2017–18 Season: Week 5 – 13 November 2018
Specialist Rounds
... set by the British Flag, and vetted by the Sutton Club.
Round 1: All Answers Start With An 'O'
All answers start with an 'O'. Answers to questions 1 to 8 are in alphabetical order.
1 |
In which town in Bavaria is a passion play performed every ten years as an act of thanksgiving for deliverance from the
Plague? |
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Oberammergau |
2 |
According to Shakespeare, who was King of the Fairies? |
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Oberon |
3 |
What was the only single by Marmalade that made it to the top of the UK charts in January 1969? |
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Ob–la–di, Ob–la–da |
4 |
On a standard Monopoly board, what is the only property
south of the River Thames? |
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Old Kent Road |
5 |
Which 1975 film became only the second to win the big five major Oscars: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Film, Best Director
and Best Screenplay? |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
6 |
Big Brother was the title of the first episode of which long–running TV comedy series? |
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Only Fools and Horses |
7 |
What did John Lennon change his original middle name to before he died? |
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Ono (was Winston) |
8 |
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what were the little people called who worked for Willy Wonka and loved to
sing? |
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Oompa Loompas |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What was the name of the first ventriloquist's dummy to have a Top 10 hit in the UK charts? |
|
|
Orville |
2 |
The Elvis Presley song It's Now or Never was based upon which Italian folk song? |
|
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O Sole Mio |
3 |
Which play was Abraham Lincoln watching when he was assassinated? |
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Our American Cousin |
3 |
Which famous London street was formerly known as Tyburn Way? |
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Oxford Street |
Round 2: History
1 |
Which British monarch was crowned at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066? |
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William the Conqueror (William I) |
2 |
Which future British monarch hid in an oak tree after the battle of Worcester in 1651? |
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Charles II |
3 |
How was the Third Battle of Ypres, fought between July 1917 and November 1917, also known? |
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Battle of Passchendaele |
4 |
Three of the codenames for the five allied beachhead D–Day landings along the Normandy coast on 6 June 1944 were Utah,
Omaha and Juno. Name either of the other two. |
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Gold or Sword |
5 |
Which American President was the main author of the Declaration of Independence? |
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Thomas Jefferson |
6 |
Where in France was Joan of Arc burned at the stake in 1431 at the age of 19? |
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Rouen |
7 |
What was the name of the competition between five locomotives, held on 6 October 1829 and won by Stephenson's
Rocket? |
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The Rainhill Trials |
8 |
Which explorer discovered Newfoundland in 1497? |
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John Cabot |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Fought on 23 October 1642, which was the first battle of the English Civil War? |
|
Edge Hill |
2 |
What historical event was Alfred Lord Tennyson referring to in his poem that started "Half a league, half a league,
half a league onward, All in the valley of Death, Rode the six hundred"? |
|
The Charge of the Light Brigade |
3 |
Fought on 21 July 1861, which was the first major battle of the American Civil War? |
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Bull Run |
|
4 |
Invented in 1764, which invention did James Hargreaves name after his daughter? |
|
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Spinning Jenny |
Round 3: Sport
1 |
Which country has hosted the Winter Olympics on the most occasions? |
|
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USA (four times) |
2 |
Who are the only non–English team to win the FA Cup? |
|
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Cardiff City |
3 |
What nationality was five–times Formula 1 champion Juan Fangio? |
|
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Argentinian |
4 |
Name the Macclesfield born sailor with four Olympic Gold Medals. |
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Sir Ben Ainslie |
5 |
Which Rugby League team plays its home games at The Jungle (Wheldon Road)? |
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Castleford Tigers |
6 |
Which cricket ground is home to the T20 Vitality Blast Finals Day? |
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Edgbaston |
7 |
Which British Tennis Player won the French Open in 1976? |
|
Sue Barker |
8 |
Who was the American captain in this year's Ryder Cup? |
|
Jim Furyk |
Supplementaries:
1 |
In Track & Field athletics, which men's world record currently stands at 74.08 metres? |
|
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Discus (set by Jürgen Schult, of East Germany, in 1986) |
2 |
What is the connection between Manchester United and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? |
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They have the same owners (the Glazers) |
3 |
How long does a professional NBA basketball match last? |
|
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48 minutes (four 12–minute quarters) |
4 |
Which London football club's ground is on South Africa Road? |
|
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Queens Park Road |
Round 4: Food and Drink
1 |
A carpetbag steak or carpetbagger steak is a thick steak with a pocket cut into it which is filled with what? |
|
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Oysters |
2 |
An anchovy is a member of which family of fish? |
|
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Herring |
3 |
What is mixed with Guinness to make a Black Velvet? |
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Champagne (accept sparkling white wine) |
4 |
What spirit is added to coffee to make a Coffee Balalaika? |
|
