dangermouse77/FromAnswerToQuestion-SQuADplusTriviaQA

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Northampton Town	With which club does Coventry City FC currently share a ground?
Jena	In which German city did lens maker Carl Zeiss start making microscopes full-time in 1847?
Ecuador	TAME is the national airline of which South American nation?
Eric Carle	Who wrote the children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”?
George Formby	Who was the star of wartime films “Spare a Copper”, “He Snoops to Conquer” and “Turned Out Nice Again”?
Jesuits	Which religious order runs Stonyhurst College in Lancashire?
Sir John Jellicoe	Who commanded the British Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916?
Conakry	What is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guinea?
1985	In which year was East Enders first broadcast?
Somalia	In which country was Mo Farah born?
Canadian	What nationality is tennis player Eugenie Bouchard?
Aboukir	The 1798 Battle of the Nile is also known as the Battle of which Bay?
BURTON ALBION	Torquay United and which other team were promoted from the Conference to the Football League Division Two at the end of the 2008/9 season?
THE PERCY FAMILY	Which family has lived at Alnwick Castle since 1309?
Uzbekistan	In which country is the city of Samarkand?
EDWIN	What is the first Christian name of astronaut 'Buzz' Aldrin?
GERALD SEYMOUR	Who wrote 'Harry's Game', 'The Glory Boys' and 'Holding The Zero'?
BARBARA STANWICK	Who played the part of 'Constance Colby' in 'The Colbys'?
'FAIRGROUND'	'Simply Red' had their only UK number one in September 1995 - what was the name of the song?
HECTOR BERLIOZ	Which composer, born in Grenoble in 1803, married an Irish actress. His first opera was 'Benvenuto Cellini'?
TONY BLAIR	Other than Margaret Thatcher, which Prime Minister, in the last 100 years, has spent the longest term in office?
'MARY POPPINS'	"""If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane, all you have to do is ask a policeman at the crossroads"", is the first line of which children's novel?"
'MANHATTAN TRANSFER'	Which vocal group consisted of Tim Hauser, Laurel Masse, Alan Paul, and Janis Siegel?
JIMMY CARTER	Since World War II, which United States President has been awarded a Nobel prize?
'THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH'	Which British group was formed by former members of 'The Housemartins', Paul Heaton and David Hemingway?
ROSSINI	Which composer was born in Italy in 1792, but is buried in Paris. He had the nickname 'Monsieur Crescendo'?
WRIST	In medicine, which joint is controlled by the Radial Nerve?
'THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE'	In which film did Sidney Poitier play a disruptive pupil, and Glenn Ford a harassed teacher?
1939	In which year did Franco capture Madrid and win the Spanish Civil War?
SLEIPNIR	In Norse mythology, what was the name of Odin's eight legged horse?
CANADA	Stretching for 94 miles, off the coast of which country is the Bay of Fundy?
THE KIWI	Which bird has nostrils at the tip of its beak?
CUCUMBER	Similarly, which fruit is reputed to be the least nutritious?
NATALIE WOOD	Who drowned close to Catalina Island, California, in 1981?
'I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS'	In January 1985, the rock group 'Foreigner' had their only UK number one. What was the name of the song?
JOHN HUME	In 1998 David Trimble and which other Northern Ireland politician jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on the 'Good Friday Agreement'?
BENENDEN	Which school near Tunbridge Wells was attended by Princess Anne?
BATTERY PARK	Which New York park lies in the south-west of Manhattan Island, and faces the Hudson River?
GIGGLESWICK	Which public school had Russell Harty as a teacher, and Richard Whiteley as a pupil?
CLIVE BARKER	Who wrote 'Imajica', 'Coldheart Canyon' and 'Galilee'?
2003	In what year was Concorde's last commercial flight?
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE	Mary Queen of Scots was executed in Fotheringhay Castle, but which county is it in?
SOUTH DAKOTA	Pierre is the capital of which US state?
WARWICKSHIRE	In which county is Kenilworth Castle?
BILLIE THE KID	Although he used several aliases, what was the better known name of Henry McCarty?
'UNCLE TOM'S CABIN'	'Simon Legree' is a character in which book?
'CAN CAN'	'I Love Paris' is a song from which musical?
SHARK	'Rock Salmon' or 'Dogfish' is a member of which family of fish?
FRANCE	The Pacific island of Bora Bora is a dependency of which country?
ECSTACY	By what name is the drug MDMA more commonly known?
TOMATO	Which common salad ingredient is a member of the same family as Deadly Nightshade?
