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Art and LiteratureSaturday's art and literature quiz1 Which 1851 novel was first published in Britain under the title The Whale?2 The Bennet family appear in which Jane Austen novel?3 Which painter is associated with the Stour valley on the Essex/Suffolk border?4 Who wrote The Day of the Jackal about an attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle?5 Who painted a number of paintings of water lilies in his garden at Giverney?6 About which otter did Henry Williamson write a 1927 novel?7 During the reign of which King of England was Hans Holbein the Younger a prominent painter?8 Which pottery form takes its name from the Italian for “baked earth”?9 Who is the chief protagonist in John Buchan’s The 39 Steps?10 How long did Rip Van Winkle sleep for?11 What was the first name of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple?12 Whose “Laughable Lyrics” included The Quangle Wangle’s Hat and The Dong with a Luminous Nose?13 Who painted his grandson in the famous work, Bubbles?14 Which of King Arthur’s nephews had an encounter with the Green Knight?15 Who is the wizard in The Hobbit?16 In which country are Njál’s Saga and Laxdaela Saga set?17 By law, what had to be lowered at least once during every theatrical performance although this has been relaxed in recent years?18 Who killed Grendel and Grendel’s mother?19 Who was the father of Goneril, Regan and Cordelia?20 Which action painter was nicknamed “Jack the Dripper”?21 What was the name of Captain Nemo’s submarine?22 What term is given to the technique where paint is mixed and bound with egg yolk?23 How are the sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy described in the title of an 1868 novel?24 In which play does Lady Bracknell memorably say “A handbag?”25 Which Ray Bradbury novel opens “It was a pleasure to burn”?26 In Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers, what was Mr Pickwick’s first name?27 Who wrote the Twilight series of novels?28 Who is the victim of The Murder in the Cathedral in T S Eliot’s play of that name?29 What was Ethiopia formerly known as?30 What is the pseudonym of the Bristolian graffiti artist who branched into film this year?31 What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot?32 In the Crimean War, Roger Fenton was the first person to be accredited in what capacity?33 What is the name of Andy McNab’s 1993 book about a patrol behind enemy lines in Iraq?34 According to W H Auden, what was “bringing the cheque and the postal order”?

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35 Who went on a circumnavigation of the world from the Reform Club as the result of a bet?36 A Woman of Substance, published in 1979, was a best-selling debut novel for which well-known writer?37 For which Henrik Ibsen play, first performed in 1876, did Edvard Grieg compose the instrumental music?38 Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi?39 Captain John Joseph Yossarian is the central figure of which 1961 novel?40 Christen Købke and Vilhelm Hammershøi are leading 19th-century figures in which country’s art?41 In which George Bernard Shaw play are Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle central characters?42 Commemorated by a statue outside its headquarters in Burlington House, which painter was the first President of the royal Academy?43 Who created the famous sculptures The Thinker and The Kiss?44 In which fictional county did Anthony Trollope set a series of novels?45 Who served as squire to Don Quixote?46 What is the name of Caractacus Potts’ 12- cylinder, eight-litre, supercharged Paragon Panther?47 In which Cornish town does the Tate have an outpost?48 What was the Empress of Blandings in the works of P G Wodehouse?49 The title of which Mark Haddon novel is inspired by an incident in the Sherlock Holmes tale Silver Blaze?50 Which Rembrandt painting should more properly be called The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch?51 About which bird did Percy Bysshe Shelley write 'Hail to Thee, blithe spirit!’?52 Who wrote the play Blithe Spirit which took its title from Shelley’s poem?53 In which famous novel does Edward Fairfax Rochester play a significant role?54 Which artistic movement was founded by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso?55 Which Chekhov character had a niece called Sofya Alexandrovna Serebryakov?56 Which post-Impressionist painter lived mainly in Aix-en-Provence and painted a number of landscapes of the area?57 Which John Steinbeck novel revolves around the characters Lenny and George?58 Which famous horror novel is subtitled The Modern Prometheus?59 George Stubbs is best-known for his paintings of which animals?60 Who wrote the Flashman series of novels?

Sunday's art and literature quiz1 Which literary characters set out on a journey from the Tabard Inn, Southwark?2 Which American novelist wrote the Rabbit tetralogy?3 Which artist shares his name with a colour of hair, so-called as he frequently painted women with this colour?4 Who is the youngest recipient of a Nielsen Book Platinum Award, for selling one million copies, for her book PS I Love You?5 Which character in Shakespeare was Prince of Tyre?6 Who famously painted a train going over Maidenhead Bridge in 1844?


7 A series of books about SAS Sergeant Geordie Sharp and the Alpha Force novels are among the works of which writer?8 In which country is the castle of Zenda to be found?9 In which book does an alien invasion commence in Woking?10 Who is the Greek Goddess of love?11 Which writer created Inspector Tom Barnaby?12 In which 1903 novel do Carruthers and Davies discover a German plan to attack Britain while on a yachting holiday?13 Which artist frequently uses casts of his body in his work, and created The Angel of the North?14 Which Dutch painter only painted about 35-40 works and is notable for his treatment of light in domestic interiors in many of these?15 Which title character of a Kingsley Amis novel had the surname Dixon?16 What was the name of the fox in a series of French medieval fables?17 What was Filippo Brunellschi’s significant contribution to the cathedral in Florence?18 Published in 1900 and about a cycling tour in Germany, what was the sequel to Three Men in a Boat?19 Which Roy Lichtenstein artwork features a comic- book style plane shooting down an enemy and has its title written in it?20 Who made a pact with the demon Mephistopheles?21 Which two figures are normally found in a Pietà sculpture?22 In which famous novel is Grimpen Mire to be found?23 Which artist’s works include Sleeper, where he wandered around a Berlin gallery dressed as a bear?24 Which novel opens: “It was 348 years, six months and 19 days ago today that the citizens of Paris were awakened by the pealing of all the bells in the triple precincts of the City, the University and the Town”?25 Julia Margaret Cameron was an early pioneer of which art form?26 Who painted The Laughing Cavalier?27 Sir Percy Blakeney was supposedly a descendant of the Laughing Cavalier. What was his alias?28 Which artist is best-known for wrapping objects, most notably buildings, in plastic?29 Which British prime minister was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?30 Whose praises were extolled by John Betjeman in “The Subaltern’s Love Song”?


Geography and TravelSaturday's Geography and Travel quiz1 Which island group includes Ibiza, Menorca and Majorca?2 Which river separates Cornwall from Devon?3 What are motorways called in France?4 The New Shekel is the currency of which country?5 Mosul, Arbil and Basra are among the principal cities in which country?6 Which capital city has a name that means “good airs” in English?7 In which county is the historic Bluebell Railway to be found?8 Zanzibar and Pemba Islands are part of which country?9 In which county is the bracing Skegness located?10 In which Irish county is Malin Head, the most northerly point of the Irish mainland?11 If all the traditional counties of England were listed alphabetically, which would come first?12 The Tay Bridge runs south from which city?13 Which two countries lie on the island of Hispaniola?14 The ancient city of Machu Picchu is in which country?15 What is Britain’s most southerly National Park?16 What alternative name is given to the River Thames as it passes through Oxford?17 The Ross and Weddell Seas lap the shore of which continent?18 Piraeus serves as the port for which major city?19 What is the capital of the Falkland Islands?20 On which canal can the Gatun and Miraflores Locks be found?21 Brunei is one of the three countries which share which island, the third largest in the world?22 Which national flag is the only one in the world to be a single colour with no design or insignia on it?23 In which country are the Angel Falls, the world’s highest waterfall?24 Which federal state consists of 26 Cantons?25 In which country is Liberation of Saigon Day on April 30 a public holiday?26 Mauritius is found in which ocean?27 Which is the smallest and southernmost region of mainland Portugal, known primarily for tourism?28 Dulles International Airport serves which American city?29 Which is Britain’s busiest railway station in terms of services, with more than 2,000 trains a day passing through?30 Which island is separated from the British mainland by the Menai Straits?31 LOT is the national airline of which country?32 In which country are the Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake?33 On which Caribbean island can you find the Blue Mountains?34 In which country is the port of Fray Bentos?35 Which inlet of the Irish Sea separates Cumbria from Dumfries & Galloway?36 Which line of latitude is at 66º33’ N?37 The Torres Strait separates Australia from which island?38 In which country is the legendary city of Timbuktu?39 From which east coast port in the UK can you get ferries to Hook of Holland and Esbjerg?


40 In which country are the mysterious Nazca lines to be found?41 St Davids, St Thomas and St James Park are all railway stations in which English city?42 In which country is the Province of Lapland to be found?43 What term is given to a territory which is part of a country but is surrounded by other countries so it is physically separate from the rest of the country?44 Clearwell Caves and the viewpoint of Symonds Yat are located on the edge of which forest?45 Which Costa lies on the Spanish coast north of Barcelona?46 Which island in the South Atlantic is named after the Portuguese navigator who first sighted it in 1506?47 Tashkent is the capital of which one of the Asian “stans”?48 In which British island group are Hoy, Westray, North Ronaldsay and South Ronaldsay to be found?49 On which island is Ronaldsway airport?50 Which is the only lake in Scotland to be actually called a lake?51 On which river are the Victoria Falls to be found?52 Which landlocked sea is 422m (1385ft) below sea level?53 In terms of population and actual city size, what is France’s second largest city?54 Which country’s flag includes a cedar tree?55 The Spanish Steps are found in which city?56 Which river, which enters the Atlantic at Oporto, is the centre of the making of Port?57 The 886-metre (2,907ft) high Pen y Fan is the highest point in which range of hills?58 O’Hare Airport is one of the busiest in the world. Which American city does it serve?59 The Storting is the parliament of which country?60 Which island lies between the Kintyre peninsula and Ayrshire?