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Vodka |
5 |
What is the most eaten fruit in the world? |
|
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Banana |
6 |
What name is given to the fruit that's a cross between a grapefruit and a tangerine? |
|
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Tangelo |
7 |
In which country is the wine growing region called the Barossa Valley? |
|
Australia |
8 |
What type of meat is used to make a Wienerschnitzel? |
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Veal |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What spirit is the base of a Pina Colada? |
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Rum |
2 |
Which English City is home to Colman's mustard? |
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Norwich |
3 |
Which spice is made from the pods of the bell or sweet pepper Capsicum annum? |
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Paprika |
4 |
Taramasalata is made from the roe of which fish? |
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Cod (or carp, or grey mullet) |
Round 5: Arts and Entertainment
1 |
Whose autobiography, published in 1988, has the title That's Not All Folks? |
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Mel Blanc |
2 |
The first volume of which film actor's autobiography, published in 1971, was entitled The Moon's a Balloon? |
|
|
David Niven |
3 |
Which actress played Fantine in the 2012 film version of Les Misérables, winning a Best Actress
Oscar for her performance? |
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Anne Hathaway |
4 |
Which film released in 1984 was the second in the Indiana Jones franchise? |
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
5 |
What is the name of Pink Floyd's first album, released in 1967, that takes its name from a chapter in Kenneth
Grahame's children's novel The Wind in the Willows? |
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Piper at the Gates of Dawn |
6 |
Which 1970s rock group, led by Ian Hunter, took its name from a novel written by Willard Manus? |
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Mott the Hoople |
7 |
The name of which popular game is derived from the Swahili word for 'to build'? |
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Jenga |
8 |
'Sparrows' is the literal meaning of the name of which popular game of Chinese origin? |
|
Mahjong |
Supplementaries
1 |
Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a book by Mary Hayley Bell and a film directed by Brian Forbes in 1996 contains
the song No Matter What, which was a UK Number 1 hit for Boyzone in 1998? |
|
Whistle Down the Wind |
2 |
Private Eye magazine refers to the Queen as Brenda, but which royal is referred to as Brian? |
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Prince Charles |
3 |
Oscar winners are not permitted to sell their Oscars without first offering them to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &
Sciences for what price? |
|
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One dollar |
4 |
The 1974 Eurovision Song Contest (at which Abba won with Waterloo) was held in Brighton. Which British group
with four Top Ten hits in that year provided the interval entertainment? |
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The Wombles! |
Round 6: Science
1 |
What would you be suffering from if you had myalgia? |
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Muscle pain |
2 |
What is the chemical symbol for arsenic? |
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As |
3 |
What name is given to the group of five chemically related elements in the periodic table that includes chlorine, bromine
and iodine? |
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Halogens |
4 |
How many sides/faces does an icosahedron have? |
|
Twenty |
5 |
Which element is extracted from the ore called galena? |
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Lead (galena is lead sulphide) |
6 |
Titan is the largest satellite (moon) of which planet in the solar system? |
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Saturn |
7 |
What important medical discovery and subsequent classification was made by Karl Landsteiner at the University of Vienna
in 1901? |
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ABO blood group classification |
8 |
How is the medical term Periorbital haematoma more commonly known? |
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A black eye |
Supplementaries
1 |
What name is given to the bending of light when passing through another medium? |
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Refraction |
2 |
Which smelting process for converting molten pig iron into steel, invented in 1855, was named after its inventor? |
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The Bessemer process |
3 |
Ozone is mainly found in which layer of the Earth's atmosphere? |
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The Stratosphere |
4 |
Which company was the first to introduce the 'widget' into beer cans, in 1997? |
|
Guinness |
Round 7: Geography
1 |
What was the name of the hurricane that struck North Carolina in August? |
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Florence |
2 |
The large village of Lambourn, the second largest centre for horse training in England after Newmarket, is in which
county? |
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Berkshire |
3 |
What is the capital city of Yemen? |
|
Sana'a |
4 |
What is the state capital of North Carolina? |
|
Raleigh |
5 |
Which long–distance footpath runs from near Chepstow to Prestatyn? |
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The Offa's Dyke Path |
6 |
Which long–distance footpath runs from Kidsgrove to Disley? |
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The Gritstone Trail |
7 |
Afghanistan has borders with four "stans", of which Pakistan and Turkmenistan are two. Name one of the others. |
|
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Tajikistan or Uzbekistan |
8 |
In which country are the Cantabrian Mountains? |
|
Spain |
Supplementaries
1 |
What is the capital city of Saudi Arabia? |
|
Riyadh |
2 |
Which Shipping Area includes the Channel Islands? |
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Portland |
3 |
Which river flows past Quarry Bank Mill? |
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The Bollin |
4 |
The High Court has currently granted permission for fracking to restart at a site close to which major English town? |
|
Blackpool |
Round 8: British Prime Ministers
Each answer contains the surname of a British Prime Minister.
