[ { "question": "The 2000-yr old Banaue rice terraces built largely by hand in the Ifugao mountains that cover 4000 square miles are in which country?", "answers": [ "philippine" ] }, { "question": "What is five-twelfths of seventy-two?", "answers": [ "30" ] }, { "question": "What is the national summer sport of Canada?", "answers": [ "lacrosse" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first Plantagenet King of England?", "answers": [ "henry ii" ] }, { "question": "Who is the oldest man to go into space?", "answers": [ "john herschel glenn jr" ] }, { "question": "The Megalodon is the largest ever known type of which sea creature?", "answers": [ "shark" ] }, { "question": "In which Indian city can you find the 'Taj Mahal'?", "answers": [ "agra" ] }, { "question": "What 1-word name is used as an alternative for the creature also called 'Snow Leopard'?", "answers": [ "ounce" ] }, { "question": "Which American author is mentioned in the Beatles song l am the Walrus?", "answers": [ "poe" ] }, { "question": "Which ventriloquist had a dummy called Charlie Brown", "answers": [ "arthur worsley" ] }, { "question": "Ellis Achong’s style of left-arm wrist spin gave rise to what term in the cricket vocabulary?", "answers": [ "chinamen" ] }, { "question": "Which Avro delta wing bomber entered service in the RAF in 1956 and was retired in 1984?", "answers": [ "vulcan" ] }, { "question": "Eddie Valiant, Judge Doom and Dolores are all characters in which Disney film?", "answers": [ "roger rabbit" ] }, { "question": "\"Under what pseudonym did Dr Brooke Magnanti publish her notorious \"\"Diary of a Call-Girl\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "belle de jour" ] }, { "question": "Michel de Montaigne of France is best known for popularizing what kind of writing as a literary genre?", "answers": [ "essay" ] }, { "question": "\"What is the next in this series: Millie, Ranger, Buddy, Spot \"\"Spotty\"\" Fletcher, Barney, Miss Beazley ... ?\"", "answers": [ "bo" ] }, { "question": "Out of all the animals which make up the Chinese horoscope, which comes first alphabetically?", "answers": [ "dogs" ] }, { "question": "Slovenia has land borderswith Austria, Hungary, Italy and which former Yugoslav republic?", "answers": [ "croatia" ] }, { "question": "On which river, a tributary of the Avon, does the town of Leamington Spa stand?", "answers": [ "leam" ] }, { "question": "Which pop singer survived the car crash that killed Eddie Cochran?", "answers": [ "gene vincent" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night,\"\" is a Bette Davis line from which film?\"", "answers": [ "all about eve" ] }, { "question": "\"Which Irish actor, born in Dublin, starred in the movies \"\"in Bruges\"\" \"\"Fright Night\"\" and \"\"Total Recall\"\" ?\"", "answers": [ "colin farrell" ] }, { "question": "In which European city can you visit Tiergarten Schonbrunn (Schonbrunn Zoo)?", "answers": [ "vienna" ] }, { "question": "Who did Tom Cruise propose to at the Eiffel Tower in 2005?", "answers": [ "katie holmes" ] }, { "question": "Which French cabaret theatre has a windmill on its roof?", "answers": [ "moulin rouge" ] }, { "question": "What newspaper does Clark Kent work for?", "answers": [ "daily planet" ] }, { "question": "In which village in north-eastern France was Joan of Arc born?", "answers": [ "domremy" ] }, { "question": "Which is the northernmost Scandinavian country?", "answers": [ "norway" ] }, { "question": "Octavian and Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42BC near which city in East Macedonia?", "answers": [ "philippi" ] }, { "question": "Mike Hazelwood is associated with which sport?", "answers": [ "water skiing" ] }, { "question": "Which river flows through Maidstone?", "answers": [ "medway" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"Good Morning Starshine\"\" and \"\"Hare Krishna\"\" are songs from which 1967 musical?\"", "answers": [ "hair" ] }, { "question": "In “Far from the Madding Crowd” who became Bathsheba Everdene’s first Husband?", "answers": [ "sergeant troy" ] }, { "question": "The Volga flows into which sea?", "answers": [ "caspian sea" ] }, { "question": "Which body of water is nicknamed ‘The Blue Eye Of Siberia’?", "answers": [ "lake baikal" ] }, { "question": "Of what orchestral instrument is Anne-Sophie Mutter a virtuoso?", "answers": [ "violin" ] }, { "question": "What type of creature is a gadwall?", "answers": [ "duck" ] }, { "question": "\"Who played the time travelling Gary Sparrow in the sitcom \"\"Goodnight Sweetheart\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "nicholas lyndhurst" ] }, { "question": "The Chalara Fraxinea fungal disease afflicts?", "answers": [ "trees" ] }, { "question": "Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932, the citation reading ‘for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga’?", "answers": [ "john galsworthy" ] }, { "question": "During World War II, the Allies 'Operation Olympic', was a plan to invade which country?", "answers": [ "japan" ] }, { "question": "A madeleine, originating in France, is a type of what?", "answers": [ "cakes" ] }, { "question": "In human anatomy, in which part of the body is the buccinator muscle?", "answers": [ "cheek" ] }, { "question": "In terms of size, which is the third smallest planet in our Solar System (excluding Pluto)?", "answers": [ "venus" ] }, { "question": "What were Bertha, Cristobel and Dolly on 20 July 2008?", "answers": [ "storm" ] }, { "question": "In which fictional Cornish village is the television series 'Doc Martin' set?", "answers": [ "portwenn" ] }, { "question": "Which King of Greece flew to Rome in exile following a 1967 military coup?", "answers": [ "constantine" ] }, { "question": "The old Anglicized-French occupational word 'colporteur' was a distributor of?", "answers": [ "bible" ] }, { "question": "The wool of a Shahtoosh shawl comes from which endangered animal?", "answers": [ "tibetan antelope or chiru" ] }, { "question": "What is the collective name for a group of toads?", "answers": [ "knot" ] }, { "question": "Founded in New York in 1853, Steinway & Sons manufactures what type of musical instrument?", "answers": [ "upright piano" ] }, { "question": "In which ballet does the Sugar Plum Fairy appear?", "answers": [ "nutcracker" ] }, { "question": "Which Scottish city is known as the ‘Capital of the Highlands’?", "answers": [ "city of inverness" ] }, { "question": "The Annals and The Histories are the 2 major works of which Roman historian who lived from around 56AD to around 117AD?", "answers": [ "tacitus" ] }, { "question": "Which of the halogens has the lowest atomic number (9)?", "answers": [ "fluorine" ] }, { "question": "Hirudin is a naturally occurring peptide in the salivary glands of which creatures used in medicine?", "answers": [ "leeches" ] }, { "question": "Which type of bread takes its name from the Italian for 'slipper'?", "answers": [ "ciabatta" ] }, { "question": "The adjective hirundine refers to which birds?", "answers": [ "swallow" ] }, { "question": "What flavour are Smiths Frazzles", "answers": [ "crispy bacon" ] }, { "question": "Who succeeded Sir William Howe as Commander in Chief of the British forces in 1778 during the American War of Independence?", "answers": [ "sir henry clinton" ] }, { "question": "Which country's team won the 2011 Women's Football World Cup?", "answers": [ "japan" ] }, { "question": "Who famously set James Thomson's poem, 'Rule, Britannia' to music?", "answers": [ "thomas arne" ] }, { "question": "Born in 1902, which Briton composed ‘Façade’ and ‘Belshazzar’s Feast’?", "answers": [ "william walton" ] }, { "question": "What term did former Yahoo! vice-president and author Seth Godin originate whereby potential customers 'opt-in' to receive advertising?", "answers": [ "permission marketing" ] }, { "question": "Name the Californian Congresswoman, who in January 2007 became the first female Speaker of the US House of Representatives?", "answers": [ "nancy pelosi" ] }, { "question": "It has been a boy's name, is usually a girl's name, and is well known as the name of Peter Pan's friend in a J.M. Barrie play. What is it?", "answers": [ "wendy" ] }, { "question": "The largest impact over land in Earth's recent history, how is the explosion that occurred in 1908 near the namesake river in Siberia commonly known?", "answers": [ "tunguska event" ] }, { "question": "What is the first name of Mrs Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys", "answers": [ "agnes" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to the study of living things in their environment?", "answers": [ "ecology" ] }, { "question": "\"What type of liquor is also known as \"\"white lightning\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "moonshining" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to Toyota’s luxury vehicle division?", "answers": [ "lexus personalized settings" ] }, { "question": "What World War II figure was known as Old Blood and Guts?", "answers": [ "patton" ] }, { "question": "In which country was the fashion designer Yves St Laurent brn?", "answers": [ "algeria" ] }, { "question": "With which song did Swedish pop group Abba win the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest?", "answers": [ "waterloo" ] }, { "question": "In the Australian TV series, what type of animal was `Skippy`?", "answers": [ "kangaroos" ] }, { "question": "In World War I, what did the Allies call the defence line that was known as the 'Siegfried Line' by the Germans?", "answers": [ "hindenburg line" ] }, { "question": "In the first two series of which TV comedy drama did Ben Miller play D I Richard Poole?", "answers": [ "death in paradise" ] }, { "question": "Which style of acting was founded by Konstantin Stanislavsky?", "answers": [ "method" ] }, { "question": "In which city would you watch football in the Nou Camp Stadium", "answers": [ "barcelona" ] }, { "question": "What bands most commercially successful line-up, in 1969-73, featured Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Roger Glover and Ian Paice?", "answers": [ "deep purple" ] }, { "question": "Which film director's credits include Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi?", "answers": [ "ang lee" ] }, { "question": "Which historical character, of dubious morals, died at the Castle of Dux in Bohemia in 1798?", "answers": [ "casanova" ] }, { "question": "In the stories by Enid Blyton, what is the name of the best friend of Big Ears?", "answers": [ "noddy" ] }, { "question": "Which American president had a sign on his desk saying 'The buck stops here'?", "answers": [ "president truman" ] }, { "question": "Which team were the last winners of football's First Division before the formation of the Premier League?", "answers": [ "leeds united" ] }, { "question": "Who was the rich king of Lydia renowned for his wealth?", "answers": [ "croesus" ] }, { "question": "La Stampa is a newspaper in which country?", "answers": [ "italy" ] }, { "question": "In an episode of the television show ‘The Simpsons’, who does Lisa give a Valentine card to with a picture of a train saying ‘I Choo Choo Choose You’?", "answers": [ "ralph" ] }, { "question": "What is the Spanish name for Saint James, son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus?", "answers": [ "santiago" ] }, { "question": "Who chaired South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 1995 – 1998?", "answers": [ "desmond tutu" ] }, { "question": "Which Australian controversially used a metal bat in 1979?", "answers": [ "lillee" ] }, { "question": "According to the proverb, a fool and his money are soon what?", "answers": [ "parted" ] }, { "question": "Which television character is well known for his catchphrase \"D'oh\"?", "answers": [ "homer simpson" ] }, { "question": "Who was the captain of the victorious West Indies cricket team which won the 2012 T20 World Cup?", "answers": [ "darren sammy" ] }, { "question": "Which UK shipping forecast area is named after the founder of the Meteorological Office?", "answers": [ "fitzroy" ] }, { "question": "Which Australian city is considered to have the largest Greek population outside of Greece?", "answers": [ "melbourne" ] }, { "question": "On which mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?", "answers": [ "mount sinai" ] }, { "question": "What prevents the earth's atmosphere from floating out into space?", "answers": [ "gravitational pull" ] }, { "question": "The Peasants Revolt took place during the reign of which English King?", "answers": [ "richard ii" ] }, { "question": "A muumuu is a brightly coloured dress traditionally worn by women on which island?", "answers": [ "hawaii" ] }, { "question": "In human anatomy, an ossicle is a very small what?", "answers": [ "bones" ] }, { "question": "What is the title of the song that Nick Berry took to No. 1 in 1986?", "answers": [ "every loser wins" ] }, { "question": "In which part of the body would you find the zygomatic bone?", "answers": [ "cheek" ] }, { "question": "What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet?", "answers": [ "delta" ] }, { "question": "The novels, 'On the Beach' and 'A Town Like Alice' were written by whom?", "answers": [ "nevil shute norway" ] }, { "question": "Charles Guiteau assassinated which US President in 1881?", "answers": [ "president garfield" ] }, { "question": "Of what is Selenology the study?", "answers": [ "moon" ] }, { "question": "Anchor, Honeycomb, Satin and Faggot are all what?", "answers": [ "embroidery stitches" ] }, { "question": "Who was the owner of Bagpuss", "answers": [ "emily" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of Mitch's son in Baywatch", "answers": [ "hobie" ] }, { "question": "Whitehorse is the capital of which Canadian territory?", "answers": [ "yukon territory" ] }, { "question": "What was the title of the first film that Elvis Presley appeared in?", "answers": [ "love me tender" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of Johannesburg's major cricket stadium, venue for this year's World Cup Final?", "answers": [ "wanderers" ] }, { "question": "\"An \"\"event horizon\"\" is the defining feature of which astronomical phenonmenon ?\"", "answers": [ "black hole" ] }, { "question": "Which amateur TV detective lives in a windmill?", "answers": [ "jonathan creek" ] }, { "question": "In which country was President Bashir Gemayel assassinated in 1982?", "answers": [ "lebanon" ] }, { "question": "Kolkata Metro is what nation's famous first metro/underground railway network?", "answers": [ "india" ] }, { "question": "What is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guinea?", "answers": [ "conakry" ] }, { "question": "\"The 1992 romantic comedy film \"\"The Cutting Edge\"\" portrayed which sport?\"", "answers": [ "figure skating" ] }, { "question": "Who was the commander of the Luftwaffe during World War II and died by taking poison after being condemned to death at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946?", "answers": [ "goering" ] }, { "question": "Who was Anakin Skywalker's wife?", "answers": [ "amidala" ] }, { "question": "Who led the Free French forces during World War II?", "answers": [ "charles de gaulle" ] }, { "question": "On which racecourse is the King George VI Chase run?", "answers": [ "kempton" ] }, { "question": "What do Americans call the item of clothing we call ‘braces’?", "answers": [ "suspenders" ] }, { "question": "At what time of day does the church service called vespers take place?", "answers": [ "evening" ] }, { "question": "What word refers to the neck hair of a lion or horse?", "answers": [ "mane" ] }, { "question": "Which actor won the 2012 Golden Raspberry Award for both the worst actor and the worst actress in a 2011 film?", "answers": [ "adam sandler" ] }, { "question": "Which character was played by Michelle Collins in 'Eastenders'?", "answers": [ "cindy beale" ] }, { "question": "19th century surgeon Dr Joseph Bell was the inspiration for which literary character?", "answers": [ "sherlock holmes" ] }, { "question": "\"Which famous novel, published in 1719 does the title character describe his home as \"\"The Island Of Despair\"\" ?\"", "answers": [ "robinson crusoe" ] }, { "question": "Which Swedish ex-world heavyweight boxing champion died in February 2009?", "answers": [ "ingemar johansson" ] }, { "question": "Which Olympian, was the first person to carry the Olympic torch when it came to the UK in May 2012", "answers": [ "ben ainslie" ] }, { "question": "Which actor made his screen debut as Boo Radley in the 1962 film ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?", "answers": [ "robert duvall" ] }, { "question": "The Crocodile Hunter was a nickname given to what Australian naturalist, who was killed by a slightly irritated sting ray in 2006?", "answers": [ "death of steve irwin" ] }, { "question": "What city is closest to Alcatraz island?", "answers": [ "san francisco" ] }, { "question": "Which city is situated at the confluence of the Eden and Caldew rivers?", "answers": [ "carlisle" ] }, { "question": "From 1618 the Thirty Years War between Catholic and Protestant countries in the Holy Roman Empire, in 1632 became a fight between the Hapsburgs and Spain on one side against who on the other?", "answers": [ "france" ] }, { "question": "‘The Telephone Song’ and ‘Last Night of the World’ are songs from which musical?", "answers": [ "miss saigon" ] }, { "question": "Directed by Joss Whedon, which 2005 science fiction movie was based on a short-lived TV show that was cancelled after only eleven of its episodes were broadcast?", "answers": [ "serenity" ] }, { "question": "Which English monarch who reigned from 1422 to 1461 and then briefly from 1470 to 1471 was stabbed to death in the Tower of London in 1471?", "answers": [ "henry vi" ] }, { "question": "\"With what sport do you associate sponsor's trade names \"\"Ping\"\" and \"\"Titleist\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "golf" ] }, { "question": "\"Who wrote the poem \"\"O Captain! My Captain!\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "walt whitman" ] }, { "question": "11 November is marked in many countries as Remembrance Day, Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and civilians in time of war. Why has that date been selected?", "answers": [ "end of world war i" ] }, { "question": "\"Francis Drake captained the ship \"\"Revenge\"\" during naval engagements concerning what?\"", "answers": [ "invincible armada" ] }, { "question": "What nationality was the artist Edvard Munch?", "answers": [ "norwegian" ] }, { "question": "A son, his dad is Dwight Yorke; what is the first name of Katy Price's eldest child?", "answers": [ "harvey" ] }, { "question": "The Soviets invaded which Baltic country in November 1939?", "answers": [ "finnland" ] }, { "question": "In which city will you find the Jacques Cartier Bridge?", "answers": [ "montréal" ] }, { "question": "In which small Pennine town could you see the Britannia Coconut dancers on Easter Saturday?", "answers": [ "bacup" ] }, { "question": "Sometimes known as 'kasha' which flour is used in North America and Eastern Europe for making pancakes?", "answers": [ "fagopyrum esculentum" ] }, { "question": "In Greek mythology, who is the twin sister of Helenus?", "answers": [ "cassandra" ] }, { "question": "What type of pregnancy is developed outside of the womb?", "answers": [ "ectopic" ] }, { "question": "Port Said stands on which canal?", "answers": [ "suez canal" ] }, { "question": "\"What was the name of James Onedin's ship in the TV series \"\"The Onedin Line\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "charlotte rhodes" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'?", "answers": [ "lord tennyson" ] }, { "question": "Who has won Best Leading Actor Oscars for his roles in ‘Milk’ and ‘Mystic River’?", "answers": [ "sean penn" ] }, { "question": "Ido is the relatively unpopular improved version of what, first devised by Polish physician Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof (1859-1917)?", "answers": [ "esperanto" ] }, { "question": "The advertising slogan for what company was \"When it absolutely, positively, has to be there overnight\"?", "answers": [ "federal express" ] }, { "question": "Who did David succeed as King of Judah, and later the whole of Israel?", "answers": [ "king saul" ] }, { "question": "Which character has been played on TV by Phil Silvers and on film by Steve Martin?", "answers": [ "phil silvers show" ] }, { "question": "Which American city is the setting for Frasier", "answers": [ "seattle" ] }, { "question": "The LED (light-emitting diode) started life in 1962 as a single illumination in which colour?", "answers": [ "red" ] }, { "question": "In 1930 in the UK, a speed limit of how many miles per hour was imposed on motorists in built up areas?", "answers": [ "30 mph" ] }, { "question": "Who played Lionel Hardcastle in the TV series 'As Time Goes By'?", "answers": [ "geoffrey palmer" ] }, { "question": "Which number shirt does footballer Wayne Rooney wear for Manchester United?", "answers": [ "10" ] }, { "question": "In which city might you make regular journeys on a 'Vaporetti'?", "answers": [ "venice" ] }, { "question": "In the Book of Genesis, what is described as 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high?", "answers": [ "noahs ark" ] }, { "question": "Which football team are nicknamed the tractor boys?", "answers": [ "ipswich town" ] }, { "question": "Which is the largest rodent in the world?", "answers": [ "capybara" ] }, { "question": "Which European capital city has districts called Ottakring and Leopoldstadt?", "answers": [ "vienna" ] }, { "question": "Which religion believes in the Four Noble Truths?", "answers": [ "buddhist" ] }, { "question": "When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning or in rain", "answers": [ "macbeth" ] }, { "question": "What is the formal (systematic) chemical name for the alcohol in intoxicating drink?", "answers": [ "ethanol" ] }, { "question": "What 2008 Presidential candidate was not born in a U.S. state?", "answers": [ "john mccain" ] }, { "question": "What is the term for the background of a heraldic shield?", "answers": [ "field" ] }, { "question": "The English novelist Sax Rohmer is best known for creating which prototypical ethnic villain who is now associated with a distinctive mustache?", "answers": [ "fu manchu" ] }, { "question": "Mother Teresa received the Order of Merit from whose hands in 1983?", "answers": [ "queen" ] }, { "question": "Which gland produces a hormone that increases heart rate and blood pressure in times of stress?", "answers": [ "adrenal glands" ] }, { "question": "Now known as Cobh, which Irish town was the Titanic's last port of call?", "answers": [ "queenstown" ] }, { "question": "Which archipelago of islands, west of the Outer Hebrides,is named after a non-existent saint?", "answers": [ "st kilda" ] }, { "question": "In which conflict did the Battle of Towton take place?", "answers": [ "war of roses" ] }, { "question": "In which city was Marco Polo born?", "answers": [ "venice" ] }, { "question": "Which King did Leonardo Di Caprio play in The Man in the Iron Mask?", "answers": [ "louis xiv" ] }, { "question": "Who partnered Aretha Franklin on the 1987 no.1 hit 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)'?", "answers": [ "george michael" ] }, { "question": "What information did members of the Waffen S.S. have tattooed on their arms?", "answers": [ "blood group" ] }, { "question": "Which supermodel was discovered at the age of 17 in a Dusseldorf night club?", "answers": [ "claudia schiffer" ] }, { "question": "In the original television run of 'Crossroads', which character was played by Roger Tonge?", "answers": [ "sandy richardson" ] }, { "question": "Which English county did Ian Botham join after leaving Somerset in 1987?", "answers": [ "worcestershire" ] }, { "question": "In which David Bowie song which charted in 1980 does Major Tom become a junkie", "answers": [ "ashes to ashes" ] }, { "question": "Which QC chaired an enquiry into MPs expenses in 2009?", "answers": [ "sir thomas legg" ] }, { "question": "Who, on 17m October 2008, became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in Test cricket?", "answers": [ "tendulkar" ] }, { "question": "How were King George V and Kaiser Wilhelm II related ?", "answers": [ "cousins" ] }, { "question": "Who painted Olympia and The Luncheon on the Grass both in 1863?", "answers": [ "edouard manet" ] }, { "question": "Roger Mellie, Finbarr Saunders & Buster Gonad are all regular comic strip characters appearing in which publication?", "answers": [ "viz" ] }, { "question": "Which city is at the Eastern end of the Trans-Siberian Railway?", "answers": [ "vladivostok" ] }, { "question": "How many days are in a Leap Year?", "answers": [ "366" ] }, { "question": "Who is the only British prime minister born outside the British Isles?", "answers": [ "bonar law" ] }, { "question": "Who played the title role in the 1998 film ‘Stepmom’?", "answers": [ "julia robert" ] }, { "question": "Published in 2013 who wrote the novel 'An Officer and a Spy'?", "answers": [ "robert harris" ] }, { "question": "What was the pseudonym of the Far Eastern despot Saloth Sar?", "answers": [ "saloth sar" ] }, { "question": "Taxus is the Latin name for which tree?", "answers": [ "yew" ] }, { "question": "Who was the creator of the character Bob the Builder?", "answers": [ "keith chapman" ] }, { "question": "Who founded the Hogarth Press in 1917?", "answers": [ "leonard and virginia woolf" ] }, { "question": "The main asteroid belt is between Jupiter and which other planet?", "answers": [ "mars" ] }, { "question": "\"What is a common word that means \"\"sobriquet\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "nickname" ] }, { "question": "Which is the only city in the Irish province of Connacht?", "answers": [ "galway city" ] }, { "question": "Which war is the setting for Hemingway's novel 'For Whom The Bell Tolls'?", "answers": [ "spanish civil war" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the Nottinghamshire fast bowler, who, together with Harold Larwood, took part in the infamous Bodyline tour in Australia, in 1932-33?", "answers": [ "bill voce" ] }, { "question": "In the 1920s Japanese and Austrian physicians Kyusaku Ogino and Hermann Knaus devised the contraceptive method called popularly?", "answers": [ "rhythms" ] }, { "question": "What is the maximum number of players in a rounders team?", "answers": [ "9" ] }, { "question": "Great Victoria Street railway station serves the centre of which UK city?", "answers": [ "belfast" ] }, { "question": "Which member of the royal family is patron of the Scottish Rugby Union?", "answers": [ "princess anne" ] }, { "question": "Which birds gather in ‘Screaming Parties’ on summer evenings?", "answers": [ "swifts" ] }, { "question": "Which animals have types named Black, White and Sumatran?", "answers": [ "rhinos" ] }, { "question": "Which country's Rugby Union team is nicknamed 'The Panthers'?", "answers": [ "argentina" ] }, { "question": "The Egyptian species of which small mammal is also called the ichneumon?", "answers": [ "mongoose" ] }, { "question": "Which orange star forms the “eye” of Taurus, the Bull?", "answers": [ "aldebaran" ] }, { "question": "\"Which French fashion designer created the \"\"Little black dress\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "coco chanel" ] }, { "question": "What is the capital of Lithuania?", "answers": [ "capital of lithuania" ] }, { "question": "Who is the current Home Secretary?", "answers": [ "theresa may" ] }, { "question": "Who is the wife of retired footballer Lee Chapman?", "answers": [ "leslie ash" ] }, { "question": "What sparking wine from Catalonia is traditionally and incorrectly referred to as Spanish Champagne?", "answers": [ "cava" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote One Foot In The Grave", "answers": [ "david renwick" ] }, { "question": "To turn a Welsh rarebit into a buck rarebit what is placed on top?", "answers": [ "poached egg" ] }, { "question": "King Richard III was the last of the Plantagenet dynasty and last king of which royal house?", "answers": [ "house of york" ] }, { "question": "In which country was Mike Gatting once involved in a slanging match with Umpire, Shakoor Rana?", "answers": [ "pakistan" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the hurricane which hit the East Coast of America in August 2011?", "answers": [ "irene" ] }, { "question": "Who is the actress who plays the lead in the film based on the computer game Tomb Raider", "answers": [ "angelina jolie" ] }, { "question": "Currently, the oldest flying space shuttle in the fleet, which shuttle was launched last week on mission STS-133 to the International Space Station?", "answers": [ "diſcovery" ] }, { "question": "In the children?s TV series Dora the Explorer what is the name of the monkey who is Dora's best friend?", "answers": [ "boots" ] }, { "question": "Which famous artist and ornithologist is the son of an Antarctic explorer and adventurer?", "answers": [ "peter scott" ] }, { "question": "In which US State is the Pentagon?", "answers": [ "virginia" ] }, { "question": "Where in North Carolina did the Wright Brothers first flight take place?", "answers": [ "kitty hawk" ] }, { "question": "The world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated in 1945 in which US state?", "answers": [ "new mexico" ] }, { "question": "In 1899 Churchill lost his first election to become an MP.In which Lancashire town did he stand?", "answers": [ "oldham" ] }, { "question": "The pengo, subject to massive inflation, was the pre- World War 2 currency unit of which European country?", "answers": [ "hungary" ] }, { "question": "Arranged alphabetically, which would the last book of the Old Testament?", "answers": [ "zephaniah" ] }, { "question": "\"Which English comic actor do you associate with the line \"\"Infamy, Infamy, They've all got it in for me\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "kenneth williams" ] }, { "question": "Which US President was assassinated by Leon Frank Czolgosz at the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York?", "answers": [ "president mckinley" ] }, { "question": "Actress Audrey Hepburn sang ‘Moon River’ in which 1961 film?", "answers": [ "breakfast at tiffany" ] }, { "question": "Which former Gestapo boss was sentenced to life imprisonment in July 1987 for crimes against humanity during World War II", "answers": [ "klaus barbie" ] }, { "question": "In which island nation were president Marc Ravalomanama's offices stormed by his own country's army in March 2009?", "answers": [ "madagascar" ] }, { "question": "Who was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 ?", "answers": [ "anna eleanor roosevelt" ] }, { "question": "According to the nursery rhyme Jack And Jill, Jack bound his head with which two items?", "answers": [ "vinegar and brown paper" ] }, { "question": "Which TV family lived at 518 Crestview Drive Beverley Hills", "answers": [ "beverly hillbillies" ] }, { "question": "Which overture written by Felix Mendelssohn was inspired by the echoes of a Scottish sea cave that he visited in 1829 and was named for it?", "answers": [ "hebrides overture" ] }, { "question": "Which episode of Star Wars is being filmed 2014-15?", "answers": [ "7" ] }, { "question": "What is the opposite of zenith?", "answers": [ "nadir" ] }, { "question": "We know the famous cricketer as 'Freddie' Flintoff. What's his real first name?", "answers": [ "andrew" ] }, { "question": "\"In \"\"Seinfeld\"\", what is Kramer's first name?\"", "answers": [ "cosmo" ] }, { "question": "What was the sequel to the TV sitcom And Mother Makes Three", "answers": [ "and mother makes five" ] }, { "question": "The songs 'If I Loved You' and 'When The Children Are Asleep'are from which 1956 stage musical?", "answers": [ "carousel" ] }, { "question": "Charlotte Dod was a fine skater, an international hockey player, the best woman archer in England, and a champion golfer; all after she gave up her first game for lack of effective opposition. What game was that?", "answers": [ "lawn tennis" ] }, { "question": "Which musician, who died in 1987, famously had a candelabra on his piano?", "answers": [ "wladziu valentino liberace" ] }, { "question": "Irish singer Enya began her career as a member of which band?", "answers": [ "clannad" ] }, { "question": "Which is the smallest, most westerly and most southerly of the Canary Islands?", "answers": [ "el hierro island" ] }, { "question": "Which fictional town was the setting for the TV series 'Z-Cars'?", "answers": [ "newtown" ] }, { "question": "How many seats do the SNP have in Parliament?", "answers": [ "56" ] }, { "question": "What are Neuschwanstein and Balmoral?", "answers": [ "castle" ] }, { "question": "Who was credited with popularizing the term rock 'n' roll?", "answers": [ "alan freed" ] }, { "question": "In which city was ex Prime Minister Tony Blair born?", "answers": [ "edinburgh" ] }, { "question": "Billy the Badger is the mascot for which London Premier League football club?", "answers": [ "fulham" ] }, { "question": "In the book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', what is Charlie's surname?", "answers": [ "bucket" ] }, { "question": "\"The satellite \"\"Aryabhata\"\", launched on 19 April 1975, to conduct experiments in X-ray astronomy, aeronomics, and solar physics, was built by which country?\"", "answers": [ "india" ] }, { "question": "How is the Rembrandt painting 'The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch preparing to march out' more commonly known?", "answers": [ "night watch" ] }, { "question": "Which European Country has the oldest State Flag, dating back to the 14th century?", "answers": [ "denmark" ] }, { "question": "Whose guitar fetched £198,000 at auction in 1990", "answers": [ "jimi hendrix" ] }, { "question": "What bridge, between Millers Point and Milsons Point, opened on 19 March 1932?", "answers": [ "sydney harbour bridge" ] }, { "question": "By public vote In 2012 Shinzo Abe became Japan's new national?", "answers": [ "prime minister" ] }, { "question": "Which make of car has won the most 24 Hour races at Le Mans?", "answers": [ "porsche" ] }, { "question": "Prime Minister David Cameron is an alumnus of which Oxford college ?", "answers": [ "brasenose" ] }, { "question": "What farmyard animal is used to search for Truffles?", "answers": [ "pigs" ] }, { "question": "Which car manufacturer produced the models Giulietta, Berlina, Brera and Spider?", "answers": [ "alfa romeo" ] }, { "question": "Footballer David Beckham, born 2nd May 1975, played for which English football club between 1993 and 2003?", "answers": [ "manchester united" ] }, { "question": "Where was the last train going according to The Monkees in 1966?", "answers": [ "clarksville" ] }, { "question": "The 'Rid Vega' and 'Sama Veda' are sacred texts of which religion?", "answers": [ "hindu religion" ] }, { "question": "\"What was the setting for the novel \"\"Anne of Green Gables\"\" by Lucy Maud Montgomery?\"", "answers": [ "prince edward island" ] }, { "question": "Who was married to both Humphrey Bogart and Jason Robards?", "answers": [ "lauren bacall" ] }, { "question": "\"Who was the first to be quoted as saying \"\"There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "benjamin disraeli" ] }, { "question": "Whernside is the highest peak in which National Park?", "answers": [ "yorkshire dales national park authority" ] }, { "question": "Which Englishman is credited with the discovery of oxygen?", "answers": [ "joseph priestley" ] }, { "question": "BBC's Children's Favourites became Junior Choice when Radio 1 and Radio 2 were formed, who presented it?", "answers": [ "ed stewart" ] }, { "question": "Who was said to have ridden naked through the streets of Coventry in the 11th Century?", "answers": [ "godiva" ] }, { "question": "What diplomatic crisis ended with the signing of the Algiers Accords in January, 1981?", "answers": [ "iran hostage crisis" ] }, { "question": "The AZERTY keyboard layout is standard in?", "answers": [ "france" ] }, { "question": "In males, posthetomy is the removal of what?", "answers": [ "foreskin" ] }, { "question": "The word ‘durst’ is the past tense of which English word?", "answers": [ "dare" ] }, { "question": "Which opera features the Polovtsian Dances?", "answers": [ "prince igor" ] }, { "question": "The Valais is a canton of which European country?", "answers": [ "swiss" ] }, { "question": "Which is the lightest naturally occurring element?", "answers": [ "hydrogen" ] }, { "question": "Which 'Oscar' winning actress was, in 1986, the first African-American entrant in the 'Miss World' contest?", "answers": [ "halle berry" ] }, { "question": "Who formulated his Sinatra Doctrine - Foreign policy to be constructed on a My Way basis?", "answers": [ "eduard shevardnadze" ] }, { "question": "Which boat, launched in I960, was the Royal Navy’s first nuclear submarine?", "answers": [ "hms dreadnought" ] }, { "question": "A ‘Boilermaker’ is whisky chased with what?", "answers": [ "beer" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the river which flows through Baghdad?", "answers": [ "river tigris" ] }, { "question": "What are the Hugo and Nebula awards given for?", "answers": [ "science fiction" ] }, { "question": "In which rock band was Fish the lead singer", "answers": [ "marillion" ] }, { "question": "Which public school counts CB Fry, Jeremy Clarkson and Roald Dahl amongst its alumni?", "answers": [ "repton" ] }, { "question": "If a dish is cooked a la soubise, the sauce primarily contains which vegetable?", "answers": [ "onion" ] }, { "question": "Who took over as Governor of the Bank of England on July 1st 2013?", "answers": [ "mark carney" ] }, { "question": "Baklava, a pastry sweetened with honey, originated in which country?", "answers": [ "turkey" ] }, { "question": "What do we call the sweetmeat Rahat Lokum?", "answers": [ "turkish delight" ] }, { "question": "The glass-walled railway bridge, known locally as Hielanman’s Umbrella, is located in which British city?", "answers": [ "glasgow" ] }, { "question": "The England footballer Nat Lofthouse, who died age 85 in 2011, earned what nickname (an animal of a city) after his courageous match-winning performance against Austria in 1952?", "answers": [ "lion of vienna" ] }, { "question": "Which means of transportation was invented by the American Jonathon Scobie in 1836", "answers": [ "rickshaw" ] }, { "question": "What is the collective term for freemasons?", "answers": [ "lodge" ] }, { "question": "\"Which Dickens novel is subtitled \"\"The Parish Boy's Progress\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "oliver twist" ] }, { "question": "Suomi is the local name for which European country?", "answers": [ "republiken finland" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the last of the six space shuttles that was built?", "answers": [ "endeavour" ] }, { "question": "What is the official language of Mozambique ?", "answers": [ "portuguese" ] }, { "question": "A 'plant' in snooker involves a minimum of how many balls?", "answers": [ "three" ] }, { "question": "What number is dialled to hear the Speaking Clock?", "answers": [ "123" ] }, { "question": "In which year did William Hague become leader of the Conservative Party?", "answers": [ "1997" ] }, { "question": "Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer and frontman of the band Black Sabbath, was born in which British city?", "answers": [ "birmingham" ] }, { "question": "Blue Gloss is a variety of which vegetable?", "answers": [ "red potatoes" ] }, { "question": "On which island are the Tamil Tigers found?", "answers": [ "sri lankan" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the Editor in Chief of Wikileaks?", "answers": [ "julian assange" ] }, { "question": "What is the leather made from shark's skin called?", "answers": [ "shagreen" ] }, { "question": "Published in 1826 whose song, a rendition of 'Ave Maria', is classified as Opus 52 no 6?", "answers": [ "franz schubert" ] }, { "question": "Which metallic element is refined from Cassiterite, SnO2?", "answers": [ "tin" ] }, { "question": "Who had a positive drug test for excessive levels of testosterone after initially being declared the winner of the 2006 Tour de France?", "answers": [ "floyd landis" ] }, { "question": "Who is the leader of the evil Decepticons?", "answers": [ "megatron" ] }, { "question": "What writer was expelled from West Point for showing up for a public parade wearing only a white belt and gloves?", "answers": [ "poe" ] }, { "question": "William Shatner is the spokesperson for what online discount travel sight?", "answers": [ "priceline negotiator" ] }, { "question": "The Passover is part of the calendar for which religion?", "answers": [ "jews" ] }, { "question": "In what year was decimal coinage introduced in the UK?", "answers": [ "1971" ] }, { "question": "Which famous race takes place annually between Putney and Mortlake?", "answers": [ "boat race" ] }, { "question": "The film actor Norma Jean Mortenson is better known by what name?", "answers": [ "norma jeane" ] }, { "question": "A hazzan, or chazzan, leads the congregation in songful prayer in which religion?", "answers": [ "jews" ] }, { "question": "The Cuban-born coach of Mo Farah, a former winner of the New York and Boston marathons, shares which surname with a former Prime Minister of Portugal 1936-68?", "answers": [ "salazar" ] }, { "question": "Which vehicle manufacturer produced the Charade model?", "answers": [ "daihatsu" ] }, { "question": "Lillehammer, the host of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, is in which country?", "answers": [ "norway" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to a triangle which contains no equal sides or equal angles?", "answers": [ "scalene" ] }, { "question": "In which sport do Scotland play Canada for the Strathcona Cup?", "answers": [ "curling" ] }, { "question": "Which disease has the medical term variola?", "answers": [ "variola" ] }, { "question": "What was the nationality of Adolphus Sachs, the inventor of the Saxophone?", "answers": [ "belgium" ] }, { "question": "On which 1953 film poster are Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr sharing a passionate kiss on a beach?", "answers": [ "from here to eternity" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to the traditional Welsh dish made from boiled seaweed rolled in oatmeal and fried in bacon fat?", "answers": [ "laverbread" ] }, { "question": "In the Beverly Hillbillies what is the name of Milburn Drysdale's Secretary?", "answers": [ "jane hathaway" ] }, { "question": "When you recycle a drink can, which metal is it you are recovering?", "answers": [ "aluminum" ] }, { "question": "Which former Liverpool player (1967-1979) managed Rotherham in 1981/82?", "answers": [ "emlyn hughes" ] }, { "question": "When did Channel Four and the Welsh language channel SC4 first broadcast in the UK?", "answers": [ "1982" ] }, { "question": "Which European city hosted the 2004 Summer Olympic Games?", "answers": [ "athens" ] }, { "question": "In which 1973 Terence Malick film did Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek play a couple of psychotic murderers?", "answers": [ "badlands" ] }, { "question": "'Liquor amnii' is normally found in?", "answers": [ "pregnancy" ] }, { "question": "One of the Seven Wonders of the World was at Alexandria. What type of structure was it?", "answers": [ "lighthouse" ] }, { "question": "Which Mozart opera has a title that can be translated into English as 'Thus Do All Women'?", "answers": [ "così fan tutte" ] }, { "question": "What number Apollo was the last one to land a man on the moon?", "answers": [ "apollo 17" ] }, { "question": "In which Australian City is St Paul's Cathedral sited opposite Flinders Street station?", "answers": [ "melbourne" ] }, { "question": "In what country was British choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton born?", "answers": [ "ecuador" ] }, { "question": "Where would you find a pauldron and a vambrace?", "answers": [ "plate armor" ] }, { "question": "What nickname was given to German Chancellor Otto Van Bismarck?", "answers": [ "von bismarck" ] }, { "question": "The 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics took place in which country?", "answers": [ "south korea" ] }, { "question": "What scientist did the Vatican officially pardon in 1992, having declared him a heretic, and forced him to recant under threat of torture, for asserting in 1632 that the Earth orbits the Sun?", "answers": [ "galileo" ] }, { "question": "Which spirit gives 'Sauce a la Normandie' its name?", "answers": [ "calvados" ] }, { "question": "What is 2014 in Roman numerals?", "answers": [ "2014" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote about a mongoose called Ricki Tikki Tavi", "answers": [ "rudyard kipling" ] }, { "question": "Who discovered, in 1895, that X Rays could be applied to medicine?", "answers": [ "rontgen" ] }, { "question": "What is comedian Frank Skinner's real name?", "answers": [ "frank skinner" ] }, { "question": "From the roots of which plant is Tapioca made?", "answers": [ "tapioca plant" ] }, { "question": "Ratified on January 29, 1919, the 18th amendment to the US Constitution regulates the sale of what?", "answers": [ "alcohol" ] }, { "question": "The bane of Stan Butler’s life, who played the officious Inspector “Blakey” in the TV sitcom “On the Buses”?", "answers": [ "stephen lewis" ] }, { "question": "Which Caribbean country, consisting of two main islands, is the smallest nation in the Western hemisphere?", "answers": [ "federation of saint kitts and nevis" ] }, { "question": "The RAF flew 1 million Euros from the UK to which country in March 2013, as a contingency measure ‘to provide military personnel with loans’?", "answers": [ "cyprus" ] }, { "question": "What does the German word 'verboten' mean?", "answers": [ "forbid" ] }, { "question": "In which English county are the Medway Towns?", "answers": [ "garden of england" ] }, { "question": "Which Gilbert and Sullivan Opera is subtitled 'The Slave of Duty'?", "answers": [ "pirates of penzance" ] }, { "question": "Kimberley and Vancouver are cities in which Canadian province?", "answers": [ "british columbia" ] }, { "question": "What country had the Roman name Lusitania?", "answers": [ "portugal" ] }, { "question": "What motorway crosses the Pennines linking the A1 with Manchester", "answers": [ "m62" ] }, { "question": "From what English port does the Hispaniola set sail in ‘Treasure Island’?", "answers": [ "bristol" ] }, { "question": "The 1812 Overture was written to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon in which city?", "answers": [ "moscow" ] }, { "question": "Which Rugby League club has been coached by Brian McClennan and Brian McDermott?", "answers": [ "leeds rhinos" ] }, { "question": "Bill Clinton was the governor of which US State before becoming President?", "answers": [ "arkansas" ] }, { "question": "What overtook Internet Explorer to become the world's most popular web browser in 2012?", "answers": [ "chrome" ] }, { "question": "Doctor Herman Tarnower was responsible for which well known diet", "answers": [ "scarsdale medical diet" ] }, { "question": "What was Dr No's first name?", "answers": [ "julius" ] }, { "question": "Catherine Morland is a leading character in which novel?", "answers": [ "catherine morland" ] }, { "question": "UK tabloid newspapers are commonly called?", "answers": [ "red tops" ] }, { "question": "In architecture, what is a campanile?", "answers": [ "bell tower" ] }, { "question": "What is the common name for 'Nacre'?", "answers": [ "nacre" ] }, { "question": "What type of animal is the South African dik-dik ?", "answers": [ "antelope" ] }, { "question": "Which island in the Ionian Sea has the Greek name Kerkira?", "answers": [ "corfu" ] }, { "question": "'Disko Troop' is the captain of the We're Here' fishing vessel in which Rudyard Kipling novel, which was made into a film starring Spencer Tracy?", "answers": [ "captains courageous" ] }, { "question": "As at March 2009 who is Prime Minister of Australia?", "answers": [ "kevin rudd" ] }, { "question": "\"What word means \"\"to drink\"\" and is a homophone of the word coif?