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Food & Drink
1 Gin, grenadine, egg white & cream is a cocktail known by what name often associated with the film Grease?
2 In North America which pie is traditionally eaten on Thanksgiving?
3 In Italian cuisine how is “al forno” pasta traditionally cooked?
4 Which meat is used to make pastrami?
5 What do these Indian food terms translate to in English: – Aloo, Balti, Murgh, Gosht?
The Law
6 What is the age of criminal responsibility in England & Wales?
7 Which UK TV barrister referred to his wife Hilda as “She who must be obeyed”?
8 It is illegal to enter the House of Parliament wearing what kind of suit?
9 In England how many people are required for an “affray with a common purpose” to become a riot – 3, 6, 12 or 30?
10 Who played the following lawyers on film: –
10a Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird 1962
10b Fletcher Reed in Liar Liar 1997
10c Sir Wilfred Lobarts in Witness for the Prosecution 1947
10d Lt Daniel Kaffee in A Few Good Men 1992
Grass
11 What are the extensive grasslands in South America generally known as?
12 Which actor played Claude Greengrass in the TV series Heartbeat?
13 What is the nickname of the state of Kentucky? It’s also a type of acoustic country music.
14 In which TV series was the character Kwai Chang Caine known as Grasshopper?
15 In the song Green Green Grass of Home sung by Tom Jones, which 3 people came to meet him off the train?
Sporting Ladies
16 With which sport would you associate Belarus born Tatiana Woolaston?
17 Who was the first ever woman to be officially recorded as playing golf?
18 Lisa Ashton & Trina Gulliver have been world champions in which sport?
19 Who is the only female tennis player to have won all the Grand Slam tournaments at least 4 times?
20 Who are the 2 female Royals to have represented GB at the Summer Olympics & what medals, if any, did they win?
General Knowledge
21 Which city is the capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina?
22 Sabrina Carpenter reached number one in the UK charts this year with which coffee variant?
23 Both Keir Starmer & Jeremy Corbin support which London football club?
24 What was George Michael’s first UK number one single as a solo artist?
25 The Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling event uses which make of cheese?
26 How do you write 400 in Roman numerals?
27 Which well-known physicist was a member of the band D:Ream?
28 In 2017 when La La Land was wrongly announced as the winner of Best Picture – which film actually won?
29 The TV series Father Dowling was set in which US city?
30 If you are on the internet and you reach a broken link which 3-digit error number usually appears with the words “not found”?
Answers
1 Pink Lady
2 Pumpkin
3 Baked
4 Beef
5 Potato, Bucket, Chicken, Lamb or goat
6 Ten
7 Rumpole
8 Suit of armour
9 12
10 Lasting Power of Attorney
10a Gregory Peck
10b Jim Carrey
10c Charles Laughton
10d Tom Cruise
11 Pampas
12 Bill Maynard
13 Bluegrass State
14 Kung Fu
15 Mama Papa Mary
16 Snooker (Referee)
17 Mary Queen of Scots
18 Darts
19 Steffi Graf
20 Princess Anne (0) & Zara Tindall (silver)
21 Sarajevo
22 Expresso
23 Arsenal
24 Careless Whisper
25 Double Gloucester
26 CD
27 Brian Cox
28 Moonlight
29 Chicago
30 404
Jackpot
Q The sackbut was an early form of which musical instrument?
A Trombone
Number Guess (Nearest wins)
Q How much money did Heather McCartney (Mills) receive in her divorce from Paul?
A £24.3 million
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