1 |
Who was the longest serving of the original Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting from 1967 until his death in 2004? |
|
John Peel |
2 |
Who wrote 1984 and Animal Farm, under the pseudonym of George Orwell? |
|
Eric Arthur Blair |
3 |
Johnny Briggs played which character in Coronation Street from 1976 to 2006? |
|
Mike Baldwin |
4 |
Covering 792 acres what is London's highest open space? |
|
Hampstead Heath |
5 |
Which visitor attraction in Bodelva near St. Austell in Cornwall, opened to the public in May 2000? |
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The Eden Project |
6 |
Which sports equipment company supplies the rackets for Roger Federer and golf clubs for Padraig Harrington? |
|
Wilson |
7 |
Which author's best–selling novels include Angels and Demons, The Lost Symbol and
Inferno? |
|
Dan Brown |
8 |
What is the name given to a small portmanteau suitcase built over a rigid frame which could separate into two equal sections,
typically made of stiff leather and often belted with lanyards? |
|
|
A Gladstone bag |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which American fast food company was founded in 1940, its first restaurant being in San Bernardino, California? |
|
McDonald's |
2 |
Which underground station lies between North Greenwich and West Ham on the Jubilee Line? |
|
Canning Town |
3 |
What is the name of the Edgar Allan Poe short story first published in 1842? Several film adaptions of the story have been
made including a 1961 film starring Vincent Price and Barbara Steele. |
|
|
The Pit and the Pendulum |
General Knowledge
... set by the Sutton Club, and vetted by the British Flag.
1 |
What is the official residence of the French President? |
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The Élysée Palace |
2 |
How often does something occur which is described as diurnal? |
|
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Daily |
3 |
Which famous English screen personality started his early career in the USA with the Fred Karno Company of Vaudeville
troupers before moving to the Keystone Film Company to make slapstick one–reelers? |
|
Charlie Chaplin |
4 |
What was created in 1869 by the Russian chemist Dimitri Mendeleev and modified by Henry Moseley in 1913? |
|
|
The Periodic Table of the elements |
5 |
Which rodent like piece of computer hardware was invented by Douglas Engelbart of Stanford Research Institute in 1963? |
|
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The mouse |
6 |
Where was "The shot heard all around the world" fired in 1914? |
|
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Sarajevo (the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand) |
7 |
What does the legend say will happen to you if you throw a single coin into Rome's Trevi Fountain? |
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You will return to Rome |
8 |
Into what would you be entering if you went through the Traitors' Gate? |
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The Tower of London |
9 |
How many stars are there on the Australian flag? |
|
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Six |
10 |
Which cartoonist created Andy Capp? |
|
Reg Smythe |
11 |
What is the meaning of the Latin phrase caveat emptor? |
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Let the buyer beware |
12 |
What type of creature is a fer–de–lance? |
|
A snake |
13 |
Which large lake is accepted as the highest in the world at 12,500 feet above sea–level? |
|
Lake Titicaca (in South America, with shores in Bolivia and Peru) |
14 |
Of which group were John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rosetti founder members? |
|
The Pre–Raphaelite Brotherhood (artists) |
15 |
Who holds a trumpet on the album cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band? |
|
Ringo (Starr) |
16 |
Alfred Nobel, the man after whom the Nobel Prizes are named, was originally best known for inventing what? |
|
Dynamite |
17 |
Which English city stands on the river Nene? |
|
|
Peterborough |
18 |
What name is given to the cabin below an airship? |
|
Gondola |
19 |
Name either of the two South American countries which are land–locked. |
|
Bolivia or Paraguay |
20 |
Name either of the two English football clubs who play their home games at St. James's Park. |
|
|
Newcastle United or Exeter City |
21 |
What is the more common name for the medical condition epistaxis? |
