CUP/PLATE QUARTER FINAL 29TH January

Questions set by the British Flag and the Robin Hood

1.	Which purple flowering plant is commonly known as the “butterfly bush” because it attracts butterflies ?
		BUDDLEIA
2.	The name of which popular garden flowering plant, literally means “many flowers”?
		POLYANTHUS
3.	Which town in the USA is the only place in the world to have built a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Athens for its centennial in 1897 ?
		NASHVILLE (TENNESSEE)
4.	Which part of the British Isles is divided into six areas called sheadings ?
		ISLE OF MAN
5.	In the Old Testament, who was the Canaanite warrior god and god of fertility ?
		BAAL
6.	In classical mythology, who was the Greek equivalent of Pax, the Roman goddess of peace ?
		IRENE
7.	In a square in which English city is the large 6 m cast-iron statue of a mummified “Iron Man”, by Antony Gormley, that was erected in 1993 ?
		BIRMINGHAM
8.	Which university has in its coat of arms a shield with a circle in the top left hand corner as you view it ?
		THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
9.	Which term for structures such as telephone boxes, news stands and information booths, was originally used in Islamic architecture for an open circular pavilion ?
		KIOSK
10	The Free Trade Hall in Manchester was built on the site where which famous event took place in 1819 ?
		PETERLOO MASSACRE
11.	In heraldry, what is the term for a broad horizontal stripe running across the middle of the shield ?
		FESS (OR FESSE)
12.	What is the name, derived from a Czech word meaning “catapult” , for a short-range cannon with a steep angle of fire, related to the mortar ?
		HOWITZER
13.	Which English song-writer’s 1977 debut album has the title “My Aim Is True” ?
		ELVIS COSTELLO
14.	Which New York R&B singer won five of the top 2002 Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Song Of The Year for ‘Fallin’ and Best R&B album for “Songs in A Minor” ?
		ALICIA KEYS
15.	In the nursery rhyme, which insect is told to fly away home because ‘your house is on fire and your children are gone ‘ ?
		LADYBIRD
16.	In which 1915 short story by Franz Kafka does the hero, Gregor Samsa, find himself transformed into a human-sized beetle ?
		METAMORPHOSIS
17.	Which country’s flag features a cedar tree ?
		LEBANON
18.	A deficiency of what vitamin causes the failure of blood to clot ?
		VITAMIN K
19.	Which major thoroughfare in the centre of the borough of Manhattan in New York City is the dividing line that separates streets labelled East and West ?
		5TH AVENUE (“the most expensive street in the world”)
20.	Which river, immortalised in the paintings of John Constable, forms much of the boundary between Essex and Suffolk ?
		STOUR
21.	Which sport gave rise to the phrase ‘to win hands down’ ?
		HORSE RACING (A jockey who found himself way ahead as he approached the finish line would relax his grip on the reins and drop his hands)
22.	In what game are unplayed pieces gathered in a ‘boneyard’ ?
		DOMINOES
23.	Which US Mathematician was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1944, despite suffering from severe schizophrenia ?
		JOHN FORBES NASH (Jnr)
24.	Which English mathematician worked on the design of the Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) and in 1950 devised a test (the ‘imitation game’) for determining whether a computer can be said to ‘think’ ?
		ALAN TURING
25.	Pesto sauce traditionally consists of crushed garlic, basil, and which nuts blended with olive oil ?
		PINE NUTS
26.	Which climbing garden plant is known as Traveller’s Joy and Old Man’s Beard ?
		CLEMATIS
27.	What is the name for the ‘dimples’ on voting papers which played a controversial part in the election of US President George W. Bush in 2001 ?
		CHADS
28.	What is the more common term for the phenomenon of bioluminescence ?
		FOXFIRE (also accept FAIRY FIRE) (created by some species of fungi present in decaying wood).
29.	Name either of the two Flemish painters who worked in England who were knighted by King Charles I ?
		PETER PAUL RUBENS OR ANTHONY VAN DYCK
30.	There are only 3 ferromagnetic elements (those which can be permanently magnetised). Iron is one – name another ?
		NICKEL OR COBALT
31.	According to the Gospels, who asked for the body of Jesus after the crucifixion and placed it in his own garden tomb ? Full answer required.
		JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA
32.	In the popular nursery rhyme, how much was owed to the bells of St Martin’s ?
		FIVE FARTHINGS
33.	In which 1932 novel by William Faulkner is Joe Christmas the tragic victim of violent racial prejudice ?
		LIGHT IN AUGUST
34.	Who wrote the 1848 Children’s Christmas story ‘The Little Match Girl’ ?
		HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
35.	Which phrase from Shakespeare’s Othello was used by Edward Elgar as the title of a set of five marches for a symphony orchestra ?
		POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
36.	The name of which make of car happens to be a latin word meaning ‘let it be done’ and is used as a decree, a formal command or a short order or warrant of a judge ?
		FIAT
37.	Who was the only bachelor President of the USA ?
		JAMES BUCHANAN
38.	By what name is Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major (1906) popularly known, because of the huge number of performers required ?
		SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND
39.	Which playwright designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard ?
		SIR JOHN VANBURGH
40.	Which nineteenth century President of the USA had the shortest presidential term in office ?
		WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (he caught pneumonia at his inauguration in 1841 and died 32 days later! Also the first US President to die in office)
41.	Where specifically in the human body would you find the PISIFORM bone ?
		THE WRIST
42.	What name is given to diacritic marks such as the dot on a lower-case ‘i’ ?
		TITTLE
43.	Who was the designer of the silk crepe dress held together with safety pins which Elizabeth Hurley wore for the premiere of the 1994 film ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ ?
		GIANNI VERSACE
44.	Which Paris fashion designer launched the ‘Space Age look’ in the late 1960s ?
		PIERRE CARDIN
45.	Which ‘make-your-own’ toy character, created by New York designer George Lerner, came as a package of twenty eight plastic face and body parts, including ears, noses and mouths ?
		MR. POTATO HEAD
46.	Under which trade name did Coleco market the handmade cloth dolls that American arts student Xavier Roberts designed in 1978, and called ‘Little People’ ?
		CABBAGE PATCH KIDS
47.	What is the state capital of Oregon ?
		SALEM
48.	What is the state capital of Montana ?
		HELENA
49.	What is the name of the cup awarded to the winner of the annual swim across the Serpentine in Hyde Park every Christmas Day ?
		PETER PAN CUP
50.	The Super Bowl is awarded to the winners of the USA National Football League Championship game. What is the name of the equivalent trophy played for in Canada ?
		THE GREY CUP
51.	On which Antarctic island is the active volcano Mount Erebus ?
		ROSS ISLAND
52.	Which Arab country is the only one without a desert ?
		LEBANON
53.	What uniquely connects Russia, Egypt and Turkey ?
		THEY EACH SPAN ACROSS TWO CONTINENTS
54.	What is the unique connection between Chad and Romania and between The Netherlands and Luxembourg ?
