The Times Quiz Book: 4000 challenging general knowledge questions

The Times Quiz Book: 4000 challenging general knowledge questions Olav Bjortomt Can you match the double world quiz champion? More than 200 challenging quizzes and 4000 questions from the MindGames section of The Times will test you to the limit. All quizzes and answers are linked for ease of use. Hide the answers or view them alongside each quiz; test yourself or be the quiz master! Includes a picture question in each round.Olav won the inaugural Quiz Olympiad held in Athens, November 2016, by The International Quizzing Association (IQA).Subject areas include Geography, Music, the Arts, Film, Literature, Sport, Politics, Science, History and Wildlife, with each quiz offering a final teaser picture question. Enough questions to scramble even an egghead’s brains. Copyright (#ulink_06bc2f37-b0b1-53da-8dd2-a4889148a081) Published by Times Books An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Westerhill Road Bishopbriggs Glasgow G64 2QT www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/) Ebook first edition 2016 © Times Newspapers Ltd 2016 www.thetimes.co.uk (http://www.thetimes.co.uk/) Ebook Edition © November 2016 ISBN: 9780008209551, version 2016-10-13 The Times is a registered trademark of Times Newspapers Ltd All rights reserved under International Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. The contents of this publication are believed correct. Nevertheless the publisher can accept no responsibility for errors or omissions, changes in the detail given or for any expense or loss thereby caused. HarperCollins does not warrant that any website mentioned in this title will be provided uninterrupted, that any website will be error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs. For full terms and conditions please refer to the site terms provided on the website. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Contents Cover (#u91861913-e8e5-5746-ba5e-7e34f0dbe739) Title Page (#u6fb939db-c126-562d-bf5a-35d7845041ed) Copyright (#ulink_2d019674-7036-542f-b47c-bf8f43be64c9) Introduction (#ulink_29bb8c27-f86b-56e1-bd53-ba1872bca4b7) How to use this book (#ulink_a947c0c6-ea13-5b8a-8fc6-4b02c3ea3704) Quizzes (#ulink_2e5a9ab4-5d53-5334-b410-d553904bd528) Questions (#u4e8c1396-4453-5079-a640-e6e82ff1bcf7) Quiz 1 – General Knowledge (#ulink_2ab1d7ca-0675-5621-9615-2a14fc4c5297) Quiz 2 – General Knowledge (#ulink_92d7626f-8ebe-595c-86f9-e3f6314d7daf) Quiz 3 – Art (#ulink_d00cd4b7-12ab-50d7-9933-cfe7850a9c5f) Quiz 4 – General Knowledge (#ulink_50c62112-e089-5bb3-8bcd-e388fbb13855) Quiz 5 – General Knowledge (#ulink_0e7d76c7-4eba-5dac-bd8f-561ffc827161) Quiz 6 – Literature (#ulink_5cb5f044-211d-5278-b97f-16b26608fc2b) Quiz 7 – General Knowledge (#ulink_caa3f8ec-d30d-5efc-ace7-0174265aa948) Quiz 8 – General Knowledge (#ulink_cd4d2d85-65e1-5add-8302-a83d5bc1effe) Quiz 9 – Film (#ulink_67d8bdb1-6f1d-5fa5-b984-c3b2eb8e4080) Quiz 10 – General Knowledge (#ulink_44408071-032a-5347-adbf-92c2fdeecdad) Quiz 11 – General Knowledge (#ulink_7f3006a2-f8d1-5905-b25d-26f59ac5217f) Quiz 12 – History (#ulink_e3382f7f-76f3-549b-aa63-07812ccd1c7e) Quiz 13 – General Knowledge (#ulink_1e0c67db-f931-55ca-8bc5-0f49579a02a5) Quiz 14 – General Knowledge (#ulink_b5429ae3-daa7-52eb-a961-aacfe6e0f2f3) Quiz 15 – Popular Music (#ulink_c86a69d0-8664-5538-9c01-914b29fb240e) Quiz 16 – General Knowledge (#ulink_326ff1d4-a07d-56ac-97af-de319b2ba973) Quiz 17 – General Knowledge (#ulink_51e809c0-1289-589a-9642-6a908370cc62) Quiz 18 – General Knowledge (#ulink_b1e0d203-15f9-5904-be07-fd8e8635951b) Quiz 19 – General Knowledge (#ulink_152b7bc8-3fbe-5104-8ccf-88a47f4f4a4a) Quiz 20 – TV (#ulink_0246e942-2ead-5cfc-90c3-bef97e2beebe) Quiz 21 – General Knowledge (#ulink_2f0469cd-7e70-5cab-b7d4-168dfc682636) Quiz 22 – General Knowledge (#ulink_9f59979a-528a-56c9-b73c-d97ec0620d50) Quiz 23 – Wildlife (#ulink_9003c7ae-6a0c-5a90-bdc6-bfa5eccc676e) Quiz 24 – General Knowledge (#ulink_4918d0c6-dd9f-569d-9100-43e350bcad43) Quiz 25 – General Knowledge (#ulink_24f2ab44-7524-5760-bad3-fbaef7aca86d) Quiz 26 – Food & Drink (#ulink_08fe3ccb-0d4e-58ec-8399-fdfacae2de40) Quiz 27 – General Knowledge (#ulink_27b636f5-5458-5759-aea0-c1f8a4add853) Quiz 28 – General Knowledge (#ulink_9c9e3cc7-9ecf-50ad-95db-e8cca642b2db) Quiz 29 – Classical Music (#ulink_c5dc63b6-ed71-5a72-8c79-cc313bd25ee3) Quiz 30 – General Knowledge (#ulink_7af276c1-f92c-5565-ac9d-0936ffe9dce5) Quiz 31 – General Knowledge (#ulink_f519329b-6741-5218-bbbe-e36716363a4b) Quiz 32 – Sport (#ulink_030ceb53-cc77-55d7-a97d-477377a9c700) Quiz 33 – General Knowledge (#ulink_fdc9504d-b94a-517c-9c11-3529d4cf947c) Quiz 34 – General Knowledge (#ulink_1fc6b35e-6778-50c8-b13d-b77074b826e6) Quiz 35 – Astronomy (#ulink_e294f222-8a95-5c37-adc0-34ce1ae71746) Quiz 36 – General Knowledge (#ulink_b0961808-7505-5f7c-96ac-2c3c66f81abb) Quiz 37 – General Knowledge (#ulink_4b2e6ea8-6f7a-5329-b732-505fd91cd055) Quiz 38 – Religion (#ulink_910761b7-209b-580b-95d1-565d60bac178) Quiz 39 – General Knowledge (#ulink_feec5a19-e03c-5c8d-9ef7-33d88d38a400) Quiz 40 – General Knowledge (#ulink_bb43b53f-90ab-5dbe-a192-db7c0a916052) Quiz 41 – Fashion (#ulink_fbf3424f-9b78-5c8d-8ceb-32d49ac194ca) Quiz 42 – General Knowledge (#ulink_ed1d3144-d0d1-53a1-b207-b2ece93c55c4) Quiz 43 – General Knowledge (#ulink_ab40a44a-c6bb-5ff9-a0ae-50069af1e579) Quiz 44 – Transport (#ulink_f4da2edd-bc16-566f-8fd9-2276f9ef48b4) Quiz 45 – General Knowledge (#ulink_ef384f42-a03b-58dc-9b31-3dbb7694ece0) Quiz 46 – General Knowledge (#ulink_479b07f0-96eb-5bad-81b3-958644586224) Quiz 47 – Politics (#ulink_d66bdad1-9804-50d4-9f4e-d5e00e1840d7) Quiz 48 – General Knowledge (#ulink_58dfb2b1-df25-5dd8-88e2-c0a88d4a4455) Quiz 49 – General Knowledge (#ulink_5619227a-569e-5e16-a218-75bf9df1fb9a) Quiz 50 – Theatre (#ulink_5cb71a50-7995-5320-b254-44a0f308be63) Quiz 51 – General Knowledge (#ulink_948745d3-daf1-5be8-8219-3f63b7a84b78) Quiz 52 – General Knowledge (#ulink_8eecda15-c26f-5c3d-be5d-df91e86b7db0) Quiz 53 – First (#ulink_a9c8d9cb-c34c-5b0d-9ad6-5af2f494d1b4) Quiz 54 – General Knowledge (#ulink_8a99c7a8-4fa0-5eb0-a387-3a7a8c99eef9) Quiz 55 – General Knowledge (#ulink_ee41a344-a390-57a5-b011-524d5570a281) Quiz 56 – Mythology (#ulink_83b66671-7b80-510c-9239-502dc7a33378) Quiz 57 – General Knowledge (#ulink_2d0b6678-85f4-5ce0-a472-02aec886c992) Quiz 58 – General Knowledge (#ulink_14093758-786b-52e7-ada4-c528689150d4) Quiz 59 – Sciences (#ulink_a791d744-10b0-5ef1-b707-9c515fdb4b05) Quiz 60 – General Knowledge (#ulink_7c1695a0-e913-589f-8f5b-21d012b4608f) Quiz 61 – General Knowledge (#ulink_dfd9b290-f091-516a-a091-e5cc90f2ec6c) Quiz 62 – Business (#ulink_30b68d86-7d6b-5b2f-97aa-4120e8fa5c50) Quiz 63 – General Knowledge (#ulink_95ef4200-dce1-5535-9417-ff1bed3cb732) Quiz 64 – General Knowledge (#ulink_960cb052-5b4c-55a9-a014-eadb472b6723) Quiz 65 – Literature (#ulink_40fe16c7-1e5b-5810-bca9-5ccb4cf4c92d) Quiz 66 – General Knowledge (#ulink_f7124c1b-cab9-528e-b22c-b7128319a873) Quiz 67 – General Knowledge (#ulink_5a3da17d-2fea-583d-a7cc-8504e44e6deb) Quiz 68 – Film (#ulink_d1db06f7-4a3f-5751-a5f8-01026116f042) Quiz 69 – General Knowledge (#ulink_0975e385-f49c-5b47-b2ee-b937838b8f62) Quiz 70 – General Knowledge (#ulink_644637c9-31c5-5c98-ba13-498305a879b5) Quiz 71 – History (#ulink_bf4488d9-96f3-59c6-aa49-ff9927ef4719) Quiz 72 – General Knowledge (#ulink_c9e5252a-d706-5591-a64a-497dcb5e5b5b) Quiz 73 – General Knowledge (#ulink_edca44e8-3c8a-54ee-ba60-8562532278b2) Quiz 74 – Structures (#ulink_11b21709-0278-51ac-97a3-1b77aef47c55) Quiz 75 – General Knowledge (#ulink_39e5d934-d5a0-50c2-81c7-b3ccbbbb021d) Quiz 76 – General Knowledge (#ulink_93f29c49-c036-5f62-be70-52b1c8c96f84) Quiz 77 – Geography (#ulink_bce050de-6223-5c5a-9171-5f76c7db0bf0) Quiz 78 – General Knowledge (#ulink_8c61f0f8-5473-565e-99af-d2a8c4f2c626) Quiz 79 – General Knowledge (#ulink_283469f5-0093-5803-b7f2-5232f2eba0af) Quiz 80 – USA (#ulink_c2557804-8bc9-5e41-b458-ae5d5202faae) Quiz 81 – General Knowledge (#ulink_fa28d1a5-4cba-565d-b136-1b2150391570) Quiz 82 – General Knowledge (#ulink_d063ea2d-da18-5047-8b19-ab8121888787) Quiz 83 – Popular Music (#ulink_7e34ba04-1071-5744-9424-ea0df8ed18b2) Quiz 84 – General Knowledge (#ulink_9415d4a6-28ec-5c44-a3c4-9ec8942aa0b5) Quiz 85 – General Knowledge (#ulink_9cb6723d-51e2-5e1f-b8a3-58f4b40b0f9e) Quiz 86 – Wildlife (#ulink_9d415f63-7d98-5b48-b3a8-3889bdabce10) Quiz 87 – General Knowledge (#ulink_cba3095a-1521-5469-b848-bd64950e3748) Quiz 88 – General Knowledge (#ulink_4ec9d8c8-555c-5c84-9df4-2b7416bec237) Quiz 89 – Food & Drink (#ulink_7389c169-905e-5ba9-9cf4-1ba5191781bb) Quiz 90 – General Knowledge (#ulink_6630b9d3-52d9-5947-ad62-8f125bf22f83) Quiz 91 – General Knowledge (#ulink_b42bdf23-7724-5792-a94b-b934d1052725) Quiz 92 – General Knowledge (#ulink_93b4ed15-6290-5c94-ba67-421f76cf1496) Quiz 93 – General Knowledge (#ulink_975a0c9e-c243-50d9-9545-cf0d5492d05e) Quiz 94 – Theatre (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 95 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 96 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 97 – Sciences (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 98 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 99 – Classical Music (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 100 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 101 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 102 – Art (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 103 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 104 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 105 – Sport (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 106 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 107 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 108 – Transport (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 109 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 110 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 111 – Business (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 112 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 113 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 114 – France (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 115 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 116 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 117 – Religion (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 118 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 119 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 120 – Politics (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 121 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 122 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 123 – Fashion (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 124 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 125 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 126 – Technology (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 127 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 128 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 129 – War (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 130 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 131 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 132 – Mountains (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 133 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 134 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 135 – Landmarks (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 136 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 137 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 138 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 139 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 140 – Olympics (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 141 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 142 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 143 – Literature (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 144 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 145 – History (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 146 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 147 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 148 – The One and Only… (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 149 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 150 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 151 – Geography (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 152 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 153 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 154 – Popular (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 155 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 156 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 157 – Film (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 158 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 159 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 160 – Sciences (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 161 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 162 – Theatre (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 163 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 164 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 165 – Mythology (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 166 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 167 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 168 – Kings & Queens (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 169 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 170 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 171 – Business (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 172 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 173 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 174 – Transport (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 175 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 176 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 177 – Astronomy (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 178 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 179 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 180 – Booze (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 181 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 182 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 183 – Jazz (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 184 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 185 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 186 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 187 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 188 – Opera (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 189 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 190 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 191 – Structures (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 192 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 193 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 194 – Poetry (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 195 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 196 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 197 – Media (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 198 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 199 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 200 – Inventions (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 201 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 202 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 203 – Crime Literature (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 204 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 205 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 206 – Wildlife (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 207 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 208 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 209 – The 1980s (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 210 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 211 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 212 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 213 – History (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 214 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Quiz 215 – Film (#litres_trial_promo) Questions and Answers (Q&A) (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 1 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 2 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 3 – Art (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 4 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 5 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 6 – Literature (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 7 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 8 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 9 – Film (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 10 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 11 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 12 – History (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 13 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 14 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 15 – Popular Music (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 16 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 17 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 18 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 19 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 20 – TV (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 21 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 22 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 23 – Wildlife (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 24 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 25 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 26 – Food & Drink (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 27 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 28 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 29 – Classical Music (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 30 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 31 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 32 – Sport (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 33 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 34 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 35 – Astronomy (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 36 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 37 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 38 – Religion (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 39 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 40 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 41 – Fashion (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 42 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 43 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 44 – Transport (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 45 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 46 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 47 – Politics (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 48 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 49 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 50 – Theatre (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 51 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 52 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 53 – First (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 54 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 55 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 56 – Mythology (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 57 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 58 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 59 – Sciences (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 60 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 61 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 62 – Business (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 63 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 64 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 65 – Literature (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 66 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 67 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 68 – Film (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 69 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 70 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 71 – History (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 72 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 73 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 74 – Structures (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 75 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 76 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 77 – Geography (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 78 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 79 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 80 – USA (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 81 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 82 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 83 – Popular Music (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 84 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 85 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 86 – Wildlife (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 87 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 88 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 89 – Food & Drink (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 90 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 91 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 92 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 93 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 94 – Theatre (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 95 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 96 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 97 – Sciences (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 98 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 99 – Classical Music (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 100 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 101 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 102 – Art (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 103 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 104 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 105 – Sport (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 106 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 107 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 108 – Transport (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 109 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 110 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 111 – Business (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 112 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 113 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 114 – France (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 115 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 116 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 117 – Religion (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 118 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 119 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 120 – Politics (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 121 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 122 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 123 – Fashion (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 124 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 125 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 126 – Technology (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 127 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 128 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 129 – War (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 130 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 131 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 132 – Mountains (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 133 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 134 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 135 – Landmarks (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 136 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 137 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 138 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 