9th December Questions

Specialist Questions Set by The Lamb Inn

                                SPORT                    

 

01.   Football - On 22^nd November, 2008, the big 4 clubs (Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal) all failed to score on that day. How many years is it since this last happened ?  There is some leeway.

        ANSWER :  86 years   ( accept 84 – 88 )

 

02.   Boxing - Ricky Hatton recently beat American Pauli Malignaggi in Las Vegas. What is the American’s nickname ?

        ANSWER :  The Magic Man

 

03.   Olympics - Sir Steven Redgrave (the supreme Olympian) has represented GB at what other sport ?

        ANSWER :  Bobsleigh

 

04.   Horse racing - Jockey Jason McKeown was recently suspended for 2 days for improper conduct.   What was his offence ?

        ANSWER :  He took the whip off a fellow rider in mid race.

                             (other rider was Donal Devereux - Not essential to answer)

 

05.   Football – In season 2007/8 Derby County recorded the worst ever points tally in Premiership history, achieving just one victory from their 38 games. Who did they beat ?

        ANSWER : Newcastle United

 

06.   Golf - Between 1973 & 1977 the USA beat which team to win the Ryder Cup on 3 consecutive occasions ?

        ANSWER :  Great Britain & Ireland   (Accept only this specific answer)

 

07.   Cricket - Which bowler holds the record for taking most wickets for Pakistan ?

        ANSWER :  Wasim Akram       (414 wickets)

 

08.   Rugby Union – In which year did France join the home nations to become the five nations tournament ?    There is some leeway.

        ANSWER  :     1910    (ACCEPT 1908 – 1912)

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARIES

 

a.     Which horse finished runner-up to Red Rum in the 1973 Grand National ?

        ANSWER : Crisp

 

b.     Who scored England’s 1^st goal against Germany in the recent friendly international in Berlin on the 19^th November ?

        ANSWER :  Matthew Upson

 

c.     Football - In 2000 which round 2 defeated team were re-instated as a lucky loser to replace Manchester United who were in Brazil at the time ?

        ANSWER : Darlington

                GEOGRAPHY                           

 

 

01.   Jakarta, the Indonesian capital is situated on which island ?

        ANSWER  :  Java

 

02.   On which stretch of water does Bahrain lie ?

        ANSWER  :  Persian Gulf

 

03.   Which lake, also called Bodensee, lies partly in Germany and partly in Switzerland ?

        ANSWER  :  Lake Constance

 

04.   Where in Britain would you find Aubrey holes, Bluestone horseshoe and Avenue ditch ?

        ANSWER  :  Stonehenge

 

05.   Which country is nicknamed ‘The cockpit of Europe’ because of the number of battles fought on it’s soil throughout history ?

        ANSWER  :  Belgium

 

06.   Which of the New York boroughs was known as the borough of Richmond until 1975 ?

        ANSWER  :  Staten Island

 

07.   Which stretch of water separates India from Sri Lanka ?

        ANSWER  :  Palk Strait

 

08.   San Juan is the capital of which U.S. overseas territory ?

        ANSWER  :            Puerto Rico

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARIES

 

a.     What colour are the four stars on the flag of New Zealand ?

        ANSWER  :  Red

 

b.     Port Moresby is the capital of which country ?

        ANSWER  :  Papua New Guinea

 

c.     Name one of the two countries partly separated by the river Douro ?

        ANSWER  :  Spain and Portugal

 

d.     Which is the southernmost of the New England states in the U.S.A ?

        ANSWER  :  Connecticut

HISTORY                            

 

 

01.   The doomed ship Titanic had two sister ships.  Name either of them.

        ANSWER  :  Britanic and Olympic

 

02.   What occupation has, for centuries, been assumed that unmarried women would take ?

        ANSWER  :  Spinster  (spinning yarn from cotton or wool)

 

03.   For how many days were U.S. TV commercials suspended as a mark of respect after President Kennedy’s assassination ?

        ANSWER  :  4

 

04.   What links the following :  Akagi,  Hiryu,  Kaga,  Shokagu,  Soryu  and  Zuikaku ?

        ANSWER  :  They were the Japanese aircraft carriers which attacked Pearl Harbour.

