2019–20 Season: Week 14 – 11 February 2020
All questions set by the Dolphin.
Specialist Rounds
Round 1: Geography
1 |
Which Latin–American capital city owes its name to the Catholic tradition concerning the elevation of the Virgin Mary to
heaven after her death? |
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Asunción (capital of Paraguay) |
2 |
Which Latin–American capital city owes its name to Spanish Catholic devotion to St. James? |
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Santiago (capital of Chile) |
3 |
What is the name of the body of water in Orkney, a natural harbour used as a major royal naval base in the first and second
world wars, which is surrounded by Mainland, Hoy, South Ronaldsay and other smaller islands? |
|
Scapa Flow |
4 |
In which country are the sources of both the Tigris and Euphrates rivers? |
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Turkey |
5 |
Cape Byron and Steep Point are respectively the eastern and western extremities of which country? |
|
Australia |
6 |
Las Vegas is situated within Clarke County, in a basin of which desert? |
|
The Mojave Desert |
7 |
Four countries have regions called Amazonas. One is Brazil; name one of the other three. |
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Peru, Venezuela and Colombia |
8 |
The medieval city of Nizhny Novgorod is the fifth largest city in Russia. By what name was it known during the Soviet Period? |
|
Gorky |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which small island lies between North and South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, and is joined to each by a road bridge? |
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Benbecula |
2 |
Name either of the two countries linked by the Alfred Beit Bridge. |
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South Africa and Zimbabwe |
Round 2: History
1 |
The coast of which South African province was first sighted by Portuguese sailors on Christmas Day, 1497?
|
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Natal |
2 |
Christopher Jones was the captain of which ship, that made a historic voyage in 1620? |
|
Mayflower |
3 |
Who orbited the Earth in Friendship 1 in February 1962? |
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John Glenn |
4 |
Who was the first US President to be impeached? (Full name required.) |
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Andrew Johnson, in 1868 |
5 |
Which Island state in the Arabian Sea was the last country to leave the Commonwealth, doing so in 2016? |
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The Maldives |
6 |
Which neutral state was invaded by Britain in May 1940, and remained occupied (later by Canadian and US forces) until the end
of the war? |
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Iceland |
7 |
Which ancient city was defeated and destroyed by the Romans over a series of three Punic Wars? |
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Carthage |
8 |
Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great, conquered the Greeks in the late 4th century BC. He was king of which
kingdom? |
|
Macedon (Accept Macedonia) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which English king first declared that his son was to be Prince of Wales? (He didn't ask the Welsh for their approval!) |
|
Edward I |
2 |
Where was King William II (William Rufus) killed? |
|
In the New Forest |
Round 3: Sport
1 |
Which heavyweight boxer is known as 'the Gypsy King'? |
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Tyson Fury |
2 |
Which World Featherweight Champion boxer was nicknamed 'the Clones Cyclone'? (Clones pronounced Klone–es). |
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Barry McGuigan |
3 |
Loughborough Lightning, Surrey Storm and Manchester Thunder are all teams competing in the Super League of which sport? |
|
Netball |
4 |
Coventry Blaze, Sheffield Steelers and Manchester Storm are all teams competing in the English National League of which sport? |
|
Ice Hockey |
5 |
Which footballer was described by the then England manager, Sir Alf Ramsey as "ten years ahead of his time"? |
|
Martin Peters |
6 |
Which Moscow Dynamo player, in 1963, became the only goalkeeper to win the Ballon d'Or? |
|
Lev Yashin |
7 |
At the 2019 World Athletics Championship in Qatar, the USA won the gold medal in which event, never before staged in the history
of the competition? |
|
Mixed 4 x 400 relay |
8 |
Athlete Phillips Idowu won silver for Team GB in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in which field event? |
|
Triple jump |
Supplementaries:
1 |
With 13 golds and 22 medals in total, which nation has been the most successful in the sport of ice hockey at the Olympics? |
|
Canada (the figures are for men's and women's medals combined) |
2 |
Which world title is currently held by Martins Licis? (Pronounced leeches.) |
|
World's Strongest Man |
Round 4: Acronymical Ds
You will be given an acronym that includes the letter D; you have to say what the D stands for.
