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1 HAS TO PILFER (anagram the answer is in the
clue) |
A
shoplifter |
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2 Which talent show gave Peters and Lee to the
world |
Opportunity Knocks |
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3 Which colour forms the background of the Turkish
flag |
Red |
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4 If a Scot has been greetin' what has he been
doing |
Crying |
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5 In which Austrian city, home of Mozart, has an
annual music festival been held since 1920 |
Salzburg |
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6 In American football what is the scoring area of
the field called |
End
Zones |
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7 Who is the voice behind the Panda in Kung Fu
Panda |
Jack
Black |
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8 Calpurnia was the third wife of which Roman
emperor |
Julius Caesar |
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9 What does the abbreviation UNESCO stand for |
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organisation |
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10 Which motor car manufacturer made the Zephyr in
the sixties |
Ford |
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11 What type of animal is a grysbok |
Antelope |
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12 Which British entertainer was arrested in the
U.S.A. For committing lewd acts in a men's toilet |
George Michael |
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13 What were the christian names of the Farnon
Brothers in all Creatures Great and Small |
Tristan and Siegfried |
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14 Which American resort is sometimes called The
Green Felt Jungle |
Las
Vegas |
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15 In which country was the windmill invented |
Persia in 640 (accept Iran) |
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16 What is Jeremy Beadle cockney rhyming slang for |
Needle |
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17 What nationality was the composer Felix
Mendelssohn |
German |
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18 Which sea area covers the coastline from
Scarborough to Great Yarmouth |
Humber |
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19 What would a Scotsman do with his spurtle |
Stir
his porridge (it's a kitchen tool) |
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20 The port side of a ship is the left side, what was
it called before being changed in 1844 |
Larboard |
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21 Which wife of one of the Beatles wrote the book
Grapefruit |
Yoko
Ono |
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22 Where did the Ayatollah Khomeini spend 14 years in
exile prior to the downfall of the Shah |
Paris |
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23 Who had a hit in 1999 with That Don't Impress Me
Much |
Shania Twain |
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24 What is the more common name for a five pointed
echinoderm |
Starfish |
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25 On which UK motorway would you Ferrybridge
Services |
M62 |
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26 In computing terms what does CAD mean |
Computer Aided Design |
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27 Which American state has the smallest population |
Wyoming |
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28 Who was the first man to captain England at
football while with a Scottish club |
Terry
Butcher |
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29 Which ventriloquist had dummies called Charlie
Horse and Hush Puppy |
Shari
Lewis |
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30 Which sporting contest begins with the words en
garde |
Fencing |
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Round 2. ROUND BRITAIN |
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31 The research laboratories of Porton Down are near
which cathedral city |
Salisbury |
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32 What is the inlet of the Irish Sea that separates
Dumfries and Galloway from Cumbria called |
The
Solway Firth |
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33 Where in Northamptonshire is the ancestral home of
George Washington |
Sulgrave (Sulgrave Manor) |
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34 In which county is the RAF officer training centre
Cranwell |
Lincolnshire |
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35 South and North Ronaldsay are in which island
group |
Orkneys |
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36 What is the official residence of the Lord Mayor
of London |
The
Mansion House |
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37 On which river is the English town of Lincoln |
The
Witham |
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38 Berkeley Castle is unusual in that it is in two
colours one of which is grey what is the other colour |
Rose
Pink (accept pink) |
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39 The Mumbles Mile is a famous pub crawl in which
British city |
Swansea |
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40 The Runcorn bridge spans which English river |
Mersey |