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GK 44
Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Popularised by an 1834 novel entitled "Ayesha", A Turkish word for something empty or worthless came into common English usage, often as an exclamation ridiculing another person's words or nonsense. Which word? | Bosh |
| Name any two of the four peaks in the Cairngorms that are higher than Cairn Gorm itself. | Ben Macdhui (1309 m), Braeriach (1296 m), Cairn Toul (1293 m), Sgor an Lochain Uaine (1258 m) |
| The composer Rossini is said to have composed the overture to which of his operas in a mad rush on the day of its premiere, after being locked in a room at La Scala by the opera's infuriated director? | The Thieving Magpie/La Gazza Ladra |
| Why has a horse called The Chase, which came first at a race at Haydock Park in August 1948, part of racing history? | Lester Piggott's first winner (aged 12) |
| Which is the heaviest of the 'noble' gases? | Radon |
| Which voice artist, who played Donald Duck for over 50 years, died in 1985? | Clarence Nash |
| Luis Buñuel's 1965 film 'Simón del desierto' is loosely based on the life of which Christian ascetic? | Simeon Stylites |
| Which Danish linguist, who was also involved in the creation of Ido and Interlingua, introduced the constructed international auxiliary language Novial in his 1928 book 'An International Language'? | Otto Jespersen |
| What term, derived from a Hindi word for 'spotted', was originally used for stained or painted calico imported from India, but is now used for cotton cloth printed with coloured design and then usually glazed? | Chintz |
| The motor car designer responsible for the Morris Minor and the Mini, Sir Alec Issigonis, was born in 1906 in which country? | Turkey (in what is now Izmir, then Smyrna) |
| The comedy quiz show 'Numberwang' appeared on which sketch show? | That Mitchell and Webb Look |
| With 139 caps, the Australian rugby union scrum half George Gregan is one of the most capped players in the history of the sport. In which African country was he born? | Zambia |
| What is the name of the operetta, first performed in 1843, composed by Michael Balfe and with a libretto by Alfred Bunn that is loosely based on Cervantes' 'La Gitanilla'? | The Bohemian Girl |
| Which bird has the scientific name Alcedo atthis? | Common Kingfisher |
| Who wrote "The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy" written in 1747? | Hannah Glasse |
| In 1909, who became the first female Laureate in the Nobel Prize for Literature? | Selma Lagerlöf |
| The voice of which character in the early James Bond films was voiced by Eric Pohlmann? | Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
| Where in the solar system is the Epsilon Ring? | Around the planet Uranus |
| Who rose to fame as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd (PiL) in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but left the band after two albums? Following his departure from PiL, he went on to a successful solo career. | Jah Wobble |
| What was the UK first top 10 hit, in 1978, of Public Image Ltd? | Public Image |
| By what single-word name is Rosemary Scallon, who became the Member of the European Parliament for Connacht-Ulster in 1999 (a post she held until 2004), better known? | Dana |
| Which Spanish national daily newspaper was founded in Madrid on January 1st 1903 by the journalist and playwright Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena? | ABC |
| Dax 30 is the name given to the Blue Chip stock market index consisting of the thirty major German companies trading on the stock exchange of which city? | Frankfurt |
| In which country could you visit the 138 metre deep Macocha Gorge, the deepest of its kind in Central Europe? | Czech Republic |
| Whose 1968 novel "The Public Image" inspired the name of the John Lydon band Public Image Ltd.? | Muriel Spark |
| Which was the first of the Confederate states to secede from the union prior to the US Civil War? | South Carolina |
| Known colloquially as water bears, or moss piglets, which tiny eight legged invertebrate were identified by scientists in 2017 as the "world's most indestructible species"? | Tardigrades |
| How is Anna Fierling known in the title of a 1941 play by Bertolt Brecht? | Mother Courage |
| Which Tsar of Russia abolished the practice of serfdom? | Alexander II |
| When found on a blue label on seafood packaging, what do the letters 'MSC' stand for? | Marine Stewardship Council |
| The ESO, or European Southern Observatory, is based in which country? | Chile |
| Which Frenchman deduced the position of Neptune independently of John Couch Adams? | Urbain Le Verrier |
| The barbastelle is a variety of which animal? | Bat |
| Heinrich D'Arrest was involved with the discovery of which planet? | Neptune |
| Traditionally, what are the remaining two suits in a tarot pack after wands and cups? | Swords and coins |
| Which man (7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was the founder of Lego? | Ole Kirk Christiansen |
| Which Swedish warship was salvaged in 1961, from Stockholm harbour, some 333 years after sinking? | Vasa |
| Which man (1852-1919) made his fortune as the operator of variety stores known as "Five-and-Dimes" (5- and 10-cent stores) or dimestores, which featured a low-priced selection of merchandise? | Frank Woolworth |
| The jonquil, Pheasant's Eyes and Angel's Tears are varieties of which flower? | Narcissus |
| What is the young of a squirrel called? | Kit(ten) |
| The trophy awarded annually to the winner's of the NBA finals is named for which former NBA commissioner? | Larry O'Brien |
| Which French catholic priest - and hero of the Resistance - founded the Emmaus movement in 1949, with the goal of helping refugees, the poor, and the homeless? | Abbé Pierre |
| The MiG 21 is the best-selling jet fighter of all time, created by the MiG design bureau in 1956. The letter 'M' stood for which Armenian aircraft designer, after whom the bureau would be solely renamed in 1976? | (Artem) Mikoyan |
| The largest true freshwater fish ever caught in Europe was an individual of which species (Silurus glanis)? One of the world's most prominent Loch Ness Monster hunters has recently concluded that Nessie is simply a large specimen of this fish. | Wels catfish (or sheatfish) |
| Which scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2011 despite having died three days earlier, making him only the third person (after Erik Axel Karlfeldt and Dag Hammarskjöld) to have won a posthumous Nobel Prize? | Ralph Steinman |
| In 1849, which US President, following his experience while working on river boats whilst young, patented an idea to create inflatable buoyant chambers to float boats clear of obstacles, thus becoming the first president to hold a patent as an inventor? | Abraham Lincoln |
| Which musical was adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline? | Carousel |
| What name is given to a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African coast and into the Atlantic Ocean? | Caravel |
| Which English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occult philosopher and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I was also an advocate of England's imperial expansion into a "British Empire", a term he is generally credited with coining? | John Dee |
| Which group of amphibians, typically characterised by a lizard-like appearance, are grouped together under the scientific name Urodela? | Salamanders |
| Inspiring an American TV series written by Stephen King, which 1994 Danish television miniseries - created by Lars von Trier - follows a number of characters as they encounter bizarre phenomena in the neurological ward of a Copenhagen hospital? | The Kingdom (or Riget) |
| Summer of 1915 is the subtitle of which work for voice and orchestra by Samuel Barber? The piece is named for the city in Tennessee in which the Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Agee (on whose work the music was based) was born. | Knoxville |
| In the Ptolemeic model of the universe, what name was given to mathematical concepts used to explain the observed speed change in planetary orbit during different stages of the orbit, points of rotation off-centred from the supposedly central Earth? | Equant Points |
| The best-known of the Nag Hammadi texts is almost certainly a gospel consisting of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus. This gospel is named for which of the Twelve Apostles who, according to the text's introduction, authored it? | St. Thomas the Apostle |
| Gauguin's 1889 painting The Yellow Christ is often cited as the quintessential work of which style of post-impressionist painting in which bold, flat forms are separated by dark contours? The term was coined by critic Edouard Dujardin. | Cloisonnism |
| Nicolaus Copernicus wrote his epochal work, "De revolutionibus orbium cœlestium" in which Polish town where he worked as a canon? | Frombork |
| In which year was Giordano Bruno burned at the stake for heresy? | 1600 |
| The first published discussion of the Copernican system of the universe appeared in which man's book "Prognostication Everlasting", of 1576? | Thomas Digges |
| In which 1984 BBC sitcom did Ronnie Barker play a Welsh photographer? | The Magnificent Evans |
| In which 1988 BBC sitcom did Ronnie Barker play a short-sighted removals man? | Clarence |
| Who won the men's 100m at the 2000 Olympics? | Maurice Greene |
| Which US athlete won the men's 100m at the 2004 Olympics? | Justin Gatlin |
| Neil Flynn played the janitor in which US TV comedy series? | Scrubs |
| In a 2017 animated film of that name, what animal is "Ferdinand"? | Bull |
| "How To Eat" was the 1998 debut cookbook of which woman? | Nigella Lawson |
| In "The Lord of the Rings" what species of character was Déagol? | Hobbit |
| "Va Va Voom" was a 2012 hit single for which US artist? | Nicki Minaj |
| What pre-decimal coin was known as a "bob"? | Shilling |
| Michael Fassbender married which actress in 2017? | Alicia Vikander |
| A bonspiel is a tournament in which sport? | Curling |
| Which 1948 film follows the story of a poor father searching post-World War II Rome for a stolen item, without which he will lose the job which was to be the salvation of his young family? | The Bicycle Thieves |
| Which 1946 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica, sometimes regarded as his first major work, follows two boys who get into trouble with the police after trying to find the money to buy a horse? | Shoeshine (Sciuscià) |
| Italian director Vittorio De Sica was nominated for the 1957 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for playing Major Rinaldi in American director Charles Vidor's 1957 adaptation of which novel? | A Farewell To Arms |
| The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a 1970 Italian film, directed by Vittorio de Sica, based upon whose novel? | Giorgio Bassani |
| Which 1960 Italian film directed by Luchino Visconti was inspired by an episode from the novel Il ponte della Ghisolfa by Giovanni Testori? | Rocco and His Brothers |
| Who is the first person mentioned in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"? | Jacob Marley |
| Who had a UK hit in 2018 with "Supermarket Flowers"? | Ed Sheeran |
| Which Italian 1943 film is based on the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain? | Ossessione/Obsession |
| Which 1976 Italian epic historical drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci featured an international ensemble cast including Robert De Niro and Gérard Depardieu and chronicles the lives and friendship of the two men in the early 20th century? | 1900 |
| Which 1996 drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci about a nineteen-year-old American woman who travels to a lush Tuscan villa near Siena to stay with family friends of her poet mother, who recently died? | Stealing Beauty |
| In Greek myth, who was the mother of Persephone? | Demeter |
| The Battle of the Boyne was fought in which modern-day Irish county? | County Meath |
| Which Greek God: in Ovid, the son of Sleep, who appears in dreams in human form, but from the medieval period, his name began to stand more generally for the god of dreams? | Morpheus |
| Who was the father of Persephone in Greek myth? | Zeus |
| What name is given to the three substances that are present in a person's body according to Ayurveda? | Dosha |
| A successor to Aristotle, who wrote , "Enquiry into Plants" (Historia Plantarum) and "On the Causes of Plants"? | Theophrastus |
| Amorgos, Anafi, Andros, Antiparos, Delos, Ios, Kea, Kimolos, Kythnos, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Folegandros, Serifos, Sifnos, Sikinos, Syros, Tinos, and Thira or Santoríni belong to which group of islands? | Cyclades |
| Whose "De Materia Medica" was the defining work of pharmacology in the medieval period? | Dioscorides |
| In which town or city was the Prophet Muhammad born? | Mecca |
| Which Muslim-Kurdish dynasty, centred in Egypt, was founded by Saladin? | Ayyubid dynasty |
| What was the only grand opera written by Arthur Sullivan? | Ivanhoe |
| Champagne is mainly made using Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and which other grape type? | Chardonnay |
| Which type of cocktail is named after the man born Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin? | Molotov |
| Which herb has the Latin name Salvia officinalis? | Sage |
| Which type of tableware, commonly used in medieval cuisine was originally a flat round of bread used as a plate, upon which the food could be placed to eat? A circular wooden board is nowadays given the same name. | Trencher |
| What was the only Beatles Number 1 single to feature Ringo Starr on lead vocal? | Yellow Submarine |
| Which guitarist who died in 2009 gave his name to a groundbreaking electric guitar which he helped to invent? He is the only person to be included in both the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the National Inventors Hall of Fame. | Les Paul |
| What was the name of John the Baptist's mother, the wife of Zacharias? | Elizabeth |
| In the Indian and Hindu flood myth, what was the name of the only survivor of the Great Flood - after he was warned of the flood by the Matsya (fish) avatar of Vishnu? | Manu |
| Arjuna is the main central character & super hero of which ancient Indian epic? | Mahabharata |
| Which Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1240–56 & 1258-1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) & Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–63) enjoyed military victories over German & Swedish invaders while agreeing to pay tribute to the Golden Horde? | Alexander Nevsky |
| Following defeat in the Battle of Manzikert, who became the first Byzantine Emperor to become the prisoner of a Muslim commander? | Romanos IV Diogenes/Romanos Diogenes |
| At which ecclesiastical council did Pope Urban II's speech lead to the First Crusade? | Council of Clermont |
| Which national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late-Heian period of Japan led to the downfall of the Taira and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1192? | Genpei War |
| James Edward Keeler (1857-1900) achieved fame in which of the sciences? | Astronomy |
| The Clarendon Building is part of which British university? | Oxford |
| Which 18th century writer said "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money"? | Samuel Johnson |
| Who is the hunter hero of the literary "Zulu" trilogy "Marie" (1912), "Child of Storm" (1913) and "Finished" (1917)? | Allan Quatermain (in H Rider Haggard's novels) |
| Which Japanese author wrote "The Life Changing Magic of Tidying" in 2011? | Marie Kondo |
| "The Overloaded Ark" (1953) was which naturalist's first book? | Gerald Durrell |
| How is the singer-songwriter Michael David Rosenberg (born 17 May 1984) better known? | Passenger |
| The first recipe for what was invented and developed by Frederick Gibson Garton, a grocer from Nottingham in 1899? | HP Sauce |
| Who lost his WBA featherweight title to Steve Cruz in June 1986? | Barry McGuigan |
| What is the most northerly city to have hosted a summer Olympic Games? | Helsinki (1952) |
| Marie Antoinette was the 15th child of which Holy Roman Emperor? | Francis I |
| Which organisation was founded in 1930 as the female equivalent of the Hitler Youth? | Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM/League of German Girls) |
| Which Earl of Essex was beheaded on Tower Hill on July 28th 1540? | Thomas Cromwell |
| The Year of the Five Emperors (193CE) ended with which Roman Emperor in power? | Septimius Severus |
| Which Roman usurper was proclaimed emperor by the legions in Britain and Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal) after the murder of Pertinax in 193 (known as the "Year of the Five Emperors")? | Clodius Albinus |
| The Mayaguez incident was the last official battle of which war? | Vietnam War |
| The building Q1, the tallest in Australia, is in which city? | Surfer's Paradise |
| Myanmar suddenly moved their capital from Yangon to where in 2006? | Naypyidaw |
| Which part of the day is poetically called, in France, "entre chien et loup"? | Dusk/twilight |
| On which major river does the city of Nantes stand? | Loire |
| Which is the largest lake by surface area in the world to be located entirely in one country? | Lake Michigan |
| What is the official residence of the Mayor of the City of New York? | Gracie Mansion/Archibald Gracie Mansion |
