b <NO_N Q_CúA_Cú 1WHOSE PONTIFICATE, MARKED BY A TRANSITION FROM LIBERALISM TO CONSERVATISM, WAS THE LONGEST IN HISTORY ? PIUS 9, 1792 to 1878 - 86 years 2HOW LONG IS THE AMAZON IN MILES - a) 2899 b) 4195 c) 6800 OR d) 12631 ? 4195 3WHEN 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 4IF A TURKEY WEIGHS 10KG PLUS HALF ITS OWN WEIGHT, HOW MUCH DOES IT WEIGH ? 20KG 5WHICH PART OF LONDON GETS ITS NAME FROM THE TOLL BOOTH WHICH WAS HERE ON THE GREAT NORTH ROAD, 400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ? HIGHGATE 6WHICH INDUSTRIAL TOWN IN NORTH WILTSHIRE HAS A NAME MEANING LITERALLY PIG'S HILL ? SWINDON 7WHICH LONDON DISTRICT GETS ITS NAME FROM THE ARCHED BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER LEA, BUILT HERE IN THE EARLY 12TH CENTURY ? BOW 8WHO IS MISSING - PORTHOS, ARAMIS and .... ? D'ARTAGNAN (DUMAS) 9SIX TIMES A NUMBER IS HALF THE SQUARE ROOT OF 144. WHAT IS THE NUMBER ? ONE 10THE CATCH-PHRASES OF TODAY DO NOT HAVE THE IMMORTALITY OF THOSE OF ITMA. "AFTER YOU, CLAUDE," "NO, AFTER YOU..." WHAT COMES NEXT ? CECIL 11IT 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 12WHERE IS HAPPY MOUNT PARK ? MORECAMBE 13WHERE ARE STEINE GARDENS ? BRIGHTON 14WITH 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 15CANVAS IS A COARSE CLOTH. WHAT IS A CANVASBACK ? A NORTH AMERICAN DUCK 16WHAT 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 17WHICH METAL IS LIQUID AT NORMAL TEMPS ? MERCURY 18WHICH METAL WILL BURN IF PLACED IN WATER ? SODIUM 19WHAT 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 20WHEN BIG BEN STRIKES THE HOUR WHICH STROKE DENOTES THE ACTUAL TIME ? THE FIRST - WITH THE PIPS, IT'S THE LAST 21WHO WAS "TWICE A PAPIST, TWICE A PROTESTANT" AND SERVED UNDER HENRY VIII, EDWARD VI, MARY I AND ELIZABETH ? THE VICAR OF BRAY - SIMON ALLEYN 22IF YOU ASK A CHEMIST FOR MAGNESIUM SULPHATE WHAT DO YOU GET ? EPSOM SALTS 23GOOD KING WENCESLAUS LOOKED OUT ON THE FEAST OF STEPHEN. WHAT COUNTRY DID HE SEE ? HE WAS KING OF BOHEMIA 24WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE MALE AND FEMALE FIGURES USED AS COLUMNS IN ARCHITECTURE ? ATLANTES and CARYATIDS 25HOW MANY OF THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD ARE STILL STANDING TODAY ? ONE: THE PYRAMIDS 26THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS COMPOSED BY A DOCTOR WHO WAS ORGANIST TO ELIZABETH AND JAMES I. WHO ? JOHN BULL 27IF 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 28A TRIAL IS HELD PERIODICALLY TO TEST THE STERLING COINS STRUCK AT THE ROYAL MINT. WHAT IS THE TRIAL CALLED ? TRIAL OF THE PYX 29WHAT IS THE OLDEST ARMED BODY IN ENGLAND ? THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, FOUNDED BY HENRY II IN 1485 30WHICH ENGLISH PRIME MINISTER WAS ASSASSINATED ? SPENCER PERCIVAL. HE WAS SHOT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS LOBBY IN 1812 BY JOHN BELLINGHAM 31WHICH 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 32WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN REPUBLIC ? FREDERICK EBERT, 11.2.1919 33WHICH KING SAT ON HIS THRONE FOR OVER 350 YEARS ? CHARLEMAGNE IN HIS TOMB AT AACHEN OR AIX-LA-CHAPELLE 34WHAT IS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF HOURS A CLOCK CAN BE WRONG BY ? SIX 35WHICH ENGLISH KING FIRST ASSUMED THE TITLE "MAJESTY" ? HENRY VIII 36WHAT WAS THE OCCUPATION OF MUSSOLINI'S FATHER ? BLACKSMITH 37IN 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 œ5,400,000 38WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGEST ANIMAL THAT HAS LIVED ON EARTH ? THE WHALE 39HOW OLD IS A JAPANESE BABY ON ITS 3rd BIRTHDAY ? 4 - IT IS REGARDED AS BEING A YEAR OLD ON THE DAY IT IS BORN 40What creatures are collectively known as "A Peep" ? Chickens 41What creatures are collectively known as "A Dule" ? Doves 42What creatures are collectively known as "A Skulk" ? Foxes 43WHAT CREATURES ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS "A HUSK" ? HARES 44In what sport would you find a chinaman ? Cricket 45In what sport would you find 'dormy' ? Golf 46In what sport is a puck found ? Hockey, Ice Hockey 47What is the word for a 'happy accident' ? Serendipity 48WHICH PART OF LONDON MEANS "MARSHY LAND WHERE THE HERB DILL GROWS" ? DULWICH 49WHEN IS OAK APPLE DAY ? 29th May 50What do the letters HIV stand for ? HUMAN IMMUNO-DEFICIENCY VIRUS 51WHAT WAS THE 1st TELEVISED SPORTING EVENT IN UK ? THE DERBY, in 1931 52In what year was the ST LEGER first run? 1776, in DONCASTER. 53IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE 1st NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER LAUNCHED ? 1960, THE USS "ENTERPRISE" AT NEWPORT, VIRGINIA 54WHO, THE WIFE OF LEOFRIC EARL OF MERCIA, ENDOWED THE BENEDICTINE PRIORY OF ST MARY IN 1043, AMONG OTHER GOOD WORKS ? LADY GODIVA 55WHERE IS THE MUSEUM OF BRITISH ROAD TRANSPORT ? COVENTRY, BIRTHPLACE OF PHILIP LARKIN 56WHERE, ON 25.9.1897 DID BRITAIN'S 1st MOTOR BUS SERVICE BEGIN ? BRADFORD 57WHERE DID A POLISH IMMIGRANT AND A YORKSHIREMAN OPEN THEIR 1st PENNY BAZAAR ON 28.9.1894 ? MANCHESTER - SIMON MARKS and TOM SPENCER 58WHERE ARE BANCROFT GARDENS ? STRATFORD-UPON-AVON 59CHAMBERS DICTIONARY DEFINES IT AS "A CAKE, LONG IN SHAPE BUT SHORT IN DURATION". WHAT IS IT ? AN ECLAIR 60WHERE CAN YOU FIND "BAN THE TUM" ? THAILAND