CHARLES II	'The Popish Plot' was an alleged conspiracy to murder which English monarch?
RICHARD ARKWRIGHT	Which inventor of the 'Spinning-Frame' set up a large water-powered factory at Cromford in Derbyshire?
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Which country's flag is divided diagonally red and black with a yellow 'Bird of Paradise' in the red, and white stars of the 'Southern Cross' in the black?
'POCKET MONSTER'	The best selling video game, TV and trading card series 'Pokemon' is hugely popular in Japan and the rest of the world. What does 'Pokemon' mean?
'AIDA'	'Radames' and 'Princess Amneris' are characters that appear in which Verdi opera?
SHIVNARINE	By what first name is West Indian cricketer Chanderpaul known?
'JOE'.	In 'Dad's Army' what was the first name of 'Private Walker'?
BUBONIC PLAGUE	Yersinia pestis is the bacterium that causes which disease?
ALBERTO ASCARI	What is the name of the only Italian who has won the world motor racing drivers championship?
'SNOW PATROL'	Gary Lightbody is the lead singer with which pop band?
PORTLAND	Which shipping weather area includes the Channel Islands?
'CHARLES'	In 'Dad's Army' what was the first name of 'Private Godfrey'?
EDWARD I	Who was King of England when the 'Stone of Scone' was removed to England in 1296?
HEROIN	By what name is Diamorphine Hydrochloride more commonly known?
'LA BOHEME'	'Marcello' and 'Mimi' are characters that appear in which Puccini opera?
144	How many square inches are there in one square foot?
SCALENE	In geometry, what is the name for a triangle with three
'SARACENS'	The Spanish called them 'Moors', but what name was used by Europeans in the Middle Ages for people of Arab origin?
QUEENS PARK	Which is Scotland's oldest football club?
REFLEX	In geometry, what is the name given to an angle greater than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees?
'CONQUISTADORS'	What name was given to the Spanish invaders of South America?
LEWES	In which town are the HQ of the Sussex police?
MARCUS GARVEY	Rastafarianism is based on the ideas of which former Jamaican?
PORTUGUESE	What is the official language of Mozambique?
WORCESTER	In which city are the HQ of the West Mercia Constabulary?
'HORRIBLE HISTORIES'	'Terrible Tudors' and 'Awesome Egyptians' were the first two titles in which series of illustrated books?
SWEDEN	In which country is the village of Ytterby, after which four chemical elements are named?
QUEBEC	In which city did General Wolfe die in 1759?
IONA	Which island is the burial place of many Scottish kings and Labour leader John Smith?
THE TIMES	Which national newspaper has been edited by William Rees-Mogg, Charles Douglas-Home and Peter Stoddard?
'4.50 FROM PADDINGTON'	The film 'Murder, She Said' is based on which Agatha Christie book in which 'Miss Marple' witnesses a passenger on a train being strangled?
WATER POLO	The FINA World Championships contain five sports - diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronised swimming and which other?
HILARY DEVEY	Who is the new judge on 'Dragon's Den'?
ANTONI GAUDI	Who designed Park Guell in Barcelona, in the early years of the last century?
DORTMUND	In which city is the largest football stadium in Germany, home to the 2010-2011 Bundesliga champions?
'CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA'	In which opera does 'Turiddu', a young villager return to Sicily to find his fiancee, 'Lola', has married 'Alfio', the prosperous village teamster?
AINTREE	At which circuit in 1955 did Stirling Moss win his first British Grand Prix, the race's debut at that circuit?
2000	What is the length in metres, of the course in Olympic Rowing events?
MICHAEL MORPURGO	Who wrote the book, now a successful play, 'War Horse'?
CARBON	In chemistry organic compounds contain which element?
MICHAEL PORTILLO	Who lost his seat as MP for Enfield Southgate at the 1997 General Election?
LOMBARDY	Which Italian region has the largest population?
TOM STOPPARD	Who wrote the play 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstein Are Dead'?
Carbon 14	Which isotope of Carbon is used in 'Carbon Dating'?
PADDY ASHDOWN	Who was the leader of the LiberaL Democrats at the 1997 General Election?
UMBRIA	Which Italian region is surrounded by four others - Lazio, Tuscany, Marche and Abruzzo?
'HORRID HENRY'	Which badly behaved children's character was created by Francesca Simon, hates his brother 'Perfect Peter' and has an arch enemy 'Moody Margaret'?
HAFNIUM	Which chemical element is named after the Latin for Copenhagen where it was discovered?
ROBERT CLIVE	Who led the forces of the British East India Company at the 1757 Battle of Plassey?