| What is the translation of both Prokletije (Serbian) and Bjeshkët e Nemuna (Albanian), names for a mountain range also called the Albanian Alps? | Accursed Mountains |
| Yellowknife is the capital of which of Canada's administrative divisions? | Northwest Territories |
| Which artist painted the "Ognissanti Madonna"? | Giotto |
| Named after a British physicist, what is the SI unit of energy for absorbed dose of radiation? | Gray |
| Who played Tony Soprano's wife Carmela in "The Sopranos"? | Edie Falco |
| Which actress is best known for her performances as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the HBO series The Sopranos, and as Karen Friedman Hill in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress? | Lorraine Bracco |
| Which American actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002 until 2013 co-created "Portlandia" with Carrie Brownstein? | Fred Armisen |
| Which South African-born Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator's directorial debut was "District 9", followed up by 2013's slightly less lauded "Elysium"? | Neill Blomkamp |
| The Order of the White Eagle is the highest civilian honour conferred upon citizens of which country? | Poland |
| Which Irish composer was chief conductor of The Hallé Orchestra from 1920 to 1934? | Hamilton Harty |
| The 1991 novel "Faceless Killers" marked the first appearance of which detective? | Kurt Wallander |
| Which British historian, author and commentator won the 2017 Charlemagne Prize, the first British non-politician to do so? | Timothy Garton Ash |
| By what two word name is the Lammergeier or ossifrage bird(Gypaetus barbatus) better known? | Bearded vulture |
| A lithophyte is a plant that grows where? | Bare rock or stone |
| The football Cairo derby takes place between two of the most successful teams in Africa - Al Ahly are one; who are the other? | Zamalek |
| Which 1943 Luchino Visconti film was banned in the USA until 1976 because the story was lifted from James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice and Cain refused to allow its screening in the US while he was alive? | Obsessione |
| Which 1960 Luchino Visconti film starring Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, and Claudia Cardinale tells the story of an immigrant family from the South and its disintegration in the society of the industrial North? | Rocco and His Brothers |
| Ciconia ciconia is the Latin name for which large bird? | White stork |
| The city of Konya is the headquarters of the Mevlevi Order, whose famous Sema ceremony has given its members the nickname of 'Whirling Dervishes'. With a population of just under 1.2 million, Konya is the seventh largest city in which country? | Turkey |
| What is the busiest station on the Paris Metro? | Gare du Nord |
| Designed by Italian architects Manfredi and Luca Nicoletti, which former Soviet repucblic's 3500 seater concert hall was opened in 2009? | Kazakhstan |
| Enyimba International F.C. was the first football club from which country to win the African Champions League, doing so in 2003 and 2004? | Nigeria |
| An Aurelian is a term for people interested in which creatures? | Butterflies |
| The "radiant baby" was a trademark of which US street artist (1958-90)? | Keith Haring |
| Which Ancient Egyptian physician (b. 2,700 BC) - whose image can be seen on a tomb in the necropolis near the step pyramid of Saqqara - is notable for being the first woman known by name in the history of medicine, possibly of science as a whole? | Merit-Ptah |
| How many points (intersections on which stones can be placed) are there on a standard go board? | 361 |
| What name is given in the game of Go to points added to the score of the player with the white stones as compensation for playing second? | Komi |
| Nirmala Joshi, who died in 2015, was best-known for having succeeded which famous person in 1997? | Mother Teresa |
| Living primarily on Honshu, which even-toed ungulate (Capricornis crispus) is widely seen as a national symbol of Japan? | Japanese serew |
| In 1950, which nation's flag was the first to be flown from the peak of Annapurna, the first of the world's 8000m peaks to be climbed? | France (Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal) |
| Who became President of Rwanda in 2000, although he was considered Rwanda's de facto leader when he served as Vice President and Minister of Defence from 1994 to 2000? He has thus been in power for over 25 years. | Paul Kagame |
| According to legend, King Arthur killed a giant here, with the giant's body following onto this Neolithic chambered tomb. Located between the villages of Dorstone and Bredwardine, in which English county is this particular "Arthur's Stone"? | Herefordshire |
| Between 1969 and his death in 1974, who was President of the French Republic? | Georges Pompidou |
| It was a metal lifesized replica of an animal. The condemned was locked inside it, and a fire lit, until he was roasted to death, his screams transformed - by way of a series of pipes - into the sound of the animal. Which execution device? | Brazen bull |
| Explorer 1, the USA's first satellite was also the first spacecraft to detect which zones of energetic charged particles around Earth? | Van Allen Belts |
| Musically what links Arabella, Elektra, Daphne and Salome? | Richard Strauss operas |
| Which Englishman wrote "The Mathematical Analysis of Logic" (1847)? | George Boole |
| Which US company was founded on March 26, 2007 by James Park (CEO) and Eric Friedman (CTO)? | Fitbit |
| As of 2019, which athletics world record was held by Kevin Young of the USA, set in 1992? | Men's 400m hurdles |
| St Thomas, Oleo, Doxy and Airegin are compositions by which US jazz saxophonist? | Sonny Rollins |
| The sole member of the genus Aepyceros, which antelope was first described to European audiences by German zoologist Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1812? It takes its name from the Tswala for "red antelope". | Impala |
| Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite is the real name of which former footballer? | Kaka |
| In 1930, which England player became the oldest man to play Test cricket? | Wilfred Rhodes |
| Which British politician was the only man to have won an Olympic medal and a Nobel Prize? | Philip Noel-Baker |
| Bible translator Miles Coverdale was the Bishop of which city from 1551 to 1553? | Exeter |
| Born Vincenzo Pecci, who was the oldest Pope, as he reigned until age 93? | Leo XIII (papacy 1878 to 1903) |
| Who is the patron saint of the Order of the Garter? | St George |
| The Pummerin is a large bell in which major European cathedral? | Stephansdom, Vienna |
| Which is the only group of the periodic table which contains elements which are solid, liquid, and gas at room temperature? | Halogens |
| Which mountain in Henan, China, is home to the Shaolin Temple? | Mount Song |
| The Greendale Community College featured in which US TV series that aired from 2009 to 2015? | Community |
| Named from the Sanskrit for "divine town script" what is the name of the alphabet used for Hindi? | Devanagari |
| In 1733, who succeeded Daniel Bernoulli to the chair of mathematics at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences? | Leonhard Euler |
| Which black raspberry liqueur is named for the largest chateau in the Loire valley? | Chambord |
| Which tennis player founded the fashion label Aneres? | Serena Williams |
| Worn by Hindu men, what name is given to the loincloth that is a rectangular piece of unstitched cloth, usually around 4.5 metres (15 ft) long, wrapped around the waist and the legs and knotted at the waist? | Dhoti |
| Which English model married the US actor Giovanni Ribisi in June 2012, divorcing him in 2015? | Agyness Deyn |
| Which Italian fashion designer (1890-1973) created the "Cocteau" evening jacket? | Elsa Schiaparelli |
| Which US jazz bassist wrote "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady" (1963)? | Charles Mingus |
| Kingscote, Horsted Keynes and Sheffield Park are stops on which railway line? | Bluebell Railway Line, Sussex |
| The radio comedy "The Navy Lark" centred on which fictional frigate? | HMS Troutbridge |
| Which device gives the Punch puppet its trademark vote? | Swazzle |
| In a 1915 novel, who is accused of the Portland Place murder? | Richard Hannay in "The Thirty Nine Steps" |
| Who married Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield in 1996? | David Cameron |
| Which French fashion designer and businessman (1821-92) was once trunk-maker to Empress Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III? | Louis Vuitton |
| Alexander MacRae founded which Australian brand in 1914? | Speedo |
| In 1986, the Ukrainian-born athlete Yuriy Sedykh set the world record in which field event? As of 2019, it still stood. | Men's Hammer Throw |
| A gaelic football team features how many players? | 15 |
| Which sad clown, pining for love of Columbine, who usually breaks his heart and leaves him for Harlequin, is a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'art? | Pierrot |
| First studied by Étienne Pascal, father of Blaise, what name, derived from the Latin for ‘snail’, is given to a roulette formed when a circle rolls around the outside of a circle of equal radius? | Limaçon |
| Made with ground pork, paprika, and salt and spices, sobrassada is a raw, cured sausage originating in which island group? | Balearic Islands |
| With a streak of 23 knockouts that spanned from 2008 to 2017, he holds the highest knockout-to-win percentage – 87.2% – in middleweight championship history - which boxer? | Gennady Golovkin |
| The most famous game of the historic form of football, calcio, is played each June in the Piazza Santa Croce in which Italian city? | Florence |
| The French-born Argentine singer-songwriter and tango legend Carlos Gardel died in a plane crash in which country in 1935? | Colombia |
| The leading power in Rome following the death of Gaius Marius, who was the father-in-law of Julius Caesar who served as four-time consul of the Roman Republic between 87 BC and his death in 84 BC? | Luicius Cornelius Cinna |
| Sharing its name with a well-known composer - but actually named for an American meteorologist - which widely used system uses satellite images to estimate tropical cyclone intensity? | Dvorak Technique |
| In 2015, which American Thoroughbred racehorse became the first winner of the American Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978? | American Pharoah (sic) |
| Deriving from the Latin for 'branch', what is the name of the perpendicular portion of the human mandible? | Ramus |
| Napoleon's first wife Joséphine had previously been married to which French general guillotined during the Reign of Terror in 1794? | Alexandre de Beauharnais |
| A speciality of Goa, there are two types of this spirit, flavoured with cashew apples and coconut respectively. Which spirit takes its name from the Sanskrit word for 'froth'? | Feni |
| The scene in which David Holm wakes up at midnight only to find himself looking upon his own corpse is one of the most imitated scenes in cinema history. Which 1921 Victor Sjöström film adapted from the Selma Lagerlöf novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!? | The Phantom Carriage or Körkarlen |
| In Homer's Odyssey, eleven of Odysseus's twelve ships were destroyed by which tribe of giant cannibals? | Laestrygonians |
| Her character, story, and depiction in art is often observed to be noticeably similar to that of the Virgin Mary in Christianity. Which goddess of mercy is almost certainly the most important female in the Buddhist tradition? | Guanyin (or Kwan Yin or Quan Yin) |
| The terrifying Evil Otto was the principal baddie in which video arcade game released in 1980? A 1982 sequel, entitled Frenzy, also featured the character. | Bezerk |
| The only person ever to win medals in a single event in six consecutive Winter Olympics (1994-2014), which Italian luger was nicknamed Il Cannibale (The Cannibal)? | Armin Zöggeler |
| In which French cathedral were over thirty Kings of France crowned? | Reims Cathedral |
| Frustrated at not being able to take good photos of his surfing trip to Australia, Nick Woodman founded which company in 2002? | GoPro |
| Which YouTube channel is known by the acronym BLR - it dubs over voices and songs and at major events to comic effect? | Bad Lip Reading |
| Which form of textile is produced using knotting (rather than weaving or knitting) techniques | Macramé |
| What does the handicraft term crochet mean in French, the language from which its name is derived? | Small hook |
| What day of the week was the 29th October 1929, the date of the biggest event of the Wall Street Crash? | Tuesday (it is known as Black Tuesday) |
| Using a compass as its symbol, what is the default web browser on Apple devices? | Safari |
| Which film's publicity still showed the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe's skirt being blown by a grate? | The Seven Year Itch |
| Versace's logo features which mythological being? | Medusa |
| Which star sign's dates correspond roughly to Feb 19 - Mar 20? | Pisces |
| Which star sign's dates correspond roughly to Mar 21 - Apr 19? | Aries |
| Which star sign's dates correspond roughly to May 21 - Jun 21? | Gemini |
| Which star sign's dates correspond roughly to Jun 21- Jul 22? | Cancer |
| Which star sign's dates correspond roughly to Sep 23 - Oct 22? | Libra |
| Which live video streaming app for Android and iOS was developed by Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein and acquired by Twitter before launch in 2015? | Periscope |
| Nicknamed 'Smiling Albert', which German Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall was, as Commander-in-Chief South, the overall German commander in the Mediterranean theatre during World War II? | Albert Kesselring |
| In 2010 John Lithgow won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for playing the antagonist Arthur Mitchell - also known as the Trinity Killer - in which drama series? | Dexter |
| Shot in 1888, the Roundhay Garden Scene is the oldest surviving film in existence. It was directed by which Frenchman considered the 'Father of Cinematography'? | Louis Le Prince |
| The 1884 painting by Georges Seurat "Bathers At..." shows a group of bathers in which Parisian suburb? | Asnières |
| Håkan Hardenberger (born 1961) is best known for playing which instrument? | Trumpet |
| Which band, formed in 1975, took their name from a gang in Woody Guthrie's "Bound for Glory"? | The Boomtown Rats |
| Jascha Heifetz is considered by some to be one of the greatest players of which instrument of all time? | Violin |
| Which spirit replaces the vodka of a Bloody Mary to make a Bloody Maria? | Tequila |
| Which UK number 1 single contains the following lyrics: "We've Been Broken Down To The Lowest Turn, Being On The Bottom Slide Ain't No Fun"? | The Only Way Is Up (by Yazz and the Plastic Population) |
| The musical instruction "rallentando" tells a player to do what? | (Gradually) Slow Down |
| A sidecar cocktail features a liqueur of which flavour? | Orange |
| Kir is a popular French cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) topped up with what? | White wine |
| "Gardener's Delight" and "Moneymaker" are varieties of which edible plant? | Tomato |
| "Amsterdam Forcing" and "Autumn King" are varieties of which vegetable? | Carrots |
| Which American rapper, producer, screenwriter, film director, and activist, the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club, released the film "Sorry To Bother You" in 2018? | Boots Riley |
| Primarily housing Austrian art, which palace complex in Vienna - designed by the famous baroque architect Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt in the early 18th century - houses Austria's most visited museum/gallery? | Belvedere Palace |
| An omelette incorporating smoked haddock, Parmesan cheese and cream, created at the Savoy hotel, is named after which author? | Arnold Bennett (Omelette Arnold Bennett) |
| Jean Des Esseintes is the hero of which 1884 novel? | À rebours (by Joris-Karl Huysmans) |
| Which King of Olympia in Greek myth was famously tricked into eating his own sons, his story being used by Seneca in a play that became the originals for the revenge tragedy genre? | Thyestes |
| Who played Wallander from 2005-13 in the Swedish TV series? | Krister Henriksson |
| Who presented the BBC TV series Tropic of Cancer, Equator and Tropic of Capricorn? | Simon Reeve |
| In which fictional town in Eagle State was "Desperate Housewives" set? | Fairview |
| Which BBC TV series of 2003-15 featured the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) of London's Metropolitan Police Service? | New Tricks |
| Who played Christopher Foyle in ITV series "Foyle's War" from 2002-15? | Michael Kitchen |
| Who played Elizabeth I in the 1937 film "Fire Over England"? | Flora Robson |
| Which actor played both a Bond ally and villain, playing Henderson in You Only Live Twice and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever? | Charles Gray |
| Which British northern comedian, born in Leigh in 1921, used the catchphrases "Allo, I won't take me coat off - I'm not stoppin'!" and "daft as a brush"? | Ken Platt |
| The phrase "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and ... blow ..." appears in which film? | To Have and Have Not |
| Although forbidden by the Communist regime until the 1980s, chalga is a folk-inspired dance music genre that is increasingly popular in which European country? | Bulgaria |