139 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 140 – Olympics (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 141 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 142 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 143 – Literature (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 144 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 145 – History (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 146 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 147 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 148 – The One and Only… (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 149 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 150 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 151 – Geography (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 152 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 153 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 154 – Popular (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 155 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 156 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 157 – Film (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 158 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 159 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 160 – Sciences (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 161 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 162 – Theatre (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 163 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 164 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 165 – Mythology (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 166 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 167 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 168 – Kings & Queens (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 169 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 170 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 171 – Business (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 172 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 173 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 174 – Transport (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 175 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 176 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 177 – Astronomy (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 178 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 179 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 180 – Booze (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 181 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 182 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 183 – Jazz (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 184 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 185 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 186 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 187 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 188 – Opera (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 189 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 190 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 191 – Structures (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 192 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 193 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 194 – Poetry (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 195 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 196 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 197 – Media (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 198 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 199 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 200 – Inventions (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 201 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 202 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 203 – Crime (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 204 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 205 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 206 – Wildlife (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 207 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 208 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 209 – The 1980s (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 210 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 211 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 212 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 213 – History (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 214 – General Knowledge (#litres_trial_promo) Q&A 215 – Film (#litres_trial_promo) Quizzes by subject (#litres_trial_promo) Image Credits (#litres_trial_promo) About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo) Introduction (#ulink_e7d19bd1-5e89-5dc2-8963-33dd63f2d63c) It started with a call to come down to the features department back in the summer of 2005. Mike Harvey, a former news editor turned features editor who had absolutely terrified me during my time as a graduate trainee on the newsdesk, said he wanted me to do the T2 quiz from now on. He had heard from fellow staff members of my sterling performances at the celebrity-studded PEN quiz and thought that I could inject some life into the little bit of the T2 back page occupied by five questions every day, since it appeared that someone – any one on the features staff – had just been using a bunch of boring old quiz books to compile it. Also, I had noticed the cardinal sin of the same questions being repeated; it was as if nobody cared. So I took it upon myself to bring out some really interesting questions. To mould a new and fascinating T2 quiz. But when I say “interesting” (the origin of the Harrington jacket name; the origin of the phrase “banana republic”), I thought, wow, this’ll knock the socks off those readers who by now must be so angered by the dullness of the existing quiz that such questions would be an instant panacea. I could not have been more wrong. The reaction was instantaneous and it was devastating. Reader emails poured in asking how had this insanely, obscure trivia nonsense taken the place of the normal quiz? They asked: why? I had totally misjudged its then tone. So action on the editing side had to be taken. Jonathan, my “controller” on T2 as it were, took it upon himself to regulate then quiz’s content. The problem was Jonathan was Australian and general knowledge culture can vary wildly from country to country. Therefore, we exchanged several emails where I had to explain the cultural import of things like “Alcock and Brown” – who made the non-stop first transatlantic flight in 1919 – because Jonathan flatly rejected the question as he had never heard of them. Rejected questions followed in their dozens: I understood why on some occasions; other times, I fumed at the assumptions made. The difficult beginnings of my quiz were also fraught with rudimentary factual errors – naively, I never bothered to verify every question; trusting my own noggin to be faithful and to be true. This was disastrous behaviour on my part. One example? I said Z in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet stood for Zebra. Idiot. Of course, it is Zulu. But things settled down; the rejections dwindled from a flood to a trickle after a few months, and apart from one telephone call from Mike about two years later, in which he mentioned off-handed how “bloody difficult” the quiz was, no more complaints about the quiz’s perceived fairness were received. Other incidents stick out in the memory. The Mayor of Alnwick once hunted me down because she was convinced that Alnwick and not Morpeth was the county town or administrative centre of Northumberland. In that instance, however, I was correct (and for once, I’d actually been there). I never complained when the quiz was “rested” for the sake of an advert taking its allotted space – an advert that sometimes, if I recall correctly, wanted to cure male impotence – but apparently enough fans complained about its frequent absences for such rests to stop and for the quiz to do its then five-a-day thing. Another odd thing was a mysterious sub-editor’s insistence that the fifth question always be a sports one – he or she just kept on inserting his own questions. Their sports question just kept on turning up in place of whatever general knowledge question I had intended for that spot. I never bothered to ask why – I was paid regardless. Although this was not my innovation, it is one that I took over and stays with the quiz to this day, and one that has greatly increased my sports knowledge and appreciation of sporting life. Of course, the following book only has 20 question quizzes (the Qs I have chosen for these quizzes are my absolute favourites, culled from the tens of thousands I have written over the past decade). The quiz has grown from five questions to ten (from February 2014) and then to 15 per day and 20 on a Saturday with an added daily picture question (from February 2015). The jumps in growth have been thanks to editor enthusiasm, first from online news editor Pat Long, then from the actual editor in chief John Witherow – though admittedly, I was terrified that he would have some sort of problem with the quiz (thankfully, all I got was enthusiasm – I was later told that John had become addicted to the daily quiz during a cruise and so “could I do more questions?” “Err, okay”). Alas, once I could just do the five questions every morning for publication the very next day: whatever popped into my head, in fact. Ninety-five questions per week demands a far more efficient and wide-ranging operation. In fact, I’d estimate that the quiz takes me up 10-12 hours to compile: filing three quizzes on Friday and three more on Monday. While I could once rely on whatever novel I was reading, film I had just seen or album I was listening to, now I had to comb sources properly (though the mighty Wikipedia is always my first port of call); make sure I was covering all the quiz subjects (because when I don’t, I get letters asking “where is the science?”, “where is the classical music?”) and try to never, ever repeat a question (though I invariably do, every three months on average). Even if I may fail on occasion, the overall aim is to always be interesting. I keep two text files for maintenance, one headlined “times2quizzes (master)”, which contains every quiz I’ve ever done for The Times (with over 26,000 questions); the other: “times2 questions reserve”, which is a file containing containing 742 pages with an average of 20-25 questions per page. These are questions that might go into the quiz one day, if most of them weren’t too long or incredibly, unbelievable hard by far. Meanwhile new questions are written for this file every day. So when I compile the quizzes, I have good base of existing material to work from, though the urge is always to use new stuff or whatever morning inspirations I’ve had. The aim is to cover each core quiz subject: film, literature, history, current affairs, art, geography, politics, theatre, sport, with an unconscious emphasis on arts and books because that is what I truly love. Then, when the final 15/20 is done, the verification starts. Checking the questions can change the quiz irrevocably. Because verification is a serious business: it often takes longer to check the quiz than write it. Aside from vast chunks of wording being rewritten, what cannot be double or triple sourced must be excised. Therefore I always take these opportunities to insert a much easier question in place of what has been rejected (on average, this happens about three times per quiz). So the quiz I started with – believe it or not, people will gasp – was much harder than the one that ends up in the newspaper (of which about 75 per cent has survived). Then there are the queries about what I have written, in which vocabulary and phrasing are interrogated so thoroughly, it might bring out a burst of inane giggles just to read the emails exchanged between myself and the times2 puzzles desk. The process has no doubt helped me in my life as what has been termed a “professional” quizzer, however. Since the quiz went to 10 questions I have won two European individual titles and one World individual title in the big wide world of quizzing. Checking sources thoroughly, nay obsessively, has helped me become a champion quizzer, searing thousands of facts on my brain. And when an error slips through? There is hell to pay. I sometimes wish I had never been born, such is the probably deserved opprobrium I have been showered with by disgusted Times readers. But others are quick to shower the quiz with love when it stirs a half-forgotten memory of a place they had once lived or an obscure autoimmune disorder-type disease that needs as much public exposure as it can get. Even, if such knowledge has been turned into a mere quiz question. All of the questions you will find within these pages are, I hope, either challenging, interesting or enlightening. Some questions – if fortune has favoured my setting – might even satisfy all three requirements. So, please, enjoy… Olav Bjortomt How to use this book (#ulink_661d4b38-1fe4-578a-8218-23d5d477b4e2) This book can be used in two ways: Questions only or Questions and Answers. The Questions section has a hyperlink to the answers at the end of each quiz so you can test yourself. The Questions and Answers section has the questions with all of the answers to that quiz printed below so you can run a quiz. You choose how to play! QUIZZES (#ulink_42d07aa1-d127-5660-ad2b-473309a6d2e9) QUIZ 1 – General Knowledge (#ulink_3198565d-1a78-5683-a71d-c0c3620c9f55) 1 7X is the secret formula in which drink? 2 Cleeve Cloud is the highest point of which English hills? 3 Who succeeded George Washington as US President? 4 Which British composer wrote Eight Songs for a Mad King (1968)? 5 Who took the famous 1963 photograph of Christine Keeler sitting astride an Arne Jacobsen chair? 6 Peter O’Toole played King Henry II in which two films? 7 In a nursery rhyme, whose “wife could eat no lean”? 8 Who founded the High Holborn toy shop Noah’s Ark in 1760? 9 Roger Delgado first played which Doctor Who villain in 1971? 10 William Huskisson MP died after being run over by which steam locomotive? 11 Which “Faberg? of the Footwear” designed Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation shoes? 12 Henry Laurens is the only American to have been imprisoned in which UNESCO World Heritage Site? 13 The Egyptian goddess Heqet was depicted with the head of which amphibian? 14 On which website is a person’s followers measured in Wheatons (500,000 = 1 Wheaton)? 15 Which African nation is the Francophone country with the largest population? 16 Which distinguishing features are absent in a person who has the disorder adermatoglyphia? 17 Which Austrian-born philosopher reportedly once threatened Karl Popper with a red-hot poker? 18 Which world light heavyweight boxing champion won TV’s Superstars in 1974? 19 Which athlete broke Wyndham Halswelle’s 53-year-old Scottish 300 yards record in 1961? 20 What is the pictured temple complex? Click here for Quiz 1 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_60011328-2e28-5fc7-9005-33ca7bb9564d) QUIZ 2 – General Knowledge (#ulink_cd21babd-1158-5183-8d8f-7017037d87c3) 1 Which female singer had a no. 4 hit in 1974 with Y Viva Espana? 2 What is the British equivalent of the Swiss savoury spread Cenovis? 3 Who proposed “the Easyway” of quitting smoking? 4 Which musician found fame thanks to his Reggae Reggae sauce? 5 HMV’s very first store was opened by which composer in 1921? 6 Which bone derives its name from the Latin for ‘little key’? 7 Beatrice Portinari was the muse of which Italian poet? 8 Which Dane published his theory of the orbital behaviour of electrons in 1912? 9 The dentist Alfred P. Southwick was inspired to invent which chair in 1881? 10 Located near St Petersburg, what is the largest lake in Europe? 11 Which 2011 comedy film centres on the run-up to Lillian Donovan’s wedding day? 12 The Scotsman, Thomas Sutherland, founded which banking corporation in 1865? 13 Inspired by the Sanremo Festival, Marcel Bezen?on conceived which event in 1955? 14 Which protrusion is also known as the laryngeal prominence? 15 Which substance, named from the Latin for ‘cheese’, makes up about 80 per cent of the proteins in cow milk? 16 Butch McGuire’s bar in Chicago claims to have added which flavoured stirrer to the Bloody Mary cocktail? 17 Winston Churchill observed that which sport is “the best passport in the world”? 18 Which England cricketer was Muttiah Muralitharan’s record 709th Test wicket? 19 In 1985, what became the first side in European football to have won all three major UEFA club competitions? 20 Who is the pictured conductor? Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 2 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_1dd571c5-1446-5d79-8ce8-c5297af07ece) QUIZ 3 – Art (#ulink_28698557-2a17-5d94-a2ea-97beba7a4e0a) 1 Which Georges Seurat painting features 48 people, 8 boats, 3 dogs and 1 monkey? 2 In Edwin Landseer’s 1839 painting, who are Dignity and Impudence? 3 Gerhard Richter’s 15-painting October 18, 1977 cycle portrays which group? 4 Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin designed which $120m Washington, DC memorial? 5War Horse and Walking Madonna are sculptures by which Dame, who died in 1993? 6 Which US artist was born Emmanuel Radnitzky in 1890? 7 Which artist married Saskia van Uylenburg in 1634? 8 What is the name of Turner Prize-winning potter Grayson Perry’s female alter-ego? 9 David Mach crafted his gorilla sculpture, Silver Streak, from which everyday objects? 10 Daniel Day-Lewis played which Irish painter and writer in the film My Left Foot? 11 Which Flemish painter’s Portinari Altarpiece is in the Uffizi? 12 The English graphic artist Donald McGill (1875–1962) famously designed which items? 13 Which two artists shared the Yellow House, Arles, for nine torrid weeks in 1888? 14 Who “started painting in blue” when he learned of Carlos Casagemas’ suicide? 15Blam (1962) and As I Opened Fire (1964) are paintings by which Pop artist? 16 Which art movement was called Jugendstil in German? 17 In 1993, which sculptor became the first female winner of the Turner Prize? 18 Who wrote the hoax biography Nat Tate: An American Artist 1928–1960? 19 Which US painter married the photographer Alfred Stieglitz in 1924? 20 Which American artist created the pictured piece? shalunts / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 3 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_c3e04d86-1a24-559b-9d55-d2b917ddcecd) QUIZ 4 – General Knowledge (#ulink_991e2294-2b19-58ac-a219-727cb3ddd297) 1 Which painter killed Ranuccio Tomassoni in a brawl following a tennis game? 2 On hearing Handel’s ‘Hallelujah Chorus’, who reputedly said: “He is the master of us all”? 3Let Them Talk was which British actor’s debut blues album? 4 A deipnosophist excels in conversations that take place where? 5 The architect Frank Matcham (1854–1920) famously designed which buildings? 6 Who wrote the 1963 report “The Reshaping of British Railways”? 7 Which soap opera is Godfrey Baseley’s most famous creation? 8 Brunei is entirely surrounded by which Malaysian state? 9 Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th man to hold which title? 10 Who did Hartley Booth succeed as MP for Finchley in 1992? 11 Who was US President when the British set fire to the White House in the War of 1812? 12 Which 1984 novel centres on Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius? 13 What was the nickname of the metal-eating French entertainer Michel Lotito? 14 Dating back to 2000 BC, the Swastika Stone sits on the edge of which Yorkshire moor? 15 Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier was the first person to be executed using which device? 16 Mae Questel last voiced Betty Boop in which 1988 film? 17 Newstead Abbey was the ancestral home of which poet, who died in 1824? 18 What is the smallest metropolitan area in the US to host a major professional sports franchise? 19 Which Irish jockey won the 1986 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Dancing Brave? 20 Name the pictured music group – Kobby Dagan / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 4 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_920a9474-c422-5850-b996-f2617563d94d) QUIZ 5 – General Knowledge (#ulink_254c0168-3c14-5b68-9116-25bd50284a26) 1 According to legend, which Italian city was founded at 12 o’clock noon on March 25, 421 AD? 2 The 2015 Spike Lee film Chi-Raq is based on which play by Aristophanes? 3 Which chain of “Mexican Grill” restaurants was launched by Steve Ells in Denver in 1993? 4 Which US president’s New York City memorial is the largest mausoleum in North America? 5 The naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, called which animal the “proudest conquest of Man”? 6 In which country is Europe’s highest peak, Mount Elbrus? 7 Aged 22, who became conductor of the attendants’ band at Worcester and County Lunatic Asylum in Powick in 1879? 8 What is the oldest of the natural sciences? 9 Marillenschnaps is an Austrian brandy made from which fruit? 10 First performed in 1978, Talent was the first play by which English comedienne? 11 Peercoin, Monero, Ethereum, Nxt, Ripple and DigitalNote are types of what? 12 Which portrait of Shakespeare was the first painting to enter the National Portrait Gallery’s collection? 13 Launched in 1963 by Hoffmann-La Roche, what was the pharmaceutical industry’s first billion dollar drug? 14 Who is the director of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? 15 Founded in 2014, which Spanish political party is led by Pablo Iglesias? 16 The name of which fashion brand, formed in Aosta in 1987, is a variation of the Finnish word for the Arctic Circle? 17 Which US game designer created Magic: The Gathering, the first modern trading card game? 18 A two-time French Open singles winner, which retired German tennis star married Barbara Hutton in 1955? 19 Who won a record ninth Stanley Cup as head coach with the Detroit Red Wings in 2002? 20 Name the pictured dog breed – Click here for Quiz 5 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_92c263f1-372f-582f-afeb-3d771fe103b1) QUIZ 6 – Literature (#ulink_48b1f066-b8ec-550c-afa1-d39be1c8a9ad) 1 Which Scottish novelist wrote Ice Station Zebra and The Guns of Navarone? 2 Which 1977 Stephen King novel centres on the aspiring writer Jack Torrance? 3 Which 18th century writer said: “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money”? 4 Who is the hunter hero of the Zulu trilogy, Marie (1912), Child of Storm (1913) and Finished (1917)? 5 Samuel Butler’s translation of which epic poem opens: “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”? 6 Which children’s author wrote and illustrated the 1990 book Oh, the Places You’ll Go!? 7 Marie Kondo is the Japanese author of the 2011 book The Life-Changing Magic of… what? 8The Overloaded Ark (1953) was which naturalist’s first book? 9 Alden Pyle is the title character of which 1955 Graham Greene novel? 10 Anastasia “Ana” Steele is the female protagonist of which literary trilogy? 11 Which US novelist wrote Housekeeping, Gilead and Home? 12 Author of The Snowman, which Norwegian crime writer created Harry Hole? 13 Which French-Swiss woman of letters wrote the 1807 novel Corinne? 14 Which Brothers Grimm fairy tale is known as Dornr?schen, meaning Little Briar Rose? 15Rupert of Hentzau was the 1898 sequel to which Ruritanian adventure novel? 16 The Prancing Pony pub in Bree features in the works of which writer? 17 In the Charles Dickens novel, which beadle invents Oliver Twist’s name? 18 Rebecca West’s travelogue Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is about which former country? 19 Which Charlotte Bront? novel ends with the title character marrying the tutor Louis Moore? 20 Which illustrated manuscript is pictured? Click here for Quiz 6 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_e344c005-bd82-507d-b4e6-32db86af1c69) QUIZ 7 – General Knowledge (#ulink_ab6fbcb7-45c0-5cf9-adab-9296035f9ef0) 1 In 1922, who enlisted in the ranks of the RAF under the name John Hume Ross? 2 Novelist Peter Carey described which art critic as “Australia’s Dante”? 3 Which Prime Minister died in 1827 after 119 days in office? 4 Which TV cops often infuriated their boss Captain Harold Dobey? 5 What was found by the Canadian merchant ship Dei Gratia on December 4, 1872? 6 Clive Sinclair launched which electric vehicle in 1985? 7 Which bodybuilder won his first Mr. Olympia title in 1970? 8 Which “Coma Scale” is named after a British city? 9 Which scientists published Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids in April 1953? 