Questions compiled by Davie Mackie, vetted by Jim Telford, corrected by the rest of the world!
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Week 2 Bruce Grobbelaar kept goal for which country? Zimbabwe (Born in South Africa in 1957, he was capped once for Rhodesia in 1975, thirty two times for Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Rhodesia existed between June and
December 1979. Became Zimbabwe in April 1980.)
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Week 2 The Parthenon in Athens is dedicated to which goddess? Athena (or Athene also Pallas Athena/Athene)
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Week 4 In World War II in which town did Germany surrender? Reims (English: Rheims – a French CITY)
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Week 4 How many M. S. P.s represent Fife constituencies? Five (Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Kirkcaldy, Fife Mid and Glenrothes and North East Fife – others are list M. S. P.s with Mid Scotland and Fife of which there are seven)
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Week 5 Where, on the human body, is the septum? Nose (septum also in heart, brain, tongue, lungs and many more)
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Week 5 In chemistry, how is NaOH better known? Sodium hydroxide (also known as lye or caustic soda)
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Week 7 What type of bean is used in British baked beans? Haricot (also known as navy bean or French bean)
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Week 7 In what field of the arts was Jean Muir famous? Fashion (Jean Muir was also an American actress of the thirties)
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Week 7 Who hit No.1 in the U. K. in 2010 with ‘California Gurls’? Katy Perry (ft Snoop Dogg)
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Week 7 The Roman emperor Gaius Caesar was better known by what name? Caligula (Julius Caesar’s first name was also Gaius)
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Week 8 Covey is a collective noun for which bird? Partridge or quail (or grouse)
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Week 9 What is the formal name for the Moonies? Unification Church or Unification Movement (officially The
Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity)
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Week 9 The pH scale runs from zero to what number? Fourteen (there is NO upper or lower number although
MOST pH values will lie in the range 0 and 14)
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Week 10 What is the Anglican term for evening prayer? Evensong (OR Evening song OR Vespers OR Evening
Prayer – vespers from the Latin for ‘evening’)
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Week 10 What is the national flower of Ireland? Shamrock (NOT a flower – takes its name from the Irish for
‘clover’ a member of the pea family – is an emblem or plant)
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Week 10 How is minus 273.15 degrees Centigrade otherwise known? Absolute zero (ALSO zero degrees Kelvin among others e. g. 0 R on Rankine scale)
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Week 10 Who was the first U. S. President to be born in the twentieth century? John F. Kennedy (JFK was born
1917; Lyndon B. Johnson born 1908; Ronald Reagan born 1911; Gerald Ford and Richard M. Nixon born 1913; ambiguous question)
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Week 10 The island group Tuvalu was previously called what? Ellice Islands (from 1916 to 1974 was called Gilbert and Ellice Islands; as a result of the split Gilbert Islands became Kiribati, Ellice Islands became Tuvalu)
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Week 11 What is the alcoholic element of a Bellini cocktail? Wine (specifically sparkling wine, traditionally
Prosecco – originated in Venice. Mixed with peach puree or sometimes peach schnapps)
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Week 11 How many lanes are there in an Olympic swimming pool? Ten (maximum of eight used for competition – specifically 2.5 m space between lanes 1 and 8 and the poolside – outside ‘lanes’ cannot be used)
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Week 11 Who was the only British Prime Minister born outside the U. K.? Andrew Bonar Law (should have read
‘born outside the British Isles.’ Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley born Dublin in 1769 when Ireland was the
Kingdom of Ireland. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed in 1801)
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Week 12 The Polish city of Gdansk was formerly known by what name? Danzig (among many others)
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Week 13 Imola Racing Circuit is in which European country? San Marino (wrong – twenty five miles outside San
Marino in Italy but called the San Marino Grand Prix)
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Week 17 Dunrobin Castle is in which Scottish county? Sutherland (Scotland does not have counties but 32
Councils, since 1996 part of Highland, Caithness from 1975 until 1996)
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Week 17 John Stewart Mill and Plato were famous in which field of the arts? Philosophy (philosophy is a humanity, NOT an art, ref. Prof. Bruce Durie)
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Week 17 In the Bible, who had sons named Ham, Japheth and Shem? Noah (and his wife, Naamah, obviously)
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Week 18 Which famous train made its last journey on 28 th May 1961? The Orient Express (Dubious. Which train?