\"", "answers": [ "quaff" ] }, { "question": "Olympic gold medallists Fanny Blankers-Koen, Inge de Bruijn, Leontien van Moorsel, Yvonne van Gennip, Ard Schenk, Jochem Uytdehaage, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Gianni Romme, Marianne Timmer, Wim Ruska, Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Adolph van der Voort van Zijp represented which country?", "answers": [ "netherlands" ] }, { "question": "Who played Bret's brother, Bart Maverick in the 1957-62 Warner Bros TV western?", "answers": [ "jack kelly" ] }, { "question": "Who was married to both Joe Dimaggio and Arthur Miller?", "answers": [ "marilyn monroe" ] }, { "question": "Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009?", "answers": [ "barack" ] }, { "question": "Robert Timothy French created which type of condiment, which debuted at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904?", "answers": [ "mustard" ] }, { "question": "What is the system of sending messages by holding the arms, or two flags, in certain positions according to an alphabetic code?", "answers": [ "semaphore" ] }, { "question": "Which Basque town is home to the football team Real Sociedad", "answers": [ "san sebastian" ] }, { "question": "What country did Italy invade in 1935?", "answers": [ "ethiopian" ] }, { "question": "Which country governs the islands called Crete, Lesbos, Rhodes, Corfu, Lemnos, Andros, Naxos and Kos?", "answers": [ "greece" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to the full moon after a Harvest Moon?", "answers": [ "sap moon" ] }, { "question": "Noble Rot is a fungus affecting which fruit?", "answers": [ "grapes" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to a castrated male sheep", "answers": [ "wether" ] }, { "question": "\"What is the correct name for the \"\"Clock\"\" in a taxi cab\"", "answers": [ "taximeter" ] }, { "question": "On which river did Jerome K Jerome send his three men in a boat", "answers": [ "thames" ] }, { "question": "The charity CRISIS supports who or what?", "answers": [ "homelessness" ] }, { "question": "What type of English dessert is made from mixing whipped cream, sugar and pureed fruit, often gooseberry ?", "answers": [ "fool" ] }, { "question": "Which philosopher was born in 551 BC in China?", "answers": [ "confucius" ] }, { "question": "Who discovered that an individual's fingerprints remain the same for their lifetime?", "answers": [ "francis galton" ] }, { "question": "Of these sedimentary rocks, which one is not organic, being instead 'clastic'?", "answers": [ "shale" ] }, { "question": "Wootten and Belpaire are types of ‘what’ found in steam locomotives?", "answers": [ "firebox" ] }, { "question": "What 1980's action movie featured two future governors?", "answers": [ "predator" ] }, { "question": "Ackee and saltfish is widely considered as the national dish of which island?", "answers": [ "jamaica" ] }, { "question": "What is the collective noun for a group of leopards", "answers": [ "leap" ] }, { "question": "What name was given to the conflict between Great Britain and Spain from 1739 to 1748, with major operations largely ended by 1742?", "answers": [ "war of jenkins" ] }, { "question": "Poached eggs on muffins with hollandaise sauce, and ham or bacon are popularly called 'eggs (What?)'?", "answers": [ "benedict" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the longest river in Scotland?", "answers": [ "river tay" ] }, { "question": "In 1948, which Vickers aircraft became the first turboprop airliner to enter active service?", "answers": [ "vickers viscount" ] }, { "question": "What is a common factor in the careers of Giacomo Puccini, Paul McCartney, and Arthur Sullivan?", "answers": [ "operas" ] }, { "question": "In which Hitchcock film did Ingrid Bergman play Dr Constance Peterson and Gregory Peck play Dr Anthony Edwards?", "answers": [ "spellbound" ] }, { "question": "Which English county is known as the Garden of England?", "answers": [ "kent county" ] }, { "question": "Which notable Englishman was murdered on 29th December 1170?", "answers": [ "thomas becket" ] }, { "question": "What type of shoes did Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley sing about?", "answers": [ "blue suede shoes" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the play ‘Waiting For Godot’, which premiered in 1953?", "answers": [ "samuel beckett" ] }, { "question": "Which was the Canaanite town whose walls fell at the blast of Joshua's trumpets?", "answers": [ "jericho" ] }, { "question": "In literature, which paradox is first explained by Doc Daneeka?", "answers": [ "catch 22" ] }, { "question": "Prunus persica is the scientific name of which fruit?", "answers": [ "prunus persica" ] }, { "question": "What part of the body would a cardiologist specialise in", "answers": [ "heart" ] }, { "question": "The five species of which mammal are the Black, White, Indian, Javan and Sumatran?", "answers": [ "rhinos" ] }, { "question": "Becky Thatcher is a character in which novel?", "answers": [ "adventures of tom sawyer" ] }, { "question": "Henry Vlll became heir to the English throne on the death of which brother in 1502?", "answers": [ "arthur" ] }, { "question": "What is the only city in the English county of Somerset?", "answers": [ "wells" ] }, { "question": "In which British city was composer Frederick Delius born?", "answers": [ "bradford" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the dopey road sweeper player by Roger Lloyd-Pack in Only Fools And Horses?", "answers": [ "trigger" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the midge-borne viral infection that affected British livestock in the late summer of 2007?", "answers": [ "bluetongue" ] }, { "question": "What nationality was painter Piet Mondrian?", "answers": [ "dutch" ] }, { "question": "What is the old common name for Hamamelis or Winterbloom and its extract, used for skin/bruises/acne treatment (and dowsing)?", "answers": [ "witch hazel" ] }, { "question": "Which Roman road ran from Rome to Brindisi?", "answers": [ "appian way" ] }, { "question": "Where in London can you find the 'Rosetta Stone'?", "answers": [ "british museum" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the children's book The Gruffalo?", "answers": [ "julia donaldson" ] }, { "question": "Who was voted Time Magazine person of the century in 1999?", "answers": [ "albert einstein" ] }, { "question": "According to Greek mythology, who solved 'The Riddle Of The Sphinx'?", "answers": [ "oedipus" ] }, { "question": "The Lakeside Shopping Centre is in which English county?", "answers": [ "essex" ] }, { "question": "How many pints in a quart?", "answers": [ "2" ] }, { "question": "One of the most effective and efficient forms of marketing is abbreviated to the initials WOM; what is it?", "answers": [ "word of mouth" ] }, { "question": "Which treaty ended the Franco-Prussian war in 1871?", "answers": [ "treaty of frankfurt" ] }, { "question": "Name the fantasy flat world on which the 2015 posthumously published novel The Shepherd's Crown is set?", "answers": [ "discworld series" ] }, { "question": "Which band has featured Gregg Rolie, David Brown and Autlan de Bavarro?", "answers": [ "santana" ] }, { "question": "Jimmy Porter and his wife Alison were the central characters in which classic play and later film?", "answers": [ "look back in anger" ] }, { "question": "What was the top baby boy name in England in 2008?", "answers": [ "jack" ] }, { "question": "In which novel of 1869 does Pierre Bezuhov fight a duel in which both participants survive?", "answers": [ "andrey bolkonsky" ] }, { "question": "In which country was the West Indian cricket captain Sir Vivian Richards born?", "answers": [ "antigua" ] }, { "question": "The 'twi' in the word twilight meant originally?", "answers": [ "two" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the ship in the radio programme The Navy Lark", "answers": [ "navy lark" ] }, { "question": "In which year did Victoria become Queen?", "answers": [ "1837" ] }, { "question": "For which film did Sean Penn win an Oscar in 2009?", "answers": [ "milk" ] }, { "question": "Who did Gerald R. Ford famously pardon in 1974?", "answers": [ "nixon" ] }, { "question": "If someone suffers from ‘Stendhal Syndrome’ they suffer giddiness and confusion when exposed to what?", "answers": [ "art" ] }, { "question": "Two books of the Bible list the Ten Commandments.Exodus is one, which is the other?", "answers": [ "deuteronomy" ] }, { "question": "Lucy Snow is the heroine of which Charlotte Bronte novel?", "answers": [ "villette" ] }, { "question": "Which US state in 1907 was the last to declare Christmas a legal holiday?", "answers": [ "oklahoma" ] }, { "question": "Which English actress, married to Tim Burton starred in A Room With a View and Fight Club?", "answers": [ "helena bonham carter" ] }, { "question": "Mérida and Cancún are located on what peninsula?", "answers": [ "yucatán" ] }, { "question": "Which country voted in November 2012 to work to become the 51st state of the USA?", "answers": [ "puerto rican" ] }, { "question": "In which US state can you find the popular Daytona Beach ?", "answers": [ "florida" ] }, { "question": "What singer, born Richard Hall on Sept 11, 1965, took his stage name for supposedly having Herman Melville as his great-great-great-granduncle?", "answers": [ "moby" ] }, { "question": "When Elisha Graves Otis invented it, he called it the safety hoist. What do we call it now?", "answers": [ "elevator" ] }, { "question": "In 1982, who became the first poet to win a Pulitzer Prize posthumously?", "answers": [ "victoria lucas" ] }, { "question": "Which famous US actor made his last film appearance in the film Solyent Green?", "answers": [ "edward g robinson" ] }, { "question": "What is the maximum possible score in a game of ten pin bowling?", "answers": [ "300" ] }, { "question": "\"Who plays the part of Tommy Beresford in the BBC series \"\"Partners in Crime\"\", based on an Agatha Christie novel?\"", "answers": [ "david walliams" ] }, { "question": "What group was Roger Bannister representing when he broke the 4 minute mile at 3 minutes 59.4 seconds on 6 May 1954?", "answers": [ "amateur athletic association" ] }, { "question": "Joe Shlabotnik is which fictional character's favourite (and also fictional) baseball player?", "answers": [ "charlie brown" ] }, { "question": "What was the middle name of writer G B Shaw?", "answers": [ "bernard" ] }, { "question": "Which Venetian artist painted 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Assumption of the Virgin'?", "answers": [ "titian" ] }, { "question": "What was the first name of Italian statesman and writer Machiavelli?", "answers": [ "niccolò" ] }, { "question": "Which is the largest moon (by far) of the planet Neptune?", "answers": [ "triton" ] }, { "question": "In which year was Marie Antoinette, queen of France, executed?", "answers": [ "1793" ] }, { "question": "In Arthurian legend, of which region was King Mark the King?", "answers": [ "cornwall" ] }, { "question": "In which conflict was the 'Battle of Solferino' in 1859?", "answers": [ "italian war of independence" ] }, { "question": "In the kitchen, what would a mandolin be used for?", "answers": [ "slicing" ] }, { "question": "The Fountain of Neptune, Bologna, Italy, inspired which famous sports car logo?", "answers": [ "maserati" ] }, { "question": "What was the first name of the English painter Gainsborough, 1727-1788?", "answers": [ "thomas" ] }, { "question": "If something osifies, what does it turn into?", "answers": [ "bones" ] }, { "question": "Which musical instrument was played by Jelly Roll Morton?", "answers": [ "piano" ] }, { "question": "What sea are you in if you sail east through the Pillars of Hercules?", "answers": [ "mediterranean" ] }, { "question": "Omar Suleiman was the Vice President of which African country?", "answers": [ "egypt" ] }, { "question": "Which phenomenon might you be interested in if you visit Drumnadrochit?", "answers": [ "loch ness monster" ] }, { "question": "Who did Bill Shankly succeed as manager of Liverpool FC?", "answers": [ "phil taylor" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the US President's helicopter?", "answers": [ "marine one" ] }, { "question": "Who assassinated Martin Luther King Junior?", "answers": [ "james earl ray" ] }, { "question": "The Apple watch launched Apr 2015 is called the?", "answers": [ "apple watch sport" ] }, { "question": "Which make of car has the advertising slogan ‘Zoom, Zoom’?", "answers": [ "mazda" ] }, { "question": "What is the singular of data", "answers": [ "datum" ] }, { "question": "Karl Stromberg is the name of the villain in which James Bond film?", "answers": [ "spy who loved me" ] }, { "question": "The John Bunn Lifetime Achievement is an annual prize given in which sport?", "answers": [ "basketball team" ] }, { "question": "What colour is iodine vapour?", "answers": [ "violet or purple" ] }, { "question": "Which resort is the site of the Grand Hotel, damaged by shelling by the German Navy in 1914 and the North Marine Road Ground, the site of an annual Cricket festival?", "answers": [ "scarborough" ] }, { "question": "\"Who composed the opera \"\"Don Giovanni\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "wolfgang amadeus mozart" ] }, { "question": "Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire form the only British Mainland colony for which bird?", "answers": [ "gannet" ] }, { "question": "What was the old English silver coin worth four pre-decimal pennies?", "answers": [ "groat" ] }, { "question": "Disarrono is a prominent brand of which alcoholic- drink?", "answers": [ "amaretto sour" ] }, { "question": "What French wine region ends in the letter x?", "answers": [ "bordeaux" ] }, { "question": "The 'Stableford Scoring System' is used in which sport?", "answers": [ "golfer" ] }, { "question": "What is the most southerly of the UK shipping forecast areas?", "answers": [ "trafalgar" ] }, { "question": "‘Martes’ is Spanish for which day of the week?", "answers": [ "tuesday" ] }, { "question": "Which was the first novel written by Charles Dickens?", "answers": [ "pickwick papers" ] }, { "question": "Who did William Hamilton try to assassinate in 1849?", "answers": [ "alexandrina victoria" ] }, { "question": "Which river runs by Balmoral Castle?", "answers": [ "river dee" ] }, { "question": "What ws the name of Tonto's horse?", "answers": [ "scout" ] }, { "question": "In which year did California become one of the United States of America?", "answers": [ "1850" ] }, { "question": "Which play contains the famous stage direction “Exit, pursued by a bear”?", "answers": [ "coast of bohemia" ] }, { "question": "Who was on the British Throne in 1720?", "answers": [ "george i" ] }, { "question": "Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to tell me how long until the tape self destructed in the opening scenes of Mission:Impossible?", "answers": [ "5 seconds" ] }, { "question": "What type of creature is an alewife?", "answers": [ "fishes" ] }, { "question": "Who was the Canadian jazz pianist (1925-2007), winner of eight Grammy Awards who released over 200 recordings?", "answers": [ "oscar emmanuel peterson" ] }, { "question": "What's missing: Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizzard Beach", "answers": [ "magic kingdom" ] }, { "question": "\"What was the nickname of the British army regiment called \"\"The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "death or glory boys" ] }, { "question": "From the Greek for color, what element, with an atomic number of 24, uses the symbol Cr?", "answers": [ "chromium" ] }, { "question": "In 1993, which racing driver became the first person to holdboth Formula One and Champ car titles simultaneously?", "answers": [ "nigel mansell" ] }, { "question": "What colour is the inner cross on the national flag of Iceland?", "answers": [ "red colour" ] }, { "question": "The word psalm derives from meaning a song sung to what instrument?", "answers": [ "harp" ] }, { "question": "Who is the third wife of Rod Stewart, they married in 2007?", "answers": [ "penny lancaster" ] }, { "question": "Fuggles and goldings are varieties of which edible plant?", "answers": [ "hops" ] }, { "question": "What type of plant is molasses usually made from?", "answers": [ "sugarcane" ] }, { "question": "What is the collective noun for beavers", "answers": [ "colony" ] }, { "question": "Which film features the song 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend'?", "answers": [ "gentlemen prefer blondes" ] }, { "question": "In which African country would you find the holiday destination of Sousse?", "answers": [ "tunisia" ] }, { "question": "Who portrays the Kray Twins in the 2015 film Legend?", "answers": [ "tom hardy" ] }, { "question": "In film and TV the term ‘gaffer’ is used for the chief …….what?", "answers": [ "electricians" ] }, { "question": "Manchester Trousers are made of Manchester cloth, which is another name for what?", "answers": [ "corduroy" ] }, { "question": "If you went directly south from France, which sea would you meet first?", "answers": [ "mediterranean" ] }, { "question": "\"Who produced the film \"\"12 Angry Men\"\", which was scripted by Reginald Rose, starred Henry Fonda and was directed by Sidney Lumet?\"", "answers": [ "henry fonda" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to the large cask which holds 54 imperial gallons of beer?", "answers": [ "hogsheads" ] }, { "question": "South-West is how many degrees on a compass?", "answers": [ "225" ] }, { "question": "In which country are the Harz mountains?", "answers": [ "germany" ] }, { "question": "In the cartoon series Calvin and Hobbes, Hobbes is a stuffed toy creature of what type?", "answers": [ "tiger" ] }, { "question": "May 7, 1937 saw Herbert Morrison earn a place in history when his broadcast of what disaster, which included a very plaintive \"Oh, the humanity!\" reached the listeners of WLS radio in Chicago?", "answers": [ "hindenburg disaster" ] }, { "question": "Statins are drugs which lower what in the blood?", "answers": [ "cholesterol" ] }, { "question": "Who was Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister, holding office for just 119 days in 1827?", "answers": [ "george canning" ] }, { "question": "\"Jack Warner used to start what programme by saying \"\"Evenin all\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "dixon of dock green" ] }, { "question": "Spokes, Ribs, Rim Row and Lashing are all terms used in which handicraft?", "answers": [ "basket making" ] }, { "question": "The kings of which country have alternatively been called Christian or Frederick since 1513?", "answers": [ "denmark" ] }, { "question": "What is the family name of the mother of the former Tennis players Emilio Sanchez and his sister Aranxta?", "answers": [ "vicario" ] }, { "question": "Which river flows through six countries before reaching the sea at Rotterdam?", "answers": [ "rhine" ] }, { "question": "In 1969 troops from the Parachute Regiment invaded which West Indian island after it declared its independence from St. Kitts - Nevis?", "answers": [ "anguilla" ] }, { "question": "In ‘Treasure Island’, what is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot?", "answers": [ "captain flint" ] }, { "question": "Who painted the famous picture the Laughing Cavalier?", "answers": [ "frans hals" ] }, { "question": "Who were Larry, Curly and Mo better known as ?", "answers": [ "three stooges" ] }, { "question": "'Liberty Airport' serves which American city?", "answers": [ "newark nj" ] }, { "question": "Which Paris airport opened in March 1974?", "answers": [ "charles de gaulle airport" ] }, { "question": "Before Yvette Fielding presented most haunted on which children's TV program was she also a presenter?", "answers": [ "blue peter" ] }, { "question": "In the shape of which animal does the Hindu God Hanuman appear?", "answers": [ "monkey" ] }, { "question": "Frankie Fredericks represented which country at athletics", "answers": [ "namibian" ] }, { "question": "Which railway runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster?", "answers": [ "severn valley railway" ] }, { "question": "According to Britain's Sea Fish Industry Authority, what is the name for a young pilchard?", "answers": [ "sardine" ] }, { "question": "In which city is the Uffizi Art Gallery?", "answers": [ "florence" ] }, { "question": "Which fictional character arrived in Whitby on board the Demeter?", "answers": [ "dracula" ] }, { "question": "Who is Mel Gibson's partner in the 'Lethal Weapon' series?", "answers": [ "danny glover" ] }, { "question": "A geography term from French and Arabic, what is an erg made of?", "answers": [ "sand" ] }, { "question": "‘The Jerilderie Letter’ was dictated by which notorious Australian to Joe Byrne in 1879?", "answers": [ "ned kelly" ] }, { "question": "What came to an end in Appomattox Court House, Virginia?", "answers": [ "civil war" ] }, { "question": "From which fruit was marmalade originally made?", "answers": [ "quince" ] }, { "question": "What is the principal ingredient of the Northumbrian dish 'pan haggerty'?", "answers": [ "tattie" ] }, { "question": "What sort of creature is a lurcher?", "answers": [ "dogs" ] }, { "question": "Who discovered the chemical elements Potassium, Sodium and Calcium?", "answers": [ "humphry davy" ] }, { "question": "Queen's Club Championship tennis tournament is held annually on grass courts in?", "answers": [ "london" ] }, { "question": "Which English actress plays the part of Mrs Weasley in the Harry Potter films?", "answers": [ "julie walters" ] }, { "question": "What color consists of the longest wavelengths of lights visible by the human eye?", "answers": [ "red" ] }, { "question": "Who played Tarzan in films the most times", "answers": [ "johnny weissmuller" ] }, { "question": "What name for a female servant is taken from the wife of Nabal in the Old Testament, after whose death she married David?", "answers": [ "abigail" ] }, { "question": "Screeno, Keno, and Housey-Housey are name variations of what more commonly known gambling game?", "answers": [ "bingo" ] }, { "question": "According to Virgil, who was the reputed founder of the city of Carthage?", "answers": [ "dido" ] }, { "question": "What is the most popular fruit in the world?", "answers": [ "tomatoes" ] }, { "question": "\"Who first mentioned an \"\"Iron Curtain\"\" when discussing Soviet activities immediately after World War II?\"", "answers": [ "winston churchill" ] }, { "question": "The musical ‘West Side Story’ is based on which Shakespeare play?", "answers": [ "romeo and juliet" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of William Wordsworth's sister?", "answers": [ "dorothy" ] }, { "question": "\"What is the English translation of the phrase \"\"annus horribilis\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "horrible year" ] }, { "question": "Sean Connery's first Oscar was awarded for his role in which film ?", "answers": [ "untouchables" ] }, { "question": "In 2014, a Boeing 777 mysteriously disappeared over the Indian Ocean. What country did it take off from?", "answers": [ "malaysia" ] }, { "question": "Which constituency returned Douglas Carswell as the first UKIP MP in October 2014?", "answers": [ "clacton" ] }, { "question": "Who played Vicky Pollard’s twin sister in the 2006 Comic Relief episode of ‘Little Britain’?", "answers": [ "kate moss" ] }, { "question": "A pink gin is gin mixed with what?", "answers": [ "angostura bitters" ] }, { "question": "Which chemical has the formula SO2?", "answers": [ "sulfur dioxide" ] }, { "question": "Who was on the throne of England when Francis Drake fought the Spanish Armada in 1588?", "answers": [ "elizabeth i" ] }, { "question": "The Wallace Line (or Wallace’s Line) is a faunal boundary line which separates the ecozones of Southeast Asia and which country?", "answers": [ "australia" ] }, { "question": "Ninevah was the capital of which ancient empire?", "answers": [ "assyrian" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the type of curve traced by a point on a rolling wheel?", "answers": [ "cycloid" ] }, { "question": "Which composer wrote the ‘Brandenburg Concertos’?", "answers": [ "bach" ] }, { "question": "Which US state is known as The Land of Enchantment?", "answers": [ "47th state" ] }, { "question": "Who was an English naturalist who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through the process he called natural selection?", "answers": [ "charles robert darwin" ] }, { "question": "What is an eye defect due to the abnormal formation of the cornea or lens resulting in an inability to see horizontal and vertical objects clearly, simultaneously?", "answers": [ "astigmatism" ] }, { "question": "Duncan Zowie Jones, director of sci-fi films 'Moon' and 'Source Code', is the son of which musician?", "answers": [ "david bowie" ] }, { "question": "How many points is a conversion worth in a game of rugby union?", "answers": [ "two" ] }, { "question": "Paribas, formed in 1872 from two companies respectively in Paris and Amsterdam, operated in what field?", "answers": [ "finance" ] }, { "question": "What element has the symbol Cu?", "answers": [ "cuprous" ] }, { "question": "Which comic once called Prince Charles a ‘grovelling little bastard’ on live TV?", "answers": [ "spike milligan" ] }, { "question": "What position has Boris Johnson held from 4 May 2008?", "answers": [ "mayor of london" ] }, { "question": "Famous in NBA Basketball, Michael Jordan first retired in 1993 to develop a career in what?", "answers": [ "baseball" ] }, { "question": "Ben Grimm is better known by what name?", "answers": [ "thing" ] }, { "question": "In which decade of the 20th Century were the Oscars instigated?", "answers": [ "1920s" ] }, { "question": "According to Dante, what is the worst of the seven deadly sins?", "answers": [ "pride" ] }, { "question": "Jacksonville is the largest city in which US state?", "answers": [ "florida" ] }, { "question": "To within 10 how many stations are served by the London Underground?", "answers": [ "270" ] }, { "question": "What legendary figure flew too close to the sun?", "answers": [ "icarus" ] }, { "question": "Which lyricist who has worked with Elton John and Andrew Lloyd Webber won an award for A Whole New World from Aladdin?", "answers": [ "tim rice" ] }, { "question": "In which English town will you find the headquarters of McCain foods?", "answers": [ "scarborough" ] }, { "question": "Who played in the Men’s Singles Finals at Wimbledon in 1980?", "answers": [ "bjorn borg and john mcenroe" ] }, { "question": "The V2 and Saturn V were types of what?", "answers": [ "rocket" ] }, { "question": "In which city was Terry Wogan born?", "answers": [ "limerick" ] }, { "question": "Who played Grant Mitchell in 'EastEnders'?", "answers": [ "ross kemp" ] }, { "question": "Which comedian played Kevin Turvey in the British tv sketch series ‘A Kick Up the Eighties?", "answers": [ "rik mayall" ] }, { "question": "In which county is Ford Open Prison?", "answers": [ "west sussex" ] }, { "question": "The one-act comic opera ‘Bastien und Bastienne’ was the first by which composer aged 12?", "answers": [ "wolfgang amadeus mozart" ] }, { "question": "Lord Beaverbrook was Minister for Aircraft Production in world war 11 what was he the minister of in world war 1", "answers": [ "information" ] }, { "question": "Which city is linked to the motorway network by the M32?", "answers": [ "bristol" ] }, { "question": "Which Chinese philosophical system translates into English as ‘Wind – Water’?", "answers": [ "fengshui" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of an African country or a former British coin worth 21 shillings?", "answers": [ "guinean" ] }, { "question": "Which German City, close to the border with Luxembourg was the birthplace of Karl Marx, and contains the Porta Nigra, a well-preserved Roman city gate?", "answers": [ "trier" ] }, { "question": "According to the Bible, who is the father of Ham, Shem and Japheth?", "answers": [ "noah" ] }, { "question": "\"Who starred in the films \"\"Perfect World\"\", \"\"No Way Out\"\", and \"\"Tin Cup\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "kevin costner" ] }, { "question": "The Khalistan movement that was active in the later part of the 20th century sought to create an independent state for what religious group in a territory mostly in the North-West region of India?", "answers": [ "sikhism" ] }, { "question": "Living from 1911 to 1995, what is the more famous name of american born Virginia Katherine McMath?", "answers": [ "ginger rogers" ] }, { "question": "\"Which TV programme always ended with the words, \"\"Head 'em up, Move 'em out\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "rawhide" ] }, { "question": "What shark species has the highest number of *recorded* attacks on humans?", "answers": [ "great white" ] }, { "question": "Droids was a animated TV series that was a spin off of which movie franchise?", "answers": [ "prequel trilogy" ] }, { "question": "What is the title of the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle?", "answers": [ "sign of four" ] }, { "question": "'The Headhunters' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which London club?", "answers": [ "chelsea" ] }, { "question": "What significant law relating to literary and artistic works was first introduced in 1709?", "answers": [ "copyright law" ] }, { "question": "The 'R-value' used in the building and construction industry is a measure of what quality of a materials?", "answers": [ "thermal resistivity" ] }, { "question": "Leicester City FC's 1950s-70s players Gordon Banks and Peter Shilton are considered among the world's best ever?", "answers": [ "goalkeeper" ] }, { "question": "Writer of films such as 'Love Actually' and 'Notting Hill', which long-term partner of Emma Freud co-founded Comic Relief with Lenny Henry?", "answers": [ "richard curtis" ] }, { "question": "Kelly Sotherton won an Olympic bronze medal in which athletics event in the 2004 games?", "answers": [ "heptathlon" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the memoir Path to Power in 1995?", "answers": [ "margaret thatcher" ] }, { "question": "The English resort of Clacton-on-Sea lies on which body of water?", "answers": [ "north sea" ] }, { "question": "Where is the borough of New York called Richmond?", "answers": [ "staten" ] }, { "question": "Which composer (1822-1890) wrote a symphony in D and a symphonic poem called Le Chasseur Maudit (The Accursed Huntsman)?", "answers": [ "césar franck" ] }, { "question": "What is the maiden name of Michelle Obama?", "answers": [ "robinson" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to the female equivalent of the Oedipus Complex?", "answers": [ "electra complex" ] }, { "question": "A copita is a glass traditionally used for drinking what?", "answers": [ "sherry" ] }, { "question": "Which precious stone can be described as being 'of the first water'?", "answers": [ "diamond" ] }, { "question": "The dabchick is an alternative name for which diving bird?", "answers": [ "little grebe" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the oil tanker wrecked off the Isles of Scilly in 1967?", "answers": [ "torrey canyon" ] }, { "question": "Which English county has borders with no other county", "answers": [ "isle of white" ] }, { "question": "TACV is the national airline of which island nation?", "answers": [ "cabo verde" ] }, { "question": "What German kingdom was ruled by Ludwig II, builder of the famous Neuschwanstein castle?", "answers": [ "state of bavaria" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of a construction toy made of interlocking plastic blocks?", "answers": [ "play well" ] }, { "question": "What was the first sequel to Star Wars?", "answers": [ "empire strikes back" ] }, { "question": "'Picaboo' was the 2011 launch name of what popular online application, whose logo is based on Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan?", "answers": [ "snapchat" ] }, { "question": "Who, in 1799, wrote the poem Lamia?", "answers": [ "keats" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the author of the Sherlock Holmes books?", "answers": [ "arthur conan doyle" ] }, { "question": "Who scored a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup Final?", "answers": [ "geoff hurst" ] }, { "question": "With an area of 1,641 square kilometers, which is England's newest National Park? It became established on April 1st 2011?", "answers": [ "south downs" ] }, { "question": "In which US State is Jamestown, site of the first settlement in 1609?", "answers": [ "virginia" ] }, { "question": "Following this year's reshuffle, who is the current Minister of State for International Development?", "answers": [ "justine greening" ] }, { "question": "Human Rights Watch announced in October 2008 that what country is the world's most ignored tragedy?", "answers": [ "somalia" ] }, { "question": "Balestra, Derobement and Florentine are terms used in which sport?", "answers": [ "fencing" ] }, { "question": "Which canal passes through the centre of Lymm in Cheshire?", "answers": [ "bridgewater" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the musical ‘Oliver’, which was based on Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist?", "answers": [ "lionel bart" ] }, { "question": "What Big European bank's name replaced those of Abbey, and Bradford & Bingley, in an extensive 2010 rebranding of its acquired branches?", "answers": [ "santander" ] }, { "question": "In which Indian city would you find the Taj Mahal?", "answers": [ "agra" ] }, { "question": "From which club did Arsenal FC sign Francesc Fabregas?", "answers": [ "barcelona" ] }, { "question": "What is a female Red Deer called?", "answers": [ "hind" ] }, { "question": "Which group was voted 'Best British Group' at the 2007 Brit Awards?", "answers": [ "arctic monkeys" ] }, { "question": "Goose bumps (also called goose flesh or goose pimples), which may involuntarily develop when a person experiences cold or strong emotions is known as what?", "answers": [ "goose bumps" ] }, { "question": "Which school was the first to have an old school tie", "answers": [ "eton" ] }, { "question": "Irene Adler, known simply as \"the woman\", is the only woman ever to have bested who, in a battle of wits?", "answers": [ "sherlock holmes" ] }, { "question": "Which Impressionist painted 'The Card Players'?", "answers": [ "cezanne" ] }, { "question": "In the world of transport what is a VLCC?", "answers": [ "supertanker" ] }, { "question": "Which was the 50th and last state to become part of the USA?", "answers": [ "hawaii" ] }, { "question": "Which driver won the Formula One World Championship in 1964?\\", "answers": [ "john surtees" ] }, { "question": "To which English king was Anne Neville married?", "answers": [ "richard of gloucester" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first US President to appear on colour television?", "answers": [ "eisenhower" ] }, { "question": "The famous armless statue of Venus, or Aphrodite, was first discovered in CE times (in 1820 CE) in what ancient city ruins?", "answers": [ "melos" ] }, { "question": "Which northern fishing town is associated with Dracula", "answers": [ "whitby" ] }, { "question": "Raki, Pernod and Ouzo contain what aromatic herb?", "answers": [ "anise" ] }, { "question": "What type of animal was World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 World Cup?", "answers": [ "lion" ] }, { "question": "Which garden plants are also known as cranebills", "answers": [ "geraniums" ] }, { "question": "Which month in 1985 saw the Live Aid concert, organised by Bob Geldof?", "answers": [ "july" ] }, { "question": "An omelette with smoked haddock and cheese was perfected at the Savoy Hotel, and named after which novelist?", "answers": [ "arnold bennett" ] }, { "question": "Who's missing: Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, John Holliday", "answers": [ "morgan earp" ] }, { "question": "What Italian car company owns the most successful Formula One team of all time?", "answers": [ "ferrari spa" ] }, { "question": "In Greek mythology, what is the name of the son of Daedelus, for whom Dadaelus made wings from feathers and wax so he could escape Crete, but the wax melted when he flew too near to the Sun, and he fell into the sea and drowned?", "answers": [ "icarus" ] }, { "question": "Which Welsh singer was invited to sing at the White House on Millennium Eve?", "answers": [ "tom jones" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the small sponge cake soaked in Rum and syrup said to have been invented by King Stanislaus of Poland?", "answers": [ "baba au rhum" ] }, { "question": "On a garment care label, a square with a circle inside, superimposed by a cross indicates what?", "answers": [ "do not tumble dry" ] }, { "question": "Which US golfer won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998?", "answers": [ "arnold palmer" ] }, { "question": "Which painful condition is caused by the deposition of urates or uric acid into the joints of the body, most commonly in the big toe ?", "answers": [ "gout" ] }, { "question": "What is name of cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants pet snail?", "answers": [ "gary" ] }, { "question": "Pashto has been the official language of which country since 1936?", "answers": [ "afghanistan" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first man to orbit the Earth", "answers": [ "gagarin" ] }, { "question": "According to the traditional rhyme, a child born on which day is said to be full of grace?", "answers": [ "tuesday" ] }, { "question": "Cockney rhyming slang 'bottle' traditionally means?", "answers": [ "courage" ] }, { "question": "\"What do we know from childhood goes \"\"twinkle twinkle\"\", \"\"up above the sky so high like a diamond in the sky\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "little star" ] }, { "question": "Which actress was born with the real name Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra?", "answers": [ "margaret mary emily anne hyra" ] }, { "question": "Which heavyweight boxer retired in 1956 with a record of 49 wins from 49 fights?", "answers": [ "rocco francis marchegiano" ] }, { "question": "Which fungal disease of trees was first described in the Netherlands?", "answers": [ "dutch elm disease" ] }, { "question": "Hamelin is on which river?", "answers": [ "river weser" ] }, { "question": "Angelina Jolie is the daughter of which film actor?", "answers": [ "jon voight" ] }, { "question": "Which Swedish tennis player won the men's singles title at Wimbledon from 1988 to 1990?", "answers": [ "edberg" ] }, { "question": "Which famous soprano is married to the conductor Richard Bonynge?", "answers": [ "la stupenda" ] }, { "question": "What's the name of the actor who played 'Huggy Bear' in the Starsky and Hutch TV series?", "answers": [ "antonio fargas" ] }, { "question": "Which bird (Turdus viscivorus) has the alternate name the Stormcock?", "answers": [ "missel thrush" ] }, { "question": "Buchanan is a major city in which West African country?", "answers": [ "liberia" ] }, { "question": "What “live free or die” state has the lowest rate of seat belt use in the US?", "answers": [ "new hampshire" ] }, { "question": "How many ships did Helen's face launch?", "answers": [ "one thousand" ] }, { "question": "In which Charles Dickens Novel does Esther Summerson appear?", "answers": [ "bleak house" ] }, { "question": "The blend of tea known as Earl Grey was named after someone in what profession?", "answers": [ "british prime minister" ] }, { "question": "In which year was the battle of Aboukir Bay (The Nile)?", "answers": [ "1798" ] }, { "question": "Which 19th Century poet and author popularised the limerick format", "answers": [ "edward lear" ] }, { "question": "Which Farnworth (Bolton) born ex-England footballer played for Blackpool from 1963 to 1966 before moving to a Merseyside club?", "answers": [ "alan ball" ] }, { "question": "In population terms, what is the largest city in China?", "answers": [ "shanghai" ] }, { "question": "If something is ‘stannic’ which metal does it contain?", "answers": [ "tin" ] }, { "question": "Which English Protestant produced the first English translation of the Bible in 1535?", "answers": [ "myles coverdale" ] }, { "question": "Which state of the USA is divided into 64 parishes in the same way that 48 of the other states are divided into counties?", "answers": [ "louisiana" ] }, { "question": "Which schoolboy, created by Anthony Buckeridge, attended Linbury Court School?", "answers": [ "jennings" ] }, { "question": "\"What is the name of the actress who had become famous for her role as the possessed girl, Regan, in the 1973 film \"\"The Exorcist\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "linda blair" ] }, { "question": "Who was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover?", "answers": [ "queen victoria" ] }, { "question": "The Gaelic translation of 'Valley of the Deer' gives its name to which Scotch single malt whisky?", "answers": [ "glenfiddich distillery" ] }, { "question": "Which Disney character’s sidekick was Timothy Q Mouse?", "answers": [ "dumbo" ] }, { "question": "Which capital city is on the northern bank of the La Plata estuary?", "answers": [ "montevideo" ] }, { "question": "The name of which football club is an anagram of 'Red Admiral'?", "answers": [ "real madrid" ] }, { "question": "What is the line of longitude lying at 0 degrees known as", "answers": [ "greenwich meridian" ] }, { "question": "\"In rhyming slang, what is \"\"to talk a lot\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "rabbit" ] }, { "question": "Which author created the fictional Detectives Tommy and Tuppence?", "answers": [ "agatha christie" ] }, { "question": "The Asteroid Belt lies between the orbits of which two planets in our solar system?", "answers": [ "mars and jupiter" ] }, { "question": "What is sports presenter and former goalkeeper Bob Wilson's middle name", "answers": [ "primrose" ] }, { "question": "What is the capital city of Canada?", "answers": [ "capital city of canada" ] }, { "question": "In which country is Agadir?", "answers": [ "morocco" ] }, { "question": "The Beaufort scale is used to measure the speed of what?", "answers": [ "wind" ] }, { "question": "\"Who wrote the 1972 novel \"\"Watership Down\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "richard adams" ] }, { "question": "Who composed the opera 'Lohengrin'?", "answers": [ "wagner" ] }, { "question": "The first Summer Paralympic Games were hosted by which European city in 1960?", "answers": [ "rome" ] }, { "question": "In 'Coronation Street' which family has, over the years, included 'Valerie', 'Frank', 'Susan' and 'Peter'?", "answers": [ "barlow" ] }, { "question": "Who was the Austrian Chancellor assassinated in 1934 by Nazis?", "answers": [ "engelbert dollfuss" ] }, { "question": "Of what is ergophobia the fear?", "answers": [ "work" ] }, { "question": "Who is the 2014 World Snooker Champion?", "answers": [ "mark selby" ] }, { "question": "\"In 1958 what was the first airline to fly a jet airliner \"\"The Comet\"\" across the Atlantic ?