2021–2 Season: Week 11 – 8 March 2022
All questions set by the Dolphin.
Specialist Rounds
Round 1: History
1 |
The Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43 took place during the reign of which emperor? |
|
Claudius |
2 |
Who held the office of Master of the Royal Mint from 1699 until his death in 1727? |
|
Sir Isaac
Newton |
3 |
What was the name of the family of iron founders based in Coalbrookdale, who in 1779 built the first iron bridge over the River
Severn? |
|
Darby
(the Iron Bridge was built by Abraham Darby III) |
4 |
Which Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced the so–called "People's Budget" in 1909, which was voted down
by the House of Lords? |
|
David Lloyd George |
5 |
Which rebellious baron defeated and captured King Henry III at the Battle of Lewes in 1264, only to be defeated and killed by the
king's son Edward a year later at Evesham? |
|
Simon de
Montfort |
6 |
Which ancient battle is commemorated with an inscription which reads (in translation): "Go, tell the Spartans, stranger
passing by / That here, obedient to their laws, we lie"? |
|
Thermopylae |
7 |
Which African nation asserted its independence in 1896 by defeating the Italians at the Battle of Adua? |
|
Ethiopia |
8 |
In 1286 the three–year–old Margaret, known as the Maid of Norway, was named as Queen of which kingdom? |
|
Scotland |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Construction of Westminster Abbey in its present form began in 1245, under which king – who is buried there? |
|
Henry III |
2 |
Which Prime Minister formed the first Conservative government, in 1834? |
|
Robert Peel |
Round 2: Geography
1 |
Which river forms much of the eastern boundary between England and Scotland? |
|
The Tweed |
2 |
What's the second–highest mountain in the United Kingdom? |
|
Ben Macdui |
3 |
Monte Rosa is the highest mountain in which country? |
|
Switzerland |
4 |
Which major European river flows through Lake Geneva? |
|
The Rhone |
5 |
Which city is the capital of the French region of Burgundy? |
|
Dijon |
6 |
In which country is the world's highest waterfall, the Angel Falls? |
|
Venezuela |
7 |
In which country is the world's driest desert, the Atacama? |
|
Chile |
8 |
Which city is the capital of the German region of Saxony? |
|
Dresden |
Supplementaries:
1 |
The highest mountain in North America is Denali. What's its alternative name? |
|
Mount McKinley |
2 |
Where is the source of the River Trent? |
|
Biddulph Moor |
Round 3: Creepy–Crawlies
This is a round about insects, arachnids and other mini–beasts – in a manner of speaking!
1 |
Which southern Italian dance was supposedly (but erroneously) regarded as an antidote to the bite of a poisonous spider?
|
|
The tarantella (the spider being the tarantula) |
2 |
Who, in 1979, took over as the frontman and lead singer of the New Wave band Ultravox? |
|
Midge Ure |
3 |
Which Second World War multi–role combat aircraft, designed by de Havilland, was made largely of balsa wood? |
|
The Mosquito |
4 |
Which form of pasta takes its name from the Italian for 'little worms'? |
|
Vermicelli |
5 |
What name is shared by a football club in Zurich and a rugby club in Preston? |
|
Grasshoppers |
6 |
The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote incidental music for which play by Aristophanes? |
|
The Wasps |
7 |
In the 1950s radio comedy The Goon Show, what was the name of the much–put–upon character, voiced by Peter Sellers,
whose catchphrase
was "You dirty rotten swine you – you deaded me!"? |
|
Bluebottle |
8 |
What was the name of Buddy Holly's backing group? |
|
The Crickets |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What's the nickname of Watford Football Club? |
|
The Hornets |
2 |
What punctuation mark serves as the name of a species of butterfly? |
|
The comma |
Round 4: Arts & Entertainment
1 |
The 1917 sculpture Fountain, by the surreal artist Marcel Duchamp, consists of what item? |
|
A urinal |
2 |
Andy Bell and Vince Clarke formed which synth–pop duo in the 1980s? |
|
Erasure |
3 |
Manifesto is the latest book by which Booker–prize–winning author? |
|
Bernardine Evaristo |
4 |
Which Mel Brooks film includes the line "Pardon me boy, is this the Transylvania station?" – a spoof of the Glenn
Miller song Chattanooga Choo–Choo? |
|
Young Frankenstein |
5 |
The 2017 film Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gadot, is set mainly during which conflict? |
|
The First World War |
6 |
Silverview, published in October 2021, is the final novel by which author? |
|
John le Carré le carre |
7 |
The ABC and D of Boogie Woogie was the 'sideshow band' of which drummer, who died in 2021? |
|
Charlie Watts |
8 |
In Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus, what is Venus standing on? |
|
A shell |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What was Elvis Presley's last US No. 1, in his lifetime? |
|
Suspicious Minds |
2 |
Which Biblical figure is described in a poem by John Milton as "Eyeless in Gaza, at the mill with slaves?"
