1. Sci-fi literature. The planet Arrakis is better known by what name? Dune
2. If a rugby match finished 10010 – 1101 in binary, what was the score? 18-13
3. Before his presidency, Bill Clinton was governor of which state? Arkansas
4. Kaiser Wilhelm II, last emperor of Germany, was what relation to Queen Victoria? Grandson
5. Who is the highest earning female sportswoman of all time? Serena Williams
6. Which punk/pop star was born William Broad in 1955? Billy Idol
7. Ben Nevis is the UK’s highest peak. What is the second? Ben Macdui
8. Which rapper’s 1993 album was the first debut album to go straight to No.1 on the Billboard chart? Snoop Doggy Dogg as he was known then
9. Which art historian’s official title was Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures before being denounced as a Russian spy? Anthony Blunt
10. Cadbury’s Dairy Milk was launched in 1905. What was the name of their second chocolate bar, named after where it was made? Bourneville
11. What name is given to a positively charged electron? Positron
12. What two word phrase began as a magazine, became a cookery school in 1895 and ultimately became a style of cooking? Cordon bleu
13. Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe and Jimmy Connors all failed to win which grand slam tournament? French Open
14. Tony, Livia, Carmella and Meadow share which family surname? Soprano
15. The Don (or Dnieper), the Kama and the Oka are all tributaries of which European river? Volga
16. Which comedian and which writer co-founded Comic relief from an idea by Jane Tewson? (1pt each) Lenny Henry, Richard Curtis
17. Which English city’s rejuvenated harbour is now resplendent with the 170m Spinnaker Tower? Portsmouth
18. In 1911, Illinois murderer Tom Jennings was the 1st person to be convicted using what type of evidence? Fingerprints
19. Who was the first English manager to lift the European Cup? Bob Paisley
20. Director William Friedkin followed an Oscar winning crime movie with a box office record horror movie. What were the 2 movies? (1pt each) The French Connection, The Exocist
21. What venue has staged Crufts since 1991? N. E. C. Birmingham
22. Sven Goran Eriksson managed 3 English clubs. Name two? Manchester City, Leicester City, Notts County
23. Popular verse. Who took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks? Lizzie Borden
24. The Church of St Margaret is situated in the grounds of which, considerably larger, religious establishment? Westminster Abbey
25. In which decade was the first Gay Pride march held in the UK? 1970s
26. Rhodes Lesbos and Chios are part of which island group? Dodecanese
27. Justinian the Great was ruler of which Empire? Byzantine
28. Alfred Hitchcock’s Oscar acceptance speech in 1967 consisted of just two words. What two words? Thank you
29. What branch of medicine deals with pre and post natal care of pregnant women? Obstetrics
30. Who became the English Premiership’s oldest goals corer, playing for West Ham in 2006? Teddy Sheringham
31. Zenography is the study of a) Jupiter, b) human migration patterns c) alternative religions? A .Jupiter
32. Which party won 5 seats at the 2010 General Election, but never attend Parliament? Sinn Fein
33. Dickens characters. Thomas Gradgrind, Mr Creakle and Wackford Squeers are particularly foul members of which profession? Teachers
34. Golf was described by which author as,’a good walk spoiled.’? Mark Twain
35. If an animal is ungulate, what does it possess? Hooves
36. The musical ‘Jersey Boys’ is the story of which group? Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
37. By what name was Phyllis Primrose Fletchley better known in culinary circles? Fanny Craddock – surname was Pechey
38. Which confrontational Labour MP was known as ‘The Beast of Bolsover’ after the constituency he represented? Dennis Skinner
39. What connects Oscar Wilde’s ‘Ballad of Reading Gaol’ and The Boxing Code of Conduct? Marquis of Queensberry
40. The on-screen wife of which iconic, All-American badass was played by Bonnie Bedelia? John MacLean in ‘Die Hard’