What is the capital of Papua New Guinea? |
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Port Moresby |
7 |
What is the capital of the French region of Nouvelle Aquitaine? |
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Bordeaux |
8 |
Of which semi–independent territory is Nuuk the capital? |
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Greenland |
Supplementaries:
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What is the capital of Morocco? |
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Rabat |
2 |
What is the capital of the German state of Bavaria? |
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Munich |
Round 5: Sport
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Which footballer has made the most appearances in the Premier League since its inception in 1992? |
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Gareth Barry (651 appearances as of 3rd Feb 2018) |
2 |
Which tennis player won her first grand slam at the Australian Open in January? |
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Caroline Wozniacki |
3 |
Which English football team are nicknamed the Posh? |
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Peterborough |
4 |
Which Nation's Football Team were managed by TV's Gabby Logan's father? |
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Wales (Terry Yorath) |
5 |
Which Premier League team has won the League Cup the most often? |
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Liverpool (8 times) |
6 |
Which MBL baseball team are associated with San Fransisco? |
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(San Fransisco) Giants |
7 |
Who was the Australian Cricket captain in the recent Ashes series? |
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Steve Smith |
8 |
Which sports playing surface is 2.7m by 1.5m |
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Table tennis |
Supplementaries:
1 |
At which course are the Coventry Stakes run? |
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Ascot |
2 |
In darts, what is the lowest score that is impossible to make with just a single dart? |
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23 |
Round 6:Geography
1 |
Which river runs through Leeds? |
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The Aire |
2 |
Kenya is bordered by 5 countries. Ethiopia, Tanzania and Somalia are 3. Name either of the other 2. |
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South Sudan and Uganda |
3 |
Romania has land borders with 5 countries. Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary are 3. Name either of the other 2. |
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Moldova and Ukraine |
4 |
What is the highest mountain in Antarctica? |
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Mount Vinson (accept Vinson Massif) |
5 |
How many UN recognised independent countries are there in South America? |
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12 (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay,
Paraguay, Bolivia, Guyama, Suriname) |
6 |
Which mountain range straddles Morocco and Algeria? |
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The Atlas Mountains |
7 |
In which city is St Basil's cathedral, one of its most popular tourist attractions? |
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Moscow |
8 |
In which country is the Komodo National Park? |
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Indonesia |
Supplementaries:
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Which river runs through Canterbury? |
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The Stour |
2 |
Which African country has the highest population? |
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Nigeria (approximately 186 million, the 7th most populated country in
the world) |
Round 7: Arts and Entertainment
1 |
Which 1851 novel was first published in Britain under the title The Whale? |
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Moby Dick |
2 |
Which painter is associated with the Stour valley on the Essex/Suffolk border? |
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John Constable |
3 |
Who wrote The Day of the Jackal about an attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle? |
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Frederick Forsyth |
4 |
Who painted a number of paintings of water lilies in his garden at Giverney? |
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Claude Monet |
5 |
During the reign of which King of England was Hans Holbein the Younger a prominent painter? |
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Henry VIII |
6 |
For which Henrik Ibsen play, first performed in 1876, did Edvard Grieg compose the instrumental music? |
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Peer Gynt |
7 |
Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi? |
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Yann Martel |
8 |
Commemorated by a statue outside its headquarters in Burlington House, which painter was the first President of the
Royal Academy? |
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Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Supplementaries:
1 |
In which fictional county did Anthony Trollope set a series of novels? |
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Barsetshire |
2 |
What is the name of Caractacus Potts' 12– cylinder, eight–litre, supercharged Paragon Panther? |
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
Round 8: Who Said That?