| Heavily influenced by Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, it has been a U.S. National Historic Landmark since 1997. The Glass House was built in Connecticut in 1949 by which prominent architect as his own personal residence? | Philip Johnson |
| When she won the inaugural women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which Moroccan athlete became the first female Muslim born on the continent of Africa to become an Olympic champion? | Nawal El Moutawakel |
| The Watchtower, published by Jehovah's Witnesses, is famously the magazine with the world's highest circulation (52.9 million). But which other magazine, also published by Jehovah's Witnesses, comes second in that list (51.8 million)? | Awake! |
| What is the currency of Uzbekistan? | Som |
| There are two main trainlines across Russia - one is the Trans-Siberian Express, the other is the BAM. What does BAM stand for? | Baikal-Amur Mainline |
| "Bryter Later" is a 1971 album by who? | Nick Drake |
| Which common term applies to a sky with rows of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds displaying an undulating, rippling pattern? | Mackerel Sky |
| How are the four species in the genus ptiloris better known, due to their likeness to the uniform of soldiers? | Riflebirds |
| An equivalent of the Hitler Youth, which Italian fascist organisation functioned as an addition to the school education of Italian youths between 1926 and 1937? | Opera Nazionale Balilla or Balilla Boys |
| The most famous example is arguably 1617's "Sight". The Five Senses series was a collaboration between which two Flemish painters? | Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens |
| Kannada and Telugu are among the 22 scheduled languages of which nation? | India |
| Singer Chris Martin and footballer Cliff Bastin were both born in which English city? | Exeter |
| Which US state lies immediately north of Arkansas? | Missouri |
| Which London bridge lies between the Millennium Bridge and the Cannon Street Railway Bridge? | Southwark Bridge |
| Membury, Leigh Delamere and Sarn Park are motorway service stations on which British motorway? | M4 |
| Which US state lies immediately south of Utah? | Arizona |
| The Royal Festival Hall and the London Eye are both located in which London borough? | Lambeth |
| Michaelwood, Gordano and Frankley are motorway service stations on which British motorway? | M5 |
| Kate Winslet and Chris Tarrant were both born in which English town or city? | Reading |
| Which London bridge lies between the Grosvenor Railway and Lambeth bridges? | Vauxhall |
| Buddy Holly's fatal flight crashed in which US state? | Iowa |
| Alphabetically, what is the first station on the London Underground? | Acton Town |
| Alphabetically, what is the last station on the London Underground? | Woodside Park |
| The BT Tower, Kenwood House and London Zoo are all in which London borough? | Camden |
| In 2010 Ali G and Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen married which Omani-born Australian-British actress best known for her role as Shannon Reed in the popular Australian soap opera Home and Away? | Isla Fisher |
| Who was the creator of the Doonesbury cartoon strip? | Garry Trudeau |
| Which enslaved African American man in the United States unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in a famous 1857 case that came to be named after him? | Dred Scott |
| This word - literally meaning ‘martial hero’ - is now used to describe films, comics, and video games. Which genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists was introduced to Hollywood in 2000 by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? | Wuxia |
| Which Dutch painter, born 1622, died young, caught in the explosion of the Delft gunpowder magazine on October 12, 1654, which destroyed a quarter of the city, along with his studio and many of his paintings? | Carel Fabritius |
| What name is given to the short traditional ceremonial/decorative single-edged sword of Sri Lanka that is held by a lion on the country's flag? | Kastane |
| When George HW Bush won the US Presidency after the 1988 election, he became the first sitting vice president to be elected president since who in 1836? | Martin Van Buren |
| Separated from the Andaman Islands by the brilliantly named Coco Channel, the Coco Islands - although allegedly leased to China since 1994 - belong to which country? | Myanmar |
| What collective name, for the Portuguese navigator who first visited them in the early sixteenth century, is given to the island group consisting of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodrigues that forms a distinct ecoregion with a unique flora and fauna? | Mascarene Islands |
| Which village serves as the capital of the island of Rodrigues, a dependency of Mauritius? | Port Mathurin |
| Who achieved national recognition at the age of 21 while still an undergraduate at Yale University, when her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. was chosen in a national competition? | Maya Lin |
| How many gigabytes are in an Exabyte? | One Billion |
| Which foodstuff comes from Triticum aestivum? | (Common) Wheat |
| The logo of Yamaha consists of three interlocking what? | Tuning Forks |
| Which product, developed by inventor Robert Frank Borkenstein., was registered as a trademark on May 13, 1954? | Breathalyser |
| How is dinkel wheat or hulled wheat more commonly known? | Spelt |
| First produced in 1704, which models of planets were named after Charles Boyle? | Orrery (he was 4th Earl of Orrery) |
| Which breed of horse was developed in a region in County Galway in western Ireland and is named after it? | Connemara |
| Clement Wragge started the trend of naming what between 1887 and 1902? | Cyclones/hurricanes etc |
| Remembered in the shipping forecast, who was the captain of HMS Beagle? | Robert Fitzroy |
| In 1802-03, what meteorological phenomenon were classified by Luke Howard? | Clouds |
| Which organisation's name is sometimes abbreviated to U3A? | University of the Third Age |
| What are the three species of wagtail native to the UK? | Pied, grey, yellow |
| Which meteor shower, visible in the UK, usually occurs around August 12th? | Perseids |
| Which is the only bird that is endemic to the British Isles (ie Great Britain and Ireland)? | Red grouse |
| Which word can refer to a female viceroy, or the wife of one? | Vicereine |
| Which UK city shares its name with the forename of the 21st President of the USA? | Chester (Chester Arthur) |
| Augustus, the Bold and the Fair were nicknames for French kings who shared which name? | Philip |
| Near which town was the Battle of the Thames fought in 1813? | Chatham, Ontario |
| What is the real name of the U2 guitarist "The Edge"? | David Evans |
| Which is the largest county in Ireland? | Cork |
| In two athletics events, women throw an object weighing 4kg - which two? | Hammer Throw and Shot Put |
| 1956's "The Harder They Fall" was which noted actor's last film? | Humphrey Bogart |
| The Lost World, published in 1912, was the first Conan Doyle novel to feature Professor George Challenger. What was the second? | The Poison Belt |
| Who is the only UK Labour Prime Minister to win four General Elections? | Harold Wilson |
| Which fruit is also called the alligator pear? | Avocado |
| The Eddystone Lighthouse lies 14 miles off the coast from which port city? | Plymouth |
| What was the only novel written by Oscar Wilde? | The Picture of Dorian Grey |
| Gertrude Jekyll ( 29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was noted designer of, and authority on, what? | Gardens |
| In nursery rhymes, if Polly put the kettle on, who took it off again? | Sukey |
| In the 1994 film "Speed" the bus would explode if it travelled at less than what speed? | 50mph |
| Which poet is buried in St Michael's Churchyard, East Coker, Somerset? | TS Eliot |
| In geological time, which period comes between the Eocene and Miocene? | Oligocene |
| The Dutch War of Independence is also known as the "_____ Years War". What number replaces the blank? | Eighty |
| In which city was Omar Sharif born Michel Dimitri Chalhoub in 1932? | Alexandria |
| Whose book "Baby and Child Care" (1946) is one of the best-selling volumes in history? | Benjamin Spock |
| Arthur Conan Doyle was born in which city? | Edinburgh |
| Which English composer wrote "A Colour Symphony" in 1921-22? | Arthur Bliss |
| First awarded in 1976, what is the national film award of France? | César Award |
| In a well-known musical where is it that "the wind comes sweepin' down the plain"? | Oklahoma |
| UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld was killed in a plane crash in 1961 in the city of Ndola in which African country? | Zambia |
| Between 1981 and 1994, who won 10 Art Ross Trophies for points leader over one season in an NHL? | Wayne Gretzky |
| From 1946 to 1980, who played twenty-six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), and was nicknamed "Mr. Hockey", often considered the most complete player to ever play the game and one of the greatest of all time? He won 6 Art Ross trophies. | Gordie Howe |
| Which Canadian NHL player won the Art Ross Memorial Trophy in 2016-17 and 2017-18 while playing for the Edmonton Oilers? | Connor McDavid |
| What was the surname of the twin brothers from Sweden who each won the Art Ross Trophy in consecutive years in 2009-10 and 2010-11? | Sedin (Henrik and Daniel) |
| Which company created the iconic game Pacman? | Namco |
| In Greek myth, to where were the Titans banished after losing the war against the Olympian Gods? | Tartarus |
| Which monstrous serpentine giant and one of the most deadly creatures in Greek mythology, was eventually buried under Mt Etna by Zeus? | Typhon |
| Also called Kore, which Greek goddess was also the daughter of Zeus and Demeter? | Persephone |
| Better known as the God of something else, who was the Greek god of horses? | Poseidon |
| Which herb (temisia dracunculus) is an essential component of Béarnaise Sauce? | Tarragon |
| Who was the Greek cup-bearer to the Gods? | Hebe |
| Sacha is a diminutive of which Russian name? | Alexander |
| Paco is a diminutive of which Spanish boys' name? | Francisco |
| What does CCD stand for in electronics and digital imaging? | Charge-coupled device |
| In Scotland, Campanula rotundifolia is called a bluebell. What is it called in England? | Bluebell |
| How is the flower Dianthus barbatus better known? There is a myth that the Scots refer to it as "Stinking Billy" - they don't. | Sweet William |
| Harp, fan and star are three of the main classes of which type of bridge? | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Other than in Africa, in which country are lions found in the wild? | India |
| Who appeared with James Watt on the £50 note first issued in 2011? | Matthew Boulton |
| Who replaced Adam Smith on the polymer £20 note issued in 2020? | JMW Turner |
| Who played Alec Trevelyan in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995)? | Sean Bean |
| Which English film producer was the grandfather of Daniel Day-Lewis? | Michael Balcon |
| The first iteration of the Ku Klux Klan was founded in which state in 1865? | Tennessee |
| As of 2019, what is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom? | London Eye |
| Weald is an old English name for which geographical feature? | Forest |
| In UK shipping forecasts, which area is always first named? | Viking |
| Which Shipping Forecast area covers the Orkneys and Shetlands? | Fair Isle |
| Which mountain in the USA is named after British diplomat Alleyne FitzHerbert (1753-1839)? | Mount St Helens (he was 1st Baron St Helens) |
| Bimbo is the second largest city in which country? | Central African Republic |
| What is Japan's third largest island? | Kyushu |
| What name is given to the non-alcoholic cocktail that is orange juice and bitter lemon or lemonade? | St Clements |
| Which judge led the enquiry into the Profumo affair and published his report in 1963? He later made controversial remarks about the Birmingham Six and black jurors. | Lord Denning |
| Whose last reported words were "I think I could eat one of Bellamy's meat pies"? | William Pitt the Younger |
| Which early (1958-59) Gerry Anderson series depicted adventures of the eponymous boy doll, who had a battery inside him and a lamp in his head, and his master Mr Bumbledrop? | Torchy the Battery Boy |
| What was the name of Andy Pandy's rag doll friend in the children's TV series "Andy Pandy"? | Looby Loo |
| Who designed both the Morris Minor and the original Mini? | Alec Issigonis |
| Who composed a "Fantasia on Greensleeves" in 1934? | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Who succeeded his father, Moshoeshoe II, as King of Lesotho when the latter was forced into exile in 1990? | Letsie III |
| Who appeared on the reverse of the £5 note introduced in 2002 to replace George Stephenson? | Elizabeth Fry |
| Which skater, a three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in Ladies' Singles and a ten-time World Champion (1927–1936) starred in a series of box-office hits, including Thin Ice (1937), My Lucky Star (1938) and Sun Valley Serenade (1941)? | Sonja Henie |
| Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) made his fortune in which industry? | Steel |
| In which city were most French kings crowned? Its primary river, the Vesle, is a tributary of the Aisne. | Reims |
| Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse all died at what age? | 27 |
| Odette, Siegfried, Odile and Von Rothbart are the protagonists of which world famous Tchaikovsky ballet? | Swan Lake |
| Who directed Noah, The Wrestler and the controversial mother!? | Darren Aronofsky |
| Whose 1927 novel "Oil!" served as loose inspiration for the 2007 film "There Will Be Blood"? | Upton Sinclair |
| Whose 2004 biography "Alexander Hamilton" inspired the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical "Hamilton"? | Ron Chernow |
| "The Pez Dispenser" and "The Soup Nazi" were famous episodes of which US sitcom that ran from 1989 to 1998? | Seinfeld |
| The PATSY awards were the equivalent of the Oscars until 1986 (when they were discontinued due to lack of funding) for which select group of performers? | Animals |
| What is the capital and largest city of Abkhazia? | Sukhumi |
| Ambazonia is the self-declared independent Anglophone part of which country? | Cameroon |
| By what two word name is the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic better known in the UK? | Western Sahara |
| Complete the title of Soviet film-maker Dziga Vertov's 1929 magnum opus: "Man With A..."? | Movie Camera |
| In cinematography, what is the name of camera shot that produces a viewpoint akin to tilting one's head to the side? | Dutch angle |
| What does the JM stand for in the name of JM Coetzee? | John Maxwell |
| Who played Louie de Palma in "Taxi"and Frank Reynolds in "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia"? | Danny DeVito |
| Based on an 1887 Victorien Sardou play, which opera features the characters Mario Cavaradossi and Baron Scarpia? | Tosca |
| Whose acting career great momentum after an Oscar-nominated as Tom Joad in John Ford's 1940 film adaptation of Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath"? | Henry Fonda |
| Which US show (2007-14) follows New Yorker Hank Moody (David Duchovny), a troubled novelist who moves to California and suffers from writer's block? | Californication |
| His birthplace, which city gives its name to a trilogy of author Gunter Grass's most famous works? | Danzig |
| What is the full name of the chemical element with the symbol Sm? | Samarium |
| Which architect designed Coventry Cathedral? | Basil Spence |
| Which town of approximately 30,000 about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe is famed for its porcelain? | Meissen |
| Champlevé, cloisonné, basse-taille and Plique-à-jour are methods of what? | Enamelling |
| Who painted the 15th century "Adoration of the Mystic Lamb"? | Van Eyck Brothers (Jan and Hubert; it is the Ghent altarpiece) |
| What is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf and other decorative elements? | Decoupage |
| Written by William Fox Talbot, what was the name of the book published in six instalments between 1844 and 1846, was the "first photographically illustrated book to be commercially published"? | The Pencil of Nature |
| Hokusai's most famous work is known as "The Great Wave Off..." which city, now known as Yokohama? | Kanagawa |
| Who wrote the poem "The Georgics", published in 29BCE? | Virgil |
| Étienne Lantier is the main character in which novel of 1885? | Germinal |
| Which team of 1869 were baseball's first openly all-professional team, with ten salaried players? | Cincinnati Red Stockings |
| How many players make up a water polo team? | Seven |
| By winning the 2016 World Series, which MLB team ended a record 108 year World Series drought? | Chicago Cubs |
| Which MLB team has won, by far, the most World Series? | New York Yankees |
| Doing so in 2006, who became the second MLB team to have won 10 or more World Series? | St Louis Cardinals |
| Who are the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) who govern water polo? | FINA (same one as swimming) |
| The First Baths Master of the Arlington Baths Club in Glasgow, which Scotsman is credited with developing water polo's rules? | William Wilson |
| In Olympic water polo, games are divided into four periods of how many minutes each? | Eight |
