2018–19 Season: Week 15 – 5 March 2019
Specialist Rounds
Set by the Harrington Academicals; vetted by
Waters Green Lemmings.
Round 1: "By George, he's got it"
All answers are persons with the first name George. For example:
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Northern Ireland international and Manchester United legend. |
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George Best |
1 |
MP who made a fool of himself on Big Brother in 2006. |
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George Galloway |
2 |
Wales Rugby Union Wing who has also won 3 caps with the British Lions. He is currently playing for the Ospreys. |
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George North |
3 |
French composer best known for his opera Carmen. |
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Georges Bizet |
4 |
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 1960–70. |
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George Brown |
5 |
Member of England's 1966 World Cup winning team. |
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George Cohen |
6 |
He succeeded de Gaulle as French president in 1969. |
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Georges Pompidou |
7 |
He created the detective character Maigret. |
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George Simenon |
8 |
Long–serving Arsenal player who later returned as Manager – 1986–95. |
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George Graham |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Born in India, his works introduced the terms "Big Brother" and "Thought Police" into our language. |
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George Orwell |
2 |
Heavyweight World Champion 1973/74 and 1994/95. |
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George Foreman |
Round 2: History
1 |
Which Germanic race of people sacked Rome in AD 455? |
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The Vandals |
2 |
Who claimed that "the ballot is stronger than the bullet"? |
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Abraham Lincoln |
3 |
Which 19th Century figure was known as 'The Iron Chancellor'? |
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Otto Von Bismarck |
4 |
The Triple Entente of 1907 was an alliance of Britain, France and which other country? |
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Russia |
5 |
Operation Overlord referred to which event in World War II? |
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The D–Day landings in 1944 |
6 |
Which English monarch was on the throne at the time of Thomas Becket's murder in 1170? |
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Henry II |
7 |
In 1959, who did Fidel Castro take over from as leader of Cuba? |
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Fulgencio Batista |
8 |
Which King of Libya was overthrown by Colonel Gaddafi in 1969? |
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King Idris |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which Muslim leader led the army which re–captured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187? |
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Saladin |
2 |
Which US Senator who conducted the witch hunt against what he called "Reds"? |
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Joseph McCarthy |
Round 3: Geography
1 |
St Johnstown was once the capital city of Scotland. By what name is it now known? |
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Perth |
2 |
What is the most southerly point in Great Britain? |
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The Lizard |
3 |
Cornwall's Eden Project is located outside which town? |
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St. Austell |
4 |
The Australian city of Perth is on the banks of which river? |
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The Swan |
5 |
What is the capital of Belarus? |
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Minsk |
6 |
What is the name of the large inlet of the Baltic Sea that separates Sweden and Finland? |
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The Gulf of Bothnia |
7 |
Whitby stands on the estuary of which river? |
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The Esk |
8 |
If you travelled due east from Glasgow, which would be the first country you would reach? |
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Denmark |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What is the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba? |
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Winnipeg |
2 |
Only two South American countries are landlocked. Name either. |
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Bolivia or Paraguay |
Round 4: "Less than six months ago"
All questions relate to topics which made the news in October 2018. You should remember these.
1 |
Co–founder of Microsoft, who died of cancer at age 65. |
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Paul Allen |
2 |
Which "marmite" figure agreed to join Facebook as Head of Global Affairs? |
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Nick Clegg |
3 |
Which multi–national company failed in its attempt to move its main domicile and share quotation from London to Rotterdam? |
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Unilever |
4 |
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist for which newspaper at the time of his death? |
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Washington Post |
5 |
Jeff Fairburn, the £75M bonus man, was CEO of which company? |
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Persimmon |
6 |
Who used parliamentary privilege to name Philip Green as the businessman at the centre of a Daily Telegraph
investigation despite a court injunction to prevent publication? |
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Peter Hain |
7 |
What was the name of the picture by Banksy shredded immediately after being sold for £1 million? |
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Girl with Balloon, or Love is in the Bin
(accept either – it was renamed after shredding) |
8 |
Which horse won the Prix de L'Arc Triumphe for the second year running? |
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Enable |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Cesar Savoc sent at least twelve pipe bombs – all but one of them addressed to US political figures. To whom was the other
one sent? |
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Robert de Niro |
2 |
Which comedian was dumped by his girlfriend after being caught kissing his Strictly partner Katya Jones? |