Sunday's Geography and Travel quiz1 The temple complex of Angkor Wat is situated in which country?2 Which Shipping Forecast area shares its name with an island at the entrance to the Bristol Channel?3 In which city are the Petronas Towers, formerly the world’s highest building?4 Which National Trail runs 95 miles from Milngavie to Fort William?5 PL is the international car registration for which country?6 What is the main river that flows through Hamburg?7 Caernarvon is the administrative centre for which Welsh county/unitary authority?8 What name is given to the natural grassland area of southern Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay?9 Almaty is the former and Astana the current capital of which central Asian state?10 On which Greek island are the cities of Chania and Heraklion?11 Which estuary stretches from north of Bordeaux to the Atlantic Ocean?12 What is the name of the tilting trains used on the West Coast Main Line?13 Who developed the most-used projection for maps of the world in 1569?14 What do the letters C G denote on an Ordnance Survey map?15 Which sea lies between Australia and New Zealand?16 How many emirates are there in the United Arab Emirates?17 From which country do Proton cars come?18 In which country are the Taurus Mountains?19 What Channel separates the Isle of Wight from the English mainland?


20 In which country can you find the volcano of Popocatépetl?21 What cape lies at the most north-westerly point of Scotland?22 There is only one other cape in Britain, which shares its name with which county?23 What is an estate, large farm or ranch called in Spanish-speaking countries?24 Which English city has more than 100 miles of canal?25 Speedbird is the call sign used when contacting Air Traffic Control by aircraft from which airline?26 Gävleborg, Gotland and Uppsala are among the counties of which country?27 What is the capital of the island of Mull?28 Of which republic are English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese and Tamil the four official languages?29 Which motorway is also called the Manchester Orbital?30 Which US state is nick-named the Empire State?


History and PoliticsSaturday's History and Politics Quiz1 What was the name for the multi-stranded knotted rope used for flogging in days gone by?2 Which former country was originally called The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes?3 The Knesset is the legislature of which country?4 at which grace-and-favour residence was John Prescott infamously photographed playing croquet?5 Who is the Prime Minister of Russia?6 According to legend, how did Alfred the Great upset a swineherder’s wife while worrying about how to deal with the invading Danes?7 Who said “Dr Livingstone, I presume?” at Ujiji?8 Appointed in 1721, who is held to be the first man to be Prime Minister of the UK?9 What name was given to the women who campaigned to have the vote in the first two decades of the 20th century?10 Who had himself crowned King of Scotland at Scone in 1306?11 Which famous battle was fought on June 18 1815?12 Who led the Luftwaffe in the Second World War?13 How many MPs are there in the House of Commons?14 The Battle of Edgehill was the first and the Battle of Worcester the last of which conflict?15 As well as being the first woman mayor in England, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was the first woman to qualify in which profession?16 What word denoted the new policy of openness adopted by Mikhail Gorbachev’s government in the Soviet Union?17 How was a fishing dispute between Britain and Iceland in the Sixties and Seventies nicknamed?18 Who led the Seventh Cavalry to its doom at the Battle of Little Bighorn?19 What aviation first was performed by Ellen Church in 1930?20 Famed for her eloquence, beauty and learning, who was the astronomer and mathematician murdered by a mob set on her by the Bishop of Alexandria?21 What was held in the Crystal Palace in 1851?22 What organisation underwent a “big bang” in 1986?23 What position is held, perhaps appropriately, by Sir Igor Judge?24 Where was a major treaty in the history of the EU signed in February 1992?25 Who was the Ghillie who became close to Queen Victoria?26 “Egghead weds hourglass” was the headline when playwright Arthur Miller married which actress?27 How many seats do the Conservatives have in the current House of Commons?28 why would an MP apply to become Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead?29 Fulgencio Batista was overthrown as the leader of which country on January 1 1959?30 In which country was the world’s first female Prime Minister elected in 1960?31 Which Peak was the site of a famous mass trespass in 1932?32 Which monarch observed “L’etat, c’est moi”?33 The traditional date for the founding of which city is 753BC?34 Solidarity was an important Trade Union in which country in the Eighties?


35 Who was assassinated at the theatre by John Wilkes Booth?36 Which ancient battle gave its name to an athletics race?37 In medieval times, what was an Estampie?38 What was founded by the “Gang of Four” in 1981?39 Which Anglo-Saxon Kingdom had its capital at Winchester?40 Who is the current MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath?41 Which of Napoleon’s victories had a chicken dish named after it?42 Which of Edward III’s sons was the father of Henry IV?43 Which treaty with Germany brought a formal end to the First World War?44 Which politician, when told by Lady Nancy Astor that if he were her husband she’d put poison in his coffee, replied that if she were his wife he’d drink it?45 John Flamsteed was the first holder of which post, created in 1675?46 Of which Celtic tribe was Boadicea a Queen?47 In which ship did Captain James Cook sail on his first voyage of exploration between 1768 and 1771?48 What are issued by the Government as statements of policy and often set out proposals for legislative changes, which may be debated before a Bill is introduced?49 What was the forename of Mrs Beeton, of household management fame?50 Which old coin was worth the equivalent of 12½p in today’s money?51 Which Ancient Greek physician is known as “The father of medicine”?52 What generic name is given to the metal-armoured steam-powered warships prevalent in world navies in the decades following 1860?53 What was the name given to the prosperous peasants in Russia who were violently repressed by Stalin?54 Which murderer was arrested on the S S Montrose in 1910?55 Which part of his anatomy did astronomer Tycho Brahe lose most of in a duel?56 Which future President was defeated by John F Kennedy in the 1960 election?57 Founded in 1411, what is Scotland’s oldest university?58 Who was the youngest man to be British Prime Minister, holding the post when only 24?59 Who flew Spirit of St Louis across the Atlantic to make the first solo flight across that ocean in 1927?60 Subject of a famous Paul Delaroche painting in the National Gallery, who was the “Nine day Queen”?

Sunday's History and Politics Questions1 Which king was responsible for the building of a number of major castles in north Wales, such as Caernarvon, Conwy and Beaumaris?2 According to legend, which creatures did Saint Patrick banish from Ireland?3 Which Roman road ran from London to York (or Londinium to Eboracum as they were then)?4 What was launched by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095?5 The sackbut was a precursor to which musical instrument?6 What were the stepped towers built in Ancient Mesopotamia called?7 Which French king built the Palace of Versailles?8 Which empire ruled most of India and Pakistan in the 16th and 17th centuries?9 Which city was known to the Romans as Aquae Sulis?


10 What first in British history was Holland I in 1901?11 Who insured his taste buds for £250,000 in 1993?12 What was notable about the result in the constituency of Houghton and Sunderland south at the 2010 General Election?13 Which city was sacked by the Visigoths in 410 and the Vandals in 455?14 Who attempted to arrest John Hampden, John Pym, Denzil Holles, Arthur Haselrig and William Strode in 1642?15 Who married Margaret Kempson in 1942 and Margaret Roberts in 1951?16 Edmund Barton in 1901 was the first prime minister of where?17 What was constructed in the eighth century to mark the boundary between the Kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh?18 Who was prime minster of China under Chairman Mao?19 Which war was fought by Britain, France, Turkey and Piedmont against Russia between 1853 and 1856?20 What did Peter Viggers notoriously try to claim on his MP’s expenses, sales of them falling as a result?21 Who pioneered vaccination as a means of inoculating against smallpox?22 Which gladiator led a two-year slave revolt against the Romans?23 What was the policy of openness pioneered under Mikhail Gorbachev known as in the Soviet Union?24 Of which of her Prime Ministers did Queen Victoria complain “he speaks to me as if I were a public meeting”?25 Who to date is the last member of the Liberal Party to be prime minister?26 Which Roman Emperor was originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus?27 What post was held in the 11th and 12th centuries by Lanfranc of Bec, Anselm of Bec and Theobald of Bec, among others?28 Who was the “sea green incorruptible” who lead the reign of Terror in the French Revolution?29 Which fifth-century barbarian leader was nicknamed “the scourge of God”?30 Attacks by which politician were likened by Denis Healy to being “savaged by a dead sheep”?


Science and Nature

Saturday's Science and Nature Quiz1 Dry ice is a frozen form of which gas?2 Where are human triceps muscles to be found?3 What is the brightest star in the night sky?4 A leveret is the young of which animal?5 What term is given to a piece of rock or metal from space that reaches the surface of the Earth?6 Which part of the eye is coloured and surrounds the pupil?7 What colour is the most-prized variety of jade?8 What type of tree is often found in churchyards?9 Who invented the jet engine?10 What would you use VOIP for?11 To which animal does the word lupine refer?12 Which subatomic particles are found in the nucleus of an atom?13 Which part of the Earth lies between the outer core and the crust?14 Orbiting 35,900km above the equator, what term is given to satellites that remain above the same point on the Earth’s surface in their orbit?15 In trigonometry, what is calculated by the adjacent over the hypotenuse?16 What unit do barometers and weather maps usually display atmospheric pressure in?17 Which chemical element, number 11 in the Periodic table, has the symbol Na?18 Named after a Surrey town where a spring containing this was discovered, how is hydrated magnesium sulphate better known?19 Reed, Marsh, Sedge and Grasshopper are varieties of which bird?20 Which New Zealand-born physicist is credited with splitting the atom?21 Which mineral forms the lead in a pencil?22 SS Archimedes was an appropriately named ship which was the world’s first to use what form of propulsion?23 What is the largest fish in the world?24 What shapes are attached to a line of a weather map to denote a warm front?25 Who discovered the law that the volume of a given mass of gas at a constant temperature is inversely proportional to its pressure?26 What is the longest bone in the human body?27 Relating to flat-screen televisions and monitors, what does LCD stand for?28 What creature is an ophidiophobe afraid of?29 What is the mathematical series that starts 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21 called?30 Deriving its name from an Icelandic word meaning erupt, what term is given to a natural hot spring that intermittently ejects a column of water and steam into the air?31 Diamonds are a form of which chemical element?32 Which paper size measures 297x420mm?33 What piece of computer equipment was invented by Douglas Engelbart of Stanford Research Institute in 1963?34 What is the highest digit that can appear in an Octal number system?