\"", "answers": [ "boac" ] }, { "question": "The City of London financial district is known traditionally as The Square?", "answers": [ "mile" ] }, { "question": "\"In Gustav Holst's work \"\"The Planets Suite\"\" which planet is termed \"\"The Mystic\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "neptune" ] }, { "question": "In which year was the first Miss World contest held?", "answers": [ "1951" ] }, { "question": "Which ER star played opposite Jenny Seagrove in Don' Go Breaking My Heart?", "answers": [ "anthony edwards" ] }, { "question": "Actor Roy Harold Scherer was better known by what name?", "answers": [ "roy harold scherer" ] }, { "question": "Luge and skeleton racing were developed in the late 19th century in which country?", "answers": [ "swiss" ] }, { "question": "Similar to thread count, mommes are units of weight traditionally used to measure the density of what?", "answers": [ "chinese silk" ] }, { "question": "What was the nickname of Reagan's proposed missile shield?", "answers": [ "star wars" ] }, { "question": "Situated on the north coast of Scotland, the UK's first fast-breeder nuclear reactor is situated where?", "answers": [ "dounreay" ] }, { "question": "What name links a Welsh resort town and the surname of a current Premiership footballer who made his football league debut on May 8th 1998?", "answers": [ "barry" ] }, { "question": "What are the irregularly-shaped, colourless bodies present in blood whose sticky surface lets them, along with other substances, form clots to stop bleeding when exposed to air?", "answers": [ "platelets" ] }, { "question": "To which family of birds does the Robin belong?", "answers": [ "thrush" ] }, { "question": "Which political commentator has presented both Weekend World and A Week in Politics?", "answers": [ "peter jay" ] }, { "question": "Which artist created the Katzenjammer Kids?", "answers": [ "rudolph dirks" ] }, { "question": "What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to represent the letter I?", "answers": [ "india" ] }, { "question": "Which ex-comic is married to Billy Connolly?", "answers": [ "pamela stephenson" ] }, { "question": "What is the well known two word name for the remote , higher reaches of the A57 road where it crosses the Peak District between Manchester and Sheffield?", "answers": [ "snake pass" ] }, { "question": "In which American city did The Saint Valentine’s Day massacre take place", "answers": [ "chicago" ] }, { "question": "What character did Bruce Willis play in 'Last Man Standing'?", "answers": [ "john smith" ] }, { "question": "Which fruit has varieties called Blue Tit, Czar and Early Laxton?", "answers": [ "plums" ] }, { "question": "Which film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland, was about four days in the life of a chronic drunkard?", "answers": [ "lost weekend" ] }, { "question": "In 1997, Plymouth the capital of the Caribbean island of Montserrat was virtually buried after the eruption of which volcano?", "answers": [ "soufriere hills" ] }, { "question": "What figure-shaping garment was sometimes made with whale bones?", "answers": [ "corset" ] }, { "question": "Helen Graham is the eponymous protagonist of which 19th-century novel?", "answers": [ "tenant of wildfell hall" ] }, { "question": "Which Tropic divides Mexico into temperate and tropical zones?", "answers": [ "tropic of cancer" ] }, { "question": "The Dogger Bank earthquake of June 1931, the strongest ever in the UK, reportedly caused the wax head of which infamous murderer to fall off in London’s Madame Tussaud’s?", "answers": [ "dr crippen" ] }, { "question": "In which capital city is the Tivoli amusement park?", "answers": [ "københavn" ] }, { "question": "Who presents the TV series 'Extreme Fishing'?", "answers": [ "robson green" ] }, { "question": "What can be purchased at a zapateria?", "answers": [ "shoes" ] }, { "question": "What is the NATO phonetic alphabet call for Q?", "answers": [ "quebec" ] }, { "question": "Which British monarch said of his son ‘After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in 12 months’?", "answers": [ "king george v" ] }, { "question": "Which 1989 Andrew Lloyd Weber musical is based on a 1955 novella by David Garnett?", "answers": [ "aspects of love" ] }, { "question": "Which car company produces the 'Stilo' model?", "answers": [ "fiat" ] }, { "question": "Ophthalmitis is the inflammation of which part of the body?", "answers": [ "eye" ] }, { "question": "A dageurreotype was an early type of what?", "answers": [ "photograph" ] }, { "question": "Who painted his grandson in the famous work, `Bubbles'?", "answers": [ "john millais" ] }, { "question": "How many theses were nailed to a church door by Martin Luther in 1517 (generally accepted to be the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, on All Saints Eve, 31 October)?", "answers": [ "95" ] }, { "question": "Who was the second Pope?", "answers": [ "linus" ] }, { "question": "What disease caused the deaths of Freddie Mercury, Liberace, and Arthur Ashe?", "answers": [ "aids" ] }, { "question": "The battle of Crecy was fought during which war?", "answers": [ "hundred years war" ] }, { "question": "What group sacked Baghdad in 1258, ending the Islamic Golden Age?", "answers": [ "mongols" ] }, { "question": "What type of animal ate Lindy Chamberlain's baby, in the Australian outback?", "answers": [ "dingo" ] }, { "question": "What is two-thirds divided by one-third?", "answers": [ "2" ] }, { "question": "Which US president was in office at the start of the Korean War?", "answers": [ "truman" ] }, { "question": "SNCF is the state railway group of which country?", "answers": [ "france" ] }, { "question": "Which car company makes the model 'Zafira'?", "answers": [ "vauxhall" ] }, { "question": "Who had a hit with 'What becomes of the broken hearted' in 1966 and again in 1974?", "answers": [ "jimmy ruffin" ] }, { "question": "Which English football team are known as the Tykes?", "answers": [ "barnsley" ] }, { "question": "In the TV sitcom Adam's Rib, who played the Spencer Tracy Film role?", "answers": [ "ken howard" ] }, { "question": "Olympic gold medallists Vilhelm Carlberg, Gunde Svan, Agneta Andersson, Sixten Jernberg, Tomas Gustafson, Thomas Wassberg, Ingemar Stenmark, Gert Fredriksson, Henri Saint Cyr, Alfred Swahn, Eric Lemming and Oscar Swahn represented which country?", "answers": [ "sweden" ] }, { "question": "Which country is famous for its fjords?", "answers": [ "norway" ] }, { "question": "In which US state is Plymouth Rock, the site of disembarkation of the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620?", "answers": [ "massachusetts" ] }, { "question": "What is a line that joins two points of a circle?", "answers": [ "chord" ] }, { "question": "The native British tree generally known as the Mountain Ash has which alternative name?", "answers": [ "rowan" ] }, { "question": "What word describes a triangle where all three sides are of different lengths?", "answers": [ "scalene" ] }, { "question": "In England, celebrating the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, on which date was Oak Apple Day celebrated?", "answers": [ "29 may" ] }, { "question": "What family name is shared by approximately 40% of Vietnamese people?", "answers": [ "nguyen" ] }, { "question": "What does the Latin phrase 'Vox populi' (shortened often in media to vox pop) translate to in English?", "answers": [ "vox pop" ] }, { "question": "In Japan's feudal era, from 1185 onwards, a dominant warrior class emerged called what?", "answers": [ "samurai" ] }, { "question": "Which British music chart television programme was originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006?", "answers": [ "totp" ] }, { "question": "Idries Shah who achieved prominence as an authority on Sufism is credited with popularizing the stories of which 13th folk figure of Turkey known for his wit and humor?", "answers": [ "mulla nasruddin" ] }, { "question": "Who won Strictly Come Dancing, 2012?", "answers": [ "louis smith" ] }, { "question": "Which 1985 treaty led to the abolition of border controls in much of Europe?", "answers": [ "schengen agreement" ] }, { "question": "The independentist forces led by Antonio Jose de Sucre, which country's independence was won at the 1824 'Battle of Ayacucho '?", "answers": [ "peruvian" ] }, { "question": "Which 1964 film recounted the true story of the Battle of Rorke's Drift?", "answers": [ "zulu" ] }, { "question": "The cravat was a predecessor to what modern garment?", "answers": [ "necktie" ] }, { "question": "Which island republic off the coast of West Africa gained independence from Portugal in 1975?", "answers": [ "cape verdes" ] }, { "question": "'Cerberus' in the 2004 film 'Man About Dog', and 'Santa's Little Helper' in 'The Simpsons' are both examples of which breed of dog?", "answers": [ "greyhounds" ] }, { "question": "Which is the fastest running British bird?", "answers": [ "pheasant" ] }, { "question": "If you were to order Fladenbrot in a German or Turkish restaurant, which food would You be served ?", "answers": [ "bread" ] }, { "question": "By what other name is the bird the landrail known?", "answers": [ "corncrake" ] }, { "question": "The ‘Fashoda Incident’ of 1898 was the climax of imperial territorial disputes between the Britain and France in which country?", "answers": [ "eastern africa" ] }, { "question": "What was the occupation of Casanova?", "answers": [ "librarian" ] }, { "question": "The Halogens are Fluorine, Bromine, Iodine, Astatine and which other element?", "answers": [ "chlorine" ] }, { "question": "Finding its spraint means what animal has been there?", "answers": [ "otters" ] }, { "question": "A pontil is a metal rod used in the process of what?", "answers": [ "pontil" ] }, { "question": "Which name links that of a cricket commentator with a Bond villain?", "answers": [ "blofeld" ] }, { "question": "Who played Elliot Ness in the 1987 film The Untouchables?", "answers": [ "kevin costner" ] }, { "question": "Who was prime minister of the UK before Churchill?", "answers": [ "neville chamberlain" ] }, { "question": "On which horse did Lester Piggott ride his last Derby winner in 1984?", "answers": [ "teenoso" ] }, { "question": "Which 1962 musical film featured the song 'Coming Up Roses'?", "answers": [ "gypsy" ] }, { "question": "What is the title of the 2006 follow-up novel to ‘The Queen and I’ by British author Sue Townsend?", "answers": [ "queen camilla" ] }, { "question": "Along with the Clwyd, which river burst its banks in November 2012 causing devastation to the town of St Asaph ?", "answers": [ "elwy" ] }, { "question": "In cookery, ‘agneau’ is French for which meat?", "answers": [ "lamb" ] }, { "question": "Who had hits with Stepping Out and Different For Girls?", "answers": [ "joe jackson" ] }, { "question": "Who played John Wilder in TV's The Plane Makers?", "answers": [ "patrick wymark" ] }, { "question": "How many carats are there in pure gold?", "answers": [ "24" ] }, { "question": "\"In the TV series, \"\"Enterprise\"\", first aired in 2001, what was the name of the ship's captain, played by actor Scott Bakula?\"", "answers": [ "captain jonathan archer" ] }, { "question": "The number equating to 1 followed by 100 zeroes is known as a what?", "answers": [ "googol" ] }, { "question": "The classic novel by Emile Zola about a French coalminers strike in the 1860's had what title ?", "answers": [ "germinal" ] }, { "question": "What travels around the Sun at an average speed of 185 miles per second.", "answers": [ "earth" ] }, { "question": "What is the colourful nickname of the International Business Machines (IBM) corporation?", "answers": [ "big blue" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"The splendour falls on castle walls/And snowy summits old story\"\" is the beginning of a poem by whom?\"", "answers": [ "tennyson" ] }, { "question": "How many years is a megaannum?", "answers": [ "million" ] }, { "question": "According to the nursery rhyme, what did Little Jack Horner pull from his pie?", "answers": [ "plum" ] }, { "question": "Who is the Greek goddess of victory?", "answers": [ "nike" ] }, { "question": "What is the cube root of 125?", "answers": [ "5" ] }, { "question": "Which country launched an attack against the US naval base at Pearl Harbour in 1941?", "answers": [ "japan" ] }, { "question": "What is the SI unit of electrical capacity?", "answers": [ "farad" ] }, { "question": "In which alcoholic spirit might you find a worm in the bottle?", "answers": [ "tequila" ] }, { "question": "Which African capital lies closest to the Greenwich Meridian?", "answers": [ "accra" ] }, { "question": "What letter do the motorways in France begin with", "answers": [ "letter" ] }, { "question": "Why would a motorist use ethylene glycol in his car", "answers": [ "as antifreeze" ] }, { "question": "In which Formula One team did Damon Hill replace Nigel Mansell?", "answers": [ "williams" ] }, { "question": "Which nickname for Haydn's Symphony Number 94 comes from a sudden loud chord at the end of a quiet opening theme of the second movement?", "answers": [ "mit dem paukenschlag" ] }, { "question": "Which Italian dessert is usually made from egg yolks, sugar and Marsala?", "answers": [ "zabaglione" ] }, { "question": "What type of wood are traditional yule logs made from", "answers": [ "oak" ] }, { "question": "Carl XVI Gustav became king of which European country in September 1973?", "answers": [ "sweden" ] }, { "question": "Which US magazine produces an annual '500' list of biggest US companies based on gross revenue?", "answers": [ "fortune" ] }, { "question": "Which city was called Leninakan until 1990?", "answers": [ "gyumri" ] }, { "question": "\"Where was \"\"the Maccabiah bridge collapse\"\", the failure of a pedestrian bridge over the Yarkon River on 14 July 1997 which killed 4 and injured 60?\"", "answers": [ "tel aviv" ] }, { "question": "An ingredient in tonic water, what was the first drug that was used to successfully treat malaria? A. Nitrogen mustard B. Aspirin C. Licorice root D. Quinine", "answers": [ "quinine" ] }, { "question": "The men’s football team from which country won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics?", "answers": [ "argentina" ] }, { "question": "The young soldier Paul Baumer is the narrator and central character in which 1929 novel?", "answers": [ "all quiet on" ] }, { "question": "In which city are the headquarters of Greenpeace International ?", "answers": [ "amsterdam" ] }, { "question": "Who took over the important position of Pope in 2013 ?", "answers": [ "cardinal jorge mario bergoglio" ] }, { "question": "Name the American U2 pilot shot down over Russia in 1960", "answers": [ "gary powers" ] }, { "question": "In 1974, what was the title of Stephen King's first published novel?", "answers": [ "carrie" ] }, { "question": "What is the date of All Souls Day?", "answers": [ "november 2" ] }, { "question": "The merganser is a species of which kind of bird?", "answers": [ "duck" ] }, { "question": "Which area of Czechoslovakia was transferred to Germany after the Munich conference of September 1938 ?", "answers": [ "sudetenland" ] }, { "question": "Who designed Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones wedding dress", "answers": [ "jasper conran" ] }, { "question": "Anne Neville was the wife of which English king?", "answers": [ "richard of gloucester" ] }, { "question": "The first council meeting of the League of Nations was held in January 1920, in which city?", "answers": [ "paris" ] }, { "question": "Cheryl Crane, aged 14, the daughter of which US actress, fatally stabbed her mother’s boyfriend, Johnny Stampano in 1958, while defending her mother?", "answers": [ "lana turner" ] }, { "question": "What creature is a Chinese 'shishi', called a 'foo dog' in some western cultures?", "answers": [ "lion" ] }, { "question": "Actress Wanda Ventham is the mother of which famous actor?", "answers": [ "benedict cumberbatch" ] }, { "question": "In which year did Mussolini seize power in Italy and the Irish Free State become established?", "answers": [ "1922" ] }, { "question": "Nov 7, 1940 saw the original Tacoma Narrows bridge take a little dip. What alliterative nickname was it given?", "answers": [ "galloping gertie" ] }, { "question": "Which character was known as 'The Fat Owl Of The Remove'?", "answers": [ "billy bunter" ] }, { "question": "Which actress won the Best Actress Oscar for the 1989 film 'Driving Miss Daisy'?", "answers": [ "jessica tandy" ] }, { "question": "19969 was the Chinese year of which creature?", "answers": [ "rat" ] }, { "question": "Which country's national flag comprises two overlapping triangles?", "answers": [ "nepal" ] }, { "question": "Which US boxer was born Joseph Barrow?", "answers": [ "joseph louis barrow" ] }, { "question": "How long is allowed between games in an APT (professional) tennis match?", "answers": [ "90 seconds" ] }, { "question": "Pearl Harbour is in which present-day US state?", "answers": [ "hawaii" ] }, { "question": "The Stephen Sondheim musical 'Sunday In The Park With George' was inspired by a painting by which French artist?", "answers": [ "seurat" ] }, { "question": "\"In what country did the movie \"\"Mad Max\"\" take place?\"", "answers": [ "australia" ] }, { "question": "Who became the world's youngest ever boxing heavyweight champion?", "answers": [ "mike tyson" ] }, { "question": "The government of the Andaman Islands archipelago is divided between India and which other country?", "answers": [ "burma" ] }, { "question": "Which planet in the Solar System has a great dark spot", "answers": [ "neptune" ] }, { "question": "Which popular holiday island has 'Punta de la Rasca' as its southernmost tip?", "answers": [ "tenerife" ] }, { "question": "What is the generic title of a series of French comic strips that follows the exploits of a village of ancient Gauls as they resist Roman occupation by means of a magic potion brewed by their druid, which gives them superhuman strength?", "answers": [ "asterix" ] }, { "question": "'Only The Lonely' is a musical based on the life of which singer?", "answers": [ "lefty wilbury" ] }, { "question": "Barolo, Barbaresco and Moscato are wines from which European country?", "answers": [ "italy" ] }, { "question": "The Bovespa index is the main index on the stock market in which South American country?", "answers": [ "brazil" ] }, { "question": "The opera The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten is based on whose novella", "answers": [ "henry james" ] }, { "question": "Steve Bruce left his role as player-manager of Sheffield Wednesday to manage which club?", "answers": [ "huddersfield town" ] }, { "question": "Who, in 1871, painted the picture Nocturne; Blue and Silver - Chelsea now in the Tate?", "answers": [ "james macneill whistler" ] }, { "question": "Brian Lara is associated with which sport?", "answers": [ "cricket" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the novel Bonfire of the Vanities?", "answers": [ "tom wolfe" ] }, { "question": "Alan Minter was undisputed World boxing champion at which weight?", "answers": [ "middleweight" ] }, { "question": "From which country does the cheese `Manchego' come?", "answers": [ "spain" ] }, { "question": "What was the occupation of 'Warden Hodges' in the TV classic, 'Dad's Army'?", "answers": [ "greengrocer" ] }, { "question": "Which 2009 Formula One Grand Prix was run at night time?", "answers": [ "singapore" ] }, { "question": "Which Shakespeare play contains the line 'Neither a borrower or a lender be'?", "answers": [ "hamlet" ] }, { "question": "What ocean current brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico to Europe?", "answers": [ "gulf stream" ] }, { "question": "What can be mouse-eared, long-eared or whiskered?", "answers": [ "bats" ] }, { "question": "How many inches are in an imperial mile?", "answers": [ "63360" ] }, { "question": "\"Which band, which at the time comprised Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Michael MacNeil, Mel Gaynor and John Giblin, had hit records with \"\"Alive & Kicking\"\", \"\"Sanctify Yourself\"\", \"\"Ghostdancing\"\" and \"\"All the Things She Said\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "simple minds" ] }, { "question": "‘The Persistence of ‘what’ is a 1931 painting by Salvador Dali?", "answers": [ "memory" ] }, { "question": "Which author wrote the 1886 novel ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’?", "answers": [ "robert louis stevenson" ] }, { "question": "Dr Temperance Brennan and Sealey Boothe are the main characters in which TV crime show?", "answers": [ "bones" ] }, { "question": "Which King of England was the father of both The Black Prince and John of Gaunt?", "answers": [ "edward iii" ] }, { "question": "Which English composer wrote the opera Dido and Aeneas, whose first public performance was in 1684?", "answers": [ "henry purcell" ] }, { "question": "Which famous scientist was born on the same day as Abraham Lincoln?", "answers": [ "charles darwin" ] }, { "question": "In Norse mythology, which event, preceded by Fimbulvetr, is the final battle between the gods and the Frost Giants?", "answers": [ "ragnarok" ] }, { "question": "The song Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands is about which singer’s wife?", "answers": [ "bob dylan" ] }, { "question": "Which of the territories of Canada has the city of Yellowknife as its capital ?", "answers": [ "northwest territories" ] }, { "question": "What is the national bird of England, and Ireland?", "answers": [ "european robin" ] }, { "question": "Heirloom, Roma, and Pear are types of what?", "answers": [ "tomato" ] }, { "question": "What type of insect is a Lampyris noctiluca?", "answers": [ "glow worm" ] }, { "question": "What was the alias used by Salman Rushdie during his period in hiding after his 1989 fatwa? It is also the title of his latest book.", "answers": [ "joseph anton" ] }, { "question": "Which book by Andrea Levy was the Booker Prize winner of the year in 2004?", "answers": [ "small island" ] }, { "question": "Canary Wharf is in what London borough?", "answers": [ "tower hamlets" ] }, { "question": "Who played Lewis in 'Morse' and also in its spin off 'Lewis'?", "answers": [ "kevin whately" ] }, { "question": "The Faroe Islands are an autonomous province of which country?", "answers": [ "kingdom of denmark" ] }, { "question": "25What disease is also known as wool sorter's disease", "answers": [ "pulmonary anthrax" ] }, { "question": "What is the green number on a British roulette wheel?", "answers": [ "zero" ] }, { "question": "If I prank call a store asking if they have Prince Albert in a can, what type of product am I looking for?", "answers": [ "smoking blend" ] }, { "question": "Which men’s magazine was originally going to be called Stag Party", "answers": [ "playboy" ] }, { "question": "In what figure of speech is understatement used to emphasize a point by denying the opposite?", "answers": [ "not bad" ] }, { "question": "At which Grand prix circuit was Ayrton Senna killed in 1994?", "answers": [ "imola" ] }, { "question": "Which motor manufacturer made the commercial vehicle called the Vario", "answers": [ "mercedes" ] }, { "question": "In Hindu myth, which creature is associated with the god Hanuman?", "answers": [ "monkey" ] }, { "question": "Which can last longer with out water a camel or a rat?", "answers": [ "rats" ] }, { "question": "Together the holders of the posts of President of France and Bishop of Urgel become the co-princes of where?", "answers": [ "andorra" ] }, { "question": "Which cartoonist named Harold MacMillan, 'Supermac'", "answers": [ "vicky" ] }, { "question": "Which horse was first past the post in the 1993 Grand National which was declared void due to a starting mix-up?", "answers": [ "esha ness" ] }, { "question": "Who was born first, Susan Sarandon or Glenn Close?", "answers": [ "susan sarandon" ] }, { "question": "Who won an Academy Award for best supporting actor forThe Fighter?", "answers": [ "christian bale" ] }, { "question": "NASA's series of Great Observatories satellites are the following four powerful space-based telescopes. What is the missing word? (hint: An Indian-born American scientist known for his 'limit') 1. The Hubble Space Telescope 2. The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory 3. The Spitzer Space Telescope 4. ___ X-ray Observatory", "answers": [ "chandra" ] }, { "question": "How was Alexander the Great's body preserved?", "answers": [ "in honey" ] }, { "question": "What does the accounting acronym FIFO mean?", "answers": [ "first in first out" ] }, { "question": "What is the longest river on the island of New Guinea?", "answers": [ "sepik river" ] }, { "question": "What state in Mexico was hit by a devastating mudslide in September 2010?", "answers": [ "oaxaca" ] }, { "question": "Which actor starred with Sigorney Weaver and Melanie Griffithsin 'Working Girl'?", "answers": [ "harrison ford" ] }, { "question": "A group of people in Cairo, Egypt who are collectively called the Zabbaleen are known for their association with what material?", "answers": [ "rubbish" ] }, { "question": "In which novel by Dickens is Stephen Blackpool a power loom weaver in Josiah Bounderby's mill?", "answers": [ "hard times" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the full-dress fur hat worn by hussars and footguard regiments of the British Army?", "answers": [ "busby" ] }, { "question": "\"Who wrote the plays \"\"Lost in Yonkers\"\" and \"\"The Prisoner of second avenue\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "marvin neil simon" ] }, { "question": "Which battle of 23 June, 1757, was a major victory for the British East India Company's troops over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies?", "answers": [ "battle of palashi" ] }, { "question": "Rappelling is another name for which activity/sport?", "answers": [ "rappel" ] }, { "question": "What is big particle accelerator on the French-Swiss border, restarted in 2009 after extensive repairs?", "answers": [ "lhc" ] }, { "question": "What is the surname of the American acting brothers Alec, Stephen, Daniel and William?", "answers": [ "baldwin" ] }, { "question": "Southern Distilleries Ltd, the world's most southern distillery, produces Hokonui Moonshine, named after the mountains where the illicit version of the drink first appeared, in which country?", "answers": [ "new zealand" ] }, { "question": "At which cricket ground, in 1953, did England win the Ashes for the first time since 1933?", "answers": [ "oval" ] }, { "question": "The 1703 ‘Methuen Treaty’ was a military and commercial treaty between Britain and which other European country?", "answers": [ "portugal" ] }, { "question": "'Poker Face' was a 2009 number one for which singer?", "answers": [ "mother monster" ] }, { "question": "What is the first name of Prince Charles' wife?", "answers": [ "camilla" ] }, { "question": "\"Which Cornish engineer demonstrated one of the first steam locomotives called \"\"Catch Me If You Can\"\" giving rides on a circular track near Bloomsbury in 1808 ?\"", "answers": [ "richard trevithick" ] }, { "question": "The Wizard of Wishaw' is better known as which sportsman?", "answers": [ "john higgins" ] }, { "question": "In what did the Owl and the Pussycat keep their money and honey?", "answers": [ "five pound note" ] }, { "question": "In which famous film did Michael Caine play a character named Charlie Croker?", "answers": [ "italian job" ] }, { "question": "Which part of the body is the hallux?", "answers": [ "big toe" ] }, { "question": "Who is the long-time judo sparring partner of Arkady Rotenberg?", "answers": [ "vladimir putin" ] }, { "question": "Known as The Sunshine State, what was the 27th state to join the union on March 3, 1845?", "answers": [ "florida" ] }, { "question": "After the city of Valencia, which tourist resort on the Costa Blanca is the next largest city in the Spanish autonomous region of Valencia?", "answers": [ "alicante" ] }, { "question": "'4.50 From Paddington' and 'Murder At The Vicarage' are novels featuring which detective?", "answers": [ "miss marple" ] }, { "question": "Which racecourse hosts the Scottish Grand National in April each year?", "answers": [ "ayr" ] }, { "question": "\"The name of which moist Welsh Bread literally means \"\"speckled bread\"\" referring to the fruit it contains?\"", "answers": [ "bara brith" ] }, { "question": "Which highly alcoholic spirit, historically referred to as 'the green fairy' was linked with Bohemian culture?", "answers": [ "absinthe" ] }, { "question": "A group of larks is called what?", "answers": [ "exaltation" ] }, { "question": "Who plays Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques?", "answers": [ "julie walters" ] }, { "question": "\"Which country is nicknamed \"\"The Land of The Thousand Lakes\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "finland" ] }, { "question": "Who was the mother of Helen of Troy?", "answers": [ "leda" ] }, { "question": "Which manager appeared on TV's Fast Show?", "answers": [ "13th duke of wymbourne" ] }, { "question": "By what name was a member of the serf underclass known in Ancient Sparta?", "answers": [ "helots in sparta" ] }, { "question": "Actress Meg Ryan married which actor on 14th February 1991?", "answers": [ "dennis quaid" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the UK investment banking company which collapsed after Broker Nick Leeson lost 1.3 billion dollars on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1995?", "answers": [ "barings bank" ] }, { "question": "Who was the secretary and mistress of disgraced MP John Stonehouse?", "answers": [ "sheila buckley" ] }, { "question": "\"Who played the title role in the 1998 film \"\"Blade\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "wesley snipes" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote 'The Allegory of Love' and 'Mere Christianity' in the 20th century?", "answers": [ "clive staples lewis" ] }, { "question": "Which country produces Dao wines?", "answers": [ "portugal" ] }, { "question": "What is the National Flower of England?", "answers": [ "roses" ] }, { "question": "From which flower does the insecticide 'Pyrethrum' come?", "answers": [ "chrysanthemum" ] }, { "question": "Bruce Dickinson, Blaze Bayley and Paul d'Anno have all been the lead singer of which rock group?", "answers": [ "iron maiden" ] }, { "question": "\"What was the fist name of Mr. Micawber, who appeared in Charles Dickens's \"\"David Copperfield\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "wilkins" ] }, { "question": "What tuna brand uses a cartoon mascot known as Charlie the Tuna to advertise their product?", "answers": [ "starkist" ] }, { "question": "In 2010, who became Germany’s youngest President at the age of 51?", "answers": [ "christian wulff" ] }, { "question": "What puzzle, meaning 'single number' in Japanese, requires the completion of a grid so that each column, row and 3x3 box contain the numbers 1-9?", "answers": [ "sūdoku" ] }, { "question": "Which 'DBT' by 'The Simpsons' was No.1 in the UK in March 1991?", "answers": [ "bartman" ] }, { "question": "Which fashion designer, girlfriend of Mick Jagger, committed suicide in New York earlier this year?", "answers": [ "luann bambrough" ] }, { "question": "What type of creature is a lumpsucker?", "answers": [ "fish" ] }, { "question": "Who is depicted atop the Ryder Cup trophy (golf)?", "answers": [ "abe mitchell" ] }, { "question": "\"In the TV comedy series, \"\"Absolutely Fabulous\"\", which actress played the part of Edina's dim-witted assistant, \"\"Bubble\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "jane horrocks" ] }, { "question": "Tony Abbott was elected to which office in 2013?", "answers": [ "prime minister of australia" ] }, { "question": "In geometry, how many vertices has a cube?", "answers": [ "eight" ] }, { "question": "Which sea area is south-east of Faroes, west of Viking, north-east of Hebrides and north-west of Forties?", "answers": [ "fair isle" ] }, { "question": "Which river rises in south Poland and empties into the Baltic Sea at Gdansk?", "answers": [ "vistula" ] }, { "question": "Edward II was murdered in the south tower of which castle?", "answers": [ "berkeley castle" ] }, { "question": "The mascot for the Brazil 2014 World Cup is what type of endangered animal ?", "answers": [ "armadillo" ] }, { "question": "Which Shakespeare character is known as The Moor of Venice?", "answers": [ "othello" ] }, { "question": "What nationality is supermodel Elle MacPherson?", "answers": [ "australian" ] }, { "question": "Biblical hairshirt worn with ashes?", "answers": [ "sackcloth" ] }, { "question": "Julian Bream is a virtuoso mainly on which instrument?", "answers": [ "guitar" ] }, { "question": "Which tennis player was known as The Bounding Basque'?", "answers": [ "jean borotra" ] }, { "question": "On the Mohs scale of hardness, what is the second hardest mineral, after diamond?", "answers": [ "corundum" ] }, { "question": "Which band had a 1959 hit with the song ‘I Only Have Eyes For You’?", "answers": [ "flamingos" ] }, { "question": "In Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, what is the name of Shakespeare's sister?", "answers": [ "judith" ] }, { "question": "What autism spectrum disorder was first identified in 1944 due to a study of children who lacked nonverbal communication skills, demonstrated limited empathy with their peers, and were physically clumsy?", "answers": [ "asperger syndrome" ] }, { "question": "Which Rugby League team is nicknamed 'The Wildcats'?", "answers": [ "trinity wildcats" ] }, { "question": "Which English Cathedral has the highest spire?", "answers": [ "salisbury" ] }, { "question": "The assassination of which Austrian royalty precipitated World War I?", "answers": [ "franz ferdinand" ] }, { "question": "Which actor played the part of Mike Gambit in the ITV TV series, The New Avengers?", "answers": [ "gareth hunt" ] }, { "question": "\"Who directed the 2005 film \"\"Munich\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "spielberg" ] }, { "question": "Who played Martha Jones in the UK tv series Doctor Who?", "answers": [ "freema" ] }, { "question": "\"A \"\"monitor\"\" is a type of what?\"", "answers": [ "lizard" ] }, { "question": "What type of creature is a dragonet?", "answers": [ "marine fish" ] }, { "question": "Leith Hill is the highest point in which county in Southern England?", "answers": [ "surrey" ] }, { "question": "The Voyager Golden Record is a phonograph record included in the two Voyager spacecraft that contains 27 selected recordings said to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. Who is the most represented artist?", "answers": [ "bach" ] }, { "question": "Which British athlete won the 100 m. at the 1924 Olympics?", "answers": [ "harold abrahams" ] }, { "question": "\"Which actress played the victim in the shower scene in the 1960 film \"\"Psycho\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "janet leigh" ] }, { "question": "Who’s resignation speech included the lines “Sometimes I have succeeded and sometimes I have failed, but always I have taken heart from what Theodore Roosevelt once said about the man in the arena, “whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is not effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievements and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.””", "answers": [ "nixon" ] }, { "question": "Sara Lownds was the first wife of which US singer/songwriter?", "answers": [ "bob dylan" ] }, { "question": "Amy Williams and Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain have won the Winter Olympic Gold Medal at the last two games in which event?", "answers": [ "skeleton" ] }, { "question": "Professor Henry Higgins is a character in which 1964 film?", "answers": [ "my fair lady" ] }, { "question": "\"From the Greek for \"\"lazy\"\", what property is an object’s resistance to change in its state of motion?\"", "answers": [ "inertia" ] }, { "question": "Elected in 2007, Cristina Kirchner is the female President of which country?", "answers": [ "argentina" ] }, { "question": "Which famous stage musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Weber contains the numbers Rolling Stock and Call Me Rusty?", "answers": [ "poppa" ] }, { "question": "Charles Merivale of Cambridge University and Charles Wordsworth of Oxford University started which annual tradition in 1829?", "answers": [ "oxford cambridge boat race" ] }, { "question": "Whose final live concert took place on 29th August 1969 Candlestick Park in San Francisco?", "answers": [ "beatle" ] }, { "question": "In 1985, who became the first football player to be sent off during an FA Cup final?", "answers": [ "kevin moran" ] }, { "question": "Which 'equestrian' received an MBE in November 2007?", "answers": [ "zara phillips" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first woman to run for US Vice President in 1984?", "answers": [ "geraldine ferraro" ] }, { "question": "Joseph Wiseman played which James Bond villain", "answers": [ "dr julius no" ] }, { "question": "A seriema is what type of creature?", "answers": [ "bird" ] }, { "question": "Which Middle East airline has an in-flight magazine called 'Oryx', the antelope which is on its logo?", "answers": [ "al qatariyah" ] }, { "question": "\"Who made the cake on the cover of the album \"\"Let It Bleed\"\" by The Rolling Stones?\"", "answers": [ "delia smith" ] }, { "question": "How many spoons are there in a full set of Apostle spoons?", "answers": [ "13" ] }, { "question": "Which canal joins Loch Ness to the Moray Firth", "answers": [ "caledonian canal" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"The Lord is My Shepherd...\"\" psalm number?\"", "answers": [ "23" ] }, { "question": "Which Greek hero was the son of the nymph Thetis, and Peleus, the king of the Myrmidons?", "answers": [ "achilles" ] }, { "question": "\"Who starred in the TV series \"\"Nice Guy Eddie\"\" as a Liverpool private eye?\"", "answers": [ "ricky tomlinson" ] }, { "question": "The city known as Titograd from 1946 to 1992 is the capital of which modern day country?", "answers": [ "montenegro" ] }, { "question": "Which reality television programme was won by Natalie Coleman in 2013?", "answers": [ "masterchef" ] }, { "question": "Liverpool FC co-owner, George Gillett, also owns which Canadian National Hockey League team?", "answers": [ "montreal canadiens" ] }, { "question": "Which Scottish group had UK top 20 hits with Real Gone Kid and Dignity?", "answers": [ "deacon blue" ] }, { "question": "What was the middle name of US inventor Thomas Edison?", "answers": [ "alva" ] }, { "question": "What is the preferred food type of a frugivore?", "answers": [ "fruits" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the novel Dracula?", "answers": [ "bram stoker" ] }, { "question": "Which three word named plant is believed to be useful in treating depression, nervous disorders and bedwetting ?", "answers": [ "klamath weed" ] }, { "question": "\"The band currently touring as \"\"Eric Burdon & The Animals\"\" has which of the original Animals as one of Eric Burdons backing musicians?\"", "answers": [ "hilton valentine" ] }, { "question": "The English classic horse race The Derby in run at which race course?", "answers": [ "epsom" ] }, { "question": "Who compiled the first complete version of the Bible to be printed in English in 1535?", "answers": [ "myles coverdale" ] }, { "question": "Which 1959 film, directed by Franois Truffaut with music by Jean Constatin, was the story of a 13 year old Parisian (played by Jean-Pierre Leaud) falling into delinquency?", "answers": [ "400 blows" ] }, { "question": "In which Shakespeare play would you find the characters 'Shylock and Portia'?", "answers": [ "gratiano" ] }, { "question": "In humans, Iatromisia is an intense dislike for which profession?", "answers": [ "doctors" ] }, { "question": "Which palatial villa, located just over a mile west of Chichester, is believed to have been the residence of king Cogidubnus, a 1st century ally of the Romans?", "answers": [ "fishbourne" ] }, { "question": "Which town in Southern England is home to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution ?", "answers": [ "poole" ] }, { "question": "\"Who starred in the film \"\"Good Morning, Vietnam\"\" (1987)?\"", "answers": [ "robin williams" ] }, { "question": "Which retro film character frequently referred to his ‘Number One son’ in his films?", "answers": [ "number one son" ] }, { "question": "King Albert II abdicated as monarch of which country on July 21st 2013 in favour of his son Crown Prince Phillipe?", "answers": [ "belgium" ] }, { "question": "Malus sylvestris is the Latin name of which fruit?", "answers": [ "malus" ] }, { "question": "Radioactive decay of naturally occurring Uranium eventually concludes as?", "answers": [ "lead" ] }, { "question": "Hobgoblin, Fidler's Elbow and Goliath are brewed by which brewer based at Witney in Oxfordshire?", "answers": [ "hobgoblin beer" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of Paul and Linda McCartney's only son?", "answers": [ "james" ] }, { "question": "\"What was the setting for \"\"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas\"\", a 2008 film directed by Mark Herman starring Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, David Thewlis, and Vera Farmiga, based on the book by John Boyne?\"", "answers": [ "concentration camp" ] }, { "question": "The 1982 movie 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' starred which country singer?", "answers": [ "dolly parton" ] }, { "question": "Which capital city was previously known as Edo or Yedo?", "answers": [ "tokyo" ] }, { "question": "Who was known as God's Banker?", "answers": [ "roberto calvi" ] }, { "question": "\"In Western films, what is a \"\"saloon\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "bar" ] }, { "question": "Which television presenter was sacked by the BBC in February for comparing someone to a 'Golliwog'?", "answers": [ "carol thatcher" ] }, { "question": "As at 2012 what country is the world's largest democracy?", "answers": [ "india" ] }, { "question": "In which century did William Wallace live most of his life ?", "answers": [ "13th" ] }, { "question": "Who became US Vice President when Spiro Agnew resigned?", "answers": [ "gerald ford" ] }, { "question": "Which part of the body is affected by stomatitis?", "answers": [ "mouth" ] }, { "question": "Who has been called His Purple Majesty, His Royal Badness, TAFKAP, The Artist, Symbol, Love Symbol and The Purple One?", "answers": [ "prince" ] }, { "question": "The Cassette Scandal of recent times has proved to be pivotal in shaping the political landscape of what country?", "answers": [ "ukraine" ] }, { "question": "What fluid results from lachrymation?", "answers": [ "tears" ] }, { "question": "Which UK government minister claimed parliamentary expenses for an 88p bath plug and porn movies?", "answers": [ "jacqui smith" ] }, { "question": "Anthony Joshua and Nicola Adams both won gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in which sport?", "answers": [ "boxing" ] }, { "question": "Who hosted the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Tournament?", "answers": [ "west indies" ] }, { "question": "The Lena River, the Ob River and the Yenisei River in Russia flow into which large body of water?", "answers": [ "arctic ocean" ] }, { "question": "Ruth Jones played which part in 'Gavin and Stacey' on television?", "answers": [ "gavin and stacey" ] }, { "question": "How is Beethoven's 'Symphony Number 3 in E Flat Major', better known?", "answers": [ "eroica" ] }, { "question": "What are the bars or wire rods called which connect the hub of a wheel to its rim?", "answers": [ "spoke" ] }, { "question": "In the nursery rhyme “The Farmer in the Dell,” what does the child take?", "answers": [ "nurse" ] }, { "question": "Which is the only cathedral in England with three spires?", "answers": [ "lichfield" ] }, { "question": "What's the common technical term for the removal of a president from office, due to wrong-doing?", "answers": [ "impeachment" ] }, { "question": "In which London pub did Ronnie Kray murder George Cornell?", "answers": [ "blind beggar" ] }, { "question": "Roy Jenkins took the title of Lord Jenkins of … where?", "answers": [ "hillhead" ] }, { "question": "Who played Scottish police officer Hamish Macbeth on TV in the 1990's?", "answers": [ "robert carlyle" ] }, { "question": "What Italian city was once led by a doge?", "answers": [ "venice" ] }, { "question": "October 12, 1901 saw the old moniker of Executive Mansion replaced with the more familiar White House, when what total badass declared it so?", "answers": [ "president theodore roosevelt" ] }, { "question": "Who was manager of Manchester United, when they were last relegated?", "answers": [ "tommy docherty" ] }, { "question": "Which mountain is also known as Mont Cervin?", "answers": [ "matterhorn" ] }, { "question": "What is the stage name of the entertainer born in Bradford in 1982 whose real name is Stephen Frayne?", "answers": [ "dynamo" ] }, { "question": "Dr Dre became the highest earning musician in 2014 by selling his headphones company (What?) to Apple for c.$600m?", "answers": [ "beats" ] }, { "question": "In April 2002, which footballer became the youngest England captain since Bobby Moore?", "answers": [ "michael owen" ] }, { "question": "Who directed the film The Hurt Locker, winner of the Oscar for Best Director in 2010?", "answers": [ "kathryn bigelow" ] }, { "question": "\"What song's lyrics are sometimes misheard as \"\"Hold me closer, Tony Danza\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "tiny dancer" ] }, { "question": "Who became the youngest man, at age 35, to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964?", "answers": [ "martin luther king" ] }, { "question": "Who was die leader of the gunpowder plot?", "answers": [ "robert catesby" ] }, { "question": "In humans, what is the medical condition hypermetropia (or hyperopia) more commonly known as?", "answers": [ "hyperopic" ] }, { "question": "Who supplied the voice for Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy between 1977 and 1983?", "answers": [ "james earl jones" ] }, { "question": "In 1919, the Curzon Line was proposed as a boundary between the Soviet Union and which country?", "answers": [ "polish state" ] }, { "question": "The Architect Clough Williams-Ellis designed which Welsh village?", "answers": [ "portmeirion" ] }, { "question": "Of which country was Edith Cresson prime minister from 1995 to 1999?", "answers": [ "france" ] }, { "question": "Who was the second person to walk on the Moon?", "answers": [ "buzz aldrin" ] }, { "question": "What French term, meaning 'high dressmaking', refers internationally to expensive designer clothing, typically of leading fashion houses?", "answers": [ "haute couture" ] }, { "question": "\"Which American once described Margaret Thatcher as \"\"the best man in England\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "ronald reagan" ] }, { "question": "Which 'cake' is a small, circular black sweet made of liquorice?", "answers": [ "pontefract cakes" ] }, { "question": "In what city is the U.S. Military Academy located?", "answers": [ "west point" ] }, { "question": "The Peasants' Revolt in England in 1381 led by men such as John Ball, Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, and the most extreme and widespread insurrection in English history, was about what?", "answers": [ "taxed" ] }, { "question": "With which band was Lonnie Donegan before he went solo", "answers": [ "chris barber" ] }, { "question": "What did President James Buchanan not do that all other presidents did?", "answers": [ "married" ] }, { "question": "Who won an Oscar by playing the male lead in the 1999 film American Beauty", "answers": [ "kevin spacey" ] }, { "question": "\"In Turkish language/custom \"\"teşekkür ederim\"\" and \"\"sağ olun\"\" mean?\"", "answers": [ "thank you" ] }, { "question": "Total of the sides on a pentagon and a heptagon?", "answers": [ "12" ] }, { "question": "Which band member is missing from the line-up of Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore?", "answers": [ "jim morrison" ] }, { "question": "With which film do you associate Lara's Theme?", "answers": [ "doctor zhivago" ] }, { "question": "Which all-girl group had a hit with the song 'Lost In Music'?", "answers": [ "sister sledge" ] }, { "question": "In the Scottish expression ‘Lang may yer lum reek’, what is a ‘lum’?", "answers": [ "chimney" ] }, { "question": "Cricket. Who were the original sponsors of the one-day Sunday League?", "answers": [ "john player" ] }, { "question": "Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto and Micael Symon compete on what show?", "answers": [ "iron chef america" ] }, { "question": "\"What brutal leader was called \"\"Uncle Joe\"\" in an attempt to soften his image?\"", "answers": [ "vissarionovich dzhugashvili" ] }, { "question": "Where was the most damage done by the Loma Prieta earthquake, that struck on 17 October 1989?", "answers": [ "bay area" ] }, { "question": "A simian person would resemble which creatures?", "answers": [ "apes" ] }, { "question": "What empire had its capital at Tenochtitlan?", "answers": [ "aztec empire" ] }, { "question": "Born in Newquay in 1911, who is the author of ‘The Spire’ and ‘Pincher Martin’?", "answers": [ "william golding" ] }, { "question": "Tirana is the capital of which country?", "answers": [ "albania" ] }, { "question": "Dr. Christian Barnard was the first person to successfully perform which type of human to human transplant?", "answers": [ "human heart" ] }, { "question": "What were the people who were part of Elvis Presley's entourage known as?", "answers": [ "memphis mafia" ] }, { "question": "Yperite, first used by the German army in September 1917, is better known as what type of gas?", "answers": [ "yperite" ] }, { "question": "In which U.S. state were Henry Ford, Magic Johnson and Berry Gordy all born?", "answers": [ "michigan" ] }, { "question": "Where is the 337,000 km2 Taklamakan Desert?", "answers": [ "china" ] }, { "question": "For which national football team has the Fulham (& previously Middlesborough) goalie Mark Schwartzer won more than 90 caps?", "answers": [ "australia" ] }, { "question": "The medical condition ‘epicondylitis’ is better known by what name?", "answers": [ "tennis elbow" ] }, { "question": "Who was the World’s first Christian martyr?", "answers": [ "saint stephen" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the river on which Bakewell stands?", "answers": [ "wye" ] }, { "question": "Which county cricket club's HQ was elevated to Test status for the 2009 Ashes series?", "answers": [ "glamorgan" ] }, { "question": "What sort of fish makes an Arbroath Smokie?", "answers": [ "haddock" ] }, { "question": "Which South American country will host the 2014 football World Cup ?", "answers": [ "brazil" ] }, { "question": "Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 2010 for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in the film 'The Blind Side'?", "answers": [ "sandra bullock" ] }, { "question": "What is Japan's national sport?", "answers": [ "sumo" ] }, { "question": "Which country's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 forced Haile Selassie to flee?", "answers": [ "italy" ] }, { "question": "Tooth's lager is brewed in which country", "answers": [ "australia" ] }, { "question": "Who was wrongly convicted in 2001 of the murder of Jill Dando?", "answers": [ "barry george" ] }, { "question": "Who played Irish-American cop Jim Malone in the 1987 film The Untouchables?", "answers": [ "sean connery" ] }, { "question": "In which musical was the song 'Summertime' first heard?", "answers": [ "porgy and bess" ] }, { "question": "From the French for \"some more\", what name is given to the additional pieces played at the end of a concert to satisfy audience demand?", "answers": [ "encore" ] }, { "question": "Who plays the chief villain in the new James Bond film Skyfall?", "answers": [ "javier bardem" ] }, { "question": "‘Triticum’ is the Latin name for which cereal crop?", "answers": [ "cracked wheat" ] }, { "question": "In 1986, which country was found guilty by the International Court of Justice (World Court) of war crimes against Nicaragua?", "answers": [ "states of america" ] }, { "question": "Which city was the capital of the Inca Empire?", "answers": [ "cusco" ] }, { "question": "In which film did Harrison Ford come from the future to destroy an android played by Rutger Hauer", "answers": [ "blade runner" ] }, { "question": "Which pop star called one of her children 'Chudney'?", "answers": [ "diana ross" ] }, { "question": "\"Where did the old woman who \"\"had so many children she didn't know what to do\"\" live?