1. Which animal’s name means ‘No drink’ in Aborigine? KOALA

2. The Grand National goes twice round Aintree, but 2 jumps are only taken once:

name them (2-part answer) THE CHAIR and THE WATER JUMP (1 MARK EACH)

3. What chronic infection is supposed to have caused the death of Robert the Bruce?

LEPROSY

4.Totternham Hotspur have recently abandoned their motto ‘Audere est Facere’.

How does that translate? ‘TO DARE IS TO DO’

5. Which vessel was the most notorious victim of the Seven Stones reef near Land’s

End in 1967? TORREY CANYON

6. What does a pluviometer measure? RAINFALL/PRECIPITATION

7. Keith, Greg and Carl were the Christian names of which 70s group?

EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER

8. What, in Italy, is ‘vino da tavola’ TABLE WINE

9. Which cereal crop can survive in the widest variety of environmental conditions?

BARLEY

10 What are the names of the 2 main parts of Niagara Falls? (2-part answer)

THE AMERICAN FALLS and HORSESHOE FALLS (1 MARK EACH)

11 What is the name of the 4th Sunday in Lent? MOTHERING SUNDAY / MOTHER’S

DAY

12 Found in African woodland habitat, what is a bongo? AN ANTELOPE

13 Who would perform a flic-flac? A GYMNAST

14 Spell the German word for the number 5 FUNF

15 What sort of pastry is most commonly bought frozen in very thin slices? FILO

16 In which UK city was the de Lorean sports car factory? BELFAST

17 Which one-time European leader said ’50,000 rifles are better than 50,000 votes’

BENITO MUSSOLINI

18 Which American state is nicknamed ‘The Magnolia State’? MISSISSIPPI

19 In 1991, which supermarket chain paid for a new wing of London’s National

Gallery? SAINSBURY’S

20 Which autonomous region of a European country is called Euskadi in its local

language? THE BASQUE COUNTRY

21. What was Zambia called before independence? NORTHERN RHODESIA

22. What is the RAF’s lowest commissioned rank? PILOT OFFICER

23. Who wrote the Father Brown mystery novels? G.K. CHESTERTON

24. What is the South American football equivalent of the European Champions League? COPA LIBERTADORES

25. Which music festival was started by Michael Eavis? GLASTONBURY

26. In old-style measurements, how many chains are there in a mile? EIGHTY

27. Who was the Egyptian God of the Sun? RA

28. Which British musician was often referred to as The Modfather ? PAUL WELLER

29. Which Westminster MP left his clothes on a beach to fake his death in 1974?

JOHN STONEHOUSE

30 What was Captain Ahab’s ship in ‘Moby Dick’? ‘PEQUOD’

31 The wine-producing area of the Moselle Valley is in France and which 2 other

countries? (2-parts) GERMANY and LUXEMBOURG (1 MARK EACH)

32 In which decade were betting shops made legal in Britain? 1960s

33 Which city is further north, New York or Rome? ROME

34 Which Nobel prize-winning author wrote about a driving tour of America accompanied by his poodle in ‘Travels with Charley’ JOHN STEINBECK

35 ‘Calum Clachair’ is the BBC Alba’s Gaelic version of which kids TV cartoon series?

‘BOB THE BUILDER’

36 Which 2 Sky Sports presenters lost their jobs because of sexist comment? (2 parts)

ANDY GRAY and RICHARD KEYS (1 MARK EACH)

37 Which maker of electric white goods had the slogan ‘The Appliance of Science’?

ZANUSSI

38 Which island is home to footballer Cristiano Ronaldo? MADEIRA

39 Real name Chaim Witz, this heavy-metal legend was once a New York teacher. How is he better-known? GENE SIMMONS of Kiss

40 Who were the two stars of the film ‘In the Heat of the Night’? (2-part answer)

SIDNEY POITIER and ROD STEIGER (1 MARK EACH)