(1)The fruit in Tarte Tatin? Apples
(2)Children's TV programme featuring Professor Yaffle (the wooden woodpecker)? Bagpuss
(3)Charles Babbage's notable invention? Computer
(4)Framework for oil well drilling machinery? Derrick
(5)Traditional fur trim on ceremonial and heraldic robes? Ermine (From the white winter coat of the ermine - mustela erminea - AKA stoat and short-tailed weasel. Incidentally the black spotted patterns in heraldic ermines are the black tips of the tails in the joined pelts.)
(6)A maker of arrows? Fletcher
(7)A hot spring which shoots out boiling water and steam? Geyser
(8)Metric unit equal to 10,000 square metres? Hectare
(9)Chemical element with atomic number 53? Iodine
(10)Contest fought between medieval knights with lances on horseback? Joust
(11)Basketball-netball hybrid game for mixed male and female teams? Korfball
(12)The twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet? Mu (= m)
(13)The Tokyo stock exchange index? Nikkei
(14)A fine translucent stiff cotton muslin used chiefly for making dresses? Organdie/organdy/organza
(15)Female part of a flower? Pistil
(16)A type of low fat curd cheese? Quark (interestingly perhaps indirectly related to particle physics quarks, a term adopted by US physicist Murray Gell-Mann in 1964, based he says on the mythical seabird chorus "...Three quarks for Muster Mark..." in James Joyce's book (Finnegans Wake, thought to mean three cheers or jeers। Either or both Gell-Mann and Joyce might have been alluding ironically to quark cheese since in German the word extends metaphorically to mean rubbish or nonsense।)
(17)The right page of an open book? Recto (the left page is verso)
(18)The white part of the human eye? Sclera
(19)Bride in the 1998 film Bride of Chucky? Tiffany
(20)Mottled green and yellow citrus fruit hybrid between a grapefruit and tangerine? Ugli
(21)Roman goddess of the hearth? Vesta
(22)US state of which Madison is capital? Wisconsin
(23)Irrational fear or dislike of people from foreign countries? Xenophobia
(24)Circular collapsible tent of felt or skins used by Mongolian nomads? Yurt
(25)Italian dessert of whipped egg yolks, sugar and marsala wine? Zabbaglione
(26)Zurich's river? Limmat
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Friday, March 16, 2007
entertainment
(1)Which UK politician was replaced by a tub or lard when he failed to turn up for a recording of TV quiz show Have I Got News For You? Roy Hattersley
(2)Who played the title role in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee? Emma Thompson
(3)What was the name of Lucille Ball's Cuban band-leader first husband? Desi Arnaz
(4)Who took over the hosting of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 2005? Kirsty Young
(5)In which UK TV series did actor Neil Morrissey make his first television appearance? Boon
(6)What was the name of Bruce Springsteen's 1970s-80s backing group? The E Street Band
(7)Which was the first British TV game show to be adapted for screening in the USA? The Krypton Factor
(8)Which sport is the subject of the 1977 film Slap Shot, starring Paul Newman? Ice hockey
(9)Who wrote the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? Robert Louis Stevenson
(10)What was the name of Scarlet O'Hara's first husband in Gone with the Wind? Charles Hamilton (second was Frank Kennedy, followed by Rhett Butler)
(11)Which British TV comedy series took its name from the title of a 1960 crime-comedy film starring Jack Hawkins? The League of Gentlemen
(12)Which TV and film character's full name is Alistair Graham? Ali G
(13)Which TV soap actress played Cleopatra in the 1964 film Carry On Cleo? Amanda Barrie (she later played Alma Baldwin in Coronation Street)
(14)What was the name of the ranch in TV's cowboy series Bonanza? The Ponderosa
(15)Whose autobiography is entitled With Nails? Richard E Grant
(16)Which film saw the return after 12 years of Sean Connery as James Bond? Never Say Never Again (1983)
(17)What is the name of Inspector Clouseau's manservant? Cato
(18)Which actor is the voice of Z in the 1998 film Antz? Woody Allen
(19)Which British pop group did Graham Nash leave to join David Crosby in forming Crosby Stills Nash and Young? The Hollies
(20)What did M*A*S*H stand for? Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
(21)What was the first Beatles film? Hard Day's Night (1964)
(22)What is the occupation of The Fugitive? Surgeon (Dr Richard Kimble)
(23)Which band released the album Zooropa? U2
(२४)Which actor brothers played the piano players in the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys? Jeff and Beau Bridges
(25)Which football team is the subject of the 1996 film Fever Pitch? Arsenal
(26)Johnny Knoxville became famous in what TV show? Jackass
(२७)Which singer and actress was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in 1935? Julie Andrews
(28)Which actor played Bruce Wayne in the 2005 film Batman Begins? Christian Bale
(29)Who did Deidre Langton marry in Coronation Street in 1981? Ken Barlow
(30)Who spoke the only word in the 1976 film Silent Movie? Marcel Marceau (the French mime artist - he said, "Non.")
