1. The character ‘Oddjob’ appeared in which Bond film? Goldfinger
  2. How many acres are there in one square mile? Six hundred and forty
  3. In cookery what name is given to the term ‘to cook in water below boiling point’? Simmering
  4. Tallahassee is the capital of which U. S. state? Florida
  5. Up to 2012, which country has won the cricket World Cup most often? Australia (four times since 1975)
  6. In which year did food rationing cease in the U. K.? 1954
  7. Which singer/songwriter’s first U. K. top twenty hit was ‘Just the Way You Are’? Billy Joel(No.19 1977)
  8. Mr. Micawber appears in which Dickens’ novel? David Copperfield
  9. Which U. S. President appears on a five dollar bill? Abraham Lincoln
  10. David Petraeus became head of which U. S. government agency in September 2011? The C. I. A.
  11. Clint Eastwood won Best Director Oscar in 1992 for which film? Unforgiven
  12. How many minutes are there in one day? One thousand four hundred and forty
  13. Snow-cap and Alpha are types of which vegetable? Cauliflower
  14. The Gellert Baths are a tourist attraction in which eastern European capital city? Budapest
  15. Cricket bats are traditionally made from what type of wood? Willow
  16. The Battle of the Alamo took place near which Texas city? San Antonio
  17. ‘The Rite of Spring’ is a ballet by which Russian composer? Igor Stravinsky
  18. In heraldry what colour is ‘gules’? Red
  19. Inspector Japp often assisted which literary detective? Hercule Poirot
  20. Who is the Queen’s youngest grandchild? James, Viscount Severn born 2007(eight in order Peter, Zara, William, Harry, Beatrice, Eugenie, Louise, James. All her children have two children)
  21. ‘Frenzy’ and ‘Family Plot’ were the last two films by which English director? Alfred Hitchcock
  22. Where in the human body is the labyrinth? Ear
  23. What colour is the inside of an avocado? Yellow (colour goes from green at the outer edge to pale yellow)
  24. The Panama Canal connects which two bodies of water? Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea
  25. Which English football team play their home games at the Lamex Stadium? Stevenage(known as Broadhall Way but Lamex for sponsorship purposes)
  26. What nationality was explorer Abel Tasman? Dutch
  27. The Duke of Devonshire’s family home is which Derbyshire stately home? Chatsworth House
  28. Which Pink Floyd member died in 2008? Richard Wright (Syd Barrett died in 2006)
  29. Inspector Lestrade appears in novels featuring which fictional detective? Sherlock Holmes
  30. Oxfam is the shortened name of which charity? Oxford Committee for Famine Relief(1942)
  31. Who was the last British Prime Minister born in the nineteenth century? Harold MacMillan(1894)
  32. Who painted ‘The Blue Boy’? Thomas Gainsborough
  33. ‘Up Where We Belong’ is the theme from which film? An Officer and a Gentleman
  34. Where in the human body is the pituitary gland? Base of the brain
  35. The Corinth Canal is in which country? Greece
  36. Which Scottish Olympic athlete was jailed for seven years in 1988? David Jenkins(born Trinidad and Tobago, served only nine months for steroid trafficking)
  37. Who was the first person to patent the pneumatic tyre? Robert William Thomson(1846 – John Boyd Dunlop was given a patent for bicycle tyre in 1888 but withdrawn 1890 - Thomson’s patent preceded it)
  38. What was the real name of Baby Spice of Spice Girls fame? Emma Bunton
  39. Who created Winnie the Pooh? Alan Alexander Milne
  40. A silk wedding is celebrated after how many years? Twelve

Tie break questions:

  1. Who had a 1970 U. K. top ten hit in 1970 with ‘Up Around the Corner’? Credence Clearwater Revival
  2. What is the opposite of oriental? Occidental
  3. What was Coco Chanel’s real first name? Gabrielle
  4. DaveMohammed played cricket for which country? West Indies
  5. In which part of London is the Royal Hospital? Chelsea
  6. How many British aircraft were lost in Europe during World War II? 22, 010

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