1. Which US state is named on the
In the city of Manchester
label of a Jack Daniels
bottle? Tennessee
2. A phlebotomist extracts what from
the human body? Blood
3. What is the female equivalent of
polygyny? Polyandry (a woman
with more than one husband -
Polygamy refers to male or
female)
4. How many feet are there in a
fathom? Six
5. Granadilla is another name for
which fruit? Passion-fruit
6. Nariyal is the Indian term for
which nut? Coconut
7. Who was president of Vietnam
from 1945-54? Ho Chi Min
8. In which county of the UK is
Bramber Castle? West Sussex
9. What type of animal was inside
Sputnik 2 when launched into orbit
in 1957? Dog (called Laika - no,
sadly she never made it back..)
10. Who was the eldest of the Marx
Brothers? Chico (real name
Leonard Marx)
11. What type of creature is a
dugite? Snake
12. What are the first names of
English novelist G K
Chesterton? Gilbert Keith (1874-
1936)
13. In computing what does DMA
normally stand for? Direct
Memory Access
14. Who painted The Water Lily
Pool? Claude Monet
15. Which vitamin is also known as
pantothenic acid? B5
16. A couple celebrating their crystal
wedding anniversary have been
married for how many years? 15
(fifteen)
17. The song Luck be a Lady features
in which musical? Guys and Dolls
18.
(England) the Irk and Medlock
join which river? Irwell
19. What type of animal is a
Kolinsky? Weasel
20. Who wrote the book Catch-
22? Joseph Heller
21. Kodiak Island is in which US
state? Alaska
22. In the human body what is the
hallux? Big toe
23. In which year did Henry VIII
become King of England? 1509
24. The 1999 film Tea with
Mussolini is based on whose
autobiography? Franco Zeffirelli
25. Port Said is in which North
African country? Egypt
26. In which year were premium
bonds first issued in Britain? 1956
27. Who designed the Beatles Sgt
Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
album cover? Peter Blake
28. Madame de Pompadour was the
mistress of which French
King? Louis XV (fifteenth)
29. What is the name of Moe's pet cat
in the cartoon show The
Simpsons? Mr Snookums
30. Which country is known as the
Pearl of
Africa? Uganda (supposedly
coined by Winston Churchill..)
31. Who was the legendary Benedictine
monk who invented champagne? Dom
Perignon.
32. Name the largest freshwater lake in the
world? Lake Superior.
33. Where would you find the Sea of
Tranquility? The Moon.
34. What is someone who shoes horses
called? A farrier.
35. What item of clothing was named after
its Scottish inventor? A Mackintosh.
36. What kind of weapon is a falchion? A
sword.
37. Which word goes before vest, beans and
quartet? String.
38. What is another word for
lexicon? Dictionary.
39.Name the seventh planet from the
sun. Uranus.
40.Who invented the rabies
vaccination? Louis Pasteur.
41.Which is the only American state to
begin with the letter 'p'? Pennsylvania.
42. Name the world's biggest
island. Greenland.
43. What is the world's longest
river? Amazon.
44. Name the world's largest ocean. Pacific.
45.What is the diameter of Earth? 8,000
miles.
46.Where would you find the world's most
ancient forest? Daintree Forest north of
Cairns, Australia.
47.Which four British cities have
underground rail systems? Liverpool,
Glasgow, Newcastle and London.
48.What is the capital city of
Spain? Madrid.
49.Which country is Prague in? Czech
Republic.
50. Which English town was a forerunner of
the Parks Movement and the first city in
Europe to have a street tram
system? Birkenhead.
51. Name the actor who starred in 142 films
including The Quiet Man, The Shootist,
The Searchers and Stagecoach. John
Wayne.
52. Name the film noir actress who starred
in I Married a Witch, The Glass Key, So
Proudly We Hail! and Sullivan's Travels.
Veronica Lake.
