Eight of the United States of America have names beginning with M. Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi and Missouri are six, name either of the other two. Maine or Montana Blackpool scored a first for Britain in 1885 with what form of transport? The Electric Tramway Which post, often in the news, was held by Debby Reynolds between 2004 and 2007? Chief Veterinary Officer
Blackpool is on the Lancashire coast but in which county is Blackpool Bridge? Pembrokeshire (Just off the A40 halfway between St Clears and Haverfordwest)
What is measured on the Saffir-Simpson scale? Hurricanes
Which author, more famous for another investigator, wrote a series of detective stories featuring George Felse, his wife Bunty and son Dominic? Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter) Of which country is Graham Bell Island a part? Russia
What outdated material was deliberately used to build Blackpool’s North Pier in 1863? Cast Iron
New Zealand has four, China five, Australia six and the USA 50. What? Stars on their flags
Who said on TV “I don’t have any guilty pleasures because pleasure is something you should never feel guilty about”? Nigella Lawson
What was the name of Peter Tinniswood’s BBC comedy series of the 1970s centred on Uncle Mort and the Brandon family?
I Didn’t Know You Cared
The ‘captive flying machines’, one of the oldest attractions of Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach, were designed by a man who gave his name to a famous invention of an entirely different kind. Who was he? Sir Hiram Maxim
Who was the Blackpool player who was the first English footballer to be knighted? Sir Stanley Matthews
What record in the natural world is held by the isotope Tellurium-128?
It has the longest-known half-life of an isotope (2.2 x 1024 years)
Which Briton was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1943?
George Formby
Central Paris is divided into a number of districts called arrondissements, spiralling out from the city centre. How many are there? 20
In which film did Clifton Webb play John Philip Sousa?
Stars & Stripes Forever
In which city does the Moselle join the Rhine? Koblenz
With one exception, all the Queens of England from 1066 to 1154 had the same name. What was it? Matilda
Which fictional detective solved the case of the poisoned caterpillars? Miss Maud Silver (referred to in the works of Patricia Wentworth)
What did Blackpool pioneer for Great Britain in 1909?
Air Shows (First major one in Britain was in Blackpool in April 1909)
What do “Seasiders” and “Tangerines” have in common?
They are both nicknames of Blackpool Football Club
Which US President served the shortest time in office?
William Henry Harrison – 1 month in 1841
What links Boris Karloff and Quentin Crisp?
They were both born Pratts (William Henry and Dennis respectively)
Apart from the fact they were all US Presidents, what links George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln? They are the four heads depicted on Mount Rushmore
What do the following numbers have in common: 1, 2, 7, 9, 70, 71, 80 & 81? They are numbers of BBC channels on Freeview
Which famous rock musician grew up in Blackpool and was educated at the local grammar school?
The great Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
4th April 2009 is the 60th anniversary of the signing of the treaty bringing into being which organisation?
North Atlantic Treaty Orgaisation (NATO)
What did Harry Corbett purchase for 7s 6d on Blackpool’s North Pier in 1948? Sooty
Who used the phrase “Colourless green ideas sleep furiously” to show that individual parts of an utterance should connect semantically, as well as syntactically, to be deemed “acceptable”?
Noam Chomsky
A team of “Little Mesters” formed which club, playing cricket on their half day off? Sheffield Wednesday
What flows eastward at a rate of up to 150 million cubic metres per second? The Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Name the artist who painted pictures known as “The Tempest”, “The Three Philosophers” and “Sleeping Venus” Giorgio Barbarelli aka Giorgio da Castelfranco or Giorgione (1476/8-1510)
Which iconic Victorian building in Blackpool was ravaged by fire on 15th February 2009? Yates Wine Lodg
Stephen Blackpool is a leading character in which Charles Dickens novel? Hard Times
Which performer was described by George W Bush as “The greatest threat to American children since Polio”? Eminem
Who is the son of Indra and the chief hero of the Mahabharata?j
Arjuna
Which horse overtook Devon Loch after its famous stumble and went on to win the 1956 Grand National? ESB
.Who wrote the novel “Phantom of the Opera”? Gaston Le Roux
Who invented “Scrabble” in 1938? Alfred Butts
Which 1923 event was made possible by PC George Scorey with a little equine assistance?
