dangermouse77/FromAnswerToQuestion-SQuADplusTriviaQA

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Busy Lizzie	Impatiens walleriana is the Latin name for which flowering houseplant?
Woman’s Hour	Jane Garvey and Jenni Murray present which Radio 4 Programme?
Upsilon	Which letter of the Greek alphabet comes between Tau and Phi?
(Cab) Calloway	Which jazz singer was known as The King of Hi de Ho?
The Warden	Septimus Harding is the title character in which Anthony Trollope novel?
Polyphemus	What was the name of the Cyclops who captured Odysseus and was blinded by him when he escaped?
Bones	Dr Temperance Brennan and Sealey Boothe are the main characters in which TV crime show?
Simone Signoret	"Which actress, born Henriette Kaminker in 1921, won an Oscar in 1960 for the film ""Room at the Top""?"
Vince Clark	Which musician and songwriter was a member of the groups Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure?
1976	Name the year; Harold Wilson resigns as Prime Minister, Rag Trade wins the Grand National and Concorde enters regular passenger service?
Twelfth Night	"In which Shakespeare play does Feste the clown say ""Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage""?"
Mossad	Which intelligence agency was founded in 1951 by Isser Harel who served as its director until 1963?
Morrisons	"Which supermarket has the loyalty card ""Match and More""?"
Louisiana	In which US state is the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway, the longest bridge in America?
Edouard Deladier	Which French Prime Minister signed the Munich Agreement of 1938?
National Gallery London	In which art gallery would you find The Haywain by Constable, The Stonemasons by Canaletto and The Arnolfini Protrait by Van Eyck?
A Monkey	What type of creature is a Hanuman?
Syria	In the news recently, in which country is the ancient city of Palmyra?
Virginia Woolf	"Who wrote ""Mrs Dalloway"" and ""Orlando""?"
Embouchure	What is the name of the mouthpiece of a brass musical instrument?
Tennis	"What sport is played in the Hitchcock film ""Strangers on a train""?"
Annie Get Your Gun	"Anything you can do"" and ""There's no business like show business"" are songs from which musical?"
1967	Name the year; Military coup in Greece removes Constantine II, Che Guevara is captured and shot in Bolivia and Celtic beat Inter-Milan 2-1 in the European Cup final.
Neil Simon	"Who wrote the plays ""Lost in Yonkers"" and ""The Prisoner of second avenue""?"
Louis XII	Which French king married Mary Tudor sister of Henry VIII in 1514?
Quince	Cydonia oblonga is the Latin of which fruit, used in preserves and originally used to make marmalade?
Larkspur	Delphinium is the botanical name for which common flower?
Boy George	Who replaced Tom Jones on the TV show the voice?
The Old Vicarage, Grantchester	"""Just now the lilac is in bloom, all before my little room"", is the first line of which poem by Rupert Brook?"
Bolivia	In which country were Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid supposedly killed in a shootout with soldiers in 1908?
Green	What colour is the 100 euro note?
Two	"How many musicians are left at the end of Haydon's ""Farewell Symphony"""
Marie Antoinette	Which historical character has been played in film by Norma Shearer (1938), Jane Seymour (1989) and Kirsten Dunst (2006)?
Vancouver	In which Canadian City would you find the Skytrain overhead railway?
Nick Grimshaw	Who hosts Radio 1 breakfast show?
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	What position does Amber Rudd hold in the Cabinet?
Jester	What position did Will Sommers hold at the Court of Henry VIII
INDONESIA	The island of New Guinea is split between Papua New Guinea to the east and which country to the west?
VOLKSWAGEN (BEETLE)	On the cover of the album Abbey Road by The Beatles, which company manufactured the white car parked on the footpath to the left of the picture?
GALLAGHER	What was the family name of Frank and his six children in the Channel 4 TV series Shameless?
ALFRED THE GREAT	Who was the father of Edward the Elder, the Anglo-Saxon King from 899 to 924?
WHITBREAD	Costa Coffee and Premier Inn are owned by which company?
INSPECTOR THOMAS LYNLEY	Barbara Havers is the assistant to which Scotland Yard detective in the novels of Elizabeth George?
PIANO	With which musical instrument is Dame Myra Hess (1890-1965) associated?
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG	Who founded the eponymous fashion label DVF?
KENT	North Foreland and South Foreland are chalk headlands in which English county?
KATANGA	Moise Tshombe was President of which province when it declared independence from the Congo in 1960?
SOUTH AFRICA	Swimmers Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos won gold medals and athlete Caster Semenya won a silver medal for which country at the 2012 Olympics?
THE ODD COUPLE	How are Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison described in the title of a play by Neil Simon?
FEELIN' GROOVY	"What is the two-word title by which the Simon and Garfunkel song ""The 59th Street Bridge Song"" is familiarly known?"
JOE PESCI	"Who plays Joey LaMotta, Jake's brother and manager in the 1980 film ""Raging Bull""?"