|
|
Samson |
Round 5: Science
1 |
Buckminster fullerine is an allotrope of which element? |
|
Carbon |
2 |
In the PCR test for COVID–19, what does the letter P stand for? |
|
Polymerase (Chain Reaction) |
3 |
Used to treat slow heart rate and some eye conditions, from which plant is the drug atropine derived?
|
|
Deadly nightshade (accept belladonna, or
Atropa belladonna) |
4 |
A widespread story about Charles Darwin is that he came to the idea of evolution on the Galapagos Islands when examining the
beaks of different subspecies of which birds? |
|
Finches |
5 |
Which British doctor, in the nineteenth century, confirmed that mosquitos spread malaria? He was rewarded with the 1902 Nobel
Prize for medicine. |
|
Sir Ronald Ross |
6 |
From which plant is digoxin – a drug used to combat heart failure – derived? |
|
The foxglove |
7 |
In astrophysics, what name is given to the notional boundary around a black hole, from which no light or other radiation can escape? |
|
The event horizon |
8 |
What name is given to the scientific technique for dating and interpreting past events by the analysis of tree rings? |
|
Dendrochronology |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which large, omnivorous mammal, native to the British Isles, has the scientific name Meles meles? |
|
The badger |
2 |
Which gas makes up the main constituent part of the atmosphere of Venus? |
|
Carbon dioxide |
Round 6: Sport
1 |
Who, in January this year, became the first Briton to win an Alpine skiing World Cup gold medal, with victory in the
Kitzbühel Slalom? |
|
Dave Ryding |
2 |
Which country won Olympic gold in the Rugby Sevens in 2016, and then again in Tokyo in 2021? |
|
Fiji |
3 |
In which sport do teams compete for the Sheffield Shield? |
|
Cricket (it's the principal multi–day–format competition
between Australian states) |
4 |
Solent Kestrels are currently (2 March) Division 1 leaders, with 1,918 points for and 1,397 against, in the National League of
which sport? |
|
Basketball |
5 |
Which boxer inflicted a crushing defeat on the former world champion Amir Khan, at Manchester's AO Arena, on the 19th of
February? |
|
Kell Brook |
6 |
In which sport did four international teams compete for the inaugural Arnold Clark Cup, between the 17th and 23rd of February? |
|
(Women's) football |
7 |
Cheadle are currently (2 March) top of the Premier League, and Cheadle A are top of League One, in which sport? |
|
Lacrosse |
8 |
Competing in her fourth Winter Olympics, who is the skip (captain) of the gold–medal–winning UK women's curling
team? |
|
Eve Muirhead |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Xisco Munoz was the first Premier League manager to be sacked this season. Which club did the sacking? |
|
Watford |
2 |
Which Grand Slam tennis champion was stabbed on court in 1993 by a crazed Steffi Graf fan? |
|
Monica Seles |
Round 7: A Colourful Round
Every answer includes a colour. The whole answer is required.
1 |
What was the title of the first German full–length talking film, released in 1930 and starring Marlene Dietrich as a cabaret
singer? |
|
The Blue Angel |
2 |
What's the title of Alan Garner's fantasy novel of 1973, set in Cheshire in three different time periods? Its name refers
to a feature of the Döppler effect. doppler |
|
Red Shift |
3 |
What nickname was given to the military fire engines, used on occasions by the army during strikes by the Fire Brigades Union? |
|
Green Goddesses |
4 |
By what name was the lung disease tuberculosis sometimes known in the 19th century? |
|
The white plague |
5 |
What was the name of Sir Francis Drake's flagship during his circumnavigation of the world?
|
|
The Golden Hind |
6 |
Who played the part of the redoubtable Ena Sharples in the early years of Coronation Street? |
|
Violet Carson |
7 |
Which novel of 1983, by Alice Walker, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? |
|
The Color (sic) Purple |
8 |
Which herbicide and defoliant was widely used as a chemical weapon by American forces in the Vietnam War?
|
|
Agent Orange |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What colour were the trees in the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds? |
|
Tangerine |
2 |
Published in 1887, what was the first novel to feature Sherlock Holmes? |
|
A Study in Scarlet |
Round 8: What Have You Been Watching?
