2018–19 Season: Week 14 – 26 February 2019
All questions set by the Dolphin, vetted by the British Flag and
the Sutton Club.
Specialist Rounds
Round 1: RIP in 2018
You will be given clues to the identities of famous people who died in 2018.
1 |
Former England international footballer, the third black player to be capped for England. One of the so–called
'Three Degrees', black players who played together at West Bromwich Albion. |
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Cyrille Regis |
2 |
Stand–up comedian and TV personality, the long–time host of TV darts–related quiz show Bullseye. |
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Jim Bowen |
3 |
Senior, but controversial, female African National Congress activist, prominent in the fight against Apartheid, but later
implicated in violence and corruption. |
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Winnie Mandela |
4 |
Known as 'the Crafty Cockney', this professional darts player was ranked world number 1 six times in the
1980s. He is credited with helping to turn darts into a world–wide spectator sport. |
|
Eric Bristow |
5 |
English radio DJ and TV presenter, noted for hosting Supermarket Sweep, and the National Lottery game show
In It to Win It. |
|
Dale Winton |
6 |
British actor and convicted murderer, best known as the character 'Dirty' Den Watts in EastEnders. |
|
Leslie Grantham |
7 |
Ghanaian diplomat, he served as the seventh General Secretary of the UN from 1997 to 2006. |
|
Kofi Annan |
Q |
World–renowned Spanish operatic soprano, she became more widely known when she recorded the duet Barcelona
with Freddie Mercury for the 1992 Olympics. |
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Montserrat Caballé |
8 |
British nun and art historian who became widely known in the 1990s for presenting a series of TV documentaries on the
history of art. |
|
Sister Wendy Beckett |
Supplementaries:
1 |
US senator, and losing candidate in the 2008 Presidential Election. A prominent Republican critic of President Trump. |
|
John McCain |
2 |
Comedy script–writer and TV presenter, rose to prominence partnering Frank Muir in writing scripts for BBC comedy
Take it From Here. Later a long–running presenter of the TV outtakes programme It'll be All Right on the Night. |
|
Denis Norden |
Round 2: Geography
1 |
In which country would you find the Great Sandy Desert? |
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Australia |
2 |
What is the name of the two lakes, respectively the great and the small, which are to be found along the Suez Canal? |
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The Bitter lakes |
3 |
What is the name of the bridge which connects Denmark to Sweden? |
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The Øresund Bridge oresund |
4 |
In which country is the Plain of Jars? |
|
Laos |
5 |
On which river does the city of Timbuktu stand? |
|
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The Niger |
6 |
What is the name of the strait that separates Orkney from the Scottish mainland? |
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The Pentland Firth |
7 |
Which US state capital is known as 'the Mile High City'? |
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Denver (Colorado) |
8 |
Which northern English village, best known for its nearby army camp, gets its name from the Latin word for a waterfall? |
|
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Catterick (Latin name Cateractonium) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
In which country would you find the River Demerara? |
|
Guyana |
2 |
In which town does the River Dane flow into the River Weaver? |
|
Northwich |
Round 3: History
1 |
By what nickname was King Edmund, the son of King Ethelred the Unready, known? |
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Ironside |
2 |
Expelled by a popular uprising in 509 BC, who was the last king of Rome? |
|
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Tarquin the Proud (Tarquinius Superbus; accept Tarquin) |
3 |
What was the name of the notorious perjurer who fabricated the so–called 'Popish Plot' in 1678? |
|
Titus Oates |
4 |
Known as 'Black Jack', which US general led the American Expeditionary Force in World War I? He later had a series
of medium–range ballistic missiles named after him. |
|
John Pershing |
5 |
Who was the leader of the 1789 mutineers on the HMS Bounty? |
|
Fletcher Christian |
6 |
Which nephew of King Charles I served as his chief cavalry commander during the English Civil War? |
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Prince Rupert (of the Rhine) |
7 |
