2017–18 Season: Week 6 – 20 November 2018
Specialist Rounds
Set by the Waters Green Lemmings.
Round 1: History
1 |
During World War II, what was the Anschluss? |
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The annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938 |
2 |
What did the Emperor Heraclius introduce as the official language of the Byzantine Empire? |
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Greek |
3 |
Who was the wife of Charles I? |
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Henrietta Maria (of France) |
4 |
Who in 1988 caused uproar by claiming that most of Britain's egg production was infected with salmonella? |
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Edwina Currie |
5 |
In which year was the first Red Nose Day held? |
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1988 (5 February) |
6 |
Which year saw the nationalisation of British Railways? |
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1948 |
7 |
In which French city was Joan of Arc burned at the stake? |
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Rouen |
8 |
Which enlightenment thinker is known as the 'father of liberalism'? |
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John Locke |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which nursery rhyme did Thomas Edison recite when he made the first recording of the human voice? |
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Mary had a little lamb |
2 |
Who said in 1813, "Who's your fat friend", meaning the Prince Regent? |
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Beau Brummel |
Round 2: Geography
1 |
Bastia is a port city on which island? |
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Corsica |
2 |
What's the capital of Albania? |
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Tirana |
3 |
Similarly, of which country is Kigali the capital? |
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Rwanda |
4 |
On which river, straddling the US and Canada border, can you find the Thousand Islands? |
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The St. Lawrence river |
5 |
Which city stands on the river Lagan? |
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Belfast |
6 |
The mountain known to the Lakota Sioux as 'The Six Grandfathers' was renamed after which New York lawyer? |
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Charles E. Rushmore |
7 |
Oakham is the county town of which county? |
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Rutland |
8 |
Which English county's flag is known as St Piran's flag? |
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Cornwall |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and which other country? |
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Poland |
2 |
In which state does the Mississippi River rise? |
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Minnesota |
Round 3: Sport
1 |
Which boxer was known as the Galveston Giant? |
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John Johnson |
2 |
In Association Croquet, two of the balls are blue and black. Name either of the other two colours |
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Red or yellow |
3 |
Formerly the Milk Race, who now sponsors the Tour of Britain? |
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Ovo Energy |
4 |
In which year was the FA Cup Final first televised? |
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1938 |
5 |
On which cricket ground was the first FA Cup Final played in 1872? |
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The Oval |
6 |
What is the oldest continually contested trophy in sport? |
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The America's Cup |
7 |
Which Formula 1 driver is known as The Iceman? |
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Kimi Raikkonen |
8 |
Which American swimmer holds the most gold medals? |
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Michael Phelps (3 individual, 4 relay) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which city hosted the 1992 summer Olympic Games? |
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Barcelona |
2 |
The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the winners of what American competition? |
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Super Bowl |
Round 4: Science
1 |
Dutchman Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Lee–van–hook) developed which scientific instrument? |
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Microscope |
2 |
Which planet is closest in size to our Moon? |
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Mercury |
3 |
Which metal is the main constituent of pewter? |
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Tin (91%) |
4 |
Who invented the electric dynamo? |
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Michael Faraday |
5 |
By what name is the lower jawbone in vertebrates more correctly known? |
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Mandible |
6 |
What measure of energy has a name that comes from the Latin word for heat? |
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Calorie |
7 |
The liver secretes which alkaline compound to break down fat? |
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Bile |
8 |
Which information service was started by the BBC in 1974? |
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Ceefax |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which plant family does garlic and onions belong to? |
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Allium |
2 |
In which century did Copernicus die? |
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16th (1543) |
Round 5: Arts and Entertainment
1 |
The Ice King is a 2018 film biography of which Olympian? |
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John Curry |
2 |
Who won an Oscar in 2018 for playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour? |
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Gary Oldman |
3 |
Which crime writer spawned the TV series Endeavour and Lewis? |
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Colin Dexter |
4 |
Four of the top ten most performed operas are set in the same city. Which city? |
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Seville (The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni,
The Marriage of Figaro, and Carmen) |
5 |
Which film tells the story of Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his father has died and left his
multi–million–dollar estate to his autistic brother? |
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Rain Man |
6 |
In literature, who cooks with "nose of Turk" and "Tartar's lips"? |
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The witches in Macbeth |
7 |
Which author is the longest serving poet laureate? |
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Alfred Lord Tennyson |
8 |
Who painted The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies? |
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Van Klomp |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which of the Merry Men is traditionally the only one present at Robin Hood's death? |
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Little John |
2 |
Which husband of Joan Collins co–wrote the Bond theme Goldfinger? |
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Anthony Newley |
Round 6: Mistresses and Lovers
1 |
Clara Petacci was the mistress of whom? |
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Mussolini |
2 |
About whom did Mandy Rice Davies say "He would [say that] wouldn't he"? |
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Lord Astor |
3 |
Who was vilified in the press in October after his candid kiss with dance partner Katya? |
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Seann Walsh |
4 |
Georges Sand lived on Majorca with whom? |
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Chopin |
5 |
The lovers Beatrice and Benedick appear in which Shakespeare play? |
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Much Ado About Nothing |
6 |
Piers Gaveston was the favourite of which king? |
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Edward II |
7 |
To whom is David Furnish married? |
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Elton John |
8 |
In the 1980s, who was the lover of Sara Keays, with whom she bore a love child? |
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Cecil Parkinson |
Supplementaries:
1 |
How is Stephanie Gregory Clifford better known? |
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Stormy Daniels |
2 |
Lillie Langtry was the mistress of which king? |
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Edward VII |
Round 7: Who Sang the Line?
