CUP QUESTIONS. ROUND 1 25th October 2011

(Set by The Nag’s Head & The Knot Know-Alls)

1. Who was the Best Man at the wedding of former Defence Minister Liam Fox?

ADAM WERRITTY

2. Citizens of Switzerland are prohibited from serving in any foreign army with what notable exception? VATICAN (SWISS GUARD)

3. Name the Welsh Rugby Union captain sent off in the recent World Cup semi-final against France

SAM WARBURTON

4. In which Irish city did soldiers of the British Army shoot at unarmed civil-rights protesters (killing thirteen) on 30th January, 1972 in what has come to be known as 'Bloody Sunday'?

DERRY or LONDONDERRY

5. OLED's are used in TV screens and computer monitors. What does the 'O' stand for?

ORGANIC (Light-Emitting Diode)

6. What is the essential difference between a mural and a fresco?

A FRESCO IS PAINTED ON WET PLASTER

7. By his own request, which Austrian composer was buried next to Beethoven in 1828?

FRANZ SCHUBERT

8. Which major art movement is divided into two parts called Analytical and Synthetic?

CUBISM

9. What was the first battle of the War of the Roses, fought in 1455? St ALBANS

10. The White Rose was a resistance group in which country during the Second World War?

GERMANY

11. In the old TV favourite Bonanza what was Hoss Cartwright's real first name?      

ERIC

12. Name a member of the crew of the disaster -struck and aborted moon mission, Apollo 13

FRED HAISE, JAMES LOVELL or JOHN SWIGERT

13. Adapted into a six part TV series, who wrote the novel 'Blott On The Landscape'?

TOM SHARPE

14. Name the captain of the cup-winning Springbok team in the 1995 Rugby Union World Cup (portrayed in the film Invictus) FRANCOIS PIENAAR

15. Czech, Ukrainian, Croatian and Bulgarian among many others belong to which broad family of Indo European languages? SLAVIC

16. Which TV series is set at William McKinley High School?

GLEE

17. Interestingly, who has appeared in the top 3 of Sports Personality of The Year a record 5 times?

STEVE DAVIS

18. Native to the Indian sub continent, what kind of creature is a chital or cheetal?

DEER

19. Litmus (as in litmus paper) contains dyes extracted from what?

LICHENS

20. Which group is X Factor judge Tulisa a member of?

N-DUBZ

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21. With over 1.5 million visitors last year, which is Britain's most popular wild life attraction?

CHESTER ZOO

22. Who was the winner of BBC's 'Apprentice' in 2011?

TOM PELLEREAU

23. Because they spoil at high temperatures, what were once assumed to be safe for eating only in the months with the letter ‘r’ in their names?

OYSTERS

24. What was the name of the power station severely damaged in the Japanese tsunami?

FUKUSHIMA

25. Top quality badminton shuttlecocks are made from the feathers of which bird?

GOOSE

26. Which national capital is the only city built in the 20th century to be considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO?

BRASILIA

27. In 1979, who was revealed as a spy for Russia and the fourth member of the 'Cambridge spies'?

SIR ANTHONY BLUNT

28. Who did Barak Obama recently describe as "Brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world and talented enough to do it"?

STEVE JOBS

29. Which country has had most wins in the European song contest?
IRELAND

30. What linked U2, Coldplay and Beyonce this summer?

THEY WERE THE 3 HEADLINERS AT THE GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL

31. Mespotamia means 'between rivers' in Ancient Greek. Name one of the two rivers which Mesopotamia lies between

TIGRIS or EUPHRATES

32. King Charles II founded the Royal hospital in 1682, how are the occupants known?

CHELSEA PENSIONER

33. Which novel, celebrating its 50th year this year is set on the island of Pianosa?
CATCH 22

34. What did Operation Neptune Spear lead to earlier this year? THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN

35. Who is the current Secretary of State for Work and Pensions?
IAIN DUNCAN SMITH

36. Whose work includes the plays 'Democracy' and 'Noises Off' and the novel 'Spies'?

MICHAEL FRAYN

37. In which modern country is the site of the ancient city of Troy?
TURKEY

38. What was the name of the island where the massacre at a Norwegian summer camp took place in July? UTOYA

39. What do Bernstein, Prokofiev, Berlioz & Tchaikovsky have in common?
THEY HAVE ALL WRITTEN MUSIC INSPIRED BY ROMEO & JULIET

40. Which England player scored a last minute try to deny Scotland victory in the recent rugby world cup game?
CHRIS ASHTON

*******************************************************************************************************************41. In which city was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born?

 SALZBERG

42. Who discovered the law that the volume of a given mass of gas at a constant temperature is inversely proportional to its pressure?
ROBERT BOYLE

43. The Battle of Balaclava took place on October 25 in which year?

1854 (accept 1852 to 1856)

44. The Stanislawski method is associated with which profession?
ACTING/THE THEATRE

45. Japan consists of four main islands of which Honshu is the largest. Name one of the other 3?

HOKKAIDO, KYUHSHU or SHIKOKU

46. Name one of the only two Olympic events to be contested exclusively by women

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS or SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING

47. Name one of the two "rectangular" states in America?
COLORADO or WYOMING.

48. Name either of the two countries which have their map on their national flag?
CYPRUS or KOSOVA

49. Which football club does ex Scotland boss Craig Brown currently manage?

ABERDEEN

50. The Treaty of Windsor, the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force, binds England with which other country? PORTUGAL

51. What does a hygrometer measure?        

HUMIDITY or MOISTURE CONTENT

52. Which Cunard Line ship held the 'Blue Riband' transatlantic speed record for 22 years from 1907?

MAURETANIA

53. What is the largest living carnivorous marsupial? TASMANIAN DEVIL

54. Who starred as Rooster Cogburn in the remake of 'True Grit'? JEFF BRIDGES

55. In darts, if you score a shanghai of 72, which number did you hit?

TWELVE

56. After Liam Fox's recent resignation, who replaced him as Secretary of State for Defence?

PHILIP HAMMOND

57. Who wrote the score for the new ballet 'Ocean's Kingdom', commissioned by the New York City Ballet?

PAUL McCARTNEY

58. Name the sea strait that separates Norway from the Jutland peninsular of Denmark

SKAGGERAK

59. Who is the patron saint of mountaineers?

St. BERNARD of MENTHON (accept St Bernard)

60. What is the main ingredient of pewter?

TIN

61. The autobiography of which well-known ex-footballer is entitled 'Glorious'?

PAUL GASCOIGNE

62. In October 2011, a statue in the National Mall, Washington DC, was dedicated to a famous American. Who was he?

MARTIN LUTHER KING

63. In which country is modern-day Matabeleland?

ZIMBABWE

64. Royal Wootton Bassett was only recently formally granted the 'Royal' prefix. Name one of the two other towns which carry the 'Royal' prefix

LEAMINGTON SPA or TUNBRIDGE WELLS

65. Which substance that is obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish is a form of collagen that is used for the clarification of wine and beer?