 

05.   Which famous building did John Nash rebuild in 1825 ?

        ANSWER  :  Buckingham Palace

 

06.   Which achievement links the following :  Arthur Martin-Leake,   Noel Chavasse  and Charles Upham  ?

        ANSWER  :  The only people to be awarded two Victoria Crosses.

 

07.   What was the name of England’s wartime code breaking station ?

        ANSWER  :  Bletchley Park

 

08.   The words  Tsar  and  Kaiser  are both derived from which famous historical figurehead ?

        ANSWER  :  Julius Caesar

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARIES

 

 

a.     What was the name of Henry VIII’s elder brother who died in 1502 whilst still heir-presumptive ?

        ANSWER  :  Arthur

 

b.     Which three letters did S O S replace as a morse code mayday signal ?

        ANSWER  :  C Q D   (C Q was a general call to all ships and  D  was for distress)

 

c.     In which battle was the Monmouth rebellion defeated in 1685 ?

        ANSWER  :  Sedgemoor

SCIENCE                     

 

 

01.   The elements Erbium, Yttrium, Ytterbium and Terbium were named after the town of Ytterby in which country ?

        ANSWER  :  Sweden

 

02.   What name is given to the spore-bearing leaf of a fern ?

        ANSWER  :  Frond

 

03.   Oil from the berries of which tree are used to flavour gin ?

        ANSWER  :  Juniper

 

04.   Relative density is the density of a substance relative to what ?

        ANSWER  :  Water

 

05.   What is the name of the highly corrosive mixture of acids capable of dissolving gold ?

        ANSWER  :  Aqua Regia

 

06.   Which acid, named after the latin for the plant wood sorrel, is found in rhubarb leaves ?

        ANSWER  :  Oxalic Acid

 

07.   Which gas is formed when a hydrogen bomb is detonated ?

        ANSWER  :  Helium

 

08.   What is the eye condition which causes round objects to appear oval ?

        ANSWER  :  Astigmatism

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARIES

 

a.     Which rare gas is also known as ‘heavy hydrogen’ and produces ‘heavy water’ when its oxide is present in water ?

        ANSWER  :   Deuterium

 

b.     Which type of leather made from dried untanned skins is traditionally used for the highest quality manuscripts ?

        ANSWER  :   Vellum

 

c.     Which group of mostly alpine herbs means ‘stone breaker’ because their roots break up rocks by growing into cracks ?

        ANSWER  :   Saxifrages

 

d.     What is the lightest known metal ?

        ANSWER  :   Lithium

 

 

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT        

 

These celebrities from stage and screen have well known relatives

 01.   Who is the well known actress daughter of Midnight Cowboy actor Jon Voight ?

        ANSWER  :  Angelina Jolie

 

02.   Who is the daughter of Newspaper Editor and Columnist Eve Pollard ?

        ANSWER  :  Claudia Winkelman  (Presenter of Strictly Come Dancing’s ‘It takes two)

 

03.   Mark McManus of Taggart fame had a famous singing half-brother.  Who is he ?

        ANSWER  :   Brian Connolly (lead singer of The Sweet)

 

04.   Laila Morse, better known as Mo Harris in Eastenders has a famous big screen actor for a brother.  Who is he ?

        ANSWER  :   Gary Oldman

 

05.   Game show presenter Hughie Green’s daughter became a famous TV presenter in her own right, but it was not confirmed that she was his daughter until late in his life. Who was she ?

        ANSWER  :   Paula Yates      (supposed daughter of TV presenter Jess Yates)    

 

06.   Pop singer Lily Alan has a famous father Keith, but can you name her famous step-father ?

        ANSWER  :  Harry Enfield

 

07.   Big screen actress Kate Hudson has a famous step-father Kurt Russell, but who is her mother ?

        ANSWER  :   Goldie Hawn

 

08.   Emilio Estevez has a famous father, but who is his equally famous brother ?

        ANSWER  :   Charlie Sheen

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARIES

 

a.     Who is Warren Beatty’s famous film star sister ?

        ANSWER  :   Shirley Maclaine

 

b.     Carrie Fisher of Star Wars fame is the daughter of which famous Hollywood actress ?

        ANSWER  :   Debbie Reynolds

 

c.     Who is the mother of actress Joely Richardson ?