		EACH PAIR HAS THE SAME NATIONAL FLAG
55.	To whom is the design of the ceremonial uniform of the Swiss Guards of the Vatican City attributed ?
		MICHELANGELO
56.	Whose last words after a nurse had commented that ‘”he seemed to be a little better”, are said to have been “on the contrary” ?
		HENRIK IBSEN
57.	Name the classic children’s TV series in which you could find Gabriel the toad
		BAGPUSS
58.	On TV, whose pet carrier pigeon was called Speckled Jim ?
		GENERAL MELCHETT (Blackadder)
59.	Name the hotel in Huddersfield where twenty two clubs famously met in 1895 to form the Northern Rugby Football Union
		GEORGE HOTEL
60.	Which Sydney-born Warrington rugby league player was the most prolific try scorer in the history of the game, scoring 796 tries between 1946 and 1964 (740 for Warrington alone !) ?
		BRIAN BEVAN
61.	Which letter in Morse code is represented by dot dash?
		A
62.	What is the only country outside of Europe in the Top Ten for annual per capita consumption of beer?
		AUSTRALIA
63.	Who gave his name to his invention the whirlpool bath?
		(Candido) JACUZZI
64.	What Islamic edifice was built in the city of Agra by Shah Jahan?
		TAJ MAHAL
65.	It was once traditional to put something in your cup before drinking to someone’s health. What was put into the cup ?
		PIECE OF TOAST OR ROASTED BREAD
66.	Complete the following line from Monty Python 'The Philosophers Song' with the last name of a philosopher. "And Wittgenstein was a beery swine, Who was just as schloshed as ......"
		SCHLEGEL
67.	What name was given to the revolution in the Ukraine 2004 to 2005 ?
		THE ORANGE REVOLUTION
68.	What was the title taken by Mr William Morris of Morris motors?
		LORD NUFFIELD
69.	The national anthem of which European Union country has no words?
		SPAIN
70.	Since 1810, the largest fair in the world, Oktoberfest, renowned for beer consumption, has been cancelled 24 times, usually due to war. Why was it cancelled in 1923 and 1924?
		OUT OF CONTROL INFLATION
71.	Which British writer, comedienne and dinner lady famously said "I thought coq au vin was love in a lorry"?
		VICTORIA WOOD
72.	This is a pub quiz after all, so on which brewers site in Chiswick has there been a brewery for more than 300 years?
		FULLERS
73.	What are the inhabitants of Sardinia called?
		SARDS
74.	An English word for a vital body part and the Chinese word for dragon are the same. What is the word ?
		LUNG
75.	The American Charles Osborne got the hickups in 1922. How long did it last for?
		68 YEARS !! (ACCEPT +/- 5 YEARS : 63 TO 73)
76.	Who was the first non royal to appear on a UK postage stamp?
		SHAKESPEARE (in 1964)
77.	Who is the 2014 European Ryder Cup captain ?
		PAUL McGINLEY
78.	The Akita is a breed of dog originating from which country ?
		JAPAN
79.	Symbolising innocence, which birthstone is associated with the month of April?
		DIAMOND
80.	How Many Nautical Miles Are There in A League ?
		3
81.	Which pine nut had a famous nose?
		PINOCCHIO (Pinocchio is a Tuscan word meaning "pine nut")
82.	What is the title of the officer who serves as a 'police chief' on board a Royal Navy or US navy ship?
		MASTER AT ARMS
83.	What is the more common name for the medical condition know as periorbital haematoma ?
		BLACK EYE
84.	Which company marketed the first diesel driven car?
		MERCEDES BENZ
85.	The Anglo-Persian Oil Company is now better known by which name?
		BP or BRITISH PETROLEUM (In 1901, William Knox D'Arcy was granted a concession by the Shah of Iran to search for oil which he found in May 1908. This was the first commercially significant find in the Middle East. In 1909, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) was incorporated to exploit this. In 1935,it became the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company)
86.	The Langeled pipeline is the world's longest underwater pipeline. It carries natural gas to the United Kingdom from which country?
		NORWAY
87.	What sporting event has been held at Hamilton in Canada, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Kingston in Jamaica, amongst others ?
		COMMONWEALTH GAMES
88.	Which notorious murderer lived at 10 Rillington Place?
		JOHN CHRISTIE
89.	What is the name of the maidenhair tree or 'living fossil', the first tree to bud in Hiroshima after the atom bomb?
		GINKGO
90.	In which country could you formerly have seen this famous signpost: Wimbledon 16, 999 kilometres, Flushing Meadow 16, 690 kilometres, Roland Garros 16, 878 kilometres?
		AUSTRALIA (Melbourne Park)
91.	The stadium in Athens for the 1896 games was built from which material?
		MARBLE
92.	Semiotics is the study of what ?
		SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
93.	Hagiology" is the branch of literature dealing with the lives & legends of whom?
		SAINTS
94.	The words "Ars Gratia Artis" appear on the logo for MGM films. What does it mean?
		ART FOR ARTS SAKE
95.	Art for Arts Sake was a hit record, first charting in 1975, for which group?
		10cc
96.	Which edible product did the ancient Greeks use to cast ballots?
		BEANS (some politicians were full of beans !)
97.	Braille is based around a grid using how many dots?
		6
98.	What is a Worcester pearmain?
		APPLE
99.	What type of acid is in bee stings?
		FORMIC ACID (also accept Methanoic Acid)
100.	Which variation of culinary ingredient is sometimes called the 'Black Diamond"?
		TRUFFLES (specifically a black truffle (accept truffle)
101.	What kind of therapy is Balneotherapy?
		BATHING – WATER (usually in a spa) for disease treatment
102.	In which city is the Royal Armouries Museum?
		LEEDS
103.	Which country has the international vehicle registration M?
		MALTA
104.	For which film did Jack Nicholson win his first Oscar?
		ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (12 times nominated and 3 time winner)
105.	Translated into English what was Tchaikovsky’s first name,
		PETER
106.	Which fictional character was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs?
		TARZAN
107.	What was the name of the actor who wrote, produced and starred in the iconic 1970 film “Le Mans”?
		STEVE McQUEEN
108.	According to American psychologist Lewis Terman, above what IQ level would you be classed as a genius ?
		140
109.	What is a baby elephant called?
		CALF
110.	On which river does Shrewsbury stand?
		SEVERN
111.	Which famous explorer discovered Jamaica?
		CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
112.	In which decade were ATM’s 1st used in Britain?
		1960s (27th June 1967 - Barclays Bank in Enfield, Middlesex. The first person to withdraw money from it was On The Buses star, Reg Varney, aka bus driver Stan Butler)
113.	In the American dice game craps what name is given to a throw of double one ?
		SNAKE EYES
114.	In the USA which medal would you receive if wounded on military service?
		PURPLE HEART
115.	Which film has 4 sequels with prefixes to the original title of Beneath, Escape From, Conquest Of and Battle For?
		PLANET OF THE APES
116.	The TRIPITAKA (Sanskrit word meaning “Three Baskets” is the sacred text of which religion?
		BUDDHISM
117.	Which word beginning with Z means the study or practice of fermentation in brewing, wine making or distilling ?
		ZYMURGY
118.	Which word beginning with the letter Z means a fertilized ovum ?
		ZYGOTE
119.	Who formed the Scottish Labour Party and was the first independent Labour MP ? .
		(James) KIER HARDIE
120.	What is a TurkishVan ?
		BREED OF CAT