ISINGLASS

66. Who created the 'Mister Men'?

ROGER HARGREAVES

67. Who headlined the inaugural Jodrell Bank Transmission festival in July?

THE FLAMING LIPS

68. Tom Jones sang the title song from which bond film?
THUNDERBALL

69. Which American state is nicknamed the Peach State? GEORGIA

70. Who invented the mechanical calculator in 1642?

BLAISE PASCAL

71. With an average ground level of 1.5 meters above sea level, which Asian island nation is the lowest country in the world?

MALDIVES

72. Who replaced Steve McLaren as manager of Nottingham Forest earlier this month?

STEVE COTTERILL

73. In Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, what is the profession of bottom
A WEAVER

74. King George III acceded to the throne on October 25 in which year?

1760 (accept 1758 to 1762)

75. What do 1,000 gigabytes make?
A TERABYTE

76. In athletics, what is the maximum permissible wind speed for a result to be registered as a record?

2 METERS PER SECOND

77. What shipping forecast area lies between Viking and Dogger? FORTIES

78. Which champion sportsman’s autobiography is called ‘Serious’

JOHN McENROE

79. Who directed the Adventures of Tin Tin movie “The Secret of the Unicorn” to be released at the end of October?

STEPHEN SPIELBERG

80. Which hugely successful album was Virgin Records’ first release in 1973?
TUBULAR BELLS – Mike Oldfield

81. As well as co-founding Apple Inc, Steve Jobs also co-founded an animation studio. Which one?

PIXAR

82. By what title was the 11^th century Spanish knight Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better known?

EL CID

83. Which southern Caribbean island is also the name for a liqueur?
CURACAO

84. Who won a best actress Oscar for playing the title character in 'Million Dollar Baby'?

HILARY SWANK

85. The sword ‘Joyeuse’, that is in the Louvre, belonged to which person, whose empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Romans? CHALEMAGNE

86. In which English county does the Forest of Dean lie? GLOUCESTERSHIRE

87. Which war was sparked off by the ‘Defenestration of Prague’ in 1618?

THIRTY YEARS WAR

88. . Which Gilbert & Sullivan opera is set in the House of Lords? IOLANTHE

89. What bird is known colloquially as the 'sea parrot' and the 'clown of the sea'?

ATLANTIC PUFFIN (accept puffin)

90. In which English county is the ancient monument of Silbury Hill?
WILTSHIRE

91. Pigs farrow and dogs whelp. Which animals yean?

SHEEP and GOATS (accept either)

92. Who was the Rolling Stones first manager?
ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM

93. Sculls and eggbeater are two of the basic skills in what aesthetically pleasing sport, that became an Olympic event in 1984?

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

94. What is the name of the Martin Scorsese directed movie of the life of George Harrison released this month?

LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

95. What was the name of the Coronation Street actress who played Betty Williams, (formerly Turpin), who died recently aged 91?

BETTY DRIVER

96. Of which art movement were Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley two prominent exponents?

OP ART

97. Which English boy king had a simple gold band placed on his head at his coronation, the crown having been lost?

HENRY III

98. What weapon was the Ottawa Treaty of 1997 designed to ban? ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES

99. Which radioactive element did Marie Curie name after her country of birth?

POLONIUM

100. Which top flat jockey recently handed in his licence in protest to the controversial rule change on use of the whip? RICHARD HUGHES

101. Which is the largest city in Northern Ireland after Belfast? DERRY or LONDONDERRY

102. What is the highest denomination of dollar bill in circulation in the USA?
100 DOLLARS

103. In which film does Joanna Lumley play Aunt Spiker and Miriam Margolyes play Aunt Sponge?

JAMES and the GIANT PEACH

104. The first album by the rock group Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) was named after a chapter in which children's classic?

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS

105. Which Canadian territory forms most of Alaska’s border? YUKON

106. Who said, on May 2^nd 1997, "When the curtain falls, it’s time to get off the stage, and that is what I propose to do"?

JOHN MAJOR

107. Which 1979 film starring Jack Lemmon and Jane Fonda is about a reporter and cameraman who discovered a cover up at a nuclear plant?

THE CHINA SYNDROME

108. Who was the last leader of the Liberal Party?

DAVID STEEL

109. Which city was the first-choice venue for the 1940 summer Olympics, before they were cancelled due to World War II? TOKYO

110. In 1487, which Portuguese nobleman was the first known European to sail round the Cape of Good Hope? BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ

111. Which city is Russia's most northerly port?

MURMANSK

112. From what is the paste, tahini made?

SESAME SEEDS

113. Whose summer residence is at Lake Gandalfo, a small town south-east of Rome?

THE POPE’S

114. Which American state is nicknamed the Garden State?

NEW JERSEY

115. Marshall Bruce Mathers III is the real name of which rap star? EMINEM

116. A griffin had the body of a lion and the head and wings of what type of bird?
EAGLE

117. Where would you find the largest collection of paintings in the world?

THE STATE HERMITAGE (in St Petersburg)

118. Which fish derives its name from the French for ‘golden yellow’?

JOHN DORY (jaune doré)

119. Earl Grey and Robert Peel were Prime Ministers under which Monarch?

WILLIAM IV

120. Which US 'Ivy League' university is situated in the state of New Jersey?

PRINCETON

Supps

1. What is notable about Lake Tana or Tsana in Ethiopia?

 IT IS THE SOURCE OF THE BLUE NILE

2. Princess Irene, Hollandia and Blue Parrot are some of the varieties of what flowers?

TULIPS

3. A corroboree is a ceremonial meeting of what group of people?

ABORIGINES

4. According to J.K. Rowling's Quidditch Through the Ages, what are said to be more popular than broomsticks for playing Quidditch in India, Pakistan and Iran?

FLYING CARPETS

5. If Aman handles military intelligence and Shin Bet handles internal security, which agency is responsible for the overseas intelligence work of its country? MOSSAD

6. What is the better known 'national' name of the confection called lokum that is a gel of starch and sugar with nuts usually mixed in?

TURKISH DELIGHT

Tie Breaker

Although 97% of the land area is made up from 4 main islands, how many islands actually make up the Japanese archipelago?

