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Round 3: Sport and Leisure

Which country has ice hockey as its national sport?
Alongside the British Open, US Open and US Masters, which other tournament makes up golf’s Grand Slam?
How heavy does a professional heavyweight boxer have to be – 86 kilograms, 96 kilograms or 106 kilograms?
In Monopoly, what colour is the Strand?
Which two sporting pursuits does the biathlon combine?
Which construction toy was invented by Frank Hornby in 1900?
How many penalty points does a show jumper get if he or she falls off the horse?
Who lost to Virginia Wade in the 1977 women’s singles final?
In which sport are a foil and an épee used?
By what royal nickname was German footballer Franz Beckenbauer known?

Round 4: Pot Luck

Which of the following is not the title of a royal duke – Cornwall, Gloucester, Wales or York?
Who was Hercule Poirot’s assistant?
The
Mabinogion
is a sacred Indian text – true or false?
Which notable figure did Winston Churchill describe as ‘Indomitable in retreat; invincible in advance, insufferable in victory’?
Alongside Martin Van Buren, who was the other bald US president?
What did both Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck make claims to?
What is the modern name of Van Diemen’s Land?
Of which country is the menorah a symbol?
What were the Amati family famous for making?
Which ingredient distinguishes a Pontefract cake from other cakes?

Jackpot

What is the source of agar agar?

Quiz 49

Round 1: Pot Luck

The 14 most venomous snakes in the world live in which continent?
What does ‘asbo’ stand for?
Who issued an invitation to ‘come on over to my place’ in 1965 and again in 1972?
By what name did Mary Mallon become notorious in New York early in the twentieth century?
Which heavily pregnant actress received an Oscar for
Chicago
?
Which Belgian cyclist was known as ‘the Cannibal’ because he ‘ate up’ his opponents?
What is the capital of Jordan?
What invention of Percy Shaw in 1934 greatly improved road safety?
Cardington in Bedfordshire is associated with what type of transport?
Which famous English prophetess lived in a cave at Knaresborough in North Yorkshire?

Round 2: Clothing

Which item of clothing was famously likened to a barbed-wire fence, because ‘it protects the property without obstructing the view’?
Where was denim first made?
Who, in the late 1970s, teamed up with Malcolm McLaren to sell punk fashion clothing from a boutique called Sex in London’s King’s Road?
What did the press call the trade dispute that broke out in 2005 over imports of cheap Chinese clothing?
Where do Panama hats come from?
What item of clothing do Australians call ‘budgie-smugglers’?
What colour berets do peacekeeping soldiers with the United Nations wear?
Who had ‘baggy trousers’ in 1980?
What name was given to the ankle-length socks worn by American teenage girls in the immediate postwar period?
Who released an album called
New Boots and Panties!
?

Half-time Teaser

How many monarchs occupied the English throne between the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the execution of Charles I in 1649?

Round 3: Leaders

Who led his followers on a Long March in 1934?
Which French military commander was known as ‘the bravest of the brave’?
Who was the leader of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605?
Which British monarch was the last to lead his troops into battle?
Who was the last Liberal Party leader?
What is the adult leader of a pack of Cub Scouts called?
Who was the leader of the National Union of Mineworkers in the 1983 Miners’ Strike?
Who led the March on Rome in 1922?
Who was the leader of the Mongols who established a huge empire in the early thirteenth century?
Who, until he hanged himself in 1999, was the leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party?

Round 4: Pot Luck

How many legs do adult insects have?
Who publicly declared in 1916 that ‘History is bunk’?
⁴⁹
Which British sitcom of the early 1990s was set in a leisure centre?
Which English queen was sometimes referred to mockingly as Mrs Brown?
Who wrote the novel
Wilt
?
The Sahara desert is getting smaller each year – true or false?
What is the name of the river over which Julius Caesar led his troops in 49 BC, in defiance of Roman law?
What is the seventeenth letter of the alphabet?
Who caused a scandal by turning up at a fancy-dress party in a Nazi uniform?
In which 1956 film did Virginia McKenna seek to protect a group of children from invading Japanese forces?

Jackpot

In what field are chevron, bend, fess and saltire technical terms?

Quiz 50

Round 1: Pot Luck

What name is given to a Scout rally?
Which pope was the first to visit Britain?
In speedway, how many times do riders go round the track in a single race?
How were Charles II and James II related?
Of which Canadian province is Halifax the capital?
If something is vulpine, which animal does it resemble?
What is the highest point of a triangle called?
How many shots does each player take in succession in curling?
From which legendary founder of Rome did Julius Caesar claim to be descended?
By what name was Soeur Sourire better known?

Round 2: Cities of the World

Which is the Eternal City?
In which US city is the television comedy
Frasier
set?
⁵⁰
By what name is the city of Byzantium known today?
Casablanca is a city in Algeria – true or false?
Which city grew from the pioneer settlement of Botany Bay?
In which Italian city would you find the Bridge of Sighs?
Which city is known as ‘the Athens of the North’?
Which US city is served by Dulles International airport?
In which northern English city was the 1997 film
The Full Monty
set?
Alongside London, Liverpool and Newcastle, which other British city is served by an underground railway system?

Half-time teaser

What is the world record for the longest kiss?

