8th March Questions
Specialist questions set by The Albion
Vetted by the Ox-fford ‘C’
HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
FOOD & DRINK
SPORT
WILD AT HEART
SCIENCE
DOG LOVERS’ CORNER
HISTORY
- What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Answer: Jamestown, Virginia - The Defenestration of Prague in 1618 precipitated which European conflict?
Answer: The Thirty Years War - What was the name of Captain Cook’s ship which left Plymouth in 1768 on his first expedition to the Pacific and Australasia?
Answer: The Endeavour - The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought during which war?
Answer: The American War of Independence - In which city was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?
Answer: Sarajevo - At which monument in Washington did Martin Luther King make his famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech in 1963?
Answer: The Lincoln Memorial - Who was convicted for the assassination of Bobby Kennedy in 1968?
Answer: Sirhan Sirhan - Who was the Mayor of New York at the time of the 9/11 attacks?
Answer: Rudolph Giuliani
SUPPLEMENTARIES - In which Russian town were Tsar Nicholas II and his family killed in 1918?
Answer: Ekaterinburg - What was the name of the Russian secret police force which was set up by the Bolsheviks in 1917?
Answer: The Cheka
GEOGRAPHY
- In which European City is the famed Arch of Hadrian ?
Answer: Athens - What is the longest mountain range on the land surface of the world?
Answer: The Andes - Which US state has the longest border with Canada?
Answer: Alaska - What island group provides the sheltered port of Scapa Flow?
Answer: The Orkneys - What mountain range is Ben Nevis in?
Answer: The Grampians - In which country are the Southern Alps?
Answer: New Zealand - What’s the capital of Ecuador?
Answer: Quito - Alaska is the largest US state, but which is the second largest by area?
Answer: Texas
SUPPLEMENTARIES - Which legendary figure gave his name to a bay between Whitby and Scarborough?
Answer: Robin Hood - What colour is the name of the sea separating Shanghai from Korea?
Answer: Yellow
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
- In which Bond film do the characters Solitaire and Tee Hee Johnson appear?
Answer: Live and Let Die - What was Ursula Andress’s character’s name in Dr No?
Answer: honey Ryder - The band Beady Eye was formed by most of the members of which other band, who split up in 2009?
Answer: Oasis - Which singer recently released the chart-topping album Loud and won the best international female award at last month’s Brits?
Answer: Rihanna - Who wrote a volume of poems entitled A Shropshire Lad?
Answer: A E Housman - What village does Miss Marple live in?
Answer: St Mary Mead - Danielle Hope made her first appearance at the London Palladium last week in what role?
Answer: Dorothy (in Lloyd Webber’s Wizard of Oz, having won a TV talent show) - Which musical features the songs Castle in the Clouds and Do you Hear the People Sing?
Answer: Les Miserables
SUPPLEMENTARIES - Which novel is narrated by Charles Ryder?
Answer: Brideshead Revisited - Who played Auric Goldfinger in the film Goldfinger?
Answer: Gert Frobe
FOOD AND DRINK
- In China, gunpowder is a popularly variety of what?
Answer: It is a variety of tea - Which American city was once the home of four of the world’s largest breweries although only one, at Miller Valley, still remains?
Answer: Milwaukee - In which country is the wine making region of Hawkes Bay
Answer: New Zealand - Calamari en su tinta is squid is cooked how?
Answer: In its own ink
- Which cut of meat is used to make Beef Wellington?
Answer: The fillet
- What is muktuk?
Answer: The skin and blubber of a whale eaten by Eskimos (accept whale meat)
- What was the Christian name of the frozen food magnate Mr Birdseye?
Answer: Clarence
- In which country was margarine invented
Answer: France - SUPPLEMENTARIES
- How is fish prepared for the dish ceviche?
Answer: by marinating it in lemon or lime juice (it is not cooked at all)
- Malmsey is a variety of which fortified wine?