Recent weeks have seen a plethora of new drama series on TV. You'll be given a synopsis, and the name of a lead actor, and then asked to identify
the drama. (Note: all mainstream BBC or ITV; no obscure dramas from subscription services like Netflix.)
1 |
Samuel Adewunmi stars as the defendant in a murder trial who, having dismissed his lawyers after the case is over but before the
final statements, is (improbably) allowed to give a lengthy account of what really happened, presented in extended flashbacks. |
|
You Don't Know Me |
2 |
Jamie Dornan stars as a man who wakes up in an Australian hospital after a car crash with amnesia, and must piece together the
facts of his life. |
|
The Tourist |
3 |
Maxine Peake plays the manager of a family sportswear company who arrives at work one morning to find a body in the entrance hall,
which has fallen (or been thrown) from the second–floor balcony. |
|
Rules of the Game |
4 |
Claire Foy plays the part of a duchess caught up in a notorious divorce case which hit the headlines in 1963. |
|
A Very British Scandal |
5 |
Sheridan Smith stars as a mother on a family holiday in Turkey whose son, Noah, is arrested and charged with a serious sex crime. |
|
No Return |
6 |
Vicky McClure stars as a bomb disposal officer whose partner, played by Adrian Lester, gets blown up at the end of the first episode. |
|
Triggerpoint |
7 |
Ben Whishaw works as an Obstetrics and Gynaecology doctor in an NHS hospital, in a series based on the memoirs of Doctor Adam Kay. |
|
This is Going to Hurt |
8 |
In the third series of this crime drama, Marsha Thomason plays DS Jenn Townsend, who must grapple with domestic tensions whilst
investigating the murder of a promising young Anglo–Asian boxer. |
|
The Bay |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Nina Sosanya plays prison officer Leigh in this comedy drama about life in prison. |
|
Screw |
2 |
Maxine Peake plays the mother of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster, following her decades–long fight for justice. |
|
Anne |
General Knowledge
1 |
The naval battle of Hampton Roads, fought between the Merrimac and the Monitor, was the first to be fought between
ironclad vessels. In which war did it take place? |
|
The American Civil War |
2 |
The RSJ is an important product in the building industry. What does the J stand for in RSJ? |
|
(Rolled Steel) Joist |
3 |
Which historical figure claimed in a 2006 film to be "the last King of Scotland"? |
|
Idi Amin |
4 |
The 62–mile valley that follows a straight line from Inverness in the north–east to Fort William in the
south–west, and includes Loch Ness, is known by what name? |
|
The Great Glen |
5 |
The popular literary figure Jack Ryan made his first appearance in which 1984 novel by Tom Clancy, later turned into a film
starring Sean Connery? |
|
The Hunt for Red October |
6 |
Who is the US Secretary of State? |
|
Antony Blinken |
7 |
Which river is crossed by the Beit Bridge, linking South Africa to Zimbabwe? |
|
The Limpopo |
8 |
The ratel is an animal related to the weasel, widely spread in Africa and Asia, and noted for its ferocity. By what other name is
it commonly known? |
|
The honey badger |
9 |
Which Radio 4 discussion programme, in which panellists discuss ethical issues raised by current events, has been hosted by
Michael Buerk since it first aired in 1990? |
|
The Moral Maze |
10 |
In which country is the world's oldest surviving parliament? |
|
Iceland
(the Althing) |
11 |
Gardeners and allotment holders often use FYM to enhance the yield of their plants. What does the M stand for in FYM? |
|
(Farmyard) manure |
12 |
In Greek mythology, who was Odysseus's faithful wife? |
|
Penelope |
13 |
Frequently seen on TV in recent weeks, who is the Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care? |
|
Wes Streeting |
14 |
The song Big Spender, a UK chart hit for Shirley Bassey in 1967, was originally written for which Broadway musical? |
|
Sweet Charity |
15 |
Which Home Secretary caused controversy in 1911 by his prominent presence, attempting to take charge of operations, when the army
was called in to deal with a group of Latvian revolutionaries holed up in a house in Sidney Street, London? |
|
Winston Churchill |
16 |
Who wrote the children's book Room on the Broom? |
|
Julia Donaldson |
17 |
Which European city is the world's largest inland port? |
|
Duisburg (on the Rhine) |
18 |
Which film star was killed in a road accident on the 30th of September 1955, while driving a Porsche Spyder? |
|
James Dean |
19 |
Which singer, whose latest album (released in September 2021) is entitled Certified Lover Boy, has the most hit singles