\"", "answers": [ "shoes" ] }, { "question": "If you cross the river Styx, where are you?", "answers": [ "hades" ] }, { "question": "A formal agreement enforceable by law is what?", "answers": [ "contract" ] }, { "question": "Most of the Three Tenors come from which country?", "answers": [ "spain" ] }, { "question": "Letter, Legal, ledger, and Tabloid are all types of what?", "answers": [ "paper sizes" ] }, { "question": "Manal al-Sherif was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2011 for posting a protest video of herself doing what, which is effectively banned for women?", "answers": [ "driving" ] }, { "question": "Don Diego de la Vega is the secret name of which Spanish fictional character?", "answers": [ "zorro" ] }, { "question": "\"Who played \"\"The Jackal\"\" in the 1973 film \"\"The Day of the Jackal\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "edward fox" ] }, { "question": "Who created several children's shows for TV, including Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog?", "answers": [ "oliver postgate" ] }, { "question": "Which name is associated with the IT developments which grew into Microsoft?", "answers": [ "gates" ] }, { "question": "Hosni Mubarak was ousted as leader in 2011 from which nation?", "answers": [ "egypt" ] }, { "question": "Lewis Hamilton was disqualified from which 2009 Formula One Grand Prix?", "answers": [ "australian" ] }, { "question": "British artists William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds, and Thomas Gainsborough were working in what century?", "answers": [ "18th" ] }, { "question": "What was the B-side of Jasper Carrott's hit record of 1975 - 'Funky Moped' - banned by the BBC?", "answers": [ "magic roundabout" ] }, { "question": "What type of natural substance is caoutchouc (pronounced kachook)?", "answers": [ "rubber" ] }, { "question": "English and French scientists argued publicly in 2010 over the existence of what, originally identified and named after German gynaecologist Ernst Grafenberg?", "answers": [ "grafenberg spot" ] }, { "question": "Which wading bird is encouraged to nest on rooftops as a symbol of fertility", "answers": [ "stork" ] }, { "question": "In the Star Wars series of films who played Sabe, one of Padme Amidala’s handmaidens, in ‘The Phantom Menace’?", "answers": [ "keira knightley" ] }, { "question": "What notorious Milwaukee serial killer was known for eating his victims?", "answers": [ "milwaukee cannibal" ] }, { "question": "Most of Yellowstone National Park is in which state?", "answers": [ "wyoming" ] }, { "question": "Which actor provided the voice for Darth Vader and \"This is CNN\"?", "answers": [ "james earl jones" ] }, { "question": "Which 1989 film set during the American Civil War starred Denzel Washington and Matthew Broderick?", "answers": [ "glory" ] }, { "question": "In the first ever Bugs Bunny cartoon, which character tried to kill him?", "answers": [ "elmer fudd" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"Superbad. Superdad.\"\" was the tagline for which 2010 film?\"", "answers": [ "despicable me" ] }, { "question": "What is the more common name for the bone the furcula?", "answers": [ "wishbone" ] }, { "question": "Which German City is home to the headquarters of the Volkswagen car manufacturer?", "answers": [ "wolfsburg" ] }, { "question": "Venta Belgarum was the Roman name for which English city?", "answers": [ "winchester" ] }, { "question": "Who created the literary character Violet Elizabeth Bott?", "answers": [ "richmal crompton lamburn" ] }, { "question": "The song 'White Christmas' first featured in what film?", "answers": [ "holiday inn" ] }, { "question": "The song White Christmas was first performed in which 1942 film?", "answers": [ "holiday inn" ] }, { "question": "Which Russian Tsar, known as 'The Liberator', was assassinated in March 1881?", "answers": [ "alexander ii" ] }, { "question": "'Janus' was discovered in 1966.It is a moon of which planet?", "answers": [ "saturn" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the policewoman shot dead outside the Libyan embassy in 1984?", "answers": [ "yvonne fletcher" ] }, { "question": "Which company created the perfume Nu in 2001 and Paris in 1983?", "answers": [ "yves saint laurent" ] }, { "question": "Who was assassinated in New Delhi in 1948?", "answers": [ "gandhi" ] }, { "question": "Blubberhouses is a town in which county?", "answers": [ "north yorkshire" ] }, { "question": "Whose birth certificate became an obsession for conspiracy theorists?", "answers": [ "obama" ] }, { "question": "In 1979, where in Pennsylvania was there a partial nuclear meltdown accident?", "answers": [ "three mile island nuclear power plant" ] }, { "question": "In 2001, who began a relationship with director Tim Burton with whom she has two children: Billy (born 2003) and Nell (born 2007)?", "answers": [ "helena bonham carter" ] }, { "question": "Which Dutch painter, famous for his portraits, was the principal court painter to Charles II ?", "answers": [ "peter lely" ] }, { "question": "Which word completes the title of the 1991 Booker Prize winner 'The Famished ..........'?", "answers": [ "road" ] }, { "question": "Which country is identified by the name 'Lietuva' on its stamps?", "answers": [ "lietuva" ] }, { "question": "Which country was divided at the 17th parallel in 1954?", "answers": [ "socialist republic of vietnam" ] }, { "question": "In mathematics, whose theorem states that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal in area to the sum of the squares on the other two sides?", "answers": [ "pythagoras" ] }, { "question": "How were musical duo Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield known?", "answers": [ "righteous brothers" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote The Tracks of My Tears and My Guy?", "answers": [ "smokey robinson" ] }, { "question": "\"In any version of the TV series \"\"Law & Order\"\", the opening credits start with the actors playing what parts?\"", "answers": [ "police" ] }, { "question": "In which country is the wine growing region, Hawkes Bay?", "answers": [ "new zealand" ] }, { "question": "What is the national anthem of the UK?", "answers": [ "british anthem" ] }, { "question": "Born in Rouen in France in 1442, who was King of England from 1461 to 1483?", "answers": [ "edward iv" ] }, { "question": "In which year was the Open University founded ?", "answers": [ "1969" ] }, { "question": "How many engines are there on a B-52 bomber?", "answers": [ "eight" ] }, { "question": "\"Who beat Michael Moorer in a 1994 heavyweight title fight hyped as \"\" One for the Ages\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "george foreman" ] }, { "question": "What is a slow stately dance, usually for couples, in triple time called?", "answers": [ "menuett" ] }, { "question": "Which Scottish football team moved home from Annfield to the Forthbank Stadium?", "answers": [ "stirling albion" ] }, { "question": "On an Ordinance Survey map what is indicated by a red triangle?", "answers": [ "hostel" ] }, { "question": "Budgerigars are native to which country?", "answers": [ "australia" ] }, { "question": "Little Marvel and Kelvedon Wonder are types of which vegetable?", "answers": [ "green peas" ] }, { "question": "During WWII who was known as Uncle Joe?", "answers": [ "stalin" ] }, { "question": "\"Who sang \"\"My Way\"\"? (the most famous version)\"", "answers": [ "frank sinatra" ] }, { "question": "Where in Arizona is London Bridge located?", "answers": [ "lake havasu" ] }, { "question": "\"In which country is the area called \"\"the Algarve\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "portugal" ] }, { "question": "In which country is the Aladag mountain range?", "answers": [ "turkey" ] }, { "question": "Which British actress was married to Sir Laurence Olivier at the time of his death?", "answers": [ "joan plowright" ] }, { "question": "Which WWII leader’s son, Romano, became a noted jazz pianist?", "answers": [ "mussolini" ] }, { "question": "Which place did Freddy Mercury & Montserrat Caballë sing about in 1987?", "answers": [ "barcelona" ] }, { "question": "In which city did women's basketball teams first contest full Olympic medals?", "answers": [ "montreal" ] }, { "question": "Six is the first 'Perfect Number', i.e. a number that is the sum of all of its factors (excluding itself), which is the second?", "answers": [ "28" ] }, { "question": "When did homosexuality between consenting adults cease to be illegal in England and Wales?", "answers": [ "1967" ] }, { "question": "What is the famous eastern seaboard of Nicaragua and south Honduras, named after its Native American Indian people, and more commonly known in its westernized misunderstood form?", "answers": [ "miskito coast" ] }, { "question": "Which England cricketer holds the record for the highest individual score for his country - 364 versus Australia in 1938?", "answers": [ "leonard hutton" ] }, { "question": "In the Bible, where did Jesus perform his miracle of turning water into wine?", "answers": [ "cana" ] }, { "question": "What is the largest artery in the human body?", "answers": [ "aorta" ] }, { "question": "The Narcissus plant is otherwise known by which popular name?", "answers": [ "jonquils" ] }, { "question": "Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, and Duncan Grant were part of which English art movement in the 1920's and 30's?", "answers": [ "bloomsbury group" ] }, { "question": "What is the capital of Utah?", "answers": [ "salt lake city" ] }, { "question": "Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain at the start of World War I?", "answers": [ "herbert asquith" ] }, { "question": "Which vegetable is combined with potato in the traditional Scottish dish, clapshot?", "answers": [ "turnips" ] }, { "question": "In which country are Tangier and Casablanca?", "answers": [ "kingdom of morocco" ] }, { "question": "The Oswaldo Cruz Institute and the Butantan Institute are in which South American country?", "answers": [ "brazil" ] }, { "question": "Which organisation’s flag includes an image of the continents of the world flanked by olive branches on a blue field?", "answers": [ "un" ] }, { "question": "Who, along with fellow reporter Lois, acts as a mentor and role model for young photojournalist Jimmy Olsen?", "answers": [ "clark kent" ] }, { "question": "Which family lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace?", "answers": [ "simpsons" ] }, { "question": "Which red-headed orphan was adopted by Daddy Warbucks?", "answers": [ "annie" ] }, { "question": "Prior to Kermit the Frog another Kermit was well-known; he accompanied his father Theodore Roosevelt, ex-President of the USA, on an expedition 1913-14 during which the River Kermit was named in his honour. Where was the expedition?", "answers": [ "amazon basin" ] }, { "question": "Which Egyptian God had the head of a falcon?", "answers": [ "horus" ] }, { "question": "What was the first name of Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan?", "answers": [ "leonard" ] }, { "question": "In which European city are the headquarters of the Fiat manufacturing company?", "answers": [ "turin" ] }, { "question": "Who composed 'On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring'?", "answers": [ "frederick delius" ] }, { "question": "What word, originally applied to a large, flawless diamond, is now used to denote a model of excellence or perfection of any kind?", "answers": [ "paragon" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of London's largest underground river?", "answers": [ "fleet" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the operation that resulted from the Jimmy Saville Sex Scandal?", "answers": [ "yewtree" ] }, { "question": "How many lungs should a human have?", "answers": [ "2" ] }, { "question": "In which 2013 film did Leonardo Di Caprio reprise a role played by Robert Redford in a 1974 film?", "answers": [ "great gatsby" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote 'Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes', published in 1917?", "answers": [ "beatrix potter" ] }, { "question": "He will sleep till noon but before it's dark, are words from which cartoon theme song", "answers": [ "jellystone" ] }, { "question": "What type of animal is also known as a sea cow?", "answers": [ "manatee" ] }, { "question": "What is the Swedish name for Finland", "answers": [ "finland" ] }, { "question": "The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of which country?", "answers": [ "united states" ] }, { "question": "Which classic 1945 British film was turned into an opera by Andre Previn which premiered in 2009?", "answers": [ "brief encounter" ] }, { "question": "Which movie star married jockey Robyn Smith in 1980?", "answers": [ "fred astaire" ] }, { "question": "What name was given to privateers, authorized to conduct raids on shipping of a nation at war with France, on behalf of the French crown?", "answers": [ "corsairs" ] }, { "question": "Which two US actors played the title roles in the 1969 film ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’?", "answers": [ "paul newman and robert redford" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the RAF Officer Training School?", "answers": [ "cranwell" ] }, { "question": "Who is missing: Luke, Bo, Jesse, Coy, Vance?", "answers": [ "daisy" ] }, { "question": "In Italian cuisine what type of foodstuff are pomodori?", "answers": [ "tomato" ] }, { "question": "The Titanic had three anchors. What was their combined weight (in tons)?", "answers": [ "31 tons" ] }, { "question": "What is the medical name for the windpipe?", "answers": [ "windpipe" ] }, { "question": "Which group had a 1977 No 2 UK hit with a rock instrumental 'Fanfare for the Common Man'?", "answers": [ "lake and palmer emerson" ] }, { "question": "\"According to Burt Bacharach's theme for \"\"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid\"\", what \"\"keep fallin' on my head\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "raindrops" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the closest star to Earth?", "answers": [ "sun" ] }, { "question": "Who has scored the most runs in an innings (380) in tests for Australia?", "answers": [ "matthew hayden" ] }, { "question": "What is the pen name of American author Daniel Handler who wrote the children's book 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'?", "answers": [ "lemony snicket" ] }, { "question": "‘The Manassa Mauler’ was the nickname of which heavyweight boxing champion?", "answers": [ "manassa mauler" ] }, { "question": "What is Julia Gillard's profession?", "answers": [ "politicians" ] }, { "question": "Haloumi is a type of what?", "answers": [ "cheeses" ] }, { "question": "What is the address of the White House?", "answers": [ "white house" ] }, { "question": "Who was the father of the apostles James and John?", "answers": [ "zebedee" ] }, { "question": "Geoff Hunt, Jahangir Khan and Ross Norman were the only World Open Champions in the first ten years that the Championships were held, in which sport?", "answers": [ "squash" ] }, { "question": "Which Edinburgh physicist has given his name to a sub-atomic particle which has not yet been observed?", "answers": [ "peter higgs" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and what is more, you'll be a man my son\"\" is the last line of which very famous poem?\"", "answers": [ "if" ] }, { "question": "Which debtors’ prison, in Southwark, was depicted in Charles Dickens’ book Little Dorrit?", "answers": [ "marshalsea" ] }, { "question": "To which island did the singer Gracie Fields retire", "answers": [ "capri island" ] }, { "question": "Which composer , when just 17, wrote the Overture A Midsummer Night's Dream ?", "answers": [ "felix mendelssohn" ] }, { "question": "In May 1967 who became the first sailor to circumnavigate the globe single-handed, with just one stop, in Sydney?", "answers": [ "francis chichester" ] }, { "question": "A lucky clover is supposed to have how many leaves?", "answers": [ "four" ] }, { "question": "In which American city are the headquarters of Amazon.com located?", "answers": [ "seattle" ] }, { "question": "What is the dot over a lower case ‘i’ called?", "answers": [ "tittle" ] }, { "question": "Published in 1960, Who wrote the novel A Kind of Loving?", "answers": [ "stan barstow" ] }, { "question": "What is the generic name given to the sparkling wines produced in the Penedes region of north-eastern Spain?", "answers": [ "cava" ] }, { "question": "Piles is a familiar word for what medical condition?", "answers": [ "hemorrhoid" ] }, { "question": "Whose ear did Mike Tyson bite a piece out of", "answers": [ "evander holyfield" ] }, { "question": "Which U.S. band had hits with Sylvia's mother and A little bit more?", "answers": [ "dr hook" ] }, { "question": "Which monarch (1199-1216) preceded Henry III?", "answers": [ "john" ] }, { "question": "Which family has been awarded the most Nobel Prizes?", "answers": [ "curie" ] }, { "question": "Film-maker and screenwriter Jill Craigie was the wife of which politician?", "answers": [ "michael foot" ] }, { "question": "What is the final and longest section of the human small intestine?", "answers": [ "ileum" ] }, { "question": "Which year saw the first indoor Wimbledon Men’s Final?", "answers": [ "2012" ] }, { "question": "About 90% of the world's extractable material, used for the manufacture of ornamental objects and jewellery, is in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia on the Baltic Sea. What type of material is this?", "answers": [ "oil of amber" ] }, { "question": "What is the word for the last car on a freight train?", "answers": [ "cabin car" ] }, { "question": "Which Shakespeare character dies saying 'the rest is silence'?", "answers": [ "hamlet" ] }, { "question": "Who was the companion of Crystal Tipps?", "answers": [ "alistair" ] }, { "question": "Which festival in honour of a Roman god was forbidden in Rome in 186 BC?", "answers": [ "bacchanalia" ] }, { "question": "Playing for Hull City last season, Daniel Cousin is the only footballer from which country to have played in the Premier League?", "answers": [ "gabon" ] }, { "question": "Where is the Hedingley Cricket Ground?", "answers": [ "leeds" ] }, { "question": "\"Who created the work \"\"A Thousand Years\"\", consisting of a cow's head, maggots and an insect electrocutor?\"", "answers": [ "damien hirst" ] }, { "question": "Which metal is produced by the Mond Process?", "answers": [ "nickel" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first man to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope", "answers": [ "blondin" ] }, { "question": "In western astrology, to which element do Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces belong?", "answers": [ "water" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of Sidney Poitier?s character in the 1967 film In the Heat of the Night? (The name features in the title of a 1970 follow-up.)", "answers": [ "virgil tibbs" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to the sea stretching from Australia to New Zealand?", "answers": [ "tasman sea" ] }, { "question": "The adrenal glands are situated above which organs in the human body?", "answers": [ "kidney" ] }, { "question": "In the 20th century what year did Estonia first declare independence?", "answers": [ "1918" ] }, { "question": "The construction toy ‘Lego’ was originally designed in which European country?", "answers": [ "denmark" ] }, { "question": "Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Patrick and Kristanna Loken have all played terminators in movies, but which one played the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgement Day?", "answers": [ "robert patrick" ] }, { "question": "Who was chairman of the Watergate hearings?", "answers": [ "sam ervin" ] }, { "question": "Which country qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1982 after beating Bahrain in a play-off?", "answers": [ "new zealand" ] }, { "question": "The Thylacine, thought to be extinct, was a carnivorous marsupial last sighted on which island?", "answers": [ "tasmania" ] }, { "question": "Which military academy was established in 1802 on the Hudson River, USA?", "answers": [ "west point" ] }, { "question": "In which sport did Andy Thomson become a world champion?", "answers": [ "bowls" ] }, { "question": "By which name was the famous Swiss clown Karl Adrien Wettach better known?", "answers": [ "grock" ] }, { "question": "Which writer, mother of a British fashion designer, wrote the novel Lace?", "answers": [ "shirley conran" ] }, { "question": "What is the chemical symbol for diamond?", "answers": [ "c" ] }, { "question": "Gregor Johann Mendel, a 19th Century Augustinian priest and scientist, gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of which new science for his study of pea plants?", "answers": [ "genetics" ] }, { "question": "'Sunburst', 'May Duke', 'Merchant', and 'Merton Glory' are all varieties of which fruit grown outdoors in the UK?", "answers": [ "cherry" ] }, { "question": "By what name was pop and rock singer Larry Lurex better known?", "answers": [ "freddie mercury" ] }, { "question": "What is the main handicraft made on the Venetian island of Burano", "answers": [ "lace" ] }, { "question": "In which Charles Dickens novel does the fictional character Sam Weller appear?", "answers": [ "pickwick papers" ] }, { "question": "The zygomatic bone is the medical name for which bone of the human body?", "answers": [ "os zygomaticus" ] }, { "question": "\"Who wrote \"\"The Agony and the Ecstasy\"\"\"", "answers": [ "irving stone" ] }, { "question": "The Greek island of Lemnos lies in which sea?", "answers": [ "aegean sea" ] }, { "question": "What is the Emerald Isle?", "answers": [ "ireland" ] }, { "question": "In what board game do players compete to acquire wealth through buying, renting, and trading properties, with the object of bankrupting the other players?", "answers": [ "monopoly" ] }, { "question": "By what name is hydrated magnesium sulphate better known?", "answers": [ "magnesium sulphate" ] }, { "question": "Which Shakespeare tragedy takes place in both Venice and Cyprus?", "answers": [ "othello" ] }, { "question": "Which hill, located above the village of Batheaston in Somerset was made more famous in a song by Peter Gabriel?", "answers": [ "solsbury hill" ] }, { "question": "Which canal links Bristol, Bath and Reading?", "answers": [ "kennet and avon canal" ] }, { "question": "Which singer / actress played the character 'mayday' in the James bond film 'A view to a kill'", "answers": [ "grace jones" ] }, { "question": "What word would describe a type of shoe and and Irish accent?", "answers": [ "brogue" ] }, { "question": "Between 2002 and 2008, where were Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul the judges?", "answers": [ "america idol" ] }, { "question": "The book and the musical ‘Phantom of the Opera’ are set in which city?", "answers": [ "paris" ] }, { "question": "\"If a dish is described as \"\"A La Lyonaisse\"\" what must it contain?\"", "answers": [ "onions" ] }, { "question": "In nature, what is a boomslang?", "answers": [ "snake" ] }, { "question": "In animals, an onychetomy is the removal of which part of the body?", "answers": [ "claw" ] }, { "question": "Villa Park in 1999 was the scene of the very last ….what?", "answers": [ "cup winners cup" ] }, { "question": "In which country is chicken frequently served in a chocolate sauce?", "answers": [ "mexican" ] }, { "question": "Gotye, an Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter famous for award winning singles 2011 to 2013, including Grammy awards and Record of the Year, was born where?", "answers": [ "belgium" ] }, { "question": "In the Tour de France, which jersey is worn by the leader of the 'King of the Mountains' category?", "answers": [ "polka dot" ] }, { "question": "In Gilbert and Sullivan's opera Iolanthe, a British institution is described in song as 'throughout the war did nothing in particular and did it very well'. What was the institution?", "answers": [ "house of peers" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the United States first satellite, launched in January 1958?", "answers": [ "explorer" ] }, { "question": "Can you name the singer of the title track for '1965 - Thunderball,'?", "answers": [ "tom jones" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"Everything's All Right\"\" and \"\"Heaven on Their Minds\"\" are songs from which musical?\"", "answers": [ "jesus christ superstar" ] }, { "question": "Which British comedian features in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV?", "answers": [ "ricky gervais" ] }, { "question": "The effective discovery of what particle was announced by CERN at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012?", "answers": [ "higgs boson" ] }, { "question": "In which US state was the 1987 film 'The Big Easy' set?", "answers": [ "louisiana" ] }, { "question": "Who, in 1907, was the first woman to become a member of the Order of Merit?", "answers": [ "florence nightingale" ] }, { "question": "What is Hanson's disease commonly known as?", "answers": [ "leprosy" ] }, { "question": "Which National Trust property in Northumberland was the home of inventor and engineer William Armstrong?", "answers": [ "cragside house" ] }, { "question": "Whose image was depicted on the first U.S. postage stamp?", "answers": [ "benjamin franklin" ] }, { "question": "Which late actress played Elsie Tanner in the UK tv soap ‘Coronation Street’?", "answers": [ "pat phoenix" ] }, { "question": "Which part of the body does a cariogenic affect?", "answers": [ "tooth" ] }, { "question": "Which vitamin is also known as pantothenic acid?", "answers": [ "b5" ] }, { "question": "Which surrealist artist, 1898-1967, featured bowler hats in many of his paintings?", "answers": [ "magritte" ] }, { "question": "Who is the only driver to have completed and won the Triple Crown in motor racing?", "answers": [ "graham hill" ] }, { "question": "In a casino, what is the name of the box that holds multiple decks of playing cards?", "answers": [ "shoe" ] }, { "question": "A Saturniid is what type of creature?", "answers": [ "moths" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the Space Shuttle which launched on June 8th 2007?", "answers": [ "atlantis" ] }, { "question": "Which classic novel was originally to have been called 'The Sea Cook'?", "answers": [ "treasure island" ] }, { "question": "Which Marx Brother didn't appear in any of their films?", "answers": [ "gummo" ] }, { "question": "Which city will host the 2016 Olympic Games?", "answers": [ "rio de janeiro" ] }, { "question": "Which Spanish golferwon the 1994 US Masters tournament?", "answers": [ "jose maria olazabal" ] }, { "question": "In 1990, Idaho and which other state celebrated the centenary of joining the Union?", "answers": [ "wyoming" ] }, { "question": "Which real life western character had the Christian names James Butler?", "answers": [ "wild bill hickok" ] }, { "question": "Where in the human body would you find Bowman's Capsule?", "answers": [ "renal" ] }, { "question": "Which sauce is traditionally served with roast pork?", "answers": [ "applesauce" ] }, { "question": "\"From which Rogers and Hammerstein musical, filmed in 1956, do the songs \"\"If I loved you\"\" and \"\"June is bustin' out all over\"\" come?\"", "answers": [ "carousel" ] }, { "question": "Which US comedian and actor shares his name with a traditional English ballad and an area of the Eldon Square Shopping Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne?", "answers": [ "chevy chase" ] }, { "question": "Who said 'I am not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens'?", "answers": [ "woody allen" ] }, { "question": "What is added to water to make brine?", "answers": [ "salt" ] }, { "question": "In the USA, what date is Groundhog Day?", "answers": [ "february 2" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the first nuclear-powered submarine, launched on 21 January 1954?", "answers": [ "nautilus" ] }, { "question": "Vodka, Galliano and orange juice are used to make which classic cocktail?", "answers": [ "george bednar" ] }, { "question": "What area of the Yukon Territory experienced the gold rush of 1897?", "answers": [ "klondike" ] }, { "question": "What type of primate is a sifaka?", "answers": [ "lemurs" ] }, { "question": "Nigeria is a major (until 1934 the world's largest) producer of what commodity from the Elaeis guineensis plant, used in foods, cooking and soap products?", "answers": [ "dendê" ] }, { "question": "What did the Beckhams call their second child", "answers": [ "romeo" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of Liam Fox's friend, whose friendship caused him to resign?", "answers": [ "werritty" ] }, { "question": "Which Scottish port lies on Loch Ryan?", "answers": [ "stranraer" ] }, { "question": "Who plays Judge Turpin in the 2007 film ‘Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street’?", "answers": [ "alan rickman" ] }, { "question": "Where in London is the Metropolitan Police Training School", "answers": [ "hendon" ] }, { "question": "Garfield Sobers first captained the West Indies against England in which year?", "answers": [ "eleven" ] }, { "question": "Who won the gold medal for the woman's heptathlon?", "answers": [ "jessica ennis" ] }, { "question": "\"Which month appears last in the rhyme \"\"30 days have September \"\"?\"", "answers": [ "february" ] }, { "question": "In which English county was Charles Darwin born?", "answers": [ "county of shropshire" ] }, { "question": "What was the first programme to be broadcast on BBC2, after a power cut cancelled the opening night's gala performance?", "answers": [ "play school" ] }, { "question": "Which county won crickets county championship 6 times in the 1960's?", "answers": [ "yorkshire county" ] }, { "question": "The WW2 allied invasion of where was titled Operation Dragoon?", "answers": [ "southern france" ] }, { "question": "Near which town is the famous Stoke Mandeville hospital", "answers": [ "aylesbury" ] }, { "question": "Who was known for the catchphrase Bernie, ... the bolt?", "answers": [ "bob monkhouse" ] }, { "question": "What constellation depicts a hunter with club and a shield?", "answers": [ "orion" ] }, { "question": "'Sauce bigarade' is a traditional French sauce to accompany which meat?", "answers": [ "duck" ] }, { "question": "Which Irish airport has the three letter code SNN?", "answers": [ "shannon" ] }, { "question": "The western part of the US/Mexico border runs through which desert, named after the Mexican state it adjoins?", "answers": [ "sonoran" ] }, { "question": "\"What was being advertised by Lorraine Chase when she used the words \"\"Nah, Luton Airport\"\"\"", "answers": [ "campari" ] }, { "question": "Two titans in their field, Malcom Sargent (1895) and Thomas Beecham (1879) were both born on April 29th. What profession did they practice?", "answers": [ "conductors" ] }, { "question": "What is the general term for a three-panelled altar piece?", "answers": [ "triptych" ] }, { "question": "The 'Uffington White Horse' is a 370 foot-long prehistoric hill figure located in which county?", "answers": [ "oxfordshire" ] }, { "question": "In which war film is John Wayne's character killed by a Japanese sniper?", "answers": [ "sands of iwo jima" ] }, { "question": "The Shatt-al-Arab River is formed by the confluence of which two rivers, at Al-Qurnah, Iraq near Basra?", "answers": [ "tigris and euphrates" ] }, { "question": "Which miracle is the only one to appear in all four Gospels?", "answers": [ "loaves and fishes" ] }, { "question": "Which Dickens novel features a Cricket match between 'All-Muggleton' and 'Dingley Dell'?", "answers": [ "pickwick papers" ] }, { "question": "Which Celtic quarter day falls on the 1st of May?", "answers": [ "beltane" ] }, { "question": "Hindu god Brahma emerged from which part of the body of Vishnu?", "answers": [ "navel" ] }, { "question": "The currency units of Iran, Oman and Yemen share which name?", "answers": [ "rial" ] }, { "question": "What did the transistor replace", "answers": [ "vacuum tubes" ] }, { "question": "Named after chairs found at the Bargello Palace in Florence, Italy, what type of handicraft is Bargello?", "answers": [ "embroidery" ] }, { "question": "Which car marque produces the 'Insignia' model?", "answers": [ "vauxhall" ] }, { "question": "Who recorded the 1965 song ‘Eve of Destruction’, a protest song against the Vietnam War?", "answers": [ "barry mcguire" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the Japanese mafia?", "answers": [ "yakuza" ] }, { "question": "In which county is the Sizewell nuclear power station?", "answers": [ "suffolk" ] }, { "question": "Traditionally made for agricultural workers, which elongated suet crust dumpling has a meat filling at one end and a jam one at the other?", "answers": [ "bedfordshire clanger" ] }, { "question": "What would one do at Pebble Beach or Saint Andrews?", "answers": [ "golf" ] }, { "question": "Whose scandalous affair with Lord Alfred Douglas eventually led to imprisonment?", "answers": [ "oscar wilde" ] }, { "question": "The Royal Mews are part of which London building", "answers": [ "buckingham palace" ] }, { "question": "King Zog ruled which country?", "answers": [ "albania" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of a cross between broccoli and cauliflower?", "answers": [ "broccoflower" ] }, { "question": "How many years of marriage does a crystal anniversary represent?", "answers": [ "15" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of Vinnie Jones character in Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels", "answers": [ "big chris" ] }, { "question": "In which US state was the late singer Michael Jackson born?", "answers": [ "indiana" ] }, { "question": "Which American footballer player was nicknamed ‘The Refrigerator’?", "answers": [ "william perry" ] }, { "question": "Who in 1869 arranged the 63 known elements at that time into the first modern periodic table and correctly predicted several other elements?", "answers": [ "mendelejeff" ] }, { "question": "Who designed the Mini Car?", "answers": [ "issigonis" ] }, { "question": "If you travelled down the Yarra River in Australia, which city would you be in when you reached the ocean?", "answers": [ "melbourne" ] }, { "question": "The HQ of UEFA is in which Swiss town or city, on the shores of Lake Geneva?", "answers": [ "nyon" ] }, { "question": "Cleopatra was said to have bathed in the milk of which animal in order to preserve her complexion ?", "answers": [ "donkey milk" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of Captain Scott's ship on his last Antarctic voyage?", "answers": [ "terra nova" ] }, { "question": "Which major river has its source at the confluence of the rivers Brigach and Breg in the Black Forest?", "answers": [ "river danube" ] }, { "question": "Saint-Denis is the chief town on which Indian Ocean island?", "answers": [ "reunion" ] }, { "question": "Which Australian Prime Minister went missing while swimming in 1967?", "answers": [ "harold holt" ] }, { "question": "In math, what is defined as a portion of a line which starts at a point and goes off in a particular direction to infinity?", "answers": [ "rays" ] }, { "question": "Which motorway crosses the original Severn Bridge – the M4 was diverted when the second crossing opened?", "answers": [ "m48" ] }, { "question": "In which country was snooker invented ?", "answers": [ "india" ] }, { "question": "What is the most common name for the eggplant?", "answers": [ "eggplants" ] }, { "question": "Who was the last English king to be executed?", "answers": [ "charles i" ] }, { "question": "Who is the presenter of the BBC TV quiz ‘Two Tribes’?", "answers": [ "richard osman" ] }, { "question": "In which novel does the character Hannibal Lecter first appear?", "answers": [ "red dragon" ] }, { "question": "What did the U.S. buy from Russia for 2 cents an acre?", "answers": [ "alaskan" ] }, { "question": "Vanilla is obtained from what part of the plant?", "answers": [ "pod" ] }, { "question": "Which of Dicken's' novels features 'Sir John and Edward Chester'?", "answers": [ "mr haredale" ] }, { "question": "Which Beatles song was commissioned by the BBC to represent the United Kingdom in the first global satellite television link?", "answers": [ "all you need is love" ] }, { "question": "Appearing in Parade magazine since 1980, what is the name of the single panel comic strip, inked by Bunny Hoest and John Reiner, that features pleasant, likable Saint Bernard, who by his very size, gets in the way of the family he lives with?", "answers": [ "howard huge" ] }, { "question": "How many players in each team enter the field at the beginning of a game of the South Asian tag sport Kho Kho?", "answers": [ "nine" ] }, { "question": "In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of the moon, sometimes identified as Artemis?", "answers": [ "selene" ] }, { "question": "Pele is the volcano goddess of what island chain?", "answers": [ "hawaii" ] }, { "question": "Where in the human body are glial cells?", "answers": [ "brain" ] }, { "question": "Porphyrophobia is the irrational fear of, or aversion to, which colour?", "answers": [ "purple" ] }, { "question": "Arlanda airport serves which European capital city?", "answers": [ "stockholm" ] }, { "question": "Brian Cox was a keyboard player in the 1990's for the band 'D:Ream'. What is the title of the band's number one hit from 1994?", "answers": [ "things can only get better" ] }, { "question": "A sabre is what type of weapon?", "answers": [ "swords" ] }, { "question": "In a famous novel, how is Sir Percy Blakeney otherwise known?", "answers": [ "sir percy blakeney" ] }, { "question": "Who was the second cricketer to score 36 runs off an over in first class cricket?", "answers": [ "ravi shastri" ] }, { "question": "'Marcello' and 'Mimi' are characters that appear in which Puccini opera?", "answers": [ "la bohème" ] }, { "question": "Which Ealing comedy featured Alec Guinness, Alfie Bass, Sid James and Stanley Holloway as a gang of crooks?", "answers": [ "lavender hill mob" ] }, { "question": "Tamino, Sarastro, Pamina and Papageno are all characters from which opera by Mozart?", "answers": [ "papageno" ] }, { "question": "An oenophile is fond of what?", "answers": [ "wine" ] }, { "question": "Johnny Cash sang, “I hear the train a comin’. It’s rolling round the bend. And I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when.” What was he singing about?", "answers": [ "folsom prison" ] }, { "question": "Which university did Prince Charles attend", "answers": [ "cambridge" ] }, { "question": "Robin Williamson and Mike Heron were founder members of which influential, but commercially unsuccessful, 1960's/70's band?", "answers": [ "incredible string band" ] }, { "question": "What is the primary language spoken in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan?", "answers": [ "russian" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first English king of the House of Lancaster?", "answers": [ "king henry iv" ] }, { "question": "What is the base for the common logarithm?", "answers": [ "10" ] }, { "question": "In golf the no 10 iron is usually called what?", "answers": [ "wedges" ] }, { "question": "'Herod', 'John the Baptist' and 'Nawabath' are characters in which opera by Richard Strauss?", "answers": [ "salome" ] }, { "question": "Vogue magazine's front cover featured for the first time a model wearing what in November 1988?", "answers": [ "jeans" ] }, { "question": "In which year did the Easter Rising, against British rule in Ireland, take place?", "answers": [ "1916" ] }, { "question": "MICEX is the major stock exchange of which country?", "answers": [ "russia" ] }, { "question": "\"Which product was advertised by a giant red and white hot air balloon carrying a young lady, who was eating the product to the sound of \"\"I Can't Let Maggie Go\"\", in the 1970s ?\"", "answers": [ "nimble" ] }, { "question": "Who was an American serial killer active in various states between 1973 and 1978 who confessed to over 30 murders (estimates range from 26 to over 100)?", "answers": [ "carol daronch" ] }, { "question": "\"Where is one likely to get \"\"lei'd\"\" when arriving at the airport?\"", "answers": [ "hawaii" ] }, { "question": "Justin Welby was Bishop of which diocese prior to his move to Canterbury?", "answers": [ "durham" ] }, { "question": "High tech companies Apple Inc, Microsoft, eBay, Expedia, and Google are traded on what stock exchange, the second largest in the world?", "answers": [ "nasdaq" ] }, { "question": "What Egyptian city was once home to the world's greatest library?", "answers": [ "alexandria" ] }, { "question": "Nadezhda von Meck was the patron of which great composer, and to whom he dedicated his fourth symphony?", "answers": [ "pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky" ] }, { "question": "What American inventor and industrialist, father of the modern assembly line, held 161 patents in his own name and started a moderately successful car company along the way?", "answers": [ "henry ford" ] }, { "question": "Which current presenter of 'Today' on BBC Radio 4 joined the programme in 1987?", "answers": [ "john humphrys" ] }, { "question": "\"Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot was the \"\"real\"\" name of which Batman villain?