        ANSWER  :   Vanessa Redgrave

LEST WE FORGET      

               

                                          Questions all relate to World War One

 

01.   Against whom did Austria-Hungary declare war on 28^th July 1914, beginning the Great War ?

        ANSWER :  Serbia

 

02.   What was the nationality of Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, author of the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ ?

        ANSWER  :  Canadian

 

03.   Which major battle / offensive on the Western Front commenced on 1^st July 1916 lasting until November 1916, resulting in almost 60,000 British casualties on the first day including in excess of 19,000 dead ?

        ANSWER  :  The Somme

 

04.   Which military hardware was used for the first time in battle during the Somme Offensive at the battle of Fleurs-Courcelette ?

        ANSWER  :  Tanks   (Mark I’s)

 

05.   What is the title of the poem by Rupert Brooke which begins with the lines ‘If I should die, think only this of me, that there’s some corner of a foreign field that is forever England’ ?

        ANSWER  :  The Soldier

 

06.   Which major battle on the Western Front commenced on 31^st July lasting until November 1917 in which British, Canadian, South African and Anzac forces fought to gain control of the Ypres salient ?

        ANSWER  :  Passchendaele  (Accept Third Battle of Ypres)

 

07.   Who is Britain’s only surviving ‘Tommy’ having survived the trenches and the battle of Passchendaele and is now aged 110 ?

        ANSWER  :  Harry Patch

 

08.   Who was the Allied Supreme Commander who signed the Armistice at Compiegne along with German Mattias Erzberger ?

        ANSWER  :  Ferdinand Foch   (Accept Marshal Foch)

 

SUPPLEMENTARIES

 

a.     In which year did the unofficial Christmas truce along parts of the Western Front take place ?

        ANSWER  :  1914

 

b.     Which treaty ended World War One on 28^th June, 1919 ?

        ANSWER  :  Treaty of Versailles

 

c.     Who became Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in December 1915 replacing Field Marshall Sir John French ?

        ANSWER  :  General Sir Douglas Haig

THE MUSIC ROUND                        

 

Sorry, it’s classical again, but there’s nothing here that’s not general knowledge !

 

01.   In Puccini’s opera Turandot, the tenor sings an aria which proclaims that ‘None shall sleep’. What is this aria called ?

        ANSWER  :  Nessun Dorma

 

02.   Which opera, with music by George Gershwin, had an original cast of classically trained African-American singers and is set in ‘Catfish Row’, Charleston, South Carolina ?

        ANSWER  :  Porgy & Bess

 

03.   Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta contains the song generally known as ‘A policeman’s lot is not a happy one’

        ANSWER  :  The Pirates of Penzance

 

04.   Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 was used to great effect in which 1945 film starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard and written and directed by Noel Coward ?

        ANSWER  :  Brief Encounter

 

05.   Which classical composer’s tortured life and career was the subject of the Ken Russell film ‘The Music Lovers’ ?

        ANSWER  :  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

 

06.   Offenbach’s barcarolle from the ‘Tales of Hoffman’ is a famous piece of music, but what is a barcarolle ?

        ANSWER  :  A boating song, particularly by gondoliers. (accept any reasonable reference to boats )

07.   Which 1941 film starring Anton Wallbrook is probably best known for the music by Richard Addinsell which included the ‘Warsaw Concerto’ ?

        ANSWER  :  Dangerous Moonlight

 

08.   In 1963, who had a hit with ‘Hello Muddah, hello Faaduh’ which had words set to Ponchielli’s ‘Dance of the Hours’ from ‘La Gioconda’ ?

        ANSWER  :  Allan Sherman

 

SUPPLEMENTARIES

 

a.     Who wrote ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ but is more famous for music sung to at the Last Night of the Proms ?

        ANSWER  :  Sir Edward Elgar

 

b.     Which Austrian composer wrote the Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major which is loosely translated as ‘A little night music’ ?

        ANSWER  :  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

c.     Who wrote the music to Onward Christian Soldiers,  The Lost Chord  and all of the Savoy Operas ?

        ANSWER  :  Sir Arthur Sullivan  (of Gilbert & Sullivan fame)

THE ANSWER LIES IN THE SOIL

                                       ‘Part of your five-a-day’

 

01.   Which fruiting body of the nightshade family has the latin name solanum lycopersicum and

         was once known as the ‘love apple’ ?

