dangermouse77/FromAnswerToQuestion-SQuADplusTriviaQA

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Canberra	American architect Walter Burley Griffin won a completion in 1912 to build which Capitol City?
Mitsubishi	Which company made the World War Two Zero fighter plane?
Tennessee	In which US State are the cities of Chattanooga, Lynchburg and Shelbyville?
Macbeth	Which Scottish King was killed at the battle of Lumphanan in 1057?
Antimony	Sb is the symbol for which chemical element?
Lord Carrington	Born in 1919, he has been First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for Energy, Defence Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Secretary General of NATO and is now Father of the House of Lords. Who is he?
Bolivia	Which country's flag has a Condor and Llama on it?
Neutron Star	In astronomy, what name is given to the remnant of a star that once exploded as a supernova?
A Green Apple	"In Rene Magritte's painting ""The Son of Man"", what is obscuring the man's face?"
Barbara Streisand	Elliott Gould and James Brolin have both been married to which singer and actress?
Mistle Thrush	Which bird (Turdus viscivorus) has the alternate name the Stormcock?
Baby Face Nelson	In the prohibition era, who was gangster Lester Gillis better known as?
Kent	In which county is Walmer Castle?
Alan Bennett	"First published in 1989, who wrote ""The Lady in the Van""?"
Leah	In the Bible, who was the first wife of Jacob and had twelve sons?
Sears and Roebuck	Which company produced the first mail order catalogue?
Christopher Walken	"Name the Oscar winning actor who is the voice of King Louie in the 2016 version of the ""Jungle Book""?"
Sunderland	Which Premier League football team has a colliery wheel on its badge?
Fantastic Beasts and where to find them	J.K Rowling used the pen name Newt Scamander for which book published in 2001?
Bernard Hogan- Howe	Who is Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Force?
Harrow	Which Public School was founded by John Lyon in 1572?
Rule the World	Which horse won the 2016 Grand National?
1955	Name the year: Rosa Parks takes a seat at the front of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Hugh Gaitskell becomes leader of the Labour Party and Albert Einstein dies?
Scorpio	Antares is the brightest star in which constellation?
Fingerprints	Francis Galton pioneered which aid to crime detection?
Captain Kidd	"The ""Adventure Galley"" was the name of which legendary pirate's ship?"
Ode to Joy	What name is given to the Fourth (4th) movement in Beethoven's / Ninth (9th) Symphony?
The Skerries	Which islands lie off the Northwest coast of Anglesey?
Norton	"Which Motor cycle company made ""The Manx"" and ""Commando"" models?"
Adrien Brody	In the 2005 remake of King Kong, who played the writer Jack Driscoll?
Zimbabwe	Graham Hick played cricket for England and which other country?
Italy	In World War Two, operation Husky was the codename for the invasion of which country?
George Martin	You’re Driving Me Crazy by the Temperance Seven was, in May 1961, the first Number One single for which record producer?
Citizen Khan	Which BBC TV comedy is set in Sparkhill, Birmingham, described as ‘the capital of British Pakistan’?
Max Verstappen	Which driver won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, the youngest ever winner of a Grand Prix?
Cormoran Strike	Career of Evil is the third novel by Robert Galbraith to feature which detective?
Yacht	HMY Victoria and Albert, the third of that name, served four sovereigns between 1901 and 1939. For what word does the Y stand?
Metre	Which SI base unit is defined as ‘the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1 ⁄ 299792458 of a second’?
Tahiti	On which Pacific island did Captain James Cook see the Transit of Venus in 1769?
Saudi Arabia	The state of Qatar has a land border with only one other country. Which one?
Bee	Which insects are threatened by colony collapse disorder?
Pig	In the novel Animal Farm what type of animal is Snowball?
Donald Tusk	Who succeeded Herman Van Rompuy as President of the European Council in 2014?
Sussex	The 1066 Country Walk and Normans Bay are in which traditional county?
Isaac	Whose name is missing from the second line of the first verse of the Gospel of Matthew in the Authorized Version of the Bible – ‘Abraham begat _____; and ______ begat Jacob’?
Henry Mancini	Moon River and Days of Wine and Roses won Grammy Awards as Record of the Year in the early 1960s for which composer?
Britney Spears	Who had the best selling single in the UK in 1999 with ...Baby One More Time?
Caravaggio	Which painter killed a young man in a brawl in Rome in 1606?
Cardinal Richelieu	Who was Chief Minister to Louis XIII from 1624 until his death in 1642?
Canals	In Yorkshire, what are the Huddersfield Narrow and the Huddersfield Broad?
Master Of The Rolls	Which post was held by Lord Denning from 1962 to 1982 and Lord Donaldson from 1982 to 1992?
Wet Wet Wet	Who had the best-selling single in the UK in 1994 with Love Is All Around?
Bosworth	The Battlefield Line Railway that runs between Shackerstone and Shenton in Leicestershire is named after which battle?