35 Alopecia is a condition causing the loss of what from the body?36 What colour are most thistle heads?37 Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange and Charm are the six “flavours” of what elementary particle?38 What is the device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine called?39 Which part of a horse’s anatomy is the equivalent of a human ankle?40 Magnetite, hematite, limonite and siderite are ores of which metal?41 What name is given to the condition created by too much bile in the bloodstream creating a yellowing of the skin?42 What acid accumulates in the muscles once the anaerobic threshold is passed when doing exercise?43 What do 1,000 gigabytes make?44 Which major spiral galaxy is the closest to the Milky Way and might collide with it in about three billion years?45 What is the usual colour of copper sulphate?46 What is the name given to the substance that covers a deer’s antler when it is growing?47 What is the igneous rock seen in hexagonal columns at the Giant’s Causeway and Fingal’s Cave?48 Which wind is a warm southerly coming from the Sahara Desert over the Mediterranean?49 What colour head does a male Mallard have?50 In which temperature scale is the boiling point of water 80 degrees?51 Which acid is found in car batteries?52 What is the ratio 1:1.618 known as?53 What is an ECG used to show?54 Where was a speed record of 11.2mph set in 1972?55 Which form of cloud has an anvil shape and is associated with heavy showers and storms?56 Old Man’s Beard and Traveller’s Joy are names for a variety of which flower?57 What is the fruit of the tropical plant Ananas comosus?58 Which astronomical distance is about 3.26 light years?59 What is created when the loop of a meander of a river is cut off and the river diverted on a different course?60 Which sugar is found in milk?

Sunday's Science and Nature Quiz1 What was the only probe that has so far been sent to Uranus and Neptune?2 What is defined as “Any rock or soil material that has remained below 0˚C continuously for two or more years”?3 Which insect is the host for the parasitic organism that causes sleeping sickness?4 What did Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discover by accident on November 8 1895?5 Which is the largest species of big cat to be found in South America?6 An Astronomical Unit is the mean distance between which two bodies?7 What term is used in mathematics for a number, such as Pi or √2, which cannot be expressed as a fraction?8 What is manufactured by the Haber process?9 Of what is a Positron an antiparticle?10 What sort of structure is DNA?


12 And what is DNA an abbreviation for?13 Which chemical element is named after a village in Scotland?14 Which of Jupiter’s moons is the largest in the solar system?15 What was a Clepsydra used for?16 How is the fossilised resin of coniferous trees from the Middle Tertiary period better known?17 Monotremes are egg- laying mammals, the order comprising echidnas and which other animals?18 What number on the Beaufort scale is given to a “strong breeze”?19 The diet of which birds creates their pink plumage?20 What colour are the flowers of the primrose?21 Which alkane, chemical formula CH4, occurs naturally in oil wells, marshes and the emissions from cows?22 What does the mathematic sign ≥ mean?23 Which black and white bird of the crow family has the scientific name Pica pica?24 What facet of human anatomy did William Harvey discover?25 In weather, regions of high pressure are also known as what?26 Which London structure was designed so it could act as a giant telescope, although it proved unsuccessful in this role?27 Centre of a long-standing industry in Cornwall, how is kaolin also known?28 In which spacecraft did Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space?29 Where in the body are alveoli to be found?30 Riboflavin is an alternative name for which vitamin of the B Group?


Sport and LeisureSaturday's Sport and Leisure Quiz1 From which country does Samba dancing come?2 In which town on the Thames is a Royal regatta held every summer?3 What term is given to the activity of researching one’s family tree?4 In which sport can you score a waza-ari, ippon and yuko?5 How many balls are on a snooker table at the start of play?6 How long in playing time is a match in rugby league and union?7 What is the highest score that can be awarded by a figure-skating judge?8 In bowls, what is the target ball called?9 Which sport is named after the country seat of the Duke of Beaufort, which is also home to a major event in a different sport?10 In golf, what term is given to completing a hole in two under par?11 How long in yards is a cricket pitch?12 In which sport do you have to navigate on foot to a series of control points?13 Which athletics discipline was revolutionised by Dick Fosbury?14 What colour is the innermost zone in an archery target?15 Which English rugby league team are called the Warriors?16 In which sport did Tom Daley became Britain’s youngest-ever world champion?17 In cycling, for what is BMX short?18 Walter Frederick Morrison invented the Pluto platter in 1948. How is this toy more commonly known?19 In which city does the American football team the 49ers play?20 In tenpin bowling, what is a Turkey?21 What term in cricket describes a ball that is aimed to pitch around the batsman’s feet?22 Which British cyclist came fourth at last year’s Tour de France?23 Which horse set a new record time in winning the 2010 Derby?24 What number is at the 9 o’clock position on a dartboard?25 In which sport is Ben Ainslie a highly successful Olympian?26 What flavour is a traditional satay sauce?27 What is the difference in paddles between canoeing and kayaking?28 What piece of climbing equipment is nicknamed a crab?29 Under what name was the doll G I Joe marketed in the UK?30 Who reputedly refused to stop a game of bowls when an enemy fleet was sighted?31 Which famous rally was first held in January 1911 and won by Henri Rougier?32 Which football competition from now on will be played between the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League?33 Who is the only man to score 13,000 Test runs?34 Dave Brailsford is a successful British coach in which sport?35 Who has held the Men’s Triple Jump world record since 1995?36 What vegetable is used if a dish is cooked Florentine?37 What unusual activity for his species did Herbie the Duck do on Nationwide in 1978?38 How long is an Olympic rowing course?39 In Bridge, a Yarborough is a hand containing no card higher than what value?


40 Basque is a common form of which ball game?41 In which Olympic sport are there Normal Hill and Large Hill events?42 Who holds the record for the highest scoring average per game in NBA basketball?43 What name is given to the art of shaping hedges and trees into shapes?44 Which martial art takes its name from the Japanese for “way of the sword”?45 Which company made the much-loved Chopper bicycle?46 Which boxer’s first professional fight was against Tunney Hunsaker, Police Chief of Fayetteville, West Virginia, on october 29, 1960?47 What are the three disciplines in Three-Day Eventing?48 How did an over bowled by Malcolm Nash in Swansea in 1968 enter cricket history?49 Although now used for various sports, for what was the Elo rating developed as a method of ranking players?50 Which cricketer was first president of the English Bowling Association when it was founded in 1903?51 What activity is pursued by campanologists?52 Which field sport involves teams of 10 for men and 12 for women each carrying a netted stick with which a ball is caught, carried or thrown?53 Monsieur Clergé in 1740 is held to be the first world champion in any sport. In which sport did he hold this title?54 If you were purling, what activity would you be doling?55 In which sport is the Vince Lombardi Trophy awarded?56 What name is given to the sparkling wines that can be made in the regions of Alsace, Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Jura, Limoux and Loire?57 Who was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect 10 at the Olympic games?58 Where is the Yas Marina Motor Racing Circuit?59 As well as skiing, which other sport takes place on a piste?60 What number shirt is worn by a fullback in rugby union?

Sunday's Sport and Leisure Quiz1 Which famous rally was first held in January 1911 and won by Henri Rougier?2 Which football competition from now on will be played between the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League?3 Who is the only man to score 13,000 Test runs?4 Dave Brailsford is a successful British coach in which sport?5 Who has held the Men’s Triple Jump world record since 1995?6 What vegetable is used if a dish is cooked Florentine?7 What unusual activity for his species did Herbie the Duck do on Nationwide in 1978?8 How long is an Olympic rowing course?9 In Bridge, a Yarborough is a hand containing no card higher than what value?10 Basque is a common form of which ball game?11 In which Olympic sport are there Normal Hill and Large Hill events?12 Who holds the record for the highest scoring average per game in NBA basketball?13 What name is given to the art of shaping hedges and trees into shapes?14 Which martial art takes its name from the Japanese for “way of the sword”?15 Which company made the much-loved Chopper bicycle?16 Which boxer’s first professional fight was against Tunney Hunsaker, Police Chief of


Fayetteville, West Virginia, on October 29, 1960?17 What are the three disciplines in Three-Day Eventing?18 How did an over bowled by Malcolm Nash in Swansea in 1968 enter cricket history?19 Although now used for various sports, for what was the Elo rating developed as a method of ranking players?20 Which cricketer was first president of the English Bowling Association when it was founded in 1903?21 What activity is pursued by campanologists?22 Which field sport involves teams of 10 for men and 12 for women each carrying a netted stick with which a ball is caught, carried or thrown?23 Monsieur Clergé in 1740 is held to be the first world champion in any sport. In which sport did he hold this title?24 If you were purling, what activity would you be doling?25 In which sport is the Vince Lombardi Trophy awarded?26 What name is given to the sparkling wines that can be made in the regions of Alsace, Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Jura, Limoux and Loire?27 Who was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect 10 at the Olympic games?28 Where is the Yas Marina Motor Racing Circuit?29 As well as skiing, which other sport takes place on a piste?30 What number shirt is worn by a fullback in rugby union?