Which ancient general, between 218 and 216 BC, inflicted crushing defeats on the Romans at the battles of Trebbia, Lake
Trasimeno and Cannae? |
|
Hannibal |
8 |
Which modern state achieved independence in 1971 under the leadership of Sheik Mujibur Rahman? |
|
Bangladesh |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Who is the only British Prime Minister to serve four non–consecutive terms of office? |
|
W. E. Gladstone |
2 |
In which country did the Decembrist Revolt take place in 1825? |
|
Russia |
Round 4: Sport
1 |
Why was horse racing called off for six days from 7th of February this year? |
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Because of an outbreak of equine flu |
2 |
Who won the Snooker Masters Final in January of this year? |
|
Judd Trump |
3 |
What is the nationality of tennis player Juan Martin del Potro? |
|
Argentinian |
4 |
The playing area of which sport is known as the Sheet? |
|
Curling |
5 |
In January Japanese sportswoman Mikuru Suzuki became a surprise women's world champion in which sport? |
|
Darts |
6 |
What aspect of sport is the subject of the two–part McLaren report, issued in 2016? |
|
State–sponsored doping in Russia |
7 |
In which sport might you encounter verticals, spreads, triple bars and oxers? |
|
Show jumping |
8 |
Arguably the best golfer never to have won a major, which Scottish golfer finished second (or joint second) on no fewer
than five occasions between 1994 and 2006? |
|
Colin Montgomerie |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which European football club holds the record for the number of consecutive league victories? |
|
|
Bayern Munich (19) |
2 |
Which other sport has Victoria Pendleton taken up professionally, since retiring from cycling? |
|
Horse racing |
Round 5: Science & Nature
1 |
Sphalerite and smithsonite are the principal ores of which metal? |
|
Zinc |
2 |
Which organ is removed from the body in the operation known as a Cholecystectomy? (colly–sist–ectomy). |
|
The gall bladder |
3 |
What is the alternative name for the native British tree the Mountain Ash, botanical name Sorbus, noted for its
impressive autumn display of red or orange berries? |
|
Rowan |
4 |
Between 2011 and 2015 the US space probe Messenger orbited which planet? |
|
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Mercury (Mercury was the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology) |
5 |
Running down the length of the thigh, what is the longest muscle in the human body? |
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The sartorius |
6 |
Around 1927, the Belgian Catholic priest Georges Lemaitre was the first person to advance which cosmic theory about the
nature of the universe? |
|
The Big Bang |
7 |
What name is given by geologists to an area of the world's surface where one tectonic plate crashes into and slides
under another? |
|
Subduction zone |
8 |
Which large shrub or small, spring–flowering ornamental tree has the botanical name Syringa? |
|
Lilac |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Selenology is the scientific study of what? |
|
The Moon |
2 |
What name is given to a female badger? |
|
Sow |
Round 6: Arts & Entertainment
1 |
In Shakespeare's play, what is the name of Hamlet's mother? |
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Gertrude |
2 |
Who was the most famous indigenous inhabitant of Skull Island? |
|
King Kong |
3 |
In 1982 Captain Sensible had a surprising No 1 hit with which song from the musical South Pacific? |
|
Happy Talk |
4 |
Who painted the pair of paintings of the same model, entitled The Clothed Maja and The Naked Maja
(maja, pronounced maha, meaning a low–class Spanish woman)? |
|
|
Goya |
5 |
What is the name of the police officer who has regular run–ins with Top Cat and his gang in the TV animated series? |
|
Officer Dibble |
6 |
Jimmy Porter is the protagonist of which ground–breaking 1956 play? |
|
Look Back in Anger |
7 |
Name either of the two thoroughfares depicted in William Hogarth's satirical prints of 1751 contrasting the effects
of different alcoholic beverages. |
|
Gin Lane or Beer Street |
8 |
Which TV cartoon character is the best–known employee (though frequently fired, then re–hired) of the Slate
Rock and Gravel Company? |
|
Fred Flintstone |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Captain John Yossarian is the protagonist of which classic war novel, published in 1961? |
|
Catch 22 |
2 |
Which female Australian rapper and singer/songwriter was born Amethyst Amelia Kelly in 1990? |
|
Iggy Azalea |
Round 7: Only Connect
QM: as these questions are rather long and have a number of parts, allow 30 seconds to sort them out and write details down.