| Which nation won men's gold at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics in water polo? | Hungary |
| Which Spanish former water polo player born in Manresa in 1961 and later a member of Pep Guardiola’s technical staff at Manchester City FC is considered one of water polo's greatest ever players? | Manuel Estiarte |
| Which is the most southerly of the Ivy League universities? | University of Pennsylvania |
| Which English county shares its name with the largest uninhabited island on Earth? | Devon Island |
| Part of the Republic of Kiribati, which island has the greatest land area of any coral atoll in the world, about 388 square kilometres? | Kiritimati |
| Which is the biggest town or city to stand on England's River Soar? | Leicester |
| Helena is the capital of which US state? | Montana |
| Derived from the Spanish for to halt or stay, what name is given in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries to a kind of luxury hotel, usually located in a converted historic building such as a monastery or castle? | Parador |
| In which body of water are the Belcher Islands located? | Hudson Bay |
| Which term originates from the chiselled horizontal marks that surveyors made in stone structures, into which an angle-iron could be placed for a levelling rod, thus ensuring that a levelling rod could be accurately put in the same place in the future? | Benchmark |
| In which month is Martin Luther King Day in the US? | January (third Monday in) |
| Blenheim Palace lies near which town in Oxfordshire that was the birthplace of Edward, the Black Prince? | Woodstock |
| Which number completes the line from the Tennyson poem: "Theirs not to make reply/Theirs not to reason why/Theirs but to do and die/Into the valley of Death/Rode the..."? | Six hundred |
| "The love that dare not speak its name" is a phrase from the last line of the poem "Two Loves" by who? | Lord Alfred Douglas |
| For how many complete years did Queen Victoria reign? | 63 years |
| Give a year in the life Guillaume Apollinaire. | 1880-1918 |
| What name is given to an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator? They were the first electrical generators capable of delivering power for industry, and the foundation upon which many other later conversion devices were based. | Dynamo |
| The Philistines was the 1901 debut play by who? | Maxim Gorky |
| Which Egyptian-born Canadian director is best known for The Sweet Hereafter (1997) and the erotic thriller Chloe (2009)? | Atom Egoyan |
| The 2013 film The Last of Robin Hood is a biographical film starring Kevin Kline as which Hollywood legend during his final years? | Errol Flynn |
| Based on Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s Spanish-language play El cisma en Inglaterra (The schism in England), Camille Saint-Saëns wrote an 1883 opera named for, and telling the story of, which English King? | Henry VIII |
| How was writer Aron Ettore Schmitz (19 December 1861 – 13 September 1928) better known? | Italo Sveno |
| Which author died on 29 September 1902 of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by an improperly ventilated chimney? Some years later it emerged an imbittered roofer may have caused the issue deliberately. | Émile Zola |
| In which year did the radical socialist and revolutionary government known as the Paris Commune rule the city for 2 months? | 1871 |
| In which city was the April 12 Purge or April 12 Incident, the violent suppression of Communist Party of China organizations by the military forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and conservative factions in the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party, or KMT)? | Shanghai |
| Crowned in the Palace of Versailles' Hall of Mirrors, who was the first German Emperor from 18 January 1871 to his death, the first Head of State of a united Germany? | Wilhelm I |
| Who was the first elected President of France from 1848 to 1852? | Napoleon III |
| The national symbol of Peru, which sacrificial ceremonial axe, characterized by a semi-circular blade, was used by certain Inca and pre-Inca cultures? | Tumi |
| Picasso’s Guernica depicts the 1937 bombing of the namesake village in which Autonomous Community of Spain? | Basque Country |
| Sharing its name with a famous, fictional sidekick, which traditional Ugandan alcoholic beverage is made from fermented bananas? | Tonto |
| Who was the German nobleman and diplomat who served as Imperial Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as Vice Chancellor under Hitler from 1933 to 1934? | Franz von Papen |
| Published in 1933, Why War? was a pamphlet documenting Albert Einstein’s correspondence about peace and war with which major thinker? | Sigmund Freud |
| In which dormitory suburb of Middlesbrough, then a village, was Captain James Cook born? | Marton |
| Who (1908-99) was the English explorer whose expeditionary team completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica in 1958? | Vivian Fuchs |
| Which British explorer, historian and writer, born 1940, was noted for his work in retracing the legendary journeys of historical figures including Marco Polo (1961), St Brendan (1977), Sindbad (1981) and Jason (1984)? | Tim Severin |
| Its original name, what was the official name of Brighton in 1810? | Brightelmstone |
| The town of Sandy, the home of the RSPB, is in which English county? | Bedfordshire |
| Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge, built in 1850, crosses which body of water? | Menai Straits |
| What is the largest town in the Isle of Anglesey county? | Holyhead |
| What is the capital and largest town on the island of Tobago? | Scarborough |
| What was the pen name of Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, an American journalist who was widely known for her 1889 record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg? | Nellie Bly |
| Alicante is on which of the Spanish "Costas"? | Costa Blanca |
| Red Grant is a villain in which James Bond villain? | From Russia With Love |
| Phil Knight (born February 24, 1938) was founder and chairman of which major company? | Nike, Inc. |
| Michelle O'Neill became leader of which political party in 2017? | Sinn Fein |
| The "Laverock" is an alternative name for which type of bird? | Lark |
| Who wrote the novel "The Midwich Cuckoos"? | John Wyndham |
| In which 2002 film did Kevin McKidd play a British squaddie who is part of a group of soldiers that is attacked by werewolves in the highlands of Scotland? | Dog Soldiers |
| Participants of which activity require gloves, swivels, bills, leashes and hoods as part of their equipment? | Falconry |
| In the engineered wood product, what does the M stand for in 'MDF'? | Medium (Density Fibreboard) |
| Which UK bird has the scientific name Apus apus? | (Common) Swift |
| Who composed the music for the 1890 opera "Ivanhoe"? | Arthur Sullivan |
| The Guggenheim family are named after the village of Gougenheim, which is in which country? | France (Alsace) |
| What name is given to a bone embedded within a tendon or a muscle? | Sesamoid bone |
| "Democracy Dies in Darkness" was a slogan adopted in 2017 by which US newspaper? | Washington Post |
| What was the first album by The Carters, released in 2018? The Carters comprise Beyoncé and Jay-Z. | Everything Is Love |
| Who wrote the poem "Ode To Joy" in 1785, upon which Beethoven later based his Ninth Symphony? | Friedrich Schiller |
| Named after a US chemist, which chemical reagent and complex mixture of sodium carbonate, sodium citrate and copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate is often used in place of Fehling's solution to detect the presence of reducing sugars? | Benedict's Reagent |
| What is the common name of the flower Leontopodium nivale? | Edelweiss |
| Also called a latin-rig, what name is given to a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction? | Lateen |
| What is the largest Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, about 1 nautical mile off-coast from Piraeus? | Salamis |
| Who (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass? He was the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. | Louis Comfort Tiffany |
| What does the 'BCG' in the name of the BCG vaccine stand for? | Bacillus Calmette–Guérin |
| Which Swedish lake is the largest in the EU? | Vänern |
| Also known as the hairy rhinoceros or Asian two-horned rhinoceros, which is the smallest species of rhino? | Sumatran Rhinoceros |
| Named after a small Finnish village, which consumer goods company is best known for its orange-handled scissors? | Fiskars |
| Which Italian civil engineer (1902-89) designed an eponymous bridge in Genoa which partially collapsed in 2018 because of corrosion on cable stays, with the loss of 43 lives? | (Riccardo) Morandi |
| Which The Economist column established in May 2018 took its name from the titular character of a Billy Budd short story? In the short story, a Wall Street lawyer hires the title character who, after initial hard work, refuses to do further tasks. | Bartleby (The Scrivener) |
| The first series of Making A Murderer was about which man, who served 18 years in prison for the wrongful conviction of sexual assault and murder of Penny Beertsen? | Steven Avery |
| Which 636CE battle, named after a major tributary of the Jordan, marked the start of the Muslim conquests? The result of the battle was a Muslim victory which ended Byzantine rule in Syria. It is one of the most decisive battles in military history. | Battle of Yarmouk |
| The CAC40 is a benchmark stock market index in which country? | France |
| Which American rock band formed on Long Island, New York in 1967, are perhaps best known for the singles "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Burnin' for You", and "Godzilla"? | Blue Öyster Cult |
| In Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" trilogy, who or what is "Millennium"? | A magazine |
| Which set of communication protocols enable two electronic devices, one of which is usually a portable device such as a smartphone, to establish communication by bringing them within 4 cm (11⁄2 in) of each other? | NFC/Near-field communication |
| Which Nigerian novelist wrote the novels Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), and Americanah (2013)? | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| In which country is the Tanami Desert? | Australia |
| The musical "Hairspray" tells the story of plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream to dance on which show? | The Corny Collins Show |
| Which country was dominated from around 1250 by the military caste known as Marmelukes, who were eventually defeated by Napoleon in 1798 and eradicated by the Ottomans in 1811? | Egypt |
| A daughter of the actor Stephen Baldwin, what is the first name of model and TV personality married Justin Bieber in 2018? | Hailey |
| In 2013, who portrayed Steve Jobs in the film "Jobs"? | Ashton Kutcher |
| Which Dravidian language is one of two spoken exclusively outside India along with Kurukh, and is spoken by the eponymous people in the central part of Balochistan province in Pakistan? | Brahui |
| What is the third most populous country in the world, after India and China? | USA |
| The Chinese term for "martial arts", which sport, also called Chinese Kungfu, is a hard and soft and complete martial art, as well as a full-contact sport? | Wushu |
| Which Spanish explorer and conquistador was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan, and played a role in Pizarro's conquest of the Incas, is best known for leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day USA? | Hernando de Soto |
| Also called the babakoto, which animal is one of the largest living lemurs, with a black and white coat, and maintains an upright posture when climbing or clinging? | Indri |
| Born 1941, which Georgian chess player was the first woman to be awarded the FIDE title Grandmaster? | Nona Gaprindashvili |
| Which dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean was previously known as the Union Islands, and rotates its capital between its three main atolls? | Tokelau |
| The chief seaport of the country, what is Madagascar's second largest city? | Toamasina |
| Which artist has attained top-ten singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 with "Blah Blah Blah", "Your Love Is My Drug", "Take It Off", "Blow", "Die Young", "My First Kiss" with 3OH!3, and the chart-topping "Tik Tok"? | Kesha |
| Which iOS and Android media app for creating and sharing short videos shares its name with a song by Kesha? | TikTok |
| Which was the first Grand Slam singles title won by Caroline Wozniacki, at her 44th attempt in 2018? | Australian Open |
| A recipient of two Purple Hearts while an infantry squad leader in the Vietnam War, who served as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1997 to 2009 and as the 24th United States Secretary of Defense from 2013 to 2015? | Chuck Hagel |
| In which French resort was French writer, politician, diplomat and historian François-René de Chateaubriand born in 1768? | St Malo |
| Which half-brother of William the Conquerer commissioned the Bayeux Tapestry? | Bishop Odo |
| Which French city is known as Rijsel in Flemish? | Lille |
| Which long-lived architect (1907-2012) designed Le Volcan, a cultural venue in Le Havre? | Oscar Niemeyer |
| What was the codename of the D-Day landings in 1944? | Operation Overlord |
| What name is given to the payment made for the right to use someone else's property, including intellectual property, for gain? | Royalty |
| Which classic film title appeared on an anti-nuclear poster of the eighties, which showed Thatcher in Reagan's arms with the mushroom cloud of an exploding atom bomb in the background? | Gone With The Wind |
| Which group of people are called the 'hiba kusha' in Japan? | Survivors of Hiroshima or Nagasaki |
| Which distorted form of art is credited to, and named after, the sixteenth-century painter Annibale Carracci, who saw it as a counterpart to idealisation? | Caricature |
| Which German Expressionist painter and illustrator was born in Berlin in eighteen-ninety-three and created many depictions of social evils in Germany between the wars, including "The Faces of the Ruling Class"? | Georg Grosz |
| Rarely enforced strictly, the laws of football limit the time goalkeepers can handle the ball once they have controlled it to how many seconds? | Six |
| Which musician and singer who had several of his own hits in the 1980s also wrote the song that in 1991 became the only UK number one hit for Chesney Hawkes? | Nik Kershaw |
| Owned by the Manchester based 'N Brown' Group, which clothing retailer was launched online in 1999? Aimed at women aged 25-45, from size 12 to 32, they are a vocal champion for size inclusivity | Simply Be |
| In computing, a byte consists of eight digits in which base? | Binary or Base 2 |
| Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo have both held which post in Donald Trump's cabinet? | Secretary of State |
| Which author created the fictional location of Puddleby on the Marsh? | Hugh Lofting |
| What word is common to the names of the two neighbouring American States with capitals at Raleigh and Columbia? | Carolina |
| The first modern definition of acids and bases in molecular terms was named after which Swedish chemist who devised it in 1884? | Svante Arrhenius |
| A standing order of the House of Commons allows backbench MPs to make a case for their proposed new Private Members Bill. This is known by what name referring to the very limited time during which the MP may speak on its behalf? | Ten Minute Rule Bill |
| Leaves of which plant, widely chewed as a social custom and for its mild stimulant properties in the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsula, particularly Somalia and Yemen, has been designated a Class C drug in the UK since 2014? | Khat/Qat |
| Which type of fruit is the name of a Princess character who has appeared in many Nintendo games, often as a love interest for Mario? | Peach |
| In the Billy Wilder film Some Like It Hot, Jack Lemmon’s character Jerry (aka Daphne) play is a player of which string instrument? | Double Bass |
| Along with pinot meunier, which other red wine grape in the pinot family is one of the three main varieties used to make champagne? | Pinot Noir |
| What is the surname of the two sisters who both won medals for the UK at the 2019 World Gymnastics Championships – one a silver on the uneven bars and the other a bronze on the vault? | Downie - Becky and Ellie |
| Which star of the TV show M*A*S*H played Senator Arnold Vinick in The West Wing? | Alan Alda |
| Which English word used for a fixed, regular payment for work is historically derived from a Latin word meaning 'salt-money'? | Salary |
| Princeton and Kate are two central characters in which musical, written by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, and first performed in 2003? | Avenue Q |
| Which Italian navigator and explorer made at least two voyages to the New World between 1497 and 1504, discovering the mouth of the Amazon and determining that this was a new continent and not Asia? | Amerigo Vespucci |
| Divided between County Tipperary on one side and Clare and Galway on the other, what is the second largest lake (by area) in the Republic of Ireland, and largest of the loughs on the Shannon river? | Lough Derg |
| Which infamous art forger, born in the Netherlands, copied the work of artists including Pieter de Hooch and Johannes Vermeer and famously sold Nazi Hermann Goering a forged painting? | Hans van Meegeren |