Solomon	Whose name is missing from the first line of the Book of Proverbs in the Authorized Version of the Bible – ‘The proverbs of ________ the son of David, the King of Israel’?
U2	Roberta Flack was the first artist to win the Grammy for Record of the Year in consecutive years. Which group were the second, for Beautiful Day in 2001 and Walk On in 2002?
1953	In what year was the Royal Yacht Britannia launched – one year either way?
Joseph Banks	Which botanist, who was President of the Royal Society for 41 years, accompanied Cook on his 1768-1771 voyage?
Banker	In the 1964 film Mary Poppins, what was the occupation of George Banks, Mary’s employer?
Wisden (Cricketers’ Almanack)	The last two editors of which reference book, known as the ‘Bible of Cricket’ have been Lawrence Booth and Scyld Berry?
National Velvet	In which 1935 novel does a 14 year old girl ride The Piebald to victory in The Grand National?
Cheek	The word buccal refers to which part of the body?
Nitrogen	Which element with atomic number 7 forms about 78% of the Earth’s atmosphere?
Charlie Drake	Later in 1961 George Martin produced “My Boomerang Won’t Come Back”. Which comedian and actor was the singer on the record?
Bill Clinton	Which US President was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University?
Yellow	The lines on the Lisbon Metro are identified by colours. What colour is Linha Amarela?
Helen Rollason	Eight year old Bailey Matthews who has cerebral palsy won an award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2015 ‘for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity’ named after which late female Sports presenter?
The Independent	The last print edition of which national newspaper was on March 26th this year?
Tooting	The TV comedy of the late 1970s and early 1980s Citizen Smith was set in which district of London?
Grendel	What was the name of the man-eating monster defeated by Beowulf?
Loki	Who is the god of mischief and destruction in Norse myth?
Ottawa	Which Canadian city was called Bytown until 1854?
Vishnu	In the Hindu religion Mohini, Krishna and Rama are all incarnations of which god?
Uruguay	Fray Bentos is a seaport and capital of the Río Negro Department of which country of South America?
Nurse	Edith Cavell, who was executed in 1915 by German firing squad after aiding the escape of allied prisoners from Belgium, was a member of which profession?
Beethoven	"""Appassionata"" is a name given to Piano Concerto number 23 by which composer?"
Rio de Janeiro	The Flamengo Vs Fluminense football derby, also known as the Fla–Flu is contested between two teams based in which city?
Cornwall	Gevrik and Yarg cheeses come from which English county?
Conservatory	On the standard UK Cluedo game board, which room can be reached by taking the secret passage from the lounge?
Coriander	Traditionally used in cooking, which annual herb in the family Apiaceae is alternatively called Chinese parsley?
Tyrrhenian Sea	Into which body of water does the River Tiber flow?
Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom	Gaston the Ladybird, Nanny Plum, and King Thistle are all characters appearing in which pre-school animated children’s TV show?
The Archers	"""Barwick Green"" is the name of the title music of which serial drama show?"
(Maurice) Sendak	"Who wrote the books ""In the Night Kitchen"", ""Outside Over There"" & ""Seven Little Monsters""?"
(Sir Ronald) Ross	Who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate?
The owl	In the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin, which animal dug the grave?
(James Keir) Hardie	Which Scottish socialist was the first leader of the Labour Party and became its first sitting member of parliament in 1900?
Bud Spencer	How did the world better know actor Carlo Pedersoli who sadly died last week, he is best known for the 16 films he appeared in with Mario Girotti, who used the name Terence Hill?
Rivers Of Babylon	Which U.K. no.1 single was based on Psalm number 173 from the bible?
Ursa Minor	Polaris or the north star, is the brightest star in which constellation?
1934	In which year of the 1930’s did Fred Perry first win the Wimbledon men’s singles title?
Death in Paradise	Detective Richard Poole until his death, and following that detective Humphrey Goodman, have both been the main protagonists in which BBC drama series?
AC/DC	Which legendary rock band was formed in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young?
Hurricanes	What are measured and classified on the Saffir-Simpson scale?
Chupa Chups	Which Spanish confectionary company’s logo was designed in 1969 by artist Salvador Dalí?
Monaco	Which principality has been ruled by the Grimaldi dynasty since 1419ad?
(Henri) Rousseau	"Which French Post-Impressionist painter produced the works ""Surprised!"", ""In a Tropical Forest"", ""Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo"" and ""The Football Players""?"
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	SVG Air is the national flag carrier airline of which country?
The Thames	The city of London in Ontario, Canada stands on which river?
(Friedrich) Nietzsche	Who wrote the novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra?
Manchester	In which British city is the Royal Northern College of Music?