Who sang these lyrics of these hit songs?
1 |
"I can call you Betty, and Betty when you call me, you can call me Al" |
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Paul Simon |
2 |
"To avoid complications, she never kept the same address. In conversation, she spoke just like a baroness" |
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Freddie Mercury, or Queen (Killer Queen) |
3 |
"They would not listen, they did not know how, perhaps they'll listen now" |
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Don Maclean (Vincent) |
4 |
"They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot" |
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Joni Mitchell (Big Yellow Taxi) |
5 |
"When I was six years old I broke my leg. I was running from my brother and his friends" |
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Ed Sheeran (Castle on the Hill) |
6 |
"Doesn't have a point of view. Knows not where he's going to. Isn't he a bit like you and me?" |
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The Beatles (Nowhere Man) |
7 |
"You lured me away from home. Just to save you from being alone. You stole my heart and that's what
really hurt." |
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Rod Stewart (Maggie May) |
8 |
"Don't forget me I beg, I'll remember you said. Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts
instead?" |
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Adele (Someone Like You) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
"Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night?" |
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The Kinks (Waterloo Sunset) |
2 |
"Now he takes his brush and he waits. Outside them factory gates." |
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Brian & Michael (Matchstalk Men) |
Round 8: Altered Egos
Deduce the real names from the clues.
1 |
Whose alter ego is Dr. Sir Les Patterson? |
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Barry Humphries |
2 |
Which elderly star of stage and screen is Steve Delaney's most famous comic creation? |
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Count Arthur Strong |
3 |
Which pop megastar changed his middle name from Kenneth to Hercules? |
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Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight became Elton Hercules
John) |
4 |
Which smuggler's fake identities were detailed in the book Mr Nice? |
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Howard Marks |
5 |
Which follower of Christ is also the patron saint of prostitutes? |
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Mary Magdalene |
6 |
On the same theme, who is the patron saint of carpenters? |
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Joseph |
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7 |
What is the English equivalent of the Spanish name Esteban? |
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Stephen |
8 |
Which influential band was originally known as The Stiff Kittens and then Warsaw before finding fame in the
late 1970s? |
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Joy Division |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What is the stage name of George O'Dowd? |
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Boy George |
2 |
Which 19th century dandy had the real first names George Bryan? |
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Beau Brummell |
General Knowledge
Set by the Harrington 'B'.