EntertainmentSaturday's Entertainment Quiz1 “Start spreading the news, I’m leaving today” are the opening lines of which song?2 In which television programme was “I don’t believe it” a catchphrase?3 You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin’ on a Prayer were early hits for which band?4 What was the surname of Del Boy and Rodney in Only Fools and Horses?5 In which year was a cinematic Space Odyssey set?6 Who was the lead singer of T. Rex?7 Which silent movie actor created “The Little Tramp” character?8 In which film does the line “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore” appear?9 Who plays Lewis in Morse and its spin-off, Lewis?10 What is Indiana Jones’s profession?11 Which policeman was at the centre of the Pink Panther movies?12 Which musical instruments are also called Kettledrums?13 Some Enchanted Evening, Happy Talk and There is Nothing Like a Dame are songs from which musical?14 Which long-running Australian series is set in Summer Bay?15 In which film does a farmer played by Kevin Costner build a baseball diamond in his cornfield?16 Fox Mulder and Dana Scully were the main characters in which television series?17 Which former schoolteacher from Neath has become a big-selling singer?18 Who played Maximus Decimus Meridius in a 2000 Ridley Scott film?19 “Who loves ya, baby” was a catchphrase of which lollipop-sucking detective?20 How many red balloons did Nena take into the pop charts?21 “Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into” is a quote associated with which duo?22 Which of the Muppets did a stand-up comedy routine which tended not to be particularly good?23 Which film character said: “My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates… you never know what you’re gonna get”?24 In what sort of music might you hear scat singing?25 Which television series is set in William McKinley High School, Lima, Ohio?26 With which band did Pete Doherty come to fame?27 Which soap opera started in 1972, and lost a word from its title in 1989?28 What started with Sergeant in 1958 and ended with Columbus in 1992?29 What is the name of the character played by Michael Douglas in the Wall Street films?30 From which opera does the March of the Toreadors come?31 Who played the Vicar of Dibley?32 What are the surnames of the title characters in Romeo and Juliet?33 Which London thoroughfare shares its name with a 1978 Gerry Rafferty hit?34 From which animated film did the song Bright Eyes come?35 For which film did Maurice Jarre compose Lara’s Theme?36 What 1976 album gave Jean Michel Jarre his breakthrough?37 First performed in 1918, who composed The Planets suite?


38 Which 1990 comedy horror film had the tag-line “Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude”?39 Of which television series was Jack Bauer the protagonist?40 What connects Sandie Shaw, Lulu, Brotherhood of Man, Bucks Fizz and Katrina and the Waves?41 The series Smallville is about the early years of which superhero?42 What was the follow-up to Jurassic Park called?43 Played by Hugh Laurie, who is Chief of Diagnostic Medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital?44 Tiger Feet was which band’s first number one single, in 1974?45 The 1975 film Rooster Cogburn, starring John Wayne as the title character, was a sequel to which film released six years earlier?46 Which DCI lives in Causton?47 Which trio’s albums include Dookie, Insomniac and Warning?48 David Dickinson is a television expert on which subject?49 From which musical does the song Memory come?50 What is the name of the lion cub in Born Free?51 Who composed 12 variations on the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?52 Who made his screen debut in the 1928 film Steamboat Willie?53 How was Jaime Sommers known in a television series of the Seventies and 2000s?54 Who played Buffy the Vampire Slayer?55 What was Elvis Presley’s middle name?56 Which instrument did jazz legend Miles Davis play?57 Lulu accompanied which band on the 1993 hit Relight My Fire?58 Who is “Queen of Shops” in a BBC Two series?59 Despite the legend, in which film is “Play it again Sam” never actually said?60 “The Lass that Loved a Sailor” is the subtitle of which Gilbert and Sullivan work?

Sunday's Entertainment Quiz1 What is Don Diego de la Vega’s alter ego?2 “Here we come/ Walking down the street/ We get the funniest looks from/ Everyone we meet...” Which band did this apply to?3 Who lived at 52 Festive Road and regularly visited a fez-wearing shopkeeper?4 What type of music did John Philip Sousa write?5 “You had your time/ You had the power/ You’ve yet to have your finest hour” are lines from which Queen song?6 Bill and Ben Porter and their offspring were the main characters in which sit-com?7 Which acclaimed singer-songwriter began his career with Fairport Convention and made a number of albums with his then wife Linda?8 Which insects topped the chart for Owl City with their debut single?9 Which sit-com was set in Walmington-on-Sea?10 What was the Titfield Thunderbolt?11 Craig Phillips was the first winner of which television series?12 What was the name of the Pet Detective in a couple of 1990s films?13 Which word precedes both Kitten and Rooster in the name of bands who’ve had top 10 singles?14 Who went Singin’ in the Rain in a 1952 film?


15 Who got soaked portraying a policeman in a comic television adaptation of the song – Singin’ in the Rain?16 According to the Guinness Book of Records, who is the world’s most successful and popular pianist?17 Against whom did Captain Scarlet fight?18 The birdcatcher Papageno and the Queen of the Night appear in which Mozart opera?19 What was Fatty Arbuckle the first cinematic recipient of, in the 1913 film A Noise from the Deep?20 Monkswell Manor is the location for which famous play?21 Yours Truly Angry Mob was a chart-topping album for which band?22 Which film depicts the defence of Rorke’s Drift?23 Which 1985 film had the tagline “He’s the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born”?24 Audrey fforbes-Hamilton and Richard de Vere were the protagonists of which sit-com?25 Whose 2010 debut album is called Lights?26 What was the surname of siblings John Boy, Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Jim-Bob, Ben and Elizabeth, residents in Virginia, USA?27 Dick Grayson is the real name of which superhero?28 Which band comprises vocalist Tom Chaplin, pianist Tim Rice-Oxley and drummer Richard Hughes?29 What did Joseph possess in a Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?30 In which James Bond film was there the following exchange: “You expect me to talk?” “No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!”?


Extra hard general knowledgeArt and literatureSaturday's Quiz1 Ogier the Dane, Archbishop Turpin of Reims and Baligant, Emir of Babylon, are all characters in which epic poem?2 Whose 1942 painting Nighthawks is unsual for the painter as it features four people, his works usually featuring fewer than that?3 The Lost Stradivarius and The Nebuly Coat are two of John Falkner’s three published novels. Which work, published in 1898, is the third?4 What is the name of the human-lilke inhabitants of the land of the Houyhnhnms, discovered by Captain Lemuel Gulliver in 1711?5 Of which short-lived painter did Turner observe that if this painter had lived, he would have starved?6 Which musician exerted an unwholesome influence over singer Trilby O’Ferral?7 Which poem was sparked by the premature death of Arthur Henry Hallam?8 Spencer Gore, son of the first Wimbledon Men’s Singles champion, was the first president of which artistic group?9 What part of Elfride Swancourt’s anatomy provided the title of an 1873 novel?10 Which Shakespeare play ends with Alcibiades reading the title character’s epitaph and promising to bring peace to that character’s home city?Sunday's Quiz1 Which Dominican-born writer published nothing between 1939 and 1966, when she wrote a prequel to Jane Eyre?2 Which artistic method was brought to England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine?3 Who is the father of Guinevere, who gave the Round Table to King Arthur as a wedding present?4 In which land are Quadling Country, Winkie Country and Gillkin Country to be found?5 The Goldfinch is a well-known work by which painter, who perished in a Delft gunpowder magazine explosion?6 “Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree’s shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep”. What was the name of the village in which these lines were written?7 In which book is blind monastic librarian Jorge di Burgos a muderer?8 Elizabeth Siddal and Jane Morris were favourite models of which artist?9 Who is the master thief turned master detective in a series of stories by Maurice LeBlanc, some of which include a character called Herlock Sholmes?10 Which famous painting includes a King and queen reflected in a mirror?

History and politicsSaturday's Quiz1 Which son of a weaver was a major benefactor of public libraries throughout the UK and US?2 Ceawlin was the only King of which Anglo-Saxon Kingdom to be listed as a Bretwalda, or overlord, by the Venerable Bede?3 Who was Prime Minister when the Second Reform Act was passed in 1867?


4 The actress Theodora became the wife of which Byzantine Emperor?5 George Nathaniel Curzon was the youngest man to hold which post in Asia when appointed in 1899?6 What has been common about all general elections since the one held on Tuesday, October 27 1931?7 Which Irish-born soldier and diplomat, one of the first graduates from Harvard, had a famous London street named after him?8 What role did the family of Marmion of Scrivelsby perform at coronations of Kings of England from the time of William I to Edward I?9 Launched in 1871,what was historically significant about HMS Devastation?10 What sort of people was the 13th-century Ancrene Wisse written for?Sunday's Quiz1 A Supermarine Rolls-Royce S6 was the first winner of which race, in 1929?2 Who said “May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here” to Charles I?3 In which government department do Mark Hoban, David Gauke and Justine Greening hold ministerial positions?4 Which monarch perished at Sauchieburn?5 With a majority of 27,826, which MP has the biggest majority in today’s House of Commons?6 What name was adopted by Pharoah Amenhotep IV after a change in religion?7 Who was the first Royal Navy Admiral to circumnavigate the globe, from 1740-4?8 The number of members of the US House of Representatives was fixed in 1911 at what number?9 Louis Grabu (1666-74), John Eccles (1700-35) and William Boyce (1757-79) are former holders of which royal post?10 How many Vestal Virgins served as Priestesses of the goddess Vesta at any one time?