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

1.	In 1953 which country singer died in the back of a car on his way to a New Year’s Day concert in Ohio, aged 29 - both names required ?
		HANK WILLIAMS (On New Years Day from heart failure brought on by pills and alcohol).
2.	HIPPOPOTO – MONSTRO – SESQUI – PEDALIO - PHOBIA is the fear of what ?
		LONG WORDS
3.	Which British pop group auditioned for Decca on New Year’s Day 1962 ?
		THE BEATLES (they were turned down !)
4.	Which notorious British serial killer committed suicide on the 1st January 1995 ? Both names required
		FRED WEST
5.	What does an ORGANOLEPTIC analyse ?
		FOOD SNIFFER/TASTER ( U.S. Department of Agriculture meat and poultry inspections, inspectors perform a variety of organoleptic procedures)
6.	Who, an X factor finalist in 2012 was the winner of Celebrity Big Brother series 11 that finished last week ?
		RYLAN CLARK
7.	How would you say 'house wine' in French ?
		VIN (DE LA) MAISON
8.	How would you say 'house wine' in Italian ?
		VINO DELLA CASA

TIE_BREAK QUESTION (IF NEEDED):

How much money was raised by the end of the telethon on the BBC Children In Need show broadcast on 16th November 2012 ?
	£ 26,757,446 (the current record amount)

22nd January–Questions

 

 

Specialist Questions

Set by The Nags Head

Vetted by The Chester Road Tavern

1. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: PLAY IT BY NUMBERS

2. SCIENCE

3. NAME THE CHARACTER

4. GEOGRAPHY

5. ON YOUR HEAD BE IT

6. HISTORY

7. FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY

8. SPORT

Round 1. Arts & Entertainment

Play it by Numbers (all of the answers have a number in their title)

1. Which band had a major hit with Moves Like Jagger in late 2011/early 2012?

Maroon 5

2. What was the 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury set in America at a time when books were banned?

Fahrenheit 451

3. What was the 2002 movie starring Eminem about the struggles of a young rapper to establish himself?

8 Mile

4. What was the number of the mobile surgical unit in the film and TV series of M*A*S*H?

4077

5. A Jackson Pollock painting was sold in 2006 for $160 million dollars, the most expensive painting in the world at the time. It was called number what, 1948?

5 (No. 5, 1948)

6. Can you name the 2009 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis based on Federico Fellini’s film 8½?

9

7. What is the name of the Joseph Heller novel turned into a 1970 movie following the experiences of Capt. John Yossarian in World War 2?

Catch 22

8. What was the name of the Blur hit from 1997 voted the 15^th Best Track ever by Radio 1 listeners?

Song 2

Supplementaries

1. How many operas make up Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle?

4 ( Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung)

2. Name the Steven Spielberg comedy about panic in Los Angeles in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour?

1941

Round 2 Science

1. What is the name of the acid also known as oil of vitriol?

Sulphuric acid

2. What is the name of the planet with great red spot?

Jupiter

3. What is the name of the planet that has its day longer than its year?

Venus

4. What is the chemical name for quick lime?

Calcium oxide

5. What unit, equivalent to 3.2 light years, is the measure of distance between stars and galaxies?

Parsec

6. The Crab Nebula is also known as by the acronym M1 (M one). What does the M stand for?

Messier

7. What is produced by the Haber Bosh process?

Ammonia

8. Some elements exist in two or more different forms with different molecular arrangements, what is the name given to these variant forms?

Allotropes

Supplementaries

1. How many milk teeth does a child have assuming full and correct development?

20

2. How many manned Apollo moon landings were made?

6 (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17)

Round 3 Name the Character.

The following are all fictitious characters. Only the character is required.

1. In The Lord Of The Rings, who was the gardener who took care of Bag End before accompanying Frodo Baggins to Rivendell?

Samwise Gamgee (accept Sam, Samwise or Gamgee)

2. In the same novel, Gollum’s real name was Trahald – what was the anglicised equivalent?

Smeagol

3. Who is the heroine who taught at the Marcia Blaine school?

Miss Jean Brodie

4. “The third man was about the worst racketeer who ever made a dirty living”. What was his name?

Harry Lime

5. Which character wanted to walk a little faster because there was a porpoise close behind him treading on his tail?

A whiting (from Alice In Wonderland)

6. Which two characters agreed to have a battle because one said the other had spoilt his nice new rattle?

Tweedledum & Tweedledee (from Alice Through The looking Glass)

7. What is the name of the Secret Seven’s dog?

Scamper

8. Name the dog that features in the novel “Three Men in a Boat”

Montmorency

Supplementaries

1. Who was the “Weaver of Raveloe”?

Silas Marner

2. What was Billy Liar’s real name?

Billy Fisher

Round 4. Geography

1. In which country is Mount Kilimanjaro?

TANZANIA

2. Which country has the most UNESCO world heritage sites?

ITALY (with 47)

3. What wild American feature begins at Springer Mountain, in Georgia, and ends at Mount Katahdin in Maine. A total of approximately 2,200 miles?

THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL

4. Which mainland African country has the longest coastline?

SOMALIA (the coast of the island state of Madagascar is longer)

5. What is the county town of Surrey?

GUILDFORD

6. On which Island did the HMS Bounty mutineers settle?

PITCAIRN

7. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, are a dependency of which country?

INDIA

8. Which inlet of the Irish Sea separates Cumbria from Dumfries & Galloway?

SOLWAY FIRTH

Supplementaries

1. On which Caribbean island can you find the Blue Mountains?

JAMAICA

2. Which Costa lies on the Spanish coast, to the north of Barcelona?

COSTA BRAVA

Round 5 On your head be it

(All the question in this round are based around hats or other headware)

1. ‘Mad as a hatter’ is a term which comes from the hat making industry of old. What substance did the hatters use, which affected the nervous system and made them tremble, and appear ‘mad’?

MERCURY

2. The skin from which animal was used to make hats of frontiersmen, including Davy Crockett?

RACOON

3. The Busby, is the name of the military head-dress worn by the Coldstream Guards. In which county is Coldstream, from which they take their name?

BERWICKSHIRE

4. A Dolly Varden hat is named after a character from which Charles Dickens novel?

BARNABY RUDGE

5. What name is given to a ladies formal hair decoration, on a band or clip, often worn instead of a hat at weddings and other such events?

