01 WHAT ARE THE MOST SOUTHERLY, WESTERLY, NORTHERLY and EASTERLY STATES OF THE USA, IN THAT ORDER ? Hawaii, Alaska, Alaska, Alaska; the last because the Aleutian Isles, part of Alaska, extend beyond 180 degrees West in Longitude, and so are in the eastern hemishpere 02 WHERE IS ALEXANDER HAMILTON AIRPORT ? ON ST CROIX ISLAND IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN 03 WHO INTRODUCED THE DRIVING TEST, THE 30mph SPEED LIMIT AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ? LESLIE HORE-BELISHA 04 WHICH CAR MANUFACTURER HAD THE 1st MASS-PRODUCED V8 ENGINE ? THE 1932 FORD MODEL A 05 WHAT IS THE ONLY WINE TO BE BAKED IN AN OVEN ? MADEIRA 06 IN SCRABBLE EACH LETTER (TILE) IS MARKED WITH A VALUE IN INVERSE PROPORTION TO ITS USE IN THE LANGUAGE - e.g. A E L T ARE ALL 1 POINT LETTERS, WHILST Q AND Z ARE 10. WHERE IS Z WORTH ONLY 1 POINT ? POLAND 07 WHAT ARE THE MAIN INGREDIENTS OF "BROWN GEORGE BANNOCKS" ? BARLEY and RYE FLOUR 08 WHAT IS THE MAIN INGREDIENT OF THE LIVERPUDLIAN SWEET DISH "WET NELLIE" ? STALE BREAD AND CRUSTS 09 WHO DESIGNED THE "BIBENDUM" FIGURE WHICH FIRST APPEARED IN 1898 TO ADVERTISE MICHELIN TYRES ? O'GALOP (MARIUS ROSSILLON) 10 WHAT FRUIT IS SUPPOSED TO PROVOKE LUST ? AVOCADO PEAR, FROM THE SPANISH "AGUACATE" WHICH DERIVES FROM THE NAHUATL WORD "AHUACATL", MEANING TESTICLE 11 WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THE "BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS" ? SOUTH SHROPSHIRE (A E HOUSEMAN) 12 Name one of DONALD DUCK'S nephews LOUIE, HUEY, DEWEY 13 WHO LIVED ALONE ON THE ISLAND JUAN FERNANDEZ for 4 Years and 4 Months ? ALEXANDER SELKIRK, THE ORIGINAL ROBINSON CRUSOE 14 WHERE IN A SWIMMING POOL WOULD YOU LOOK TO FIND A URINATOR ? ON A DIVING BOARD (LATIN - URINARI, TO PLUNGE) 15 HOW MANY LEGS DID SLEIPNER, ODIN'S HORSE, HAVE ? EIGHT 16 WHERE AND WHEN DID THE WORLD'S 1st BOURSE, OR FINANCIAL EXCHANGE, OPEN ? ANTWERP, 1531 17 WHO HAD THE NICK-NAMES "TUM-TUM" AND "ROGER THE FIRST" ? EDWARD VII 18 WHEN AND BY WHOM WAS THE 1st CHANNEL CROSSING BY AIR ? ON 7.1.1785 BY BLANCHARD AND DR JEFFRIES FROM DOVER CLIFF, LANDING IN THE FOREST OF GUINES 19 WHO WAS "THE SUN KING" ? LOUIS XIV 20 WHO WAS THE VOICE OF "BETTY BOOP" and "OLIVE OYL", POPEYE'S GIRLFRIEND, WHO DIED JAN '98 ? MAE QUESTEL 21 WHICH NUTS COME FROM NORTH AMERICAN HICKORY ? PECAN 22 WHAT DOES "DNA" STAND FOR ? DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID 23 WHAT IS "DDT" ? DICHLORODIPHENYL-TRICHLOROETHANE 24 HENRY LINDFIELD WAS KILLED AND ATTAINED INSTANT FAME IN RUSSELL HILL ROAD PURLEY, SURREY, ON 12.2.1898. WHY ? HE WAS THE VICTIM OF BRITAIN'S 1st FATAL CAR CRASH WHEN HE HIT A TREE 25 WHAT IS A "FUSTANELLA" ? THE WHITE KILT WORN BY GREEK and ALBANIAN MEN 26 ON 23.2.1874 MAJOR WALTER WINFIELD PATENTED AN OUTDOOR GAME HE CALLED "SPHAIRISTIKE". WHAT DO WE CALL THIS GAME TODAY ? LAWN TENNIS 27 OF WHOM DID LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON SAY "HE WAS SO DUMB THAT HE COULDN'T FART AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME" ? GERALD FORD 28 WHEN WERE CANADA GEESE INTRODUCED TO BRITAN ? BY CHARLES II IN THE 1660s IN ST JAMES'S PARK 29 WHO WAS THE INDIAN, OF THE LAKOTA TRIBE, WHO HELPED DEFEAT CUSTER AT LITTLE BIG HORN ? CRAZY HORSE 30 WHERE IS "PIG ISLAND" ? NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE OF THE PIGS INTRODUCED BY CAPT COOK, WHICH WENT WILD 31 WHO "PRICKS THE NAMES" OF HIGH SHERIFFS ON THE LITES IN THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER ? THE QUEEN 32 WHERE ARE THE HAND AND FOOTPRINTS OF THE FAMOUS ? IN THE FORECOURT OF MANN'S (FORMERLY GRAUMAN'S) CHINESE THEATRE ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD 33 "STANDS THE CHURCH CLOCK AT TEN TO THREE ?". WHAT COMES NEXT ? "AND IS THERE HONEY STILL FOR TEA ?" 