1 |
What creature connects the following: 1. The leader of a Brownie unit in the Girl Guides; 2. The Goddess Athena;
3. Billy Bunter; 4. Tripadvisor. |
|
|
Owls (Brown Owl; traditional companion of the goddess; the fat owl of
the remove; company logo) |
2 |
What links the following: 1. A fictional American doctor, protagonist of a long–running TV series in the '50s and
'60s; 2. The man with the golden flute; 3. A fictional detective inspector, the creation of Ruth Rendell; 4. A radio broadcaster who until last
year presented "Drivetime" on Radio 2. |
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Irish counties: Dr. Kildare; James Galway; Inspector Wexford;
Simon Mayo |
3 |
What two short, commonplace words do the following have in common: 1. A 1954 Oscar winning film, directed by Elia Kazan and
starring Marlon Brando; 2. A 1957 novel by Nevil Shute; 3. Another 1957 novel, by Jack Kerouac; 4. The song, the Twelve Days of Christmas. |
|
On the (On the Waterfront; On the Beach: On the Road; on the first
day, etc) |
4 |
What do the following Alpine Mountains uniquely have in common: Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, Grauspitz, Zugspitze,
Grossglockner and Triglav? |
|
They are all the highest mountains in their respective countries: France,
Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia |
5 |
What do the following works have in common: Sanditon, by Jane Austen; Weir of Hermiston, by R. L. Stevenson;
The Last Tycoon, by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Edward Elgar's Third Symphony? |
|
They were all left unfinished on the author's or composer's death |
6 |
In Greek mythology, what links a swan, a bull, an eagle and a shower of gold? |
|
They are all disguises adopted by Zeus in order to seduce some nymph or mortal
woman he fancied. (Swan – Leda; bull – Europa; eagle – Semele; shower of gold – Danaë) |
7 |
What flower links the following: 1. Japanese female propaganda broadcasters during the war; 2. The patron saint of Peru;
3. Two great circular windows in Lincoln Cathedral, known as "the Dean's Eye" and "the Bishop's Eye"; 4. The yacht
Lively Lady? |
|
Rose (Tokyo Rose; St. Rose of Lima: Rose windows; Sir Alec Rose,
round–the–world yachtsman) |
8 |
What name do the following have in common: 1. The sixth president of the USA; 2. African–American composer and
record producer, he produced a number of Michael Jackson's albums; 3. A medical examiner in a US TV drama series running from 1976 to 1983. |
|
Quincy (John Quincy Adams; Quincy Jones; Quincy ME) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What do the following US Presidents have uniquely in common: Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt and
Lyndon B. Johnson? |
|
They were all Vice Presidents who came into office as a result of the
assassination of their predecessor |
2 |
What type of military installations are associated with the names of the Portuguese town of Torres Vedras in the
Peninsular War; General Hindenburg in the First World War; General Maginot in the Second World War; and General Mannerheim in the
Finno–Russian Winter War? |
|
Lines – specifically, defensive lines |
Round 8: Cities of Culture
All the questions concern cultural works – e.g. novels, films, pieces of music – with the name of a city in them. You have to
identify the city.
1 |
In 1966 the New Vaudeville Band had a hit with their own composition, a song about the cathedral of which city? |
|
Winchester |
2 |
According to a popular song released in 1962, where did Tony Bennett leave his heart? |
|
San Francisco |
3 |
Shostakovich's 7th symphony, completed in December 1941, was dedicated to which city? |
|
Leningrad |
4 |
In a 1967 film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin Sophia Loren plays the part of the countess from where? |
|
Hong Kong |
5 |
Hunter S. Thompson's most famous novel, later made into a film, concerns fear and loathing where? |
|
Las Vegas |
6 |
Haydn's 104th symphony is named after which city? |
|
London |
7 |
Name either of the cities in which George Orwell was "down and out". |
|
London or Paris |
8 |
In 1961, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen had a hit with a jazzed–up version of a song popular in the city for which it
was written. Ball's version was entitled "Midnight in....." where? |
|
Moscow |
Supplementaries:
1 |
The Dubliners were one of a number of folk groups to record a song about the leaving of which city? |
|
Liverpool |
2 |
A 1939 Frank Capra film starring James Stewart about corruption in US politics in entitled Mr. Smith goes to ...
