- The character ‘Oddjob’ appeared in which Bond film? Goldfinger
- How many acres are there in one square mile? Six hundred and forty
- In cookery what name is given to the term ‘to cook in water below boiling point’? Simmering
- Tallahassee is the capital of which U. S. state? Florida
- Up to 2012, which country has won the cricket World Cup most often? Australia (four times since 1975)
- In which year did food rationing cease in the U. K.? 1954
- Which singer/songwriter’s first U. K. top twenty hit was ‘Just the Way You Are’? Billy Joel(No.19 1977)
- Mr. Micawber appears in which Dickens’ novel? David Copperfield
- Which U. S. President appears on a five dollar bill? Abraham Lincoln
- David Petraeus became head of which U. S. government agency in September 2011? The C. I. A.
- Clint Eastwood won Best Director Oscar in 1992 for which film? Unforgiven
- How many minutes are there in one day? One thousand four hundred and forty
- Snow-cap and Alpha are types of which vegetable? Cauliflower
- The Gellert Baths are a tourist attraction in which eastern European capital city? Budapest
- Cricket bats are traditionally made from what type of wood? Willow
- The Battle of the Alamo took place near which Texas city? San Antonio
- ‘The Rite of Spring’ is a ballet by which Russian composer? Igor Stravinsky
- In heraldry what colour is ‘gules’? Red
- Inspector Japp often assisted which literary detective? Hercule Poirot
- 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)
- ‘Frenzy’ and ‘Family Plot’ were the last two films by which English director? Alfred Hitchcock
- Where in the human body is the labyrinth? Ear
- What colour is the inside of an avocado? Yellow (colour goes from green at the outer edge to pale yellow)
- The Panama Canal connects which two bodies of water? Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea
- Which English football team play their home games at the Lamex Stadium? Stevenage(known as Broadhall Way but Lamex for sponsorship purposes)
- What nationality was explorer Abel Tasman? Dutch
- The Duke of Devonshire’s family home is which Derbyshire stately home? Chatsworth House
- Which Pink Floyd member died in 2008? Richard Wright (Syd Barrett died in 2006)
- Inspector Lestrade appears in novels featuring which fictional detective? Sherlock Holmes
- Oxfam is the shortened name of which charity? Oxford Committee for Famine Relief(1942)
- Who was the last British Prime Minister born in the nineteenth century? Harold MacMillan(1894)
- Who painted ‘The Blue Boy’? Thomas Gainsborough
- ‘Up Where We Belong’ is the theme from which film? An Officer and a Gentleman
- Where in the human body is the pituitary gland? Base of the brain
- The Corinth Canal is in which country? Greece
- Which Scottish Olympic athlete was jailed for seven years in 1988? David Jenkins(born Trinidad and Tobago, served only nine months for steroid trafficking)
- 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)
- What was the real name of Baby Spice of Spice Girls fame? Emma Bunton
- Who created Winnie the Pooh? Alan Alexander Milne
- A silk wedding is celebrated after how many years? Twelve
Tie break questions:
- Who had a 1970 U. K. top ten hit in 1970 with ‘Up Around the Corner’? Credence Clearwater Revival
- What is the opposite of oriental? Occidental
- What was Coco Chanel’s real first name? Gabrielle
- DaveMohammed played cricket for which country? West Indies
- In which part of London is the Royal Hospital? Chelsea
- How many British aircraft were lost in Europe during World War II? 22, 010
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