| Which team won the inaugural women’s cricket world cup in 1973, with Australia as the runners-up? | England |
| What two-word title is shared by a 2008 TV series that featured Mark Gatiss, Amy Manson and Jason Watkins in guest roles as vampires and a 1994 Robin Williams film about five different incarnations of the same soul across history? | Being Human |
| Which type of shoe heel shares its name with the alias used by Kathryn Pinder in the fifth UK series of Big Brother? | Kitten |
| Written between 1795 and 1822, the 32 piano sonatas by which composer were referred to by Hans von Bülow as the ‘New Testament’ for pianists? | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| In computing, the eight binary digits of a byte are often expressed as just two digits in which base? | Hexadecimal or Base sixteen |
| Jeff Sessions and William Barr have both held which post in Donald Trump's cabinet? | Attorney General |
| Which author set several of his novels in and around the fictional town of Clanton, Mississippi? | John Grisham |
| What word is common to the names of the two neighbouring American States with capitals at Richmond and Charleston? | Virginia |
| In a traditional Punch and Judy show, what type of animal is Punch’s pet Toby? | Dog |
| Before the introduction of the six-second rule in football, goalkeepers’ handling of the ball was limited not by time but by another law that was rarely enforced strictly. It gave them a maximum of how many steps with the ball in hand? | Four |
| A fictionalised version of which real-life US actor who died in 2010 is a main character in the musical Avenue Q? Although he was male, the role is often played by a female performer. | Gary Coleman |
| Which Portuguese navigator is generally credited as the first European to reach Brazil in April 1500? His expedition was also the second from Europe after Vasco da Gama to reach India via the Cape of Good Hope. | Pedro Cabral |
| Also known as a compression-induction engine, which type of engine is named after the German engineer who patented it in 1893? | Diesel engine |
| Which South American trade bloc is known by an eight-letter name that is a shortening of the Spanish or Portuguese for ‘Southern Common Market’? | MERCOSUR or MERCOSUL |
| What is the usual English name for the famous Auguste Rodin sculpture known in French as Le Baiser? | The Kiss |
| At the 2019 World Gymnastics Championships, the UK won two gold medals: Max Whitlock on the pommel horse and which other gymnast on the parallel bars? | Joe Fraser |
| Which star of the TV show Friends played lawyer Joe Quincy in The West Wing? | Matthew Perry |
| Which David Bowie single was taken to the top of the UK singles chart by the 'X Factor Finalists' in 2010? | Heroes |
| What name is given to a number which is not the solution of an algebraic equation with rational-number coefficients? Examples include e and pi, though many other irrational numbers such as phi or the square root of 2 are not in this category. | Transcendental number |
| The Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield was built as a venue for the 1991 iteration of which sporting event? | World Student Games |
| In which major city are the districts of Booterstown, Leopardstown, Swords, the Liberties and Chapelizod? | Dublin |
| Which poem of sixteen-eighty-one by Dryden adapts a story from the Old Testament to satirise the role of Lord Shaftesbury and the Duke of Monmouth in the Exclusion Crisis? | Absalom and Achitophel |
| In which Welsh city is John Frost Square, named after the leader of a Chartist 'uprising' of eighteen thirty-nine in which around twenty people were killed by armed soldiers? | Newport |
| Excluding the sex chromosomes, how many matched pairs of chromosomes are there in a normal human somatic cell? | 22 |
| In "The Waste Land", which river does T.S. Eliot describe as "sweet", urging it to "run softly till I end my song/...run softly, for I speak not loud nor long"? | River Thames |
| In the measurement of geological time, what is the first subdivision of an aeon, consisting of periods of several hundred million years? | Era |
| Which novel by Dickens opens with a scavenger and his daughter on a boat at night on the Thames? | Our Mutual Friend |
| President Berdymukhamedov won a dubious ninety-seven per cent of the vote in an election of February 2012 in which nation state? | Turkmenistan |
| Who wrote and illustrated Rupert Bear for the London Daily Express, from 1935 to 1965? | Alfred Bestall |
| Thomas Henry is noted for his illustrations, between 1922 and 1962, of works featuring which fictional schoolboy and his friends Ginger, Henry and Douglas? | "Just" William |
| Referring to a country where they are native to arid areas, which nationality precedes ‘hamster’ in the alternative name for the golden hamster, the species of hamster most commonly kept as a pet? | Syrian |
| What is the two-word name of the netball position abbreviated WD? | Wing Defence |
| Which 1980s TV action show attempted to cash in on the success of Knight Rider, but was this time based on a futuristic motorcycle? Its main character was Jesse Mach - but it was cancelled after 13 episodes. | Street Hawk |
| Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepcion, Vittoria and Santiago were the ships of the first fleet of which Portuguese explorer, who was killed at the Battle of Mactan in 1521? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| With capital city Itanagar, what is the two-word name of the easternmost state of India? | Arunachal Pradesh |
| How old were both Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II when they became Queen? | 25 |
| He was the 2nd Baron Altrincham from 1955 until he disclaimed that title under the Peerage Act on the day it received the Royal Assent in 1963. How was this writer better known? | John Grigg |
| Kriek is a style of Belgian beer made with which type of stone fruit? | Cherry |
| Charles I of England became King in which decade? | 1620s (1625) |
| How many Kings of Scotland were called David? | Two |
| Which market town in Somerset seven miles from Taunton shares its name with a city in New Zealand? | Wellington |
| What does the pasta name "farfalle" mean in Italian? | Butterflies |
| Name the 2 players involved in the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match. | Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs |
| Which group from Leeds won the 2012 Mercury Music Prize for their album An Awesome Wave? | alt-J |
| Between 1339 and 1797, what title did the Head of State of the Republic of Genoa hold? | Doge |
| Founded in 1919 which is the world’s oldest passenger airline still trading under its original name? | KLM |
| Which author who died in 2019 at the age of 91 is perhaps best known for her 'bonk-buster' stories including Scruples and Princess Daisy? | Judith Krantz |
| Danes - and Swedes - know a Danish pastry by the name of which city? | Vienna - they call it Viennese bread |
| What name has been given to the Eurofighter multirole aircraft, in service with the RAF, which it shares with a WWII fighter-bomber? | Typhoon |
| Tashirojima and Aoshima islands in Japan have become famous for their unusually high populations of and dedication to what animals? | Cats |
| Although it wasn’t released until after the Gladys Knight version, the earliest recorded version of I Heard It Through the Grapevine was by which Motown group? Their name is often given as a backing band for their famous male lead singer. | The Miracles |
| With a name meaning "Those who face death", who are the military forces of the autonomous region of Kurdistan Region of Iraq? | Peshmerga |
| Who is the only World Cup winning footballer to have starred in a film that has won the Best Film Oscar, playing the part of the doctor who diagnoses Stephen Hawking's medical condition in "The Theory of Everything" | Frank Lebouef |
| Only three countries in the world have never officially adopted the SI (kilogram, metre etc.) metric system as their official system of measurements – name any two. | Liberia, USA, Myanmar |
| Who succeeded Leanne Price as leader of Plaid Cymru in September 2018? | Adam Price |
| What word, taken from the name of a steamship one of the club’s founders took a trip on, precedes ‘Berlin’ in the name of a Bundesliga football club, who were national champions in 1930 and 1931? | Hertha |
| The word paparazzi comes derives from a character in which Fellini film? | La Dolce Vita |
| The earliest of the ‘Four Big Pollution Diseases of Japan’, Itai-Itai disease (literally ‘it hurts, it hurts disease’) was caused by poisoning from which metal used in batteries and electroplating being released into rivers? | Cadmium |
| Often seen as creator gods, Wagyl, Goorialla, Galeru and Julunggul were all deities in various Australian Aboriginal mythologies. This recurring motif is referred to as what type of serpent? | Rainbow |
| Wainwright's coast to coast walk runs from Robin Hood's Bay in the east to which Cumbrian headland? | St Bees Head |
| What is the name of the RAF air rescue station on Anglesey? | Valley |
| Which famous sportsman was born in Heswall on the Wirral on 24th November 1955? | Ian Botham |
| Sharing it with a British comic who died in May 2019, what was the surname of Kenneth, the Independent Counsel whose report on the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky affairs led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton. | Starr (Kenneth) |
| Adam Dalgliesh was a police officer in novels by which author? | PD James |
| What was the surname of Leigh, the Australian performance artist, who became a model and muse for Lucien Freud? | Leigh Bowery |
| The Battle of Vitoria is the alternative title of an orchestral piece by Beethoven, usually known as whose ‘Victory’? | Wellington |
| At the start of a game of Diplomacy, Austria-Hungary has armies in Vienna and Budapest, and a fleet in which territory, named for an Adriatic city and seaport that is now part of Italy? | Trieste |
| Give either of the two portmanteau words, depending on the respective sexes, for a cross between a lion and a tiger. | Tigon or Liger |
| Which major US city is located at the confluence where the Allegheny and Mohongahela rivers join to form the Ohio? | Pittsburgh |
| Which derived SI unit is equal to one Newton per metre squared? | Pascal |
| Which American photographed John Lennon for Rolling Stone magazine on the day he was murdered? | Annie Leibovitz |
| Mako, Thresher, Lemon, Greenland, and Port Jackson are all types of which creature? | Shark |
| Give a year in the life of Robert Walpole. | 1676-1745 |
| In the theatre what is ‘papering the house’? | Distributing free tickets to boost attendance |
| The Fugees had a No. 1 hit record in 1996 with “Killing Me Softly With His Song”. Who had reached No. 6 in 1973 with this song? | Roberta Flack |
| The site of the 1706 Battle of Ramillies is in which present day country? | Belgium |
| American photographer Alfred Stieglitz was married to which painter? | Georgia O'Keefe |
| Which element is No. 117 on the Periodic Table and has the symbol Ts? | Tennessine |
| The Derwent Valley Line connects Derby by rail with which town in Derbyshire? | Matlock |
| In which weight division did boxer Amir Khan win a silver medal in the 2004 Olympic Games? | Lightweight |
| What type of pleat consists of two parallel creases turned inwards towards each other? | Box pleat |
| In "The Pickwick Papers", an inmate of which debtors' prison is addressed as "twenty"? | The Fleet prison |
| Which major Chinese city is situated just upstream of the head of the Pearl River estuary? | Canton/Guangzhou |
| What is the alternative name for a wide "batwing" sleeve cut in one piece with the bodice, creating a deep armhole that reaches from the waist to a narrowed wrist? | Dolman |
| Elected since 1886, the lower house of the Tynwald, the Isle of Man parliament, is known by what name thought to derive from the Norse for "chosen"? | House of Keys |
| Who voiced Big Chris the Silver Hatch racetrack’s mechanic in the UK version of Roary the Racing Car? | Peter Kay |
| When pineapple is added to a ‘croque monsieur’ it is then known as a ‘croque ....’ what? | Hawaiian |
| Played by the actor Nigel Havers, how was the character Ralph Ernest Gorse known in the title of a 1980's ITV drama? | The Charmer |
| Which traditional children’s card game, where the object is to collect cards into related groups of four, is played with a special picture deck involving cards such as Mr Bun the Baker or Mrs Bones the Butcher’s wife? | Happy Families |
| A lock hospital is an archaic term for an institution treating what sort of medical conditions? | STDs |
| Which weekly comic strip serial by Posy Simmonds, which had a 13 month run in The Guardian's Review section, was made into a 2010 film starring Gemma Arterton? | Tamara Drewe |
| ‘Lead’, ‘Speed’ and ‘Bouldering’ are three forms of which sport that will make its debut in the 2020 Olympics? | Speed Climbing |
| Which Scottish biologist and politician, who was the first Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1949? | Baron John Boyd-Orr |
| Released in 1993, The Real Thing was the only UK number one single for which British DJ? | Tony Di Bart |
| Which city is the capital of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.? | Dusseldorf |
| The 17th century Battle of Edgehill was an instalment in which series of bitter conflicts? | English Civil War |
| Which King of Great Britain had divorced his wife for adultery before succeeding to the throne, and had her imprisoned for the last 30 years of her life? | George I |
| Complete Dorothy Parker's comment on an early Broadway performance of Katherine Hepburn: "She runs the gamut of emotions from…"? | A to B |
| The Warrah, named by de Bougainville the 'fox-wolf' and by Darwin Canis antarcticus, extinct by the 1870s, was indigenous to which British-owned islands, where it still appears on the 50-pence piece? | Falkland Islands |
| Issac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001)was a virtuoso on which instrument? | Violin |
| One of the Three Fates from Greek Mythology was Clotho – name either of the other two? | Lachesis, Atropos |
| The two completed movements of which composer's unfinished Eighth Symphony were not performed until 1865, 37 years after his death, when his friend released the manuscript? | Franz Schubert |
| What is the Welsh name for Swansea? | Abertawe |
| Who was the English monarch at the time of the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War? | Edward III |
| Which is the lowest commissioned rank of the British Army, introduced in 1871 to replace the rank of Ensign? | Second Lieutenant |
| Characterised by their cotton-like fluffy appearance, which type of clouds have a name that comes from the Latin for ‘heap’? | Cumulus |
| In which English county is the historical and cultural region of the Forest of Dean? | Gloucestershire |
| Which Englishman was President of FIFA from 1961 to 1974? | Stanley Rous |
| Which Australian sponge cake is coated first in a layer of traditionally chocolate sauce, then in desiccated coconut? | Lamington |
| The 6214 feet tall Mount Narodnaya is the highest peak in which mountain range? | Urals |
| Which traditional children’s card game, where the object is to collect cards into related groups of four, is played with a special picture deck involving cards such as Mr Bun the Baker or Mrs Bones the Butcher’s wife? | Happy Families |
| Which part of a car engine converts the linear motion of the pistons into rotary motion? | Crankshaft |
| A lock hospital is an archaic term for an institution treating what sort of medical condition? | Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
| “772.55”, a measure of the mechanical equivalent of heat, is inscribed on the gravestone of which English physicist, who died in 1889? | James Prescott Joule |
| "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary” is the first line of which poem? | The Raven by Poe |
| Which Dutchman created The Johann Strauss Orchestra in 1987? | Andre Rieu |
| Tonight's the Night is a Jukebox musical written by Ben Elton featuring the songs of which singer? | Rod Stewart |
| Which BBC sitcom starred Greg Davies and Helen Baxendale as married couple Ken and Lorna Thompson? | Cuckoo |
| Which comedian was the star of the BBC radio comedy series ITMA from 1939 until his death in 1949, playing the fast-talking anchor? | Tommy Handley |
| What is the name of the Italian cupola-shaped cake, traditionally eaten at Christmas? | Panettone |
| Who had a UK and US number 1 in 1974 with "Kung Fu Fighting"? | Carl Douglas |
| Known as the "city of automobiles" because of car production, and the centre of the Chinese film industry in the 50s and 60s, which city is the capital of China's Jilin province? | Changchun |
| Which luxury Chinese car marque has a name that translates as "red flag"? | Hongqi |
| Which three words follow “Wall Street…” in the full title of Oliver Stone's 2010 sequel to his 1987 film, again starring Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko? | Money Never Sleeps |
| In the title of a 1957 film what is the time of the train to Yuma? | 3:10 |
| On British road signs, a picnic area is represented by a person sitting at a table with what depicted to the right? | A tree |
| The 8711 feet tall Gerlachovsky Stit, informally known as Gerlach, is the highest peak in which mountain range? | Carpathians (accept High Tatras) |