10 In a 1950 Disney film, Lady Tremaine is which girl’s stepmother? 11 Hans Werner Henze’s 1968 oratorio The Raft of the Medusa is a requiem for which revolutionary? 12 Designed by Zaha Hadid, the MAXXI modern art gallery is in which capital city? 13 Whose weapons of torture include a dish-drying rack, soft cushions and the “comfy chair”? 14 Which British singer had a 2014 no.1 with Money on My Mind? 15 Dieter Schwarz bought the rights to which supermarket name from a retired schoolteacher? 16 Which moon of Jupiter has the smoothest surface of any known solid body in the Solar System? 17 Which artist supposedly said: “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes”? 18 Godfrey Rampling, late father of the actress Charlotte, won Olympic gold in which sport? 19 Whose completed Test career batting average of 60.73 is the highest by any English cricketer? 20 Which famous dog is pictured? Zoltan Katona / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 7 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_289b97d0-b8b9-5bd9-aeeb-713c71a5b483) QUIZ 8 – General Knowledge (#ulink_93fc50af-72bc-5da9-85d2-ffdd05f62831) 1 What was the alliterative nickname of the notorious Hoa Lo Prison? 2 What breed is the fictional dog Lassie? 3 What is the largest instrument of the violin family? 4 Redblush is a variety of which fruit, known in Spanish as toronja? 5 Which US novelist is known for her “Grant County” series? 6 Which future Oscar-winner played surfer Scott Irwin on Home and Away in 1997? 7 Kelpers are natives of which South Atlantic islands? 8 Who was Soviet Azerbaijan’s leader 1969–82, later serving as third president of Azerbaijan, from 1993 to 2003, when his son Ilham succeeded him? 9 Which 10cc song features the lyrics: “I don’t like cricket, oh no, I love it”? 10 The Lincolnshire physician Dr Francis Willis famously treated which king? 11 The Kempler video shows the assassination of which Israeli Prime Minister? 12 Who holds the titles Baron Carrickfergus and Earl of Strathearn? 13 The Rogers Commission identified the O-ring seal failure that caused which disaster? 14 Christopher Marlowe wrote about the “troublesome reign and lamentable death of ” which king? 15 The Trojan Room coffee pot inspired the first example of which video camera? 16 The Paris shop Deyrolle famously specialises in which hobby? 17 The 2015 Hurac?n was which carmaker’s successor to the Gallardo? 18 In its early years, which tabletop game had a fierce rivalry with Newfooty? 19 The Old Harrovian, Charles Alcock, created which cup competition in 1871? 20 Which American historical site is pictured? Click here for Quiz 8 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_025db740-24d5-5b95-8ded-93b7f3d0e750) QUIZ 9 – Film (#ulink_fe92afd3-c2ae-51c4-94c2-ac2e151c506b) 1 Who played Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter films? 2 Which movie gunfighters fought Eli Wallach’s Mexican bandit leader Calvera? 3 Which Star Trek movie saw the crew travel back in time to 1980s San Francisco? 4 Which 2012 film is based on the novel These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach? 5 Teenage film truant Ferris Bueller took his Day Off in which US city? 6 Which Vittorio De Sica work won the first Sight & Sound greatest film poll in 1952? 7 The Ghanta Awards recognise the worst in film produced by which movie industry? 8Knife in the Water (1962) was which French-Polish director’s first feature-length film? 9 Lauren Bacall was the last of the 16 Hollywood icons mentioned in which song to die, 24 years after its release? 10 Giulietta Masina (1921–94) was the wife and muse of which film director? 11 Which movie character was trained by Mickey Goldmill? 12 Vin Diesel plays Dominic Toretto in which movie franchise? 13 Starring Esther Williams, which 1952 film tells the story of Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman? 14 Robert De Niro played the Jewish gangster Noodles in which Sergio Leone film? 15 Starring Gregory Peck, the 1959 film Beloved Infidel was based on which US writer’s life? 16 Which language in a 2009 movie was created by Paul Frommer? 17 Fred Sexton created the titular statuette for which John Huston film? 18 What was the movie inspiration for Maurice Micklewhite’s stage name Michael Caine? 19 The Xquisite strip club is the setting for which 2012 Steven Soderbergh film? 20 Who is the pictured Scottish actress? Click here for Quiz 9 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_be106d09-c09d-5ccd-83ee-6fd801395f36) QUIZ 10 – General Knowledge (#ulink_ab0dfa0f-ae3d-5de5-8b86-8d9ce71b23ad) 1 Which Grand Prince of Moscow became Tsar of Russia in 1547? 2 A “leapling” is a person born on which date? 3 The Mildenhall Treasure was found in which county in 1942? 4 In the title of a Frances Hodgson Burnett novel, who is Sara Crewe? 5 Which corporation makes the Hayabusa motorcycle and Burgman scooters? 6 In a Benny Hill no.1 song, who is The Fastest Milkman in the West? 7 What is unusual about the Korean octopus dish Sannakji? 8 Who was shot dead at Pete Maxwell’s ranch home on July 14, 1881? 9 Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot wrote which long-running 1971 stage farce? 10 The Jeffersonian Institute is home to the Medico-Legal Lab team in which US TV drama? 11 Which saint is credited with staging the first nativity scene (presepio) in 1223? 12 Opened in 2002, the Bawabet Dimashq in Damascus is the world’s largest what? 13 Which shark species is the second largest fish? 14 Which Penzance-born chemist invented the miner’s safety lamp? 15 Which island was called “this cursed rock” by Napoleon? 16 Trevor Philips, Michael De Santa and Franklin Clinton are the playable characters in which 2013 game? 17 In a standard deck of cards, what is the only one-eyed king? 18 Llanwrtyd Wells hosts an annual marathon pitting man against which animal? 19 In 1959, which “Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing” was first won by Lee Petty? 20 Name the pictured Italian sweet bread loaf – Click here for Quiz 10 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_73de5c97-57f6-554c-a4ce-1db69612d464) QUIZ 11 – General Knowledge (#ulink_50d16f73-88de-52d1-b773-0918cba53d3b) 1 The Torre Agbar dominates the skyline of which city in Spain? 2 Which French fashion house was founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion? 3 Which peninsula was designated as the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1956? 4 Car engineer George Carwardine designed which lamp in 1933? 5 Which two US Presidents both died on July 4, 1826? 6 What is the smallest member state of the United Arab Emirates? 7 Which disease is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum? 8 Who composed the 1846 opera Attila? 9 Which TV show was based on the Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire books? 10 Which 1813 battle was Europe’s largest battle prior to World War One? 11 Which limestone partition in the Old City of Jerusalem is also known as the Kotel? 12 Containing the filament and anther, what is the male sex organ of a flower called? 13 The Mond process extracts and purifies which transition metal? 14 Which book of the Old Testament is named after the son of Nun? 15 Known for his hit single Let Her Go, Mike Rosenberg uses which stage name? 16 What became the richest art museum in the world when it inherited $1.2bn in 1982? 17 In 1899, the Nottingham grocer Frederick Gibson Garton invented which sauce? 18 Who lost his WBA featherweight title to Steve Cruz in June 1986? 19 What is the northernmost city to have hosted a summer Olympic Games? 20 Which much-maligned car model is pictured? Click here for Quiz 11 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_dcd139a9-bc57-528f-9df6-7d8fabdfe7e6) QUIZ 12 – History (#ulink_f5ed011a-1e6c-5978-94f7-3cc9b73bba97) 1 Which 6th Earl of Leicester defeated Henry III at the Battle of Lewes in 1264? 2 Which Earl of Essex was beheaded on Tower Hill on July 28, 1540? 3 Which airmail pilot won the $25,000 Orteig Prize in 1927? 4 The Year of the Five [Roman] Emperors (193 AD) ended with which man in power? 5 Which Carthaginian general defeated a Roman army at Cannae in 216 BC? 6 The 1881 “Gunfight at the OK Corral” took place where in Arizona? 7 Daniel Lambert (1770–1809) was famous for what reason? 8 Which empire’s government was known as the “Sublime Porte”? 9 Played on film by Vincent Price, Matthew Hopkins took what job title in 1644? 10 Which organisation was formed in 1930 as the female branch of the Hitler Youth? 11 Marie Antoinette was the 15th child of which Holy Roman Emperor? 12 William III’s top general, Frederick Herman, Duke of Schomberg, was killed at which 1690 battle? 13 The Pratzen Heights was a vital area of high ground in which 1805 battle? 14 Author of The Tudor Revolution in Government (1953), which historian was born Gottfried Rudolf Ehrenberg? 15 Which battle spawned the famous epitaph beginning: “Go tell the Spartans”? 16 In honour of the sun god Aton, the Egyptian ruler Amenhotep IV renamed himself what? 17 The Mayaguez incident was the last official battle of which war? 18 Which Norman king was the husband of Matilda of Flanders? 19 Pope Clement VII refused King Henry VIII’s request to do what? 20 Which infamous Dutchwoman is pictured? Click here for Quiz 12 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_a1f5a2d5-a217-52af-a27b-73c15c3a2639) QUIZ 13 – General Knowledge (#ulink_d34fadbd-cea6-5a55-b836-45dba08f8cff) 1 Which English poet published The Destruction of Sennacherib in 1815? 2 KaiKai and Kiki are the emblems of which Japanese artist’s production company? 3 Deemed the fairest, which Greek goddess won ‘The Judgement of Paris’? 4 The fortified wine, vermouth, derives its name from the German for which herb? 5 Who were Ron Nasty, Dirk McQuickly, Stig O’Hara and Barry Wom? 6 What positive attribute is a common name for the plant Lunaria annua? 7 In 1664, J?r?me Hatt founded which brewery in Strasbourg? 8 Who became ‘The Red Knight’ in his first cartoon outing? 9 What did John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton “split” in 1932? 10 Nicknamed “The Big O”, who had a 1964 no.1 with It’s Over? 11 Which Lars von Trier film features a fox who says “chaos reigns”? 12 In 1976, which Toronto building became the world’s tallest free-standing structure? 13 Which late Italian fashion designer lived at 1116 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach? 14 In 1900, who was born the fourth daughter of Lord Glamis, later the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne? 15 In 1965, 61-year-old retired bus driver Kempton Bunton confessed to stealing which portrait? 16 What are Madame Jeanette, Trinidad Scorpion ‘Butch T’ and Carolina Reaper? 17 What is the only country whose name ends in the letter Q? 18 In 1928, the USSR organised which communist alternative to the Olympic Games? 19 Pakistan’s Sohail Abbas is the highest international goal scorer in the history of which sport? 20 Identify the famous couple in the picture – Click here for Quiz 13 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_c2c0e9f9-7d92-548f-8e05-12c179d1f02c) QUIZ 14 – General Knowledge (#ulink_a8494464-fd12-5bf7-9d70-c8509c259f60) 1 Which fictional serial killer was first dubbed ‘The Chesapeake Ripper’? 2 The Doni Tondo (c.1507) is which artist’s only finished panel painting? 3 Which people wish to found a homeland called Khalistan? 4 Maenads were the female followers of which Greek god? 5 Which TV cook was born Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey? 6 What is the smallest member state of the EU? 7 What is La Tapisserie de la Reine Matilde more familiarly called? 8 The bikini takes its name from an atoll in which Pacific republic? 9 Which snake, Eunectes murinus, is the largest species of boa? 10 What is the stage name of Kiwi musician Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O’Connor? 11 Steve Jobs wore black turtlenecks designed by which Japanese fashion icon? 12 Where does the Bundle of Kent transmit electrical impulses? 13 Which 1948 Cole Porter musical features the song Tom, Dick or Harry? 14 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, had an illegitimate daughter with which duchess? 15 Which Austrian (1870–1937) founded the school of individual psychology? 16 Who is the only US President not to have lived in the White House? 17 Which colourless flammable gas – C2H4 – is the simplest alkene? 18 Which Romanian tennis star was the first professional athlete to sign with Nike? 19 Which boxer won BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1967 and 1970? 20 What is the pictured Russian street? Click here for Quiz 14 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_689ffb63-e30a-59d2-ba9b-c84653e7f403) QUIZ 15 – Popular Music (#ulink_06554f02-be50-5300-b25e-97755b3bb1a8) 1 Wilson Phillips and En Vogue both had US hits in 1990 with which song title? 2 Which US rock ‘n’ roll musician (b.1935) is nicknamed “The Killer”? 3Boy, October, War – what comes next? 4 Which Canadian musician was the mother of Rufus and Martha Wainwright? 5 Martin Scorsese’s film The Last Waltz documented which group’s final concert? 6 Which band had hits in 1965 with For Your Love and Heart Full of Soul? 7Justified was which US singer’s 2002 debut solo studio album? 8 Which US band had a 1965 no.1 with Mr. Tambourine Man? 9 Who formed the band N.E.R.D with Chad Hugo and Shay Haley? 10 Which Canadian reggae fusion band has topped the singles chart with Rude? 11 Which rock band frontman released the debut solo album Pictures at Eleven (1982)? 12 Which rapper founded the record label GOOD (Getting Out Our Dreams) Music in 2004? 13 Which Canadian rapper released the 2013 single Hold On, We’re Going Home? 14 The Greek-born singer Yannis Philippakis is the frontman of which British indie band? 15Bang was released in 1989 as the lead single from which Russian rock band’s self-titled debut album? 16Those Were the Days was a 1968 no.1 for which Welsh singer? 17 Which English rock band was named after a 1966 novel by Willard Manus? 18Praise & Blame is a 2010 album by which Welsh singer? 19 Which football anthem is New Order’s only UK number one single? 20 Name the pictured English rock band – Avis De Miranda / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 15 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_ae890501-129f-580a-91e1-54dce0616c77) QUIZ 16 – General Knowledge (#ulink_d4b6c339-257d-5002-b69d-cc217f63d12b) 1 What links Moss in The I.T. Crowd, Harold Macmillan and an E.M. Forster novel title? 2 Which Poet Laureate wrote the play Epsom Wells (1672)? 3 How was the 1st Marchioness of Pembroke (1504–1536) better known? 4 Which scientist was Time magazine’s “Person of the [20th] Century”? 5 Which game bird is scientifically known as Coturnix coturnix? 6 Who succeeded the assassinated US president James Garfield? 7 What is the longest British river at 219 miles long? 8 The New Mexico town Hot Springs renamed itself after which radio show? 9 What online retailer was originally called Cadabra.com? 10 Manzanilla and Palo Cortado are varieties of which wine? 11 Which mysterious prisoner was buried under the name of ‘Marchioly’ in 1703? 12 What did Paul Hogan say tasted “like an angel crying on your tongue”? 13 Which TV and audio products company has a museum in Struer, Denmark? 14 Which book series centres on the Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus and Sunny? 15 Which mathematician built the first reflecting telescope in 1668? 16 Which Trinidadian-born rapper launched the perfume Pink Friday in 2012? 17 Which type of single-celled organism derives its name from the Greek for ‘change’? 18 Who owned the legendary racehorse Red Rum? 19 Which British wheelchair athlete won his first London Marathon in 2002? 20 What is the nickname of the pictured dinosaur? Evikka / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 16 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_c6cc5868-8c5c-5a5c-a1f8-921f88b2861a) QUIZ 17 – General Knowledge (#ulink_08dc7062-ea7e-507f-b448-05d4b4ccc7ce) 1 Who succeeded Duncan I as King of Scotland in 1040? 2 Which murderous duo sold their victims to the Edinburgh doctor, Robert Knox? 3 The Chorleywood process is a method of making which common food? 4 Hart’s Rules is a set of conventions used by which people? 5 What are High Spy, Barf, Knott Rigg and Whiteside? 6 Achilles was dipped in which river to make him invulnerable? 7 Elvis Presley was born in which Mississippi town in 1935? 8 The murder victim Susie Salmon narrates which novel from beyond the grave? 9 Who traced the source of an 1854 cholera outbreak in Soho to the Broad Street pump? 10 What did Guy de Maupassant call “this tall skinny pyramid of iron ladders, this giant and disgraceful skeleton”? 11 Which BBC TV drama centres on the Shelby crime family? 12 What are the Bowyer, Constable, Beauchamp, Martin, Salt and White? 13 In 1980, the Herbert Johnson ‘Poet’ was chosen to adorn the head of which movie hero? 14 An adult’s third molars are known by which common name? 15 Residents of the Italian village of Campodimele are famous for being what? 16 Which Caribbean luxury resorts operator was founded by Gordon “Butch” Stewart in 1981? 17 First published in 1966, what is the bestselling chess book of all time? 18 Which Olympic champion athlete won 41 LPGA titles and 10 majors in golf? 19 What is the nickname of the Australian men’s national rugby league team? 20 The pictured Veil Nebula is in which constellation? Click here for Quiz 17 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_113b39a1-160e-5432-86b9-ac7c6044c087) QUIZ 18 – General Knowledge (#ulink_d9ab87e1-3c4b-5f47-b45b-4498c39dbd7f) 1 Though not the final section, what is the last Canterbury Tale? 2 Which famous comedienne was the niece of Nancy Astor? 3 Who is friends with Bill Badger, Algy Pug and Edward Trunk? 4 What type of devastating mudflow is named from the Javanese for “lava”? 5 Bariatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with what condition? 6 Which former Prime Minister died at 10 Downing Street in 1908? 7 Formed in 1676, what is The Queen’s Body Guard in Scotland? 8 What are Dorabella, Troyte, Ysobel and W.N.? 9 Both Andr? Cassagnes and Arthur Granjean have been credited with which invention, originally called “The Magic Screen”? 10 Which Australian-born author is the subject of the film Saving Mr. Banks? 11 The Mariel Boatlift was a 1980 mass emigration to the US from which country? 12 Leper’s squint, oeil-de-boeuf and bull’s-eye are types of which architectural feature? 13 Iyaric is a dialect spoken by members of which religion? 14 Where would you find relatively empty regions called Kirkwood gaps? 15 Charles Marlow falls in love with Kate Hardcastle in which 1773 play? 16 Based in Glattbrugg, Switzerland, what is the world’s largest HR services company? 17 What is the nickname of the Gangs of New York movie villain William Cutting? 18 What follows “The Flop” and “The River”? 19 Which championship game is Canada’s largest single day sporting event? 20 Nicknamed “La Stupenda”, which opera singer is pictured? Click here for Quiz 18 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_e3914bd2-f967-5daa-b864-8c4895e425c6) QUIZ 19 – General Knowledge (#ulink_e9b46369-203b-53a7-a662-759418ad08e2) 1 Sir Thomas Beecham called which London venue a “giant chicken coop”? 2 Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes created which packaging material? 3 What number is denoted by the word myriad? 4 Lady Godiva rode nude through the streets of which city? 5 Which English photographer married Catherine Deneuve in 1965? 6 Which children’s TV show featured The Soup Dragon and Froglets? 7 Craster in Northumberland is famed for which fish delicacy? 8 Who was the oldest member of the pop group The Jackson 5? 9 Unani, Ayurveda and Siddha are alternative forms of what? 10 Who first appeared together in the 1915 story Extricating Young Gussie? 11 A luxury brand of General Motors, what is the oldest active American car make? 12 Which artist painted the Uffizi’s Ognissanti Madonna (c.1310)? 13 In humans, which dark pigment is the main determinant of skin colour? 14 Named after a British physicist, what is the SI derived unit of absorbed dose? 15 Who did Suetonius claim sang the Sack of Ilium during the Great Fire of Rome? 16 A photo of which 1970 meeting is the most requested reproduction from the US National Archives? 17 Whistled by Brother Bones, what is the Harlem Globetrotters’ signature song? 18 The Canadian dentist William George Beers is known as the father of which sport? 19 Wearing the Star of David on his trunks, which boxer defeated Max Schmeling in 1933? 20 Name the pictured king – Mauvries / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 19 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_716d3a50-a933-5d98-b19d-24a067a2021b) QUIZ 20 – TV (#ulink_f5e88d22-9fa1-5f1c-ba4b-5d6599b03a9e) 1College Boy, composed by Derek New, is the theme tune of which quiz show? 2 The time travel TV drama Outlander is based on novels by which US author? 3 The 2009 BBC TV drama Desperate Romantics centred on which art movement? 4 Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin propped up the bar in which sitcom? 5 Which flop TV show was set in the fishing village of Los Barcos? 6 Who were Danny Wilde and Lord Brett Sinclair in a 70s TV show? 7 Who played Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series MASH? 8 The US sitcom All in the Family was based on which BBC TV show? 9 Which 2012 TV drama adapted Shakespeare’s Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 & 2 and Henry V? 10 Which TV role links David Threlfall and, in its US remake, William H. Macy? 11 Which US sitcom centres on Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, Raj, Penny, Bernadette and Amy? 12 Which TV drama features Kit Harington in the role of Jon Snow? 13 In Doctor Who, the Torchwood Institute was founded by which queen? 14 Storybrooke, Maine, is the town setting for which fairy tale TV drama series? 15 South Africa’s Henry Cele played the title role in which 1986 TV miniseries? 16 Who replaced Jason Dawe as a Top Gear presenter in 2003? 17 Which actor hosted the US TV show Man v. Food? 18 Phil Leotardo (Frank Vincent) was the final antagonist of which TV drama? 19 Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein star in which Oregon-based TV sketch show? 20 Name the pictured TV weather presenter – Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 20 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_04f375a2-f5ff-531d-91eb-ef8e6c8091fa) QUIZ 21 – General Knowledge (#ulink_6d5e2b66-fb42-5531-8369-38bc1eec5d94) 1 The 1944 ballet Fancy Free features a score by which US composer? 2 Which baron married Maria Kutschera on November 26, 1927? 3 Who painted An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768)? 4 Who was the last Norman King of England? 5 Who wrote and directed the 2001 TV film Perfect Strangers? 6 Aged 18, Fiona Butler posed for which iconic poster in 1976? 7 What is a male hawk, especially one used in falconry, called? 8 The red Budget box was created for which Chancellor in 1859? 9 Named from a cockatoo, ‘galah’ is Australian slang for what? 10 What surgical first was performed by Argentine cardiologist Dr Rene Favaloro in 1967? 11 Which Basque Country city is the capital of Guip?zcoa, Spain’s smallest province? 12 Which Cuban cigar brand derives its name from the Taino word for ‘tobacco’? 13 Alain Delon, John Malkovich and Matt Damon have all played which con artist? 14 Which US mobile phone maker pioneered the “flip phone” with the MicroTAC in 1989? 15 Who gathered 100 nude models in Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie for her artwork VB55? 16 The Shah-e Cheragh mosque is which Iranian city’s most important pilgrimage site? 17 What would you do with Onionskins, Commies, Chinas and Aggies? 18 The “Maroons” (Queensland) play the “Blues” (New South Wales) in which rugby league series? 19 Which athlete was the first man to win consecutive Olympic 1500m titles? 20 What is the pictured particle accelerator? Click here for Quiz 21 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_7d393241-6eb9-5fe0-8238-4e8e94f95311) QUIZ 22 – General Knowledge (#ulink_01cdf210-5a53-587d-be0e-a9a796a9defb) 1 What is Berlin’s only remaining city gate? 2 What medical journal was founded by Thomas Wakley in 1823? 3 Dick Bruna created which cartoon rabbit in 1955? 4 What holy city was called Yathrib in pre-Islamic times? 5 The Airedale is the largest breed of which group of dogs? 6 What did the USA buy from Spain for $20 million in 1898? 7 Which British pop group’s second no.1 was the 1977 single Angelo? 