DERWENT	Which river flows through Hobart in Tasmania - there are English rivers of the same name in Cumbria, Derbyshire and Yorkshire?
FRANCOIS	Which Socialist was elected President of France on this day in 1981?
SUNDERLAND	Wearmouth Bridge and two black lions feature on the crest of which English football club?
TAMAR	Which river is formed at Launceston in Tasmania by the merging of the North Esk and South Esk rivers - a river of the same name forms much of the boundary between Devon and Cornwall?
1994	On this day in which year was Nelson Mandela inaugurated as President of South Africa?
OFARIM	"""Cinderella Rockefella"" was a Number One single in 1968 for Esther and Abi (who)?"
BATGIRL	By what name was Barbara Gordon known in DC Comics from 1967 to the mid-1980s?
JOHN LE CARRE	"Brothers Simon and Stephen Cornwell were two of the executive producers on the BBC TV drama ""The Night Manager"". Who wrote the novel on which the drama was based?"
NEAR	Reading down group 18 (noble gases) on the periodic table, the symbols for elements 10 and 18 form which word defined as 'at a time or place not far away'?
TYSON FURY	Who defeated Wladimir Klitschko to win the world heavyweight boxing title last November?
ENNISKILLEN	Which town in Northern Ireland lies on the stretch of river between Upper Lough Erne and Lower Lough Erne?
MERCIA	Offa was King of which Anglo-Saxon Kingdom from 757 to 796?
BIAFRA	Odumegwu Ojukwu was President of which state that seceded from Nigeria in 1967?
NEW YORK	"The Neil Simon plays ""The Prisoner of Second Avenue"" and ""Brighton Beach Memoirs"" are set in which city?"
GALWAY BAY	"According to the lyrics of the song ""Fairytale of New York"", what were 'the boys of the NYPD choir singing'?"
DELIA SMITH	"Who made the cake on the cover of the album ""Let It Bleed"" by The Rolling Stones?"
A PUB	"What was the setting for the BBC TV comedy ""Early Doors""?"
MICHELANGELO	A replica of whose statue of David stands outside the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence - the original is in the Galleria del Accademia?
SALMON	Chinook, chum and sockeye are species of what type of fish?
BONN	In which city was Ludwig van Beethoven born?
MONKEY	Which animal of the Chinese Zodiac represents the year that began this February?
BABE RUTH	Which baseball player began his career in 1914 as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox?
Romania	Which European country has the Leu as its currency?
(Julie) Walters	Which much loved British actress portrayed Mollie Weasley, mother of Ron in the Harry Potter series of films?
Blackberry	A Tayberry is a hybrid of a Raspberry and which other fruit?
Manchester City	Nicknamed “King of the Kippax”, Colin Bell made 394 appearances and scored 117 goals for which English football club between 1966 and 1979?
Klondike	Which variety of solo card game patience takes its name from a gold rush location in the Yukon Territory?
Loch Ryan	The Scottish port of Stranraer stands on which sea loch, which acts a natural harbour for shipping?
Canada	On July 1st 1867 Sir John A. Macdonald became the first Prime Minister of which country?
Spongebob Squarepants	Which cartoon character has a pet snail called Gary who meows?
Dreams	Oneirology is the study of what?
The Idiot	How is the title character Prince Myshkin known in the title of a Dostoevsky novel?
The Merchant of Venice	Bassanio, Portia, and Shylock are characters in which Shakespeare play?
6	On a standard UK typewriter keyboard, over which number is a circumflex positioned?
Eurotrash	Channel 4 have recently announced that they are to screen a one off special of which show to coincide with the EU referendum, presented by Antoine de Caunes and Jean-Paul Gaultier which has been off air since 2007?
1950	In what year was the first Formula One motor racing world championship held?
Pancreas	Which organ of the human body produces insulin?
Hawkwind	Dave Brock has been leader of which psychedelic rock group for over 40 years?
Sagittarius A	In Astronomy what name is given to the supermassive Black-Hole at the centre of our Galaxy?
U.S.A.	To date only 3 teams have won the Women’s Rugby World Cup, England, New Zealand and which other nation’s?
Alsace	The villages of Soultz-les-Bains, Eguisheim, Riquewihr & Soulzmatt are all located at the heart of which French wine region?
Weatherman	George Cowling, was BBC Television’s first what? He made his debut on 11 January 1954?
HMS Dorsetshire	Which Royal Navy heavy cruiser sank the German battleship Bismarck on May 27th 1941?
Birmingham	In which UK city is the Bullring Shopping centre?
Geoffrey	What is the name of the giraffe which features in the logo and branding of Toys R Us?
Sikh	Hola Mahalla is an annual festival celebrated in which religion?
A Nightmare on Elm Street	The Dream Warriors, The Dream Master and The Dream Child are all subtitles of instalments of which film franchise?
Tolpuddle Martyrs	How are the members of The Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers now more commonly known, this name arose from a court case heard in 1797?
Eritrea	Asmara is the capital city of which country?

