November 12, 2012 | QM print friendly version 1 An older woman who is attracted to, and often has sex with, much younger men is named after which member of the cat family? Cougar 2 Serendip was an old name for which modern Asian country? Sri Lanka 3 A spinone is what type of animal? Dog 4 In Ian Fleming’s novel ‘Moonraker’, Sir Hugo Drax is suspected of cheating at which game in the Mayfair club ‘Blades’? Bridge 5 David Vine, David Coleman and Sue Barker have all hosted which BBC television quiz show? A Question of Sport 6 Which 18th Century composer wrote ‘The Four Seasons’? Antonio Vivaldi 7 Which motorcycle stuntman set a world record in February 1971, by jumping 19 cars? Evel Knievel 8 The US citizenship of which American Civil War General was restored in 1975? General Robert E Lee 9 What is the title of the only ‘Dirty Harry’ film directed by Clint Eastwood? Sudden Impact 10 Which animal is the symbol of the US Republican Political Party? Elephant 11 How deep, in feet, is a fathom? Six feet 12 Who is the only person with five stars, one for each category, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Gene Autry 13 The drug MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamin) is more commonly known by what name? Ecstasy 14 How many Triple Letter squares are on a standard Scrabble board? 12 15 What colour ‘Cadillac’ did Bruce Springsteen sing about in 1984? Pink 16 The ‘Shuttlecock Club’ is an exclusive society for anyone who has crashed and survived on which racing track? The Cresta Run 17 Which city is known as the ‘Pearl of the Adriatic’? Dubrovnik 18 The LED (light-emitting diode) started life in 1962 as a single illumination in which colour? Red 19 American singer Katheryn Hudson is better known by what name? Katy Perry 20 Which lake has the largest surface area of any freshwater lake in the world? Lake Superior 21 How many rows of whiskers, on each side, does a cat usually have? Four 22 What was the name of the chain of women’s clothes shops which Australian singer/actress Olivia Newton-John co-founded in 1984? Koala Blue 23 Who wrote the 1866 novel ‘Crime and Punishment’? Fyodor Dostoyevsky 24 What was the name of the infamous English art forger, born in 1917, who claimed to have faked more than 2,000 paintings by over 100 artists? Tom Keating 25 Who played Bill Sykes in the 1968 film ‘Oliver’? Oliver Reed 26 What does the statue of Eros, in Piccadilly Circus in London, hold in his left hand? A bow 27 A souter is a maker of what? Shoes 28 The Thatcher Ferry Bridge spans which canal? Panama Canal 29 A throw of which number on each of a pair of dice is known as Snake Eyes? One 30 Myology is the scientific study of which part of the human body? Muscles