The Filthy Forty

1 Punta Arenas, the most southerly city in the world, is located in which country?

2 Which rank in the Christian ministry takes its name from the Greek for servant?

3 Since 1895, which country has been ruled by a khedive, a sultan, a king and a president?

4 Who had companions called Wilson, Evans, Oates and Bowers?

5 Which 5 letter English word still retains its original pronunciation when four of the five letters are removed?

6 Which English city was called Ratae during the Roman occupation?

7 Traditionally, what three words does the duty policeman shout at the beginning of a parliamentary day?

8 The Gravindex test is used to detect what?

9 If you have two E’s, one A, one D and one B, what letter of the alphabet is missing?

10 What is cryptozoology the study of?

11 What title is shared by a Keanu Reeves film and a Diana Ross number one hit?

12 What might one be eating if combining the chemical symbols of sulphur, sodium, carbon and potassium?

13 The Temple of Angkor is depicted on the flag of which country?

14 Which horse racing trainer was played by Edward Woodward in the film Champions?

15 What is the name of the pet dog of railroad hero Casey Jones?

16 Who played the bongo drums on the Shadows hit Apache?

17 Which pop group took their name from the Arabic for black?

18 Which South American city is home to an airport named after John F Kennedy?

19 Ashdown Forest provided the inspiration for which popular series of children’s novels?

20 Which is the only Dickens novel with a female narrator?

21 In which country is the most southerly point of Asia?

22 On what object would you find a mother of all, a footman and a maiden?

23 What event of 1215 was surprisingly omitted from the Shakespeare play The Life and Time of King John?

24 Which river, the site of a famous battle rises in the Bog of Allen?

25 Which pachyderm married his cousin Celeste?

26 “My mum used to be my dad” is the opening line of which controversial stage show?

27 What is bred in a magnamerie?

28 Which building witnessed the murder of Richard II?

29 An Unearthly Child was the title of the first ever episode of which TV show?

30 What does a person possess if described as stentorian?

31 Who committed suicide in 1890 and was the subject of a number one hit eighty two years later?

32 Which 200 page document was signed on June 28, 1919?

33 The first line of which country’s national anthem reads, “Beloved land, Pearl of the Orient”?

34 Which actress provided the voice of ET in the Spielberg movie?

35 Which model of car flopped in Spain, as its name in Spanish means “doesn’t go”?

36 What type of bird is Mao in the novel The Jungle Book?

37 What three words beginning with D, R and E were shortened and combined for the brand name of Durex?

38 Which colour of the rainbow, is the colour of mourning in Turkey?

39 What was named after a London sanitary engineer called Harold Pickup?

40 If all the Carry On films were listed alphabetically which would come first?

Answers

1 Chile
2 Deacon
3 Egypt
4 Captain Robert Falcon Scott
5 Queue
6 Leicester
7 Hats off strangers
8 Pregnancy
9 G, for the strings on a guitar
10 Mythical animals
11 Chain Reaction
12 Snack, S + Na + C + K
13 Cambodia
14 Josh Gifford
15 Cinders
16 Cliff Richard
17 Aswad
18 La Paz
19 Winnie the Pooh
20 Bleak House
21 Malaysia
22 Spinning wheel
23 The sealing of the Magna Carta
24 Boyne
25 Babar the Elephant
26 Jerry Springer the Opera
27 Silkworms
28 Pontefract Castle
29 Dr Who
30 A loud voice
31 Vincent Van Gogh
32 The Treaty of Versailles
33 The Philippines
34 Debra Winger
35 Nova
36 Peacock
37 Durability, reliability and excellence
38 Violet
39 Harpic
40 Carry On Abroad