2022–3 Season: Week 14 – 14 March 2023
Set by the Sutton Mutton; vetted by
Harrington Diamonds.
Specialist Rounds
Specialist Questions
Round 1: Booze is the Muse (Arts & Entertainment)
Give the full name of the book, film, song, album, TV programme, location or character therein from the clue given.
Each answer contains an alcoholic beverage. For example:
0 |
Thin Lizzy's 1972 breakthrough single, covering a traditional Irish song. |
|
Whiskey in the Jar |
And now the real questions:
1 |
American defence attorney created by Eric Stanley Gardener, featuring in a long running 1950s/60s TV series starring Raymond Burr
as well as films and numerous novels. |
|
Perry Mason |
2 |
Laurie Lee's account of his childhood in the village of Slad in Gloucestershire, in the period soon after the First World
War. |
|
Cider with Rosie |
3 |
The crime–ridden village where Agatha Christie's Miss Marple lived. |
|
St. Mary Mead |
4 |
1937 comedy film in black and white, starring Will Hay, set at the fictitious Irish railway station of Buggleskelly. |
|
Oh Mr. Porter |
5 |
The 1949 Ealing Studios film loosed based on the shipwreck of the SS Politician on its voyage from Liverpool to New York,
and the subsequent looting of much of its cargo. |
|
Whisky Galore |
6 |
The title of the Macc Lads' 1985 debut album. |
|
Beer & Sex & Chips n' Gravy |
7 |
The closing track on the Oasis album (What's the Story) Morning Glory. |
|
Champagne Supernova |
8 |
Long–running BBC TV situation comedy series, filmed in and around Holmfirth. |
|
Last of the Summer Wine |
Supplementaries:
1 |
The Pogues' second studio album, whose title was taken from a quote attributed to Winston Churchill about naval tradition. |
|
Rum, Sodomy and the Lash |
2 |
The novel (in nine slim volumes) by the Irish–born English clergyman, novelist and humorist Laurence Sterne. |
|
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (accept just
Tristram Shandy) |
Round 2: A Performance–Enhancing Drug (Sport)
1 |
Which professional sport do the Milwaukee Brewers play? |
|
Baseball |
2 |
Dick Advocaat managed which host team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup? |
|
South Korea |
3 |
In 2008, United Spirits founded the professional sports franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore, and named it after the company's
liquor brand. What sport do they play? |
|
Cricket |
4 |
Which Formula 1 motor racing circuit is named after the Pastis magnate who financed it? |
|
Circuit Paul Ricard |
5 |
Which cognac brand sponsored and had naming rights to the Grand National between 1992 and 2004? |
|
Martell |
6 |
Name either of the two alcoholic brands that have given their name to what is currently called the Carabao Cup. |
|
Worthington or Carling (do not accept fizzy pop!) |
7 |
The race for Doggett's Coat and Badge, between the sites of the Old Swan Tavern and the Swan Inn takes place on which river? |
|
The Thames |
8 |
The Dramathon Single Malt Marathon, from the Glenfarclas distillery to the Glenfiddich distillery, is run through the valley of
which river? |
|
The Spey (following the Speyside Way for much of its route) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Who are the current sponsors of the Rugby Union Six Nations Championship? |
|
Guinness |
2 |
Which snooker player was noted for his consumption of lager before and during matches, following doctors' advice to drink
alcohol? |
|
Bill Werbeniuk |
Round 3: Fuel for Thought (History)
1 |
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, was convicted of treason in 1478 and sentenced to death. When he was executed, what
was he reputedly drowned in? |
|
A butt of Malmsey wine |
2 |
Whilst Martin Luther was agonising over his 95 theses, Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria enacted the Reinheitsgebot
(rhine–heights–guh–boat) or Beer Purity Law, requiring beer to be made from water, barley and hops. In which century was this? |