| How high, in feet, is a badminton net at the centre? | Five |
| What stick, with a padded head, is used to support the hand when using a paint brush? | Maulstick |
| What nationality is the 2010 Nobel Literature Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa? works as "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter"? | Peruvian |
| Who wrote the book upon which the film "Mystic River" is based? | Dennis Lehane |
| Depicting the French revolutionary leader who had died the same year, who painted The Death of Marat in 1793? | Jacques-Louis David |
| Who was Home Secretary from June 2009 to May 2010? | Alan Johnson |
| Which biscuit is a US brand of fig roll trademarked by Nabisco, and contains the surname of a 17th/18th century English physicist and mathematician? | Fig Newton |
| Which word precedes Total War in the name of the third game in that long running series of turn-based computer games? Released in 2004, it was set between 270 BC and 14 AD in the areas around the Mediterranean Sea? | Rome |
| Piccadilly is part of which A Road? | A4 |
| In which Gerry Anderson series did Ed Bishop star as Ed Straker, head of a secret organisation based beneath the Harlington-Straker film studios? | UFO |
| On which British river are the waterfalls Bonnington Linn, Corra Linn and Stonebyres Linn? | Clyde |
| What is the name of the electoral offence that is committed by voting in an election while pretending to be someone else? | Personation (NOT Impersonation) |
| Which piece of military equipment is known to British forces as "The Wokka", due to the distinctive sound it makes? | Chinook helicopter |
| In Jewish cuisine, what name is given to a cured meat, usually brisket, which has been treated with brine, seasoned and then smoked? | Pastrami |
| After the December 2019 General Election, which MP became Father of the House? | Sir Peter Bottomley |
| Which unit of power is found by multiplying amps times volts. | Watts |
| Which future king of England, whose mother was a 13 year old widow, was born in 1457 at Pembroke Castle? | Henry VII |
| What is the name of the last Prime Minister of a Liberal government in the UK, who died in 1928? | Herbert Asquith |
| James, Edmund, Jamie and Mary Tyrone appear in which Eugene O'Neill play? | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Who wrote "Capitalism and Freedom" with his wife, Rose? | Milton Friedman |
| Takaaki Kijita and Arthur McDonald won the 2015 Nobel Prize in physics for discovering that neutrinos undergo which process, in which its lepton flavour varies over time, something which implies that it has a mass? | Oscillation |
| Who was the first Scottish player to win the Premier League Darts, doing so twice in 2011 and 2015? In the latter year he won the first of his two PDC world championships. | Gary Anderson |
| Which US chemist gives his name to the chemical reagent that consists of a mixture of sodium carbonate, sodium citrate and copper sulfate pentahydrate, which is often used in place of Fehling's solution to detect the presence of reducing sugars? | Stanley Benedict |
| Who was the host of the TV quizzes, The Million Pound Drop and Five Minutes to a Fortune? | Davina McCall |
| In 1971 the UK newspaper, The Daily Sketch, was merged with which other daily newspaper? | Daily Mail |
| In baseball, how many innings per team comprise a match of normal duration? | Nine |
| Rev Chad Varah founded the Samaritans in which decade? | 1950s (1953) |
| Which American former Wimbledon Men’s Singles Champion wrote the 2009 best-selling autobiography Open? | Andre Agassi |
| In addition to the pelican and the puffin, which other bird gives its name to a formal pedestrian crossing in the UK? | Toucan |
| In the UK and Peru, what name is given to a type of signalised pedestrian crossing, with special consideration for horse riders? | Pegasus Crossing |
| A widget inside of a can of beer is an aid in producing a good head of beer. Which gas is inside the pressurised pellet? | Nitrogen |
| Which is the only US state named after an English county? | New Hampshire |
| The authors of the 27 books of the New Testament were all Jewish, with one exception. Who, by tradition, was the only Gentile, or non-Jewish, writer of the New Testament? | Luke |
| Which hypersaline lake in Victoria Valley, Antarctica, came to public attention in 2002 when microbes frozen in its ice cover for more than 2,800 years were successfully thawed and reanimated? | Lake Vida |
| Which Antarctic meltwater stream which flows westward through the Wright Valley from Wright Lower Glacier and Lake Brownworth at the foot of the glacier to Lake Vanda is the longest river in Antarctica? | Onyx River |
| The two Prince Edward Islands, Marion Island and Prince Edward Island, in the subantarctic Indian Ocean, belong to which nation? | South Africa |
| Macquarie Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Pacific Ocean, belongs to which nation? | Australia |
| Which village in Essex, about one mile west of Chipping Ongar, is home to the Grade I listed St Andrew’s Church, constructed in the second half of the 11th century and generally believed to be the oldest wooden church in the world? | Greensted |
| Tim Stokely founded which online content subscription service in 2016? It is particularly popular with adult entertainers, with actress Bella Thorne's 2020 debut on the site causing controversy when she charged for nudes which did not contain nudity. | OnlyFans |
| In quantum mechanics, which eponymous effect is where three identical bosons interact, with the prediction of an infinite series of excited three-body energy levels when a two-body state is exactly at the dissociation threshold? | Efimov effect |
| The Kauravas and Pandavas fight in which epic, one of the major epics of India? | Mahabharata |
| Who played Charlie Slater in Eastenders and McGowan in "Auf Wiedersehn Pet"? | Michael Elphick |
| Which Small Faces song was covered by M People, and reached number 11 in the UK charts in 1995? | Itchycoo Park |
| Similar to the pixie hairstyles of today, what two-word name, referencing a boy’s public school, was given to a short, bobbed 1920s hairstyle for women? | Eton Crop |
| Which island completes the title of the 2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood "Letters from..."? | Iwo Jima |
| Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft who died in October 2018, was the owner of which NBA basketball team based in the Pacific North West (we will accept either part of their name)? | Portland Trailblazers |
| Which Scottish poet and songwriter who often appeared on stage or radio accompanied by Phyllis King had a surname which means someone who makes knives, forks and spoons? | Ivor Cutler |
| The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not On Fire and [This band] Do Dallas are two of the albums made by which post-hardcore band formed in Cardiff, active from 1996 to 2005? | Mclusky |
| Outsider Foinavon won the 1967 Grand National when which perhaps aptly named horse, which had unseated its rider, caused a pile up of other horses? | Popham Down |
| Which woman was the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century? | Coco Chanel |
| What was the surname of the very famous man, who was baptised with the forenames Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus? | Mozart |
| Which Pacific island nation has a name which translates as 'Eight Islands' or 'Eight Standing With Each Other'? | Tuvalu |
| Which Italian sculptor (1598-1680) is credited with creating the Baroque style of architecture? | Gianlorenzo Bernini |
| Both reaching number 12 in the UK charts in 1984. The songs "The Boys of Summer" and "The Heat is On" were solo singles for former members of which band? | Eagles |
| Also a best-selling author, writing books about beauty, fitness and well-being. Which American actress is best known for playing the role of Pam Ewing in the American TV series Dallas? | Victoria Principal |
| Which French city in Normandy is named ‘The City Of One Hundred Spires’? It is also home to one of the world’s most famous cathedrals and was the scene of Joan of Arc’s burning at the stake. | Rouen |
| "London 0 Hull 4", was the critically acclaimed 1986 debut album of which UK band? | The Housemartins |
| Which Scottish Music Hall singer and comedian usually carried a twisted walking stick? Known for songs such as Roamin' in the Gloamin, The End of the Road and I Love a Lassie, he was described by Winston Churchill as "Scotland's greatest ever ambassador". | Harry Lauder |
| Jean Dubuffet, Serge Poliakoff and Antoni Tapies were among the principal exponents of which art style, and sometimes considered the European equivalent of abstract Expressionism? Its name was given in 1951 and derives from a French word for 'stain'. | Tachisme |
| Sometimes referred to as "living fossils". What is the name of the reptile endemic to New Zealand, that is noted for having a pronounced third eye? | Tuatara |
| What is the name of the Paris racecourse that plays host to the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race? | Longchamp |
| 1 of 2 people to have held four cabinet positions within the United States govt, which then U.S Attorney general was the first person to resign in protest against Nixon on the night of October 20, 1973, that became known as "The Saturday Night Massacre"? | Elliot Richardson |
| Simon Mayo, Mark Kermode and Angelica Bell are all presenters on which classical music digital radio station that launched in March 2019? | Scala Radio |
| Claimed to date back to the 10th century and be the world’s oldest continuous parliamentary body, what is the name of the bicameral parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the Legislative Council and the House of Keys? | Tynwald |
| The first Muslim woman to win the award. Which Iranian political activist was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights? | Shirin Ebadi |
| Launched in 2009, what is the world’s most popular geosocial mobile app geared towards gay, bisexual, trans and queer people? | Grindr |
| Un bel dì vedremo or One fine day we'll see is an aria from which Giacomo Puccini opera ? | Madame Butterfly |
| An important part of the War of the Spanish Succession. Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–11) took place in which European country? | Hungary |
| In Ancient Rome, wrongdoers were sometimes hurled from which rock? | Tarpeian |
| Who was Israeli President from 1983-93? | Chaim Herzog |
| In which year did Charles I marry Henrietta Maria? | 1626 |
| Which former Liverpool MP, who died in 1970, said "the Communist Party hates social democracy even more than it hates Toryism"? | Bessie Braddock |
| Living from 1905-19, who was the youngest son of King George V? | Prince John |
| Who succeeded Herbert Hoover as US President? | FD Roosevelt |
| Which Norwegian king was raised in England, and died in battle in 961AD? | Haakon I (the Good) |
| What links Presidents Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Teddy Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson? | Vice-Presidents who succeeded assassinated Presidents |
| Who became William I's Archbishop of Canterbury in 1070? | Lanfranc |
| In 1934, which reigning monarch was assassinated in Marseilles? | Alexander I of Yugoslavia |
| The works "The Destruction of Dresden" (1963), "Hiter's War" (1977) and "Churchill's War" (1987) are all works by which prominent English Holocaust denier? | David Irving |
| The Atlanta-based rapper Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, who had a UK number 1 hit in 2017 as the featured artist on Post Malone’s Rockstar, is known by what stage name? | 21 Savage |
| Who founded and led the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) from 1961 until it merged in 1987 with Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) to form ZANU–PF? | Joseph Nkomo |
| In surveyor’s measurements, what name is given to one hundredth part of a chain? | Link |
| In which year did the Mary Rose sink in the Solent? | 1545 |
| In the 1993 film version of The Three Musketeers featuring Chris O’Donnell as D’Artagnan, Oliver Platt as Porthos and Charlie Sheen as Aramis, who played Athos? | Kiefer Sutherland |
| A blue circle surrounded by a ring of red, yellow and green forms the logo of which market leading internet browser? | Google Chrome |
| Juba is the capital of which African country? | South Sudan |
| What is the name of the fictional village that is thome to Miss Marple? It is the setting for Murder in the Vicarage. | St Mary Mead |
| Who directed the 2012 Iranian hostage film Argo? | Ben Affleck |
| Which German battleship was sunk on 26th December 1943 by the British battle ship, the Duke of York, supported by destroyers? | Scharnhorst |
| At which Premiership Rugby Union ground would you find a stand called the Shed? | Kingsholm/Gloucester |
| What was the name of the secondary pub in Emmerdale? In days gone by, Seth Armstrong was a regular there. | Malt Shovel |
| Which then-Everton player scored the Republic of Ireland’s first ever goal at the FIFA World Cup? It came in a 1-1 draw with England in 1990. | Kevin Sheedy |
| Who was the leader of the UK Labour Party at the commencement of World War I? | Arthur Henderson |
| What is the name of the model village, situated on the outskirts of Dorchester, under the ownership of the Duchy of Cornwall? | Poundbury |
| Which UK National Lottery quiz show was hosted by Dale Winton and featured people trying to get to ‘Winners row’? | In It To Win It |
| In 1968, Judy Clay and William Bell sang about what kind of 'number'? The song later returned to the charts in a cover version by the boyband 911. | Private Number |
| In knitting abbreviations, ‘CO’ is short for which technique, the usual method of beginning a knitted piece? | Casting On |
| What is the geological term for a tabular sheet intrusion that has forced its way between older layers of rock? | Sill |
| What 1984 spoof documentary was the directorial debut for Rob Reiner? | This Is Spinal Tap |
| Who, in 1668 was appointed the first poet laureate? | John Dryden |
| Which professional wrestler starred in John Carpenters cult scifi 1988 film They Live? It features a classic line about asskicking and bubblegum. | Rowdy Roddy Piper |
| The Rising of the Priests took place in 1775 in which island country? | Malta |
| In 1816 who led an unsuccessful slave revolt against the the British Government in Barbados? | Bussa |
| Which of the men to have walked on the Moon died after a motorcycle accident in 1999? | Pete Conrad |
| Which of the twelve men to have walked on the Moon took up painting after retiring, frequently depicting the Moon, and exhibited his lunar paintings at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington in 2009? | Alan Bean |
| Who was the dirst athlete to have appeared in a Superbowl and the World Series Baseball Finals? | Deion Sanders |
| Who was Napoleon I's second wife, whom he married in 1810, ostensibly to produce an heir? | Marie Louise of Austria |
| In the film adaptation of The Who's Tommy which famous singer played the role of The Acid Queen? | Tina Turner |
| Which planet in the solar system has the longest 'day' or, more correctly, has the longest period of axial rotation? | Venus - at 243 Earth Days |
| The lyrics of which UK number one single for Wham! begin "You put the boom boom into my heart / You send my soul sky high when your lovin' starts"? | Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go |
| The Pitch Lake, the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world, estimated to contain 10 million tons, is located in La Brea in which country? | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Who was the South African director of the films Elysium and District 9? | Neill Blomkamp |
| Which former US astronaut was elected as a congressman in 1982, but died before he could be sworn in? | Jack Swigert |
| The Commander of Apollo 15, who later fell from favour with NASA after it was disclosed they had carried 400 unauthorized postal covers to the Moon? | David Scott |
| Which is the only moon in the solar system known to have a magnetic field? | Ganymede |
| Who was the bass guitarist of The Shadows from 1958 until April 1962, who had a UK number 1 in 1963 with "Diamonds"? | Jet Harris |
| A former royal residence and now official home of the President of the Republic, in which European capital city is the Hofburg Palace? | Vienna |
| Which King of England was succeeded by Stephen? | Henry I |
| Which transition metal has the highest density of all chemical elements? | Osmium |
| Which well-known author, when bet they couldn’t write a short story in six words or less, wrote “For Sale: Baby Shoes: Never Worn”? | Ernest Hemingway |
| In which German state (Land) are the ports of Kiel and Lubeck? | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Which author, whose works included Ben Hur and The Prince of India, died on 1st January in 1905 ? | Lew Wallace |
| If you write out all the whole niumbers from 1-100 in English, which is the last one alphabetically? | Two |
| Which German chemist gives his name to the chemical reagent that consists of a solution of silver nitrate, ammonia and some sodium hydroxide and used to determine the presence of aldehyde and aromatic aldehyde functional groups? | Bernhard Tollens |
| A violent sea-storm, or tropical cyclone, which originates in the Atlantic is called a hurricane: what is the equivalent term for the same event in the Pacific Ocean? Persian, Arabic, Hindi and Chinese all have similar words which may be the root of it. | Typhoon |
