| General Knowledge |
| 1 | How is Lesley Hornby better known? |
| Twiggy |
| 2 | What is the capital of Estonia? |
| Tallinn |
| 3 | What language, still spoken today, is said to be the language spoken by the Incas? |
| Quechua |
| 4 | In which country is Timbuktu? |
| Mali |
| 5 | Where are the Islets of Langerhans? |
| The pancreas |
| 6 | Which city has stations called Haymarket and Waverley? |
| Edinburgh |
| 7 | What brand of beer does Homer Simpson drink? |
| Duff |
| 8 | Who directed 'Plan 9 From Outer Space', allegedly the worst film ever made? |
| Ed Wood |
| 9 | Who currently presents 'A Question of Sport'? |
| Sue Barker |
| 10 | Who played Dr Kildare? |
| Richard Chamberlain |
| 11 | On what date do Girl Guides celebrate Thinking Day? |
| 22nd February |
| 12 | Steps, Boyzone and Take That have all recorded cover versions of songs by which band? |
| The Bee Gees |
| 13 | Who is the patron saint of Corfu? |
| St. Spiridon |
| 14 | What is the chief ingredient of bouillabaisse? |
| Fish (seafood) |
| 15 | What does an arctophile collect? |
| Teddy bears |
| 16 | In which TV programme did Craig Phillips shoot to fame? |
| Big Brother |
| 17 | What is the longest running theatre production in London’s West End? |
| The Mousetrap |
| 18 | From which part of France does red rice come? |
| The Camargue |
| 19 | Who dubbed Audrey Hepburn's singing in "My Fair Lady"? |
| Marni Nixon |
| 20 | How much does it cost a car to cross the Severn Crossing westbound? |
| £4.40 |
| 21 | What does a brontophobic person fear? |
| Thunder |
| 22 | What name is given to studying the iris to diagnose ill health? |
| Iridology |
| 23 | Salvia Officinalis is the Latin name for which herb? |
| Sage |
| 24 | Ancohuma is the highest peak in which mountain range? |
| The Andes (Cordillera Real) |
| 25 | Which king threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into the fiery furnace? |
| Nebuchadnezzar |
| 26 | In astrology, what is the birth sign of someone born on March 3rd? |
| Pisces |
| 27 | Which stimulant is contained in Coca Cola? |
| Caffeine |
| 28 | The holy cities of Mecca and Medina are in which country? |
| Saudi Arabia |
| 29 | What is the name of the cartoon strip featuring Charlie Brown & Snoopy? |
| Peanuts |
| 30 | Séamus is an Irish form of which boy's name? |
| James |
| 31 | Who is the Norse god of war? |
| Odin |
| 32 | What name is given to a group of partridges? |
| A covey |
| 33 | Which geological period followed the Jurassic period? |
| Cretaceous |
| 34 | Malachite is an ore of which metal? |
| Copper |
| 35 | Where is the Sea of Nectar? |
| On the moon |
| 36 | Antares is the brightest star in which constellation? |
| Scorpio |
| 37 | Emperor is the largest variety of which flightless bird? |
| Penguin |
| 38 | How is the persimmon also known? |
| Sharon fruit |
| 39 | A car displaying the letters SF comes from which country? |
| Finland |
| 40 | Which element has the symbol Hg? |
| Mercury |
| History and Politics |
| 41 | Who was the first king of Scotland? |
| Kenneth Mac Alpin |
| 42 | What was the name of the Serbian terrorist group responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914? |
| The Black Hand |
| 43 | Of which country was Corazon Aquino president? |
| Philippines |
| 44 | In what year did the Indian Mutiny take place? |
| 1857 |
| 45 | What name is given to the group of bishops who sit in the House of Lords? |
| Lords Spiritual |
| Local Knowledge |
| 46 | According to legend, which knight returning from the Crusades saved Winchester from Viking invasion? |
| Guy of Warwick |
| 47 | Lady Lisle was executed in The Square, Winchester. Who sentenced her to death? |
| Judge Jeffries |
| 48 | The last horse thief hanged in England is buried in which village churchyard? |
| Itchen Abbas |
| 49 | What is the name of the man who, according to his epitaph, died of drinking 'small beer'? |
| Thomas Thetcher |
| 50 | Which Southampton singer recorded an album called 'Born to Do It'? |
| Craig David |
| 51 | To which school were the young pupils transferred when Littleton School finally closed in 1923? |
| Sparsholt |
| 52 | In 1171 Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, appropriated the "Church of Littletone"
to the Guestmaster of St. Swithun’s Priory – which King was Henry’s brother? |
| King Steven |
| 53 | The 5th Marquis of Winchester defended Basing House against Cromwell's armies. What was his name?? |
| John Paulet |
| 54 | In which year were the North, South and East gates of Winchester removed? |
