1. What background colour are U.K. road signs that indicate tourist attractions and places of interest?
BROWN
2. What shape are STOP signs on U.K. Roads?
OCTAGONAL
3. As in a mobile phone SIM card, for what does the letter "I" stand?
IDENTITY (subscriber identity module)
4. As in Manchester United's sponsors AIG, for what does the letter "I" stand?
INTERNATIONAL (American International Group)
5. Bernadotte is the ruling royal house in which country?
SWEDEN
6. Along with Iran and Iraq, which other country was named by George W. Bush as part of "the axis of evil"?
NORTH KOREA
7. According to Thomas Edison, "genius is one 99 % inspiration" and what else? PERSPIRATION
8. According to George Bernard Shaw, "England and America are two countries separated by" what?
A COMMON LANGUAGE
9. Which novel by Charles Dickens features a raven called Grip?
BARNABY RUDGE
10. Which novel by Charles Dickens features the court case Jarndyce v. Jarndyce? BLEAK HOUSE
11. What is the link between the ornithologist author of "Birds of the West Indies" (1954) and the hero of a long running series of movies (1962 - the present day)?
BOTH ARE NAMED JAMES BOND
12. What was the name of Ian Fleming's house in Jamaica?
GOLDENEYE
13. How many chromosomes are there in a human body?
46 (accept 23 pairs)
14. How many bones are there in a fully developed human skeleton?
206
15. What astronomical term is derived from the Greek for milk?
GALAXY
16. What astronomical term is derived from the Greek for wanderer?
PLANET
17. In population terms, what is Spain's third largest city after Madrid and Barcelona?
VALENCIA
18. In population terms, what is Canada's third largest city after Toronto and Montreal?
VANCOUVER
19. Na is the chemical symbol for which element?
SODIUM
20. Sb is the chemical symbol for which element?
ANTIMONY
21. Who was the first black female M.P. in the House of Commons?
DIANE ABBOTT
22. Who is the current U.S. Secretary of State?
HILARY CLINTON
23. What is the first name of the poet W.H. Auden?
WYSTAN
24. What is the middle name of author Jerome K. Jerome?
KLAPKA
25. What was the unusual outcome of the 1993 Grand National?
THE RACE WAS DECLARED VOID
26. What was the unusual outcome of the 1877 Oxford - Cambridge University Boat Race?
IT WAS A DEAD HEAT
27. What nationality is tennis player Gustavo Kuerten?
BRAZILIAN
28. What nationality is Formula One driver Mark Webber?
AUSTRALIAN
29. Which actor played a Marine colonel accused of massacring civilians in the 2000 film "Rules of Engagement"?
SAMUEL K JACKSON
30. Which actor played Professor Charles Xavier in the 2000 film "X-Men"?
PATRICK STEWART
31. Which part of the human body is also called the hallux?
BIG TOE
32. Which part of the human body is also called the axilla?
ARMPIT
33. What is the name of Robert Mugabe's political party in Zimbabwe?
ZANU-PF
34. Between July 2006 and November 2007, which European country had a President and Prime Minister who were identical twin brothers?
POLAND (Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski)
35. From which tree was the English longbow traditionally made?
YEW TREE
36. Koala bears live mainly on a diet of leaves from which tree?
EUCALYPTUS
37. In Welsh place names beginning "Llan" (Llandudno, Llanberis, Llanelli etc), what does the prefix "Llan" indicate?
PLACE OF A CHURCH
38. In Welsh place names beginning "Aber"(Abergavenny, Aberystwyth, Abersoch etc), what does the prefix "Aber" indicate?
CONFLUENCE OR MOUTH OF A RIVER
39. Hall Green is a parliamentary constituency in which city?
BIRMINGHAM
40. Wavertree is a parliamentary constituency in which city?
LIVERPOOL
41. Paul Griffen plays international Rugby Union for which country?
ITALY
42. Anne Keothavong represents which country in international tennis? GREAT BRITAIN (she is the British No.1)
43. Which TV presenter/comedian played the role of Noel Furlong in "Father Ted"?
GRAHAM NORTON
44. What is the name of the church in "The Vicar of Dibley"?
ST. BARNABAS
45. What is the name of the British nuclear submarine that was in collision with a French nuclear submarine beneath the waters of the Atlantic in February 2009?
