For the Anoraks
1 What do sedentary birds not do?
2 Angioplasty is a form of surgery on which part of the body?
3 Which TV drama series of yesteryear was based on the memoirs of Major Pat Reid?
4 What three words complete the following saying- When you can tread on nine daisies at once….?
5 Where are the Maxwell Gap and the Keeler Gap located?
6 Which star of the film Arthur was born with the first name of Arthur?
7 What animal is the symbol for the progressive party in the USA?
8 Which novel features the characters of the Gizzardgulper and the Fleshlumpeater?
9 What type of bird is the Dangermouse villain Dudley Poyson?
10 In October 2001, which singer legally changed his name to Sananda Maitreya?
11 What would a North American Indian do with a calumet?
12 If Washington is 1 and Lincoln is 5, who is 20?
13 Which musical is subtitled The Adventures of a Girl Who Wanted to Be Loved?
14 Which English county is home to the Tendring Peninsula?
15 Dundalk is the capital of which Irish county?
16 Which seaside resort boasts that in the 19th century it was the first resort to introduce donkey rides and deck chairs?
17 What is the first name of Little Dorrit in the Dickens novel?
18 Which car company has used the advertising slogan Power, Beauty, Soul?
19 Which football club began life in 1883 as Singers FC?
20 Which 19th century novel features a
Scotland Yard detective called Mr Fix?
Answers
1 Migrate
2 Blood vessels
3 Colditz
4 Spring has come
5 In between the rings of Saturn
6 John Gielgud
7 Moose
8 The BFG
9 Owl
10 Terence Trent Darby
11 Smoke it, a type of peace pipe
12 Jackson – with regard to heads on American dollar bills
13 Sweet Charity
14 Essex
15 Louth
16 Margate
17 Amy
18 Aston Martin
19 Coventry City
20 Around the World in Eighty Days