The first Wembley F.A.Final (the horse was called Billy)
Who had their only UK no. 1 in 1965 with “Concrete and Clay”
Unit 4 Plus 2
Which Governor of Victoria (2001-6) broke Roger Bannister’s world mile record in 1954, 6 weeks after Bannister’s epic run?John Landy
Which ship sunk the “Belgrano” on 2nd May 1982?HMS Conquerer
Who was the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer?
Philip Snowden
Which Premier League football club can trace its roots back to St Domingo’s Methodist Church in 1865? Everton F.C.
What controversial death overcame Mr. Krook in Dickens’ Bleak House? He Spontaneously combusted
At 163.4 mph set in 2012, who holds the record for the fastest recorded tennis serve? Sam Groth
At 2.5 miles length, what is England’s shortest main river?
The Bain
Who wrote “Cold Comfort Farm”? Stella Gibbons
How many GP wins did Michael Schumacher achieve in his career? 91
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? 154
Which Australian Prime Minister was reported missing presumed drowned in 1966 and was never seen again? Harold Holt
Who led the British Expeditionary Force to Belgium and Northern France in 1914? Sir John French
Which cleric’s wife penned “Once in Royal David’s City” and “All things Bright and Beautiful” amongst many other hymns?
Mrs Frances Alexander
Which sportsman won both an FA Cup Winner’s Medal and a County Cricket championship medal in the same year in the
Jim Standen (West Ham Utd FC and Worcestershire CCC)
In which role was Colin Skipp replaced by David Troughton at the start of 2014? Tony Archer, in The Archers on BBC Radio 4.
Feral (city) pigeons have inherited their predominant eye colour from their main wild ancestor. What colour are their eyes? Red
In which European city would you find an opera house named after a financial institution? Brussels (Theatre de la Monnaie/De Munt).
Which city is the setting for the first act of The King of Barataria?
Venice ( this is the subtitle of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers)
Where would you find Six Grandfathers?
South Dakota, USA (It is the translation of the Lakota Sioux name for Mount Rushmore)
In a work describing a fictional night-time journey, Dyrck (or, in some versions, Dirk) and two others travel between two European cities on an important mission. What are these two cities called now?Ghent/Gand & Aachen/Aix-la-Chapelle; “How they brought
the good news from Ghent to Aix” by Robert Browning
Whose middle names were Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby? Clarissa Dickson-Wright
Where in Rome was Julius Caesar assassinated in 44BC?
Theatre of Pompey ( near/at the foot of the statue of Pompey in the Theatre complex; the Senate was meeting there because of continuing building work in the Senate House.
Which constellation, visible only in the Southern Hemisphere, contains the nearest star to our sun?Centaurus (the star in question is Proxima Centauri, the ‘twin’ of Alpha Centauri
Which pinnipede shares its less-common name with an item used in ceremonial religious clothing and a fictional detective?
Walrus (also known as a morse. A Morse was used to fasten a cope or, in medieval monasteries, an abbot’s cloak; Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse. Pinnipedes are seals, sea-lions and their relatives.
What name was given to a large hunting horn made from elephant tusk? Olipha[u]nt
/In what key, indicated in the nickname used by orchestral musicians, is the British national anthem usually played by professional orchestras if they are not using printed parts?
G major (the nickname is ‘The Queen in G’)
Which city gives its name to an item of clothing worn by horse-riders? Jodhpur
Which scientific discovery is supposed to have its origin in a vision or dream of the mythical ourobouros?
The structure of the benzene molecule. (Ourobouros is usually shown as a snake swallowing its tail, thus forming a circle. The scientist Kekulé is said to have realised in such a dream that the benzene molecule had to be more or less circular; of course, the standard representation in textbooks is more of a lozenge but the principle is the same)
Which European city’s Gaelic name could be translated as Blackpool? Dublin (dubh = black; linn = pool.)
Which English literary figure wrote a treatise on the Astrolabe? Geoffrey Chaucer
Under what name is Alfred Arnold Cocozza better-known?
Mario Lanza
Which city, in a state bearing the name of the reigning monarch, was eventually named after the British politician William Lamb? Melbourne, (in Victoria, Australia; William Lamb was Lord Melbourne, one of Queen Victoria’s Prime Ministers.
