1 |
Which Brazilian club did Chelsea beat on February 12th to win the Club World Cup? |
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Palmeiras |
2 |
Which comic character appears in three of Shakespeare's plays? |
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Sir John Falstaff |
3 |
Which film has received most Oscar nominations (12) for this year's ceremony? |
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The Power of the Dog |
4 |
Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics; which city has been named as the 2028 host city? |
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Los Angeles |
5 |
Which online giant was founded by Pierre Omidyar? |
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eBay |
6 |
What's the name of the app that allows access to BBC podcasts and radio stations? |
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BBC Sounds |
7 |
What was the title of the first Beatles album, released in the UK on the 22nd of March 1963? |
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Please, Please Me |
8 |
Which sport is known as 'the sweet science'? |
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Boxing |
9 |
Give the name of any of the first three men to orbit the Moon? |
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Frank Borman, James A. Lovell
or William Anders |
10 |
Jennifer Honey is a character in which children's book? |
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Matilda |
11 |
Two former Australian Test cricketers died of heart attacks on the 4th of March 2022. One was Shane Warne; who was the
other? |
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Rod(ney) Marsh |
12 |
Which canal runs from Toulouse to the Mediterranean Sea? |
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Canal du Midi |
13 |
Which children's TV programme, originally shown from 2002 to 2005,
features the characters Josie Jump, Suzie Sweet and Penny Pocket? |
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Balamory |
14 |
Which is the only football team to win the FA Cup and be relegated in the same season? |
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Wigan Athletic |
15 |
The largest canal lock in the world, 500 metres long and 70 metres wide, opened in January this year in which European country? |
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The Netherlands (near Amsterdam) |
16 |
One of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, Bayer, was founded in 1863 – initially producing what? |
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Dyestuffs (accept anything to do with dyes or dyeing) |
17 |
In the Harry Potter books, what's the first name of Professor McGonagall? |
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Minerva |
18 |
Three works by Alan Sillitoe were filmed in the 1960s. One was The
Loneliness of The Long–Distance Runner. Name either of the other two. |
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning or The General
(filmed as Counterpoint) |
19 |
Which is the only current Premier League team to win the FA Cup as a non–league team, doing so in 1901? |
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Tottenham
Hotspur (accept Spurs) |
20 |
What was the name of the Russian spy who had an affair with Christine Keeler during the Profumo Affair? |
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Yevgeny (Eugene) Ivanov |
21 |
Name any one of the three main judges on this year's BBC2 programme Great British Menu. |
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Tom Kerridge, Ed Gamble or Nisha Katona |
22 |
In Peter Pan, there were three children in the Darling family. One was
Wendy; name either of her two brothers. |
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Michael or John |
23 |
How much is a Saturday copy of The Times? |
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£2.50 |
24 |
Who is the Prime Minister of Canada? |
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Justin Trudeau |
25 |
On which river does Kyiv stand? |
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Dnieper
(accept Dnipro) |
26 |
Which country is the world's largest producer of wheat? |
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China
(132m tonnes per year) |
27 |
Robin Walker is the current government Minister for what? |
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School Standards
(accept Schools but not Education) |
28 |
Between 1843 and 1845 the moat around the Tower of London was permanently drained (save for the odd river flood). Which individual
ordered it to be drained? |
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The Duke of Wellington (accept Wellesley) |
29 |
Introduced in 1925, what specifically did John Lewis announce they were abandoning in February 2022? |
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The slogan "Never Knowingly Undersold" (do not accept just
"Slogan") |
30 |
Chef Simon Rogan runs a 3–star Michelin restaurant in which Cumbrian village? |
|
Cartmel |
31 |
Which tourism company, specialising in luxury travel, was founded in Zurich in 1906? |
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Kuoni |
32 |
Actor Peter Dinklage plays the lead role in which musical film, released in the UK in 2022? |
|
Cyrano |
33 |
Name either of the journalists and presenters who announced in February that they are leaving the BBC to
launch a new podcast and LBC show. |
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Emily Maitlis or Jon Sopel |
34 |
Simon Baron–Cohen, cousin of actor Sasha, leads the Cambridge–based research centre into which neurological condition? |
|
Autism |
35 |
In the financial term IPO, when shares are first issued to the market, what does the 'O' stand for? |
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Offering
(Initial Public Offering) |
36 |
Which actress, model and multiple–married 'rock chick' was lead singer with the 1980s group Eighth Wonder? |
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Patsy Kensit |
37 |
'Ecky Thump' was a Lancashire martial art invented by which comedy trio? |
|
The Goodies |
38 |
Italy joined the rugby Five Nations in 2000 to make it the Six Nations – but in what year did France officially join the
Four Nations to make it Five? |
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1910 (accept 1908 to 1912) |
39 |
Who did Great Britain beat in the women's curling final to win gold in the 2022 Winter Olympics? |
|
Japan |
40 |
Which city is hosting the 2022 UEFA Champions League final after it was moved from St. Petersburg? |
|
Paris |
41 |
What's the name given to the clusters of flowers borne by trees such as hazel, birch and oak? |
|
Catkins |
42 |
In mathematics, what's meant by three dots in a triangular formation, one dot at the top and two underneath? |
|
Therefore |
43 |
What's the medical term for the deficiency of sugar in blood, which may occur after too large a dose of insulin has been
administered? |
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Hypoglycaemia |
44 |
What's the name for a U–shaped body of water that forms when a wide meander from a river is cut off and becomes separate? |
|
Oxbow Lake |
45 |
E200+ numbers are preservatives, and most E400+ numbers are emulsifiers and stabilisers. What are E100+ numbers? |
|
Food colours (accept colourants) |
46 |
Which physical quantity is measured in kilogram metres per second? |
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Momentum |
47 |
What term is used for a cow that has not had a calf? |
|
Heifer |
48 |
Which environmental and conservation organisation was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley? |
|
The National Trust |
49 |
In which year did the USA adopt The Star–Spangled Banner as its national anthem?