Northampton Town

With which club does Coventry City FC currently share a ground?

Jena

In which German city did lens maker Carl Zeiss start making microscopes full-time in 1847?

Ecuador

TAME is the national airline of which South American nation?

Eric Carle

Who wrote the children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”?

George Formby

Who was the star of wartime films “Spare a Copper”, “He Snoops to Conquer” and “Turned Out Nice Again”?

Jesuits

Which religious order runs Stonyhurst College in Lancashire?

Sir John Jellicoe

Who commanded the British Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916?

Conakry

What is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guinea?

1985

In which year was East Enders first broadcast?

Somalia

In which country was Mo Farah born?

Canadian

What nationality is tennis player Eugenie Bouchard?

Aboukir

The 1798 Battle of the Nile is also known as the Battle of which Bay?

BURTON ALBION

Torquay United and which other team were promoted from the Conference to the Football League Division Two at the end of the 2008/9 season?

THE PERCY FAMILY

Which family has lived at Alnwick Castle since 1309?

Uzbekistan

In which country is the city of Samarkand?

EDWIN

What is the first Christian name of astronaut 'Buzz' Aldrin?

GERALD SEYMOUR

Who wrote 'Harry's Game', 'The Glory Boys' and 'Holding The Zero'?

BARBARA STANWICK

Who played the part of 'Constance Colby' in 'The Colbys'?

'FAIRGROUND'

'Simply Red' had their only UK number one in September 1995 - what was the name of the song?

HECTOR BERLIOZ

Which composer, born in Grenoble in 1803, married an Irish actress. His first opera was 'Benvenuto Cellini'?

TONY BLAIR

Other than Margaret Thatcher, which Prime Minister, in the last 100 years, has spent the longest term in office?

'MARY POPPINS'

"""If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane, all you have to do is ask a policeman at the crossroads"", is the first line of which children's novel?"

'MANHATTAN TRANSFER'

Which vocal group consisted of Tim Hauser, Laurel Masse, Alan Paul, and Janis Siegel?

JIMMY CARTER

Since World War II, which United States President has been awarded a Nobel prize?

'THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH'

Which British group was formed by former members of 'The Housemartins', Paul Heaton and David Hemingway?

ROSSINI

Which composer was born in Italy in 1792, but is buried in Paris. He had the nickname 'Monsieur Crescendo'?

WRIST

In medicine, which joint is controlled by the Radial Nerve?

'THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE'

In which film did Sidney Poitier play a disruptive pupil, and Glenn Ford a harassed teacher?

1939

In which year did Franco capture Madrid and win the Spanish Civil War?

SLEIPNIR

In Norse mythology, what was the name of Odin's eight legged horse?

CANADA

Stretching for 94 miles, off the coast of which country is the Bay of Fundy?

THE KIWI

Which bird has nostrils at the tip of its beak?

CUCUMBER

Similarly, which fruit is reputed to be the least nutritious?

NATALIE WOOD

Who drowned close to Catalina Island, California, in 1981?

'I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS'

In January 1985, the rock group 'Foreigner' had their only UK number one. What was the name of the song?

JOHN HUME

In 1998 David Trimble and which other Northern Ireland politician jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on the 'Good Friday Agreement'?

BENENDEN

Which school near Tunbridge Wells was attended by Princess Anne?

BATTERY PARK

Which New York park lies in the south-west of Manhattan Island, and faces the Hudson River?

GIGGLESWICK

Which public school had Russell Harty as a teacher, and Richard Whiteley as a pupil?

CLIVE BARKER

Who wrote 'Imajica', 'Coldheart Canyon' and 'Galilee'?

2003

In what year was Concorde's last commercial flight?

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Mary Queen of Scots was executed in Fotheringhay Castle, but which county is it in?

SOUTH DAKOTA

Pierre is the capital of which US state?

WARWICKSHIRE

In which county is Kenilworth Castle?

BILLIE THE KID

Although he used several aliases, what was the better known name of Henry McCarty?

'UNCLE TOM'S CABIN'

'Simon Legree' is a character in which book?

'CAN CAN'

'I Love Paris' is a song from which musical?

SHARK

'Rock Salmon' or 'Dogfish' is a member of which family of fish?

FRANCE

The Pacific island of Bora Bora is a dependency of which country?

ECSTACY

By what name is the drug MDMA more commonly known?

TOMATO

Which common salad ingredient is a member of the same family as Deadly Nightshade?

CHARLES II

'The Popish Plot' was an alleged conspiracy to murder which English monarch?