Canberra

American architect Walter Burley Griffin won a completion in 1912 to build which Capitol City?

Mitsubishi

Which company made the World War Two Zero fighter plane?

Tennessee

In which US State are the cities of Chattanooga, Lynchburg and Shelbyville?

Macbeth

Which Scottish King was killed at the battle of Lumphanan in 1057?

Antimony

Sb is the symbol for which chemical element?

Lord Carrington

Born in 1919, he has been First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for Energy, Defence Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Secretary General of NATO and is now Father of the House of Lords. Who is he?

Bolivia

Which country's flag has a Condor and Llama on it?

Neutron Star

In astronomy, what name is given to the remnant of a star that once exploded as a supernova?

A Green Apple

"In Rene Magritte's painting ""The Son of Man"", what is obscuring the man's face?"

Barbara Streisand

Elliott Gould and James Brolin have both been married to which singer and actress?

Mistle Thrush

Which bird (Turdus viscivorus) has the alternate name the Stormcock?

Baby Face Nelson

In the prohibition era, who was gangster Lester Gillis better known as?

Kent

In which county is Walmer Castle?

Alan Bennett

"First published in 1989, who wrote ""The Lady in the Van""?"

Leah

In the Bible, who was the first wife of Jacob and had twelve sons?

Sears and Roebuck

Which company produced the first mail order catalogue?

Christopher Walken

"Name the Oscar winning actor who is the voice of King Louie in the 2016 version of the ""Jungle Book""?"

Sunderland

Which Premier League football team has a colliery wheel on its badge?

Fantastic Beasts and where to find them

J.K Rowling used the pen name Newt Scamander for which book published in 2001?

Bernard Hogan- Howe

Who is Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Force?

Harrow

Which Public School was founded by John Lyon in 1572?

Rule the World

Which horse won the 2016 Grand National?

1955

Name the year: Rosa Parks takes a seat at the front of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Hugh Gaitskell becomes leader of the Labour Party and Albert Einstein dies?

Scorpio

Antares is the brightest star in which constellation?

Fingerprints

Francis Galton pioneered which aid to crime detection?

Captain Kidd

"The ""Adventure Galley"" was the name of which legendary pirate's ship?"

Ode to Joy

What name is given to the Fourth (4th) movement in Beethoven's / Ninth (9th) Symphony?

The Skerries

Which islands lie off the Northwest coast of Anglesey?

Norton

"Which Motor cycle company made ""The Manx"" and ""Commando"" models?"

Adrien Brody

In the 2005 remake of King Kong, who played the writer Jack Driscoll?

Zimbabwe

Graham Hick played cricket for England and which other country?

Italy

In World War Two, operation Husky was the codename for the invasion of which country?

George Martin

You’re Driving Me Crazy by the Temperance Seven was, in May 1961, the first Number One single for which record producer?

Citizen Khan

Which BBC TV comedy is set in Sparkhill, Birmingham, described as ‘the capital of British Pakistan’?

Max Verstappen

Which driver won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, the youngest ever winner of a Grand Prix?

Cormoran Strike

Career of Evil is the third novel by Robert Galbraith to feature which detective?

Yacht

HMY Victoria and Albert, the third of that name, served four sovereigns between 1901 and 1939. For what word does the Y stand?

Metre

Which SI base unit is defined as ‘the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1 ⁄ 299792458 of a second’?

Tahiti

On which Pacific island did Captain James Cook see the Transit of Venus in 1769?

Saudi Arabia

The state of Qatar has a land border with only one other country. Which one?

Bee

Which insects are threatened by colony collapse disorder?

Pig

In the novel Animal Farm what type of animal is Snowball?

Donald Tusk

Who succeeded Herman Van Rompuy as President of the European Council in 2014?

Sussex

The 1066 Country Walk and Normans Bay are in which traditional county?

Isaac

Whose name is missing from the second line of the first verse of the Gospel of Matthew in the Authorized Version of the Bible – ‘Abraham begat _____; and ______ begat Jacob’?

Henry Mancini

Moon River and Days of Wine and Roses won Grammy Awards as Record of the Year in the early 1960s for which composer?

Britney Spears

Who had the best selling single in the UK in 1999 with ...Baby One More Time?

Caravaggio

Which painter killed a young man in a brawl in Rome in 1606?

Cardinal Richelieu

Who was Chief Minister to Louis XIII from 1624 until his death in 1642?

Canals

In Yorkshire, what are the Huddersfield Narrow and the Huddersfield Broad?

Master Of The Rolls

Which post was held by Lord Denning from 1962 to 1982 and Lord Donaldson from 1982 to 1992?

Wet Wet Wet

Who had the best-selling single in the UK in 1994 with Love Is All Around?