where? |
|
Washington |
General Knowledge
1 |
The flag of which country has on it the motto Ordem e Progresso (order and progress)? |
|
Brazil |
2 |
Located in Argentina and Chile, which is the largest desert in the Americas? |
|
|
Atacama |
3 |
Name the former bass player of Joy Division and New Order, currently enjoying success with his band The Light. |
|
Peter Hook |
4 |
What type of wheat is normally used to make pasta? |
|
Durum wheat |
5 |
Name the bear in the Muppet Show. |
|
Fozzie |
6 |
Which 11th century Anglo–Saxon king is the only English king to have been canonised? |
|
Edward the Confessor |
7 |
Before the adoption of the euro, what was the unit of currency in the Netherlands? |
|
The guilder |
8 |
Which Biblical prophet had a vision of a valley filled with dry bones? |
|
Ezekiel |
9 |
In the Bertie Wooster novels of P. G. Wodehouse, what was the name of the gentlemen's club frequented by Bertie and
his pals? |
|
The Drones Club |
10 |
What colour is considered to be the colour of Royalty? (Queen Elizabeth I forbade anyone other than close members of the
Royal Family to wear it.) |
|
Purple |
11 |
What name, derived from an ancient Germanic tribe, is given to a contemporary youth sub–culture characterised by the
wearing of black clothing, heavy black makeup and dyed black hair, and enthusiasm for rock music? |
|
|
Goth |
12 |
Which minister in the Wartime Coalition Government was the architect of the 1944 Education Act? |
|
R. A. Butler |
13 |
Who led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854? |
|
|
Lord Cardigan |
14 |
Which famous guitarist and songwriter is married to actress Daryl Hannah? |
|
Neil Young |
15 |
The winner of 18 Grammy Awards, Yo–Yo Ma is a virtuoso on which instrument? |
|
The cello |
16 |
What is the name of the clothes retailing group of which the notorious Sir Philip Green is the chairman? |
|
Arcadia |
17 |
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, which colour overtook black as the most popular for cars in
2018? |
|
Grey |
18 |
From the Latin for 'little cavity', alveoli are found in which organs of the body? |
|
The lungs |
19 |
In the comic strip Peanuts, what is the name of the little bird that is Snoopy's best friend? |
|
Woodstock |
20 |
Infiniti (sic) is the luxury car marque of which car manufacturer? |
|
Nissan |
21 |
For what artistic technique was French painter Georges Seurat noted? |
|
Pointillism (creating a picture with thousands of small dots
of paint) |
22 |
In bookies' rhyming slang, what odds are referred to as a Burlington? |
|
|
100 to 30 (Burlington Bertie) |
23 |
In 2018 the founding British branch of which charity was barred from operating in Haiti over allegations that aid workers
had sexually exploited earthquake victims? |
|
Oxfam |
24 |
The actor Oliver Reed died in May 1999 during the making of which film? |
|
Gladiator |
25 |
Name either of the two presenters of the light–hearted science programme on Radio 4, The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
|
Brian Cox or Robin Ince |
26 |
What is the number of the dreaded room in the novel Nineteen Eighty–Four? |
|
Room 101 |
27 |
Valparaiso is the second city of which Latin American country? |
|
Chile |
28 |
Who recently portrayed the character Jean Valjean in the BBC drama Les Misérables? |
|
Dominic West |
29 |
When Oedipus killed his father and married his mother, he became king of which Greek city–state? |
|
Thebes |
30 |
With regard to their origins, what do the words copper, bayonet, denim and suede have in common? |
|
They are all toponyms, i.e. words derived from the names of
places; (Cyprus, Bayonne, Nimes and Sweden respectively) |
31 |
Stirling Bridge, the site of a notable Scottish victory over the English in 1297, spanned which river? |
|
The Forth (the present bridge is not the one that existed in 1297) |
32 |
Which playwright, whose works include Chicken Soup with Barley and Chips with Everything, died in 2016? |
|
Arnold Wesker |
33 |
In Peter Kay's Car Share, Kayleigh's brother–in–law Steve was played by Guy Garvey, the lead
singer of which band? |
|
Elbow |
34 |
Which US location comes before Iced Tea in the name of a famous cocktail? |
|
Long Island |
35 |
Who was the last British king to lead an army in battle? |
|
George II (Battle of Dettingen, 1743) |
36 |