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Who said, "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former"? |
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Albert Einstein |
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Thomas Jefferson is quoted as having said "I find that the harder I work, the more [blank] I seem to have" – What is
the missing word? |
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Luck |
3 |
Who said, "Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right"? |
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Henry Ford |
4 |
George Bernard Shaw said, "If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to ... "
what? |
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Dance |
5 |
"The course of true love never did run smooth" is a famous quote originating from which Shakespeare play? |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream |
6 |
Jack Nicholson said, "The minute that you're not learning, I believe you're ... " what? |
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Dead |
7 |
John Wayne said, "Life's tough, but it's tougher when you're ... " what? |
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Stupid |
8 |
Who said, "History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."? |
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Winston Churchill |
Supplementaries:
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Who said: "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool
all of the people all of the time." |
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Abraham Lincoln |
2 |
Who said: "The unexamined life is not worth living"? |
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Socrates |
General Knowledge
1 |
Who is the current Secretary of State for Defence? |
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Gavin Williamson |
2 |
Who is currently the Shadow Foreign Secretary? |
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Emily Thornberry |
3 |
Who directed the fim, The Hurt Locker, which won the Best Picture at the 2010 Oscars? |
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Kathryn Bigelow |
4 |
Who has won the most best actor/actress awards at the Oscars? |
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Katharine Hepburn (with 4) |
5 |
La Giaconda is better known as what? |
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Mona Lisa |
6 |
Which musician is nicknamed 'Slowhand'? |
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Eric Clapton |
7 |
Who was the third President of the United States of America? |
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Thomas Jefferson |
8 |
Who succeeded to the English throne on the death of King John in 1216? Name and regnal number required. |
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Henry III |
9 |
Who invented the hovercraft? |
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Christopher Cockerell |
10 |
A 1990 ad for jeans helped put which early 70s Steve Miller Band song to the top of the charts? |
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The Joker |
11 |
How many times has Meryl Streep received Oscar nominations? |
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21 (accept 20–22) |
12 |
Who invented the thermos flask? |
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James Dewar |
13 |
Name any one of the five pillars of Islam. |
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Faith; prayer; charity;
fasting; and a pilgrimage to Mecca |
14 |
Who wrote the eighteenth century novel, Joseph Andrews? |
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Henry Fielding |
15 |
Who wrote the novel Cold Comfort Farm? |
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Stella Gibbons |
16 |
Who was the US President during the whole of the First World War? |
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Woodrow Wilson |
17 |
Which recent TV drama starred James Norton as Alex Godman, the British–raised son of a Russian mafia boss? |
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McMafia |
18 |
Which early 1970s TV series, starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis, featured the adventures of two millionaire playboys across
Europe? |
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The Persuaders |
19 |
In which children's novel does the antagonistic headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, appear? |
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Matilda (by Roald Dahl) |
20 |
What was the name of the inn in the book, Treasure Island? |
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The Admiral Benbow |
21 |
Kate Bush had a 1985 album called The Hounds of ... what? |
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Love |
22 |
How many square yards in an acre? |
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4840 (a chain by a furlong – 22 yards by 220, or 11
* 11 * 40) |
23 |
The cocktail which contains Brandy, ginger ale, a squeeze of lime over ice is called what? |
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A horse's neck |
24 |
Which spirit is a constituent of a Margarita? |
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Tequila |
25 |
Which pub in Whitechapel, London, was frequented by the Kray twins and was also the scene of William Booth's first sermon
which led to the creation of the Salvation Army? |
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The Blind Beggar |
26 |
The Horse and Groom pub, where you might have expected to order a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster featured in which book? |
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The Hitch–Hikers Guide to the Galaxy |
27 |
What is a Bully Kutta? |
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A dog (Indian, bred for fighting) |
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28 |
What was the given forename at birth of Martin Luther King Jr? |
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Michael (born Michael King) |
29 |
Why did Sarah Clarke make national headlines in February 2018? |
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Took on the office of Black Rod – first woman to do so |
30 |
The Houston Astros won the 2017 Baseball World Series. Who were the runners up? |
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Los Angeles Dodgers |
31 |
How many Winter Olympic games have there been including the current games in Korea? |
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23 |
32 |
Who played Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses? |
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Buster Merryfield |
33 |
Who played Uncle Fester in the original TV series of the Addams family? |
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Jackie Coogan |
34 |
Shirley, Garnet and Ailsa Craig are varieties of what? |
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Z.A. Tomatoes (all feature in the 2018 Suttons Seeds catalogue) |
35 |
What Georgian gentleman was the subject of a biography by Dorothy Bentley Smith? |
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Charles Roe |
36 |
Who is the only man to have won the 200m and 400m at the same Olympics games? |
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Michael Johnson |
37 |
Who wrote Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil? |
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John Berendt |
38 |
Who links a novel by Norman Mailer and a 1977 song by The Adverts? |
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Gary Gilmore (The Executioner's Song and
Looking Through Gary Gilmore's Eyes) |
39 |
What name is given to a Champagne bottle four times the size of a standard 750 ml bottle? |
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Jeroboam |
40 |
In which Shakespearean play does the character of Malvolio appear? |
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Twelfth Night |
41 |
Who performed the theme music to the 2015 James Bond film
Spectre? |
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Sam Smith (Writing's on the Wall) |
42 |
Which American actress provides the voice of Bart Simpson? |
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Nancy Cartwright |
43 |
In which decade was the first Now That's What I Call Music album released? |
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1980s (1983) |
44 |
"Check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords…" These are lyrics from which 1970s rock song? |
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Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) |