Which route? Most easterly route ran from Paris to Istanbul in 1889 to 19 th May 1977. Other routes included
Athens and Venice. The Venice-Simplon Orient Express still runs between March and November) mungis@mail.com
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Week 18 Pocahontas is buried in which Kent town? Gravesend (died in Gravesend but her exact burial site is unknown)
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Week 19 Who was the first British Prime Minister to occupy 10 Downing Street? Robert Walpole (Dubious. Did not become No. 10 until 1787 – was No.5 - therefore William Pitt the Younger, doorway formed in 1775)
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Week 19 Christopher Davison is the real name of which Irish singer? Chris de Burgh (born in Argentina)
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Week 19 Which Alabama city experienced riots after the arrest of Rosa Parks in the 1950s? Montgomery (her arrest led to a thirteen month bus boycott but did not lead directly to riots)
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Week 19 Which two vegetables are used to make vichyssoise soup? Leeks and onions (Dubious. Main ingredients are leeks, potatoes, onions, cream and chicken stock. Most references, including the person accredited with its reinvention, say leeks and potatoes are main ingredients)
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Week 20 Johnny Marr was guitarist with which 1980s group? The Smiths (also The Pretenders, The The and
Electronic)
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Week 24 What colour are the teeth of a beaver? Orange (white when born and can be chestnut brown)
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Week 26 The first official Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in which city? Rome (dubious – first games for
British World War II wheelchair users was London 1948; London 1952 Dutch veterans also competed; first games open to any nationality of wheelchair user was Rome 1960; Montreal 1976 was first time open to more disability classifications; Seoul 1988 was first time Paralympics (from ‘beside’ or ‘alongside’) term used and held in the same venues as the Olympics)
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Week 26 How many valves are there on a trumpet? Three (trumpets can have three or four piston valves)
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Week 26 What was the first credit card introduced in 1950? Diners Club (WRONG: Diners Club was a charge card – the balance being paid in full each month. Bank Americard in 1958 was the first credit card eventually becoming Visa)
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Week 27 Which English punk drummer was born Christopher Miller on 06 th August 1957? Rat Scabies (born 30 th
July 1957)
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Week 27 Lundy Island and the Bass Rock have what in common? They both have large bird colonies (are also islands, marine nature reserves, Sites of Special Scientific Interest among others. There are also three Bass Rocks in Massachusetts)
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Week 27 Eros was the god of love in which mythology? Eros (!) Obvious typo but have to accept the answer on the sheet – actual answer – Greek
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Week 27 Which element is used to make stainless steel? Chromium (over 50% iron, 12.5% chromium, also includes carbon and nickel)
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Week 27 Which English fast bowler took a test hat trick against India on 06 th August 2011? Stuart Broad
(happened on 30 th August 2011)
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Week 27 E. M. F., Robert Wyatt and The Monkees all had hits with which song? I’m a Believer (E. M. F. and
Reeves and Mortimer)
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Week 27 How long is Canada’s Mackenzie River in miles? 2, 635 (ambiguous - if including Finlay, Peace and Slave
Rivers as tributaries – 1, 080 miles when known only as the Mackenzie River from Great Slave Lake)
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Week 28 What is the name of the island in the Niagara Falls? Goat Island (there are TWO –Goat and Luna
Island, the two islands separate the Falls into Horseshoe, American and Bridal Veil Falls)
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Week 28 What was America’s capital before Washington? Philadelphia (there were eight before Washington:
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Lancaster, York, Princeton, Annapolis, Trenton and New York) http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Nine_Capitals_of_the_United_States.htm
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Week 28 The star constellation ‘The Plough’ is also known by what name? The Great Bear or Ursa Major (The
Plough is an asterism, not a constellation, and is PART of Ursa Major. The Plough is also known as ‘the Big