on the US Hot Rap Songs chart? |
|
Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham) |
20 |
Who was the Soviet Union's Foreign Minister in 1939, when he signed the non–aggression treaty with Nazi Germany? |
|
Vyacheslav Molotov |
21 |
Which Welsh designer of clothes, jewellery and spectacles, who hosted the Clothes Show on BBC One from 1986 to 2000, was
married to the singer Sandie Shaw from 1968 to 78? |
|
Jeff Banks |
22 |
Which small yellow creatures in the Despicable Me franchise, who speak a language unintelligible to the audience, were
the subject of their own spin–off film in 2015? |
|
Minions |
23 |
Which salt–water fish is used in the traditional recipes for Worcestershire sauce and Gentlemen's Relish? |
|
Anchovy |
24 |
Which ITV detective series, which ran from 1985 to 2010 but whose eponymous central character didn't appear after 1995
following the death of the actor who played him, was created by Glenn Chandler? |
|
Taggart |
25 |
Which Roman emperor is alleged to have said, as he prepared for suicide, "What an artist dies in me"? |
|
Nero |
26 |
Which Swedish tennis player won seven Grand Slam titles in the 1980s – a figure matched only by Ivan Lendl in that decade
of the men's game? |
|
Mats Wilander |
27 |
In the Middle Ages, what type of activity was controlled by the Courts of Pie Powder? |
|
Markets, and market trading |
28 |
Which Radio 4 discussion programme, chaired by Melvyn Bragg since its first airing in 1998, explores a wide variety of historical
topics – political, cultural or scientific? |
|
In Our Time |
29 |
In the 1971 film The French Connection, and its 1975 sequel, what's the nickname of Detective Jimmy Doyle – played
by Gene Hackman? |
|
Popeye |
30 |
Which French artist painted the picture Liberty Leading the People – featured on the cover of Coldplay's 2008
album Viva la Vida? |
|
Eugène Delacroix |
31 |
Which poet wrote the line "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?
|
|
Rudyard Kipling |
32 |
Remembered in the name of an existing society that campaigns for women's rights, who led the National Union of Women's
Suffrage Societies from 1897 to 1919? |
|
Millicent Fawcett |
33 |
What was the name of the short–lived political party, formed in February 2019 by MPs who broke away from the Labour and
Conservative parties? It was led by Heidi Allen, and briefly had eleven MPs. |
|
Change UK |
34 |
Who was crowned Emperor of the Romans by the Pope, in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, on Christmas Day in the year 800? |
|
Charlemagne (Charles the Great) |
35 |
Which Welsh boxer won all 46 of his professional fights, and was the WBO Middleweight champion from 1997 to 2008? |
|
Joe Calzaghe |
36 |
Which architectural development of the late 12th century led to the transition from the Romanesque (or Norman) style to the
Gothic? |
|
The pointed arch |
37 |
Which French artist painted the picture The Raft of the Medusa – featured on the cover of the Pogues'
1985 album
Rum, Sodomy and the Lash? |
|
Théodore Géricault |
38 |
What name is given to the most sacred Jewish scripture, consisting of the first five books of the Bible? Written on a scroll,
and stored in a holy container known as the Ark, it's taken out for readings on important liturgical occasions. |
|
The Torah |
39 |
Which sub–atomic particle has the opposite charge to the proton but is eighteen hundred and thirty–six times lighter
in weight? |
|
The electron |
40 |
The 2015 film I Saw the Light was a bio–pic of which country music legend? |
|
Hank Williams |
41 |
What's the title of the musical setting of the Mass by the Welsh compser Karl Jenkins – subtitled A Mass for
Peace? |
|
The Armed Man |
42 |
Which popular fictional character first appeared in Lee Child's debut novel Killing Floor, first published in 1997,
and has since been the hero of a number of films? |
|
Jack Reacher |
43 |
In which country is Lake Vänern, the largest lake in the European Union? |
|
Sweden |
44 |
Which stage musical, set in New York, is based on Puccini's opera La bohème? |
|
Rent |
45 |
Which Turkish international footballer, who played for Leicester City from 1996 to 2004, had ten letters in his name – four
of which were Zs? |
|
Muzzy Izzet |
46 |
The Heimlich manoeuvre is a first aid technique designed to deal with what condition? |
|
Choking – specifically caused by an object lodged in the airway |
47 |
In Islam, calling the faithful to prayer is the job of which mosque official? |
|
The Muezzin |
48 |
Which other drink, along with dark rum, is used to make a 'dark and stormy' cocktail?