FASCINATOR

6. What is the name of the tall white pleated hat worn by chefs?

TOQUE (TOQUE BLANCHE)

7. What is the name of the crown used in the coronation of Elizabeth II?

St. EDWARD’S CROWN

8. What is the cockney rhyming slang for wigs?

SYRUP OF FIGS (accept SYRUP)

Supplementaries

1. What do the Americans call a bowler hat?

A DERBY

2. What is the name of the production company whose television shows include ‘Room 101’, ‘Father Ted’ and ‘Have I Got News for You’, among many others?

HAT TRICK PRODUCTIONS

Round 6. History

That’s not history, that’s my life - history since the Second Word War?

1. In 1973 General Pinochet deposed which ruler in a military coup in Chile?

Salvador Allende

2. The creation of the state of Biafra led to Civil War in which country in the late 1960s?

Nigeria

3. Which constituency did Enoch Powell, famous for the controversial Rivers of Blood speech, represent for most of his Parliamentary career?

Wolverhampton South West (accept Wolverhampton)

4. Who was the call girl whose relationship with Minister of War, John Profumo, led to his resignation in 1963?.

Christine Keeler

5. In which city was Robert Kennedy assassinated in 1968?

Los Angeles

6. Who did John F Kennedy defeat to win the US Presidency in 1960?

Richard Nixon

7. In which country was Che Guevara captured and summarily executed in 1967?

Bolivia

8. What was the name of the Vietnamese village where around 400 unarmed civilians were massacred by a US platoon commanded by William Calley in 1968?

My Lai

Supplementaries

1. In what year did Rhodesia, under the leadership of Ian Smith, make a Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the UK?

1965 (accept 1964 to 1966)

2. In what year did Ian Smith lose power to Robert Mugabe in what was then Zimbabwe?

1980 (accept 1979 to 1981)

Round 7. FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY

1. Adam Faith had two UK number one hit singles in 1959 and 1960. Name either.

WHAT DO YOU WANT and POOR ME

2. Bob Hope was born in 1903 in which city?

LONDON

3. Which charity, which to date has raised over £121m, did Bryn and Emma Parry set up in 2007?

HELP FOR HEROES

4. The 1966 musical Sweet Charity was made into a film in 1969. Which American woman starred in the film as Charity Hope Valentine?

SHIRLEY MACLAINE

5. Whose first solo album was called Faith?

GEORGE MICHAEL

6. In which British city is Hope University?

LIVERPOOL

7. ‘Hope springs eternal’ is a saying from a poem called ‘An Essay on Man’, written by whom?

ALEXANDER POPE

8 In 1969, one of the first super groups to be created consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. Under what name did they record?

BLIND FAITH

Supplementaries

1. In 1985, Live Aid concerts took place in London and which American city?

PHILADELPHIA

1. A 1997 TV film called Hope was the only film directed by this American woman, normally known for her comedy acting roles. Who?

GOLDIE HAWN

1. In which year was OXFAM founded ?

1942 (allow 1940 – 1944)

Round 8. SPORT – That Was The Year That Was 2012

1. Which team last month beat Chelsea in Japan to win the World Club Championship?

CORINTHIANS

1. In last month's BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, three of the twelve nominees were Paralympians. David Weir and Ellie Symonds were two. Who was the third?

DAME SARAH STOREY,

1. Who is credited with inventing the Mobot celebration for Mo Farah?

CLARE BALDING

1. It was announced that the 5 times winning horse of the King George VI chase, having retired from racing, was turning to dressage. What is the name of this horse?

KAUTO STAR (pronounced either korto or kayto)

1. British sprinter Craig Pickering announced in December that he was making a surprise drastic sporting career change. Which sport is he taking up?

BOBSLEIGH

1. In which country was the World Twenty20 cricket tournament staged in September and October?

SRI LANKA

1. At the Paralympics, which 1 km time trial cyclist launched into a furious expletive-strewn rant when he was disqualified for stumbling out of the starting block and was refused a restart?

JODY CUNDY

1. How did Trenton Oldfield hit the sporting headlines in April?

HE WAS THE PROTESTOR (aka arsehole) WHO DISRUPTED THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE BY SWIMMING INTO THE PATH OF THE TWO BOATS

Supplementaries

1. Which sports star was falsely reported last month to have bought the entire supply of the world’s most expensive cheese, Serbian donkey cheese, for his restaurant?

NOVAK DJOKOVIC

1. Only three American golfers won their singles matches on the final day of the Ryder Cup. Jason Duffner was one and the other two share the same surname. Which name?

JOHNSON (Dustin Johnson and Zach Johnson)

1. Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew was awarded a lengthy contract in September. How many years?

EIGHT

General Knowledge

Set by The Chester Road Tavern

Vetted by the Nags Head

 

1. ‘Woman with a Pearl Necklace’ and ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ were both painted by whom?

A. Johannes Vermeer

2. Which composer wrote the ‘Karelia Suite’ and ‘Finlandia’?

A. Jean Sibelius

3. Which British newspaper recently placed an advert in an English Language newspaper in Argentina?

A. The Sun (defending Britain's sovereignty of the Falkland Islands)

4. Sandy Hook Elementary School is situated in which US town?

A. Newtown (Connecticut)

5. What is missing from the following list - King’s Cross, Liverpool Street, Marylebone, …?

A. Fenchurch Street (Monopoly Stations)

6. In which war was the Charge of the Light Brigade?

A. The Crimean

7. What name was given to the scandal involving bribing of DJs to play certain records?

A. Payola

8. In which country would you find The Nullarbor Plain?

A. Australia

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9. Which animal appears on the state flag of California?

A. Bear

10. Which veteran Irish rock star used to be one of the band ‘Them’?

A. Van Morrison

11. Piers Gaveston was alleged to be which English King’s lover?

A. Edward II

12. Maritimo are a football team from which country?

A. Portugal

13. What does the horned toad squirt from its eyes to deter attackers?

A. Blood

14. Name San Francisco’s wheelchair bound detective?

A. Ironside

15. Which organisation has its HQ in Langley, Virginia?

A. The CIA

16. Taleggio is a type of what foodstuff?

A. Cheese

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17. Breitling are manufacturers of what everyday item?

A. The Wristwatch

18. Which insect's larva are known as 'leatherjackets'?

A. Crane Fly

19. From which country did Iceland achieve total independence in 1944?

A. Denmark

20. Who refused to accept his best actor Oscar in 1972 in protest at the plight of American Indians?

A. Marlon Brando (The Godfather)

21. Who was the winner of the 'X' Factor in 2012?

A. James Arthur

22. Name the 2010 film adapted from the 2009 book 'The Accidental Billionaires'?

A. The Social Network

23. What is measured with a ‘Pluviometer’?

A. Rainfall

24. Who invented the clockwork radio?

A. Trevor Baylis

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25. Which Prime Minister implemented the 3-day week?

A. Ted Heath

26. In which James Bond film does Oddjob appear?

A. Goldfinger

27. On TV, who was Richard Hearne better known as?

A. Mr Pastry

28. Which TV show features flatmates Mark and Jeremy?

A. Peep Show

29. 'Frank' was the debut album by which artist?