6,852

18th October Questions

 

SPECIALIST QUESTIONS:

Set by Porters: The Prince of Wales

1. Space: Pilots of The Future

2. Science

3. History

4. Geography

5. Arts & Entertainment

6. Sport

7. Have I Got News For You

8. Advert Taglines

Space: Pilots of The Future

You will be given the name of a character from a well known TV or film series. Simply name the film or TV series

1. Captain Benjamin Sisko	A. Deep Space Nine
2. Captain Troy Tempest	A. Stingray
3. Colonel Steve Zodiac	A. Fireball XL5
4. Major Don West	A. Lost In Space
5. Captain A.J. Dallas	A. Alien
6. Lieutenant Starbuck	A. Battlestar Galactica
7. Hikaru Sulu	A. Star Trek
8. Captain Malcom Reynolds	A. Firefly or Serenity

Supplementaries

1. Han Solo

A. Star Wars

2. Dr David Bowman

A. 2001: A Space Odyssey

Science

1. What is the name of the new material discovered in Manchester which won the Nobel Prize for its inventors? A. Graphene

2. Due to launch in 2018, what is to be the name of the new space telescope? A. James Webb

3. In which decade of the 20^th Century was the first vaccine for measles licensed?

A. 1960s (1963)

4. "The Mathematics of the properiies, measurements and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces and solids" is the definition of which branch of mathematics?

A. Geometry

5. Which organ of the body "cleans the blood, destroys old red blood cells and fights infection"?

A. Spleen

6. Which precious metal has the atomic number 79?

A. Gold

7. Cordelia, Ophelia and Belinda are all moons, amongst others, of which planet of the Solar System?

A. Uranus

8. Which scientist was known as "The Mother of Modern Physics" for her work with radioactivity?

A. Marie Curie

Supplementaries

1. Nitrogen has which atomic number?

A. 7

2. Which English chemist was born in 1791 and died in 1867

A. Michael Faraday

History

1. In Egyptian mythology which God was the brother, and murderer of Osiris?

A. Seth

2. Vindolanda Fort stands on which defensive fortification of Roman origin?

A. Hadrian's Wall

3. Who was the first Plantagenet King of England, coming to the throne in 1154?

A. Henry II

4. What German word meaning "Lightning War" was a successful tactic at the beginning of the Second World War?

A. Blitzreig

5. In which conflict was Florence Nightingale involved? A. The Crimean War

6. Name the engineer appointed for the construction of The Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1821?

A. George Stephenson

7. Who was British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the First World War?

A. Herbert Asquith

8. On 18^th October 1748 the Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle was signed to end which war?

A. War of Austrian Succession

Supplementaries

1. Who was the first reporter to enter Belsen concentration camp?

A. Richard Dimbleby

2.What was the codename for the proposed invasion of Southern France in World War II?

A. Anvil (Also accept Operation Dragoon)

GEOGRAPHY

 

1. Bogota is the capital of which country?

A. Columbia

2. The River Plate forms part of the border between two South American counties. Name either?

A. Argentina & Uruguay

3. In which Australian state would you find Cape Tribulation?

A. Queensland

4. Mount Logan is the highest mountain in which country?

A. Canada

5. The Trans-Siberian Railway runs between Moscow and which other Russian city?

A. Vladivostok

6. Running for a total of 120 miles (193km), what is the name of Scotland's longest river?

A. The Tay

7. Motorways in Italy have which letter designation on a map?

A. A

8. Brixton and Walthamstow Central lie at either end of which London Underground line?

A. Victoria Line

Supplementaries

1. Along which motorway would you travel from Rochester to Faversham?

A. M2

2. Milford Haven is found in which county of Wales?

A. Pembrokeshire

Arts & Entertainment

1. Which 1970s children's series followed the adventures of Simon Randall and Liz Skinner?

A. Timeslip

2. Which Joe Dunthorne novel tells the coming of age story of Oliver Tate?

A. Submarine

3. Which comedian recently recreated Demi Moore's pregnant pose for an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery?

A. Johnny Vegas

4. Which conductor spent two decades with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra before moving to the Berlin Philamonic in 2002?

A. Sir Simon Rattle

5. Which painter's works including "A Man With A Quilted Sleeve" and "An Allegory Of Prudence" are held at the National Gallery in London

A. Titian (accept Tiziano Vecellio)

6. Who presents the Radio 2 Arts Show?

A. Penny Smith

7. In which Oscar Wilde play does Ernest have to defend himself against the exclamation of "A Handbag!"^?

A. The Importance Of Being Earnest

8. Who directed the films "Clerks" and "Red State"?

A. Kevin Smith

Supplementaries

1. Whose operas include "The Goose of Cairo" and "The Deluded Bridegroom"?

A. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1. Which Actor played Daniel Cleaver in the Bridget Jones films?

A. Hugh Grant

1. Who was the Bush Kangaroo?

A. Skippy

Sport

1. Who scored England's first points in this year's Rugby World Cup (2011)?

A. Johhny Wilkinson

2. How many metres in length is an Olympic sized swimming pool?

A. 50

3. Which Swiss town has hosted 2 Winter Olympics?

A. St, Moritz (1928,1948)

4. During England's successful 2005 Ashes series, which bowler took a total of 24 wickets?

A. Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff

5. Which horse race, first run at Maghull in 1836, was run at Gatwick from 1916 to 1918?

A. The Grand National

6. If Karate is known as "empty hand", which martial art is known as "gentle technique"?

A. Ju-Jitsu

7. Which English team won the 1982 European Cup?

A. Aston Villa

8. What is the better known name for the "International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy"?

A. The Davis Cup

Supplementaries

1. Of the 27 races Red Rum won in his career, how many were won at Aintree?

A. 3

2. Which is the world's oldest cricket competition?

A. England's County Championship

Have I Got News For You

The following pictures are the front pages of national newspapers issued on 3r^d October 2011.

All you have to do is name the country of origin.

1.

India

2.

Morocco

3.

Hungary

4.

Greece

5.

Singapore

6.

Israel

7.

Poland

8.

Belgium

Supplementary

1.

Brazil

Additional Questions if visually impaired.