RICHARD ARKWRIGHT

Which inventor of the 'Spinning-Frame' set up a large water-powered factory at Cromford in Derbyshire?

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Which country's flag is divided diagonally red and black with a yellow 'Bird of Paradise' in the red, and white stars of the 'Southern Cross' in the black?

'POCKET MONSTER'

The best selling video game, TV and trading card series 'Pokemon' is hugely popular in Japan and the rest of the world. What does 'Pokemon' mean?

'AIDA'

'Radames' and 'Princess Amneris' are characters that appear in which Verdi opera?

SHIVNARINE

By what first name is West Indian cricketer Chanderpaul known?

'JOE'.

In 'Dad's Army' what was the first name of 'Private Walker'?

BUBONIC PLAGUE

Yersinia pestis is the bacterium that causes which disease?

ALBERTO ASCARI

What is the name of the only Italian who has won the world motor racing drivers championship?

'SNOW PATROL'

Gary Lightbody is the lead singer with which pop band?

PORTLAND

Which shipping weather area includes the Channel Islands?

'CHARLES'

In 'Dad's Army' what was the first name of 'Private Godfrey'?

EDWARD I

Who was King of England when the 'Stone of Scone' was removed to England in 1296?

HEROIN

By what name is Diamorphine Hydrochloride more commonly known?

'LA BOHEME'

'Marcello' and 'Mimi' are characters that appear in which Puccini opera?

144

How many square inches are there in one square foot?

SCALENE

In geometry, what is the name for a triangle with three

'SARACENS'

The Spanish called them 'Moors', but what name was used by Europeans in the Middle Ages for people of Arab origin?

QUEENS PARK

Which is Scotland's oldest football club?

REFLEX

In geometry, what is the name given to an angle greater than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees?

'CONQUISTADORS'

What name was given to the Spanish invaders of South America?

LEWES

In which town are the HQ of the Sussex police?

MARCUS GARVEY

Rastafarianism is based on the ideas of which former Jamaican?

PORTUGUESE

What is the official language of Mozambique?

WORCESTER

In which city are the HQ of the West Mercia Constabulary?

'HORRIBLE HISTORIES'

'Terrible Tudors' and 'Awesome Egyptians' were the first two titles in which series of illustrated books?

SWEDEN

In which country is the village of Ytterby, after which four chemical elements are named?

QUEBEC

In which city did General Wolfe die in 1759?

IONA

Which island is the burial place of many Scottish kings and Labour leader John Smith?

THE TIMES

Which national newspaper has been edited by William Rees-Mogg, Charles Douglas-Home and Peter Stoddard?

'4.50 FROM PADDINGTON'

The film 'Murder, She Said' is based on which Agatha Christie book in which 'Miss Marple' witnesses a passenger on a train being strangled?

WATER POLO

The FINA World Championships contain five sports - diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronised swimming and which other?

HILARY DEVEY

Who is the new judge on 'Dragon's Den'?

ANTONI GAUDI

Who designed Park Guell in Barcelona, in the early years of the last century?

DORTMUND

In which city is the largest football stadium in Germany, home to the 2010-2011 Bundesliga champions?

'CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA'

In which opera does 'Turiddu', a young villager return to Sicily to find his fiancee, 'Lola', has married 'Alfio', the prosperous village teamster?

AINTREE

At which circuit in 1955 did Stirling Moss win his first British Grand Prix, the race's debut at that circuit?

2000

What is the length in metres, of the course in Olympic Rowing events?

MICHAEL MORPURGO

Who wrote the book, now a successful play, 'War Horse'?

CARBON

In chemistry organic compounds contain which element?

MICHAEL PORTILLO

Who lost his seat as MP for Enfield Southgate at the 1997 General Election?

LOMBARDY

Which Italian region has the largest population?

TOM STOPPARD

Who wrote the play 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstein Are Dead'?

Carbon 14

Which isotope of Carbon is used in 'Carbon Dating'?

PADDY ASHDOWN

Who was the leader of the LiberaL Democrats at the 1997 General Election?

UMBRIA

Which Italian region is surrounded by four others - Lazio, Tuscany, Marche and Abruzzo?

'HORRID HENRY'

Which badly behaved children's character was created by Francesca Simon, hates his brother 'Perfect Peter' and has an arch enemy 'Moody Margaret'?

HAFNIUM

Which chemical element is named after the Latin for Copenhagen where it was discovered?

ROBERT CLIVE

Who led the forces of the British East India Company at the 1757 Battle of Plassey?