28 October–THE QUESTIONS

 

Cup Round 1

 

Questions set by:

Ox-fford

&

Harrington ‘B’

	What well-known product was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton, who at that time was addicted to morphine and was looking to find a less harmful substitute?	Coca-Cola
	The entrepreneur Donald F Duncan introduced which toy in 1929, often thought to be based on a weapon used by 16th Century Filipino hunters?	Yo-Yo
	Who was the Greek God of time?	Chronos
	Which English King was the son of Edward, The Black Prince	Richard II (The second)
	Who succeeded Richard II as King in 1399?	Henry IV (The fourth)
	What name is given to the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten islands off Norway?	Maelstrom
	Which hit song from July 1979 was inspired by the doings of one Brenda Spencer on 29th January that year?	I Don’t Like Mondays (by The Boomtown Rats)
	Which motor manufacturer produces the model which has the best-selling car name of all time (the model has undergone at least eleven redesigns from 1966 to date)?	Toyota (the Corolla is the model in question)
	What was Fanny Cradock’s real Christian name?	Phyllis (Born as Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey)
	What is the collective name for the handmaidens of Odin who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live?	Valkyries
	Illustrated on its logo, the product Marmite is named after a French word for what?	Cooking Pot
	Which Nintendo game first introduced the character of Mario?	Donkey Kong (in 1981…pre-dating Super Mario Bros. by 4 years)
	Which song was the Labour Party’s theme in its Election campaign of 1997?	Things can only get better (by D:Ream)
	Who is the only woman to have been French Prime Minister?	Edith Cresson
	Who designed the first Blue Peter badge as well as the “Ship” logo used by the programme?	Tony Hart
	Born in Ulverston in 1890, by what name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson better known?	Stan Laurel
	Of which actress did Groucho Marx say “I knew her before she became a virgin”?	Doris Day
	Who wrote and composed the Opera ‘Oedipus Rex’?	Stravinsky
	Who was the first “First Minister of Scotland”?	Donald Dewar
	Who was the first Secretary General of The United Nations?	Trygve Lie
	Against the people of which city did the Romans fight the Punic Wars?	Carthage
	Josip Broz was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980. By what name is he better known?	Tito
	Which famous Independent day and Boarding School in Derbyshire was founded by Sir John Port in 1557?	Repton School
	Buddy Holly had a posthumous hit with the song "It doesn’t matter any more". Which singer / songwriter of the time wrote it?	Paul Anka
	An alibi is a form of defence used in criminal proceedings where the accused attempts to prove their innocence. What does the Latin word alibi literally mean?	Elsewhere (The accused attempts to prove they were somewhere else at the time of the offence)
	Who said in a speech in 1968 “As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood'”?	Enoch Powell
	In a famous 1871 poem, the wedding feast consisted of “mince and quince eaten with a runcible spoon“. Name either of the parties supposedly getting married.	Owl or Pussycat (in the Edward Lear poem)
	Who was the last King of France before the First French Republic was established in 1792?	Louis XVI (the Sixteenth)
	Which modern Japanese martial art is descended from swordsmanship and uses a weapon called a Shinai	Kendo
	Who wrote the book ‘Whisky Galore’?	Compton Mackenzie
	Which fictional pirate captain went to his death murmuring the words ‘Floreat Etona’?	Captain Hook
	In which London restaurant did Boris Becker have his famously brief, but expensive, 'affair' in a broom cupboard with model Angela Ermakova?	Nobu
	Who was the US President throughout the period of World War I?	Woodrow Wilson
	Who was the UK Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I?	Asquith
	Gruinard Island is an uninhabited Scottish island which was used as the scene for experiments on which bacterium during the 20th century?	Anthrax
	Jihad is an Islamic term referring to a religious duty of Muslims. What does the word literally mean?	Struggle
	Who wrote the words of the hymn Jerusalem?	William Blake
	What name is given to the assurance of support given in 1917 by the then UK Foreign Secretary for the establishment in Palestine of a Homeland for the Jewish people?	The Balfour Declaration
	What does the letter “V“ stand for in DVD?	Versatile (Digital Versatile Disc)
	In cricket, what is the width in inches of the wicket (consisting of three stumps)?	9 inches
	As of 25/10/2014, who is the current UK Secretary of State for Health?	Jeremy Hunt (mind how you pronounce it...)
	In which winter holiday resort is the famous bobsleigh track known as the Cresta Run?	St Moritz
	The Spanish Christmas Lottery is one of the oldest lotteries in the world, having been run every year since 1812. By what Spanish name is the lottey known?	El Gordo (The Big One)
	Who is the patron saint of musicians?	St Cecilia
	In which city will the 2015 European Champions League Final be held?	Berlin
	Which city now stands on the site of the ancient city of Thebes and is often described as the "world's greatest open air museum"?	Luxor
	Which criminal,known as the “Black Panther“, was convicted of the kidnap and murder of Lesley Whittle, whose body was found in a drainage shaft in Kidsgrove in 1974?	Donald Neilson
	Which female artist has released albums entitled “Ray of Light“, “Music“ and “Erotica“ amongst many others?	Madonna
	Which northern hempisphere capital city was previously called Christiana?	Oslo
	Who replaced Michael Gove as Secretary of Stae for Education in July this year?	Nicky Morgan
	Who has recently won 4 awards at the 2014 MOBO (Music of Black origin) awards including Best Song and Best Male Act?	Sam Smith
	Who won the 2013 Mercury Music Prize, now officially called the Barclaycard Mercury Prize?	James Blake
	Which first class cricket county have recently said they are dropping their limited overs nickname of “Panthers“	Middlesex
	Who directed the 1996 film 'Secrets and Lies'?	Mike Leigh
	Which chemical element, with atomic number 3, is named after the Greek word for 'stone'?	Lithium
	In which novel did Michael Henchard sell his wife for five guineas?	The Mayor of Casterbridge
	'The Maid of Buttermere', 'A Time To Dance' and 'The Hired Man' are all novels by which TV and Radio presenter?	Melvyn Bragg
	Which horse won the 2014 St Leger Stakes in September?	Kingston Hill
	In Norse mythology what is the name of the ultimate battle resulting in the death of several Gods and the submerging of the world in water?	Ragnarok
	Which musician‘s real birth name was John Simon Ritchie?	Sid Vicious