1. Borsen and Politiken are national newspapers of which country? A. Denmark

2. Nunatsiaq and Sermitsiaq News are national newspapers of which country?

A. Greenland

Advert Tag-Lines

You will be given a tagline from a well known advert, simply name the product/company being advertised. e.g. "Finger Lickin' Good" A. KFC

1. Because I'm Worth It

A. L'Oreal

2. The Ultimate Driving Machine

A. BMW

3. Let Your Fingers Do The Walking

A. Yellow Pages

4. Just Do It

A. Nike

5. Refreshes The Parts Other Beers Cannot Reach

A. Heineken

6. Where Do You Want To Go Today

A. Microsoft

7. Vorsprung Durch Technik

A. Audi

8. Your Flexible Friend

A. Access

Supplementaries

1. Every Little Helps
2. A. Tesco
3. Hello Boys
4. A. Wonderbra
5. Honest Yorkshire Broadband
6. A. Plusnet

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Set by Waters Green Rams

1. "May I Have Your Attention Please?" Is the recently-released autobiography of which comedian/presenter?

A. James Corden

2. The ITV programme Downton Abbey is mainly filmed on location at which stately home?

A. Highclere Castle, Hampshire

3. Who recently became the youngest English player to score a goal in a European club competition?

A. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain of Arsenal. (Accept Chamberlain)

4. In cookery, what is Creme Dubarry?

A. Cream of cauliflower soup

5. Billy Connolly has been on TV recently travelling along Route 66. How many States does Route 66 go through?

A. Eight

6. What is the new name for the "Walker Stadium", home of Leicester City Football Club?

A. The King Power Stadium

7. Which TV chef presents Saturday Kitchen?

A. James Martin

8. Rock Radio, Manchester's classic rock station recently changed its name. What is it now called?

A. Real xS

9. Who wrote the best-selling novel "One Day", the basis of a recently-released film?

A. David Nicholls

10. Give a year during the reign of Queen Victoria.

A. 1837 -1901

In which year did the London Underground open? (some leeway) A. 1863 (accept 1859 — 1867)

12. What was Lady Chatterley's first name?

A. Constance

13. What was the name of Dick Turpin's horse?

A. Black Bess

14. How many cards are there in a pack of tarot cards?

A. 78

15. Which is the nearest London Underground station to Wembley Stadium?

A. Wembley Park

16. Name either of the two London Underground lines that Wembley Park Station is on.

A. The Jubilee or Metropolitan lines.

17. Name the missing item from the following list; dagger, lead piping, rope, revolver and candlestick.

A. Spanner, (they are the original murder weapons in Cluedo)

18. Where in the UK is the Open University based?

A. Milton Keynes.

19. What was the occupation of Lady Chatterley's Lover?

A. Gamekeeper

20: Whose most recent number one album is entitled "The Awakening"?

A. James Morrison

21. As at 4^th October 2011 who is ranked number one in the ATP World tennis rankings?

A. Novak Djokovic

22. What is the only city in the county of Cornwall?

A. Truro

23. Of which foodstuff are halloumi and marscarpone types?

A. Cheese

24. A dish described as A La Crecy would always contain which vegetable?

A. Carrot

25. Which word, or words, complete this quote from the film Forrest Gump, "Life is like a (blank) you never know what you're gonna get"

A. Box of chocolates.

26. What is the most-commonly-used first name of the sculptor Rodin?

A. Auguste

27. The Shaftesbury Memorial sculpture by Sir Alfred Gilbert, is better known as what?

A. Eros (accept the Angel Of Christian Charity)

28. Who wrote the novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

A. Ian Fleming

29. There are 4 films that have won Best Picture Oscar that have an animal in their name. Dances With Wolves and Silence Of The Lambs are two. Name one of the other two.

A. The Deer Hunter or One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

30. Which war hero and escapee from Colditz was assassinated in London in 1979?

A. Airey Neave

31. What was the name of the only painting by Van Gogh that was sold during his lifetime?

A. Red Vineyard

32. What alliterative 2-word term has been given to the orgies hosted by Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi?

A. Bunga bunga

33. Which planet has moons called Deimos and Phobos?

A. Mars

34. Which type of organisation did all of the following work prior to taking up the career for which they became famous— the poet TS Eliot, presenter Terry Wogan and comedian Ronnie Barker?

A. Bank

35. Specifically, how did all of the following die — Clive Of India, jockey Fred Archer and singer Del Shannon?

A. Suicide by shooting

36. The planet Pluto was re-classified in 2006 and is now known as what?

A. Dwarf Planet

37. The title character of which hit film of 1942 marries Folaine?

A. Bambi

38. The Malinois (pron. "Malinwa") is a breed of which animal?

A. Dog (aka Belgian Shepherd Dog)

39. Which actress said "when I'm good I'm very good but when I'm bad I'm better"?

A. Mae West

40. Having sold over 70 million albums, what country was the place of birth of the composer and big band leader James Last?

A. Germany (Bremen, 1929)

41. A statue of Michael Jackson was unveiled outside which London football ground in April 2011?

A. Fulham (The singer attended one match there in 1999 as a guest of the chairman Mohammed Al Fayed)

42. Who did former South African international swimmer Charlene Wittstock marry in July 2011?

A. Prince Albert of Monaco

43. In October 2011, who was the landlady of the Red, White and Blue pub in Portsmouth who had a European Union court decision go in her favour with regard to the showing of football matches?

A. Karen Murphy

44. What is the name of Colonel Gaddafi's hometown, which was the scene of much fighting in the summer of 2011?

A. Sirte

45. Who famously drowned at Chappaquidick, Massachusetts on 18^th July 1969?

A. Mary Jo Kopechne (Senator Edward Kennedy left the scene)

46. John James Audobon was a renowned painter of which creatures?

A. Birds

47. Whose last words were, allegedly, "I am dying as I lived, beyond my means"?

A. Oscar Wilde

48. Whose last words were "I've had 18 straight whiskies, I think that's a record"?

A. Dylan Thomas

49. Who is the only cricketer to score 400 runs in an innings in a test match?

A. Brian Lara (2004 v. England)

50. What is the name of the 100 square miles of marshland lying mainly on the south—east coast of Kent and partly in East Sussex?

A Romney Marshes

51. The national stock exchange of Germany is based in which city?

A. Frankfurt Am Main (accept Frankfurt)

52. Who won the 2011 Mercury Music Prize, being the first act to win it twice?

A. PJ Harvey

53. Why was Johnny Marbles in the news in July 2011?

A. He attacked Rupert Murdoch (at the News International inquiry) — real name: Johnnie May-Bowles. Johnny Marbles is his professional name.

54. Christine Lagarde succeeded Dominique Strauss-Kahn as managing director of which organisation in July 2011?

A. International Monetary Fund (accept IMF)

55. Which comedian completed a 140-mile swim along the River Thames for the charity Sport Relief in September 2011?

A. David Walliams

56. From which sporting position was New Zealander Steve Williams sacked in July 2011 after 12 years in the job?

A. Caddy to Tiger Woods

57. By what name is lan Kilmister (born Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent in 1945) better known in the music world?