What font was used for the first version of the Google logo? Baskerville Bold
Strega is a strong Italian spirit – but what does the word actually mean? Witch
The Battle of Hastings was fought on which exact date?
14th October 1066
Hastings was one of the original Cinque Ports. The others included New Romney, Dover and Sandwich. Which port is missing?Hythe
In the reign of Charles 11 the son of a Hastings clergyman played a major part in denouncing alleged Popish plots against the king. What was his name? Titus Oates
The novel the Ragged –Trousered Philanthropists’ was based on the author`s experience as a house painter in England. What was the author`s name? Robert Tressell
Which famous Scottish inventor lived in Hastings for a short time in the 1920`s? John Logie Baird
Graham McPherson born January 1961 how is this singer songwriter better known? Suggs (He belonged to the group Madness
What was the name of the Hastings entrepreneur and artist manager best known for the creator of the Pop Idol franchise? Simon Fuller
What is the name of the ITV wartime drama series set in Hastings? Foyle`s War
What was the name of the long distance footpath 163 miles long stretching from Gravesend to Hastings? Saxon Shore Way
What is the more common name of the writer and conservationist Archibald Belaney who was born in Hastings in 1888? Grey Owl
In which year was Hastings Castle built? 1070
Amber Rudd is the Current MP for Hastings and Rye and is Secretary State for which Department?
Energy and Climate Change (Now Home Secretary)
Sharing its name with a European city which boat sunk off Hastings in 1749? Amsterdam
Hastings was incorporated as a borough in 1588. What important event in British history took place in that year?
The defeat of the Spanish Armada
In October in Hastings the world championships of which sport take place? Crazy Golf
In which castle was Henry VII born? Pembroke Castle
In which decade is Halley’s Comet due to appear next?
2060’s (2061)
Which driver is the only man to complete the Triple Crown of Motorsport of the Monaco Grand Prix, the Indy 500 and the Le Mans 24 Hour race? Graham Hill
Which British Prime Minister was born in Canada and only held office for 211 days? Andrew Bonar Law
How many Classics did Lester Piggott win? 30 (5-2000 Guineas, 2-1000 Guineas, 9 Derby’s. 6-Oaks & 8 St.Leger’s)
Which writer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 but declined the prize because of pressure from his government? Boris Pasternak (for Dr.Zhivago)
What is the last book of the Old Testament? Malachi
What does the E stand for in the actor Richard E Grant’s name? Esterhuysen
Who played Dr Richard Kimble in the original TV series of “The Fugitive”? David Janssen
Dangermouse has been relaunched by the BBC this year, but who played Dangermouse and Penfold in the original series?
Sir David Jason & Terry Scott
Who was the captain of HMS Beagle, whilst Charles Darwin was its science officer, surveying the Galapagos Islands? Robert Fitzroy
How many “Enigma Variations” did Edward Elgar write? 14
If feline means cat, what is the term for dove-like? Columbine
The UK singles chart began in 1952, in which year did the album chart begin? 1958
In which year did the Space Shuttle “Challenger” explode shortly after launch? 1986
Who was executed on 3rd April 1936 for the kidnapand murder of Charles Lindbergh Junior? Bruno Richard Hauptmann
What is the administrative capital of British Columbia Victoria
What was the name of King George V’s horse which trampled Emily Davison to death at the 1913 Derby? Anmer
Who led the Labour Party from 1932-1935, immediately before Clement Attlee? George Lansbury
Pica Pica is the Latin name for which creature? Magpie
If the elements of the periodic table are listed alphabetically in English, which two elements would be first and last? Actinium/Zirconium
Roots Hall is the home stadium of which Football League club? Southend United
Which product was the subject of the UK’s first TV ad on 22/9/55? Gibbs SR Toothpaste
Colin Ball (fictional) is the real name of which TV sitcom character? Trigger (Only Fools and Horses)
Who in 1927 was awarded the Orteig Prize(first offered in 1919) as a result of meeting the challenge set?
