2. How Many People Take Part in a Quadrille Dance? Eight (Four Couples)

1.  La Marcha Real is the national anthem of which country? Spain

2.  How many people take part in a quadrille dance? Eight (four couples)

3.  Differential and integral are part of which branch of mathematics? Calculus

4.  Which English footballer was nicknamed ‘the lion of Vienna’? Nat Lofthouse

5.  In 1931, Chester Gould created which comic strip detective? Dick Tracy

6.  The Pentagon building is in which U. S. state? Virginia (across the Potomac from Washington D. C.)

7.  The linnet is a member of which family of birds? Finch

8.  What was Capability Brown’s first name? Lancelot

9.  Which country did the Roman’s call Cambria? Wales

10.  Which spirit is used in a Mint Julep? Bourbon (type of American whiskey)

11.  Marie and Pierre Curie discovered which two elements? Radium and polonium

12.  Who played the Waco Kid in the 1974 film ‘Blazing Saddles’? Gene Wilder

13.  Which band released the ‘Spiral Scratch’ E. P. in 1979? The Buzzcocks (it was 1977)

14.  Petruchio is the leading male in which Shakespeare play? The Taming of the Shrew

15.  In 1990, which football team were the first to win the Scottish Cup on penalties? Aberdeen (0-0 a. e. t. then 9-8 on penalties – Anton Rogan missing for Celtic)

16.  Which Conservative M. P. was the last Governor of Hong Kong? Chris Patten (handed over 01st July 1997)

17.  The Via Doloroso is in which city? Jerusalem (held to be the path walked by Jesus with the cross)

18.  The maggot is the larvae of which insect? Fly

19.  On a QWERTY keyboard, the pound sign shares a key with which number? Three

20.  Which poet was the first man to have a blue plaque placed at his place of birth? Lord Byron (founded 1867, became blue in 1901, must be dead for at least twenty years or passed the centenary of their birth, no more than two)

21.  What is the currency of both Iran and Oman? Rial (one hundred dinar is one rial)

22.  Who had the U. K. Christmas No.1 single in 2009? Rage Against the Machine (Killing in the Name)

23.  Which actor played James Braddock in the 2005 film ‘Cinderella Man’? Russell Crowe

24.  What name is given to the straight line draw from the centre of a circle to the circumference? Radius

25.  Which Australian was the first man to score fifty international tries in rugby union? David Campese

26.  Which sportsman published an autobiography entitled ‘The Good, the Bad and the Bubbly’? George Best

27.  Concorde is the state capital of which U. S. state? New Hampshire

28.  Which dog takes its name from the Russian for ‘fast’? Borzoi

29.  Which London Street is famous for its tailor shops? Saville Row

30.  In 1989, General Noriega was overthrown in which Central American country? Panama

31.  The Talmud is a text in which religion? Judaism

32.  Which female singer had a hit in the eighties with ‘Time After Time’? Cyndi Lauper

33.  Name the two actresses in the 1991 film ‘Thelma and Louise’? Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon

34.  Which car company produce the Passat and the Golf? Volkswagen

35.  The former German currency the Deutschmark was made up of one hundred what? Pfennigs

36.  Who was the first boxer to beat Mohammad Ali in a professional fight? Joe Frazier (1971) then Ken Norton (1973)

37.  Malachite is an ore of which metal? Copper

38.  In German mythology, what was the name of the siren that lured sailors to their doom? Lorelei

39.  During which twentieth century war did the Battle of Ebro take place? Spanish Civil War (1938)

40.  Lake Tiberius is the Israeli name for which sea? Sea of Galilee