8 What is the largest artery in the human body? 9 In Greek mythology, who were Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos? 10 Which Brazilian actor learnt Spanish to play Pablo Escobar in the Netflix series Narcos? 11 Which Swiss watchmaker introduced the Carrera in 1963 and Monaco in 1969? 12 Which cellist became principal conductor of the Hall? Orchestra in 1943? 13 In 1821, Pierre Berthier discovered which aluminium ore near a village in Provence? 14 Which former member of The Humblebums is nicknamed “The Big Yin”? 15 Who formed the Second Triumvirate with Octavian and Lepidus? 16The Troubled Man is the last novel to feature which Swedish inspector? 17 23 Kirkgate, Thirsk is home to The World of… which vet? 18 Who won his first Grand Slam singles title at the 1933 US Championships? 19 Which Formula One team won its first Constructors’ Championship in 1974? 20 Which ocean liner is pictured? Rocky Grimes / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 22 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_558da7c1-a8d9-593b-8307-67c9703f7348) QUIZ 23 – Wildlife (#ulink_67e070f2-9439-503b-83d3-80a8b2b203ff) 1 Referring to their hands, which monkeys derive their name from the Greek for ‘maimed’? 2 Which fir tree is named after a Scottish botanist who died in Hawaii in 1834? 3 What is the largest living marsupial? 4 Which farm animals belong to the genus Capra? 5 Which gamebird’s “Grey” species has the Latin name Perdix perdix? 6 The Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus) is known by which other name? 7 A lithophyte is a type of plant that grows where? 8 The Samoyed dog breed developed in what vast region? 9Ciconia ciconia is the Latin name for which long-necked large bird? 10 Which extinct animal appears twice on the Tasmanian Coat of Arms? 11 “Aurelian” is a term for people interested in which creatures? 12 A zedonk is a rare cross between which two animals? 13 A member of the woodpecker family, the wryneck feeds mostly on what? 14 The Tarpan is an extinct subspecies related to which domesticated animal? 15 A ‘binky’ is a twisting jump made by which animal being joyful? 16 Which species of penguin is second only in size to the emperor penguin? 17 Which amphibian and “aquatic Panda” is called the wawa yu, or crying baby fish, by locals in China? 18 What is the world’s largest living structure composed of living entities? 19 Panama disease is a type of Fusarium wilt that threatens which fruit plants? 20 Which weasel family member is pictured? Click here for Quiz 23 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_a4a15b28-f7b6-597a-ae10-e90a72ed7ef1) QUIZ 24 – General Knowledge (#ulink_2ad8e663-996b-58b1-90d4-ff7aa5544869) 1 The American G.I. Chris Scott is a major character in which musical? 2 The “Radiant Baby” was the trademark of which US street artist (1958–90)? 3 Which general created and first hoisted Argentina’s national flag? 4 Who is the only canine member of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five? 5 According to Sir John Seeley, what was “acquired in a fit of absence of mind”? 6 In 1885, what was first tested on the nine-year-old boy Joseph Meister? 7 Symantec is the world’s largest maker of what type of software? 8 Which Elvis Presley hit was simply O Sole Mio with a new lyric? 9 What symbol links the flags of Vietnam, Somalia and Suriname? 10 In which play does Martin Dysart evaluate the boy Alan Strang? 11 Rosemarie Frankland was the first British winner of which title? 12Shark Tank is the American version of which BBC Two show? 13 Which Allen Ginsberg poem opens: “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness”? 14 In geology, what term is used for soil at or below the freezing point of water for two or more years? 15 Which Dutch company is Europe’s largest brewer? 16 Which Irish province has the greatest number of native Irish speakers? 17 Which Old Testament book contains both the shortest and longest chapters in the Bible? 18 Nicknamed ‘The Bayonne Bleeder’, which boxer claims to have inspired the film Rocky? 19 Which French alpine skier won the first two overall World Cup titles, in 1967 and 1968? 20 Name the pictured knife – Click here for Quiz 24 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_ac5c8cea-d654-5403-8ef3-ea078dfaaf58) QUIZ 25 – General Knowledge (#ulink_7111780d-6d24-5a87-a5fb-b9cceeb1de6a) 1 The famous feline Tardar Sauce (b. 2012) is known by which internet name? 2 Which US actor (1919–93) was key in creating London’s new Globe Theatre? 3 Who did Joyce describe as the “one-handled adulterer” in Ulysses? 4 Wootz, Damascus and Noric are renowned types of which alloy? 5 Sir Thomas Bertram owns which estate in an 1814 novel? 6 Which throwing device has a dingle arm, a lift arm and an elbow? 7 Who was assassinated as she walked to an interview with Peter Ustinov? 8 What is the nearest “yellow dwarf ” to Earth? 9 The strangulation of Mrs. Boyle at the end of Act 1 is central to which play’s plot? 10 The organ of Corti is found where in mammals? 11 Which motorcycle gang TV drama was set in the Californian town of Charming? 12 Which Japanese structure is the world’s tallest tower? 13 “Discovered” in 1824 by the Scottish merchant Robert Hunter, Chang and Eng Bunker were the original what? 14 Roland Berrill and Dr. Lancelot Ware founded which high IQ society in 1946? 15Divers (2015) is the fourth album by which harpist wife of US actor Andy Samberg? 16 Which king supposedly said: “Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?”? 17 Giacomo Meyerbeer’s last opera, L’Africaine, is about which Portuguese explorer? 18 Which country plays the All Blacks for rugby’s Freedom Cup? 19 Which future Baroness became managing director of Birmingham City FC in 1993? 20 Name the South African-born entrepreneur in the picture – Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 25 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_0272648d-9d1d-5878-9430-79cf4ede8233) QUIZ 26 – Food & Drink (#ulink_1cc3588d-57b0-5889-90d7-9a389d19ad0f) 1 Zest from the Femminello St. Teresa or Sorrento lemon is traditionally used to make which liqueur? 2 Featuring stewed beef, which Cuban dish’s name means ‘old clothes’? 3 S. Daniel Abraham created which diet drink brand in 1977? 4 Which spirit derives its name from the Dutch for ‘burnt wine’? 5 Which Swiss chocolatier invented the process of making milk chocolate? 6 What is the main ingredient of hummus? 7 Pat and Harry Olivieri supposedly invented which Philadelphia snack? 8 Sichel launched which kitsch German wine brand in 1923? 9 Miami cardiologist Arthur Agatston promotes which diet? 10 Rocamadour and Montrachet are varieties of what food? 11 What fruit is used in the dessert Tarte Tatin? 12 Associated with New Orleans, what type of snack is a beignet? 13 Andr? Balazs opened which London restaurant and hotel in 2013? 14 Red Star is a popular brand of which Chinese ‘white liquor’? 15 Which ThaiBev beer is named after the Thai for ‘elephant’? 16 A food rich in vitamin C, what is muktuk? 17 Which single-issue consumer group produces the monthly newspaper What’s Brewing? 18 Which South African national dish is curried meat baked with an egg-topping? 19 What is the single-largest day for food consumption in the USA? 20 Which type of cured ham is pictured? Click here for Quiz 26 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_4bfd5599-24eb-5c9b-ac07-2fbc2f697e45) QUIZ 27 – General Knowledge (#ulink_2c717892-93a6-5b4f-8bb6-7c21c6fac956) 1 Reverend John Flynn founded which air ambulance service? 2 The Brockman family featured in which BBC One sitcom? 3 What type of delicacy are Isle of Man Queenies? 4 The Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing is the world’s largest what? 5 What invention was given the US Patent No. 174,465? 6 What type of vehicle is the purpose-built TX4? 7So You Win Again (1977) was which group’s sole UK no 1? 8 Peterman is slang for what type of specialist criminal? 9 Which shrub is named after the first US Ambassador to Mexico? 10 Which London venue is Europe’s largest multi-arts centre? 11 Which actor suffered the first of many on-screen deaths, playing Ranuccio in the film Caravaggio? 12 Which Paco Rabanne fragrance shares its name with a poem by William Ernest Henley? 13 Which Victorian architect designed Westminster Cathedral in the Early Christian Byzantine style? 14 Which podcast re-investigated the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee in Baltimore? 15 What was the only British fighter aircraft in continuous production throughout World War Two? 16 What is the Norfolk estate of the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley? 17 In 1746, which painter married Margaret Burr, an illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Beaufort? 18 The Melbourne Ladies presented Ivo Bligh with which 11cm-high terracotta urn? 19 Prince Albert II of Monaco competed at the Winter Olympics in which sport? 20 Which machine is pictured? Click here for Quiz 27 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_0113c456-3eb0-5b8d-a575-33ab91fc1ec0) QUIZ 28 – General Knowledge (#ulink_c2e90994-79b6-5fef-8d83-ae8ff30ad84c) 1 First produced in 1981, what is Boeing’s largest single-aisle passenger aircraft? 2 Which Australian city is named after the Governor of New South Wales (1821–25)? 3 Which Roman god of love is the son of Venus and husband of Psyche? 4 The Australian continent has how many time zones? 5 The Hamilton-Norwood scale measures the progression of which male problem? 6 What is the largest inhabited castle in the world? 7 Raf Ravenscroft played the sax solo on which big 1978 hit? 8 Bakery chain Greggs opened during the 1930s in which city? 9 Louis Mountbatten opened which theme park on May 24, 1979? 10 Wilson Carlile founded which religious organisation in 1882? 11 Ernst Lindemann was killed in 1941 as the captain of which battleship? 12 Now extinct, the huia was which country’s largest species of wattlebird? 13 Robert Cornelius is credited with taking the first of which photos in 1839? 14 The internet abbreviation TL; DR stands for what? 15 Which Florentine museum houses Michelangelo’s sculptures Bacchus and Brutus? 16 Aqua regia is a mixture of which two acids? 17 Commonly found in American football players, which disease is known as CTE? 18 The horse Quiz won which Classic race in 1801? 19 Peter Oborne’s book Wounded Tiger is a history of cricket in which country? 20 Name the pictured star of musical theatre – Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 28 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_661df5b0-a2c4-591f-bc59-85f1c027d6f9) QUIZ 29 – Classical Music (#ulink_6a8ed5d3-9bac-5291-b0c2-d0f6524d5dc9) 1 Which symphony by Felix Mendelssohn celebrated the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession? 2 Completed in 1962, Montezuma is which US composer’s only full-length opera? 3 Sir Neville Marriner founded which chamber orchestra in 1958? 4 Which German composer’s third symphony is known as the Rhenish? 5 Who composed L’Amico Fritz (1891) and Guglielmo Ratcliff (1895)? 6 Verdi and Rossini both wrote operas based on which Shakespeare tragedy? 7 Which Welsh lyric mezzo-soprano made her album debut with Premiere (2004)? 8 Which French composer wrote the rhapsodic piece Tzigane (1924)? 9 Which composer scored Laurence Olivier’s films Henry V and Hamlet? 10 The composers Elgar, Holst and Delius all died in which year? 11 For which composer was the villa Wahnfried built in Bayreuth? 12 The dish pasta alla Norma took its name from an opera by which composer? 13 Which opera by Peter Maxwell Davies is about a 16th century English composer? 14 Which US minimalist composer wrote Drumming and Music for 18 Musicians? 15 Who is the title subject of the 2013 opera Oscar by composer Theodore Morrison? 16 Which younger brother of Joseph Haydn was also a highly regarded composer? 17 Peter Warlock was the byname of which English composer (1894–1930)? 18 Which composer is the first female Master of the Queen’s Music? 19 The German composer Otto Nicolai founded which orchestra in 1842? 20 Who designed the pictured music venue – DavidGraham86 / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 29 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_fc293095-e251-5831-8242-65e9d53bffa8) QUIZ 30 – General Knowledge (#ulink_84b3cc1b-bd1e-58c9-81b8-d38c1315fe4b) 1 According to a classic tongue twister, what did Peter Piper pick? 2 What links the national anthems of Spain, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo and San Marino? 3 Austria’s Bregenz Festival stages operas on the shores of which lake? 4 In South Africa, what type of social gathering is a braai? 5The Colour of Magic (1983) was the first of which fantasy novels? 6 Which Italian ship collided with the SS Stockholm in 1956? 7 Which children’s book creation had a heart “two sizes too small”? 8 Where was bandleader Wallace Hartley’s last engagement? 9 What metal did Kipling call the “master of them all”? 10 Which video game heroine is the daughter of Lord Henshingly? 11 Which ancient Greek philosopher founded the Lyceum? 12 Mount Pilatus and its summits Tomlishorn and Esel overlook which Swiss city? 13 Which socialist British newspaper styles itself as “The People’s Daily”? 14 The first space satellite orbited by the US, Explorer 1 discovered the innermost of which zones? 15 What is the Beatles’ best-selling single in the UK? 16 Flying V, Firebird, Archtop, L7 and Super 400 are guitars made by which US company? 17 Known for its incredibly long legs, what is South America’s largest canid? 18 Which Italian football team was wiped out in the 1949 Superga air diaster? 19 Whose one year, five day-reign as world chess champion is the briefest in history? 20 Name the pictured English actress – Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 30 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_b91270a0-ffc3-5dc9-a18e-6fb7b4e35b4f) QUIZ 31 – General Knowledge (#ulink_9426c053-aaad-5a29-8ba6-34b7e09b6f57) 1 Which entertainment company was founded by the former fire-eater Guy Laliberte in 1984? 2 Who composed the theme to the 1964 film 633 Squadron? 3 How many syllables are there in a haiku? 4 Who opened his first fish ’n’ chips restaurant in Bradford in 1926? 5 Heracles was the result of an affair Zeus had with which mortal? 6 Which Yorkshireman wrote the plays Bouncers and Teechers? 7 Who hosted infamous parties at 32 Ambleside Avenue, Streatham? 8Robin’s Nest and George and Mildred were spin-offs of what sitcom? 9 Which Englishman wrote The Mathematical Analysis of Logic (1847)? 10 Biman is the state-owned airline of which Asian country? 11 Musically, what links Arabella, Daphne, Elektra and Salome? 12 What did “Slasher Mary” Richardson attack with a meat cleaver on March 10, 1914? 13 In 1670, Louis XIV founded which Paris hospital for infirm soldiers? 14 Which clinical disorder’s name, meaning ‘to be seized by somnolence’, was coined by Jean-Baptiste-?douard G?lineau in 1880? 15 Co-founded by CEO James Park, which San Francisco-based company makes the Surge and Charge HR activity trackers? 16 In 1968, who was sacked from the Shadow Cabinet for his “Rivers of Blood” speech? 17St. Thomas, Oleo, Doxy and Airegin are compositions by which US jazz saxophonist? 18 Set in 1992, which track world record is held by US athlete Kevin Young? 19 Who was killed at the Tamburello curve on May 1, 1994? 20 Which species of antelope is pictured? Click here for Quiz 31 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_36010eba-9920-5bdc-b9b0-d6017e72df0c) QUIZ 32 – Sport (#ulink_be411c79-5bdd-566c-bef0-4ff1e8da0005) 1 In 1922, which US swimmer broke the one-minute barrier in the 100m freestyle for the first time? 2 New Zealand’s Crusaders rugby union team is based in which city? 3 Which Scottish golfer won the 1985 Open Championship and the 1988 Masters? 4 Which Wantage-born jockey became known as the ‘Long Fellow’? 5 Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite is which Brazilian footballer’s real name? 6 Which retired athlete became Tory MP for Falmouth and Camborne in 1992? 7 Where did Lewis Hamilton win his first F1 Grand Prix? 8 Which Glasgow team is Scotland’s oldest football club? 9 Who upset Steve Davis to become world snooker champion in 1985? 10 Italy’s Edoardo Mangiarotti won 13 Olympic medals (including six golds) in which sport? 11 Which American football coach said: “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing”? 12 In 1930, which England player became the oldest man to play Test cricket? 13 In 1933, Ernie Schaaf died four days after he had been knocked out by which Italian heavyweight boxer? 14 Lyon (2008), Bordeaux (2009), Marseille (2010), Lille (2011) – what comes next? 15 Which British politician is the only person to have won an Olympic medal and a Nobel prize? 16 Riding Prince of Penzance, Michelle Payne has become the first female jockey to win which famous horse race? 17 Which golfer designed Augusta National with course architect Alister MacKenzie? 18 Founded by Steve Fairbairn and first contested in 1926, which rowing race runs from Mortlake to Putney? 19Los Charr?as is a nickname of which South American national football team? 20 Who is the pictured Buenos Aires-born footballer? Click here for Quiz 32 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_5ee29e3e-cd1a-5bde-adb8-6c99d1e437ce) QUIZ 33 – General Knowledge (#ulink_f18fb1c6-9c9c-520a-89fa-cbbc31d3e5b3) 1 Charles Dickens described which king as “a most intolerable ruffian”? 2 Kama, or Kamadeva, is the Hindu god of what? 3 Hipped, jerkin and monopitch are types of what universal structure? 4 Which Visigoth king led the sacking of Rome in 410AD? 5 Ventriloquist Peter Brough famously operated which puppet? 6 Paddington Bear lived with which family at 32 Windsor Gardens? 7 The Almanach de Gotha is a directory of what? 8 William Alexander Harvey designed which model village for the Cadburys? 9 Evangelista Torricelli invented which scientific instrument in 1643? 10 Which Channel 4 sitcom produced the catchphrase: “Yes, I can hear you, Clem Fandango”? 11 Named after a capital city, what is the last element in the lanthanide series? 12 Stars of their own 2015 film, who are Dave, Stuart, Jerry, Jorge, Tim, Mark, Phil, Kevin and Bob? 13 Which beef stew has been called “the most celebrated dish in France” by Raymond Blanc? 14 In 1901, the British engineer Hubert Cecil Booth invented the first powered what? 15 Which Moroccan city is home to the Koutoubia Mosque, La Mamounia hotel and El Badi Palace? 16 “We are running on line north and south” may have been the last radio transmission of which aviatrix? 17 Known for her albums Traslocando and Carioca, which Italian singer married the tennis star Bj?rn Borg in 1989? 18 Which badminton trophy is named after a two-time British chess champion? 19 IOC president Thomas Bach won Olympic gold in which sport? 20 Name the pictured mushroom – Click here for Quiz 33 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_b10624d6-72d8-51c8-ba23-ec7fd8b8b24a) QUIZ 34 – General Knowledge (#ulink_8be6127d-eb47-50ec-851b-5ee3d2bf3dd9) 1 Luigi Boccherini composed Night Music of the Streets of which capital city? 2 Which December 1941 battle is sometimes called the “Alamo of the Pacific”? 3 The body of criminal Aris Kindt features in which 1632 painting? 4 Which UN secretary-general was killed in an air crash on the Zambian frontier? 5 A sambuca served con mosca (‘with flies’) has what added to it? 6 Which ancient Hindu text is the most famous work of Vatsyayana? 7 What did Cervantes call “short sentences drawn from long experience”? 8 Which Dutchman discovered Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, in 1655? 9 What is Germany’s biggest selling newspaper? 10 First explored in 1994, which French cave features the Megaloceros Gallery? 11 The Lyle’s Golden Syrup trademark depicts which creatures? 12 What is the stage name of Hawaiian-born singer Peter Gene Hernandez? 13 Which US photojournalist was played by Candice Bergen in the film Gandhi? 14 Which volcano’s eruption caused the ‘Year Without Summer’ of 1816? 15 Born in Geneva in 1936, Karim al-Husayn Shah has which hereditary title? 16 Edward Lear described which characters whose “heads are green, and their hands are blue”? 17 Dinosaurs first appeared during which geologic period, about 230 million years ago? 18 Who wrote about life as a county cricketer in A Lot of Hard Yakka (1998)? 19 Which race is known in the US as “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports”? 20 Who is the pictured American fashion model? Click here for Quiz 34 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_1ea93851-2953-599d-9750-b6f3737624a1) QUIZ 35 – Astronomy (#ulink_730e5349-4571-5895-8511-f19ba988b97f) 1 Dysnomia is the only moon of which dwarf planet? 2 Which zodiacal constellation lies in the southern sky between Libra and Sagittarius? 3 The constellation Cassiopeia is famous for having which distinctive letter shape? 4 What is the farthest planet in the Solar System from the Sun? 5 In 1959, the space probe Luna 3 took the first ever photographs of what? 6 Achernar (Arabic for ‘end of the river’) is the brightest star in which constellation? 7 Which galaxy, the largest of the Local Group, is expected to collide with the Milky Way in 3.75 billion years? 8 Who became the second Astronomer Royal on succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720? 9 William Herschel made which discovery on March 13, 1781? 10 Containing Barnard’s Star, which constellation is the ‘Snake-holder’? 11 The astronomy abbreviation CME refers to the Sun erupting with a what? 12 Despina, Larissa and Naiad are moons of which planet? 13 Which moon of Saturn is larger than the planet Mercury but is half of its mass? 14 Which astronaut served as an Ohio Democrat senator from 1974 to 1999? 15 Launched in 1973, what was America’s first space station? 16 Launched in 1959, what was the first weather satellite? 17 Salyut I was the first ever type of which structure? 18 The impact basin Hellas is which planet’s largest recognisable impact feature? 19 Which Apollo 13 astronaut said: “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here”? 20 The image features which shield volcano on Mars? Click here for Quiz 35 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_d32d9c54-1d74-592a-a05a-25dd332ea8d7) QUIZ 36 – General Knowledge (#ulink_17ddcb56-8c9b-57be-a2eb-8810dd7c5e90) 1 Dipsomania refers to an uncontrollable craving for what? 2 The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is in which US city? 3 The Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house is in which Spanish city? 4 Larry David plays Larry David in which HBO comedy? 5 Meaning ‘instruction’, what is the Hebrew term for the Pentateuch? 6 Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1929 novel The Maracot Deep centres on which legend? 7 Abraham Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570) was the first modern what? 8 Martin Luther was declared an outlaw at which 1521 ‘Diet’? 9 The Fourcault Process manufactures what inorganic material? 10 The 1939 film Ninotchka carried which famous two-word tagline? 11 Who was shot by Boston Corbett on April 26, 1865? 12 Which poem by Rainer Maria Rilke concludes: “You must change your life”? 13 Which dark nebula in Orion is also known as Barnard 33 or B33? 14 Which flap at the base of the tongue keeps food from going into the windpipe? 15 Traditionally made of silver, a bombilla is used as both a straw and a sieve when drinking which infusion? 16 Captain Louis Nolan was the first man killed in which 1854 action? 17 Possibly Cuba’s most popular living author, which writer created the Havana cop Mario Conde? 18 Which chess-playing IBM computer beat Garry Kasparov in 1997? 19 Which race is held on the first Sunday of March between the village of S?len and town of Mora? 20 Name the pictured English motorcycle racer – Click here for Quiz 36 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_fe83cb80-d0bd-5b25-88fe-2fe097c1c1f7) QUIZ 37 – General Knowledge (#ulink_2c0669e0-e047-59b6-a486-90251c6a0982) 1 About 4,000 crocus stigmas are needed to yield one ounce of what? 2Juditha Triumphans (1716) is which Italian composer’s only surviving oratorio? 3 Which cathedral is home to the Hedda Stone and Catherine of Aragon’s tomb? 4 What was the seventh commandment in the so-called ‘Wicked Bible’ of 1631? 5 Which bird can be Pink, Rock, Speckled, Nicobar or Domestic? 6 Which Pacific republic is the first country to enter the New Year? 7 What type of traditional Andean musical instrument is the Siku? 8 Thomas Lawrence’s 1794 portrait of Sarah Barrett Moulton has what colourful nickname? 9 Alfred Eisenstaedt took a famous photograph of a couple kissing where on VJ Day 1945? 10 Roustam Raza was the faithful Mamluk bodyguard of which Frenchman? 11 Santa Cruz is the most populated of which Pacific islands? 