1. In which book would you find a dog called Montmorency? ‘3 MEN IN A BOAT’

2. What is the county town of Northumberland? MORPETH

3. What is the superhero alter-ego of Billy Batson? CAPTAIN MARVEL

4. What killed Mama Cass Elliot – aged 32 – in 1974? A HEART ATTACK

5. Who was the Soviet premier when Yuri Gagarin went into space? KRUSHCHEV

6. What shape are farfalle pasta pieces? BUTTERFLIES / BOWS

7. What was the nationality of the very first Miss World in the 1951 contest?

SWEDISH

8. What is the biggest-selling car of all time, with over 40 million sold?

TOYOTA COROLLA

9. Measured at the centre of the court, what is the height of the top of a tennis net?

THREE FEET - 3’ 0”

10 In M*A*S*H, what was the real first name of ‘Radar’ O’Reilly? WALTER

11 How is Chopin’s Waltz in D flat for piano Opus 64 number 1 more briefly known?

THE MINUTE WALTZ

12 What Japanese word translates as ‘They Who Serve’ ? SAMURAI

13 How is the former country of French Somaliland known today? DJIBOUTI

14 In the Bible, how is the Book of the Apocalypse better-known?

BOOK OF REVELATION

15 Bette Davies said of Joan Crawford: ‘She slept with every male star at MGM

except ……..’ WHO? ‘LASSIE’

16 Which city is the more easterly, Helsinki or Athens? HELSINKI

17 What cocktail is a mixture of Cointreau, brandy and lemon juice? SIDECAR

18 In legend, who was the son of Zeus who killed the Gorgon Medusa? PERSEUS

19 What does the white jersey in the Tour de France indicate? BEST YOUNG RIDER

20 How is the substance ‘oil of vitriol’ better-known? SULPHURIC ACID

21 What part of your body is supported by a ‘cock-up splint’? ELBOW

22 What is the only Scrabble letter to have a value of 5 points? LETTER K

23 What was born after an obituary in the Sporting Times in 1882? THE CRICKETING ‘ASHES’ SERIES

24 What bird – often a game bird - can have the varieties Common, Golden or Lady

Amherst’s? PHEASANT

25 What was Priscilla Presley’s maiden name? BEAULIEU

26 Which famous mountain was first ascended by Edward Whymper in 1865?

THE MATTERHORN

27 In the hospital acronym CAT scan, what does the letter T stand for?

‘TOMOGRAPHY’

28 In what type of events did David Weir win 4 gold medals for Team GB at the

London Paralympics? WHEELCHAIR RACING

29 Who, or what, is Great Tom of Lincoln? THE MAIN BELL IN LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

30 Name any 2 of the 3 boats that took Columbus and his crews to the New World

(2-part answer) ANY 2 FROM: PINTA, NINA SANTA MARIA (1 MARK EACH)

31 What are you suffering from if you have SINGULTUS? YOU’VE GOT HICCUPS

32 In which country is the ski centre of The Lecht? SCOTLAND

33 Who, in legend, was given the gift of prophecy, but later cursed so that no-one

would believe them? CASSANDRA

34 Lake Mead on the River Colorado is formed behind which dam? HOOVER DAM

35 Which actor played the headmistress in the original two ‘St Trinian’s’ films?

ALISTAIR SIM

36 Who chaired the original enquiry into the Hillsborough disaster in 1989?

LORD JUSTICE (PETER) TAYLOR

37 Allegedly murdered in 1471, one of the ‘Princes in the Tower’ was actually the

king. Which king should he have been? EDWARD 5TH

38 In the theatrical world, what does it mean if ‘The wood family are in the house’?

THERE ARE MANY EMPTY SEATS

39 Whereabouts in a boat would you find the orlop deck? AT THE VERY BOTTOM

40 Which magazine, which ran from 1841 to 2002 was originally called ‘The London

Charivari’ ‘PUNCH’