61.	Which is the longest river in Europe?
		Volga
62.	In the world of music, how were Jake Shears, Babydaddy, Ana Matronic, Del Marquis and Paddy Boom collectively known?
		Scissor Sisters
63.	In the world of music, how were James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore and Richey Edwards collectively known?
		Manic Street Preachers
64.	In the New Testament Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead – name either of Lazarus’s two sisters?
		Martha or Mary
65.	The film 2001 – A Space Odyssey was inspired by which Arthur C Clarke novel?
		The Sentinel
66.	Which was the first American city to host the Olympic games?
		St Louis (1904)
67.	The organisation RIBA represents which group of people?
		Architects
68.	Which car manufacturer designed Chris Boardman‘s 1992 Olympic gold medal winning bicycle?
		Lotus
69.	Who was famous for playing the role of Miss Marple in the BBC TV series from 1984?
		Joan Hickson
70.	What is the name for a triangle having all sides of different length?
		Scalene
71.	In Morse code what letter is represented by a single dash?
		T
72.	Spell the word MNEMONIC (pronounced NEMONIC) – an aid to memory?
		MNEMONIC
73.	Spell correctly the Gaelic word CEILIDH (pronounced KALY) used to describe an informal gathering for music, storytelling, dancing etc
		CEILIDH
74.	Which English poet was described as “Mad, bad, and dangerous to know”?
		Lord Byron
75.	The Bernadotte Dynasty is the current ruling dynasty of which European Country?
		Sweden
76.	Cassiterite is the principal ore of which metal?
		Tin
77.	Cinnabar is the principal ore of which metal?
		Mercury
78.	Peter Griffin is the lead character in which TV cartoon series?
		Family Guy
79.	Which famous sporting team first began in Chicago in the 1920s when they were known as the Savoy Big Five?
		Harlem Globetrotters
80.	Which store uses “George” as a clothing trademark?
		Asda
81.	Who provided the voice for Shrek in the various films featuring that character?
		Mike Myers
82.	Who provided the voice of the baby in the film “Look Who’s Talking”?
		Bruce Willis
83.	“Songs of Innocence” is the controversial 13th studio album released by which band in September this year?
		U2 (Given away free on iTunes etc…)
84.	On which Scottish island is Fingal’s Cave situated?
		Staffa
85.	Which is the most northerly of the 4 main Channel Islands?
		Alderney
86.	Who is missing – Cordelia, Goneril and?
		Regan (All King Lear’s Daughters)
87.	The following lines are from which Shakespeare play? “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women players: They have their exits and their entrances”?
		As You Like It
88.	Who was the headmaster of Dotheboys Hall in Charles Dickens’s “Nicholas Nickleby”?
		Wackford Squeers
89.	There are only two South American countries that Brazil does not have land borders with – name either
		Chile or Ecuador
90.	Who played the Nazi camp Commandant in the film “Schindler’s List?”
		Ralph Fiennes
91.	What name is given to the Spanish soup, served cold, made with tomatoes, peppers and lemon?
		Gazpacho
92.	In Which architect designed a famous house called Fallingwater in Pennsylvania as well as the Guggenheim Museum in New York?
		Frank Lloyd Wright
93.	Who designed Marble Arch and the Royal Brighton Pavilion?
		John Nash
94.	“Nobody does it better” by Carly Simon was the theme song to which James Bond film?
		The Spy Who Loved Me
95.	What name is given to a young female pig?
		Gilt
96.	Which animal lives in a holt?
		Otter
97.	What is the name for an angle that is greater than 180°?
		Reflex
98.	What footballing first did Brian Deane achieve whilst playing for Sheffield United against Manchester united on the 15th August 1992?
		Scored the first ever Premier League goal
99.	Who scored the winning goal in the 2004 / 2005 FA Cup Final with his last kick for the club?
		Patrick Vieira
100	In which city did the crooks stage a traffic jam in order to pull off a gold bullion robbery in the film “The Italian Job”?
		Turin
101.	In which city was the Third Man set?
		Vienna
102.	Which organisation’s name is Latin for table?
		Mensa
103.	What is the name of the full moon nearest to the Autumn Equinox?
		Harvest Moon
104.	What was the title of the first Beatrix Potter book, published in 1902?
		The Tale of Peter Rabbit
105.	In George Orwell's '1984,' which ministry is responsible for censorship?
		Ministry of Truth
106.	In the 1970s, the slogan “made to make your mouth water” was used to advertise which confectionary?
		Opal Fruits
107.	Which company sells ice cream flavours such as Karamel Sutra, Cherry Garcia and Honey I'm Home?
		Ben and Jerry
108.	The popular pet bird called the cockatiel is native to which country?
		Australia
109.	In the human body, by what name is the tympanic membrane more commonly known?
		Eardrum
110.	What does the letter L stand for in Dorothy L Sayers?
		Leigh
111.	How is the disease Pertussis more commonly known?
		Whooping Cough
112.	In American Universities, by what name is a second year student known?
		Sophomore
113.	Who is the last surviving actor of the original actors who played the “Magnificent Seven”?
		Robert Vaughn
114.	If all the chemical elements in the periodic table were listed alphabetically which one would come last?
		Zirconium
115.	If all the US States were listed alphabetically which one would come first?
		Alabama
116.	In British history, who was the country's first socialist MP, elected in 1892?
		Keir Hardie
117.	During which civil war did the International Brigade operate?
		Spanish Civil War
118.	In which country will the 2018 Commonwealth Games be held?
		Australia
119.	Which murderer used the false name John Robinson whilst trying to escape to Quebec with his mistress?
		Dr Crippen
120.	Tabasco sauce takes its name from a region in which country?
		Mexico

Supplementaries

1	At 7,310 feet, Mount Kosciusko is the highest mountain in which country?	Australia
2	Which musical instrument has a name that originates in Hawaii and means ‘jumping flea’?	The ukulele
3	Which US actress, the star of Hitchcock’s 1943 film Lifeboat, described herself as “pure as the driven slush”?	Tallulah Bankhead
4	In the Bible, who said “Am I my brother’s keeper?”	Cain
5	In Wuthering Heights, what is Cathy’s surname (before she marries Edgar Linton)?	Earnshaw
6	What is the capital of the Canadian province of Newfoundland?	St Johns
7	In golf, who won the 2014 US Masters?	Bubba Watson
8	In which Pacific port is the eastern terminal of the Trans-Siberian railway?	Vladivostok
9	Richard Fairbrass was the lead singer of which 1990s pop group?	Right Said Fred
10	Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry were the members of which spoof 1970’s rock group?	The Rutles

TIEBREAKERS - Nearest to the correct answer wins, if needs be…

Between 1981 and 2011, how many official NASA Space Shuttle missions were launched?