1 |
AIDS – a medical term. |
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Deficiency – acquired Immune deficiency syndrome |
2 |
PDSA – an animal charity. |
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Dispensary – the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals |
3 |
IED – a military term. |
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Device – improvised explosive device |
4 |
BDS – a professional qualification. |
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Dental – Bachelor of Dental Surgery |
5 |
OECD – an international organisation. |
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Development – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and development |
6 |
FDA – a US Government agency. |
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Drug – Food and Drug Administration |
7 |
QED – written at the end of a mathematical proof. |
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Demonstrandum – Quod erat demonstrandum – that which
was to be demonstrated |
8 |
TARDIS – familiar to followers of Doctor Who. |
|
Dimensions – Time and Relative Dimensions in Space |
Supplementaries:
1 |
RADA – an educational institution. |
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Dramatic – Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
2 |
DSO – a military award. |
|
Distinguished – Distinguished Service Order |
Round 5: Go with the Flow
All the answers include the name of a river in the British Isles. In some cases full names are required, not just the name of the river.
1 |
Name of the Egyptian mother goddess. |
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Isis (the name of the Thames around Oxford) |
2 |
Among card players, a slang term for the five of any suit. |
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Don (Scottish river at the mouth of which is the city of Aberdeen, or
Yorkshire river on which Doncaster stands) |
3 |
The host of Radio 4's spoof quiz, I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue. (Full name required.) |
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Jack Dee (rivers in Scotland and, of course, at Chester and Llangollen) |
4 |
An electronics and computer expert in the TV sci–fi series Blake's 7, often in conflict with Blake. |
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(Kerr) Avon (first name not required) |
5 |
A structure in a harbour or on a canal side where ships may dock to load and unload cargo. |
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Wharf (a river in the Yorkshire Dales) |
6 |
A rough but durable woven woollen fabric, particularly suitable for outdoor clothing. |
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Tweed (river forming part of the boundary between England and
Scotland) |
7 |
A trial, or means of assessment. |
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Test (a river in Hampshire) |
8 |
A Biblical paradise. |
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Eden (the river on which Carlisle stands) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
A verb that means to irritate or annoy. |
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Irk (a river in north Manchester, a tributary of the Irwell) |
2 |
The discoverer of the minor planet Pluto. (Full name required). |
|
Clyde Tombaugh |
3 |
A verb that means 'to fly high in the air'. |
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Soar (the principle river of Leicestershire, a tributary of the Trent) |
Round 6: Art & Entertainment
1 |
By what name is the painting entitled La Gioconda more commonly known? |
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The Mona Lisa |
2 |
What word, the Italian for Spring, is the title of a famous painting by Botticelli? |
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Primavera |
3 |
Which railway station provided the setting for the 1945 film Brief Encounter? |
|
Carnforth |
4 |
Who was the first black actor to win an Oscar for best actor in 1964, for Lilies of the Field? |
|
Sydney Poitier |
5 |
Why Me? was the biggest selling vinyl LP of 2019; who is the artist? |
|
Liam Gallagher |
6 |
"Come on Barbie, let's go party" is a line from a 1997 song by which Euro pop group? |
|
Aqua |
7 |
To whom or what did Robbie Burns address his poem that begins "Wee sleekit cowrin' tim'rous beastie"?
