dangermouse77/FromAnswerToQuestion-SQuADplusTriviaQA

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HEDGE SPARROW	What is the 'Dunnock' more commonly known as?
BURNLEY	The 'Suicide Squad' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which North West club?
JOHN CAGE	Who composed the piece 'Four Minutes and Thirty Three Seconds' which is 44 minutes and 33 seconds of silence?
HAYDN	Which composer wrote the symphonies with the nicknames 'The Schoolmaster', 'The Farewell' and 'The Miracle'?
SOUTH SUDAN	Which newly-formed African nation became the 193rd. member state of the United Nations in July 2011?
JOHN WILLIAMS	Who composed the theme music for the film 'Jaws'?
ALEXANDER POPE	"Who first said or wrote ""A little learning is a dangerous thing""?"
BARNES	Apart from Hammersmith, which other Thames bridge does the Boat Race course pass under?
THE CHRYSLER TOWER	Which building did the Empire State Building succeed as the world's highest building?
MONGOOSE	To which animal species does the Meerkat belong?
RICHARD BURTON	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'?
CLARE DANES	Who played 'Juliet' opposite Leonardo Di Caprio in the 1996 film 'Romeo And Juliet'?
MUNGO PARK	Which British explorer was the first westerner to have recorded seeing the River Niger?
SOUTH CAROLINA	Which was the first Confederate state to secede from the Union?
'ADRIAN'	Although better known by his surname, what was the first name of the t.v. detective 'Monk'?
SOYA BEANS	What is the main ingredient of Hoisin Sauce?
JAMES THURBER	Who created the fictional character of 'Walter Mitty'?
CHESAPEAKE BAY	Which bay found on the Atlantic coast is the biggest estuary in the USA?
JOHN DONNE	"Who said or wrote ""No man is an island""?"
'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM'	"In which play by William Shakespeare does the quote ""The course of true love never did run smooth"" appear?"
PASCAL	What is the SI unit of Pressure or Stress?
UNITED KINGDOM	Which country principally administers the Turks and Caicos Islands?
South Africa	The highest waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere is located in which country?
Clemens	What was writer Mark Twain's real surname?
Toulon	Which rugby union team defeated Saracens to win the Heineken cup in 201A?
Margrave	What Is the continental equivalent of a Marquis?
Christie	Later used to advertise Yellow Pages on T.V. which group's most successful hit single was Yellow River?
Charles Darnay	In the Charles Dickens novel 'A Tale of Two Cities' Sidney Carton exchanges places with which other character?
Bakerloo	On the maps of the London Underground which line is coloured brown?
Cloud Cover	The okta is a unit used by meteorologists to measure which aspect of the weather?
Brian Keenan	Which former Middle East hostage wrote the book 'An Evil Cradling'?
Smallville	Before moving to the city of Metropolis in which American town did Superman grow up
Cornucopia	Used to suckle the infant Jupiter what name is given in mythology to the Horn of Plenty?
Chuck Connors	Who played the leading role in the T.V Western series 'Branded'?
Bubba Watson	Which golfer won the U.S. Masters in 2014?
Tennessee Williams	Who wrote the plays The Rose Tattoo' and The Night of The Iguana'?
Perigee	What name is given to the point in a planet’s orbit when it is closest to the Earth?
Nerys Hughes	Which former 'Liverbird' went on to play The District Nurse' on T.V?
M40	Which motorway connects London to Oxford?
Bluebell Girls	What did the English dancer Margaret Kelly found in 1932?
Nitric Acid	Which acid is known as Aqua Fortis?
Australia	Which horse won the Epsom Derby in June 2014?
Lloyd Bridges	Who played the diver Mike Nelson in the T.V. series 'Sea Hunt’?
Yellow	On maps of the London Underground what colour is the Circle Line?
Cat Ballou	For which film did screen tough-guy Lee Marvin win a Best Actor award at the 1966 Oscars?
Britain’s Got Talent	Which T.V competition was won in 2014 by Collabro?
Gabon	Which is the westernmost of the six African countries on the equator?
Washington DC	In which capital city are the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund?
Carpe Diem	Which two word Latin phrase means 'Seize the Day?
Peter Bowles	Which actor, a former hospital patient in the T.V. comedy series 'Only When I Laugh' went on to play the Irish R.M.?
Honeybus	Later used to advertise Nimble bread which group's most successful single was 'I Can't Let Maggie Go'?
Dodgson	What was author Lewis Carroll's real surname?
Neil Simon	Who wrote the plays 'Biloxi Blues' and The Sunshine Boys'?
M23	Which motorway connects London to Brighton?
Fifteen	How many players are there on a hurling team?
Sage	What was the name of the wise owl in the children's T.V. Programme The Herbs'
