1. How many modern pence are there in one guinea? One hundred and five

2. What type of creature is an ‘alcid’? A bird (type of auk)

3. What is the smallest planet in the solar system? Mercury (Pluto ‘demoted’ in 2006)

4. In which Italian city did the pizza originate? Naples

5. A 1958 Plymouth car was the star of which 1983 horror film? Christine

6. In World War II in which town did Germany surrender? Reims (English: Rheims – a French CITY)

7. Which Australian was the last amateur to win the Wimbledon Men’s Singles championship? John Newcombe (in 1967 – the last year of the amateur era)

8. Who is Elton John’s long term song writing partner? Bernie Taupin

9. The U. S. magazine ‘Vanity Fair’ was relaunched in which decade? Nineteen eighties (1983 since 1935 – the famous Demi Moore cover appeared in August 1991)

10. What is the only official lake in the Lake District? Bassenthwaite Lake (others are ‘waters’, ‘meres’ or ‘tarns’)

11. In which American state is Camp David? Maryland

12. Which bus company was founded in Minnesota in 1914? Greyhound

13. Name either of the two countries that joined N. A. T. O. on 01st April 2009. Albania or Croatia

14. What is the medical name for the big toe? Hallux

15. What are the surnames of the entertainers Ant and Dec? McPartlin and Donnelly

16. Name two of the three English monarchs in 1553? Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I

17. In Spanish bullfighting, what name is given to the horseman who lances the bull? Picador

18. Who wrote the novel ‘The Bourne Identity’? Robert Ludlum

19. In which European city is Marienplatz? Munich

20. Name either decade in which Art Deco was in style. Nineteen twenties or nineteen thirties

21. What word is both a type of fish and a hairstyle? Mullet

22. A watch is the collective noun for a group of which birds? Nightingales

23. Which disease is caused by damage to the optic nerve? Glaucoma

24. What do Australians call candy? Fairy floss

25. What were the first names of the main characters in ‘The Odd Couple’? Oscar and Felix

26. Who was the last British monarch to be born out with the British Isles? George II

27. In boxing, which weight comes between heavyweight and light heavyweight? Cruiserweight

28. The brothers Ron and Russell Mael form which group? Sparks

29. The Fred Basset comic strip appears in which daily newspaper? Daily Mail

30. Off which country’s coast is the Bay of Plenty? New Zealand (North Island)

31. 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)

32. The artist Edvard Munch was born in which European country? Norway

33. The half crown coin was withdrawn from circulation in January of what year? 1970

34. In physics, what term mean ‘rate of change of position’? Velocity

35. The chocolate bar Toblerone originated in which country? Switzerland

36. The film ‘Duel’ in 1971 was which famous film director’s debut? Steven Spielberg

37. The Sandinistas ruled which country between 1979 and 1990? Honduras

38. Name the two African countries to have held a Formula One motor race. South Africa (1993 last winner Alain Prost) and Morocco (1958 last winner Stirling Moss)

39. Who wrote ‘The wreck of the Hesperus’? Henry Longfellow

40. Nassau is the capital of which island group? The Bahamas

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