(2)Who played the title role in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee? Emma Thompson
(3)What was the name of Lucille Ball's Cuban band-leader first husband? Desi Arnaz
(4)Who took over the hosting of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 2005? Kirsty Young
(5)In which UK TV series did actor Neil Morrissey make his first television appearance? Boon
(6)What was the name of Bruce Springsteen's 1970s-80s backing group? The E Street Band
(7)Which was the first British TV game show to be adapted for screening in the USA? The Krypton Factor
(8)Which sport is the subject of the 1977 film Slap Shot, starring Paul Newman? Ice hockey
(9)Who wrote the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? Robert Louis Stevenson
(10)What was the name of Scarlet O'Hara's first husband in Gone with the Wind? Charles Hamilton (second was Frank Kennedy, followed by Rhett Butler)
(11)Which British TV comedy series took its name from the title of a 1960 crime-comedy film starring Jack Hawkins? The League of Gentlemen
(12)Which TV and film character's full name is Alistair Graham? Ali G
(13)Which TV soap actress played Cleopatra in the 1964 film Carry On Cleo? Amanda Barrie (she later played Alma Baldwin in Coronation Street)
(14)What was the name of the ranch in TV's cowboy series Bonanza? The Ponderosa
(15)Whose autobiography is entitled With Nails? Richard E Grant
(16)Which film saw the return after 12 years of Sean Connery as James Bond? Never Say Never Again (1983)
(17)What is the name of Inspector Clouseau's manservant? Cato
(18)Which actor is the voice of Z in the 1998 film Antz? Woody Allen
(19)Which British pop group did Graham Nash leave to join David Crosby in forming Crosby Stills Nash and Young? The Hollies
(20)What did M*A*S*H stand for? Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
(21)What was the first Beatles film? Hard Day's Night (1964)
(22)What is the occupation of The Fugitive? Surgeon (Dr Richard Kimble)
(23)Which band released the album Zooropa? U2
(२४)Which actor brothers played the piano players in the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys? Jeff and Beau Bridges
(25)Which football team is the subject of the 1996 film Fever Pitch? Arsenal
(26)Johnny Knoxville became famous in what TV show? Jackass
(२७)Which singer and actress was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in 1935? Julie Andrews
(28)Which actor played Bruce Wayne in the 2005 film Batman Begins? Christian Bale
(29)Who did Deidre Langton marry in Coronation Street in 1981? Ken Barlow
(30)Who spoke the only word in the 1976 film Silent Movie? Marcel Marceau (the French mime artist - he said, "Non.")
History
(1) What took place on Griffin's Wharf in America in 1773? The Boston Tea Party (on 16 December - American colonists, protesting against British taxes and lack of self-governance, dumped more than 300 crates of British-owned tea in Boston harbour, after boarding three ships disguised as Mohawk natives - the event is regarded as a precursor to the American revolutionary war of independence)
(2) What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims travelled to North America in 1620? The Mayflower
(3) What was the name of the English farmer who invented the seed-planting drill in 1701? Jethro Tull
(4) In which year was Nelson Mandela released from prison? 1990
(5)What was the nationality of the first non-Italian Pope since 1523? Polish (Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II, Pope from 1978-2005)
(6) What was the name of the world's first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957? Sputnik I
(7) Which country gained its independence from Denmark in 1944? Iceland
(8)In 1803 who started shipping portions of the sculpted frieze from the Parthenon in Greece to England? Lord Elgin (Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin - the sculpted frieze is more commonly known as the Elgin Marbles।)
(9) In which year did French Queen Marie Antoinette go the guillotine? 1793
(10) Who became US president after Herbert Hoover? Franklin D Roosevelt (1933)
(11)French King Louis XIV (1638-1715) was the longest reigning European monarch - how long did he reign? 72 years (from 1643-1715)
(12)Marjorie Robb, who died in Boston USA in 1992 aged 103, was the last living survivor of what? The sinking of the Titanic (1912)
(13)Who in 1963 murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin (according to official accounts) of US President John F Kennedy? Jack Ruby
(14) The Kiel Canal in Germany, officially opened in 1895, connects which two seas? North Sea and Baltic Sea (it is apparently the world's busiest artificial waterway)
(15) Fletcher Christian, who led the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, subsequently rediscovered and settled on which remote Pacific Island, which had been 'lost' from British maritime records? Pitcairn Island (in the Pacific Ocean, North-East of New Zealand)
