With my participation in several quiz events looming, I've decided to give you lucky people a quiz a day for the foreseeable future. Starting today. I'm afraid it will, like this week's Tuesday Quiz, be less organised in terms of 'quiz categories', but, hopefully, entertaining all the same. Here goes:
1. Which country’s plan to reintroduce bears into the wild backfired in July 2007 when a Slovenian brown bear was accused of being ‘psychotic’ after its serial slaughter of sheep, apparently for fun?
2. Who was the Danish cyclist thrown out of the 2007 Tour de France by his own Rabobank team after missing four drug tests?
3. Taking its name from a David Bowie single, what was the title of Todd Haynes' 1998 film that starred Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Brian Slade, a bisexual glam-rocker based on Bowie himself?
4. Other than humans, what is the Great White Shark’s only natural predator?
5. Deriving ultimately from the Italian for ‘talk’, what is the name of the slang used by gay men in the first half of the 20th Century that was revived in the 1950s and 60s by the camp characters Julian and Sandy on the popular BBC Radio show 'Round the Horne'?
6. Which Italian early-Renaissance painter and architect is said to have drawn a perfect circle freehand for the Pope?
7. Which lake, located about halfway between Venice and Milan is the largest lake in Italy?
8. The neolithic flint mines found near the village of Spiennes are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in which country?
9. Which Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher is best remembered for his two incompleteness theorems, published in 1931?
10. Which was the only Nazi-occupied European country that emerged from World War II with a larger Jewish population than it had before the war?
11. Signed in response to the rise of the Ottoman Empire, which treaty of 1518, sponsored by Cardinal Wolsey, was a non-aggression pact between the major European nations including France, England and the Holy Roman Empire?
12. Of which football team was Bill Shankly manager before he joined Liverpool?
13. In geology, which term, coined by the seismologist Clarence Dutton, refers to the notion that the equilibrium in the crust of the earth is governed by the flow or yielding of the mantle under gravitational stress?
14. According to the Bible, who was the youngest of the twelve Apostles?
15. According to Greek mythology, who was the son of Apollo who was reared by shepherds but torn apart by his own dogs upon reaching adulthood?
16. Who was assassinated in May 1942 by the Czechoslovak soldiers Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík?
17. Which rock star recorded the voice for the title character in the X Box and Playstation 2 platform game 'Malice' before being dropped in controversial circumstances prior to its release in June 2004?
18. Aboard which ship was the notorious criminal Dr Crippen sailing when he was captured in 1910?
19. Which ageing American film actress, whose latest big-screen role was in the 2004 film 'Bob's Night Out', famously received multiple marriage proposals from Benito Mussolini in the mail?
20. Which is the only antelope native to North America?
21. What was the name of the passenger liner that was hijacked off the coast of Egypt by four men representing the Palestine Liberation Front in October 1985?
22. Which British Prime Minister became the 1st Earl of Chatham?
23. Which American boxer defeated Lennox Lewis in April 2001 to claim the WBC and IBF Heavyweight titles?
24. Which ornithologist and painter founded the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in 1948 and designed the panda logo for the World Wildlife Fund for Nature?
25. In which country was the Labour MP Peter Hain born?
26. Who was the only man who completed the Burke and Wills expedition that set out to cross Australia from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1860?
27. Begun in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, what is the name of the avant-garde filmmaking movement, the most notable films of which include 'Fuckland' and 'Italian for Beginners'?
28. Which disease, caused by the bacteria Chlamydia, is the single biggest cause of blindness worldwide?
29. Which bacteriologist, considered the founder of the science of immunology, was awarded the first ever Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1901?
30. In which city are the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency?
31. Which two American Presidents died within a few hours of each other on Independence Day 1826?
32. What is the name of the supertall skyscraper currently under construction in Dubai that will become the world’s tallest man-made structure when it is completed in late 2008?
33. Which football team won the last UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1999?
34. In the Roman calender what name was given to the first day of the month?
35. What was the name of the Spanish Prime Minister who was assassinated in 1973?
36. At which battle of 1809 was the British commander Sir John Moore killed?
37. Which Chelsea goalkeeper had a cameo role in the 1930 film 'The Great Game' alongside his team mates Jack Cock, George Mills and Andy Wilson?
38. Ambystoma mexicanum is the scientific name for an aquatic salamander native to Mexico. What is its common name?
39. Casinge Street was a Roman road that linked London with which town?
40. What was the name of the ship aboard which the Spanish explorer Juan Sebastián Elcano completed the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1522?
41. In 1997, Charlotte Hatherley joined which previously all-male indie rock group which she left last year?
42. What was the name of King Harold's brother who fought against Harold at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066?
43. Which 1934 film became the first, and until 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' in 1975 the only, movie in history to win the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay?
44. Literally meaning 'grilled bird', what is the name given to the Japanese dish of bite-sized pieces of chicken that have been skewered on bamboo and barbecued?
45. Although thought to have become extinct in the 1980s, unconfirmed sightings have continued to the present day in Turkey and Israel of which subspecies of leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana)?
46. Laurenco Marques was the former name of which African capital city?
47. What was the name of Huddersfield Town's football stadium prior to their move to the McAlpine Stadium in 1994?
48. Who was the Scottish religious reformer and Protestant martyr who was burned at the stake at St Andrews in 1546?
49. The Shrine of the Three Kings is a reliquary, said to contain the bones of the Three Wise Men, that is housed in which German cathedral?
50. The poet Yanka Kupala and the novelist Vasil Bykau were two of the greatest 20th Century writers in which language?
Hope you enjoyed it. How did you do?
1. FRANCE
2. MICHAEL RASMUSSEN
3. VELVET GOLDMINE
4. KILLER WHALE (or ORCA)
5. POLARI (or PALARE)
6. GIOTTO
7. LAKE GARDA
8. BELGIUM
9. KURT GÖDEL
10. ALBANIA
11. TREATY OF LONDON
12. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
13. ISOSTASY
14. JOHN
15. LINUS
16. REINHARD HEYDRICH
17. GWEN STEFANI
18. SS MONTROSE
19. ANITA PAGE
20. PRONGHORN
21. ACHILLE LAURO
22. WILLIAM PITT, THE ELDER
23. HASIM RAHMAN
24. PETER SCOTT
25. KENYA
26. JOHN KING
27. DOGME 95
28. TRACHOMA
29. EMIL VON BEHRING
30. VIENNA
31. THOMAS JEFFERSON and JOHN ADAMS
32. BURJ DUBAI
33. LAZIO
34. KALENDS
35. LUIS CARRERO BLANCO
36. THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA
37. SAM MILLINGTON
38. AXOLOTL
39. DOVER
40. VICTORIA (or VITTORIA)
41. ASH
42. TOSTIG
43. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
44. YAKITORI
45. ANATOLIAN LEOPARD
46. MAPUTO
47. LEEDS ROAD
48. GEORGE WISHART
49. COLOGNE
50. BELARUSIAN
Tuesday, 4 September 2007
Monday, 3 September 2007
THE 25th TUESDAY QUIZ
Hi there, I'm going to be a bit busy on Monday so I thought I'd let you have this week's quiz early. I've strayed from the usual format (because I'm unpredictable like that) and you will find very few TV, film or pop music questions this week (because I simply had too many questions I wanted to share with you). Hope you like:
1. Which 19th Century French composer, best remembered for his 'Ave Maria', wrote the national anthem of the Vatican City?
2. Which mural by Michelangelo on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel was the cause of a vicious dispute between the artist and the Italian cardinal Oliviero Carafa after the latter had accused the former of obscenity because the artist had painted nude figures with their genitals exposed?
3. What is the Basque name for Vitoria, the capital city of the Basque Country?
4. Dying in November 511 AD, who was the first King of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler thus being considered as the founder of both France and the Merovingian Dynasty?
5. In Greek mythology, what was the name of the beautiful shepherd boy of Asia Minor, beloved of the goddess Selene, who put him into a deep sleep so that she may embrace him eternally?
6. Which French President was assassinated by the mentally unstable Russian émigré Paul Gorguloff in 1932?
7. Which song, released in December 1963, was the Beatles' best-selling single worldwide?
8. What was the first name of the Austrian paediatrician after whom Asperger's Syndrome is named?
9. At the 1976 Olympics, which Cuban athlete became the first person to win both the 400m and the 800m?
10. What was the name of the real-life boxer played by Denzel Washington in the 1999 film 'The Hurricane'?
11. Founded by Johann Friedrich Overbeck and Franz Pforr among others, what name was adopted by a group of early 19th Century German Romantic painters who aimed to revive honesty and spirituality in Christian art?
12. What is the name of the Norwegian princess who shocked her nation in July 2007 when she announced that she was clairvoyant and wanted to teach her people how to talk to angels?
13. Nicknamed 'The Wee County', which is the smallest county in Scotland?
14. Nicknamed 'The Dragon of Albania' and remembered for his struggles against the Ottoman Empire, by what name is the prominent Albanian national hero Gjergj Kastrioti better known?
15. According to the Books of Samuel, who was the first King of Ancient Israel?
16. MSF is a humanitarian aid non-governmental organisation created in 1971 by a small group of French doctors. For what do the letters MSF stand?
17. In the First Century BC, the Roman author Vitruvius dedicated a treatise to the emperor Caesar Augustus that is now considered the earliest surviving written work on which subject?
18. Which English physicist discovered the existence of electrons in 1897?
19. The Orange Bowl is a famous American football stadium located in which US city?
20. The German television station ZDF sparked controversy in July 2007 when it cancelled which long-running music show?
21. In Aldous Huxley's novel 'Brave New World', what is the name of the happiness-inducing drug that replaced religion and alcohol as the 'opium of the masses'?
22. The only player in Major League history to have the initials U.U.U., which former Major League Baseball relief pitcher, who won the World Series in 2003 with the Florida Marlins, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for attempted murder in March 2007?
23. In which South American country is the Sechura Desert?
24. Sometimes referred to as the Thirteen Years' War, by what name is the war that took place between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire between 1593 and 1606 better known?
25. Which book of the New Testament tells the parable of the Good Samaritan?
26. The FBI grew out of a force of Special Agents created in 1908 by which American Attorney General?
27. In the deadliest single shooting incident in the history of the United States, thirty two people were shot dead by Cho Seung Hui in April 2007 in what has become known as the Virginia Tech Massacre. In which town in Virginia did the shootings occur?
28. Who was the British neurosurgeon who wrote the influential book 'Neurynology' in 1843 and introduced the word 'hypnotism' into the English language?
29. From 1988 to 2002, Prince Albert of Monaco competed at every Winter Olympics in which sport?
30. Originally known by the codename ‘Longhorn’, which ‘Windows’ line of graphical operating systems was released by Microsoft in January 2007 as a replacement for Windows XP?
31. Which Italian poet wrote the Futurist Manifesto in 1909?
32. What is the name of the great-granddaughter of the composer Richard Wagner who caused controversy at the 2007 Bayreuth Festival with her direction of 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg' that included nudity, giant plastic phalluses and ‘raining’ shoes?
33. Located in the Baltic Sea, to which country do the islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa belong?
34. The musical play 'Mother of All the Peoples' dramatised the life of which female Scottish missionary to Nigeria?
35. Who was the Roman goddess of strife?
36. In which British city was the Israeli President Chaim Herzog born in 1918?
37. Deriving from the Sanskrit for ‘Man of the forest’, what is the name of the legendary bipedal primate said to inhabit the mountainous regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan?
38. Which small, herbivorous mammal, native to Africa and the Middle East, looks similar to a rabbit but is often said to be the closest living terrestrial relative of the elephant?
39. Which horse won the 1967 Grand National at odds of 100/1 after a melee at the 23rd fence caused most of the field to pull up?
40. Which African country joined OPEC on January 1 2007?
41. Who was the 19th Century English essayist who wrote 'The Spirit of the Age' and 'On the Pleasure of Hating'?
42. Zheng Xiaoyu, director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China, was executed in July 2007 after he was held responsible for the deaths of forty people in which country? He was convicted of taking bribes and dereliction of duty when the people died after taking a cough syrup that contained diethylene glycol.
43. Which town in Alaska is the terminus of the Pan-American Highway?
44. Who was the ancient Greek explorer, who lived in modern-day Marseille in France, who travelled around much of Northern Europe and was the first person to mention the name Britannia?
45. Which legendary monster is said to guard the Swiss city of Basel?
46. Who became the first President of the independent Republic of the Philippines in 1946?
47. Which Greek basketball club won the Euroleague in May 2007 after defeating CSKA Moscow 93-91?
48. In 1583, which botanist and philosopher wrote 'De Plantis Libri XVI' which is considered to be the first textbook of botany?
49. By what name was the football League Cup known between 1981 and 1986?
50. In 2006, which American record producer privately sold Jackson Pollock’s 'No. 5, 1948' and Willem de Kooning’s 'Woman III' for alleged prices of $140,000,000 and $137,500,000 respectively which, if true, would make them the two most expensive paintings in history?
Any good?
1. CHARLES GOUNOD
2. THE LAST JUDGEMENT
3. GASTEIZ
4. CLOVIS I
5. ENDYMION
6. PAUL DOUMER
7. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
8. HANS
9. ALBERTO JUANTORENA
10. RUBIN CARTER
11. NAZARENES
12. MARTHA LOUISE
13. CLACKMANNANSHIRE
14. SKANDERBEG
15. SAUL
16. MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES
17. ARCHITECTURE
18. JJ THOMSON
19. MIAMI
20. VOLKSMUSIK
21. SOMA
22. UGUETH URTAÍN URBINA
23. PERU
24. THE LONG WAR
25. LUKE
26. CHARLES J BONAPARTE
27. BLACKSBURG
28. JAMES BRAID
29. BOBSLED (or BOBSLEIGH)
30. WINDOWS VISTA
31. FILIPPO TOMMASO MARINETTI
32. KATHARINA WAGNER
33. ESTONIA
34. MARY SLESSOR
35. DISCORDIA
36. BELFAST
37. BARMANOU (or BARMANU)
38. HYRAX
39. FOINAVON
40. ANGOLA
41. WILLIAM HAZLITT
42. PANAMA
43. FAIRBANKS
44. PYTHEAS
45. BASILISK
46. MANUEL ROXAS
47. PANATHINAIKOS BC
48. ANDREAS CAESALPINUS
49. RUMBELOWS CUP
50. DAVID GEFFEN
1. Which 19th Century French composer, best remembered for his 'Ave Maria', wrote the national anthem of the Vatican City?
2. Which mural by Michelangelo on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel was the cause of a vicious dispute between the artist and the Italian cardinal Oliviero Carafa after the latter had accused the former of obscenity because the artist had painted nude figures with their genitals exposed?
3. What is the Basque name for Vitoria, the capital city of the Basque Country?
4. Dying in November 511 AD, who was the first King of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler thus being considered as the founder of both France and the Merovingian Dynasty?
5. In Greek mythology, what was the name of the beautiful shepherd boy of Asia Minor, beloved of the goddess Selene, who put him into a deep sleep so that she may embrace him eternally?
6. Which French President was assassinated by the mentally unstable Russian émigré Paul Gorguloff in 1932?
7. Which song, released in December 1963, was the Beatles' best-selling single worldwide?
8. What was the first name of the Austrian paediatrician after whom Asperger's Syndrome is named?
9. At the 1976 Olympics, which Cuban athlete became the first person to win both the 400m and the 800m?
10. What was the name of the real-life boxer played by Denzel Washington in the 1999 film 'The Hurricane'?
11. Founded by Johann Friedrich Overbeck and Franz Pforr among others, what name was adopted by a group of early 19th Century German Romantic painters who aimed to revive honesty and spirituality in Christian art?
12. What is the name of the Norwegian princess who shocked her nation in July 2007 when she announced that she was clairvoyant and wanted to teach her people how to talk to angels?
13. Nicknamed 'The Wee County', which is the smallest county in Scotland?
14. Nicknamed 'The Dragon of Albania' and remembered for his struggles against the Ottoman Empire, by what name is the prominent Albanian national hero Gjergj Kastrioti better known?
15. According to the Books of Samuel, who was the first King of Ancient Israel?
16. MSF is a humanitarian aid non-governmental organisation created in 1971 by a small group of French doctors. For what do the letters MSF stand?
17. In the First Century BC, the Roman author Vitruvius dedicated a treatise to the emperor Caesar Augustus that is now considered the earliest surviving written work on which subject?
18. Which English physicist discovered the existence of electrons in 1897?
19. The Orange Bowl is a famous American football stadium located in which US city?
20. The German television station ZDF sparked controversy in July 2007 when it cancelled which long-running music show?
21. In Aldous Huxley's novel 'Brave New World', what is the name of the happiness-inducing drug that replaced religion and alcohol as the 'opium of the masses'?
22. The only player in Major League history to have the initials U.U.U., which former Major League Baseball relief pitcher, who won the World Series in 2003 with the Florida Marlins, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for attempted murder in March 2007?
23. In which South American country is the Sechura Desert?
24. Sometimes referred to as the Thirteen Years' War, by what name is the war that took place between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire between 1593 and 1606 better known?
25. Which book of the New Testament tells the parable of the Good Samaritan?
26. The FBI grew out of a force of Special Agents created in 1908 by which American Attorney General?
27. In the deadliest single shooting incident in the history of the United States, thirty two people were shot dead by Cho Seung Hui in April 2007 in what has become known as the Virginia Tech Massacre. In which town in Virginia did the shootings occur?
28. Who was the British neurosurgeon who wrote the influential book 'Neurynology' in 1843 and introduced the word 'hypnotism' into the English language?
29. From 1988 to 2002, Prince Albert of Monaco competed at every Winter Olympics in which sport?
30. Originally known by the codename ‘Longhorn’, which ‘Windows’ line of graphical operating systems was released by Microsoft in January 2007 as a replacement for Windows XP?
31. Which Italian poet wrote the Futurist Manifesto in 1909?
32. What is the name of the great-granddaughter of the composer Richard Wagner who caused controversy at the 2007 Bayreuth Festival with her direction of 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg' that included nudity, giant plastic phalluses and ‘raining’ shoes?
33. Located in the Baltic Sea, to which country do the islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa belong?
34. The musical play 'Mother of All the Peoples' dramatised the life of which female Scottish missionary to Nigeria?
35. Who was the Roman goddess of strife?
36. In which British city was the Israeli President Chaim Herzog born in 1918?
37. Deriving from the Sanskrit for ‘Man of the forest’, what is the name of the legendary bipedal primate said to inhabit the mountainous regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan?
38. Which small, herbivorous mammal, native to Africa and the Middle East, looks similar to a rabbit but is often said to be the closest living terrestrial relative of the elephant?
39. Which horse won the 1967 Grand National at odds of 100/1 after a melee at the 23rd fence caused most of the field to pull up?
40. Which African country joined OPEC on January 1 2007?
41. Who was the 19th Century English essayist who wrote 'The Spirit of the Age' and 'On the Pleasure of Hating'?
42. Zheng Xiaoyu, director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China, was executed in July 2007 after he was held responsible for the deaths of forty people in which country? He was convicted of taking bribes and dereliction of duty when the people died after taking a cough syrup that contained diethylene glycol.
43. Which town in Alaska is the terminus of the Pan-American Highway?
44. Who was the ancient Greek explorer, who lived in modern-day Marseille in France, who travelled around much of Northern Europe and was the first person to mention the name Britannia?
45. Which legendary monster is said to guard the Swiss city of Basel?
46. Who became the first President of the independent Republic of the Philippines in 1946?
47. Which Greek basketball club won the Euroleague in May 2007 after defeating CSKA Moscow 93-91?
48. In 1583, which botanist and philosopher wrote 'De Plantis Libri XVI' which is considered to be the first textbook of botany?
49. By what name was the football League Cup known between 1981 and 1986?
50. In 2006, which American record producer privately sold Jackson Pollock’s 'No. 5, 1948' and Willem de Kooning’s 'Woman III' for alleged prices of $140,000,000 and $137,500,000 respectively which, if true, would make them the two most expensive paintings in history?
Any good?
1. CHARLES GOUNOD
2. THE LAST JUDGEMENT
3. GASTEIZ
4. CLOVIS I
5. ENDYMION
6. PAUL DOUMER
7. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
8. HANS
9. ALBERTO JUANTORENA
10. RUBIN CARTER
11. NAZARENES
12. MARTHA LOUISE
13. CLACKMANNANSHIRE
14. SKANDERBEG
15. SAUL
16. MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES
17. ARCHITECTURE
18. JJ THOMSON
19. MIAMI
20. VOLKSMUSIK
21. SOMA
22. UGUETH URTAÍN URBINA
23. PERU
24. THE LONG WAR
25. LUKE
26. CHARLES J BONAPARTE
27. BLACKSBURG
28. JAMES BRAID
29. BOBSLED (or BOBSLEIGH)
30. WINDOWS VISTA
31. FILIPPO TOMMASO MARINETTI
32. KATHARINA WAGNER
33. ESTONIA
34. MARY SLESSOR
35. DISCORDIA
36. BELFAST
37. BARMANOU (or BARMANU)
38. HYRAX
39. FOINAVON
40. ANGOLA
41. WILLIAM HAZLITT
42. PANAMA
43. FAIRBANKS
44. PYTHEAS
45. BASILISK
46. MANUEL ROXAS
47. PANATHINAIKOS BC
48. ANDREAS CAESALPINUS
49. RUMBELOWS CUP
50. DAVID GEFFEN
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
THE 24th TUESDAY QUIZ
Hello again. Have you missed me? Here's your quiz:
1. Which famously misogynistic Roman satiric poet of the 1st and 2nd Centuries wrote 'The Woes of a Gigolo' and 'Roman Wives'?