| The Mariachi trilogy of films, directed by Robert Rodriguez, consists of Mariachi, Desperado and which other film of 2003 starring Antonio Banderas, Selma Hayek and Johnny Depp? | Once Upon A Time In Mexico |
| The original name of the American industrial conglomerate 3M was _________ Mining and Manufacturing: which US state name is missing? | Minnesota |
| The name of which one of the official languages of South Africa is also the surname of a French tennis player? | Tsonga |
| Which boxing weight has an upper weight limit of 112 lbs (exactly 8 stones) - British World Champions at this weight included Charlie Magri and Dave McAuley? | Flyweight |
| In 1847, which Hungarian doctor, whose ideas were ridiculed by the medical establishment, first proposed the use of antiseptics in medicine? | Ignaz Semmelweis |
| In an electric guitar, what more colloquial name is given to the arm, used to move the bridge and adjust the pitch of notes? It is properly known as a tremolo. | Whammy Bar |
| Which cartoonist is best known for the widely-syndicated strip Calvin and Hobbes, which he drew until he retired in 1995? | Bill Watterson |
| What name is given, in church architecture, to the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary? | Chancel |
| What was the name of Britain's last battleship, broken up in 1960? | HMS Vanguard |
| What is the name of the secondary pub in Coronation Street? Located on Westbury Street, former staff there have included Cilla Battersby and Liz McDonald. | Weatherfield Arms |
| Who composed the Academic Festival Overture in 1880? | Johannes Brahms |
| Musician, composer and conductor Andre Previn was born in which European capital city? | Berlin |
| There is only one instance of blue plaques in London being placed on adjacent buildings, on 23 and 25 Brook Street. Name either of the two musicians honoured. | Handel or Jimi Hendrix |
| Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Rebellion in the mid-19th century, was the self-proclaimed brother of which religious figure? | Jesus Christ |
| In genetics, what name is given to any one of the multiple alternate forms of a gene, combinations of which make up ones genotype? Examples would be the three different forms of the gene that codes for the ABO blood groupings. | Alleles |
| The Green Party of England and Wales were called what between 1975 and 1985? | The Ecology Party |
| Peter Brookes became lead cartoonist at which newspaper in 1992? | The Times |
| The name of which Iroquois language is also the name of an ancient Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist? | Seneca |
| His 1989 VFL Grand Final appearance, during which he kicked a grand final record nine goals for a losing side, is regarded as one of the sport's greatest individual performances. Which Aussie Rules footballer, nicknamed "God"? | Gary Ablett |
| Which file hosting service was founded in 2007 by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi ? | Dropbox |
| In linguistics, what do we call a word which is (usually wrongly) claimed to be derived from a made-up phrase with initials which fit the modern definition - examples include Port Out Starboard Home for the etymology of "posh"? | Backronym |
| What sort of fruit jam is traditionally used as a layer of flavouring in both an Austrian sachertorte, and a battenberg cake (which, despite the name, is a very British invention)? | Apricot |
| Which boxing weight has an upper weight limit of 147 lbs (10 st 7lbs) - British World Champions at this weight included Lloyd Honeyghan and Kell Brook? | Welterweight |
| Released in 1993, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? was the nineword debut album title for which band? | The Cranberries |
| The 1920s experiment which confirmed the quantization of electron spin into two orientations is named after Otto Stern and which other German physicist? | Walter Gerlach |
| Who assumed the throne of the Netherlands on 30 April 2013, on the abdication of Queen Beatrix? | Willem-Alexander |
| Which member of the 'Rat Pack', born in London in 1923, was married to the sister of American President John F Kennedy? | Peter Lawford |
| Which member of the deer family is known as the 'barking deer'? | Muntjac |
| Which British wheelchair racer won the women's 100 metres T34 at both the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games? She also won the 200 metres in 2012 and the 400 metres and 800 metres in 2016. | Hannah Cockcroft |
| Based on the comic books by Beau Smith, in which TV series does Melanie Scrofano play the sassy great-great-granddaughter of a legendary Old West lawman, who follows family tradition by hunting down the malevolent spirits of reincarnated outlaws? | Wynonna Earp |
| The spot where Millais painted Ophelia was very close to the spot where William Holman Hunt painted which picture of Christ knocking at an overgrown door, the title of which refers to a phrase Christ used to describe himself in the Bible? | The Light Of The World |
| Which village in Essex, located on the Dengie peninsula, is home to the Grade I listed Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, which was constructed in the 660s and is among the oldest largely intact Christian churches in England? | Bradwell-on-Sea |
| By which three initials was the Dutch East India Company known? | VOC |
| James Harris was an American professional wrestler nicknamed The Ugandan Giant, but was better known by what ring name? | Kamala |
| What was the world's largest general encyclopedia until it was surpassed by Wikipedia on September 9, 2007, nearly six centuries later? | Yongle Encyclopedia |
| Named after a Kiwi psychologist, what name is given to the triad of cruelty to animals, obsession with fire-setting, and persistent bedwetting which is believed to be associated with a propensity serial killing? | Macdonald Triad |
| Which of the five colours of the Olympic rings is said to represent Europe? | Blue |
| Originating from the 1960s, which game involves clicking on squares that can either end the game, or indicate how many of the surrounding squares could potentially end the game? | Minesweeper |
| Which Italian economist gave his name both to an economic optimality that occurs when it is impossible to make one party better off without making someone worse off, and to the principle that, for many events, 80% of effects come from 20% of the causes? | Vilfredo Pareto |
| The chess opening which begins with white moving a pawn to c4 on the first move is named for which nationality? | The English Opening |
| "A house is a machine for living" was a maxim of which architect? | Le Corbusier |
| Two Welsh internationals have been named as the Rugby League 'Man of Steel'- Jonathan Davies was the first. Who, playing for Leeds in 1998, was the second? | Iestyn Harris |
| What was the traditional garment of Roman women, corresponding to the toga, that was worn by men? | Stola |
| “I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense.” was a quote by which painter (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967)? | Rene Magritte |
| Which novel by VS Naipaul won the 1971 Booker Prize? | In A Free State |
| Which single letter comprises the name of a novel that won the Booker Prize in the 1970s? | G - by John Berger |
| Which city on the river Pegnitz is the second-largest city in Bavaria? | Nuremberg |
| What name is given in Islam to the record of the actions and thoughts of Muhammad, regarded as second only to the Qu'ran in terms of its scripturalauthority? | Hadith |
| Between 1339 and 1797, what title did the Head of State of the Republic of Genoa hold? | Doge |
| Which author who died in 2019 at the age of 91 is perhaps best known for her 'bonk-buster' stories including Scruples and Princess Daisy? | Judith Krantz |
| What was the four-letter name of the Notting Hill restaurant run by Northern Irish chef Clare Smyth, the first female British chef to hold three Michelin stars? | Core |
| Which element, atomic number 83, has a name whose etymology has been suggested could translate from the Arabic for ‘having properties of antimony’ or a more logical German for ‘white mass? | Bismuth |
| The "dragon and toad" device, credited to 2nd-century-CE Han dynasty inventor Zhang Heng, was supposedly able to detect and locate what? | Earthquake |
| Tashirojima and Aoshima islands in Japan have become famous for their unusually high populations of and dedication to what animals? | Cats |
| On 5 January 2020, the 2nd richest person in what country secured the most ever retweets for a Twitter message, by offering the equivalent of about 9300 U.S. dollars each to 1000 randomly selected people who retweeted the message and followed him. | Japan |
| The Metro Alpin is the highest funicular railway in the world, and being a fully underground railway, it is also considered the highest subway in the world. In what country is the Metro Alpin? | Switzerland |
| Although it wasn’t released until after the Gladys Knight version, the earliest recorded version of I Heard It Through the Grapevine was by which Motown group? | Smokey Robinson and the Miracles |
| Which ancient seaside city approximately 4.5 km southwest of Pompeii was also destroyed in the Vesuvian eruption of 79CE and was where Pliny the Elder died? | Stabiae |
| Established in 1988, In which English city is the first branch of the Tate art gallery opened outside of London? | Liverpool |
| Written in 1771, Mercury is the alternative name of Symphony No. 43 in E flat major by which composer? | Haydn |
| John McEnroe won four Wimbledon Men's Doubles Titles in the 1970s & 80s with which American partner? | Peter Fleming |
| In 1610, which Catholic zealot assassinated French King Henry IV in the Rue de la Ferronnerie in Paris? | Francois Ravaillac |
| One of the world’s biggest producers of copper is Antofagasta, a company named for a mining city in which country? | Chile |
| Similar in style to the Samba, but with a brushed leather upper - which famous brand of Adidas training shoe shared its name with a type of Antelope? | Gazelle |
| The Gobelin Manufactory in France is famed for making what? | Tapestries |
| Stratocracy is rule by which class of people? | Military |
| The series of films featuring Jason Bourne were based on books by which author? | Robert Ludlum |
| Which zone is the deepest region of the ocean lying within oceanic trenches, found from a depth of around 6,000 to 11,000 metres ? | Hadal zone |
| Name the island in the River Seine adjacent to the Ile de la Cite in Paris. | Ile St Louis |
| What is the name of the Japanese citrus fruit, a hybrid of mandarin orange and ichang papeda? Although hardly ever eaten as a fruit, it is much used as a citrus flavour? | Yuzu |
| Who composed the 1844 work ‘Hear My Prayer’ which contained the lyrics ‘O for the wings of a dove’ which itself became a song in its own right? | Felix Mendelssohn |
| Which derived SI unit can be defined as one Newton per square metre? | Pascal |
| Regarded as one of the hardest of its kind, the Listener Crossword transferred to which national newspaper when the magazine closed in 1991? | The Times |
| Which theory in physics involves replacing the point-like particles of particle physics with the titular one-dimensional objects? It was initially studied and rejected as being a possible explanation for the weak nuclear force. | String Theory |
| The largest dam in the world measured by height was from 1980 to 2013 the Nurek dam, located in which Asian country? It has since been beaten by the Chinese Jinping Dam. | Tajikistan |
| Which biographical sports film of 2005 features Samuel L. Jackson as a high school basketball coach who suspends his entire team due to poor academic results? | Coach Carter |
| Ranked at number 8, what is alphabetically the last of the ten minerals on the Mohs Scale of hardness? | Topaz |
| Who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his iconic Vietnam War photograph depicting the summary execution of a Vietcong prisoner in the streets of Saigon? | Eddie Adams |
| What type of bond joins amino acids together? | Peptide Bonds |
| By what colour is the square-lipped rhinoceros better known? | White Rhinoceros |
| Also called flash paper, flash cotton or guncotton, which unstable, highly-flammable compound was once used in both X-ray and cinema films? | Nitrocellulose |
| Named for an Argentinian, what is one of the world's smallest horse breeds and also called the Argentine Dwarf? | Falabella |
| By what two word name are rowans, shrubs or trees in the genus Sorbus, also known? | Mountain Ash |
| Although bats, by what name, alluding to another animal, are animals in the genus Pteropus better known? | Fruit Foxes |
| Which type of tissue is the body's main glycogen store? | Adipose |
| The most tree-living of all bears, which bear, Helarctos malayanus, inhabits South-East Asia? | Sun Bear |
| How is irreversibly hydrolysed collagen referred to? | Gelatin |
| By what name is Chlorocebus aethiops, also known as the African green monkey and savannah monkey, an Old World monkey with long white tufts of hair along the sides of its face, better known? | Grivet |
| A November 2020 war broke out in which northern area of Ethiopia, whose largest city is Mekelle? | Tigray |
| Which US state once had the nickname the "Bugeater State" after a nickname for a type of nightjar? | Nebraska |
| Oromo and Tigrinya are two of the six official languages of which country? | Ethiopia |
| Which Chinese business magnate founded Alibaba? | Jack Ma |
| Leon Trotsky left in 1917 what moderate non-Leninist wing of the Social Democratic Workers' Party? The name of this group comes from Russian for "minority". | Mensheviks |
| What U.S. media company was co-founded in 1997 by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings? | Netflix |
| In Euclidean geometry, scalars have magnitude - what else do vectors also possess? | Direction |
| Which term encompasses the 15 metallic chemical elements with atomic numbers from 89 to 103? | Actinides |
| Which London gentleman's club was originally established at 4 Chesterfield Street, off Curzon Street in Mayfair, in 1693 by an Italian immigrant named Francesco Bianco as a hot chocolate emporium? | White's |
| The xiphoid process of the human body derives its name from the Greek for what? | Sword |
| Giovanni Cassini first observed in the 17th Century the distinctive two-tone coloration of what third-largest moon of Saturn? This moon is the location of the monolith featured at the climax of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. | Iapetus |
| What ancient Greek originated the theory of the Four Classical Elements? This philosopher is traditionally believed to have leapt to his death in the crater of Mount Etna believing himself to be a God. | Empedocles |
| Fire on the Mountain and The Village On The Sea are novels by which author, nominated 3 times for the Booker Prize, which her daughter later won? | Anita Desai |
| Which U.S. artist's Equilibrium Series, a 1983 work, was researched with the help of physicist Richard Feynman, and consists of three basketballs floating in distilled water? | Jeff Koons |
| In what 2020 future-set film does scientist George Clooney race across the Arctic to stop a crew of astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe? | The Midnight Sky |
| The Tulip Chair was the work of which man, perhaps best known for designing the Washington Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., the TWA Flight Center in New York City, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri? | Eero Saarinen |
| Ogami Itto, a former shogun's executioner, and his three year old son Daigoro are the title characters in what Japanese manga? This manga has spawned a media franchise that includes six films. | Lone Wolf and Cub |
| Which American-born British-Argentine actress who starred in Peaky Blinders played Beth Harmon in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020)? | Anya Taylor-Joy |
| What is the first novel in Iain M Banks' Culture series? | Consider Phlebas |
| What Brazilian architect and urban planner's airplane-shaped "Pilot Plan" was selected in a 1957 public contest as the design for Brazil's new capital, Brasilia? | Lucio Costa |
| The jeogori upper garment is worn by both men and women in what traditional Korean dress form? This form of dress translates literally as "Korean clothing". | Hanbok |
| What law, named for the English chemist who first published it in 1802, states that the total pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the individual component gases? | Dalton's Law |
| At what 52 BC battle, waged at the capital of the Arverni in Gaul, did Vercingetorix hand Julius Caesar his only defeat in the field? This battle was followed by Vercingetorix's defeat at Alesia. | Battle of Gergovia |
| What U.S. author, whose first major work was the essay "Notes on "Camp"", explored the beginnings of the AIDS crisis in New York City in her short story "The Way We Live Now"? | Susan Sontag |
| With a name meaning "splendor" in Hebrew, what "Z" work is the chief text of Kabbalah? It's largest section presents mystical interpretations of the books of the Torah, Book of Ruth, Song of Solomon, and others. | Zohar |
| Which lemur of the genus Propithecus is an onomatopoeia of their characteristic alarm call? This animal's body-length tail is one key characteristic that differentiates it from the related indri. | Sifaka |