1 |
What is the name of the landscape feature formed by land subsiding between two fault lines? |
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A rift valley |
2 |
Calendula is the scientific name of which plant? |
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The marigold |
3 |
Which spacecraft was commanded by Steve Zodiac? |
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Fireball XL5 |
4 |
On which day of the week does the Queen distribute Maundy Money? |
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Thursday |
5 |
Which fruit forms the basis for Cumberland Sauce? |
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Redcurrant |
6 |
Who did Henry VIII commission to paint Anne of Cleves? |
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Hans Holbein (the Younger) |
7 |
Who was the Greek god of time? |
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Chronos |
8 |
What is measured with a manometer? |
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Pressure (of gases) |
9 |
Ibiza is a part of which island group? |
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The Balearics |
10 |
The novel Robinson Crusoe was based on the life of which Scottish sailor? |
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Alexander Selkirk |
11 |
The prophet Muhammad died in 632. Where was he buried? |
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Medina |
12 |
Which battle saw Octavian's defeat of Anthony & Cleopatra? |
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Actium |
13 |
In what year did the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for America? |
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1620 |
14 |
What nom–de–plume was used by Joel Chandler Harris, who wrote stories about Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox? |
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Uncle Remus |
15 |
Who wrote The Wind in the Willows? |
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Kenneth Grahame |
16 |
What is the longest river to flow into the Mediterranean Sea? |
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The Nile |
17 |
What is the Decalogue better known as? |
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The Ten Commandments |
18 |
On which holiday island are the Troodos mountains? |
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Cyprus |
19 |
Who wrote the poem Kubla Khan? |
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
20 |
Which city was formerly called Christiania? |
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Oslo |
21 |
America takes its name from which famous explorer? |
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Amerigo Vespucci |
22 |
Whose epitaph translates as "Reader, if you seek his monument, look around you"? |
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Sir Christopher Wren |
23 |
Which is the only US state to have a one syllable name? |
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Maine |
24 |
What date is Epiphany? |
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6 January |
25 |
What is the literal meaning of the Greek word Utopia? |
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No place (accept nowhere) |
26 |
From where was the first British television broadcast made? |
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Alexandra Palace |
27 |
What is the common name of potassium nitrate? |
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Saltpetre |
28 |
In literature, of which town was Michael Henchard the mayor? |
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Casterbridge |
29 |
Which ruler had Sir Walter Raleigh executed? |
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James I |
30 |
Which symbol denotes the site of a battlefield on Ordnance Survey maps? |
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Crossed swords |
31 |
Where in 1939 did the submarine HMS Thetis sink on its test dive? |
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Liverpool Bay |
32 |
Who created the fictional detective Father Brown? |
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G. K. Chesterton |
33 |
What is the well–known first line of the poem Casabianca by Felicia Hemans? |
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The boy stood on the burning deck |
34 |
Who was on the British throne at the time of the French Revolution? |
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George III |
35 |
On 1st June 1994, which country was re–admitted into the Commonwealth after a 30 year absence? |
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South Africa |
36 |
What is the Latin name of the route taken by Christ through Jerusalem to Calvary? |
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Via Dolorosa |
37 |
What is the Mercalli scale used to measure? |
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Earthquakes |
38 |
Who in 1805 devised a scale to classify windspeed? |
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Francis Beaufort |
39 |
Amarillo is in which US state? |
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Texas |
40 |
What type of tooth do dentists refer to as a no. 8? |
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A wisdom tooth |
41 |
Gout is a condition caused by a build–up in the joints of which acid? |
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Uric acid |
42 |
What useful device was invented in 1848 by Walter Hunt? |
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The safety pin |
43 |
Graphology is the study of what? |
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Handwriting |
44 |
Egypt has land borders with two other African countries. Libya is one. What is the other? |
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Sudan |
45 |
Which British general enjoyed victories at Khartoum and Omdurman? |
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Lord Kitchener |
46 |
In which organ of the body is glycogen stored? |
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The liver |
47 |
Which book begins "I was born in 1632 in the city of York"? |
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Robinson Crusoe |
48 |
Who in 1970 became the first British golfer to win the US Open for 50 years? |
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Tony Jacklin |
49 |
At which course will the 2019 Open Golf Championship be held, for the first time in 68 years? |
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Royal Portrush (in Northern Ireland) |
50 |
Which still popular male singer was born in New York in 1941 and grew up as Noah Kaminsky? |
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Neil Diamond |
51 |
Which capital city stands on the river Senne? (Note to QMs: please spell out Senne) |
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Brussels |
52 |
Which stretch of water separates the Inner and Outer Hebrides? |
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The Little Minch |
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53 |
What type of clouds are the main rain–bearing clouds? |
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Nimbus (accept Cumulonimbus) |
54 |
What name is given to a dictionary of place names? |
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Gazetteer |
55 |
Who was the first boxer to regain the undisputed heavyweight title? |
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Floyd Patterson |
56 |
Becher's Brook is one of two "brook" fences to be jumped in the Grand National. What is the other? |