         ANSWER :  TOMATO

 

02.   Which vegetable was used by Gregor Mendel whilst formulating his theory on genetics ?

         ANSWER :  PEAS

 

03.   In preparation of this vegetable for cooking, a volatile gas called syn-propanethial-S-oxide can be released causing ophthalmic irritation.  What is the vegetable ?

        ANSWER :  ONION

 

04.   Which vegetable, with an annual production of 70 million tonnes in China and an average

         consumption of over 300 kilos per person in Russia, caused a 25% reduction in the population of Ireland in the mid nineteenth century ?

         ANSWER :  POTATO

 

05.   Which vegetable is the main ingredient of borscht ?

         ANSWER :  BEETROOT

 

06.   The acquisition of which vegetable was the only ambition of Baldrick ?

         ANSWER :  TURNIPS

 

07.   A giant imitation of this vegetable has been seen to be carried by comedian Max Boyce. What is it ?

        ANSWER :  LEEK

 

08.    Of which vegetable are there varieties called, Mung, Lima and Velvet ?

        ANSWER :  BEANS

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARIES

 

a.     Which vegetable was popularized in America through a cartoon series about a feisty little  sailor ?

        ANSWER :  SPINACH

 

c.     Which vegetable has a measurement of strength listed on the Scoville scale ?

        ANSWER :  PEPPERS   (accept Chilli, capsaicin, etc)

 

b.     How many heaped tablespoons of vegetables, beans or pulses constitutes one of your five-a-day portions ?

        ANSWER :  THREE

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Set by TheCock Inn       

 

 

01.   What is the capital of Samoa ?

        ANSWER : APIA

 

02.   What is the capital of the Solomon Islands ?

        ANSWER : HOINARA

 

03.   In which British city would you find the squinty bridge ?

        ANSWER : GLASGOW

 

04.   In which British city would you find the Mathematical bridge.

        ANSWER : CAMBRIDGE

 

05.   By what name is Beethoven’s third symphony known ?

        ANSWER : EROICA

 

06.   By what name is Mozart’s 38^th symphony known ?

        ANSWER : PRAGUE

 

07.   Whose gravestone bears the words “His sins were scarlet, but his books were read” ?

        ANSWER : HILAIRE BELLOC

 

08.   Whose epitaph was “A brave life and a heroic death. Be British” ?

        ANSWER : EDWARD J. SMITH  (Captain of the Titanic)

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09.   The Greek words for ‘beautiful’, ‘appearance’ and ‘I behold’ converge to give us which word ?

        ANSWER : KALEIDASCOPE

 

10.   Which contraction of the word ‘grandfather’ is used as a slang word for someone in charge ?

         ANSWER : GAFFER

 

11.   Which serpent haunted the caves at Parnassus, whose name lives on in one of the world’s largest snakes?

        ANSWER : PYTHON

 

12.   Who was the half sister of King Arthur ?

        ANSWER : MORGAN LE FEY

 

13.   Who was the subject of a film starring Richard Attenborough, who lived at 10, Rillington Place ?

        ANSWER : JOHN CHRISTIE

 

14.   By what name was Salvatore Luciana better known ?

        ANSWER : LUCKY LUCIANO

 

15.   In which castle was the late Princess Margaret born ?

        ANSWER : GLAMIS

 

16.   Which castle holds an annual service for the Knights of the Order of the Garter ?

        ANSWER : WINDSOR

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17.   Where was ‘Lola’ a showgirl ?

        ANSWER : AT THE COPACABANA

 

18.   Which fair was the subject of a Simon and Garfunkel song ?

        ANSWER : SCARBOROUGH

     19.   In Shakespeare, who asks “If you prick us, do we not bleed ?”  ?

        ANSWER : SHYLOCK  (in The merchant of Venice.)