A. Lemmy (bass guitarist and vocalist with Hawkwind & Motorhead)

58. The band Mcfly took their name from a character in which series of films?

A. Back To The Future

59. Which Isle Of Man resident who was extremely popular in Albania died in October 2010?

A. Norman Wisdom

60. Sharing its name with a device used by police, particularly traffic police, what name is given to a cocktail of brandy and white creme de menthe?

A. Stinger

61. Which clan were responsible for the massacre of the MacDonalds at Glencoe in 1692?

A. Campbells

62. What is the most southerly of the United States of America?

A. Hawaii

63. During the English Civil War the Parliamentarians held London. In which city did the Royalists establish their capital?

A. Oxford

64. How many books are there in the New Testament of the Bible? (no leeway)

A. 27

65. Alphabetically, what is the first English county?

A. Bedfordshire (Avon ceased to be a county in 1996)

66. Ra is the Sun God in which civilisation's mythology?

A. Egyptian

57. In the Tintin stories, what is the name of his wire fox terrier? A. Snowy

68. Yellowstone National Park is primarily in which of the United States?

A. Wyoming (also in Montana and Idaho)

69. Anubis is a jackal-headed God of which civilisation's mythology?

A. Egyptian

70. What is the common name for Ascorbic Acid?

A. Vitamin C

71. Which plant is the source of the drug mescaline?

A. Cactus

72. On television, by what energetic name are Paul, Sean, Anne and Mark known?

A. Chasers (On ITV'S quiz programme The Chase)

73. The songs "One Night In Bangkok" and "I Know Him So Well" come from what 1980s musical?

A. Chess

74. Who presents the BBC quiz programme Pointless?

A. Alexander Armstrong

75. Who, by winning in 1995, became the first rider to win the Tour De France in 5 consecutive years?

A. Miguel Indurain (Spain)

76. Who broke Bob Beaman's 1968 world long jump record 23 years later and set a record which still stands?

A. Mike Powell

77. According to the Bible, how many humans went aboard Noah's Ark?

A. Eight (Noah, his 3 sons and their 4 wives)

78. Philip Pirrip is the central character of which Charles Dickens novel?

A. Great Expectations (generally known as Pip

79. Who gave the “My horse, my horse my kingdom for a horse” speech in a Shakespeare play?

A. Richard 3'^d

80. What game comes from the French word for little wheel?

A. Roulette

81. How did Louis Washkansky make the news in 1967?

A. He was the first recipient of a transplanted heart (operation performed by Christiaan Barnard)

82. Mount Denali is the local name for which mountain, the highest in its country?

A. Mount McKinley (USA)

83. What is the capital city of Bulgaria?

A. Sofia

84. Which alcoholic drink was advertised under the slogan "works wonders "?

A. Double Diamond

85. What now stands on the site of the place of execution at Tyburn London?

A. Marble Arch

86. What is the third largest island of New Zealand?

A. Stewart Island

87. On the occasion of the Bradford City Stadium fire in 1985, who were Bradford City's opponents?

A. Lincoln City

88. The word "quarantine" comes from the 14^th century onwards and refers to the length of time that ships were held in port to allow cases of the plague to be detected. How long was that period?

A. Forty days

89. What, specifically and exclusively, connects Anton Du Bec and Carol Vorderman in 2011?

A. They won the male and female titles of Rear Of The Year.

90. Which make of car seen on British roads has its front number plate on the left side instead of in the middle?

A. Alfa Romeo

91. Which band, led by Liam Gallagher, issued their debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding in February 2011?

A. Beady Eye

92. Under what name is the medical condition Epicondylitis Lateralis better known?

A. Tennis elbow

93. In The Muppets TV series, who was Dr Bunsen Honeydew's assistant?

A. Beaker

94. The name of which European capital city is derived from the names of the two towns on the banks of its main river?

A. Budapest

95. What is the name of the dog owned by Bill Sykes in Oliver Twist?

A. Bullseye

96. What name is given to the practice of a political party altering political boundaries to its own advantage and takes its name from the 5^th Vice-President of the United States?

A. Gerry Mandering (from Elbridge Gerry)

SUPPLEMENTARIES

1. In which city are the Tivoli Gardens, an amusement park and pleasure gardens, opened in 1843?

A. Copenhagen

2. Who was the writer and creator of some of the most-popular children's television series, including Bagpuss, Noggin The Nog, Ivor The Engine and the Clangers, who died in December 2008?

A. Oliver Postgate

3. The 2011 World Athletics Championships were held in which city?

A. Daegu (South Korea)

4. What was the former name of the country now known as Myanmar?

A. Burma

5. Who is the youngest child of Homer and Marge Simpson?

A. .Maggie

6. Who played the role of Long John Silver in the 1950 film Treasure Island?

A. Robert Newton

Questions 11/10/2011 set by The Ox-fford

 

SPECIALIST

1. Geography – where in the world…
2. Sport
3. Murder etc…
4. Return of the Dingbats
5. Arts and Entertainment
6. Science
7. History
8. Things are looking down…

 

GEOGRAPHY – WHERE IN THE WORLD…
In this round you will be shown the flag of a country, and given a couple of
clues to help you work out which it is – all you have to do is name the
country! (Note to QMs – There are 2 copies of each picture. Please give a copy to each team at the same time. For visually impaired Quizzers, simply give the clues)
1.

Capital city is Belmopan; this country was formally known as British Honduras.
Answer: BELIZE

2. Capital city is Astana; this country is the largest landlocked country in the world
Answer: KAZAKHSTAN

3. Capital city is Ouagadougou; this country was formally known as Upper Volta
Answer: BURKINA FASO

4. This country has the largest Muslim population in the world;
comprises between 17,508 & 18,306 islands of which 922 are
inhabited.
Answer: INDONESIA

5. Capital city is Windhoek; formally known as South West Africa
Answer: NAMIBIA

6. Capital city is Cayenne; European Space Agency “Ariane” flights
were launched from here.
Answer: FRENCH GUIANA

7. Capital city is Skopje; gained peaceful separation from Yugoslavia in 1991.
Answer: MACEDONIA

8. Capital city is Tallinn; forced into USSR in 1940, gained freedom in 1991.
Answer: ESTONIA

Supplementaries:

