1.

What was the only surname to appear in both the England team that won the football World Cup in 1966, and in the team that won the rugby World Cup in 2003?

Cohen (George and Ben )

2.

The Battle of Austerlitz in 1805 is sometimes referred to as the Battle of the Three Emperors.  The emperors of which three countries took part?

France, Austria and Russia

3.

What is the one word English translation of the word Taliban?

Students

4.

(PHOTO A) Name the pop star boyfriend of this film actress.

Justin Timberlake (she is Cameron Diaz)

5.

Who was the High King of Ireland killed by the Danes at the battle of Clontarf in 1014 AD?

Brian Boru

6.

Dublin’s most prestigious shopping street is, somewhat annoyingly, named after which former British Prime Minister?

(The Duke of) Grafton (PM from 1768 to 1770)

7.

Which three words, loosely following each other in a dictionary, have the following definitions:

·    Member of an ancient Persian caste; a sorcerer

·    Title given to some Indian princes

·    Islamic Messiah?

Magus – Maharaja - Mahdi

8.

If Plato was topping the bill in the Academy, which venue would be filled to the rafters to see Aristotle’s live show?

The Lyceum

9.

Which sport did Oscar Wilde refuse to play because “it would force me to assume indecent postures”?

Cricket

10.

The climax to Hitchcock’s 1959 film North By Northwest takes place on which of the USA’s national monuments?

Mount Rushmore

11.

Singer Dusty Slim died in September 2003.  Which worldwide hit song propelled him to stardom in 1958?

A Pub With No Beer

12.

Which university also has a campus in Scarborough?

Hull University

13.

Name the Leader of the House of Lords who died suddenly in the autumn of 2003.

Lord Williams of Mostyn

14.

By what name is the linden tree more commonly known?

The Lime Tree

15.

What one word leads you from the B5167 in Manchester to Rome, taking in a pair of small bones in the skull along the way?

Palatine (Road; Hill; er, Bonehead)

16.

Who was the faithful daughter of Oedipus who accompanied her blind father into exile at Colonus?

Antigone

17.

In US slang what does a Panhandler do?

He begs (on the streets)

18.

What political first has been achieved by Alex Maskey in Northern Ireland?

First Sinn Fein Lord Mayor of Belfast

19.

(PHOTO B) Who is Brad Pitt’s male co-star in this film?

Ed Norton (the film is Fight Club)

20.

What was traditionally designed by Epeios?

The Trojan Horse

21.

For which sort of popular art is Donald McGill remembered?

(Saucy) Seaside Postcards

22.

How does Federico Garcia Lorca’s Andalusian tragedy Bodas de Sangre translate into English?

Blood Wedding

23.

How is, or was, Richard Bingham more commonly known?

Lord Lucan

24.

Which two Popes held office in 1939?

Pius XI and Pius XII

25.

In the process of dyeing, what does a mordant do?

It fixes the colour

26.

Who had Queen Victoria just met for the first time when she noted this impression in her diary: “Short, dark, Jewish-looking.  Seems modest and greatly protected by the King of Prussia.”?

Felix Mendelssohn

27.

If Westminster is in Cheshire, and Norfolk is in West Sussex, where is Devonshire?

Derbyshire (ancestral aristocratic homes)

28.

Name the female singer who fronted the folk group Steeleye Span.

Maddie Prior

29.

(PHOTO C) Name this film.

Pirates of the Caribbean

30.

Now well known to children all over the world, The Moomins were first created in which European country?

Finland

31.

What medical condition is caused by the formation of uric acid crystals around the, usually smaller, body joints?

Gout

32.

Who painted Autumn Leaves which hangs in the City of Manchester Art Gallery?

John Everett Millais

33.

Translate “Woman Fairy” into Gaelic to give a legendary Celtic harbinger of death?

Banshee

34.

Which district of Glasgow was the birthplace of Sir Alec Ferguson, and was also home for the equally charismatic Rab C. Nesbitt?

Govan

35.

What is the nickname of the Sumo Wrestler Konisti?

Dumptruck

36.

In its natural habitat the orang utan is only found on which 2 Asian islands?

Borneo and Sumatra

37.

Name the artist: One of Aberdeen’s most famous sons (1806-1864), he championed the cause of the Pre-Raphaelites without actually joining them.  His works are not so popular nowadays but his fresco cycles can be seen in both the House of Lords and in Buckingham Palace.

William Dyce

38.

What is Wiltshire’s only city?

Salisbury

39.