45 |
How many squares are there on a standard Scrabble board? |
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225 |
46 |
Which video game character has been voiced by actresses including Shelley Blond, Keeley Hawes and Camilla Luddington? |
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Lara Croft |
47 |
About which soap did Jasper Carrott say that the cast went on strike when they were threatened with rehearsal? |
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Crossroads |
48 |
'Perro' is the Spanish word for which animal? |
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Dog |
49 |
What is the highest possible hand in a game of poker? |
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A royal flush (10, J, Q, K, A, all of the same suit) |
50 |
Who wrote the cautionary poem Matilda who told lies and was burned to death? |
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Hilaire Belloc |
51 |
A car with the international license plate code of IL comes from which country? |
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Israel |
52 |
In which year was Concorde first flown? |
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1969 (accept 1968 to 1970) |
53 |
Two people have hosted the BBC quiz show Eggheads. Jeremy Vine is one; who was the other? |
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Dermot Murnaghan |
54 |
What is the national currency of Romania? |
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The leu |
55 |
How many sides has a tetradecagon? |
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14 (many people may think it is 13, which is a tridecagon) |
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56 |
In which year was Dolly the Sheep – the first cloned mammal – born? |
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1996 (plus or minus 1 year leeway ) |
57 |
At what height in hands does a pony become a horse? |
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14.2 hands and over (accept 14 to 15) |
58 |
The names of how many US states begin with the letter 'I'? |
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Four (Idaho, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa) |
59 |
Which is the last book of the Old Testament? |
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Malachi |
60 |
What nationality is Ernő Rubik, inventor of the Rubik's Cube? |
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Hungarian |
61 |
Which English ventriloquist had a dummy called Lord Charles? |
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Ray Alan |
62 |
In Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, which instruments represent the wolf? |
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French horns |
63 |
Who wrote the 1951 short novel The Old Man and the Sea? |
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Ernest Hemingway |
64 |
In which year was Halley's Comet last visible from Earth? |
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1986 |
65 |
The Shard is the tallest building in the UK, but which is second tallest? |
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One Canada Square |
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66 |
In which profession might the Stanislavski Method be used? |
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Acting |
67 |
What is the capital of the Seychelles? |
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Victoria |
68 |
Which of London's theatres is the oldest to still be operating on its original site, despite being rebuilt four times? |
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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (originally dating back to 1663) |
69 |
Who is King of Sicily in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale? |
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Leontes |
70 |
A cube has how many edges? |
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12 |
71 |
Who was the Queen's first great–grandchild? |
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Savannah Phillips |
72 |
How many times has Donald Trump been married? |
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Three (Ivana, Marla and Melania) |
73 |
Name one of the two countries that have the the Durand Line as a border. |
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Pakistan or Afghanistan |
74 |
What is the scientific name for caustic soda? |
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Sodium hydroxide |
75 |
What was the name of the last film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick? |
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Eyes Wide Shut |
76 |
Who was the first monarch in the house of Hanover? |
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George I |
77 |
Which member of the original line–up of the Rolling Stones was born first? |
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Bill Wyman (1936) |
78 |
Which country won the 2017 UEFA Women's Euro? |
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Netherlands |
79 |
Who created the cartoon cat Garfield? |
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Jim Davis |
80 |
How many people have held the post of Prime Minister of the UK since Margaret Thatcher? |
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Five (Major, Blair, Brown, Cameron and May) |
81 |
On what date do the French celebrate Bastille Day? |
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14 July |
82 |
How many tarot cards are there in a pack? |
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78 |
83 |
New Orleans owns an airport which is named after which famous jazz musician? |
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Louis Armstrong |
84 |
Tony Blair represented which constituency between 1983 and 2007? |
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Sedgefield |
85 |
Who was the first ever celebrity winner of Strictly Come Dancing? |
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Natasha Kaplinsky (with partner Brendan Cole) |
86 |
At which battle was Richard III killed? |
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Bosworth |
87 |
Who was German Chancellor before Angela Merkel took over the post in 2005? |
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Gerhard Schroder |
88 |
What is the traditional gift for a 15th wedding anniversary? |
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Crystal |
89 |
Brussels, Honiton and Nottingham are all renowned for which product? |
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Lace |
90 |
Which is the hottest planet in our solar system? |
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Venus |
91 |
Concha y Toro is a wine–producing company based in which country? |
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Chile |
92 |
Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell were the two less–famous members of which rock trio? |
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
93 |
How many official languages are spoken in Switzerland? |
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Four (German, French, Italian and Romansh) |
94 |
Name one of the colours on the flag of Ukraine? |
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Blue or yellow (two horizontal bands, blue on the top half
and yellow below) |
95 |
Which vitamin is also known as biotin? |
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B7 |
96 |
Which of the X–Men characters was born James Howlett and is often known as Logan? |
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Wolverine |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which British actor played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series? |
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Jason Isaacs |
2 |
According to the World Boxing Association, which weight class is just below 'heavyweight'? |
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Cruiserweight |
3 |
Which legendary US film actor got his first leading role in the 1930 western
The Big Trail? |
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John Wayne |
4 |
Which character in the original Star Trek series was played by DeForest Kelly? |
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Dr. Leonard McCoy |
5 |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first ever president of which country? |
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Bangladesh |
6 |
What was the real first name of Che Guevara? |
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Ernesto |
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