Answer – 135

If that doesn’t work, try…

What is the height in feet of Angel Falls in Venezuela?

Answer – 3,212 feet

Failing that…get the coin out!

21 October The Questions

 

 

 

All set by the Waters Green Rams

Vetted by Harrington B and the Wharf

SPECIALIST QUESTIONS

1. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

2. SCIENCE

3. SPORT

4. GEOGRAPHY

5. HISTORY

6. THINGS SCOTTISH

7. PRIME MINISTERS

8. PICTURE ROUND – NAME THE U.K. WATERWAY

ROUND ONE - ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

1. Who wrote the music for the opera The Girl From The Golden West, first performed in 1910?

A. GIACOMO PUCCINI

2. In heats of the current series of BBC TV’s Mastermind, during a single programme, how long in total does each contestant spend in the black chair?

A. 4.5 MINUTES (2 minutes for specialist subject, 2.5 minutes for general knowledge)

3. Which sitcom character married Cassandra Parry?

A. RODNEY TROTTER

4. Which song was a number one hit in 1967 for Frank & Nancy Sinatra and also a hit for Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman in 2001?

A. SOMETHING STUPID

5. What was the first name of jazz musician Duke Ellington?

A. EDWARD (he was Edward Kennedy Ellington)

6. The 1958 film A Night To Remember centres on which incident?

A. THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC

7. The quotation “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” appears on a plaque on the Statue Of Liberty. It is from a work by which poet, whose surname is that of a New Testament character?

A. EMMA LAZARUS (the poem is New Colossus).

8. Which artist painted ‘American Gothic’, a famous 20th Century artwork depicting a farmer holding a pitchfork, standing with his daughter, in front of a white building?

A. GRANT WOOD

S1. The 1977 autobiography of which multi-talented double-Oscar winner and raconteur was entitled Dear Me?

A. PETER USTINOV

S2. What is the name of the shadow theatre group that won TV’s Britain’s Got Talent in June 2013?

A. ATTRACTION

ROUND TWO – SCIENCE

1. The moons of Uranus are named after characters from the works of 2 writers. William Shakespeare is one – who is the other?

A. ALEXANDER POPE

2. Which word is used to describe the ability of an element’s atoms to combine with those of other elements?

A. VALENCY

3. Which common household measuring device might use a Torricellian vacuum, a glass tube and mercury?

A. BAROMETER

4. What is the sum of the internal angles of a pentagon?

A. 540

5. Which element, atomic number 32, was discovered by Clemens Winkler and named after his country of birth?

A. GERMANIUM

6. Which liquid, being 3 parts hydrochloric acid to one part nitric acid will dissolve all metals except silver and has a name which translates as “royal water”?

A. AQUA REGIA

7. What does a cryometer measure?

VERY LOW TEMPERATURES

8. In which decade did Alfred Nobel patent the invention of dynamite?

1860s (1867 to be exact)

S1.Which creature has 16 species including African, Fairy, Yellow-Eyed and Erect Crested?

A. PENGUIN

S2. What does an odometer measure?

A.DISTANCE TRAVELLED (By a vehicle)

ROUND THREE – SPORT

1. Who was the 1^st Olympic heavyweight boxing champion to be professional champion of the world?

A. JOE FRAZIER (1964 Olympic champion, world champion in 1970)

2. The roots of Rugby League may be said to date back to a meeting in 1895 in the George Hotel in which Yorkshire town or city?

A. HUDDERSFIELD

3. Norman Brookes was the winner of the title (under its previous name) in 1911. A trophy named in his honour is now presented annually to the winner of which competition?

A. AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN’S SINGLES TENNIS TITLE (It was previously known as the Australasian Championship)

4. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which tune was played when an England representative was presented with the gold medal?

A. JERUSALEM

5. What is the minimum numbers of strokes that a person must use to win a completed set in tennis?

A. 12 (serving 12 “aces” and opponent double-faults 12 times)

6. Which Greater Manchester football league club play at the Macron Stadium?

A. BOLTON WANDERERS

7. Who was appointed Chairman of the Football Association in July 2013?

A. GREG DYKE

8. Who won the Grand Prix (Formula One) World Drivers’ Championship in 1969, 1971 & 1973?

A. JACKIE STEWART

S1. What was the final score in the 2014 Ryder Cup?

A. EUROPE 16 ½ - USA 11 ½

S2. Which country is scheduled to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games?

A. BRAZIL

ROUND FOUR – GEOGRAPHY

1. What runs from Dawes Point to Milsons Point?

A. SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE

2. In which US state is the former prison Alcatraz?

A. CALIFORNIA

3. Of the 30 highest peaks in the USA, 12 are in Alaska. Which state is home to 14 of the 30?

A. COLORADO

4. Blenheim Palace, traditional home of the Dukes of Marlborough and birthplace of Winston Churchill, is in which county?

A. OXFORDSHIRE

5. Which British city stands at the confluence of the Rivers Test and Itchen?

A. SOUTHAMPTON

6. As the crow flies, what is the nearest non-UK capital city to London?

A. BRUSSELS (Brussels = 199 miles, Paris = 213 miles, Amsterdam = 222 miles, Dublin = 288 miles)

7. What is the largest country in Central America?

A. NICARAGUA

8. Monte Rosa, at 15,203 feet, is the highest mountain in which country?

A. SWITZERLAND

S1. What was the former (i.e. British) name for the port of Dun Laoghaire (pronounced Dun Leary) that serves Dublin?

A. KINGSTOWN

S2. What is Britain’s 2^nd most-populous city?

A. BIRMINGHAM

ROUND FIVE – HISTORY

1. What were described as “Coupon” in 1918 and “Khaki” in 1945?

A. (GENERAL) ELECTIONS

2. Give a year in the reign of King John.

A. 1199-1216

3. Which Treaty of June 1919 ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers?

A. VERSAILLES

4. Which country did Great Britain recognise under the terms of the 1783 Treaty Of Paris?

A. USA

5. What was the codename of the planned German invasion of Russia in World War Two?

A. BARBAROSSA

6. What is the only surname that is shared by 2 unrelated US Presidents?

A. JOHNSON (Andrew & Lyndon Baines)

7. Name one year in the period known as the Regency Period, dating from the appointment of George Augustus Frederick as Prince Regent.

A. 1811-1820

8. In 1917, Finland declared itself independent from which country?

A. RUSSIA

S1. The USA took control of Cuba in 1898 from which country?

