035-2009
Vera Lynn
2. Which is the only sign of the Zodiac that has the same letter at the start and the end?
Sagittarius
3. Which TV programmes is described as - Series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past?
Who do you think you Are?
4. How many Mini’s drove through the sewers in The Italian Job?
Three
5. Who founded the Church of England?
Henry VIII
6. What is the nickname of the Australian rugby union team?
The Wallabies
7. Which English artist is supposed to have used 1000 greens in painting?
John Constable
8. What is the name for a curved Naval sword?
Cutlass
9. Which trees leaves are used in the symbol of the national trust?
Oak
10. Which has been Germany’s most successful football club?
Bayern Munich
11. Who played Richard IV in Blackadder?
Brian Blessed
12. What was introduced for the first time at the 1986 Wimbledon Tennis Championships?
Yellow Tennis Balls
13. True or False - In 1778, fashionable Parisian women never went out in windy weather unless they had a lightning rod attached to their hats?
True
14. In which city will you find a statue to a dog called Greyfriar’s Bobby?
Edinburgh
15. In which sitcom did a song called ‘My Lovely Horse’ enter the Eurovision song contest?
Father Ted
16. Which Oscar-winning actress had a U.K. no 1 in 1998 with Believe?
Cher
17. Which Ford motor car was named after the Spanish word for a high jagged peaked mountain range?
Sierra
18. Which two months are named after men?
July & August
19. Musical Anagram - Eggs A Threat
Gareth Gates
20. An old Russian saying goes "There are no ugly women in the world, only a shortage of…..", what?
Vodka
21. What is the ability to pull ugly, grotesque and strange faces called?
Gurning
22. Which word can be a musical instrument, a tall narrow wine glass and an organ stop?
Flute
23. What is produced by lacrimal glands?
Tears
24. Who was Sitting Bull’s right hand man?
Crazy Horse
25. Which port is connected to London by the A3?
Portsmouth
26. What Happened To The Bank Of England £1 Notes In 1940?
Metal Strip Added
27. What is the smallest member of the partridge family?
Quail
28. Which country’s national flag shows the Union Jack in the top left corner and four red stars on a dark blue background?
New Zealand
29. Which shade of blue literally means beyond the sea?
Ultramarine
30. Which warrior race fought the British during an uprising in New Zealand in 1845?
Maoris
31. In which Roald Dahl novel was the central character tormented by two evil aunts called Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker?
James And The Giant Peach
32. In 1962 Britain and France signed an agreement which led to co-operation in building what?
Concorde
33. True or False - The pop group Wet Wet Wet named themselves after the Scottish weather?
False - from a Scritti Politti song
34. Which precious stone is measured in ‘grains’?
Pearl
35. With eight, which is the US state with the most national park sites?
Alaska
36. What is Prince Charles’s country home called?
Highgrove
37. Which band described their own music as "Scrumpy and Western"?
The Wurzels
38. By what name are the duo Ana Matronic and Jake Shears known?
Scissor Sisters
39. The World Series of which game takes place annually in Las Vegas?
Poker
40. What football event connects Leeds, Liverpool, Leicester, Blackpool, Fulham, Huddersfield, Manchester United and West Ham?
The clubs of the players in the England 1966 World Cup winning team
Tiebreaker - In metres, what is currently the record distance for a person being fired from a cannon? 57
