What Was the Name of the 2011/12 Inquiry That Concerned Itself with the Ethics and Conduct
- What was the name of the 2011/12 inquiry that concerned itself with the ethics and conduct of the UK press and highlighted the practice of phone-hacking? Leveson Inquiry
- In the film ‘The Madness of King George’, can you name the actors who played the King and Mrs King? Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren
- Name two of the three planets studied by N. A. S. A.’s Mariner Space programme in the sixties and seventies? Mercury, Venus and Mars
- Which London Premiership football club were previously known as Thames Ironworks? West Ham United
- Alex Murphy lost three limbs and most of his major organs before becoming which iconic crime fighter? RoboCop
- Which range of hills stretches through four counties: Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire? The Chilterns
- What is the opening line of the Wordsworth poem ‘Daffodils’?I wandered lonely as a cloud
- ‘Nip and tuck’ is a phrase associated with which branch of surgery? Cosmetic surgery
- Le Grande Armee was the name given to whose forces? Napoleon Bonaparte
- What name is given to a malignant tumour of pigmentation cells? Melanoma
- The Mannequin Pis pees proudly in the middle of which E. U. capital city? Brussels
- Ralph Waite’s most famous role was ‘Pa’ in which long running U. S. TV series? The Waltons
- Only one horse racing jockey has ever won the BBC Sports personality of the Year. Can you name the jockey? A. P. (Tony) McCoy in 2010
- The ancient ‘Book of Kells’ is a tourist attraction housed in which famous Dublin College? Trinity College
- What alcoholic drink is made from wormwood? Absinthe
- If an animal is said to be gravid, what state is it in? Pregnant
- Animation. ‘Merrie Melodies’ and ‘Looney Tunes’ were produced by which film studio? Warner Brothers
- Which German philosopher wrote the book ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra’ which included the theories of “The Death of God”, and “The Ubermensch/Superman”?Friedrich Nietzsche
- What connects Stephen Frayne, Raymond Teller, David Nixon and Eric Weiss? Magic
- The Lanterne Rouge is awarded to what racer in the Tour de France? Last to finish each day
- Which famous violinist competed for Thailand in the Women’s Slalom in 2014 in Sochi? Vanessa Mae
- Mount Mitchell is the highest peak in which North American mountain range? The Appalachians (also highest in the Blue Ridge mountains)
- Which German-author penned ‘Die Verwandlung’ (The Metamorphosis)? Franz Kafka (born in Prague)
- What name is given to Parliament of the Isle of Man? The Tynwald
- Pleurisy affects which organ in the body? The lungs
- Which Disney film, also a musical, is a reworking of Shakespeare’s Hamlet? The Lion King
- Which famous tennis player became Andy Murray’s coach in 2012? Ivan Lendl
- Which U. S. state’s name translates into Spanish as ‘arid zones’? Arizona (some sources say ‘small spring’, other say ‘the good oak’)
- Mary Norton, Edith Nesbitt and Michael Morpurgo are known, primarily, for writing which type of literature? Children’s novels
- In Italy, what are Carabinieri? Police
- Denis, Norma, BLANK, Sarah, Samantha. Who is missing? Cherie – spouses of British Prime Ministers
- The okapi is thought to be a zebra-like, but shares a genus/family with which other visually striking animal? Giraffe
- Who composed ‘The Hebrides’ and ‘Scottish Symphony’? Felix Mendelssohn
- Named after one of their hits, what was the name of the short-lived Spice Girls musical? Viva Forever
- Which British car company made the ‘Interceptor’? Jensen
- Which baroque painter was knighted by both Charles I of England and Philip IV of Spain? Sir Peter Paul Rubens
- Known as the Chicago Typewriter, what was the common name given to the weapon invented by John T. Thompson in 1918? Tommy gun
- What is the highest mountain in the Alps? Mont Blanc
- Who has been the only U. S.President to have been Roman Catholic? John F. Kennedy
- Directed by The Wachowski Brothers, which three-movie franchise has grossed over one and a half billion dollars? The Matrix series