12 The Icelandic dish harkal features what kind of rotted meat? 13 What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek first observe in 1674? 14 On February 9, 1976, who took up command of the minehunter HMS Bronington? 15 In which 1972 film does Tang Lung (Bruce Lee) fight Colt (Chuck Norris) at Rome’s Colosseum? 16 In 1957, which drug was first sold in West Germany under the brand name Contergan? 17 Opening in 1971, which snooker-related venue was designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch? 18 Which Turner Prize-nominee designed Partick Thistle’s terrifying mascot Kingsley? 19 In 1968, who became the first Kenyan to win the Olympic 3000m steeplechase title? 20 Which famous musical instrument is pictured? Click here for Quiz 37 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_b3736c5c-aab5-5db0-993f-e127ad331b99) QUIZ 38 – Religion (#ulink_21468ba8-6b49-58d6-8a9f-66f2f426f462) 1 Which UFO-based religion was founded by Claude Vorilhon in 1974? 2 One of the 5 Ks in Sikhism, what symbol of faith is a kirpan? 3 Also known as semazen, which Sufi Muslims perform the Mevlevi ritual dance or Sema? 4 Where did the Byzantine emperor Justinian build the present Church of the Nativity in 565 AD? 5 The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is a governing body in which church? 6 Which Jewish holiday is also called the Feast of Tabernacles? 7 Founded by Apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus, what is the world’s oldest national church? 8 Venerated in Mexico, which female folk saint is known by a Spanish name meaning ‘Holy Death’? 9 According to Genesis, Bera and Birsha were the respective kings of which cities? 10 Which Bible translator served as Bishop of Exeter from 1551 to 1553? 11 Born Vincenzo Pecci, who was the oldest pope, as he reigned until the age of 93? 12 Who is the patron saint of the Order of the Garter? 13 Who saw 18 visions of the Virgin Mary in the Grotte de Massabielle? 14 Which religion postulates that every person is a Thetan – an immortal spiritual being? 15 Which Hindu god also comes in the form of Nataraja, the Lord of Dance? 16 In Jewish dietary law, which word describes forbidden or non-kosher food? 17 Orongo was the ceremonial centre of which Easter Island cult? 18 Which Viennese cathedral is famed for its huge Pummerin bell? 19 Which mountain in Henan, China, is home to the Shaolin Temple? 20 Which English cathedral is pictured? Arena Photo UK / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 38 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_e02b74f0-5ab1-533d-998e-c057ff537616) QUIZ 39 – General Knowledge (#ulink_e8ff4c28-8709-58b0-8cdd-49d50efa1087) 1 Which Austrian Empress was assassinated by anarchist Luigi Lucheni in 1898? 2 Released in 1988, what was U2’s first UK number one single? 3 Toblerone chocolate’s shape is said to be inspired by which mountain? 4 Which 1945 J.B. Priestley play is set in the Birling family home? 5 Donald Shepherd introduced which relocatable buildings in 1961? 6 Located in Northumberland, what is England’s largest forest? 7 Hired in 1886, Mrs P.F.E. Albee of Winchester, New Hampshire, was the first ever what? 8 Which Austrian physicist wrote the popular science book What is Life? (1944)? 9 Plitvice Lakes National Park is the largest in which country? 10 What is the name of the community college in the US TV comedy Community? 11 Which ancient Greek historian called Egypt the “gift of the Nile”? 12 Which R&B singer featured on the rapper Nelly’s 2002 no.1 Dilemma? 13 Named from the Sanskrit for ‘divine town script’, which alphabet is used for Hindi? 14 In 1733, who succeeded Daniel Bernoulli to the chair of mathematics at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences? 15 Which black raspberry liqueur is named after the largest ch?teau in the Loire Valley? 16 Which city on the river Pegnitz is home to Germany’s largest museum of cultural history? 17 Which traditional Japanese string instrument is the only one played with a bow? 18 Pencak Silat is a general term for martial arts created in which country? 19 Juha Kankkunen was a four-time world champion in which event? 20 Name the ancient sculpture in the Vatican Museums – Click here for Quiz 39 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_e42c5d4c-6946-506b-8098-dc9a5553aefb) QUIZ 40 – General Knowledge (#ulink_5d6c1fcc-f0c7-5001-8c54-167ea6e63b08) 1 Auguste Deter (1850–1906) was the first diagnosis of which disease? 2 Which soft drink was created in 1885 by Charles Alderton of Waco, Texas? 3 Nectanebo II was the last native ruler of which ancient country? 4 The Morosini explosion of 1687 greatly damaged which temple? 5 Which species of fly has the Latin name Calliphora vomitoria? 6 Which Frenchman said: “England has 42 religions and only two sauces”? 7Mojo (1995) and Jerusalem (2009) are plays by which English dramatist? 8 “Building Better Worlds”, Weyland-Yutani Corp features in which sci-fi film series? 9 Who is heir apparent to the Japanese throne? 10 Which Caribbean country’s flag features an open Bible? 11 Salvador Dali called which French city’s train station “the centre of the world”? 12 Richard Assmann and L?on Teisserenc de Bort discovered which layer of the atmosphere in 1902? 13 The acronym STEM refers to which four academic fields? 14 Launched in 1885, what was the world’s first packaged and branded soap? 15 The Edinburgh ornithologist George Waterston bought which remote island in 1948? 16 Josh Meyers, Reggie Brown and Bobby Murphy developed which photo messaging app? 17 Who might use a quickdraw, carabiner, cam and crampons? 18 The tienta is an aggression test for animals used in which spectacle? 19 Which international women’s rugby union team are known as the Nomads? 20 Which Edinburgh-born inventor is pictured? Click here for Quiz 40 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_5419b101-9f35-51ec-af2b-855eee1fb399) QUIZ 41 – Fashion (#ulink_952c4482-c228-54ff-98bc-cd5845faa47f) 1 Since 1992, Patrick Demarchelier has worked with which US fashion magazine, becoming its premier photographer? 2 Founded by Ulrich Dausien, which German outdoor wear brand uses a paw print logo? 3 Which tennis player founded the fashion label Aneres? 4 Worn by Hindu men, what item of clothing is a dhoti? 5 Which English model married the US actor Giovanni Ribisi in June 2012? 6 Which Italian fashion designer (1890–1973) created the ‘Cocteau’ Evening Jacket? 7 The billionaire brothers Alain and Gerard Wertheimer own which fashion company? 8 In 1995, trichologist Mark Constantine and beauty therapist Liz Weir founded which "Fresh Hand-Made Cosmetics" company? 9 Which woman designed the dress for Princess Anne’s engagement photo in 1973? 10 Arguably the world’s first supermodel, Lisa Fonssagrives married which US photographer in 1950? 11 Which US fashion designer’s daughter owns the sweet shop chain Dylan’s Candy Bar? 12 Elizabeth and James and The Row are fashion labels by which twin sisters? 13 Sara Blakely founded which undergarment company in 2000? 14Notebook on Cities and Clothes is a 1989 documentary about which Japanese fashion designer? 15 Which French fashion house makes the Antigona and Pandora bags? 16 Bamboo, Guilty and Rush are perfumes by which Italian fashion house? 17 Which supermarket sells the F&F clothing collection? 18 Which canid is the logo of the Leicester-based clothing brand Wolsey? 19 Napoleon III’s wife Empress Eug?nie charged which malletier with “packing the most beautiful clothes in an exquisite way”? 20 Name the designer of the dress in the picture – Click here for Quiz 41 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_2702e60b-a683-5a4e-b3d0-94c8152bf7a9) QUIZ 42 – General Knowledge (#ulink_36e0385e-ab2b-5212-81ff-1861b6020cfb) 1 Leucopenia is an abnormal reduction in the number of what? 2 Which psychotherapeutic approach is abbreviated CBT? 3 Which US jazz bassist wrote The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)? 4 Kingscote, Horsted Keynes and Sheffield Park are stops on which line? 5 Founded in 1868, which Scottish company makes Royal Game Soup? 6 Which radio comedy centred on the frigate HMS Troutbridge? 7 Which device gives a Punch puppet his trademark voice? 8 In a 1915 novel, who is accused of the Portland Place murder? 9 Who married Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield in 1996? 10 Which Roman goddess was the personification of luck? 11 The Finnish drink Lappish Hag’s Love Potion is made from which fruit? 12 Tskhinvali is the capital of which breakaway Georgian region? 13 Which 1985 Kate Bush song is about the Austrian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich? 14 In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, who is described as “the noblest Roman of them all”? 15 Which halogen is the only liquid non-metallic element? 16 Which 1989 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is based on a 1955 novel by David Garnett? 17 Alexander MacRae founded which Australian swimwear brand in 1914? 18 In 1986, the Ukrainian-born athlete Yuriy Sedykh set the world record in which field event? 19 A Gaelic football team features how many players? 20 Name the stock character of French pantomime in the picture – Click here for Quiz 42 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_84e17780-082e-55f7-9ae7-fd449eb12500) QUIZ 43 – General Knowledge (#ulink_5148ead9-0470-5bdb-9ad7-b7c302242e60) 1 D’Anjou, Williams, Bosc and Concorde are varieties of which fruit? 2 Lager Sylt was a Nazi concentration camp on which Channel island? 3 From 1516 to 1519, which artist lived in the Ch?teau de Cloux, now Clos Luc?? 4 Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz married which prince in 1978? 5 Which cathedral has the longest nave in England? 6 Which Italian composed the 1892 opera La Wally? 7 What is the smallest bone in the human body? 8 What is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust? 9 Seen on Top Gear being driven inside BBC Television Centre by Jeremy Clarkson, which Peel model is the smallest production car ever? 10 Starring Tom Cruise, which 2014 film is based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s novel All You Need is Kill? 11 Thousands of which birds come together in a spectacle known as a ‘murmuration’? 12 Flight Lieutenant Herbert Carmichael Irwin was captain of which airship when it crashed? 13 Werner Co. is the world’s leading manufacturer and distributor of which equipment? 14 Which French landscape architect (1613–1700) created the gardens at the Palace of Versailles? 15 Topping lists of the world’s most violent cities, San Pedro Sula is in which country? 16 Founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, which website calls itself “the front page of the internet”? 17 Which Swiss company has kept time at the Olympics since 1932? 18 Often taken to cricket matches in Australia, what is an Esky? 19 Which Jersey-born golfer won a record six Open Championships and was played by Stephen Dillane in the 2005 film The Greatest Game Ever Played? 20 Name the Canadian dish in the picture – Click here for Quiz 43 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_daafc4c7-e6b4-50ff-ba5e-a4b6b31478a2) QUIZ 44 – Transport (#ulink_98d1c653-ca89-5534-b426-b8fa2235f56f) 1 Adopted in 1876, which pattern of lines marks the limit to which a ship may be loaded? 2 Which French aviator was the first person to cross the Mediterranean Sea by air? 3 Which type of sailing vessel derives its name from the Tamil for ‘tied-wood’? 4 The Dutch company Batavus manufactures which items? 5 The Bucentaur was the highly decorated galley of which city’s doges? 6 Which Scottish engineer (1757–1834) designed the Caledonian Canal? 7 Margaret Rule led the project that raised which Tudor warship in 1982? 8 The 1941 sinking of the SS Politician inspired which Compton Mackenzie novel? 9 Which British motorcycle company launched its original Thunderbird in 1949? 10 Which 1965 book set out Ralph Nader’s views on defective car design? 11 The largest in the Southern Hemisphere, TAM Airlines is based in which country? 12 The Soviet Mil V-12 is the largest example of which craft to have been built? 13 Which Irish-born explorer led his first Antarctic expedition on the ship Nimrod? 14 Founded in 1909, what was the first British aircraft manufacturing company? 15 Which Italian carmaker’s logo features a serpent eating a man? 16 Which Moroccan city is served by Ibn Battouta Airport? 17 The airline Conviasa is the flag carrier of which South American country? 18 Which Asian automaker produces the cee’d compact car? 19 Which Ontario canal becomes the world’s largest naturally frozen skating rink in winter? 20 Name the luxury SUV in the picture – Kosarev Alexander / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 44 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_0c80573d-0242-5d9a-b6ef-09f68029382d) QUIZ 45 – General Knowledge (#ulink_d113a530-31f7-51cb-9be5-f28bf2edc6c0) 1 Which Japanese corporation is the world’s largest maker of musical instruments? 2 Launched in 2013, Azzam is the world’s largest what? 3 Located in Canterbury, what is England’s oldest working parish church? 4 Which landlocked Italian region does not border a foreign country? 5 Which conductor set up the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Edward Said? 6 Sarnath in India is the deer park where which man first taught the Dharma? 7 Which Irish travel author wrote Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle (1965)? 8 The Scottish physician Neil Arnott invented a form of which bed in the 1800s? 9 Which aromatic resin is tapped from trees of the genus Boswellia? 10 Nathan Fillion played which titular mystery novelist, with the first name Richard, in a US TV drama? 11 The Galleria Sabauda is an art collection in which Italian city? 12 The Ten Commandments feature in Exodus and which other Old Testament book? 13 Inspired by a kitchen pasta maker, Adolf Ehinger created which office device in 1936? 14 Who was shot by Fanny Kaplan on August 30, 1918? 15 Telegonus was the youngest son of Circe and which mythical hero? 16 Which traditional Thai greeting gesture is similar to the Indian namaste? 17 The national fruit of Bangladesh, what is the world’s largest tree-borne fruit? 18 Who was the first African American winner of a Grand Slam tennis title? 19 What was the last football club outside of the Old Firm to win a Scottish league title? 20 Name the British band – Mat Hayward / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 45 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_412a3c1f-8116-54a2-b5c1-1520081e4abc) QUIZ 46 – General Knowledge (#ulink_95d6d33c-6e0e-5851-aab8-0b2ec067ab64) 1 Which eye infection is also known as granular conjunctivitis and Egyptian ophthalmia? 2 Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, which 2014 film has been called “the first Iranian vampire Western”? 3 Which Jane Austen heroine is introduced as “handsome, clever, and rich”? 4 Which astronomer coined the term “Big Bang” on BBC radio in 1949? 5 Which US band originally released the single Dancing in the Moonlight in 1972? 6 Bob Slattery composed which fragrance for Calvin Klein in 1985? 7 Cordwainer is an archaic term for which job? 8 Which Anglo-Saxon king succeeded Hardicanute in 1042? 9 Which German mathematician illustrated the problems of treating infinity as a number with his “Infinite Hotel”? 10 The lantern that Guy Fawkes carried on his arrest is in which museum? 11 The Senyera is the flag of which Autonomous Community? 12 Who performed the song Get Happy in her last MGM film, Summer Stock (1950)? 13 What is the SI unit of mass? 14 The holder of which American political office resides at Gracie Mansion? 15 Shirley Conran said “Life is too short to…” do what? 16 Who was the only actor to appear in all 295 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine? 17 What has been discovered to be the only known truly warm-blooded fish? 18 Graham Hill is the only driver to have completed which triple crown of motor sport? 19 Shotokan is the most widely practiced style of which martial art? 20 Name the pictured great ape – Click here for Quiz 46 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_9eba7ad2-5753-53cf-9c10-c689a8371d82) QUIZ 47 – Politics (#ulink_626784a0-e595-51b8-a9ec-5359f7e631ea) 1 Which longest-serving prime minister of Australia founded the Liberal Party? 2 Why didn’t the Queen open the 1959 and 1963 sessions of Parliament? 3 Which Labour politician entered Parliament in 1945 as MP for Ormskirk? 4 After losing his seat in 1918, which future prime minister returned to the Commons as MP for Aberavon in 1922? 5 Labour Party leader Dom Mintoff was a two-time Prime Minister of which country? 6 Until Margaret Thatcher, who was the 20th century’s longest continuously serving prime minister? 7 In 1945, which MP for Jarrow was appointed the first female Minister for Education? 8 Located in rue de Varenne in Paris, what is the official residence of France’s prime minister? 9 Which Tory foreign secretary was MP for Witney from 1983 until 1997? 10 Winner of the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize, who was Britain’s first Labour cabinet minister? 11 Jessica Gunning played which future MP for Swansea East in the 2014 film Pride? 12 In 1916, who was reelected US president on the slogan: “He kept us out of the war”? 13 Which city is home to Chile’s bicameral parliament, the National Congress? 14 Assassinated in 1975, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was which country’s founding leader? 15 The holder of which political office resides at 24 Sussex Drive? 16 Which president was described by Gore Vidal as “a triumph of the embalmer’s art”? 17 Which prime minister wrote in The Times under the pseudonym Runnymede? 18 Who did US President Franklin Roosevelt tell: “We need muscles like yours to beat Germany”? 19 Which 1976 110m hurdles Olympic champion became France’s Minister of Youth and Sport in 1995? 20 Name the pictured Labour Chancellor – Click here for Quiz 47 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_95ec27fe-be66-5d49-945c-6aa2898c07b7) QUIZ 48 – General Knowledge (#ulink_ac821120-2de5-54a1-8253-9b9cd0d269d4) 1 The actress Valerie Hobson was married to which disgraced Tory politician? 2 The song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah features in which controversial 1946 Disney film? 3 Which unit of length is named from the Latin for ‘elbow’? 4 Jean Prouvost founded which weekly news-driven French magazine in 1949? 5 Opened in 2003, what is Britain’s largest national park? 6 In China, which animal is known as Xiongmao meaning ‘Giant Cat Bear’? 7 In 1980, Brian Souter founded which Perth-based transport group with his sister Ann Gloag and her former husband Robin? 8 Born in Amaseia, Pontus (modern-day Amasya, Turkey) in 64 or 63 BC, which Greek wrote the 17-book encyclopedia Geographica? 9 Farringford House on the Isle of Wight was the home of which Poet Laureate? 10 Rose, smoky and milky are common varieties of which mineral? 11 Which brand of apple juice is pressed on Boxford Farm in Suffolk? 12 The defence of Pavlov’s House was a key event in which 1942–43 battle? 13 Which British illustrator created the Where’s Wally? aka Where’s Waldo? books? 14La virgen de los sicarios or Our Lady of the Assassins (1994) is which Colombian writer’s best known novel? 15 Which Thelonius Monk song is the most recorded jazz standard composed by a jazz musician? 16 The Washington DC-based Brookings Institution is often ranked the world’s most influential what? 17 The lack of correlation between body size and cancer risk is known as whose paradox? 18 In 1990, which 45-year-old golfer became the oldest ever US Open champion? 19 Which Belfast-born F1 driver won the 1983 US GP West after starting 22nd on the grid? 20 Name the famous precious stone in the picture – Click here for Quiz 48 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_0770128e-a645-58f7-960c-2fb42fdf997a) QUIZ 49 – General Knowledge (#ulink_afd0bce7-3bd8-52e6-9219-621595b1f75e) 1 Played on film by Eric Bana, the Australian criminal Mark Read had what nickname? 2 Who links Kirk Douglas, Tony Curran, Andy Serkis and Jacques Dutronc? 3 Which Holy Roman Emperor was Philip the Handsome and Joanna the Mad’s eldest son? 4 Often described as the “world’s worst airline”, Air Koryo is which country’s national carrier? 5The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (1931) introduced which detective? 6 B?arnaise sauce becomes sauce Choron with the addition of which pur?e? 7De Ira by Seneca the Younger is a philosophical treatise on which emotion? 8 Which Harold Pinter play is set at Petey and Meg Boles’ seaside boarding house? 9 Low-density lipoprotein is the so-called “bad” form of which substance? 10 Which US designer launched her knitted jersey wrap dress in 1973? 11 Philematology is the science of which physical act? 12 In a 1984 novel by John Updike, who are the Rhode Island natives, Alexandra Spofford, Jane Smart and Sukie Rougemont? 13 The Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas designed the Casa da M?sica in which city? 14 Which John Adams opera centres on the hijack of the Achille Lauro cruise ship? 15 Which French company developed the AGV (Automotrice ? grande vitesse) train? 16 H.R. Giger created the cover for which 1973 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album? 17 Which Italian building is adorned with 3,159 statues? 18 Aged 15, which Chelmsford-born swimmer won Olympic silver and bronze in 1984? 19 Which American race is the world’s oldest annual marathon? 20 Name the fruit – Click here for Quiz 49 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_45dde2a0-a71f-5efd-871f-bb121e95ab28) QUIZ 50 – Theatre (#ulink_cf8066b1-b1c7-5da4-b57c-09f33f58d102) 1 Queen Victoria saw which Irish playwright’s drama The Colleen Bawn three times? 2 Dr. Thomas Stockmann is the main character in which Henrik Ibsen play? 3 Who is told he will only be defeated when Birnam wood comes to Dunsinane? 4 Which “Irish Chekhov” wrote the plays Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Faith Healer and Translations? 5Lady, Be Good (1924) was which brothers’ first Broadway musical? 6 Which British-based dramatist wrote the 1988 play Our Country’s Good? 7 Which musical features the numbers Don’t Rain on My Parade, People and You Are Woman? 8Hamletmachine (1977) is a postmodernist drama by which German playwright? 9 In 1995, who became the first actor to win a Tony Award for playing Hamlet? 10 Arguing over “the reckyninge” (bill), Ingram Frizer stabbed which man to death in the Deptford home or victualling house of the widow Eleanor Bull? 11 Which playwright used the music critic pseudonym Corno di Bassetto? 12 Which English theatre director married the actress Leslie Caron in 1956? 13 Who wrote the 1970s plays Sleuth, Murderer and Whodunnit? 14 Which dramatist wrote the 1603 Roman tragedy Sejanus his Fall? 15 Whose play, The Cyclops, is the only extant satyr play? 16 In 1959, who did Kenneth Tynan call “the finest actor on earth from the neck up”? 17 In a Stephen Sondheim musical, Benjamin Barker becomes which title character? 18 Who composed the music for the 1927 musical Show Boat? 19 Harold Pinter based which play on his affair with Joan Bakewell? 20 Which “greatest stage actor of his generation” is pictured? Click here for Quiz 50 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_e5c357db-ec03-5f1b-b54a-1526e299d9f9) QUIZ 51 – General Knowledge (#ulink_b15c460e-af3a-5c9a-9f10-d766188f2c44) 1 Whose lecture series, The Chemical History of a Candle, was printed as a book in 1861? 2 Also known as the nutria or river rat, what semi-aquatic mammal is the largest British rodent? 3 Which Keats poem begins: “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever”? 4 The world’s tallest mosque, the Hassan II Mosque is in which city? 5 Which ballerina’s last words were: “Get my swan costume ready!”? 6 The Acme Thunderer is a bestselling make of which woodwind instrument? 7 Benjamin Waugh founded which children’s charity in 1889? 8Kane’s Wrath (2008) is an expansion pack for Tiberium Wars, the third installment in which real-time strategy video game series? 9 Which Bolton comedian’s first volume of autobiography, The Sound of Laughter, sold 278,000 copies on its first day (including pre-orders)? 10 Which part of the brain derives its name from the Latin for ‘almond’? 11 W.H. Smith opened its first railway bookstall at which London station in 1848? 12 What was the monstrous offspring of Pasipha? and a snow-white bull? 13 Valhalla is the largest impact crater on which moon of Jupiter, the most heavily cratered object in the Solar System? 14 Whose coffin was assigned the last ever Factory Records catalogue number FAC-501? 