1. ALAS, I NOBBLE ANY BENT IDIOTIC GUY (anagram,
used to be seen on the Highstreet) |
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2. What is the plural of mongoose |
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3. Which DJ hosted the Golden Oldie Picture Show |
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4. With which American group is Dusty Hill the lead
vocalist |
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5. What is the most popular name for a dog in the
U.S. according to Harper's Index Book |
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6. Who won Britain's first gold medal at the 2016
Rio Olympic Games |
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7. Which opera singer advertised Kenco Coffee and
Renault cars |
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8. In Arthurian legend, who fought the Green Night |
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9. Complete the proverb, God helps those |
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10. J H Robertson invented what boon to car drivers |
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11. With how many countries does Brazil have a border |
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12. Who said when commentating on a snooker match,
"That's inches away from being millimetre perfect |
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13. Who had a number one in the sixties with Green
Green Grass Of Home |
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14. Who were the formidable first-choice Arsenal
full-backs throughout the 1990s |
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15. What is cellophane made from |
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16. In the language of flowers/fruit what fruit stands
for remorse |
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17. Of what is Ailurophobia the irrational fear |
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18. Which river in the USA has been described as too
thick to drink too thin to plough |
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19. In whose fireplace was Mary Whitehouse´s book
Cleaning Up TV seen burning after she had complained
about the content of the sitcom |
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20. In Polish cuisine what type of food are kabanos |
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21. In which Puccini opera does Scarpia appear |
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22. What is the collective noun for sardines |
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23. In which Dickens novel does Pip meet a convict |
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24. In open court, how should one correctly address a
County Court Judge |
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25. The Duke of Norfolk's emblem is seen mainly now as
a pub sign, what was it |
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26. By what name did singer Harold Lloyd Jenkins become
famous |
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27. The flower Sweet William is named after the Duke of
Cumberland, what do the Scots call it |
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28. What type of creature is a souslik |
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29. What is the dark brown food paste made from yeast
extract called in Australia |
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30. What is the road bed of a railway called |
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POLITICS |
31. Who was the first woman prime minister of Pakistan |
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32. Who was George W Bush's first Defence Secretary |
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33. What title was dubbed on David Mellor after he
admitted having an affair with an actress |
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34. Of which country was Sir Sidney Holland the Prime
Minister from 1948 until 1957 |
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35. Which American president was a bachelor |
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36. What title did Anthony Eden assume when he was made
an Earl |
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37. Who was the leader of the Nationalist Congress
party of India who was imprisoned by the British nine
times |
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38. To which political party did The Kennedy's belong |
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39. With which political party was the landlord of The
Golden Lion hotel in Ashburton connected |
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40. How old was Konrad Adenauer when he resigned as
West German Chancellor in 1963 |
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