A. SPAIN

S2. By which bird’s name was Francis Drake’s ship the Golden Hind, previously known?

A. PELICAN

ROUND SIX – THINGS SCOTTISH

1. In the recent referendum, what was the 2-word name of the main campaign for a “NO” vote, fronted by Alistair Darling in TV debates?

A. BETTER TOGETHER

2. What is the most northerly city in Scotland?

A. INVERNESS

3. Originally used as a name for Britain, what is the 4-letter Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland?

A. ALBA

4. In the recent referendum, what was the 6-word question on the ballot paper?

A. SHOULD SCOTLAND BE AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY? (Exact wording required)

5. What is the name given to the succession of streets linking Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House?

A. ROYAL MILE (streets are Castlehill, the Lawnmarket, the High Street, the Canongate and Abbey Strand).

6. Which town, 7 miles west of Glasgow city centre, gives its name to a pattern centred on a twisted teardrop of Eastern origin?

A. PAISLEY

7. As used in the song Roaming In The Gloaming, made famous by Sir Harry Lauder, what is the meaning of the Scots word “gloaming”?

A. (EVENING) TWILIGHT, DUSK

8. The Scottish local government post of “Provost” corresponds most closely to which post in England?

A. MAYOR

S1. A Munro is a term for a Scottish mountain above what height (in feet)?

A. 3000 feet

S2.Name one of the 2 principal railway terminals in Glasgow.

A. (GLASGOW) CENTRAL or (GLASGOW) QUEEN STREET

ROUND SEVEN – PRIME MINISTERS

1. Occupying the post from 1721 to 1742, who is generally considered the first British Prime Minister?

A. SIR ROBERT WALPOLE (also accept 1ST EARL OF ORFORD, which he became)

2. The present Prime Minister of Australia was born in which of the 5 countries of the British Isles?

A. ENGLAND (Tony Abbott was born in London in 1957)

3. Aldo Moro, assassinated in 1978, had twice been prime minister of which country?

A. ITALY

4. Which British Prime Minister later took the title the Earl Of Avon?

A. SIR ANTHONY EDEN

5. Which post-WW2 British Prime Minister got a Double First in Oriental Languages at Oxford University and was fluent in Persian?

A. SIR ANTHONY EDEN (again)

6. Olof Palme, assassinated in 1986, had twice been prime minister of which country?

A. SWEDEN

7. In what year did Sir Edmund Barton become the first Prime Minister of Australia? (leeway)

A. 1901 (accept 1899-1903)

8. How was UK Prime Minister Henry John Temple better known?

A. LORD PALMERSTON

S1. Name a year in which Edward Heath was British Prime Minister.

A. 1970-1974

S2. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was British Prime Minister during  the reign of which monarch?

A. EDWARD 7^th

ROUND EIGHT – PICTURE ROUND

Each picture shows a bridge in the UK.

Please name the water below the bridge, not the bridge itself.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

S1

S2

1. RIVER MERSEY OR MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. (Runcorn Bridge crosses both )

2. RIVER SEVERN. (M4 second Severn crossing)

3. RIVER CLYDE. (Erskine Bridge)

4. RIVER THAMES. (Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, part of Dartford Crossing)

5. MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL (Thelwall Viaduct)

6. RIVER DEE (Jubilee Bridge or Queensferry River Bridge)

7. RIVER TAMAR (Road Bridge, Brunel’s rail bridge behind)

8. LOCH ALSH. (Skye Bridge)

S1. RIVER (OR FIRTH OF) TAY. (Rail Bridge)

S2. RIVER TYNE (King Edward VII Rail Bridge)

ALTERNATIVE QUESTIONS FOR THE VISUALLY-IMPAIRED:

1. Who designed the bridge that carries the A5 road over the Menai Strait?

A. THOMAS TELFORD (Menai Bridge)

2. The Houses Of Parliament stand closest to which London bridge?

A. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. If Queen Elizabeth remains on the throne, in which month of which year will she overtake Queen Victoria as the longest-serving British monarch?

A. (10^th) SEPTEMBER 2015

2. Which literary character, first appearing in 1908, was known as “the fat owl of the remove”?

A. BILLY BUNTER

3. Which supermarket chain founded the Homebase stores?

A. SAINSBURY’S

4. In TV adverts, who or what “Gets a 10 from Len”?

A. FARMFOODS (promoted by Len Goodman)

5. Who is the presenter of the TV game show Two Tribes and appears on the game show Priceless?

A. RICHARD OSMAN

6. What is the longest motorway in the British Isles?

A. M6 (225 miles)

7. Tim Vine again won the award for the best one-liner joke at the Edinburgh Festival in 2014. It was a joke about which domestic appliance?

A. “HOOVER” (Accept VACUUM CLEANER)

8. In which town in the English midlands would you find the Museum Of Carpet?

A. KIDDERMINSTER

9. In a hit song of 1971, what was the first name of the person who lived at 22, Linley Lane?

A. SUE (in Ernie, The Fastest Milkman In The West)

10. Going on sale in 1907, what was the first model of Rolls Royce?

A. SILVER GHOST

11. Which word, originally Sanskrit and meaning “learned”, is widely used nowadays for people who give opinions in the media on various matters, particularly sporting and political?

A. PUNDIT

12. Which celebrated writer spent childhood years (1817-1822) at 2 Ordnance Terrace, Chatham, Kent?

A. CHARLES DICKENS

13. The North Of England Open Air Museum is located in, and carries the name of which County Durham village?

A. BEAMISH

14. Often regarded as the finest piece of early English music, Spem In Alium, a work for 40 voices, was written circa 1570, by whom?

A. THOMAS TALLIS

15. Which sportsman, born 1958, has the forenames Alexander Walter Barr?

A. SANDY LYLE

16. On Twitter, what is the maximum number of characters in a tweet?

A. 140

17. Pandora Braithwaite is the main love interest of which literary character?

A. ADRIAN MOLE

18. Which fashion house is associated with Opium and Paris perfumes?

A. YVES SAINT-LAUREN

19. The rock band Marillion took their name from a book by which author?

A. JRR TOLKIEN (The book was Simarillion, which was the original name of the band)

20. Postcodes for the Isle Of Anglesey all begin with which 2 letters?

A. LL (for Llandudno)

21. Which film studio and film distribution company uses a logo of a part-circle of stars super-imposed on a mountain top?

A. PARAMOUNT

22. Television – On which thoroughfare in Springfield do the Simpsons live?

A. EVERGREEN TERRACE

23. Which band, being two-thirds Haitian and comprising Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel had 2 UK number one hits in 1996?

