1.     Which sport takes its name from the French for 'hooked sticks

Lacrosse (jeu de la crosse, 'game of the hooked sticks')

2.     What is popular fiction/drama featuring middle-class village life known as

Aga Sagas

3.     In the original Blues Brothers film who played the jilted fiancee

Carrie Fisher

4.     What are Seville oranges mostly used to make

Marmalade

5.     What was the occupation of Janie Jones who was immortalised in song by The Clash

Brothel Keeper

6.     What is the most common pet kept in the UK

Goldfish

7.     Complete the proverb "Birds of a feather"

Flock together

8.     Who won the US Masters in April 2014 for the second time in three years

Bubba Watson

9.     Which capital city is served by Haneda Airport

Tokyo

10.  Whose face is on an American five dollar bill

Abraham Lincoln

11.  In which modern-day country would you find the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon

Iraq

12.  The novel A Scandal in Bohemia features which fictional detective,

Sherlock Holmes

13.  What is the society EXIT concerned with

Euthanasia (mercy killing)

14.  Astrologically speaking, two of the fire signs are Leo and Aries. Which is the third

Sagittarius

15.  On children's TV the cartoon series about Willy Fogg was based on which classic novel

Around The World in Eighty Days

16.  Pub names are often based on the arms of a London livery company or guild, what guild would the Three Tuns come from

The Brewers and the Worshipful Company of Vintners (Brewers will do)

17.  Why was country music legend Hank Williams fired from The Grand Ole Opry

Perpetual drunkenness

18.  What is a whale's penis called

Dork

19.  On which of the lakes was Donald Campbell killed

Coniston

20.  Which British motor cycle manufacturer made the Black Shadow

Vincent

21.  What title is reserved for the leader of the entire Ku Klux Klan

Grand Wizard

22.  Which sea area is north of Lundy

Irish Sea

23.  Why is the left lung is smaller than the right lung

To make room for the heart

24.  Who wrote the poem The Highwayman

Alfred Noyes

25.  Politically why was the Sinatra doctrine so called

Each country to construct foreign policy on a 'my way' basis

26.  What sport is played by the Matabeleland Tuskers

Cricket

27.  On which UK motorway would you find] Clacket Lane service station

M25

28.  Which queen gave her name to the capital of Hong Kong

Queen Victoria

29.  Which metallic element shares its name with a slang word for an American coin

Nickel

30.  Who was the home secretary as of March 2015

Theresa May

Round 2 THE EIGHTIES

31.  Weighing over 3,700 tonnes and completed in 1983, it was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth 11 in May 1984

Thames Flood Barrier

32.  Which company launched the Walkman in 1980

Sony

33.  Which prime time game show was axed in 1987 after a nine year run

3-2-1

34.  Made from two or three layers of coloured sponge, which cake was voted English Cake of the Year in 1986

Angel Cake

35.  Which Churchman was awarded the Nobel peace Prize in 1984

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

36.  In 1987 in which European country did a heatwave kill over a thousand people

Greece

37.  Which British jockey rode his one thousandth winner in 1989

Peter Scudamore

38.  Which group had a number one album in 1982 with The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

39.  Who stripped down to white boxer shorts in a Levi's commercial in 1985

Nick Kamen

40.  In which 1984 film did Johnny Depp make his debut film appearance

A Nightmare