2. Which famous Greek wine is flavoured with pine resin?
3. Lying on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, which is the most westerly city in Germany?
4. What was the name of the Polish and Lithuanian national hero and general who led the 1794 uprising against the Russian Empire?
5. Who was the legendary Prince of Troy, and father of Aeneas, who was blinded by a flash of lightning for boasting that he had made love with the goddess Aphrodite?
6. Who was the Belgian socialist politician and former Prisoner of War who served as Belgian Prime Minister on three occasions between 1938 and 1949?
7. Under what name do the British electronic music duo Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons record?
8. The axilla is the medical name for which part of the body?
9. On which golf course did Tony Jacklin win the British Open in 1969?
10. Who played The Wizard of Oz in the 1939 film of the same name?
11. Which fictional detective made his first appearance in the 1977 novel 'A Morbid Taste for Bones'?
12. Named after a region in Slovakia, what is the name of the Slovak dish, also used in Hungarian and Austrian cuisine, of spiced white cheese made from a mixture of sheep and cow milk?
13. Which famous landmark is featured at the centre of the flag of Cambodia?
14. In which coastal town in Devon did William of Orange and his Dutch army land to fight the Glorious Revolution?
15. Which is the longest book of the New Testament?
16. Which is the only country in Europe to still use capital punishment?
17. Which Austrian psychologist and Holocaust Survivor, who founded logotherapy and Existential Analysis, wrote the book 'Man's Search for Meaning', chronicling his experiences in a concentration camp?
18. In astronomy, what term describes the point in the orbit of a planet or a comet at which it is farthest from the Sun?
19. According to tradition, all racehorses in the Southern hemisphere celebrate their birthday on what date?
20. Who wrote the short story upon which the film 'Brokeback Mountain' was based?
21. What was the pen-name adopted by the French novelist Henri-Marie Beyle?
22. What type of pasta takes its name from the Italian for a 'three-cornered hat'?
23. Which island separates the American and Canadian Niagara Falls?
24. Which ancient country, conquered by the Roman Emperor Diocletian in the 3rd Century, covered parts of present-day Serbia, Macedonia and Albania and had its capital at Damastioni and, later, at Naissus?
25. Which was the final battle of King Arthur, at which he was mortally wounded?
26. Who was the President of the USA when the Statue of Liberty was assembled in 1886?
27. Which indie group achieved their best British chart position in March 1996 when their song 'Being Brave' reached number 10?
28. Who was the Hungarian-born American physicist, who died in 2003, who is known as the 'father of the hydrogen bomb'?
29. Who became the first £1,000 footballer when he was transferred from Sunderland to Middlesbrough in 1905?
30. In the Popeye cartoons, what is the name of Olive Oyl’s brother?
31. In Jonthan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' what is the name of the island that is eternally at war with Lilliput?
32. Transnistria is a breakaway territory within the internationally recognised borders of which European country?
33. By what name was the Venezuelan city Ciudad Bolívar known prior to 1846?
34. What was the name of the American serial killer, nicknamed the Killer Clown, who was executed in 1994 for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men?
35. According to the Bible, in which ancient city, in modern day Turkey, was Saint Paul the Apostle born?
36. In which city are the Headquarters of the International Red Cross?
37. Which song, released by Basement Jaxx in May 1999, was the only top ten hit of the 1990s to contain the word 'red' in its title?
38. Which scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922 for his application of quantum theory to the problem of atomic and molecular structure?
39. Which Italian became the first Formula 1 World Champion in 1950?
40. Set in the year 2027, which film by the Austro-German director Fritz Lang, became the most expensive silent film ever made when it was released in 1927?
41. Which artist, born in Paris in 1771 and star pupil of Jacques-Louis David, was appointed as official war painter by Napoleon?
42. How many ordinary wine bottles make up a melchior of Champagne?
43. What was the name of the language spoken by the Incas?
44. What was the name of the satellite that in 1971 became the UK's first artificial satellite in space?
45. According to the Bible, which handmaiden of Sarah was the mother of Ishmael?
46. Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the Boston Tea Party?
47. Which singer and songwriter produced the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's only top ten hit 'I'm the Urban Spaceman' using the pseudonym Apollo C. Vermouth?
48. Which elementary particle was discovered in 1964 by Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig?
49. Including the end zones, what is the standard length, in yards, of an American football pitch?
50. The 1980 film 'Coal Miner's Daughter', starring Sissy Spacek portrayed which country singer's rise to stardom?
I hope that was enjoyable. You may have noticed that the last two quizzes have been slightly easier; this is because the quiz three weeks ago was simply far too hard - the highest score I know of was fewer than half marks. Let's see how we do here:
1. JUVENAL
2. RETSINA
3. AACHEN
4. TADEUSZ KOŚCIUSZKO
5. ANCHISES
6. PAUL-HENRI SPAAK
7. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
8. ARMPIT
9. ROYAL LYTHAM & ST ANNES
10. FRANK MORGAN
11. CADFAEL
12. LIPTAUER (or LIPTOV)
13. ANGKOR WAT
14. BRIXHAM
15. ACTS (OF THE APOSTLES)
16. BELARUS
17. VIKTOR FRANKL
18. APHELION
19. AUGUST 1ST
20. ANNIE PROULX
21. STENDAHL
22. CAPPELLETTI
23. GOAT ISLAND
24. DARDANIA
25. BATTLE OF CAMLANN
26. GROVER CLEVELAND
27. MENSWEAR
28. EDWARD TELLER
29. ALF COMMON
30. CASTOR
31. BLEFUSCU
32. MOLDOVA
33. ANGOSTURA
34. JOHN WAYNE GACY
35. TARSUS
36. GENEVA
37. RED ALERT
38. NIELS BOHR
39. GIUSEPPE 'NINO' FARINA
40. METROPOLIS
41. ANTOINE-JEAN GROS (or BARON GROS)
42. 24
43. QUECHUA
44. PROSPERO X-3
45. HAGAR
46. LORD NORTH (FREDERICK NORTH)
47. PAUL MCCARTNEY
48. QUARK
49. 120
50. LORETTA LYNN
1. Which famously misogynistic Roman satiric poet of the 1st and 2nd Centuries wrote 'The Woes of a Gigolo' and 'Roman Wives'?
2. Which famous Greek wine is flavoured with pine resin?
3. Lying on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, which is the most westerly city in Germany?
4. What was the name of the Polish and Lithuanian national hero and general who led the 1794 uprising against the Russian Empire?
5. Who was the legendary Prince of Troy, and father of Aeneas, who was blinded by a flash of lightning for boasting that he had made love with the goddess Aphrodite?
6. Who was the Belgian socialist politician and former Prisoner of War who served as Belgian Prime Minister on three occasions between 1938 and 1949?
7. Under what name do the British electronic music duo Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons record?
8. The axilla is the medical name for which part of the body?
9. On which golf course did Tony Jacklin win the British Open in 1969?
10. Who played The Wizard of Oz in the 1939 film of the same name?
11. Which fictional detective made his first appearance in the 1977 novel 'A Morbid Taste for Bones'?
12. Named after a region in Slovakia, what is the name of the Slovak dish, also used in Hungarian and Austrian cuisine, of spiced white cheese made from a mixture of sheep and cow milk?
13. Which famous landmark is featured at the centre of the flag of Cambodia?
14. In which coastal town in Devon did William of Orange and his Dutch army land to fight the Glorious Revolution?
15. Which is the longest book of the New Testament?
16. Which is the only country in Europe to still use capital punishment?
17. Which Austrian psychologist and Holocaust Survivor, who founded logotherapy and Existential Analysis, wrote the book 'Man's Search for Meaning', chronicling his experiences in a concentration camp?
18. In astronomy, what term describes the point in the orbit of a planet or a comet at which it is farthest from the Sun?
19. According to tradition, all racehorses in the Southern hemisphere celebrate their birthday on what date?
20. Who wrote the short story upon which the film 'Brokeback Mountain' was based?
21. What was the pen-name adopted by the French novelist Henri-Marie Beyle?
22. What type of pasta takes its name from the Italian for a 'three-cornered hat'?
23. Which island separates the American and Canadian Niagara Falls?
24. Which ancient country, conquered by the Roman Emperor Diocletian in the 3rd Century, covered parts of present-day Serbia, Macedonia and Albania and had its capital at Damastioni and, later, at Naissus?
25. Which was the final battle of King Arthur, at which he was mortally wounded?
26. Who was the President of the USA when the Statue of Liberty was assembled in 1886?
27. Which indie group achieved their best British chart position in March 1996 when their song 'Being Brave' reached number 10?
28. Who was the Hungarian-born American physicist, who died in 2003, who is known as the 'father of the hydrogen bomb'?
29. Who became the first £1,000 footballer when he was transferred from Sunderland to Middlesbrough in 1905?
30. In the Popeye cartoons, what is the name of Olive Oyl’s brother?
31. In Jonthan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' what is the name of the island that is eternally at war with Lilliput?
32. Transnistria is a breakaway territory within the internationally recognised borders of which European country?
33. By what name was the Venezuelan city Ciudad Bolívar known prior to 1846?
34. What was the name of the American serial killer, nicknamed the Killer Clown, who was executed in 1994 for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men?
35. According to the Bible, in which ancient city, in modern day Turkey, was Saint Paul the Apostle born?
36. In which city are the Headquarters of the International Red Cross?
37. Which song, released by Basement Jaxx in May 1999, was the only top ten hit of the 1990s to contain the word 'red' in its title?
38. Which scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922 for his application of quantum theory to the problem of atomic and molecular structure?
39. Which Italian became the first Formula 1 World Champion in 1950?
40. Set in the year 2027, which film by the Austro-German director Fritz Lang, became the most expensive silent film ever made when it was released in 1927?
41. Which artist, born in Paris in 1771 and star pupil of Jacques-Louis David, was appointed as official war painter by Napoleon?
42. How many ordinary wine bottles make up a melchior of Champagne?
43. What was the name of the language spoken by the Incas?
44. What was the name of the satellite that in 1971 became the UK's first artificial satellite in space?
45. According to the Bible, which handmaiden of Sarah was the mother of Ishmael?
46. Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the Boston Tea Party?
47. Which singer and songwriter produced the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's only top ten hit 'I'm the Urban Spaceman' using the pseudonym Apollo C. Vermouth?
48. Which elementary particle was discovered in 1964 by Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig?
49. Including the end zones, what is the standard length, in yards, of an American football pitch?
50. The 1980 film 'Coal Miner's Daughter', starring Sissy Spacek portrayed which country singer's rise to stardom?
I hope that was enjoyable. You may have noticed that the last two quizzes have been slightly easier; this is because the quiz three weeks ago was simply far too hard - the highest score I know of was fewer than half marks. Let's see how we do here:
1. JUVENAL
2. RETSINA
3. AACHEN
4. TADEUSZ KOŚCIUSZKO
5. ANCHISES
6. PAUL-HENRI SPAAK
7. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
8. ARMPIT
9. ROYAL LYTHAM & ST ANNES
10. FRANK MORGAN
11. CADFAEL
12. LIPTAUER (or LIPTOV)
13. ANGKOR WAT
14. BRIXHAM
15. ACTS (OF THE APOSTLES)
16. BELARUS
17. VIKTOR FRANKL
18. APHELION
19. AUGUST 1ST
20. ANNIE PROULX
21. STENDAHL
22. CAPPELLETTI
23. GOAT ISLAND
24. DARDANIA
25. BATTLE OF CAMLANN
26. GROVER CLEVELAND
27. MENSWEAR
28. EDWARD TELLER
29. ALF COMMON
30. CASTOR
31. BLEFUSCU
32. MOLDOVA
33. ANGOSTURA
34. JOHN WAYNE GACY
35. TARSUS
36. GENEVA
37. RED ALERT
38. NIELS BOHR
39. GIUSEPPE 'NINO' FARINA
40. METROPOLIS
41. ANTOINE-JEAN GROS (or BARON GROS)
42. 24
43. QUECHUA
44. PROSPERO X-3
45. HAGAR
46. LORD NORTH (FREDERICK NORTH)
47. PAUL MCCARTNEY
48. QUARK
49. 120
50. LORETTA LYNN
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
THE 23rd TUESDAY QUIZ
Welcome back for another fifty questions. I hope you like:
1. Which influential writer of the French Renaissance, who helped to popularise the essay as a literary form, is perhaps best remembered for his 'Apology for Raymond Sebond'?
2. Telegraph, Tokyo and King of the Ridge are all varieties of which vegetable?
3. Which lake and UNESCO World Heritage Site straddles the border between Macedonia and Albania?
4. At which battle, fought in August 1526, was Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, defeated and killed by forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the Magnificent?
5. Which Pope who reigned for thirteen days in September 1590 is the shortest reigning Pope in history?
6. Elected in 2005, Albert Pintat Santolària is the head of government in which European country?
7. Released by Elvis Presley in 1958, which was the first song to go straight to number 1 in the UK singles chart?
8. Hippotragus leucophaeus was an antelope that became, in around 1800, the first large African mammal to become extinct in historic times; what was its common name?
9. Which former Wimbledon men's singles champion was known as the Bounding Basque?
10. What was the first name of the cartoon character Mr Magoo?
11. Which famous Japanese architect designed the city plan for the Nigerian capital Abuja?
12. The mojito is a traditional cocktail that originated in which country?
13. In which American city could you visit the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial?
14. Lasting between 1804 and 1813, in which country did the first revolution to occur in Europe following the French Revolution take place?
15. Deriving from the Slavonic for 'assembly', which word is given to a council of bishops and other clerical and lay representatives representing the church in matters of importance?
16. In which country was the three time Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres born?
17. Which group's first hit was 'Apache' in 1960?
18. Who was the 18th Century Swiss mathematician and physicist, who published more papers than any other mathematician in history, who pioneered the theory of trigonometric and logarithmic functions?
19. In which Scottish town do Albion Rovers Football Club play their home matches?
20. Who played the title character in the 1969 film 'Isadora'?
21. What was the name of the 15th Century Florentine humanist and historian who is best known for his work 'On Civic Life'?
22. Which grain is alternatively known as Guinea corn or Egyptian millet?
23. Aletch Glacier, the largest glacier in continental Europe, is located in which country?
24. Which Italian city was the capital of the Kingdom of Etruria that existed between 1801 and 1807?
25. In Greek mythology, which Spartan king was the father of Helen and Clytemnestra?
26. In 1958, which German politician became the first President of the European Commission?
27. Born in 1943, what was the stage-name adopted by the singer and musician Roberta Joan Anderson?
28. Spica is the brightest star in which constellation?
29. During a Test Match against India in 1976, which English bowler was accused of rubbing Vaseline into the ball in order to make it swing better?
30. Which female country singer's life was dramatized in the 1985 film 'Sweet Dreams'?
31. What is the English title of Rossini's opera 'La Gazza Ladra'?
32. Which vegetable takes its name from the German for 'cabbage-turnip'?
33. What is the official currency of both Uganda and Somalia?
34. Which city was the capital of Moldavia between the 16th Century and 1861 and the capital of Romania from 1916 to 1918?
35. Which ancient Egyptian god was the son of Osiris and Isis?
36. Which early 20th Century British diplomat and MP is best remembered for his passionate support for Albanian independence and was subsequently offered the throne of Albania, which he declined?
37. Which American alternative rock band formed in Escatawpa, Mississippi in 1994 signed to Universal Records after their chart success with the song 'Kryptonite'?
38. Found exclusively in the Galapagos Islands, what is the name of the world's only lizard that hunts and forages in the sea?
39. Bando and Krabi-Krabong are martial arts originating in which country?
40. Who was the American animator who created Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny?
41. Which 20th Century French painter designed scenes for Diaghilev's ballets 'Les Fâcheux' and 'Zéphyr et Flore'?
42. Used when making tea, and deriving from the Russian for 'self brewer', what name is given the heated metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in Russia, Iran and Turkey?
43. What is the capital of the Spanish autonomous region of Cantabria?
44. Fought on September 7th 1812, which was the largest and bloodiest single-day battle of the Napoleonic Wars, involving more than a quarter of a million soldiers and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties?
45. The Digambara Texts are sacred writings in which religion?
46. Who was the Democratic Presidential nominee who was defeated by George Bush Snr. in the American Presidential elections in 1988?
47. Which group, formed in Glasgow in 1996, took their name from a children's book written by the French actress and writer Cécile Aubry?
48. What is the name of the metal or plastic tubes fixed around the end of shoelaces?
49. Which American medial mogul created the Goodwill Games in reaction to the political troubles that surrounded the Olympic Games during the early 1980s?
50. Who wrote the musical 'Guys and Dolls'?
How was that? Do well? Let's see:
1. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
2. CUCUMBER
3. LAKE OHRID
4. BATTLE OF MOHÁCS
5. URBAN VII
6. ANDORRA
7. JAILHOUSE ROCK
8. BLUEBUCK (or BLUE ANTELOPE)
9. JEAN BOROTRA
10. QUINCY
11. KENZO TANGE
12. CUBA
13. ST LOUIS
14. SERBIA
15. SOBOR
16. POLAND
17. THE SHADOWS
18. LEONHARD EULER
19. COATBRIDGE
20. VANESSA REDGRAVE
21. MATTEO PALMIERI
22. SORGHUM
23. SWITZERLAND
24. FLORENCE
25. TYNDAREUS
26. WALTER HALLSTEIN
27. JONI MITCHELL
28. VIRGO
29. JOHN LEVER
30. PATSY CLINE
31. THE THIEVING MAGPIE
32. KOHLRABI
33. SHILLING
34. IAŞI
35. HORUS
36. AUBREY HERBERT
37. 3 DOORS DOWN
38. MARINE IGUANA
39. BURMA (or MYANMAR)
40. TEX AVERY
41. GEORGES BRAQUE
42. SAMOVAR
43. SANTANDER
44. BATTLE OF BORODINO
45. JAINISM
46. MICHAEL DUKAKIS
47. BELLE & SEBASTIAN
48. AGLETS
49. TED TURNER
50. FRANK LOESSER
1. Which influential writer of the French Renaissance, who helped to popularise the essay as a literary form, is perhaps best remembered for his 'Apology for Raymond Sebond'?
2. Telegraph, Tokyo and King of the Ridge are all varieties of which vegetable?
3. Which lake and UNESCO World Heritage Site straddles the border between Macedonia and Albania?
4. At which battle, fought in August 1526, was Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, defeated and killed by forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the Magnificent?
5. Which Pope who reigned for thirteen days in September 1590 is the shortest reigning Pope in history?
6. Elected in 2005, Albert Pintat Santolària is the head of government in which European country?
7. Released by Elvis Presley in 1958, which was the first song to go straight to number 1 in the UK singles chart?
8. Hippotragus leucophaeus was an antelope that became, in around 1800, the first large African mammal to become extinct in historic times; what was its common name?
9. Which former Wimbledon men's singles champion was known as the Bounding Basque?
10. What was the first name of the cartoon character Mr Magoo?
11. Which famous Japanese architect designed the city plan for the Nigerian capital Abuja?
12. The mojito is a traditional cocktail that originated in which country?
13. In which American city could you visit the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial?
14. Lasting between 1804 and 1813, in which country did the first revolution to occur in Europe following the French Revolution take place?
15. Deriving from the Slavonic for 'assembly', which word is given to a council of bishops and other clerical and lay representatives representing the church in matters of importance?
16. In which country was the three time Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres born?
17. Which group's first hit was 'Apache' in 1960?
18. Who was the 18th Century Swiss mathematician and physicist, who published more papers than any other mathematician in history, who pioneered the theory of trigonometric and logarithmic functions?
19. In which Scottish town do Albion Rovers Football Club play their home matches?
20. Who played the title character in the 1969 film 'Isadora'?
21. What was the name of the 15th Century Florentine humanist and historian who is best known for his work 'On Civic Life'?
22. Which grain is alternatively known as Guinea corn or Egyptian millet?
23. Aletch Glacier, the largest glacier in continental Europe, is located in which country?
24. Which Italian city was the capital of the Kingdom of Etruria that existed between 1801 and 1807?
25. In Greek mythology, which Spartan king was the father of Helen and Clytemnestra?
26. In 1958, which German politician became the first President of the European Commission?
27. Born in 1943, what was the stage-name adopted by the singer and musician Roberta Joan Anderson?
28. Spica is the brightest star in which constellation?
29. During a Test Match against India in 1976, which English bowler was accused of rubbing Vaseline into the ball in order to make it swing better?
30. Which female country singer's life was dramatized in the 1985 film 'Sweet Dreams'?
31. What is the English title of Rossini's opera 'La Gazza Ladra'?
32. Which vegetable takes its name from the German for 'cabbage-turnip'?
33. What is the official currency of both Uganda and Somalia?
34. Which city was the capital of Moldavia between the 16th Century and 1861 and the capital of Romania from 1916 to 1918?
35. Which ancient Egyptian god was the son of Osiris and Isis?
36. Which early 20th Century British diplomat and MP is best remembered for his passionate support for Albanian independence and was subsequently offered the throne of Albania, which he declined?
37. Which American alternative rock band formed in Escatawpa, Mississippi in 1994 signed to Universal Records after their chart success with the song 'Kryptonite'?
38. Found exclusively in the Galapagos Islands, what is the name of the world's only lizard that hunts and forages in the sea?
39. Bando and Krabi-Krabong are martial arts originating in which country?
40. Who was the American animator who created Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny?
41. Which 20th Century French painter designed scenes for Diaghilev's ballets 'Les Fâcheux' and 'Zéphyr et Flore'?
42. Used when making tea, and deriving from the Russian for 'self brewer', what name is given the heated metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in Russia, Iran and Turkey?
43. What is the capital of the Spanish autonomous region of Cantabria?
44. Fought on September 7th 1812, which was the largest and bloodiest single-day battle of the Napoleonic Wars, involving more than a quarter of a million soldiers and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties?