|
The 16th Century (1516) |
3 |
What was the name of the field where wine ran through a fountain outside a temporary palace built in 1520 for Henry VIII of England? |
|
The Field of the Cloth of Gold |
4 |
Which Faversham brewery, founded in 1698, claims to be Britain's oldest brewer? |
|
Shepherd Neame |
5 |
Who, in 1759, signed a 9,000–year lease on a dilapidated brewery at St. James's Gate? |
|
Arthur Guinness |
6 |
In 1855 the best wines in which French wine–producing region were ranked in importance from first to fifth growths, with
Chateau Latour being one of those in the top Premier Cru rank? |
|
Bordeaux |
7 |
What nationwide blanket restrictions did the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 introduce to prevent drunkenness? |
|
Licensing hours |
8 |
Which country, in 2004, became the first in the world to ban smoking in pubs? |
|
Republic of Ireland |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Give a year in the life of the English artist William Hogarth, whose works include the prints Beer Street and Gin Lane. |
|
1697–1764 |
2 |
In which year did the Road Safety Act make it an offence to drive a vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in excess of
80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood? |
|
1967 (accept 1966 or 1968) |
Round 4: In Their Cups
1 |
The drinking habits of which Labour Party politician are supposed to have given rise to the expression "tired and
emotional", to describe being under the influence of alcohol? |
|
George Brown |
2 |
Which Nottingham Forest footballer recently discussed in a podcast his struggles with depression and alcohol in his final years
at Old Trafford? |
|
Jesse Lingard |
3 |
Which former first and second lady of the United States founded an eponymous centre for substance abuse and addiction?
(Soon after leaving office, she raised awareness of addiction when she sought help for and publicly disclosed her long–running struggle with
alcoholism and substance abuse.) |
|
Betty Ford |
4 |
Which England cricketer fell off a pedalo after drowning his sorrows following a first ball duck against New Zealand in St Lucia
in 2007? |
|
Freddie Flintoff |
5 |
Who resigned as a Government Deputy Chief Whip on 30 June 2022, saying he had "drunk far too much" the night before and
"embarrassed myself and other people"? |
|
Chris Pincher |
6 |
Which actor, whose last screen appearance was in Gladiator, was noted for his drunken appearances on TV talk shows,
including those of Michael Aspel and Michael Parkinson? |
|
Oliver Reed |
7 |
Which drummer, with a reputation for smashing his kit on stage and destroying hotel rooms on tour, died in September 1978 from an
overdose of Heminevrin, a drug intended to treat or prevent symptoms of alcohol withdrawal? |
|
Keith Moon |
8 |
Which Liberal Democrat leader stood down in 2006, after making the personal statement that "over the past eighteen months
[he had] been coming to terms with a drinking problem"? |
|
Charles Kennedy |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which former footballer, now sober, detailed his alcoholism in an autobiography titled Addicted and subsequently
founded the Sporting Chance charity? |
|
Tony Adams |
2 |
Which Brexit–obsessed former EU President was alleged to have an alcohol problem? |
|
Jean–Claude Juncker |
Round 5: May Contain Alcohol (Science & Nature)
1 |
Grapes affected by the fungus Botrytis cinerea, or noble rot, are used to make what type of wine? |
|
Sweet or dessert wines (accept Sauternes, Tokaji,
Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese etc.) |
2 |
The Heads (or Foreshots), Heart and Tails (also known as Faints) are the vapours produced when making drinks by what process? |
|
Distillation |
3 |
The Guinness brewing company patented what device used in beer cans to produce and maintain the head? |