\"", "answers": [ "penguin" ] }, { "question": "Who was MP for Orkney and Shetland from 1950 to 1983 leading his party for over 10 of those years?", "answers": [ "grimond" ] }, { "question": "What are the first names of US film makers Coen brothers?", "answers": [ "ethan and joel" ] }, { "question": "Who was the youngest player (as at 2009) to win the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final?", "answers": [ "boris becker" ] }, { "question": "How is February 3rd. 1959 referred to in the Don McLean song 'American Pie'?", "answers": [ "death of buddy holly" ] }, { "question": "Whose band was the Tijuana Brass?", "answers": [ "herb alpert" ] }, { "question": "The Mills bomb, developed in Birmingham in 1915, and produced in numbers exceeding 70 million since then, is more commonly known by what term?", "answers": [ "hand grenade" ] }, { "question": "Who played the title role in the 1968 film ‘Witchfinder General’?", "answers": [ "vincent price" ] }, { "question": "Which team bats first in a baseball game? The home team, or the visitors?", "answers": [ "visitors" ] }, { "question": "In Greek mythology who was the son of Zeus and Alcmene?", "answers": [ "heracles" ] }, { "question": "As at 2003, how many women have won a Best Director Oscar?", "answers": [ "none" ] }, { "question": "Who plays Miranda Hart’s mother in her comedy series Miranda?", "answers": [ "patricia hodge" ] }, { "question": "Which group had a Top Ten hit in 1986 with 'Hunting High And Low'.", "answers": [ "ha" ] }, { "question": "Which song, which opened The Beatles first album in 1963, has the opening line 'Well, she was just seventeen - you know what I mean'?", "answers": [ "she was just seventeen" ] }, { "question": "Stonewall is a CDP (Census-designated place) in which US state?", "answers": [ "texas" ] }, { "question": "An anemometer is a guage used for recording the speed of what?", "answers": [ "wind" ] }, { "question": "Who chaired the convention, which was established by the European Council in December 2001, to produce a draft Constitution for the European Union?", "answers": [ "valery giscard" ] }, { "question": "Igglepiggle and Makka Pakka are characters from which children’s tv programme?", "answers": [ "makka pakka" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the main character featured in the books ‘Chances’, ‘Lady Boss’ and ‘Dangerous Kiss’ by Jackie Collins?", "answers": [ "lucky santangelo" ] }, { "question": "What nationality was the noted astronomer Anders Celsius?", "answers": [ "swedish" ] }, { "question": "What is an item designed to protect from the sun?", "answers": [ "umbrellas" ] }, { "question": "Which pretender to the English throne landed in England in 1495 in an attempt to overthrow King Henry VII, and was hanged at Tyburn?", "answers": [ "jehan de werbecque" ] }, { "question": "With which band did Ray Manzarek play keyboards?", "answers": [ "doors" ] }, { "question": "The medieval-originating 'patten' is a type of (What?) designed for mud? Shoe; Shovel; Bucket; or Pig?", "answers": [ "shoes" ] }, { "question": "Berengaria of Navarre was the wife of which English monarch?", "answers": [ "king richard i" ] }, { "question": "Who played 'Countess Dracula' in the 1971 film of the same name?", "answers": [ "ingrid pitt" ] }, { "question": "Maslow's 'Hierarchy of Needs' theory is commonly represented as a?", "answers": [ "pyramid" ] }, { "question": "Which ear did Vincent Van Gogh partially cut off ?", "answers": [ "left" ] }, { "question": "A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France is frequently known as a what?", "answers": [ "bordeaux wines" ] }, { "question": "Which is the heaviest? An Ice Hockey Puck or a Baseball?", "answers": [ "hockey puck" ] }, { "question": "Which Swindon pop group were 'Making Plans for Nigel' in 1979?", "answers": [ "3d ep" ] }, { "question": "Who composed the piano piece 'Fur Elise' in 1810?", "answers": [ "ludwig van" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first US president to be assassinated?", "answers": [ "lincoln" ] }, { "question": "Which planet when discovered was originally called the Georgian planet?", "answers": [ "georgium sidus" ] }, { "question": "Where would you find the “Great Red Spot”?", "answers": [ "jupiter" ] }, { "question": "Which of H G Wells's novels ends with the hero settled down with 'The Fat Woman at the Potwell Inn'?", "answers": [ "history of mr polly" ] }, { "question": "The 1980 film 'Coal Miner's Daughter', starring Sissy Spacek. portrayed which country singer's rise to fame?", "answers": [ "loretta webb" ] }, { "question": "Who, in 1947 at the age of 31, became the youngest Cabinet Minister since Pitt the Younger when he was appointed President of the Board of Trade?", "answers": [ "james harold wilson" ] }, { "question": "What is the most likely use for a privet shrub?", "answers": [ "hedge" ] }, { "question": "What is the capital of El Salvador", "answers": [ "capital of el salvador" ] }, { "question": "What is American slang for a prison?", "answers": [ "prison system" ] }, { "question": "How many calories are in a pint of Guinness?", "answers": [ "198" ] }, { "question": "Which river of Germany flows to the North Sea at Bremerhaven?", "answers": [ "river weser" ] }, { "question": "According to the Bible how old was Noah when he entered the Ark", "answers": [ "600" ] }, { "question": "In 1839, the estate of the late British scientist James Smithson made a large cash donation to the United States. After 8 years of congressional wrangling, what institution finally arose from the donation?", "answers": [ "smithsonian institution press" ] }, { "question": "The Angel tube station in London holds the European record for which piece of engineering?", "answers": [ "moving stairs" ] }, { "question": "Which university’s architecture originally inspired the term “red-brick university”?", "answers": [ "university college liverpool" ] }, { "question": "What was the nationality of U Thant?", "answers": [ "burmese" ] }, { "question": "Which wine can be fino' or 'Oloroso'?", "answers": [ "sherry" ] }, { "question": "The icing on a Tompouce cake is traditionally which colour?", "answers": [ "pink" ] }, { "question": "The state of Malta consists of several islands - which is second in size to Malta itself?", "answers": [ "gozo" ] }, { "question": "In which city is the Amalienborg Palace?", "answers": [ "københavn" ] }, { "question": "\"Who directed \"\"Pulp Fiction\"\" and \"\"Kill Bill\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "red apple cigarettes" ] }, { "question": "The Elgin Marbles, currently in the British Museum, came from which building?", "answers": [ "parthenon" ] }, { "question": "It's the second biggest city in Northern Ireland. Some people call it Derry. What do others call it?", "answers": [ "maiden city" ] }, { "question": "For which Bond film, in which she has a cameo role as a fencing instructor, does Madonna sing the theme?", "answers": [ "die another day" ] }, { "question": "Where do the Graafian follicles develop?", "answers": [ "ovarian" ] }, { "question": "In which area of Paris is the Basilica of Sacre Coeur?", "answers": [ "montmartre" ] }, { "question": "Which chemical element, the first of the halogens, has the atomic number 9?", "answers": [ "fluorine" ] }, { "question": "Which British heavyweight boxing champion died on 1st. May 2011 at the age of 76?", "answers": [ "henry cooper" ] }, { "question": "Of which US State was Sarah Palin the Governor?", "answers": [ "alaska" ] }, { "question": "Which liquid, also known as milk plasma, remains after milk has been curdled and strained?", "answers": [ "whey" ] }, { "question": "At which naval battle in WWII did the Americans decisively defeat the Japanese Carrier Task Force?", "answers": [ "battle of midway" ] }, { "question": "Donald Tusk became the prime minister of which country in November 2007?", "answers": [ "poland" ] }, { "question": "On this date in 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Where did he land?", "answers": [ "paris" ] }, { "question": "In what constellation is the multiple star Polaris found?", "answers": [ "ursa minor constellation" ] }, { "question": "In a song, who is discovered in a club 'in old Soho where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola'?", "answers": [ "lola" ] }, { "question": "\"Who is accredited with saying \"\"I cannot forecast the actions of Russia, it is a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "winston churchill" ] }, { "question": "What was the first adhesive postage stamp, that appeared in 1840 called", "answers": [ "penny black" ] }, { "question": "A station on line 13 of the Paris Metro is named after which Italian nationalist (1807-1882)?", "answers": [ "giuseppe garibaldi" ] }, { "question": "Which south coast town is served by the local radio station Splash FM?", "answers": [ "worthing" ] }, { "question": "What was the surname of the Beverley Hillbillies", "answers": [ "clampett" ] }, { "question": "During WWII, 'Operation Chastise' was undertaken by the RAF, by what more familiar name is this operation now known?", "answers": [ "operation chastise" ] }, { "question": "What colour is the cross on the flag of Switzerland?", "answers": [ "white" ] }, { "question": "In what sport would you use a niblick?", "answers": [ "golf" ] }, { "question": "In which German city was Beethoven born?", "answers": [ "bonn" ] }, { "question": "\"Who painted \"\"Guernica\"\" and \"\"The Old Guitarist\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "pablo picasso" ] }, { "question": "In which year was The Highway Code first published.", "answers": [ "1931" ] }, { "question": "Sharing its name with a painter, what was the name of the dog that won Britain's Got Talent in 2015?", "answers": [ "matisse" ] }, { "question": "In the Monty Python TV sketch, what type of dead parrot did John Cleese return to the pet shop?", "answers": [ "dead parrot" ] }, { "question": "What is the county town of Mayo", "answers": [ "castlebar" ] }, { "question": "Who, in 1794, patented the cotton gin, that enabled cotton fibres to be plucked from seeds mechanically?", "answers": [ "eli whitney" ] }, { "question": "What provides the staple diet of a koala?", "answers": [ "eucalyptus" ] }, { "question": "What horse race is known as 'The Race That Stops a Nation'?", "answers": [ "first tuesday in november" ] }, { "question": "In which park do Yogi Bear and his little buddy Boo Boo live?", "answers": [ "jellystone" ] }, { "question": "Who said 'There is no finer investment than putting milk in babies'?", "answers": [ "winston churchill" ] }, { "question": "\"What type of fish is sometimes caught by \"\"noodling\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "catfish" ] }, { "question": "The tomb of which English king is in Worcester Cathedral?", "answers": [ "king john" ] }, { "question": "In 2013 who became the first Australian to win the US Masters in golf?", "answers": [ "adam scott" ] }, { "question": "Which G is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon?", "answers": [ "galileo" ] }, { "question": "The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for King Khufu as a what?", "answers": [ "tombs" ] }, { "question": "What is Tiger Woods' first name, really?", "answers": [ "tiger woods" ] }, { "question": "The Ainu are an aboriginal people from which country?", "answers": [ "japan" ] }, { "question": "Who hosted the celebrity version of Fifteen to One which had one episode last September and four in June this year?", "answers": [ "adam hills" ] }, { "question": "'While we were marching through Georgia' is a song of the American Civil War. Which union general led the march through Georgia in 1864?", "answers": [ "sherman" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first English actor to be knighted?", "answers": [ "henry irving" ] }, { "question": "Including radio, TV, newspaper, books, and even a pinball game, who created the Believe It or Not! series which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that the audience my question the claims?", "answers": [ "robert ripley" ] }, { "question": "In 2003, Kate Winslet married (and subsequently had two children with) whom?", "answers": [ "sam mendes" ] }, { "question": "Which British island is served by Ronaldsway Airport", "answers": [ "isle of man" ] }, { "question": "Who composed the Emperor Concerto?", "answers": [ "beethoven" ] }, { "question": "Of Albanian descent, by what name is 1979 Nobel Prizewinner Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?", "answers": [ "agnes gonxha bojaxhiu" ] }, { "question": "Phylum porifera is the technical name for what organic cleaning device?", "answers": [ "asconoid" ] }, { "question": "Fish use their gills to extract what from the water around them?", "answers": [ "oxygen" ] }, { "question": "What creature, noted for feeding on its berries, is linked by name to the mistletoe plant?", "answers": [ "mistle" ] }, { "question": "The original TV series 'CSI' was set in which American city?", "answers": [ "las vegas" ] }, { "question": "What American folk hero, steel drivin' man that he is, is best known for having raced against a steam powered hammer and won?", "answers": [ "john henry" ] }, { "question": "What fur-trading company, founded in 1670, once owned about 1/3rd of Canada's land?", "answers": [ "governor and company of adventurers of england" ] }, { "question": "How many wings does a bee have?", "answers": [ "four" ] }, { "question": "In which 2000 science fiction film did Kevin Bacon become invisible?", "answers": [ "hollow man" ] }, { "question": "What is the more common name for the zygomatic bone?", "answers": [ "malar bone" ] }, { "question": "Graves Disease is caused by a malfunction of which gland in the human body?", "answers": [ "thyroid gland" ] }, { "question": "What species of rodent has the Latin name cavia porcellus?", "answers": [ "guinea pigs" ] }, { "question": "In 1989 Carlo Petrini founded what?", "answers": [ "slow food movement" ] }, { "question": "What is the title of the four-episode special of ‘Doctor Who’, made for the Red Nose Day telethon in the UK, broadcast in March 1999?", "answers": [ "curse of fatal death" ] }, { "question": "Which sport did Ian Taylor, Martyn Grimley and Sean Kerly play?", "answers": [ "hockey team" ] }, { "question": "Which city is served by Tullamarine Airport?", "answers": [ "melbourne" ] }, { "question": "What female sleuth sometimes works with the Hardy Boys?", "answers": [ "nancy drew" ] }, { "question": "Which dog has the alternative name the Alpine Mastiff?", "answers": [ "saint bernard" ] }, { "question": "In American slang how much is a sawbuck", "answers": [ "ten dollars" ] }, { "question": "How many syllables are there in a traditional Japanese 'haiku?", "answers": [ "seventeen" ] }, { "question": "In which European capital city are the headquarters of 'Greenpeace'?", "answers": [ "amsterdam" ] }, { "question": "What pub chain was founded by Tim Martin in 1975?", "answers": [ "wetherspoon" ] }, { "question": "\"Which musician and actor played the part of Wayne Norris in the TV series, \"\"Auf Wiedersehen Pet\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "gary holton" ] }, { "question": "In the Bible, Peter was the brother of which other apostle?", "answers": [ "andrew" ] }, { "question": "In which part of the human body do red blood cells develop?", "answers": [ "red bone marrow" ] }, { "question": "What's the term for the first episode of a TV series?", "answers": [ "pilot" ] }, { "question": "Which French region has Metz as its official capital?", "answers": [ "lorraine" ] }, { "question": "Generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble, trade in what commodity collapsed in February 1637, devastating the economy of The United Provinces (now the Netherlands)?", "answers": [ "tulips" ] }, { "question": "\"The long-standing textbook, \"\"Anatomy\"\", by Henry Gray (1827-1861) owed much of its effectiveness to the illustrations which were drawn by whom?\"", "answers": [ "henry vandyke carter" ] }, { "question": "What is the SI unit of measurement for capacitance (defined as the ability of a body to store an electrical charge)?", "answers": [ "farad" ] }, { "question": "Castoreum is used as a food additive and in some perfumes. It is obtained from the scent glands of which member of the rodent family?", "answers": [ "beaver" ] }, { "question": "By what name did we know Paul O'Grady on Television (Prior to 'The Paul O'Grady Show')", "answers": [ "lily savage" ] }, { "question": "Which British football player was the most expensive transfer of 2013 going for second highest transfer fee in history?", "answers": [ "gareth bale" ] }, { "question": "Of which famous vessel was Miles Standish the captain ?", "answers": [ "mayflower" ] }, { "question": "With a population of over one and a half million inhabitants, what is the capital city of Cameroon?", "answers": [ "yaoundé" ] }, { "question": "\"What was the name of the dog in the children's book series \"\"Dick and Jane\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "spot" ] }, { "question": "What nationality was the composer Jean Sibelius?", "answers": [ "finnish" ] }, { "question": "Which author wrote a series of books about the private investigator 'V.I. Warshawsky'?", "answers": [ "sara paretsky" ] }, { "question": "In which European city is the Pergamon Museum, which houses the Ishtar Gate?", "answers": [ "berlin" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"Peggy\"\" is a shortened version of what name?\"", "answers": [ "margaret" ] }, { "question": "The group Sweet had only one UK No 1 hit. What was it?", "answers": [ "blockbuster" ] }, { "question": "Which actress played the part of Mrs Hudson in the TV series Sherlock first screened in 2010?", "answers": [ "una stubbs" ] }, { "question": "Where is the White Desert National Park situated?", "answers": [ "white desert" ] }, { "question": "Although losing all three fights, which British boxer, between 1973 and 1975, went the distance with Joe Frazier and twice with Muhammed Ali?", "answers": [ "joe bugner" ] }, { "question": "The Ford Cortina and Ford Taunus were predecessors of which model?", "answers": [ "ford sierra" ] }, { "question": "In which Dickens novel do 'Bitzer', 'Sleary', and 'James Harthouse' appear?", "answers": [ "hard times" ] }, { "question": "Elizabeth Anne Everest was the childhood nanny of which British Prime Minister?", "answers": [ "winston churchill" ] }, { "question": "Who directed the 2010 film version of Alice in Wonderland?", "answers": [ "tim burton" ] }, { "question": "What number is a 1 followed by 100 zeroes?", "answers": [ "googol" ] }, { "question": "\"The Neil Simon plays \"\"The Prisoner of Second Avenue\"\" and \"\"Brighton Beach Memoirs\"\" are set in which city?\"", "answers": [ "new york" ] }, { "question": "Who was the last English king to die in battle ?", "answers": [ "richard iii" ] }, { "question": "\"When did the style of football known as \"\"Total Football\"\" reach the World Cup?\"", "answers": [ "1974" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the book Last of the Mohicans?", "answers": [ "fenimore cooper" ] }, { "question": "The National Art Library is in which London museum?", "answers": [ "victoria and albert museum" ] }, { "question": "Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th and first African American President of the United States in what year?", "answers": [ "2009" ] }, { "question": "Elton John co-wrote 5 songs with Tim Rice for which Walt Disney musical?", "answers": [ "lion king" ] }, { "question": "In which 1991 film were the whole 'Royal Family' wiped out, leaving a club pianist, played by John Goodman, as king?", "answers": [ "king ralph" ] }, { "question": "What nation-wide event took place in England, starting in 1642?", "answers": [ "civil war" ] }, { "question": "According to Arthurian Legend, who as well as Arthur, loved Guinevere?", "answers": [ "launcelot" ] }, { "question": "Which famous Mormon church leader and educational pioneer died in Salt Lake City in 1877?", "answers": [ "brigham young" ] }, { "question": "The word anserine' means resembling which bird?", "answers": [ "goose" ] }, { "question": "What bird is also called the green plover or peewit", "answers": [ "lapwing" ] }, { "question": "Sharbat Gula, an Afghan woman of Pashtun ethnicity achieved world wide fame when her photograph was featured on the cover of which magazine in 1985?", "answers": [ "national geographic" ] }, { "question": "Which American poet and humanist wrote and continually revised a collection of poems called Leaves of Grass?", "answers": [ "walt whitman" ] }, { "question": "Who is the only MP of the Green Party, representing Brighton Pavilion?", "answers": [ "caroline lucas" ] }, { "question": "Ophelia is a moon of which planet in the Solar System", "answers": [ "uranus" ] }, { "question": "The Abominable Snowman, a mythological ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet, is also known as what?", "answers": [ "migoi" ] }, { "question": "Rochambo/Rochambeau is better known as (What?), typically used to decide a tie, or determine an order between competitors?", "answers": [ "ro sham bo" ] }, { "question": "What is the minimum age a person can legally get married in the US state of Oregon?", "answers": [ "17 years" ] }, { "question": "Which 1987 film set during the Vietnam War was based on the career of Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio Service who was popular with the troops but infuriated his superiors?", "answers": [ "good morning vietnam" ] }, { "question": "Costa Coffee and Premier Inn are owned by which company?", "answers": [ "whitbread" ] }, { "question": "\"What sport is featured in the play \"\"Foreskin's Lament\"\" by Greg McGee?\"", "answers": [ "rugby" ] }, { "question": "What is the basis for a pina colada?", "answers": [ "rum" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first female presenter on UK TV's Top of The Pops, who made only one appearance in 1982 to celebrate BBC Radio One's 15th birthday?", "answers": [ "annie nightingale" ] }, { "question": "In which English county is the Lightwater Valley Theme Park?", "answers": [ "north yorkshire" ] }, { "question": "Which city has a sports team of Steelers and team of Pirates?", "answers": [ "pittsburgh" ] }, { "question": "Perth, Western Australia lies on which river?", "answers": [ "swan" ] }, { "question": "The 1889 constitution of which country recognized the divine power of its emperor deriving it from a native belief that the imperial family was the offspring of the sun goddess Amaterasu?", "answers": [ "japan" ] }, { "question": "Who married Liam Gallagher in 1997?", "answers": [ "patsy kensit" ] }, { "question": "In the early 1990s, Nike ran a series of Bo Knows TV commercial featuring what athlete, the first in the modern era to play both professional football and baseball in the same year, trying his hand at various sports, including basketball (with Michael Jordan) and Tennis (with John McEnroe)?", "answers": [ "bo jackson" ] }, { "question": "What is the common name for the liquid secreted by your lacrimal glands?", "answers": [ "tears" ] }, { "question": "Which sport is featured in the 1951 film, Follow The Sun?", "answers": [ "golfing" ] }, { "question": "Which type of aeroplanes were used by the Argentine Air Force to launch Exocet missiles", "answers": [ "super etendard" ] }, { "question": "Who was crowned King of the Scots in 1306?", "answers": [ "robert de brus" ] }, { "question": "Which classic arcade game was released in Japan on 22nd May 1980?", "answers": [ "pacman" ] }, { "question": "Michael O'Hehir (pronounced O'Hair) was, for many years, a commentator for the BBC on which sporting event?", "answers": [ "grand national steeplechase" ] }, { "question": "Who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver?", "answers": [ "judas" ] }, { "question": "What school of philosophy of ancient Greece associated with Aristotle takes its name from a legend that he meandered while lecturing?", "answers": [ "peripatos" ] }, { "question": "Chionophobia is the irrational fear of which weather condition?", "answers": [ "snow" ] }, { "question": "In the ‘Star Wars’ films, what sort of creature is Chewbacca?", "answers": [ "wookiee" ] }, { "question": "Which gas is produced by the action of water on Calcium Carbide?", "answers": [ "c2h2" ] }, { "question": "What work-related term popularly refers to loan companies which offer short-term unsecured personal loans at high interest rates?", "answers": [ "payday" ] }, { "question": "\"What is the literal meaning of \"\"pot pourri\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "rotten pot" ] }, { "question": "The cartoon character 'Flook' appeared in which national newspaper from 1949 to 1984?", "answers": [ "daily mail" ] }, { "question": "Which duo had top five hits in the 1980’s with “Torch” and “Say Hello Wave Goodbye”?", "answers": [ "softcell" ] }, { "question": "Who played painter Paul Gaugin in the 1956 film ‘Lust for Life’?", "answers": [ "anthony quinn" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the screenplay for The Crying Game?", "answers": [ "neil jordan" ] }, { "question": "Which European country has land borders with Austria, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Poland and the Czech Republic?", "answers": [ "slovakia" ] }, { "question": "The world's largest diamond at 530 carats is 'The Star of Africa'. In which of the Crown Jewels can it be found?", "answers": [ "scepter" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to that part of Antarctica governed by New Zealand?", "answers": [ "ross dependency" ] }, { "question": "In the Classic Edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit, what colour is the category for history?", "answers": [ "yellow" ] }, { "question": "Which bird has the scientific name Buteo buteo?", "answers": [ "buzzard" ] }, { "question": "Gainsboro is a pale shade of which colour?", "answers": [ "grey" ] }, { "question": "What colour is the gemstone kunzite?", "answers": [ "lilac" ] }, { "question": "What is the highest mountain in Austria?", "answers": [ "großglockner" ] }, { "question": "In which English county would you find the site of the Battle of Bosworth Field?", "answers": [ "leicestershire" ] }, { "question": "Which UK comedy drama was set mostly in the fictional Lancashire mining town of Utterley in the 1930’s?", "answers": [ "brass" ] }, { "question": "Which BBC newsreader narrated‘Mary, Mungo and Midge’?", "answers": [ "richard baker" ] }, { "question": "Given its own glass, what drink consists of 4 parts whisky, 1 sugar cube, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, and a splash of soda water?", "answers": [ "old fashioned" ] }, { "question": "'Bertram Count of Roussillon', 'Lavatch the Clown' and the 'King of France' appear in which Shakespeare play?", "answers": [ "capilet" ] }, { "question": "\"What event brings a group of old friends together in the 1983 film \"\"The Big Chill\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "funeral" ] }, { "question": "Where did the first battle of the Wars of the Roses take place?", "answers": [ "st albans" ] }, { "question": "\"Spoken by J.K. Simmons, \"\"not quite my tempo\"\" is a noted line from which jazz-themed movie?\"", "answers": [ "whiplash" ] }, { "question": "In the 1957 Frank Sinatra / Rita Hayworth musical 'Pal Joey', what was Joey's surname?", "answers": [ "evans" ] }, { "question": "Who played Sadie King in Emmerdale?", "answers": [ "patsy kensit" ] }, { "question": "In what year was the Kellogg Company set up to manufacture cornflakes?", "answers": [ "1906" ] }, { "question": "\"Which presenter at the start of his talent show used the catchphrase \"\"Thank you tremendously, friends\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "hughie green" ] }, { "question": "Which C S wrote The African Queen?", "answers": [ "forester" ] }, { "question": "On which river is the 'Iron Gate'?", "answers": [ "danube" ] }, { "question": "What was the aim of the World War 2 allied operation Dynamo?", "answers": [ "dunkirk spirit" ] }, { "question": "\"Which comedian, a director of Fulham FC, had the catch phrase \"\"You Lucky People'?\"", "answers": [ "tommy trinder" ] }, { "question": "Which Shipping Forecast Area was formerly known as Heligoland?", "answers": [ "german bight" ] }, { "question": "In 2002, who filed for divorce from his wife Lisa Marie Presley after being married for just three months?", "answers": [ "nicolas cage" ] }, { "question": "Which artist co-wrote and appeared in the 1927 Luis Bunuel film ‘Un Chien Andalou’?", "answers": [ "salvador dalí" ] }, { "question": "Actor Gary Webster took over as an eponymous character in which TV series of the 70s and 80s?", "answers": [ "minder" ] }, { "question": "Which organ of the body is affected by nephritis ?", "answers": [ "renal" ] }, { "question": "Which British Prime Minister was born in Rodney Street, Liverpool?", "answers": [ "william ewart gladstone" ] }, { "question": "What is the fruit of the blackthorn tree?", "answers": [ "sloes" ] }, { "question": "In the Old Testament, who lived in the land of Uz?", "answers": [ "job" ] }, { "question": "Which NATO member country is the only one with no permanent professional army?", "answers": [ "iceland" ] }, { "question": "Who did actor Jack May play in the BBC radio series ‘The Archers’?", "answers": [ "nelson gabriel" ] }, { "question": "What is the main currency of Croatia?", "answers": [ "kuna" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the world's first nuclear-powered submarine?", "answers": [ "nautilus" ] }, { "question": "What is the only U.S. state whose name starts with the letter F?", "answers": [ "florida" ] }, { "question": "Admiral Lord Nelson was created Duke of Bronte, on which island is Bronte?", "answers": [ "sicily" ] }, { "question": "Coulrophobia is the fear of what type of entertainers?", "answers": [ "party clown" ] }, { "question": "On which course is the Scottish Grand National run?", "answers": [ "ayr" ] }, { "question": "The word ‘haptic’ relates to which of the five senses?", "answers": [ "sense of touch" ] }, { "question": "What language was invented in 1887 and has over 100,000 fluent speakers?", "answers": [ "esperanto" ] }, { "question": "Who upset Elizabeth I by secretly marrying Elizabeth Throckmorton?", "answers": [ "sir walter raleigh" ] }, { "question": "Who was voted the Cricket Writers’ Club Young Cricketer of the Year in 1963?", "answers": [ "geoffrey boycott" ] }, { "question": "The radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is named after which physicist and astronomer?", "answers": [ "bernard lovell" ] }, { "question": "In 2012 womens’ rights activist Joyce Banda became the first female president of which African Country?", "answers": [ "malawi" ] }, { "question": "What is the scientific name for the human species?", "answers": [ "homo sapiens" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the National Anthem of New Zealand?", "answers": [ "god defend our free land" ] }, { "question": "On July 5, 1996, scientists from the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland, created Dolly, the first cloned mammal. What type of animal was she?", "answers": [ "sheep" ] }, { "question": "Who succeeded Ossie Ardiles as Tottenham Hotspur manager?", "answers": [ "gerry francis" ] }, { "question": "In Greek mythology who was the wife of Odysseus?", "answers": [ "penelope" ] }, { "question": "After singing at La Fenice in 1960, which soprano was known as ‘La Stupenda’?", "answers": [ "la stupenda" ] }, { "question": "\"What word means \"\"fancy party\"\" in English and \"\"evening\"\" in French?\"", "answers": [ "party" ] }, { "question": "British athlete, Jessica Ennis, is currently World Champion in which women's event?", "answers": [ "heptathlon" ] }, { "question": "The metropolitan area of Ottawa is in Quebec and which other Canadian province?", "answers": [ "ontario" ] }, { "question": "What was the food of the Greek gods?", "answers": [ "ambrosia" ] }, { "question": "Which animal represented the year 2010 in the Chinese calendar?", "answers": [ "tiger" ] }, { "question": "Which Canadian/US actress declined the challenge because of ALS’s testing on animals?", "answers": [ "pamela anderson" ] }, { "question": "Which author wrote Patriot Games, Clear And Present Danger and The Hunt For Red October?", "answers": [ "tom clancy" ] }, { "question": "In which city of South America would you find the neighbourhood of Ipanema?", "answers": [ "rio de janeiro" ] }, { "question": "The most recognized form of a jellyfish and a basic stage in its life cycle takes the name of what fearsome monster in mythology? (hint: stone!)", "answers": [ "medusa" ] }, { "question": "In May 1521, Pope Leo X presided over which assembly at which Martin Luther was summoned to renounce the views expressed in his 95 theses?", "answers": [ "edict of worms" ] }, { "question": "In 16th Century Italy, what were ‘Chopines’?", "answers": [ "platform shoe" ] }, { "question": "Which 1970's group recorded Stairway to Heaven?", "answers": [ "led zeppelin" ] }, { "question": "In which landlocked country of Europe were women denied the right to vote in national elections until 1971?", "answers": [ "swiss" ] }, { "question": "Who impersonated Sarah Palin on ?", "answers": [ "tina fey" ] }, { "question": "Born Farrokh Bulsara on 24th of September 1946 and died in November 1991. Who do we remember him as?", "answers": [ "freddie mercury" ] }, { "question": "Although the younger of the two leagues by 25 years (and sometimes called the Junior Circuit), which league has won 62 of the 106 World Series games played since 1903? The National League? Or the American league?", "answers": [ "junior circuit" ] }, { "question": "In which French city is the HQ of Interpol?", "answers": [ "lyon" ] }, { "question": "Which car manufacturer made the models 'Imp' and 'Husky'?", "answers": [ "hillman" ] }, { "question": "The liqueur sambuca originates from which European country?", "answers": [ "italy" ] }, { "question": "Who had a 60s No 1 with Lightnin' Strikes?", "answers": [ "lou christie" ] }, { "question": "In Indian cookery 'brinjal pickle' is made from which vegetable?", "answers": [ "brinjals" ] }, { "question": "In Australia, what sort of creature is a goanna?", "answers": [ "varanus" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of England’s first offshore Pirate Radio station?", "answers": [ "radio caroline" ] }, { "question": "\"Who wrote the poems \"\"Hyperion\"\"and\"\"To Autumn\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "keats" ] }, { "question": "Which UK city has the area dialling code 0117?", "answers": [ "bristol" ] }, { "question": "Which former American state governor has children called Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig", "answers": [ "sarah palin" ] }, { "question": "What is the largest landlocked state in the USA with an area of just under 150,000 square miles?", "answers": [ "montana" ] }, { "question": "\"In the 1997 film, \"\"Independence Day\"\", which actor played the part of the US President?\"", "answers": [ "bill pullman" ] }, { "question": "In Greek myth who was the Titan of memory and remembrance, and mother of the nine Muses?", "answers": [ "mnemosyne" ] }, { "question": "The Co-operative acquired which building society in 2009 ?", "answers": [ "britannia" ] }, { "question": "Kato Kaelin was a houseguest of what celebrity?", "answers": [ "oj simpson" ] }, { "question": "What is the date of Bastille Day?", "answers": [ "july 14" ] }, { "question": "What is Japanese golfer Masashi Ozaki's nickname?", "answers": [ "jumbo" ] }, { "question": "\"Which action in World War H, had the code name, \"\"Operation Dynamo\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "evacuation at dunkirk" ] }, { "question": "What is a type of chemical mixture where one substance is dispersed evenly throughout another?", "answers": [ "colloids" ] }, { "question": "In which UK county is RAF Lakenheath?", "answers": [ "suffolk" ] }, { "question": "Which French Hussar is the hero of several short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?", "answers": [ "brigadier gerard" ] }, { "question": "Who became Heavyweight world boxing champion after Riddick Bowe refused to fight him in 1992?", "answers": [ "lennox lewis" ] }, { "question": "Which gangster was killed in a police ambush outside the Biograph Theatre, Chicago on July 22nd 1934?", "answers": [ "dillinger gang" ] }, { "question": "In which year of the 1960s did Sandie Shaw have a number one hit with 'Puppet on a String' and Procol Harum with 'Whiter Shade of Pale'?", "answers": [ "1967" ] }, { "question": "\"Which Russian woman defected in the 1960's, and wrote a memoir entitled \"\"Twenty Letters to a Friend\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "svetlana alliluyeva" ] }, { "question": "In which month is Candlemas celebrated?", "answers": [ "february" ] }, { "question": "When baking, by what primary means does the heat reach the food? Convection, conduction, or radiation?", "answers": [ "convection" ] }, { "question": "In Italian sport, what name is given to the fanatical groups of supporters, particularly of the Ferrari motor racing team?", "answers": [ "tifosi" ] }, { "question": "Currently based in Herzogenaurach, Germany, which major German multinational company produces high-end athletic shoes?", "answers": [ "puma" ] }, { "question": "What is the general legal term for “unlawful taking and carrying away of another’s property”?", "answers": [ "larceny" ] }, { "question": "Tinca Tinca is the Latin name for which fish?", "answers": [ "tench" ] }, { "question": "The first vice-president of the USA to be elected President, the father of a future President, assistant in drafting the Declaration of Independence and negotiating peace with Great Britain, and architect of vital government loans from the Netherlands, was who?", "answers": [ "novanglus" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the mail order company founded by Kate Middleton's parents in 1987?", "answers": [ "party pieces" ] }, { "question": "Which author set his novels in 'The Five Towns'?", "answers": [ "arnold bennett" ] }, { "question": "‘He who can does, he who cannot teaches’ is a quotation by which writer?", "answers": [ "george bernard shaw" ] }, { "question": "Which word means an interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association usually to the advantage of both?", "answers": [ "symbioses" ] }, { "question": "What did The Daily Worker change it's name to in the 60's", "answers": [ "bill benfield" ] }, { "question": "Who is to succeed Hilary Clinton as U.S. Secretary of State ?", "answers": [ "john kerry" ] }, { "question": "'Lola' was a hit in 1970 for which pop group?", "answers": [ "kinks" ] }, { "question": "After the ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ Captain Bligh and several of his crew were set afloat in a small boat in which they journeyed to which island?", "answers": [ "timor" ] }, { "question": "Which leader was born in present-day Hungary in about 406AD, murdered his co-ruler and brother, Bleda, in 445 and died on his wedding night in 453AD?", "answers": [ "attila" ] }, { "question": "Anatomically, of what is nephrology the study?", "answers": [ "renal" ] }, { "question": "The memoirs of which US politican are called Decision Points?", "answers": [ "george w bush" ] }, { "question": "What was the San Francisco Ballet formerly called?", "answers": [ "san francisco opera ballet" ] }, { "question": "Which musical instrument is best associated with 20th Century Musician Andres Segovia?", "answers": [ "guitar" ] }, { "question": "Lord Kitchener drowned when which ship hit a mine in 1916?", "answers": [ "hms hampshire" ] }, { "question": "What nationality was the winner of the 2007 Tour de France?", "answers": [ "spanish" ] }, { "question": "Who famously danced with Ginger Rogers?", "answers": [ "fred astaire" ] }, { "question": "What is the only Arab country without a desert", "answers": [ "lebanon" ] }, { "question": "\"Which Belgian novelist wrote the \"\"Maigret\"\" stories between 1930 and 1935?\"", "answers": [ "simenon" ] }, { "question": "To which family of birds do canaries and siskins belong?", "answers": [ "finch" ] }, { "question": "New France was the name given to French colonized lands in which continent from the 16th-18th centuries?", "answers": [ "north american" ] }, { "question": "During World War II, U.S. soldiers used the first commercial aerosol cans to hold what?", "answers": [ "insecticides" ] }, { "question": "What kind of footwear did Jimmy Nail have in 1994?", "answers": [ "crocodile shoes" ] }, { "question": "In which religion is the Rig Veda a collection of ancient myths, hymns and poems?", "answers": [ "hindu society" ] }, { "question": "In which American state did the Mayflower land", "answers": [ "massachusetts" ] }, { "question": "\"What is Puck's alternative name in \"\"A Midsummer Night's Dream\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "robin goodfellow" ] }, { "question": "On what date was John Lennon murdered in New York?", "answers": [ "8 december 1980" ] }, { "question": "Which Bulgarian-born artist is famous for wrapping landmarks and landscapes in fabric?", "answers": [ "christo" ] }, { "question": "How many metres are there in a mile? 1609, 1659 or 1709?", "answers": [ "1609" ] }, { "question": "Which Puccini opera remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1924?", "answers": [ "turandot" ] }, { "question": "Currently the most fuel efficient car (as rated by the EPA), what is the name of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle introduced by Chevrolet in December?", "answers": [ "volt" ] }, { "question": "Which Yorkshire city has two city-centre railway stations, Kirkgate and Westgate?", "answers": [ "wakefield" ] }, { "question": "What is the study of the history of words and how their form and meaning have changed over time?", "answers": [ "etymologist" ] }, { "question": "What is the science involved with the study, design, and manufacture of flight-capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft?", "answers": [ "aeronautical science" ] }, { "question": "The last element to be discovered in nature, rather than synthesized, was discovered In 1939. What was it?", "answers": [ "actinium k" ] }, { "question": "What modern-day animal did the extinct Mastadon most closely resemble?", "answers": [ "elephants" ] }, { "question": "Which British soap opera was the first to feature a gay wedding?", "answers": [ "archers" ] }, { "question": "What was the first name of Dr. Watson, Sherlock Homes' assistant?", "answers": [ "john" ] }, { "question": "Who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as US president in 1865?", "answers": [ "president andrew johnson" ] }, { "question": "The international board game Reversi is marketed in the UK by Pressman under what name?", "answers": [ "othello" ] }, { "question": "Joe Strummer was the lead singer of which punk band from 1976-1986?", "answers": [ "clash" ] }, { "question": "If you are suffering from myalgia, what part/parts of your body is/are affected?", "answers": [ "muscles" ] }, { "question": "Who, in 1977, was the last British woman to win the singles event at Wimbledon?", "answers": [ "virginia wade" ] }, { "question": "Balmoral Castle is in which European country?", "answers": [ "scotland" ] }, { "question": "In the Roman calendar, what was the 7th day called for the months of March, May, July and October?", "answers": [ "nones" ] }, { "question": "Dawley, the birthplace of channel swimmer Matthew Webb, is in which New Town?", "answers": [ "telford" ] }, { "question": "Which land area near Wendover, Utah that is marked out for motor sports is particularly noted as the venue for numerous land speed records?", "answers": [ "bonneville speedway" ] }, { "question": "In which theater did The Wizard of Oz have its New York debut?", "answers": [ "majestic" ] }, { "question": "Who plays President Coriolanus Snow in the 2012 film ‘The Hunger Games’?", "answers": [ "donald sutherland" ] }, { "question": "A 2015 study found that what percentage of former American Football players had degenerative brain damage?", "answers": [ "96" ] }, { "question": "The Weber and Tesla (standard international) measurement units apply to?", "answers": [ "magnetism" ] }, { "question": "In which month of the year is Martinmas?", "answers": [ "november" ] }, { "question": "Which animals are termed ovine?", "answers": [ "ovine" ] }, { "question": "\"Which hotel group, founded in 1919, became famous between March 25th and March 31st 1969 when, at it's Amsterdam branch, John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged their first \"\"bed-in for peace\"\" protest in room 902. This hotel has now become a popular tourist destination.\"", "answers": [ "hilton" ] }, { "question": "Who played the character 'Danny Zuko' in the film Grease?", "answers": [ "travolta" ] }, { "question": "Name the actress who played the title role in the 1976 film 'Carrie'.", "answers": [ "sissy spacek" ] }, { "question": "\"Who wrote the musicals \"\"Annie get your Gun\"\" and \"\"Call Me Madam\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "irving berlin" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the notorious biological research unit of the Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and WWII?", "answers": [ "unit 731" ] }, { "question": "A pier at which resort was badly damaged by fire on July 30th?", "answers": [ "eastbourne" ] }, { "question": "Close to the village of St Just, what is the name of the only cape in England?", "answers": [ "cape cornwall" ] }, { "question": "What is the last name of sisters Kourtney and Khloe?", "answers": [ "kardashian" ] }, { "question": "Haiku, traditionally comprising 17 'morae' and a juxta-position, is a short form of Japanese?", "answers": [ "poem" ] }, { "question": "\"What rapper got his start in the Canadian teen drama \"\"Degrassi: The Next Generation\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "drake" ] }, { "question": "Which male star played the title role in the 2004 film 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'?", "answers": [ "bill murray" ] }, { "question": "In which Russian city is the Summer Palace?", "answers": [ "saint petersburg" ] }, { "question": "Who plays psychiatrist Dr Buddy Rydell in the 2003 film ‘Anger Management’?", "answers": [ "jack nicholson" ] }, { "question": "Which author created the FBI forensic psychologist Alex Cross?", "answers": [ "james patterson" ] }, { "question": "Of the 37 venues used to host events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, how many new ones were constructed for use at the Games?", "answers": [ "12" ] }, { "question": "Which seventeenth century leader reputedly told his troops to ‘put your trust in God and keep your powder dry’?", "answers": [ "cromwell" ] }, { "question": "'The Night of the Hunter' in 1955 was the only film to be directed by which actor?", "answers": [ "charles laughton" ] }, { "question": "What's the name of the unseen announcer on TV's University Challenge ?", "answers": [ "roger tilling" ] }, { "question": "What is Africa's largest country?", "answers": [ "sudan" ] }, { "question": "Alpha particle radiation is equivalent to fast moving nuclei of which element?", "answers": [ "helium" ] }, { "question": "On which major river does Vientiane, the capital of Laos stand?", "answers": [ "mekong" ] }, { "question": "In 1999 Richard Branson sold just under half of Virgin Atlantic shares to which other airline?", "answers": [ "singapore airlines" ] }, { "question": "The Vitruvian Man, a famous drawing of a nude man in two superimposed positions with arms and legs apart, inscribed in a circle within a square, was drawn by whom?", "answers": [ "leonardo da vinci" ] }, { "question": "Alan Hansen joined Liverpool from which club in 1977?", "answers": [ "partick thistle" ] }, { "question": "Which bank, the fourth largest investment bank in the USA, filed for bankruptcy on September 15th 2008?", "answers": [ "lehman brothers" ] }, { "question": "The 1995 film Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone is based on which novel by Jane Austen?", "answers": [ "emma" ] }, { "question": "What country is often described as being shaped like a boot?", "answers": [ "italy" ] }, { "question": "Which country’s cricket team played for the first time in the 2015 World Cricket Cup?", "answers": [ "afghanistan" ] }, { "question": "In the motion picture industry, what does a gaffer do?", "answers": [ "electricians" ] }, { "question": "In the Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant what was the name of the boat carrying the Queen?", "answers": [ "spirit of chartwell" ] }, { "question": "In which county are Hailes Abbey, Sudeley Castle and Berkeley Castle?", "answers": [ "gloucestershire" ] }, { "question": "Who was the mother of King Edward VI of England?", "answers": [ "jane seymour" ] }, { "question": "Which of the biblical judges selected his army by how they drank from a stream?", "answers": [ "gideon" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the prison from which anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela was released in February 1990?", "answers": [ "victor verster" ] }, { "question": "First shown in 1976, which ITV series featured Gareth Hunt as the character Mike Gambit ?", "answers": [ "new avengers" ] }, { "question": "Which category of instrument includes the flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon?", "answers": [ "woodwind" ] }, { "question": "\"What is \"\"pinched\"\" by a pince nez?