1 |
Which religion calls outsiders ‘The English’? |
Amish |
2 |
What is the title of Stephen King’s first novel published under his own name? |
Carrie |
3 |
Cathy Hytner was the original ‘Letters Girl’ on which UK television quiz show? |
Countdown |
4 |
Who was the first Roman Catholic President of the US? |
John F Kennedy |
5 |
The sister of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II was known as the Countess of ‘where’? |
Snowdon |
6 |
Square Leg is a position in which sport? |
Cricket |
7 |
Auld Reekie is the nickname for which Scottish city? |
Edinburgh |
8 |
What is the surname of the family of borrowers in the 1997 film ‘The Borrowers’? |
Clock |
9 |
Which English singer/songwriter, born in 1935, was the frontman for The Pirates? |
Johnny Kidd |
10 |
The Aviva Sports Stadium is in which European country? |
Ireland |
11 |
Which Cardinal gave Hampton Court Palace to King Henry VIII? |
Cardinal Wolsey |
12 |
The names of how many US states begin with the letter ‘I’? |
4 |
13 |
Which 1975 novel by Larry McMurty was adapted for a 1983 film starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger as mother and daughter? |
Terms of Endearment |
14 |
In poetry, how many lines, traditionally, make up a villanelle? |
19 |
15 |
The Brannock Device was invented by Charles F Brannock for measuring a person’s what? |
Shoe/foot size |
16 |
In astronomy, what does ESO stand for? |
European Southern Observatory |
17 |
Which Boeing airliner made its maiden flight in September 1981? |
767 |
18 |
Mother Gothel, Vladimir and Flynn Rider are all characters in which 2010 Disney film? |
Tangled |
19 |
Decubitus is one’s position or posture while doing what? |
Lying down |
20 |
Which marsupial has the Latin name Phascolarctos cinereus? |
Koala |