1. Name two of the three actresses in the 2003 film ‘Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle’. Drew Barrymore,
Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu
2. What is astraphobia a fear of? Lightning
3. Which sea surrounds Heligoland? North Sea
4. Who sang the feature song from the 1994 film ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’? Wet Wet Wet
5. Which two countries border Algeria on the Mediterranean Sea? Morocco and Tunisia
6. In which American state was the TV series ‘Knott’s Landing’ set? California
7. Stansted Airport is in which county? Essex
8. The Seal of Solomon features on the flag of which African country? Morocco (dubious: Seal of Solomon has
six points like the Star of David – Moroccan flag has five points – five pillars of Islam)
9. In which English city is Aston University? Birmingham
10. In which year was Mount Everest first conquered? 1953
11. What is the stage name of pop singer Pauline Matthews? Kiki Dee
12. Chet Atkins played which musical instrument? Guitar
13. Which fruit has varieties named Laxton’s Superb, Costerd and York Imperial? Apple
14. What type of building featured on the TV series ‘Fraggle Rock’? A lighthouse
15. Who was the Roman god of fire? Vulcan
16. Apart from the word ‘the’, name the TWO Shakespeare plays that feature one word twice in the title.
‘Measure for Measure’ and ‘Alls Well that Ends Well’
17. Geometry: what name is given to an angle greater than 180 degrees? Reflex
18. What was the first Soviet Union club football team to win a European trophy? Dynamo Kiev (European Cup
Winners’ Cup 1975)
19. Which TV series is set in Aidensfield? Heartbeat
20. ‘Half a league, half a league onwards’. Name the poem and author. ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Alfred
Lord Tennyson
21. Name the year: Pope John Paul II makes a historic visit to the Holy Land, Leicester City win the League
Cup, Kylie has a U. K. No.1 single ‘Spinning Around’ and Baron Coggan, former Archbishop of
Canterbury, dies. 2000
22. The Marquis of Bath owns which stately home and safari park? Longleat
23. Walter Swinburn won his first Epsom Derby on which famous horse? Shergar
24. On TV’s ‘Dad’s Army’, by what nickname did Air Raid Warden Hodges refer to Captain Mainwaring?
Napoleon
25. How many labours did Hercules perform? Twelve
26. What was the name of Rigsby’s cat in ‘Rising Damp’? Vienna
27. Which female pop singer had a U. K. No.1 album in 1985 named ‘The Hounds of Love’? Kate Bush
28. What part of the eye controls light entering it? Iris
29. In which 1990 film did Madonna play Breathless Mahoney? Dick Tracy
30. If the Merry Millers are playing the Cobblers which English football teams are in opposition? Rotherham
United and Northampton Town
31. What is the minimum age for a candidate to be a Member of Parliament? Eighteen (changed from 21 in
2006)
32. What was the capital city of West Germany? Bonn
33. What is the traditional gift for a twentieth wedding anniversary? China
34. 2011 will be the Chinese year of which creature? Rabbit
35. If you were born on 19th August what star sign would you be? Leo
36. ‘Shall We Dance’ is a song from which musical? The King and I
37. What type of creature is a water moccasin? Snake
38. Sergey Bubka was a world champion at which sport? Pole vault
39. What is the main vegetable used in moussaka? Aubergine
40. What type of tree is used in the production of turpentine? Pine
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