A. THE FUGEES

24. Which state became the 49^th state of the USA?

A. ALASKA

25. The ancient city of Carthage lay within which modern-day country?

A. TUNISIA

26. Who, in the 1950s, married Jim, Joe & Arthur?

A. MARILYN MONROE (Jim Dougherty, Joe Di Maggio, Arthur Miller)

27. In the 1950s, how were Everton, Clyde and Frank known collectively?

A. THE THREE W’s (they were Weekes, Walcott and Worrell, three West Indian batsmen)

28. MP3 players were first developed in the early 1990s. What did the M stand for?

A. MOVING (It was an abbreviation of Moving Picture Experts Group – Audio Layer 3)

29. UHT is part of the milk pasteurisation process. What does the U stand for?

A. ULTRA (Either Ultra Heat Treatment or Ultra High Temperature)

30. In January 2009, branches of the Abbey and Bradford & Bingley were re-branded under which common name?

A. SANTANDER

31. In Emmerdale, what is the name of Sam Dingle’s son?

A. SAMSON

32. Inside Time is a British magazine aiming at which section of the population?

A. PRISONERS

33. On a standard QWERTY keyboard which letter is at the extreme right of the middle row of letters?

A. L

34. In July 2013, Mo Farah broke the British record for 1,500 metres that had stood for 28 years. Whose record did he break?

A. STEVE CRAM

35. Which monkey is the loudest land animal?

A. HOWLER MONKEY

36. In American clothing, what is a wife-beater?

A. VEST OR SLEEVELESS SHIRT

37. What is the capital of, and largest town on the Isle Of Man?

A. DOUGLAS

38. What is Belted Galloway?

A. A BREED OF CATTLE (So called because of a white belt on its otherwise black body)

39. Who said, in 1915, “I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting”?

A. WINSTON CHURCHILL

40. In 1995, which performer walked out of the West End play Cell-Mates, his website later saying that he was contemplating suicide in Belgium?

A. STEPHEN FRY

41. Who was Stephen Fry’s co-star in that production of Cell-Mates, a performer who died in June 2014?

A. RIK MAYALL

42. Catfish Row is the setting for which opera, first performed in 1935?

A. PORGY AND BESS

43. The classical piece In The Hall Of The Mountain King comes from which suite?

A. PEER GYNT, SUITE NO.1 (Accept PEER GYNT) by Edvard Grieg)

44. Which roman numerals followed the name of the Pope that left his post in February 2013?

A. XVI (He was Benedict the 16^th)

45. To one decimal place, how many kilometres are there in a mile?

A. 1.6 (More accurately, 1.609334)

46. Which designer created Madonna’s infamous “cone” bra costume?

A. JEAN PAUL GAULTIER

47. Having been credited with playing a big part in bringing peace to his country, for which country has footballer Didier Drogba made over 100 appearances?

A. IVORY COAST

48. What was the name of the 2009 film, released by Disney, in which a man tied balloons to his house and floated off to South America? It was a nomination for the Best Picture Oscar.

A. UP

49. Which 68-year-old said in Somerset in June 2014 “My boobs are fake, my hair's fake but what's real is my voice and my heart”?

A. DOLLY PARTON (After appearing at Glastonbury)

50. Which British politician, later to be brought before the courts, published a biography of Richard Nixon in 1993 entitled “Nixon, A Life" detailing a politician falling in disgrace and trying to stage a sort of comeback?

A. JONATHAN AITKEN

51. In a September 2014 production of Shakespeare’s Richard The Third, animal welfare group PETA complained about the ill-treatment of, specifically, which animals?

A. GOLDFISH

52. The surname of which character in The New Avengers TV series was taken from a famous London firm of gunmakers, by appointment gunmakers to Queen Elizabeth II?

A. PURDEY

53. Postcodes for the Isle Of Wight begin with which 2 letters?

A. PO (for Portsmouth)

54. To the nearest whole number, how many grams are there to an Imperial ounce?

A. 28

55. What name is given to words that sound the same but have different meanings (e.g. rain, spelt r-a-i-n and reign, spelt r-e-i-g-n)?

A. HOMONYMS

56. Who won the World Snooker Final in 1985 on a re-spotted black?

A. DENIS TAYLOR

57. “Gentleman” Jim Corbett beat John L Sullivan in what is considered the first world heavyweight title fight. In which year did the fight take place? (leeway)

A. 1892 (allow 1888-1896)

58. Formed in 2007, how are the duo of Jules de Martino and Katie White known?

A. TING TINGS

59. Which meat is usually used in a navarin?

A. LAMB OR MUTTON (It’s a French stew)

60. “The past is another country. They do things differently there” are the opening lines to which novel, first published in 1953?

A. THE GO-BETWEEN

61. What title is held since 2007 by Neil Fingleton of Durham?

A. BRITAIN’S TALLEST MAN

62. In which successful 2014 TV series could you see Christopher & Stephen,  Sandra & Sandy and Steph & Dom?

A. GOGGLEBOX

63. Whom did Rowan Williams succeed as Archbishop Of Canterbury in 2002?

A. GEORGE CAREY

64. Where, in Britain, is the Battle Of The Flowers carnival held on the second Thursday in August?

A. JERSEY

65. In the monologue The Lion And Albert, made famous by Stanley  Holloway, what was the name of the lion?

A. WALLACE

66. A statue of which singer was unveiled in September, 2014 in Camden’s  Stables Market, London?

A. AMY WINEHOUSE

67. On which Mediterranean Island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?

A. CORSICA

68. Former boxer Vitali Klitschko is a prominent politician in which country?

A. UKRAINE

69. Which member of the current Channel 4 TV racing team won the Grand National aboard Rough Quest?

A. MICK FITZGERALD

70. In which TV series, which ran from 1988 to 2002, did Richard Walsh play Bert Quigley, who went by the nickname of Sicknote?

A. LONDON’S BURNING

71. In which TV series, which ran from 1990 to 1995, did the central character have sisters named Violet, Daisy and Rose?

A. KEEPING UP APPEARANCES

72. Which former US sports star and broadcaster, who was a member of a quartet that broke the world record for the 4 x 110 yards, went by the nickname of The Juice?

A. OJ SIMPSON

73. Prior to 1971, how many pennies were there in a florin?

A. 24

74. In which set of stories do the characters assemble at the Tabard Inn in Southwark to commence a journey?

A. CANTERBURY TALES

75. In 1978, Georgi Markov was murdered in London supposedly by a poisonous pellet fired by an umbrella, the act being instigated by the Secret Service of his home nation. Which nation was that?