H.M.S. VANGUARD
46. Which "iconic" Blackpool building was gutted by fire in February 2009? YATES'S WINE LODGE
47. What sort of creature is a colobus?
MONKEY
48. What sort of creature is a Krait?
SNAKE
49. Which museum in Amsterdam has large collection of works by Rembrandt?
RIJKSMUSEUM
50. Which Flemish artist became the principal court painter to Charles I?
ANTHONY VAN DYCK
51. Which country shares the island of Hispaniola along with Haiti?
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
52. Bolivia is one of the two landlocked countries of South America, name the
other.
PARAGUAY
53. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany?
ANGELA MERKEL
54. Who is the current Shadow Foreign Secretary?
WILLIAM HAGUE
55. What type of cream cheese is traditionally used in the Italian dish Tiramisu?
MASCARPONE
56. Dunlop is a type of cheese from which country?
SCOTLAND
57. The television programme "Krypton Factor" has recently returned to our TV screens, who is the current presenter?
BEN SHEPHARD
58. The television programme "Battle of the Brains" has also made a return to our TV screens recently, who is the current presenter?
NICKY CAMPBELL
59. Who did Winston Churchill refer to as "A modest little man, who has much to be modest about"?
CLEMENT ATTLEE
60. In answer to her accusation that he was drunk, to whom was Winston Churchill replying when he said "Madam you are ugly, and in the morning, I shall be sober"?
BETTY BRADDOCK
61. Which astronomical term derives from the Latin for "Sun standing still"?
SOLSTICE
62. In Greek mythology who was the Muse of History?
CLIO
63. What was the name of the Test Match Special scorer and statistician who died in January 2009?
BILL FRINDALL
64. Peter Moores has recently been appointed as Head Coach for which County Cricket Club?
LANCASHIRE
65. Which American city is known as "The Windy City"?
CHICAGO
66. Which American city is known as "The City of Brotherly Love"?
PHILADELPHIA
67. Which English scientist discovered Sodium, Calcium, Barium, Potassium and Magnesium?
SIR HUMPHREY DAVY
68. From which drug is Codeine derived?
OPIUM (accept MORPHINE)
69. "The Dance of the Knights" from "Romeo and Juliet" by Prokofiev is the theme tune for which popular BBC TV programme?
THE APPRENTICE
70. Who composed the opera "The Flying Dutchman"?
RICHARD WAGNER
71. David Cameron, Michael Howard and William Hague are three of the four post war Conservative Party leaders not to have become Prime Minister. Who is the other?
IAIN DUNCAN SMITH
72. Former Prime Minister Edward Heath was a keen yachtsman. What was the name of the boat he bought in 1969?
MORNING CLOUD
73. The LIV-eX 100 index tracks the prices of what?
FINE WINES
74. The wine growing region of Chateauneuf du Pape is next to which river?
RHONE
75. What type of fruit is a Jargonelle?
PEAR
76. Jonagold is a variety of which fruit?
APPLE
77. Which 80's singer's real name is Stuart Goddard?
ADAM ANT
78. Brian Warner is the real name of which singer?
MARILYN MANSON
79. Which sport is played by the New Jersey Devils and the Florida Panthers?
ICE HOCKEY
80. Doctor Frank Stableford devised a scoring system for which sport?
GOLF
81. Why did Alfie Patten make the headlines in February 2009?
HE WAS THE 12 YEAR OLD WHO FATHERED A CHILD
82. From which airline was Flight 1549 which recently ditched in the Hudson River?
U.S. AIRWAYS
83. What comes next in this clockwise list of Austria's neighbours. Italy; Switzerland; Germany; Czech Republic; Slovakia and WHAT?