1. Capital city is Vientiane; bordered by Burma, Cambodia, China,
Thailand and Vietnam.
Answer: LAOS

2. Formerly known as Abyssinia; previous leader known as The Lion of
Judah.
Answer: ETHIOPIA
SPORT

1. Which country will be hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup?
Answer - BRAZIL
2. Which 2003 Rugby World Cup winner was the 2006 winner of
Celebrity Masterchef?
Answer – MATT DAWSON
3. Which sporting event started at 8 minutes and 8 seconds past
eight on the 8th of the 8th, 2008?
Answer – BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES
4. Which sporting legend lit the Olympic Torch for the 1996
Olympics?
Answer – MUHAMMAD ALI
5. Which biennial sporting event was postponed in 2001 following
the September 11th terrorist attack on New York?
Answer – THE RYDER CUP (GOLF)
6. Based on the number of Major Championships won (Masters, U.S. Open, the Open, PGA), who is the most successful golfer ever
from outside the United States?
Answer – GARY PLAYER (9 Titles – Jack Nicklaus leads with 18)
7. Which Formula One driver was nicknamed The Professor?
Answer – ALAIN PROST
8. “Deadly” was the nickname of which bowler, who took 297 Test
Cricket wickets?
Answer – DEREK UNDERWOOD

Supplementaries

1. Who became the 1st non-European to win the Tour de France
cycle race?
Answer – GREG LE MOND
2. Name either of the only two Americans who have won the
Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship.
Answer – PHIL HILL or MARIO ANDRETTI

MURDER ETC…
A round of questions on murder, assassination and general despair…

1. Which playwright was murdered in a Deptford tavern in 1593?
Answer – CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
2. Which country’s Prime Minister was Olaf Palme, who was
assassinated in 1986?
Answer - SWEDEN
3. In what district of East London did Jack the Ripper prey on
women?
Answer – WHITECHAPEL
4. Which Shakespearean character is haunted by the ghost of his
murdered father?
Answer - HAMLET
5. Who or what did Lindy Chamberlain claimed had kidnapped her
child?
Answer – A DINGO (A likely story…)
6. Christopher Craig shot a British Policeman in 1952, but who hung for the murder?
Answer – DEREK BENTLEY
7. Which heiress did the Black Panther Donald Nielson murder?
Answer – LESLEY WHITTLE
8. Sharon Tate was murdered by members of the Charles Manson
family, who was she married to at the time?
Answer – ROMAN POLANSKI

Supplementaries

1. What relation was Marvin Gaye’s assassin?
Answer – HIS FATHER
2. Ethel Le Neve was which murderer’s secretary?
Answer – DR CRIPPEN

RETURN OF THE DINGBATS

Due to the success of the Dingbats Round last year, they are making a
“welcome” return! This year, there is no theme – as Roy Walker might say “Just say what you see”!
(Note to QMs: there are 2 substitute questions at the end for use if there are any visually impaired Quizzers)

1. Three men in a boat

2. Right between the eyes

3. Potatoes

4. Within reason

5. Good looking

6. Flat iron

7. Double cream

8. Read all about it

S1. A multitude of sins

S2. Round robin
Visually impaired Q1.
What is the most common bat found in the United Kingdom?
Answer: The Pipistrelle
Visually impaired Q2.
From which wood are cricket bats normally made?
Answer: Willow

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
This is a picture round, and all you have to do is identify the Artist from
the well known works of art in the pictures.
Just give out the pictures one at a time and the answer is quite simply who is the artist, not the title of the work.
Note to QMs – There are 2 copies of each picture. Please give a copy to each team at the same time.
Artist Title

1 JMW Turner The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth
to be broken up (1839)

2 Caravaggio Judith Beheading Holofernes (c. 1598)

3 Constable The Hay Wain (1821)

4 Salvador Dalí The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft
Which Can Be Used As a Table (1934)

5 Edgar Degas Dancers at The Bar (1888)

6 Gustav Klimt Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907)

7 Rubens The Fall of Man (1628-29)

8 Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907)

S1 Joan Miró Dona i Ocell (Woman and Bird) (1982)

S2 Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper (1498)
WRITTEN QUESTIONS TO BE USED IF ANY PLAYER HAS A VISUAL
HANDICAP
1 Which poet described autumn as the season “of mists and mellow fruitfulness”? Keats
2 Who painted The Scream? Edvard Munch

SCIENCE

1. In mathematics, what name is given to a three-dimensional
spiral curve like a spring or a corkscrew?
Answer - HELIX
2. Which planet in the Solar System is thought to weigh about
two and a half times that of all the other planets combined?
Answer – JUPITER
3. What would be removed from your body if you underwent a
nephrectomy?
Answer - KIDNEY
4. The discoveries of sodium, magnesium, potassium and
calcium are all credited to which scientist?
Answer – SIR HUMPHREY DAVY
5. Which vitamin, often routinely given to newborn babies shortly
after their birth, is essential for blood clotting?
Answer – VITAMIN K
6. Which Boy’s name is also the name of the derived SI unit of
inductance?
Answer – HENRY
7. What name is given to the system of healing developed by Dr
Andrew Still, involving the manipulation of bones in the body?
Answer – OSTEOPATHY
8. Which metal was once called plumbium?
Answer - LEAD
Supplementaries
1. What name is given to the study and use of frequencies above
the limits of human hearing?
Answer - ULTRASONICS
2. Name either of the two planets which lie between the Earth and
the Sun.
Answer – MERCURY or VENUS

HISTORY

1. Which English Monarch had a horse called White Surrey, at least
according to Shakespeare?
Answer – RICHARD III (the Third)
2. Which Treaty formed the League of Nations in 1919?
Answer – TREATY OF VERSAILLES
3. Which decisive Battle of the Crimean War took place on the 5th of November 1854?
Answer – BATTLE OF INKERMAN
4. Which English Monarch was on the throne at the time of Thomas Beckett’s murder in 1170?
Answer – HENRY II (the Second)
5. Which Leader declared Martial Law in the Philippines in 1972?
Answer – FERDINAND MARCOS
6. Which Germanic Race of people sacked Rome in 455 AD?
Answer – THE VANDALS
7. Which British Prime Minister wrote several novels, including
"Vivien Grey", "Coningsby, or the New Generation" and "Sybil, or
the Two Nations"?
Answer – BENJAMIN DISRAELI
8. Under which Conservative Prime Minister was Income Tax reintroduced to this Country in 1871?
Answer – SIR ROBERT PEEL
Supplementaries
1. By what other name were the Red Army Faction Terrorist Group known?
Answer – BAADER-MEINHOF GROUP
2. Which British Statesman made a speech in 1850 in support of his decision to send gunboats to Greece in support of Don Pacifico?
Answer – LORD PALMERSTON

THINGS ARE LOOKING DOWN…
This is another picture round, and all you have to do is identify the
famous landmarks or locations as seen from above.
Just give out the pictures one at a time and the answer is quite simply what is the landmark or location is in the picture.
Note to QMs – There are 2 copies of each picture. Please give a copy to each team at the same time.