15 In 1927, which actress was sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex? 16 Which radioactive isotope of carbon was discovered by Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben in 1940? 17 In 1968, the Missourian oil tycoon Robert P. McCulloch bought which five-arched structure? 18 Held in the Czech city of Ostrava, what type of event is the Golden Spike? 19 Which French pair are the first swimmer-siblings to both win Olympic gold medals? 20 Which early computer is pictured? Click here for Quiz 51 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_3f5b00c8-5240-56a7-b030-ff2a02921402) QUIZ 52 – General Knowledge (#ulink_73a75cf9-c0e5-59d7-8dcc-bfa6d77f67f6) 1 Formed in 1570, which foundry is Britain’s oldest manufacturing company? 2 Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer both created and star in which Comedy Central sitcom, premiered in 2014? 3 Which mammal is named from a Malay word meaning ‘something that rolls up’? 4 Which architect’s Marseille un?t? d’habitation, an 18-floor vertical community, was completed in 1952? 5 Which book opens: “I come from Des Moines. Someone had to”? 6 The Hatfields fought which family in an infamous 19th century American feud? 7 “Mendips”, aka 251 Menlove Avenue, was the childhood home of which Beatle? 8 Which Serbian-American inventor discovered the rotating magnetic field (1882)? 9 First flown in 1935, the Junkers Ju87 dive-bomber had which nickname? 10 “Big Suze” in the sitcom Peep Show, the actress Sophie Winkleman married which Lord in 2009? 11 In yoga, the body has how many chakras (major energy centres)? 12 Nahum Tate gave which Shakespeare tragedy a happy ending in 1681? 13 Which man’s oldest surviving creation is Pierre the French Rat? 14 Which object was known in Gondorian lore as “Isildur’s Bane”? 15 419 scams are named for a clause in which country’s criminal code? 16 Georges Lema?tre’s ‘hypothesis of the primeval atom’ is known by what modern name? 17 Whose 1,093rd patent was for a ‘Holder for Article to be Electroplated’ (1931)? 18 Fondly remembered for playing the Man U-crazed games teacher Mr. Sugden in the film Kes, which late actor wrestled as “Leon Arras, the Man from Paris”? 19 Who won the first ever Sports Illustrated “Sportsman of the Year” title in 1954? 20 Which city is home to the pictured Nanpu Bridge? Click here for Quiz 52 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_597945ac-4c35-5dd9-a940-178dd2addd61) QUIZ 53 – First (#ulink_c4fab9d3-ae0f-58fe-ab68-e3cec875931b) 1 Which French painter’s first major work was The Barque of Dante (1822)? 2 Which theatre director was the first wife of musician Ewan MacColl? 3 The drug, rapamycin, was first discovered in which island’s soil? 4 Leonard Bernstein’s first symphony is named after which Biblical prophet? 5 Commissioned in 1963, what was Britain’s first nuclear-powered submarine? 6 Deposed in 1969, Idris was which country’s first and only king? 7 An ARP detachment leader, Thomas Alderson was the first recipient of which medal? 8 Bridget Bishop was the first woman to be tried and convicted at which 1692 trials? 9 What was first demonstrated at Merstham Quarry, Surrey, on July 14, 1867? 10 Which hotel hosted John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s first 1969 ‘Bed-In’ for peace? 11 In a Royal Family context, who were Dookie and Jane? 12Not a Penny More, Not Penny Less (1976) was whose first novel? 13 Which German was the first photographer to win the Turner Prize? 14 In 1976, who became Spain’s first democratically elected prime minister since the Second Spanish Republic? 15 The Canadian engineer, Sandford Fleming, was the first to propose which worldwide system? 16 In 1977, the user interface architect Bill Fernandez became which company’s first employee? 17 Which country hosted the first World Sauna Championships in 1999? 18 Who became the first officially licensed female British boxer in 1998? 19 Which Zimbabwean-born batsman was first branded “a flat-track bully” by John Bracewell? 20 Which first American woman to win the Nobel prize in literature is pictured? Click here for Quiz 53 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_dbe5b2ea-c7f1-5361-8e44-cfdf28138514) QUIZ 54 – General Knowledge (#ulink_9a4986c1-1366-5bc5-88af-51fb20b80a3c) 1 Which dashing hero first appeared in Johnston McCulley’s 1919 story The Curse of Capistrano? 2 The poet Saunders Lewis played a key role in founding which political party? 3 Which group had a hit in 1988 with John Kettley is a Weatherman? 4 What was demonstrated by the original Foucault pendulum in 1851? 5 The serial killer Red John was the family-murdering nemesis of which TV character? 6 A Salmanazar is equivalent to how many champagne bottles? 7 Jim Connell wrote which socialist anthem in 1889? 8 What is the actual first name of Indiana Jones? 9 King Edward VII popularised which felt hat after visiting Germany? 10 What is the largest private garden in London? 11 Daisuke Inoue invented which musical machine in 1971? 12 Which 1874 painting by Renoir in the National Museum Wales is often called ‘The Blue Lady’? 13 Henry VIII described which teenage wife as his “rose without a thorn”? 14 Which assistant to Robert Koch invented a transparent dish for the culture of microorganisms? 15 Under a licence from L?szl? B?r?, which company launched the Cristal ballpoint pen in 1950? 16 Which 2014 play by Mike Bartlett imagines the Prince of Wales becoming king? 17 Which German chainsaw manufacturer sponsors the Timbersports World Championship? 18 Kays of Scotland manufactures which stones for the Olympics? 19 Driving for Peugeot, which Finn was World Rally Champion in 2000 and 2002? 20 The residential building in the picture is located in which city? Click here for Quiz 54 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_f6a7c1f8-a5a4-557b-98a8-fb509f7f3cee) QUIZ 55 – General Knowledge (#ulink_8faba82f-cf12-5aea-bdaa-8bec44d8ce47) 1 Named after Mithridates VI of Pontus, Mithridatism is which practice? 2 Founded in 1926, America’s oldest contemporary dance company is named after which woman? 3 Which Tire & Rubber Company is named after the inventor of vulcanised rubber? 4 Which late Polish journalist claimed to have witnessed 27 coups and revolutions? 5 Which “disease of kings” is caused by elevated uric acid levels in the blood? 6 The USS Arizona Memorial is located where? 7 What is the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere? 8 Which chef ran the London restaurant Harveys between 1987 and 1993? 9 The London bookshop Stanfords specialises in which field? 10 Who starred as Father James Lavelle in the 2014 film Calvary? 11 Which French artist (1930–2002) was famous for colourful figures called ‘Nanas’? 12 Which German philosopher stated that “to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric”? 13 What sort of dolphin was TV’s Flipper? 14 Alfama is the oldest district of which European capital? 15 Wolfram von Richthofen planned which April 26, 1937 bombing raid? 16 Which child film star always wore exactly 56 curls in her hair? 17 Which Frenchman wrote the plays L’Alouette (1952) and Becket (1959)? 18 Tabac, Massenet and Piscine are corners on which street circuit? 19 Founded in 1860, Forgan is the oldest maker of which sporting items? 20 Name the pictured footwear – Click here for Quiz 55 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_13152bf5-5be3-5e2a-8b33-1fa5a917266c) QUIZ 56 – Mythology (#ulink_cd782295-7e31-50c2-a30a-ce7ea2c95f23) 1 Who was both the mother and wife of Oedipus? 2 What is M?spellsheimr the realm of in Norse mythology? 3 Originally patron god of the city of Eridu, the Sumerian god Enki later became known by what name in Akkadian and Babylonian mythology? 4 Which Titan is the father of the Greek god Zeus? 5 Which watchman of the Norse gods guarded the rainbow bridge Bifrost? 6 Atlas and Prometheus are the sons of Clymene and which Titan in Greek myth? 7 Which Egyptian god of the earth is the father of Osiris, Isis, Set and Nephthys? 8 The Stymphalian birds killed by Heracles were pets of which Greek god? 9 The Cypriot city of Paphos was the primary place of worship for which Greek goddess? 10 Identified with Zeus, which chief Etruscan god was ruler of the skies, husband of Uni and father of Hercle? 11 Which son of the Egyptian god Osiris avenged his murder by Seth and became the new king of Egypt? 12 J?rngreipr are the iron gloves of which Norse god? 13 Which aulos-playing satyr was flayed alive after losing a musical duel with Apollo? 14 K?, Kanaloa, K?ne and Lono are the four great gods (akua) in which mythology? 15 Which Greek god of the cold north wind is also the bringer of winter? 16 Which Inca god of death ruled Ukhu Pacha, the land of the dead? 17 Which metallic element is named after the old Norse name for the Scandinavian goddess Freyja? 18 The successor to the Zonda, which Pagani supercar is named after the Incan god of wind? 19 Taken from a mythical horse, Chollima is which national football side’s nickname? 20 The image depicts which Arthurian story? Click here for Quiz 56 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_f3607e21-f180-5d02-b4be-884c4bb5830f) QUIZ 57 – General Knowledge (#ulink_56bc8fe0-262f-5b99-98c7-bb624f7a1984) 1 What six-letter name is given to is the back-to-front slang spoken by raucous French youths in the banlieues? 2 Which title character in a novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin kills the young poet Vladimir Lensky? 3 Edward, the Black Prince won his spurs at which August 26, 1346 battle? 4 Meaning ‘those who face death’, what name is given to Kurdish freedom fighters? 5 In 1997, which Italian fashion house introduced the Baguette bag, an “enduring style icon” that has been produced in over 1,000 versions? 6 What 1982 song was Madness’s only number one single? 7 The chemist S.P.L S?rensen introduced the concept of which scale in 1909? 8 Which Roman poet (c.84–54 BC) dedicated dozens of his poems to Lesbia, a possible false name for his married lover Clodia? 9 The Palaeozoic Era ended with which extinction event, the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history? 10 Which 1935 musical comedy film features the Irving Berlin songs Top Hat, White Tie and Tails and Cheek to Cheek? 11 The disease beriberi is caused by a deficiency of which vitamin? 12 Which compact stars are the densest and smallest stars known to exist in the universe? 13 The author of the 2015 cookbook Deliciously Ella is the daughter of which former MP for St. Helens South? 14 Serving from 1949 until his death in 1976, who was the first Premier of the People’s Republic of China? 15 What did D.H. Lawrence describe as “hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer”? 16 Which military decoration was instituted on March 17, 1813 by Frederick William III of Prussia? 17 Designed by Dirk Henn, which 2003 tile-based board game features the building of an Arabian palace in 13th century Granada? 18 Who was Yorkshire county cricket club’s first overseas signing? 19 Russia’s Fedor Emelianenko has been called which sport’s greatest heavyweight fighter? 20 Name the pictured TV car – Erin Cadigan / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 57 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_e76cbe7c-a700-5486-922a-1d4576ee41e4) QUIZ 58 – General Knowledge (#ulink_4193fa8a-4c67-5d18-b4fb-bfee575407a1) 1 In a 1963 film, what links the fates of the characters Danny Velinski, Willie Dickes and Louis Sedgwick? 2 The kingdom of Hyrule features in which video game series that debuted in 1986? 3 Which naming custom originated with the Australian meteorologist Clement Wragge (1852–1922)? 4 What is the fastest land animal on Earth? 5 A person described as an ‘onychophagist’ engages in which habit? 6 Created a baron in 1720, John Blunt was a director of which infamous company? 7 International Office 39 is a shadowy government organisation of which Asian country? 8 Which TV drama stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as KGB spies Elizabeth and Philip Jennings? 9 Which group won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest at the Brighton Dome? 10 Nathan Blecharczyk, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia founded which accommodation website in 2008? 11 What is the most abundant protein in the human body? 12 In 1875, which Impressionist painted Les raboteurs de parquet (The Floor Planers)? 13 Taken by Rosalind Franklin in 1952, “Photo 51” is an image of which molecule? 14 Which architect built the Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House (1924)? 15 The Kilchoman Distillery produces whisky on which of the Inner Hebrides? 16 Ahimsa is the Hindu and Buddhist doctrine of refraining from what? 17 The China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. is known by which one-word name? 18 Umberto Granaglia (1931–2008) won 13 World titles in which ball game? 19 Which Spaniard was quoted as saying ‘Grass is just for cows” then went on to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title in 1966? 20 Name the big cat from the image – Click here for Quiz 58 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_271bddb9-1abf-537a-a2bd-a3e321e853b7) QUIZ 59 – Sciences (#ulink_31aaa325-8a77-5073-ba7b-e21ac874adc7) 1 What was the first comet whose return was predicted? 2 Which mosquito-borne tropical disease is also known as breakbone fever? 3 The Wong-Baker FACES Scale is used to help children communicate what? 4 The Vermilion border defines which part of the face? 5 Which unit of time is one quintillionth of a second? 6 Hypokalaemia is a deficiency of which alkali metal in the blood? 7 Also known as occupational asthenopia, what is CVS? 8 Sapphire is a variety of which aluminium oxide mineral? 9 Used in demonstrations of tabletop “volcanoes”, which compound is sometimes called “Vesuvian Fire”? 10 In 1957, the “Traitorous Eight” quit the Semiconductor Laboratory named after which Nobel laureate? 11 The spiral of Theodorus or Einstein spiral is composed of contiguous what? 12 Which flavour of quark is the heaviest subatomic particle ever observed? 13 Which allotrope of oxygen is measured in Dobson units? 14 Putting clocks on commercial jet flights, the 1971 Hafele-Keating experiment tested which theory in physics? 15 Which Swedish chemist is credited with identifying selenium, thorium and cerium? 16 David Hilbert said of which German mathematician: “No one shall expel us from the Paradise that [he] has created”? 17 In 1838, what did Theodor Schwann and Matthias Schleiden propose as the basic functional unit of all living things? 18 What does haptic technology recreate? 19 Which American futurist is the author of Physics of the Impossible (2008) and Physics of the Future (2011)? 20 Name the double Nobel Prize-winner in the image – Click here for Quiz 59 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_f9bf0b05-ac95-5b5e-9fbe-e0400e357198) QUIZ 60 – General Knowledge (#ulink_08648959-9539-5bfe-8598-2c5961033226) 1 In 1974, which shoe designer became the first man to appear on the cover of British Vogue? 2 Which Bollywood film, about a radio exec (played by Shah Rukh Khan) falling in love with a suicide bomber, features the A.R. Rahman song Chaiyya Chaiyya? 3 Which German-born French composer wrote the 1867 operetta Robinson Cruso?? 4 Which car manufacturer’s business was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922? 5 Dr. James Sheppard commits the eponymous crime in which Agatha Christie novel? 6 In 2002, Whenever, Wherever became which Colombian singer’s first UK hit? 7 Trepanging, a term derived from Indonesian, is the harvesting of which sea creatures? 8 In 1977, which German invented the “Plastination” method for preserving anatomical specimens? 9 Ratiocination is the process of what? 10 Which French writer (1913–2005) created the retired British officer Major W. Marmaduke Thompson? 11 Michael Ramsey was the 100th man appointed to which office? 12 Which infamous MP became the last ever Postmaster General in 1968? 13 Which TV detective was bossed around by “Horn-rimmed Harry” aka Superintendent Norman Mullett? 14 The word “Pinoy” is used to describe people from which Asian country? 15 The Copley Medal is given every year for “outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science” by which body? 16 Known by the Latin name Falco rusticolus, what is the world’s largest falcon? 17 New Zealand’s Nigel Richards is regarded as which board game’s greatest player? 18 Which rugby union position is called Losskakel in Afrikaans? 19 The 1976 men’s decathlon Olympic champion is now known by what name? 20 Name the former church in the picture – Click here for Quiz 60 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_3b7d2f1f-f5e9-538d-b1b3-0bbfb89d4a8f) QUIZ 61 – General Knowledge (#ulink_e3ccbe55-4e48-57b3-ab41-ed72f2d20446) 1 Will Kane is the marshal of Hadleyville forced to stand alone against Frank Miller and his gang in which Western? 2 Which US band released the 1982 song Bad to the Bone? 3 Which infectious disease is also known as “infantile paralysis”? 4 Eric Fenby became the amanuensis of which blind composer in 1928? 5 Which Biblical king was “a mighty hunter before the Lord”? 6 Which ancient Greek city-state lay on the right bank of the Eurotas River? 7 Which SI derived unit of work or energy is named after an English physicist? 8 Which regulatory protein is so named because it is present in almost all tissues of eukaryotic organisms? 9 The French liqueur St-Germain is made from which blossoms? 10 Founded in 1946, which Swiss film festival awards the Golden Leopard? 11 Which healing technique derives its name from the Japanese for ‘universal life energy’? 12 Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404–53) was the last ruler of which empire? 13 Apophis or Apep was the demon of chaos in which mythology? 14 Matthew Holness won the Perrier Award for playing which spoof horror author? 15 In 1792, which European country became the first to ban the slave trade? 16 Which US artist began his Onement series of “zip” paintings in 1948? 17 Which digital pet gets its name from the Japanese for ‘egg-watch’? 18 Zombies, Spider Jockeys and Creepers are hostile ‘mobs’ in which video game? 19 Which South Korean boxer died after his 1982 bout with Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini? 20 Name the king of the Hindu gods in the picture – Click here for Quiz 61 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_528cc799-9b06-5554-97b4-c482c9a40308) QUIZ 62 – Business (#ulink_ccfe46ea-61b0-50f7-b73c-de47600ce6ac) 1 Who was Chairman and CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001? 2 Which German company was the originator and first marketer of aspirin (patented in 1899)? 3 Named after a Belgian-born designer, what was the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500? 4 Which Panamanian law firm’s files have been leaked as the Panama Papers? 5 Which bank took its name from the son-in-law of co-founder John Freame? 6 Which author bought the company Glidrose to hold the rights to his writing? 7 Founded by Ezra Cornell, which company introduced both the stock ticker and money transfer? 8 The Danish company Novo Nordisk manufactures which products? 9 Which furniture company opened its first store in ?lmhult in 1958? 10 Noah Dietrich was chief aide to which US tycoon for more than 30 years? 11 Which footwear brand was founded in 1856 as the North British Rubber Company? 12 Which UK-based company is Europe’s biggest defence contractor? 13 Which US investor wrote the 2000 personal finance book Rich Dad, Poor Dad? 14 Founded at a coffee house on Tower Street in 1688, which insurance market has the motto Fidentia (Latin for ‘confidence’)? 15 The world’s biggest home appliance maker, which Chinese company was founded in 1984 as Qingdao Refrigerator Co.? 16 Which financial services company was founded in Berlin in 1890 by Carl von Thieme and Wilhelm von Finck? 17 Which Reliance Industries chairman owns the Mumbai home, Antilia – the world’s most expensive private residential property? 18 The title of the Michael Moore documentary Roger & Me refers to which CEO? 19 Which NBA team is owned by the Shark Tank TV star and businessman Mark Cuban? 20 The pictured banknote comes from which county? Click here for Quiz 62 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_b858cdf7-3d1e-5145-b1e5-8e542e38ec60) QUIZ 63 – General Knowledge (#ulink_c6ba4636-df04-58c9-a21e-0e9b5b72579d) 1 Whose first true Pop Art painting featured Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse fishing? 2 A certified pilot and nurse, Ellen Church was also the world’s first what? 3 Who rode horses named Intendant, Le Vizir, Tauris and the white mare D?sir?e? 4 Built by Domenico Montagnana in 1733, “Petunia” is played by which Chinese cellist? 5 In March 2012, Leanne Wood was elected which party’s first female leader? 6 Which art is demonstrated by the diagrams of the Yoshizawa-Randlett system? 7 Read using smartphones, what does the QR in QR Code stand for? 8 Which ligament of the knee is the MCL? 9 The mayor of Munich opens which fair with the cry “O’zapft is!” (‘It is tapped’)? 10 Lugnaquilla is the highest peak of which Irish mountain range? 11 In Roman mythology, Tarpeia betrayed Rome to which tribe? 12 The Aral Sea disaster was caused by Soviet efforts to produce which crop? 13 Named after the Greek for ‘unstable’, what is the rarest natural element in the world? 14 The Younger Memnon is a colossal granite head in the British Museum depicting which pharaoh? 15 Which Dominican dictator (1891–1961) is the subject of Rita Dove’s poem Parsley? 16 According to the RSPB, what is the commonest and most widespread UK bird of prey? 17 Which sport was described by the poet Walt Whitman as “America’s game”? 18 Charlene, Princess of Monaco, was an Olympic swimmer for which country? 19 Which Swedish side is the only Nordic football club to have reached a European Cup final? 20 The pictured Donatello sculpture depicts which New Testament character? Click here for Quiz 63 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_56d9ba11-d11b-5996-850e-7fc9998354f9) QUIZ 64 – General Knowledge (#ulink_7c717b30-9d89-589f-9b52-da726e294962) 1 Which two countries’ security forces perform the daily Wagah border ceremony? 2 In 1993, who divorced Allegra Mostyn-Owen and married Marina Wheeler? 3 In which Franz Lehar operetta is Danilo obsessed with the Paris restaurant Maxim’s? 4 Who finished his Parma Cathedral dome fresco, the Assumption of the Virgin, in 1530? 5 Which song by Julia Ward Howe begins: “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord”? 6 Which US financial journalist wrote the 2014 non-fiction book Flash Boys? 7 Which term describes the prominent parts of a catfish that resemble a cat’s whiskers? 8 Salvatore Quasimodo wrote a poem describing which place “far from the Vistula” as “that pit of ashes”? 9 In Mexican cuisine, what is a chipotle? 10 In 2012, I.M. Pei’s Green Building was transformed by MIT students into a playable form of which video game? 11 Which venue has hosted more annual Royal Variety Performances than any other theatre? 12 In which country was the Pentecostal megachurch Hillsong founded in 1983? 13 Named after an Indonesian island, what is the smallest living subspecies of tiger? 14 Who is the drummer in Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem? 15 Which animal hospital is based at Haddenham, Buckinghamshire? 16 Which high school student used the aliases Calvin Klein, Darth Vader and Clint Eastwood? 17 The simplest alkane, which greenhouse gas has the formula CH4? 18 Which Soviet athlete won the 5,000m and 10,000m at the 1956 Olympics? 19 Which racetrack was nicknamed “The Green Hell” by Jackie Stewart? 20 Where is the pictured casino? Click here for Quiz 64 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_3b7caae2-5bfa-5b36-9abe-b960f5eb495f) QUIZ 65 – Literature (#ulink_8f2a5977-05d5-59a5-a3ca-ece888d08044) 1 The elite army, the Sardaukar, features in which sci-fi universe? 2 One of the major Modernists, which Austrian novelist wrote The Sleepwalkers: a Trilogy (1931–32) and The Death of Virgil (1945)? 3 Which poem begins: “If I should die, think only this of me”? 4 Which Philip Larkin poem ends: “What will survive of us is love”? 5 Which Zambian-born author’s debut novel was When The Lion Feeds (1964)? 6 Which journalist wrote The English Constitution in 1867? 7Shark is Will Self ’s 2014 sequel to which Booker-shortlisted novel? 8 Which Dutch-born novelist wrote Under the Skin and The Crimson Petal and the White? 9 Published in 1928, what was A.A. Milne’s second book of Winnie-the-Pooh stories? 10 Which author reimagined the Napoleonic Wars with dragons in her series Temeraire? 11 Which Canadian author wrote the 2014 sci-fi novel Station Eleven? 12 Which 1896 work includes To an Athlete Dying Young, Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now and When I was One-and-Twenty? 