A. Amy Winehouse

30. Who scored both goals in Macclesfield Town’s recent 2-1 win over Cardiff?

A. Matthew Barnes-Homer

31. Name the manager of Macclesfield Town FC?

A. Steve King

32. Who is the lead vocalist of T'pau?

A. Carol Decker

33. What is the name of Tin Tin’s dog?

A. Snowy

34. In which US state is the Mojave Desert?

A. California

35. Which river has its source near the village of Kemble in the Cotswolds?

A. The River Thames

36. Who did Phil Taylor beat in the final of this year’s PDC darts championship?

A. Michael Van Gerwen

37. Which jockey rode Frankel in all his races?

A. Tom Queally

38. Which Country’s flag features a 24-spoked wheel in the centre?

A. India

39. Which city’s name translates into English as ‘good winds’?

A. Buenos Aires

40. Who wrote Swallows and Amazons?

A. Arthur Ransome

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41. What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

A. Riyadh

42. Who was the winner of strictly come dancing in 2012?

A. Louis Smith

43. There are two Melbourne based teams in the 2012/13 Australian Big Bash cricket tournament. One is the 'Melbourne Stars', name the other?

A. Melbourne Renegades (accept Renegades)

44. John Lennon, Tina Turner and The Beatles featured on the cover of the first three issues of which publication?

A. Rolling Stone magazine

45. Who is the Prime Minister of Russia?

A. Dmitry Medvedev

46. Which river's source is in Wales and enters the Atlantic near Bristol?

A. The River Severn

47. Herpes Zoster is an illness better known by which name?

A. Shingles

48. Burslem and Porthill are suburbs of which UK city?

A. Stoke on Trent (accept Stoke)

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49. Who originally recorded the song ‘How sweet it is (to be loved by you)’?

A. Marvin Gaye

50. What normally bi-annual sporting event has recently been brought forward by 1 year to avoid the contest occurring shortly before a World Cup?

A. The Ashes

51. It was thought Margaret Thatcher was a pogonophobe. What is a pogonophobe afraid of?

A. Beards

52. The Mysterons featured in which 1960s TV series?

A. Captain Scarlet

53. What year was the first episode of the TV series Happy Days screened?

A. 1974 (accept 1973-1975)

54. Who wrote "The Wealth of Nations"?

A. Adam Smith

55. Originally founded by the disgraced cyclist in 1997, the Lance Armstrong Foundation is now better known by what name?

A. Livestrong Foundation

56. Who wrote the adventure series of books including Underwater Adventure and Gorilla Adventure?

A. Willard Price

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57. In which county is Haddon Hall?

A. Derbyshire (in Bakewell near Chatsworth Hall)

58. In a restaurant, what is a sommelier's job?

A. Wine advisor/expert

59. Since 1748, what does 'trooping the colour' commemorate?

A. Birthday of the Queen/British sovereignty

60. In which country is the Black Forest?

A. Germany

61. Who wrote 'Mill on the Floss'?

A. George Eliot

62. Who wrote 'Lolita'?

A. Vladimir Nabokov

63. In 1956 an area of south Wales spreading into the Bristol Channel was designated Britain's first area of outstanding natural beauty. What is it known as?

A. The Gower Peninsula

64. Harrow school's cricket match in Galle on December 26th 2004 was abandoned without a ball being bowled. Why?

A. The ground was covered by the tsunami.

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65. What phrase meaning 'nourishing mother' is used to refer to your old school?

A. Alma Mater

66. Who explained the riddle of the sphinx?

A. Oedipus

67. What is the name of Tim Robbins character in 'The Shawshank Redemption'?

A. Andy Dufrain

68. Who composed 'Le Nozze di Figaro'?

A. Mozart

69. Which King of England was the son of Jane Seymour & Henry VIII?

A. Edward VI

70. Which author wrote 'Bag of Bones', 'Carrie' and 'The Tommyknockers' (amongst many others)?

A. Stephen King

71. Which playwright wrote 'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour', 'Arcadia' and in 2006 'Rock 'n' Roll'?

A. Tom Stoppard

72. The first castles in England were built on a raised mound of earth with usually a wooden keep surrounded by a ditch, what were they called?

A. Motte-and-Bailey castles

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73. Who was the first Tudor king?

A. Henry VII

74. Charles Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer; he died at the age of 79 but in which year?

A. 1871 (accept 1861 - 1881)

75. In an interview with Terry Wogan in 1991 who claimed to be the Son of God?

A. David Icke

76. Who was the comic actor Arthur Lucan better known as?

A. Old Mother Riley

77. Which German concentration camp official was known as the ‘Angel of Death’?

A. Josef Mengele

78. Who wrote 'the Principia Mathematica' in 1687?

A. Isaac Newton

79. Where in July 1969 was Prince Charles invested as Prince of Wales?

A. Caernarfon Castle

80. Which King of England was killed while hunting in the New Forest in 1100?

A. William II

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81. Which Mayor of New York City was awarded an honorary knighthood in 2001?

A. Rudi Giuliani

82. Who broke into the Queen’s bedroom in Buckingham Palace in 1982?

A. Michael Fagen

83. What name is given to the study of insects?

A. Entomology

84. Who was the last woman to be hanged in Britain in July 1955?

A. Ruth Ellis

85. In the car industry what do the initials MG stand for?

A. Morris Garages

86. Who was the first woman to take her seat as an MP?

A. Nancy Astor

87. Who is the elephant headed Hindu god of good luck?

A. Ganesh

88. Where did Cromwell’s army defeat the Royalists in 1651 to end the Civil War?

A. Worcester

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89. Which ship famously ran aground off the Scilly Isles in 1967, spilling its oil cargo?

A. The Torrey Canyon

90. Which American politician was shot and paralysed by Arthur Bremer in 1972?

A. George Wallace

91. What is Pamplona most famous for?

A. The Bull Run

92. Melbourne is situated on the banks of which river?

A. The Yarra

93. Who wrote ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’?

A. Samuel Coleridge

94. Which French tennis player and sportswear producer was known as “Le Crocodile”?

A. Rene Lacoste

95. Who was replaced by Peter Mandelson as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in 1999?

A. Mo Mowlam

96. What does a lepidopterist study?

A. Butterflies and Moths (accept either)

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Supplementaries:

97. Which fish has the Latin name Esox lucius?

A. The Pike

98. What was the name of the Italian cruise ship which ran aground in January 2012 causing the loss of 32 lives.

A. Costa Concordia

99. What is the medical name for the winter vomiting bug, which affected many people over the Christmas period?

A. Norovirus

100. What colour is the ‘l’ in the Google logo?

A. Green

QUESTIONS 15 JANUARY 2013

 

SET BY

CHURCH HOUSE BOLLINGTON

SPEC IALIST

R1 JANUARY BLUES

R2 CRIME FICTION

R3 SCIENCE

R4 SPORT

R5 ART & ENTERTAINMENT – SEQUELS & SPIN-OFFS

R6 GEOGRAPHY – HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS

R7 HISTORY

R8 MARKS OF DISTINCTION (PICTURE ROUND)

1 - January Blues

All questions are about January in some shape or form!

