dangermouse77/FromAnswerToQuestion-SQuADplusTriviaQA

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Melvyn Hayes	In the BBC comedy TV series 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum', who played the part of Gunner Beaumont?
Chilterns	In which range of English hills is the town of Watlington?
Nicholas Ramage	Which fictional seafarer is the hero of Dudley Pope's novels?
David Lloyd	Which former England cricket captain was nicknamed Bumble?
Hungary	Malev was the national airline of which European country from 1946 to 2012?
Observer	The Azed crossword puzzle appears in which newspaper?
W	On a standard typewriter keyboard which letter appears between the letters Q and E?
David Bowie	By what name is musician David Robert Hayward-Jones better known?
The Limehouse Declaration	What was the name of the political statement made by four members of the Labour Party in January 1981 effectively launching the SDP?
David Walliams	"Who plays the part of Tommy Beresford in the BBC series ""Partners in Crime"", based on an Agatha Christie novel?"
Enclave	What name is given to the territory of one country that is inside the territory of another?
Basketball	"With which sport would you associate with the ""Toronto Raptors"" and the Houston Rockets""?"
Caboc	Which Scottish cheese is rolled in oatmeal?
Kent	Chartwell, the former home of Winston Churchill is in which county?
Marcus Aurelius	"Which Roman Emperor wrote ""meditations'1 in the 2nd century AD?"
Matisse	Sharing its name with a painter, what was the name of the dog that won Britain's Got Talent in 2015?
1978	Name the year: 900 followers of the Rev Jim Jones commit suicide in Guyana, Ipswich Town defeat Arsenal in the FA cup final and Louise Brown becomes the first test tube baby?
1989	Name the year Rumanian dictator Nicolae Ceausecu is executed, Boris Becker wins the last of his three Wimbledon titles and Akihito succeeds his father as Emperor of Japan?
Carly Simon	"Who sang the title theme song to the bond film ""The spy who loved me""?"
Monopsony	A monopoly is where there is only one seller of a goods or service, what word is used for only one buyer?
Crowds	Demophobia is the fear of what?
Quebec	Which city was founded by Samuel De Champlain in 1608?
Ben Stokes	Who bowled the one millionth ball in test cricket in England at the Ashes match at Trent Bridge in 2015?
Toledo	Which city, once the capital of Spain is now the regional capital of Castilla La Mancha?
Yew	Which tree has the Latin word Taxus?
The Ho Chi Minh Trail	What was the name of the concealed tracks through Eastern Laos that was used as a supply route during the Vietnam War?
Patroclus	Who was wearing the Armour of Achilles when he was killed by Hector at the Siege of Troy?
Ipswich	In which town or city is the East Anglian Daily Times published?
Gavrilo Princip	"Which assassin was the most famous member of the revolutionary group ""Young Bosnia""?"
Sherlock Holmes	19th century surgeon Dr Joseph Bell was the inspiration for which literary character?
An American in Paris	"""I got rhythm"" and ""S'wonderful"" are songs from which musical?"
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	"""It is this day three hundred and forty eight years, six months and nineteen days that the good people of Paris were awakened by a grand pealing from all the bells"" is the first line of which novel?"
Terry Jones	"Which comedy actor said ""He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy"" in the Life of Brian?"
Tanzania	Julius Nyerere became the first leader of which African country in 1964?
Cephallonia	"Which is the largest of the Ionian Islands, it is also the setting for the Louis De Bernieres novel ""Captain Correlli's mandolin?"
Forget-Me-Not	What is the more common name of the flowering plant Myosotis?
Dorset	In which county is the Cerne Abbas Giant?
Maserati	Which car manufacturer produces the models Ghibli and Levante?
Kit Harrington	Which actor plays the part of John Snow in the TV series Game of Thrones?
41	How many symphonies did Mozart write?
Durham Cathedral	Where would you find the Tomb of the Venerable Bede?
Robert Duval	"Which actor spoke the line ""I love the smell of napalm in the morning* in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now?"
Trumpet	With which instrument is Jazz musician Miles Davis most associated with?
Everton	"""Nil Satis Nisi Optimum"" or ""Nothing but the Best* is the motto of which Premiership Football Club?"
Glyndebourne	Which musical festival was founded by John Christie in 1934 in East Sussex?
Irving Berlin	"Who wrote the song ""God bless America""?"
Salamis	At which naval battle did the Greeks defeat the Persians in 480BC?
Charlton Heston	Which film star (1923 - 2008), was born John Carter in Evanston, Illinois?