|
The 'widget' |
4 |
Cascade, Fuggle and Goldings are varieties of what? |
|
Hops grown commercially in the UK |
5 |
What are Bacchus, Seyval Blanc and Huxelrebe? |
|
Varieties of grapes used for wine making in England |
6 |
What particular part of the tree whose Latin name is Quercus suber is used to make corks for wine bottles? |
|
The bark |
7 |
Name either of the two gases that are used for dispensing keg beers and ciders. |
|
Carbon dioxide or nitrogen |
8 |
The phylloxera aphid (which between 1860 and 1880 destroyed the Bordeaux and other European vineyards) attacks what part of the
vine? |
|
The roots |
Supplementaries:
1 |
What property of beer is measured by a Hydrometer? |
|
Specific gravity (accept density) |
2 |
What name is given to the natural chemicals in alcoholic drinks that irritate blood vessels and tissue in the brain and can make
a hangover worse? |
|
Congeners |
Round 6: The Importance of Being Ethanol
1 |
Which alcoholic beverage was marketed under the slogan "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere"? |
|
Martini |
2 |
When Lorraine Chase was asked in a Campari advert "were you truly wafted here from paradise?" what was her reply? |
|
"Nah, Luton Airport" |
3 |
The Bellini cocktail was invented by Giuseppe Cipriani, head bartender at Harry's Bar, in which city? |
|
Venice |
4 |
How many gallons are in a firkin of beer? |
|
Nine |
5 |
How many standard 75–centilitre bottles of wine are there in a Methuselah bottle? |
|
Eight |
6 |
Which pub chain's first hostelry was opened in 1979 in Muswell Hill by Tim Martin? |
|
JD Wetherspoon |
7 |
Which lager was advertised as being "reassuringly expensive"? |
|
Stella Artois |
8 |
The phrase "I'm only here for the beer" (and variations thereof) derive from an advertising campaign for what? |
|
Double Diamond |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Which beer brand was advertised by three frogs in a swamp croaking, initially at random, but then in a sequence giving
the beer's name? |
|
Budweiser (accept Bud) |
2 |
Tegestology is defined as the practice of collecting what? |
|
Beer mats |
Round 7: The World in a Glass (Geography)
1 |
The world's most northerly brewery is on an island in the Svalbard archipelago, and falls under the sovereignty of which country? |
|
Norway |
2 |
In which country was Suntory malt whisky first distilled? |
|
Japan (in 1923) |
3 |
The Bacardi family, and their company, relocated to Bermuda from which country after their assets were confiscated in 1960? |
|
Cuba |
4 |
According to Wikipedia, the Caipirinha (kai–puh–ree–nyuh) comprising fresh lime juice, sugar and
cachaça (ka–shah–sa) is the national cocktail of which country? |
|
Brazil (cachaça is a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane
juice) |
5 |
In which island country is the iconic Raffles Hotel, where a gin–based cocktail with a pretty pink hue given by its grenadine
and cherry liqueur ingredients became famous? |
|
Singapore |
6 |
Twelve abbeys are licensed to use the international label 'Authentic Trappist Product' (ATP) on their beers. In which
country are half of these monasteries? |
|
Belgium (there are also two in the Netherlands, and one in each of Austria, Italy,
the US and the UK) |
7 |
In which country is the Wachau (vak–ow) wine producing region – noted for wines made from Grüner Veltliner
and Reisling grapes, and riparian to the River Danube? |
|
Austria |
8 |
In which country is the world's most southerly wine–producing region? |
|
New Zealand (Central Otago) |
Supplementaries:
1 |
The New World wine–producing region of Napa Valley is in which country? |
|
The United States of America (California) |
2 |
Which country is home to Sagres beer? |
|
Portugal |
Round 8: Gone but Not Forgotten
Identify the former licensed premises your question setters have consumed alcohol in...