Answer: Madeira
SPORT
1. What official number Olympiad will London`s Olympic Games be in 2012?
Answer: XXX (30) (They are sequentially numbered every 4 years since 1896 whether cancelled or not)
2. After which sporting hero was Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton named?
Answer: Carl Lewis (both names required)
3. How many successive pots must a snooker player make to score a 147 break?
Answer: 36
4. In golf, what does a stimpmeter measure?
Answer: The pace of the greens
5. Which English football league club is known as the Mariners?
Answer: Grimsby Town
6. What is the maximum number of horses allowed to run in the Grand National?
Answer: 40
7. Which animal is South African rugby union player Bryan Habana often compared to?
Answer: A cheetah
8. At which sporting venue would you find The Nursery End and the Warner Stand?
Answer: Lords cricket ground
SUPPLEMENTARIES
9. Which football club did Sir Matt Busby sign for at the age of 17?
Answer: Manchester City
10. In what sport do players take long and short corners?
Answer: Hockey
WILD AT HEART
1. What type of creature is a bonobo?
Answer: A chimpanzee
2. Which member of the monitor lizard family is the largest species of lizard in the world?
Answer: the Komodo dragon
3. What is the largest bird of prey in the world?
Answer: the (Andean) condor
4. In which country would you find the Chitwan National Park?
Answer: Nepal
5. Which country has the largest population of cheetah in the world?
Answer: Namibia
6. Which endangered animal can mainly be found living in the wild in the mountains of central China , especially Sichuan?
Answer: the Giant Panda
7. In which country would you visit Kruger National Park?
Answer: South Africa
8. Species of what creature include golden, side-striped and black-backed?
Answer: the jackal
SUPPLEMENTARIES
9. What type of creature is an eland?
Answer: an antelope
10. The Amazon river dolphin has an alternative name relating to its usual colour - what colour is it?
Answer: Pink (it is known as the pink river dolphin)
SCIENCE
- What word, from the same root as its antonym haemorrhage , refers to the stoppage of bleeding in an organ?
Answer: Haemostasis - What substance, invented in 1907, was a mixture of carbolic acid and formaldehyde and was considered to be the first plastic?
Answer : Bakelite - Name either of the elements that make up the alloy pinchbeck.
Answer : Copper or zinc - What astronomical feature is a persistent anticyclonic storm, first observed around 300 years ago?
Answer : Jupiter’s Great Red Spot - In what area of the body would you find the hyoid bone?
Answer: The throat (it is an anchoring structure for the tongue – accept neck or jaw) - What is the chemical formula for sulphuric acid?
Answer : H2SO4 - The pascaline, invented by Blaise Pascal in the 17th century was an early type of which type of machine?
Answer: Mechanical calculator - What name is given to a fracture of the bone of a child in which the bone is partly bent and splinters only on the side of the bend?
Answer: Greenstick fracture - SUPPLEMENTARIES
- Which acid is also known as phenol?
Answer: Carbolic acid - Which number is expressed in binary format as 100010?
Answer : 34
DOG LOVERS’ CORNER
1. The grave of Prince Llewelyn the Great’s faithful dog gives its name to which Snowdonia village?
Answer: Beddgelert
2. Which breed of dog takes its name from a character in Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering?
Answer: Dandie Dinmont
3. Which TV series has featured dogs called Poochie, Fido and Officer Sniffy?
Answer: The Simpsons
4. Which dog sometimes works as a consultant for The Pointy Haired Boss?
Answer: Dogbert (in the Dilbert comic strip)
5. Which Whitbread award winning book begins: ‘It was seven minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears’ house’?
Answer: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
6. Name the vicious bull terrier belonging to Bill Sikes in Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist.
Answer: Bullseye
7. In the Asterix cartoons, name the dog that belongs to Obelix.
Answer: Dogmatix
8. Which band’s second album was entitled The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse?
Answer: The Bonzo Dog Band (they had dropped the Doo-Dah by this stage)
SUPPLEMENTARIES
9. Who owned Rinka, the Great Dane shot to death on Exmoor in 1975?
Answer: Norman Scott (allegedly in a relationship with Jeremy Thorp)
10. Who was the most famous owner of a dog called K9?
Answer: Doctor Who
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS
SET BY SUTTON CHURCH HOUSE
1. Who had a hit single in 1968 with “Captain of your ship” ?
A. Reparata and the Delrons
2. “Hang on Sloopy” was a hit in 1965 for which group ?