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Seann Walsh |
Round 5: Sport
1 |
In golf, what term describes the close–cut area of grass that surrounds a green? |
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The apron |
2 |
Which Formula 1 driver was nicknamed 'The Professor'? |
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Alain Prost |
3 |
Who became the first black player to be named captain of the England football team? |
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Paul Ince |
4 |
The first modern Olympics were staged in Athens in 1896. Where were the 1900 Olympics held? |
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Paris |
5 |
Which Scottish darts player is famed in the Champions League of Darts for his colourful hairstyle and garish outfits? |
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Peter Wright |
6 |
Name either of the teams who took part in the 2016 Super Bowl, the 50th. |
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Denver Broncos or Carolina Panthers |
7 |
Who lost his job as Aston Villa manager in October? |
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Steve Bruce |
8 |
Which English football club used to play their home games at The Baseball Ground? |
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Derby County |
Supplementaries:
1 |
In Formula 1, the Sauber team changed its name in January to what? |
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Alfa Romeo Racing |
2 |
The Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe is run at which racecourse? |
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Longchamps |
Round 6: Arts & Entertainment
1 |
What was Pierce Brosnan's first Bond movie? |
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Goldeneye |
2 |
In which Shakespeare play do the characters Benedick, Leonato and Dogberry appear? |
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Much Ado About Nothing |
3 |
By what name was artist Jacopo Robusti, the son of a dyer, better known? |
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Tintoretto |
4 |
Who composed the operatic aria Nessun Dorma? |
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Puccini (from Turandot) |
5 |
Who took over the Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 6 Music earlier this year? |
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Lauren Laverne |
6 |
Who starred as TV detective DCI Banks? |
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Stephen Tompkinson |
7 |
According to P. G. Wodehouse, who or what was the Empress of Blandings? |
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A prize pig |
8 |
With which branch of the arts would you associate Terry O'Neill? |
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Photography |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which author penned the original Inspector Morse books? |
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Colin Dexter |
2 |
With which instrument is jazz musician Stan Getz most associated? |
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Saxophone |
Round 7: Science
1 |
What is a young hare called? |
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Leveret |
2 |
Which New Zealand–born physicist was credited with splitting the atom? |
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Sir Ernest Rutherford |
3 |
Which mineral forms the 'lead' in pencils? |
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Graphite |
4 |
What's the device called that blends air and fuel in an internal combustion engine? |
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Carburettor |
5 |
What's the igneous rock seen in hexagonal columns in the Giant's Causeway? |
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Basalt |
6 |
What term is used in mathematics for a number such as pi which cannot be expressed as a fraction? |
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An Irrational Number |
7 |
Cork is a variety of which tree? |
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Oak (Quercus) |
8 |
Unami is one of the five basic what? |
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Tastes |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Name the device that uses steam to sterilise equipment, invented by Charles Chamberland in 1879? |
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Autoclave |
2 |
In medicine, what name is given to a substance that has no therapeutic effect, which is given to someone to make them think they're taking an active treatment? |
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Placebo |
Round 8: Original and best
1 |
Blinded by the Light, a 1976 hit for Manfred Mann's Earth Band, was originally written and recorded by whom? |
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Bruce Springsteen |
2 |
Who originally wrote If Not for You, a solo hit for Beatle George Harrison in 1970? |
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Bob Dylan |
3 |
What's the title of the Carole King song that was a top 10 hit for Martika in 1988, also recorded by Olivia Ong in 2010 and
Hallie Loren in 2013? |
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I Feel the Earth Move (Under my Feet) |
4 |
Which Frankie Valli song has been covered by Jimmy Somerville and Gloria Gaynor, but is most associated with Andy Williams? |
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Can't Take My Eyes Off You |
5 |
Who originally recorded The Greatest Love of All, a huge hit for Whitney Houston? |
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George Benson |
6 |
Recorded 7 months before his death, Hurt by Johnny Cash was originally written and recorded by which rock band? |
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Nine Inch Nails |
7 |
Respect was Aretha Franklin's anthem from 1967, but who originally wrote and recorded it 2 years earlier? |
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Otis Redding |
8 |
UB40 had a massive No 1 hit with Red, Red Wine, but whose song was it? |
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Neil Diamond |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Don't Leave Me This Way, a huge hit for The Communards, originally charted for which singing group? |
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Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes |
2 |
Mad World was a chart topper for Gary Jules in 2001. But which 80s band originally wrote and recorded it? |
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Tears for Fears |
General Knowledge
Set by Waters Green Lemmings.