34 ... AND WHERE WAS THE CHURCH CLOCK ? "THE OLD VICARAGE, GRANTCHESTER" - RUPERT BROOKE (1915) 35 ACCORDING TO APOCHRYPHAL WRITINGS, WHOSE PARENTS WERE THE SAINTS JOACHIM and ANN ? The Virgin Mary 36 IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE ROYAL AIR FORCE FORMED ? 1918, ABSORBING THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS 37 WHAT ARE THE WESTERN EQUIVALENTS OF THESE MANDARIN CHINESE FILM TITLES - "6 NAKED PIGS", "DO NOT ASK ME WHO I AM - EVER", "MR CAT POOP" and "THE BIG LIAR" ? "THE FULL MONTY", "THE ENGLISH PATIENT", "AS GOOD AS IT GETS" and "NIXON" RESPECTIVELY 38 WHAT MUSEUM IS IN THE OLD BEDLAM ASYLUM BUILDING ? THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM 39 WHO WERE THE ORIGINAL SIAMESE TWINS ? "CHANG and ENG" BORN 11.5.1811 40 What do the letters QUANGO stand for ? A Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental (sometimes National Government) Organisation 41 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF JACQUES COUSTEAU'S BOAT ? CALYPSO 42 BY WHAT NAME WAS ENSO RAFFAELO PIERRE FILIBERT DI VALENTINA d'ANTONGUOLLA GUGLIELMI BETTER KNOWN ? RUDOLPH VALENTINO born 6.5.1895 died 23.8.1926 43 WHAT DOES "THE MONUMENT" IN LONDON COMMEMORATE ? THE FIRE OF LONDON. 202ft HIGH, IT IS 202ft FROM THE HOUSE IN PUDDING LANE WHERE IT STARTED. IT HAS 311 STEPS TO THE TOP 44 Who's son was known as "Tumbledown Dick" ? Oliver Cromwell 45 WHAT CREATURES ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS "A CAST" ? HAWKS 46 WHAT CREATURES ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS "A SIEGE" ? HERONS 47 WHAT CREATURES ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS "A HARAS" ? HORSES 48 WHAT CREATURES ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS "A SMACK" ? JELLYFISH 49 WHERE DO YOU FIND BLUE RIDGE, SMOKIES, CUMBERLANDS, CATSKILLS, GREEN MOUNTAINS AND WHITE MOUNTAINS ? THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL 50 WHO WAS THE FAILED ACTOR AND NOVELIST WHO BECAME AN INSPIRING SPEAKER AND AUTHOR OF "HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE" ? DALE CARNEGIE 51 WHAT IS THE USUAL NAME OF THE ANTIPODEAN LARGE-FANGED CREATURE LOOKING LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A PIG AND A DOG, WHICH CARRIES ITS YOUNG IN A POUCH AND IS QUITE COMMON IN ITS HOME STATE ? TASMANIAN DEVIL 52 THE 1ST RUGBY MATCH, PLAYED AT TWICKENHAM ON 2.10.1909, WAS BETWEEN WHO ? HARLEQUINS and RICHMOND 53 IN WHAT YEAR WERE POSTCODES INTRODUCED INTO BRITAIN ? 1959 54 EHRICH WEISS WAS BORN IN BUDAPEST IN 1874 AND DIED OF PERITONITIS IN 1926. BY WHAT NAME IS HE BETTER KNOWN ? HARRY HOUDINI 55 WHAT SENTENCE DID A BEIJING COURT IMPOSE ON LU QIGANG, FOR STICKING THORNS OR PINS INTO THE BUTTOCKS OF FEMALE CYCLISTS PASSING THE HORTICULTURAL FARM WHERE HE WORKED ? DEATH 56 HOW TALL IS R2-D2 (to the nearest cm)? 96 Centimetres 57 WHO IS LORD OF THE ISLES ? THE PRINCE OF WALES 58 WHO WAS THE SCULPTOR OF " LIBERTY, LIGHTING UP THE WORLD" ? FREDERIC-AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI 59 HE WHO BUILT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY HAD ALREADY ERECTED A WORLD-FAMOUS LANDMARK. WHO WAS HE ? ALEXANDRE GUSTAVE EIFFEL OF THE TOWER 60 THE FRENCH WERE GIVEN A 37ft COPY IN 1889. ON WHAT ISLAND CAN IT USUALLY BE SEEN ? ILE DES CYGNES IN THE SEINE