Iceland	Europe’s first female President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was President of which country from 1980 to 1996?
Isaac	In the Bible who was the father of Jacob and Esau?
Monopsony	What is the term in economics for a market where there is only one buyer but many sellers, the opposite of a monopoly?
Carl Lewis	Who won the men’s long jump at the Olympics four times, from 1984 to 1996?
Lithuania	Which country adopted the euro as its currency on January 1st this year?
Rhombus	Which type of quadrilateral has all sides equal but no right angles?
Italy	Of which country is South Tyrol an autonomous province?
The Thin Red Line	Which 1998 film tells a fictionalised account of the Battle of Mount Austen, part of the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Second World War?
Vostok (I)	In which spacecraft did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth in April 1961?
Newfoundland (And Labrador)	Gander Airport was used as a refuelling stop for transatlantic flights between the 1940s and the 1960s. In which Canadian province is it?
Pakistan	England has been runner-up in the ICC World Cup three times, to West Indies in 1979, to Australia in 1987 and to which country in 1992?
Bicycle	What type of vehicle is a Pashley Princess?
Romeo And Juliet	I Capuleti e i Montecchi is an opera by Vincenzo Bellini based on which story?
Mark Elder	Which conductor is the musical director of the Halle Orchestra?
Mrs Hudson	Who is the landlady of Sherlock Holmes?
South Africa	England has twice been runner-up in the Rugby Union World Cup, to Australia in 1991 and to which country in 2007?
Age Concern	Help the Aged merged with which other charity in 2009 to form Age UK?
Tractor	The JCB Fastrac is what type of vehicle?
Cinderella	La Cenerentola is an opera by Gioachino Rossini based on which fairy story?
Gilles Villeneuve	The Formula One Canadian Grand Prix is held at a circuit on Île Notre- Dame in Montréal, named after which former driver?
Kidneys	Which part of the body is affected by nephritis?
Zubin Mehta	Which Indian was conductor for the Three Tenors concert in Rome in 1990 and in Los Angeles four years later?
Nero	Saint Peter was martyred in about 64AD during the reign of which Roman Emperor?
In The Name Of The Father	Which 1993 film is based on the story of the Guildford Four, wrongly accused of a 1974 pub bombing?
Denmark	Which country, along with the UK, obtained special opt-outs from joining the euro in the original Maastricht Treaty?
Westlife	Uptown Girl and Queen of My Heart were Number Ones for which boy band in 2001?
Tom Finney	Which English footballer and plumber died in February last year aged 91?
15	How many edges has a pentadecagon?
Blandings	At which castle created by P G Wodehouse is Sebastian Beach a butler?
Phil Redmond	Who created Brookside and Hollyoaks?
Eddystone	Smeaton’s Tower now stands on Plymouth Hoe. It was originally built as the third structure of which famous lighthouse?
John Galsworthy	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’?
Maine	From the 1970s many international passengers on charter flights cleared US customs during a refuelling stop at Bangor Airport. In which state is it?
Proctor & Gamble	In the UK the detergent industry is an example of an oligopoly, where the market is dominated by a few sellers, in this case two, Unilever and which other company?
Beyoncé	By what one-word name is the more famous older sister of singer Solange Knowles known?
Jesse Owens	Who won the men’s long jump at the 1936 Olympics?
Sri Lanka	Chandrika Kumaratunga was the first female President of which Asian country from 1994 to 2005?
Miriam	In the Bible who was the elder sister of Moses and Aaron?
Alfred, Lord Tennyson	Idylls of the King is a collection of Arthurian-based poems by which poet laureate?
Auguste Escoffier	Which chef created Melba toast and Peach Melba at the Savoy in London?
Freddie Laker	Who launched the Skytrain as part of his low-budget airline in the 1970s?
Diana	Which of the Mitford sisters was the mother of Max Mosley, former President of the FIA?
George Frideric Handel	Who composed Arrival of the Queen of Sheba in 1748?
The Nutcracker	Dance of the Reed Flutes is part of which ballet first performed in 1892?
Glasgow	In which city is the Scotland Street School Museum?
Unity	Which of the Mitford sisters had the middle name Valkyrie?
Grange Hill	Mrs Bridget McCluskey was headmistress of which school on TV for most of the 1980s?
Australian	Richard Flanagan won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North. What nationality is he?
Jackson Pollock	Which abstract expressionist painter married Lee Krasner in 1945?
San Juan	What is the capital city of Puerto Rico?
Hamilton	What is the capital city of Bermuda?
Op Art	Bridget Riley is one of the foremost exponents of which style of art?