1 |
In which part of the world is the 10th of January known as Thatcher Day? |
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The Falkland Islands |
2 |
Which tree was highly esteemed in biblical times and was used in buildings such as Solomon's Temple? |
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Cedar |
3 |
Which Roman in a Shakespeare play says "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears"? |
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Mark Antony |
4 |
Which novelist founded the renowned writing course at the University of East Anglia, his works include "The History Man"
and "Eating People is Wrong"? |
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Malcolm Bradbury |
5 |
Following on, which Booker prize–winning author of the novel "Amsterdam" was Bradbury's first student? |
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Ian McEwan |
6 |
Bernie Nolan of pop group The Nolans also played Diane Murray in which now–defunct soap opera? |
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Brookside |
7 |
In computing, what does the acronym RAM, what does the A stand for? |
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Access (Random Access Memory) |
8 |
In music, how is an ensemble consisting of two violins, a viola and a cello more usually known? |
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A string quartet |
9 |
Animals including sloths, anteaters and armadillos are described as edentate (ee–dent–ate). What does
edentate mean? |
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They have few or
no teeth |
10 |
At which racecourse are there two courses called the July Course and the Rowley Mile? |
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Newmarket |
11 |
Which stretch of water is crossed by the Isle of Skye toll bridge? |
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The Kyle of Lochalsh (accept
Loch Alsh) |
12 |
In which country is Chernobyl? |
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Ukraine |
13 |
Two Tudor monarchs were unmarried. Elizabeth I was one, who was the other? |
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Edward VI |
14 |
In which E. M. Forster novel does Lucy Honeychurch travel to Florence? |
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A Room with a View |
15 |
In which New York borough is John F. Kennedy Airport? |
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Queens |
16 |
Which Irish playwright wrote Juno and the Paycock? |
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Sean O'Casey |
17 |
In which ancient city was the Temple of Artemis? |
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Ephesus |
18 |
Which airline was founded in 1947 by an agreement between Sweden, Denmark and Norway? |
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SAS |
19 |
Who created the fictional village of Cranford? |
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Elizabeth Gaskell |
20 |
Which hill leads up to St Paul's Cathedral? |
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Ludgate Hill |
21 |
Which snooker ball is worth 4 points? |
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Brown |
22 |
In which year did the Rolling Stones have their last UK number 1 hit single? |
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1969 (Honky Tonk Women) |
23 |
How many US Democrats have won more than one presidential term of office since Franklin D. Roosevelt? |
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Two (Clinton and Obama) |
24 |
Eye Level was the theme tune to which 1970s detective series? |
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Van Der Valk |
25 |
What is the more common name of a medical condition known as a hordeolum (hor–de–o–lum)? |
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A stye |
26 |
Name the nymph who sat on a rock in the river Rhine and lured sailors to their destruction. |
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Lorelei |
27 |
What is the date of St Andrew's Day? |
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30 November |
28 |
Whose novel The Moon and Sixpence is based on the life of Paul Gauguin? |
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W. Somerset Maugham |
29 |
Under the editorship of Thomas Barnes, what epithet became associated with The Times newspaper? |
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The Thunderer |
30 |
At the end of which series of QI did Stephen Fry leave? |
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Series M |
31 |
The New England Patriots won the Superbowl in January, but from which city did the losing team, the Rams, come? |
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Los Angeles |
32 |
Which word describes warehouses in which goods are stored until duty is paid? |
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Bonded |
33 |
At which naval engagement of 1801 is Nelson supposed to have said "I see no ships"? |
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The Battle of Copenhagen |
34 |
What is the name of the Mars rover finally declared dead in February 2019 after 15 years? |
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Opportunity |
35 |
Located at Sellafield in Cumbria, what was the name of the UK's first nuclear power station? |
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Calder Hall |
36 |
In education, what does the acronym TEFL stand for? |
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Teaching English as a Foreign Language |
37 |
A winged bull is the symbol of which of the four evangelists? |
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Luke |
38 |
In John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, which city is Pilgrim's ultimate destination? |
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The Celestial City |
39 |
France is divided into 22 regions. In which region is Paris? |
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Île de France |
40 |
Denoting sovereign power, what does the monarch carry in their left hand in a UK coronation? |
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The orb |
41 |
What is the most abundant order of mammals? |
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Rodents |
42 |
Which member of pop group The Police wrote the one act opera
The Cask of Amontillado? |
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Stewart Copeland |
43 |
The Great Seal of the United States carries the motto E Pluribus Unum. What does that motto mean? |
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From many, one (be generous about phrasing) |
44 |
Which British Prime Minister coined the phrase "One man's wage increase is another man's price increase"? |
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Harold Wilson |
45 |
Name the author of The Naked and the Dead, The Executioner's Song, and Tough Guys Don't Dance. |
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Norman Mailer |
46 |
Which world religion's basic tenets are called the Four Noble Truths? |
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Buddhism |
47 |
A baby is described as a neonate during how many of its first weeks of life? |
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Four (28 days) |
48 |