13 Which 1987 novel is about the writer Paul Sheldon and his crazed fan Annie Wilkes? 14 The Nome King is a major villain in which series of books? 15 Who is the British author of a series of five novels about Patrick Melrose that began with Never Mind and concluded with At Last? 16The Killings at Badger’s Drift (1987) was the first mystery novel in which series? 17 Which Vietnam vet and Oxford graduate published the memoir This Boy’s Life in 1989? 18Grantchester Grind is a sequel to which 1974 novel by Tom Sharpe? 19 Alexandre Dumas, p?re, wrote: “The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of…” what? 20 Which London-born novelist is pictured? Click here for Quiz 65 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_fef1de64-c273-512d-817e-ac977b849377) QUIZ 66 – General Knowledge (#ulink_985947d4-3923-54b9-a0ee-9fc46f1e41b4) 1 The Swedish chemist Georg Brandt discovered which metal as a dark blue pigment in copper ore? 2 Which marsupial is the only known animal that produces cube-shaped droppings? 3The Jewish Cemetery is a seminal work by which Mennonite Dutch landscape painter (c.1628–82)? 4 Which fungus was called “the diamond of the kitchen” by Brillat-Savarin? 5 Which princess “nearly married” the future Canadian prime minister John Turner? 6 In which city, the second largest in the Arab world, was OPEC founded in 1960? 7 Walter Potter became known for his eccentric Victorian collection of what? 8 Which planet is named after the Roman god of agriculture? 9 Which US guitarist sued Coldplay over similarities between Viva La Vida and his song If I Could Fly? 10 Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, is in which valley? 11 The Qurikancha or Inti Wasi (‘sun house’) was the most important temple of which empire? 12 Bathsheba Everdene is the heroine of which novel by Thomas Hardy? 13 Which sitcom title character ended up marrying Harry Kennedy (played by Richard Armitage)? 14 Which US professor of cognitive science wrote the 1979 book G?del, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid? 15 Chiromancy is divination by what means? 16 Frank Bowden founded which bicycle company in 1887? 17 Rich Uncle Moneybags is associated with which board game? 18 Which Syrian woman became Olympic heptathlon champion in 1996? 19 Which Russian center for Pittsburgh Penguins won the 2006–2007 Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s best rookie? 20 On which Yemeni island does the pictured tree grow? Click here for Quiz 66 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_a806a56d-2e55-53e2-a45f-e6622f3f0cdf) QUIZ 67 – General Knowledge (#ulink_f3c24211-b291-5a2a-9a8c-daa55a9fec23) 1 Hans Riegel Sr. formed which German confectionery maker in 1920? 2 Who became the Berliner Philharmoniker’s chief conductor in 1954? 3 Which Chicago blues legend recorded Smokestack Lightning in 1956? 4 The Bottle Inn in Marshwood, Dorset, hosts which “world famous” world eating championship? 5 Possessed by the Norse god Odin, what is Draupnir? 6 Charlotte Amalie is the capital of which Caribbean island group? 7 In which 1981 film does a hike across the North York Moors end up in The Slaughtered Lamb pub? 8 Which St John restaurant founder and chef wrote the 1999 book Nose to Tail Eating: A Kind of British Eating? 9 The first director of the Royal College of Music is best remembered in the name of which reference work? 10 What is the oldest remaining British overseas territory? 11 The Hexamilion Wall is thought to be the largest archaeological structure in which country? 12 In 1905, which Liberal began the longest continuous term of any foreign secretary? 13 Who coined the term “gamma ray” in 1903 following early studies of the emissions of radioactive nuclei? 14 The highest in the world, Tanggula Railway Station is located where? 15 Psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a scale for quantifying what? 16 Charles Napier never actually sent which punning dispatch when he conquered Sindh in 1843? 17 Which German-born fur trader (1763–1848) was America’s first multimillionaire? 18 Which javelin thrower is the first Kenyan to win a world championship gold in a field event? 19 Which national rugby union team performs the Siva Tau war dance? 20 Which Chvrches lead vocalist is pictured? Christian Bertrand / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 67 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_f690306d-cd50-52db-8c47-fdc207309103) QUIZ 68 – Film (#ulink_bdf7fe54-8e79-54e5-b5e0-a0fee091ab7e) 1 In 2000, John Irving won an Oscar for adapting which of his own novels? 2 In 1963, which Austrian-born actress married Tony Curtis after meeting on the set of Taras Bulba? 3 The first ever film sequel, The Fall of a Nation is a 1916 follow-up to which movie? 4 Which Terry Gilliam film was inspired by the Chris Marker short La Jet?e? 5 Which French composer won an Oscar for scoring A Passage to India? 6 Which Frenchman directed the cin?ma du look films Diva (1981) and Betty Blue (1986)? 7The Cocoanuts (1929) was which comedy team’s first feature-length film? 8 The 2014 New Zealand film The Dark Horse is about Genesis Potini, a player of which game? 9 Which German actress dressed up in a gorilla suit for the 1932 film Blonde Venus? 10 Which Cameron Crowe film features John Cusack holding up a boombox playing In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel? 11 Which Puerto Rican was the first Hispanic actor to win an Oscar? 12 Which 1986 film featured the Colonial Marines, Vasquez, Hicks, Hudson and Apone? 13 In which 1957 film did famed Broadway singing coach Kay Thompson sing the number Think Pink? 14 “Long live the new flesh” is the last line spoken by James Woods in which film? 15 Which Oscar-winning animated film features the inflatable healthcare robot Baymax? 16 Playing the villain Mister Midnight, Christopher Lee performed the song Name Your Poison in which 1983 film? 17 Who died on October 10, 1985 – the same day as his Battle of Neretva co-star Orson Welles? 18 Which 1968 Western features the struggle for a piece of land called Sweetwater? 19 Michael C. Gross designed and artist Brent Boates drew up which logo, as seen on the car Ecto-1? 20 Name the pictured French actress – Jaguar PS / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 68 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_434c571b-08bd-5640-8226-6ff5b4e6cf85) QUIZ 69 – General Knowledge (#ulink_bddb0f5f-f778-52a9-8bf8-80e8318f0db1) 1 Which TV title character has a lazy manservant named Jud (played by Phil Davis)? 2 Maris Peer, Estima, Charlotte and Marfona are common varieties of what? 3Catch a Fire (1973) was which band’s first album on Island Records? 4 Amethyst and citrine are varieties of which mineral? 5 Which English actor wrote the verse play East (1975) and the one-man show Shakespeare’s Villains (1998)? 6 Using Ukrainian folk melodies, which composer’s Symphony no. 2 is nicknamed the Little Russian? 7 The German painter Franz Marc was killed at which 1916 battle? 8 The Martin-Schultz scale is used to establish the colour of what? 9 Which appetisers are the Basque equivalent of Spanish tapas? 10 Which comic book detectives are known in French as Dupont et Dupond? 11 Held in Park City, Utah, what is the largest independent cinema festival in the US? 12 Which scientist published her classic Treatise on Radioactivity in 1910? 13 Which US President first proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), aka “Star Wars”? 14 The piano virtuoso Claudio Arrau (1903–91) was born in which country? 15 Which “Glamour Cat” sings the ballad Memory in the musical Cats? 16 In 1917, who wrote The Times obituary for Ian Fleming’s MP father Valentine? 17 Which Andy Warhol artwork repeats an image from the 1960 film Flaming Star three times? 18 Ring announcer Michael Buffer famously uses which trademarked phrase? 19 In 1934, what became the only horse to win both the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National in the same year? 20 Which bridge over the River Tarn is pictured? Migel / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 69 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_025c9b28-d1fc-51d3-9f7d-2ce320bdbddf) QUIZ 70 – General Knowledge (#ulink_40bcdf5f-6104-5451-96c3-67ec06b9852a) 1 Which US filmmaker directed the TV pilot episodes of Boardwalk Empire and Vinyl? 2 What type of elite service is Gray & Farrar? 3 In France, the term ‘un n?gre’ is used to describe which literary role? 4 Which disaster site’s clean-up operation involved around 830,000 “liquidators”? 5 Dibatag, gerenuk, chinkara, puku and lechwe are species of what? 6 What is the most abundant mineral in Earth’s continental crust? 7 In 1826, which elite infantry corps was forcibly disbanded by Sultan Mahmud II in the Auspicious Incident? 8 Jim Backus voiced which nearsighted cartoon character with the first name Quincy? 9 Gifts made of what material are given on a 15th wedding anniversary? 10 Which author took off in a P38 plane from Corsica on July 31, 1944, and vanished? 11 Which British heavy metal band released the 1980 single Breaking the Law? 12 In 1994, Tom Ford became creative director of which Italian fashion group? 13 Which element, the final member of the actinide series, is named after the inventor of the cyclotron? 14 Who painted The Shrimp Girl (c.1740–45) and David Garrick as Richard III (1745)? 15 In 1916, Berlin, Ontario was renamed after which British Army officer? 16 In which US state is the historic site Cahokia Mounds? 17 Which Uddingston, Lanarkshire-based biscuit maker is famed for its Teacakes and Caramel Wafer? 18 In which type of fencing is the entire body a valid target? 19 Which Great Britain competitor won 2014 Winter Olympic gold in the women’s skeleton bob? 20 Name the pictured NASA rover – Click here for Quiz 70 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_87b607aa-cfb8-5f3e-8be7-fc2f788d12d0) QUIZ 71 – History (#ulink_8d5917b0-48e3-52de-ad56-26d6496bb18b) 1 Jack Cade led a 1450 uprising against which king’s government? 2 Which King of Italy was assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci in 1900? 3 Pope Alexander II gave his blessing to which man’s invasion of England? 4 Simon Vouet was court painter to which French king? 5 The Marconi scandal rocked the government of which Liberal Prime Minister? 6 The Battle of Chamdo took place during which 1950 invasion? 7 Built in 1382 by Emir Djaharks el-Khalili, what is the Khan el-Khalili? 8 A stateless Albert Einstein became a citizen of which country in 1901? 9 Who led the Welsh rebels to victory at the 1402 Battle of Bryn Glas? 10 Which English king died of “camp fever’ at the Ch?teau de Vincennes in 1422? 11 Which Chinese imperial dynasty succeeded the Qin Dynasty in 206 BC? 12 Which Gallic leader defeated Caesar at the Battle of Gergovia (52 BC)? 13 The Battle of Sheriffmuir was the key clash of which rebellion? 14 The ancient city of Apollonia in Illyria is in which modern-day country? 15 Anna Anderson (1896–1984) claimed to be which Romanov dynasty princess? 16 Herod the Great was the Roman-appointed king of which province? 17 Which Vietnamese leader was born Nguyen Sinh Cung in 1890? 18 The Babington Plot led to the execution of which queen? 19 In 1782, King Rama I established the Chakri dynasty in which country? 20 Name the pictured Tory prime minister – Click here for Quiz 71 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_708b269f-341d-53eb-afaf-f667ea92be62) QUIZ 72 – General Knowledge (#ulink_876a1b2b-5d10-5799-8144-518224da3e52) 1 Which Roman governor is associated with the ancient Scottish tree, the Fortingall Yew? 2 Who was King of England during the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt? 3 The Dublin criminal Martin Cahill (1949–94) is the subject of which John Boorman film? 4 Torta Setteveli is a seven-layered Italian cake named after which dance? 5 What is the most populous city in the USA? 6 Which German dramatist wrote the play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui? 7 The Spanish coastal town of Muxia has a monument to which 2002 oil spill? 8 What is the fruit of the rose plant called? 9 Which brothers created the illuminated manuscript, the Tr?s Riches Heures du Duc de Berry? 10 The world’s tallest statue of a woman, The Motherland Calls, overlooks which Russian city? 11 The title of which song, traditionally sung at Jewish celebrations, means ‘Let us rejoice’? 12 Which Russian composer is the subject of the 2016 Julian Barnes novel The Noise of Time? 13 Who once slept in the Cupboard Under the Stairs at 4 Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey? 14 Which Manfred Mann singer wrote the much-covered song Handbags and Gladrags? 15 What is Britain’s largest protected wetland? 16 Ronald Binge’s musical piece Sailing By is played before which radio broadcast? 17 Which Stephen Sondheim musical is set in Japan in the year 1853? 18 Which belt was named after the “Yellow Earl” Hugh Cecil Lowther (1857–1944)? 19 Phillip Island is a Grand Prix Circuit in which country? 20 Identify the Inca city site – Click here for Quiz 72 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_5ccf98fc-491c-5f61-8d05-41cb0177810d) QUIZ 73 – General Knowledge (#ulink_844e71b6-aa62-51e9-883a-ada2d7669d92) 1 Who based his drawings of Winnie-the-Pooh on Growler, his son Graham’s teddy bear? 2 Maidenhead railway bridge features in which 1844 painting by J.M.W. Turner? 3 Which Austrian family moved into 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, in 1938? 4 119 copies of which book by John James Audubon are known to survive? 5 Which children’s TV duo spoke the language Oddle Poddle? 6 Who married Giovanni Sforza, Alfonso of Aragon and, finally, Alfonso d’Este? 7 Thomas Gibson Bowles founded which women’s weekly magazine in 1885? 8 Which Austrian-born biographer (1921–2012) wrote The Case of Mary Bell: A Portrait of a Child Who Murdered and Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth? 9 Berlioz composed an 1838 opera about which Florentine sculptor and goldsmith? 10 Which French composer wrote the music for the 1964 film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg? 11 Werner Heisenberg won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics “for the creation of ” what? 12 Which Bush frontman is the father of fashion model Daisy Lowe? 13 Quarried in Dorset, which limestone was used to build the Cenotaph in Whitehall? 14 Jane Goodall is considered the world’s foremost expert on which animals? 15Revelations (1960) is regarded as the modern dance masterpiece of which American choreographer? 16 Who invented the bouncing bomb used by the RAF in the 1943 “Dambusters” raid? 17 Cavity Sam is the patient in which board game? 18 “Fast Eddie” Parker (1931–2001) was a legendary American player of which sport? 19 British swimmer James Guy won which individual title at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships? 20 What is the pictured rodent? Click here for Quiz 73 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_14c08ae7-6ebb-5ff0-a19e-94e6e3d46514) QUIZ 74 – Structures (#ulink_08454f1c-02d5-580b-b58e-3b5a75ca37c5) 1 Featuring buildings at Naiku and Geku and the Uji Bridge, which complex is Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine? 2 Which cantilever railway bridge was opened by the future Edward VII on March 4, 1890? 3 Arecibo Observatory, site of the world’s largest single-unit radio telescope, is found where? 4 The Hotel Attraction (1908) is an unbuilt design by which Catalan architect? 5 Which chateau, c. 25 miles north of Paris, houses the Mus?e Cond?? 6 The Delta Works, the world’s largest flood protection project, is in which country? 7 In the city of York, the Lendal Bridge, Millennium Bridge and Skeldergate Bridge span which river? 8 The Hotel Negresco first opened in 1913 in which French resort city? 9 60 Andrassy Street was which country’s much-feared secret police HQ? 10 Graham Sutherland’s tapestry Christ in Glory is in which English cathedral? 11 Designed by I.M. Pei, which Hall of Fame sits on the shore of Lake Erie? 12 Which Birmingham Town Hall architect invented a two-wheeled cab in 1834? 13 Eel Marsh House is a haunted abode in which spine-chilling Susan Hill novel? 14 Princess Anne’s home Gatcombe Park is in which county? 15 Which New York nightclub opened in 1977 at 254 West 54th Street? 16 Built in 1924, Los Angeles’s Ennis House was designed by which architect? 17 Opened in 2002, City Hall, London, was designed by which British architect? 18 Which Spanish architect designed the tallest building in the Nordic countries, the Turning Torso in Malm?? 19 Carved into granite cliffs on the south Cornish coast, which open-air theatre was created by Rowena Cade? 20 Which twin tower skyscraper complex in Mississauga, Canada, is pictured? Paul McKinnon / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 74 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_66d36c1c-f642-5509-8dcd-5d582298265b) QUIZ 75 – General Knowledge (#ulink_0b7e71af-f454-52fd-a7da-2be596141b7a) 1 Charles Darwin published which major work in 1871? 2 Who has been Labour MP for both Ormskirk and Knowsley North, UKIP MEP for the East Midlands and leader of Veritas? 3 Which Coronation Street character got two spin-offs: Pardon the Expression ( 1965–66) and Turn Out the Lights (1967)? 4 In which constellation are the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters? 5 The RICE procedure involves what steps? 6 Dandy Dan and Fat Sam are crime bosses in which musical? 7 The only member of the genus Satan, the widemouth blindcat is a type of what? 8 The German word, backpfeifengesicht, means “a face in need of…” what? 9 Hearing the Burt Bacharach song The Look of Love inspired Mike Myers to create which film character? 10 A Chilango is a resident of which capital city in Latin America? 11 The large bird-like creature Garuda is the mount (vahana) of which Hindu deity? 12 In 1748, which Swiss mathematician developed the concept of function in his Introductio in analysin infinitorum? 13 Philip Roth first used which alter-ego as a narrator in his 1979 novel The Ghost Writer? 14 Financed by Sun Myung Moon, which 1981 Korean War film was called “the worst movie ever made” by Newsweek? 15 Describing it as “bright, cleansing, and revealing”, which colour was called the “great clarifier” by Diana Vreeland? 16 Who was the only child of Mary, Princess Royal, the daughter of Charles I? 17 What is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies? 18 Which tennis player won his only ATP Masters singles title at the 2003 Paris Masters? 19 Which Sussex and England fast bowler wrote the 1976 autobiography Cricket Rebel? 20 Who is the pictured celebrity chef? Click here for Quiz 75 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_d803c915-3b10-5368-9ef2-943a60239409) QUIZ 76 – General Knowledge (#ulink_7617e040-6174-531e-94dd-dcc089302dfe) 1 Which French president was unseated by Fran?ois Mitterrand in 1981? 2Flush by Virginia Woolf is a biography of which poet’s pet cocker spaniel? 3 The subject of a 2014 book, Choupette is which fashion designer’s pet cat? 4 Which practice involves giving a tenth of one’s income to the church? 5 In 1967, which band had its first top 10 hit single with See Emily Play? 6 John Ruskin’s wife Effie left him for which Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood member? 7 In Norse myth, Huginn and Muninn are a pair of which birds? 8 Aged 17, Felix Mendelssohn wrote a concert overture for which Shakespeare comedy? 9 Also known as Cenni di Pepo, who painted the Santa Trinit? Maest? (c.1290–1300)? 10 Why was 26-year-old Gerda Taro’s death in the Spanish Civil War significant? 11 Paul Coia’s voice was the very first heard on which TV channel? 12 The extraction of which metal uses the Kroll process or the Hunter process? 13 In 1935, the entomologist Reginald Mungomery imported 102 of which creatures into Queensland? 14 The Kiswah is a black cloth used to cover which holy structure? 15 What is the largest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe? 16 Which music venue is situated on Bennelong Point? 17 The leader in the field of off-road competition, which Austrian firm is Europe’s largest motorcycle manufacturer? 18 Who scored the winner in the 1986 FIFA World Cup final? 19 The cyclist Hugh Porter married which former Olympic 200m breaststroke champion in 1965? 20 Which fairy tale castle is pictured? Click here for Quiz 76 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_ed2ae8fa-592e-5734-8acd-35a1ab2c4679) QUIZ 77 – Geography (#ulink_e93a25d4-5878-5f28-a76b-3d78fe0d449a) 1 What is the world’s longest man-made waterway? 2 Where are the UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia? 3 Which city-state is 0.44 square kilometres in area? 4 The Gettysburg Battlefield is in which US state? 5 Which country comes first in an alphabetical list of the Commonwealth nations? 6 Which Pakistani city was known as Lyallpur until 1979? 7 North Ronaldsay is the northernmost inhabited island in which group? 8 Which country has the largest proven oil reserves in Africa? 9 Which lake has the largest volume of freshwater in Great Britain? 10 The Ilz and the Inn enter which river at the Bavarian city of Passau? 11 Famously photographed by Ansel Adams, Half Dome is perhaps the most recognised landmark of which national park? 12 Located on the River Alun, what is Britain’s smallest city by size and population? 13 Which mountain’s north wall has the German nickname Mordwand (‘murder wall’)? 14 The USA’s only military base in Africa, Camp Lemonnier, is in which country? 15 What is the most populous US city to have been founded in the 20th century? 16 Which Caribbean nation is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere? 17 The largest earthquake recorded in the 20th century hit which country in May 1960? 18 The world’s largest flower market is in which Dutch town? 19 Which prison island was named by Juan Manuel de Ayala after the pelicans that roosted there? 20 Name the pictured French mountain – Click here for Quiz 77 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_176686d8-0462-59aa-8313-6bbd91ec8955) QUIZ 78 – General Knowledge (#ulink_3b828b4a-017f-5ff9-815a-977ed8156ae7) 1 Slaked lime is the traditional name of which inorganic compound? 2 The 2013 film The Look of Love told the story of which “King of Soho”? 3 In 1906, which Fauve painted Charing Cross Bridge, London and The Pool of London? 4 Which Doctor Who character was born Melody Pond? 5 Which philosopher gives his name to the paradox that states “All Cretans are liars”? 6 Bob Jackson took a picture of the moment when which assassin was assassinated? 7 Who was Margaret Thatcher’s longest-serving Cabinet minister? 8 Which company makes the Trent family of aircraft engines? 9 Which late rock musician is the subject of the 2015 documentary Montage of Heck? 10 Which girl group was founded by choreographer Robin Antin as a burlesque troupe in 1995? 11 Which King of England was murdered in Corfe Castle, Dorset, in 978? 12 The self-confessed “chauvinist” Sir Tim Hunt won which Nobel prize in 2001? 13 Popular in Central Asia, Chal or Shubat is a beverage of what fermented milk? 14 In which animated TV series is Princess Bubblegum monarch of the Candy Kingdom? 15 Which subject is studied by the title character in Willy Russell’s play Educating Rita? 16 Malia and Sitia are resorts on which Mediterranean island? 17 Which playing card is nicknamed the “Curse of Scotland”? 18 What is the world’s oldest endurance sports car race? 19 Who scored twice in Great Britain’s 1988 Olympic men’s hockey 3–1 final defeat of West Germany? 20 Name the pictured Philadelphia building? Click here for Quiz 78 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_83b810e2-d8f0-5c24-8b75-54e4dc7d800e) QUIZ 79 – General Knowledge (#ulink_6c45d460-296b-5de0-9330-ca1df43a53e0) 1 The confection Lokum is known by what name in the West? 2 Which Hans Christian Andersen title character slept in a walnut shell? 3 Rising to 3415m, Emi Koussi is the highest summit in which desert? 4 Which “very friendly lion” featured in the children’s TV show The Herbs? 5 Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887–1965) was the real name of which Punch cartoonist, the only one to become the magazine’s editor? 6 Friedrich Fr?bel pioneered what concept in the preschool education? 7 Who modelled Beatrice Portinari in the c.1864–70 painting Beata Beatrix after his late wife, Elizabeth Siddal? 8Victoria amazonica is the largest species in the Nymphaeaceae family of which flowering plants? 9 What does the Latin saying “homo homini lupus” mean? 10 What were deciphered by Jean-Fran?ois Champollion in the early 19th century? 11 King George II was the last monarch to reside at which palace? 