1 |
What was the Robinsons pub on Catherine Street, opposite Regents Foundry and adjacent to Kenyons Steel Stockholders? |
|
The Barnfield (accept also Red Lion) |
2 |
Which pub was on the A523 to Leek, opposite the canal swing bridge at Oakgrove? It closed after it was flooded out in 2012, and
its car park is now used to store classic cars. |
|
Fools Nook |
3 |
The long–closed and now partly–demolished pub on Chestergate, where former Liverpool, Stoke City and Scotland
footballer Willie Stevenson was a licensee. |
|
Old Kings Head |
4 |
The mock half–timbered pub on Beech Lane, where a drink after hours in the 1990s was often possible. |
|
Old Ship Inn |
5 |
The former hotel and public house opposite the town hall extension which was converted into a ground floor shop, a restaurant
(now called Fina) and offices in 2006. |
|
Bulls Head |
6 |
The pub on Park Lane, opposite Paradise Mill, where the former brewery name of W. A. Smith and Son Ltd can be seen from Churchill
Way standing proud in the rendering. |
|
Hole i'th Wall (also accept Magicians Nephew or
Blueberry Inn) |
7 |
The pub on Rainow Road, Higher Hurdsfield, parts of which were 400 years old, which closed after a fire in 2015 for which a man
was later charged with arson. |
|
George and Dragon |
8 |
The pub on Newton Street that was issued with a closure order in 2020. A group of anglers formed what has grown to be the largest
and most successful angling club in Europe in the pub. |
|
Prince Albert |
Supplementaries:
1 |
The pub on London Road, south of the football ground, demolished to allow a road junction to be improved and the Audi
garage to be built. |
|
Star Inn |
2 |
The former pub in Sutton, run by a Macclesfield Quiz League Treasurer until 2015. It was then sold and became a gastropub that
failed. |
|
Lamb Inn (also accept Sutton Gamekeeper) |
General Knowledge
1 |
Sangiovese is the most–planted red wine grape variety in which country? |
|
Italy |
2 |
Humulus lupulus is a species of flowering plant in the hemp family, used in brewing. What is it better known as? |
|
The common hop or hops |
3 |
What is the Danish word for "cheers", or "good health," as in a salute or a toast? |
|
Skol |
4 |
Similarly, what is the German word for "cheers", or "good health"? |
|
Prost |
5 |
Which global manufacturing company has its world headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire? |
|
JCB (f.k.a. Joseph Cyril Bamford Excavators Ltd.) |
6 |
Pepsi and Shirlie were originally the backing singers for which band? |
|
Wham! |
7 |
Mike Brewer and Edd China presented thirteen series of which television programme between 2003 and 2017? (The programme is still
running.) |
|
Wheeler Dealers |
8 |
In swimming, what's the first stroke in a medley relay? |
|
Butterfly |
9 |
Stanley Gibbons is probably the world's best–known name in what hobby, beloved of King George V? |
|
Philately (accept stamp collecting) |
10 |
Footballer Tim Weah (way–ah) made four appearances for the United States of America at the World Cup in Qatar
last year. His father is the President of which country? |
|
Liberia |
11 |
Baba ganoush is made principally from what vegetable? |
|
Aubergine (accept eggplant) |
12 |
Falmoth Kearney was born in Moneygall, in what is now County Offaly. He emigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1850, and
was an ancestor of which (now former) American President? |
|
Barack Obama |
13 |
The Spanish football team Espanyol plays out of which city? |
|
Barcelona |
14 |
The name of the train drivers' union, ASLEF, is an acronym – what word is the letter E (Echo) the initial letter of? |
|
Engineers |
15 |
As of the 29th of January 2023, Minette Batters was the President of which Union? |
|
National Farmers Union of England and Wales |
16 |
Under what professional name did actor William Henry Pratt become a monster success? |
|
Boris Karloff |
17 |
Which 1974 film starred Steve McQueen as a fire chief? |
|
The Towering Inferno |
18 |
Who is the author of the 2020 novel The Mirror and The Light? |
|
Hilary Mantel (it's the third book in the Wolf Hall trilogy,
and the only one that didn't win the Booker Prize) |
19 |
Who is the patron saint of craftsmen (including carpenters)? |
|
St. Joseph |
20 |
