Get Your Anoraks
Set One
1 Which nine letter word derives from medieval knights who did not charge for their services?
2 Which was the only mixed sex duo to have a UK Christmas number one hit single in the 20th century?
3 Which novel is subtitled The Story of a Man of Character?
4 Who is the only footballer to have played in FA Cup finals in the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s?
5 Which article of clothing was named after James Thomas Brudenell?
6 Which multi million pound international company began life in 1922 as a small leather retailer in the city of Florence?
7 What provides the staple diet of baccivorous creatures?
8 Which Canadian province was named after the Great Spirit of the Algonquin Indians?
9 Whose alleged last words were, “How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden”?
10 What connects Death, Temperance, Justice, Strength and Moon?
11 Which product takes its name from the Greek for “snow white”?
12 In 1995, Pauline Clare became Britain’s first female what?
13 What officially opened in Liverpool in 1928 and was named after the site of a battle in the Boer War?
14 What foodstuff takes its name from the Spanish for girdle?
15 What was the unfortunate claim to fame of two thieves called Dismas and Gestas?
16 Where in the human body is the Hoku point?
17 What does a plangonologist collect?
18 Which story opens with the line, “Once upon a time there was a woman whose only wish was to have a tiny child”?
19 Where can the author of Murder of the Rue Morgue be seen standing next to the dancing partner of Ginger Rogers?
20 What opens with the words,” The history of
all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggle”?
Answers to Get Your Anoraks Set One
1 Freelance
2 Renee and Renato
3 The Mayor of Casterbridge
4 David O’Leary
5 The cardigan, he was the 7th Earl of Cardigan
6 Gucci
7 Berries
8 Manitoba
9 PT Barnum
10 All are names of Tarot cards
11 Nivea
12 Chief Constable
13 Spion Kop at Liverpool’s home ground of Anfield
14 Fajita
15 They were crucified next to Jesus
16 Between the thumb and the index finger
17 Dolls
18 Thumbelina
19 On the front cover of Sergeant Peppers- Edgar Allan Poe next to Fred Astaire
20 The Communist Manifesto
Get Your Anoraks
Set Two
1 What was the maiden name of Wilma Flintstone?
2 Which flower is depicted on the emblem of British Anaesthetists?
3 Which bird did the poet Shelley greet with the words,” Hail to thee blithe spirit”?
4 Since records began which country has suffered the most earthquakes?
5 A museum in the Nottinghamshire town of Eastwood is dedicated to the life of which author?
6 By what two word name is circadia dysrhythmia more commonly known?
7 Which fictional city is nicknamed the Big Apricot?
8 What does a necographer write?
9 What connects Mary Queen of Scots, HG Wells, Jerry Lee Lewis and Albert Einstein?
10 What D word is the opposite of utopia?
11 What does a helixophile collect?
12 On which vegetable did ancient Egyptians place their right hand when taking an oath?
13 If R=1, Y=2, G=3, what does P=?
14 By what infantile name is the gypsophilia plant otherwise known?
15 The firm Wippel’s are specialist tailors for which profession?
16 Where can the Principal’s Nose and Miss Grainger’s Bosoms be found together?
17 In September 2001, who was the most researched person on the Internet?
18 Said to be born once in a blue moon, Vanity, Hefty, Clumsy and Greedy are all the names of what?
19 What is formed on the body when vesication takes place?
20 What was patented by Edwin Prescott in
1898 became the title of a film starring Henry Fonda in 1977 and the title of a
number one hit for Bewitched in 1998?
Answers to Get Your Anoraks Set Two
1 Slaghoople
2 Poppy
3 Skylark
4 Japan
5 DH Lawrence
6 Jet lag
7 Metropolis in Superman
8 Obituaries
9 All married their cousins
10 Dystopia
11 Corkscrews
12 An onion
13 P=6 with regard to value of snooker balls. Red =one, two= yellow, green = three and pink=six
14 Baby’s breath
15 Clergy
16 St Andrew’s, both the names of bunkers
17 Osama Bin Laden
18 Smurfs
19 A blister
20 Rollercoaster