Charles Lindbergh (for the first solo Trans Atlantic flight)
What is the longest river in Scotland? Tay
At which London tube station were173 people killed in a panic on a staircase on 3rd March 1943? Bethnal Green
Who wrote “The Playboy of the Western World”? J M Synge
What does HTML standfor? HyperText Markup Language
Which UK City has a rail station called Paragon? Hull
Which Finnish composer wrote ‘Cantus Arcticus’ a work that features the sound of sea-birds throughout Rautavaara
Who painted the Piccolomini frescoes in Siena cathedral? Pinturrichioe
Which U.S.state is nicknamed the Nutmeg State? Connecticut
What is the southernmost tip of the Shetlands called?
Sumburgh Head
King of Saxony’s, MacGregor’s and Count Raggi’s are species of which bird? Birds of Paradise
The Cohen Bros. film ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’ is based on which classical work? The Odyssey
Which French court painter to Marie Antoinette, fled France after the Revolution and settled in Russis? Elizabeth Vigee-LeBrun
.What is State Capital of Baden-Wurtemberg? Stuttgart
Which character in ‘Barnaby Rudge’ gave her name to a type of headgear? Dolly Varden
‘Cabaret’ is based on which 1945 work by Christopher Isherwood? Goodbye to Berlin
Which Ian McEwan novel opens with a tragic ballooning accident? Enduring Love
Which stately home, now run by the National Trust, was owned by the Curzon family? Kedleston Hall
Which tennis player was no.1 in the world rankings for 6 weeks in but never won a Grand Slam? Marcelo Rios
Who is credited with being the first man to climb Annapurna in 1950, before eventually becoming France’s Minister for Sport? Maurice Herzog
Which huge work by El Greco is in the Chapel of San Tome in Toedo? The Burial of Count Orgaz
With a new version of ‘War & Peace’ due shortly on the BBC, who played Pierre Bezuhov in the 1972 offering? Anthony Hopkins
Where in Sapin is the Tower of Hercules, the only surviving (much reconstructed) Roman lighthouse? La Coruna
According to Hilaire Belloc, who ‘ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion’? Jim
Bank Quay station is in which English town? Warrington
Which English city hosted its only Test match in 1902?
Sheffield (Bramall Lane)
Which seaside resort is associated with Squires Gate airport? Blackpool
Which town provided the first winners of the English Football League? Preston (North End)
In which University town did Stephen Hawking study for his doctorate? Cambridge
Which French city is capital of the Hérault département? Montpellier
In which University town did Stephen Hawking study for his first degree? Oxford
In which German city was the element Phosphorus discovered? Hamburg
In 1963 Kings College, University of Durham, became an independent University in which city? Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Which English town was home to Wilderspool stadium? Warrington
What was founded in 1953 by Chad Varah? The Samaritans
Who wrote the original tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears? Robert Southey
Marilyn Monroe sang ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President’ celebrating President Kennedy’s birthday; what age was he due to celebrate? 45
On what scale does a zero mean a person is exclusively heterosexual and a six a person is exclusively homosexual?
The Kinsey Scale (Sorry could not resist )
Who is played in the 2004 BBC TV movie Hawking by Tom Ward and in the 2014 movie The Theory of Everything by Christian McKay? Sir Roger Penrose
The Annual Golden Spurtle is the World Championships in making what? Porridge
What does the word ‘gnosis’ mean in Greek? Knowledge
Guldize is the harvest festival of people living in what part of Britain? Cornwall
To an Australian, what is an ‘esky’? Portable Cooler or Ice Box
Which mineral has a hardness of nine on Mohs scale? Corundum
What does the Mongolic word ‘dalai’ mean, as in Dalai Lama? Ocean
Which famous American was born in Duluth, Minnesota, in May 1941? Bob Dylan (Born as Robert Zimmerman)
What is a qirt? A Whip or Riding Crop
Who played the character Charlie Sage in Carry on Sergeant? Bob Monkhouse
What did American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Griffin design in Australia The City of Canberra
The Curse of Scotland is a nickname used for which playing card? The Nine of Diamonds
Captured in North Vietnam, American POW Jeremiah Denton repeatedly blinked his eyes in Morse Code during a forced 1966 television conference spelling out what word? Torture
Branded the ‘eternal Booker bridesmaid’, who was shortlisted five times for the Man Booker prize between 1973 and 1998 but never won? Beryl Bainbridge
Which movie was John Wayne making when he won an Oscar for ‘True Grit’? Rio Lobo
Which Oxford college did Margaret Thatcher attend? Sommerville
The next set of questions are on siblings F = Fiction
Australian cricket captains of the 1970s. Greg and Ian Chappell
Princess and Farmboy, science-fiction movie series (F).
Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker
British Olympic Gold medallist rowers, 1992.
Greg and Jonny Searle
Seattle psychiatrists (F). Frasier and Niles Crane
Compilers of records.
Ross and Norris McWhirter (Guinness Book of Records)
American aviators 1903. Orvill and Wilbur Wright
New York chef and palaeontologist (F)
Monica and Ross Geller (Friends)
Long jumpers, 1983 World athletics championships.
Carol and Carl Lewis
WWII German anti-Nazi resistance leaders.
Sophie and Hans Scholl
English broadcaster/TV executive and actor/film director.
Sir David and Sir Richard Attenborough
Comic-strip psychiatrist and pumpkin lover (F).
Lucy and Linus Van Pelt (Peanuts)
English football players, 1966. Bobby and Jack Charlton Massachusetts witches (F).
Hilda and Zelda Spellman (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
Scottish tennis players. Andy and Jamie Murray
Scots-Icelandic broadcaster and comedy producer.
Sally and Jon Magnusson
Which Scottish Town is home to the Kelpies? Falkirk
Near which major Scottish town was William Wallace born (allegedly)? Paisley (Elderslie)
What is the County Town of Somerset? Taunton
Which cathedral was burned by Alexander Stewart, The Wolf Of Badenoch? Elgin
In which year was the Battle Of Dunkeld? 1689 ( 21st August)
RAF Cranwell is in which English county? Lincolnshire
Which Scottish town was a centre for linoleum manufacture? Kirkcaldy
Feldwebel Wolfgang Rosterg was murdered in which British P.O.W. camp? Cultybraggan / Comrie (Camp 21) Perthshire
In which current Scottish town is there a monument marking the start of the Roman, Antonine Wall?
Bo’ness (Bridgeness is the given location but this is an area of Bo’ness)
Piers Gaveston was governor (briefly) of which Yorkshire castle? Scarborough
Which British landmark was opened on 14 May 1894?
Blackpool Tower
St Mary’s Lighthouse is located to the north of which English town? Whitley Bay
Albert Dock Liverpool houses a statue to which singer?
Billy Fury
Brother Walfrid is accredited with the foundation of which sporting organisation? Celtic F.C.
McCaig’s Folly is in which Scottish town? Oban
Portobello is a suburb of which UK city? Edinburgh
Mary Queen Of Scots was born in which Scottish palace Linlithgow Abbotsinch Airport is now known as what? Glasgow Airport
Inverness Cathedral is named after which saint? St.Andrew
Which English 17th Century politician gives his name to a Scottish sporting arena? John Hampden (Hampden Park, Glasgow)
Which battle of 1571 marked the end of the Ottoman naval supremacy in the Mediterranean? Battle of Lepanto
The National Diet is the parliament in which country? Japan
Who wrote the 2012 Booker Prize winning book Bring Up the Bodies? Hilary Mantel
How many cantons make up Switzerland? 26
Which country only switched to the modern Gregorian Calendar on January 1, 1927? Turkey
Which animal is represented by the Oboe in Peter and the Wolf?
A Duck
Which American news anchorman of the 1960s and 1970s was often cited as ‘the most trusted man in America’? Walter Cronkite
In horse racing, which is the last of the five classics to be run each year, and its distance is also the longest? St.Leger
What nationality was Carlos Caszely who received the first ever World Cup red card in 1974? Chilean
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of what?
Long words
Which biblical measurement was approximately 18 inches?
A Cubit
Father Christmas is known as Pai Natal in which European country? Portugal
“Angels on horseback” are oysters wrapped with what? Bacon
Which planet has a solar day of approximately 24 hours and 39 minutes, known as a sol? Mars
Which country accounts for 70% of the world’s platinum production? South Africa
Who played Hefina Headon in the 2014 film Pride?
