012-2009
LIVING DOLL
2. Vanilla comes from which flower?
ORCHID
3. Mariachi and Marimba are types of music from which country?
MEXICO
4. Plantain is a cooking variety of which fruit?
BANANA
5. Which motorway runs from the M6 to Colne in Lancashire?
M65
6. in "The Simpsons" TV programme, who is Marge Simpson’s favourite singer?
TOM JONES
7. What is the state capital of Louisiana?
BATON ROUGE
8. What instrument was jazz musician Woody Herman famous for?
CLARINET
9. Which country’s wine may be labelled DOCG?
ITALY (Denominazionne di Origine e Garantia)
10. In children’s literature, who was the sister of John and Michael Darling?
WENDY
11. Which song contains the lyric "Strummin’ my Pain with his Fingers"?
KILLING ME SOFTLY
12. The San Diego Padres play which sport?
BASEBALL
13. The word "tulip" comes from the word "tuliban", which means "turban" in which language?
TURKISH
14. How man sixpences were there in half a crown?
FIVE
15. Name the first British nuclear power station, which closed in March 2003?
CALDER HALL
16. Which famous contemporary artist, now a resident of California, was born in Bradford in 1937?
DAVID HOCKNEY
17. In the Bible, who was the wife of King David?
BATHSHEBA
18. Which country is the base of the ANA Airline?
JAPAN
19. Which company makes "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" for ITV?
CELADOR
20. In the "E" food classification, what do the numbers 100 to 199 cover?
COLOURS
21. In the "E" food classification, what do the numbers 200 to 299 cover?
PRESERVATIVES
22. By what name is the singer Marie Lawrie better known?
LULU
23. What does the culinary term "farci" mean?
STUFFED
24. Which English rock group’s name is also a medieval instrument of torture?
IRON MAIDEN
25. Which of the planets has the satellites Calypso, Phoebe, and Titan?
SATURN
26. The active PLO Islamic resistance movement is better known as what?
HAMAS
27. Which animal lives in a holt?
OTTER
28. The battles of Blore Heath, Ferrybridge and Hedgeley Moor were fought during which 15th century conflict?
WARS OF THE ROSES
29. Which European country’s parliament is called the Storting; its national anthem being "We Love This Country"?
NORWAY
30. Which US state has the smallest population?
WYOMING
31. Which group recorded the albums "Duke" and "We Can’t Dance"?
GENESIS
32. In which town are the HQ of Camelot, organisers of the Lotto?
WATFORD, HERTS.
33. Which herb is associated with remembrance?
ROSEMARY
34. Which Italian immigrant family to the USA give their name to a type of whirlpool bath?
JACUZZI
35. Which 60s singer returned to the charts in 1984 with the Smiths singing ‘Hand In Glove’?
SANDIE SHAW
36. Who wrote detective novels based in the fictional town of Kingsmarkham?
RUTH RENDELL
37. Traditionally, what sort of traders would be found working in a ‘Shambles’?
BUTCHERS
38. Which record company was founded by Berry Gordy Junior in 1959?
TAMLA MOTOWN
39. What was General Custer’s first name?
GEORGE
40. Name the year: President de Gaulle resigned; Colonel Gadaffi assumed power in Libya; Manchester City win the FA Cup
1969
Tiebreaker - In which year was Dick Whittington born?
1350 (-1423)