45. The Digambara Texts are sacred writings in which religion?
46. Who was the Democratic Presidential nominee who was defeated by George Bush Snr. in the American Presidential elections in 1988?
47. Which group, formed in Glasgow in 1996, took their name from a children's book written by the French actress and writer Cécile Aubry?
48. What is the name of the metal or plastic tubes fixed around the end of shoelaces?
49. Which American medial mogul created the Goodwill Games in reaction to the political troubles that surrounded the Olympic Games during the early 1980s?
50. Who wrote the musical 'Guys and Dolls'?
How was that? Do well? Let's see:
1. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
2. CUCUMBER
3. LAKE OHRID
4. BATTLE OF MOHÁCS
5. URBAN VII
6. ANDORRA
7. JAILHOUSE ROCK
8. BLUEBUCK (or BLUE ANTELOPE)
9. JEAN BOROTRA
10. QUINCY
11. KENZO TANGE
12. CUBA
13. ST LOUIS
14. SERBIA
15. SOBOR
16. POLAND
17. THE SHADOWS
18. LEONHARD EULER
19. COATBRIDGE
20. VANESSA REDGRAVE
21. MATTEO PALMIERI
22. SORGHUM
23. SWITZERLAND
24. FLORENCE
25. TYNDAREUS
26. WALTER HALLSTEIN
27. JONI MITCHELL
28. VIRGO
29. JOHN LEVER
30. PATSY CLINE
31. THE THIEVING MAGPIE
32. KOHLRABI
33. SHILLING
34. IAŞI
35. HORUS
36. AUBREY HERBERT
37. 3 DOORS DOWN
38. MARINE IGUANA
39. BURMA (or MYANMAR)
40. TEX AVERY
41. GEORGES BRAQUE
42. SAMOVAR
43. SANTANDER
44. BATTLE OF BORODINO
45. JAINISM
46. MICHAEL DUKAKIS
47. BELLE & SEBASTIAN
48. AGLETS
49. TED TURNER
50. FRANK LOESSER
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
THE 22nd TUESDAY QUIZ
Hello and welcome once again to the Tuesday Quiz. Over the coming weeks, you may find a large number of Eurocentric questions in the quizzes - revision, you see. The European Quiz Championships are held in November and I'm revising like mad. Hope you like this selection:
1. What was the name of the 19th Century Albanian author and poet, who worked for the British Consulate in his homeland, whose best known published works include 'The Truth of Albania' and 'A Historical Outline of Montenegro According to the Traditions of Albania'?
2. Which trademarked quality description of a group of cultivars of rapeseed variants was initially bred in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur Stefansson in the 1970s?
3. What is the name of the least populous and easternmost state of Austria that joined from Hungary in 1921?
4. Which short-lived Kingdom was created by the Treaty of Aranjuez in 1801?
5. Who was the priest of Apollo in Greek mythology who was given a magical golden arrow that rendered him invisible and with which he rid plagues and gave oracles?
6. Who was the Christian Socialist Chancellor of Austria who was assassinated by Nazi agents in 1934?
7. The Deep Purple hit song 'Smoke on the Water' was inspired by a casino fire that occurred whilst the band were recording in which country?
8. The name of which brightly coloured marine fish is derived from the Cornish word for 'old woman'?
9. Which Australian snooker player was banned for eight years in February 2006 after being found guilty of match fixing?
10. In which English city was the 1960 film 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning', starring Albert Finney, set?
11. What is the name of the school in which the Muriel Spark novel 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' is set?
12. One of the oldest known cocktails was created by Antoine Amédée Peychaud in New Orleans in the 1850s and consists of Cognac, rye whiskey, absinthe, pastis, Peychaud's bitters and Angostura bitters; which cocktail?
13. Which historical region in eastern Germany derives its name from the Sorbian for 'swamps'?
14. Which battle of September 9AD saw the destruction of three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus by an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius?
15. According to the Bible, who was the mother of Moses?
16. The Sindic is the title given to the President of the parliament of which European country?
17. Which 70s rock group, who reformed in 1993, took their name from that of a steam-powered dildo in William S. Burroughs' novel 'Naked Lunch'?
18. Which pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, born in the city of Miletus in the 7th Century BC, is regarded as the 'father of science'?
19. In which sport is the Strathcona Cup awarded?
20. Which English television composer wrote the scores for the TV series 'The Avengers' and 'The Professionals'?
21. Which artificial language was created by Johann Martin Schleyer in 1880?
22. Founded in 1926 with the mission of celebrating and promoting cherries, the National Cherry Festival is held annually in which city in Michigan?
23. The Tara River Canyon, the deepest canyon in Europe, is located in which country?
24. Which Pope crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800AD?
25. Who is the patron saint of housewives?
26. In which US city was the United Nations Charter, that established the UN, signed in 1945?
27. Which Swedish alternative rock group had hits in the mid-90s with 'You and Me Song' and 'Hit'?
28. Which British engineer designed the Forth Bridge and the original Aswan Dam?
29. Which Dutch tennis player did Virginia Wade defeat in the 1977 Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Final?
30. Which British former heavyweight boxing champion was seen striking the huge gong at the start of the J Arthur Rank films?
31. What was the name of the 6th-7th Century Welsh-language poet who wrote 'The Gododdin'?
32. Known in South-East Asia as 'The King of Fruits', which fruit of the family Malvaceae is sometimes banned from aeroplanes and taxi cabs because of its offensive odour?
33. In which American state is the Lowell Observatory?
34. Napoleon was exiled to Elba in 1814 following the signing of which treaty?
35. Established in Iceland in the 1960s, what is the name of the polytheistic reconstructionism movement whose focus is reviving the Norse paganism of the Viking Age and is now officially recognised by several Scandinavian governments?
36. Eddie McGrady and Mark Durkan are current British M.P.s representing which party?
37. The pop group The Monkees were created for a television show on which American network?
38. Which order of fish, with a Greek name meaning 'hollow spine' and closely related to the lungfish, was believed to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period until a live specimen was caught off the coast of South Africa in 1938?
39. Who scored the only goal when Nottingham Forest defeated Hamburg 1-0 in the 1980 European Cup Final?
40. Which 1964 film starring Clint Eastwood was a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Japanese classic 'Yojimbo'?
41. Which 19th Century Russian composer was also a noted chemist, gaining great respect for his work on aldehydes?
42. Chewed by West African tribes before meals, which fruit, with the Latin name Sideroxylon dulcificum, was first documented in the West by the French explorer Des Marchais in 1725?
43. Khalka is the principal language spoken in which country?
44. Which English Queen was imprisoned for 32 years after she was accused of infidelity by her husband King George I?
45. The Kojiki is a sacred text of which religion?
46. What was the name of the governor of Texas who was in the same car as John F. Kennedy when he was killed in 1963?
47. Released in 1957, 'Butterfly' was the only UK number 1 hit single for which singer?
48. What name is given to the rate of temperature change observed while moving upward through the atmosphere?
49. Which annual sporting activity takes place at Cooper's Hill in the Cotswolds?
50. Who played the Bandit in the 1977 film 'Smokey and the Bandit'?
How did you do? Let's have a look:
1. PASHKO VASA
2. CANOLA
3. BURGENLAND
4. ETRURIA
5. ABARIS
6. ENGELBERT DOLLFUSS
7. SWITZERLAND
8. WRASSE
9. QUINTEN HANN
10. NOTTINGHAM
11. THE MARCIA BLAINE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
12. SAZERAC
13. LUSATIA
14. BATTLE OF TEUTOBURG FOREST
15. JOCHEBED
16. ANDORRA
17. STEELY DAN
18. THALES
19. CURLING
20. LAURIE JOHNSON
21. VOLAPÜK
22. TRAVERSE CITY
23. MONTENEGRO
24. LEO III
25. ST ANNE
26. SAN FRANCISCO
27. THE WANNADIES
28. BENJAMIN BAKER
29. BETTY STÖVE
30. BOMBARDIER BILLY WELLS
31. ANEIRIN
32. DURIAN
33. ARIZONA
34. TREATY OF FONTAINEBLEAU
35. ÁSATRÚ
36. SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC AND LABOUR PARTY (SDLP)
37. NBC
38. COELACANTH
39. JOHN ROBERTSON
40. A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
41. ALEXANDER BORODIN
42. MIRACLE FRUIT
43. MONGOLIA
44. SOPHIA DOROTHEA
45. SHINTO (or SHINTOISM)
46. JOHN CONNOLLY
47. ANDY WILLIAMS
48. LAPSE RATE
49. CHEESE ROLLING
50. BURT REYNOLDS
1. What was the name of the 19th Century Albanian author and poet, who worked for the British Consulate in his homeland, whose best known published works include 'The Truth of Albania' and 'A Historical Outline of Montenegro According to the Traditions of Albania'?
2. Which trademarked quality description of a group of cultivars of rapeseed variants was initially bred in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur Stefansson in the 1970s?
3. What is the name of the least populous and easternmost state of Austria that joined from Hungary in 1921?
4. Which short-lived Kingdom was created by the Treaty of Aranjuez in 1801?
5. Who was the priest of Apollo in Greek mythology who was given a magical golden arrow that rendered him invisible and with which he rid plagues and gave oracles?
6. Who was the Christian Socialist Chancellor of Austria who was assassinated by Nazi agents in 1934?
7. The Deep Purple hit song 'Smoke on the Water' was inspired by a casino fire that occurred whilst the band were recording in which country?
8. The name of which brightly coloured marine fish is derived from the Cornish word for 'old woman'?
9. Which Australian snooker player was banned for eight years in February 2006 after being found guilty of match fixing?
10. In which English city was the 1960 film 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning', starring Albert Finney, set?
11. What is the name of the school in which the Muriel Spark novel 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' is set?
12. One of the oldest known cocktails was created by Antoine Amédée Peychaud in New Orleans in the 1850s and consists of Cognac, rye whiskey, absinthe, pastis, Peychaud's bitters and Angostura bitters; which cocktail?
13. Which historical region in eastern Germany derives its name from the Sorbian for 'swamps'?
14. Which battle of September 9AD saw the destruction of three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus by an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius?
15. According to the Bible, who was the mother of Moses?
16. The Sindic is the title given to the President of the parliament of which European country?
17. Which 70s rock group, who reformed in 1993, took their name from that of a steam-powered dildo in William S. Burroughs' novel 'Naked Lunch'?
18. Which pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, born in the city of Miletus in the 7th Century BC, is regarded as the 'father of science'?
19. In which sport is the Strathcona Cup awarded?
20. Which English television composer wrote the scores for the TV series 'The Avengers' and 'The Professionals'?
21. Which artificial language was created by Johann Martin Schleyer in 1880?
22. Founded in 1926 with the mission of celebrating and promoting cherries, the National Cherry Festival is held annually in which city in Michigan?
23. The Tara River Canyon, the deepest canyon in Europe, is located in which country?
24. Which Pope crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800AD?
25. Who is the patron saint of housewives?
26. In which US city was the United Nations Charter, that established the UN, signed in 1945?
27. Which Swedish alternative rock group had hits in the mid-90s with 'You and Me Song' and 'Hit'?
28. Which British engineer designed the Forth Bridge and the original Aswan Dam?
29. Which Dutch tennis player did Virginia Wade defeat in the 1977 Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Final?
30. Which British former heavyweight boxing champion was seen striking the huge gong at the start of the J Arthur Rank films?
31. What was the name of the 6th-7th Century Welsh-language poet who wrote 'The Gododdin'?
32. Known in South-East Asia as 'The King of Fruits', which fruit of the family Malvaceae is sometimes banned from aeroplanes and taxi cabs because of its offensive odour?
33. In which American state is the Lowell Observatory?
34. Napoleon was exiled to Elba in 1814 following the signing of which treaty?
35. Established in Iceland in the 1960s, what is the name of the polytheistic reconstructionism movement whose focus is reviving the Norse paganism of the Viking Age and is now officially recognised by several Scandinavian governments?
36. Eddie McGrady and Mark Durkan are current British M.P.s representing which party?
37. The pop group The Monkees were created for a television show on which American network?
38. Which order of fish, with a Greek name meaning 'hollow spine' and closely related to the lungfish, was believed to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period until a live specimen was caught off the coast of South Africa in 1938?
39. Who scored the only goal when Nottingham Forest defeated Hamburg 1-0 in the 1980 European Cup Final?
40. Which 1964 film starring Clint Eastwood was a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Japanese classic 'Yojimbo'?
41. Which 19th Century Russian composer was also a noted chemist, gaining great respect for his work on aldehydes?
42. Chewed by West African tribes before meals, which fruit, with the Latin name Sideroxylon dulcificum, was first documented in the West by the French explorer Des Marchais in 1725?
43. Khalka is the principal language spoken in which country?
44. Which English Queen was imprisoned for 32 years after she was accused of infidelity by her husband King George I?
45. The Kojiki is a sacred text of which religion?
46. What was the name of the governor of Texas who was in the same car as John F. Kennedy when he was killed in 1963?
47. Released in 1957, 'Butterfly' was the only UK number 1 hit single for which singer?
48. What name is given to the rate of temperature change observed while moving upward through the atmosphere?
49. Which annual sporting activity takes place at Cooper's Hill in the Cotswolds?
50. Who played the Bandit in the 1977 film 'Smokey and the Bandit'?
How did you do? Let's have a look:
1. PASHKO VASA
2. CANOLA
3. BURGENLAND
4. ETRURIA
5. ABARIS
6. ENGELBERT DOLLFUSS
7. SWITZERLAND
8. WRASSE
9. QUINTEN HANN
10. NOTTINGHAM
11. THE MARCIA BLAINE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
12. SAZERAC
13. LUSATIA
14. BATTLE OF TEUTOBURG FOREST
15. JOCHEBED
16. ANDORRA
17. STEELY DAN
18. THALES
19. CURLING
20. LAURIE JOHNSON
21. VOLAPÜK
22. TRAVERSE CITY
23. MONTENEGRO
24. LEO III
25. ST ANNE
26. SAN FRANCISCO
27. THE WANNADIES
28. BENJAMIN BAKER
29. BETTY STÖVE
30. BOMBARDIER BILLY WELLS
31. ANEIRIN
32. DURIAN
33. ARIZONA
34. TREATY OF FONTAINEBLEAU
35. ÁSATRÚ
36. SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC AND LABOUR PARTY (SDLP)
37. NBC
38. COELACANTH
39. JOHN ROBERTSON
40. A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
41. ALEXANDER BORODIN
42. MIRACLE FRUIT
43. MONGOLIA
44. SOPHIA DOROTHEA
45. SHINTO (or SHINTOISM)
46. JOHN CONNOLLY
47. ANDY WILLIAMS
48. LAPSE RATE
49. CHEESE ROLLING
50. BURT REYNOLDS
Tuesday, 7 August 2007
THE 21st TUESDAY QUIZ
Hello and welcome to the latest Tuesday Quiz. Hope you enjoy.
1. The most famous works of which 18th Century English painter include 'An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump' and 'The Orrery'?
2. 'An Omelette and a Glass of Wine' is the title of a book by which English cookery writer, who is considered responsible for popularising French and Italian cookery in British homes?
3. In which town in Hertfordshire would you find the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum?
4. In 1773, which of Captain James Cook's ships became the first recorded vessel to cross the Antarctic circle?
5. In Greek mythology, for his first labour Heracles had to slay which creature?
6. Which former Prime Minister of Luxembourg was President of the European Commission between 1995 and 1999?
7. Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe make up which British dance music duo?
8. In particle physics, what collective name is given to the force carrying particles such as gluons and photons?
9. The vallenato is dance that originated in which South American country?
10. Which 1968 film, staring Steve McQueen, was based on Robert L Pike's novel 'Mute Witness'?
11. 'Dyskolos' is the title of the only play that survives in its entirety written by which Greek dramatist?
12. The Ancient Greeks and Romans regarded which herb (Tanacetum vulgare) as a symbol of immortality?
13. Which Canadian Canal was opened in 1829 to allow ships to circumvent the Niagara Falls?
14. During World War II, by what name were members of The Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland known?
15. Along with the Gospel of Luke, which other book of the New Testament is thought to have been written by St Luke the Evangelist?
16. Joseph Bamina, who was assassinated in 1965, was the Prime Minister of which African country?
17. Stevie Wonder originally wrote his hit single 'Superstition' for which guitarist and songwriter?
18. What is the name of the oval yellow spot found at the centre of the retina in the human eye that is specialised for high clarity vision?
19. In 1968, England's cricket team's Test series against South Africa was cancelled by the South African authorities after the inclusion of which black player in the England team?
20. Directed by Sheka Kapur, which 1994 film told the true story of Phoolan Devi, an Indian criminal who later became an member of parliament in India?
21. Which six-letter word is the only word in the English language to begin with the letters 'tm'?
22. Although often referred to as a nut, to which family of fruit do almonds belong?
23. Mount Korab is the highest peak in which European country?
24. What was the codename given to the initial landing operation of Operation Overlord in June 1944, the precursor to the allied invasion of Normandy?
25. Which religious denomination was founded by John Thomas in 1848?
26. Which controversial British politician committed suicide in 1822 by slitting his throat with a letter opener after, apparently, being blackmailed about a homosexual affair?
27. Which band did Jack Bruce leave to form Cream in 1966?
28. Who was the immunologist and pathologist who discovered the major blood groups and developed the ABO system of blood typing, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1930?
29. Which English cricket captain also won the boxing gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1908?
30. What is the name of the remote Hebridean island upon which the 1973 film 'The Wicker Man' is set?
31. In which city is John le Carre's novel 'A Small Town in Germany' set?
32. What is the name of the highly seasoned French thick, creamy soup made from puréed crustaceans?
33. Founded by St Kevin in the 6th Century, in which Irish county could you visit the Glendalough monastery?
34. William Adelin, who drowned off the coast of Normandy in the White Ship disaster, was the only legitimate son of which English King?
35. Who was Pope during World War II?
36. Which is the USA's oldest state, having been the first state to ratify the American Constitution?
37. Jello Biafra was the lead singer of which American punk group?
38. Which bodily secretion is properly known as cerumen?
39. In 2002, which Turkish footballer scored the fastest goal in World Cup history after just 10 seconds in Turkey's third place play-off match against South Korea?
40. Released in 1962, which was the first of the 'Carry On...' films to be released in colour?
41. In the year 2000, which author became the first person writing in Chinese to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?
42. Gorgonzola cheese is named after the small town of Gorgonzola on the outskirts of which Italian city?
43. In which English city could you cross the Palladian Pulteney Bridge?
44. First published in 1702, which was Britain's first regular daily newspaper?
45. By which English name is the Jewish festival of Purim commonly known?
46. Who was the German nobleman and diplomat who served as Imperial Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as Vice Chancellor under Hitler from 1933 to 1934?
47. Who wrote the Sheena Easton hit single 'Sugar Walls' using the pseudonym Alexander Nevermind?
48. Deriving from the Turkish for 'black ear' because of its conspicuous black ears, what is the common name for the cat that is also known as the Persian or African lynx?
49. The Football Association was founded in October 1863 at which London inn?
50. Lamont Cranston is the human alter-ego of which comic book superhero?
Do well? Let's see:
1. JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY
2. ELIZABETH DAVID
3. TRING
4. RESOLUTION
5. NEMEAN LION
6. JACQUES SANTER
7. BASEMENT JAXX
8. BOSONS
9. COLOMBIA
10. BULLITT
11. MENANDER
12. TANSY
13. WELLAND CANAL (or WELLAND SHIP CANAL)
14. CHETNIKS
15. ACTS (OF THE APOSTLES)
16. BURUNDI
17. JEFF BECK
18. MACULA
19. BASIL D'OLIVEIRA
20. BANDIT QUEEN
21. TMESIS
22. PEACH
23. ALBANIA
24. OPERATION NEPTUNE
25. CHRISTADELPHIANS
26. VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH
27. MANFRED MANN
28. KARL LANDSTEINER
29. JOHNNY DOUGLAS
30. SUMMERISLE
31. BONN
32. BISQUE
33. WICKLOW
34. HENRY I
35. PIUS XII
36. DELAWARE
37. DEAD KENNEDYS
38. EARWAX
39. HAKAN ŞÜKÜR
40. CARRY ON CRUISING
41. GAO XINGJIAN
42. MILAN
43. BATH
44. DAILY COURANT
45. FEAST OF LOTS
46. FRANZ VON PAPEN
47. PRINCE
48. CARACAL
49. FREEMASON'S TAVERN
50. THE SHADOW
1. The most famous works of which 18th Century English painter include 'An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump' and 'The Orrery'?
2. 'An Omelette and a Glass of Wine' is the title of a book by which English cookery writer, who is considered responsible for popularising French and Italian cookery in British homes?
3. In which town in Hertfordshire would you find the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum?
4. In 1773, which of Captain James Cook's ships became the first recorded vessel to cross the Antarctic circle?
5. In Greek mythology, for his first labour Heracles had to slay which creature?
6. Which former Prime Minister of Luxembourg was President of the European Commission between 1995 and 1999?
7. Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe make up which British dance music duo?
8. In particle physics, what collective name is given to the force carrying particles such as gluons and photons?
9. The vallenato is dance that originated in which South American country?
10. Which 1968 film, staring Steve McQueen, was based on Robert L Pike's novel 'Mute Witness'?
11. 'Dyskolos' is the title of the only play that survives in its entirety written by which Greek dramatist?
12. The Ancient Greeks and Romans regarded which herb (Tanacetum vulgare) as a symbol of immortality?
13. Which Canadian Canal was opened in 1829 to allow ships to circumvent the Niagara Falls?
14. During World War II, by what name were members of The Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland known?
15. Along with the Gospel of Luke, which other book of the New Testament is thought to have been written by St Luke the Evangelist?