53.What is the oldest film ever made, and
when was it made? Roundhay Garden
Scene made in 1888.
54.Which actress has won the most
Oscars? Katharine Hepburn, with 4 Oscars
and 12 nominations.
55. Which actress said, "Fasten your
seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night,"
in All About Eve? Bette Davis (as Margo
Channing.)
56.Name the director of the Lord of the
Rings trilogy. Peter Jackson.
57.Who played Neo in The Matrix? Keanu
Reeves.
58. Name the actress whose career began
at the age of 3, and who went on to star
in films such as Contact,
Maverick and The Silence of the Lambs?
Jodie Foster.
59.Bray Studios, near Windsor in Berkshire,
was home to which famous brand of
horror films? Hammer Horror.
60.In which film did Humphrey Bogart say,
"We'll always have Paris?" Casablanca.
61.By what name is Lancelot Brown more
usually known? Capability Brown.
62. Name the world famous gardens
situated ten miles outside of London,
close to the River Thames. Kew Gardens.
63.Which popular gardener created
Barnsdale Gardens and was the author of
many books such as The Ornamental
Kitchen Garden, 'Gardeners World'
Practical Gardening Course and Paradise
Gardens? Geoff Hamilton.
64.Which garden is considered to be
among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
65. What colour is a Welsh poppy? Yellow.
66.What colour is a Himalayan
poppy? Blue.
67. Name the organic gardener who is
almost as famous for his long blond plait
as he is for his books such as Going
Organic and The Gourmet Gardener and
his regular appearances on the BBC
radio's Gardener's Question Time. Bob
Flowerdew.
68.Give the alternative name for a
Mountain Ash tree. Rowan.
69.Which kind of bulbs were once
exchanged as a form of currency? Tulips.
70.By which Latin name was Rosa Gallica
previously known? Rosa Mundi.
71. What colour jersey is worn by the
winners of each stage of the Tour De
France? Yellow.
72.Name the only heavyweight boxing
champion to finish his career of 49 fights
without ever having been
defeated? Rocky Marciano.
73.Which sport does Constantino Rocca
play? Golf.
74. Name the country where you would find
the Cresta Run. Switzerland.
75.How many times was the Men's Tennis
Singles at Wimbledon won by Bjorn
Borg? Five.
76.In 2011, which country hosted a
Formula 1 race for the first time? India.
77.Name the game played on a lawn called
a 'crown green'. Bowls.
78.Which chess piece can only move
diagonally? A bishop.
79. Name the only footballer to have played
for Liverpool, Everton, Manchester City
and Manchester United. Peter Beardsley.
80.In football, who was nicknamed 'The
Divine Ponytail'? Roberto Baggio.
81.Name the three primary colours. Red,
yellow and blue.
82. In needlework, what does UFO refer
to? An unfinished object.
83.Name the famous ballet Russian dancer
who changed the face of modern
ballet. Rudolf Nureyev.
84.What is the painting 'La Gioconda' more
usually known as? The Mona Lisa.
85.What does the term 'piano' mean? To be
played softly.
86.Name the Spanish artist, sculptor and
draughtsman famous for co-founding the
Cubist movement. Pablo Picasso.
87.How many valves does a trumpet
have? Three.
88.Who painted How Sir Galahad, Sir Bors,
and Sir Percival were Fed with the Sanc
Grael; But Sir Percival's Sister Died by the
Way? Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
89.If you were painting with tempera, what
would you be using to bind together
colour pigments? Egg yolk.
90.What is John Leach famous for
making? Pottery.
91.When was William Shakespeare
born? 23rd April 1564.
92. On what date did the Battle of Culloden
take place? 16th April 1746.
93.Who was Henry VIll's first
wife? Catherine of Aragon.
94. Which famous battle between the
British Royal Navy and the combined
fleets of the French Navy and Spanish
Navy took place on 21st October
1805? Battle of Trafalgar.