\"", "answers": [ "nose" ] }, { "question": "In which 1998 film did Bruce Willis lead a team to confront a deadly threat from outer space?", "answers": [ "armageddon" ] }, { "question": "\"Which actress received an Oscar nomination for her role in the film \"\"Trans America\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "felicity huffman" ] }, { "question": "Which religious figure wears the Ring of the Fisherman?", "answers": [ "pope" ] }, { "question": "In what country would you find the world's largest stadium, Rungrado 1st of May Stadium?", "answers": [ "north korean" ] }, { "question": "What is the Russian rocket launch and development site in the Astrakhan Oblast, between Volgograd and Astrakhan, established in 1946?", "answers": [ "kapustin yar" ] }, { "question": "What unit of wave frequency is defined as 1 cycle per second?", "answers": [ "hertz" ] }, { "question": "Which American car is named after the founder of Detroit?", "answers": [ "cadillac" ] }, { "question": "In which Dickens novel do the characters 'Gaffer Hexam', 'John Harmon', and 'Bradley Headstone'?", "answers": [ "our mutual friend" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the 1947 novel The Plague?", "answers": [ "albert camus" ] }, { "question": "The 'Foumart' or 'Foul-Marten', is an old name for which creature?", "answers": [ "polecat" ] }, { "question": "What is the biological term for T H Huxley's theory that all living cells and organisms orginate from pre-existing living matter, not as the result of spontaneous generation?", "answers": [ "biogenesis" ] }, { "question": "Winston Churchill was MP for which constituency from 1924-1945?", "answers": [ "epping" ] }, { "question": "The city was founded under the rule of King Byzas around 660 BC. What name was officially adopted for the city in 1930?", "answers": [ "istanbul" ] }, { "question": "Which American General led the 'Confederate' armies in their early run of successes during the Civil War?", "answers": [ "stonewall jackson" ] }, { "question": "The Hahnenkamm mountain and ski runs are part of which European ski resort?", "answers": [ "kitzbuhel" ] }, { "question": "In which country was fashion designer Rifat Ozbek born?", "answers": [ "turkey" ] }, { "question": "The steps for what ballroom dance are: Basic forward, Basic backward, Rock left turn, Forward progressive, and Promenade?", "answers": [ "foxtrot dance" ] }, { "question": "Bovidae Ovis is the scientific name for which animal?", "answers": [ "domestic sheep" ] }, { "question": "In which year on June 14th was the Battle of Marengo?", "answers": [ "1800" ] }, { "question": "Amoretti are representations of which figure in works of art?", "answers": [ "cupid" ] }, { "question": "What type of animal supposedly buries its head in the sand when threatened?", "answers": [ "ostriches" ] }, { "question": "Which of Mahler's symphonies is entitled 'The Resurrection'?", "answers": [ "second" ] }, { "question": "Which bands albums include The Works, The Miracle and Made In Heaven?", "answers": [ "queen album" ] }, { "question": "By what two-word name was the Boeing B-17 aircraft known?", "answers": [ "flying fortress" ] }, { "question": "To whom was Catherine of Aragon married before she married Henry 8th?", "answers": [ "prince arthur" ] }, { "question": "Dale Arden was the girlfriend of which science fiction hero?", "answers": [ "flash gordon" ] }, { "question": "What is the second most common pub name in the UK behind the Red Lion?", "answers": [ "royal oak" ] }, { "question": "In which modem day African country was Roman Emperor Septimius Severus born?", "answers": [ "libya" ] }, { "question": "\"What global retailer is associated with the late 1990s slogan \"\"Chuck out your chintz\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "verdanagate" ] }, { "question": "In humans, emesis is more commonly known as what?", "answers": [ "vomiting" ] }, { "question": "In which film can you the Sulaco spacship", "answers": [ "aliens" ] }, { "question": "In the Shakespeare play, who is Othello's trusted advisor, husband of Emilia?", "answers": [ "iago" ] }, { "question": "The island of Jura is separated from the mainland by the _____ of Jura and from the island of Islay by the _____ of Islay. Which word for a strait is missing from these descriptions?", "answers": [ "sound" ] }, { "question": "How are 'Zuga' and 'Nadir' better known in the title of an opera by Bizet?", "answers": [ "les pecheurs de perles" ] }, { "question": "What is a young alpaca called?", "answers": [ "cria" ] }, { "question": "Where would you find the machair?", "answers": [ "scotland" ] }, { "question": "What is the main currency unit of Afghanistan?", "answers": [ "afghani" ] }, { "question": "What is the name for deliberately dwarfing trees and shrubs?", "answers": [ "bonsai" ] }, { "question": "\"What equation is considered to be remarkable for its \"\"mathematical beauty\"\", because 3 basic arithmetic operations occur exactly once each (addition, multiplication, and exponentiation), and it links five fundamental mathematical constants: (the numbers 0, 1, , e, and i)?\"", "answers": [ "eiπ" ] }, { "question": "Which group had No.1 albums with Southside in 1989 and White on Blonde in 1997?", "answers": [ "texas" ] }, { "question": "‘There shall be no more cakes and ale’ is a line from which Shakespeare play?", "answers": [ "twelfth night" ] }, { "question": "The Swiss Transport Museum is in which Swiss city?", "answers": [ "lucerne" ] }, { "question": "What star is closest to the Earth?", "answers": [ "sun" ] }, { "question": "The mandible is more commonly known as the lower jaw bone. What is the correct name for the upper jaw bone?", "answers": [ "maxilla" ] }, { "question": "Victorinox is the major brand name of which iconic product?", "answers": [ "swiss knife" ] }, { "question": "Who had a hit in 1981 with Planet Earth?", "answers": [ "duran duran" ] }, { "question": "Who was editor of the News Of The World newspaper at the time of it’s closure ?", "answers": [ "colin myler" ] }, { "question": "In which country did the Orange Revolution take place in 2004-2005?", "answers": [ "ukraine" ] }, { "question": "Baby, Ginger, Scary, Sporty and Posh were all members of which girl band?", "answers": [ "spice girls" ] }, { "question": "What modern witchcraft religion was invented by Gerald Gardner?", "answers": [ "wiccans" ] }, { "question": "In what year was the Sex Discrimination Act passed in the UK?", "answers": [ "1975" ] }, { "question": "Pule cheese, said to be the world's most expensive was in the news in Dec 2012 when Novak Djokovic bought the world's supply for his restaurant chain. It is made from the milk of what animal?", "answers": [ "donkey" ] }, { "question": "Which American author wrote the 1985 book The Cider House Rules?", "answers": [ "john irving" ] }, { "question": "Which cry always opened the Billy Cotton Band Show?", "answers": [ "wakey wakey" ] }, { "question": "Which is the only vein in the body to carry oxygenated blood?", "answers": [ "pulmonary vein" ] }, { "question": "Who is the Patron Saint of Grave diggers?", "answers": [ "saint anthony" ] }, { "question": "What is the family surname in the 2003 film ‘Cheaper By The Dozen’, starring Steve Martin?", "answers": [ "baker" ] }, { "question": "Bundesliga football team Schalke 04 plays home games in which German town or city?", "answers": [ "gelsenkirchen" ] }, { "question": "Which country was formerly known as the 'Sugar Bowl of the World'?", "answers": [ "cuba" ] }, { "question": "What major river flows through London?", "answers": [ "river thames" ] }, { "question": "Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was located at Ephesus?", "answers": [ "temple of artemis" ] }, { "question": "Which musical is based on the play The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder ?", "answers": [ "hello dolly" ] }, { "question": "What nation was ruled by King Nebuchadnezzar II?", "answers": [ "ancient babylon" ] }, { "question": "Green, Oolong, Black and Jasmine are all varieties of what?", "answers": [ "tea" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the yoghurt-based did made with Cucumbers, Garlic, Salt, Olive Oil and Pepper, that is used in Greek cuisine?", "answers": [ "tzatziki" ] }, { "question": "What flavoring is used in the liqueur amaretto?", "answers": [ "almond" ] }, { "question": "Which structure of cantilever design, designed by Sir W. M. Arrol, was begun in 1883 and opened in 1890?", "answers": [ "forth rail bridge" ] }, { "question": "In literature who was the weaver of Raveloe?", "answers": [ "silas marner" ] }, { "question": "Which element was known as the King of Metals?", "answers": [ "gold poisoning" ] }, { "question": "Which planet is named after the Roman goddess of love?", "answers": [ "venus" ] }, { "question": "Saarland is an area of which European country?", "answers": [ "germany" ] }, { "question": "Which car company produces a model called the Verso?", "answers": [ "toyota" ] }, { "question": "Which national park is named after the Maasai term for 'endless plains'?", "answers": [ "serengeti" ] }, { "question": "In Japanese cooking, what kind of food is Nori?", "answers": [ "seaweed" ] }, { "question": "Ian Gillian and Dave Coverdale were both lead singers with which rock group?", "answers": [ "deep purple" ] }, { "question": "What was Billy Cotton's famous catch phrase?", "answers": [ "wakey wakey" ] }, { "question": "Originally a symbol of St Peter and now featured on the flag of the Vatican, which emblem is often used as a pub sign in Britain?", "answers": [ "crossed keys" ] }, { "question": "Kitten, Spool, Wedge and Cone are all types of what?", "answers": [ "heels" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"I wandered lonely as a cloud\"\" is William Wordsworth's poem about?\"", "answers": [ "daffodils" ] }, { "question": "Which country does the airline Ansett come from?", "answers": [ "australia" ] }, { "question": "6 of the 10 tallest buildings in Europe are in which capital city?", "answers": [ "moscow" ] }, { "question": "\"In the early stages of which Olympic sport would you hear the words \"\"en garde\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "fencing" ] }, { "question": "I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing was the advertising slogan for what company?", "answers": [ "alkaseltzer" ] }, { "question": "Who was the architect of the new Wembley stadium?", "answers": [ "lord foster" ] }, { "question": "Which nation has won the Eurovision Song Contest more than any other?", "answers": [ "ireland" ] }, { "question": "What event takes place on the official birthday of the sovereign?", "answers": [ "trooping colour" ] }, { "question": "\"What delta do \"\"Delta Blues\"\" come from?\"", "answers": [ "mississippi delta" ] }, { "question": "What is the UK’s best-selling car of all time?", "answers": [ "ford fiesta" ] }, { "question": "What is another name for word blindness", "answers": [ "dyslexia" ] }, { "question": "What was the Christian name of the character played by Felicity Kendal in The Good Life' TV series?", "answers": [ "barbara" ] }, { "question": "The 'Lancaster' bomber of World War II was developed from which other aircraft?", "answers": [ "avro 679 manchester" ] }, { "question": "For which film at the 2015 Oscar Awards did Patricia Arquette win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress?", "answers": [ "boyhood" ] }, { "question": "Which of the retina's cells can distinguish between different wavelengths of light?", "answers": [ "color receptors" ] }, { "question": "In the electromagnetic spectrum, which type of wavelength has shortest wavelength. Its main uses are in medical diagnosis.", "answers": [ "gamma waves" ] }, { "question": "Who was the last British Governor of Hong Kong?", "answers": [ "chris patten" ] }, { "question": "The book Tom Brown's School Days is set in which school?", "answers": [ "rugby" ] }, { "question": "In which year did Louis Bleriot become the fist man to cross the English Channel in an heavier than air craft?", "answers": [ "1909" ] }, { "question": "Who won X Factor in December 2008?", "answers": [ "alexandra burke" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of Nelson's flagship at the Battle of the Nile in 1798?", "answers": [ "vanguard" ] }, { "question": "The Pie at Night is a recent book by which author – he describes it as a companion to his previous book Pies and Prejudice?", "answers": [ "stuart maconie" ] }, { "question": "Yorkshire Bank is a division of Clydesdale Bank, which is itself a subsidiary of which country's National Bank?", "answers": [ "australia" ] }, { "question": "Henry John Temple was better known as which Prime Minister?", "answers": [ "lord palmerston" ] }, { "question": "Aside from the Netherlands and Belgium what is the only country in which Dutch is an official language?", "answers": [ "suriname" ] }, { "question": "Which English king was born in Pembroke Castle in Wales in 1457?", "answers": [ "henry vii" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the hero in the play Death of a Salesman?", "answers": [ "willy loman" ] }, { "question": "Whose 6th and final symphony is called The Pathetique?", "answers": [ "tchaikovsky" ] }, { "question": "Name the 1992 Tory Party Chairman who lost his Bath seat?", "answers": [ "chris patten" ] }, { "question": "What was the real surname of Hergé who wrote The Adventures of Tintin?", "answers": [ "remi" ] }, { "question": "In 2009 who was elected speaker of the House of Commons?", "answers": [ "john bercow" ] }, { "question": "In which English County is Huntingdon Castle?", "answers": [ "cambridgeshire" ] }, { "question": "What is the first forename of David and Victoria Beckham's fourth child, a girl born in 2011 in Los Angeles?", "answers": [ "harper" ] }, { "question": "Which composer married Clara Wieck ?", "answers": [ "robert schumann" ] }, { "question": "The field of play for which sport is often called a grid-iron?", "answers": [ "american football" ] }, { "question": "Pouhon, Kemmel Straight and Blanchimont are all sections of the Formula One Grand Prix circuit in which country?", "answers": [ "belgium" ] }, { "question": "Which poet famously wrote 'Tis better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all'?", "answers": [ "alfred tennyson" ] }, { "question": "In which city is the 'Basin Reserve' Cricket Test Match venue?", "answers": [ "wellington" ] }, { "question": "In which sport would you stand on the 'Hack Stay' behind the 'Hogline', aiming for the 'Tee' at the centre of the 'House'?", "answers": [ "curling" ] }, { "question": "Which city has been selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games? ;", "answers": [ "beijing" ] }, { "question": "Topiary is practised on what objects?", "answers": [ "plants" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote 'The Carpet People', 'Hogfather', 'The Last Continent', 'Men At Arms', and 'Mote'?", "answers": [ "terry pratchett" ] }, { "question": "Carats measure the purity of gold. What does the same for pearls?", "answers": [ "grains" ] }, { "question": "How many Imperial gallons of beer are in a firkin?", "answers": [ "9" ] }, { "question": "To which section of the orchestra does the saxophone belong?", "answers": [ "woodwind instruments" ] }, { "question": "What company sponsors New York's Thanksgiving Day parade?", "answers": [ "macys" ] }, { "question": "Who composed the 1791 opera entitled ‘La Clemenza di Tito’?", "answers": [ "mozart" ] }, { "question": "100000 and 200000 are the postal codes for the two major cities of which nation?", "answers": [ "china" ] }, { "question": "Who had a hit with ‘Raining in My Heart’ in 1959?", "answers": [ "buddy holly" ] }, { "question": "Who is the only woman whose age is mentioned in the Bible?", "answers": [ "sarah" ] }, { "question": "Which is the country of origin of Martha and the Muffins, Crash Test Dummies and Rush?", "answers": [ "canada" ] }, { "question": "Who has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated a record 50 times?", "answers": [ "michael jordan" ] }, { "question": "What is the name for the phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere?", "answers": [ "rainbow" ] }, { "question": "On a musical score, what does 'da capo' mean?", "answers": [ "from beginning" ] }, { "question": "\"The first editions of Lewis Carroll's \"\"Alice ...\"\" books were given a special flavour by illustrations by which 19th century graphic humourist and political cartoonist?\"", "answers": [ "sir john tenniel" ] }, { "question": "What was the code name given to the Dam Busters raids of May 1943?", "answers": [ "operation chastise" ] }, { "question": "Which famous Jewish fortress was besieged and captured by the Roman 6th Legion in 73 AD?", "answers": [ "masada" ] }, { "question": "Which British Prime Minister is buried in Spynie churchyard, Lossiemouth?", "answers": [ "ramsay macdonald" ] }, { "question": "In 2014 Belgium became the first country in the world to legalize what controversial treatment of terminally ill people?", "answers": [ "euthanasia" ] }, { "question": "Who is the only artist to have a top 40 hit with 'Mustang Sally' in the UK when it reached number 28 in 1966?", "answers": [ "wilson pickett" ] }, { "question": "How many gold medals did Britain win in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games?", "answers": [ "29" ] }, { "question": "Which US businessman funded the Standard Oil Company?", "answers": [ "john davison rockefeller" ] }, { "question": "In which year did the world’s first ‘expo’ the Great Exhibition in London take place?", "answers": [ "1851" ] }, { "question": "On May 23rd, Ireland voted in favour of what?", "answers": [ "gay marriage" ] }, { "question": "Before he became king of England, Richard III was Duke of ‘where’?", "answers": [ "gloucester" ] }, { "question": "\"In Britain in World War II, where did \"\"land girls\"\" work?\"", "answers": [ "farms" ] }, { "question": "What do Steinway and Sons make?", "answers": [ "pianos" ] }, { "question": "What historical character is often thought to have been short - despite being taller than average for his era?", "answers": [ "napoleone buonaparte" ] }, { "question": "The wines Latour and Margaux are produced in which region of France?", "answers": [ "bordeaux" ] }, { "question": "The Wind in the Willows?", "answers": [ "kenneth grahame" ] }, { "question": "\"Which airline used to promote itself as \"\"The world's favourite airline\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "british airways" ] }, { "question": "In which East European country did the 2006 Jeans revolution take place?", "answers": [ "belarus" ] }, { "question": "Endemic to New Zealand and currently listed as critically endangered, the kakapo is world's only flightless species of which common bird?", "answers": [ "parrot" ] }, { "question": "Which member of The Beatles appeared in a Japanese TV commercial for an apple drink?", "answers": [ "ringo" ] }, { "question": "\"For the type of bet called a \"\"Trifecta\"\", how many horses are picked?\"", "answers": [ "three" ] }, { "question": "Which nerve is the longest and widest in the human body?", "answers": [ "sciatic nerve" ] }, { "question": "What medical symptom can be described as a yellowing of the skin?", "answers": [ "jaundice" ] }, { "question": "Tom O'Connor is the father-in-law of which, now retired, Olympic champion athlete?", "answers": [ "denise lewis" ] }, { "question": "Which motor car manufacturer introduced the 'Aero 8' model in 1998?", "answers": [ "morgan" ] }, { "question": "Poet Wendy Cope wrote ‘Making Cocoa For……’who’?", "answers": [ "kingsley amis" ] }, { "question": "How many yards are in a UK mile?", "answers": [ "1760" ] }, { "question": "On which island is the popular Caribbean resort abbreviated to 'Mobay'?", "answers": [ "jamaica" ] }, { "question": "‘The Sunshine Showdown’ took place in January 1973 in Jamaica between Joe Frazier and which other boxer?", "answers": [ "george foreman" ] }, { "question": "In which of London's Royal Parks is Speakers' Corner located ?", "answers": [ "hyde park" ] }, { "question": "Which major river empties into the Gulf of Guinea?", "answers": [ "niger" ] }, { "question": "Which play features the character Blanche Dubois?", "answers": [ "streetcar named desire" ] }, { "question": "In which film was the song Bright Eyes featured", "answers": [ "watership down" ] }, { "question": "Peter Faulk received his first Emmy for a performance on which show?", "answers": [ "dick powell show" ] }, { "question": "According to the nursery rhyme who 'kissed the girls and made them cry'?", "answers": [ "georgie porgie" ] }, { "question": "\"The \"\"Ampere\"\" is the SI Unit of what?\"", "answers": [ "electric current" ] }, { "question": "Of which fruit is Norfolk Giant a variety?", "answers": [ "raspberries" ] }, { "question": "A thick fillet steak served with a bearnaise sauce is named after which French statesman?", "answers": [ "vicomte françois rené de chateaubriand" ] }, { "question": "Which Chinese city, the capital of Shaanxi province, is home to the Terracotta Army?", "answers": [ "xi" ] }, { "question": "Hepatitis is the inflammation of which organ?", "answers": [ "liver" ] }, { "question": "Who played Dorothy Zbornak in the US tv show ‘The Golden Girls’?", "answers": [ "bea arthur" ] }, { "question": "With over 150 varieties, which common herb is said to provide relief from an upset stomach", "answers": [ "mint" ] }, { "question": "Which golfer sank a six foot putt to retain the Ryder Cup for Europe in 2012?", "answers": [ "martin kaymer" ] }, { "question": "Formerly the capital, which is the largest city in Tanzania?", "answers": [ "dar es salaam" ] }, { "question": "In what country would you find the capital city of Jakarta?", "answers": [ "indonesia" ] }, { "question": "Who created the US animated series ‘Family Guy’ in 1998?", "answers": [ "seth macfarlane" ] }, { "question": "How is Joan Molinsky better known?", "answers": [ "joan rivers" ] }, { "question": "What is the German for Thursday?", "answers": [ "donnerstag" ] }, { "question": "In the human body what is the Trachea?", "answers": [ "windpipe" ] }, { "question": "During which war was Shakespeare's play 'Troilus And Cressida' set?", "answers": [ "trojan war" ] }, { "question": "Which motorway links the M6 with Telford?", "answers": [ "m54" ] }, { "question": "In standard poker, what name is given to a hand consisting of 3 matching cards of one rank and two matching cards of another rank?", "answers": [ "full house" ] }, { "question": "\"What event's results were predicted by a \"\"psychic\"\" octopus?\"", "answers": [ "2010 world cup" ] }, { "question": "In the Bible, who was the servant of Sarah who became the concubine of Abraham and mother of Ishmael?", "answers": [ "hagar" ] }, { "question": "What tool has a horn, a table, a face, a hardie hole, a heel, a waist and a foot?", "answers": [ "anvil" ] }, { "question": "Which is the longest river in Asia that flows through only one country?", "answers": [ "yangtze" ] }, { "question": "The National Trust property Clouds Hill in Dorset was the home of which military man and writer?", "answers": [ "lawrence of arabia" ] }, { "question": "How many players are on the field at one time in an American Football team?", "answers": [ "11" ] }, { "question": "Which motorway connects Bristol to the M4?", "answers": [ "m32" ] }, { "question": "Where on the human body is the skin the thinnest", "answers": [ "eyelids" ] }, { "question": "The adjective navicular means shaped like which object?", "answers": [ "boat" ] }, { "question": "\"Which sculptor is famous for his work \"\"The Thinker\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "rodin" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the scripts for the TV series 'One Foot in the Grave'?", "answers": [ "david renwick" ] }, { "question": "In which year was actor Sean Connery born?", "answers": [ "1930" ] }, { "question": "\"What does the SI unit \"\"Newton\"\" measure?\"", "answers": [ "force" ] }, { "question": "Where could you ride ‘The Smiler’ ‘Oblivion’ and ‘Nemesis’?", "answers": [ "alton towers" ] }, { "question": "What is the American word for grilling food", "answers": [ "grilling" ] }, { "question": "At 4132 miles long, which is regarded as the longest river in the world?", "answers": [ "nile" ] }, { "question": "How many players per side are allowed on the field in a game of rugby league?", "answers": [ "13" ] }, { "question": "\"In the English legal system, what does a lawyer become when he \"\"takes silk\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "taking silk" ] }, { "question": "Which German Nazi leader flew solo from Ausberg in 1941 and landed by parachute near Glasgow on a private peace mission?", "answers": [ "hess" ] }, { "question": "In which part of the body is the 'Hypothalamus'?", "answers": [ "brain" ] }, { "question": "'The Glorious Revolution' brought which monarch to the throne of England?", "answers": [ "william iii" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the 1973 novel ‘The Dressmaker’?", "answers": [ "beryl bainbridge" ] }, { "question": "What is the mascot of Children in Need", "answers": [ "children in need" ] }, { "question": "On a London Underground train map which colour depicts the Circle Line?", "answers": [ "yellow" ] }, { "question": "What is a green liqueur made from anise, hyssop, angelica and mint?", "answers": [ "absinthe" ] }, { "question": "What cooking term is used if you are cooking just below boiling point?", "answers": [ "simmer" ] }, { "question": "In which country was Greenpeace founded?", "answers": [ "canada" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the family in 'The Cosby Show'?", "answers": [ "huxtable" ] }, { "question": "Rose Sunday is another name for which day?", "answers": [ "mothering sunday" ] }, { "question": "\"Who played the Prince Regent in \"\"Blackadder the Third\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "hugh laurie" ] }, { "question": "Arreciffe is the capital of which of the Canary Islands ?", "answers": [ "lanzarote" ] }, { "question": "What chemical element (Cu) is named after Cyprus?", "answers": [ "copper" ] }, { "question": "Which page of a Web site is called a Home Page?", "answers": [ "first" ] }, { "question": "Englishman John Wycliffe's 14th century Lollardy movement addressed reform of what?", "answers": [ "religious" ] }, { "question": "Who was the wife of 'King Priam of Troy' and the mother of 'Hector', 'Paris', 'Troilus' and 'Cassandra'?", "answers": [ "hecuba" ] }, { "question": "What National Park borders the city of Gatlinburg, Tennessee?", "answers": [ "great smoky mountains" ] }, { "question": "Which singer plays Chicago police officer Sharon Pogue in the 2001 film ‘Angel Eyes’?", "answers": [ "jennifer lopez" ] }, { "question": "Who starred as the Last Action Hero?", "answers": [ "schwarzenegger" ] }, { "question": "Laurence Olivier took the title Baron Olivier of which town?", "answers": [ "brighton" ] }, { "question": "In what year did the United States celebrate its bicentennial?", "answers": [ "1976" ] }, { "question": "Who replaced Mickey Arthur as coach of the Australian cricket team in June?", "answers": [ "darren lehmann" ] }, { "question": "\"In the TV series, \"\"Steptoe and Son\"\", in which street did the Steptoe's live?\"", "answers": [ "oil drum lane" ] }, { "question": "What is the longest river in Italy?", "answers": [ "po" ] }, { "question": "Which wheat is not suitable for bread making because of its low gluten content but is ideal for pasta?", "answers": [ "durum" ] }, { "question": "Which is the world's largest retailer ?", "answers": [ "largest retailer" ] }, { "question": "Which daily newspaper was founded in 1909, but closed in 1971 when it merged with the Daily Mail?", "answers": [ "daily sketch" ] }, { "question": "22 ‘What’ Avenue’ is the title of a song by Iron Maiden?", "answers": [ "acacia" ] }, { "question": "What is the full title of the first Austin Powers film?", "answers": [ "international man of mystery" ] }, { "question": "What nation's capital has the highest elevation?", "answers": [ "bolivia" ] }, { "question": "Ouzel is an old name for the turdus merula aka which common garden bird?", "answers": [ "blackbird" ] }, { "question": "\"What word's original meaning was \"\"to remove every tenth one\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "decimate" ] }, { "question": "What is the national animal of Tanzania?", "answers": [ "giraffe" ] }, { "question": "The capital of which French island in the West Indies between Dominica and Santa Lucia, St Pierre, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1902 and moved to Fort de France?", "answers": [ "martinique" ] }, { "question": "What nationality was the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard?", "answers": [ "danish" ] }, { "question": "What was the first British building society to become a bank", "answers": [ "abbey national" ] }, { "question": "Who became the third wife of Paul McCartney in October 2011?", "answers": [ "nancy shevell" ] }, { "question": "Who is to be Australia's first Catholic saint?", "answers": [ "mary helen mackillop" ] }, { "question": "On 4th June Pour Moi beat which horse in the Derby?", "answers": [ "carlton house" ] }, { "question": "What is the British version of the board game Clue?", "answers": [ "cluedo" ] }, { "question": "Who controversially interviewed the on-the-run Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman for Rolling Stone Magazine just before his 2015 capture?", "answers": [ "sean penn" ] }, { "question": "Which famous actor played Roy Slater?", "answers": [ "jim broadbent" ] }, { "question": "Which mythological Greek hero, the son of Telamon and Periboea and king of Salamis, plays an important role in Homer's Iliad?", "answers": [ "ajax" ] }, { "question": "Which English town was called Camulodunum in Latin?", "answers": [ "colchester" ] }, { "question": "What was the surname of the title character in H.G.Wells; novel The Invisible Man?", "answers": [ "griffin" ] }, { "question": "Dying in a car crash in 1974, who was the original lead singer with The Wurzels?", "answers": [ "adge cutler" ] }, { "question": "What's the third book in the Fifty Shades trilogy by E.L.James/", "answers": [ "fifty shades freed" ] }, { "question": "Lester and Carolyn Burnham are characters in which 1999 film?", "answers": [ "american beauty" ] }, { "question": "In which famous film was Frank Miller coming to kill Will Kane?", "answers": [ "high noon" ] }, { "question": "The Sentinel serves which Midlands city?", "answers": [ "stoke on trent" ] }, { "question": "Former New York City police chief Bernard Kerik, appointed US homeland security chief in 2004, was imprisoned for 4 years in February 2010 for what reason?", "answers": [ "tax fraud" ] }, { "question": "In which English city are the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter and Cadbury World?", "answers": [ "birmingham" ] }, { "question": "In 2009 which Swedish tennis player became the first to beat Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros?", "answers": [ "soderling" ] }, { "question": "Which iconic symbol of American independence is found in Philadelphia?", "answers": [ "liberty bell" ] }, { "question": "In the human body what is Varicella commonly known as?", "answers": [ "chickenpox" ] }, { "question": "What is the proper medical name for the windpipe?", "answers": [ "windpipe" ] }, { "question": "Premiered in 1947 which composer wrote the music for the opera 'Albert Herring'?", "answers": [ "benjamin britten" ] }, { "question": "What city is the capital of Argentina?", "answers": [ "buenos aires" ] }, { "question": "What is a Chinese-inspired meat dumpling-style snack food that normally consists of a large ball of pork or other meat, cabbage and flavourings, encased in a wrapper similar to that of a more traditional dumpling?", "answers": [ "dim sims" ] }, { "question": "\"Which genus of plants includes \"\"busy lizzie\"\" and \"\"touch-me- not\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "impatiens" ] }, { "question": "Famous composer, Handel, originally studied what?", "answers": [ "law" ] }, { "question": "Which element in the periodic table has atomic number 8 - it is the lowest numbered element to begin with a vowel?", "answers": [ "oxygen" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the car in the film The Love Bug?", "answers": [ "herbie" ] }, { "question": "How many letters are in the Hebrew alphabet?", "answers": [ "22" ] }, { "question": "What is a big acoustic guitar, a type of old battleship, and a thick coat cloth, which means 'fear nothing'?", "answers": [ "dreadnought" ] }, { "question": "Castlebay is the main town on which Scottish island?", "answers": [ "barra" ] }, { "question": "Which artist created 'The Lobster Telephone' in 1936 and 'Mae West Lip Sofa' in 1937?", "answers": [ "salvador dalí" ] }, { "question": "Which name was shared by 11 Pharoahs?", "answers": [ "rameses" ] }, { "question": "What is a baby kangaroo called?", "answers": [ "joey" ] }, { "question": "\"Sacha Baron Cohen created which character which first appeared on \"\"The Eleven O'Clock Show\"\" on Channel 4 in Great Britain on 8 September 1998?\"", "answers": [ "ali g" ] }, { "question": "G. H. Armauer Hansen discovered the cause of what disease in 1873?", "answers": [ "leper" ] }, { "question": "Whose recent book is called 'At Home: A Short History of Private Life'?", "answers": [ "bill bryson" ] }, { "question": "\"Who was described by Winston Churchill as \"\"a sheep in sheep's clothing\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "clement attlee" ] }, { "question": "Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the accession of Elizabeth II?", "answers": [ "winston churchill" ] }, { "question": "Halcyon is the poetic name for which bird?", "answers": [ "kingfishers" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of Morocco's capital, which is 60 miles north of Casablanca?", "answers": [ "capital of morocco" ] }, { "question": "What is the surname of the character ‘Hawkeye’ in the film and TV series ‘M*A*S*H’?", "answers": [ "pierce" ] }, { "question": "‘Hit and Miss’ was the theme tune to which TV pop show?", "answers": [ "juke box jury" ] }, { "question": "Who carved the tomb of Oscar Wilde in Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris?", "answers": [ "jacob epstein" ] }, { "question": "Which British city has an underground railway system which is nicknamed The Clockwork Orange?", "answers": [ "glasgow" ] }, { "question": "In which town or city are the headquarters of the Wetherspoons pub chain ?", "answers": [ "watford" ] }, { "question": "Ann Cleves wrote the novel Red Bones, which BBC TV drama, screened in 2013 and 2014, was based on it?", "answers": [ "shetland islands" ] }, { "question": "Which theatre, situated in Salford and opened in the year 2,000 is named after a British painter who lived from 1887 to 1976 ?", "answers": [ "lowry centre" ] }, { "question": "Which TV personality hosted the Eurovision Song Contest when it was held in Britain in the 1960's and 70's?", "answers": [ "katie boyle" ] }, { "question": "What name. is given to a golden coloured horse with a golden mane?", "answers": [ "palomino" ] }, { "question": "Name the 1980's hit sung by Tina Turner and Rod Stewart?", "answers": [ "it takes two" ] }, { "question": "Where did Pluto, discovered in 1930 (and designated a planet at the time), get its name?", "answers": [ "greek mythology" ] }, { "question": "In which year did the following events all take place; Ken Livingstone became the Mayor of London, England lost 1-0 to Germany in the last match at the old Wembley Stadium and Judith Keppel won the first £1,000,000 on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'?", "answers": [ "2000" ] }, { "question": "Which boxer was nicknamed the Orchid Man?", "answers": [ "georges carpentier" ] }, { "question": "Chris O'Dowd plays the imaginary friend of a young boy in rural Ireland in which TV series?", "answers": [ "moone boy" ] }, { "question": "The British archaeologist Arthur Evans was responsible for the excavation of which ancient Minoan palace-city?", "answers": [ "knossos" ] }, { "question": "Which crime writer created the fictional partnership of Rizzoli and Isles?", "answers": [ "tess gerritsen" ] }, { "question": "What was invented by George de Mestral in 1957?", "answers": [ "velcro" ] }, { "question": "Which US state is named on the label of a Jack Daniels bottle?", "answers": [ "tennessee" ] }, { "question": "Australian Capital Territory is entirely surrounded by what state?", "answers": [ "new south wales" ] }, { "question": "Oct 21, 1797 saw the launch of what famous frigate, the world's oldest commissioned warship, in Boston Harbor?", "answers": [ "uss constitution" ] }, { "question": "Which king of England had a mother and a son who were both beheaded?", "answers": [ "james i of england" ] }, { "question": "Doggles, invented by Ken and Roni di Lullo, are a type of what?", "answers": [ "sunglasses" ] }, { "question": "Who is the famous husband of the also famous Chinese singer Peng Liyuan?", "answers": [ "xi jinping" ] }, { "question": "Which pirate’s ship was called Queen Anne’s Revenge?", "answers": [ "blackbeard" ] }, { "question": "Which ship suffered an oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1989?", "answers": [ "exxon valdez" ] }, { "question": "Which German city is the capital of Lower Saxony?", "answers": [ "hanover" ] }, { "question": "What was a originally an ancient Greek post-banquet drinking party, and nowadays refers to a researchers/academic conference?", "answers": [ "symposium" ] }, { "question": "What would be stored in a 'humidor'?", "answers": [ "cigars" ] }, { "question": "In 'The Owl and the Pussycat' who performed the wedding?", "answers": [ "turkey" ] }, { "question": "Which chemical element, atomic number 51, used to be called Stibium?", "answers": [ "stibnium" ] }, { "question": "What island is divided between Greek and Turkish factions?", "answers": [ "cyprus" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the first nuclear powered merchant cargo ship?", "answers": [ "savannah" ] }, { "question": "In which country was Osama bin Laden born?", "answers": [ "saudi" ] }, { "question": "What Christian city was sacked during the Fourth Crusade?", "answers": [ "constantinople" ] }, { "question": "In Greek mythology, who was the brother of both Zeus and Poseidon and was God of the Underworld?", "answers": [ "hades" ] }, { "question": "Which golfer won the British Open Championship in 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983?", "answers": [ "tom watson" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the Scottish physicist who wrote 'Treatise On Electricity And Magnetisim' in 1873?", "answers": [ "james clerk maxwell" ] }, { "question": "From which film did the song Windmills Of Your Mind come", "answers": [ "thomas crown affair" ] }, { "question": "\"Idris el Senussi, Emir or Cyrenu, was made the first king of what \"\"United Kingdom\"\" on 24 December 1951?\"", "answers": [ "libya" ] }, { "question": "Which character in The Archers kept a Staffordshire bull terrier called Captain?", "answers": [ "jack woolley" ] }, { "question": "Which rank in the Royal Navy is the equivalent to the rank of Colonel in the British Army?", "answers": [ "captain" ] }, { "question": "Formed in the 1980s and having the leader Hassan Nasrallah, which radical Shi-ite Muslim organisation in Lebanon has, for years, been involved in guerilla warfare against Israel?", "answers": [ "hizbollah" ] }, { "question": "Which Prime Minister twice succeeded J Ramsay Macdonald?", "answers": [ "stanley baldwin" ] }, { "question": "Who got to no.3 in the charts in 1972 with ‘You’re So Vain’?", "answers": [ "carly simon" ] }, { "question": "How have vegetables been cut which are served Julienne?", "answers": [ "thin strips" ] }, { "question": "\"What singer had two hit songs that started with \"\"Like a\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "madonna" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of 'Rene Artois's' wife in the TV comedy series 'Allo, Allo'?", "answers": [ "edith" ] }, { "question": "What type of creature is a 'Spanish Fly'?", "answers": [ "beetle" ] }, { "question": "Albert Finney turned down which role that won Peter O Toole an Oscar?", "answers": [ "lawrence of arabia" ] }, { "question": "The novel written by Agatha Christie that was renamed for political correctness in 1940 as Ten Little Indians has again been renamed. How is this story now titled?", "answers": [ "ten little niggers" ] }, { "question": "A regatta is a boat race, where was the original regatta?", "answers": [ "venice" ] }, { "question": "What type of plastic was made from phenol and formaldehyde?", "answers": [ "bakelite" ] }, { "question": "Cliff Richard's 'Living Doll' featured in which 1959 film?", "answers": [ "serious charge" ] }, { "question": "During World War II, Operation Sealion was the codename for the invasion of which area?", "answers": [ "britain" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first woman to win a Best Director 'Oscar'?", "answers": [ "kathryn bigelow" ] }, { "question": "What was the number given to Patrick McGoohan in the TV series The Prisoner?", "answers": [ "number 6" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the new racecourse, opened in June 2009, about five miles north of Llanelli?", "answers": [ "ffos las" ] }, { "question": "Where was the World Netball Series held in October 2009?", "answers": [ "manchester" ] }, { "question": "\"What does the Russian word \"\"Sputnik\"\" mean?\"", "answers": [ "fellow traveler" ] }, { "question": "By the end of the 80s, what percentage of British households had two cars?", "answers": [ "20" ] }, { "question": "The French word for which colour is jaune?", "answers": [ "yellow" ] }, { "question": "\"In the TV series \"\"Boston Legal\"\", who played the character of Denny Crane?\"", "answers": [ "william shatner" ] }, { "question": "In which year did the following happen - Microsoft was registered as a trade name, Brotherhood of Man won Eurovision and Mao Zedong died?", "answers": [ "1976" ] }, { "question": "What is the state capital of West Virginia?", "answers": [ "charleston" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the horse in the TV comedy 'Steptoe and Son'?", "answers": [ "hercules" ] }, { "question": "In crossing which body of water was King John reputed to have lost most of his Crown Jewels?", "answers": [ "wash" ] }, { "question": "Who lost the first Super Bowl of the 70s?", "answers": [ "minnesota vikings" ] }, { "question": "In which town is the University of Warwick?", "answers": [ "coventry" ] }, { "question": "Who played 'The Fugitive' on TV?", "answers": [ "david janssen" ] }, { "question": "In what year was the multi Academy Award winning film 'Kramer v Kramer' released?", "answers": [ "1979" ] }, { "question": "\"What was the setting for the 1960s children's TV adventure series \"\"Daktari\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "east africa" ] }, { "question": "'Erinaceus Europaeus' is the latin name for which common creature?", "answers": [ "hedgehog" ] }, { "question": "Platelets fulfil what function in human blood?", "answers": [ "clot formation" ] }, { "question": "In Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, what is the name of Othello’s wife?", "answers": [ "desdemona" ] }, { "question": "Jersey Joe Walcott was a world champion in which sport?", "answers": [ "boxing" ] }, { "question": "Which young poet drowned off the Italian coast in 1822?", "answers": [ "percy bysshe shelley" ] }, { "question": "In which year did the 'Jet Age' become the 'Space Age'?", "answers": [ "1957" ] }, { "question": "Musician Evelyn Rothwell (Lady Barbirolli) died in January 2008, what instrument did she play?", "answers": [ "oboe" ] }, { "question": "On which precise day of the month in November does the USA celebrate Thanksgiving?", "answers": [ "fourth thursday" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the robot dog that became a regular companion for Doctor Who?", "answers": [ "k9" ] }, { "question": "What name did the Beckhams give to their fourth child and first daughter ?", "answers": [ "harper seven" ] }, { "question": "\"In the book \"\"Tom Brown's Schooldays\"\" what was the name of the school bully that Tom and his friend Harry eventually defeat in a fight after enduring several months of bullying?\"", "answers": [ "flashman" ] }, { "question": "What would your astrological sign be if you were born today?", "answers": [ "taurus" ] }, { "question": "American mathematician Norbert Wiener, 1894-1964, coined what scientific term concerning complex systems, and helped define its modern understanding?", "answers": [ "cybernetic system" ] }, { "question": "What is the minimum age required to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives?", "answers": [ "25" ] }, { "question": "An autotonsorialist is a person who cuts their own what?", "answers": [ "hair" ] }, { "question": "Who was Earl Spencer's best man who was jailed for fraud?", "answers": [ "darius guppy" ] }, { "question": "Who assists Alexander Armstrong with the t.v. quiz 'Pointless'?", "answers": [ "richard osman" ] }, { "question": "Photographer Walter Iooss who also shoots swimsuit models among others is known for his contributions to which magazine?", "answers": [ "sports illustrated" ] }, { "question": "The three 'Graces' of Greek mythology were 'Euphrosyne', 'Thalia' and which other?", "answers": [ "aglaea" ] }, { "question": "Which species of wild goose, Anser anser, is the ancestor of all European domestic geese?", "answers": [ "greylag goose" ] }, { "question": "Jean Dominique Larrey developed which type of vehicle?", "answers": [ "ambulances" ] }, { "question": "What was Sony's portable tape player called?", "answers": [ "sony walkman" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"The World Series\"\" has been the annual championship series of the highest level of professional players of which sport in the USA and Canada since 1903?\"", "answers": [ "baseball team" ] }, { "question": "Who created the radio/TV character Count Arthur Strong?", "answers": [ "arthur strong" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first woman Speaker of the UK House of Commons?", "answers": [ "baroness boothroyd" ] }, { "question": "Where was Europe's biggest US air base in the 1940's and 1950's?", "answers": [ "burtonwood" ] }, { "question": "Rafflesia Arnoldii, the world’s largest flower, is better known by what name?", "answers": [ "corpse flower" ] }, { "question": "Who along with John Cleese wrote 'Fawlty Towers'?", "answers": [ "connie booth" ] }, { "question": "What was the composer Wolfgang Mozart's middle name?", "answers": [ "amadeus" ] }, { "question": "Bewdley, Tenbury Wells, and Droitwich Spa are all towns in which English county?", "answers": [ "worcestershire" ] }, { "question": "Who was Ron Hextall playing for when, on 8 December 1987, in a game against the Boston Bruins, he became the first goaltender in NHL history to score a goal by actually shooting the puck into an open net?", "answers": [ "flyers" ] }, { "question": "Flourine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine and Astatine comprise which group of chemical elements?", "answers": [ "halogens" ] }, { "question": "What is the capital of Bolivia?", "answers": [ "capital of bolivia" ] }, { "question": "Vestiphobia is the fear of what?", "answers": [ "wearing clothes" ] }, { "question": "Who was the star name behind the founding of Rocket Records?", "answers": [ "sir elton" ] }, { "question": "Which battle is commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand?", "answers": [ "little bighorn" ] }, { "question": "Which family live at Dorlcote Mill in a work by George Eliot?", "answers": [ "tulliver" ] }, { "question": "Chili Dip, Dormie, Fringe and Shagging are all terms used in which sport?", "answers": [ "golf" ] }, { "question": "Active from 1973 to the present, what Bellevue based sisters front the rock band Heart?", "answers": [ "ann and nancy wilson" ] }, { "question": "In relation to money, what is the national currency of Romania ?", "answers": [ "leu" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the Scottish mathematician who invented Logarithms?", "answers": [ "mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio" ] }, { "question": "In Troy weight , how many grains are there in a pennyweight ?", "answers": [ "24" ] }, { "question": "Which country's parliament is called the Folketing?", "answers": [ "denmark" ] }, { "question": "John Hosking was the first Mayor of which Australian city?", "answers": [ "sydney" ] }, { "question": "Which Battle of 1944 was the inspiration for Cornelius Ryan's 1974 book A Bridge Too Far?", "answers": [ "arnhem" ] }, { "question": "A gathering of which birds can be described as an ‘unkindness’?", "answers": [ "ravens" ] }, { "question": "What does a charcutier sell?", "answers": [ "meats" ] }, { "question": "In the film Avatar, what is the name of the paradise-like planet on which most of the action takes place?", "answers": [ "pandora" ] }, { "question": "Which planet lies between Saturn and Neptune?", "answers": [ "uranus" ] }, { "question": "What is the real name of fictional character Shaggy from the animated television series ‘Scooby Doo’?", "answers": [ "shaggy rogers" ] }, { "question": "What is the closely curled wool of the Persian lamb known as", "answers": [ "astrakhan" ] }, { "question": "Which pre-decimal coin, never minted after decimalisation, was still legal tender until 1980?", "answers": [ "sixpence" ] }, { "question": "What is polemology the study of", "answers": [ "war" ] }, { "question": "Who won the Super Bowl in 2006?", "answers": [ "steelers" ] }, { "question": "In the title of a Shakespeare play, of which city in the Levant was Pericles the prince?", "answers": [ "tyre" ] }, { "question": "\"In the spy world, what is \"\"the company\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "cia" ] }, { "question": "Who had a hit single in 1989 with We Didn't Start The Fire?", "answers": [ "billy joel" ] }, { "question": "By what name is the TV character Colt Seavers more famously known?", "answers": [ "fall guy" ] }, { "question": "What type of creature is a Coalmouse?", "answers": [ "birds" ] }, { "question": "In which Australianis Philip Island, a tourist attraction for its Penguins?", "answers": [ "victoria" ] }, { "question": "Who, with Steve Jobs, founded Apple Computers?", "answers": [ "steve wozniak" ] }, { "question": "\"Which fashion house markets the perfume \"\"Addict\"\" ?