In 1957, who became the first black tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon? |
|
Althea Gibson |
21 |
According to J. D. Wetherspoon, in which country is katsu curry a hugely popular option at mealtimes, and could possibly be
considered a national dish? |
|
Japan |
22 |
Which leader said "History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it"? |
|
Winston Churchill |
23 |
Intended for children between 18 months and five years old, what is the junior version of Lego called? |
|
Duplo |
24 |
'Concrete Bob' was the nickname of the man whose construction company built the Glenfinnan Viaduct. What was his surname? |
|
McAlpine |
25 |
The Battlefield Line, a Heritage Railway in Leicestershire, gets its name from its proximity to which battlefield? |
|
Bosworth |
26 |
Who was Kamala Harris's immediate predecessor as Vice President of the USA? |
|
Mike Pence |
27 |
Who sang All Time High, the theme song for the James Bond film Octopussy? |
|
Rita Coolidge |
28 |
What school did Billy Bunter attend? |
|
Greyfriars |
29 |
What was the currency of Finland before the euro? |
|
The markka (do not accept mark) |
30 |
Which athlete broke 35 pole vaulting world records, and held the outdoor record (at 6.14 metres) from 1994 to 2014? |
|
Sergey Bubka |
31 |
What food colouring is used to give cheeses such as Red Leicester, Coloured Cheshire and Double Gloucester their consistent colour? |
|
Annatto (also accept E160, carrot juice, beetroot juice, carotene and carotenids) |
32 |
How was Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger, who died on the 31st of December 2022, better known? |
|
Pope Benedict XVI (accept Pope Benedict) |
33 |
What's the name of Rishi Sunak's fox red Labrador? |
|
Nova |
34 |
What documentation was signed on the 10th of April 1998? |
|
The Good Friday Agreement, or Belfast Agreement |
35 |
In which British city do Stagecoach operate the Stagecoach Supertram tram network? |
|
Sheffield |
36 |
What sort of animal is a Maine Coon? |
|
A cat |
37 |
"It's four o'clock, and we're in trouble deep" are lines from which Everly Brothers hit single? |
|
Wake Up Little Susie |
38 |
Artemis Fowl is the eponymous character in a series of books by which Irish author? |
|
Eoin Colfer |
39 |
974 is the international telephone country (or dialling) code for which nation? |
|
Qatar (one of the stadia used at the 2022 football World Cup was called Stadium
974) |
40 |
Which snooker player is known as the Wizard of Wishaw? |
|
John Higgins |
41 |
Leeds United's football ground has one stand named after former manager Don Revie. Name any one of the former Leeds players
after whom the other three stands are named. |
|
John Charles, Norman Hunter or Jack Charlton |
42 |
What was the name of the Cartwright ranch in the TV show Bonanza? |
|
Ponderosa |
43 |
Knut Haugland, who died on Christmas Day 2009 at the age of 92, was the last surviving crew member of which raft, that sailed
from Peru to French Polynesia in 1947? |
|
Kon–Tiki |
44 |
Which organisation was first planned in 1914, when delegates from 24 countries met at the invitation of Prince Albert I of Monaco
to discuss co–operation on solving crimes, identification techniques and extradition, and was officially created in 1923? |
|
Interpol |
45 |
'The Dockers' Umbrella' was the nickname given to a railway in which city? |
|
Liverpool (The Liverpool Overhead Railway) |
46 |
The Isle of Man was a dependency of which country, until it was sold in 1266? |
|
Norway |
47 |
Which actress played Velvet Brown in the film National Velvet? |
|
Elizabeth Taylor |
48 |
In the book entitled M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors , what is the first name of Major 'Hot Lips'
Houlihan? |
|
Margaret (and in the film, and in the TV series...) |
49 |
Screw It, Let's Do It is the title of a book by which British businessman and entrepreneur? |
|
Richard Branson |
50 |
Which capital city is the nearest to Brazzaville, the capital city of the Republic of Congo? |
|
Kinshasa (the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the opposite
bank of the Congo River) |
51 |
Who was the goalkeeper in Great Britain women's hockey team, who saved four penalties in the 2016 Olympic Final shoot–out? |
|
Maddie Hinch |
52 |