A. The McCoys
3. Which river flows into the sea at Whitby ?
A. The Esk
4. On which river does Leicester stand ?
A. The Soar
5. In which city in Cuba is Che Guevara’s final resting place, and mausoleum ?
A. Santa Clara
6. Who is the current President of Cuba ?
A. Raul Castro ( He took over from his brother Fidel in 2006)
7. Who won the Best Actress award at last weeks Oscar ceremony ?
A. Natalie Portman
8. Which film won the Oscar for Best Animated Film in last weeks ceremony ?
A. Toy Story 3
9. Which of the four US Presidents carved into Mount Rushmore is wearing spectacles ?
A. Roosevelt
10. Which US State is known as the Keystone State ?
A. Pennsylvania
11. Which English Monarch founded Eton College ?
A. Henry the sixth
12. In which century was Nostradamus born ?
A. Sixteenth (1503 - 1566)
13. Which horse won the 1973 Grand National in the then record time of 9 minutes and 19 seconds ?
A. Red Rum
14. How many hurdles are there in the men’s 110 metres ?
A. Ten
15. Which 1949 novel was originally to be called “The last man in Europe” ?
A. 1984 by George Orwell
16. Which Musical features the Lambeth walk ?
A. Me and My Girl
17. To the nearest whole number , how many times does the Moon orbit the Earth in a Year ?
A. Thirteen
18. What do Gibbons, Foxes and Swans have in common ?
A. They mate for life
19. Which city is the capital of the German state of Rhineland - Westphalia ?
A. Dusseldorf
20. In which Country is the city of Fes ?
A. Morocco
21. Who was forced by the Inquisition to recant his ideas in 1633 ?
A. Gallileo
22. Bernardo O’Higgins became the Dictator of which South American country in 1818 ?
A. Chile
23. Which Football club was the last to win the FA cup in the old Wembley Stadium ?
A. Chelsea
24.Who held the world men’s long jump record between 1935 and 1960 ?
A. Jesse Owens
25. What type of aircraft was a Short Sunderland ?
A. Flying Boat
26. What is the name of the effect of the Earths rotation, which causes air to be pulled clockwise
In the southern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the northern hemisphere ?
A. The Coriolis force
27. What was the name of the Beach Boys album which was cancelled in 1967 and was remade
By Brian Wilson in 2004 and released to critical acclaim ?
A. Smile
28. Who wrote the novel Catch 22 ?
A. Joseph Heller
29. The mountain of Toubkal (4,167 metres) is the highest peak in which mountain range ?
A. The Atlas mountains
30. Which Country shares the longest border with Israel ?
A. Jordan
31. Which European country was placed under martial law in 1981 ?
A. Poland
32. Which controversial wedding took place in Tours, France on the third of June 1937 ?
A. The Duke of Windsor to Wallace Simpson
33. Who hosted a Television version of Trivial Pursuit ?
A. Rory McGrath
34. Which TV quiz show has a theme tune called Approaching Menace ?
A. Mastermind
35. How many players are there in a Volleyball team ?
A. Six
36. Who was the first player from outside the British Isles to win the Embassy World Snooker
Championship ?
A. Cliff Thorburn
37. Other than being comedians what achievement is shared by Billy Connolly, Benny Hill,
Des O’Connor, Frank Skinner and Ken Dodd ?