\"", "answers": [ "christian dior" ] }, { "question": "The Allied forces at the 1704 Battle of Blenheim were led by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of where?", "answers": [ "savoy" ] }, { "question": "What is the capital of the US state of Idaho?", "answers": [ "boise" ] }, { "question": "Domenikos Theotokopoulos is the real name of which painter and sculptor?", "answers": [ "el greco" ] }, { "question": "Who was the US Attorney General to J F Kennedy?", "answers": [ "robert kennedy" ] }, { "question": "Which fish became subject to EU fishing quota arguments in 2013 due to its significant movement into Icelandic waters?", "answers": [ "mackerel" ] }, { "question": "The 1923 Great Kanto earthquake was until 2011 which nation's biggest?", "answers": [ "japan" ] }, { "question": "\"Which American TV producer created the series. \"\"The Invaders\"\" and \"\"Cannon\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "quinn martin" ] }, { "question": "What title is held by the heir to the Spanish throne?", "answers": [ "princess of asturias" ] }, { "question": "Which planet is the densest in the Solar System?", "answers": [ "earth" ] }, { "question": "What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale", "answers": [ "212 degrees" ] }, { "question": "Who scored a record 156 for Australia in a Twenty20 International against England this summer?", "answers": [ "aaron finch" ] }, { "question": "Holly Hagan, Scott Timlin, Vicky Pattison and Daniel Thomas-Tuck have all appeared in which UK television reality show?", "answers": [ "guarnaccio" ] }, { "question": "Which actress said... When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better?", "answers": [ "mae west" ] }, { "question": "Which European capital city was known as Kristiana from 1877 to 1925 ?", "answers": [ "oslo" ] }, { "question": "Which organisation has won the Nobel Peace Prize three times, in 1917, 1944 and 1963?", "answers": [ "red cross" ] }, { "question": "When the musical Chicago won the Best Picture Oscar in 2002 it was the 1st musical to do so since which 1968 film?", "answers": [ "oliver" ] }, { "question": "What human liquid is 99.5% water, and 0.5% electrolytes, mucus, glycoproteins, enzymes, and antibacterial compounds such as IgA and lysozyme? Blood; Sweat; Tears; or Saliva?", "answers": [ "saliva" ] }, { "question": "What is an angle called which is larger than 180 degrees and smaller than 360 degrees?", "answers": [ "types of angles" ] }, { "question": "DNA evidence supports the idea that what people were the original colonizers of North America?", "answers": [ "asians" ] }, { "question": "June 8, 1955 saw the birth of Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, British engineer and computer scientist best known for inventing what modern convenience that nobody could get by without anymore?", "answers": [ "world wide web" ] }, { "question": "Killing 57 people and causing over $3 billion in property damage, the eruption o f Mount St. Helens occurred on May 18 of what year?", "answers": [ "1980" ] }, { "question": "Who was the author of the 'Alan Quatermain' series and the 'Ayesha' series of novels, who was born on June 22nd. 1856?", "answers": [ "rider haggard" ] }, { "question": "May 25, 1787 saw the sitting of the Constitutional Convention. In what city did the delegates meet?", "answers": [ "philadelphia" ] }, { "question": "Which TV Game Show has been presented by Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves and Les Dennis?", "answers": [ "family fortunes" ] }, { "question": "Alphabet became in 2015 the holding company of which vast tech corporation?", "answers": [ "google" ] }, { "question": "What weapon was used in the Medieval joust?", "answers": [ "lance" ] }, { "question": "The Greeks called her Artemis, what was the Roman name for this Goddess?", "answers": [ "diana" ] }, { "question": "The Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral is in which European city?", "answers": [ "florentine" ] }, { "question": "What is the Celtic name for Edinburgh?", "answers": [ "dunedin" ] }, { "question": "At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in which athletics events was the men's gold medal won by the Panamanian Irving Saladino and the women's gold medal by the Brazilian Maurren Maggi?", "answers": [ "long jump" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the Norman Conquests?", "answers": [ "alan ayckbourn" ] }, { "question": "Dundee is on which Firth?", "answers": [ "tay" ] }, { "question": "Who composed ‘Water Music’ in 1717?", "answers": [ "georg friedrich händel" ] }, { "question": "What character was created by Bram Stoker?", "answers": [ "dracula" ] }, { "question": "Which poet wrote 'The Lady of the Lake' in 1810?", "answers": [ "sir walter scott" ] }, { "question": "By what name was Mongol leader Temujin better known?", "answers": [ "temujin" ] }, { "question": "Spain's war in 1898 with which power resulted in its loss of sovereignty over Cuba and the Philippine Islands?", "answers": [ "united states" ] }, { "question": "Who when elected as MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 1987 became the first black woman member of the House of Commons", "answers": [ "dianne abbott" ] }, { "question": "\"Which Elton John hit of 1972 contains the line: \"\"I miss the Earth so much, I miss my wife\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "rocket man" ] }, { "question": "Queens Park Rangers defender Jose Bosingwa plays international football for which country?", "answers": [ "portugal" ] }, { "question": "Which singer created the alter egos Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane?", "answers": [ "david bowie" ] }, { "question": "Published in 2011, 'The House of Silk' is the first new official Sherlock Holmes mystery and was written by which author who has won many awards for his children's books?", "answers": [ "anthony horowitz" ] }, { "question": "What classical ballet tells the story of Odette who is turned into a creature by an evil sorcerer's curse?", "answers": [ "swan lake" ] }, { "question": "Who was the Italian player head-butted by French captain Zinedine Zidane in the final of the football World Cup 2006?", "answers": [ "marco materazzi" ] }, { "question": "AM Which fashion designer committed suicide in 2010?", "answers": [ "alexander mcqueen" ] }, { "question": "Completed in 1923, which famous steam locomotive was noted for the London to Edinburgh service?", "answers": [ "flying scotsman" ] }, { "question": "In the Oscar acting categories, which actor has received the most nominations?", "answers": [ "jack nicholson" ] }, { "question": "Munich is located in what German state?", "answers": [ "bavaria" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me\"\" is a famous line from what 1964 film?\"", "answers": [ "carry on cleo" ] }, { "question": "What are the names of the late Michael Jackson's parents?", "answers": [ "joseph and katherine" ] }, { "question": "In what decade did Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, leave Eton?", "answers": [ "1970s" ] }, { "question": "In which year did traffic wardens first appear on the streets of London?", "answers": [ "1960" ] }, { "question": "In which city was the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' first published in 1768?", "answers": [ "edinburgh" ] }, { "question": "New York artist Vincent Castiglia is noted for painting with what unconventional substance?", "answers": [ "blood" ] }, { "question": "Who founded the Theatre Union in 1936 and the Theatre Workshop in 1945 (both in Manchester)?", "answers": [ "joan littlewood" ] }, { "question": "In the children’s tv series, what is the name of Bob the Builder’s cat?", "answers": [ "pilchard" ] }, { "question": "Which monster did Ariadne help to destroy?", "answers": [ "minotaur" ] }, { "question": "What is the square root of 361?", "answers": [ "19" ] }, { "question": "The naval battle fought on 2 April 1801 known as the Battle of Copenhagen was fought between Denmark and a navy from where?", "answers": [ "britain" ] }, { "question": "Which singing duo appeared in 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.', in 1967?", "answers": [ "sonny and cher" ] }, { "question": "Moon River and Days of Wine and Roses won Grammy Awards as Record of the Year in the early 1960s for which composer?", "answers": [ "henry mancini" ] }, { "question": "What is your star sign if you were born on the fourth of July", "answers": [ "cancers" ] }, { "question": "Who took over the Radio 2 breakfast show in 2010 succeeding Terry Wogan?", "answers": [ "chris evans" ] }, { "question": "In which children's TV programme would you have found the characters 'Brain', 'Spook' and 'Choo-Choo'?", "answers": [ "top cat" ] }, { "question": "What mineral caused the founding of S Africa’s Johannesburg in 1886?", "answers": [ "gold" ] }, { "question": "Who won the 2010 BRIT Award for British Male Solo Artist?", "answers": [ "dizzee" ] }, { "question": "Which silent film won the 2011 Oscar for Best Film?", "answers": [ "artist" ] }, { "question": "John Maus died in May 2011, of which pop group had he been a member?", "answers": [ "walker brothers" ] }, { "question": "What nationality was the 16th-century poet and soldier Camoens?", "answers": [ "portuguese" ] }, { "question": "Who is the voice of Po in the Kung Fu Panda films?", "answers": [ "jack black" ] }, { "question": "What alloy is made of 12% tin and 88% copper?", "answers": [ "bronzes" ] }, { "question": "In which Shakespeare play will you find the line 'Beware the Ides of March'?", "answers": [ "caesar" ] }, { "question": "What is the predominant flavour of fennel?", "answers": [ "anise" ] }, { "question": "Who brought a legal suit against Michael Jackson in early 2009 claiming a share of profits from the Thriller video?", "answers": [ "john landis" ] }, { "question": "\"Who married Taylor Hackford (the director of \"\"White Nights\"\", in which she appeared), her partner since 1986, on 31 December 1997?\"", "answers": [ "ilyena vasilievna mironov" ] }, { "question": "Which country singer had hits with El Paso and Devil Woman", "answers": [ "marty robbins" ] }, { "question": "Which Briton won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine?", "answers": [ "robert edwards" ] }, { "question": "Who did Jane Fonda play in the 60s movie of the same name where she repeatedly lost her clothes.", "answers": [ "barbarella" ] }, { "question": "What is the symbol of the United States Democratic Party?", "answers": [ "donkey" ] }, { "question": "What is the surname of Woody, the assistant bartender, in the US television comedy series ‘Cheers’?", "answers": [ "boyd" ] }, { "question": "Who died in the Petersen House at 516 10th Street NW in Washington DC on April 15th 1865?", "answers": [ "lincoln" ] }, { "question": "In which state was US President John F Kennedy assassinated?", "answers": [ "texas" ] }, { "question": "What did Scotland acquire from Norway in 1290?", "answers": [ "hebrides" ] }, { "question": "At which indoor sport was TV presenter Matt Baker talented in his younger days?", "answers": [ "gymnastics" ] }, { "question": "At 1309 metres high, which Scottish mountain is the second highest mountain in Great Britain?", "answers": [ "ben macdui" ] }, { "question": "\"Who wrote the \"\"Uncle Remus\"\" stories?\"", "answers": [ "joel chandler harris" ] }, { "question": "In Western films what was the name of Hopalong Cassidy's horse?", "answers": [ "topper" ] }, { "question": "Which Scottish soccer club plays at Cappielow Park?", "answers": [ "greenock morton football club" ] }, { "question": "Which US actress, star of TV and films, died in June 2009 in Santa Monica, aged 62?", "answers": [ "farrah fawcett" ] }, { "question": "A parent company of on of the worlds largest consumer products brands Unilever, What product did Lever Brothers manufacture when they first opened shop in 1885?", "answers": [ "soaps" ] }, { "question": "Who painted 'Absinthe Drinker' in 1901?", "answers": [ "pablo picasso" ] }, { "question": "What chemical compound of 1 carbon and 4 hydrogen atoms is the simplest alkane, and the principal component of natural gas?", "answers": [ "ch4" ] }, { "question": "The mastodon, which was similar to the mammoth, was found on which continent?", "answers": [ "north america" ] }, { "question": "The IWC, an international body established in 1946, is concerned with what activity?", "answers": [ "whaling" ] }, { "question": "Which infamous monk was murdered in Petrograd (St Petersburg) in 1916?", "answers": [ "rasputin" ] }, { "question": "Carl Stotz began an organisation in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1939 to promote what sport to youth?", "answers": [ "baseball team" ] }, { "question": "Where was the wartime seat of the Petain government of France?", "answers": [ "vichy" ] }, { "question": "The Arnolfini Centre for Contemporary Arts is in which British city?", "answers": [ "bristol" ] }, { "question": "\"What Norse god is known as a \"\"trickster god\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "loki" ] }, { "question": "The seaside resort of New Brighton is on the North eastern tip of which English peninsula?", "answers": [ "wirral" ] }, { "question": "Which Glasgow born architect designed the Glasgow School of Art, built between 1897 and 1909?", "answers": [ "rennie mackintosh" ] }, { "question": "In which county in Northern Ireland are the towns of Ballymena, Larne and Carrickfergus?", "answers": [ "county antrim" ] }, { "question": "Which Wiltshire town was twinned with Walt Disney World, Florida, in 2009?", "answers": [ "swindon" ] }, { "question": "In which Los Angeles memorial park was Michael Jackson buried?", "answers": [ "forest lawn" ] }, { "question": "What are the Friendly Islands in the Pacific now known as?", "answers": [ "tonga" ] }, { "question": "Actresses Virginia Cherrill, Betsy Drake and Dyan Cannon all married which actor?", "answers": [ "cary grant" ] }, { "question": "In the Star Wars series of films Princess Leia is whose twin sister?", "answers": [ "luke skywalker" ] }, { "question": "Behind U.S.A. which country has the second longest road network in the world?", "answers": [ "india" ] }, { "question": "\"What 1999 film had the tag line \"\"Bigger, Longer and Uncut\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "south park" ] }, { "question": "Who in Anglo-Saxon legend is the god of metal working?", "answers": [ "wayland" ] }, { "question": "Which painter is known as The Father of Impressionism?", "answers": [ "monet" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the drunken tinker in and for who the play ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, by William Shakespeare, is performed?", "answers": [ "christopher sly" ] }, { "question": "Who is the founder of the Wikileaks website?", "answers": [ "julian assange" ] }, { "question": "Known as the Beaver State, what was the 33rd state to join the Union on Feb 14, 1859?", "answers": [ "oregon state" ] }, { "question": "England has twice been runner-up in the Rugby Union World Cup, to Australia in 1991 and to which country in 2007?", "answers": [ "south africa" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the plays 'Ivanov', 'The Wood Demon' and 'The Seagull'?", "answers": [ "anton chekhov" ] }, { "question": "F&F is the clothing brand of which supermarket chain?", "answers": [ "tesco" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the National Lottery draw where players pick five main numbers which can be any number between 1 and 50, then the players selects two different lucky star numbers from a pool of eleven balls?", "answers": [ "euro millions" ] }, { "question": "What Z word is the antonym of nadir?", "answers": [ "zenith" ] }, { "question": "Which country’s team always leads the procession of athletes during the Olympic Opening Ceremony?", "answers": [ "greece" ] }, { "question": "Which city linked by canal with Rotterdam and Amsterdam, is the seat of the Netherlands government?", "answers": [ "hague" ] }, { "question": "What radio station do you find at 710 on your local AM dial?", "answers": [ "kiro" ] }, { "question": "\"Who said \"\"Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-... That's all, folks\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "porky pig" ] }, { "question": "In which 1971 film did Clint Eastwood play the d.j., and Jessica Walter the disturbed fan?", "answers": [ "play misty for me" ] }, { "question": "Name the 1993 movie from its plot summary: \"A married woman agrees to have sex with another man for $1,000,000.\"", "answers": [ "indecent proposal" ] }, { "question": "Which former Music Hall comedian played 'Harry Payne' in television's 'Coronation Street' in 1978?", "answers": [ "max wall" ] }, { "question": "Which of Brian Epstein’s recording artists was born William Howard Ashton?", "answers": [ "billy kramer" ] }, { "question": "'Elizabethan Serenade' was a pop hit for Boris Gardiner under what title?", "answers": [ "elizabethan serenade" ] }, { "question": "Which sporting event takes place in Pasadena, California on New Year's Day?", "answers": [ "rose bowl" ] }, { "question": "Who was described as Lady Macbeth by John Bercow in August 2000?", "answers": [ "cherie booth" ] }, { "question": "What word for a wild or half-tamed horse derives from the Spanish word for rough wood and specifically a knot in wood?", "answers": [ "bronco" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the railway company that operates services between St Pancras, the East Midlands and South Yorkshire?", "answers": [ "midland mainline" ] }, { "question": "Who, born in Gloucestershire, composed 'On Wedlock Edge' in 1909?", "answers": [ "ralph vaughan williams" ] }, { "question": "Which, once successful hosiery company was set up by Asil Nadir?", "answers": [ "polly peck" ] }, { "question": "What is the common name of the chemical NH3, which is found in cleaning products?", "answers": [ "ammonia" ] }, { "question": "In what country was Canadian Club whiskey first distilled?", "answers": [ "us" ] }, { "question": "\"In sport, whose victory song is 'Under the Southern Cross I Stand\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "australian cricket" ] }, { "question": "In the Book of Genesis, who died whilst giving birth to her son, Benjamin?", "answers": [ "rachel" ] }, { "question": "Which was the first country to introduce Old Age Pensions?", "answers": [ "germany" ] }, { "question": "On which Grand Prix race track would you find Gasometer Kurve", "answers": [ "monaco" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to the part of a flag nearest the flag pole?", "answers": [ "hoist" ] }, { "question": "In the Wizard of Oz name the Good Witch of the North?", "answers": [ "glinda" ] }, { "question": "As in the famous song Girl From Ipanema, in which country is Ipanema?", "answers": [ "brazil" ] }, { "question": "Humus refers to the component in soil (earth) that is?", "answers": [ "decomposed organic matter" ] }, { "question": "Who is known in Scotland as 'Duke of Rothesay' and has the middle names of Philip Arthur George?", "answers": [ "charles philip arthur george" ] }, { "question": "Which other English club did David Moyes manage before he was at Everton?", "answers": [ "preston north end" ] }, { "question": "Samsung Electronics was established in 1938 in which modern day country, in which it still has its international HQ?", "answers": [ "south korean" ] }, { "question": "What brass instrument uses a slide instead of valves?", "answers": [ "trombones" ] }, { "question": "Which is the largest island entirely in Indonesia?", "answers": [ "sumatra" ] }, { "question": "What chemical element is a pure diamond?", "answers": [ "carbon" ] }, { "question": "By what given name was physicist Fahrenheit known?", "answers": [ "gabriel" ] }, { "question": "\"A \"\"basho\"\" is a tournament for what sport?\"", "answers": [ "sumo" ] }, { "question": "\"Who sang on a record released in November 2010, \"\"Boom boom boom, even brighter than the moon moon moon\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "katy perry" ] }, { "question": "By what name was Eric Weiss better known?", "answers": [ "erich weiss" ] }, { "question": "What does the internet acronym FTFY mean?", "answers": [ "fixed that for you" ] }, { "question": "Which broadsheet newspaper founded in 1821 as 'The New Observer' became the first to produce a colour supplement?", "answers": [ "sunday times" ] }, { "question": "Who, after the 2015 General Election is the 'Father of the House’?", "answers": [ "gerald kaufman" ] }, { "question": "The 'Saladin Tithe' was a tax levied to finance the third of nine what?", "answers": [ "crusaders" ] }, { "question": "For which edible fungus is Perigord, France famous?", "answers": [ "truffle" ] }, { "question": "What system, developed for military use, was made fully available to the public from midnight 1 May 2000 on the orders of US President Bill Clinton?", "answers": [ "global positioning system" ] }, { "question": "Among hundreds of animal paintings, the only figure of a human being appears in an engraving called Shaft of the Dead Man at what World Heritage location?", "answers": [ "caves of lascaux" ] }, { "question": "At which venue in the USA did Malcolm Campbell break the land speed record in 1935?", "answers": [ "daytona" ] }, { "question": "Which German developed the concept of the kindergarten?", "answers": [ "froebel" ] }, { "question": "What is the capital of Vietnam? Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City or Phnom Penh?", "answers": [ "hanoi" ] }, { "question": "has been called the unofficial national anthem of what country?", "answers": [ "australia" ] }, { "question": "Originating in Italy, what kind of food is pecorino?", "answers": [ "cheese" ] }, { "question": "In what year was the League Of Nations, formed?", "answers": [ "1919" ] }, { "question": "The statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus London is cast in which metal?", "answers": [ "aluminium" ] }, { "question": "Saint Olof is the Patron Saint of which country?", "answers": [ "norway" ] }, { "question": "By what name is the 1931 naval mutiny at Cromarty Firth commonly known?", "answers": [ "invergordon mutiny" ] }, { "question": "In which American state is Edwards Air Force Base?", "answers": [ "california" ] }, { "question": "Named after Hantan River, South Korea, hantaviruses typically infect humans through transfer from bites, waste, etc., of?", "answers": [ "rodents" ] }, { "question": "Which explorer, together with his partner Speke, explored the lakes of Africa for the source of the Nile and translated the '1001 Arabian Nights' and the 'Kama Sutra'?", "answers": [ "richard burton" ] }, { "question": "What is the only UK No. 1 single for Fleetwood Mac?", "answers": [ "albatross" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the song ‘Mr Tambourine Man’, which was a hit for The Byrds in 1965?", "answers": [ "bob dylan" ] }, { "question": "The first Butlin's holiday camp opened in 1936 in which resort?", "answers": [ "skegness" ] }, { "question": "The formula pi times radius squared times height gives the volume of which three-dimensional geometric shape ?", "answers": [ "cylinders" ] }, { "question": "The yellow-Winged Darter is a species of which insect?", "answers": [ "anisoptera" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?", "answers": [ "lambeth palace" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of Claude Greengrass' dog in Heartbeat?", "answers": [ "alfred" ] }, { "question": "What country was personally owned (and abused) by King Leopold of Belgium?", "answers": [ "congo" ] }, { "question": "What South American country lost 60% of its population in a devastating war?", "answers": [ "paraguayans" ] }, { "question": "What was the most successful film released in the seventies", "answers": [ "star wars" ] }, { "question": "Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII was the niece of which Duke?", "answers": [ "norfolk" ] }, { "question": "Which issue in the state of Western Australia has been defeated each time it has been put to a plebiscite in 1975, 1984, 1992 & 2009?", "answers": [ "daylight saving time" ] }, { "question": "American Greg Louganis twice won Olympic gold at which sport?", "answers": [ "diving" ] }, { "question": "Which TV series made Jonathan Routh famous?", "answers": [ "candid microphone" ] }, { "question": "Which modern capital is built on the site of ancient Carthage?", "answers": [ "tunis" ] }, { "question": "Where was the decisive battle on 24 June 1314 where Robert Bruce defeated Edward II's army and secured the independence of Scotland at that time?", "answers": [ "bannockburn" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the novel, 'The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall'?", "answers": [ "acton bell" ] }, { "question": "What type of nut is used to make Nutella?", "answers": [ "hazelnuts" ] }, { "question": "Which film actor became mayor of Carmel, California in 1986?", "answers": [ "clint eastwood" ] }, { "question": "What is the largest city in the province of Ontario, Canada?", "answers": [ "toronto" ] }, { "question": "Shirley Temple Black became US Ambassador to which African Country in 1974?", "answers": [ "ghana" ] }, { "question": "Where was the ship SS Great Britain from 1886 until 1970, when it was returned to Bristol?", "answers": [ "falkland islands" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first British monarch to visit the United States of America?", "answers": [ "george vi" ] }, { "question": "Whose accession to the throne of England created the Union of the Scottish/English Crowns in 1603?", "answers": [ "king james vi" ] }, { "question": "What is the Southern equivalent of the Aurora Borealis?", "answers": [ "southern lights" ] }, { "question": "\"Who played the title role in the 1997 film \"\"The Jackal\"\" a remake of \"\"The Day of the Jackal?\"", "answers": [ "bruce willis" ] }, { "question": "What are the names of the mother and father dogs in the film 101 Dalmations?", "answers": [ "perdita and pongo" ] }, { "question": "What is the capital of the French region of Brittany?", "answers": [ "rennes" ] }, { "question": "Which American author wrote the book The Catcher In The Rye in 1951 ?", "answers": [ "jd salinger" ] }, { "question": "Florizel Street was the original working title of which famous British television soap?", "answers": [ "florizel street" ] }, { "question": "\"Which of the Greek muses had a name that can be translated as \"\"delight in dancing\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "terpsikhore" ] }, { "question": "In music what is Dr Thomas Arne's most famous composition?", "answers": [ "rule britannia" ] }, { "question": "Who was the second person to orbit the earth?", "answers": [ "gherman titov" ] }, { "question": "Baldy Mountain is the highest peak in which range of mountains in New Mexico?", "answers": [ "sangre de cristo mountains" ] }, { "question": "What nest at Sandy Cape, the most northern point on Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia, which is protected as part of the Great Sandy National Park?", "answers": [ "turtles" ] }, { "question": "Of what is pogonology the study?", "answers": [ "beards" ] }, { "question": "Which was the only 'Wonder of the Ancient World' located in what is now Iraq?", "answers": [ "hanging gardens" ] }, { "question": "In July 1991 who became the New Archbishop of Canterbury?", "answers": [ "george carey" ] }, { "question": "The 'BRIC Group' of developing economies became the 'BRICS Group' in 2010 by the addition of which country?", "answers": [ "south africa" ] }, { "question": "Which nineteenth century novelist wrote 'Mary Barton, A Tale of Manchester Life'?", "answers": [ "elizabeth cleghorn gaskell" ] }, { "question": "Which writer created the character of 'Detective Inspector Jane Tennyson'?", "answers": [ "lynda la plante" ] }, { "question": "Who played 'The Riddler' in 'Batman Forever'?", "answers": [ "carrey" ] }, { "question": "What do we call the lake that the Germans call Bodensee?", "answers": [ "lake constance" ] }, { "question": "Who was Super Bowl MVP the year after Joe Namath won it?", "answers": [ "len dawson" ] }, { "question": "Capable of flattening mountains with a single blow, who wields a hammer known as Mjollnir?", "answers": [ "thor" ] }, { "question": "Uniqlo is a casualwear company based in which country?", "answers": [ "japan" ] }, { "question": "In June 1957, John Diefenbaker became Prime Minister of which country?", "answers": [ "canada" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the aborigine weapon that returns to the thrower", "answers": [ "boomerang" ] }, { "question": "Who commited suicide after she was abandoned by Aeneas?", "answers": [ "dido" ] }, { "question": "Which planet in our solar syatem is situated approximately 228 million km from the Sun?", "answers": [ "mars" ] }, { "question": "What are Fly in Nevada, USA, El Tatio in Chile and Strokker in Iceland?", "answers": [ "geysers" ] }, { "question": "What Apache leader finally surrended after 30 years of fighting?", "answers": [ "geronimo" ] }, { "question": "Which politician married barrister Justine Thornton in May 2011 in Nottingham?", "answers": [ "ed miliband" ] }, { "question": "‘Trelawny’ is the ‘national anthem’ of which English county?", "answers": [ "cornwall" ] }, { "question": "Where were the first Winter Olympics held in 1924?", "answers": [ "chamonix" ] }, { "question": "\"What type of sea creature can become \"\"bleached\"\" if the water temperatures is too high?\"", "answers": [ "corals" ] }, { "question": "Which golfer Jack was nicknamed 'The Golden Bear'?", "answers": [ "golden bear" ] }, { "question": "Which one hangs from the ceiling? A stalactite? Or a stalagmite?", "answers": [ "stalactite" ] }, { "question": "Who is Australia's first female Prime Minister?", "answers": [ "julia gillard" ] }, { "question": "Which name is shared by the composer of the opera Norma and a cocktail?", "answers": [ "bellini" ] }, { "question": "English TV and film actor John Elton Halliday, 1912 —1983, is better known as whom?", "answers": [ "john le mesurier" ] }, { "question": "In the James Bond film ‘Goldfinger’, who is Goldfinger’s bodyguard?", "answers": [ "oddjob" ] }, { "question": "What colour belt does a beginner at karate always wear", "answers": [ "white" ] }, { "question": "In 1998, what name did Frito Lay add to its line of snack products that used the artificial fat substitute Olestra (anal leakage not withstanding)?", "answers": [ "wow" ] }, { "question": "The F1 Circuit of the Americas (CoTA) is in which US State?", "answers": [ "texas" ] }, { "question": "\"Who was a co-founder of The Undertones in 1976 (which had hits with \"\"Here Comes The Summer\"\", \"\"My Perfect Cousin\"\", \"\"Wednesday Week\"\" and \"\"It's Going To Happen\"\") and then went solo, releasing the singles \"\"Listen To Your Father\"\", \"\"A Good Heart\"\" (1985), \"\"You Little Thief\"\" (1986) and in the early 1990s moved into the business side of the music industry?\"", "answers": [ "feargal sharkey" ] }, { "question": "How many races did Ed Moses win in succession between '77 and '87?", "answers": [ "122" ] }, { "question": "Which of The Simpsons can play the saxophone?", "answers": [ "lisa" ] }, { "question": "Who was the British war hero who was seized in Beirut in 1989 at the age of 74", "answers": [ "jackie mann" ] }, { "question": "\"Which American actress became known for her role in the television series \"\"Ally McBeal\"\" and has appeared in several films, including \"\"Charlie's Angels\"\", \"\"Kill Bill\"\" and \"\"Kung Fu Panda\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "lucy alexis liu" ] }, { "question": "In a TV series, who lived in the town of Bedrock?", "answers": [ "flintstones" ] }, { "question": "In which year was the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race declared a draw because it was said that the judge was asleep under a bush as the crews passed the finish line?", "answers": [ "1877" ] }, { "question": "What name is given in the Christian calendar to February 2nd, also a Quarter Day in the Scottish legal calendar?", "answers": [ "candlemas" ] }, { "question": "The professional wrestling organization formerly known as the WWF is now known by what set of initials?", "answers": [ "wwwf" ] }, { "question": "Before becoming president of the USA, Theodore Roosevelt was vice president to whom?", "answers": [ "president mckinley" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the shipyard at which the 'Titanic' was built?", "answers": [ "harland and wolf" ] }, { "question": "Who introduced the 'New Look' in women's fashion in February 1947 ?", "answers": [ "christian dior" ] }, { "question": "Who was the victorious general at the battle of Cannae in 216 BC.?", "answers": [ "hannibal" ] }, { "question": "Which 1980's musical did Tim Rice write with ABBA members Benny Andersson and Bjorn Alvaeus?", "answers": [ "chess" ] }, { "question": "Solidarity was the mass movement of the people in which country?", "answers": [ "poland" ] }, { "question": "Which Australian Prime Minister disappeared, presumed drowned in 1967?", "answers": [ "harold holt" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"Scandal\"\" was a film centring on the activities of which British prostitute?\"", "answers": [ "christine keeler" ] }, { "question": "Which motor manufacturer makes the 'Getz' model of car?", "answers": [ "hyundai" ] }, { "question": "What is a baby Turkey more correctly called, other than a chick?", "answers": [ "poult" ] }, { "question": "What was the first name of of American homeopathic physician and wife-murderer Dr Crippen?", "answers": [ "hawley" ] }, { "question": "On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian-Serb student and member of Young Bosnia, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Bosnia, which led to the start of which war?", "answers": [ "world war i" ] }, { "question": "Which small rodent, often kept as a pet, is also known as a jird or sand rat?", "answers": [ "gerbillinae" ] }, { "question": "What is the first of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ Five stages of grief?", "answers": [ "denial" ] }, { "question": "What colour is muscovado sugar", "answers": [ "brown" ] }, { "question": "What are the narrows called between Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic?", "answers": [ "drake passage" ] }, { "question": "Who founded the retailer 'Habitat'?", "answers": [ "conran shop" ] }, { "question": "\"In which film was chorus girl Peggy Sawyer told to \"\"come back a star?\"\"\"", "answers": [ "42nd street" ] }, { "question": "Which famous Belfast born guitarist, who played with Thin Lizzy for a while, died on 6th February 2011?", "answers": [ "gary moore" ] }, { "question": "A spiked wheel is the principal emblem of which saint, martyred in Alexandria?", "answers": [ "saint catherine" ] }, { "question": "Which creatures are affected by Isle of Wight disease?", "answers": [ "honey bee" ] }, { "question": "Where in 2014 became the last European territory to decriminalize sex between men?", "answers": [ "republic of northern cyprus" ] }, { "question": "Marangu, Rongai, Lemosho, Shira, Umbwe and Machame are the six official trekking routes for what 'uplifting' activity?", "answers": [ "climbing mount kilimanjaro" ] }, { "question": "In which Cornish town is there a National Maritime Museum?", "answers": [ "falmouth" ] }, { "question": "The Everglades are a subtropical wetland in which U.S. state?", "answers": [ "florida" ] }, { "question": "On March 30, 1981, noted asshat John Hinckley, Jr., took a shot at which US official?", "answers": [ "ronald reagan" ] }, { "question": "In which North American city was singer Bryan Adams born?", "answers": [ "vancouver" ] }, { "question": "What is the name given to a seagoing vessel with two banks of oars", "answers": [ "bireme" ] }, { "question": "Who directed the 1955 film ‘To Catch a Thief’?", "answers": [ "alfred hitchcock" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the Cuban dictator overthrown by Fidel Castro?", "answers": [ "fulgencio batista" ] }, { "question": "Orogeny refers to the process by which what are created?", "answers": [ "mountain" ] }, { "question": "Bismark is the capital of which US state?", "answers": [ "north dakota state" ] }, { "question": "Who first stated that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel?", "answers": [ "samuel johnson" ] }, { "question": "How many players are there on a basketball team?", "answers": [ "five" ] }, { "question": "\"Which English Renaissance dramatist and poet wrote the 17th century play, \"\"Volpone\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "ben jonson" ] }, { "question": "She is the mother of Morgan le Fay by her first husband Gorlois and mother of King Arthur by her second husband Uther Pendragon. What is her name?", "answers": [ "igraine" ] }, { "question": "What is the fossilised resin of coniferous trees called", "answers": [ "amber" ] }, { "question": "What is the word for a male swan?", "answers": [ "cob" ] }, { "question": "St James's Palace in London was commissioned by which British monarch?", "answers": [ "henry viii" ] }, { "question": "What word in our language comes from the Icelandic word for ‘to gush’?", "answers": [ "geyser" ] }, { "question": "Where, since 1903, has been the headquarters of British polo, where polo is no longer staged since the polo fields were compulsorily purchased to build council housing?", "answers": [ "hurlingham" ] }, { "question": "Ricky Martin first entered the pop charts as a member of which boy band?", "answers": [ "menudo" ] }, { "question": "The characters Captain Cuttle and Mrs MacStinger appear in which Dickins novel?", "answers": [ "dombey and son" ] }, { "question": "Dainik Jagran is (at 2014) India's, and perhaps the world's, most popular?", "answers": [ "newspapers" ] }, { "question": "Which English Premiership rugby club play home games at The Twickenham Stoop?", "answers": [ "harlequins" ] }, { "question": "Within one year either way, in which year did the composer Rachmaninov and the actor Leslie Howard die?", "answers": [ "1943" ] }, { "question": "For which role did John Cleese win a BAFTA in 1979", "answers": [ "basil fawlty" ] }, { "question": "In which Canadian city are the Blue Jays baseball team based?", "answers": [ "toronto" ] }, { "question": "Which football club bought Ronaldo from Manchester United for £80m?", "answers": [ "real madrid" ] }, { "question": "The Great Lakes are called Superior, Erie, Ontario and which other?", "answers": [ "michigan" ] }, { "question": "\"Who famously said \"\"a house is a machine for living in\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "corbusian" ] }, { "question": "In which city was the artist Vermeer born in 1632? It features in many of his paintings.", "answers": [ "delft" ] }, { "question": "How is the thyroid cartilage better known?", "answers": [ "laryngeal prominence" ] }, { "question": "\"If someone is referred to as \"\"feline\"\", what animal are they being compared to?\"", "answers": [ "cat" ] }, { "question": "Which traditional Valencian dish is named after the Spanish word for pan?", "answers": [ "paellera" ] }, { "question": "The Kiel Canal links the North Sea with which other sea?", "answers": [ "baltic" ] }, { "question": "In which state is the USA’s highest mountain?", "answers": [ "alaska" ] }, { "question": "The famous BBC Greenwich Meantime hourly signal 'pips' are closest to which musical note (according to ISO 16)?", "answers": [ "b" ] }, { "question": "The American movie star Kevin Spacey has been the artistic director of which London Theatre for the past 3 years?", "answers": [ "old vic" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the novels 'The Planet Of The Apes' and 'Bridge On The River Kwai'?", "answers": [ "pierre boulle" ] }, { "question": "In June 2009 it was announced that the rats on Rat Island had finally been eradicated, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck caused an infestation. Where is Rat Island?", "answers": [ "alaska" ] }, { "question": "\"Which group has released the albums \"\"Fear Of Music\"\", 'True Stories\"\" and \"\"Remain In Light\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "talking heads" ] }, { "question": "Republic of the Union of Myanmar is better known as what country?", "answers": [ "union of myanmar" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to a golden horse with a white mane and tail?", "answers": [ "palomino" ] }, { "question": "What large corporation's annual conference is called 'f8'?", "answers": [ "facebook" ] }, { "question": "In the phonetic alphabet what word represents the letter I ?", "answers": [ "india" ] }, { "question": "Which Scottish loch is the third largest in Scotland after Loch Lomond and Loch Ness ?", "answers": [ "loch awe" ] }, { "question": "What is the former home and burial place of George Washington?", "answers": [ "mount vernon" ] }, { "question": "What is the highest straight flush in a game of poker?", "answers": [ "royal flush" ] }, { "question": "In which industry specifically, did the Trade Union NACODS operate?", "answers": [ "colliery" ] }, { "question": "Which author created the characters 'Veruca Salt', 'Augustus Sloop' and 'Arthur Slugworth'?", "answers": [ "roald dahl" ] }, { "question": "By what name is the Australian Rugby Union team known?", "answers": [ "wallabies" ] }, { "question": "The Banks children are characters in which film?", "answers": [ "mary poppins" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"General Sherman\"\" in California, USA, is the name of what?\"", "answers": [ "tree" ] }, { "question": "Who was the feline star of the Kattomeat adverts in the seventies", "answers": [ "arthur" ] }, { "question": "The St John’s River is the longest river in which US state?", "answers": [ "florida" ] }, { "question": "Which popular song begins with, The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay?", "answers": [ "i left my heart in san francisco" ] }, { "question": "Which British singer released an eight CD box set in 2008 entitled ‘And They Said It Wouldn’t Last (My 50 Years in Music)’?", "answers": [ "cliff richard" ] }, { "question": "How long was the 100 Years War?", "answers": [ "116 years" ] }, { "question": "What city fell to the Communists on April 30, 1975?", "answers": [ "saigon" ] }, { "question": "What is the world’s highest navigable lake?", "answers": [ "lake titicaca" ] }, { "question": "What is the term, of French origin, loosely translated 'into mouth', for using facial muscles and shaping the lips for the mouthpiece to play a woodwind or brass musical instrument?", "answers": [ "embouchure" ] }, { "question": "In which part of the body might the Bundle of Kent be found?", "answers": [ "heart" ] }, { "question": "Which country (according to 2010 statistics) is the country with the highest annual capita consumption of beer?", "answers": [ "czech republic" ] }, { "question": "You got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying–in sweat.”", "answers": [ "fame" ] }, { "question": "\"Whose \"\"uncertainty\"\" principle states that it is impossible to know both the exact position and the exact momentum of a particle?\"", "answers": [ "werner heisenberg" ] }, { "question": "Which colour is on the left of the three colours on the flag of Italy ?", "answers": [ "green" ] }, { "question": "Which British organisation was founded by Octavia Hill in 1895?", "answers": [ "national trust" ] }, { "question": "Which animal is mentioned the most in the Bible?", "answers": [ "sheep" ] }, { "question": "A narthex is part of which type of building?", "answers": [ "churches" ] }, { "question": "What number Star Trek movie was called The Wrath of Khan?", "answers": [ "2" ] }, { "question": "Which late singer had a favourite pet cat called Delilah?", "answers": [ "freddie mercury" ] }, { "question": "David Cameron represents which parliamentary constituency?", "answers": [ "witney" ] }, { "question": "Soleil means sun in which language?", "answers": [ "french" ] }, { "question": "Who became Anglican Bishop of Liverpool in 2014, replacing Bishop James Jones?", "answers": [ "rt rev paul bayes" ] }, { "question": "To which country do the Chatham Islands belong?", "answers": [ "new zealand" ] }, { "question": "Which mythical bird is cyclically regenerated or reborn from its own ashes?", "answers": [ "phoenix" ] }, { "question": "Which tennis player won the 2011 Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship?", "answers": [ "novak djokovic" ] }, { "question": "Entomophobia is the irrational fear of which type of creatures?", "answers": [ "insect" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the British art forger who claimed to have faked more than 2,000 paintings by over 100 different artists? He died in 1984.", "answers": [ "tom keating" ] }, { "question": "Which company’s name is short for Durability, Reliability and Excellence?", "answers": [ "durex" ] }, { "question": "What was the surname of Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses?", "answers": [ "trotter" ] }, { "question": "What is the monetary unit of Morocco?", "answers": [ "dirham" ] }, { "question": "Howard Brown fronted which bank's tv adverts until 2008?", "answers": [ "halifax" ] }, { "question": "Whitchurch, Ludlow,Bridgenorth and Market Drayton, are towns in which English county?", "answers": [ "shropshire" ] }, { "question": "In which sport is the Swaythling Cup a major trophy?", "answers": [ "table tennis" ] }, { "question": "Which German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area has the world’s biggest inland harbour?", "answers": [ "duisburg" ] }, { "question": "When acid rain is caused by power generation plants, normally what acid does it contain?", "answers": [ "hno3" ] }, { "question": "In which British city would you find Arthur's Seat", "answers": [ "edinburgh" ] }, { "question": "A Jayhawker was a term applied to anti-slavery militant bands from a certain US state that clashed with pro-slavery factions from Missouri. Which state is this, sometimes referred to as the Jayhawk State?", "answers": [ "kansas" ] }, { "question": "Which American city is served by 'Stapleton Airport'?", "answers": [ "denver" ] }, { "question": "Who was the voice of O'Malley in The Aristocats?", "answers": [ "phil harris" ] }, { "question": "Which TV cartoon series(later a film) features the children Pebbles and Bam Bam?", "answers": [ "flintstones" ] }, { "question": "Who was snooker World Champion in 1990, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 & 99?", "answers": [ "stephen hendry" ] }, { "question": "The theme for television's 'The Apprentice', is taken from which ballet by Prokoviev?", "answers": [ "romeo and juliet" ] }, { "question": "In the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, what is the name of the ship that sails to 'Treasure Island'?", "answers": [ "hispaniola" ] }, { "question": "Which throwing event does not feature in the Decathlon ?", "answers": [ "hammer" ] }, { "question": "In which 1974 and 2003 films does the character ‘Leatherface’ appear?", "answers": [ "texas chainsaw massacre" ] }, { "question": "Which French town is famous for its mustard?", "answers": [ "dijonnaise" ] }, { "question": "In which Treaty of 1783 did Britain recognise the independence of the USA?", "answers": [ "versailles" ] }, { "question": "Which figure from Greek mythology was depicted on the title page of the first publication of the map maker Mercator?", "answers": [ "atlas" ] }, { "question": "Who was the expedition leader when Edmund Hillary became the first person to climb Mount Everest?", "answers": [ "john hunt" ] }, { "question": "According to Dart Board Regulations, how high should the centre of the bullseye be from the floor in feet and inches?", "answers": [ "5 feet 8 inches" ] }, { "question": "In which sport is the Brabazon Trophy awarded", "answers": [ "golf" ] }, { "question": "What word is used to describe the lowest temperature at which vapour above a liquid can be ignited?", "answers": [ "flashpoint" ] }, { "question": "What Alaskan island chain extends for over 1,000 miles?", "answers": [ "aleutian islands" ] }, { "question": "Second only to Zeus, who is the Greek god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more?", "answers": [ "apollo" ] }, { "question": "What is the collective name for a flock of geese in flight, especially in V-formation?", "answers": [ "skein" ] }, { "question": "Which great modernist architect designed the Seagram Building in New York in collaboration with Philip Johnson?", "answers": [ "van der rohe" ] }, { "question": "Which country has the longest alphabet?", "answers": [ "cambodia" ] }, { "question": "Where in the human body is the 'Ileum'?", "answers": [ "small intestine" ] }, { "question": "Who was voted Footballer of the Year (both footballer writers and PFA awards) at the end of the 2011-12 season?", "answers": [ "robin van persie" ] }, { "question": "What was the most common password used online in 2012?", "answers": [ "password" ] }, { "question": "\"The \"\"Daily Sketch\"\" merged with which newspaper in 1971?