| 1771 (Strictly only the N and S gates in this year!) |
| 55 | What was the name of the Archbishop, born at Ropley, who crowned Queen Victoria? |
| Archbishop Howley |
| Young at Heart |
| 56 | Which Teletubby owns a scooter? |
| Po |
| 57 | Which Mr Man is shaped like a cloud? |
| Mr. Daydream |
| 58 | The Mayor of Sunnydale was one of whose greatest enemies? |
| Buffy Summers (the Vampire Slayer) |
| 59 | 'Bullet' Baxter taught games at which school? |
| Grange Hill |
| 60 | Who narrated Camberwick Green, Chigley & Trumpton? |
| Brian Cant |
| 61 | Whose wings were "like a shield of steel"? |
| Batfink |
| 62 | In "Anchors Aweigh", which cartoon character does Gene Kelly dance with? |
| Jerry |
| 63 | Which children's series featured a witch called Fenella who lived in a kettle? |
| Chorlton and The Wheelies |
| 64 | Which girl group had a hit with "Girl Power"? |
| Shampoo |
| 65 | In the fairy tale, Princess Elise has to make stinging nettle
shirts to break the spell which turned her 11 brothers into what? |
| Swans |
| The Human Body |
| 66 | Which vein carries oxygenated blood? |
| Pulmonary Vein |
| 67 | How many true ribs do humans have? |
| 14 |
| 68 | How many small bones are there in the wrist? |
| 8 |
| 69 | What animal organ is known as sweetbreads? |
| Pancreas (thymus) |
| 70 | Which is the main gland affected by mumps? |
| Parotid or salivary gland |
| Art and Literature |
| 71 | In which city is da Vinci's "Last Supper"? |
| Milan |
| 72 | In which series of novels did Enid Blyton name the heroine after her second husband? |
| Malory Towers |
| 73 | Which novel won the first Booker Prize in 1969? |
| Something to Answer For by P H Newby |
| 74 | Whose bed was nominated for the Turner Prize? |
| Tracey Emin's |
| 75 | Which star of Star Wars and When Harry Met Sally became a best-selling author? |
| Carrie Fisher |
| 76 | Filmmakers from which country formed the Dogma movement? |
| Denmark |
| 77 | What nationality was composer Gustav Holst? |
| British |
| 78 | Leopold Bloom is the main character in which novel? |
| Ulysses |
| 79 | Who wrote the opera "Russlan & Lyudmila"? |
| Glinka |
| 80 | Which Russian writer died in a railway station? |
| Tolstoy |
| Living World |
| 81 | How many teeth does an adult mole have? |
| 44 |
| 82 | What is the name for a deer's resting place? |
| Lair |
| 83 | Which British owl utters an eerie long drawn shriek? |
| Barn |
| 84 | Which British bird's song is a rattling wheeze often interpreted as "a little bit of bread and no cheese"? |
| Yellowhammer |
| 85 | What is the name for a machine for spinning wool that is also an olde name for a British garden bird? |
| Throstle |
| 86 | What is the name of a common plant/flower, the dry powdered leaves of which is still a most valuable
drug used in the treatment of heart failure? |
| Foxglove (digitalis) |
| 87 | Which tree, that favours calcareous soils, was favoured for making long bows? |
| Yew |
| 88 | Salmon start life as alevins, develop into parr, two years later they become smolts,
as grilse they return to the waters of their birth to spawn. What are they called during the last
part of their life cycle as they attempt to return to the sea to die? |
| Kelts |
| 89 | What is another name for the blindworm? |
| Slow Worm |
| 90 | What is another name for the Maybug? |
| Cockchafer |
| Sport |
| 91 | How many players are there in a Canadian lacrosse team? |
| 10 men/12 women (10 accepted as correct answer) |
| 92 | What is the name of the spherical object hit by a hurley? |
| Slitter (sliothar) |
| 93 | Which soccer team is nicknamed the ";Toffees"? |
| Everton |
| 94 | What was the name of the horse that beat the Queen Mother's "Devon Lock" in the
closing stages of the Grand National? |
| ESB |
| 95 | What was the name of the left back for England in the soccer final when they won the World Cup? |
| Ray Wilson |
| 96 | What is the name of the cricket ground where Geoff Boycott scored his 100th century for England? |
| Headingley |
| 97 | How many Gold Medals did Great Britain win in Men's Athletics at the Moscow Olympics? |
| 4 |
| 98 | Who was defeated by Boris Becker in the Men's Singles Final at Wimbledon when he became the
youngest player to win the title at the age of 17? |
| Kevin Curren |
| 99 | How many Gold Medals did Great Britain win in Women's Athletics at the Los Angeles Olympics? |
| 1 |
| 100 | Who was the first British woman to win the United States Open Golf Championship? |
| Laura Davies |