Round 3: The World of Work

What does a milliner make or sell?
In
Dad’s Army
, what was Corporal Jones’s job in civilian life?
With which job is the disease pneumoconiosis particularly associated?
Which US president worked as a male model earlier in his career?
In days gone by, what did a wainwright make?
In
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
, what is the profession of Nick Bottom?
Which Hollywood star worked as a lumberjack before entering the film business?
Bill Giles, John Ketley and Ian McCaskill are all employed as what?
Which policeman swapped his old job for that of a figure skater?
What role in a film crew is performed by the best boy?

Round 4: Pot Luck

Which US artist is better known for his invention of the electric telegraph?
What name is given to a potential building site that has been built on before?
What does copra come from?
Who named his first child Zowie?
Which two cities are connected by the M1?
Which disease is known as the Royal Disease?
Who had a number one hit in the UK in 1995 with ‘Some might say’?
Who wrote
The Bonfire of the Vanities
?
William Fox Talbot is remembered as a pioneer in which field?
Which ancient Chinese dynasty held power from
AD
1368 to 1644?

Jackpot

In which sport might a player ‘dig’ to defend against a ‘spike’?

Quiz 51

Round 1: Pot Luck

Which is the world’s smallest continent?
Which can survive longer without water – a camel or a rat?
By what name was Thailand known until 1939?
Who was the lead singer with the Pretenders?
Who played the emperor Claudius in the 1976 television adaptation of
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves?
Which Viking leader settled Greenland in the tenth century?
Which animal has a bill like a duck, a tail like a beaver and lays eggs?
⁵¹
In what year was the Apollo programme to land a man on the Moon announced?
What is ‘triskadekaphobia’ the fear of?
From which Mediterranean island did the emperor Napoleon escape in 1815?

Round 2: Famous Firsts

Who was the first person to swim the English Channel?
Which national team won the first World Cup competition in 1930?
‘Dimwit’, ‘twit’, ‘wally’ and ‘wimp’ were all first recorded as insults in which decade of the twentieth century?
Who was the first scientist to split the atom?
Which was the first of the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan?
What was the first full-length animated film made by Walt Disney?
What was first introduced to Britain by Sir Walter Raleigh on 27 July 1586?
What was British architect ‘Capability’ Brown’s real first name?
Who became the first English bride of an heir to the British throne since 1659?
What means of escape did bank robbers in Paris use for the first time on 27 October 1901?

Half-time teaser

By the time of what would have been his seventieth birthday in 2005, Elvis Presley had reached number one in the UK charts more times than any other artist – how many chart-toppers had he had?

Round 3: Shopping

What shopping innovation was introduced in an Oklahoma supermarket in June 1937?
What brand is advertised with the slogan ‘Bread wi’ nowt taken out’?
What does the English word ‘gift’ mean in German?
Complete the slogan: ‘Melts in your mouth …’
Which magazine is sold in shopping streets ‘to help the homeless help themselves’?
What innovation terrified shoppers when introduced for the first time at Harrods in Knightsbridge?
What was the name of the department store in the television sitcom
Are You Being Served
?
Under what name did Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant have a series of chart hits?
Which London department store adopted the slogan ‘The customer is always right’?
What was the name of Arkwright’s shop assistant in the sitcom
Open All Hours
?

Round 4: Pot Luck

Of which country was Constantine II the last king?
What kind of music did Scott Joplin play?
In which Beijing square were hundreds of students massacred by Chinese troops in June 1989?
Who, in his 1991 song ‘Stay away’, sang ‘I’d rather be dead than cool’?
Which poet wrote the poem ‘Not waving but drowning’?
Which of the world’s lakes has the largest surface area?
What is the common name for the medical condition
tinea pedis
?
Which British city was heavily bombed on 14 November 1940 in Operation Moonlight?
By what name are members of the Society of Friends better known?
In which sport is the Walker Cup contested?

Jackpot

Who succeeded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa in 1999?

Quiz 52

Round 1: Pot Luck

By what name is 14 July known in France?
Which car manufacturer makes the Brava, Ducato and Tipo?
Who is the central character in James Joyce’s
Ulysses
?
To which post was Joseph Ratzinger elected in 2005?
What was the
Spruce Goose
?
Which contemporary political leader is a descendant of William IV and a fifth cousin twice removed of Elizabeth II?
What name is given to people (usually civilians) kept near a potential target to deter attack?
By what name is Aden now known?
In British place names, what does ‘scar’ mean?
Which one of rugby’s Six Nations has never won a Home Nations, Five Nations or Six Nations championship?

Round 2: Kings and Queens

In which country did Elizabeth II receive the news that she was queen?
Who was the last of the reigning Stuart kings and queens of Britain?
Of which country did Albert II become king in 1993?
Who was the first Danish king of England?
Humbert II was the last king of which European country?
How many prime ministers, up to and including Tony Blair, have there been during the reign of Elizabeth II?
Which European country has been ruled by queens called Christina and Ulrika?
In which English city is King John buried?
Who was ‘the King of Swing’?
Which mythological king suffered the misfortune of seeing everything he touched turned to gold?

Half-time teaser

In 2001 the diameter of a tennis ball was increased to how many millimetres?

Round 3: Music