SOUTH AFRICA	The Wind of Change speech in 1960 by Harold Macmillan was made to the parliament of which country?
BLACK	The flag of Cornwall is a white cross on a background of what colour?
FLOOD	What is the meaning of the Latin word diluvium as used in the word antediluvian?
UTRECHT	In which Dutch city did the 2015 Tour de France start?
BOB DYLAN	Who wrote the song Mr Tambourine Man which reached Number One for The Byrds in 1965?
KARAMAZOV	What is the family name of Dmitri, Ivan and Alexei in an 1880 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky?
TIPPI HEDREN	Who was the female star of the Alfred Hitchcock directed films The Birds and Mamie?
HYDROGEN	Tritium is an isotope of which element?
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK	In 1774 who named Norfolk Island after Mary Howard Duchess of Norfolk?
HELEN MIRREN	"At the recent Tony Awards who won the award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in the play ""The Audience"" by Peter Morgan?"
TOURING CARS	What type of cars compete in the FIA WTCC as indicated by the T in the name?
MUD	Les Gray was the vocalist with which glam-rock band?
ART NOUVEAU	"What term do we use for the style of art known in German as ""Jugendstil""?"
1789	In which year was the Mutiny on the Bounty?
STANLEY	In the sitcom Porridge what was the middle name of Norman Fletcher, played by Ronnie Barker?
QUAVER	Which musical note is equal to one-eighth of a semibreve?
JACK CADE	Who led a rebellion from Kent against the government of England in 1450?
GEORGE STUBBS	"""Baronet with Sam Chifhey Up"" is a painting by which artist born in Liverpool in 1724?"
A4	Which paper size measures 210 mm by 297 mm?
ST ALBANS	At which battle of May 1455 was King Henry VI captured, leading to Richard Duke of York being declared Lord Protector?
SEVENTEENTH	The painting And When Did You Last See Your Father? by William Frederick Yeames is set in the middle of which century?
ENVELOPES	For what is the C series of paper sizes used?
OPEN ALL HOURS	The Mystical Boudoir of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel was the final regular episode of which sitcom?
SIAM	"At the recent Tony Awards The King and I won the Best Revival of a Musical. Which word completes the title of the novel on which it is based – ""Anna and the King of ……..""?"
(ROGER ALBERT) CLARK	"What is the surname of former rally driver Roger Albert after whom the RAC Rally which began in 2004 is named - it follows a route based on the ""classic"" RAC Rally first organised by the Royal Automobile Club in 1932?"
14	What number isotope of carbon is used in radiocarbon dating, a method invented by Willard Libby in the 1940s?
MICHAEL GOVE	Who was appointed as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor after the recent General Election?
NEW ZEALAND	In which country are Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound?
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA	Which film director is the uncle of actor Jason Schwartzman?
BASTILLE	Where was the Marquis de Sade imprisoned after the Chateau de Vincennes closed in 1784, until he was transferred to an asylum on July 4th 1789?
TOM WATSON	Gary Player is one of three golfers to win both the Open and the Senior Open. New Zealander Bob Charles and which American, a five-time Open winner in the 1970s and 1980s are the others?
THE JETSONS	What was the name of Hanna-Barbera's space-age counterpart to The Flintstones?
CHURCHILL DOWNS	On which race track is the Kentucky Oaks run?
HERMAN'S HERMITS	"""Mrs Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" and ""I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"" were both Number Ones in the USA in 1965 for which band formed in Manchester in 1962, although neither was released as a single in this country?"
BEN-HUR	A Tale of the Christ is the sub-title of which 1880 novel by Lew Wallace?
WORKING GIRL	For which 1988 Mike Nicholls directed film was Melanie Griffith nominated for a Best Actress Oscar?
MISSOURI	The Sinews of Peace speech in 1946 by Winston Churchill that introduced the phrase 'iron curtain' was made at Westminster College in Fulton in which US state?
OF	What is the antepenultimate word of this question?
TUNISIA	The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are in which modern country?
AYESHA	"What was the name of ""She who must be obeyed"" in the novel She by H Rider Haggard?"
SHOOTING	In which sport did Malcolm Cooper win Gold medals for Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics?
'MY FAIR LADY'	From which musical did the sing 'Get Me To The Church On Time' come?
BEARDS	Of what is 'Pogonophobia' the morbid fear?
MARKET PLACE	What does the name 'Chipping' as in Chipping Norton mean?