16. Joseph Bamina, who was assassinated in 1965, was the Prime Minister of which African country?
17. Stevie Wonder originally wrote his hit single 'Superstition' for which guitarist and songwriter?
18. What is the name of the oval yellow spot found at the centre of the retina in the human eye that is specialised for high clarity vision?
19. In 1968, England's cricket team's Test series against South Africa was cancelled by the South African authorities after the inclusion of which black player in the England team?
20. Directed by Sheka Kapur, which 1994 film told the true story of Phoolan Devi, an Indian criminal who later became an member of parliament in India?
21. Which six-letter word is the only word in the English language to begin with the letters 'tm'?
22. Although often referred to as a nut, to which family of fruit do almonds belong?
23. Mount Korab is the highest peak in which European country?
24. What was the codename given to the initial landing operation of Operation Overlord in June 1944, the precursor to the allied invasion of Normandy?
25. Which religious denomination was founded by John Thomas in 1848?
26. Which controversial British politician committed suicide in 1822 by slitting his throat with a letter opener after, apparently, being blackmailed about a homosexual affair?
27. Which band did Jack Bruce leave to form Cream in 1966?
28. Who was the immunologist and pathologist who discovered the major blood groups and developed the ABO system of blood typing, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1930?
29. Which English cricket captain also won the boxing gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1908?
30. What is the name of the remote Hebridean island upon which the 1973 film 'The Wicker Man' is set?
31. In which city is John le Carre's novel 'A Small Town in Germany' set?
32. What is the name of the highly seasoned French thick, creamy soup made from puréed crustaceans?
33. Founded by St Kevin in the 6th Century, in which Irish county could you visit the Glendalough monastery?
34. William Adelin, who drowned off the coast of Normandy in the White Ship disaster, was the only legitimate son of which English King?
35. Who was Pope during World War II?
36. Which is the USA's oldest state, having been the first state to ratify the American Constitution?
37. Jello Biafra was the lead singer of which American punk group?
38. Which bodily secretion is properly known as cerumen?
39. In 2002, which Turkish footballer scored the fastest goal in World Cup history after just 10 seconds in Turkey's third place play-off match against South Korea?
40. Released in 1962, which was the first of the 'Carry On...' films to be released in colour?
41. In the year 2000, which author became the first person writing in Chinese to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?
42. Gorgonzola cheese is named after the small town of Gorgonzola on the outskirts of which Italian city?
43. In which English city could you cross the Palladian Pulteney Bridge?
44. First published in 1702, which was Britain's first regular daily newspaper?
45. By which English name is the Jewish festival of Purim commonly known?
46. Who was the German nobleman and diplomat who served as Imperial Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as Vice Chancellor under Hitler from 1933 to 1934?
47. Who wrote the Sheena Easton hit single 'Sugar Walls' using the pseudonym Alexander Nevermind?
48. Deriving from the Turkish for 'black ear' because of its conspicuous black ears, what is the common name for the cat that is also known as the Persian or African lynx?
49. The Football Association was founded in October 1863 at which London inn?
50. Lamont Cranston is the human alter-ego of which comic book superhero?
Do well? Let's see:
1. JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY
2. ELIZABETH DAVID
3. TRING
4. RESOLUTION
5. NEMEAN LION
6. JACQUES SANTER
7. BASEMENT JAXX
8. BOSONS
9. COLOMBIA
10. BULLITT
11. MENANDER
12. TANSY
13. WELLAND CANAL (or WELLAND SHIP CANAL)
14. CHETNIKS
15. ACTS (OF THE APOSTLES)
16. BURUNDI
17. JEFF BECK
18. MACULA
19. BASIL D'OLIVEIRA
20. BANDIT QUEEN
21. TMESIS
22. PEACH
23. ALBANIA
24. OPERATION NEPTUNE
25. CHRISTADELPHIANS
26. VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH
27. MANFRED MANN
28. KARL LANDSTEINER
29. JOHNNY DOUGLAS
30. SUMMERISLE
31. BONN
32. BISQUE
33. WICKLOW
34. HENRY I
35. PIUS XII
36. DELAWARE
37. DEAD KENNEDYS
38. EARWAX
39. HAKAN ŞÜKÜR
40. CARRY ON CRUISING
41. GAO XINGJIAN
42. MILAN
43. BATH
44. DAILY COURANT
45. FEAST OF LOTS
46. FRANZ VON PAPEN
47. PRINCE
48. CARACAL
49. FREEMASON'S TAVERN
50. THE SHADOW
Wednesday, 1 August 2007
THE 20th TUESDAY QUIZ
Hi, again, and apologies for the delay in posting the latest quiz. I've been moving house and so have been otherwise detained. However, I hope you like this set:
1. In HG Wells' novel 'The Time Machine', what name is given to the subterranean humanoid race that feeds on a mentally retarded race of people called the Eloi?
2. Which foodstuff is known as 'chesnock' in Russian, 'ajo' in Spanish and 'suen tau' in Chinese?
3. Which is the smallest of the five inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly?
4. Who was the commander of the Spartan fleet that was victorious against the Athenians at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405BC and who brought the Peloponnesian War to an end by taking Athens the following year?
5. How many theses did Martin Luther nail to the door of Wittenberg Church in 1517?
6. If a monopoly is the market condition that exists when there is only one seller, what name is given to the market condition that exists when there is only one buyer?
7. Which singer, songwriter and spoken-word artist became the lead singer of the hardcore punk band Black Flag in 1981?
8. Nicknamed the 'comet ferret', which 18th Century French astronomer compiled the first catalogue of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters?
9. What was the name of the horse upon which Zara Phillips won the World Equestrian Games in Aachen in 2006?
10. The 1994 film 'The Browning Version', starring Albert Finney, was an adaptation of a one-act play of the same name by which dramatist?
11. Which landscape painter, born in London in 1752, was described by John Constable as “The greatest genius that ever touched landscape”?
12. Halal is the word used to describe food that is produced in such a way to make it permissible according to Islamic law; what word is used to describe food that is considered unlawful?
13. The inhabitants of which American state are known as 'Nutmeggers'?
14. Who did William the Conqueror appoint as his first Archbishop of Canterbury in 1070?
15. Who was the legendary king of Athens and father of Theseus who threw himself into the sea upon mistakenly believing that his son had perished during his mission to kill the minotaur?
16. Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the Peterloo Massacre and the Cato Street Conspiracy?
17. From 1984 to 1987, Pearl Jam's future guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Mark Ament were both members of which early grunge band fronted by the future Mudhoney lead vocalist Mark Arm?
18. The nymphs of which insects produce cuckoo-spit?
19. At which Scottish golf course was the first Open Championship held in 1860?
20. The English folk song 'Johnny Todd' was used as the theme tune to which British TV series of the 1960s and 70s?
21. In EM Forster's novel 'Maurice', what is the name of the gamekeeper with whom the title character falls in love?
22. What is the name of the traditional Ashkenazi Jewish braided bread that is eaten on the Jewish Sabbath and other holidays when the eating of leavened bread is forbidden?
23. On which river does the Italian city of Verona stand?
24. What was the name of the week-long Roman winter festival dedicated to the god of agriculture?
25. Which rank in the Christian ministry takes its name from the Greek for 'waiter'?
26. In English law, the phrase 'time immemorial' refers to the time prior to the reign of which English King?
27. Who was the American singer and songwriter who wrote the famous folk song 'This Land is Your Land' in 1940 in response to Irving Berlin's 'God Bless America', which he considered unrealistic and complacent?
28. Commonly seen in insects such as crickets and grasshoppers, what name is given to the act of producing sound by rubbing certain body parts together?
29. Which Greek businessman became the first President of the International Olympic Committee in 1894?
30. What was the surname of the family featured in the American sit-com 'The Cosby Show'?
31. Sometimes referred to as Europe's first professional female writer, what was the name of the author, born in Venice in 1364, whose best known works include 'The Book of the Cities of Ladies' and 'The Book of the Three Virtues'?
32. Which drink did Ernest Hemingway describe as "...that opaque, bitter, tongue-numbing, brain-warming, stomach-warming, idea-changing, liquid alchemy"?
33. St Machar's, St Mary's and St Andrew's are three cathedrals in which British city?
34. What was the codename given to the spy Elyesa Bazna, a naturalised Turk of Albanian origin, who offered secret British documents to Nazi Germany during the Second World War?
35. Which book of the New Testament gives the number of the beast, usually said to be 666?
36. Coming to office in 1762, who was the first Tory Prime Minister?
37. In 1969, the singer-songwriter Steve Marriott left The Small Faces to form which group?
38. Which element has the highest melting point?
39.Camogie is the name given to the women's variant of which team sport?
40. Who was the only actor to appear in all 251 episodes of the American TV series 'M*A*S*H'?
41. In which river did the author Virginia Woolf drown in 1941?
42. Xingu is a popular beer produced in which country?
43. Which town in Denmark is home to the Lego Group and the original Legoland theme park?
44. In the 19th Century by what collective name were James Brine, James Hammett, George Loveless, James Loveless, Thomas Standfield and John Standfield known?
45. Which Christian feast is celebrated on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday?
46. Hastings Banda was the first Prime Minister of which African country?
47. Which song, released in August 1963, was the best selling single in the UK of the 1960s?
48. Which Dutch pathologist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology in 1929, demonstrated that beriberi is caused by a poor diet?
49. In 2007, the footballer Martin Reim equalled Lothar Matthäus’ European record when he won his 150th cap for which country?
50. The 1999 film 'Tea with Mussolini' tells the story of a young boy's upbringing in which Italian city?
Shall we see how you did? Let's:
1. MORLOCKS
2. GARLIC
3. BRYHER
4. LYSANDER
5. 95
6. MONOPSONY
7. HENRY ROLLINS
8. CHARLES MESSIER
9. TOYTOWN
10. TERRENCE RATTIGAN
11. JOHN ROBERT COZENS
12. HARAM
13. CONNECTICUT
14. LANFRANC
15. AEGAEUS
16. EARL OF LIVERPOOL, ROBERT JENKINSON
17. GREEN RIVER
18. FROGHOPPERS
19. PRESTWICK
20. Z CARS
21. ALEC SCUDDER
22. CHALLAH
23. ADIGE
24. SATURNALIA
25. DEACON
26. RICHARD I
27. WOODY GUTHRIE
28. STRIDULATION
29. DEMETRIUS VIKELAS
30. HUXTABLE
31. CHRISTINE DE PIZAN
32. ABSINTHE
33. ABERDEEN
34. CICERO
35. REVELATION
36. JOHN STUART, THE EARL OF BUTE
37. HUMBLE PIE
38. CARBON
39. HURLING
40. ALAN ALDA
41. OUSE
42. BRAZIL
43. BILLUND
44. THE TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS
45. CORPUS CHRISTI
46. MALAWI
47. SHE LOVES YOU
48. CHRISTIAAN EIJKMAN
49. ESTONIA
50. FLORENCE
1. In HG Wells' novel 'The Time Machine', what name is given to the subterranean humanoid race that feeds on a mentally retarded race of people called the Eloi?
2. Which foodstuff is known as 'chesnock' in Russian, 'ajo' in Spanish and 'suen tau' in Chinese?
3. Which is the smallest of the five inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly?
4. Who was the commander of the Spartan fleet that was victorious against the Athenians at the Battle of Aegospotami in 405BC and who brought the Peloponnesian War to an end by taking Athens the following year?
5. How many theses did Martin Luther nail to the door of Wittenberg Church in 1517?
6. If a monopoly is the market condition that exists when there is only one seller, what name is given to the market condition that exists when there is only one buyer?
7. Which singer, songwriter and spoken-word artist became the lead singer of the hardcore punk band Black Flag in 1981?
8. Nicknamed the 'comet ferret', which 18th Century French astronomer compiled the first catalogue of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters?
9. What was the name of the horse upon which Zara Phillips won the World Equestrian Games in Aachen in 2006?
10. The 1994 film 'The Browning Version', starring Albert Finney, was an adaptation of a one-act play of the same name by which dramatist?
11. Which landscape painter, born in London in 1752, was described by John Constable as “The greatest genius that ever touched landscape”?
12. Halal is the word used to describe food that is produced in such a way to make it permissible according to Islamic law; what word is used to describe food that is considered unlawful?
13. The inhabitants of which American state are known as 'Nutmeggers'?
14. Who did William the Conqueror appoint as his first Archbishop of Canterbury in 1070?
15. Who was the legendary king of Athens and father of Theseus who threw himself into the sea upon mistakenly believing that his son had perished during his mission to kill the minotaur?
16. Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the Peterloo Massacre and the Cato Street Conspiracy?
17. From 1984 to 1987, Pearl Jam's future guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Mark Ament were both members of which early grunge band fronted by the future Mudhoney lead vocalist Mark Arm?
18. The nymphs of which insects produce cuckoo-spit?
19. At which Scottish golf course was the first Open Championship held in 1860?
20. The English folk song 'Johnny Todd' was used as the theme tune to which British TV series of the 1960s and 70s?
21. In EM Forster's novel 'Maurice', what is the name of the gamekeeper with whom the title character falls in love?
22. What is the name of the traditional Ashkenazi Jewish braided bread that is eaten on the Jewish Sabbath and other holidays when the eating of leavened bread is forbidden?
23. On which river does the Italian city of Verona stand?
24. What was the name of the week-long Roman winter festival dedicated to the god of agriculture?
25. Which rank in the Christian ministry takes its name from the Greek for 'waiter'?
26. In English law, the phrase 'time immemorial' refers to the time prior to the reign of which English King?
27. Who was the American singer and songwriter who wrote the famous folk song 'This Land is Your Land' in 1940 in response to Irving Berlin's 'God Bless America', which he considered unrealistic and complacent?
28. Commonly seen in insects such as crickets and grasshoppers, what name is given to the act of producing sound by rubbing certain body parts together?
29. Which Greek businessman became the first President of the International Olympic Committee in 1894?
30. What was the surname of the family featured in the American sit-com 'The Cosby Show'?
31. Sometimes referred to as Europe's first professional female writer, what was the name of the author, born in Venice in 1364, whose best known works include 'The Book of the Cities of Ladies' and 'The Book of the Three Virtues'?
32. Which drink did Ernest Hemingway describe as "...that opaque, bitter, tongue-numbing, brain-warming, stomach-warming, idea-changing, liquid alchemy"?
33. St Machar's, St Mary's and St Andrew's are three cathedrals in which British city?
34. What was the codename given to the spy Elyesa Bazna, a naturalised Turk of Albanian origin, who offered secret British documents to Nazi Germany during the Second World War?
35. Which book of the New Testament gives the number of the beast, usually said to be 666?
36. Coming to office in 1762, who was the first Tory Prime Minister?
37. In 1969, the singer-songwriter Steve Marriott left The Small Faces to form which group?
38. Which element has the highest melting point?
39.Camogie is the name given to the women's variant of which team sport?
40. Who was the only actor to appear in all 251 episodes of the American TV series 'M*A*S*H'?
41. In which river did the author Virginia Woolf drown in 1941?
42. Xingu is a popular beer produced in which country?
43. Which town in Denmark is home to the Lego Group and the original Legoland theme park?
44. In the 19th Century by what collective name were James Brine, James Hammett, George Loveless, James Loveless, Thomas Standfield and John Standfield known?
45. Which Christian feast is celebrated on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday?
46. Hastings Banda was the first Prime Minister of which African country?
47. Which song, released in August 1963, was the best selling single in the UK of the 1960s?
48. Which Dutch pathologist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology in 1929, demonstrated that beriberi is caused by a poor diet?
49. In 2007, the footballer Martin Reim equalled Lothar Matthäus’ European record when he won his 150th cap for which country?
50. The 1999 film 'Tea with Mussolini' tells the story of a young boy's upbringing in which Italian city?
Shall we see how you did? Let's:
1. MORLOCKS
2. GARLIC
3. BRYHER
4. LYSANDER
5. 95
6. MONOPSONY
7. HENRY ROLLINS
8. CHARLES MESSIER
9. TOYTOWN
10. TERRENCE RATTIGAN
11. JOHN ROBERT COZENS
12. HARAM
13. CONNECTICUT
14. LANFRANC
15. AEGAEUS
16. EARL OF LIVERPOOL, ROBERT JENKINSON
17. GREEN RIVER
18. FROGHOPPERS
19. PRESTWICK
20. Z CARS
21. ALEC SCUDDER
22. CHALLAH
23. ADIGE
24. SATURNALIA
25. DEACON
26. RICHARD I
27. WOODY GUTHRIE
28. STRIDULATION
29. DEMETRIUS VIKELAS
30. HUXTABLE
31. CHRISTINE DE PIZAN
32. ABSINTHE
33. ABERDEEN
34. CICERO
35. REVELATION
36. JOHN STUART, THE EARL OF BUTE
37. HUMBLE PIE
38. CARBON
39. HURLING
40. ALAN ALDA
41. OUSE
42. BRAZIL
43. BILLUND
44. THE TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS
45. CORPUS CHRISTI
46. MALAWI
47. SHE LOVES YOU
48. CHRISTIAAN EIJKMAN
49. ESTONIA
50. FLORENCE
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
THE 19th TUESDAY QUIZ
Welcome back for another quiz feast. Hope these are to your liking:
1. Written, at least in part, whilst their author was confined to a lunatic asylum, the poems 'A Song to David' and 'Jubilate Agno' are among the most famous works of which 18th Century English poet?
2. Which dish, consisting of toast, bacon, poached eggs and Hollandaise sauce, is named after a 19th Century New York stockbroker?
3. The Greek architect Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis is best remembered for designing which Asian capital city?
4. What was the name of the King's horse that trampled and killed the suffragette Emily Davison during the 1913 Epsom Derby?
5. What was the name of the female monster of Greek mythology, that had the head and torso of a woman and the lower half of a snake, who stole and ate children?
6. Who was elected American President in 1840 using the slogan 'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too'?
7. Who was the American Vice-President to Calvin Coolidge who wrote the music for the song 'It's All in the Game', later to be recorded by Cliff Richard, Elton John and Barry Manilow among others?
8. Who was the English analytical chemist who produced the first periodic table of the elements arranged in order of atomic mass in 1863?
9. In 1977, which East German athlete became the first female high jumper ever to clear a height of 2 metres?
10. What was the name of the prized stud racehorse that was beheaded in the 1972 film 'The Godfather'?
11. Which famous poem by Lewis Carroll is subtitled 'An Agony in Eight Fits'?
12. From which African country does Cap Bon wine come?
13. Which mountain in the Sequoia National Park is the highest peak in the forty-eight contiguous states of the USA?
14. In the 1st Century BC, which Roman statesman and general ordered the construction of the original Pantheon in Rome that was later rebuilt, on the orders of Hadrian, after it had been destroyed by fire in 80AD?
15. What name is given to the shawl with fringed corners worn by Jewish men at prayer?
16. Founded by Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin in 1988, by what acronymic name is the Islamic Resistance Movement better known?
17. Niomi MacLean-Daley is the real name of which British singer?
18. What term describes the point at which a celestial object in orbit around the Earth, such as the Moon, makes its closest approach to the Earth?
19. Which Northern Irish motorcycle racer, who was nicknamed 'King of the Road', died in a crash in a race in Estonia in 2000?
20. Which 1954 musical film was based on Stephen Vincent Benéts short story 'The Sobbin' Women'?
21. In George Orwell's '1984', Room 101 is part of which government ministry?
22. Used in brewing, a hogshead of beer is equal to how many gallons?
23. The Place de Quinconces and the Colonnes des Girondins are sight-seeing attractions in which French city?
24. What was the first name of the young girl who, in 1948, became the first patient to be treated through the National Health Service?
25. According to the Bible, from which wood was the Ark of the Covenant built?
26. Which Norwegian politican became the first Secretary General of the United Nations in 1946?
27. Which rock group, formed in 1992, were originally called Tragic Love Company?
28. The headquarters of the car manufacturer Ferrari are based in which Italian town 12 miles outside Modena?
29. According to the 2001 census, which is the largest town in England never to have had a football league team?
30. The 1958 film 'The Inn of the Sixth Happiness' told the true story of which British missionary in China?
31. Which 17th-Century French author wrote many of today's most famous fairy-tales, including 'Little Red Riding Hood', 'Cindarella', 'Puss in Boots' and 'Sleeping Beauty'?
32. With a name meaning 'to chop into small pieces', what is the name of the cold Russian soup made from raw vegetables, boiled potatoes, eggs and ham?
33.The islands of Bulla, Vulf and Nargin all lie in which body of water?
34. The word ghetto has come to describe any area where people from a specific racial or ethnic background live as a group in seclusion; but the original ghetto was an area set aside for Jews in the 15th and 16th Centuries in which city?
35. Deriving from the Persian for 'fairy', what name is given to the creature of Persian mythology, descended from fallen angels, who have been denied Paradise until they have done penance?
36. Who became the first President of Indonesia upon its independence from the Netherlands in 1945?
37. In which American state did Buddy Holly die in a plane crash in 1959?
38. Paraesthesia is the medical name for which minor complaint?
39. Which early 20th Century baseball player, who spent most of his career at the Detroit Tigers, was nicknamed 'The Georgia Peach'?
40. In the cartoons, which fictional football team does Postman Pat support?
41. In the early 20th Century, which hotel in New York was used as the site for the meetings of the literary Round Table, whose members included Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott and Robert Benchley?
42. The name of which liqueur translates into English from Scots Gaelic as 'the drink that satisfies'?
43. At 926 metres, Lugnaquilla is the highest peak in which mountain range?
44. Who was the 17th-Century King of Sweden known as 'The Lion of the North' who was killed at the Battle of Lützen?
45. What name is given to the wall of a mosque that faces Mecca?
46. Which demographer and political economist published the influential 'Essay on the Principle of Population' in 1798?
47. Which singer launched his own record label, Direction Records, in 1969?
48. Which medium-sized passerine bird of the family Artamidae native to Australia is sometimes referred to as the piping-crow because of its resounding, metallic cry?
