QUESTIONS A
ROUND
1
A1. What do Americans
call what we refer to as a flick knife?
SWITCHBLADE
A2. The High Court of Justice has three
divisions. Queen’s Bench and Chancery are two. What is the third?
FAMILY
A3. Which famous Yorkshire writer claims his
greatest ambition is to have the film of one of his books shown in the
community hall in his home village of Clapham?
Alan BENNETT
A4. Name either
of the countries for which the river Amur
forms a large part of the border.
RUSSIA/CHINA
ROUND 2
A5. Which 1998 Hollywood science fiction film, starring
Bruce Willis, is used as a training exercise by NASA to spot the 160 plus
errors in procedure?
ARMAGEDDON
A6. According to the nursery rhyme, where did
the Muffin Man live?
DRURY LANE
A7. The Battle of Malvern Hill, part of the
Seven Days Battle, took place during which conflict?
The AMERICAN CIVIL
WAR
A8. The late
1950’s and early 60’s rock ‘n’ roller Vince Taylor inspired which fictional musical
character?
ZIGGY STARDUST
ROUND 3
A9. Which Irish playwright, and IRA member, embarked on
an unauthorised, solo mission to blow up Liverpool docks?
Brendan BEHAN
A10. In 1911
Guillaume Apollinaire was accused of stealing the Mona Lisa. Which famous
artist did he try to blame?
Pablo PICASSO
A11. The name of which recently deceased actor,
often associated with science fiction, completes the tribute from President
Obama, “Long before nerdy was cool, there was …………….?
Leonard NIMOY
A12. Major road signs indicating that a driver is
entering which county display the legend “The Heart of Rural England”?
LEICESTERSHIRE
ROUND 4
A13. The WWII sunken munitions ship SS Richard
Montgomery is still a hazard to shipping in the estuary of which river?
THAMES
A14. English TV and film actor John Elton Halliley, 1912-1983, is better known as whom?
John Le MESURIER
A15. Who is the captain who was banned for four
matches after butting an opponent, manhandling and abusing a referee at the
Copa America in 2015?
NEYMAR (Brazil)
A16. What is the largest prime number, less than
100?
97
ROUND 5
A17. Which Bishop Auckland born male athlete won a bronze
medal in the marathon at the 1984 Olympic Games?
Charlie SPEDDING
A18. What did
the cartographer John Spilsbury invent around 1766 as
an aid to teaching geography?
JIGSAW PUZZLE
A19. The ‘Scarecrow of Scatterbrook’
is better known by what name?
WORZEL GUMMIDGE
A20. Malcolm McLaren, founder of the Sex Pistols, opened a Chelsea
boutique called ‘Sex’ in 1974. Who was the flamboyant fashion designer who was
his partner in this venture?
Vivienne WESTWOOD
ROUND 6
A21. “There
are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics” was attributed by
Mark Twain to which British Prime Minister?
Benjamin DISRAELI
A22. Which radioactive element, atomic number 89,
is the first alphabetically in a list of naturally occurring elements?
ACTINIUM
A23. The 1958
novel ‘Two Hours to Doom’ was adapted into which 1964 black comedy film?
Dr. STRANGELOVE
(or How I learned to stop worrying
and love the bomb)
A24. Who was the last British monarch to succeed
to the throne unmarried?
EDWARD VIII
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