(16)What were the waitresses called who worked in the English Lyons Cornerhouse tea rooms, popular in first half of the 1900's? Nippies
(17)In 1624 what was purchased from the local inhabitant Native Americans by the Dutch for a reported sum of $24? Manhattan Island
(18)Which former Prime Minister of India was assassinated in 1991 as he campaigned for re-election? Rajiv Gandhi
(19)Which New York hotel was designed by Henry Hardenbergh in 1897? Waldorf-Astoria
(20)What date is France's Bastille Day? 14th July
(21)Which mountain was climbed for the first time in 1786? Mont Blanc (by Jacques Balmant and Michel-Gabriel Paccard - the mountain is on the border of France and Italy, who each claim the summit is in their country)
(22)In what year did India and Pakistan become independent nations and free from British rule? 1947 (15 August India, and 14 August Pakistan)
(23)Which planet was discovered by William Herschel 1781? Uranus
(24)In 1926, 19 year-old Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to do what? Swim the English Channel
(25)In what year, generally regarded as marking the end of the Cold War, did the Berlin Wall come down? 1989 (9 November)
(26)Which calendar was devised in 1582? Gregorian Calendar (by Aloysius Lilius - it is the calendar that most of the world uses today)
(27)Which London Emporium opened in Picadilly 1707? Fortnum and Mason's
(28)British publisher Ludvik Hoch was better known by which name? Robert Maxwell
(29)Which English King abdicated in 1936? Edward VIII
(2) What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims travelled to North America in 1620? The Mayflower
(3) What was the name of the English farmer who invented the seed-planting drill in 1701? Jethro Tull
(4) In which year was Nelson Mandela released from prison? 1990
(5)What was the nationality of the first non-Italian Pope since 1523? Polish (Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II, Pope from 1978-2005)
(6) What was the name of the world's first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957? Sputnik I
(7) Which country gained its independence from Denmark in 1944? Iceland
(8)In 1803 who started shipping portions of the sculpted frieze from the Parthenon in Greece to England? Lord Elgin (Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin - the sculpted frieze is more commonly known as the Elgin Marbles।)
(9) In which year did French Queen Marie Antoinette go the guillotine? 1793
(10) Who became US president after Herbert Hoover? Franklin D Roosevelt (1933)
(11)French King Louis XIV (1638-1715) was the longest reigning European monarch - how long did he reign? 72 years (from 1643-1715)
(12)Marjorie Robb, who died in Boston USA in 1992 aged 103, was the last living survivor of what? The sinking of the Titanic (1912)
(13)Who in 1963 murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin (according to official accounts) of US President John F Kennedy? Jack Ruby
(14) The Kiel Canal in Germany, officially opened in 1895, connects which two seas? North Sea and Baltic Sea (it is apparently the world's busiest artificial waterway)
(15) Fletcher Christian, who led the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, subsequently rediscovered and settled on which remote Pacific Island, which had been 'lost' from British maritime records? Pitcairn Island (in the Pacific Ocean, North-East of New Zealand)
(16)What were the waitresses called who worked in the English Lyons Cornerhouse tea rooms, popular in first half of the 1900's? Nippies
(17)In 1624 what was purchased from the local inhabitant Native Americans by the Dutch for a reported sum of $24? Manhattan Island
(18)Which former Prime Minister of India was assassinated in 1991 as he campaigned for re-election? Rajiv Gandhi
(19)Which New York hotel was designed by Henry Hardenbergh in 1897? Waldorf-Astoria
(20)What date is France's Bastille Day? 14th July
(21)Which mountain was climbed for the first time in 1786? Mont Blanc (by Jacques Balmant and Michel-Gabriel Paccard - the mountain is on the border of France and Italy, who each claim the summit is in their country)
(22)In what year did India and Pakistan become independent nations and free from British rule? 1947 (15 August India, and 14 August Pakistan)
(23)Which planet was discovered by William Herschel 1781? Uranus
(24)In 1926, 19 year-old Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to do what? Swim the English Channel
(25)In what year, generally regarded as marking the end of the Cold War, did the Berlin Wall come down? 1989 (9 November)
(26)Which calendar was devised in 1582? Gregorian Calendar (by Aloysius Lilius - it is the calendar that most of the world uses today)
(27)Which London Emporium opened in Picadilly 1707? Fortnum and Mason's
(28)British publisher Ludvik Hoch was better known by which name? Robert Maxwell
(29)Which English King abdicated in 1936? Edward VIII
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