What actor links the movies Presumed Innocent, Patriot Games and The Fugitive? |
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Harrison Ford |
49 |
Who said in 1955, with reference to the atom bomb, "If only I'd have known, I should have become a watchmaker" |
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Albert Einstein |
50 |
What is the name of the science fiction comedy series set in the 25th century and staring Seth McFarlane? |
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The Orville |
51 |
Which member of the Royal Family became a naturalised Briton on 28th February 1947? |
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Prince Philip |
52 |
In 1735, the Gentlemen's Magazine published a ballad concerning which old, devoted couple? |
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Darby and Joan |
53 |
Into which gulf does the Mississippi river drain? |
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The Gulf of Mexico |
54 |
Which decade links the charge of the Light Brigade and the Great Exhibition? |
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The 1850s |
55 |
Which city in Hertfordshire is named after Britain's first Christian martyr? |
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St. Albans |
56 |
Who was advised by Noel Coward not to put her daughter on the stage? |
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Mrs Worthington |
57 |
What is the lowest female singing voice called? |
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Contralto |
58 |
In policing, which body was replaced by the National Police Chief's Council in 2015? |
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The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) |
59 |
In which English city is the Goose Fair held every October? |
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Nottingham |
60 |
In geology, which time division comes between an aeon and a period? |
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An era |
61 |
In biology, what can be mono–zygotic or di–zygotic? |
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Twins |
62 |
On which London street do the Athenaeum and Reform clubs stand? |
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Pall Mall |
63 |
How many rocky planets in the solar System have moons? |
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Two (Earth and Mars) |
64 |
Which year links the murder of Rasputin and the Battle of Jutland? |
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1916 |
65 |
Which saint links Russia, Greece, sailors and children? |
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St. Nicholas |
66 |
Which Jane Austen book was originally known as First Impressions? |
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Pride and Prejudice |
67 |
In Norse mythology, what kind of creature was Fafnir? |
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A dragon |
68 |
Which common English business term has its origins in the Latin for 'Broken bench'? |
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Bankruptcy |
69 |
In 1707, which monarch was the last to use the Royal Veto against a piece of legislation? |
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Queen Anne (against the Scottish Militia Bill) |
70 |
Who designed the Spitfire fighter aircraft? |
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R. J. Mitchell |
71 |
How old do you have to be to be declared a super–centenarian? |
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110 |
72 |
What is the official language of Fiji? |
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English |
73 |
In music, what is the opposite of diminuendo? |
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Crescendo |
74 |
Crushed by pack ice, what was Earnest Shackleton's ship called? |
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The Endurance |
75 |
Harold McMillan was the first Earl of where? |
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Stockton |
76 |
In 1983, Lady Mary Donaldson became London's first female what? |
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Lord Mayor |
77 |
Which herb is associated with wisdom? |
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Sage |
78 |
In philately, what do the initials F.D.C stand for? |
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First Day Cover |
79 |
What fraction of a mile is two furlongs? |
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A quarter |
80 |
Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera features a fairy that is banished for marrying a mortal? |
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Iolanthe |
81 |
Which king was nicknamed "the wisest fool in Christendom"? |
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James I of England |
82 |
In which country would you find the Plains of Abraham? |
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Canada |
83 |
What is the capital of Zambia? |
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Lusaka |
84 |
The musical Guys and Dolls is based on the work of which writer? |
|
Damon Runyon |
85 |
Which European state was created in 1929? |
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The Vatican City |
86 |
Which UK artist was famous for only using a palette of five colours from Windsor and Newton? |
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L. S. Lowry |
87 |
The father of a foal is its sire. What is the mother called? |
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The dam |
88 |
What form of football is played on an oval pitch 200 yards long? |
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Australian Rules football |
89 |
In World War II, what was the Maquis (mack–ee)? |
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French Resistance fighters |
90 |
Which English banknote was withdrawn in 1970? |
|
The ten–shilling note (ten bob note) |
91 |
According to legend, which dead Spanish hero led his troops into battle strapped to his horse? |
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El Cid |
92 |
Who succeeded Oliver Cromwell? |
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Richard Cromwell |
93 |
What nationality was the artist Augustus John? |
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Welsh |
94 |
In which country did the Mau–Mau uprising take place? |
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Kenya |
95 |
What is chiromancy? |
|
Palm reading |
96 |
How is Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz better known? |
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Princess Michael of Kent |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Completed in 1635, who was the architect of the Queen's House at Greenwich? |
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Inigo Jones |
2 |
In 1858, from whom did the Crown take over the administration of India? |
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The East India Company |
3 |
Who wrote Rumpole of the Bailey? |
|
John Mortimer |
4 |
What kind of triangle has two sides of equal length? |
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An isosceles triangle |
5 |
Which TV detective show finally finished 17 years after the death of its main actor? |
|
Taggart |
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