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Valentine's Brook |
57 |
What name is given to the first cervical vertebra which supports the skull? |
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The atlas |
58 |
Which is the only band whose four members have all written Number One singles? |
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Queen |
59 |
Where was the first major battle of the American War of Independence fought? |
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Bunker Hill |
60 |
Which treaty ended the American War of Independence? |
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The Treaty of Paris (1783) |
61 |
Which duck is also the name of a James Bond film? |
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Goldeneye |
62 |
Who said "A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy"? |
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Guy Fawkes |
63 |
Which musician links Chic, David Bowie, Duran Duran and Daft Punk? |
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Nile Rodgers (he founded Chic, and has produced the rest) |
64 |
In which Irish county is the famous Blarney Stone? |
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Cork |
65 |
Who designed the Cenotaph in London? |
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Edwin Lutyens |
66 |
Which African country was formerly known as Basutoland? |
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Lesotho |
67 |
In which American state is Stanford University? |
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California |
68 |
Who discovered Fiji in 1643? |
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Abel Tasman |
69 |
Which former East African state united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form Tanzania? |
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Zanzibar |
70 |
Give any year in the life of Jane Austen |
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1775 to 1817 |
71 |
In the title of Jane Austen's novel, what was the family home of the Tilney's? |
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Northanger Abbey |
72 |
Who did Catherine Parr succeed as wife of Henry VIII? |
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Catherine Howard |
73 |
What is the capital of Pakistan? |
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Islamabad |
74 |
Which record company turned down the Beatles but signed the Rolling Stones? |
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Decca |
75 |
Who was born Mary Clarissa Miller? |
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Agatha Christie |
76 |
In which Austrian city was Mozart born? |
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Salzburg |
77 |
In which decade was the Julian calendar replaced by the Gregorian calendar used today? |
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The 1750s (1752) |
78 |
At the end of which James Bond novel does The Times publish 007's obituary? |
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You Only Live Twice |
79 |
Who wrote the novel The Spy Who Came In From The Cold? |
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John le Carré |
80 |
Which organ of the human body acts as a filter for the blood? |
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The liver |
81 |
In 2018 the French Grand Prix returned to the F1 calendar for the first time in 10 years. At which circuit? |
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Circuit Paul Ricard |
82 |
The dunnock is a native British bird. How is it more commonly known? |
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The hedge sparrow (do not accept "sparrow") |
83 |
Who discovered alpha, beta and gamma rays? |
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Ernest Rutherford |
84 |
Who was the first Tudor monarch? |
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Henry VII |
85 |
On which river is Derby situated? |
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The Derwent |
86 |
What is the stately home of the Duke of Norfolk? |
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Arundel Castle |
87 |
In Morse code which letter is represented by a single dot? |
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E |
88 |
In the NATO communications alphabet, which word represents the letter P? |
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Papa |
89 |
What is the capital of Bulgaria? |
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Sofia |
90 |
Which branch of geology studies rocks and the conditions under which they form? |
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Petrology |
91 |
In which year did the Jarrow hunger march take place? |
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1936 |
92 |
Perth is in which Australian state? |
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Western Australia |
93 |
James Stewart spent the whole of which film in a wheelchair? |
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Rear Window |
94 |
What is the SI unit of frequency? |
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The hertz |
95 |
How many fluid ounces are in a pint? |
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|
20 |
96 |
What are the tail fins of a whale called? |
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|
Flukes |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Who invented the first calculating machine in 1642? |
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Blaise Pascal |
2 |
Which company invented the first electronic pocket calculator? |
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Texas Instruments |
3 |
How many players make up a netball team? |
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Seven |
4 |
Who killed Billy the Kid? |
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Pat Garrett |
5 |
How is TV star Graham Walker better known? |
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Graham Norton |
6 |
What is the real name of U2's frontman Bono? |
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Paul Hewson |
7 |
Which organisation's original name was The Plumage League? |
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The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (accept
RSPB) |
8 |
Appointed in January 1901, Edmund Burton was the first Prime Minster of which country? |
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Australia |
9 |
What name is given to the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey? |
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A hinny |
10 |
What name is given to the occasion when the sun is furthest from the equator? |
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The solstice |
11 |
About whose wife did The Everly Brothers sing in their 1958 hit Claudette? |
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Roy Orbison (he wrote the song) |
12 |
Who was the most famous person to be assassinated in 1865? |
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Abraham Lincoln |
13 |
Which organisation's motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius"? |
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The Olympic movement (Swifter, Higher, Stronger) |
14 |
Which gas is the third most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere? |
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Argon (0.9%) |
15 |
Who was the last King of England to be killed on the battlefield? |
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Richard III (in 1485) |
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