A. BULGARIA

76. What surname is shared by 2 composers, the lesser-known one having the forenames Carl Philipp Emanuel?

A. BACH (Carl Philipp Emanuel was the son of Johann Sebastian)

77. What did Albert Einstein describe as “A collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish”?

A. THE BIBLE

78. In 1974, IRA bombs exploded in the Seven Stars and Horse and Groom pubs in which Surrey town?

A. GUILDFORD

79. Which country won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956?

A. SWITZERLAND

80. The Inner Wheel is a women’s group affiliated to which larger organisation?

A. ROTARY (INTERNATIONAL)

81. The organisation, best-known for providing Bibles for hotel rooms and founded in Wisconsin in 1899, takes its name from which Biblical figure?

A. GIDEON (They are now known as Gideons International)

82. A top twenty hit in 1979, which rock song begins 'The sirens are screaming and fires are howlin' way down in the valley tonight'?
A. BAT OUT OF HELL (Meatloaf)

83. Who invented the Kodak “box” camera in 1888?

A. GEORGE EASTMAN

84. The Membury and Leigh Delamere services are on which British motorway?

A. M4

85. Which band had a number one hit in 2007 with Ruby?

A. KAISER CHIEFS

86. Why has Thozokile Matilda Masipa been in the news for much of 2014?

A. SHE WAS THE JUDGE IN THE OSCAR PISTORIOUS TRIAL IN SOUTH AFRICA

87. What is the nickname of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E flat major?

A. EROICA

88. In which decade did Ireland win the Eurovision Song Contest in 3 successive years?

A. 1990s (1992 – 1994)

89. Who was shot in the back by Bob Ford in 1882 in Saint Joseph, Missouri?

A. JESSE JAMES (also accept THOMAS HOWARD, his alias at the time of death)

90. In Coronation Street, what is the name of Ken & Deirdre Barlow’s dog?

A. ECCLES

91. Which 1980 film had the tagline “Here’s Johnny”?

A. THE SHINING

92. Lord Bannside died in September 2014. By what name was he better-known?

A. REV. IAN PAISLEY

93. Absolut is the world’s 2^nd-bestselling brand of which spirit?

A. VODKA

94. In what year did Idi Amin seize power in Uganda? (leeway)

A. 1971 (allow 1970-1972)

95. Which word appears in the title of each of the first 3 singles released in the UK by the Beatles?

A. ME (Love Me Do, Please Please Me, From Me To You)

96. The founders of the Arighi Bianchi company in Macclesfield were an uncle and nephew who had which common forename?

A. ANTONIO (they were Antonio Arighi and Antonio Bianchi)

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1. How many points are awarded for a touchdown in American Football?

A. SIX

S2. In which city would you find Herriott Watt University?

A. EDINBURGH

S3. The Football League Cup, founded in 1960, has gone through manyname-changes. How is it known now, reflecting its current sponsors?

A. CAPITAL ONE CUP

S4. In which TV series could the characters Harry Grout, Lukewarm and Blanco be found?

A. PORRIDGE

S5. Which 37-year-old television journalist was shot dead on her doorstep in April 1999?

A. JILL DANDO

S6. On what day of the week did the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks take place in 2001?

A. TUESDAY

14th October THE QUESTIONS

Specialist Questions set by The Cock

Gardening

Science

History

Arts and Entertainment

Geography

Fictional Detectives and their Creators

Sport

Food and Drink

SPECIALIST – GARDENING

1.    What name is given to a cover placed over a plant to protect if from frost?
CLOCHE

2.    Hybrid, Tea and Floribunda are types of what?
ROSES

3.    What was the name of the gardener associated with the children’s       
programme Blue Peter?
PERCY THROWER

4.    Which world famous golf course features holes which are named after
flowering shrubs?
AUGUSTA

5.    What is the popular name for an antirrhinum?
SNAPDRAGON

6.    What is the more common name for the Chilean Pine?
MONKEY PUZZLE TREE

7.    What is the tallest species of tree on earth?
SEQUOIA (ACCEPT GIANT REDWOOD)

8.    What was the first name of landscape gardener Capability Brown?
LANCELOT

SUPPLEMENTARIES

1.    What is the most poisonous species of mushroom?
DEATH CAP

2.    What flower is sacred to Buddhists?
THE LOTUS

3.    In which county are the Lost Gardens of Heligan?
CORNWALL

SPECIALIST – SCIENCE

1.    What does Boyle’s Law describe?
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRESSURE AND VOLUME OF A GAS

2.    Which English Astronomer who died in 2001, was famous for his rejection of the Big Bang Theory?
          SIR FRED HOYLE

3.    What is pure carbon in the form of a very thin, nearly transparent sheet, one atom thick?
GRAPHENE

4.    What is the chemical symbol for Gadolinium?
Gd

5.    What is pitchblende?
URANIUM ORE

6.    Red Giant, White Dwarf and Red Dwarf are types of what object?
STARS

7.    How many pairs of chromosomes does each cell in the human body
possess?
23

8.    What is the most common element in the Earth by mass?
IRON.  (Note oxygen is the most abundant but is lighter)

SUPPLEMENTARIES

1.    Where in the human body would you find the lunate bone?
IN THE HAND

2.    What is likely to replace the Hubble telescope in 2015?
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE

SPECIALIST – HISTORY

1.    Which year was known as the Year of Revolution?
1848

2.    In which year was the American Gold Rush?
1849

3.    In which French city was Joan of Arc burned at the stake?
ROUEN   

4.    In America what did the Volstead Act lead to?
PROHIBITION

5.    Which judge presided over the Bloody Assizes in 1685
JUDGE JEFFRIES

6.    Who was the last English king to die in battle?
RICHARD III

7.    Who was the last king of England to lead his troops into battle?
GEORGE II

8.    In which city was Martin Luther King assassinated?
MEMPHIS

SUPPLEMENTARIES

1.    Who was the Nazi Minister of Propaganda?
GOEBBELS

2.    Who was the first Israeli Prime Minister from 1948 to 1953
DAVID BEN GURION

3.    Which Prime Minister of Great Britain said, “You’ve never had it so good?”
HAROLD MACMILLAN

SPECIALIST – ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

1.    What is Bollywood the nickname for?
INDIA’S FILM INDUSTRY

2.    Who was Graham Greene’s Third Man?
HARRY LIME

3.    In which town is the TV soap Coronation Street set?
WEATHERFIELD

4.    In which film does the character Holly Golighty feature?
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S

5.    Which film is set in pre-war Germany and was based on Christopher Isherwood’s novel Goodbye to Berlin?
CABARET

6.    Which house did Charles Ryder revisit in the book and the 1980’s TV series.
BRIDESHEAD

7.    What coveted object did Bob Hope describe as a bookend with a sneer?
AN OSCAR STATUETTE.
 
8.    What was George Harrison’s only solo Number 1?
MY SWEET LORD.

SUPPLEMENTARIES

1.    Martin Shaw, Ben Kingsley and Joanna Lumley have all appeared in which long running series?
    CORONATION STREET

2.    What was the “Alex” in the film Ice Cold in Alex?
THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN EGYPT

3.    Who composed The Bartered Bride?
SMETANA.

 