Busy Lizzie

Impatiens walleriana is the Latin name for which flowering houseplant?

Woman’s Hour

Jane Garvey and Jenni Murray present which Radio 4 Programme?

Upsilon

Which letter of the Greek alphabet comes between Tau and Phi?

(Cab) Calloway

Which jazz singer was known as The King of Hi de Ho?

The Warden

Septimus Harding is the title character in which Anthony Trollope novel?

Polyphemus

What was the name of the Cyclops who captured Odysseus and was blinded by him when he escaped?

Bones

Dr Temperance Brennan and Sealey Boothe are the main characters in which TV crime show?

Simone Signoret

"Which actress, born Henriette Kaminker in 1921, won an Oscar in 1960 for the film ""Room at the Top""?"

Vince Clark

Which musician and songwriter was a member of the groups Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure?

1976

Name the year; Harold Wilson resigns as Prime Minister, Rag Trade wins the Grand National and Concorde enters regular passenger service?

Twelfth Night

"In which Shakespeare play does Feste the clown say ""Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage""?"

Mossad

Which intelligence agency was founded in 1951 by Isser Harel who served as its director until 1963?

Morrisons

"Which supermarket has the loyalty card ""Match and More""?"

Louisiana

In which US state is the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway, the longest bridge in America?

Edouard Deladier

Which French Prime Minister signed the Munich Agreement of 1938?

National Gallery London

In which art gallery would you find The Haywain by Constable, The Stonemasons by Canaletto and The Arnolfini Protrait by Van Eyck?

A Monkey

What type of creature is a Hanuman?

Syria

In the news recently, in which country is the ancient city of Palmyra?

Virginia Woolf

"Who wrote ""Mrs Dalloway"" and ""Orlando""?"

Embouchure

What is the name of the mouthpiece of a brass musical instrument?

Tennis

"What sport is played in the Hitchcock film ""Strangers on a train""?"

