1 |
Charlotte Cooper won which event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris? |
Women’s Tennis Singles |
2 |
What is the title of Sean Connery’s fourth James Bond film? |
Thunderball |
3 |
Caprine relates to which animal? |
Goat |
4 |
Which British satirical and current affairs magazine was first published on 1961? |
Private Eye |
5 |
A jewelled copy of which famous book of poems was amongst the cargo lost on the Titanic? |
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
6 |
‘2 Become 1’, ‘Say You’ll Be There’ and ‘Viva Forever’ were all number one hit singles by which British group? |
Spice Girls |
7 |
Who wrote the 1953 novel ‘The Go-Between’? |
L P Hartley |
8 |
A papio hamadryas is what type of creature? |
Baboon (monkey) |
9 |
What is the title of the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union? |
The Forsyte Saga |
10 |
What is the capital of Kenya? |
Nairobi |
11 |
Which American band had a 1970’s UK hit with ‘Let’s Work Together’? |
Canned Heat |
12 |
Dahomey was an African kingdom in which present-day republic? |
Benin |
13 |
Who plays William Hurt’s wife Sarah in the 1988 film ‘The Accidental Tourist’? |
Kathleen Turner |
14 |
Hymenopetrous Formicidae is the scientific name for which insect? |
Ant |
15 |
In which UK city is Pleasure Beach Railway Station? |
Blackpool |
16 |
What colour is Trap 4 in greyhound racing in the UK? |
Black (with white number) |
17 |
During which month in 1912 did RMS Titanic strike an iceberg and sink? |
April |
18 |
Which Bronte sister used the pseudonym Currer Bell? |
Charlotte Bronte |
19 |
What is the title of late singer Roy Orbison’s first UK number hit single? |
Only The Lonely |
20 |
Which Austrian composer is known as the ‘Father of the String Quartet’? |
Joseph Haydn |