A. They have all had number one hit singles
38. Which author described World War One as “The war to end all wars” ?
A. H. G. Wells
39. Which mammal is responsible for the pollination of most bananas in the wild ?
A. Bats
40. What force is neutralised by the process of degaussing ?
A. Magnetism
41. Which famous German landmark was completed in 1791 and was intended as a sign of peace ?
A. The Brandenburg Gate (in Berlin)
42. Active mainly in Germany in the 1970’s, what was the Red Army Faction better known as ?
A. The Baader - Meinhof Gang
43. Which film company, established in 1984, is an offshoot of Disney and makes movies for adults ?
A. Touchstone Pictures
44. Which UK chain store shares its name with a Greek city ?
A. Argos
45. Name either Country to border Mexico to the South ?
A. Belize or Guatemala
46. In which African country is the seaport of Banana ?
A. The Democratic Republic of the Congo
47. For what is the Eighteenth century sailor Robert Jenkins best known ?
A. His ear was cut off, which together with other incidents started the War of Jenkins Ear between
England and Spain
48. Who was the British Monarch between 1702 and 1714 ?
A. Queen Anne
49. Which city hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics ?
A. Salt Lake City
50. In 1926 Gertrude Ederle become the first woman to do what feat ?
A. Swim across the English Channel
51. Who, in 1978 , became the first woman in the UK to have a No. 1 single with a self written song ?
A. Kate Bush (Wuthering Heights)
52. Which fictional detective was created by the American Earl Derr Biggers ?
A. Charlie Chan
53. What was first used in surgery in Britain by James Young Simpson in 1847 ?
A. Chloroform
54. The process of lachrymation produces what ?
A. Tears
55. Which musical instrument is associated with Artie Shaw ?
A. The clarinet
56. Who was the director of the film Gladiator ?
A. Ridley Scott
57. Which company makes the Lumix range of Digital cameras ?
A. Panasonic
58. Which company makes the Coolpix range of Digital cameras ?
A. Nikon
59. Which famous landmark would you see at Lake Havasu City, Arizona ?
A. London Bridge
60. Which Island in the Atlantic was evacuated because of volcanic activity in 1961 ?
A . Tristan da Cunha
61. Who was the British Foreign Minister from 1940 to 1945 ?
A. Anthony Eden
62. Who was Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the
Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 ?
A. Denis Healey
63. The name of which weapon is derived from the Spanish for pomegranate ?
A. Grenade
64. What is the name given to the proposed high speed railway that will connect London to
the Midlands ?
A. High Speed 2 or HS2 (The new railway from London to the Channel Tunnel is High Speed 1)
65. What is the name given to the passenger train that runs between Toronto and Vancouver ?
A. The Canadian
66. Who designed and built the first successful steam railway locomotive in 1804 ?
A. Richard Trevithick
67. Which Country won the European Football Championship in 2004 ?
A. Greece
68. Which Football League club plays its home games at Ashton Gate ?
A. Bristol City
69. Which archaic imperial unit of measure is equivalent to 54 gallons ?
A. A Hogshead
70. What is measured in Siemens ?
A. Electrical conductance
71. Who won the last series of “I’m a celebrity get me out of here” ?
A. Stacey Solomon
72. Which Country singer played the role of Le Boeuf in the 1969 film “True Grit” ?
A. Glen Campbell
73. Which British actor , born in 1922, holds the World record for 266 film performances ?
A. Chistopher Lee
74. Becky Sharp is a character in which famous novel ?
A. Vanity Fair
75. Who is the current Secretary of state for Education ?
A. Michael Gove
76. Which European countries parliament is called the Boule or Vouli ?
A. Greece
77. What, in the animal kingdom, is a Kelt ?
A. A salmon ( one that has recently spawned and is not in good condition )
78. Which substance takes its name from the Greek for not flammable ?
A. Asbestos
79. Which New Testament figure was the son of Elizabeth and Zachariah ?
A. John The Baptist
80. Which Biblical King was the son of David and Bathsheba ?
A. Solomon
81. Which river is formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates ?
A. The Shatt-al-Arab
82. Which sea lies between Sardinia and mainland Italy ?
A. The Tyrrhenian Sea
83. Which author is best known for the Inspector Rebus stories ?
A. Ian Rankin
84. Which Hollywood actress was married to Orson Welles between 1943 and 1946 ?
A. Rita Hayworth
85. Who won a Boxing Gold Medal in the Super Heavyweight division at the 2000 Olympics ?
A. Audley Harrison
86. In which sport was Britain’s David Byrant a leading competitor in the 1970’s and 80’s ?
A. Bowls
87. Why is the 20th of July 1944 a significant date in the Second World War ?
A. The attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler
88. Who was the fourth wife of Henry the Eight ?
A. Anne of Cleves
89. Who composed the music for the opera “The Rakes Progress” ?
A. Stravinsky
90. The stage musical “The Jersey Boys” is based on the lives of the members of which pop group ?
A. The Four Seasons
91. Which alcoholic drink is used to make a Margarita ?
A. Tequilla
92. A Methuselah contains how many litres of Champagne ?
A. Six Litres ( Accept 8 bottles )
93. What is the second highest mountain in the British Isles ?
A. Ben Macdui
94. In which European country is the Salzkammergut area ?
A. Austria
95. Which Soviet leader died in November 1982 ?
A. Leonid Brezhnev
96. In Greek Mythology who was the first woman ?
A. Pandora
SUPPLEMENTARIES
1. Which song contains the line “Use your mentality, wake up to reality” ?
A. I’ve got you under my skin
2. In which Italian region is the city of Florence ?
A. Tuscany
3. What is the Birthstone for April ?
A. Diamond
4. Who was the Foreign Minister for the Soviet Union during World War Two ?
A. Vyacheslav Molotov
5. Who is the current Manager of Wigan Athletic Football Club ?
A. Roberto Martinez
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