Which fictional furry creature, who first appeared in a 1973 children's TV series, was named after the largest town on the
island of Mull? |
|
Tobermory |
53 |
Who was the first woman to be appointed as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police? |
|
Dame Cressida Dick |
54 |
How many sustainable development goals (or SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end
poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity? |
|
17 (accept 13 to 21) |
55 |
Motorway pioneers Sir James Drake and Harry Yeadon were successive County Surveyor and Bridgemaster of which English county? |
|
Lancashire |
56 |
How many times has the United Kingdom won the Eurovision song contest? |
|
Five – no leeway (Sandie Shaw, Brotherhood of Man, Lulu, Bucks Fizz,
and Katrina and the Waves) |
57 |
Swaledale, Blue Texel and Dorset Down are all types of what? |
|
Sheep |
58 |
Which National Trail runs between Chepstow and Prestatyn? |
|
The Offa's Dyke Path |
59 |
Which character in David Copperfield always insisted he was "very 'umble"? |
|
Uriah Heep |
60 |
Which is the only species of newt, native to Britain, that is (still) a European Protected Species? |
|
The great crested newt |
61 |
Brock Purdey is Mr Irrelevant 2022. What professional sport does he play? |
|
American Football (the soubriquet is given to the last player selected in the
NFL draft each year) |
62 |
Which cartoon law enforcer dealt with Muskie Muskrat and Vince Van Gopher in the course of his duties? |
|
Deputy Dawg |
63 |
By what name is the singer and songwriter Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong better known? |
|
Dido |
64 |
Where (or in which county) is the National Memorial Arboretum? |
|
Alrewas, near Lichfield, Staffordshire |
65 |
Constance Markievicz made history as the first female MP to be elected to the House of Commons. Why did she never take up her seat? |
|
She was a Sinn Fein MP – elected in 1918 on a mandate that she would
not take up a seat in Westminster |
66 |
What is the first given name of Princess Anne's son? |
|
Peter (Peter Mark Phillips) |
67 |
Pollinosis is the medical term for what allergy? |
|
Hay fever |
68 |
According to their publicity, Crufts is the greatest dog event in the world, and the show celebrates every aspect of the role
that dogs play in our lives. Which body organises Crufts? |
|
The Kennel Club |
69 |
The poem The Adventures of Tom Bombadil was published in 1934. Who was its author? |
|
J. R. R. Tolkien |
70 |
On the 4th of April 2022, the price of a first–class stamp for a standard letter in the UK was increased to what? |
|
95p (no leeway) |
71 |
Which film actress married John McEnroe in 1986? |
|
Tatum O'Neal |
72 |
What is the name of the character played by Roger Lloyd Pack in the TV series The Vicar of Dibley (first name only is
acceptable) |
|
Owen Hewitt |
73 |
Who starred as The Man from Atlantis in the 1970s TV series? |
|
Patrick Duffy (he also starred as Bobby Ewing in Dallas) |
74 |
According to the Guinness Book of Records, motorist Walter Arnold was the first person to be convicted of a speeding
offence in Britain. He had driven his Benz horseless carriage at 8mph, four times the then red flag act speed limit, in Paddock Wood in Kent. In what
year did this reckless act occur? |
|
1896 (accept 1885 to 1896)
|
75 |
In which year did the United Kingdom become a fully–fledged member of the European Economic Community (now the European Union)? |
|
1973 |
76 |
The Buxton, Perrier and San Pellegrino mineral water brands are owned by which multinational food and drink conglomerate? |
|
Nestlé |
77 |
There are three bones in the human arm. The humerus and the ulna are two of them; what is the third? |
|
The radius |
78 |
The Dutch Football team FC Twente plays out of which city? |
|
Enschede |
79 |
Who sold his soul to the devil, in a play by Goethe? |
|
Faust |
80 |
2022 was the nineteen–hundredth anniversary of the start of construction of what? |
|
Hadrian's Wall |
81 |
Name one of the two gulfs that are separated by the Straits of Hormuz. |
|
The Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman |
82 |
Name either of the two films for which Glenda Jackson has won Best Actress Oscars. |
|
Women in Love or A Touch of Class |
83 |
