Aug 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
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- What new gymnastics event made its first appearance at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney?
Trampolining
- What was the name of the song that gave the Bloodhound Gang a UK hit in summer 2000?
‘The Bad Touch’
- What was the Bounty’s work in the South Seas before the mutiny?
Collecting breadfruit
- What is the average life expectancy of a tortoise?
80-150 years
- What type of headdress was traditionally worn by triumphant Roman generals?
A wreath of laurel leaves
- Who played the title role in the classic BBC drama, ‘I Claudius’?
Derek Jacobi
- According to the Book of Genesis, who first bought Joseph as a slave in Egypt?
Potiphar
- Which of these Dubliners did not win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, George Shaw
- Where might you find a shovel hat?
Sitting on a clergyman’s head
- What was the name of Bing Crosby’s boat in High Society?
‘The True Love’
- In theatrical terms, what were ‘groundlings’?
Those standing in the cheap section of the theatre
- Which of Britain’s intelligence services is known as the Secret Intelligence Service?
MI6
- What foreign hit in the British chart had the line, ‘I’m not a sailor, I’m the captain’?
La Bamba
- What TV show gave Danny de Vito his big break?
Taxi
- What film saw Jeremy Brett serenade Audrey Hepburn outside her house?
My Fair Lady
- What is Charles Goodyear credited with inventing in 1839?
Vulcanised rubber
- Where is the Giant’s Causeway?
North coast of Ireland
- Who was the first person the South Pole?
Roald Amundsen
- What African country did Ian Smith once rule?
Rhodesia
- Cocaine was one an ingredient of what popular drink?
Coca-Cola
- What media mogul’s personal plane, the Spruce Goose, had the largest wingspan in the world?
Howard Hughes
- According to George Bernard Shaw’s play, what was John Bull’s Other Island?
Ireland
- What is dried in an oast?
Hops
- In what sport is the Thomas Cup a prize?
Badminton
Aug 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
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- Who is the current FA President?
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
- What miraculous food was given to the Israelites wandering in the wilderness?
Manna
- Whose daughters were Goneril, Regan & Cordelia?
King Lear
- What is a motte?
A mound a castle sits on
- What musical does the football anthem ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ come from?
Carousel
- What name is given to young pilchards?
Sardines
- What 90s grunge band featured Krist Novoselic & Dave Grohl?
Nirvana
- What area of work was Jacob Epstein famous in?
Sculpture
- What country has more bikes than any other?
Netherlands – at 1.3 bikes per person
- What astrological sign comes after Cancer and before Virgo?
Leo
- In geometry, what is a reflex angle?
One that is more than 180 degrees but less than 360
- Who sang the punk cult classic ‘White Man In Hammersmith Palais’?
The Clash
- What is the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten Islands off northern Norway called?
The Maelstrom
- What is the disorder Sydenham’s chorea often called?
St Vitus’s Dance
- If you were in Amman, what country’s capital would you be in?
Jordan
- In what film does Jack Nicholson announce his arrival with the declaration, ‘Here’s Johnny!’?
The Shining
- What opera was legally limited by its composer to be performed with all black actors?
Porgy and Bess
- What European country was ruled by King Zog until 1946?
Albania
- What Victorian literary scoundrel did George Macdonald Fraser make an anti-hero?
Flashman
- Ultravox’s 1981 classic ‘Vienna’ was kept from the number one spot by what song?
‘Shaddap You Face’ by Joe Dolce
- What US president’s previous jobs included that of a male model?
Gerald Ford
- In pottery terminology, what is a banker?
A workbench
- What was the name of the Lone Ranger’s horse?
Silver
- What type of sherry is oloroso?
Dark & sweet
Aug 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
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- What Norse warriors worked themselves into a bloodthirsty frenzy before battle?
Berserkers
- Who is credited with devising the first waterproof fabric?
Charles Macintosh
- How many points would a snooker player score for potting a red then a brown ball?
5
- What stage show gave Jason Donovan his 1991 hit, ‘Any Dream Will Do’?
Joseph & His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- What is a banderole?
A pennant
- James Fenimore Cooper’s character Uncas was ‘The Last Of….’ what?
The Mohicans
- What group of Greek islands is Corfu in?
Ionian Islands
- What comedy writer and actor sang the theme song for ‘One Foot In The Grave’?
Eric Idle
- Who is the Greek god of sleep & dreams?
Morpheus
- What country won the first Eurovision Song Contest?
Switzerland
- What film ends with the line, ‘He ran them off their feet’?
Chariots of Fire
- What is the only place in the world where there is no cold virus?
Antarctica
- Porthos and Aramis were two of the Three Musketeers; who was the third?
Athos
- Igor Sikorsky designed the first what?
Helicopter
- In what war did the Light Brigade charge?
Crimean War
- What would you do with an ocarina?
Play it
- Complete George Bush’s 1991 comment: ‘We need a nation closer to the Waltons than to…’?
The Simpsons
- Which human bone is the longest?
Femur (hip to knee)
- Where is Nelson’s flagship, The Victory, permanently docked?
Portsmouth
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark had a 1980 hit with ‘Enola Gay’; what was the song about?
The plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima
- What city has the Prado gallery?
Madrid
- Who played the musical American George M. Cohan in ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’?
James Cagney
- What relation was the witch Morgan le Fay to King Arthur?
Half-sister
- What country cricket club plays at St Lawrence Ground?
Kent
Jul 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
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- What Kenny Rogers song has the line ‘It’s hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralysed’?