| What 1973 German TV miniseries, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, centers on a computer project called Simulacron that can simulate a full-featured reality? | World On A Wire |
| What hero of the Kalevala, considered an analog of Baldur, drowns in the river of death while hunting the Swan of Tuonela? This hero is in the title of an 1895 "Suite" by Jean Sibelius. | Lemminkainen |
| After 30 games played in 13 cities across the Netherlands what Dutch chess player defeated Alexander Alekhine 15 1/2-14 1/2 on December 15, 1935 to become the fifth World Chess Champion? | Max Euwe |
| The two-word name for what world's sixth tallest mountain means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan? This mountain stands 8,188 meters high on the China-Nepal border. | Cho Oyu |
| This man’s book, The Mars Project, published in 1952 proposed a manned mission to Mars that would result in the planet’s colonization and the establishment of an autonomous government there. Who was this famous German aerospace engineer? | Werner von Braun |
| In 1887, which Polish ophthalmologist devised Esperanto, which based itself on common features of several diverse languages, and which he hoped would become the unifying, universal language of global communication? | LL Zamenhof |
| Dubbed ‘the Japanese John Williams’, which man is a household name in his home country, and is best known sweeping, characterful scores for the films of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli? He has won eight Japanese Academy Awards. | Joe Hishaishi |
| Which term given to anime and manga pornography originally this term did not describe a genre, but described an abnormal sexual desire? | Hentai |
| How is the singer Dominic Richard Harrison, born 1987 better known? | Yungblud |
| Which Colombian figurative artist and sculptor's signature style depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor, depending on the piece? | Fernando Botero |
| Which Guinean vocalist and player of the kora harp was best known internationally for his 1987 hit song "Yé ké yé ké", which reached number-one in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, and Spain? | Mory Kanté |
| Which Fashion model made her film debut in 1957, the same year as her role in "Kiss Them For Me", when she appeared uncredited in "Funny Face", which starred Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. She was the face of Chanel. | Suzy Parker |
| To date, the youngest Nobel Laureate in Physics is which man , who was 25 years old when he was awarded the Nobel Prize together with his father in 1915? | Lawrence Bragg |
| In Norse mythology, during the events of Ragnörak, there is a ship named made entirely of the untrimmed nails of the dead that will carry hordes to battle the Gods. But what's the name of this ship? | Naglfar |
| Which Southeastern European Mountain Range, over 80% in Bulgaria, with the remainder in Greece, has its highest point at Golyam Perelik. It is famous for its natural arches, "The Wonderful Bridges". | Rhodope Mountains |
| Which US Soprano (1945-2019) established a performing arts program in Augusta, Georgia in 2003 with the Rachel Longstreet Foundation, aimed at economically disadvantaged students? She performed at the inauguration of U.S. President Bill Clinton | Jessye Norman |
| Which German former track and field athlete's World record of 47.60 in the Women's 400 metres was set on 6 October 1985 and still stands? | Marita Koch |
| Which English actor portrayed Lucius Malfoy as an adult in the Harry Potter film franchise, but is also known for his roles in The Death of Stalin (2017) where he memorably plays Marshal Georgy Zhukov with a Yorkshire accent? | Jason Isaacs |
| Which 2020 Chritopher Nolan film follows a secret agent who learns to manipulate the flow of time to prevent an attack from the future that threatens to annihilate the present world? | Tenet |
| Which 2019 film and Oscar winner was based on Christine Leunens's 2008 book Caging Skies? | Jojo Rabbit |
| Which syndrome is defined as the process in which a long-standing left-to-right cardiac shunt caused by a congenital heart defect causes pulmonary hypertension and eventual reversal of the shunt into a cyanotic right-to-left shunt? | Eisenmenger's Syndrome |
| "I always liked heist movies and finally I'm in one of them..."Which Italian artist of hyperrealistic sculptures and installations had his solid gold (and fully plumbed in for use) toilet, "America" stolen from Blenheim Palace in 2017? | Muarizio Cattelan |
| Which English minimalist composer was responsible for the soundtrack to the 1993 Oscar-winning film "The Piano"? | Michael Nyman |
| Which King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696 is most famous for his victory over the Turks at the Battle of Vienna in 1683 and was named the "Lion of Lechistan" by the defeated Ottomans? | John III Sobieski |
| Which one-hit wonder British Garage act, consisting of Liana Caruana (a.k.a. Miz Tipzta), Nicholas Gallante (a.k.a. Devine MC) and Marc Portelli (a.k.a. Marky P), recorded the 2004 UK No.one Hit Single, "Baby Cakes", on the day they met? | 3 Of A Kind |
| Port Said on the western bank of the Suez canal forms a metropolitan area with which city, it's twin, on the eastern bank of the Suez canal? | Port Fuad |
| Which German organic chemist was the first to deduce a workable structure of benzene in 1865? He said that the idea of the structure had come to him after having a day-dream of a snake seizing its own tail. | August Kekulé |
| Jeff Sessions and William Barr have both held which post in Donald Trump's cabinet? | Attorney General |
| Lotario de' Conti Segni became which Pope in 1198, who excommunicated King John from 1209-1213 for his failure to recognise Stephen Langton as the new Archbishop of Canterbury? Name and regnal number please. | Innocent III |
| Which author set several of his novels in and around the fictional town of Clanton, Mississippi? | John Grisham |
| Alongside pinot noir and meunier, which white wine grape, originally from Burgundy but now grown widely around the world, is the other main variety used to make champagne? | Chardonnay |
| Which Finnish ski jumper (1963-2019) won three Gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary? As a singer, his first album Yllätysten yö (Night of surprises) was released in 1992. His success was marred by violent behaviour fuelled by alcoholism. | Matti Nykänen |
| The Arrhenius definition of acids and bases was superseded by the broader theory named for which pair of scientists, one Danish and one British, who independently formulated it in 1923? | Brønsted-Lowry or Johannes Brønsted & Martin Lowry |
| What is the name of the half-hour debate at the end of each day’s sitting of the House of Commons? It allows an individual backbench MP to raise an issue andreceive a response from the relevant Minister. | Adjournment Debate |
| Travelling by train on the East Coast Main Line from Kings Cross to Edinburgh, the last English station is Berwick-upon-Tweed. Which small town 30 miles over the border is the first station passed in Scotland? | Dunbar |
| Bears Ears National Monument, whose size was controversially reduced by 85% by Donald Trump in 2017 is in which US state? | Utah |
| What is the two-word name for the military rank in the RAF that is equivalent to a major in the British army? | Squadron Leader |
| Who composed the sinfonia piece known as The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from his 1749 oratorio Solomon? | Georg Friedrich Handel |
| Two Scottish internationals have been named as the Rugby League 'Man of Steel' - George Fairbairn was the first. Who, playing for Huddersfield in 2013, was the second? | Danny Brough |
| Which word of French origin is used for the outdoor athletic activity related to freerunning, in which participants use running, jumping, climbing & other movements in order to traverse obstacles and move as quickly as possible from one point to another? | Parkour |
| Which Oscar winning actor is mentioned in the lyrics of the songs China Girl by David Bowie, Vogue by Madonna and Advertising Space by Robbie Williams? | Marlon Brando |
| Derived from a Greek word meaning ‘to aim’ or ‘guess’, which word is used in maths for a process, variable or model that is essentially random? | Stochastic |
| Touissant liqueur is a coffee liqueur with a rum base named after a famous revolutionary. From what Caribbean country does it originate? | Haiti |
| How is Héloïse Adélaïde Letissier better known as a musical performer? | Christine And The Queens |
| In what country of Central America is Tikal National Park, in 1979 it became the first mixed UNESCO World Heritage Site? | Guatemala |
| Which actor is the father of Kate Beckinsale’s 20-year old daughter Lily? | Michael Sheen |
| Appearing on Granta’s list of Young British Novelists in 1983, which Nigerian-born British novelist is the author of The Bride Price, Second Class Citizen, and The Joys of Motherhood? | Bruta Emecheta |
| Which is the fourth and last of the four gospels in the New Testament? | John |
| Which famous book is narrated by two people, one of whom is called Nelly Dean? | Wuthering Heights |
| What is the name for the part of a flag is the furthest from the staff? | Fly |
| What is the name of the part of a flag that is a rectangular area, usually at the top hoist corner of a flag, occupying up to a quarter of the flag's area? | Canton |
| The flag of which Canadian province depicts a scene from a wheat field under a St George's Cross? | Alberta |
| Which artificial intelligence program developed by Google's DeepMind which performs predictions of protein structure achieved a level of accuracy comparable to experimental techniques like X-ray crystallography in November 2020? | AlphaFold |
| Which Arsenal centre-forward was top scorer in the FA Women's Super League in 2018-9 and 2019-20? She is also the all-time leading goal scorer for the Netherlands national team | Vivianne Miedema |
| "Break Up Song", "Sweet Melody", "Bounce Back" and "Woman Like Me" were all hits for which act? | Little Mix |
| Which town of around 20,000 people hosted equestrian events in the 1964 Summer Olympics and curling in the 1998 Winter Olympics. To date, it is the only place in the world having hosted both Summer and Winter Olympic events? | Karuizawa |
| Born in Liverpool, England, who was the most prominent member of the women's suffrage movement in New Zealand? She edited The White Ribbon and produced the pamphlet Ten Reasons Why the Women of New Zealand Should Vote. | Kate Sheppard |
| Which member of Little Mix left the group in 2020? | Jesy Nelson |
| By what name is Golden Landis Von Jones, who had a UK Number 1 with "Mood" in 2020, better known? | 24kGoldn |
| Who sang lead vocals on the 2020 hit "Tick Tock" by Clean Bandit? | Mabel |
| "Wunna" was a 2020 US Number 1 album by which US rapper? | Gunna |
| How is Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, who released her debut 2020 album "Good News" better known? | Megan Thee Stallion |
| How is the artist Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar better known? | Cardi B |
| By what name is Uzoechi Osisioma "Uzo" Emenike better known - he collaborated with Joel Corry on the hit "Head & Heart"? | MNEK |
| Which fictional kingdom is the main setting for the Legend of Zelda series of video games? | Hyrule |
| Which astronomer travelled to the island of Príncipe off the west coast of Africa to watch the solar eclipse of 29 May 1919 and helped prove general relativity with his observations? | Arthur Eddington |
| Which Belgian Catholic priest was the first to theorize that the recession of nearby galaxies can be explained by an expanding universe? | Georges Lemaître |
| The name of which former province of France, roughly corresponding to the Dordogne département and known for its truffles, features in an alternative name for the black truffle? | Périgord |
| Which term for a seller of indulgences was the occupation of one of the tellers of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales? | Pardoner |
| In 1922, which Russian physicist and cosmologist derived from Einstein's field equations the set of equations that govern the expansion of the universe, which are named after him? | Alexander Friedman |
| Dessau, Halle, and the capital Magdeburg are cities in which German land with a double-barrelled name? | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Which 1984 single was the only major hit for the Scottish group Strawberry Switchblade? | Since Yesterday |
| In the late 5th century AD, Anastasius I made his name as Byzantine Emperor by soundly defeating rebels in which poor and mountainous district of Asia Minor? | Isauria |
| Otto Eduard Leopold were the first names of which statesman, instrumental in the 19th century unification of Germany? | von Bismarck |
| Who wrote "Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch" in 1795? | Immanuel Kant |
| Who is the interlocutor in the Allegory of the Cave sequence in Plato's Republic? | Glaucon |
| Sometimes credited with bringing the horse to Egypt, what name is given to the "foreign" rulers of ancient Egypt's 15th Dynasty? | Hyksos |
| As at 2021, Laura Davies holds the record for most Solheim Cup points for a European player. Just behind her is which Scandinavian player, who played the event between 1994 and 2007, and has a higher winning percentage than Davies? | Annika Sörenstam |
| What is the title of the work by Boethius written in around 523AD in which the author considers predestination, free will and other religious questions without reference to Christianity? | The Consolation of Philosophy |
| Cinnabar is the sulphide, and most important ore, of which chemical element? | Mercury |
| Which British cosmetics company specialising in bath products and essential oils takes its name from an alleyway and courtyard in Covent Garden where it was founded in 1981? | Neal's Yard Remedies |
| Broadcast since 2017, and based on a 2016 film, which Irish sitcom stars Alex Murphy and Chris Walley as teenage criminals growing up in Cork? | The Young Offenders |
| Despite being unable to read music, which trumpeter, vocalist and cool jazz pioneer wrote the track Freeway for the Gerry Mulligan quartet? His 1954 recording of My Funny Valentine was inducted into the Library of Congress. | Chet Baker |
| Beryl Cook admired and was influenced by which earlier English artist known for transplanting Biblical scenes to his native Thameside village of Cookham, Berkshire? | Stanley Spencer |
| Gelimer was the last King of which people? Their kingdom, 435–534 CE, became part of the Byzantine Empire upon his death. | (North African Kingdom of the) Vandals |
| Which military commander of the Byzantine Emperor won battles at Ad Decimum and Tricamarum and lifted the Siege of Rome against great odds? | Belisarius |
| Its exact compound remaining unknown, which two-word term refers to an, early form of napalm, employed by the Byzantine Empire in the 7th and 8th cebturies? It was invented by Calinicius. | Greek Fire |
| Fought in a location currently in Turkey, which 530 battle saw the Byzantine Empire under Belisarius defeat a numerically superior Persian army? | Battle of Dara |
| Which Chinese dynasty, which lasted from 618 to 907AD, is regarded as a golden age in Chinese civilisation? | Tang |
| Mr Peabody’s Angels and Yakov and the Seven Thieves are among the children’s books written by which pop star? | Madonna |
| Which 1936 novel by Aldous Huxley took its title from the John Milton drama Samson Agonistes? | Eyeless in Gaza |
| Which Norwegian cyclist won the green sprinters jersey at the Tour de France twice: in 2005 and 2009? | Thor Hushovd |
| Schottky, Zener and Shockley are varieties of what type of electrical component, which allows the flow of current in one direction only? | Diode |
| Which West Indian fast bowler in 2001 became the first cricketer ever to take 500 test wickets? | Courtney Walsh |
| Who wrote the "How To Train Your Dragon" series and became Children's Laureate in 2019? | Cressida Cowell |
| Ellesmere Island, Devon Island, Bathurst Island and Melville Island are all part of which group in northern Canada? | Queen Elizabeth Islands |
| In which English county is Corfe castle? | Dorset |
| In the animated TV series Family Guy, what is the first name of the family's talking dog? | Brian |
| The widespread uprising by English agricultural workers of 1830, protesting against the introduction of machinery, was led by which fictitious figurehead, who signed fictitious letter? | Captain Swing |
| Which battle on the 14th October 1806 saw Napoleon's army decisively defeat the Prussian army led by the Duke of Brunswick? | Jena |
| The Ungava Peninsula is in which country? | Canada |
| In which sport did the Frenchman Teddy Riner win Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016? Between 2007 and 2017, he also won a record ten World Championship titles. | Judo |
| The harbour of which Turkish city - known in ancient times as Halicarnassus - is dominated by the Petronium, also known as the Castle of St Peter, that was built by the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem in 1402? | Bodrum |
| What was the name given to the main street of ancient Rome, which led from the top of the Capitoline Hill to the Colosseum? The road was part of the traditional route of the Roman Triumph. | Sacra Via |
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