First Half

Q 01. Give a year in the life of the architect Sir Christopher Wren. A 01. 1632-1723 Q 02. What is the name for a young castrated pig? A 02. Barrow. Q 03. Who was the last man to stand on the moon? A 03. Eugene Cernan Q 04. What popular party drink has a name which in Sanskrit means Five? A 04. Punch. Q 05. Who was the author of the comic novel Piccadilly Jim? A 05. P.G.Wodehouse. Q 06. What was the real name of the notorious pirate Blackbeard? A 06. Edward Teach. Q 07. Which TV sheriff had four magic feathers? A 07. Tex Tucker. Q 08. In Los Angeles, what is Angels Flight? A 08. A Funicular Railway. Q 09. In which year was the Pennine Way opened? (Two years either way) A 09. 1965 (1963-1967) Q 10. What is the orbital period of Mars? (15 days either way) A 10 687 (672-702) Q 11. What is added to olive oil and egg yolk to make an aioli sauce? A 11. Garlic. Q 12. An algophile loves what? A 12. Pain. Q 13. Which 2008 monster film, set in New York, has the title of the US military code name for New York City during the cold war? A 13. Cloverfield. Q 14. George Orwell did it in Animal Farm, but it is illegal in France. What did he do? A 14. Name a pig Napoleon. Q 15. What design feature is common amongst Hoggett decanters? A 15. It has a round base so must be passed round, cannot be hogged. Q 16. The playing surface in which team sport is called a sheet? A 16. Curling. Q 17. Which naughty digit was the first signing for the Beatles on the Apple label? A 17. Bad Finger. Q 18. Which food that originated in Germany means devils fart? A 18. Pumpernickel. Q 19. Slim Whitman music is used to destroy aliens in which film? A 19. Mars Attacks.

Q 20. Which extraterrestrial species experience an overpowering mating drive every seven years? A 20. Vulcans. Q 21. In which book is the land of Sandleford? A 21. Watership Down. Q 22. Which ship held the Blue Riband from 1907 to 1929? A 22. Mauretania. Q 23. Which weapon is found on the flag of Barbados? A 23. A trident. Q 24. Which fruit is the principal ingredient used to make Guacamole? A 24. Avocado. Q 25. Which chemical compound, first isolated in 1804, was named after the Greek god of dreams? A 25. Morphine. Q 26. Which country joined the G6 in 1976, making it the G7? A 26. Canada. Q 27. Which novelist drowned herself in the River Ouse in 1941? A 27. Virginia Woolf. Q 28. In 1998 New York was slightly destroyed in only three films. Godzilla and Deep Impact were two of them. Name the third? A 28. Armageddon. Q 29. What cake derives its name from the French word for lightning? A 29. clair. Q 30. Which record has the lyrics Theres a fog upon L.A.? A 30. Blue Jay Way.

First Half Spares.

Sp 1. What, according to The Times, was The joke that became an institution? Private Eye Magazine. Sp 2. In which country were the first Winter Olympic Games held in 1924? France. Chamonix. Sp 3. A Crown is the assay mark for which British city? Sheffield Sp 4. Shakespeare wrote "Cruel only to be kind" in what play? Hamlet.

Second Half
Q 31. Who wrote the line of poetry The best laid schemes of mice and men which provided the inspiration for the title of the novel by John Steinbeck? A 31. Robert Burns. Q 32. What is a Wobbegong? A 32. A carpet shark. Q 33. What did the Argo discover in the early hours of September 1st, 1985? A 33. The Titanic, Argo being the underwater video sledge. Q 34. Which chemical compound was named after the Greek for blue having been first identified during the production of the dye, Prussian blue, in the early eighteenth century? A 34. Cyanide. Q 35. Name the British leader of the mountaineering expedition in 1953 which saw Hillary and Tenzing become the first men to ascend Everest. A 35. John Hunt. Q 36. What is the most eastern E.U. capital city? A 36. Nicosia (Cyprus). Q 37. What was the complete name of the band Chicago in the late 1960s? A 37. Chicago Transit Authority. Q 38. Carpenter, weaver, pharaoh, bull, and honeypot are all examples of what? A 38. Ant. Q 39. What name has been given to the fans who support the US national soccer team? A 39. Sams Army. Q 40. Which Steinbeck novel takes its title from the book of Genesis Chapter 4 verse 16? A 40. East of Eden. Q 41. In which sport competition do teams play for the Henri Delauney Trophy? A 41. UEFA European Football Championship or the EURO championship. Q 42. Which strait separates Canada and Greenland? A 42. The Davis Strait. Q 43. Fierce, Milk, Brown, Tiger, and Blind are all examples of what? A 43. Snakes. Q 44. Which was the first British football club to sign a shirt sponsorship deal? A 44. Liverpool. Q 45. Until 1949, what was Indonesia called? A 45. Dutch East Indies. Q 46. In the TV commercial for PG Tips Tea, featuring Johnny Vegas, who providers the voice of the monkey? A 46. Ben Millar. Q 47. Which car manufacturers name means Great Universe? A 47. Daewoo. Q 48. What is the nationality of the singer Caro Emerald? A 48. Dutch.

Q 49. The title of which Beatles song is a Nigerian tribal greeting? A 49. Ob-la-di-ob-la-da. Q 50. What is Hypermertropia? A 50. Long-sightedness. Q 51. Where is the Palk Strait? A 51. Between India and Sri Lanka. Q 52. Admiral Horatio Nelson lost his arm at which battle? A 52. Tenerife. Q 53. Which darts played stated Before a match I like to relax with 25 bottles of Holsten Pils and 6 steak n kidney pies? A 53. Andy Fordham. Q 54. If you were watching cricket at The Outer in which city are you? A 54. Melbourne Australia. Q 55. Of what are Bristol, Rockingham, Chelsea, and Minton types? A 55. Pottery, Porcelain or China. Q 56. Which UK number 1 single from 1979 has the opening line I heard you on the wireless back in fifty two and was, quite appropriately, the first single to be played on MTV in 1981? A 56. Video Killed The Radio Star. Q 57. What links Ciampino, Lod and Waalhaven? A 57. Airports, Rome, Tel Aviv, and Rotterdam. Q 58. Sam Weller was whose servant in a Dickens book? A 58. Samuel Pickwick. Q 59. In Japan what is an obi? A 59. Sash or belt. Its a wide Sash worn like a belt. Q 60. What famous landmark can you find on Mount Cook? A 60. Hollywood sign.

Second Half Spares.

Sp 1. Who starred in the title role in the film Hello Dolly? Barbara Streisand. Sp 2. What is the minimum legal tread depth across the breadth of a tyre on a car? 1.6 mm. Sp 3. Snoopy, the dog in Peanuts, often imagined his doghouse was which make of aeroplane? A Sopwith Camel Sp 4. What is the opposite of nocturnal? Diurnal.