Annie Get Your Gun

"Anything you can do"" and ""There's no business like show business"" are songs from which musical?"

1967

Name the year; Military coup in Greece removes Constantine II, Che Guevara is captured and shot in Bolivia and Celtic beat Inter-Milan 2-1 in the European Cup final.

Neil Simon

"Who wrote the plays ""Lost in Yonkers"" and ""The Prisoner of second avenue""?"

Louis XII

Which French king married Mary Tudor sister of Henry VIII in 1514?

Quince

Cydonia oblonga is the Latin of which fruit, used in preserves and originally used to make marmalade?

Larkspur

Delphinium is the botanical name for which common flower?

Boy George

Who replaced Tom Jones on the TV show the voice?

The Old Vicarage, Grantchester

"""Just now the lilac is in bloom, all before my little room"", is the first line of which poem by Rupert Brook?"

Bolivia

In which country were Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid supposedly killed in a shootout with soldiers in 1908?

Green

What colour is the 100 euro note?

Two

"How many musicians are left at the end of Haydon's ""Farewell Symphony"""

Marie Antoinette

Which historical character has been played in film by Norma Shearer (1938), Jane Seymour (1989) and Kirsten Dunst (2006)?

Vancouver

In which Canadian City would you find the Skytrain overhead railway?

Nick Grimshaw

Who hosts Radio 1 breakfast show?

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

What position does Amber Rudd hold in the Cabinet?

Jester

What position did Will Sommers hold at the Court of Henry VIII

INDONESIA

The island of New Guinea is split between Papua New Guinea to the east and which country to the west?

VOLKSWAGEN (BEETLE)

On the cover of the album Abbey Road by The Beatles, which company manufactured the white car parked on the footpath to the left of the picture?

GALLAGHER

What was the family name of Frank and his six children in the Channel 4 TV series Shameless?

ALFRED THE GREAT

Who was the father of Edward the Elder, the Anglo-Saxon King from 899 to 924?

WHITBREAD

Costa Coffee and Premier Inn are owned by which company?

INSPECTOR THOMAS LYNLEY

Barbara Havers is the assistant to which Scotland Yard detective in the novels of Elizabeth George?

PIANO

With which musical instrument is Dame Myra Hess (1890-1965) associated?

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG

Who founded the eponymous fashion label DVF?

KENT

North Foreland and South Foreland are chalk headlands in which English county?

KATANGA

Moise Tshombe was President of which province when it declared independence from the Congo in 1960?

SOUTH AFRICA

Swimmers Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos won gold medals and athlete Caster Semenya won a silver medal for which country at the 2012 Olympics?

THE ODD COUPLE

How are Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison described in the title of a play by Neil Simon?

FEELIN' GROOVY

"What is the two-word title by which the Simon and Garfunkel song ""The 59th Street Bridge Song"" is familiarly known?"

JOE PESCI

"Who plays Joey LaMotta, Jake's brother and manager in the 1980 film ""Raging Bull""?"

DERWENT

Which river flows through Hobart in Tasmania - there are English rivers of the same name in Cumbria, Derbyshire and Yorkshire?

FRANCOIS

Which Socialist was elected President of France on this day in 1981?

SUNDERLAND

Wearmouth Bridge and two black lions feature on the crest of which English football club?

TAMAR

Which river is formed at Launceston in Tasmania by the merging of the North Esk and South Esk rivers - a river of the same name forms much of the boundary between Devon and Cornwall?

1994

On this day in which year was Nelson Mandela inaugurated as President of South Africa?

OFARIM

"""Cinderella Rockefella"" was a Number One single in 1968 for Esther and Abi (who)?"

BATGIRL

By what name was Barbara Gordon known in DC Comics from 1967 to the mid-1980s?

JOHN LE CARRE

"Brothers Simon and Stephen Cornwell were two of the executive producers on the BBC TV drama ""The Night Manager"". Who wrote the novel on which the drama was based?"