1. The actress January Jones plays the character Betty Draper in which popular US TV series?

MAD MEN

2. Often called the 25^th of January Revolution, the Arab revolts of 2011 started in which square in Cairo?

TAHRIR SQUARE

3. The first heart transplant took place in January 1964 – what was the name of the patient?

Louis WASHKANSKY

4. Which band had a number 1 hit in 1975 with the song “January”?

PILOT

5. Unless it falls on a Sunday, what date in January is Presidential Inauguration Day in the USA?

20^th

6. Morse Code was first demonstrated by its inventor Samuel Morse in January of which year?

1838 (accept 1833-1843)

7. In the film The January Man starring Kevin Kline, the serial killer uses the notes of which song as a means of selecting his next victim?

CALENDAR GIRL

8. Although named after the god Janus, the origin of the word January is the Latin word ianua – what does it mean?

DOOR / ENTRANCE  (not BEGINNING / START)

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S1. Why is January 15^th a federal holiday in the USA?

MARTIN LUTHER KING’S BIRTHDAY

S2. What is the birthstone for January? GARNET

 

Round 2 - Crime Fiction

1. Robert Wilson created which Seville-based detective, a series of which has recently been televised on Sky Atlantic?

FALCON

2. Who wrote the “Wire in the Blood” novels centring around criminal psychologist, Tony Hill?

Val McDERMID

3. What is the name of the award handed out by the Crime writers Association annually for its best novel of the year?

The GOLDEN DAGGER

4. In the books by Michael Connolly, of which the 19^th in the series, The Black Box, was recently published, the central character shares his name with which famous artist?

Hieronymous BOSCH

5. Which American novelist wrote the popular Will Trent and Grant County series of thriller novels?

Karin SLAUGHTER

6. Other than in “A Scandal in Bohemia” where she is referred to as Mrs Turner, what is the name of Sherlock Holmes’ landlady?

Mrs HUDSON

7. Who played Sherlock Holmes’ brother Mycroft in the recent Sherlock Holmes film “Game of Shadows?”

Stephen FRY

8. The TV show Bones is based on the books and experiences of which American writer?

Kathy REICHS

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S1 Which city does Ian Rankin’s John Rebus police?

EDINBURGH

S2 In which fictional city are the “Wire in the Blood” novels set? BRADFIELD

Round 3 - Science

All of the answers in this round contain the names of famous scientists. The names may not be spelt exactly the same, but there are no trick questions

1. Who won the men’s long jump gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic games?

Greg RUTHERFORD

2. Which scientist gets several mentions in a Queen song featured in the film Wayne’s World?

GALILEO (Bohemian Rhapsody)

3. Where are away fans housed during Blackburn Rovers home games?

The DARWEN End

4. With whom did John McEnroe win more Doubles titles than with any other partner?

Peter FLEMING

5. Name the town on the A49, 7 miles from Warrington which is the home town of Ed Clancy, Olympic gold medallist?

NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS

6. Name the Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark top 40 song of 1984 featuring the lyrics “And when I walk I don’t touch the ground. See those girls they’re heaven blessed. ”

TESLA GIRLS

7. What is the name of the character played by Craig Charles is the BBC Comedy, Red Dwarf?

Dave LISTER

8. What is the name of the bassist with New Order and Joy Division, once married to Caroline Aherne?

Peter HOOK

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S1.Name the former Premier league defender, who had spells with Bolton, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Watford before managing Leek Town. As at 1/1/13, he is now a coach at AFC Wimbledon. Neil COX

S2.What is the name of the scientist in The Muppet Show, usually accompanied by his terrified assistant Beaker?

BUNSEN

Round 4 - Sport

1. 1. Since 1877 over 2050 Cricket Test Matches have been played, but who in November 2012 became the first player to score a 6 off the first ball of a test match?
2. Chris GAYLE (for the West Indies v Bangladesh)

1. Bradley Wiggins won the BBC Sports Personality of the year, but which Welsh based able-bodied London Olympian gold medallist won the BBC Wales 2012 Sports Personality of the year award? Full name required.
2. JADE JONES (Taekwondo)

1. Which Rugby League Super League team plays its home games at Langtree Park?
2. ST. HELENS

1. Who sank a 5-foot putt on the 18^th green at Medinah Golf club to ensure that Europe retained the Ryder Cup in 2012? Martin KAYMER

1. Boxing Promoter Frank Warren runs which TV station dedicated to boxing?
2. BOXNATION

1. For his services as Performance Director for British Cycling and General Manager of Sky’s cycling team, who was awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s 2012 honours list? David BRAILSFORD

1. Which British amputee athlete won the Paralympics T44 100 metres in 2012 in a time of 10.9 seconds?
2. Jonnie PEACOCK

8. After barely a month as Sale Sharks director of rugby, and a salary of £20,000 per month, who left the role just after Christmas 2012?

John MITCHELL

S1. How many F1 Grand Prix did Sebastian Vettel win whilst securing the F1 title?

5

S2.Who is the manager of Stoke City FC as of 10 January 2013?

Tony PULIS

Round 5 - Arts & Entertainment – Sequels & Spin-Offs

1. What was the first sequel to win the Best Picture award at the Oscars, taking the prize for 1974?

THE GODFATHER: PART II

2. Which 1980 horror film about a deranged, hockey mask wearing psychopath spawned nine sequels as well as a remake of the original?

FRIDAY THE 13^TH

3. Which futuristic 1979 film had a second film subtitled The Road Warrior, a third film subtitled Beyond Thunderdome and a soon to be released fourth film subtitled Fury Road?

MAD MAX

4. The Color of Money, a 1985 Martin Scorsese film featuring Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson is the sequel to which film of 1961 starring Newman in the same role?

THE HUSTLER

5. What was the title of the third book in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series?

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN

6. What is the name of the Doctor Who spin-off series starring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness?

TORCHWOOD

7. Tucker’s Luck starring Todd Carty as Peter ‘Tucker’ Jenkins was a spin-off of which long-running kids’ TV programme that first aired in 1978?

GRANGE HILL

8. Which sequel to a 1971 Oscar winning film set in New York, sees its hero, Popeye Doyle, travel to Marseilles to catch the drug smuggler that eluded him in the original?

THE FRENCH CONNECTION II

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S1. Which classic British sitcom of the 1970’s had a one series spin off called Going Straight?

PORRIDGE

S2. Which L. Frank Baum book of 1900 spawned a 1995 sequel entitled Wicked, written by Gregory Maguire, which was subsequently turned into a Tony-winning Broadway musical?

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ (accept Wizard of Oz)

Round 6 - Geography – Holiday Destinations

1. Arrecife is the capital of which holiday island?

LANZAROTE

2. In which country would you find Taba Heights, a small resort at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba?

EGYPT

3. On which beautiful Greek island was Louis de Bernieres’s Captain Corelli’s Mandolin set?

KEFALONIA

4. Which English seaside resort is home to Peasholm Park where famous battles have been regularly re-enacted with model warships for more than eighty years?

