20180930M

Question 1

Which Roman military leader succeeded Commodus to become the first of the Five Emperors in 193AD?

Answer 1

Pertinax

Question 2

Which part of the body is the title of a short story by Nikolai Gogol later adapted into an opera by Shostakovich?

Answer 2

The Nose

Question 3

Which beer cocktail is made by layering a pale beer (usually pale ale) and a dark beer (for example Guinness)?

Answer 3

Black and tan

Question 4

The baby a hungry crocodile and a dog called Toby can often be seen in which traditional type of British puppet show?

Answer 4

Punch and Judy

Question 5

Which band were nominated for the 2018 Mercury Music Prize with their album High as Hope but did not win it? Sky Full of Song was the debut single from this album.

Answer 5

Florence + The Machine

Question 6

Which former slate mining town of some 4700 people in Gwynedd shares its Biblical name with a Maryland town located just south of Washington DC which is home to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center?

Answer 6

Bethesda

Question 7

Which unseeded Latvian player stunned World Number 2 Simona Halep to win the 2017 French Open?

Answer 7

Jelena Ostapenko

Question 8

What foodstuff beginning with P names the latest version of the Android operating system released in August 2018?

Answer 8

Pie

Question 9

Which television presenter unexpectedly inherited the Grade I listed West Horsley Place in Surrey from his great-aunt the Duchess of Roxburghe in 2014?

Answer 9

Bamber Gascoigne

Question 10

Which alliteratively named broadcaster was a newsreader and continuity announcer with Radio 4 for over 20 years and married her partner Claire Balding in 2015?

Answer 10

Alice Arnold

Question 11

Which 7th century monk associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne decided to become a monk after having a vision on the night that St Aidan died? This man is buried in Durham Cathedral.

Answer 11

St Cuthbert

Question 12

Which ancient Greek philosopher wrote the work Nicomachean Ethics the title of which is thought to refer to that philosopher’s son?

Answer 12

Aristotle

Question 13

In American football what name is given to the imaginary transverse line across the width of the field beyond which a team cannot cross until the next play has begun?

Answer 13

Line of scrimmage

Question 14

In seismology the epicentre is the point on the earth’s surface directly above the point of origin of an earthquake. Also called the focus what name is given to the below-ground point where the earthquake originates?

Answer 14

Hypocentre

Question 15

According to a 1978 Boney M hit who was Russia’s greatest love machine?

Answer 15

Rasputin

Question 16

Which British economist criticised the Treaty of Versailles in his 1919 book The Economic Consequences of the Peace?

Answer 16

John Maynard Keynes

Question 17

Which Hungarian composer of Transcendental Etudes and Hungarian Rhapsodies was the second father-in-law of Richard Wagner?

Answer 17

Franz Liszt

Question 18

Home to giant tortoises and the world’s second largest atoll Aldabra is part of which Indian Ocean nation?

Answer 18

Seychelles

Question 19

The 2017 World Championships of which e-sports video games title developed by Riot Games were held at Beijing’s Olympic Stadium?

Answer 19

League of Legends

Question 20

In organic chemistry what name is given to a hydrocarbon which contains two carbon double bonds also referred to as a diolefin?

Answer 20

Diene (accept alkadiene)

Question 21

The UK was involved in the series of skirmishes over fishing rights known as the Cod Wars with which other European nation in the late 1950s to early 1970s?

Answer 21

Iceland

Question 22

Which Poet Laureate from 1984 to 1998 wrote the children’s science-fiction novel The Iron Man?

Answer 22

Ted Hughes

Question 23

According to the Highway Code what colour road studs mark the left edge of the road?

Answer 23

Red

Question 24

Which 1972 film directed by Werner Herzog centres on the title figure played by Klaus Kinski who leads a group of conquistadores down the Orinoco and Amazon in search of El Dorado?