HEDGE SPARROW

What is the 'Dunnock' more commonly known as?

BURNLEY

The 'Suicide Squad' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which North West club?

JOHN CAGE

Who composed the piece 'Four Minutes and Thirty Three Seconds' which is 44 minutes and 33 seconds of silence?

HAYDN

Which composer wrote the symphonies with the nicknames 'The Schoolmaster', 'The Farewell' and 'The Miracle'?

SOUTH SUDAN

Which newly-formed African nation became the 193rd. member state of the United Nations in July 2011?

JOHN WILLIAMS

Who composed the theme music for the film 'Jaws'?

ALEXANDER POPE

"Who first said or wrote ""A little learning is a dangerous thing""?"

BARNES

Apart from Hammersmith, which other Thames bridge does the Boat Race course pass under?

THE CHRYSLER TOWER

Which building did the Empire State Building succeed as the world's highest building?

MONGOOSE

To which animal species does the Meerkat belong?

RICHARD BURTON

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'?

CLARE DANES

Who played 'Juliet' opposite Leonardo Di Caprio in the 1996 film 'Romeo And Juliet'?

MUNGO PARK

Which British explorer was the first westerner to have recorded seeing the River Niger?

SOUTH CAROLINA

Which was the first Confederate state to secede from the Union?

'ADRIAN'

Although better known by his surname, what was the first name of the t.v. detective 'Monk'?

SOYA BEANS

What is the main ingredient of Hoisin Sauce?

JAMES THURBER

Who created the fictional character of 'Walter Mitty'?

CHESAPEAKE BAY

Which bay found on the Atlantic coast is the biggest estuary in the USA?

JOHN DONNE

"Who said or wrote ""No man is an island""?"

'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM'

"In which play by William Shakespeare does the quote ""The course of true love never did run smooth"" appear?"

PASCAL

What is the SI unit of Pressure or Stress?

UNITED KINGDOM

Which country principally administers the Turks and Caicos Islands?

South Africa

The highest waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere is located in which country?

Clemens

What was writer Mark Twain's real surname?

Toulon

Which rugby union team defeated Saracens to win the Heineken cup in 201A?

Margrave

What Is the continental equivalent of a Marquis?

Christie

Later used to advertise Yellow Pages on T.V. which group's most successful hit single was Yellow River?

Charles Darnay

In the Charles Dickens novel 'A Tale of Two Cities' Sidney Carton exchanges places with which other character?

Bakerloo

On the maps of the London Underground which line is coloured brown?

Cloud Cover

The okta is a unit used by meteorologists to measure which aspect of the weather?

Brian Keenan

Which former Middle East hostage wrote the book 'An Evil Cradling'?

Smallville

Before moving to the city of Metropolis in which American town did Superman grow up

Cornucopia

Used to suckle the infant Jupiter what name is given in mythology to the Horn of Plenty?

Chuck Connors

Who played the leading role in the T.V Western series 'Branded'?

Bubba Watson

Which golfer won the U.S. Masters in 2014?

Tennessee Williams

Who wrote the plays The Rose Tattoo' and The Night of The Iguana'?

Perigee

What name is given to the point in a planet’s orbit when it is closest to the Earth?

Nerys Hughes

Which former 'Liverbird' went on to play The District Nurse' on T.V?

M40

Which motorway connects London to Oxford?

Bluebell Girls

What did the English dancer Margaret Kelly found in 1932?

Nitric Acid

Which acid is known as Aqua Fortis?

Australia

Which horse won the Epsom Derby in June 2014?

Lloyd Bridges

Who played the diver Mike Nelson in the T.V. series 'Sea Hunt’?

Yellow

On maps of the London Underground what colour is the Circle Line?

Cat Ballou

For which film did screen tough-guy Lee Marvin win a Best Actor award at the 1966 Oscars?

Britain’s Got Talent

Which T.V competition was won in 2014 by Collabro?

Gabon

Which is the westernmost of the six African countries on the equator?

Washington DC

In which capital city are the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund?

Carpe Diem

Which two word Latin phrase means 'Seize the Day?

Peter Bowles

Which actor, a former hospital patient in the T.V. comedy series 'Only When I Laugh' went on to play the Irish R.M.?

Honeybus

Later used to advertise Nimble bread which group's most successful single was 'I Can't Let Maggie Go'?

Dodgson

What was author Lewis Carroll's real surname?

Neil Simon

Who wrote the plays 'Biloxi Blues' and The Sunshine Boys'?

M23

Which motorway connects London to Brighton?