|
|
Ginger beer |
49 |
Which senior religious position is currently held by Ephraim Mirvis? |
|
Chief Rabbi |
50 |
What was traditionally made by a wainwright? |
|
Carts or wagons (anyone who answers "wains" must
say what a wain is) |
51 |
In the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin, who tolled the bell? |
|
The bull ("because I can pull") |
52 |
How high, in metres, is the springboard in Olympic diving competitions? |
|
Three metres |
53 |
Which valley, about 60 miles north of the San Francisco area, has been considered the premier wine–producing region in
California since 1976, when a chardonnay and a cabernet sauvignon from there won the Paris wine tasting? |
|
The Napa Valley |
54 |
At which battle in 1651 did the New Model Army, led by Oliver Cromwell, defeat a largely Scottish force led by the future King
Charles II? |
|
Worcester |
55 |
In UK parliamentary elections, what percentage of the votes must a candidate win in order to avoid losing their deposit? |
|
Five per cent |
56 |
Human, released in February 2017, was the debut album of which singer–songwriter, who took the award for British
Breakthrough Act award at that year's Brits? |
|
Rag 'n' Bone Man (Rory Charles Graham) |
57 |
No Way Home is the title of the latest film to feature which superhero? |
|
Spiderman |
58 |
What medical procedure is known in German as Röntgenstrahl? |
|
X–ray |
59 |
What colourful–sounding nickname was given to the First World War German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen? |
|
The Red Baron |
60 |
Wordsworth wrote the line "Earth hath not anything to show more fair" in response to a view of London – from
where? |
|
Westminster Bridge |
61 |
In which stage musical, later made into a film, does Che Guevara appear as a commentator on events?
|
|
Evita |
62 |
In the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin, who dug the grave? |
|
The owl ("with my little trowel") |
63 |
Which actress played the part of Anna Bates in Downton Abbey, and the victims in the two TV series Liar and
Angela Black? |
|
Joanne Froggatt |
64 |
In which European city would you find the Tivoli Gardens? |
|
Copenhagen |
65 |
Jan Pienkowski, a Polish–born writer and (especially) illustrator of children's books, who died on the 22nd of February,
is best known for his illustrations of which incompetent witch? |
|
Meg (of Meg and Mog) |
66 |
In which building did Benjamin Britten's War Requiem receive its first performance, in 1962? |
|
Coventry Cathedral |
67 |
The actress and film maker Olivia Wilde, the model Gigi Hadid, and the actress Hailee Steinfeld, have all been romantically
linked to members of which boy band? |
|
One Direction |
68 |
Who currently represents the Westminster constituency of Brighton Pavilion? |
|
Caroline Lucas (leader of the Green Party) |
69 |
The French agronomist and pharmacist Antoine–Augustin Parmentier is best remembered for promoting which food item as
beneficial to the health of the population? |
|
The potato |
70 |
Which prominent figure in English football was granted Portuguese citizenship in 2021, on the basis of a law granting nationality
rights to Sephardic Jews? |
|
Roman Abramovich |
71 |
In which country is the 2019 film Parasite, which won the Oscar for Best Picture, set? |
|
South Korea |
72 |
Libby Lane, now Bishop of Derby, became the first woman to be appointed a Bishop in the Church of England in 2015, when she was
appointed Bishop of where? |
|
Stockport |
73 |
What kind of creature is a barramundi? |
|
A fish |
74 |
Which former English Britpop/rock band shares its name with a soft drink, whose bottles bear the slogan "Real fruit, real
flavour" and two of whose most widely available flavours are 'summer fruits' and 'citrus punch'? |
|
Oasis |
75 |