Bosworth

The Battlefield Line Railway that runs between Shackerstone and Shenton in Leicestershire is named after which battle?

Solomon

Whose name is missing from the first line of the Book of Proverbs in the Authorized Version of the Bible – ‘The proverbs of ________ the son of David, the King of Israel’?

U2

Roberta Flack was the first artist to win the Grammy for Record of the Year in consecutive years. Which group were the second, for Beautiful Day in 2001 and Walk On in 2002?

1953

In what year was the Royal Yacht Britannia launched – one year either way?

Joseph Banks

Which botanist, who was President of the Royal Society for 41 years, accompanied Cook on his 1768-1771 voyage?

Banker

In the 1964 film Mary Poppins, what was the occupation of George Banks, Mary’s employer?

Wisden (Cricketers’ Almanack)

The last two editors of which reference book, known as the ‘Bible of Cricket’ have been Lawrence Booth and Scyld Berry?

National Velvet

In which 1935 novel does a 14 year old girl ride The Piebald to victory in The Grand National?

Cheek

The word buccal refers to which part of the body?

Nitrogen

Which element with atomic number 7 forms about 78% of the Earth’s atmosphere?

Charlie Drake

Later in 1961 George Martin produced “My Boomerang Won’t Come Back”. Which comedian and actor was the singer on the record?

Bill Clinton

Which US President was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University?

Yellow

The lines on the Lisbon Metro are identified by colours. What colour is Linha Amarela?

Helen Rollason

Eight year old Bailey Matthews who has cerebral palsy won an award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2015 ‘for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity’ named after which late female Sports presenter?

The Independent

The last print edition of which national newspaper was on March 26th this year?

Tooting

The TV comedy of the late 1970s and early 1980s Citizen Smith was set in which district of London?

Grendel

What was the name of the man-eating monster defeated by Beowulf?

Loki

Who is the god of mischief and destruction in Norse myth?

Ottawa

Which Canadian city was called Bytown until 1854?

Vishnu

In the Hindu religion Mohini, Krishna and Rama are all incarnations of which god?

Uruguay

Fray Bentos is a seaport and capital of the Río Negro Department of which country of South America?

Nurse

Edith Cavell, who was executed in 1915 by German firing squad after aiding the escape of allied prisoners from Belgium, was a member of which profession?

Beethoven

"""Appassionata"" is a name given to Piano Concerto number 23 by which composer?"

Rio de Janeiro

The Flamengo Vs Fluminense football derby, also known as the Fla–Flu is contested between two teams based in which city?

Cornwall

Gevrik and Yarg cheeses come from which English county?

Conservatory

On the standard UK Cluedo game board, which room can be reached by taking the secret passage from the lounge?

Coriander

Traditionally used in cooking, which annual herb in the family Apiaceae is alternatively called Chinese parsley?

Tyrrhenian Sea

Into which body of water does the River Tiber flow?

Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom

Gaston the Ladybird, Nanny Plum, and King Thistle are all characters appearing in which pre-school animated children’s TV show?

The Archers

"""Barwick Green"" is the name of the title music of which serial drama show?"

(Maurice) Sendak

"Who wrote the books ""In the Night Kitchen"", ""Outside Over There"" & ""Seven Little Monsters""?"

(Sir Ronald) Ross

Who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate?

The owl

In the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin, which animal dug the grave?

(James Keir) Hardie

Which Scottish socialist was the first leader of the Labour Party and became its first sitting member of parliament in 1900?

Bud Spencer

How did the world better know actor Carlo Pedersoli who sadly died last week, he is best known for the 16 films he appeared in with Mario Girotti, who used the name Terence Hill?

Rivers Of Babylon

Which U.K. no.1 single was based on Psalm number 173 from the bible?

Ursa Minor

Polaris or the north star, is the brightest star in which constellation?

1934

In which year of the 1930’s did Fred Perry first win the Wimbledon men’s singles title?

Death in Paradise

Detective Richard Poole until his death, and following that detective Humphrey Goodman, have both been the main protagonists in which BBC drama series?

AC/DC

Which legendary rock band was formed in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young?

Hurricanes

What are measured and classified on the Saffir-Simpson scale?

Chupa Chups

Which Spanish confectionary company’s logo was designed in 1969 by artist Salvador Dalí?

Monaco

Which principality has been ruled by the Grimaldi dynasty since 1419ad?

(Henri) Rousseau

"Which French Post-Impressionist painter produced the works ""Surprised!"", ""In a Tropical Forest"", ""Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo"" and ""The Football Players""?"

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

SVG Air is the national flag carrier airline of which country?

The Thames

The city of London in Ontario, Canada stands on which river?

(Friedrich) Nietzsche

Who wrote the novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra?

Manchester

In which British city is the Royal Northern College of Music?