95.Who became the British Prime Minister
after Winston Churchill in 1955? Sir
Robert Anthony Eden, The 1st Earl of
Avon.
96.When did Margaret Thatcher become
Prime Minister? 1979.
97. When did the Cold War end? 1989.
98.Who was the architect who designed the
Millennium Dome? Richard Rogers.
99. When did the Eurostar train service
between Britain and France start
running? 14th November 1994.
100. When was the euro introduced as
legal currency on the world market? 1st
January 1999.
101. What is the oldest surviving
printed book in the world? The Diamond
Sutra, dated at 868 AD.
102. In publishing, what does POD
mean? Print on demand.
103. Name the author of On Her
Majesty's Secret Service, Dr
No and Thunderball, among others. Ian
Fleming.
104. Which Shakespeare play features
Shylock? The Merchant of Venice.
105. Who wrote the novel Death in
Venice, which was later made into a film
of the same name? Thomas Mann.
106. Who wrote the Vampire Chronicles,
which include the novels Armand, Blood
and Gold and Interview with the
Vampire? Anne Rice.
107. What is an e-book? A book
available in a digital, rather than printed,
format.
108. How tall would a double elephant
folio book be? 50 inches.
109. Who wrote the contemporary
children's books about mermaids set on
the coast of Cornwall? Helen Dunmore.
110. How old is the world's oldest
dictionary? Cuneiform tablets with
bilingual Sumerian-Akkadian word-lists
have been dated to 2300 BC.
111. In "Thunderbirds", what was Lady
Penelope's chauffeur called? Parker.
112. On "Blue Peter", what was John
Noakes's dog called? Shep.
113. Name the BBC series about a
shipping line set in Liverpool during the
late 1800s. The Onedin Line.
114. In the TV series Dad's Army, what
was Captain Mainwaring's first
name? George.
115. Who invented TV? George Carey, a
Boston civil servant, first thought up
television in 1876. John Logie Baird is
often quoted as its inventor but his ideas
didn't come along until the 1920's.
116. What was the most watched UK TV
programme of all time? Eastenders, when
Den divorced Angie, which drew 30.10
million viewers on 25th December 1986.
117. Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey was as
famous for her flamboyant character as
for her cookery books and TV show
throughout the late 1960s to the mid-
1970s. By what name was she more
usually known? Fanny Cradock.
118. Which popular BBC series about
old collectables began in 1979, presented
by Bruce Parker and Arthur Negus, and is
still running to this day? Antiques
Roadshow.
119. Which BBC music programme was
broadcast weekly between 1964 and
2006? Top of the Pops.
120. Alastair Burnett, Sandy Gall,
Reginald Bosanquet, Alastair Stewart,
Carol Barnes and Trevor McDonald were
all regular presenters of which TV
programme? ITV News at Ten.
121. If you had Lafite-Rothschild on your
dinner table, what would it be? Wine.
122. What is sushi traditionally wrapped
in? Edible seaweed.
123. May Queen, Wisley Crab,
Foxwhelps and Lane's Prince Albert are all
species of what? Apples.
124. What is allspice alternatively
known as? Pimento.
125. What colour is Absynthe? Green.
126. What flavour is Cointreau? Orange.
127. If you were to cut a hare into
pieces, marinate it in wine and juniper
berries then stew this slowly in a sealed
container, what would this recipe be
called? Jugged hare.
128. Fried tarantulas, eggs boiled just
before they're due to hatch, live octopus,
and puffin hearts eaten raw when still-
warm are all traditional foodstrue or
false? True.
129. How many crocus flowers does it
take to make a pound of saffron? Up to
75,000 flowers, which is enough to fill an
entire football pitch.
130. Costing around $2,600 per pound
and made only to order by Knipschildt,
what is the name of this chocolate
truffle? Chocopologie.
131. This year's Bar Examinations
Committee Chairman is Associate Justice
Presbitero Velasco Jr.
132. 7,641 islands to explore
133.