SPECIALIST – GEOGRAPHY

1.    What is a barkhan?
A SAND DUNE

2.    What type of rock is marble?
METAMORPHIC

3.    How are fjords created?
BY GLACIAL EROSION

4.    What is the longest river in Australia?
THE MURRAY

5.    On the Beaufort Scale what is described as a “violent storm?”
FORCE 11

6.    What is a isohyet?
A LINE DRAWN ON A MAP CONNECTING POINTS THAT RECEIVE EQUAL AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL

7.    On which river does Norwich located?
THE WENSUM

8.    Which county is divided into three ridings Lindsey, Kesteven and        
Holland?
LINCOLNSHIRE

SUPPLEMENTARIES

1.    What is the capital of Kenya?
NAIROBI

2.    How many boroughs make up New York city?
5

3.    Which is Canada’s largest island?
BAFFIN ISLAND

SPECIALIST – FICTIONAL DETECTIVES AND THEIR CREATORS

1.    Who created the detective Albert Campion?
MAJORIE ALLINGHAM

2.    Lord Peter Wimsey was the creation of which writer?
DOROTHY SAYERS

3.    What was odd about the TV pairing of Randall and Hopkirk?
HOPKIRK WAS A GHOST

4.    Which fictional detective dies in the novel “Curtains” published in
1975
HERCULE POIROT

5.    Which writer of detective fiction wrote a sequel to Jane Austen’s
Novel “Pride and Prejudice?”
P.D. JAMES

6.    What is the name of the Edinburgh based detective created by Ian
Rankin?
INSPECTOR REBUS

7.    American crime writer Donna Leon sets her mysteries in which
European city?
VENICE

8.    Who is the private detective hero of the books by Raymond  Chandler?
PHILIP MARLOW

SUPPLEMENTARIES

1.    Who was the landlady of Sherlock Holmes?
MRS HUDSON

2.    Which amateur detective lived at St. Mary Mead?
MISS MARPLE

3.    Who played the detective Cracker in the TV series of that name?
ROBBIE COLTRANE

 

SPECIALIST – SPORT

1.    Which cricket club’s home ground is St. Lawrence?
KENT

2.    Which football team’s nickname is The Peacocks?
LEEDS UNITED

3.    Which horse won the 2014 Derby?
AUSTRALIA

4.    Which cricket club play their home games at Grandstand Road?
DERBYSHIRE

5.    Which football team are known as The Tractor Boys?
IPSWICH TOWN

6.    What was Lester Piggott’s middle name?
KEITH

7.    What nationality is F1 driver Valtteri Bottas?
FINNISH

8.    Which team does Sebastian Vettel drive for?
RED BULL

SUPPLEMENTARIES

1.    On a dart board what number lies between 1 and 4?
18

2.    In which year did the first snooker championships take place?
1927 – (accept 1926 – 1928)

3.    Where were the 1960 Summer Olympics held?
ROME

SPECIALIST – FOOD AND DRINK

1.    Who was the winner of the 2014 Great British Bake-Off?
NANCY BIRTWHISTLE

2.    Which chef is associated with the River Cottage series of programmes?
          HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL

3.          What is another name for Bucks Fizz?
A MIMOSA
  
4.          What is the spirit used to make an Orange Blossom cocktail?
      GIN

      5.          What do Americans call icing?
                 FROSTING

6.            What shape is rotelle pasta?
              WHEEL SHAPED

7.             What does the term Bara Brith mean?
         SPECKLED BREAD

      8.            Prinsesstarta or Princess Cake comes from which country?
                     SWEDEN

SUPPLEMENTARIES

1.             What is another name for an aubergine?
              EGGPLANT

2.             How many bottles does a Jereboam hold?
                4

        

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Set by The Robin Hood

1 In which English Cathedral is the Whispering Gallery?

ST. PAUL'S

2 The 2 national colours of Belarus are Red and which other?

GREEN

3 What is the capital city of Saudi Arabia?

RIYADH

4 Who created Beau Geste?

PC WREN

5 Seven Types of Ambiguity was a work by which English poet?

WILLIAM EMPSON

6 Which fruit often tagged as the foulest smelling fruit in the world, has been described as having the aroma of human faeces?

DURIAN

7 Which forgery did Konrad Kujau almost get away with in 1984?

THE HITLER DIARIES

8 In medicine what does C.A.T stand for?

COMPUTERISED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY

9 What was Private Pike's civilian occupation in Dad's Army?

BANK CLERK

10 Which 19th Century Heroine was born and buried in Bamburgh, Northumberland?

GRACE DARLING

11 Which artist, known for animal paintings, produced the work titled 'Cat's Paw'?

EDWIN LANDSEER

12 Which 7th and 8th Century Saint, Scholar and Monk is known as The Venerable?

BEDE

13 What was Walt Disney originally going to call Mickey Mouse?

MORTIMER MOUSE

14 The highest building in the world is in which country?

UAE (THE BURJ KALIFAH)

15 In which year is Babylon 5 set?

2059 (ACCEPT 2040 TO 2070)

16 Which Aircraft, which first flew in the 50's, is due to remain in front line service until the staggeringly late year of 2045?