|
|
To a mouse (on turning her up in her nest with the plough, November 1785) |
8 |
To which historic event was the poet Wordsworth referring when he wrote "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be
young was very heaven"? |
|
The French Revolution |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Last Blood is the title of the latest film to feature which famous character? |
|
John Rambo. (Both names required) |
2 |
Who painted the picture entitled Self–Portrait with Bandaged Ear? |
|
Vincent Van Gogh |
Round 7: Dining Out
1 |
Baklava is a sweet pastry dish, popular in Greece and Turkey, made with what kind of pastry? |
|
Filo |
2 |
Which fruit is the chief ingredient of tarte tatin? |
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Apple |
3 |
A speciality of Lombardy, what is the Italian name of the stew of veal shank, a name which means 'bone with a hole'? |
|
Osso buco |
4 |
Known in French as boeuf en croute, a dish consisting of beef fillet, coated in paté and a mushroom paste,
wrapped in parma ham and puff pastry and baked in the oven, is known by what name to English diners? |
|
Beef Wellington |
5 |
In a Greek restaurant, what is the equivalent of Spanish tapas, i.e. a number of small portions shared out among all
the diners? |
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Meze |
6 |
In an Italian restaurant they are polpette, in a Spanish Tapas restaurant they are albondigas; what are they
in English? |
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Meat balls |
7 |
In which kitchen utensil is a balti dish cooked? |
|
A wok (accept balti bowl or bucket) |
8 |
In a French restaurant, how would a dish served en brochette be cooked, and possibly served? |
|
On skewers (accept kebabs) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What name, derived from a town in Morayshire, is given to the traditional Scottish soup of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions? |
|
Cullen skink |
2 |
What vegetable is known in Indian cuisine as aloo? |
|
Potato |
Round 8: Science & Nature
1 |
The adrenal glands are located immediately above which organs in the human body? |
|
The kidneys |
2 |
Two stars in the constellation of the Plough are known as 'the Pointers'; to what do they point? |
|
The Pole Star, or Polaris |
3 |
Which single word follows Montague's, Marsh and Hen in the names of three British species of birds of prey? |
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Harrier |
4 |
Which Greek mathematician, who flourished around 300 BC, is best known for his 13–volume work Elements? |
|
Euclid |
5 |
What is calculated by the formula "half the base times the perpendicular height"? |
|
The area of a triangle |
6 |
Which single word follows Willow, Chetti's and Dartford in the names of three related species of migratory British birds? |
|
Warbler |
7 |
Maat Mons, a massive shield volcano, is the highest volcano and the second highest mountain on which planet? |
|
Venus |
8 |
Where in the human body would you find small bones called ossicles? |
|
In the ears |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What is the scientific name of the chemical compound popularly known as laughing gas? |
|
Nitrous oxide |
2 |
Which branch of medicine is concerned with the healthcare of the elderly? |
|
Geriatrics |
General Knowledge
1 |
Which fictional character was portrayed on TV recently by the Danish actor Claes Bang? |
|
Dracula |
2 |
Which English cathedral is noted for a grotesque carving on an inside wall known as the imp? |
|
Lincoln |
3 |
Octavia Hill was a founder of which environmental organisation in 1895? |
|
The National Trust |
4 |
Vinfossen, found to the south west of Trondheim in Norway, is the tallest example of which natural feature in Europe?
|
|
Waterfall |
5 |
What is the world's lightest wood? |
|
Balsa |
6 |
The chorus For Unto Us a Boy Is Born and the aria I Know That My Redeemer Liveth are heard in which
18th century oratorio? |
|
Messiah |
7 |
Who, as of 6th February, is the British Home Secretary? |
|
Priti Patel |
8 |
With what was the Leveson Enquiry concerned? |
|
Phone hacking by the press |
9 |
In which country will the 2020 football Champions' League Final be played? |
|
Turkey – the Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul |
10 |
Tea belongs to which plant genus, which includes a popular garden shrub giving a very showy floral display in early spring? |
|
Camellia (specifically, Camellia sinensis) |
11 |
Lee Marvin won a Best Actor Oscar for his dual roles as drunken gunfighter Kid Sheleen and his villainous brother, Tim Strawn,
in which 1985 comedy Western, co–starring Jane Fonda? |
|
Cat Ballou |
12 |
On 23rd October the Allerton Oak was named England's Tree of the Year. It grows in Calderstones Park in which
English city? |
|
Liverpool |
13 |
Which Polish composer and pianist gave a concert in Manchester in 1848 – a year before his early death – and is
commemorated with a statue of him, playing the piano, on Deansgate? |
|
Frederic Chopin |
14 |
Which company manufactures the soft drink Irn–Bru? |
|
A. G. Barr |
15 |
What term, of Latin origin, is given to the belief, common in traditional religions, that objects, places or creatures (e.g.