EntertainmentSaturday's Quiz1 Which musician is so called as he can trace his ancestry to Herman Melville?2 What were the names of the highwaymen played by Robert Carlyle and Jonny Lee Miller in a 1999 film?3 Which comedian started his career as a member of folk group The Humblebums?4 Which fairy-tale characters are the children of Peter and Gertrud in an 1893 Engelbert Humperdinck opera?5 With which traditional English dish did Anthony Newley, Peter Sellers and Joan Collins enter the charts in 1961?6 Which Gerry Anderson series starred Stanley Unwin working for an organisation called BISHOP?7 Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is set in San Francisco’s Chinatown?8 In which 1940 film starring Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge do a film star and his wife chase spies and recover a stolen carburettor?9 Which band were Living Next Door to Alice in 1976?10 Matilda and Alice were the real forenames of which two music hall stars?Sunday's Quiz


1 Which character in The Magic Roundabout rode a tricycle?2 What is the surname of the Spy Kids?3 What kind of musical instrument is a Txalaparta?4 Višehrad, Vltava, Šárka, From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields, Tábor and Blaník are the movements of which 1874 orchestral work?5 What bridge is crossed in a short 1978 film starring Leonard Rossiter, featuring characters called Chubby Chap, Lincoln’s Inn and Austen Reed, and concerned with commuters on a walking race to work?6 “Foreknowing that the truth will fall out so” is the only line spoken by Peter of Pomfret in which of Shakespeare’s history plays?7 On which multi-million selling album would you find the Nasal Choir, Moribund Chorus and Girlie Chorus?8 How were Harry Rule, the Contessa di Contini and Paul Buchet known in an ITC adventure series of the early 1970s?9 Which pianist was born Philippe Pagès in Paris in 1953?10 Which two 1965 films featured Peter Cushing and Roy Castle in leading roles and the word “Dr” at the beginning of the title?

Science and natureSaturday's Quiz1 Hamal, Sheraton and Mesarthim are stars in which constellation?2 Which north American mammal has a black and white face mask and a bushy tail with between five and seven rings?3 Cork is a variety of which type of tree?4 What is the viscous yellow fluid that nourishes and lubricates cartilage in joints called?5 Where would you find plant Jelly Buttons, or Leathesia diformis?6 Human fingernails come in at what number on the Mohs scale of hardness?7 Duplicatus, intortus and perlucidus are among the varieties of what?8 Which type of vole lives in rocky mountainous habitats in central and southern Europe?9 Which pink-flowered perennial, which can grow up to six feet tall, is traditionally used to treat insomnia?10 What is the energy of one quantum of electromagnetic radiation, with a value of 6.626196 x 10-34 joule seconds and the symbol h called?Sunday's Quiz1 What is the most abundant substance found in the plant kingdom?2 What collective name is given to elements 89-103 on the Periodic Table?3 When on breeding grounds or stopover sites during migrations, which bird, scientific name Grus grus, often does a dance where the birds dance round each other with outspread wings, leaping into the air and bowing?4 Dolerite, Essexite and Gabbro are forms of which igneous rock?5 What are affected by the Ekman spiral effect?6 What colour are soap nuts, the fruit of the Soapberry tree?7 What kind of creature is a Father Lasher?8 Discovered in 2005, which is the largest of the dwarf planets and the most distant object from the sun in the solar system yet discovered?9 Moss, Rose, Starry and Bladder are amongst the varieties of which flower of the Silene


genus?10 Growing up to nine foot long, what is the world’s smallest species of whale?

Sport and leisureSaturday's Quiz1 Which race is rowed on the boat race course, but in reverse?2 How high is the top of a badminton net above the court?3 “The devil on two sticks” is a former name for which juggling-like game?4 Which board game, issued with a series of locations, was developed by Rachel Lowe?5 In betting slang, which odds does a Double Carpet refer to?6 In which video game series does Alex the lizard, Roger and Roger Jr the Kangaroos and Panda appear?7 Who scored the goal when Barry Davies famously asked “Where were the Germans? And frankly, who cares?”?8 In which winter sport is Acro one of the events?9 Who played in nine FA Cup finals, winning five, and was presented with the second FA Cup in 1910 for services to football?10 How many pieces does the current record holder for the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle have?Sunday's Quiz1 Which boxing weight category had a maximum weight limit of 9 stone?2 What are the 12 long triangles on a backgammon board called?3 In which sport is there a difficulty part and five execution marks awarded for each routine, the latter a maximum of 10 with the highest and lowest scores discarded when working out the final total?4 What do you do in Monopoly if you draw the Community Chest card saying it is your birthday?5 Englishman H. Briggs was the first man to win the Men’s Singles title in which tennis tournament?6 In which sport is the standard weight of a ball between 23 and 25 grams?7 Which former England captain is the only man ever to have been given out for obstructing the field in Test cricket?8 Which are the only two numbers of a dartboard to lie between two odd ones?9 How many players a side were there in the first rugby international, between Scotland and England in 1871?10 From which three countries did the winners of the Formula 1 title come between 1968 and 1977?Geography and travelSaturday's Quiz1 St Paul’s Shipwreck and Our Lady of the Victories are among the public hoidays of which country?2 Which two islands are linked by the Seikan rail tunnel, the longest rail tunnel in the world?3 In which range of hills is Lord Hereford’s Knob?4 L’Aquila, scene of an earthquake in 2009, is th capital of which Italian region?5 Which sea is affected by the Meltemi wind?6 Which famously picturesque castle sits in Loch Duich by its meeting point with Lochs Alsh and Long?7 JAT airways is the national carrier of which country?


8 Fewston Reservoir, lying south east of Blubberhouses, is about 10 miles west of which spa town?9 Which is the only Channel Island to have a railway?10 Which Euroroute crosses the UK from Fishguard to Felixstowe as part of its journey from Cork to Omsk?Sunday's Quiz1 Which river is crossed by Barmouth Bridge?2 Comprising 100 centavos, the Quetzal is the currency of which country?3 Margherita Peak, the summit of Mount Stanley the third-highest mountain in Africa, lies on the border of Uganda and which other country?4 What range of hills in Somerset lie to the west of Glastonbury and between the Quantocks and Mendips?5 How many hours ahead of GMT is Armenia?6 General Mariano Escobedo and General Abelargo L Rodriguez are international airports in which country?7 Which is the southernmost island in the Shetland Islands?8 Dhivehi Raajje is the local name for which Indian Ocean island republic?9 Which country has the international car registration letters WAL?10 Pago Pago is the capital of which territory?


Children’s quizArt and literatureSaturday's Quiz1 Who had an encounter with the three bears?2 What is the name of Winnie the Pooh’s donkey friend?3 Who was created by Gepetto the woodcarver?4 Who is the bear in The Jungle Book?5 What kind of creature was defeated by the Three Billy Goats Gruff?6 Who painted the Mona Lisa?7 Who leads a gang of outlaws in Sherwood Forest?8 Who stole Christmas in a Dr Seuss book?9 Who were all the King’s horses and men unable to put together again?10 Who is the druid in the Asterix books?11 Sculptures of which animals lie at the base of Nelson’s column?12 What is the name of the Lion in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe?13 What is the name of the wizard at the court of King Arthur?14 Who has written the prize-winning book The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish?15 What is the name of the recreated theatre from Shakespeare’s time in London?Sunday's Quiz1 Who picked a peck of pickled pepper?2 In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what is Charlie’s surname?3 Which artist painted a number of pictures of sunflowers?4 What is the name of Peter Pan’s piratical enemy?5 What kind of animal is Beatrix Potter’s Mrs Tiggy-Winkle?6 In a nursery rhyme, how much are the bells of St Martin’s owed?7 What was the name of Harry Potter’s pet owl?8 Who is the son of Widow Twankey and brother of Wishee Washee?9 Who created Tracy Beaker?10 What is the artistic technique of gluing a number of items together to form a new work called?11 Which character in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland muttered “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late”?12 Who has a dog called Snowy and is friends with Captain Haddock?13 In which fairy tale does Gerda rescue her friend Kai from the title character?14 Helped by his slave Morgiana, who foiled the 40 thieves?15 What is the name of Eoin Colfer’s teenage criminal mastermind?

History and politicsSaturday's Quiz1 Who was prime minister of the UK for most of the Second World War?2 Which structures were built in medieval times as a mixture of residence and defensive building?3 Who was caught red-handed trying to blow up parliament in 1605?4 What did Romans use a hypocaust for?


5 What is the London home of the prime minister?6 Which liner sank on her maiden voyage in 1912?7 Who is the Deputy Prime Minister?8 What did Spain send to attack Britain in 1588?9 In which country in ancient times was mummification carried out on important people when they died?10 Which city did the ancient Greeks by legend besiege for 10 years?11 How many wives did Henry VIII have?12 Which people travelled in longships and raided Britain from Scandinavia in early medieval times?13 Which king received an arrow in his eye at the Battle of Hastings?14 An act of 1864 outlawed children doing what job, for which they were often employed as they were smaller than adults and it was thought they could do a better job as a result?15 What notable event affected London in September 1666?Sunday's Quiz1 Which ship sank off Portsmouth in 1545 but was retrieved from the seabed in 1982?2 What title was given to the rulers of Ancient Egypt?3 Spitfires and Hurricanes helped win which battle in 1940?4 What overall term is given to the people who fought each other and animals as entertainment in Ancient Rome?5 Which member of the Royal Family holds the title Duke of York?6 What colour are the benches in the House of Commons?7 What material was used to make a famous bridge in Shropshire in 1779, a town now being named after it?8 What was signed by King John at Runnymede in 1215?9 Which businessman founded Virgin Records and Virgin Airlines?10 Who took elephants across the Alps?11 Air Force One is a plane used by the holder of what position?12 What famous structure was built on Salisbury Plane in the third millennium BC?13 Who was the “Lady with the Lamp” during the Crimean War?14 With which queen is the phrase “We are not amused” connected?15 What will be celebrated for only the second time in British royal history by the current Queen in 2012?