In which month of which year was the battle of Agincourt fought?

October 1415 (October 25^th is St Crispin’s day)

40.

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.  Old hippies of the league please unite and give the respective forenames.  Yes ALL four, and get a move on ‘cos none of us are setting any younger!

David (Crosby), Stephen (Stills), Graham (Nash) and Neil (Young)

41.

Cosmopolitan is a modern cocktail made up of vodka and which other ingredient?

Cranberry juice

42.

By prior arrangement, the commencement of Portugal’s successful leftwing military coup in May 1974 was timed to coincide with which other event?

Live TV and Radio coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest

43.

Which English football league club changed its name economically in 1968 by simply dropping its final letter?

Hartlepool (it was formerly known as Hartlepools)

44.

From which 1579 work (dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney) are these lines taken:

“Winter is come that blows the baleful breath,

And after winter cometh timely death”

The Shepheardes Calender (Spenser)

45.

Which two artists joined Blue on their recent single Signed, Sealed and Delivered?

Stevie Wonder and Angie Stone

46.

Two Republic of Ireland counties, that are not in the province of Ulster, have a border with Northern Ireland.  Name either of them (and as a clue, both begin with the same letter).

Louth or Leitrim

47.

Of the 24 letters of the classical Greek alphabet only 3 have names that do not end with a vowel.  Name any of them.

Upsilon, Epsilon and Omicron

48.

The sea-wasp is the alternative name for which creature?

Jellyfish

49.

(PHOTO D) Name this rock star’s famous film actress daughter.

Liv Tyler (daughter of Steve Tyler of Aerosmith fame)

50.

Who played the part of King Charles the Second in the recent BBC drama The Power And The Passion?

Rufus Sewell

51.

Kelly Jones is the lead singer of which group?

The Stereophonics

52.

A DailyTelegraph headline of November 13th 1991 read:

“Like the Barbarian hordes advancing on Rome, the Federal forces have abandoned all restraint.”

Which historical coastal city was under siege?

Dubrovnik

53.

Which European country has given its name to both a species of rat and a species of lobster?

Norway (of course there’s more to Norway than rodents and lobsters you understand.  They’ve got majestic things as well, like fjords, and Tor Andre Flo with the ball at his feet, and things like that.  Marvellous!

54.

Add the number of days David Blaine spent imprisoned in his box above London, to the number of days Brian Clough spent besieged as manager of Leeds United.  What do you get (apart from a yawn)?

88 (44 + 44)

55.

Which river distinguishes a Kentish Man from a Man of Kent?

Medway (a Kentish Man is born west of the river)

56.

Which former Prime Minister of Britain died 27 years ago today?

Anthony Eden

57.

From which crystallised aluminium oxide of great hardness are sapphires and rubies formed?

Corundum

58.

Name the novelist (who died in 1882) from these contemporary descriptions:

“A big, red-faced, rather underbred Englishman of the bald-with-spectacles type” and “despite his undoubted success, Henry James still finds him the dullest of all the Britons”.

Anthony Trollope

59.

What was Britain’s first canal, engineered by the Romans circa 120 AD?

The Fosdyke (linking Lincoln to the Trent)

60.

What is the common name of the fish anguilla anguilla?

The eel

61.

What is the only city in South America to have a Test cricket ground?

Georgetown (Guyana)

62.

What was the Beatles single released to promote their Anthology collection of 1996?

Free as a Bird

63.

Whose second novel is The Little Friend?

Donna Tartt

64.

In Vietnam which three day festival marks the beginning of the New Year?

Tet (hence the Tet Offensive)

65.

Calamine, used as an ointment, contains a carbonate of which element?

Zinc

66.

To date why are William Pitt the younger, Lord Salisbury and Tony Blair unique among British Prime Ministers?

Only British PMs to have led Britain into a new century (Maggie Thatcher doesn’t count because she did it in reverse)

67.

The Gowk is a dialect word for which bird?

The Cuckoo

68.

Why did the 2003 All Ireland Gaelic Football final make history?

First final to be contested by two teams from Northern Ireland (Tyrone v Armagh)

69.

(Fr. Megson bet his turf accountant 5 shillings that you would pick this one) Which Roman historian wrote The Lives of Famous Whores though he is, undeservedly I think, more famous for writing The Twelve Caesars?

Suetonius

70.

Which cinematic cliché was first used as a consequence of the shooting of Colonel Strasser?

“Round up the usual suspects” (in Casablanca, as if you didn’t already know)