animals, rivers, rocks, etc.) are imbued with a spiritual essence? |
|
Animism |
16 |
What is the name of the latest Star Trek series, currently showing on the E4 channel? |
|
Star Trek – Discovery (accept Discovery) |
17 |
Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 for bringing to an end a 50–year civil war in which country? |
|
Colombia |
18 |
The founder and the next nine leaders of Sikhism are all known by what title, a Sanskrit word meaning teacher, guide and
counsellor? |
|
Guru |
19 |
Name either of the two brothers of Helen of Troy. |
|
Castor or Pollux |
20 |
Which Roman fortification stretched from Old Kilpatrick on the Firth of Clyde to Carriden on the Firth of Forth? |
|
The Antonine Wall |
21 |
Who would you expect to wear a toque? |
|
A chef |
22 |
The bloodiest battle of the English Civil War was fought just outside York in 1644. What is this battle called? |
|
Marston Moor |
23 |
Master of Puppets, an influential thrash metal album released in 1986, was the third studio album for which metal
band? |
|
Metallica |
24 |
Where, according to tradition, is the one–eyed man king? |
|
In the kingdom of the blind |
25 |
In October 2019, HMV opened 'The Vault', the biggest entertainment store in Europe with 25,000 square feet of shop
floor space – in which English city? |
|
Birmingham |
26 |
First published in 1858, and regularly reappearing in updated editions, the directory of clergy of the Church of England
was originally compiled by whom? |
|
John Crockford |
27 |
What is the county town of Buckinghamshire? |
|
Aylesbury |
28 |
Who, in 2016, became England's shortest–serving football manager, lasting just 67 days in the job? |
|
Sam Allardyce |
29 |
In the late 18th century, Matthew Boulton established a business making steam engines at the Soho Foundry in Smethwick,
near Birmingham. Who was his chief business partner and engineer? |
|
James Watt |
30 |
What three words precede "fast falls the eventide" in the opening of a well–known hymn? |
|
Abide With Me |
31 |
Which river flows through the picturesque village of Bourton–on–the–Water in the Cotswolds? |
|
The Windrush |
32 |
What geological term is given to fine, fertile soil deposited by rivers, often on flood plains or deltas? |
|
Alluvium, or alluvial deposit |
33 |
Which month of the year is mentioned in the first lines of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Eliot's The
Waste Land? |
|
April |
34 |
The formula used to adjust government spending allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is named after which former
Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who devised it in 1978? |
|
(Joel) Barnett – the Barnett Formula |
35 |
Long used as a landmark by sailors in the North Sea, the tower of St. Botolph's church in Boston, Lincolnshire, is popularly
known by what nickname? |
|
The Boston Stump (accept Stump) |
36 |
Sandi Toksvig has hosted three TV series in the last decade. QI and 15 to 1 are two of them; what's the
other? |
|
The Great British Bake Off |
37 |
Labour government minister Liam Byrne, on leaving office after the 2010 general election, left a note for his incoming successor.
