1. Which two dances take their names from US towns/city’s?

2. Who or what did Brian Epstein manage before the Beatles?

3. Name one of the two woods a Shillelagh can be made from?

4. What is a coup d’etat?

5. An ‘exaltation’ is a group of which birds?

6. In which country was Hitler born?

7. What is the singular for Scampi?

8. Who wrote a song about Buddy Holly?

9. Who holds the record as the novelist most borrowed from libraries?

10. Why didn’t some of the cast of ‘Gone with the Wind’ not see the premiere?

11. Huntingdon was the birthplace of which former ruler of England?

12. Parsley belongs to which family?

13. In which sport do you associate Rosemary Casals?

14. What is the logo on a Blue Peter badge?

15. According to Peter and Gordon “ to know you, is to” what?

16. Which Russian Ballerina gave her name to a dessert?

17. South Africa is the world’s leading exporter of what?

18. Which tree produces cobs and filberts?

19. Which drink was created when Indian Army Officers added Quinine to soda water to help fight malaria?

20. Who’s ‘ progress’ did William Hogarth paint?

21. What part of the body would be effected if you suffered from Myopia?

22. Which shirt number do Italian clubs reserve for their star player. Is it 9, 10 or 11.?

23. In the song, which official is waiting ‘for me and my gal’?

24. Who was advertised as the patron saint of pipe smokers

25. In the 80’s, the campaign to obtain a British passport for Zola Budd was run by which daily newspaper?

26. Which month is said to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb?

27. According to the proverb, what is a change as good as?

28. Which Earl invented a snack of meat between two slices of bread?

29. In which film did Claude Rains star as someone who was not seen?

30. What are the six states on the northeast coast of America known as collectively?

31. What connects Olympic equestrian medallists Virginia Holgate and Virginia Leng?

32. ‘ Her face, at first just ghostly turned’ into what?

33. Which ‘ology’ is the art of ringing bells?

34. In which country is Puccini’s ‘Turandot’ set?

35. At the time of which World War 2 event is ‘ From here to Eternity’ set?

36. Name two of the three styles of port?

37. In ads, who is ‘your flexible friend’ ?

38. What was Vivaldi’s profession aside from Violinist and Composer?

39. Which fruit contains the most calories?

40. Which Moroccan city is the name of a famous film?

 

1. Boston and Charleston  

2. A record shop    

3. Oak or Blackthorn   

4. Seizure of power  

5. Larks  

6. Austria

7. Scampo   

8. Don McLean(American Pie)   

9. Catherine Cookson 

10. All white cinema 

11. Oliver Cromwell

12. Carrot family   

13. Tennis   

14. A ship    

15. Love you   

16. Pavlova    

17. Gold    

18. Hazel 

19. Tonis water

20. The Rakes   

 

21. Eyes    

22 (b) 10    

23. The Parson  

24. St Bruno   

25. Daily Mail 

26. March 

27. A rest

28. Sandwich   

29. The Invisible Man  

30. New England  

31. Same Person   

32. A whiter shade of pale 

33.  Campanology   

34. China  

35. Pearl Harbour  

36. Ruby,tawny and vintage  

37. Access Card 

38. Priest

39. Avacado Pear 

40.  Casablanca