Imelda Staunton
In 2012, who resigned as Conservativethe MP for Corby to spend more time with her family in New York City? Louise Mench
David Beckham wore the number 23 shirt at Real Madrid in honour of which sporting legend? Michael Jordon
Which family lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace? The Simpsons
James Brine died in Ontario, Canada, in 1902 – he was a member of which group? The Tollpuddle Martyres
“Christmas wont be Christmas without presents” is the opening line of which novel? Little Women
What name is given to the fear of Christmas? Santaphobia
Since 1947 which European capital city has given a Christmas tree each year to the UK ? It can be seen in Trafalgar Square Oslo
In sport, what did Santa Claus win in 1964? The Epsom Derby
What now traditional festive job was first taken by James Edgar in 1890? He was the first Department store Santa
Which Christmas item was invented by London baker Tom Smith in 1847? Christmas Crackers
Which King of England was crowned on Christmas Day?
William I in 1066
On Christmas day in 1950 what was stolen from Westminster Abbey by 4 Scottish students? The Stone of Scone
What colony of the British Empire surrendered to the Japanese on Christmas Day in 1941? H Hong Kong
Who composed the Christmas Oratorio? J.S.Bach
Cyclone Tracy hit which Australian city at Christmas time 1974? Darwen
Name either of the US States that has towns called Christmas? Florida or Arizona
What red-blooming Christmas plant came from Mexico ? Poinsetta
Which famous British explorer discovered in 1777 Christmas Island in the Kiribati Islands in The Pacific Ocean?
Captain James Cook
Which American actor was born Joseph Yule Jnr, he co-starred in the 1938 film Boys Town? Mickey Rooney
Which child actress said I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph? Shirley Temple
Featuring among others the songs My Funny Valentine and Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, what Rodgers and Hart musical opened in New York on Christmas Day 1940?
Babes in Arms
In which Bond film does the character Dr Christmas Jones appear played by Denise Richards? The World is not Enough
In which fictional land is it always winter but never Christmas?
Narnia
Which famous actor died Christmas Day 1977 in Switzerland.
Charlie Chaplin
What was the original site of the popular open-air art installation created by theatre designer Tom Piper and ceramic artist Paul Cummins? The moat at the Tower of London (they created the river of poppies)
What name is generally used in British theatre programmes to indicate an actor who is playing two parts or does not want his name revealed? Walter Plinge
A slow version of the ‘Galop Infernale’ appears in a popular work by Saint-Saens. In which work did the original appear?
Offenbach – Orpheus in the Underworld (its the Can-Can)
What man-made object can be found in conjunction with a key to hieroglyphics and 67P? Philia lander ( From Rosetta space mission to Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko)
Which philosopher suggested allowing only certain plucked string instruments to be used in the city? Plato – Republic Book 3 399
Icelandic horses have two additional gaits to the four generally recognised. What are they called? Toit – part way between a trot and a canter and Skeid or Flugskeio, which is a special gait achievalble only by some houses used for Icelandic racing.
What qualification did Mr Beene of Kensington gain after paying 7s 6d in 1935? Passed his driving test( the first to do so)
How are HM the Queen’s gloves connected with a Brighton-based detective? Cornelia James, glove-maker to the Queen, is the mother of Peter James. creator of Roy Grace
What Paralympic sport, related to bowls and pétanque, was originally invented as a competitive sport for athletes with motor impairments resulting from cerebral palsy? Boccia
Which musical instrument’s name, also used for an organ stop, can be translated as ‘snake-key’? Ophicleide
Barbapapa was a popular French cartoon character – but what item of confectionery is referred to in French as ‘barbe à papa’?
Candyfloss
Which song was allegedly inspired by the name on a woman’s gravestone in a cemetery in Woolton, Merseyside?
Eleanor Rigby
What winged creature, according to Scottish legend, covered Jesus in seaweed when his enemies appeared in hot pursuit and still displays a cross when it flies? Oystercatcher
Which ballet score by a qualified football referee features a soccer match? Shostakovich The Golden Age / The age of Gold
Where would you normally see the work of Julia Quenzler, Priscilla Coleman and Elizabeth Cook?
On television or in newspapers. They are court artists photography is banned in court.
I Play The Spoons was the B side to which No.1 hit?