SCARBOROUGH

5. Which purpose built resort on the Yucatan Peninsula, favoured by honeymooners and American students, was severely damaged by Hurricane Dean in 2007?

CANCUN

6. In which country would you be if you were relaxing on the beaches of Koh Samui and Phuket?

THAILAND

7. Which luxurious golf, casino and holiday resort is situated in the North West Province of South Africa close to the city of Rustenburg?

SUN CITY

8. Which island in the Atlantic has the capital Funchal?

MADEIRA

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S1. The towns of Lindau in Germany, Bregenz in Austria and Staad in Switzerland are all located on the shores of which lake?

LAKE CONSTANCE

S2. On which Mediterranean island would you find the resorts of Cala d’Or and Alcudia?

MAJORCA

Round 7 - HISTORY

1. Who was the brother of King Harold who jointly led a Viking army against him at Stamford Bridge in 1066?

TOSTIG

2. Who was the father of King Henry II (full name)?

GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET

3. What dubious role was played in the Crusades by Hugh the Iron and William the Pig?

THEY SOLD THE FAULTY BOATS WHICH LED TO MOST OF THE CHILDREN ON THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE BEING DROWNED

4. Which king, at the age of 14, confronted the protesters at Mile End during the Peasants’ Revolt?

RICHARD II

5. Which World War II German general was considered the world’s leading expert on tank warfare and wrote the book Achtung – Panzer! ?

Heinz GUDERIAN

6. Who was the overall commander of the British fleet which took on the Spanish Armada?

Lord HOWARD (of EFFINGHAM)

7. As what did Izzy and Moe achieve fame in the USA in the 1920s?

PROHIBITION AGENTS

8. Where in Scotland did the Jacobites inflict a major defeat on government forces in 1689?

KILLIECRANKIE

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S1. Which leader had the nickname Tumbledown Dick?

RICHARD CROMWELL

S2. What name was given to the CIA-led operation to identify and “neutralize” Viet Cong operatives during the Vietnam War? PHOENIX Program

Round 8 – MARKS OF DISTINCTION

PICTURE ROUND

In honour of our illustrious League Secretary, name these other famous (or infamous) men called Mark.

1.

ACTOR AND MUSICIAN

WAHLBERG

2.

ACTOR

HAMILL

3.

Sportsman

PHILIPOUSSIS

4.

TV Presenter

DURDEN-SMITH

5.

Mucician

KNOPFLER

6.

Artist

ROTHKO

7.

Criminal

CHAPMAN

8.

Sportsman

SPITZ

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S1.

Business Pioneer

ZUCKERBERG

S2

Writer

TWAIN

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Who won the BRIT Award for best international male in 2012?

Bruno MARS

2. Whose 40 year old record for goals scored by a single player in a calendar year did Lionel Messi break in December of 2012?

Gerd MULLER

03 Who is the president of Iraq?

Jalal TALABANI

04 Who plays the role of Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s recent film version of The Hobbit? Martin FREEMAN

05 Which medical missionary, theologian, philosopher and musician won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952?

Albert SCHWEIZER

06 Which Pre-Raphaelite artist painted a famous image of Ophelia in 1852?

Sir John MILLAIS

07 Which plant is believed to be useful in treating depression, nervous disorders and bedwetting?

ST JOHN’S WORT

08 Which hard cheese is made from unpasteurized milk in certain provinces of the Po Valley in Italy and matured for one to four years?

PARMESAN

09 Why does the actor Sean Bean have a tattoo on his shoulder that reads “100% Blade”?

He is a SHEFFIELD UNITED fan (Sheffield Utd = The Blades)

10 Who was the runner up in the 2012 X Factor? (full name)

JAHMENE DOIGLAS

11 Which racecourse closed in December 2012 after 241 years?

HEREFORD

12 Who on 15th November 2012 was elected the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire? John DWYER

13 Which famous musical was based on the collection of stories Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood?

CABARET

14 Who narrates Channel 4’s Come Dine With Me?

Dave LAMB

15 Which Nobel Prize winning playwright died on Christmas Eve 2008?

Harold PINTER

16 Which renowned xylophone player, more famous for a different role on television, died in December 2012 at the age of 89?

Patrick MOORE

17 What is the name of the spirit made from sugar can used in the Brazilian cocktail Caipirinha? CACHAÇA

18 Which singer partnered Siobhan Fahey in Shakespeare’s Sister? Marcella DETROIT

19 Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Monty Oxy Moron and Rat Scabies have all been members of which punk band?

The DAMNED

20 Which former Premier League footballer now playing in Turkey received a lengthy ban in December 2012 for spitting at and making homophobic gestures towards a referee?

Raul MEIRELES

21 Who is the only British Prime Minister to have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature? Winston CHURCHILL (in 1953, for The Second World War and A History of the English Speaking peoples)

22. Which English actor played Kris Kringle in the 1994 re-make of the classic Christmas film, Miracle On 34th Street?

Richard ATTENBOROUGH

23 Who narrates “In the Night Garden”?

Derek JACOBI

24 What kind of animal is Adolphus Tips in the book by Michael Morpurgo?

A CAT

25 Coeliac (see-li-ac) disease is associated with an intolerance to what?

GLUTEN

26

What is the name of the method of cooking favoured by any modern chefs which is based on the physical and chemical transformation of ingredients when cooking?

MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY

27 Who is the model wife of musician Jamie Cullum?

Sophie DAHL

28 What is the surname of the singer Adele?

ADKINS

29 Which classic 1980s number 1 hit, recently in the charts in a new version, contains the lines: “I’ll protect you from the hooded claw, keep the vampire from your door”?

THE POWER OF LOVE

30 What relation was Richard II of England to his predecessor, Edward III?

GRANDSON (Richard’s father was the Black Prince who died before his father Edward)

31 Which actor provides the voices for Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King? James EARL JONES

32 Which TV series is centred on the activities of the bootlegger Nucky Thompson in Atlantic City?

BOARDWALK EMPIRE

33 What is the title of the third book in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy?

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST

34 Which former US President died on Boxing Day, 1972?

Harry S TRUMAN

35 What British chocolate company takes its name from its environmental concerns and the high level of cocoa solids it uses?

GREEN & BLACKS

36 Which illusionist appeared to correctly predict the National Lottery draw live on TV in September 2009?

Derren BROWN

37 According to the recently published 2011 census results, what is the UK’s population to the nearest million?

63 (63,200,000) Accept 62– 64

38 Which singer sang the same line in the original Band Aid and Band Aid 20 versions of “Do they know it’s Christmas”?

BONO (Well tonight thank God it’s them instead of you)

39 What position did Tony Blair give to Labour advisor Jonathan Powell on becoming Prime Minister, a position that had previously not existed in British politics?

CHIEF OF STAFF

40 Which actor played Hannibal Smith in the 2010 film The A-Team?

Liam NEESON

41 Which award-winning TV series is based on the series of novels “A song of ice and fire” by

George R R Martin?