Answer 24

Aguirre the rath of God

Question 25

It's been a vintage 12 months for cricketers behaving idiotically. Batsman Ben Duckett was sent home from a tour of Australia in December 2017 for pouring a drink over which England bowler the country's all-time leading wicket-taker?

Answer 25

Jimmy Anderson

Question 26

Named either of the two German neurologists whose names are represented by the C and the J in the brain disease known by the initials CJD.

Answer 26

Hans Creutzfeldt or Alfons Jakob

Question 27

Which jazz saxophonist was known as The Sound?

Answer 27

Stan Getz

Question 28

The world's longest suspension bridge joins Honshu to Awaji islands bridging which straits which give the bridge its name?

Answer 28

Akashi Strait (accept Akashi Kaikyo)

Question 29

Which mechanical drawing toy inducted into the inaugural class of the US National Toy Hall of Fame was invented in the late 1950s by Andre Cassagnes and is now manufactured by the company Spin Master?

Answer 29

Etch-a-Sketch

Question 30

The TV Station TCM is a movie channel on the Sky Digital platform. The CM stands for Classic Movies; which American media mogul's surname is referenced in the initial T?

Answer 30

Ted Turner

Question 31

Led by Jimmie ?kesson which right-wing political party made gains at the 20187 Swedish general election albeit less extensive than had been feared?

Answer 31

Sweden Democrats (accept Swedish Democrats and prompt on Democrats)

Question 32

Known as the 'grandmother of performance art' which Serbian is well-known for her work Relation in Space in which she and a collaborator ran into each other for an hour?

Answer 32

Marina Abramovi?

Question 33

According to the Highway Code what colour road studs mark the edge of themain carriageway at a lay-by or slip road?

Answer 33

Green

Question 34

Which item of clothing is the title of a short story by Nikolai Gogol later adapted into a mime play by Marcel Marceau?

Answer 34

The Overcoat

Question 35

Taking place over a period of just 100 hours name either of the neighbouring central American countries which fought the Football War in 1969.

Answer 35

El Salvador or Honduras

Question 36

Name either of the two British-based virologists whose surnames are represented by the E and the B in the virus known by the initials EBV which causes glandular fever.

Answer 36

Michael Epstein or Yvonne Barr

Question 37

Which video game made by Valve is the focus of a yearly e-sports tournament known as The International which in 2017 offered more than US$24 million in prize money?

Answer 37

Defence of the Ancients 2 (accept DOTA 2 but do not accept or prompt on anything omitting the 2)

Question 38

Which former coal mining town of some 5500 people in Blaenau Gwent shares its name with a Pennsylvania town home to a namesake women's liberal arts college? The US town divides the single word Welsh name into two words.

Answer 38

Brynmawr

Question 39

Which Czech composer of Rusalka and Slavonic Dances was the father-in-law of Josef Suk?

Answer 39

Antonín Dvo?ák

Question 40

Closed in 2010 the TV channel Men & Motors which featured programmes on motor vehicles and other topics allegedly of interest to men also featured the name of which former ITV region in its name?

Answer 40

Granada

Question 41

Which Social Democrat politician remained as Prime Minister of Sweden after the 2018 general election a role he has held since 2012?

Answer 41

Stefan Löfven

Question 42

Named after the two winners of the Chemistry Nobel Prize in 1950 which doubly-eponymous organic chemical reaction occurs between a conjugated diene and a substituted alkene?

Answer 42

Diels-Alder reaction

Question 43

Which modelling compound inducted into the inaugural class of the US National Toy Hall of Fame was first manufactured as a wallpaper cleaner but is now produced by Hasbro?

Answer 43

Play-doh

Question 44

Which Jewish Dutch philosopher wrote the 1677 work Ethics?

Answer 44

Baruch Spinoza (accept Benedict Spinoza)

Question 45

Which jazz saxophonist was known as Prez?

Answer 45

Lester Young

Question 46

Which 1982 film directed by Werner Herzog centres on the title figure played by Klaus Kinski a rubber baron who transports a steamship overland through the Amazonian jungle?

