B IS FOR

BRAZIL

1 Which area of Rio begins at Princesca Isabel Avenue and ends at Posto Seis?

2 Which main currency unit for Brazil was introduced in 1994?

3 What became capital of Brazil in 1763?

4 Who is depicted at the top of Corcovado Mountain?

5 Who was born Ronaldo Assis de Moreira?

BULLS

6 Which US Civil War battle began on July 21, 1861?

7 In which film did Tommy Steele sing Little White Bull?

8 In which TV show would one hear the phrase, “You got the time it takes the board to revolve to decide”?

9 By what name was Tatanka Iyotake better known?

10 Which bull did Hercules capture as his 7th labour?

BODY MATTERS

11 The hepatic artery supplies which organ with blood?

12 Which song contains the line, “Strumming my pain with his fingers”?

13 Which James Bond villain suffered from the condition polymastia?

14 What is the alternative name for the cholecyst?

15 The adjective palpebral specifically relates to which part of the body?

BEER

16 Which beer first brewed in Belgium in 1926 has a first name derived from the Latin for star?

17 Which company was founded by JC Jacobsen in 1847?

18 Which Australian city has the highest beer consumption per head of any city in the world?

19 Which brewery makes Woodpecker Cider?

20 What is known as The Beer that made Milwaukee Famous?

BATTLES

21 Which battle was the centrepiece of the Shakespeare play Henry V?

22 In which war was the Battle of Inkerman contested?

23 In October 2005 the 200th anniversary of which battle was commemorated in the UK?

24 In which county was the 1642 Battle of Edgehill contested?

25 In which battle of 1775 did Colonel William Prescott proclaim, “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes”?

B MOVIES – All 5 answers are films beginning with the letter B

26 In which film did the characters of Laura Jesson and Alec Harvey meet at Carnforth Railway Station?

27 Which 1965 film starring Henry Fonda was set in the Ardennes in 1944?

28 Which 2000 film saw Jamie Bell performing pirouettes?

29 In which 1967 film did Gene Hackman play the brother of Warren Beatty?

30 What was Alfred Hitchcock’s first talkie?

Answers

1 Copacabana Beach

2 Real

3 Salvador

4 Jesus, depicted in the statue Christ the Redeemer

5 Ronaldhino

6 The Battle of Bull Run

7 Tommy the Toreador

8 Bullseye

9 Chief Sitting Bull

10 The Cretan Bull

11 Liver

12 Killing Me Softly With His Song

13 Scaramanga, he had a third nipple

14 Gall bladder

15 Eyelids

16 Stella Artois

17 Carlsberg

18 Darwin

19 Bulmer’s

20 Schlitz

21 Agincourt

22 Crimean War

23 Trafalgar

24 Warwickshire

25 Battle of Bunker Hill

26 Brief Encounter

27 Battle of the Bulge

28 Billy Elliot

29 Bonnie & Clyde

30 Blackmail