|
Nosebleed |
22 |
Which iconic map did Harry Beck design in 1931? |
|
The London Underground map |
23 |
Which Caribbean island has the capital of St. Johns? |
|
|
Antigua |
24 |
What is a Flemish Giant? |
|
A rabbit |
25 |
In which sport would a 'toxophilite' indulge? |
|
Archery |
26 |
Which musical includes the song Secret Love? |
|
Calamity Jane |
27 |
Who married the man destined to become Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Lawrence in 1992? |
|
Princess Anne |
28 |
Which tax was introduced in 1986 to replace Capital transfer Tax? |
|
Inheritance tax |
29 |
If you flew into Carthage International Airport, which country would you be in? |
|
|
Tunisia |
30 |
In the film Notting Hill, what is Hugh Grant's occupation when he first meets Julia Roberts? |
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Book shop owner (accept any reference to a bookshop) |
31 |
Which singer had a hit in 2008 with Chasing Pavements? |
|
Adele |
32 |
What is the main ingredient of the condiment tahini? |
|
Sesame seeds |
33 |
Name either of the two books of the New Testament which follow the four Gospels. |
|
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Acts (of the Apostles) or the Epistle of Paul the Apostle
to the Romans |
34 |
Orchitis or orchiditis is inflammation of what part of the male anatomy? |
|
Testicles (accept any other answer at your discretion!) |
35 |
The film character Diana Prince is better known as whom? |
|
Wonder Woman |
36 |
Which American company was the first to manufacture nylon? |
|
|
Du Pont |
37 |
What is the first name of TV's Blackadder? |
|
Edmund |
38 |
In which year was the Battle of Trafalgar fought? |
|
1805 |
39 |
Ayrton Senna was killed in 1994, at which race–track? |
|
Imola (Italy) |
40 |
As of 2015, GSK was the world's sixth largest pharmaceutical company. What does any one of the initials stand for? |
|
Glaxo, Smith or Kline |
41 |
How did Claire Waight Keller rise to prominence this year? |
|
She designed Meghan Markle's wedding dress |
42 |
Which medical reference book shares its name with a Channel 5 drama series? |
|
Gray's Anatomy |
43 |
Who wrote the Thomas the Tank Engine series of children's books? |
|
Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry |
44 |
How many dots are there on a pair of dice? |
|
42 (each opposing face of a die adds up to 7, and there are six pairs of opposing faces on two
dice ) |
45 |
Which South American capital city has a name that means 'our lady of peace' in Spanish? |
|
La Paz (capital of Bolivia) |
46 |
Gymnophobia is the fear of what? |
|
Nakedness or nudity |
47 |
Which Shakespeare play begins with the line "Now, is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this son of
York"? |
|
Richard III |
48 |
In a plane crash in 1959 Buddy Holly and his two supporting acts, famous in their own right, were killed. Name either of them. |
|
Ricky Valance or the Big Bopper |
49 |
What is the capital of Sudan? |
|
Khartoum |
50 |
What is the US equivalent of the Bank of England? |
|
|
The Federal Reserve |
51 |
Which singer has released albums entitled I am ... Sasha Fierce, Dangerously in Love and Lemonade? |
|
Beyoncé |
52 |
Which was England's first garden city? |
|
Letchworth (circa 1903). Welwyn Garden City was the second, circa 1920. |
53 |
On which island is Pearl Harbour situated? |
|
|
Oahu (accept Hawaii) |
54 |
If an animal is described as 'laniferous', what does this mean? |
|
Wool bearing (after lanolin, from sheep's wool) |
55 |
Which word describes seemingly contradictory figures of speech such as "cruel to be kind" and "bitter
sweet"? |
|
Oxymoron |
56 |
Which English monarch was the last in the Stuart dynasty? |
|
Queen Anne |
57 |
What does an anti–emetic drug stop? |
|
Nausea or vomiting |
58 |
Who composed The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra? |
|
Benjamin Britten |
59 |
What is the county town of Northumberland? |
|
Alnwick |
|
60 |
In the Tour de France series of cycle races, what design of jersey is worn by the King of the Mountains? |
|
Polka dot (red dots on white background) |
61 |
In which city were the British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in 1958? |
|
Cardiff |
62 |
What name is given to the steak which has been cut from between the ribs? |
|
|
Entrecote (accept rib–eye) |
63 |
In the Premier League, Luis Suarez scored 12 times in 4 matches, including 3 hat–tricks, against which team? |