 

20.   In Shakespeare, who swears “A plague on both your houses” ?

        ANSWER : MERCUTIO (in Romeo and Juliet)

 

21.   What was the name of Captain Pugwash’s mortal enemy ?

        ANSWER : CUT-THROAT JAKE

 

22.   Who owned Roald Dahl’s chocolate factory ?

        ANSWER : WILLY WONKA

 

23.   In which city is the oldest metro system in the world ?

       ANSWER : LONDON

 

24.   Which road runs from Alaska to Chile ?

       ANSWER : THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY

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25.   What roadside item was invented by Carlton Magee in 1935 ?

        ANSWER : THE PARKING METER

 

26.   To which island in the South Atlantic was Napoleon Bonaparte exiled ?

        ANSWER : ST. HELENA

 

27.   Which actress currently plays ‘The Commander’ ?

        ANSWER : AMANDA BURTON

 

28.   President elect Barack Obama is a senator of which state ?

        ANSWER : ILLINOIS

 

29.   What is the name of Bob the Builder’s cat ?

        ANSWER : PILCHARD

 

30.   What is the title of Dawn French’s latest book ?

        ANSWER : FULTIC

 

31.   Who invented the aqualung ?

        ANSWER : JACQUES COUSTEAU

 

32.   Who led the Gunpowder Plot ?

        ANSWER : ROBERT CATESBY

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33.   Which US president was assassinated in 1881 ?

        ANSWER :  WILLIAM McKINLEY

 

34.   Who is the current Education Secretary (as at November 10^th 2008)

        ANSWER : ED BALLS

 

35.   Who has recently had a statue unveiled in his memory in Lytham St. Annes ?

        ANSWER : LES DAWSON

 

36.   Who was Britain’s Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I  ?

        ANSWER : HERBERT ASQUITH

 

37.   How much would 11 guineas be in today’s currency ?

        ANSWER : £11.55p

 

38.   Who is Holland’s present Queen ?

        ANSWER : QUEEN BEATRIX

 

39.   Where is the Book of Kells currently to found ?

        ANSWER : TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.

 

40.   What is the capital of Liberia ?

        ANSWER : MONROVIA

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41.   What is the capital of Zambia ?

        ANSWER : LUSAKA

 

42.   Which country would have ‘Helvetia’ on it’s stamps ?

        ANSWER : SWITZERLAND

 

43.   In whose reign was the Jacobite Rebellion ?

        ANSWER : GEORGE III

 

44.   What is the RAF rank equivalent to an Admiral ?

        ANSWER : AIR CHIEF MARSHALL

 

45.   In which Shakespeare play would you find Malvolio ?

        ANSWER : TWELTH NIGHT

 

46.   How is Dutch Capsicum better known ?

        ANSWER : GREEN PEPPER

 

47.   Which Titan stole fire from heaven ?

        ANSWER : PROMETHEUS

 

48.   Who was born at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk in 1758 and died at the age of 47 ?

         ANSWER : HORATIO NELSON

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49.   Which is the longest river in Australia ?

        ANSWER : DARLING

 

50.   Who created the fictional detective Albert Campion ?

        ANSWER : MARJORIE ALLINGHAM

 

51.   In the game of polo, where were the first set of English rules drawn up ?

        ANSWER : HURLINGHAM

 

52.   Who disguised himself as Betty Burge after losing a battle ?

        ANSWER : BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE

 

53.   In the 16^th century, what name was given to a hooped petticoat ?

        ANSWER : FARTHINGALE

 

54.   Who was Prime Minister at the time of the White Paper ‘In Place of Strife’ ?

        ANSWER : HAROLD WILSON

 

55.   How many murder weapons are there in a standard version of Cluedo ?

        ANSWER : 6

 

56.   In which year did the 100-1 outsider Foinavon win the Grand National ?

        ANSWER : 1967   (No leeway)

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57.   Which cartoon hero was created by Elsie Segar in 1929 ?

        ANSWER : POPEYE

 

58.   What is the name of the ghostly lights which appear over damp ground ?

        ANSWER : WILL O’ THE WISP

 

59.   Which London theatre was created expressly for staging the works of Gilbert & Sullivan ?

        ANSWER : THE SAVOY

 

60.   Which was the first industry to be nationalised in post-war Britain ?

        ANSWER : COAL

 

61.   Martin Shaw, Ben Kingsley and Joanna Lumley have all appeared in which long running TV series ?

        ANSWER : CORONATION STREET

 

62.   Which 1998 smash hit movie was the first successful film spin-off of a current TV series ?

        ANSWER : THE X-FILES MOVIE

 

63.   What kind of fruit is an ‘Elegant Lady’ ?

        ANSWER : PEACH

 

64.   Clement Atlee’s biography is called ‘As it happened’, but whose was called ‘As it happens’ ?

        ANSWER : JIMMY SAVILLE

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65.   Who was King of England when Wat Tyler led the Peasant’s Revolt ?