Grandad by Clive Dunn
Which band comprised of Brian Connolly; Mick Tucker; Steve Priest and Andy Scott? The Sweet
Who had a hit with Bridget The Midget? Ray Stevens
Who was lead singer with Slick? Midge Ure
Which band had a hit with Lone Ranger? Qantum Jump
The song Oh What A Circus shares the same music as which earlier hit? Don’t Cry for me Argentina
Easy Easy was a hit for which act?
Scotland 1974 World Cup Squad
Which actor had a number 1 hit with If? Telly Savalis
Bernard Jewry was better known as what from the mid 70’s?
Alvin Stardust
One and One is One was a hit for which act? Medicine Head
Which British Army Regiment’s band had a hit with Scotch On The Rocks? The Black Watch
What was the name of the song credited as a double A side with Mull Of Kintyre? Girls School
Who had a 1977 hit with Sideshow? Barry Biggs
Which song is credited with being the first New Wave / Punk number 1? Rat Trap
Which 1978 album was based on a work by HG Wells?
Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds
How many No1 singles did the Who have during the decade?
None (so far The Who have never had a UK No1 in any decade)
Pussycat, who had a No1 with Mississippi, came from which country? The Netherlands
Double Barrel was a hit for which act? Dave & Ansil Collins
Which major hit was originally titled as No Future?
God save the Queen by The Sex Pistols
Which detective series featured a theme that reached No1 in 1973? Van Der Valk – Eye Level by The Simon Park Orchestra Connections quiz
A French widow (choose your widow according to taste); a new location for the Keys of St. Peter; a holy woman who could possibly illustrate Picasso’s style in 1903; by-product of a tauromachy.
Wines – Veuve Clicquot or Veuve du Vernay; Chateauneuf du Pape [translates as ‘Pope’s New Castle’: sorry, not Pétrus – the word ‘new’ in the question is the clue]; Blue Nun – Picasso’s Blue Period is 1902 – 1904; Bull’s Blood [Hungary] or Sangre de Toro [Spain] or similar – a tauromachy is a bullfight.)
The younger brother of a Norfolk Duke; the father of an orphan with unusual foster parents; a crocodile’s victim – twice; a Jane Austen clergyman. All fictional Old Etonians – Lord Peter Wimsey; Tarzan’s father, Lord Greystoke; Captain Hook in Peter Pan – who lost his hand to the crocodile which eventually ate him and whose last words are ‘floreat Etona’; Edmund Bertram in Mansfield Park.
Darth Vader; hedgehogs (twice); an Aardman dog; a red squirrel.
Children’s road safety campaigns – Dave Prowse, the Green Cross Code Man, played Darth Vader in the first two Star Wars films [now nos 4 & 5] but a different actor was used when Vader’s body was shown in the third film [now no 6], much to Prowse’s annoyance; pairs of hedgehogs [note the plural in the question] were used in ‘cross the road safely’ campaigns in 2003 and 1996; Aardman’s Horace the Dog features in the 2014 campaign; Tufty Fluffytail of the 1961 Tufty Club campaign.
Extreme dizziness; Cloud-Cuckoo Land; damage to soft furnishings (window-related); unexplained absence of Margaret Hilda Thatcher? Titles of Hitchcock films – Vertigo; The Birds [Cloud-Cuckoo Land – Nephelokokkyguia – was the name of the birds’ city in Aristophanes’ play The Birds]; Torn Curtain; The Lady Vanishes – Margaret Thatcher, known as the Iron Lady and who famously referred to her own determination – ‘the Lady’s not for turning’ – in a parody of the title of a play by Christopher Fry.
Psalms 2, 23, 100, 108,131,133; possible confusion with lymantria dispar dispar; Piper; Turner 1828. Chichester – [Bernstein ‘Chichester Psalms’ set these]; Sir Francis Chichester [lymantria dispar dispar is the European Gypsy Moth, but the boat was called ‘Gipsy Moth’ – note spelling]; John Piper [designed tapestry for Chichester Cathedral]; Turner [paintings of the Chichester Canal done in that year.