What did it say? |
|
"There's no money left!" |
38 |
Who is the host of In Our Time, the Radio 4 academic discussion programme covering a wide range of historical topics? |
|
Melvyn Bragg |
39 |
Which cocktail, consisting of Bourbon, sugar, water, crushed ice and fresh mint, is associated with the American south, and is
the traditional beverage of the Kentucky Derby? |
|
Mint julep |
40 |
The administrative capital of which African country was moved to Gitega in December 2019? |
|
Burundi (Bujumbura remains the economic capital and centre of commerce) |
41 |
Which British monarch appears as a character in the stage show Hamilton, an American Musical? |
|
George III |
42 |
Who is the director of the film 1917? |
|
Sam Mendes |
43 |
Graphene is an allotrope of which element? |
|
Carbon |
44 |
In which country are the Juno Awards presented in music to individual artists and bands? |
|
Canada |
45 |
Who won the 2020 Women's Singles title at the recent Australian Open tennis championships? |
|
Sofia Kenin |
46 |
The British Standard Whitworth is an imperial unit introduced in the 19th century, establishing a standard for what
items, important in the development of mass production in engineering? |
|
Screw threads (accept screws) |
47 |
What product was traditionally made by a perukier? |
|
Wigs |
48 |
To which prominent public position has Stephen Cottrell recently been appointed? |
|
Archbishop of York |
49 |
Who said "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve it through not dying"? |
|
Woody Allen |
50 |
The Australian composer Barrington Pheloung, who died last year, is best known for writing the theme music to a TV crime series
that ran from 1987 to 2000. The composer included references in his music to the title character; who was he? |
|
Inspector Morse (the reverences are in Morse code) |
51 |
Name either of the presenters of the BBC Radio 4 popular science programme The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
|
Brian Cox or Robin Ince |
52 |
There are four Inns of Court. Inner Temple and Middle Temple are two of them; name either of the others. |
|
Gray's Inn or Lincoln's Inn |
53 |
Which eponymous pantomime hero uses deceit and trickery to help his low–born master to become Marquis of Carabas, and to
win the hand of a princess in marriage? |
|
Puss in Boots |
54 |
Which Australian cricketer used an aluminium bat in a Test Match against England in 1979? |
|
Denis Lillee |
55 |
Penda and Offa were kings of which Anglo–Saxon kingdom? |
|
Mercia |
56 |
According to an apocryphal tradition, when American bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, what was his reply? |
|
Because that's where the money is |
57 |
Blantyre is the second city by population, and the financial and commercial centre, of which African country? |
|
Malawi |
58 |
What in France is SNCF? |
|
The national railway company |
59 |
Granma is the yacht that was used to transport fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in 1959 for the
purpose of overthrowing which military dictator? |
|
Fulgencio Batista |
60 |
Which character in children's literature is commemorated with a statue in London's Kensington Gardens? |
|
Peter Pan |
61 |
Lake Maracaibo is in which country? |
|
Venezuela |
62 |
On an Ordnance Survey map, a white letter V inside a solid blue circle indicates what? |
|
A visitor centre |
63 |
The atmosphere of the planet Mars consists almost entirely of which gas? |
|
Carbon dioxide |
64 |
Do You Hear the People Sing? is a song from which long–running musical? |
|
Les Misérables |
65 |
The LHC at CERN, Switzerland, is the world's largest and most powerful particle collider. What does the H stand for? |
|
Hadron |
66 |
What was the family name of Harold II, the last Anglo–Saxon king of England? |
|
Godwinson (accept Godwin) |
67 |
What is the Christian name of Megan Markle's father? |
|
Thomas |
68 |
In the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence, what was the maid doing? |
|
Hanging out the clothes |
69 |
The recipient of a Brit award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, this conductor's career journey took him from the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, before his appointment as director of Music at the London Symphony Orchestra