HUNGARY
84. Complete the sequence of major Cote D'Azur towns from East to West. Monte Carlo; Monaco Nice; Antibes and WHAT?
CANNES
85. What are Shas, Likud and Kadima?
ISRAELI POLITICAL PARTIES
86. What is the name of the Israeli Secret Service responsible for overseas intelligence and security?
MOSSAD
87. Which children's author wrote "The Witches" and "Danny, Champion of the World"?
ROALD DAHL
88. In the Francesca Simon books, who is Perfect Peter's eponymous brother? HORRID HENRY
89. At the Battle of Actium, Mark Anthony and Cleopatra fought on one side against which Roman Commander?
OCTAVIAN (accept AUGUSTUS)
90. The three Punic Wars were fought between Rome and which other power?
CARTHAGE
91. Which Transport Minister introduced the 70 mph speed limit and the breathalyser test?
BARBARA CASTLE
92. The A3 runs from London to which U.K. City?
PORTSMOUTH
93. Which British actress stars as Charlotte Charles in the American drama "Pushing Daisies"?
ANNA FRIEL
94. Who plays Margaret Thatcher in the BBC drama "Margaret"?
LINDSAY DUNCAN
95. Which footballer scored the most goals at the UEFA Euro 2008 Finals, thus winning the "Golden Boot"?
DAVID VILLA (Spain – 4 goals)
96. Which footballer scored the winning and only goal in the final of UEFA Euro
2008?
FERNANDO TORRES
97. Which German playwright's works include "Mother Courage and her Children", "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" and "The Threepenny Opera"?
BERTOLD BRECHT
98. Which Russian author (not composer) wrote works including "Eugene Onegin" and "Boris Godunov"?
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
99. The founder members of the Beach Boys included the three Wilson brothers. Brian and Carl were two, who was the third?
DENNIS
100. Which 70's and 80's band had brothers called Ron and Russell Mael?
SPARKS
101. What name is given to the style of painting in which small distinct points of primary colours are used to generate the impression of secondary colours? POINTILLISM
102. What creature features in the 1991 work by Damien Hurst titled "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living"?
A SHARK
103. The Garonne and which other river join north of Bordeaux to form the Gironde?
DORDOGNE
104. The Champs Elysees runs from the Arc de Triomphe in the west to where in the east?
PLACE DE LA CONCORDE
105. Which male singing voice falls between a tenor and a bass?
BARITONE
106. The musical piece, "Sailing By" is played on Radio 4 every day immediately before what?
THE SHIPPING FORECAST
107. The Mille Miglia Italian Road Race starts and finishes in which city?
BRESCIA
108. Who trained the racehorse, Red Rum?
GINGER McCAIN
109. Name the mouse that lives in Dumbo's hat.
TIMOTHY
110. The Timothy Taylor Brewery is based in which Yorkshire town?
KEIGHLEY
111. How is the film, "Il Buono, Il Brutto, Ii Cattivo" (pronounced 'eel boo-oh-no, eel brootoh, eel katteevo') better known to English speaking audiences?
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
112. Which actor played himself in the World War II film "To Hell and Back"? AUDIE MURPHY
113. Which 80's song contains the line "How does it feel, to treat me like you do"? BLUE MONDAY (by New Order)
114. Which 80's singer had backing groups "The Fabulously Wealthy Tarts" and "The Royal Family"?
PAUL YOUNG
115. In which continent is Patagonia?
SOUTH AMERICA
116. The Gobi Desert covers territory in two countries. Name either.
CHINA and MONGOLIA
117. The University Boat Race runs from Putney to where?
MORTLAKE
118. Scolari was recently replaced by Hiddink as manager of Chelsea, but who did Scolari replace?
AVRAM GRANT
119. By what nickname was Haitian President, Francois Duvalier better known?
PAPA DOC
120. Which English King is renowned for hiding up a tree to evade capture?
CHARLES II
SUPPLEMENTARIES
1. In which county does the source of the River Thames lie?
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
2. What is the highest point in Northern Ireland?
SLIEVE DONARD
3. What is the name of Christopher Biggins effeminate character in the TV sitcom" Porridge"?
LUKEWARM
4. For her role in which film did Kate Winslet receive this year's Best Actress Oscar?
THE READER
5. For his role in which film did Sean Penn receive this year's Best Actor Oscar?
MILK
6. The syrup Grenadine (used in making cocktails) is made from what fruit?
POMEGRANATE
7. Which town is the administrative headquarters of Kent?
MAIDSTONE
8. In Mathematics, what diagram represents the relationship between sets?
VENN DIAGRAM
TIE BREAK QUESTIONS
A. In the National Lottery "Lotto" draw (the main draw) for Saturday 7th February 2009, how many tickets correctly matched with five of the six main numbers drawn?
642
B. According to the NASA website, how long (in feet) is the Space Shuttle?
122.17 ft
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