Under the managership of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United have come close to imitating a football team. Their
eight–match winning run started in December with a victory over which opponents? |
|
Cardiff City |
37 |
Monument Valley in the USA, which has been used in many Western films, is on the border of two states; name one of them. |
|
Arizona and Utah |
38 |
What prominent job at the Daily Telegraph is carried out by Matt Pritchett? |
|
He is the front page cartoonist, Matt |
39 |
Which country is the setting for the film The Hurt Locker? |
|
Iraq |
40 |
What is the county town of North Yorkshire? |
|
Northallerton |
41 |
The monthly magazine What's Brewing is published by which organisation? |
|
CAMRA (The Campaign for Real Ale) |
42 |
Which company manufactured the Comet, the world's first production jet airliner? |
|
De Havilland |
43 |
At the time of writing, lawyer Marina Wheeler is the wife of which Conservative politician? |
|
Boris Johnson |
44 |
The Escorial Monastery is the traditional residence of the kings of which country? |
|
Spain |
45 |
What is the name of the large artery in the thigh that provides the main blood supply to the leg? |
|
The femoral artery |
46 |
The name of which British city is also the name of the capital of the British Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha? |
|
|
Edinburgh (in full, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas) |
47 |
In Wales, what kind of building is marked with the word Heddlu (heth–lee)? |
|
A Police station |
48 |
Name either of the two presenters of the BBC talent show The Greatest Dancer. |
|
Alesha Dixon or Jordan Banjo |
49 |
In which country did the Red Brigades terrorist organisation operate in the 1970s? |
|
Italy |
50 |
In the name of the charity PDSA, what does the D stand for? |
|
Dispensary |
51 |
Give the one–word title of the controversial film directed by Vincent Lambe about the kidnapping and murder of Jamie Bulger. |
|
Detainment |
52 |
Of Santa's reindeer named in the poem The Night before Christmas, which one is named after an astronomical
phenomenon? |
|
Comet |
53 |
What does the I stand for in the abbreviation SIM card? |
|
Identity or Identification |
54 |
In the nursery rhyme Pussycat, Pussycat, why had the pussycat been to London? |
|
To visit the Queen |
55 |
During the English Civil War, in which city did King Charles I have his headquarters? |
|
Oxford |
56 |
Which bird holds the record for the longest migration? |
|
The Arctic tern |
57 |
Which mythical figure gives his name to the company that owns Legoland, Alton Towers and Madame Tussaud's? |
|
Merlin (the Merlin Group) |
58 |
The 1958 film A Night to Remember was based on which historical event? |
|
The sinking of the Titanic |
59 |
The name of which anise–flavoured liqueur is derived from the Latin word for elder or elderberry? |
|
Sambuca |
60 |
By what name is the River Thames known at Oxford? |
|
The Isis |
61 |
Of Santa's reindeer named in the poem The Night before Christmas, which is named after a female animal? |
|
Vixen |
62 |
The death occurred this month of Lady Marcia Falkender, former head of PM Harold Wilson's political office. She
allegedly drew up his resignation honours list in 1976 on notepaper of which colour? |
|
Lavender (the notorious 'Lavender List') |
63 |
Which eponymous pantomime hero ends up by marrying Alice, the daughter of Alderman Fitzwarren? |
|
Dick Whittington |
64 |
Which French artist of the Revolutionary period is famous for such paintings as The Death of Marat and
Napoleon crossing the Alps? |
|
Jacques–Louis David |
65 |
Striding Edge is a prominent feature of which English mountain? |
|
Helvellyn |
66 |
The ballet Les Sylphides is set to orchestral arrangements of music by which composer, better known for his piano
music? |
|
Chopin |
67 |
How many steps are there in the title of a 1915 novel by John Buchan? |
|
Thirty–nine |
68 |
In 2018, Geordie Greig replaced long–serving Paul Dacre as editor of which daily newspaper? |
|
The Daily Mail |
69 |
Which European country will host the 2022 Ryder Cup? |
|
Italy (Marco Simone GC, Rome) |
70 |
In Greek mythology, who is the goddess of the rainbow? |
|
Iris |
71 |
Which car company produces luxury models called the Chiron and the Veyron? |
|
Bugatti |
