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Pot Luck

1 What do the initials TT stand for with regard to submarines?

2 Which general acquired his nickname from his formidable defensive strategy at the Battle of Bull Run?

3 What begins with the words, “I swear by Apollo the physician”?

4 What do the initials MG stand for with regard to the band Booker T and the MGs?

5 What was the title of the debut solo album of George Michael?

6 Which avid Everton fan was expelled from the Labour party in 1987?

7 Who, nicknamed The King of Calypso, was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1987?

8 In the 1920s what was designed by Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by George Stanley?

9 Which organisations emblem comprises of barbed wire entwined around a candlestick?

10 In 1976, Helen Hayman became the first woman to do what in the House of Commons?

Answers to Pot Luck

1 Torpedo tube

2 Stonewall Jackson

3 Hippocratic Oath

4 Memphis Group

5 Faith

6 Derek Hatton

7 Harry Belafonte

8 Oscar statuette

9 Amnesty International

10 Breast feed her baby

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Sport

1 Whose record did Alan Shearer break when scoring his 201st goal for Newcastle United?

2 Which nation’s 1998 World Cup squad contained 11 players with a surname ending with U?

3 How does a cricketer qualify for the Primary Club?

4 What was used for the first time in a British football match in 1956 in a game involving Portsmouth and Newcastle United?

5 A statue of which horse was unveiled at Cheltenham in March 2006?

6 In 2006, which sport star’s ex-wife Elmear agreed to a £15 million out of court divorce settlement?

7 Which city is home to the Waca cricket stadium?

8 Who penned the 2005 book My Spin on Cricket?

9 Which country played its first cricket test match in 1982?

10 Who was the first footballer to play in 35 Merseyside derbies?

Answers to Sport

1 Jackie Milburn

2 Romania

3 Dismissed first ball

4 Floodlights

5 Best Mate

6 Colin Montgomerie

7 Perth

8 Richie Benaud

9 Sri Lanka

10 Neville Southall

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Geography

1 Which English county is home to Whipsnade Zoo?

2 What island did Mark Twain once describe as a “blueprint for heaven”?

3 Disappointment and Surprise are both the names of what in Australia?

4 Why is Wyoming nicknamed the Equality State?

5 Aquincum was the Roman name for which city?

6 In which county did the Great Train Robbery take place?

7 Which city is known as the Whore of China?

8 Which was the first London building to be lit by electric lighting?

9 In which Yorkshire town would one cross the Stray to reach the Valley Gardens?

10 The Albert Bridge and the Victoria Bridge both span which British river?

Answers to Geography

1 Bedfordshire

2 Mauritius

3 Lakes

4 The first state to give women the vote

5 Budapest

6 Buckinghamshire

7 Shanghai

8 Savoy Theatre

9 Harrogate

10 Clyde

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Literature

1 After whom was the Horror Writers Association Annual Award for Achievement in Horror Publishing named?

2 In which novel are the Elois the sworn enemies of the Morlocks?

3 In an alphabetical list which Hogwart’s school house comes last?

4 What was the title of John Milton’s sequel to Paradise Lost?

5 Which Shakespeare play chronicled the Battle of Agincourt?

6 Which French entertainer penned the autobiography I Remember it Well?

7 Which renowned poet was laid to rest in Grasmere Graveyard?

8 Of all the novels penned by Charles Dickens which has the shortest title?

9 Which duo used a runcible spoon when dining?

10 What is the name of the central character of the novel The Thirty Nine Steps?

Answers to Literature

1 Bram Stoker

2 The Time Machine

3 Slytherin

4 Paradise Regained

5 Henry V

6 Maurice Chevalier

7 William Wordsworth

8 Hard Times

9 The Owl and the Pussycat

10 Richard Hannay

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Television

1 Which TV character had an invisible dog called Billy and wanted to liberate golf balls?

2 Which TV drama of yesteryear was set at Oxbridge Hospital?

3 Cloudbase Angel is the name of the HQ of which organisation?

4 What is the last name of Jethro in the Beverly Hillbillies?

5 Who has been played on TV by Richard Thomas and Robert Wightman?

6 In which series did Peter Tuddenham provide the voices of Zen and Orac?

7 Which long running TV show is introduced by the theme music which is an excerpt from the Cornish Dances by Malcolm Arnold?

8 What is Mrs Merton’s first name?

9 Who played Mrs Warboys in One Foot in the Grave?

10 In which county was the 80s drama Howard’s Way set?

Answers to TV

1 Howling Mad Murdock in The A Team

2 Emergency Ward 10

3 SPECTRUM in Captain Scarlet

4 Bodine

5 John Boy Walton

6 Blake’s Seven

7 What the Papers Say

8 Dorothy

9 Doreen Mantle

10 Hampshire

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Films

1 What is the alternative name of the film character of Hickory Twicker?

2 Enzo the barber spoke the first word of dialogue in which Oscar winning film?

3 Which film features a talking taxi called Benny?

4 In which 1976 film did David Bowie play an alien?

5 How is Pu Yi otherwise known in the title of an Oscar winning film?

6 In which film did Kevin Kline play the journalist Donald Woods?

7 Who did Charlton Heston portray in the film The Agony and the Ecstasy?

8 What connects the film characters of Jenny Hanley in 10, Honey Ryder in Dr No and the TV character of Krystle Carrington?

9 At a 2001 awards ceremony which movie star revealed that his middle name was Wilhelm?

10 Which two footballers that won World Cup winners medals and FA Cup winners medals appeared in the film Escape to Victory?

Answers to Films

1 The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz

2 The Godfather

3 Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

4 The Man Who Fell to Earth

5 The Last Emperor

6 Cry Freedom

7 Michelangelo

8 Played by Bo Derek, Ursula Andress and Linda Evans – all wives of John Derek

9 Leonardo DiCaprio

10 Ossie Ardiles and Bobby Moore