Melvyn Hayes

In the BBC comedy TV series 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum', who played the part of Gunner Beaumont?

Chilterns

In which range of English hills is the town of Watlington?

Nicholas Ramage

Which fictional seafarer is the hero of Dudley Pope's novels?

David Lloyd

Which former England cricket captain was nicknamed Bumble?

Hungary

Malev was the national airline of which European country from 1946 to 2012?

Observer

The Azed crossword puzzle appears in which newspaper?

W

On a standard typewriter keyboard which letter appears between the letters Q and E?

David Bowie

By what name is musician David Robert Hayward-Jones better known?

The Limehouse Declaration

What was the name of the political statement made by four members of the Labour Party in January 1981 effectively launching the SDP?

David Walliams

"Who plays the part of Tommy Beresford in the BBC series ""Partners in Crime"", based on an Agatha Christie novel?"

Enclave

What name is given to the territory of one country that is inside the territory of another?

Basketball

"With which sport would you associate with the ""Toronto Raptors"" and the Houston Rockets""?"

Caboc

Which Scottish cheese is rolled in oatmeal?

Kent

Chartwell, the former home of Winston Churchill is in which county?

Marcus Aurelius

"Which Roman Emperor wrote ""meditations'1 in the 2nd century AD?"

Matisse

Sharing its name with a painter, what was the name of the dog that won Britain's Got Talent in 2015?

1978

Name the year: 900 followers of the Rev Jim Jones commit suicide in Guyana, Ipswich Town defeat Arsenal in the FA cup final and Louise Brown becomes the first test tube baby?

1989

Name the year Rumanian dictator Nicolae Ceausecu is executed, Boris Becker wins the last of his three Wimbledon titles and Akihito succeeds his father as Emperor of Japan?

Carly Simon

"Who sang the title theme song to the bond film ""The spy who loved me""?"

Monopsony

A monopoly is where there is only one seller of a goods or service, what word is used for only one buyer?

Crowds

Demophobia is the fear of what?

Quebec

Which city was founded by Samuel De Champlain in 1608?

Ben Stokes

Who bowled the one millionth ball in test cricket in England at the Ashes match at Trent Bridge in 2015?

Toledo

Which city, once the capital of Spain is now the regional capital of Castilla La Mancha?

Yew

Which tree has the Latin word Taxus?

The Ho Chi Minh Trail

What was the name of the concealed tracks through Eastern Laos that was used as a supply route during the Vietnam War?

Patroclus

Who was wearing the Armour of Achilles when he was killed by Hector at the Siege of Troy?

Ipswich

In which town or city is the East Anglian Daily Times published?

Gavrilo Princip

"Which assassin was the most famous member of the revolutionary group ""Young Bosnia""?"

Sherlock Holmes

19th century surgeon Dr Joseph Bell was the inspiration for which literary character?

An American in Paris

"""I got rhythm"" and ""S'wonderful"" are songs from which musical?"

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

"""It is this day three hundred and forty eight years, six months and nineteen days that the good people of Paris were awakened by a grand pealing from all the bells"" is the first line of which novel?"

Terry Jones

"Which comedy actor said ""He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy"" in the Life of Brian?"

Tanzania

Julius Nyerere became the first leader of which African country in 1964?

Cephallonia

"Which is the largest of the Ionian Islands, it is also the setting for the Louis De Bernieres novel ""Captain Correlli's mandolin?"

Forget-Me-Not

What is the more common name of the flowering plant Myosotis?

Dorset

In which county is the Cerne Abbas Giant?

Maserati

Which car manufacturer produces the models Ghibli and Levante?

Kit Harrington

Which actor plays the part of John Snow in the TV series Game of Thrones?

41

How many symphonies did Mozart write?

Durham Cathedral

Where would you find the Tomb of the Venerable Bede?

Robert Duval

"Which actor spoke the line ""I love the smell of napalm in the morning* in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now?"

Trumpet

With which instrument is Jazz musician Miles Davis most associated with?

Everton

"""Nil Satis Nisi Optimum"" or ""Nothing but the Best* is the motto of which Premiership Football Club?"

Glyndebourne

Which musical festival was founded by John Christie in 1934 in East Sussex?

Irving Berlin

"Who wrote the song ""God bless America""?"

Salamis

At which naval battle did the Greeks defeat the Persians in 480BC?

Charlton Heston

Which film star (1923 - 2008), was born John Carter in Evanston, Illinois?