EntertainmentSaturday's Quiz1 Sheriff Woody Pride and Buzz Lightyear are major characters in which series of films?2 Who were the winners of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent?3 What sort of animal is Basil Brush?4 What is the name of Donald Duck’s girlfriend?5 In which town do the Flintstones live?6 What came over the hill and blew “whoo whoo”?7 Which television programme shares its name with a naval flag?8 How are Oritsé, JB, Marvin and Aston known collectively?9 Which organisation is based on Tracy Island?10 What is the name of the nanny played by Emma Thompson in two films?


11 Which resident of Jellystone Park is “smarter than the average bear”?12 Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke are former winners of which competition?13 What is the name of Shrek’s wife?14 Which television series is set in the town of Pontypandy?15 What is the name of the hero in The Lion King?Sunday's Quiz1 Wolverine is the leader of which band of superheroes?2 Who fell in love with a robot called EVE?3 What is the name of the vehicle in which Scooby Doo and his friends travel?4 What is the name of the dog in Shaun the Sheep?5 Which breed of dogs were menaced by Cruella de Vil?6 Which stringed instrument is bigger than a violin but smaller than a cello?7 What is the name of the character played by Karen Gillan in Doctor Who?8 What was the name of the Kung Fu Panda in the film of that name?9 Which television presenter hosts Blast Lab and Total Wipeout?10 Which film and musical are about a miner’s son who wishes to become a ballet dancer?11 Which film had a 2009 follow-up described as “The Squeakquel”?12 What is the name of the train in In the Night Garden?13 What does the French song Frère Jacques mean in English?14 What is the name of the current Blue Peter tortoise?15 Which resident of Jellystone Park is “smarter than the average bear”?

Science and natureSaturday's Quiz1 From what tree do acorns come?2 What is the largest planet in the solar system?3 What colour are dandelions?4 How many ounces are there in a pound?5 What term in mathematics refers to the number obtained when two or more numbers are multiplied?6 How many sides does a hexagon have?7 What has the scientific formula H2O?8 Which is the only vowel not on the top row of a computer keyboard?9 The African and Asian are the two main forms of which mammal, with their ear size being an easy way to tell which is which?10 What is the innermost colour of a rainbow?11 Which planet is known as “The Red Planet”?12 Feline means relating to what sort of animal?13 Comice, Conference and Williams are varieties of which fruit?14 What are the young of frogs and toads called?15 In computing, what is Mb short for?Sunday's Quiz1 The cob and pen are the male and female of which aquatic bird?2 What is the more familiar name for the disease rubella?3 What colour are emeralds?4 In photography, what sort of lens enables a speedy transition from long shots to close-ups?


5 Which animals live in lodges and are notable for gnawing trees?6 Which star can be used to work out where due North is?7 What name is given to the collection of 22 bones found in the head?8 Which tree has a variety called “Weeping”?9 Which jet-black bird has lived in the Tower of London for centuries?10 Which stone, a form of calcium carbonate, are the White Cliffs of Dover made of?11 Cocker, Springer and King Charles are varieties of which breed of dog?12 Which leaves can be used to soothe the pain from stinging nettles?13 What turns red in the presence of acid and blue in the presence of alkali?14 The name for which group of prehistoric animals comes from the Greek for “terrible lizard”?15 What is the term for when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, blocking out light from the latter?

Sport and leisureSaturday's Quiz1 What is the name of the football stadium where England play home matches and the FA and Carling Cup Finals are also played?2 Crawl, backstroke and butterfly are different methods in which sport?3 Which game is played in autumn using the fruit of the horse chestnut tree?4 What is the object hit by the players in ice hockey called?5 With five victories to date, what team had won the Fifa World Cup the most times?6 Which British rower won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic games?7 Which sport takes place in a velodrome?8 Which famous horse race is run at Aintree on a Saturday in spring?9 From what country does Lego come?10 What term in tenpin bowling describes having knocked all the pins down after your second bowl?11 What is the name of Manchester United’s home ground?12 How many holes are there on a standard golf course?13 With which Formula 1 team do Lewis Hamilton and Jensen Button currently drive?14 With which video game controller is a Nunchuk used as an add-on?15 Which chess piece can only move diagonally?Sunday's Quiz1 What is the name of the Australian throwing stick that can return to its thrower?2 Which breakfast cereal is advertised with the slogan “Snap, crackle and pop”?3 In netball, for what does WA stand?4 How many pieces does a player have in Ludo?5 What term is used in tennis for 40-40?6 What sort of animal is the video game character Sonic?7 Tick-tack-toe is an alternative name for which game?8 How many players are there in a rugby union team (not including substitutes)?9 What colour belt are martial arts experts entitled to wear?10 Ping-pong is an alternative name for which sport?11 What term is used in cricket for the two men on the field who decide on whether batsmen are out, and signal for extras and boundaries?12 What is the most expensive property on a standard British monopoly board?


13 How many players are there in a baseball team?14 What colour jersey is won by the leader in the Tour de France?15 In which sport might you do a slam dunk?

Geography and travelSaturday's Quiz1 At more than 6.5 million square miles, what is the largest country in the world?2 And which has the largest population, at more than 1.3 billion?3 What colour are motorways on British road maps?4 What is the capital city of Spain?5 Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata are major cities in which country?6 Which sea separates Europe fro Africa?7 Which Scottish loch with a length of about 24 miles, is reputed to contain a monster?8 Which desert covers much of northern Africa?9 Which island country lies off China, Korea and Russia?10 Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia and south of Asia?11 In which mountain range is Mount Everest?12 Which river rises in Peru, enters the sea in Brazil and at no point is crossed by a bridge?13 In which country are the holy cities of Mecca and Medina?14 Which Italian city is famous for its canals?15 What is the line of latitude that runs around the centre of the world called?Sunday's Quiz1 Kabul is the capital city of which country?2 Liverpool lies on which river?3 In which country does the River Nile meet the sea?4 What letter do cars from Germany have on them when travelling abroad to show what country they come from?5 In which country is the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, whose eruption this year has affected air flights?6 In which US city would you find Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx?7 Which car maker makes the Fiesta, Ka and Mondeo models?8 Which trains travel to Europe from St Pancras Station?9 What type of boat is most associated with canals?10 What aids to travel does the Ordnance Survey publish?11 Windermere, Coniston Water and Ullswater are found in which National Park?12 Which of the states and territories of Australia is an island?13 What is the largest of the Channel Islands?14 Which is the only bascule bridge in London, whose road can be raised from either side to allow ships through?15 What are the only two countries to have a land border with the US?


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Art and Literature answersSaturday answers: Arts and Literature1) Moby Dick 2) Pride and Prejudice 3) John Constable 4) Frederick Forsyth 5) Claude Monet 6) Tarka 7) Henry VIII 8) Terracotta 9) Richard Hannay 10) Twenty years 11) Jane 12) Edward Lear 13) Sir John Everett Millais 14) Sir Gawain 15) Gandalf 16) Iceland 17) The safety curtain 18) Beowulf 19) King Lear 20) Jackson Pollock 21) Nautilus 22) Tempera 23) Little Women 24) The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde 25) Fahrenheit 451 26) Samuel 27) Stephenie Meyer 28) Thomas Becket 29) Abyssinia 30) Banksy 31) Captain Flint 32) War Photographer 33) Bravo Two Zero 34) The Night Mail (crossing the border) 35) Phileas Fogg (and his servant Passepartout; in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days) 36) Barbara Taylor Bradford 37) Peer Gynt 38) Yann Martel 39) Catch-22 40) Denmark 41) Pygmalion 42) Sir Joshua Reynolds 43) (Auguste) Rodin 44) Barsetshire 45) Sancho Panza 46) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 47) St Ives 48) A prize sow 49) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 50) The Night Watch 51) A skylark (in To a Skylark) 52) Noël Coward 53) Jane Eyre 54) Cubism 55) Uncle Vanya (Ivan Petrovitch Voynitsky) 56) Paul Cézanne 57) Of Mice and Men 58) Frankenstein 59) Horses 60) George MacDonald FraserSunday answers: Art & Literature1) The pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales 2) John Updike 3) Titian 4) Cecelia Ahern 5) Pericles 6) Joseph Mallord William Turner (Rain, Steam and Speed) 7) Chris Ryan 8) Ruritania 9) The War of the Worlds (by H G Wells) 10) Aphrodite 11) Caroline Graham 12) The Riddle of the Sands 13) Antony Gormley 14) (Johannes) Vermeer 15) Lucky Jim 16) Reynard 17) He designed its dome 18) Three Men on the Bummel 19) Whaam! 20) Dr Faustus (or Faust) 21) The Virgin Mary andJesus Christ 22) The Hound of the Baskervilles 23) Marc Wallinger 24) Notre Dame de Paris (also known as The Hunchback of Notre Dame) by Victor Hugo 25) Photography 26) Frans Hals 27) The Scarlet Pimpernel 28) Christo 29) Sir Winston Churchill 30) Miss Joan Hunter Dunn