1. The Statue of Liberty (New York City)

2. Sydney Opera House

3. St Paul’s Cathedral (London)

4. Angel of the North (Gateshead)

5. The Colosseum (Rome)

6. Wimbledon (All England Lawn Tennis Club, Church Road, Wimbledon)

7. The Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)

8. The Hoover Dam (Nevada / Arizona border, USA)

S1. The Taj Mahal (Agra, India)

S2. Blackpool Tower (Blackpool!)
WRITTEN QUESTIONS TO BE USED IF ANY PLAYER HAS A VISUAL
HANDICAP
1. In which country is the Barossa Valley wine producing region?
Answer - AUSTRALIA
2. Which City contains Fisherman's Wharf and Lombard Street?
Answer – SAN FRANCISCO

General Knowledge

 

1.	What kind of creature lives in a Lodge?
		BEAVER
2.	What kind of creature is an alewife?
		FISH (type of herring)
3.	Which 1969 film directed by Sydney Pollack revolves around a dance marathon in Los Angeles with a $1,500 cash prize to the winner?
		THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY
4.	In which film did John Wayne make his final appearance?
		THE SHOOTIST
5.	Which religious organisation was founded by the Korean Sun Myung Moon in 1954?
		UNIFICATION CHURCH
6.	Which religious organisation was founded in Boston by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866?
		CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MOVEMENT
7.	Which perfume was first made in 1768 in response to a Russian count’s (Count Orlof) challenge to recreate the distinctive aroma of the Russian Court?
		IMPERIAL LEATHER
8.	Which perfume house makes perfumes called Opium, Paris and Rive Gauche?
		YVES ST LAURENT
9.	Who was writing “Love Letters in the Sand” in 1957?
		PAT BOONE
10.	Who was “Alone Again (Naturally)” in 1972?
		GILBERT O’SULLIVAN
11.	To which legendary queen of Carthage did Aeneas recount the story of the fall of Troy in Virgil’s Aeneid?
		DIDO
12.	Who was the first husband of Catherine of Aragon, who became the first wife of Henry VIII?
		PRINCE ARTHUR (Henry’s older brother who died 6 months after marrying her in 1501)
13.	Who plays Mrs Weasley in the Harry Potter films?
		JULIE WALTERS
14.	What is the title of the third part of JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy?
		THE RETURN OF THE KING
15.	In the recent adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” who provides the voice for the eponymous character?
		GEORGE CLOONEY
16.	In which song would you find “the heavy, heavy monster sound”?
		ONE STEP BEYOND (Madness – 1979)
17.	In which 1987 Channel 4 drama based on Tom Sharpe’s 1974 novel, did David Jason play the role of Skullion, a janitor at a Cambridge college?
		PORTERHOUSE BLUE
18.	In 1986, which natural area was declared the first World Heritage site in Northern Ireland?
		THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY
19.	Whose inscription in St Paul’s Cathedral reads, “Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice”?
		SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN (Reader, if you seek a monument, look around…)
20.	Whose books have included “Down Among The Women” and “The Life and Loves of a She-Devil”?
		FAY WELDON
21.	Against which monarch was the Babington Plot organised?
		ELIZABETH I
22.	Against which monarch was the Rye House Plot organised?
		CHARLES II
23.	Which brand of cigarettes was sold under the slogan “pure gold”?
		BENSON AND HEDGES
24.	What was the name of the political party founded by Sir James Goldsmith in 1994?
		THE REFERENDUM PARTY
25.	What was the name of Bertie Wooster’s most formidable aunt?
		AUNT AGATHA
26.	What was the name of the first Blue Peter guide dog who was introduced to the show in 1964?
		HONEY
27.	Which was the last team to win the F.A. Cup with a team comprising all English players?
		WEST HAM UNITED (1975)
28.	Which English football league team has been relegated the fewest times?
		ARSENAL (1 time only in 1912/13)
29.	Which US recording artist has released albums entitled Control, Rhythm Nation 1814 and The Velvet Rope?
		JANET JACKSON
30.	Which US recording artist’s latest studio album is The Blueprint 3, featuring the New York inspired hit song Empire State of Mind?
		JAY-Z
31.	Which is the largest castle in England?
		WINDSOR
32.	Which is the oldest cathedral in Great Britain?
		CANTERBURY
33.	In English folklore, which tree is credited with magical protective powers against witchcraft?
		ROWAN (Accept Mountain Ash)
34.	According to legend, which plant, attributed with quasi-human properties, could be safely uprooted only on a moonlit night with a cord pulled by a black dog, which would later die?
		MANDRAKE
35.	Which 1980’s BBC cartoon series featured a hero dressed in a blue and yellow costume whose real identity was Eric Twinge?
		BANANAMAN
36.	In the first James Bond movie, what is the first name of  Dr. No?
		JULIUS
37.	What is the largest internal organ in the human body?
		LIVER
38.	Which part of the body is medically referred to as the hallux?
		BIG TOE
39.	Which naval weapon was invented by Robert Whitehead in 1866?
		TORPEDO
40.	The Gettysburg Battlefield is in which US State?
		PENNSYLVANIA
41.	Which magazine, founded in 1991 by Gordon Roddick and John Bird, was inspired by a New York publication called Street News?
		THE BIG ISSUE
42.	What was the name of the cavemen racers in “Wacky Races”?
		SLAG BROTHERS (Rock and Gravel, in the Bouldermobile…)
43.	What does Zorro mean in Spanish?
		FOX
44.	How did the French author, philosopher, Nobel prize winner and occasional Goalkeeper Albert Camus die in 1960?
		IN A CAR CRASH
45.	Which 1971 British gangster film was based on the Ted Lewis novel Jack’s Return Home, inspired by the so-called ‘One Armed Bandit Murder’ of a debt collector in County Durham?
		GET CARTER
46.	What was the name of the Oklahoma City bomber of April 1995 who was executed for the crime in 2001?
		TIMOTHY McVEIGH
47.	Which country lies between Niger and Sudan?
		CHAD
48.	How many stars are there on the New Zealand flag?
		4
49.	Who was the first Christian Emperor of Rome?
		CONSTANTINE (AD 306 to 337)
50.	What was the name of the race of giants that Zeus defeated in order to rule on Mount Olympus?
		THE TITANS
51.	Which British footballer was the first to earn £100 a week?
		JOHNNY HAYNES
52.	On 11th June 1953, which famous cricketer became the first professional player to captain England?
		LEN HUTTON
53.	What is the most abundant mineral in the human body?
		CALCIUM
54.	The lack of which fat-soluble vitamin over a long period of time causes rickets in children and contributes to osteomalcia in adults?
		VITAMIN D