49. Between 1919 and 1937, Ralph Greenleaf was the 20 times world champion in which sport?
50. Bob Dylan won the 2000 Academy Award for Best Original Song for 'Things Have Changed', taken from the soundtrack to which film?
How did you do? Let's take a look:
1. CHRISTOPHER SMART
2. EGGS BENEDICT
3. ISLAMABAD
4. ANMER
5. LAMIA
6. WILLIAM HARRISON
7. CHARLES DAWES
8. JOHN NEWLANDS
9. ROSEMARIE ACKERMANN
10. KHARTOUM
11. THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
12. TUNISIA
13. MOUNT WHITNEY
14. AGRIPPA
15. TALLITH
16. HAMAS
17. MS. DYNAMITE
18. PERIGEE
19. JOEY DUNLOP
20. SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
21. MINISTRY OF LOVE
22. 54
23. BORDEAUX
24. SYLVIA
25. ACACIA WOOD
26. TRYGVE LIE
27. STEREOPHONICS
28. MARANELLO
29. WAKEFIELD
30. GLADYS AYLWARD
31. CHARLES PERRAULT
32. OKROSKHA
33. CASPIAN SEA
34. VENICE
35. PERI
36. SUKARNO
37. IOWA
38. PINS AND NEEDLES
39. TY COBB
40. PENCASTER UNITED
41. ALGONQUIN HOTEL
42. DRAMBUIE
43. WICKLOW MOUNTAINS
44. GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
45. QIBLA WALL
46. THOMAS MALTHUS
47. BOBBY DARIN
48. CURRAWONG
49. POOL (or POCKET BILLIARDS)
50. THE WONDER BOYS
1. Written, at least in part, whilst their author was confined to a lunatic asylum, the poems 'A Song to David' and 'Jubilate Agno' are among the most famous works of which 18th Century English poet?
2. Which dish, consisting of toast, bacon, poached eggs and Hollandaise sauce, is named after a 19th Century New York stockbroker?
3. The Greek architect Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis is best remembered for designing which Asian capital city?
4. What was the name of the King's horse that trampled and killed the suffragette Emily Davison during the 1913 Epsom Derby?
5. What was the name of the female monster of Greek mythology, that had the head and torso of a woman and the lower half of a snake, who stole and ate children?
6. Who was elected American President in 1840 using the slogan 'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too'?
7. Who was the American Vice-President to Calvin Coolidge who wrote the music for the song 'It's All in the Game', later to be recorded by Cliff Richard, Elton John and Barry Manilow among others?
8. Who was the English analytical chemist who produced the first periodic table of the elements arranged in order of atomic mass in 1863?
9. In 1977, which East German athlete became the first female high jumper ever to clear a height of 2 metres?
10. What was the name of the prized stud racehorse that was beheaded in the 1972 film 'The Godfather'?
11. Which famous poem by Lewis Carroll is subtitled 'An Agony in Eight Fits'?
12. From which African country does Cap Bon wine come?
13. Which mountain in the Sequoia National Park is the highest peak in the forty-eight contiguous states of the USA?
14. In the 1st Century BC, which Roman statesman and general ordered the construction of the original Pantheon in Rome that was later rebuilt, on the orders of Hadrian, after it had been destroyed by fire in 80AD?
15. What name is given to the shawl with fringed corners worn by Jewish men at prayer?
16. Founded by Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin in 1988, by what acronymic name is the Islamic Resistance Movement better known?
17. Niomi MacLean-Daley is the real name of which British singer?
18. What term describes the point at which a celestial object in orbit around the Earth, such as the Moon, makes its closest approach to the Earth?
19. Which Northern Irish motorcycle racer, who was nicknamed 'King of the Road', died in a crash in a race in Estonia in 2000?
20. Which 1954 musical film was based on Stephen Vincent Benéts short story 'The Sobbin' Women'?
21. In George Orwell's '1984', Room 101 is part of which government ministry?
22. Used in brewing, a hogshead of beer is equal to how many gallons?
23. The Place de Quinconces and the Colonnes des Girondins are sight-seeing attractions in which French city?
24. What was the first name of the young girl who, in 1948, became the first patient to be treated through the National Health Service?
25. According to the Bible, from which wood was the Ark of the Covenant built?
26. Which Norwegian politican became the first Secretary General of the United Nations in 1946?
27. Which rock group, formed in 1992, were originally called Tragic Love Company?
28. The headquarters of the car manufacturer Ferrari are based in which Italian town 12 miles outside Modena?
29. According to the 2001 census, which is the largest town in England never to have had a football league team?
30. The 1958 film 'The Inn of the Sixth Happiness' told the true story of which British missionary in China?
31. Which 17th-Century French author wrote many of today's most famous fairy-tales, including 'Little Red Riding Hood', 'Cindarella', 'Puss in Boots' and 'Sleeping Beauty'?
32. With a name meaning 'to chop into small pieces', what is the name of the cold Russian soup made from raw vegetables, boiled potatoes, eggs and ham?
33.The islands of Bulla, Vulf and Nargin all lie in which body of water?
34. The word ghetto has come to describe any area where people from a specific racial or ethnic background live as a group in seclusion; but the original ghetto was an area set aside for Jews in the 15th and 16th Centuries in which city?
35. Deriving from the Persian for 'fairy', what name is given to the creature of Persian mythology, descended from fallen angels, who have been denied Paradise until they have done penance?
36. Who became the first President of Indonesia upon its independence from the Netherlands in 1945?
37. In which American state did Buddy Holly die in a plane crash in 1959?
38. Paraesthesia is the medical name for which minor complaint?
39. Which early 20th Century baseball player, who spent most of his career at the Detroit Tigers, was nicknamed 'The Georgia Peach'?
40. In the cartoons, which fictional football team does Postman Pat support?
41. In the early 20th Century, which hotel in New York was used as the site for the meetings of the literary Round Table, whose members included Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott and Robert Benchley?
42. The name of which liqueur translates into English from Scots Gaelic as 'the drink that satisfies'?
43. At 926 metres, Lugnaquilla is the highest peak in which mountain range?
44. Who was the 17th-Century King of Sweden known as 'The Lion of the North' who was killed at the Battle of Lützen?
45. What name is given to the wall of a mosque that faces Mecca?
46. Which demographer and political economist published the influential 'Essay on the Principle of Population' in 1798?
47. Which singer launched his own record label, Direction Records, in 1969?
48. Which medium-sized passerine bird of the family Artamidae native to Australia is sometimes referred to as the piping-crow because of its resounding, metallic cry?
49. Between 1919 and 1937, Ralph Greenleaf was the 20 times world champion in which sport?
50. Bob Dylan won the 2000 Academy Award for Best Original Song for 'Things Have Changed', taken from the soundtrack to which film?
How did you do? Let's take a look:
1. CHRISTOPHER SMART
2. EGGS BENEDICT
3. ISLAMABAD
4. ANMER
5. LAMIA
6. WILLIAM HARRISON
7. CHARLES DAWES
8. JOHN NEWLANDS
9. ROSEMARIE ACKERMANN
10. KHARTOUM
11. THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
12. TUNISIA
13. MOUNT WHITNEY
14. AGRIPPA
15. TALLITH
16. HAMAS
17. MS. DYNAMITE
18. PERIGEE
19. JOEY DUNLOP
20. SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
21. MINISTRY OF LOVE
22. 54
23. BORDEAUX
24. SYLVIA
25. ACACIA WOOD
26. TRYGVE LIE
27. STEREOPHONICS
28. MARANELLO
29. WAKEFIELD
30. GLADYS AYLWARD
31. CHARLES PERRAULT
32. OKROSKHA
33. CASPIAN SEA
34. VENICE
35. PERI
36. SUKARNO
37. IOWA
38. PINS AND NEEDLES
39. TY COBB
40. PENCASTER UNITED
41. ALGONQUIN HOTEL
42. DRAMBUIE
43. WICKLOW MOUNTAINS
44. GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
45. QIBLA WALL
46. THOMAS MALTHUS
47. BOBBY DARIN
48. CURRAWONG
49. POOL (or POCKET BILLIARDS)
50. THE WONDER BOYS
Saturday, 14 July 2007
THE 18th TUESDAY QUIZ
Hello once again. You may have noticed that it's not yet Tuesday. Well done, award yourself an extra point. As some of you will know, televisual duties mean that I shall be without an internet connection for a few days. I hope you enjoy this selection:
1. Deriving from the Latin for 'a cutting', what name is given to an audible pause that breaks up a line of poetry?
2. Which almond filling used in cakes, tarts and pastries is thought to be named after the perfumer to King Louis XIII of France?
3. Which capital city stands at the confluence of the rivers Alzette and Petrusse?
4. Who was the British major-general who formed and led the Chindit special force in Burma and India during World War II before being killed in a plane crash in 1944?
5. Which king of Greek mythology, when defeated by Odysseus for the armour of Achilles, went mad and slaughtered a herd of sheep before killing himself?
6. Which Labour MP lost her Bethnal Green and Bow constituency to George Galloway in 2005?
7. For which stage and film musical did Dolly Parton write the hugely popular song 'I Will Always Love You'?
8. What name is given to the bluish-brown halo that can be seen around the Sun in the presence of large amounts of dust in the stratosphere, typically observed after a large volcanic eruption?
9. In 1898, which American writer and adventurer became the first person to sail single-handedly around the world?
10. Which 1980 film, starring Robert Redford and directed by Stuart Rosenberg, was set in Wakefield Prison Farm?
11. Which 17th Century female artist painted 'Judith and Holofernes', a depiction of the Biblical story of Judith beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes?
12. Which food ingredient, made from seaweed or red algae, is used as a vegetarian substitute for gelatine in soups, jellies and ice creams?
13. Which island group in the North Pacific was known as the Catherine Archipelago prior to 1867?
14. Which 17th Century French explorer was known as the 'Father of New France' after founding and naming Quebec City?
15. Which palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of York?
16. Who led the Polish military in the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and later became Prime Minister and, ultimately, President in 1989?
17. Which was the only group to have UK number 1 singles in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s?
18. What was the common name of Harpagornis moorei, the largest eagle ever to have lived, that was native to New Zealand and became extinct around 1500?
19. Which Scottish club were beaten by IFK Gothenburg in the 1987 UEFA Cup final?
20. The 1965 film 'The Agony and the Ecstasy', a biopic of the Renaissance artist Michelangelo, was based on a novel by which American author?
21. In which 20th Century novel would you find cows called Aimless, Feckless, Graceless and Pointless?
22. A variety of which fruit is named after a Californian postal worker named Rudolph Hass who patented it in 1935?
23. Which city did Astana replace as capital of Kazakhstan in 1998?
24. At which American university were four students killed by the National Guard after an anti-war demonstration in May 1970?
25. In Hinduism, the Great Buddha is represented as the incarnation of which Hindu god?
26. The British sportsman, turned politician, CB Fry was offered the throne of which European country in the 1920s?
27. Mike Ness is the guitarist and vocalist for which punk band whose 1996 album 'White Light, White Heat, White Trash' was met with widespread critical acclaim?
28. Named after the Roman goddess of plants and motherly love, what is the name of the dwarf planet that orbits between Mars and Jupiter?
29. Although he played under the pseudonym A.H. Chequer, what was the real name of the footballer who scored the only goal in the first ever FA Cup Final?
30. Elizabeth Taylor won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role as a society call girl in which 1960 film?
31. On which Italian island is the novel 'Catch-22' set?
32. Angostura bitters, used in pink gin, was named after a town in which country?
33. What is the name of the river that is formed by the confluence of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates in the Iraqi town of al-Qurnah?
34. Thought to have been the first iron-clad battleships in history, what was the name of the ships, meaning 'turtle ships' in Korean, that made up the fleet built by the Korean naval hero Yi Sun-shin to defend against the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592?
35. Which religion was founded by Vardhamana Mahavira in the 6th Century BC?
36. In 1875, which became the first trademark to be registered in the UK?
37. Which singer-songwriter painted the cover of the 1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young album 'So Far'?
38. 'The Book of Healing' and 'The Canon of Medicine' are two of the best known works by which Persian philosopher and scientist, whose works were used as standard medical texts at European Universities from the 11th to 17th Centuries?
39. Who was the only male tennis player during the 20th Century to have held the number 1 ranking despite never winning a Grand Slam event?
40. Who directed the 1971 film 'Death in Venice', starring Dirk Bogarde?
41. Which 20th Century artistic movement, associated with the American painters Robert Henri and George Wesley Bellows, sought to portray scenes of daily life in poor urban neighbourhoods?
42. Often flavoured with fruits or herbs and sometimes used in soups, what is the name of the mildly alcoholic beverage made from black or rye bread that is popular in Russia and several ex-Soviet states?
43. What is the unit of currency used in both Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan?
44. Now part of Malaysia, what was the name of the historic state in the northwestern part of the island of Borneo that was ruled by a dynasty of British rajas between 1841 and 1946?
45. Who is the Roman goddess of war, regarded as the sister of Mars?
46. In which ex-Soviet state was Askar Akayev displaced as President after the Tulip Revolution of 2005?
47. Under what name does the British singer-songwriter Damon Gough record?
48. Which African cat, that is extensively hunted for its fur, has the longest legs of all cats relative to body size?
49. The Soviet athlete Viktor Saneyev won his third consecutive gold medal in which event at the 1976 Olympics?
50. In 1961, which footballer became the first person to turn down an invitation to appear on 'This is Your Life'?
Some extremey tricky questions there but a good few easier ones too. How did you do? Let's take a look:
1. CAESURA
2. FRANGIPANE
3. LUXEMBOURG (or LUXEMBOURG CITY)
4. ORDE WINGATE
5. AJAX
6. OONA KING
7. THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
8. BISHOP'S RING
9. JOSHUA SLOCUM
10. BRUBAKER
11. ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
12. AGAR (or AGAR-AGAR)
13. ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
14. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
15. BISHOPTHORPE PALACE
16. WOJCIECH JARUZELSKI
17. BEE GEES
18. HAAST'S EAGLE
19. DUNDEE UNITED
20. IRVING STONE
21. COLD COMFORT FARM
22. AVOCADO
23. ALMATY
24. KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
25. VISHNU
26. ALBANIA
27. SOCIAL DISTORTION
28. CERES
29. MORTON BETTS
30. BUTTERFIELD 8
31. PIANOSA
32. VENEZUELA
33. SHATT AL-ARAB (or ARVAND RŪD)
34. KOBUKSON
35. JAINISM
36. BASS RED TRIANGLE
37. JONI MITCHELL
38. AVICENNA
39. MARCELO RÍOS
40. LUCHINO VISCONTI
41. ASHCAN SCHOOL
42. KVASS
43. MANAT
44. SARAWAK
45. BELLONA
46. KYRGYZSTAN
47. BADLY DRAWN BOY
48. SERVAL
49. TRIPLE JUMP
50. DANNY BLANCHFLOWER
1. Deriving from the Latin for 'a cutting', what name is given to an audible pause that breaks up a line of poetry?
2. Which almond filling used in cakes, tarts and pastries is thought to be named after the perfumer to King Louis XIII of France?
3. Which capital city stands at the confluence of the rivers Alzette and Petrusse?
4. Who was the British major-general who formed and led the Chindit special force in Burma and India during World War II before being killed in a plane crash in 1944?
5. Which king of Greek mythology, when defeated by Odysseus for the armour of Achilles, went mad and slaughtered a herd of sheep before killing himself?
6. Which Labour MP lost her Bethnal Green and Bow constituency to George Galloway in 2005?
7. For which stage and film musical did Dolly Parton write the hugely popular song 'I Will Always Love You'?
8. What name is given to the bluish-brown halo that can be seen around the Sun in the presence of large amounts of dust in the stratosphere, typically observed after a large volcanic eruption?
9. In 1898, which American writer and adventurer became the first person to sail single-handedly around the world?
10. Which 1980 film, starring Robert Redford and directed by Stuart Rosenberg, was set in Wakefield Prison Farm?
11. Which 17th Century female artist painted 'Judith and Holofernes', a depiction of the Biblical story of Judith beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes?
12. Which food ingredient, made from seaweed or red algae, is used as a vegetarian substitute for gelatine in soups, jellies and ice creams?
13. Which island group in the North Pacific was known as the Catherine Archipelago prior to 1867?
14. Which 17th Century French explorer was known as the 'Father of New France' after founding and naming Quebec City?
15. Which palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of York?
16. Who led the Polish military in the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and later became Prime Minister and, ultimately, President in 1989?
17. Which was the only group to have UK number 1 singles in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s?
18. What was the common name of Harpagornis moorei, the largest eagle ever to have lived, that was native to New Zealand and became extinct around 1500?
19. Which Scottish club were beaten by IFK Gothenburg in the 1987 UEFA Cup final?
20. The 1965 film 'The Agony and the Ecstasy', a biopic of the Renaissance artist Michelangelo, was based on a novel by which American author?
21. In which 20th Century novel would you find cows called Aimless, Feckless, Graceless and Pointless?
22. A variety of which fruit is named after a Californian postal worker named Rudolph Hass who patented it in 1935?
23. Which city did Astana replace as capital of Kazakhstan in 1998?
24. At which American university were four students killed by the National Guard after an anti-war demonstration in May 1970?
25. In Hinduism, the Great Buddha is represented as the incarnation of which Hindu god?
26. The British sportsman, turned politician, CB Fry was offered the throne of which European country in the 1920s?
27. Mike Ness is the guitarist and vocalist for which punk band whose 1996 album 'White Light, White Heat, White Trash' was met with widespread critical acclaim?
28. Named after the Roman goddess of plants and motherly love, what is the name of the dwarf planet that orbits between Mars and Jupiter?
29. Although he played under the pseudonym A.H. Chequer, what was the real name of the footballer who scored the only goal in the first ever FA Cup Final?
30. Elizabeth Taylor won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role as a society call girl in which 1960 film?
31. On which Italian island is the novel 'Catch-22' set?
32. Angostura bitters, used in pink gin, was named after a town in which country?
33. What is the name of the river that is formed by the confluence of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates in the Iraqi town of al-Qurnah?
34. Thought to have been the first iron-clad battleships in history, what was the name of the ships, meaning 'turtle ships' in Korean, that made up the fleet built by the Korean naval hero Yi Sun-shin to defend against the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592?
35. Which religion was founded by Vardhamana Mahavira in the 6th Century BC?
36. In 1875, which became the first trademark to be registered in the UK?
37. Which singer-songwriter painted the cover of the 1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young album 'So Far'?
38. 'The Book of Healing' and 'The Canon of Medicine' are two of the best known works by which Persian philosopher and scientist, whose works were used as standard medical texts at European Universities from the 11th to 17th Centuries?
39. Who was the only male tennis player during the 20th Century to have held the number 1 ranking despite never winning a Grand Slam event?
40. Who directed the 1971 film 'Death in Venice', starring Dirk Bogarde?
41. Which 20th Century artistic movement, associated with the American painters Robert Henri and George Wesley Bellows, sought to portray scenes of daily life in poor urban neighbourhoods?
42. Often flavoured with fruits or herbs and sometimes used in soups, what is the name of the mildly alcoholic beverage made from black or rye bread that is popular in Russia and several ex-Soviet states?
43. What is the unit of currency used in both Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan?
44. Now part of Malaysia, what was the name of the historic state in the northwestern part of the island of Borneo that was ruled by a dynasty of British rajas between 1841 and 1946?
45. Who is the Roman goddess of war, regarded as the sister of Mars?
46. In which ex-Soviet state was Askar Akayev displaced as President after the Tulip Revolution of 2005?
47. Under what name does the British singer-songwriter Damon Gough record?
48. Which African cat, that is extensively hunted for its fur, has the longest legs of all cats relative to body size?
49. The Soviet athlete Viktor Saneyev won his third consecutive gold medal in which event at the 1976 Olympics?
50. In 1961, which footballer became the first person to turn down an invitation to appear on 'This is Your Life'?
Some extremey tricky questions there but a good few easier ones too. How did you do? Let's take a look:
1. CAESURA
2. FRANGIPANE
3. LUXEMBOURG (or LUXEMBOURG CITY)
4. ORDE WINGATE
5. AJAX
6. OONA KING
7. THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
8. BISHOP'S RING
9. JOSHUA SLOCUM
10. BRUBAKER
11. ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
12. AGAR (or AGAR-AGAR)
13. ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
14. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
15. BISHOPTHORPE PALACE
16. WOJCIECH JARUZELSKI
17. BEE GEES
18. HAAST'S EAGLE
19. DUNDEE UNITED
20. IRVING STONE
21. COLD COMFORT FARM
22. AVOCADO
23. ALMATY
24. KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
25. VISHNU
26. ALBANIA
27. SOCIAL DISTORTION
28. CERES
29. MORTON BETTS
30. BUTTERFIELD 8
31. PIANOSA
32. VENEZUELA
33. SHATT AL-ARAB (or ARVAND RŪD)
34. KOBUKSON
35. JAINISM
36. BASS RED TRIANGLE
37. JONI MITCHELL
38. AVICENNA
39. MARCELO RÍOS
40. LUCHINO VISCONTI
41. ASHCAN SCHOOL
42. KVASS
43. MANAT
44. SARAWAK
45. BELLONA
46. KYRGYZSTAN
47. BADLY DRAWN BOY
48. SERVAL
49. TRIPLE JUMP
50. DANNY BLANCHFLOWER
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
THE 17th TUESDAY QUIZ
Hello again and welcome back; I've been waiting for you. Here's your next 50 questions. Don't answer them all at once now, will you?