Entertainment answersSaturday answers: Entertainment1) New York, New York 2) One Foot in the Grave 3) Bon Jovi 4) Trotter 5) 2001 6) Marc Bolan 7) Charlie Chaplin** 8) The Wizard of Oz 9) Kevin Whately 10) Archaeologist 11) Inspector Clouseau 12) Timpani 13) South Pacific 14) Home and Away 15) Field of Dreams 16) The X Files 17) Katherine Jenkins 18) Russell Crowe (in Gladiator) 19) Lt Theo Kojak 20) 99 21) Laurel and Hardy 22) Fozzie Bear 23) Forrest Gump 24) Jazz 25) Glee 26) The Libertines 27) Emmerdale (formerly Emmerdale Farm) 28) Carry On Films 29) Gordon Gekko 30) Carmen 31) Dawn French 32) Montague and Capulet 33) Baker Street 34) Watership Down 35) Doctor Zhivago 36) Oxygène 37) (Gustav) Holst 38) Arachnophobia 39) 24 40) They’ve all won the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK 41) Superman 42) The Lost World 43) Gregory House MD 44) Mud 45) True Grit 46) Tom Barnaby (in Midsomer Murders) 47) Green Day 48) Antiques 49) Cats 50) Elsa 51) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 52) Mickey Mouse 53) The Bionic Woman 54) Sarah Michelle Gellar 55) Aron 56) Trumpet 57) Take That 58) Mary Portas 59) Casablanca 60) HMS PinaforeSunday answers: Entertainment1) Zorro 2) The Monkees 3) Mr Benn 4) Marches 5) Radio GaGa 6) 2 Point 4 Children 7) Richard Thompson 8) Fireflies 9) Dad’s Army 10) A train locomotive which served the branch line to Titfield in the film of that name 11) Big Brother 12) Ace Ventura 13) Atomic 14) Gene Kelly 15) Eric Morecambe 16) Richard Clayderman 17) The Mysterons 18) The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) 19) A custard pie 20) The Mousetrap 21) Kaiser Chiefs 22) Zulu 23) Back to the Future 24) To the Manor Born 25) Ellie Goulding 26) Walton (in The Waltons) 27) Robin (in the Batman stories) 28) Keane 29) An amazing technicolour dreamcoat 30) Goldfinger


Geography and Travel answersSaturday answers: Geography and travel1) The Balearic Islands 2) The Tamar 3) Autoroutes 4) Israel 5) Iraq 6) Buenos Aires 7) Sussex (in both East and West Sussex) 8) Tanzania 9) Lincolnshire 10) Donegal 11) Bedfordshire 12) Dundee 13) Haiti and the Dominican Republic 14) Peru 15) Dartmoor 16) The Isis 17) Antarctica 18) Athens 19) Port Stanley 20) The Panama Canal 21) Borneo 22) Libya 23) Venezuela 24) Switzerland 25) Vietnam 26) The Indian Ocean 27) Algarve 28) Washington DC 29) Clapham Junction 30) Anglesey 31) Poland 32) Canada 33) Jamaica 34) Uruguay 35) The Solway Firth 36) Arctic Circle 37) New Guinea 38) Mali 39) Harwich 40) Peru 41) Exeter 42) Finland 43) An Exclave 44) The Forest of Dean 45) The Costa Brava 46) Tristan da Cunha 47) Uzbekistan 48) The Orkney Islands 49) Isle of Man 50) The Lake of Menteith (all the rest are Lochs) 51) The Zambezi 52) The Dead Sea 53) Marseilles (Lyons has a larger metropolitan area but the actual city is smaller) 54) Lebanon 55) Rome 56) The Douro 57) The Brecon Beacons 58) Chicago 59) Norway 60) ArranSunday answers: Geography and Travel1) Cambodia 2) Lundy 3) Kuala Lumpur 4) The West Highland Way 5) Poland 6) The Elbe 7) Gwynedd 8) The Pampas 9) Kazakhstan 10) Crete 11) The Gironde 12) Pendolino 13) Gerard Mercator 14) Cattle Grid 15) The Tasman Sea 16) Seven (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Qaiwan) 17) Malaysia 18) Turkey 19) The Solent 20) Mexico 21) Cape Wrath 22) Cornwall 23) Hacienda 24) Birmingham 25) British Airways 26) Sweden 27) Tobermory 28) Singapore 29) M60 30) New York


History and Politics answersSaturday answers: History and politics1) Cat o’ Nine Tails 2) Yugoslavia 3) Israel 4) Dorneywood 5) Vladimir Putin 6) He burnt her cakes by not keeping proper watch on them whilst cooking 7) (Henry Morton) Stanley 8) Sir Robert Walpole 9) Suffragettes 10) Robert the Bruce 11) The Battle of Waterloo 12) Hermann Goering 13) 650 14) The Civil War 15) As a doctor 16) Glasnost 17) The Cod War 18) Lt-Col George Armstrong Custer 19) She was the first air hostess 20) Hypatia 21) The Great Exhibition 22) The London Stock Exchange 23) Lord Chief Justice 24) Maastricht 25) John Brown 26) Marilyn Monroe 27) 307 28) He/she wishes to resign (as he/she cannot hold this office of profit and be an MP and MPs are technically forbidden to resign outright) 29) Cuba 30) Sri Lanka (or Ceylon as it was then – the woman in question being Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike) 31) Kinder Scout 32) Louis XIV 33) Rome 34) Poland 35) Abraham Lincoln 36) Marathon 37) A dance and the music to accompany it 38) The Social Democratic Party 39) Wessex 40) Gordon Brown 41) Marengo 42) John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster 43) The Treaty of Versailles 44) Winston Churchill 45) Astronomer Royal 46) The Iceni 47) The Endeavour 48) White Papers 49) Isabella 50) Half-crown 51) Hippocrates of Cos 52) Ironclads 53) Kulaks 54) Dr (Hawley Harvey) Crippen 55) His nose 56) Richard Nixon 57) St Andrews 58) William Pitt the Younger 59) Charles Lindbergh 60) Lady Jane GreySunday answers: History and politics1) Edward I 2) Snakes 3) Ermine Street 4) The First Crusade 5) The trombone 6) Ziggurats 7) Louis XIV 8) The Mughal Empire 9) Bath 10) The first submarine to enter service in the Royal Navy 11) Egon Ronay 12) It was the first to be declared 13) Rome 14) Charles I 15) Denis Thatcher 16) Australia 17) Offa’s Dyke 18) Chou En-Lai (or Zhou Enlai) 19) The Crimean War 20) A (Stockholm) Duck House 21) Edward Jenner 22) Spartacus 23) Glasnost 24) (William Ewart) Gladstone 25) David Lloyd George 26) Nero 27) Archbishop of Canterbury 28) (Maximilien) Robespierre 29) Attila the Hun 30) Sir Geoffrey Howe


Science and Nature answersSaturday answers: Science and Nature1) Carbon Dioxide 2) At the back of the upper arm 3) Sirius (The Dog Star) 4) Hare 5) Meteorite 6) Iris 7) Green 8) The Yew 9) Sir Frank Whittle 10) Making a telephone call on the internet (it stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol) 11) Wolf 12) Protons and Neutrons 13) The Mantle 14) Geostationary 15) Cosine 16) Millibars 17) Sodium 18) Epsom salts 19) Warbler 20) Sir Ernest Rutherford 21) Graphite 22) A Screw Propellor 23) The whale shark 24) Semicircles 25) Robert Boyle 26) The femur (or thighbone) 27) Liquid Crystal Display 28) Snakes 29) A Fibonacci Series 30) Geyser 31) Carbon 32) A3 33) The Mouse 34) 7 35) Hair 36) Purple 37) A Quark 38) A carburettor 39) Fetlock 40) Iron 41) Jaundice 42) Lactic Acid 43) A Terabyte 44) Andromeda 45) Blue 46) Velvet 47) Basalt 48) Sirocco 49) Green 50) Réaumur 51) Sulphuric 52) The Golden Section (also Golden Ratio, Golden mean and Divine Proportion) 53) Heart activity and rhythm (it stands for electrocardiogram) 54) The Moon (John Young of Apollo 16 driving the Lunar Rover!) 55) Cumulonimbus 56) Clematis 57) Pineapple 58) A parsec 59) An Oxbow lake 60) LactoseSunday answers: Science & Nature1) Voyager 2 2) Permafrost 3) Tsetse fly 4) X-rays 5) The jaguar 6) The earth and the sun 7) A irrational number 8) Ammonia 9) An electron 10) A double helix 11) Deoxyribonucleic Acid 12) Strontium (from Strontian) 13) Ganymede 14) Telling the time (it was a form of water clock) 15) Amber 16) Platypuses 17) 6 18) Flamingos 19) Yellow 20) Methane 21) Greater than or equal to 22) The (Common) Magpie 23) The circulation of the blood 24) Anticyclones 25) The Monument 26) China clay 27) Vostok 1 28) In the lungs (they are air sacs there) 29) Vitamin B2 30) (Common) Pipistrelle