Dipper’ and ‘Saptarishi’ among many others according to different countries and beliefs)
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Week 30 The U. S. A. and Europe contest for the Mosconi Cup in which sport? Pool (Nine-ball pool)
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Week 30 Which Caribbean island is Britain’s oldest territory? Bermuda
(Bermuda is in the North Atlantic over one thousand miles from the Caribbean)
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Week 30 In England and Wales, how many people sit on a jury? Twelve (at start of trial twelve in Crown and High
Court, then can drop to nine – majorities can be nine to zero. County Courts eight at start and minimum seven)
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Week 31 Canaletto painted landscapes of which city? Venice (he was also famous for painting landscapes of
London) mungis@mail.com
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Week 32 In which decade were post codes introduced to the U. K.? 1950s (phased in between 11 th October 1959 and 1974, most introduced in the 1960s. London introduced them in 1857, later refined in 1917 and extended to other cities in 1934)
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Week 32 In the U. K., cars must have an M. O. T. at what age? Three years old (three years from the date first registered and not date of manufacture which may be a lot more than three years old)
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Week 33 What name is given to a baby rabbit? A kit or kitten (also bunny or nestling)
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Week 33 Which authoress wrote the Katy novels in the nineteenth century? Susan Coolidge (born Sarah
Chauncey Woolsey)
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Week 33 The Black Isle lies between which two bodies of water? Cromarty Firth and Moray Firth (the
Black Isle lies between THREE bodies of water Cromarty Firth to the north, Moray Firth to the east and
Beauly Firth to the south)
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Week 33 The medieval ‘Mappa Mundi’ is in which English cathedral? Hereford Cathedral (there are over one thousand mappae mundi throughout the world)
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Week 34 Graham Sutherland was famous in which artistic field during the twentieth century? He was an artist (accept painter) (also an etcher and a designer, e. g. designed the tapestry in Coventry Cathedral)
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Week 34 What type of farming refers to crop growing? Arable (can also be agronomy)
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Week 35 What is the largest organ in the human body? Skin (rephrase – What is the largest of the human body’s organ systems?)
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Week 35 Which African lake is the largest reservoir, by area, in the world? Lake Guarda (which is in
Italy. Correct answer: Lake Volta)
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Week 35 Which drink was advertised as ‘liquid beef’? Bovril (myth/copyright trap: was originally marketed as ‘Johnston’s FLUID Beef’)
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Week 35 Where is the Royal Highland Show always held? Ingliston (name of the venue is the Royal
Highland Centre or Showground. Show established in 1822 and travelled around Scottish towns and cities until opening at the Royal Highland Centre in 1960)
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Week 35 In the Bible, what number of commandment is ‘thou shalt not commit adultery'? Seven (in
Protestant Bible - Catholic Bible is number six)
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Week 35 Which group had a double A-side U. K. No.1 single in 1998 with ‘Heartbeat/Tragedy’? Steps
(released on 06 th November 1998 it reached No. 1 on 03 rd January 1999)
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Week 37 Who presents Radio 4’s Today programme? James Naughtie
(in 2012 there is a rota of five presenters –
Naughtie, John Humphrys, Sarah Montague, Evan Davis and Justin Webb)
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Week 37 ‘You shall not kill’ is which number of the Ten Commandments? Six (In Protestant Bible - fifth in
Catholic Bible)
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Week 38 Five hundred (Metric or long ream. Can be 480 imperial or short ream and 516 printer’s or perfect ream among others)
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Week 38 Which Irish-born singer/songwriter was born on 15 th October 1948? Chris de Burgh (he was born in
Argentina)
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Week 38 George de Menstral invented what type of fastener in 1947? Velcro (invented 1948, patent expired 1978)
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Week 39 What colour is the inside of an avocado? Yellow (colour goes from green at the outer edge to pale yellow) mungis@mail.com
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