Mallard or Mandarin; blind magistrate or his author half-brother; a string solo traditionally heard in the Royal Albert Hall in September; a characteristic feature of a dachshund. Cricket-related terms [duck]; John/Henry Fielding; Tom Bowling – [traditionally a cello solo in Henry Wood’s Fantasia on British Sea Songs at the Last Night of the Proms]; short leg. Note: the view of some linguistics experts that John used the spelling
Henry Cooper or Muhammed Ali; four leaves mean good luck – but three are more common; advocaat and lemon required; fictional Sussex bank manager c. 1940 – according to the greengrocer.
Main characters in Animal Farm – Boxer and Clover the carthorses; Snowball and Napoleon the pigs [ Hodges’ nickname for Capt. Mainwaring in Dad’s Army is ‘Napoleon’.
Four Seasons or Harmonic Inspiration; e.g. the monarch of St. Helier; a dear Italian female; a royal saint, an abdicator or 7 others.
Potato varieties – [titles of works composed by] Vivaldi; Jersey Royal; Cara; King Edward – choose any one of St. Edward the Confessor, Edward VIII or Edwards I – VII.
A Roman Emperor and a concert venue; a Roman goddess and a famously bad bard; a bright star and Bill Bailey’s Books; a cat and a conundrum. Harry Potter characters – [Septimius] Severus Snape [Maltings]; Minerva and [William] McGonagall; Sirius Black; Tom Riddle – aka Voldemort.)
.On the hill; on a heap of barley; Thermopylae; distant and low in numbers Homes of Edward Lear characters – the turkey who married the Owl and the Pussy-cat; Uncle Arly; the old man [who never did anything properly]; the Jumblies [‘far and few…are the lands where the Jumblies live’
Identify the following fictional females
A saline plantar wart molested by sciurids. Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – attacked by squirrels
An arachnophobe who abandons a meal. Little Miss Muffett
A young woman lured by Trojan attractions who finally joins an Oak. Bathsheba Everdene – Far from the Madding Crowd; initially falls for Sergeant Troy but eventually marries Gabriel Oak.
A nominally ill-fated woman who marries a distinguished warrior and thanks to a nominally-foreign James. Desdemona in Othello – her name is a form of the Greek ‘dysdaimona’ = ‘ill-fated’ or ‘unfortunate’. Iago is the Spanish form of the name James, derived from the Latin Jacobus.
The florally-named heroine whose father is killed by strigiforms. Fuchsia Groan in the Gormenghast trilogy. Lord Groan was eaten by owls in the Tower of Flints.
A late 18th century French knitter. Mme Défarge – A Tale of Two Cities
A prospective mother, previously deprived of embryonic offspring, lured into a trap by an unusual gentleman and rescued by a dog. Jemima Puddleduck
A much-married raconteuse from Aquae Sulis who joins a group trip to a cathedral. Wife of Bath – Canterbury Tales
Scarlet-wearing child finds unexpected item in the bedding area. Little Red Riding Hood
Dying light revived by believers’ applause. Tinkerbell – Peter Pan)
How many men competed for Great Britain at the 1932 Winter Olympics? None – All 4 competitors were female figure skaters
What Olympic Record do Roswitha Krause and Rebecca Romero share? The only women to win Summer Olympic medals in unrelated sports, Krausa in Swimming and Handball, Romero in Cycling and Rowing
Frank Shorter, Alain Mimoun, Ken McArthur and Michel Theato all won the Olympic marathon. What else do they have in common?
All were born outside the country they represented. Shorter was born in Germany and competed for the USA. Mimoun was born in Algeria and competed for France. McArthur was born in Ireland and competed for South Africa. Theato was born in Luxembourg and competed for France
Who declared two Summer Olympics open 36 years apart?
Queen Elizabeth II – Montreal 1976 London 2012
How many Olympic Gold Medals did Mark Spitz win?
9 – two in 1968 and seven in 1972
Which Winter Olympic event was called “The Miracle On Ice”?
The 1980 Ice Hockey tournament when the USA unexpectedly
defeated the USSR
How many Gold medals did Carl Lewis win in the USA?
5 – 4 in Los Angeles in 1984 and 1 in Atlanta in 1996
Ian Millar of Canada holds the record for the most appearances in the Olympic Games. How many Games has he competed in? 10
In which year was cricket an Olympic Sport? 1900 in Paris
Where were the Olympic Equestrian events held in 1956?
Stockholm – There was an equine ban in Australia