1. Which 17th Century Italian sculptor was commissioned to make the tomb of Pope Leo XI and a bronze statue of Pope Innocent X?
2. Popular in Mexico, what name is given to a bright container, often in the shape of a donkey, that is broken with sticks in order to collect the sweets that are held within it?
3. Mount Marcy is the highest peak in which American mountain range?
4. Which Roman Emperor was stabbed to death in AD96 in a plot organised by members of the Praetorian Guard, the Senate and his Empress?
5. The Shah Jehan Mosque was the first purpose built mosque in the UK and is situated in which English town?
6. Coming to office in 1852, who was Britain's only Peelite Prime Minister?
7. What name does the American blues singer-songwriter B.B. King give to his customised guitar?
8. Known scientifically as a parhelion, what is the common name for the atmospheric optical phenomenon caused by the refraction of sunlight by the small ice crystals that constitute clouds that creates the illusion of a halo of light that can look like the Sun or a bright comet?
9. Who was the South African rugby union player who scored a world record five drop goals against England during the 1999 World Cup?
10. The controversial 1971 film 'The Devils', directed by Ken Russell, was based on a novel by which British author?
11. Which rhyming verse stanza form was created by Dante and first used in his work 'The Divine Comedy'?
12. Which French sauce, consisting of Béchamel sauce with grated cheese added, is thought to have been named after a 16th and 17th Century writer and diplomat in the court of King Henri IV of France?
13. Which is the most populous native American tribe in the USA?
14. Which American criminal became Public Enemy Number One in the USA upon the death of John Dillinger in 1934?
15. In Greek mythology, who was the son of Helios who drove the Chariot of the Sun for a day but lost control of the horses that drew the chariot, thus turning Africa to desert?
16. What was Camilla Parker-Bowles' maiden name?
17. Sal Solo was the lead singer of which early 1980s New Wave group?
18. What is the medical name given to the white part of the eye?
19. At which English football stadium was the last ever Cup Winner's Cup final held in 1999?
20. The 2001 film 'A Beautiful Mind', starring Russel Crowe, told the true story of which brilliant but disturbed mathematician?
21. Deriving from the Italian for 'murky', and most commonly applied to Spanish painters, what name is given to an atmospheric style of painting using violent contrasts of light and dark?
22. Calzone is a folded pizza that takes its name from the Italian for what?
23. The flag of which country has a red-crested crane at its centre?
24. What was the name used by the aircraft hijacker who, in 1971, leapt from the back of a Boeing 727 over the American Pacific Northwest, after collecting a $200,000 ransom, and was never seen again?
25. Which Greek poet wrote the poem 'Theogony', describing the origins of the gods of Greek mythology?
26. With which two countries did Britain sign the Triple Entente in 1907?
27. Puff Daddy's 1997 hit single 'I'll Be Missing You' was released in memory of which rapper who was murdered in 1997?
28. Who was the English philosopher, known as the father of social Darwinism, who coined the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in his book 'Principles of Biology' in 1864?
29. The first large scale meet of which sport was organised by Major Ernst Killander in Sweden in 1918?
30. Who was the schoolgirl and homecoming queen who became the first character to be murdered in the TV show 'Twin Peaks'?
31. Who was the Canadian soldier of World War I who wrote the famous poem 'In Flanders Fields' which begins with the lines “In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row”?
32. Which vegetable mix, usually made from carrots, onions and celery and used in soups and sauces, is said to have been named after one of Louis XV's ambassadors?
33. Which is the most westerly capital city in Africa?
34. Who was the 7th Century Anglo-Saxon bishop who, whilst living on the Farne Islands off Northumberland, instituted special laws to protect the eider ducks nesting there?
35. Founded by James and Jane Wardley in 1772, by what name is the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing better known?
36. The parliament of which Asian country is known as the Tshogdu?
37. Which song, recorded by the rock band Queen in 1973, is named after a painting by the 19th Century English painter Richard Dadd?
38. Which 16th Century astronomer kept a moose to entertain his guests and a dwarf named Jepp as a court jester?
39. Which Finnish athlete broke the men's 10,000m world record at the 1972 Olympics despite falling in the twelfth lap?
40. In 1928, who became the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, doing so for his roles in the films 'The Way of All Flesh' and 'The Last Command'?
41. Probably the best known Korean calligrapher of the 19th Century, who developed the unique style of calligraphy known as ch'usa?
42. From which country does the wine Mavrud come?
43. Which archipelago of islands, west of the Outer Hebrides, is named after a non-existent saint?
44. Which American soldier was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour for leading an attack on a German machine-gun nest during World War I, killing 32 German soldiers and capturing 132 others?
45. In Norse mythology, what type of creature was Fenrir, the son of Loki?
46. Nicknamed 'Little Ellick' because of his diminutive size, who was the Vice-President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War?
47. By what name is the hip-hop legend Andre Romell Young better known?
48. Which plant is sometimes known as 'burning bush' because its oil can vaporise and catch fire in strong heat?
49. In horse racing, at which racecourse is the French Derby run?
50. The television personality and singer Des O'Connor once played professional football for which league club?
Any good? Let's have a look at the answers:
1. ALESSANDRO ALGARDI
2. PIÑATA
3. ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS
4. DOMITIAN
5. WOKING
6. GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, THE EARL OF ABDERDEEN
7. LUCILLE
8. SUN DOG
9. JANNIE DE BEER
10. ALDOUS HUXLEY
11. TERZA RIMA
12. MORNAY SAUCE
13. CHEROKEE
14. BABY FACE NELSON
15. PHAETON (or PHAETHON)
16. SHAND
17. CLASSIX NOUVEAUX
18. SCLERA
19. VILLA PARK
20. JOHN FORBES NASH
21. TENEBRISM
22. TROUSER LEG
23. UGANDA
24. DB COOPER
25. HESIOD
26. FRANCE and RUSSIA
27. NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (aka BIGGIE SMALLS)
28. HERBERT SPENCER
29. ORIENTEERING
30. LAURA PALMER
31. JOHN McCRAE
32. MIREPOIX
33. DAKAR
34. ST CUTHBERT
35. SHAKERS
36. BHUTAN
37. THE FAIRY FELLER'S MASTER STROKE
38. TYCHO BRAHE
39. LASSE VIREN
40. EMIL JANNINGS
41. KIM CHONG HI
42. BULGARIA
43. ST KILDA
44. ALVIN YORK
45. A WOLF
46. ALEXANDER STEPHENS
47. DR DRE
48. WHITE DITTANY
49. CHANTILLY
50. NORTHAMPTON TOWN
1. Which 17th Century Italian sculptor was commissioned to make the tomb of Pope Leo XI and a bronze statue of Pope Innocent X?
2. Popular in Mexico, what name is given to a bright container, often in the shape of a donkey, that is broken with sticks in order to collect the sweets that are held within it?
3. Mount Marcy is the highest peak in which American mountain range?
4. Which Roman Emperor was stabbed to death in AD96 in a plot organised by members of the Praetorian Guard, the Senate and his Empress?
5. The Shah Jehan Mosque was the first purpose built mosque in the UK and is situated in which English town?
6. Coming to office in 1852, who was Britain's only Peelite Prime Minister?
7. What name does the American blues singer-songwriter B.B. King give to his customised guitar?
8. Known scientifically as a parhelion, what is the common name for the atmospheric optical phenomenon caused by the refraction of sunlight by the small ice crystals that constitute clouds that creates the illusion of a halo of light that can look like the Sun or a bright comet?
9. Who was the South African rugby union player who scored a world record five drop goals against England during the 1999 World Cup?
10. The controversial 1971 film 'The Devils', directed by Ken Russell, was based on a novel by which British author?
11. Which rhyming verse stanza form was created by Dante and first used in his work 'The Divine Comedy'?
12. Which French sauce, consisting of Béchamel sauce with grated cheese added, is thought to have been named after a 16th and 17th Century writer and diplomat in the court of King Henri IV of France?
13. Which is the most populous native American tribe in the USA?
14. Which American criminal became Public Enemy Number One in the USA upon the death of John Dillinger in 1934?
15. In Greek mythology, who was the son of Helios who drove the Chariot of the Sun for a day but lost control of the horses that drew the chariot, thus turning Africa to desert?
16. What was Camilla Parker-Bowles' maiden name?
17. Sal Solo was the lead singer of which early 1980s New Wave group?
18. What is the medical name given to the white part of the eye?
19. At which English football stadium was the last ever Cup Winner's Cup final held in 1999?
20. The 2001 film 'A Beautiful Mind', starring Russel Crowe, told the true story of which brilliant but disturbed mathematician?
21. Deriving from the Italian for 'murky', and most commonly applied to Spanish painters, what name is given to an atmospheric style of painting using violent contrasts of light and dark?
22. Calzone is a folded pizza that takes its name from the Italian for what?
23. The flag of which country has a red-crested crane at its centre?
24. What was the name used by the aircraft hijacker who, in 1971, leapt from the back of a Boeing 727 over the American Pacific Northwest, after collecting a $200,000 ransom, and was never seen again?
25. Which Greek poet wrote the poem 'Theogony', describing the origins of the gods of Greek mythology?
26. With which two countries did Britain sign the Triple Entente in 1907?
27. Puff Daddy's 1997 hit single 'I'll Be Missing You' was released in memory of which rapper who was murdered in 1997?
28. Who was the English philosopher, known as the father of social Darwinism, who coined the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in his book 'Principles of Biology' in 1864?
29. The first large scale meet of which sport was organised by Major Ernst Killander in Sweden in 1918?
30. Who was the schoolgirl and homecoming queen who became the first character to be murdered in the TV show 'Twin Peaks'?
31. Who was the Canadian soldier of World War I who wrote the famous poem 'In Flanders Fields' which begins with the lines “In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row”?
32. Which vegetable mix, usually made from carrots, onions and celery and used in soups and sauces, is said to have been named after one of Louis XV's ambassadors?
33. Which is the most westerly capital city in Africa?
34. Who was the 7th Century Anglo-Saxon bishop who, whilst living on the Farne Islands off Northumberland, instituted special laws to protect the eider ducks nesting there?
35. Founded by James and Jane Wardley in 1772, by what name is the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing better known?
36. The parliament of which Asian country is known as the Tshogdu?
37. Which song, recorded by the rock band Queen in 1973, is named after a painting by the 19th Century English painter Richard Dadd?
38. Which 16th Century astronomer kept a moose to entertain his guests and a dwarf named Jepp as a court jester?
39. Which Finnish athlete broke the men's 10,000m world record at the 1972 Olympics despite falling in the twelfth lap?
40. In 1928, who became the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, doing so for his roles in the films 'The Way of All Flesh' and 'The Last Command'?
41. Probably the best known Korean calligrapher of the 19th Century, who developed the unique style of calligraphy known as ch'usa?
42. From which country does the wine Mavrud come?
43. Which archipelago of islands, west of the Outer Hebrides, is named after a non-existent saint?
44. Which American soldier was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour for leading an attack on a German machine-gun nest during World War I, killing 32 German soldiers and capturing 132 others?
45. In Norse mythology, what type of creature was Fenrir, the son of Loki?
46. Nicknamed 'Little Ellick' because of his diminutive size, who was the Vice-President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War?
47. By what name is the hip-hop legend Andre Romell Young better known?
48. Which plant is sometimes known as 'burning bush' because its oil can vaporise and catch fire in strong heat?
49. In horse racing, at which racecourse is the French Derby run?
50. The television personality and singer Des O'Connor once played professional football for which league club?
Any good? Let's have a look at the answers:
1. ALESSANDRO ALGARDI
2. PIÑATA
3. ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS
4. DOMITIAN
5. WOKING
6. GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, THE EARL OF ABDERDEEN
7. LUCILLE
8. SUN DOG
9. JANNIE DE BEER
10. ALDOUS HUXLEY
11. TERZA RIMA
12. MORNAY SAUCE
13. CHEROKEE
14. BABY FACE NELSON
15. PHAETON (or PHAETHON)
16. SHAND
17. CLASSIX NOUVEAUX
18. SCLERA
19. VILLA PARK
20. JOHN FORBES NASH
21. TENEBRISM
22. TROUSER LEG
23. UGANDA
24. DB COOPER
25. HESIOD
26. FRANCE and RUSSIA
27. NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (aka BIGGIE SMALLS)
28. HERBERT SPENCER
29. ORIENTEERING
30. LAURA PALMER
31. JOHN McCRAE
32. MIREPOIX
33. DAKAR
34. ST CUTHBERT
35. SHAKERS
36. BHUTAN
37. THE FAIRY FELLER'S MASTER STROKE
38. TYCHO BRAHE
39. LASSE VIREN
40. EMIL JANNINGS
41. KIM CHONG HI
42. BULGARIA
43. ST KILDA
44. ALVIN YORK
45. A WOLF
46. ALEXANDER STEPHENS
47. DR DRE
48. WHITE DITTANY
49. CHANTILLY
50. NORTHAMPTON TOWN
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
THE 16th TUESDAY QUIZ
Hello once again. Have a crack at these:
1. In Shakespeare's 'Timon of Athens', what is the name of the churlish philosopher who exerts his influence on the title character?
2. The Pio Quinto is a cake, drenched in rum and topped with custard and cinnamon, that originated in which country?
3. Cape Farewell is a headland that constitutes the southernmost part of which island?
4. What was the name of the train robbed in the Great Train Robbery of 1963?
5. Who was the legendary Greek physician, later deified as the god of the healing arts, who was destroyed by a thunderbolt sent by Zeus lest he teach mankind to evade death?
6. Samuel Joseph Byck gained notoriety after he hijacked a plane with the intention of crashing into the White House in the hope of killing which American President?
7. Which was the first single to sell one million records in the United Kingdom?
8. Which is the only one of the 13 zodiacal constellations not to be used as a star sign?
9. In August 1992, which Sheffield United striker scored the first ever goal in the English Premier League?
10. In the famous James Bond film, what is the first name of the villainous Goldfinger?
11. The Dutch painter Karel Appel was perhaps the most famous member of which avant-garde art movement active from 1949 to 1952 in Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam?
12. Which traditional three-cornered biscuit, usually eaten during the Jewish festival of Purim, is said to have been named after a Biblical Persian official whose hanging is described in the Book of Esther?
13. In which Cornish town is the world-famous Furry Dance performed each May?
14. Who was the first king of the Babylonian Empire?
15. In the Bible, which woman of Jerusalem gave Jesus her cloth to wipe his face as he bore the cross?
16. What is the maximum speed limit on British canals?
17. What is the name of the American record producer who founded Tamla Mowtown in Detroit in 1959?
18. Which subspecies of the plains zebra, that had zebra-like markings on its head and forelegs but plain brown hindquarters, was hunted to extinction in the 1870s?
19. Who was the Irish equestrian who won the gold medal for the Individual Show Jumping event at the 2004 Olympic Games only to be stripped of it due to drug offences?
20. The song 'White Christmas' is taken from which 1942 film?
21. Which Englishman was appointed the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1999?
22. What type of mollusc is the geoduck that is highly regarded in Oriental cuisine?
23. Which is the first letter of the Hebrew Alphabet?
24. Who was the American serial killer, nicknamed 'The Green River Killer', who, at his trial in 2003, confessed to the murders of 48 women in Washington state?
25. Which knight of Arthurian legend fought against the mysterious Green Knight?
26. Who was the Ugandan political leader who led his country to independence in 1962 but was overthrown by Idi Amin nine years later?
27. The video for which song was the first ever to be played on MTV?
28. Named after the Greek writer who first described it, what name is given to the unlit area of sky that can be seen between the arcs of two rainbows caused by the deviation angles of the primary and secondary bows?
29. Which American tennis player did Richard Krajicek defeat in the 1996 Wimbledon men's singles final?
30. The 1987 film 'Babette's Feast' was taken from a story written by which Danish author?
31. Benjamin Britten's opera 'The Rape of Lucretia' is based on the play 'Le Viol de Lucrèce' by which French playwright?
32. In Mexican cuisine, what name is given to meats, often a whole sheep, that are traditionally cooked in a pit covered with leaves?
33. The Square of Three Powers is the name of the central square in which South American city?
34. During World War II, an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki because bad weather prevented the bomb being dropped on the original target; on which city was the bomb originally scheduled to be dropped?
35. According to Norse mythology, what is the name of the battle that will take place at the end of the world?
36. In which American state did Winston Churchill make his famous speech that brought the term Iron Curtain into popular usage in 1946?
37. The style of music known as heavy metal takes its name from a term used in the 1962 novel 'The Soft Machine', written by which author?
38. Which letter of the alphabet is used to symbolise the atomic number of an element?
39. Which former Spanish international footballer was nicknamed the Beast of Barcelona?
40. What connects Marilyn Monroe's character in 'The Seven Year Itch', Paul McGann's character in 'Withnail and I', and Edward Norton's character in 'Fight Club'?
41. Who was the calligrapher who invented the nakshi script, the first cursive style of Arabic lettering?
42.What is the name of the naturally-carbonated yoghurt beverage that is a popular accompaniment to meals in Iran, Afghanistan and several of the Asiatic ex-Soviet states?
43. The name of which African capital city means 'rope matting' in its local language?
44. What was the name, deriving ultimately from the Berber for 'spear', of the short spear used as a stabbing weapon by the Zulus?
45. In 1558, which Scottish religious reformer wrote 'The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women'?
46. In which city was the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in 1972 that led, later that year, to the creation of the UN Environment Programme?
47. Which American singer-songwriter, who recorded as a solo artist as well as with the International Submarine Band, The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, died of a drug overdose at the age of 26 in 1973?
48. In 1824, which became the first dinosaur to be named?
49. In 1981, Susan Brown became the first woman to take part in which sporting event?
50. Arthur Jefferson was born in Ulverston in Cumbria in 1890; under what name did he achieve fame?
The answers this week are:
1. APEMANTUS
2. NICARAGUA
3. GREENLAND
4. ABERDEEN EXPRESS
5. AESCULAPIUS (or ASCLEPIUS)
6. RICHARD NIXON
7. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
8. OPHIUCUS
9. BRIAN DEANE
10. AURIC
11. COBRA
12. HOMENTASHN
13. HELSTON
14. HAMMURABI
15. VERONICA
16. 4 MPH
17. BERRY GORDY
18. QUAGGA
19. CIAN O'CONNOR
20. HOLIDAY INN
21. SIMON RATTLE
22. CLAM
23. TET
24. GARY RIDGWAY
25. GAWAIN
26. MILTON OBOTE
27. VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR
28. ALEXANDER'S BAND
29. MALIVAI WASHINGTON
30. KAREN BLIXEN
31. ANDRÉ OBEY
32. BARBACOA
33. BRASILIA
34. KOKURA
35. RAGNARÖCK
36. MISSOURI
37. WILLIAM S BURROUGHS
38. Z
39. MIGUEL ÁNGEL NADAL
40. THEY REMAIN NAMELESS THROUGHOUT THE FILM
41. IBN MUQLAH
42. DOOGH (or DUGH)
43. BANJUL
44. ASSEGAI
45. JOHN KNOX
46. STOCKHOLM
47. GRAM PARSONS
48. MEGALOSAURUS
49. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE
50. STAN LAUREL
1. In Shakespeare's 'Timon of Athens', what is the name of the churlish philosopher who exerts his influence on the title character?
2. The Pio Quinto is a cake, drenched in rum and topped with custard and cinnamon, that originated in which country?
3. Cape Farewell is a headland that constitutes the southernmost part of which island?
4. What was the name of the train robbed in the Great Train Robbery of 1963?
5. Who was the legendary Greek physician, later deified as the god of the healing arts, who was destroyed by a thunderbolt sent by Zeus lest he teach mankind to evade death?
6. Samuel Joseph Byck gained notoriety after he hijacked a plane with the intention of crashing into the White House in the hope of killing which American President?
7. Which was the first single to sell one million records in the United Kingdom?
8. Which is the only one of the 13 zodiacal constellations not to be used as a star sign?
9. In August 1992, which Sheffield United striker scored the first ever goal in the English Premier League?
10. In the famous James Bond film, what is the first name of the villainous Goldfinger?
11. The Dutch painter Karel Appel was perhaps the most famous member of which avant-garde art movement active from 1949 to 1952 in Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam?
12. Which traditional three-cornered biscuit, usually eaten during the Jewish festival of Purim, is said to have been named after a Biblical Persian official whose hanging is described in the Book of Esther?
13. In which Cornish town is the world-famous Furry Dance performed each May?
14. Who was the first king of the Babylonian Empire?
15. In the Bible, which woman of Jerusalem gave Jesus her cloth to wipe his face as he bore the cross?
16. What is the maximum speed limit on British canals?
17. What is the name of the American record producer who founded Tamla Mowtown in Detroit in 1959?
18. Which subspecies of the plains zebra, that had zebra-like markings on its head and forelegs but plain brown hindquarters, was hunted to extinction in the 1870s?
19. Who was the Irish equestrian who won the gold medal for the Individual Show Jumping event at the 2004 Olympic Games only to be stripped of it due to drug offences?
20. The song 'White Christmas' is taken from which 1942 film?
21. Which Englishman was appointed the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1999?
22. What type of mollusc is the geoduck that is highly regarded in Oriental cuisine?
23. Which is the first letter of the Hebrew Alphabet?
24. Who was the American serial killer, nicknamed 'The Green River Killer', who, at his trial in 2003, confessed to the murders of 48 women in Washington state?
25. Which knight of Arthurian legend fought against the mysterious Green Knight?
26. Who was the Ugandan political leader who led his country to independence in 1962 but was overthrown by Idi Amin nine years later?
27. The video for which song was the first ever to be played on MTV?
28. Named after the Greek writer who first described it, what name is given to the unlit area of sky that can be seen between the arcs of two rainbows caused by the deviation angles of the primary and secondary bows?