|
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1931 (accept 1929 to 1933) |
50 |
Which Caribbean island takes its name from the Spanish word for 'ancient'? |
|
Antigua |
51 |
Which late BBC radio and television presenter wrote the semi–autobiographical Banjaxed? |
|
Terry Wogan |
52 |
The loss of which ship in 1974 is the worst peacetime disaster to befall the UK fishing fleet when it mysteriously sank in the
Barents Sea? |
|
Gaul |
53 |
Which ship was used by Sir Ernest Shackleton for the 1914 to 1917
Imperial Trans–Antarctic Expedition? |
|
Endurance |
54 |
Name either of the two Scottish football clubs that Alex Ferguson managed before finding success with Aberdeen. |
|
East Stirlingshire or St. Mirren |
55 |
Who is the Head Coach of the Scotland national rugby union team? |
|
Gregor Townsend |
56 |
Which role in Peaky Blinders is played by Paul Anderson? |
|
Arthur Shelby (both names required) |
57 |
Name any of the three Pyramid Stage headliners announced for the 2022 Glastonbury Festival. |
|
Billy Eilish, Sir Paul McCartney or Kendrick
Lamar |
58 |
Lega Nord (or The League) is a right wing, populist and federalist party in which European country? |
|
Italy |
59 |
Elgin is the county town of which Scottish county? |
|
Moray(shire) |
60 |
Which two–seater roadster, which debuted in 1989, is the biggest–selling two–seat convertible sports car in
history? |
|
Mazda MX–5 (accept MX–5) |
61 |
Which metal was discovered in 1825 by Hans Christian Oersted? |
|
Aluminium |
62 |
Who was the first (and so far only) female Prime Minister of Canada? |
|
Kim Campbell (June to November, 1993) |
63 |
In what year was Joan of Arc burned at the stake? |
|
1431 (accept 1428 to 1434) |
64 |
Which comedian was the second regular host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, after Mark Lamarr? |
|
Simon Amstell (between Mark Lamarr and Simon Amstell there
was a series of guest hosts) |
65 |
What's the title of the 2015 film about a frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s and his fight for survival
after being mauled by a bear? |
|
The Revenant |
66 |
Which chemical element, atomic number 61, takes its name from a Titan from Greek mythology? |
|
Promethium |
67 |
How is Barbara Millicent Roberts better known? |
|
Barbie |
68 |
What's the surname of singer Adele? |
|
Adkins |
69 |
Who is the MP for Holborn and St Pancras? |
|
Sir Keir Starmer |
70 |
Family Group, in 1950, was the first large–scale commission after World War II for which sculptor? |
|
Henry Moore |
71 |
Who is the current presenter of the British TV game show Catchphrase? |
|
Stephen Mulhern |
72 |
What's the first name of Boris Johnson's youngest son? |
|
Wilfred |
73 |
In which Lancashire town are the cough lozenges known as Fisherman's Friends made? |
|
Fleetwood |
74 |
What's the name of the main antagonist in Shakespeare's Othello? |
|
Iago |
75 |
From which US city does the band The Killers originate? |
|
Las Vegas |
76 |
Who was the last American player to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games Men's Singles tennis tournament? |
|
Andre Agassi (1996) |
77 |
Which Tolkien book is currently being adapted for television by Amazon Prime? |
|
The Silmarillion |
78 |
Who is the former drummer of Nirvana, and now fronts the Foo Fighters? |
|
Dave Grohl |
79 |
The Women's Cricket World Cup is taking place in which country? |
|
New Zealand |
80 |
A tower is one of the collective names for a group of which animals? |
|
Giraffes |
81 |
What's the name of the UK newspaper format sized between broadsheet and tabloid?
|
|
Berliner |
82 |
On which river does the Wiltshire market town of Marlborough stand? |
|
Kennet |
83 |
Which American landscape photographer and environmentalist, 1902 to 1984, achieved artistic recognition for his black and white
photographs of Yosemite, California? |
|
Ansel Adams |
84 |
What type of creature is a fennec? |
|
A fox |
85 |
In the UK, which number from 1 to 9 doesn't exist as a motorway? |
|
7 (M7) |
86 |
By how many degrees (to the nearest whole number) is the Earth currently tilted on its axis?
