01 If a cockney were to say "'E's me best china", what would he mean ? Mate (China plate) 02 If a cockney were to say "'E's gotta gloomy sort of chevy", what would he mean ? Face (Chevy Chase) 03 What is etymology ? The study of words 04 In what county is Ashby-de-la-Zouch ? Leicestershire 05 Where is the deepest water in the world ? The Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean which has been measured at 35,797 feet 06 What is the name of the equivalent of our House of Commons, in the Isle of Man ? The House of Keys 07 Whose telephone number was Darraby 385 ? The vets Farnon and Herriot of TV fame 08 What are the names of the two binary digits used in computing ? 1 and 0 (One and Zero) 09 What is the name of the famous shipbuilder in Belfast ? Harland and Wolf 10 What are the two official languages of New Zealand ? English and Maori 11 What is the highest denomination of Postal Order available in U.K. ? £20 12 What is the origin of the trade name AVRO ? The aircraft manufacturer, founded in 1910 by Alliott Verdon Roe. The final 'E' was lost owing to lack of room when his name was painted on the shed at Brooklands race-track, the venue of early flying tests 13 What place is Basildon Bond named after ? Basildon, the village near Pangbourne in Berkshire, NOT the town in Essex 14 What does ITU stand for ? International Telecommunications Union 15 What is the name of the stretch of water between Australia and the island of Tasmania ? Bass Strait 16 What was the previous name of 'Camp David' ? Shangri La 17 Who was not one of the original Beatles ? Ringo Starr 18 Whom did he replace ? Pete Best 19 Who wrote symphonies named 'Clock', 'Suprise' and 'Military' ? Haydn 20 In Rugby Union, which player puts the ball into a set scrum ? The scrum half 21 What did the Eiffel Tower originally commemorate ? The Centenary of the French Revolution 22 Who is the only Monarch buried in Canterbury Cathedral ? Henry IV 23 What is 75% of 80 ? 60 24 Which variety of lettuce is named after a Greek island ? Coz 25 Express two fifths as a percentage 40% 26 What is the definitive book on cricket, published annually ? Wisden 27 What is the foremost annual rowing event in this country ? Henley Royal Regatta 28 What is the name of the question master of TV's Mastermind ? Magnus Magnusson 29 .... and where was he born ? Iceland 30 Who lived in a dog kennel until his children returned ? Mr Darling of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan 31 What is a placebo ? A blank sample often used as a control in the testing of new drugs 32 What is a sycophant ? A servile flatterer, a toady 33 What is a greenhorn ? A novice. Alludes to the "green horns" of a young horned animal 34 Who wrote of "A rose-red city, half as old as time" ? J.W. Burgon 35 .... and to which city did her refer ? Petra 36 In what play does the character Mrs Malaprop appear ? Sheridan's "The Rivals" (1775) 37 .... and what is a malapropism ? The use of a word in mistake for one sounding similar e.g. To dance a flamingo (for flamenco) 38 What was the name of the school of "Tom Brown's School-days" ? Rugby 39 What was the origin of the word "rivals" ? Persons living on opposite sides of a river 40 Who wrote the music Peer Gynt Suite ? Greig 41 'Halcyon' is the Greek word for what ? A kingfisher 42 What is the origin of the name 'Tesco' ? co is from the founder, Sir John Cohen, preceded by the initials of his original tea supplier, T.E. Stockwell 43 Who were the producers of the first cheap ball-point pens ? The Hungarians Lazlo and Gorg Biro in 1938 44 Who said "I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly" ? Oscar Wilde 45 How many grooves were there on an old-fashioned vinyl record ? Two (one on each side, going in ever-decreasing circles round to the hole in the middle) 46 Which is correct, 'All fish have warm blood' or 'All fishes have warm blood' ? Neither, fish are cold-blooded 47 Jason and Sharon were born at the same hour of the same day to the same mother in the same hospital. They have the same father and yet they are not twins. Why ? They are two of a set of triplets 48 In which of Bernard Shaw's plays did Eliza say "Not bloody likely" ? Pygmalion 49 Who came to the throne on the death of Elizabeth I ? James I 50 Who came to the throne on the death of James I ? Charles I 51 What do your olfactory organs help you do ? To smell 52 Of what is obstetrics the study ? Childbirth 53 For how many days was Jesus tempted in the wilderness ? Forty 54 On which day does the Church celebrate the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem ? Palm Sunday 55 What is blank verse ? Verse that doesn't rhyme 56 In a book, what is a frontispiece ? A photograph or other illustration, usually facing the title page 57 Why would Antarctic explorers never harm a Polar Bear ? Polar Bears are only found in the Arctic 58 In the early 18th Century Mrs Abigail Eischrank of Cambridge Massachusetts gave birth to 13 children. Exactly half of them were girls. Explain So were the other half 59 What was the first man-made object to travel faster than the speed of sound ? A whip 60 Who said "Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws" ? Oscar Wilde