1.In the musical ‘Oklahoma!’ what vehicle had a fringe on top? A SURREY (a 4-
wheeled carriage)
2. Who wrote ‘And so to bed’ at the end of each of his daily entries? SAMUEL PEPYS
3. Mark Twain called it ‘Cabbage with a college education’ Name that vegetable.
CAULIFLOWER
4. They’re young peoples’ organisations called Little Bees in Switzerland and
Ladybirds in Italy. What do we call them here? BROWNIES
5. Which 1920s/30s singer was the first to be screamed at by adoring fans? AL JOLSON
6. Which country’s Formula 1 motor race is held at the Imola circuit? SAN MARINO
7. What was Svetlana Savitskaya the first woman to do? WALK IN SPACE
8. What are there 282 of in Scotland but only 4 of in England? ‘MUNROS’ (mountains
over 3,000’)
9. Who is the only person in ‘Cluedo’known to be unmarried? MISS SCARLET
10 Which TV crime series was called ‘The lion without a mane’ in Germany? ‘KOJAK’
11 What, on a yacht, is a burgee? A PENNANT / SMALL FLAG
12 Which meteorological instrument was invented by Evangelista Torricelli?
THE BAROMETER
13 Where were Hazel, Bigwig and Fiver - among others - going in a story?
WATERSHIP DOWN
14 Who, in 1968/9, was the first person to sail non-stop around the globe?
ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSON
15 Which famous Frenchman became Armenia’s UNESCO representative?
CHARLES AZNAVOUR
16 Which organ of the human body produces bile? THE LIVER
17 If it’s noon GMT, what time is it in Tokyo? 9.00 PM
18 What are you doing if you are a mendicant? BEGGING
19 Apart from Charlie Bucket, name any two of the children who won Golden
Tickets to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory (2-part answer) Any 2 from:
VIOLET BEAUREGARDE / MIKE TEEVEE / AUGUSTUS GLOOP / VERUCA SALT
20 Which element has Mn as its chemical symbol? MANGANESE
21. In France, what is the SNCF? FRENCH (NATIONAL) RAILWAYS
22. What is the female equivalent of fraternal? SORORAL
23. Which country has the longest coastline in the world? CANADA
24. Which major British sculptor died in a fire in her studio? BARBARA HEPWORTH
25. A priest, Georges Lemaître, was perhaps an unlikely person first to suggest which
theory of the Universe? THE BIG BANG THEORY
26. What do the letters N.I. stand for in the acronym of the Scunthorpe-based NISA
supermarket chain? (2-PART ANSWER) NORTHERN INDEPENDENT(1 MARK EACH)
27. Christine Lagarde is head of which international organisation? THE I.M.F. –
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
28. Which American state has Frankfort as its capitol? KENTUCKY
29. What was the name of the spacecraft in ‘Blake’s 7’? ‘LIBERATOR’
30 In a netball team, what position is WA? WING ATTACK
31 Which Bond theme has done best in the singles charts – reaching number 2?
The theme to ‘A VIEW TO A KILL’ (Duran Duran …. No. 2)
32 A chewing gum packet was the first to have which now-ubiquitous feature?
BAR CODE
33 In a Dickens novel how was young Jack Dawkins better-known? ARTFUL DODGER
34 Which band had Briana Corrigan, Jacqui Abbott and Alison Wheeler as vocalists?
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
35 What’s the name of the person responsible for security in the House of Commons?
SERGEANT-AT ARMS
36 Which plant – a common bush – did the Plantagenet dynasty take their name from?
BROOM (Planta Genesta / Plante Geneste)
37 Which American city do the NBA team the Pistons come from? DETROIT
38 Which art movement was founded by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in 1908?
CUBISM
39 What acid is formed when milk goes sour? LACTIC ACID
40 Who would use a maulstick for support? AN ARTIST / PAINTER