29. Which American tennis player did Richard Krajicek defeat in the 1996 Wimbledon men's singles final?
30. The 1987 film 'Babette's Feast' was taken from a story written by which Danish author?
31. Benjamin Britten's opera 'The Rape of Lucretia' is based on the play 'Le Viol de Lucrèce' by which French playwright?
32. In Mexican cuisine, what name is given to meats, often a whole sheep, that are traditionally cooked in a pit covered with leaves?
33. The Square of Three Powers is the name of the central square in which South American city?
34. During World War II, an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki because bad weather prevented the bomb being dropped on the original target; on which city was the bomb originally scheduled to be dropped?
35. According to Norse mythology, what is the name of the battle that will take place at the end of the world?
36. In which American state did Winston Churchill make his famous speech that brought the term Iron Curtain into popular usage in 1946?
37. The style of music known as heavy metal takes its name from a term used in the 1962 novel 'The Soft Machine', written by which author?
38. Which letter of the alphabet is used to symbolise the atomic number of an element?
39. Which former Spanish international footballer was nicknamed the Beast of Barcelona?
40. What connects Marilyn Monroe's character in 'The Seven Year Itch', Paul McGann's character in 'Withnail and I', and Edward Norton's character in 'Fight Club'?
41. Who was the calligrapher who invented the nakshi script, the first cursive style of Arabic lettering?
42.What is the name of the naturally-carbonated yoghurt beverage that is a popular accompaniment to meals in Iran, Afghanistan and several of the Asiatic ex-Soviet states?
43. The name of which African capital city means 'rope matting' in its local language?
44. What was the name, deriving ultimately from the Berber for 'spear', of the short spear used as a stabbing weapon by the Zulus?
45. In 1558, which Scottish religious reformer wrote 'The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women'?
46. In which city was the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in 1972 that led, later that year, to the creation of the UN Environment Programme?
47. Which American singer-songwriter, who recorded as a solo artist as well as with the International Submarine Band, The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, died of a drug overdose at the age of 26 in 1973?
48. In 1824, which became the first dinosaur to be named?
49. In 1981, Susan Brown became the first woman to take part in which sporting event?
50. Arthur Jefferson was born in Ulverston in Cumbria in 1890; under what name did he achieve fame?
The answers this week are:
1. APEMANTUS
2. NICARAGUA
3. GREENLAND
4. ABERDEEN EXPRESS
5. AESCULAPIUS (or ASCLEPIUS)
6. RICHARD NIXON
7. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
8. OPHIUCUS
9. BRIAN DEANE
10. AURIC
11. COBRA
12. HOMENTASHN
13. HELSTON
14. HAMMURABI
15. VERONICA
16. 4 MPH
17. BERRY GORDY
18. QUAGGA
19. CIAN O'CONNOR
20. HOLIDAY INN
21. SIMON RATTLE
22. CLAM
23. TET
24. GARY RIDGWAY
25. GAWAIN
26. MILTON OBOTE
27. VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR
28. ALEXANDER'S BAND
29. MALIVAI WASHINGTON
30. KAREN BLIXEN
31. ANDRÉ OBEY
32. BARBACOA
33. BRASILIA
34. KOKURA
35. RAGNARÖCK
36. MISSOURI
37. WILLIAM S BURROUGHS
38. Z
39. MIGUEL ÁNGEL NADAL
40. THEY REMAIN NAMELESS THROUGHOUT THE FILM
41. IBN MUQLAH
42. DOOGH (or DUGH)
43. BANJUL
44. ASSEGAI
45. JOHN KNOX
46. STOCKHOLM
47. GRAM PARSONS
48. MEGALOSAURUS
49. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE
50. STAN LAUREL
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
THE 15th TUESDAY QUIZ
Hello. How about this fine selection:
1. Which comic opera by Benjamin Britten was based on Guy de Maupassant's story 'Le Rosier de Madama Husson'?
2. What is the name of the popular Japanese dessert made from seaweed jelly, bean paste and fruit and served with a sweet black syrup?
3. Which body of water separates the Arabian Sea from the Persian Gulf?
4. Which of the competitors for the Scottish crown was pronounced King of Scotland at Scone on St Andrew's Day 1292?
5. Literally meaning 'guardian' in Arabic, which word is used to describe a Muslim who has completely memorised the Koran?
6. Which British athlete-turned-politician won the silver medal for the 1500m at the 1920 Olympic Games and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959?
7. What was the name of the hugely popular Armenian-Iranian pop singer, known as the 'Sultan of Pop' and famous throughout the Near and Middle East, who died in 2003?
8. A phenomenon often encountered by mountaineers and believed to be the cause of many myths involving mountain-dwelling monsters, what name is given to an apparently enormously magnified shadow of an observer cast upon the upper surfaces of clouds that are below the observer giving the impression of a huge stalking figure?
9. Who was the American athlete who, in 1991, broke Bob Beamon's 23-year old long jump world record?
10. Which 1936 film, starring Greta Garbo as Marguerite Gautier and directed by George Cukor, was based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas?
11. Which 20th Century French painter and sculptor coined the term Art Brut (or 'raw art') to describe the kind of art created by psychotics and children?
12. Which bright red winter apple, native to America and popular for use in ciders, is named after an American commander at the Battle of Lexington who discovered it in Massachusetts?
13. Found on the Liver Building in Liverpool, what species of bird are the Liver Birds?
14. On which American warship did Japan sign the instruments of surrender that ended the Second World War?
15. In Greek mythology, which river of Hades is known as 'the river of fire'?
16. Stimulated by her repugnance for the September Massacres, who assassinated the French Revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat in 1793?
17. Which famous Hollywood actor was used as the narrator on Michael Jackson's 1982 number 1 single 'Thriller'?
18. What name is given to a male weasel?
19. Iomain is the Gaelic name for which team sport?
20. In which country was the 1980s TV programme 'The Children of Fire Mountain' set?
21. The lecherous Lothario was a character introduced in the 1703 play 'The Fair Penitent', written by which English dramatist?
22. Which paste, with a name deriving from the Catalan for 'garlic and oil', is made from garlic, oil, mayonnaise and salt?
23. In 2000, the International Hydrographic Organisation created the Earth's fifth ocean from the southern portions of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans; what name has it been given?
24. Which French style of military cap, with a circular top and horizontal peak, was popular in the 19th century?
25. In the Christian calendar, what name is given to the three days immediately prior to Ascension Thursday, upon which special prayers are said in the hope of producing a good harvest?
26. In 1999, the former professional wrestler and actor Jesse Ventura became the Governor of which American state?
27. In terms of album sales, which singer was the best selling artist worldwide of the 1990s?
28. Which ancient Greek astronomer is credited with having compiled the first known star catalogue?
29. Which county cricket team won the first Gillette Cup in 1963?
30. Which American film actress, born in 1921, was known as 'The Sweater Girl' because of her tight-fitting clothes in the 1937 film 'They Won't Forget'?
31. Published in the early 20th Century, 'Free Fields' and 'Songs of the Rye' are among the most famous works of which Danish poet?
32. Opened in Madrid in 1725, the Sobrino de Botín is listed by the 'Guinness Book of Records' as the world's oldest example of what type of establishment?
33. Located on a peninsular in Corunna Bay in Galicia in northwestern Spain, what is the name of the oldest ancient Roman lighthouse still in use?
34. With which treaty of 1492 did Henry VII disclaim all historic rights to French territories, except Calais, in return for an end to French support for the pretender, Perkin Warbeck, and an indemnity of £159,000?
35. According to legend, who was King Arthur's illegitimate son who fought against Arthur at the Battle of Camlann?
36. In 1996, Jose Ramos-Hortha and Bishop Carlos F.X. Belo were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to bring peace and independence to which country?
37. Which American rockabilly singer-songwriter wrote the Elvis Presley hit song 'Blue Suede Shoes'?
38. Who was the French physician and pathologist who discovered the parasite that causes malaria and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1907?
39. In 1966, the Englishman David Bryant became the first World Champion in which sport?
40. Who played the title character in the 1987 film 'Robocop'?
41. Which French Impressionist, best known for his painting 'Family Reunion', was killed in action at Beaune-la-Rolande, Loiret during the Franco-Prussian War?
42. Which spice is obtained from the rhizomes of the curcuma plant?
43. In which modern-day country is Samarkand, the ancient capital of Tamerlane's empire?
44. What was the name of the German Nazi military officer and doctor who personally selected the prisoners who would die at the gas chambers at Auschwitz?
45. According to Korean legend, who was the grandson of the god of the heavens who founded the kingdom of Gojoseon in 2333BC, thus becoming the first king of the Koreans?
46. Which former Irish international rugby union player became Chairman of the Heinz Company in 1973?
47. Which singer and musician was the driving force behind the first World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) festival, held in Shepton Mallet in 1982?
48. Deriving from the Greek for 'crescent', what is name is given to the convex or concave upper surface of a column of liquid, the curvature of which is caused by surface tension?
49. Which American sprinter broke the 100m world record in 1968 and held that record for the next 15 years?
50. Which film of 1998, directed by Darren Aronofsky, told the story of the troubled but brilliant maths prodigy Maximillian Cohen?
And to the answers:
1. ALBERT HERRING
2. ANMITSU
3. GULF OF OMAN
4. JOHN BALLIOL (or JOHN DE BALLIOL)
5. HAFIZ (or HAFITH)
6. PHILIP NOEL-BAKER
7. VIGEN DERDERIAN
8. BROCKEN SPECTRE
9. MIKE POWELL
10. CAMILLE
11. JEAN DUBUFFET
12. BALDWIN APPLE
13. CORMORANT
14. USS MISSOURI
15. PHLEGETHON
16. CHARLOTTE CORDAY
17. VINCENT PRICE
18. WHITTRET
19. SHINTY
20. NEW ZEALAND
21. NICHOLAS ROWE
22. ALIOLI
23. SOUTHERN OCEAN
24. KEPI
25. ROGATION DAYS
26. MINNESOTA
27. GARTH BROOKS
28. HIPPARCHUS
29. SUSSEX
30. LANA TURNER
31. AAKJAER JEPPE
32. RESTAURANT
33. TOWER OF HERCULES
34. TREATY OF ETAPLES
35. MORDRED
36. EAST TIMOR
37. CARL PERKINS
38. ALPHONSE LAVERAN
39. BOWLS
40. PETER WELLER
41. FRÉDÉRIC BAZILLE
42. TURMERIC
43. UZBEKISTAN
44. JOSEF MENGELE
45. DANGUN
46. TONY O'REILLY
47. PETER GABRIEL
48. MENISCUS
49. JIM HINES
50. PI
1. Which comic opera by Benjamin Britten was based on Guy de Maupassant's story 'Le Rosier de Madama Husson'?
2. What is the name of the popular Japanese dessert made from seaweed jelly, bean paste and fruit and served with a sweet black syrup?
3. Which body of water separates the Arabian Sea from the Persian Gulf?
4. Which of the competitors for the Scottish crown was pronounced King of Scotland at Scone on St Andrew's Day 1292?
5. Literally meaning 'guardian' in Arabic, which word is used to describe a Muslim who has completely memorised the Koran?
6. Which British athlete-turned-politician won the silver medal for the 1500m at the 1920 Olympic Games and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959?
7. What was the name of the hugely popular Armenian-Iranian pop singer, known as the 'Sultan of Pop' and famous throughout the Near and Middle East, who died in 2003?
8. A phenomenon often encountered by mountaineers and believed to be the cause of many myths involving mountain-dwelling monsters, what name is given to an apparently enormously magnified shadow of an observer cast upon the upper surfaces of clouds that are below the observer giving the impression of a huge stalking figure?
9. Who was the American athlete who, in 1991, broke Bob Beamon's 23-year old long jump world record?
10. Which 1936 film, starring Greta Garbo as Marguerite Gautier and directed by George Cukor, was based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas?
11. Which 20th Century French painter and sculptor coined the term Art Brut (or 'raw art') to describe the kind of art created by psychotics and children?
12. Which bright red winter apple, native to America and popular for use in ciders, is named after an American commander at the Battle of Lexington who discovered it in Massachusetts?
13. Found on the Liver Building in Liverpool, what species of bird are the Liver Birds?
14. On which American warship did Japan sign the instruments of surrender that ended the Second World War?
15. In Greek mythology, which river of Hades is known as 'the river of fire'?
16. Stimulated by her repugnance for the September Massacres, who assassinated the French Revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat in 1793?
17. Which famous Hollywood actor was used as the narrator on Michael Jackson's 1982 number 1 single 'Thriller'?
18. What name is given to a male weasel?
19. Iomain is the Gaelic name for which team sport?
20. In which country was the 1980s TV programme 'The Children of Fire Mountain' set?
21. The lecherous Lothario was a character introduced in the 1703 play 'The Fair Penitent', written by which English dramatist?
22. Which paste, with a name deriving from the Catalan for 'garlic and oil', is made from garlic, oil, mayonnaise and salt?
23. In 2000, the International Hydrographic Organisation created the Earth's fifth ocean from the southern portions of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans; what name has it been given?
24. Which French style of military cap, with a circular top and horizontal peak, was popular in the 19th century?
25. In the Christian calendar, what name is given to the three days immediately prior to Ascension Thursday, upon which special prayers are said in the hope of producing a good harvest?
26. In 1999, the former professional wrestler and actor Jesse Ventura became the Governor of which American state?
27. In terms of album sales, which singer was the best selling artist worldwide of the 1990s?
28. Which ancient Greek astronomer is credited with having compiled the first known star catalogue?
29. Which county cricket team won the first Gillette Cup in 1963?
30. Which American film actress, born in 1921, was known as 'The Sweater Girl' because of her tight-fitting clothes in the 1937 film 'They Won't Forget'?
31. Published in the early 20th Century, 'Free Fields' and 'Songs of the Rye' are among the most famous works of which Danish poet?
32. Opened in Madrid in 1725, the Sobrino de Botín is listed by the 'Guinness Book of Records' as the world's oldest example of what type of establishment?
33. Located on a peninsular in Corunna Bay in Galicia in northwestern Spain, what is the name of the oldest ancient Roman lighthouse still in use?
34. With which treaty of 1492 did Henry VII disclaim all historic rights to French territories, except Calais, in return for an end to French support for the pretender, Perkin Warbeck, and an indemnity of £159,000?
35. According to legend, who was King Arthur's illegitimate son who fought against Arthur at the Battle of Camlann?
36. In 1996, Jose Ramos-Hortha and Bishop Carlos F.X. Belo were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to bring peace and independence to which country?
37. Which American rockabilly singer-songwriter wrote the Elvis Presley hit song 'Blue Suede Shoes'?
38. Who was the French physician and pathologist who discovered the parasite that causes malaria and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1907?
39. In 1966, the Englishman David Bryant became the first World Champion in which sport?
40. Who played the title character in the 1987 film 'Robocop'?
41. Which French Impressionist, best known for his painting 'Family Reunion', was killed in action at Beaune-la-Rolande, Loiret during the Franco-Prussian War?
42. Which spice is obtained from the rhizomes of the curcuma plant?
43. In which modern-day country is Samarkand, the ancient capital of Tamerlane's empire?
44. What was the name of the German Nazi military officer and doctor who personally selected the prisoners who would die at the gas chambers at Auschwitz?
45. According to Korean legend, who was the grandson of the god of the heavens who founded the kingdom of Gojoseon in 2333BC, thus becoming the first king of the Koreans?
46. Which former Irish international rugby union player became Chairman of the Heinz Company in 1973?
47. Which singer and musician was the driving force behind the first World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) festival, held in Shepton Mallet in 1982?
48. Deriving from the Greek for 'crescent', what is name is given to the convex or concave upper surface of a column of liquid, the curvature of which is caused by surface tension?
49. Which American sprinter broke the 100m world record in 1968 and held that record for the next 15 years?
50. Which film of 1998, directed by Darren Aronofsky, told the story of the troubled but brilliant maths prodigy Maximillian Cohen?
And to the answers:
1. ALBERT HERRING
2. ANMITSU
3. GULF OF OMAN
4. JOHN BALLIOL (or JOHN DE BALLIOL)
5. HAFIZ (or HAFITH)
6. PHILIP NOEL-BAKER
7. VIGEN DERDERIAN
8. BROCKEN SPECTRE
9. MIKE POWELL
10. CAMILLE
11. JEAN DUBUFFET
12. BALDWIN APPLE
13. CORMORANT
14. USS MISSOURI
15. PHLEGETHON
16. CHARLOTTE CORDAY
17. VINCENT PRICE
18. WHITTRET
19. SHINTY
20. NEW ZEALAND
21. NICHOLAS ROWE
22. ALIOLI
23. SOUTHERN OCEAN
24. KEPI
25. ROGATION DAYS
26. MINNESOTA
27. GARTH BROOKS
28. HIPPARCHUS
29. SUSSEX
30. LANA TURNER
31. AAKJAER JEPPE
32. RESTAURANT
33. TOWER OF HERCULES
34. TREATY OF ETAPLES
35. MORDRED
36. EAST TIMOR
37. CARL PERKINS
38. ALPHONSE LAVERAN
39. BOWLS
40. PETER WELLER
41. FRÉDÉRIC BAZILLE
42. TURMERIC
43. UZBEKISTAN
44. JOSEF MENGELE
45. DANGUN
46. TONY O'REILLY
47. PETER GABRIEL
48. MENISCUS
49. JIM HINES
50. PI
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
THE 14th TUESDAY QUIZ
Welcome back to your second 50-question Tuesday quiz. It's not too difficult this week (ie. I've got some real nasty ones lined up for you in the next few weeks!). Hope you enjoy.
1. The British authors Aldous Huxley and CS Lewis both died on 22 November of which year?
2. The first Harry Ramsden restaurant was set up in 1928 in which small town in West Yorkshire?
3. In which English seaside town would you find the De La Warr Pavilion?
4. Which patriotic anthem, written by the American abolitionist and poet Julia Ward Howe in 1861, was popularised by the Unionists during the American Civil War?
5. Who was the ancient Greek river deity, eldest son of Oceanus and Thethys, who assumed the form of a bull and fought with Heracles for the love of Deianira?
6. Who was the US Democratic Presidential candidate who was left paralysed after he was shot in an assassination attempt in 1972?
7. 'Scrambled Eggs' was the working title of which of The Beatles' number 1 singles?
8. This Hellenized Egyptian of the 2nd-Century AD is noted for the astronomical treatises 'Almagest' and 'Geography', a thorough discussion of the geographic knowledge of the Greco-Roman world. What is his name?
9. Which sport was invented in 1887 by George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade?
10. Who was the American serial killer, necrophiliac and cannibal whose spate of murders in the 1940s and 50s inspired the films 'Psycho', 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
11. Which word, deriving from the Latin for 'swaddling clothes', is used to describe books printed prior to 1501?
12. The dish rijsttafel, that takes its name from the Dutch for 'rice table', originated in which country?
13. This small archipelago in the German Bight is noted for its red sedimentary rock, not found anywhere else in the North Sea. It has formerly belonged to Denmark and the Duchy of Schleswig but was seized by the British during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1890 Britain gave up the islands to Germany in exchange for German assurances to not interfere with British interests in Africa. It became an important naval base during the First World War and is now known as a holiday resort and tax haven. What is its name?
14. Which castle near Edenbridge, Kent was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn and is said to be haunted by her ghost?
15. According to Islamic tradition, what was the name of the winged horse upon which the Prophet Mohammed flew to Jerusalem?
16. Which novelist and journalist stood for the Dog Lovers' Party against the Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe at the 1979 General Election?
17. Released in 1980, which was Abba's last UK number 1 single?
18. Quinine is derived from the bark of which tree native to South America?
19. In 1996, who became the first non-Spanish footballer to sign for Athletic Bilbao since World War I?
20. Who played the character Eddie Yeats in 'Coronation Street' and later went on to play Onslow in 'Keeping Up Appearances'?
21. If the protagonist is the central character in a work of fiction, what name is given to the second most important character?
22. In North America, what name is given to peeled bulls' testicles that are coated in flour and salt and deep fried ready for consumption?
23. What is the name of the new town on the outskirts of Paris which is the site of Euro Disney, opened in 1992?
24. Which Spanish Conquistador founded the South American city of Lima in 1535?
25. Who was the Norse god of light, wisdom and righteousness who was killed by his brother Hod?
26. What was the name of the British warship that hosted talks between Harold Wilson and the Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, regarding the latter's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, in December 1966?
27. Which chart hit from the 1980s begins with the words, "Poor old Johnny Ray sounded sad upon the radio"?
28. All of the known moons of Uranus are named after characters from Shakespeare, with the two exceptions of Umbriel and Belinda that are named after characters from the works of which English poet?
29. What name is given to the assistant leader of a Cub Scouts pack?
30. What is the name of the actor and singer who voiced the character Chef in the animated series 'South Park' from 1997 to 2006?
31. Which sculptor created the statue entitled 'Liverpool Resurgent' which stands above the main entrance to the Lewis's department store in Liverpool?
32. Which vegetable, also known as Chinese broccoli, has a name deriving from the Cantonese for 'mustard orchid'?
33. Nicknamed Paddy's Milestone, what is the name of the island in the outer Firth of Clyde that stands halfway between Glasgow and Belfast?
34. Which English king was the last Earl of Wessex prior to the title being conferred upon Prince Edward in 1999?
35. In Greek mythology, who was the king of Thessaly who was bound to a burning wheel for attempting to seduce Zeus' wife Hera?
36. Which Irish patriot, regarded as the 'Father of Irish Republicans', committed suicide by slitting his throat after being sentenced to death for his part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798?