Sport and Leisure answersSaturday answers: Sport and leisure1) Brazil 2) Henley-on-Thames 3) Genealogy 4) Judo 5) 22 (15 red, 1 yellow, 1 green, 1 brown, 1 blue, 1 pink , 1 black and the cue ball) 6) 80 minutes 7) 6 8) A jack 9) Badminton 10) An Eagle 11) 22 yards 12) Orienteering 13) The High Jump (he developed a new jumping style now known as the Fosbury Flop) 14) Gold 15) Wigan 16) Diving 17) Bicycle motocross 18) A Frisbee 19) San Francisco 20) Three strikes in a row 21) Yorker 22) Bradley Wiggins 23) Workforce 24) 11 25) Sailing 26) Peanut 27) Canoes use a single-bladed paddle, kayaks a double 28) A carabiner 29) Action Man 30) Sir Francis Drake 31) The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award 32) Surfing 33) Croke Park 34) They all owned Portsmouth at some point during the season 35) Model railways 36) Mah Jong 37) Boules 38) David Haye 39) Croquet (they’re the colour of the balls on opposing teams) 40) Paintball 41) 100m 42) Essex 43) Coins 44) Motorcycling (MotoGP to be precise) 45) Basketball 46) 100 47) Tottenham Hotspur (1961-2 and 1981-2) 48) Free Running 49) Penny-Farthing 50) 18 51) Catalans Dragons 52) Curling 53) Postcards 54) 170 (2 treble 20s and the bullseye) 55) Jimmy White 56) Shepherd Neame 57) L’Oréal 58) Naseem Hamed 59) Flower arranging 60) By a neckSunday answers: Sport and Leisure1) The Monte Carlo Rally 2) Uefa Super Cup 3) Sachin Tendulkar 4) Cycling 5) Jonathan Edwards 6) Spinach 7) He skateboarded 8) 2,000m 9) 9 10) Pelota 11) Ski jumping 12) Michael Jordan 13) Topiary 14) Kendo 15) Raleigh 16) Muhammad Ali (or Cassius Clay as he was then) 17) Dressage, cross-country and show jumping 18) It was the first to be hit for 6 sixes (by Gary Sobers) 19) Chess 20) W. G. Grace 21) Bell ringing 22) Lacrosse 23) Real tennis 24) Knitting (a purl is a type of stitch) 25) American football (to the winner of the Super Bowl) 26) Crémant 27) Nadia Comaneci (in 1976) 28) Abu Dhabi 29) Fencing 30) 15


Childrens quiz answers

Arts and LiteratureSaturday1) Goldilocks 2) Eeyore 3) Pinocchio 4) Baloo 5) A Troll 6) Leonardo da Vinci 7) Robin Hood 8) The Grinch 9) Humpty Dumpty 10) Getafix 11) Lions 12) Aslan 13) Merlin 14) Neil Gaiman 15) The GlobeSunday1) Peter Piper 2) Bucket 3) Vincent van Gogh 4) Captain (James) Hook 5) A hedgehog 6) Five farthings 7) Hedwig 8) Aladdin 9) Jacqueline Wilson 10) Collage 11) The White Rabbit 12) Tintin 13) The Snow Queen 14) Ali Baba 15) Artemis FowlHistory and politicsSaturday1) Winston Churchill 2) Castles 3) Guy Fawkes 4) Heating their villas 5) 10 Downing Street 6) RMS Titanic 7) Nick Clegg 8) The Spanish Armada 9) Egypt 10) Troy 11) Six (Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr) 12) Vikings 13) Harold II 14) Chimney Sweep 15) The Great FireSunday1) Mary Rose 2) Pharaoh 3) The Battle of Britain 4) Gladiators 5) Prince Andrew 6) Green 7) Iron (as in Ironbridge) 8) Magna Carta 9) Sir Richard Branson 10) Hannibal 11) President of the United States of America 12) Stonehenge 13) Florence Nightingale 14) Queen Victoria 15) Her Diamond JubileeEntertainmentSaturday1) Toy Story 2) Spellbound 3) A fox 4) Daisy 5) Bedrock 6) The runaway train 7) Blue Peter 8) JLS 9) International rescue (in Thunderbirds) 10) Nanny McPhee 11) Yogi Bear 12) The X Factor 13) Princess Fiona 14) Fireman Sam 15) SimbaSunday1) The X-Men 2) WALL-E 3) The Mystery Machine 4) Bitzer 5) Dalmatians 6) Viola 7) Amy Pond 8) Po 9) Richard Hammond 10) Billy Elliot 11) Alvin and the Chipmunks 12) Ninky Nonk 13) Brother John 14) Shelley 15) Yogi BearScience and NatureSaturday1) The Oak 2) Jupiter 3) Yellow 4) 16 5) The Product 6) 6 7) Water 8) A 9) Elephant 10) Violet 11) Mars 12) Cat 13) Pear 14) Tadpoles 15) MegabyteSunday1) The swan 2) German measles 3) Green 4) A zoom lens 5) Beavers 6) The Pole Star (Polaris) 7) The skull 8) The willow 9)The raven 10) Chalk 11) Spaniel 12) Dock leaves 13) Litmus paper 14) Dinosaur 15) A solar eclipseSport and leisureSaturday1) Wembley 2) Swimming 3) Conkers 4) A Puck 5) Brazil 6) Sir Steve Redgrave 7) Cycling 8) The Grand National 9) Denmark 10) A Spare 11) Old Trafford 12) 18 13) McLaren (Vodafone McLaren Mercedes in full) 14) A Wiimote 15) The Bishop


Sunday1) Boomerang 2) Rice Krispies 3) Wing Attack 4) Four 5) Deuce 6) A hedgehog 7) Noughts and Crosses 8) 15 9) Black 10) Table Tennis 11) Umpires 12) Mayfair 13) Nine 14) Yellow 15) BasketballGeography and travelSaturday1) Russia 2) China 3) Blue 4) Madrid 5) India 6) The Mediterranean 7) Loch Ness 8) The Sahara 9) Japan 10) The Indian Ocean 11) The Himalayas 12) The Amazon 13) Saudi Arabia 14) Venice 15) The EquatorSunday1) Afghanistan 2) The Mersey 3) Egypt 4) D 5) Iceland 6) New York 7) Ford 8) Eurostar 9) Barges 10) Maps 11) The Lake District 12) Tasmania 13) Jersey 14) Tower Bridge 15) Canada and Mexico


Extra hard general knowledge answersArts and LiteratureSaturday1) The Song of Roland 2) Edward Hopper 3) Moonfleet 4) Yahoos 5) Thomas Girtin 6) Svengali (in George du Maurier’s novel Trilby) 7) Jn Memoriam by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 8) The Camden Town Group 9) A Pair of Blue Eyes (by Thomas Hardy) 10) Timon of AthensSunday1) Jean Rhys (the prequel being Wide Sargasso Sea) 2) Mezzotint 3) King Leodegrance of Camiliard 4) The Land of Oz 5) Carel Fabritius 6) Stoke Poges (where Thomas Gray wrote Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard, from which these lines come) 7) The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 8) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 9) Arsène Lupin 10) Las Meninas by Diego VelázquezHistory and politicsSaturday1) Andrew Carnegie 2) Wessex 3) The (14th) Earl of Derby 4) Justinian 5) Viceroy of India 6) They have been held on a Thuesday 7) Sir George Downing 8) King’s Champion 9) She was the first ocean-going battleship not to be fitted with masts and sails 10) Anchoresses (female religious solitaries)Sunday1) The Schneider Trophy 2) William Lentall (as Speaker of the House of Commons to Charles I when he attempted to arrest 5 members of the House of Commons) 3) The Treasury 4) James II of Scotland 5) Stephen Timms, MP for East Ham 6) Akhenaten 7) Admiral George Anson 8) 435 9) Master of the King’s/Queen’s Musick 10) Six (along with 6 in training and 6 retired ones as tutors)EntertainmentSaturday1) Moby** 2) Will Plunkett & Captain James Macleane 3) Billy Connolly** 4) Hansel and Gretel 5) Bangers and Mash 6) *The Secret Service* 7) *Flower Drum Song* 8) *Under Your Hat* 9) Smokie 10) Marie Lloyd and Vesta TilleySunday1) Mr McHenry 2) Cortez 3) A percussion instrument from the Basque country, made of wooden boards and played by two people 4) Ma Vlast by Bedřich Smetana 5) Waterloo Bridge (The Waterloo Bridge Handicap) 6) (The Life and Death of) King John 7) Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield 8) The Protectors 9) Richard Clayderman 10) Dr Terror’s House of Horrors and Dr Who and the DaleksScience and NatureSaturday1) Aries 2) A Raccoon 3) Oaks (Quercus family) 4) Synovial fiuid 5) On the shore, around rocks or seaweed particularly those covered at high tide 6) 2.5 7) Cloud 8) The Snow Vole 9) (Common) Valerian 10) Planck’s ConstantSunday1) Cellulose 2) Actinides 3) The crane 4) Basalt 5) Ocean currents 6) Golden yellow 7) A fish (with a row of sharp spines on top of its body) 8) Eris 9) Campion 10) Dwarf sperm whaleSport and leisure


Saturday1) The Head of the River 2) 5 feet 3) Diabolo 4) Destination 5) 33-1 6) Tekken 7) Imran Sherwani (when he scored the third goal to help GB beat West Germany to win the Men’s Hockey title at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games) 8) Freestyle Skiing 9) Lord (Arthur) Kinnaird 10) 24,000Sunday1) Featherweight 2) Points 3) Trampolining 4) Collect £10 from every player 5) The French Open 6) Squash 7) Sir Len Hutton (in 1951 at The Oval against South Africa) 8) 3 and 19 (there is a run of four odd numbers around the bottom – 17,3,19,7, nowhere else is there a run of more than 2 consecutive odd or even numbers) 9) 20 10) The UK (Graham Hill in 1968, Jackie Stewart in 1969, 71 and 73 and James Hunt in 1976), Austria (Jochen Rindt in 1970 and Niki Lauda in 1975 and 1977) and Brazil (Emerson Fittipaldi in 1972 and 1974)Geography and travelSaturday1) Malta 2) Honshu and Hokkaido (in Japan) 3) The Black Mountains 4) Abruzzi 5) The Aegean Sea 6) Eilean Donan 7) Serbia 8) Harrogate 9) Alderney 10) The E30Sunday1) The Afon Mawddach 2) Guatemala 3) Democratic Republic of Congo 4) The Polden Hills 5) Four 6) Mexico (in Monterrey and Tijuana respectively) 7) Fair Isle 8) The Maldives 9) Sierra Leone 10) American Samoa


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Art and Literature - Telegraph · Art and Literature Saturday's art and literature quiz ... 35 Who went on a circumnavigation of the world from the Reform Club as the result of a