GAME OF THRONES

42 Name the married couple who are the detectives in a number of Agatha Christie novels, including The Secret Adversary and Partners in Crime. Give either their surname or both first names.

TOMMY & TUPPENCE BERESFORD Accept Prudence for Tuppence

43 Which city is home to Patpong Market and Lumpini Park?

BANGKOK

44 In which US state is the headquarters of Ben & Jerry ice cream?

VERMONT

45 Who won The Apprentice 2012?

Ricky MARTIN

46 Which American golfer died at the age of 42 when his Learjet lost cabin pressure and crashed in 1999?

Payne STEWART

47. Which Dutch footballer earned the nickname ‘Llama’ after spitting at the West German player Rudi Voller during a match at the Italia 90 World Cup?

Frank RIJKARD

48 Which rock band released a very popular version of Wings’ 1973 hit, Live and Let Die, included on their 1991 album, Use Your Illusion?

GUNS’N’ROSES

49. Which 2005 film, directed by Ron Howard tells the story of heavyweight boxing champion, James J Braddock?

CINDERELLA MAN

50 Which branch of philosophy, originating in Ancient Egypt, is based on the maximisation of pleasure?

HEDONISM

51 Which 3’6” tall actor, who appears in both Star Wars and Harry Potter films, recently accompanied Karl Pilkington during his third series of “An Idiot Abroad?”

Warwick DAVIS

52 The Britpop band The Boo Radleys took their name from a character in which famous novel set in 1930s America?

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

53 The authors of the Sharpe and the Kay Scarpetta novels share the same surname. What is it? CORNWELL Bernard and Patricia

54 Where does Roary the Racing Car race?

SILVER HATCH

55 Which Manchester band is made up of members John Squire, Alan Wren, Gary Mountfield and Ian Brown?

STONE ROSES

56 The current WBO light heavyweight champion shares his surname with a current England international midfielder. What is it?

CLEVERLEY (Nathan & Tom)

57 Lieutenant John Rouse Merriott Chard of the Royal Engineers won a Victoria Cross for his actions during which famous battle?

RORKE’S DRIFT

58 Which 1978 film was inspired by a song of the same name by

C W McCall and featured characters such as Dirty Lyle, Pig Pen and Rubber Duck?

CONVOY

59 In which city in England is the National Football Museum?

MANCHESTER

60 Which 1980’s satirical television programme spawned a hit song that encouraged us to, among other things, ‘climb inside a dog and behead an Eskimo’?

SPITTING IMAGE (The Chicken Song)

61 Which branch of philosophy, founded in the mid 19th century among others by Soren Kierkegaard, has as its starting point the authentic experiences of the individual?

EXISTENTIALISM

62 What is 9% of 90?

8.1 (no leeway)

63 Nutwood Cottage is the home of which fictional children’s character?

RUPERT (BEAR)

64 On what date does official Star Wars Day fall?

4th MAY (May the fourth be with you)

65 What was the detective Miss Marple’s first name?

JANE

66 The nicknames “Fine-Hair” and “Greycloak” were given to the first two Kings of Norway to bear which name?

HARALD

67 In which year was the Magna Carta signed?

1215 (no leeway)

68 What was the name of the zoologist made famous in the film Gorillas in the Mist, who was murdered in 1985?

Diane FOSSEY

69 What is the title of the current film starring Ewan McGregor which is a dramatised account of the 2004 Asian tsunami?

THE IMPOSSIBLE

70 Which salad ingredient do the Americans call ‘arugula’?

ROCKET

71 John Constable painted the Hay Wain – but his inspiration came from a scene in which English county?

SUFFOLK

72 By what name are members of the Unification Church commonly known?

MOONIES

73 On a Monopoly board, which street shares the same colour as Leicester Square and Piccadilly?

COVENTRY STREET

74 Of what is gynophobia an irrational fear?

WOMEN

75 In the Bible, whose parents were Zacharias and Elizabeth?

JOHN THE BAPTIST

76 Khaskovo, Lovech and Plovdiv are provinces of which European country?

BULGARIA

77 What is the name of the Italian football commentator who appears in the Ladbrokes TV adverts, usually annoying Chris Kamara or John McCririck?

Tiziano CRUDELI

78 Noma, voted best restaurant in the world for several years in succession, is in which European city?

COPENHAGEN

79 In which award-winning novel, recently made into a film, is Richard Parker one of the main characters?

LIFE OF PI (He is the tiger)

80 In which Welsh village does Fireman Sam live?

PONTYPANDY

81 In December 2012 Alistair Cook broke the record for the number of test centuries scored by an English batsman. How many centuries did he have to score to break the record?

23 (no leeway)

82 According to the song, who left Kenny Rogers with “four hungry children and a crop in the field”?

LUCILLE

83 In which Roald Dahl book does Grandma grow so big that her head breaks through the roof of the house?

GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE

84 German artist Hans Holbein the Younger was the official King’s painter during the reign of which King of England?

HENRY VIII

85 In which play does the character Lady Bracknell’ famously exclaim “A handbag?!”?

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

86 In which 1961 film starring Hayley Mills and Alan Bates do three young farm children discover a fugitive in their barn and mistake him for Jesus?

WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND

87 What is the name of Count Alexandr Orlov’s home village?

MEERKOVO

88 Asif Ali Zardari is the President of which country?

PAKISTAN

89 Gangnam, as in the 2012 hit song Gangnam Style, is a suburb of which city?

SEOUL

90 From where does a car with the international registration code GBA come?

ALDERNEY

91 What is the name of the group of musicians, footballers and other celebrities who combined to record “He ain’t heavy, He’s my brother” for the Hillsborough families charity?

JUSTICE COLLECTIVE

92 For which instrument did Mussorgsky compose Pictures at an Exhibition?

PIANO

93 For which bird is the collective noun an unkindness?

RAVENS

94 In the 2011 & 2012 TV series The Borgias, who played the role of Rodrigo Borgia, who became Pope Alexander VI?

Jeremy IRONS

95 For the capture of which film star, nicknamed the King of Hollywood, did Adolf Hitler offer a huge reward during World War II?

Clark GABLE

96 In which musical would you hear the songs ‘Mr Cellophane’ and ‘Cell Block Tango’? CHICAGO

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1 Who was the runner up in 2012’s I’m a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here?

Ashleigh ROBERTS

S2 Which ex England football captain is currently manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Premier League (as of 1st January 2013)?

Terry BUTCHER

S3 What colour is an aircraft’s “Black Box?”

ORANGE

S4 What animal features on the cover of the Beach Boys 1966 album, Pet Sounds?

A GOAT

S5 Louis Smith won the recent Strictly Come Dancing competition. One of the runners-up was Denise Van Outen – who was the other one?

Kimberley WALSH

S6 Which letter is represented in Morse Code by three dots?

S

S7 Which band made more appearances than any other on Top of the Pops, with 78? STATUS QUO

S8 The Americans call it a faucet – what do we call it in the UK?

A TAP