1. Which pop star provided the voice for Zebedee in the 2005 film ‘The Magic Roundabout’? Robbie Williams
(Wrong: Robbie voiced Dougal, Ian McKellen voiced Zebedee – U. K. version)
2. Who was the first U. S. President to visit Japan? Gerald Ford (question should have read ‘first U. S. President to
visit Japan while in office’. Ulysses Grant visited after being in office, Taft and Kennedy visited before)
3. Which Hearts striker was known as ‘The Hammer of Hibs’, scoring twenty seven derby goals? John Robertson
4. Canoga Park, Burbank and Watts are districts of which American city? Los Angeles
5. Zabul and Kandahar are provinces of which country? Afghanistan
6. In 1916 Lord Kitchener went down with H. M. S. Oak in which body of water? Scapa Flow (Wrong: Kitchener
transferred from H. M. S. Oak to H. M. S. Hampshire in Scapa Flow which sank west of the Orkneys)
7. Which Oscar winning actress was born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov? Helen Mirren (Many versions of her real
name are referenced such as Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova. Russian female surnames end with an ‘A’ from
the masculine version e. g. Marat Safin and his sister Dinara Safina)
8. What was the name of the dance troupe on Top of the Pops that came between Pans People and Legs & Co?
Ruby Flipper (1976)
9. Prospero is a moon of which planet? Uranus
10. What is the longest distance swum at the pool swimming events at the Olympics? 1, 500m
11. The Giant’s Causeway is in which Northern Irish county? County Antrim
12. The signing of the Paris Peace Accords signalled the end of which war? Vietnam War
13. ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ was the final novel by which author? Fyodor Dostoyevsky
14. ‘Absinthe Drinker’ and ‘A Bar at the Folie-Bergere’ are famous paintings by which artist? Edgar Degas (Degas
painted ‘L’Absinthe’, Viktor Oliva, Pablo Picasso and Edouard Manet have all painted ‘The Absinthe Drinker’.
‘ A Bat at the Folie-Bergere’ was the last major work by Manet)
15. Lucille is the name of the famous guitar belonging to which famous guitarist? B. B. King
16. Films: Chris Pine is the latest actor to play which character previously played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford
and Ben Affleck? Jack Ryan
17. The Siege at Sebastopol was a battle in which war? Crimean War
18. Which Shakespeare character demanded his ‘pound of flesh’? Shylock
19. Rumination occurs in which organ of an animal? Stomach (accept gut)
20. The Monster of Rock festival in Donnington is now known as what? Download
21. What name is given to the luxury division of the Toyota car company? Lexus
22. Which Isle of Wight band had hits with ‘Lessons in Love’ and 'The Chinese Way’? Level 42
23. George Bush Intercontinental Airport serves which U. S. City? Houston
24. Zola Budd famously clashed with which athlete in the women’s 3, 000m at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics? Mary
Decker
25. What is the closest star to our own Sun? Proxima Centauri
26. Which country was formerly German South-West Africa? Namibia
27. Norse mythology: Bor was father of which god? Odin (Borr or Burr had three sons: Odin, Vili and Ve)
28. Who was the first male tennis player to win Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces? Jimmy Connors (only
person to win U. S. Open on grass, clay and hard court)
29. What two years saw the Queen’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament read by the Lord Chancellor? 1959,
1963 – pregnant with Andrew and Edward respectively
30. Which Dickens’ novel is the biggest selling single novel of all time with over two hundred million copies? A Tale
of Two Cities
31. The Quecha and Ashaninka are the two largest indigenous tribes of which South American country? Peru
32. Which pop star used the alter ego ‘MacPhisto’? Bono
33. The dram is the currency of which Eastern European country? Armenia
34. Which pop star celebrated his one hundredth official album release in November 2013? Cliff Richard
35. Which Scottish jail was to be demolished after it closed in 2013? Peterhead (Craiginches – HM Prison Aberdeen also closed and was to be demolished too)
36. Football: which former England captain was assistant Scottish manager? Terry Butcher (to George Burley 2008)
37. In the U. S. Navy what type of vessel can be Nimitz class or Gerald Ford class? Aircraft carrier
38. Who was on the British throne during the American War of Independence? George III
39. Which award winning B. B. C. Political satire stars Peter Capaldi as government spin doctor Malcolm Tucker?
The Thick of It
40. Methylenedioxy-methylamphetamine or MDMA is better known as which recreational drug? Ecstasy