‘Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town’
- What‘s the name of foreigners who fought for the Spanish government in the Civil War?
The International Brigade
- Who invented the Mars Bar in 1920?
Frank Mars
- What does an Archimedes’ Screw do?
Lifts water
- Where is the Ocean of Storms?
On the Moon
- According to the Stranglers, what hero ‘got an ice-pick that made his ears burn’?
Trotsky
- What sport’s name translates as ‘the gentle way’?
Judo
- How many virtues were there traditionally thought to be?
7
- Who was the animator in Monty Python’s Flying Circus?
Terry Gilliam
- What would you expect a cooper to make?
Barrels
- Where is the priceless 8th-century Celtic illuminated manuscript ‘The Book of Kells’ housed?
Dublin
- One of the two gangs in West Side Story was the Sharks; what was the other one?
Jets
- Where in a boat is the stern?
Rear
- Prince wrote the Bangles’ first big hit. What was it called?
‘Manic Monday’
- Ingrid Bergman had an infamous affair in 1949 with a director she later married. Who was he?
Roberto Rossellini
- Which country is part of the UK but not part of Britain?
Northern Island
- What did Galahad, Perceval, Tristan & Mordred all have in common?
All were Knights of the Round Table
- What is a greenstick fracture?
An incomplete fracture in a child’s bone
- What arrived in Britain in 1347?
The Black Death
- What is the world’s longest rail journey?
Moscow to Vladivostok
- What is the fastest land mammal over a short distance?
Cheetah
- What film earned John Wayne his only Oscar?
‘True Grit’
- What event in 1447 was said by some to pave the way for the Reformation?
The discovery of printing
- What was the sequel to the British sitcom; Porridge?
‘Going Straight’
Jul 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
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- Who is the wizard in The Lord Of The Rings?
Gandalf
- In professional boxing, what would a fighter weighing 140-147 lbs be called?
Welterweight
- What actor, destined for stardom, played the corpse in the 1983 film ‘The Big Chill’?
Kevin Costner
- Roughly what speed would you be travelling at if you were in a boat doing 20 knots?
23mph
- Who investigated the murdering headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow?
Ichabod Crane
- What TV show features the Cafe Nervosa?
Frasier
- What Joe Jackson song has the line ‘Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street’?
‘Is She Really Going Out With Him?’
- How did Moses see God at Horen, when he told him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt?
As a burning bush
- What plant does gin take its flavour from?
Juniper
- Which Catherine outlived Henry VIII?
Catherine Parr
- What is the second most spoken language in the world?
Spanish – Mandarin is first, English is third
- What UK actor won a Tony award in 1998 for his Broadway portrayal of the MC in Cabaret?
Alan Cumming
- Aside from being the husband of Marilyn Monroe, what else was Joe DiMaggio famous as?
A baseball player
- When was the United Nations founded?
1945
- Where was the 2006 World Cup staged?
Germany
- What Kurt Weill opera, with the song ‘Mac The Knife’, was shut by the Nazis soon after opening?
The Threepenny Opera
- What is the tune to Danny Boy known as?
The Derry Air
- What Shakespeare play was the insipration for the film ‘Ten Things I Hate About You’?
The Taming Of The Shrew
- If you wrote the number 600 in Roman numerals, what would you write?
DC
- Who was Steed’s first sidekick in The Avengers?
Cathy Gale
- What boundary region has been long fought over by Israel and Syria?
The Golan Heights
- What Disney film featured the Bad ‘Uns, Jasper, and Horace?
101 Dalmations
- Before going solo, what pop group did Bryan Ferry front?
Roxy Music
- What is a cor anglais?
A woodwind instrument
Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
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- How many of the Walker Brothers trio were actually related?
None of them
- In Dad’s Army, what was Private Fraser’s catchphrase?
‘Doomed, I say…we’re all doomed!’
- Who was Sirhan Sirhan’s famous victim in the 1960s?
Bobby Kennedy
- What school of witchcraft and wizardry does Harry Potter attend?
Hogwarts
- What animal name is given to Sirius, the brightest star?
The Dog Star
- What is unique about the mythical bird, the phoenix?
It is reborn in fire
- What country first gave women the vote?
New Zealand
- How many points does a player score for a goal in hurling?
3
- Which of the Twelve Apostles was replaced by Matthias?
Judas Iscariot
- How did dinosaurs gestate their young?
In eggs
- What do Aiguebelle, Centerbe and Ettaler have in common?
They are herbal liqueurs
- Which movie do the main characters in When Harry Met Sally lie in bed watching?
Casablanca
- What do Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera have in common?
They’re both singers, and both performed with the Mickey Mouse Club
- If someone is an octogenarian, what decade of their life are they in?
Ninth
- What writer was forced by his government to decline his Nobel Prize for literature?
Boris Pasternak
- What solo singing star began his career with the Spencer Davis Group and Traffic?
Steve Winwood
- What natural feature occupies a quarter of Africa?
The Sahara Desert
- Which of the following did not rule the Holy Roman Empire?
Charles the Wise
- In what sport did Bill Beaumont captain England?
Rugby Union
- In the kitsch 70s series Charlie’s Angels, what was unusual about Charlie?
He was never on screen
- Who dreamed up the original Utopia?
Thomas More
- In Back To The Future, what speed must the car go to travel through time?
88 mph
- What country are the Ozarks in?
USA
- Moriarty was one of the great villains of literature. Who was his famous adversary?
Sherlock Holmes