Hector's House was a children's TV series shown in the UK in the late 1960s. Who lived next door to Hector but
regularly appeared in his garden? |
|
Kiki (the frog) |
84 |
In which month is Windrush Day? |
|
June (22nd) |
85 |
Which university, the largest in Britain by the number of students enrolled, awarded its first degrees in 1973? |
|
The Open University |
86 |
In which country is the city of Fray Bentos? |
|
Uruguay |
87 |
With a reign of 72 years and 110 days from the 14th of May 1643, who was the longest–ruling monarch in world
history? |
|
Louis XIV of France |
88 |
What was the first toy to be advertised on TV, albeit in 1952 on American TV? It has been in production ever since, and featured
in the Toy Story films. |
|
Mr Potato Head |
89 |
In which card game is the expression "one for his nob" used? |
|
Cribbage |
90 |
What are Dorothy, Florence and Cecilia boring? |
|
Tunnels for HS2 under the Chiltern Hills
and under Ancient Woodland in Warwickshire (accept any answer in bold) |
91 |
Which retail business was formed in 1965, by John and Peter Asquith in association with Associated Dairies? |
|
Asda (ASquith + DAiries) |
92 |
Which Australian singer had a Number One hit in the 1960s with I Remember You? (Although he was born in England, he grew
up in Australia.) |
|
Frank Ifield |
93 |
Which cartoon crime fighter was assisted by a striped cat called Spot? |
|
Hong Kong Phooey |
94 |
According to the website of United Utilities, and the water and wastewater bills they send to customers with water meters,
how much water does each person typically use each day? (There is significant leeway.) |
|
142 litres – accept answers between 90 litres (20 gallons) and 180
litres (40 gallons) |
95 |
In the acronym DEFRA (Delta Echo Foxtrot Romeo Alpha), what word does the letter F (Foxtrot) stand for? |
|
Food (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) |
96 |
What's the name of the milk–based sauce used to make a classic lasagne? |
|
Bechamel sauce – also accept white sauce, but not cheese
sauce; grated cheese is sprinkled onto the layers |
Supplementaries:
1 |
Sainsbury's currently sells cheese made from the milk of how many different types of animal? |
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Four (cow, sheep, goat and buffalo – they don't appear to sell
cheese made from yak or horse milk) |
2 |
The name of which capital city is believed to translate from Latin languages as "I see a mountain"? |
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Montevideo |
3 |
Reginald Carey were the given first names of which actor, who won an Oscar for his role as Professor Henry Higgins? |
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Rex Harrison |
4 |
How many individual railway companies were there in Britain and Ireland prior to their grouping into the "big four" on
the 1st of January 1923? |
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120 (accept 100 to 140) |
5 |
Which actor, probably best known for his role in the TV situation comedy Dads Army, was once married to Hattie Jacques? |
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John Le Mesurier |
6 |
By what name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who died on the 29th of December 2022, better known? |
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Pelé |
7 |
Adolf Hitler – My Part in his Downfall is the first volume of whose war memoirs? |
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Spike Milligan |
8 |
What is the English counterpart of Cadw (cad ou) – spelt Charlie Alpha Delta Whisky? |
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English Heritage – accept also Historic England (do not accept National
Trust) |
9 |
In the TV sitcom Are You Being Served, what was the first name of the character best known as Miss Brahms? |
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Shirley |
10 |
In which city will the 2023 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix be held? |
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Montreal |
11 |
Tardigrades are a phylum of water–dwelling, eight–legged, segmented micro–animals. How are they known colloquially?
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Water bears or moss piglets |
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