|
|
24 degrees (accept 22 to 26) |
87 |
Dactyloscopy is the science of what? |
|
Fingerprint identification (Greek dactylos – finger,
skopein – to watch) |
88 |
Figueres in Catalonia is best known as the birthplace of which artist? |
|
Salvador Dali |
89 |
Who wrote the novel The World According to Garp? |
|
John Irving |
90 |
Which animal features in the logo of the English Football Premier League? |
|
A lion |
91 |
Which sculptor created The Burghers of Calais? |
|
Auguste Rodin |
92 |
Who was the UK's first Labour Prime Minister? |
|
Ramsay MacDonald |
93 |
Who became the manager of Leeds United FC in February 2022? |
|
Jesse Marsch |
94 |
Which composer was born in Bonn in 1770? |
|
Ludwig van Beethoven |
95 |
The river Tawe (pronounced ta-weh) in South Wales reaches the sea in which town or city? |
|
Swansea (known in Welsh as Abertawe) |
96 |
Which 1960s NASA administrator gives his name to a space telescope that was launched in 2021 and is designed to be the successor
to Hubble? |
|
James Webb |
97 |
What's the capital of Armenia? |
|
Yerevan |
98 |
Which game, first released in 1967, consists of a plastic tube, a number of plastic rods called straws, and a number of marbles? |
|
Kerplunk |
99 |
After the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway, which English city has the biggest metro system, in terms of length
of track? |
|
Liverpool (Merseyrail, 121km) |
100 |
What's the name of the offshore gas pipeline network that connects Russia to Germany? |
|
Nord Stream (1, and the yet–to–be–certified 2) |
101 |
The Secret Policeman's Ball was a fundraiser for which organisation? |
|
Amnesty International |
102 |
According to the manual, what was the maximum range in miles of the Sinclair C5 (with a single battery and a single charge)? |
|
20 miles (accept 17 to 23) |
103 |
In the home, what's the main use of bicarbonate of soda? |
|
As a raising agent in baking |
104 |
Which river flows through Wincle? |
|
The Dane |
105 |
In organic chemistry, the simplest alcohol has the formula CH3OH. What's its common name? |
|
Methanol or methyl alcohol (not methylated spirits, which is
primarily ethanol) |
106 |
Who directed the film Belfast? |
|
Kenneth Branagh |
107 |
Macclesfield FC were promoted earlier this month from the Premier Division of which English football league? |
|
North West Counties League |
108 |
Which author created the science fiction, galactic wide civilisation, called 'The Culture'? |
|
Iain M Banks |
109 |
Three of the four types of coffee bean are Arabica, Liberica and Excelsa. What's the fourth?
|
|
Robusta |
110 |
In October 2021, Matt Peet became the new coach of which rugby league team? |
|
Wigan Warriors |
111 |
Who wrote the hit song You've got a Friend in Me? |
|
Randy Newman |
112 |
If you ordered Ahi in a sushi restaurant, what type of fish would you get? |
|
(Yellowfin) tuna |
113 |
Who is the CEO of Alphabet and Google? |
|
Sundar Pichai |
114 |
How many grandchildren does the Queen have? |
|
Eight (Peter, Zara, William, Harry, Beatrice, Eugenie, Louise and James) |
115 |
In which US state is the Grand Canyon National Park? |
|
Arizona |
116 |
Who wrote the songs Wild Wood, Broken Stones and You Do Something to Me? |
|
Paul Weller |
117 |
Who became the inaugural First Minister of Scotland when the post was created, following devolution in 1999? |
|
Donald Dewar |
118 |
Give a year in the reign in England of King Canute. |
|
1016 to 1035 |
119 |
Which English composer wrote the cantata Belshazzar's Feast? |
|
William Walton |
120 |
Electrons, muons and neutrinos all belong to what group of sub–atomic particles? |
|
Leptons |
1 |
Which North–West–based company collapsed in February 2022, and was bought out by Mike Ashley? |
|
Studio Retail |
2 |
What was the name of the group that had a 1981 hit with The Birdie Song? |
|
The Tweets |
3 |
Which actress, who died in 2021, is most famous for playing Polly Shelby, in
Peaky Blinders? |
|
Helen McRory |
4 |
What's the English title of the Ukrainian TV political satire in which Volodymyr Zelensky – now his country's
President – stars as a teacher that unexpectedly gets elected President? |
|
Servant of the People |
5 |
Who has been appointed captain of the Wales rugby team for the 2022 Six Nations? |
|
Dan Biggar |
6 |
What's the more common name for the plant with the Latin name Polygonatum? |
|
(King) Solomon's Seal |
7 |
Who created the word puzzle Wordle? |
|
Josh Wardle |
8 |
In which English county is the town of Olney, famous for its annual pancake race? |
|
Buckinghamshire |
9 |
What's the emblem of the Girl Guide movement? |
|
The (Golden) Trefoil |