1. In education, what do the initials U. C. A. S. mean? Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
  2. The House of Plantagenet ruled England between which two centuries? Twelfth to fifteenth (House of Plantagenet ruled from 1154 to 1399 – House of Lancaster 1399 – 1461, House of York 1461 – 1470. Lancaster and York were branches or cadets of House of Plantagenet so answer should be twelfth to fourteenth centuries)
  3. Which group released the album ‘Beggar’s Banquet’ in 1968? The Rolling Stones
  4. Torvill and Dean won Olympic gold in which city? Sarajevo
  5. The word anserine relates to which bird? Goose
  6. Which word is used to describe a flawless diamond? Paragon
  7. John Travolta played Tony Manero in which two films? ‘Saturday Night Fever’ 1977 and ‘Staying Alive’ 1983
  8. The Tynwald is the parliament of which island? Isle of Man
  9. Morello and Napoleon are types of which fruit? Cherry
  10. The Drakensberg Mountains are found mainly in which country? South Africa
  11. Which branch of the armed forces has a college in Dartmouth? Royal Navy
  12. Who was leader of Russia between 1964 and 1982? Leonid Brezhnev
  13. Which part of the human body is affected by nephritis? Kidney
  14. Which golfer is nicknamed ‘the Big Easy’? Ernie Els
  15. The Whispering Gallery is in which London building? St. Paul’s Cathedral
  16. How many hulls are there on a catamaran? Two
  17. Which shipping area lies due west of Lundy? Fastnet
  18. Site of the Crucifixion, what is the alternative name of Cavalry Hill? Golgotha (Place of the Skull)
  19. What nationality was Frederic Chopin? Polish
  20. Jack Bauer was the hero in which TV series? 24
  21. Which organisation’s motto is ‘Sure and Steadfast’? The Boys’ Brigade
  22. The Stasi were the secret police of which country? East Germany
  23. What was Jim Reeves’ only U. K. No.1 single? Distant Drums (1966 – two years after his death)
  24. Which English football team used to play their home games at Gay Meadow? Shrewsbury Town
  25. Tamworth and large white are types of which domesticated animal? Pig
  26. Which company introduced the Betamax videocassette tape in 1975? Sony (JVC introduced VHS in 1977)
  27. Who were the male and female stars of the 1988 film ‘When Harry Met Sally’? Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal
  28. In 2010, Owen Paterson was appointed to which cabinet post? Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
  29. Which saint’s day is on the 15th of July? St Swithun’s Day
  30. Which European airline has flown under its original name since 1919, the longest of any airline? K. L. M.
  31. The Low and High Aswan Dams are in which country? Egypt
  32. Albert Pierrepoint hadwhich famous occupation? Hangman
  33. What name is given to playing a violin by plucking the strings? Pizzicato
  34. What nationality was Mata Hari? Dutch
  35. Who famously referred to ‘rivers of blood’ in a 1968 speech? Enoch Powell
  36. Who created the ‘Garfield’ cartoons? Jim Davis
  37. What are the two alcoholic ingredients of a Harvey Wallbanger? Vodka and Galliano
  38. In geometry, what does πr 2 (pi times the radius squared) give? Area of a circle
  39. What is the alternative name for the wildebeest? Gnu or water buffalo
  40. In which English county is Breydon Water? Norfolk

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