|
|
Norwich City |
64 |
Whose illustrated storybooks for children included The Snowman? |
|
Raymond Briggs |
65 |
On which piece of equipment would one find a skirt, a flap, a cantle and a pommel? |
|
|
A saddle |
66 |
What does the 'B' stand for in BMW? |
|
Bavarian (Motor Works) or Bayerische (Motoren Werke) |
67 |
An 'escritoire' is a type of what? |
|
Desk |
68 |
The name of which printing process is derived from the Greek for stone? |
|
Lithography (accept Litho) – Greek lithos
= stone. |
69 |
In the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which actor played the Ugly? |
|
Eli Wallach |
70 |
Which British designer and business entrepreneur died in 1985 as a result of falling down stairs? |
|
Laura Ashley |
71 |
Which song by Reg Presley of the Troggs, was used in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and spent 15 weeks at No. 1
in 1994 in a version by the Scottish pop band Wet Wet Wet? |
|
Love is All Around |
72 |
Which element must be added to steel to make it stainless? |
|
Chromium (minimum 10.5%) |
73 |
Which traditional Labour Party supporting weekly publication did Michael Foot edit for a total of nine years? |
|
Tribune |
74 |
Which bird was Snoopy's companion in the Peanuts cartoon strip? |
|
Woodstock |
75 |
Which Mexican revolutionary gave his name to a style of moustache, and was assassinated in 1919? |
|
Emiliano Zapata |
76 |
Who directed the films The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs and Cross of Iron? |
|
Sam Peckinpah |
77 |
What is South Africa's administrative capital? |
|
|
Pretoria |
78 |
The ancient emblem called a 'fylfot' or 'gammadion' had a much more sinister connotation in the
20th century. By what name do we know it now? |
|
The swastika |
79 |
What type of creature is a turnstone? |
|
A bird (Arenaria interpres: sandpipers, snipes and
phalaropes) |
80 |
Name any one of the 'four Cs' used in valuing diamonds. |
|
Cut, clarity, colour or
carat |
81 |
Apart from the hedgehog, name one of the two other British mammals that hibernate. |
|
The dormouse, or any bat |
82 |
Who composed the music for Onward Christian Soldiers, The Lost Chord and the Savoy Operas? |
|
Sir Arthur Sullivan |
83 |
What is the family name of the owners of Gawsworth Hall? |
|
Richards (Timothy Richards died in 2016) |
84 |
Anne Elliot is the heroine in which 19th century English novel? |
|
Persuasion (by Jane Austen) |
85 |
In children's TV, what was the name of Philip Schofield's side–kick in the Broom Cupboard? |
|
Gordon the Gopher |
86 |
What subject does Professor McGonagall teach at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books? |
|
Transfiguration |
87 |
When a toast is offered to the health of the Duke of Lancaster, who is being toasted? |
|
The Queen (or the reigning monarch – the Duchy of
Lancaster belongs to the Crown) |
88 |
What is the national airline of Oman? |
|
|
Gulf Air |
89 |
Built as part of the rebuilding of Manchester following the IRA bombing, what is the name of the futuristic exhibition centre
behind the Arndale Centre which houses the National Football Museum? |
|
Urbis |
90 |
What do Germans call their mobile phone? |
|
A handy |
91 |
What was the name of the Lone Ranger's horse? |
|
Silver |
92 |
What name is given to the culinary preparation involving oysters wrapped in bacon? |
|
Angels on horseback |
93 |
Phasmaphobia is a fear of what? |
|
Ghosts (accept spirits, apparitions or
spectres) |
94 |
What is the hard tag at the end of a shoelace called? |
|
An aglet |
95 |
What is the correct way to address a duke, a duchess or a bishop? |
|
|
Your Grace |
96 |
In which American state did the battle of Gettysburg take place? |
|
|
Pennsylvania |
Supplementaries:
1 |
How old does a motor vehicle need to be to qualify for exemption from VED tax under the 'Historic / Classic vehicle' rule?
Some leeway allowed. |
|
40 years (accept 35 to 45) |
2 |
Crockford's is a published directory of what? |
|
|
The clergy |
3 |
Who was the first pilot to break the sound barrier? |
|
Chuck Yeager |
4 |
What was Tchaikovsky's 1880 celebration of Russia's successful defence of the invasion by Napoleon's Grande
Armée? |
|
He composed the 1812 Overture |
5 |
In which publication founded in 1922 would you find the features Laughter, the best medicine, It pays to increase
your word power, and Life's like that? |
|
Readers' Digest |
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