In which country was Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, born? |
|
Tanzania |
76 |
The final film appearance of which Hollywood actor, who won his only Oscar for playing the title role in the 1960 film Elmer
Gantry, came 29 years later in the baseball–themed Field of Dreams? |
|
Burt Lancaster |
77 |
In which large estuary in north–west East Anglia is King John said to have lost his crown jewels and other treasure in 1215? |
|
The Wash |
78 |
Three people have held the title of Poet Laureate in the 21st century. Simon Armitage is one of them; name one of the other two. |
|
Andrew Motion or Carol Ann Duffy |
79 |
Which instrument did the American bandleader Glenn Miller play? |
|
Trombone |
80 |
Of whom did Queen Victoria say, "He speaks to me as if I were a public meeting"? |
|
W. E. Gladstone |
81 |
Name any one of the three alcoholic ingredients of a 'between the sheets' cocktail. |
|
Vodka, white rum, and Cognac triple sec (accept rum or
brandy) |
82 |
Which national game reserve in south–west Kenya borders the Serengeti plains and is a popular tourist attraction –
especially for the seasonal migration of gnus and zebras? |
|
The Maasai Mara |
83 |
What was traditionally made by an arkwright? |
|
Boxes (anyone who answers "arks" must say what an ark is)
|
84 |
Which plant, flowering in early spring, has the botanical name Galanthus nivalis? |
|
The snowdrop |
85 |
Which organ of the body secretes the hormone insulin? |
|
The pancreas |
86 |
Who is the most–capped English cricketer? |
|
James (Jimmy)
Anderson (169 caps) |
87 |
What does the P stand for in the name of the Dutch sports club PSV Eindhoven – formed in 1913, originally as a works team? |
|
Philips |
88 |
Which industry was regulated by the Stannary courts? |
|
Tin mining |
89 |
There are two racecourses in Cumbria. Carlisle is one of them; what's the other? |
|
Cartmel |
90 |
Which 2015 film, starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance, follows the negotiations that led to the exchange of the Soviet spy Rudolph
Abel for the US spy plane pilot Gary Powers? |
|
Bridge of Spies |
91 |
The term 'hypersonic' refers to speeds that are how many times faster than the speed of sound? |
|
Five times
(Mach 5 and above) |
92 |
Cucumber, strained yogurt and herbs are the main ingredients of which Greek sauce or dip? |
|
Tzatziki |
93 |
In Greek mythology, what did Ariadne give to Theseus to help him escape from the Labyrinth after killing the Minotaur? |
|
A ball of
string or thread |
94 |
In which US state is Fort Knox? |
|
Kentucky |
95 |
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, is an example of what style of architecture? |
|
Baroque |
96 |
Which team or franchise won Superbowl LVI (56), played in February this year? |
|
Los Angeles Rams |
Supplementaries:
1 |
In the 2022 New Year honours list, actor Daniel Craig received which honour – which was also received by James Bond in the
books by Ian Fleming? |
|
Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) |
2 |
What kind of cheese, which often comes in balls, is a traditional topping for a margherita pizza? |
|
Mozzarella |
3 |
What is the middle name of President Joe R. Biden? |
|
Robinette |
4 |
The rock band Boo Radley took their name from a character in which novel? |
|
To Kill a Mockingbird |
5 |
What English Premier League record is held by Harvey Elliott – formerly of Fulham, now at Liverpool? |
|
Youngest player (15 years and 174 days, in September 2018) |
6 |
In the game of bridge, what's a Yarborough? |
|
A hand with no card higher than a nine. (The odds against being dealt
one are approximately 1,827–1.) |
7 |
Which high–end British car manufacturer, based in Crewe, makes models called the Continental and the Flying Spur? |
|
Bentley |
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