01 WHOSE PONTIFICATE, MARKED BY A TRANSITION FROM LIBERALISM TO CONSERVATISM, WAS THE LONGEST IN HISTORY ? PIUS 9, 1792 to 1878 - 86 years 02 HOW LONG IS THE AMAZON IN MILES - a) 2899 b) 4195 c) 6800 OR d) 12631 ? 4195 03 WHEN ASKED HOW MANY ANIMALS HE HAD, A FARMER ANSWERED "THEY'RE ALL HORSES BUT 2, THEY'RE ALL PIGS BUT 2 AND THEY'RE ALL SHEEP BUT 2". HOW MANY ANIMALS DID HE HAVE ? 3 - ONE OF EACH 04 IF A TURKEY WEIGHS 10Kg PLUS HALF ITS OWN WEIGHT, HOW MUCH DOES IT WEIGH ? 20Kg 05 WHICH PART OF LONDON GETS ITS NAME FROM THE TOLL BOOTH WHICH WAS HERE ON THE GREAT NORTH ROAD, 400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ? HIGHGATE 06 WHICH INDUSTRIAL TOWN IN NORTH WILTSHIRE HAS A NAME MEANING LITERALLY PIG'S HILL ? SWINDON 07 WHICH LONDON DISTRICT GETS ITS NAME FROM THE ARCHED BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER LEA, BUILT HERE IN THE EARLY 12TH CENTURY ? BOW 08 WHO IS MISSING - PORTHOS, ARAMIS and .... ? D'ARTAGNAN (DUMAS) 09 SIX TIMES A NUMBER IS HALF THE SQUARE ROOT OF 144. WHAT IS THE NUMBER ? ONE 10 THE CATCH-PHRASES OF TODAY DO NOT HAVE THE IMMORTALITY OF THOSE OF ITMA. "AFTER YOU, CLAUDE," "NO, AFTER YOU..." WHAT COMES NEXT ? CECIL 11 IT IS ABOUT 4000 YEARS OLD AND IS A GAME FOR 2 PLAYERS WITH BLACK AND WHITE PIECES (STONES) PLACED ALTERNATELY ON THE INTERSECTIONS OF A 19 x 19 SQUARES BOARD. THE CHINESE CALL IT "WEI CH'I". WHAT DO WE CALL IT ? GO 12 WHERE IS HAPPY MOUNT PARK ? MORECAMBE 13 WHERE ARE STEINE GARDENS ? BRIGHTON 14 WITH WHOM DO YOU ASSOCIATE THE NAME JOHN HUME ROSS ? LAWRENCE OF ARABIA USED THIS NAME WHEN HE JOINED THE RAF IN 1922. HE WAS TURNED OUT 4 MONTHS LATER AND REJOINED IN MARCH 1923 AS T E SHAW 15 CANVAS IS A COARSE CLOTH. WHAT IS A CANVASBACK ? A NORTH AMERICAN DUCK 16 WHAT IS AN ANGSTROM ? A 100 MILLIONTH OF A CENTIMETRE. IN 1960 THE METRE WAS DEFINED IN TERMS OF THE WAVELENGTH OF KRYPTON. THE ANGSTROM BECAME EXACTLY EQUAL TO 10 TO THE POWER OF -10 OF ONE METRE 17 WHICH METAL IS LIQUID AT NORMAL TEMPS ? MERCURY 18 WHICH METAL WILL BURN IF PLACED IN WATER ? SODIUM 19 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE MEDIEVAL UTOPIA WHERE RIVERS RAN WITH WINE, HOUSES WERE OF CAKE AND BARLEY SUGAR, STREETS PAVED WITH PASTRY, SHOPS SUPPLIED GOODS FOR NOTHING .... AND LARKS FELL FROM THE SKY LIKE MANNA ? THE LAND OF COCKAIGNE 20 WHEN BIG BEN STRIKES THE HOUR WHICH STROKE DENOTES THE ACTUAL TIME ? THE FIRST - WITH THE PIPS, IT'S THE LAST 21 WHO WAS "TWICE A PAPIST, TWICE A PROTESTANT" AND SERVED UNDER HENRY VIII, EDWARD VI, MARY I AND ELIZABETH ? THE VICAR OF BRAY - SIMON ALLEYN 22 IF YOU ASK A CHEMIST FOR MAGNESIUM SULPHATE WHAT DO YOU GET ? EPSOM SALTS 23 GOOD KING WENCESLAUS LOOKED OUT ON THE FEAST OF STEPHEN. WHAT COUNTRY DID HE SEE ? HE WAS KING OF BOHEMIA 24 WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE MALE AND FEMALE FIGURES USED AS COLUMNS IN ARCHITECTURE ? ATLANTES and CARYATIDS 25 HOW MANY OF THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD ARE STILL STANDING TODAY ? ONE: THE PYRAMIDS 26 THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS COMPOSED BY A DOCTOR WHO WAS ORGANIST TO ELIZABETH AND JAMES I. WHO ? JOHN BULL 27 IF THE POLE STAR CEASED TO GIVE