        ANSWER : RICHARD II

 

66.   The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse rode different coloured horses; who rode the Pale Horse ?

        ANSWER : DEATH

 

67.   Nicholas Breakspear is the only Englishman to become what ?

        ANSWER : POPE

 

68.   In modern fencing, the swords used are the sabre, epee and which other ?

        ANSWER : FOIL

 

69.   Ganymede is a moon of which planet ?

        ANSWER : JUPITER

 

70.   Who was the youngest Beatle ?

        ANSWER : GEORGE HARRISON

 

71.   What does Noddy do for a living ?

        ANSWER : TAXI DRIVER

 

72.   What date is inscribed on the book held by the Statue of Liberty ?

        ANSWER : 1776

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73.   Who played the part of Fagin in the 1968 film Oliver ?

        ANSWER : RON MOODY

 

74.   Which speech from Shakespeare was recited  on the first public demonstration of the telephone ?

        ANSWER : “TO BE OR NOT TO BE”  (from Hamlet)

 

75.   Who was George VI’s mother ?

        ANSWER : QUEEN MARY

  

76.   Who was Edward VII ‘s father ?

        ANSWER : PRINCE ALBERT

 

77.   On which Beatles’ album was the song ‘Norwegian Wood’ ?

        ANSWER : RUBBER SOUL

 

78.   On which Beatles’ album was the song ‘Taxman’ ?

        ANSWER : REVOLVER

 

79.   Which football club is known as the ‘Trotters’ ?

        ANSWER : BOLTON WANDERERS

 

80.   Which football club is known as the ‘Cottagers’ ?

        ANSWER : FULHAM

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81.   Which country declared war on Japan the day before the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki ?

        ANSWER : THE SOVIET UNION

 

82.   Which German military leader said their army had been “stabbed in the back” by left-wing politicians in 1918 ?

        ANSWER : ERICH VON LUDENDORF

 

83.   Who is the UK Secretary of State for Defence ?

        ANSWER : JOHN HUTTON

 

84.   Who is the UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ?

        ANSWER : JAMES PURNELL

 

85.   Who wrote ‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money’ ?

        ANSWER : JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES

 

86.   Who wrote ‘The Condition of the Working Class in England’ ?

        ANSWER : FREDERICK ENGELS

 

87.   Who commanded the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland ?

        ANSWER : JOHN JELLICO

 

88.   Which British battleship was sunk in Scapa Flow ?

        ANSWER : HMS ROYAL OAK

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89.   What type of research is carried out at The Joint European Torus ?

        ANSWER : NUCLEAR FUSION

 

90.   Where is the world’s first electrical generating station powered by tidal energy ?

        ANSWER : RANCE  (in France)

 

91.   Who provided engines for the Williams Formula 1 team in 2008 ?

        ANSWER : TOYOTA

 

92.   Who provided engines for the Red Bull Formula 1 team in 2008 ?

        ANSWER : RENAULT

 

93.   Which vehicle holds the absolute land speed record ?

        ANSWER : THRUST SSC

 

94.   Which driver holds the absolute land speed record ?

        ANSWER : ANDY GREEN

 

95.   Which poet wrote ‘The Celtic Twilight’ ?

        ANSWER : W.B.YEATS

 

96.   How many ‘Enigma Variations’ are there in Elgar’s work ?

        ANSWER : 14

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARIES

 

 

1.     Who wrote the symphony commonly referred to as ‘The Clock’ ?

        ANSWER : HAYDN

 

2.     Who plays Donald de Souza in Emmerdale ?

        ANSWER : MICHAEL JAYSTON

 

3.     Who is the current Poet Laureate ?

        ANSWER : ANDREW MOTION

 

4.     Who played the matron in the ‘Carry on’ films ?

        ANSWER : HATTIE JACQUES