37. Three of the future members of which band recorded and released the single 'I Can Hear Music' in 1973 under the name Larry Lurex?
38. What is the name of the star in the constellation Octans that serves as the Southern Hemisphere's pole star and counterpart to Polaris in the Northern Hemisphere?
39. In which month does the Salmon Season start in Scotland?
40. In 1954, who became the first African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress?
41. Deriving from the Italian for 'to repent', which word, used in art, is given to the faint images, that were painted out when the artist changed his mind, that begin to show through the paint over time?
42. What is the name of the leaf vegetable grown in Japan, Taiwan and Korea, related to the turnip, that is sometimes referred to as Japanese mustard spinach?
43. The Turkish port of Bodrum is built on the ruins of which ancient city?
44. During which naval conflict of World War II was the British battlecruiser HMS Hood sunk by the German battleship Bismarck?
45. According to tradition, which prophet is said to have written the Book of Lamentations?
46. In 1969, which former West Indian cricketer and politician became the first person of African descent to be given a life peerage?
47. The group Simple Minds took their name from a line in which David Bowie single?
48. In mathematics, which letter of the alphabet is given to the imaginary number equal to the square root of -1?
49. For which club was Peter Shilton playing when he made his 1000th League appearance in December 1996?
50. Who played Dr No in the 1962 film of the same name?
Hope that wasn't too bad. And, John, I simply don't believe you got 42 last week. You are a little fibber - a well known quizzer, ranked in the top ten in Britain (who shall remain nameless), only got 36. I just don't believe you!!! Anyway, to the answers:
1. 1963
2. GUISELEY
3. BEXHILL-ON-SEA
4. THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
5. ACHELOÜS
6. GEORGE WALLACE
7. YESTERDAY
8. PTOLEMY
9. SOFTBALL
10. ED GEIN
11. INCUNABULA
12. INDONESIA
13. HELIGOLAND
14. HEVER CASTLE
15. AL-BORAK (or BORAK)
16. AUBERON WAUGH
17. SUPER TROUPER
18. CINCHONA
19. BIXENTE LIZARAZU
20. GEOFFREY HUGHES
21. DEUTERAGONIST
22. ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTERS
23. MARNE-LA-VALLÉE
24. FRANCISCO PIZARRO
25. BALDER
26. HMS TIGER
27. COME ON EILEEN
28. ALEXANDER POPE
29. BALOO
30. ISAAC HAYES
31. JACOB EPSTEIN
32. KAI-LAN
33. AILSA CRAIG
34. HAROLD GODWINSON
35. IXION
36. WOLFE TONE
37. QUEEN
38. SIGMA OCTANTIS
39. JANUARY
40. DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
41. PENTIMENTI
42. KOMATSUNA
43. HALICARNASSUS
44. BATTLE OF THE DENMARK STRAIT
45. JEREMIAH
46. LEARIE CONSTANTINE
47. THE JEAN GENIE
48. I
49. LEYTON ORIENT
50. JOSEPH WISEMAN
1. The British authors Aldous Huxley and CS Lewis both died on 22 November of which year?
2. The first Harry Ramsden restaurant was set up in 1928 in which small town in West Yorkshire?
3. In which English seaside town would you find the De La Warr Pavilion?
4. Which patriotic anthem, written by the American abolitionist and poet Julia Ward Howe in 1861, was popularised by the Unionists during the American Civil War?
5. Who was the ancient Greek river deity, eldest son of Oceanus and Thethys, who assumed the form of a bull and fought with Heracles for the love of Deianira?
6. Who was the US Democratic Presidential candidate who was left paralysed after he was shot in an assassination attempt in 1972?
7. 'Scrambled Eggs' was the working title of which of The Beatles' number 1 singles?
8. This Hellenized Egyptian of the 2nd-Century AD is noted for the astronomical treatises 'Almagest' and 'Geography', a thorough discussion of the geographic knowledge of the Greco-Roman world. What is his name?
9. Which sport was invented in 1887 by George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade?
10. Who was the American serial killer, necrophiliac and cannibal whose spate of murders in the 1940s and 50s inspired the films 'Psycho', 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
11. Which word, deriving from the Latin for 'swaddling clothes', is used to describe books printed prior to 1501?
12. The dish rijsttafel, that takes its name from the Dutch for 'rice table', originated in which country?
13. This small archipelago in the German Bight is noted for its red sedimentary rock, not found anywhere else in the North Sea. It has formerly belonged to Denmark and the Duchy of Schleswig but was seized by the British during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1890 Britain gave up the islands to Germany in exchange for German assurances to not interfere with British interests in Africa. It became an important naval base during the First World War and is now known as a holiday resort and tax haven. What is its name?
14. Which castle near Edenbridge, Kent was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn and is said to be haunted by her ghost?
15. According to Islamic tradition, what was the name of the winged horse upon which the Prophet Mohammed flew to Jerusalem?
16. Which novelist and journalist stood for the Dog Lovers' Party against the Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe at the 1979 General Election?
17. Released in 1980, which was Abba's last UK number 1 single?
18. Quinine is derived from the bark of which tree native to South America?
19. In 1996, who became the first non-Spanish footballer to sign for Athletic Bilbao since World War I?
20. Who played the character Eddie Yeats in 'Coronation Street' and later went on to play Onslow in 'Keeping Up Appearances'?
21. If the protagonist is the central character in a work of fiction, what name is given to the second most important character?
22. In North America, what name is given to peeled bulls' testicles that are coated in flour and salt and deep fried ready for consumption?
23. What is the name of the new town on the outskirts of Paris which is the site of Euro Disney, opened in 1992?
24. Which Spanish Conquistador founded the South American city of Lima in 1535?
25. Who was the Norse god of light, wisdom and righteousness who was killed by his brother Hod?
26. What was the name of the British warship that hosted talks between Harold Wilson and the Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, regarding the latter's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, in December 1966?
27. Which chart hit from the 1980s begins with the words, "Poor old Johnny Ray sounded sad upon the radio"?
28. All of the known moons of Uranus are named after characters from Shakespeare, with the two exceptions of Umbriel and Belinda that are named after characters from the works of which English poet?
29. What name is given to the assistant leader of a Cub Scouts pack?
30. What is the name of the actor and singer who voiced the character Chef in the animated series 'South Park' from 1997 to 2006?
31. Which sculptor created the statue entitled 'Liverpool Resurgent' which stands above the main entrance to the Lewis's department store in Liverpool?
32. Which vegetable, also known as Chinese broccoli, has a name deriving from the Cantonese for 'mustard orchid'?
33. Nicknamed Paddy's Milestone, what is the name of the island in the outer Firth of Clyde that stands halfway between Glasgow and Belfast?
34. Which English king was the last Earl of Wessex prior to the title being conferred upon Prince Edward in 1999?
35. In Greek mythology, who was the king of Thessaly who was bound to a burning wheel for attempting to seduce Zeus' wife Hera?
36. Which Irish patriot, regarded as the 'Father of Irish Republicans', committed suicide by slitting his throat after being sentenced to death for his part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798?
37. Three of the future members of which band recorded and released the single 'I Can Hear Music' in 1973 under the name Larry Lurex?
38. What is the name of the star in the constellation Octans that serves as the Southern Hemisphere's pole star and counterpart to Polaris in the Northern Hemisphere?
39. In which month does the Salmon Season start in Scotland?
40. In 1954, who became the first African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress?
41. Deriving from the Italian for 'to repent', which word, used in art, is given to the faint images, that were painted out when the artist changed his mind, that begin to show through the paint over time?
42. What is the name of the leaf vegetable grown in Japan, Taiwan and Korea, related to the turnip, that is sometimes referred to as Japanese mustard spinach?
43. The Turkish port of Bodrum is built on the ruins of which ancient city?
44. During which naval conflict of World War II was the British battlecruiser HMS Hood sunk by the German battleship Bismarck?
45. According to tradition, which prophet is said to have written the Book of Lamentations?
46. In 1969, which former West Indian cricketer and politician became the first person of African descent to be given a life peerage?
47. The group Simple Minds took their name from a line in which David Bowie single?
48. In mathematics, which letter of the alphabet is given to the imaginary number equal to the square root of -1?
49. For which club was Peter Shilton playing when he made his 1000th League appearance in December 1996?
50. Who played Dr No in the 1962 film of the same name?
Hope that wasn't too bad. And, John, I simply don't believe you got 42 last week. You are a little fibber - a well known quizzer, ranked in the top ten in Britain (who shall remain nameless), only got 36. I just don't believe you!!! Anyway, to the answers:
1. 1963
2. GUISELEY
3. BEXHILL-ON-SEA
4. THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
5. ACHELOÜS
6. GEORGE WALLACE
7. YESTERDAY
8. PTOLEMY
9. SOFTBALL
10. ED GEIN
11. INCUNABULA
12. INDONESIA
13. HELIGOLAND
14. HEVER CASTLE
15. AL-BORAK (or BORAK)
16. AUBERON WAUGH
17. SUPER TROUPER
18. CINCHONA
19. BIXENTE LIZARAZU
20. GEOFFREY HUGHES
21. DEUTERAGONIST
22. ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTERS
23. MARNE-LA-VALLÉE
24. FRANCISCO PIZARRO
25. BALDER
26. HMS TIGER
27. COME ON EILEEN
28. ALEXANDER POPE
29. BALOO
30. ISAAC HAYES
31. JACOB EPSTEIN
32. KAI-LAN
33. AILSA CRAIG
34. HAROLD GODWINSON
35. IXION
36. WOLFE TONE
37. QUEEN
38. SIGMA OCTANTIS
39. JANUARY
40. DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
41. PENTIMENTI
42. KOMATSUNA
43. HALICARNASSUS
44. BATTLE OF THE DENMARK STRAIT
45. JEREMIAH
46. LEARIE CONSTANTINE
47. THE JEAN GENIE
48. I
49. LEYTON ORIENT
50. JOSEPH WISEMAN
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
THE 13th TUESDAY QUIZ
Hello, once again. Changes afoot this week. As you may have gathered by now, one of my primary reasons for writing this blog is to consolidate otherwise transient information in my mind through the medium of quiz. I am writing so many questions at the moment (100s a day) that I cannot continue to justify the 30-question limit per weekly quiz. Therefore, from this week onwards, you lucky people shall be treated to 50 (yes, that's 50!) quiz questions. Here we go:
1. Which English composer was appointed the first Master of the King's Musick in 1625?
2. Which sub-tropical citrus fruit was developed in the 18th Century as a cross between a pomelo and an orange?
3. Which island nation is, in terms of area, the world's smallest republic?
4. In which modern-day capital city was Mother Teresa born?
5. Who was the son of Odysseus who, when his father had not returned after twenty years, went in search of him and was reunited with Odysseus on Ithaca after being told of his father's homecoming by King Menelaus?
6. During the 20th Century, only two leaders of the Conservative Party failed to become Prime Minister; one was William Hague, who was the other?
7. What is the real first name of the soul singer Smokey Robinson?
8. Also known as the monkey bread trees, the Adansonia are a genus of trees native to Madagascar, Central and Southern Africa and Australia. Occurring only in arid areas they are noted for their capacity to store up to 120,000 litres of water within their trunks. By what name are they commonly known?
9. Which country has appeared in the most football World Cup qualifying campaigns without ever qualifying?
10. Which 1966 film, starring Kirk Douglas and Angie Dickinson, told the story of Colonel David Marcus' attempt to establish the state of Israel in 1948?
11. Published in 1908, 'The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp' was the autobiography of which Welsh poet?
12. What is the name of the paste, used in Middle Eastern cuisine, that is made from ground sesame seeds and is a major ingredient of hummus?
13. In which Devonian fishing port would you find a replica of Francis Drake's ship The Golden Hind?
14. Which African-American abolitionist, who died in 1913, was known as 'The Moses of Her People'?
15. In the Bible, who was the son of King David who was slain in the boughs of an oak tree?
16. Which British author and historian was sentenced to three years in prison in Austria in February 2006 for denying the Holocaust?
17. To what did the pop group The B52s change their name when they released their 1994 top 5 hit 'Meet the Flintstones' taken from the film 'The Flinstones' starring John Goodman?
18. Derived from the Latin for ‘white’, what name is given to the proportion of light or radiation reflected by the surface of a planet or moon?
19. In 1972, she became the youngest ever female Olympic high jump gold medallist and in 1984 she became the oldest ever female Olympic high jump gold medallist; who was this German athlete?
20. What is the name of the animator who created 'Beavis and Butthead' and 'King of the Hill'?
21. In the play by Christopher Marlowe, how many years of happiness is Dr Faustus promised by the Devil?
22. Considered a delicacy, tomalley is a soft, green paste that is extracted from the innards of which creature?
23. La Tomatina is a tomato-throwing festival that takes place annually in which town on the outskirts of Valencia in Spain?
24. From the 14th to the 19th Centuries, what name was given to the infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops and bodyguard?
25. According to Norse mythology, who was the first human who, with his wife Embla, was created from trees?
26. Elected by Congress in 1781 as President of the Continental Congress, who was the first person to use the title President of the United States?
27. How many copies of a single need to be sold in the UK to be awarded a gold disc?
28. Named after a French novelist, which syndrome is a psychosomatic illness that causes its sufferer to become dizzy and confused when exposed to works of art?
29. Which 19th Century English flat race jockey was Champion Jockey for 13 consecutive years before his suicide in 1886 at the age of 29?
30. In the 1941 film 'Citizen Kane', what is the name of the huge Floridian estate of Charles Foster Kane?
31. Carl Andre's famous sculpture entitled 'Equivalent VIII' is made from which material?
32. Which tropical fruit, native to the Malay Archipelago and related to the lychee, has a name meaning 'hairy' in Malay?
33. Which island off the south-west coast of Iceland, the name of which means 'Fire Island' in Icelandic, is home to the world's largest gannet colony and was the last home of the great auk before it was hunted to extinction in 1844?
34. Who was the Provost of Paris who built the Bastille in the 14th Century and promptly became the first person to be confined there after he was placed on trial for heresy?
35. By which English name is the Jewish festival of Shavuot commonly known?
36. What name is given to the US President's official helicopter?
37. Which jazz singer was arrested in the USA in 1978 for tax evasion, having refused to pay tax in protest at the Vietnam War?
38. Although it sounds as though it should refer to the puffin, Puffinus puffinus is, in fact, the Latin name for which bird?
39. Which Scottish international footballer scored nine goals in an FA Cup match for Bournemouth in an 11-0 win over Margate in 1971?
40. What is the name of the British television producer who founded Ragdoll Productions in 1984 and has created 'Rosie and Jim', 'Roland Rat' and 'The Teletubbies'?
41. Which Greek philosopher founded the Cynic school?
42. Located in Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands, which is Britain's most northerly operational whisky distillery?
43. The Oregon Trail linked Oregon to which southern US state?
44. 'De Medicina' is the only surviving section of a much larger encyclopaedia written by which Roman encyclopaedist?
45. A torii is the name given to a traditional red gate found at the entrance to shrines of which religion?
46. In which year were the Corn Laws repealed?
47. Which group did Ronnie Wood leave to join the Rolling Stones?
48. The domestic horse is descended from which species of wild horse, the last example of which died in captivity in Ukraine in 1918?
49. Which British world champion boxer was charged with the attempted murder of his promoter, Frank Warren, in 1987?
50. In which fictional Birmingham suburb was the soap opera 'Crossroads' set?
1. Which English composer was appointed the first Master of the King's Musick in 1625?
2. Which sub-tropical citrus fruit was developed in the 18th Century as a cross between a pomelo and an orange?
3. Which island nation is, in terms of area, the world's smallest republic?
4. In which modern-day capital city was Mother Teresa born?
5. Who was the son of Odysseus who, when his father had not returned after twenty years, went in search of him and was reunited with Odysseus on Ithaca after being told of his father's homecoming by King Menelaus?
6. During the 20th Century, only two leaders of the Conservative Party failed to become Prime Minister; one was William Hague, who was the other?
7. What is the real first name of the soul singer Smokey Robinson?
8. Also known as the monkey bread trees, the Adansonia are a genus of trees native to Madagascar, Central and Southern Africa and Australia. Occurring only in arid areas they are noted for their capacity to store up to 120,000 litres of water within their trunks. By what name are they commonly known?
9. Which country has appeared in the most football World Cup qualifying campaigns without ever qualifying?
10. Which 1966 film, starring Kirk Douglas and Angie Dickinson, told the story of Colonel David Marcus' attempt to establish the state of Israel in 1948?
11. Published in 1908, 'The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp' was the autobiography of which Welsh poet?
12. What is the name of the paste, used in Middle Eastern cuisine, that is made from ground sesame seeds and is a major ingredient of hummus?
13. In which Devonian fishing port would you find a replica of Francis Drake's ship The Golden Hind?
14. Which African-American abolitionist, who died in 1913, was known as 'The Moses of Her People'?
15. In the Bible, who was the son of King David who was slain in the boughs of an oak tree?
16. Which British author and historian was sentenced to three years in prison in Austria in February 2006 for denying the Holocaust?
17. To what did the pop group The B52s change their name when they released their 1994 top 5 hit 'Meet the Flintstones' taken from the film 'The Flinstones' starring John Goodman?
18. Derived from the Latin for ‘white’, what name is given to the proportion of light or radiation reflected by the surface of a planet or moon?
19. In 1972, she became the youngest ever female Olympic high jump gold medallist and in 1984 she became the oldest ever female Olympic high jump gold medallist; who was this German athlete?
20. What is the name of the animator who created 'Beavis and Butthead' and 'King of the Hill'?
21. In the play by Christopher Marlowe, how many years of happiness is Dr Faustus promised by the Devil?
22. Considered a delicacy, tomalley is a soft, green paste that is extracted from the innards of which creature?
23. La Tomatina is a tomato-throwing festival that takes place annually in which town on the outskirts of Valencia in Spain?
24. From the 14th to the 19th Centuries, what name was given to the infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops and bodyguard?
25. According to Norse mythology, who was the first human who, with his wife Embla, was created from trees?
26. Elected by Congress in 1781 as President of the Continental Congress, who was the first person to use the title President of the United States?
27. How many copies of a single need to be sold in the UK to be awarded a gold disc?
28. Named after a French novelist, which syndrome is a psychosomatic illness that causes its sufferer to become dizzy and confused when exposed to works of art?
29. Which 19th Century English flat race jockey was Champion Jockey for 13 consecutive years before his suicide in 1886 at the age of 29?
30. In the 1941 film 'Citizen Kane', what is the name of the huge Floridian estate of Charles Foster Kane?
31. Carl Andre's famous sculpture entitled 'Equivalent VIII' is made from which material?
32. Which tropical fruit, native to the Malay Archipelago and related to the lychee, has a name meaning 'hairy' in Malay?
33. Which island off the south-west coast of Iceland, the name of which means 'Fire Island' in Icelandic, is home to the world's largest gannet colony and was the last home of the great auk before it was hunted to extinction in 1844?
34. Who was the Provost of Paris who built the Bastille in the 14th Century and promptly became the first person to be confined there after he was placed on trial for heresy?
35. By which English name is the Jewish festival of Shavuot commonly known?
36. What name is given to the US President's official helicopter?
37. Which jazz singer was arrested in the USA in 1978 for tax evasion, having refused to pay tax in protest at the Vietnam War?
38. Although it sounds as though it should refer to the puffin, Puffinus puffinus is, in fact, the Latin name for which bird?
39. Which Scottish international footballer scored nine goals in an FA Cup match for Bournemouth in an 11-0 win over Margate in 1971?
40. What is the name of the British television producer who founded Ragdoll Productions in 1984 and has created 'Rosie and Jim', 'Roland Rat' and 'The Teletubbies'?
41. Which Greek philosopher founded the Cynic school?
42. Located in Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands, which is Britain's most northerly operational whisky distillery?
43. The Oregon Trail linked Oregon to which southern US state?
44. 'De Medicina' is the only surviving section of a much larger encyclopaedia written by which Roman encyclopaedist?
45. A torii is the name given to a traditional red gate found at the entrance to shrines of which religion?
46. In which year were the Corn Laws repealed?
47. Which group did Ronnie Wood leave to join the Rolling Stones?
48. The domestic horse is descended from which species of wild horse, the last example of which died in captivity in Ukraine in 1918?
49. Which British world champion boxer was charged with the attempted murder of his promoter, Frank Warren, in 1987?
50. In which fictional Birmingham suburb was the soap opera 'Crossroads' set?
Hopefully that first 50 didn't turn out too badly for you. The answers:
1. NICHOLAS LANIER
2. GRAPEFRUIT
3. NAURU
4. SKOPJE
5. TELEMACHUS
6. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN
7. WILLIAM
8. BAOBAB
9. LUXEMBOURG
10. CAST A GIANT SHADOW
11. WH DAVIES
12. TAHINI
13. BRIXHAM
14. HARRIET TUBMAN
15. ABSALOM
16. DAVID IRVING
17. BC52s
18. ALBEDO
19. ULRIKE MEYFARTH
20. MIKE JUDGE
21. 24
22. LOBSTER
23. BUÑOL
24. JANISSARIES
25. ASK
26. JOHN HANSON
27. 500,000
28. STENDHAL SYNDROME
29. FRED ARCHER
30. XANADU
31. FIRE BRICKS
32. RAMBUTAN
33. ELDEY
34. HUGUES AUBRIOT
35. FESTIVAL OF WEEKS
36. MARINE ONE
37. NINA SIMONE
38. MANX SHEARWATER
39. TED MacDOUGALL
40. ANNE WOOD
41. ANTISTHENES
42. HIGHLAND PARK
43. MISSOURI
44. AULUS CORNELIUS CELSUS
45. SHINTO
46. 1846
47. THE FACES
48. TARPAN
49. TERRY MARSH
50. KING'S OAK
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