\"", "answers": [ "daily mail" ] }, { "question": "What, in 1961, was the first animated cartoon TV show to be nominated for an Emmy?", "answers": [ "flintstones" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first to reach Asia by sailing all the way around the Cape of Good Hope?", "answers": [ "vasco da gama" ] }, { "question": "\"Which American pop singer/songwriter who won the first season of the television series American Idol in 2002 won two Grammy Awards in 2006 - for her album \"\"Breakaway\"\" and the single \"\"Since U Been Gone\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "kelly clarkson" ] }, { "question": "Which nation has the coastal state of Tabasco?", "answers": [ "mexican" ] }, { "question": "In which city is Wawel Castle?", "answers": [ "cracow" ] }, { "question": "Which London museum was originally called the Museum of Ornamental Art?", "answers": [ "victoria and albert" ] }, { "question": "Into which ocean does the river Congo flow", "answers": [ "atlantic ocean" ] }, { "question": "Royal Gala is a variety of which fruit?", "answers": [ "apple" ] }, { "question": "In which decade of the 20th century was Jessica Lange born?", "answers": [ "1940s" ] }, { "question": "All stations on the National Rail network have a 3-letter code. Which London station has the code LST?", "answers": [ "liverpool street" ] }, { "question": "Who completes this Old Testament group of friends; Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and…?", "answers": [ "abednego" ] }, { "question": "When is a riderless or caparisoned horse with boots reversed in the stirrups most commonly seen?", "answers": [ "funeral procession" ] }, { "question": "What breed of dog was a favored imperial pet in ancient China?", "answers": [ "pekinese" ] }, { "question": "\"Which actress, born Henriette Kaminker in 1921, won an Oscar in 1960 for the film \"\"Room at the Top\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "simone signoret" ] }, { "question": "Which King of England had two wives, Isabel and Isabella?", "answers": [ "john" ] }, { "question": "Who was the 2010 MotoGP champion?", "answers": [ "jorge lorenzo" ] }, { "question": "Which poet wrote “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”?", "answers": [ "lord tennyson" ] }, { "question": "The sixpenny coin ceased to be legal tender in Britain during which year?", "answers": [ "1980" ] }, { "question": "In which town are Timothy Taylor's beers produced?", "answers": [ "keighley" ] }, { "question": "In what European city are Prada headquarters located?", "answers": [ "milan" ] }, { "question": "A tendon connects a muscle to a bone. What similar tissue connects two bones?", "answers": [ "ligaments" ] }, { "question": "Wynton Marsalis is known for playing what type of music?", "answers": [ "jazz music" ] }, { "question": "What country did Ingólfr Arnarson become the first person to settle in the year 874?", "answers": [ "iceland" ] }, { "question": "For which film did Gary Cooper win Best Actor Oscar in 1941?", "answers": [ "sergeant york" ] }, { "question": "Who in May 2009 was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson?", "answers": [ "phil spector" ] }, { "question": "Which author wrote using the pen name Mary Westmacott?", "answers": [ "agatha christie" ] }, { "question": "On board which ship did explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton die in 1922?", "answers": [ "quest" ] }, { "question": "Under which other name did King write novels in the 1970s?", "answers": [ "bachman" ] }, { "question": "What event does Maundy Thursday represent?", "answers": [ "last supper" ] }, { "question": "Who, along with Mary Berry, is a judge on 'The Great British Bake-Off?", "answers": [ "paul hollywood" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest?", "answers": [ "junko tabei" ] }, { "question": "Which cleaning agent is used to preserve and clean leather", "answers": [ "saddle soap" ] }, { "question": "Hadfield near Glossop became the fictional town of Royston Vasey in which TV series?", "answers": [ "league of gentlemen" ] }, { "question": "Cape Farewell is a headland which constitutes the southernmost part of which island?", "answers": [ "greenland" ] }, { "question": "What unit of measurement is used to measure speed on a boat?", "answers": [ "knot" ] }, { "question": "Complete the title of the recent BBC TV improvised comedy Murder in …?", "answers": [ "successville" ] }, { "question": "Which bird is also called the peewit or green plover?", "answers": [ "lapwing" ] }, { "question": "Which mammal is the nearest relative of the giraffe, and is only found in the Democratic Republic of Congo?", "answers": [ "okapi" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the novel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’?", "answers": [ "mark twain" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the terrorist group that murdered eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972?", "answers": [ "black september" ] }, { "question": "Who has played, on film, John Dillinger, Sweeney Todd, J M Barrie, Jack Kerouac and Ed Wood?", "answers": [ "johnny depp" ] }, { "question": "Which sweet musical had the show-stopper Rhythm of Life?", "answers": [ "sweet charity" ] }, { "question": "\"What was once described by a U.S. senator as \"\"a series of tubes\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "internet" ] }, { "question": "The two black aces and the two black eights is called the 'Dead Man's Hand' in poker, who is said to have been holding it when he was shot in the back in 1876?", "answers": [ "wild bill hickok" ] }, { "question": "Which is the only British Prime Minister to serve three monarchs?", "answers": [ "stanley baldwin" ] }, { "question": "In the Bible, who bore Abraham a son called Ishmael?", "answers": [ "hagar" ] }, { "question": "In what year was the first English translation of the Bible completed?", "answers": [ "1388" ] }, { "question": "Which football team plays home games at the Memorial Ground?", "answers": [ "gashead" ] }, { "question": "The first oral medicine to treat erectile dysfunction, Viagra was approved for sale by the FDA on March 27, 1988. Which company produces it?", "answers": [ "pfizer" ] }, { "question": "Which fashion house produces the perfume ‘Bamboo’?", "answers": [ "gucci" ] }, { "question": "Which stately home in Derbyshire formed the backdrop to the famous historical romance between Dorothy Vernon and Sir John Manners ?", "answers": [ "haddon hall" ] }, { "question": "Which Irish born writer wrote 'A Woman Of No Importance'?", "answers": [ "flahertie" ] }, { "question": "The religion of vodou (or voodoo) originated in what country?", "answers": [ "haiti" ] }, { "question": "Which car manufacturer did Colin McRae win his first WRC title ?", "answers": [ "subaru" ] }, { "question": "What is Australia's internet prefix?", "answers": [ "au" ] }, { "question": "What must nearly all American men register for at age 18?", "answers": [ "draft" ] }, { "question": "Which poet wrote The Wild Swans at Coole, in 1917?", "answers": [ "yeats" ] }, { "question": "Which story by Hans Christian Andersen involves Kai, Gerda and a splintered mirror?", "answers": [ "snow queen" ] }, { "question": "Which very famous actor had three wives, Josephine Alicia Saenz, Esperanza Baur and Pilar Pallete?", "answers": [ "john wayne" ] }, { "question": "In which US National Park is the geyser known as 'Old Faithful'?", "answers": [ "yellowstone" ] }, { "question": "In which district of London would you find Harrods department store?", "answers": [ "knightsbridge" ] }, { "question": "Who was Stan Laurels partner?", "answers": [ "oliver hardy" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of Postman Pat's black and white cat?", "answers": [ "jess" ] }, { "question": "Which Manchester Brewery produces Jekyll's Gold?", "answers": [ "hydes" ] }, { "question": "The story of the New York gang ‘The Dead Rabbits’ is told in which 2002 film?", "answers": [ "gangs of new york" ] }, { "question": "What volcano destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum?", "answers": [ "vesuvius" ] }, { "question": "You would use Crème de Cacao, Cream and Brandy to make which cocktail?", "answers": [ "brandy alexander cocktail" ] }, { "question": "Which badly behaved children's character was created by Francesca Simon, hates his brother 'Perfect Peter' and has an arch enemy 'Moody Margaret'?", "answers": [ "bossy bill" ] }, { "question": "\"Which is the gerund in the sentence \"\"we listened to the whispering\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "whispering" ] }, { "question": "In the fashion industry, what does ‘Pret-a-porter’ mean?", "answers": [ "prêt à porter" ] }, { "question": "In literature, which Dickens characters were the owners of a shipping company?", "answers": [ "dombey and son" ] }, { "question": "Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins advertised what drink in the 1970s?", "answers": [ "cinzano" ] }, { "question": "At 2016 Leicester City FC's stadium and shirt sponsor name, and owner is called '(What?) Power'?", "answers": [ "king" ] }, { "question": "Which of Dvorak's symphonies is named From the New World?", "answers": [ "9th" ] }, { "question": "What was Dylan Thomas's middle name?", "answers": [ "marlais" ] }, { "question": "In the UK game of Monopoly, what colour card is the property Pentonville Road?", "answers": [ "light blue" ] }, { "question": "Which river forms part of the border between the USA and Canada?", "answers": [ "saint lawrence" ] }, { "question": "What body part do zombies crave?", "answers": [ "brains" ] }, { "question": "Bass player 'Flea' is part of which pop group?", "answers": [ "peppers" ] }, { "question": "Lake Mamry and Lake Drawsko are in which European country?", "answers": [ "poland" ] }, { "question": "Who plays Edward Cullen in the ‘Twilight’ films?", "answers": [ "rob pattinson" ] }, { "question": "In Family Affair what was the butler called?", "answers": [ "french" ] }, { "question": "\"After the duet \"\"Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto\"\" from The Marriage of Figaro plays on loudspeakers in a film, a voice-over goes: \"\"I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. [...] I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful it can't be expressed in words, and it makes your heart ache because of it. [...] It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made these walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in ___ felt free.\"\" What is the missing word?\"", "answers": [ "shawshank" ] }, { "question": "What is the largest and most populous country in the world situated only on islands?", "answers": [ "indonesia" ] }, { "question": "The ischium, related to 'sciatic', is the lower part of which human bone?", "answers": [ "pelvis" ] }, { "question": "In which American state is the Pentagon", "answers": [ "virginia" ] }, { "question": "Which was the first of Jane Austen's novels completed for publication?", "answers": [ "northanger abbey" ] }, { "question": "Which film star became Governor of California?", "answers": [ "schwarzenegger" ] }, { "question": "How is 'King Rudolf 5th of Ruritania' known in the title of a book?", "answers": [ "prisoner of zenda" ] }, { "question": "On what river was the Aswan Dam built?", "answers": [ "nile" ] }, { "question": "What was the Christian name of Lord Byron?", "answers": [ "george" ] }, { "question": "In the New Testament, who is father of John the Baptist?", "answers": [ "zechariah" ] }, { "question": "Which battle of the American Civil war took place in Tennessee on the 6th/7th April 1862?", "answers": [ "shiloh" ] }, { "question": "Which substance, found in many fruits, makes jam and jellies set?", "answers": [ "pectins" ] }, { "question": "What type of creature is a bulbul?", "answers": [ "bird" ] }, { "question": "The summer Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles in 1984 and in which other year?", "answers": [ "1932" ] }, { "question": "The town of Oswestry is situated in which English county?", "answers": [ "salop" ] }, { "question": "According to the nursery rhyme, what did Old Mother Hubbard go to the cupboard to fetch?", "answers": [ "bone" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to raised parts of the skin when frightened or cold?", "answers": [ "goose bumps" ] }, { "question": "Which film about the founding of Facebook won the Best Motion Picture Drama at the 2011 Golden Globe awards?", "answers": [ "social network" ] }, { "question": "Along with red and green what colour appears on the flag of Oman ?", "answers": [ "white" ] }, { "question": "\"The song, \"\"Food, Glorious Food\"\" comes from which musical?\"", "answers": [ "oliver" ] }, { "question": "The Germans call it the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal. What do we call it?", "answers": [ "kiel canal" ] }, { "question": "Beside which river are the Indian cities of Delhi and Agra?", "answers": [ "yamuna river" ] }, { "question": "What is the title of the extended version of 'QI'?", "answers": [ "qi" ] }, { "question": "In which film of 1995 did Robert De Niro and Al Pacino appear on screen together for the first time?", "answers": [ "heat" ] }, { "question": "Which fruit has varieties named Czar, Kirke's Blue and Marjorie's Seedling?", "answers": [ "plum" ] }, { "question": "In which year did a terrorist group kill eleven hostages at the Olympic Games?", "answers": [ "1972" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the poem 'Easter 1916'?", "answers": [ "yeats" ] }, { "question": "What city hosted the 2007 World Athletics Championships?", "answers": [ "osaka" ] }, { "question": "It is illegal to enter Parliament wearing what", "answers": [ "suit of armour" ] }, { "question": "Who was Transport Minister in 1967 when 'Breathalyser tests were introduced?", "answers": [ "barbara castle" ] }, { "question": "The Battle of Blenheim was fought during which war?", "answers": [ "war of spanish succession" ] }, { "question": "Who led the first expedition that reached the South Pole?", "answers": [ "roald amundsen" ] }, { "question": "In which country was the comedian Eddie Izzard born?", "answers": [ "yemen" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the husband and manager of TV star Cilla Black who died in 1999, ending over 30 years of marriage ?", "answers": [ "bobby willis" ] }, { "question": "Which drink originated from the Arabic word ‘qahwa’?", "answers": [ "coffee" ] }, { "question": "Which light-heavyweight boxer won a gold medal when he competed at an Olympic Games for the first time in 1960 at Rome?", "answers": [ "muhammad ali" ] }, { "question": "According to the fairytale, Cinderella's coach was made from what?", "answers": [ "pumpkin" ] }, { "question": "\"What was the name of the taxi company in the US TV series \"\"Taxi\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "sunshine cab company" ] }, { "question": "In what country is Angkor Wat located?", "answers": [ "cambodia" ] }, { "question": "Which brewery produces Director’s Bitter?", "answers": [ "courage" ] }, { "question": "In Greek Mythology the Hydra had how many heads?", "answers": [ "nine" ] }, { "question": "Tom Church’s statue ‘Freedom’, in Stirling, Scotland, was inspired by which 1995 film?", "answers": [ "braveheart" ] }, { "question": "In 1961 which famous dancer sought political asylum in Paris?", "answers": [ "rudolf nureyev" ] }, { "question": "What famous battle began with the English on Senlac Hill?", "answers": [ "battle of hastings" ] }, { "question": "In 1969, who took over from Dick Hills and Sid Green as a script?writer for Morecambe and Wise?", "answers": [ "eddie braben" ] }, { "question": "In which 1970's police drama did Karl Malden play 'Detective Lieutenant Mike Stone'?", "answers": [ "streets of san francisco" ] }, { "question": "What is the area of a rectangular piece of land with sides of one furlong and one chain?", "answers": [ "one acre" ] }, { "question": "Tamara Mellon co-founded (with the person after whom the company is named) what fashion label, sold for £500m in 2011?", "answers": [ "jimmy choo" ] }, { "question": "In France who are nicknamed the Kepis blancs?", "answers": [ "foreign legion" ] }, { "question": "Mwai Kibaki became President of which African country in 2002?", "answers": [ "kenya" ] }, { "question": "Name the South African record-breaking Paralympic sprinter known as the 'Blade Runner' (referring to his carbon-fibre artificial limbs)?", "answers": [ "ampie louw" ] }, { "question": "Cape St Vincent is the most southwestern point of which country?", "answers": [ "portugal" ] }, { "question": "The brands Daiwa, Drennan, Hardy, and Berkley famously involve?", "answers": [ "fishing" ] }, { "question": "The Anti-Federalist League was the fore-runner of which political party?", "answers": [ "united kingdom independence party" ] }, { "question": "Which Australian city is capital of the Northern Territory?", "answers": [ "darwin" ] }, { "question": "Which country hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics?", "answers": [ "mexican" ] }, { "question": "Who created the fictional character of 'Walter Mitty'?", "answers": [ "james thurber" ] }, { "question": "Taraxacum Officinale is the Latin name of which common wild flower?", "answers": [ "dandelion" ] }, { "question": "Which two colours are found on the flag of Greenland?", "answers": [ "red and white" ] }, { "question": "Which is England’s deepest lake?", "answers": [ "wastwater" ] }, { "question": "What is the county town of County Mayo?", "answers": [ "castlebar" ] }, { "question": "Peter The Hermit is known for leading what group in 1095?", "answers": [ "first crusade" ] }, { "question": "In what war was the Battle of Blenheim fought?", "answers": [ "war of spanish succession" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of the pet dog in the UK children’s television series ‘The Woodentops’?", "answers": [ "spotty dog" ] }, { "question": "What do we call the elongated hill in the shape of a half-buried egg formed by glacial ice?", "answers": [ "drumlin fields" ] }, { "question": "\"Which popular Restaurant chain, launched in 1979 now has over 125 different outlets Originally had a mascot named Charlie Chalk and has the advertising slogan \"\"Pub Food As It Should Be\"\" ?\"", "answers": [ "brewers fayre" ] }, { "question": "In which conflict are the Starbuck novels set?", "answers": [ "american civil war" ] }, { "question": "In which sport is a contest called honbasho or basho?", "answers": [ "sumo" ] }, { "question": "Which film was the directorial debut of Clint Eastwood in 1971?", "answers": [ "play misty for me" ] }, { "question": "Who sang the title song from the Bond film Moonraker", "answers": [ "shirley bassey" ] }, { "question": "Which car manufacturer makes the Kuga model?", "answers": [ "ford" ] }, { "question": "What type of fish is a Sockeye?", "answers": [ "salmon" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the play 'The Cherry Orchard' in 1904?", "answers": [ "anton chekhov" ] }, { "question": "\"Who entitled his autobiography \"\"Memoirs of a Professional Cad\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "george sanders" ] }, { "question": "From the Greek root word for a pointed pillar, what is the technical term for the division sign ( ÷ ) ?", "answers": [ "obelus" ] }, { "question": "As of 1st. June 2011, who is the only Swiss Tennis player, other than Roger Federer, to be ranked in the Men's top twenty?", "answers": [ "wawrinka" ] }, { "question": "Which country is bordered by France, Belgium and Germany?", "answers": [ "luxembourg" ] }, { "question": "Talipes is the medical term for which condition?", "answers": [ "talipes" ] }, { "question": "Which volcano lies between Italy and Sicily?", "answers": [ "stromboli" ] }, { "question": "In which US state is Edwards Air Force Base?", "answers": [ "california" ] }, { "question": "Nora Barnacle was the muse and wife of which Irish writer?", "answers": [ "james joyce" ] }, { "question": "In which country is the deepwater port of Belem?", "answers": [ "brazil country" ] }, { "question": "What is the more common name of the incendiary weapon formulated from naphthenic and palmitic acids?", "answers": [ "napalm" ] }, { "question": "Whose gang were the victims of the St Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929?", "answers": [ "bugs moran" ] }, { "question": "Who was elected Prime Minister of Australia in March 1983?", "answers": [ "robert hawke" ] }, { "question": "What is the American name for Shrove Tuesday?", "answers": [ "fat tuesday" ] }, { "question": "Which BBC 2 programme features radio controlled machines fighting each other", "answers": [ "robot wars" ] }, { "question": "What is it called when all the pins fall on the first bowl of an Indoor Bowling game ?", "answers": [ "strikes" ] }, { "question": "Which fire-breathing monster in Greek mythology was killed by Bellerophon?", "answers": [ "chimera" ] }, { "question": "What leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) admitted ironically to receiving over £2m expenses in ten years from the EU, used chiefly for UKIP's promotion of anti-EU policies?", "answers": [ "farage" ] }, { "question": "Which Canadian/American novelist won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976?", "answers": [ "saul bellow" ] }, { "question": "Who wrote the 46 volume county-by-county guide Buildings of England between 1951 and 1974?", "answers": [ "sir nikolaus pevsner" ] }, { "question": "Which tree has the Latin name Salix?", "answers": [ "willow" ] }, { "question": "Which breed of dog won Best In Show at Crufts 2011?", "answers": [ "flatcoated retriever" ] }, { "question": "In 1958 a film called 'The Matchmaker' was released starring Anthony Perkins and Shirley McLaine. Based on a Thornton Wilder play it was later remade, in 1969, as what musical ?", "answers": [ "hello dolly" ] }, { "question": "What was the name of the Yorkshire pub featured in the 1981 movie An American Werewolf in London?", "answers": [ "slaughtered lamb" ] }, { "question": "Which 20 century artist was famous for his ‘drip’ style of painting?", "answers": [ "jackson pollock" ] }, { "question": "\"Which of the core cast of the TV series \"\"Friends\"\" also appeared in the 2000 film \"\"The Whole Nine Yards\"\" with Bruce Willis?\"", "answers": [ "matthew perry" ] }, { "question": "Which ship was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists in the Mediterranean in 1985?", "answers": [ "achille lauro" ] }, { "question": "What was the official residence of the monarch between 1698 and 1837?", "answers": [ "st james palace" ] }, { "question": "Asmara is the capital city of which country?", "answers": [ "eritrea" ] }, { "question": "What is the national park in Wyoming covering 3350 square miles that was opened in 1872?", "answers": [ "yellowstone" ] }, { "question": "Who was assassinated by John Bellingham?", "answers": [ "spencer perceval" ] }, { "question": "The fictional television Doctor Who came from which planet?", "answers": [ "gallifrey" ] }, { "question": "Which car manufacturer produces a model called then 'Forester'?", "answers": [ "subaru" ] }, { "question": "In which county of Northern Ireland is the Giant’s Causeway?", "answers": [ "antrim" ] }, { "question": "The Analects, or Lunyu, dating back to approximately 450 BC is a collection of sayings and ideas of which philosopher?", "answers": [ "confucius" ] }, { "question": "In Holst's suite 'The Planets' who is the bringer of old age?", "answers": [ "saturn" ] }, { "question": "Racing for Red Bull, who is the only Australian competing in the 2011 Formula One season?", "answers": [ "mark webber" ] }, { "question": "What is the name of a famous concerto by Vivaldi?", "answers": [ "four seasons" ] }, { "question": "Which football team in 1995 lost their last game of the season to Liverpool, but were still winners of the Premiership title?", "answers": [ "blackburn rovers" ] }, { "question": "Making its final flight in July 2011, what was the name of the last space shuttle?", "answers": [ "atlantis" ] }, { "question": "What 1943 WWII battle between Germany and the Soviet Union remains to this day the largest series of armored clashes ever?", "answers": [ "kursk bulge" ] }, { "question": "In which 1974 blockbuster movie did O J Simpson play a security guard?", "answers": [ "towering inferno" ] }, { "question": "Which Premier League football team has a colliery wheel on its badge?", "answers": [ "sunderland" ] }, { "question": "In what year was the first BBC Sports Personality if theYear held ?", "answers": [ "1954" ] }, { "question": "Who became the first socialist President of France in 1981, being re-elected in 1988?", "answers": [ "president mitterrand" ] }, { "question": "What is one of the fictional languages spoken by the Elves in the fantasy works of J R R Tolkien?", "answers": [ "quenya" ] }, { "question": "Who was Israeli Prime Minister from 1969 to 1974?", "answers": [ "goldie mabovitch" ] }, { "question": "The fictional characters William Dobbin and Rawdon Crawley appear in which novel", "answers": [ "vanity fair" ] }, { "question": "Which city in Scotland styles itself as the City of Discovery?", "answers": [ "dundee" ] }, { "question": "Which type of barometer that does not involve liquid was invented by Lucien Vidi in 1844?", "answers": [ "aneroid" ] }, { "question": "In the year 1636 during the Dutch Golden Age, what unlikely item became the fourth leading export after gin, herring and cheese causing a journalist to write a book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds?", "answers": [ "tulips" ] }, { "question": "In which Asian city were the 14th swimming World Championships held in July this year?", "answers": [ "shanghai" ] }, { "question": "The liqueur Frangelico and the spread Nutella get their distinctive flavor from what?", "answers": [ "hazelnut" ] }, { "question": "What is the fruit of the tree technically known as Phoenix Dactylifera?", "answers": [ "date" ] }, { "question": "Which exotic creatures reside in St. James Park, London?", "answers": [ "pelicans" ] }, { "question": "Which two word term is used to describe the gravitational boundary enclosing a 'Black Hole', from which nothing can escape?", "answers": [ "event horizon" ] }, { "question": "\"You are Now Free to Move About the Country\" is the advertising slogan for what transportation company?", "answers": [ "southwest" ] }, { "question": "At which battle of 1346 did Edward III's son win his spurs?", "answers": [ "battle of creçy" ] }, { "question": "The TV dramatization “Threads” concerned the effects of a nuclear strike on which English city?", "answers": [ "city of sheffield" ] }, { "question": "In what year did 'Austin' launch the Mini?", "answers": [ "1959" ] }, { "question": "By what name is the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory better known", "answers": [ "jodrell bank observatory" ] }, { "question": "Which British pop star active since the 1970's has released albums called Up, So and Us?", "answers": [ "peter gabriel" ] }, { "question": "Where in the human body is the sacrum bone?", "answers": [ "birth canal" ] }, { "question": "Who in 1996 made the longest spaceflight by a woman?", "answers": [ "shannon lucid" ] }, { "question": "Who did Jose Mourinho call ‘A specialist in failure’ because of an 8 year trophy drought?", "answers": [ "arsene wenger" ] }, { "question": "Leukophobia is the irrational fear of which colour?", "answers": [ "color white" ] }, { "question": "Competition for which cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, for international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation, have been held every three years since 1948-1949 and every t", "answers": [ "thomas cup" ] }, { "question": "Who secured the contract from the British government in 1838 to carry mail between Liverpool Halifax and Boston and formed the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company with 4 ships?", "answers": [ "samuel cunard" ] }, { "question": "Hawaiian, Strombolian, Peléan, Phreatomagmatic and Submarine are types of?", "answers": [ "type of volcanic eruption" ] }, { "question": "Who created The Office and Extras with Ricky Gervais?", "answers": [ "stephen merchant" ] }, { "question": "What religious group places a great importance on wearing the turban?", "answers": [ "sikhs" ] }, { "question": "Bituminous and anthracite are types of what?", "answers": [ "coal" ] }, { "question": "In Greek myth, the constellation Leo represents what beast best known from a list of dozen?", "answers": [ "nemean lion" ] }, { "question": "On which river is Maidstone", "answers": [ "medway" ] }, { "question": "What is the next in the series: Williamsburg Bridge, Rutgers Street Tunnel, Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge?", "answers": [ "cranberry street tunnel" ] }, { "question": "Which famous building was burned down by British forces in 1812?", "answers": [ "white house" ] }, { "question": "What name did John Harrington give to the first flush toilet", "answers": [ "ajax" ] }, { "question": "In which English city can Saint David's Railway Station be found?", "answers": [ "exeter" ] }, { "question": "Who was deputy commander of the 1983 US invasion of Grenada?", "answers": [ "general norman schwarzkopf" ] }, { "question": "The element cobalt gets its name from the German word for what?", "answers": [ "goblin" ] }, { "question": "What colour was Barbara Windsor's bikini in Carry On Camping?", "answers": [ "green" ] }, { "question": "The Shard stands next to which London Underground station?", "answers": [ "london bridge" ] }, { "question": "In which European city is the famous Arch of Hadrian?", "answers": [ "city of athens" ] }, { "question": "\"Who created the character of Harold C. \"\"Rabbit\"\" Angstrom who appears in the stories \"\"Rabbit, Run\"\", \"\"Rabbit Redux\"\", \"\"Rabbit Is Rich\"\", \"\"Rabbit at Rest\"\" and \"\"Rabbit Remembered\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "john updike" ] }, { "question": "‘The Entertainer’ by Scott Joplin is the theme tune for which 1973 film?", "answers": [ "sting" ] }, { "question": "During the 1990's, two footballers won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award - Michael Owen in 1998. Who won the award in 1990?", "answers": [ "paul gascoigne" ] }, { "question": "What type of vehicle is a Pashley Princess?", "answers": [ "bicycle" ] }, { "question": "Which common British tree has the Latin name Fraxinus excelsior?", "answers": [ "ash" ] }, { "question": "What type of creature is a Whirligig?", "answers": [ "water beetles" ] }, { "question": "What name is given to a Papal legate or ambassador to a civil government?", "answers": [ "papal nuncio" ] }, { "question": "Who duetted with Marc Almond on the 1989 number one 'Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart'?", "answers": [ "gene pitney" ] }, { "question": "In which classic 'western' does 'Marshal Will Kane' marry 'Amy Fowler' and turn in his badge, only for events to change on the arrival of a train?", "answers": [ "high noon" ] }, { "question": "What was the function of an Aquilifer in the Roman Army?", "answers": [ "standard bearer" ] }, { "question": "What popular assessment that is based on the theories of Carl Jung was created during WWII to help women identify the type of war-time jobs where they would be 'most comfortable and effective'?", "answers": [ "briggs myers" ] }, { "question": "What species of willow is much used in basketwork?", "answers": [ "osier" ] }, { "question": "In the UK these books are called ‘Where’s Wally?’ What is his name in the USA?", "answers": [ "waldo" ] }, { "question": "The southern most town in mainland South America lies at the southern tip of Chile. What is it called?", "answers": [ "punta arenas" ] }, { "question": "\"Which poet wrote \"\" Anthem For Doomed Youth\"\" in 1917?\"", "answers": [ "wilfred owen" ] }, { "question": "Adi Granth is the principal sacred scripture of which religion?", "answers": [ "sikhism" ] }, { "question": "The Jasmund National Park is in which European country?", "answers": [ "germany" ] }, { "question": "What is comedian Jasper Carrot's real name?", "answers": [ "robert norman davis" ] }, { "question": "Who gets stoned during Hajj?", "answers": [ "devil" ] }, { "question": "In which town or city would you find the 'Cairngorm Brewery'?", "answers": [ "aviemore" ] }, { "question": "Which former US chat show host starred in the 1998 film ‘Beloved’?", "answers": [ "oprah" ] }, { "question": "What is the largest castle in Wales", "answers": [ "caerphilly" ] }, { "question": "What is a device that allows electric current to pass through it in one direction only, used for converting AC to DC?", "answers": [ "rectifiers" ] }, { "question": "The Napa Valley wine producing region is in which country?", "answers": [ "us" ] }, { "question": "In World War 11 what was the American equivalent to the commandos", "answers": [ "rangers" ] }, { "question": "\"\"\"A pitch\"\" is the way that the ball is put into play in which game?\"", "answers": [ "baseball" ] }, { "question": "What non-woven cloth that is produced by matting and pressing fibers is the oldest form of fabric known to humankind?", "answers": [ "feltmaking" ] }, { "question": "Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical made its television debut when CBS broadcast the 1955 film version as a three-hour Thanksgiving special in 1970?", "answers": [ "oklahoma" ] }, { "question": "\"Who was a British political reformer, writer and politician, noted for her long-standing championship of the Single Transferable Vote system of elections who is the author (1974) of \"\"How Democracies Vote\"\", a standard reference work on electoral systems?\"", "answers": [ "enid lakeman" ] }, { "question": "\"Who was the \"\"Man of La Mancha\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "don quixote" ] }, { "question": "The Saporta Cup was played for in which sport?", "answers": [ "basketball" ] }, { "question": "\"Who has been a game show host on US television for \"\"The Neighbors\"\" (1975), \"\"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\"\" (from 1999), \"\"Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire\"\" (from 2004), \"\"America's Got Talent\"\" (2006) and \"\"Million Dollar Password\"\" (2008 to 2009)?\"", "answers": [ "regis francis xavier philbin" ] }, { "question": "Which organ removes excess water from the blood?", "answers": [ "kidney" ] }, { "question": "What type of garments were 'Topis' and 'Toques'?", "answers": [ "hats" ] }, { "question": "In the Bible, who was the third son of Noah along with Ham and Shem?", "answers": [ "japhethites" ] }, { "question": "What name is shared by the chairs of the UK House of Commons and the US House of Representatives?", "answers": [ "speaker" ] }, { "question": "What is the alternative name for the flower belladonna?", "answers": [ "atropa belladonna" ] }, { "question": "\"In the monologue, \"\"Albert and The Lion\"\", what was the name of the lion?\"", "answers": [ "wallace" ] }, { "question": "What is the state capital of Washington?", "answers": [ "olympia" ] }, { "question": "Who is currently the Prime Minister of Eire?", "answers": [ "brian cowen" ] }, { "question": "In which year did the American Civil War begin?", "answers": [ "1861" ] }, { "question": "Which former US First Lady died in July 2011 at the age of 93?", "answers": [ "betty ford" ] }, { "question": "Who commanded the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg?", "answers": [ "george meade" ] }, { "question": "\"Who is quoted as saying \"\"... advertising ... attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. ... Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "banksy" ] }, { "question": "In TV’s Dad’s Army, what was Captain Mainwaring’s first name?", "answers": [ "george" ] }, { "question": "Which city, once the capital of Spain is now the regional capital of Castilla La Mancha?", "answers": [ "toledo" ] }, { "question": "What company, the largest manufacturer of bb guns in the world, is famous for the Red Ryder line of lever action air rifles?", "answers": [ "daisy" ] }, { "question": "Which is the only Shakespeare play with a British place name in the title ?", "answers": [ "merry wives of windsor" ] }, { "question": "Which South African city is the judicial centre of the country?", "answers": [ "bloemfontein" ] }, { "question": "Melboume, Australia lies on which river?", "answers": [ "yarra" ] }, { "question": "How many times was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected president of the USA?", "answers": [ "four" ] }, { "question": "An easel is most likely to be used by ...?", "answers": [ "watercolor" ] }, { "question": "Who have the Conservatives chosen as their candidate to run for the 2016 London Mayor elections", "answers": [ "zac goldsmith" ] }, { "question": "What measurement is half of the diameter of a circle?", "answers": [ "radius" ] }, { "question": "Which all-girl group had a hit in 1998 with 'C'est La Vie'?", "answers": [ "champagne or guinness" ] }, { "question": "In Yorkshire, what are the Huddersfield Narrow and the Huddersfield Broad?", "answers": [ "canal" ] }, { "question": "To which actress was Groucho Marx referring when he reportedly said “I knew her before she was a virgin”?", "answers": [ "doris day" ] }, { "question": "What event applies to Charles II of England in 1660 and the Bourbons in 1814 and 1815?", "answers": [ "restoration" ] }, { "question": "Who was the father of Queen Elizabeth II?", "answers": [ "albert frederick arthur george" ] }, { "question": "\"What is the media nickname of Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who was said to be the inspiration for Nicolas Cage's character in the 2005 film \"\"Lord of War\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "merchant of death" ] }, { "question": "What is the basic gauge most commonly used for both still photography and motion pictures?", "answers": [ "35 mm film" ] }, { "question": "What uniquely specialized profession traditionally uses a Piscatory Ring?", "answers": [ "papal" ] }, { "question": "What dog is known as the King of the Terriers", "answers": [ "airedale" ] }, { "question": "Who played the title role in the 1945 film 'Mildred Pierce'?", "answers": [ "joan crawford" ] }, { "question": ".za is the internet code for which country?", "answers": [ "south africa" ] }, { "question": "Melissa Joan Hart plays which TV character (the same as the Roman name for the River Severn)?", "answers": [ "sabrina" ] }, { "question": "What was the middle name of the character 'Arnold Rimmer' from the t.v. series 'Red Dwarf'?", "answers": [ "judas" ] }, { "question": "Haricot beans are commonly used in what common canned product?", "answers": [ "baked bean" ] }, { "question": "The Beatles' last live performance was at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. In what year was this?", "answers": [ "1966" ] }, { "question": "Who famously stood over a subway grate while wearing a billowy white dress?", "answers": [ "marilyn monroe" ] }, { "question": "Dr Tom Parry Jones, who died in January 2013, developed and marketed which 'road safety' device in 1967", "answers": [ "electronic breathalyser" ] }, { "question": "Which crop in particular is damaged by the Boll Weevil?", "answers": [ "cotton" ] }, { "question": "The cephalothorax and the opisthosoma are body sections of what?", "answers": [ "arachnids" ] }, { "question": "Lentigenes is the medical term for what?", "answers": [ "freckles" ] }, { "question": "What is the piece in tiddly-winks called that is flicked into the cup", "answers": [ "wink" ] }, { "question": "Who is the TUC General Secretary?", "answers": [ "brendan barber" ] }, { "question": "Eleanor of Aquitaine was married to which English king?", "answers": [ "henry ii" ] }, { "question": "How many nobles were there in £1?", "answers": [ "three" ] }, { "question": "What was jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke’s first name?", "answers": [ "leon" ] }, { "question": "What is the main ingredient of pilau?", "answers": [ "rice" ] }, { "question": "\"In 1939 who described the actions of Russia as \"\"a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma?\"\"\"", "answers": [ "winston churchill" ] }, { "question": "What profession was shared by Frank Oz and Jim Henson?", "answers": [ "puppeteering" ] }, { "question": "Who was the chief executive of RBS bank who resigned in 2009, a month before RBS announced a loss of £24 billion, the largest loss in UK corporate history ?", "answers": [ "fred goodwin" ] }, { "question": "Adnams Brewery is based in which English county?", "answers": [ "suffolk" ] }, { "question": "\"What sonnet of Irish poet Seamus Heaney, a tribute to a long-running bulletin from BBC, starts as \"\"Dogger, Rockall, Malin, Irish Sea\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "shipping forecast" ] }, { "question": "The Arabic word 'al' (AL) roughly translates in English to mean?", "answers": [ "and" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first woman to receive the Order of Merit?", "answers": [ "nightingale school of nursing" ] }, { "question": "The Sphinx is in which country?", "answers": [ "egypt" ] }, { "question": "What famous hotel in Paris opened? ( The only reason not to stay there was if you couldn't afford it )", "answers": [ "hôtel ritz" ] }, { "question": "In which country is the source of the River Danube?", "answers": [ "germany" ] }, { "question": "In which country was the World War 11 quick firing anti aircraft gun the Oerlikon first manufactured", "answers": [ "suiza" ] }, { "question": "Robert Diamond is the Chief Executive of which British bank?", "answers": [ "barclays" ] }, { "question": "What jazz legend was commonly known as Satchmo, short for satchelmouth, and has the New Orleans airport named for him?", "answers": [ "louis armstrong" ] }, { "question": "Who became the Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers' Association in 1981, and is reputed to be the highest paid union official in the world?", "answers": [ "gordon taylor" ] }, { "question": "Former racing driver Johnny Dumfries, born at Rothesay in 1958, is the 7th Marquess of _______ where?", "answers": [ "bute" ] }, { "question": "Who produced the first Chinook helicopter in 1961?", "answers": [ "boeing company" ] }, { "question": "Which Soviet leader preceded Yuri Andropov?", "answers": [ "leonid brezhnev" ] }, { "question": "Cheers actress Rhea Perlman has been married to which Hollywood actor and comedian for over 30 years ?", "answers": [ "danny devito" ] }, { "question": "In which Scottish town, north of Stirling, was tennis player Jamie Murray born?", "answers": [ "dunblane" ] }, { "question": "What is the traditional name for a Spanish white wine made near Cadiz, popular varieties of which are Manzanilla, Amontillado, Vino Fino, Olorosa and Montilla?", "answers": [ "sherry" ] }, { "question": "Which country had a parliament called the Duma?", "answers": [ "russia" ] }, { "question": "In which Dickens novel does Nathaniel Winkle appear?", "answers": [ "pickwick papers" ] }, { "question": "Who was the first person to win the Indianapolis 500 six times?", "answers": [ "al unser" ] }, { "question": "Who is the Greek equivalent to the Phoenician goddess Astarte, and the Babylonian goddess Ishtar?", "answers": [ "aphrodite" ] }, { "question": "Who traded places with Eddie Murphy in the film Trading Places?", "answers": [ "dan aykroyd" ] }, { "question": "What type of animal is cartoon character Pepe Le Pew?", "answers": [ "skunk" ] }, { "question": "\"Who succeeded the late David Vine as presenter of BBC's Ski Sunday\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "hazel irvine" ] }, { "question": "What Southern city is often called the most polite city in the U.S.?", "answers": [ "charleston" ] }, { "question": "The first what was drilled by a group of Monks in a certain French province in 1126?", "answers": [ "artesian well" ] }, { "question": "Which football league club moved from Belle Vue and played their first game at the new Keepmoat Stadium on New Year's Day 2007?", "answers": [ "doncaster rovers fc" ] }, { "question": "Which driver won the first Grand Prix Formula One World Motor championship in 1950?", "answers": [ "guiseppe farina" ] }, { "question": "The Rainbow Coalition and Operation PUSH were 2 non-profits founded by which activist and Baptist minister?", "answers": [ "jesse louis jackson" ] }, { "question": "\"Daryl Hannah starred with Tom Hanks and John Candy as what in the 1984 film \"\"Splash\"\"?\"", "answers": [ "mermaid" ] }, { "question": "What name would be given to a collector of postcards?", "answers": [ "deltiologist" ] }, { "question": "Which renowned public school is situated in Godalming in Surrey ?", "answers": [ "charterhouse" ] }, { "question": "Thomas Marshal was Vice President to which US President?", "answers": [ "woodrow wilson" ] }, { "question": "In 1988, why did English professional jockey Lester Piggott have his OBE (which had been awarded in 1975) taken away?", "answers": [ "tax evasion" ] }, { "question": "What is the official language of Egypt?", "answers": [ "arabic" ] } ]