12 Potiphar’s wife attempted to seduce which Old Testament prophet? 13 What are Hungarian, Pencil, Fu Manchu and Walrus types of? 14 Which wife of Michael Frayn has written biographies of Jane Austen, Samuel Pepys and Thomas Hardy? 15 In 1937, the mosquito-borne West Nile virus was first isolated in the West Nile district of which country? 16 In 1947, Maurice Wilks tested a prototype for which off-road utility vehicle in fields at Red Wharf Bay on Anglesey? 17 Founded in 1804, what claims to be “the world’s largest gardening charity”? 18 The great racing greyhound Mick The Miller was born in which country? 19 Nicknamed ‘The Fighting Marine’, which US heavyweight boxer starred in the 1926 film The Fighting Marine? 20 Who is this British inventor? Click here for Quiz 79 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_f6163045-1b69-5a0f-934b-93ebe3319e17) QUIZ 80 – USA (#ulink_488b1bf1-bc8f-5998-9793-d1d86a2d7e28) 1 Which “Gateway to the West” is the largest city in the state of Nebraska? 2 Which company released the motion picture film format, Super 8, in 1965? 3 Robert De Niro learned to play the saxophone for which 1977 film? 4 The last US president born as a British subject, who was the first president to die in office? 5 John Schnatter is the eponymous founder of which delivery pizza chain? 6 Which US songwriter had his right leg amputated in 1958, a consequence of a 1937 riding accident? 7 Which US psychologist proposed a hierarchy of needs in his 1943 paper A Theory of Human Motivation? 8 Who is the US composer of a 1933 overture to The School for Scandal and the 1958 opera Vanessa? 9 Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos is the real name of which American magician and illusionist (b.1967)? 10 Who has hosted the TV series Inside the Actors Studio since its debut in 1994? 11 The Shure 55H Series II is known as ‘The legendary “Elvis-…”’ what? 12 Calling itself the “Geographical Center of North America”, Rugby is a town in which state? 13 The Gibbs-Coolidge paintings are the only surviving complete set of which portraits? 14 Which TV miniseries centred on the Marines, Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge and John Basilone? 15 The dry goods store A. Schwab is the only original business remaining on which Memphis street? 16 Using the stereolithography process, Chuck Hull of 3D Systems designed the first working what? 17 Which American (1908–91) is the only two-time winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics? 18 Which NFL franchise is the only not-for-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team in the US? 19 Nicknamed “The Thumper”, which Boston Red Sox legend had a career batting average of .344? 20 Which US ballet dancer is pictured? Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 80 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_73fd9e77-8323-5b2c-9ca7-762c07403504) QUIZ 81 – General Knowledge (#ulink_35c4cde0-4124-5a07-98ba-bde43c924da9) 1 The oldest of the group, which Impressionist painted The Avenue, Sydenham (1871) and Bath Road, Chiswick (1897)? 2 Founded by Lei Jun, which low-cost smartphone maker is named after the Chinese word for millet? 3 The French singer and actor Claude Moine (b.1942) is known by what stage name? 4My Brilliant Friend (2011) is the first of four “Neapolitan Novels” by which Italian author? 5 Who wrote On Floating Bodies, the first known work on hydrostatics? 6 The triangular Nishan Sahib flag marks which places of worship? 7 Who opened his first restaurant, The Soup Kitchen, with Ivan Storey, in 1953? 8 Who dedicated the Simple Symphony (1934) to his childhood viola teacher Audrey Alston? 9 P.T. Barnum paid $10,000 to the Royal Zoological Society for which elephant? 10 Which musical features the songs When I Grow Up, Naughty and Revolting Children? 11 What is the simplest, lightest and most common chemical element? 12 On July 28, 1945, William F. Smith Jr. crashed his B-25 Mitchell bomber where? 13 Painter’s colic is intense intestinal pain caused by which metal poisoning? 14 Legend has it that which drink was named in honour of the priest Marco d’Aviano’s order? 15 The Olympic Australis is the largest example of which gemstone ever found? 16 “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die” is a quote from which film? 17 The first photographer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship, who took the 1927 photo Nautilus? 18 Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge was the first permanent commercial site for which activity? 19 Which Australian was the first woman swimmer to win gold at three consecutive Olympic Games? 20 Who designed the chapel in the picture? Mihai-Bogdan Lazar / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 81 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_702f600e-95b4-5f6a-8b08-f6d20e12eb19) QUIZ 82 – General Knowledge (#ulink_623fc426-fd13-5b94-be77-30f2397fb423) 1 Who played Father Dougal in the sitcom Father Ted? 2 From 1987 to 2010, who served as MP for Banff & Buchan? 3 What is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth? 4 In Saudi Arabia, what would a man do with a thawb? 5 Which composer wrote the Children’s Corner piano suite (1908) for his daughter, nicknamed “Chouchou”? 6 Born Claire Elise Boucher, which Canadian musician released her fourth studio album, Art Angels, in 2015? 7 Cannabis’ psychoactive constituent THC is known by what full name? 8 Which German won the 1920 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his statement of the third law of thermodynamics? 9 Which explorer dictated Il milione to his cellmate Rustichello da Pisa? 10 In 1991, the Munich currency printer Giesecke & Devrient produced the first of which cards? 11 Which US TV drama centres on the crisis management firm Olivia Pope & Associates? 12 Blanche is the actual name of the white cat in which David Hockney painting? 13 Mistress Overdone, Pompey, Elbow and Abhorson the executioner are characters in which Shakespeare play? 14 HMS Vanguard was which rear admiral’s flagship at the 1798 Battle of the Nile? 15 Launched in 1988, Buran was the first and only Soviet what? 16 Built by CERN, what is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator? 17 The lightest halogen, which pale yellow gas is the most reactive chemical element? 18 Nicknamed ‘Kid Poker’, which Canadian is the highest earning live tournament poker player of all time? 19 Which world title was won by East Germany’s Detlef Michel and the Finns, Seppo R?ty and Kimmo Kinnunen? 20 Which Aztec god of music and dance is pictured? Click here for Quiz 82 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_91e92c9f-06fa-5cdf-b186-4c2f7ba8b061) QUIZ 83 – Popular Music (#ulink_916465e0-dbaa-5ab1-b78c-4455dc74b6e5) 1Master of Reality (1971) was which English rock band’s first top 10 album in the US? 2 Which member of The Slits wrote the memoir Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.? 3 Which English band released the 2015 debut album My Love is Cool? 4 Which US singer had a no.2 hit with her single Heartbreaker in 1982? 5 Formed in 1981 by Nicolas Sirkis and Dominique Nicolas, which French band’s 2002 album Paradize included the chart-topper J’ai demand? ? la lune? 6 Which group’s debut album features the songs VCR, Crystalised and Islands? 7 Whose albums include Blue, The Hissing of Summer Lawns and Hejira? 8 In a 1968 no.1 single, which “saviour of the human race … invented medicinal compound”? 9 Which song begins: “When Britain first, at Heaven’s command, / Arose from out the azure main”? 10 Who had his second no.1 with Poor Me in 1960? 11 Which 17-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter had a 2016 no.1 with Stitches? 12 The family business D’Addario is best known for making which musical equipment? 13 Which US band released the “rural hippie anthem” Going Up the Country (1968)? 14 In a Beatles song, who “picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been”? 15Girl in a Band is a 2015 memoir by which former Sonic Youth member? 16 Which Bee Gees song’s 103 beats per minute is the perfect rhythm for performing CPR? 17 Which British rock band had a US no.1 single with Here I Go Again in 1987? 18 Which former Loose Women panellist is the mother of The 1975 lead singer Matt Healy? 19 Which South African-born artist painted the 2011 Amy Winehouse portrait Amy-Blue? 20 Which Public Enemy member is pictured? Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 83 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_e0266c03-81f5-5530-bbd9-00db84d3a861) QUIZ 84 – General Knowledge (#ulink_51abab8a-1389-5466-8d14-84b53c03e5da) 1 Sable is the heraldic term for which colour? 2 Thomas Young’s double-slit experiment disproved which scientist’s corpuscular theory of light? 3 Which Egyptian was the first Muslim Nobel laureate? 4 Which comedy legend wrote the 1963 comic novel Puckoon? 5 Chopin referred to which work, dedicated to the Countess Delfina Potocka, as The Little Dog Waltz? 6 The Austrian, Erwin Perzy I, invented which type of transparent sphere by accident in 1900? 7 Which TV family lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace? 8 Which southern province of Spain is Europe’s driest region? 9 Also known for his 1920 opera Die tote Stadt, which Brno-born composer won an Oscar for his score to The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)? 10 The world’s largest book stands upright, set in stone, in the grounds of the Kuthodaw Pagoda in which Burmese city? 11 By what grisly name is titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), the flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, also known? 12 The photographer Rankin and Jefferson Hack founded which style magazine in 1991? 13 What is the longest motorway in the UK? 14 The Pythian Games were held in honour of which Greek god? 15 Chicago’s Rydell High School is the setting for which musical? 16Dangerous Lady (1992) was which crime writer’s first published novel? 17 “The relentless building block video puzzle” was a slogan used for which game? 18 Copse is the first corner on which racing circuit? 19 Launched in 1997, the perfume Bolero was endorsed by which Argentine tennis star? 20 Name the city from the pictured skyline? Francesca Moscatelli / Shutterstock.com Click here for Quiz 84 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_44760dd1-7be3-50cf-9855-04cee705cde9) QUIZ 85 – General Knowledge (#ulink_dfd87e5b-b9e8-59f0-8c8b-7434111bf425) 1 The city of Swakopmund is a beach resort in which African country? 2 Which English jazz musician released the 1986 debut album Journey to the Urge Within? 3 Introduced in 1965, which geometric drawing toy was invented by the engineer Denys Fisher? 4 Horace Walpole’s tortoiseshell tabby Selima inspired which 1748 Thomas Gray poem? 5 The Khan Shatyr in Astana, Kazakhstan has been billed as the world’s biggest type of what structure? 6 Who wrote, directed and starred in the sci-fi films Primer and Upstream Color? 7 Which energy drink was originally manufactured in 1927 by Newcastle chemist William Owen? 8 The 311 and 353 or Knight were models made by which East German carmaker? 9 Appearing in numerous TV shows, Finder-Spyder is a fictional brand of what? 10 Which 1884 Tchaikovsky opera was inspired by Alexander Pushkin’s poem Poltava? 11 Which 1964 novel by Gore Vidal is about a Roman emperor and nephew of Constantine I? 12 Which grilled marinated beef dish derives its name from the Korean for ‘fire meat’? 13 Which US state was named in honour of Charles I’s queen consort? 14 Who duetted with George Michael on the 1987 no.1 I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)? 15 Which country’s national oil company is popularly known as Aramco? 16 Sharing his name with a planet, which Greek god was the father of the Titans? 17 Which London Zoo gorilla (1946–78) inspired an Ian Botham nickname? 18 Which duo won their first Ice Dancing world title in 1981? 19 Which US golfer gives his name to a lemonade-iced tea beverage? 20 Which Chicago sculpture is pictured? Click here for Quiz 85 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_261523bb-9084-5d7a-8105-f9bee2c02dda) QUIZ 86 – Wildlife (#ulink_580d500f-321b-5cfe-8bf0-986d8c58ad38) 1 Which rodent is by far the most commonly genetically altered mammal in scientific research? 2Turritopsis dohrnii is a species of biologically immortal what? 3 Which American ornithologist wrote Birds of the West Indies (1936)? 4 What is the largest toothed animal in the world? 5 Found on the islands of Rinca, Flores, Gili, Motang and Padar, what is the largest living species of lizard? 6 Which animal features on Greenland’s coat of arms? 7 The longest venomous snake indigenous to the African continent, what is the fastest land snake? 8 What is the largest living species of reptile? 9 Which type of bird features on the national flag of Zambia? 10 Up to 100 Garra Rufa or doctor fish are used in which spa treatment? 11 The Amur, Malayan and South China are living subspecies of which big cat? 12 Which creatures have the largest eyes documented in the animal kingdom? 13 Which Tasmanian novelist wrote Gould’s Book of Fish (2001)? 14 A Dorkie is a cross between a dachshund and which other dog breed? 15 Which bird has the Latin name Hirundo rustica? 16 The coat of arms of the Bahamas features a flamingo and which silvery blue fish? 17 The Baldwin is a rare and hairless breed of which pet rodent? 18 Which bird features on the head badge of Raleigh Bicycles? 19 Which reptile is the largest living chelonian? 20 Which small mammal with a toxic bite is pictured? Click here for Quiz 86 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_17239f91-cfa8-5c99-89b1-e1091a5f167c) QUIZ 87 – General Knowledge (#ulink_f7a4ff9a-0b99-5aac-940f-671a7534b8a7) 1 Which Converse trainer is the biggest selling basketball shoe of all time? 2 What is the most populous city in Oceania? 3 Which Azerbaijani singer (1942–2008) was dubbed the “King of Songs” and the “Soviet Sinatra”? 4 The GRU is which country’s largest foreign intelligence agency? 5 Which species of bustard is the world’s heaviest flying bird? 6 The tourist resort of Magaluf is on which island? 7 Which animal features in the logo of the drink J?germeister? 8 The actress Lillie Langtry was the mistress of which king? 9 Luis A. Ferr? is credited with saving which Frederic Leighton painting from oblivion? 10 Isla Nublar, a fictional island off Costa Rica’s west coast, is the setting for which 1993 film? 11 Which 1937 self-help book by Napoleon Hill has sold over 70 million copies? 12 Which chemical compound is also known as caustic soda or lye? 13 Which company made the Panhead and the Shovelhead motorcycle engines? 14 Fronted by Dan Smith, which band had a 2013 hit single with Pompeii? 15 Jacques de Molay was the last Grand Master of which religious military order? 16 Which cosmetics brand, founded in 1834, uses the motto “Get the London Look”? 17 Which former England cricket captain published The Art of Captaincy (1985)? 18Tam Samson’s Elegy by Robert Burns is about a player of which winter sport? 19 Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. debuted for which NFL team in 2014? 20 Name the pictured dinosaur – Click here for Quiz 87 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_1313226e-a8b0-5ab4-91dd-71186161cb11) QUIZ 88 – General Knowledge (#ulink_cd8c0d1f-4114-5d33-be10-3e99367a240f) 1 Which whale, the second largest on the planet, is known as the “greyhound of the sea”? 2 First banded in 1956 by Chandler Robbins, Wisdom is the world’s oldest known wild bird. What albatross species is she? 3 Created by J.M. Barrie, who are Tootles, Nibs, Slightly, Curly and the Twins? 4 Royal jelly is a larval food secreted by which creatures? 5 Born Karl Anderson, Jr, which American became the first women’s ready-to-wear designer for C?line in 1997? 6 The 1796 Battle of Montenotte was which man’s first victory in command of an army? 7 Which Dutch violinist and conductor created the Johann Strauss Orchestra in 1987? 8 The former British soldier Jonathan Pine is the title character in which 1993 John le Carr? novel? 9 Which early 1970s backing band featured Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey? 10 The late comedy writer Harris Wittels coined which word for “The Art of False Modesty”? 11 Which English scientist discovered the principle of electromagnetic induction in 1831? 12 In 1816, Bussa led the largest slave revolt in which Caribbean island’s history? 13 Which title star of the 2015 film Cinderella played Lady Rose Aldridge in Downton Abbey? 14 Recorded by Murray Head in 1984, the song One Night in Bangkok features in which musical? 15 Which US psychologist wrote the 2004 book The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less? 16 Which acclaimed video game sequel of 2015 is subtitled The Phantom Pain? 17 Which retired cricketer hosted the pub games TV show The Indoor League (1973–78)? 18 Used in Sky Sports’ darts coverage, Chase the Sun was a 2001 hit for which Italian dance act? 19 Which golfer won four of his six majors with the caddie Fanny Sunesson? 20 Name the “Stealth Fighter” in the picture – Click here for Quiz 88 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_e7853102-192d-51fe-8135-d4fdb5a353f1) QUIZ 89 – Food & Drink (#ulink_3bcc0e19-d11f-50f8-96d6-1f51d2061db2) 1 The full name of which dip in Arabic means ‘chickpeas with tahini’? 2 Which malted cereal grain is used to make malt whisky? 3 A molinillo is a Mexican whisk used to froth which common drink? 4 Sam Panopoulos claims to have invented which pizza at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario, in 1962? 5 The cheese spread, cervelle de canut, is a speciality of which French city? 6 Which US movie star began the company, Casamigos Tequila, with Rande Gerbe and Mike Meldman? 7 What does the French cookery term omelette baveuse mean in English? 8 The name of which espresso coffee drink with a dash of steamed milk is the Italian word for ‘stained’? 9 Le Train Bleu is a famous restaurant located in which Paris station? 10 Which white rum, pineapple juice, grenadine and maraschino liqueur cocktail is named after a silent film star? 11 The rockstar-haired chef Michael O’Hare won a Michelin star for which highly original Leeds restaurant in its first year? 12 Made famous by chef Louis Paquet, which chicken pasta dish is named after an Italian coloratura soprano (1871–1940)? 13 Which champagne house – the world’s largest – launched Dom P?rignon as a prestige cuv?e in 1936? 14Gule ?rter is the Danish name for which soup? 15 Loose-leaf, iceberg, stem, oilseed and summer crisp are types of what? 16 A traditional brew of Tanzania’s Chagga people, Mbege is beer made from which fruit? 17 Often linked with Chairman Mao, what is the Chinese meat dish, hong shao rou? 18 The Sicilian pastry tubes, cannoli, are usually filled with which cheese? 19 Eaten in many Asian countries, what type of dish is congee? 20 Which British pudding is pictured? Click here for Quiz 89 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_9ff7ea77-8e6b-5e09-895d-65f756e707d8) QUIZ 90 – General Knowledge (#ulink_8bd4ce20-36c2-500d-bab1-403e9b33a8eb) 1 Pediophobia is the fear of which toys? 2 Which South African president ordered Nelson Mandela’s release from prison? 3 Which Steven Spielberg film is based on the story of conman Frank Abagnale Jr.? 4 Which English dramatist (b.1968) wrote the plays No Boys Cricket Club, Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads and Sucker Punch? 5 In 1987, Robert Brozin and Fernando Duarte founded which Mozambican-Portuguese-themed restaurant chain in the Johannesburg suburb Rosettenville? 6 Mark Billingham introduced which Detective Inspector, played on TV by David Morrissey, in the 2001 novel Sleepyhead? 7 Which Flemish artist painted the 24-picture Marie de’ M?dici cycle? 8 Which academic press is the world’s oldest printer and publisher? 9 Trinidad Turn, Orchid Turn and Balboa Reach are points on which canal? 10 Vincenzo Bellini’s final opera I Puritani is set during which war? 11 Pigeon drop, Pig in a poke and the Spanish Prisoner are types of what? 12 The “Venice of the Pacific”, Nan Madol is a ruined city in which country? 13 Outperforming spider silk, what is the strongest biological material ever tested? 14 Which 1857 symphony by Franz Liszt was inspired by Goethe’s namesake drama? 15 Corresponding to a medicine man, the angakkuq is a spiritual figure among which people? 16 Sir Henry Bessemer gave his name to a process for the manufacture of which alloy? 17 Which former NASA roboticist began the webcomic xkcd in 2005? 18 Which England bowler (1865–1901) holds the record for lowest strike rate in all Test history? 19 Who won the 1989 Tour de France by just eight seconds from Laurent Fignon? 20 Name the bombard gun in the picture – Click here for Quiz 90 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_f3b47212-28f6-5c05-9aea-dfea94229130) QUIZ 91 – General Knowledge (#ulink_8f7ecd7b-0da0-5755-9f5b-abd6157825b1) 1 In the 1990s, the conman Alan Conway passed himself off as which film director? 2 Which 1983 Wham! music video was filmed at Pikes Hotel in Ibiza? 3 Ernest Hemingway wrote that “all modern American literature” comes from which book? 4 In 2013, who began playing Mick Carter in EastEnders? 5 Jeanne H?buterne was the common-law wife of which Italian artist (1884–1920)? 6 In 1865, the first ascent of which mountain cost the lives of four alpinists? 7 Which Russian composed the piano fantasy Islamey and symphonic poem Tamara? 8 Which song was composed in 1893 as Good Morning to All? 9 Lope de Vega’s epic poem La Dragontea is about which Elizabethan sailor? 10 What did an Ancient Greek woman do with a peplos and a himation? 11 Which industry in France was devastated by the pest, phylloxera, in the 1870s? 12 Invented by Bob Frankston and Dan Bricklin, VisiCalc was the first electronic what? 13 Which Russian-born US photographer published A Vanished World in 1983? 14 In 910, William I, Duke of Aquitaine, founded which Benedictine abbey in Burgundy? 15 Which US actor-comedian and star of The Hangover movies hosts the internet comedy series Between Two Ferns? 16 The ‘Rice Portrait’ is a disputed likeness of which author in her youth? 17 Sir Eric Drummond (1876–1951) was which organisation’s first Secretary General? 18 Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1989? 19 Golfer Ian Poulter was given which nickname because he always delivers? 20 What is the pictured hat style? Click here for Quiz 91 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_03936927-4cbe-50cf-b682-735597da0e2a) QUIZ 92 – General Knowledge (#ulink_b7e77343-16d0-51e0-8b74-ec009db59eb5) 1 The PIDE was which European country’s secret police force? 2 Which Chinese lager is the best-selling beer brand in the world? 3 Which “High Priest of Soul” released the 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music? 4 What is the surname of the unruly Wolverhampton-based family in the sitcom Raised by Wolves? 5 Which small strait in the Norwegian municipality of Bod? has the world’s strongest tidal current? 6 Who is the only monarch to be born and die at Buckingham Palace? 7 What is the oldest university in the English-speaking world? 8 Monica Ali’s 2011 novel Untold Story imagines that which princess faked her own death? 9 Which dictator, who died in Saudi Arabia in 2003, said: “I don’t like human flesh – it’s too salty for me”? 10 The 5p coin is legal tender for amounts up to how many pounds? 11 Ludovic Kennedy married which Scottish ballet dancer in 1950? 12 PC George Dixon (played by Jack Warner) was shot by a young Dirk Bogarde (playing “hardened” criminal Tom Riley) in which 1950 film? 13 Charles Babbage, Anthony Trollope, Wilkie Collins, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Harold Pinter are buried in which London cemetery? 14 Which Venetian painted Laura, The Three Philosophers and The Tempest? 15 What did James I call “a custome lothesome to the eye [and] hatefull to the Nose”? 16 Which elephant-headed Hindu god is the son of Shiva and Parvati? 17 Which Australian woman won a record 62 Grand Slam tennis titles? 18 “Ring Taw” is the version of which game played at its British and World Championship? 19 Contested every four years, what type of race is the Route du Rhum? 20 Which brutal dictator, who seized power in the Gambia in 1994, is pictured? Click here for Quiz 92 answers. (#litres_trial_promo) Click here for the main index. (#ulink_70da13f1-5461-5bd3-a42a-00734f41e8a1) QUIZ 93 – General Knowledge (#ulink_4c3f0c86-4a4e-5b0a-b994-4a10a785c923) Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию (https://www.litres.ru/olav-bjortomt/the-times-quiz-book-4000-challenging-general-knowledge-quest/?lfrom=688855901) на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.