72 |
Which film company's logo is a sharp mountain peak surrounded by a ring of stars? |
|
Paramount |
73 |
Which station is the Paris terminus for the Eurostar service? |
|
Gare du Nord (accept Nord or north) |
74 |
Which 19th Century Prime Minister split the Conservative Party in 1846 when he repealed the Corn Laws? |
|
Sir Robert Peel |
75 |
Which former England international wrote the book How to be a Footballer? |
|
Peter Crouch |
76 |
What name is given to the deposits of earth and rock left at the end or sides of a glacier? |
|
Moraine |
77 |
The 1942 film In Which we Serve was loosely based on the exploits of which British naval officer? |
|
Louis Mountbatten |
78 |
Which novelist created the one–legged private detective Cormoran Strike? |
|
Robert Galbraith (accept J. K. Rowling; Robert Galbraith
is her pseudonym) |
|
79 |
Which boxer had part of his ear bitten off by Mike Tyson in 1997? |
|
Evander Holyfield |
80 |
Which battle of 1746 brought an end to the last Jacobite Rebellion? |
|
Culloden |
81 |
Which powerful explosive was invented in 1847 by Italian university professor Ascanio Sobrero? |
|
Nitroglycerin(e) |
82 |
A cat named Choupette is set to inherit a sizeable sum of money as a result of the recent death of her world–famous
owner, said to be worth upwards of £150 million. Who was Choupette's owner? |
|
Karl Lagerfeld |
83 |
The Chinese New Year that started on 5 February is the year of which animal? |
|
Pig |
84 |
According to the American folk song, in which city is the House of the Rising Sun located? |
|
New Orleans |
85 |
What fruit is a necessary ingredient in any recipe where the fish or meat is cooked Veronique? |
|
Grapes |
86 |
Fiumicino airport, which serves the city of Rome, is named after which artist? |
|
Leonardo da Vinci |
87 |
In a poem by Robert Browning, who is described thus: "His queer long coat, from heel to head, was half of yellow and
half of red"? |
|
The Pied Piper |
88 |
Before the adoption of the Euro, what was the unit of currency in Portugal? |
|
The escudo |
89 |
Name either of the two "cities of the plain", which were destroyed because of the wickedness of their inhabitants
(according to Chapter 19 of the Biblical book of Genesis). |
|
Sodom or Gomorrah |
90 |
Which long–running TV factual programme is currently presented by Professor Chris Lintott and Doctor Maggie
Aderin–Pocock? |
|
The Sky at Night |
91 |
Which bird of the genus apteryx is the only bird with nostrils at the end of its long beak? |
|
Kiwi |
92 |
How many red and white stripes are there on the flag of the USA? |
|
Thirteen (representing the original thirteen states) |
93 |
Frank–Walter Steinmeier is the president of which country? |
|
Germany |
94 |
In the recent film Stan and Ollie, name either of the actors in the title roles. |
|
Steve Coogan or John C. Reilly |
95 |
Which eponymous TV detective has the surname Stanhope? |
|
Vera |
96 |
Name one of the five new sports that are to be introduced (or re–introduced) to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. |
|
Karate, climbing, skateboarding,
surfing, baseball or softball |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Haematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis and treatment of what? |
|
Diseases of the blood |
2 |
In the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Didier Deschamps became the second man to both captain and later manage world cup winners.
Who was the first? |
|
Franz Beckenbauer |
3 |
Name either of the two actors who wrote the popular TV comedy series Gavin and Stacey. |
|
Ruth Jones or James Corden |
4 |
What was the name of the Wright Brothers aeroplane that made the first powered flight in 1903? |
|
The Wright Flyer (accept Flyer) |
5 |
Michael Jackson named his ranch after which fictional place in literature? |
|
|
Neverland |
6 |
Name the wood in which Winnie the Pooh and his friends live. |
|
The Hundred Acre Wood |
7 |
Spencer Silver and Art Fry were co–inventors of which stationery product? Launched in 1977 as 'Press 'n'
Peel', it was renamed and relaunched in 1979. |
|
|
Post–it notes |
8 |
The military junta in which country finally released Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest in 2010? |
|
|
Myanmar – accept Burma. |
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