Fifteen

How many players are there on a hurling team?

Sage

What was the name of the wise owl in the children's T.V. Programme The Herbs'

SOUTH AFRICA

The Wind of Change speech in 1960 by Harold Macmillan was made to the parliament of which country?

BLACK

The flag of Cornwall is a white cross on a background of what colour?

FLOOD

What is the meaning of the Latin word diluvium as used in the word antediluvian?

UTRECHT

In which Dutch city did the 2015 Tour de France start?

BOB DYLAN

Who wrote the song Mr Tambourine Man which reached Number One for The Byrds in 1965?

KARAMAZOV

What is the family name of Dmitri, Ivan and Alexei in an 1880 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky?

TIPPI HEDREN

Who was the female star of the Alfred Hitchcock directed films The Birds and Mamie?

HYDROGEN

Tritium is an isotope of which element?

CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

In 1774 who named Norfolk Island after Mary Howard Duchess of Norfolk?

HELEN MIRREN

"At the recent Tony Awards who won the award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in the play ""The Audience"" by Peter Morgan?"

TOURING CARS

What type of cars compete in the FIA WTCC as indicated by the T in the name?

MUD

Les Gray was the vocalist with which glam-rock band?

ART NOUVEAU

"What term do we use for the style of art known in German as ""Jugendstil""?"

1789

In which year was the Mutiny on the Bounty?

STANLEY

In the sitcom Porridge what was the middle name of Norman Fletcher, played by Ronnie Barker?

QUAVER

Which musical note is equal to one-eighth of a semibreve?

JACK CADE

Who led a rebellion from Kent against the government of England in 1450?

GEORGE STUBBS

"""Baronet with Sam Chifhey Up"" is a painting by which artist born in Liverpool in 1724?"

A4

Which paper size measures 210 mm by 297 mm?

ST ALBANS

At which battle of May 1455 was King Henry VI captured, leading to Richard Duke of York being declared Lord Protector?

SEVENTEENTH

The painting And When Did You Last See Your Father? by William Frederick Yeames is set in the middle of which century?

ENVELOPES

For what is the C series of paper sizes used?

OPEN ALL HOURS

The Mystical Boudoir of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel was the final regular episode of which sitcom?

SIAM

"At the recent Tony Awards The King and I won the Best Revival of a Musical. Which word completes the title of the novel on which it is based – ""Anna and the King of ……..""?"

(ROGER ALBERT) CLARK

"What is the surname of former rally driver Roger Albert after whom the RAC Rally which began in 2004 is named - it follows a route based on the ""classic"" RAC Rally first organised by the Royal Automobile Club in 1932?"

14

What number isotope of carbon is used in radiocarbon dating, a method invented by Willard Libby in the 1940s?

MICHAEL GOVE

Who was appointed as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor after the recent General Election?

NEW ZEALAND

In which country are Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound?

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

Which film director is the uncle of actor Jason Schwartzman?

BASTILLE

Where was the Marquis de Sade imprisoned after the Chateau de Vincennes closed in 1784, until he was transferred to an asylum on July 4th 1789?

TOM WATSON

Gary Player is one of three golfers to win both the Open and the Senior Open. New Zealander Bob Charles and which American, a five-time Open winner in the 1970s and 1980s are the others?

THE JETSONS

What was the name of Hanna-Barbera's space-age counterpart to The Flintstones?

CHURCHILL DOWNS

On which race track is the Kentucky Oaks run?

HERMAN'S HERMITS

"""Mrs Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" and ""I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"" were both Number Ones in the USA in 1965 for which band formed in Manchester in 1962, although neither was released as a single in this country?"

BEN-HUR

A Tale of the Christ is the sub-title of which 1880 novel by Lew Wallace?

WORKING GIRL

For which 1988 Mike Nicholls directed film was Melanie Griffith nominated for a Best Actress Oscar?

MISSOURI

The Sinews of Peace speech in 1946 by Winston Churchill that introduced the phrase 'iron curtain' was made at Westminster College in Fulton in which US state?

OF

What is the antepenultimate word of this question?

TUNISIA

The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are in which modern country?

AYESHA

"What was the name of ""She who must be obeyed"" in the novel She by H Rider Haggard?"

SHOOTING

In which sport did Malcolm Cooper win Gold medals for Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics?

'MY FAIR LADY'

From which musical did the sing 'Get Me To The Church On Time' come?

BEARDS

Of what is 'Pogonophobia' the morbid fear?

MARKET PLACE

What does the name 'Chipping' as in Chipping Norton mean?