Pot Pourri
1 What is the more common name for a computer scanned binary signal image?
2 Queen Hippolyte was the leader of which tribe of female warriors?
3 Who would have been called President Blythe had he not taken his stepfather’s surname?
4 Who was the first British monarch to give a live radio broadcast?
5 What type of pet would be an ill-advised purchase for a pteronophobic person?
6 During which war was the first Victoria Cross awarded?
7 Under what name did Helen Porter Mitchell achieve fame?
8 Which Goodies song featured the character of the queen of northern soul?
9 Which Radio 1 DJ was nicknamed the Hairy Monster?
10 In April 2006, the 200th anniversary of whose birth was commemorated by lighting up the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
11 What four surnames are inscribed upon the Apollo 11 moon plaque?
12 What is the name of Olive Oyl’s brother?
13 What was the name of Olive Oyl’s first boyfriend?
14 Which chocolate bar was renamed after a horse belonging to the Mars family?
15 What P is a collective noun for a group of priests?
16 What 15 letter word can be spelt in English without repeating a single letter?
17 Which is the only planet that rotates clockwise?
18 Which cleaning product was named after a sanitation engineer called Harry Pickup?
19 The Pipe and Gannex pub in Liverpool was named in honour of which politician?
20 Income Tax was introduced into Britain to finance which war?
21 What occupation links Mao Tse Tung, Anthea Turner, Casanova and J Edgar Hoover?
22 Which member of the British Royal Family was born on the 8th day of the 8th month of 1988?
23 In 1798 an additional verse was added to the British national anthem in honour of whom?
24 Where is the Mount of Venus found next to the Plain of Mars?
25 What is the title of the Monty Python musical that opened in London’s West End in 2006?
26 In which 1996 film did Woody Harrelson play the publisher of the porn magazine Hustler?
27 Which singer did Annette O’Toole portray in the film Stand By Your Man?
28 What is inserted into a sally hole?
29 In which film did Jack Nicholson play a personification of the devil called Daryl Van Horne?
30 Soling and Finn are both categories in which sport?
31 In which TV series did Merton replace Hancock as host?
32 Who did Cary Grant portray in the film Night and Day?
33 Sb is the chemical symbol for which element?
34 What is the first name of the Dutch detective Van Der Valk?
35 When Miles O’Keefe played Tarzan, who played Jane?
36 Which large mammal is a symbol of Russia?
37 Which character on film has been played by Ginger Rogers and Renee Zellweger?
38 Which Disney film featured the music of Beethoven, Bach, Schubert and several other classical composers?
39 Which girls name is also the name for the spring term at Oxford University?
40 The title of which novel, later a popular
TV series was gleaned from Shakespeare’s Sonnet Number 18?
Answers
1 Bar code
2 Amazons
3 Bill Clinton
4 George V
5 A bird, the fear of feathers
6 Crimean War
7 Nellie Melba
8 Black Pudding Bertha
9 Dave Lee Travis
10 Isambard Kingdom Brunel
11 Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins, Nixon
12 Castor Oyl
13 Ham Gravy
14 Snickers
15 Pontification
16 Uncopyrightable
17 Venus
18 Harpic
19 Harold Wilson
20 Napoleonic War
21 Librarian
22 Princess Beatrice
23 Horatio Nelson
24 On the palm of the hand
25 Spamalot
26 The People Vs Larry Flint
27 Tammy Wynette
28 Bell rope
29 The Witches of Eastwick
30 Yachting
31 Room 101
32 Cole Porter
33 Antimony
34 Piet
35 Bo Derek
36 Bear
37 Roxie Hart
38 Fantasia
39 Hilary
40 The Darling Buds of May