NEAR

Reading down group 18 (noble gases) on the periodic table, the symbols for elements 10 and 18 form which word defined as 'at a time or place not far away'?

TYSON FURY

Who defeated Wladimir Klitschko to win the world heavyweight boxing title last November?

ENNISKILLEN

Which town in Northern Ireland lies on the stretch of river between Upper Lough Erne and Lower Lough Erne?

MERCIA

Offa was King of which Anglo-Saxon Kingdom from 757 to 796?

BIAFRA

Odumegwu Ojukwu was President of which state that seceded from Nigeria in 1967?

NEW YORK

"The Neil Simon plays ""The Prisoner of Second Avenue"" and ""Brighton Beach Memoirs"" are set in which city?"

GALWAY BAY

"According to the lyrics of the song ""Fairytale of New York"", what were 'the boys of the NYPD choir singing'?"

DELIA SMITH

"Who made the cake on the cover of the album ""Let It Bleed"" by The Rolling Stones?"

A PUB

"What was the setting for the BBC TV comedy ""Early Doors""?"

MICHELANGELO

A replica of whose statue of David stands outside the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence - the original is in the Galleria del Accademia?

SALMON

Chinook, chum and sockeye are species of what type of fish?

BONN

In which city was Ludwig van Beethoven born?

MONKEY

Which animal of the Chinese Zodiac represents the year that began this February?

BABE RUTH

Which baseball player began his career in 1914 as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox?

Romania

Which European country has the Leu as its currency?

(Julie) Walters

Which much loved British actress portrayed Mollie Weasley, mother of Ron in the Harry Potter series of films?

Blackberry

A Tayberry is a hybrid of a Raspberry and which other fruit?

Manchester City

Nicknamed “King of the Kippax”, Colin Bell made 394 appearances and scored 117 goals for which English football club between 1966 and 1979?

Klondike

Which variety of solo card game patience takes its name from a gold rush location in the Yukon Territory?

Loch Ryan

The Scottish port of Stranraer stands on which sea loch, which acts a natural harbour for shipping?

Canada

On July 1st 1867 Sir John A. Macdonald became the first Prime Minister of which country?

Spongebob Squarepants

Which cartoon character has a pet snail called Gary who meows?

Dreams

Oneirology is the study of what?

The Idiot

How is the title character Prince Myshkin known in the title of a Dostoevsky novel?

The Merchant of Venice

Bassanio, Portia, and Shylock are characters in which Shakespeare play?

6

On a standard UK typewriter keyboard, over which number is a circumflex positioned?

Eurotrash

Channel 4 have recently announced that they are to screen a one off special of which show to coincide with the EU referendum, presented by Antoine de Caunes and Jean-Paul Gaultier which has been off air since 2007?

1950

In what year was the first Formula One motor racing world championship held?

Pancreas

Which organ of the human body produces insulin?

Hawkwind

Dave Brock has been leader of which psychedelic rock group for over 40 years?

Sagittarius A

In Astronomy what name is given to the supermassive Black-Hole at the centre of our Galaxy?

U.S.A.

To date only 3 teams have won the Women’s Rugby World Cup, England, New Zealand and which other nation’s?

Alsace

The villages of Soultz-les-Bains, Eguisheim, Riquewihr & Soulzmatt are all located at the heart of which French wine region?

Weatherman

George Cowling, was BBC Television’s first what? He made his debut on 11 January 1954?

HMS Dorsetshire

Which Royal Navy heavy cruiser sank the German battleship Bismarck on May 27th 1941?

Birmingham

In which UK city is the Bullring Shopping centre?

Geoffrey

What is the name of the giraffe which features in the logo and branding of Toys R Us?

Sikh

Hola Mahalla is an annual festival celebrated in which religion?

A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Dream Warriors, The Dream Master and The Dream Child are all subtitles of instalments of which film franchise?

Tolpuddle Martyrs

How are the members of The Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers now more commonly known, this name arose from a court case heard in 1797?

Eritrea

Asmara is the capital city of which country?