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Round 01 / General Knowledge

General knowledge

  1. How many hours are there in a week?

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    168

  2. What is a baby swan called?

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    A cygnet

    Also accept: Cygnet

  3. How many bits are there in a byte?

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    Eight

    Also accept: 8

  4. Which English king, who died in 1066, was known as "the Confessor"?

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    Edward the Confessor

    Also accept: Edward

  5. What do we call a word formed from the initial letters of other words and said as a word, like NATO or scuba?

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    An acronym

    Also accept: Acronym

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Round 02 / Music

Music

  1. How many strings does a violin have?

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    Four

    Also accept: 4

  2. Which singer was known as "the Queen of Soul"?

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    Aretha Franklin

    Also accept: Aretha

  3. What was the name of David Bowie's alter ego who fronted the Spiders from Mars?

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    Ziggy Stardust

    Also accept: Ziggy

  4. Which Welsh singer's first big hit was "It's Not Unusual" in 1965?

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    Tom Jones

    Also accept: Sir Tom Jones

  5. Which English composer wrote "The Planets" suite?

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    Gustav Holst

    Also accept: Holst

    Written between 1914 and 1917. "Jupiter" gave us the hymn tune for "I Vow to Thee, My Country".

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Round 03 / Sport

Sport

  1. To the nearest mile, how long is a marathon?

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    26 miles

    Also accept: 26

    It's 26.2 miles, or 42.195 km.

  2. Which city's Olympic stadium is nicknamed "the Bird's Nest"?

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    Beijing

    Built for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

  3. Which London cricket ground is known as "the home of cricket"?

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    Lord's

    Also accept: Lords

  4. In which sport is the Stanley Cup awarded?

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    Ice hockey

    Also accept: Hockey

  5. How many players does each water polo team have in the water?

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    Seven

    Also accept: 7

    Six outfield players and a goalkeeper.

Round 04 / Film & TV

Film and TV

  1. Released in 1995, what was the first feature film made entirely with computer animation?

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    Toy Story

  2. What is the name of the pub in Emmerdale?

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    The Woolpack

    Also accept: Woolpack

  3. Which actress played Geraldine Granger in "The Vicar of Dibley"?

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    Dawn French

  4. Who played Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 film "The Iron Lady"?

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    Meryl Streep

    Also accept: Streep

    She won the Oscar for Best Actress for it.

  5. Who directed "Pulp Fiction" (1994)?

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    Quentin Tarantino

    Also accept: Tarantino

Round 05 / History

History

  1. Who was the first Tudor monarch?

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    Henry VII

    Also accept: Henry the Seventh, Henry Tudor

    He took the throne after the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.

  2. Which queen of the Iceni led a revolt against the Romans in AD 60 or 61?

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    Boudica

    Also accept: Boudicca, Boadicea

  3. Which Roman emperor ordered a wall to be built across northern Britain in AD 122?

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    Hadrian

  4. On which ship was Admiral Nelson killed at the Battle of Trafalgar?

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    HMS Victory

    Also accept: Victory

    You can still go aboard it in Portsmouth.

  5. In which year did the Acts of Union join England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain?

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    1707

Round 06 / Geography

Geography

  1. What is the capital city of Iceland?

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    Reykjavik

    Also accept: Reykjavík

  2. Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?

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    Ethiopia

  3. Which mountain range is traditionally seen as the border between Europe and Asia?

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    The Ural Mountains

    Also accept: Urals

  4. What is the longest river in Europe?

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    The Volga

    Also accept: Volga

    It flows through Russia to the Caspian Sea.

  5. Counting its overseas territories, which country has more time zones than any other?

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    France

    Twelve, thanks to territories from French Polynesia to Réunion.

Round 07 / Science & Nature

Science and nature

  1. What is the chemical symbol for iron?

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    Fe

    From the Latin "ferrum".

  2. Which type of blood cell helps the body fight infection?

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    White blood cells

    Also accept: White

  3. What is the chemical symbol for potassium?

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    K

    From the Latin "kalium".

  4. Which planet's day is longer than its year?

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    Venus

    It takes 243 Earth days to spin once, but only 225 to orbit the Sun.

  5. To the nearest 1,000 kilometres per second, how fast does light travel in a vacuum?

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    300,000 km per second

    Also accept: 300000, 300,000, 299,792

    Exactly 299,792 km per second.

Round 08 / Food & Drink

Food and drink

  1. What kind of food is Stinking Bishop?

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    A cheese

    Also accept: Cheese

    A pungent washed-rind cheese made in Gloucestershire.

  2. Which fruit is dried to make a prune?

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    A plum

    Also accept: Plum

  3. What are the two main ingredients of bubble and squeak?

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    Potato and cabbage

    Traditionally made from leftover vegetables from a roast.

  4. Manchego cheese comes from which country?

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    Spain

  5. What is the main ingredient of baba ganoush?

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    Aubergine

    Also accept: Eggplant, Aubergines

Round 09 / Kids can play

The family round

  1. What is the name of the bear in "The Jungle Book"?

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    Baloo

  2. How many wheels does a tricycle have?

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    Three

    Also accept: 3

  3. Which animal is known as "the king of the jungle"?

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    The lion

    Also accept: Lion

  4. What do you call a baby dog?

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    A puppy

    Also accept: Puppy, Pup

  5. Which planet do we live on?

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    Earth

    Also accept: The Earth

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Round 10 / Britain

Around Britain

  1. What is the national animal of Scotland?

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    The unicorn

    Also accept: Unicorn

  2. What is the highest mountain in Wales?

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    Snowdon

    Also accept: Yr Wyddfa

    Its Welsh name, Yr Wyddfa, is now used officially too.

  3. Which Scottish city is nicknamed "the Granite City"?

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    Aberdeen

  4. Which flower is a national emblem of Wales?

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    The daffodil

    Also accept: Daffodil, Leek

    The leek is the other national emblem, so give the point for that too.

  5. What is the name of the stretch of water between Anglesey and mainland Wales?

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    The Menai Strait

    Also accept: Menai Strait, Menai Straits

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