in 2017. Who is he? |
|
Sir Simon Rattle |
70 |
Which dessert, of ice cream and fruit, gets its name from an Australian opera singer? |
|
Peach Melba |
71 |
Jack Reacher is a character in two films starring Tom Cruise, based on novels by which British thriller writer? |
|
Lee Child |
72 |
Traditionally, what work was done by an ostler? |
|
He looked after horses, particularly at an inn or hotel |
73 |
What, according to tradition, is the mother of invention? |
|
Necessity |
74 |
What is the name of the hospital in the Wirral where people returning from China are being quarantined as a precaution against
the coronavirus? |
|
Arrowe Park Hospital |
75 |
Which company has replaced Virgin in running trains on the west coast mainline? |
|
Avanti West Coast (accept Avanti) |
76 |
In Greek mythology, which daughter of Cronos and Rhea and sister/wife of Zeus was the goddess of marriage, women and childbirth? |
|
Hera |
77 |
Puppeteer Carroll Spinney died in December 2019. Name either of the characters that he voiced on Sesame Street. |
|
Oscar the Grouch, or Big Bird |
78 |
According to tradition, who originally told the series of stories which make up the 1001 Arabian Nights? |
|
Sheherezade |
79 |
Hilary Clinton has recently been elected Chancellor of which UK University? |
|
Queen's University, Belfast |
80 |
Who won the 2020 American Football Superbowl? |
|
Kansas City Chiefs |
81 |
Which meringue–based dessert gets its name from a Russian ballerina? |
|
Pavlova |
82 |
What is the county town of Wiltshire? |
|
Trowbridge |
83 |
Which reference book, that has been published annually since 1955, was co–founded by the twin brothers Norris and Ross
McWhirter? |
|
The Guinness Book of Records |
84 |
Originating from the left ventricle of the heart, and distributing oxygenated blood to the rest of the body, which is the
largest artery in the human body? |
|
The aorta |
85 |
What three words precede "marching as to war" in the opening of a well–known hymn? |
|
Onward Christian soldiers |
86 |
In the acronym UNHCR, which word is represented by the letter R? |
|
Refugees (UN High Commission for Refugees) |
87 |
Which Olympic sport is played on a sheet? |
|
Curling |
88 |
Named after a Scottish–born chemist, which genus of tree, native to the east coast of Australia, is widely grown for its
nuts, a rich source of protein and fibre? |
|
Macadamia |
89 |
What is the trade name of the plastic–coated cardboard cartons for milk and fruit juice, first produced by the Rausing
family in Sweden in 1952? |
|
Tetra Pak |
90 |
In the 1950s Oh Mein Papa and Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White were Number 1 instrumental hits for which
artiste, known as 'the Man with the Golden Trumpet'? |
|
Eddie Calvert |
91 |
The sackbut is an early form of which modern musical instrument? |
|
Trombone |
92 |
Which war provided the setting for the film, and subsequent TV series, M*A*S*H? |
|
The Korean War |
93 |
Released in 1929, Blackmail is regarded as the first British talking picture; who was the director? |
|
Alfred Hitchcock |
94 |
Whom did Barack Obama defeat in the 2012 US Presidential Election? |
|
Mitt Romney |
95 |
Derek Fowlds, an actor and a former partner of Basil Brush, died last month at the age of 82. Name the character he played in
either Yes, Minister or Heartbeat. |
|
Bernard Wooley or Oscar Blaketon |
96 |
What pen name was adopted by the novelist Samuel Langhorne Clemens? |
|
Mark Twain |
Supplementaries:
1 |
In which industry would you find a saggar maker's bottom knocker? |
|
Pottery |
2 |
What kind of creature was Beatrix Potter's Tailor of Gloucester? |
|
A mouse |
3 |
William IV was the younger brother of which king? |
|
George IV |
4 |
Name any one of the three alcoholic ingredients of a Negroni cocktail. |
|
Gin, Campari or red Vermouth (accept
Vermouth) |
5 |
Who was the only non–Mercedes driver to win the Formula 1 Championship in the 2010s? |
|
Sebastian Vettel |
6 |
What game is governed internationally by FIDE? |
|
Chess |
7 |
Which Chinese city was the starting point for the outbreak of the recent coronavirus epidemic? |
|
Wuhan |
8 |
How many stars are there on the flag of the EU? |
|
12 |
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