55.	From which Shakespeare play did Ray Bradbury take the title for his 1962 novel Something Wicked This Way Comes?
		MACBETH (Act IV, scene 1, with the witches - “By the pricking of my thumbs…”)
56.	In Shakespeare, which character’s “flashes of merriment…were wont to set the table on a roar”?
		YORICK (According to Hamlet)
57.	Which English monarch had the nickname “Old Rowley”?
		CHARLES II
58.	Who was known as “Brandy Nan”?
		QUEEN ANNE
59.	At what temperature does water have its maximum density?
		4°C (39.2°F)
60.	What name is given to the angle between two radii of a circle that cut off on the circumference an arc equal in length to the radius?
		A RADIAN (57.2°)
61.	By what name is the European Treaty of Union signed in December 1991 better known, after the name of the town where it was signed?
		MAASTRICHT TREATY (In the Netherlands)
62.	Which Norwegian politician was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations?
		TRYGVE LIE
63.	Who directed the 2009 film Invictus?
		CLINT EASTWOOD
64.	Who directed the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes?
		GUY RITCHIE
65.	What was the name of the French-produced missile used to dramatic effect by the Argentinian Air Force in the Falklands War in 1982?
		EXOCET
66.	In the First World War, the slogan They Shall Not Pass symbolised the defence of which French town?
		VERDUN
67.	Who was the first post-war German Chancellor to have been brought up in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany)?
		ANGELA MERKEL
68.	Who did not seek re-election as Austrian President in 1992 after revelations about his activities in World War II?
		KURT WALDHEIM
69.	Which chemical element, symbol Sb and atomic number 51, is a brittle silver-grey semi-metallic element?
		ANTIMONY
70.	Which chemical element, symbol Cd and atomic number 48, is a soft silvery-white metallic element?
		CADMIUM
71.	Which ballet, first performed in 1841, was inspired by a Heinrich Heine story about a peasant girl who kills herself when she discovers the man she loves is engaged to someone else?
		GISELLE
72.	Which Latvian-born dancer of the New York City Ballet defected to the West in 1974 and later appeared in films entitled The Turning Point and Dancers?
		MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV
73.	The name of which garden flower means, literally, “many flowers”?
		POLYANTHUS
74.	The name of which flower means, literally, “rock-breaker”?
		SAXIFRAGE
75.	What was the name of the space station launched by the USSR in 1996, later replaced by the International Space Station in 2001?
		MIR
76.	What was the name of the world’s first ‘space tourist’, a sixty-year old Californian financier, who paid the Russian space agency $20 Million to travel to the International Space Station in April 2001?
		DENNIS TITO
77.	According to the Bible, who visited King Solomon and gave him ‘a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones’?
		THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
78.	In Genesis 4:16, to where was Cain exiled after killing his brother Abel?
		THE LAND OF NOD
79.	Which cathedral contains the tomb of the Venerable Bede?
		DURHAM
80.	Which saint’s shrine is in the crypt of Glasgow cathedral?
		ST MUNGO
81.	In J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, what was the name of the Darling family’s dog, which was also the children’s nurse?
		NANA
82.	What was the name of the dog who was the first to win the English Greyhound Racing Derby twice, and whose embalmed body is now on display at Tring Zoological Museum
		MICK THE MILLER
83.	In 1912, what name was coined by the German meteorologist Alfred Wegener for the “supercontinent” which was thought to have split up to form the present continents?
		PANGAEA
84.	What is the Hobo West, which was found in 1920 near Grootfontein in what is now Namibia?
		THE LARGEST KNOWN METEORITE (Believed to weigh over 60 tons, which fell to Earth about 80,000 years ago)
85.	Which US bandleader and clarinettist, who achieved huge success with Begin the Beguine in 1938, was born Arthur Arshawsky?
		ARTIE SHAW
86.	Which US clarinettist and bandleader, who featured on the Let’s Dance radio series, was known as the ‘King of Swing’?
		BENNY GOODMAN
87.	Which British newspaper has as its logo a knight dressed in chain mail and carrying a white shield bearing a red cross?
		DAILY EXPRESS
88.	Which Mediterranean island was the headquarters of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem from 1529 to 1798?
		MALTA
89.	By what Latin phrase is the Canticle of Simeon from Luke 2:29, which begins “Lord, now let your servant depart in peace”, better known?
		NUNC DIMITTIS From the opening words of the Latin (Vulgate) version
90.	Which Latin phrase is the motto of the Crown of Scotland, the Order of the Thistle and all the Scottish regiments, often referred to in local dialect as “Wha daur meddle wi’ me”?
		NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT (No one provokes me with impunity)
91.	In which 19th century novel is Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov the central character?
		CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (by Dostoyevsky)
92.	Which Oxford philosopher and writer won the 1978 Booker Prize for the novel The Sea, the Sea?
		IRIS MURDOCH
93.	Which bird is particularly associated with the village of Abbotsbury, near Dorchester?
		MUTE SWAN (Accept Swan)
94.	Which is the only native British bird to change the colour of its plumage in winter?
		PTARMIGAN (Grey and brown in the summer, white in winter)
95.	Which card game is said to have been invented by the seventeenth century poet John Suckling?
		CRIBBAGE
96.	Which playing card is sometimes called ‘the curse of Scotland’?
		NINE OF DIAMONDS (For a variety of reasons, all of which probably have some truth in them!)

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

1.	What was the name of Tonto’s horse in The Lone Ranger?
		SCOUT
2.	The following is the first line from which well known novel? “It is truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”?
		PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Jane Austen)
3.	Who painted the “Monarch Of The Glen” and sculpted the 4 bronze lions in Trafalgar Square?
		SIR EDWIN LANDSEER
4.	Which type of bird might be garganeys, gadwalls, pintails or goosanders?
		DUCKS
5.	If all the chemical elements in the periodic table were listed alphabetically which one would come first?
		ACTINIUM
6.	If all the US States were listed alphabetically which one would come last?
		WYOMING