Iceland

Europe’s first female President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was President of which country from 1980 to 1996?

Isaac

In the Bible who was the father of Jacob and Esau?

Monopsony

What is the term in economics for a market where there is only one buyer but many sellers, the opposite of a monopoly?

Carl Lewis

Who won the men’s long jump at the Olympics four times, from 1984 to 1996?

Lithuania

Which country adopted the euro as its currency on January 1st this year?

Rhombus

Which type of quadrilateral has all sides equal but no right angles?

Italy

Of which country is South Tyrol an autonomous province?

The Thin Red Line

Which 1998 film tells a fictionalised account of the Battle of Mount Austen, part of the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Second World War?

Vostok (I)

In which spacecraft did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth in April 1961?

Newfoundland (And Labrador)

Gander Airport was used as a refuelling stop for transatlantic flights between the 1940s and the 1960s. In which Canadian province is it?

Pakistan

England has been runner-up in the ICC World Cup three times, to West Indies in 1979, to Australia in 1987 and to which country in 1992?

Bicycle

What type of vehicle is a Pashley Princess?

Romeo And Juliet

I Capuleti e i Montecchi is an opera by Vincenzo Bellini based on which story?

Mark Elder

Which conductor is the musical director of the Halle Orchestra?

Mrs Hudson

Who is the landlady of Sherlock Holmes?

South Africa

England has twice been runner-up in the Rugby Union World Cup, to Australia in 1991 and to which country in 2007?

Age Concern

Help the Aged merged with which other charity in 2009 to form Age UK?

Tractor

The JCB Fastrac is what type of vehicle?

Cinderella

La Cenerentola is an opera by Gioachino Rossini based on which fairy story?

Gilles Villeneuve

The Formula One Canadian Grand Prix is held at a circuit on Île Notre- Dame in Montréal, named after which former driver?

Kidneys

Which part of the body is affected by nephritis?

Zubin Mehta

Which Indian was conductor for the Three Tenors concert in Rome in 1990 and in Los Angeles four years later?

Nero

Saint Peter was martyred in about 64AD during the reign of which Roman Emperor?

In The Name Of The Father

Which 1993 film is based on the story of the Guildford Four, wrongly accused of a 1974 pub bombing?

Denmark

Which country, along with the UK, obtained special opt-outs from joining the euro in the original Maastricht Treaty?

Westlife

Uptown Girl and Queen of My Heart were Number Ones for which boy band in 2001?

Tom Finney

Which English footballer and plumber died in February last year aged 91?

15

How many edges has a pentadecagon?

Blandings

At which castle created by P G Wodehouse is Sebastian Beach a butler?

Phil Redmond

Who created Brookside and Hollyoaks?

Eddystone

Smeaton’s Tower now stands on Plymouth Hoe. It was originally built as the third structure of which famous lighthouse?

John Galsworthy

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’?

Maine

From the 1970s many international passengers on charter flights cleared US customs during a refuelling stop at Bangor Airport. In which state is it?

Proctor & Gamble

In the UK the detergent industry is an example of an oligopoly, where the market is dominated by a few sellers, in this case two, Unilever and which other company?

Beyoncé

By what one-word name is the more famous older sister of singer Solange Knowles known?

Jesse Owens

Who won the men’s long jump at the 1936 Olympics?

Sri Lanka

Chandrika Kumaratunga was the first female President of which Asian country from 1994 to 2005?

Miriam

In the Bible who was the elder sister of Moses and Aaron?

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Idylls of the King is a collection of Arthurian-based poems by which poet laureate?

Auguste Escoffier

Which chef created Melba toast and Peach Melba at the Savoy in London?

Freddie Laker

Who launched the Skytrain as part of his low-budget airline in the 1970s?

Diana

Which of the Mitford sisters was the mother of Max Mosley, former President of the FIA?

George Frideric Handel

Who composed Arrival of the Queen of Sheba in 1748?

The Nutcracker

Dance of the Reed Flutes is part of which ballet first performed in 1892?

Glasgow

In which city is the Scotland Street School Museum?

Unity

Which of the Mitford sisters had the middle name Valkyrie?

Grange Hill

Mrs Bridget McCluskey was headmistress of which school on TV for most of the 1980s?

Australian

Richard Flanagan won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North. What nationality is he?

Jackson Pollock

Which abstract expressionist painter married Lee Krasner in 1945?

San Juan

What is the capital city of Puerto Rico?

Hamilton

What is the capital city of Bermuda?

Op Art

Bridget Riley is one of the foremost exponents of which style of art?