Answer 46

Fitzcarraldo

Question 47

Another strong entry in the idiotic cricketer casebook was the March 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal. This led to a 12-month ban for which then Australia captain and world's top-ranked Test batsman?

Answer 47

Steve Smith

Question 48

A 1925 pamphlet by John Maynard Keynes decrying Britain's return to the gold standard was entitled The Economic Consequences of ... which then Chancellor who later served two spells as British Prime Minister?

Answer 48

Mr (Winston) Churchill

Question 49

Which unseeded American player defeated her compatriot Madison Keys to win the 2017 US Open?

Answer 49

Sloane Stephens

Question 50

Home to a now extinct flying bird the solitaire and an endangered flying fox Rodrigues is part of which Indian Ocean nation?

Answer 50

Mauritius

Question 51

Which singer was nominated for the 2018 Mercury Music Prize with her album No Shame but did not win it? Trigger Bang was the debut single from this album.

Answer 51

Lily Allen

Question 52

Which alliteratively named TV presenter began her career presenting the weather on Channel 5 and is the wife of Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis?

Answer 52

Lara Lewington

Question 53

Which beer cocktail is made with equal parts of lager and cider?

Answer 53

Snakebite

Question 54

Which Poet Laureate from 1972 to 1984 wrote the blank verse autobiographical work Summoned By Bells?

Answer 54

John Betjeman

Question 55

Which former governor of Lusitania had a three-month spell as the second of the Four Emperors in 69AD?

Answer 55

Otho

Question 56

In seismology what letter denotes the type of longitudinal seismic wave which travels fastest and hence provides the first signal of an earthquake at affected locations away from the epicentre?

Answer 56

P waves

Question 57

In which 1976 Boney M hit would you hear the repeated line she's crazy like a fool?

Answer 57

Daddy Cool

Question 58

Punch and Judy has its roots in which Italian form of theatre which includes stock characters such as Harlequin Pierrot and Columbine?

Answer 58

Commedia dell'Arte

Question 59

In American football free and strong are the two variations in which defensive position who typically line up further from the line of scrimmage than any other players?

Answer 59

Safety

Question 60

The world's third longest suspension bridge joins Zealand to Funen island bridging which straits which give the bridge its name?

Answer 60

Great Belt (accept Storebælt)

Question 61

Which 7th century King of Northumbria became venerated as a saint after being described as such by the Venerable Bede? His head is buried in Durham Cathedral along with the body of St Cuthbert.

Answer 61

St Oswald

Question 62

Pie took over from which foodstuff beginning with O which had named the Android operating system released in August 2017?

Answer 62

Oreo cookies

Question 63

In 2017 Bamber Gascoigne's estate at West Horsley Place became the new home for which opera company named after its previous base at Northington in Hampshire?

Answer 63

Grange Park Opera

Question 64

Which Japanese contemporary artist came to public attention in New York in the 1960s when she organised a series of happenings in which naked participants were painted with brightly-coloured polka dots?

Answer 64

Yayoi Kusama

Question 65

Made a Dame in 1969 which pioneer of chaos theory became the first woman to be appointed President of the London Mathematical Society as well as the first woman to sit on the council of the Royal Society?

Answer 65

Mary Cartwright

Question 66

Which American chocolate bar similar to a Lion Bar and has a name which sounds like it was named after a child of a famous New York Yankees baseball player although officially it was named after Grover Cleveland's infant daughter?

Answer 66

Baby Ruth (but accept Babe Ruth)

Question 67

Which Scottish artist (1924-2005) designed the mosaic-patterned walls at Tottenham Court Road tube station some of which were removed as part of its recent upgrade?

Answer 67

Eduardo Paolozzi

Question 68

Which Juventus frontman scored a goal for Croatia and an own goal for France in the 2018 FIFA World Cup final?

Answer 68

Mario Mandžuki?