THE B52

17 Which King allowed himself to be publically flogged as penance for the death of Thomas A Beckett?

HENRY II

18 Ganymede and Europa are moons orbiting which planet?

JUPITER

19 Annie Liebovitz is a famous name in which field?

PHOTOGRAPHY

20 What type of creature is a Kalong?

BAT

21 Henry Bessemer is most famously associated with a process that aids in the production of what?

STEEL (FROM PIG IRON)

22 Which U.S president was the subject of a 1987 opera by John Adams?

RICHARD NIXON

23 Alfred Adler was a famous figure in which field?

PSYCHOLOGY/PSYCHOANALYSIS

24 Which famous diamond was presented to Edward VII in 1907?

CULLINAN

25 What was the surname of Michelangelo?

BUONAROTTI

26 Timo Boll and Michael Maze are famous names in which sport?

TABLE TENNIS

27 What is the world’s largest turtle?

LEATHERBACK

28 A Bufflehead is what type of creature?

DUCK

29 What was the name of the Prison where Ruth Ellis was executed?

HOLLOWAY

30 The Manniken Pis is a tourist attraction in which city?

BRUSSELS

31 Who was Marilyn Monroe's female co-star in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?

JANE RUSSELL

32 The river Lek is in which European country?

NETHERLANDS

33 Who bought Virgin Radio from Richard Branson in 1997?

GINGER MEDIA GROUP (CHRIS EVANS)

34 The Latin phrase 'Caveat Emptor' means what?

LET THE BUYER BEWARE

35 Name the Texan city which suffered a siege at the hands of David Koresh and his followers?

WACO

36 Who played the title role in the film Van Helsing?

HUGH JACKMAN

37 Which part of the body is being dissected in Rembrandt's painting of an anatomy lesson?

LEFT ARM (ACCEPT ARM)

38 What commercial product did Joseph Gayetty develop in the 19th century?

TOILET PAPER

39 What was the short lived name of the UK post office in 2001-2002?

CONSIGNIA

40 Graham Greene's novel 'the Comedians' was set in which country?

HAITI

41 The Culbertson System is used in which game?

BRIDGE

42 In which town is Brunel University?

UXBRIDGE

43 What is the theatrical equivalent of an Oscar?

A TONY

44 Which town in S.E France is famous for its nougat production?

MONTELIMAR

45 Where is the RAF's national training centre located?

CRANWELL (nr. Lincoln)

46 Who directed the Oscar winning film 'The Piano' in 1993?

JANE CAMPION

47 Which God had the legs and horns of a goat?

PAN

48 Which animated TV programme begins with a warning it is not to be viewed by anyone?

SOUTH PARK

49 Which city was the capital of West Germany until re-unification.

BONN

50 Nicolas Carnot founded which branch of Physics ?

THERMODYNAMICS

51 Which German was mainly responsible for Quantum Theory?

MAX PLANCK

52 What are oarweed, furbelows and dabberlocks?

SEAWEED

53 The nuclear disaster of Chernobyl happened in which year?

1986

54 What was the name of the street where Queen Elizabeth II was born?

BRUTON St.

55 Caustic Soda is the common name for which chemical substance?

SODIUM HYDROXIDE

56 Which river name can be found in England, Scotland and Russia?

DON

57 Who wrote The Citadel?

AJ CRONIN

58 Originally founded in 1919, what was the organisation called which later became known as the United Nations?

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

59 Which boxer was nicknamed 'Gentleman'?

JIM CORBETT

60 Who wrote the poem The Lady of Shallot?

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON

61 Which 1918 Act of Parliament gave the vote to women aged over 30?

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT

62 Who became King of Belgium in 1951?

BAUDOUIN

63 What did Rebecca Stephens become the 1st British woman to do on 17th May 1993?

REACH THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST

64 Which instrument is principally used in Boogie Woogie?

PIANO

65 What is the main ingredient of Hasenpfeffer?

HARE OR RABBIT

66 in Scrabble, 2 letters have a value of ten. Z is one, which is the other?

Q

67 Which poet wrote the Bride of Abydos?

BYRON

68 In which English county is Rugby?

WARWICKSHIRE

69 Where in the body is the Cochlea?

EAR

70 John Curtin was Prime minister of which country from 1941-45?

AUSTRALIA

71 Which group recorded the 1998 album Munki?

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

72 What name is given to the fruit which is a hybrid of an Orange and Tangerine?

CLEMENTINE

73 What was the collective name given to Babs, Louise, Cherry, Deedee and Ruth?

PAN'S PEOPLE

74 Cucumber Time is the dull season in which trade?

TAILORING

75 Richard Ashcroft fronted which band from Wigan?

THE VERVE

76 Who had a hit with Lazy Sunday in 1968?

THE SMALL FACES

77 Which famous architect was born in the Wiltshire village of East Knoyle?

CHRISTOPHER WREN

78 The first 3 one day Cricket World Cup tournaments were held in which country?

ENGLAND

79 In the natural world, Michael Begon gave his name to what?

BEGONIAS

80 Varig Airlines is based in which country?

BRAZIL

81 There are how many letters in the Greek alphabet?

24

82 Until 2005, The Waterloo Cup was competed for in which "sport"?

HARE COURSING

83 What is France's second largest Metropolitan Area by population?

LYON

84 Which English comedian's real name is Bob Davies?

JASPER CARROTT

85 Banana Republic was a hit for which band in 1980?

BOOMTOWN RATS

86 Maurice Cole was the real name of which Comedian/D.J?

KENNY EVERETT

87 Specifically, in which country would you travel on Klongs and visit Wats?

THAILAND

88 Which former Chairman of the Tory Party was appointed Governor of Hong Kong in 1992?

CHRIS PATTEN

89 Nosocomephobia is the fear of what?

HOSPITALS

90 In which comedy programme did Carol Cleveland provide the glamour?

MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS

91 The festival of Britain took place during which year?

1951

92 J'adoube is a term which is occasionally used in which game?

CHESS

93 What is the main religion in Malaysia?

ISLAM

94 In the Bible who was the wife of Ahab?

JEZEBEL

95 The shortest verse in the Bible is 'Jesus Wept'. At whose tomb was he weeping?

LAZARUS

96 Apteryx is an alternative name for which bird?

KIWI

SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS

97 Which city hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics?

SALT LAKE CITY

98 In which ocean are the Solomon Islands?

PACIFIC

99 What did the letters M.A.D stand for in the Cold War?

MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION

100 Which mammal is responsible for the pollination for the most bananas in the world?

BAT

101 On which ground did Geoffrey Boycott score his 100th First Class Century?

HEADINGLEY LEEDS

102 What was the name of the candidate who stood as a "Southern Democrat" in the 1968 USA Presidential Election?

GEORGE WALLACE

103 Which contemporary UK female solo pop star has the surname Cornish?

JESSIE J

104 In which constituency will Mark Reckless be defending the seat he won at the 2010 election, this time as a UKIP candidate?

ROCHESTER AND STROOD