LIGHT AT 10pm TONIGHT WHEN WOULD IT BECOME APPARENT TO ANYONE WATCHING WITH A TELESCOPE (to the nearest number of years) ? IN ABOUT 47 YEARS 28 A TRIAL IS HELD PERIODICALLY TO TEST THE STERLING COINS STRUCK AT THE ROYAL MINT. WHAT IS THE TRIAL CALLED ? TRIAL OF THE PYX 29 WHAT IS THE OLDEST ARMED BODY IN ENGLAND ? THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, FOUNDED BY HENRY II IN 1485 30 WHICH ENGLISH PRIME MINISTER WAS ASSASSINATED ? SPENCER PERCIVAL. HE WAS SHOT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS LOBBY IN 1812 BY JOHN BELLINGHAM 31 WHICH CITY IS KNOWN AS THE BRIDE OF THE SEA ? VENICE, WHERE THE DOGE MARRIED THE SEA EACH YEAR, BY CASTING A RING INTO THE ADRIATIC 32 WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN REPUBLIC ? FREDERICK EBERT, 11.2.1919 33 WHICH KING SAT ON HIS THRONE FOR OVER 350 YEARS ? CHARLEMAGNE IN HIS TOMB AT AACHEN OR AIX-LA-CHAPELLE 34 WHAT IS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF HOURS A CLOCK CAN BE WRONG BY ? SIX 35 WHICH ENGLISH KING FIRST ASSUMED THE TITLE "MAJESTY" ? HENRY VIII 36 WHAT WAS THE OCCUPATION OF MUSSOLINI'S FATHER ? BLACKSMITH 37 IN THE LAST CENTURY A MILLION SQUARE MILES OF MOST FERTILE LAND WAS SOLD AT THE RATE OF LESS THAN 1p PER ACRE - WHERE ? THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE BY USA FROM NAPOLEON IN 1803 FOR £5,400,000 38 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGEST ANIMAL THAT HAS LIVED ON EARTH ? THE WHALE 39 HOW OLD IS A JAPANESE BABY ON ITS 3rd BIRTHDAY ? 4 - IT IS REGARDED AS BEING A YEAR OLD ON THE DAY IT IS BORN 40 What creatures are collectively known as "A Peep" ? Chickens 41 What creatures are collectively known as "A Dule" ? Doves 42 What creatures are collectively known as "A Skulk" ? Foxes 43 WHAT CREATURES ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS "A HUSK" ? HARES 44 In what sport would you find a chinaman ? Cricket 45 In what sport would you find 'dormy' ? Golf 46 In what sport is a puck found ? Hockey, Ice Hockey 47 What is the word for a 'happy accident' ? Serendipity 48 WHICH PART OF LONDON MEANS "MARSHY LAND WHERE THE HERB DILL GROWS" ? DULWICH 49 WHEN IS OAK APPLE DAY ? 29th May 50 What do the letters HIV stand for ? HUMAN IMMUNO-DEFICIENCY VIRUS 51 WHAT WAS THE 1st TELEVISED SPORTING EVENT IN UK ? THE DERBY, in 1931 52 In what year was the ST LEGER first run? 1776, in DONCASTER. 53 IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE 1st NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER LAUNCHED ? 1960, THE USS "ENTERPRISE" AT NEWPORT, VIRGINIA 54 WHO, THE WIFE OF LEOFRIC EARL OF MERCIA, ENDOWED THE BENEDICTINE PRIORY OF ST MARY IN 1043, AMONG OTHER GOOD WORKS ? LADY GODIVA 55 WHERE IS THE MUSEUM OF BRITISH ROAD TRANSPORT ? COVENTRY, BIRTHPLACE OF PHILIP LARKIN 56 WHERE, ON 25.9.1897 DID BRITAIN'S 1st MOTOR BUS SERVICE BEGIN ? BRADFORD 57 WHERE DID A POLISH IMMIGRANT AND A YORKSHIREMAN OPEN THEIR 1st PENNY BAZAAR ON 28.9.1894 ? MANCHESTER - SIMON MARKS and TOM SPENCER 58 WHERE ARE BANCROFT GARDENS ? STRATFORD-UPON-AVON 59 CHAMBERS DICTIONARY DEFINES IT AS "A CAKE, LONG IN SHAPE BUT SHORT IN DURATION". WHAT IS IT ? AN ECLAIR 60 WHERE CAN YOU FIND "BAN THE TUM" ? THAILAND