...  Britain and Spain? a. War of Jenkin's Ear,  b. War of Jenkin's Foot,  c. War of Jenkin's Nose,  d. War of Jenkin's Knee 6. Like the popular cognac, what is the most common surname in France? 7. The Oe ...

1. Although it failed to reach any noteworthy position in the US Billboard Hot 100, what kind of eyes spent six weeks at the top of the UK music charts and was Britain's best selling single of 1979? a ...

... r British (or 5 if born in Britain counts) female singers to have a number one hit single in the US Billboard Hot 100 as solo artists? Time line: 1965-1983 6. Sarah Jessica Parker is married to which Hollywo ...

... 707 2. Hiawatha 3. Venus 4. Three answers. The Battle Of Britain, A Bridge Too Far, Sleuth. 5. Charles Lindbergh 6. Fish 7. Ryder Cup 8. Bosnia and Herzegovina 9. Answer a. Chris Evert  ...

... s given to which country's men's national football/soccer team? 15. Which name, which includes the French word for "good will", was given to the early 20th century alliance between France, Britain and Tsar ...

... was a colony of which European country? a. Portugal  b. France  c. Holland  d. Great Britain  9. What is the only major city in the southern hemisphere to be named after a 19th century scientist? 10. ...

...  hot teasing me  10. What are the four most populated cities in France? One point for each correct answer. 11. Which cheese lends its name to Britain's oldest complete human skeleton? a. Cheshire m ...

... of the Kingdom of Norway in the Middle Ages? a: Bergen b: Oslo c: Stockholm d: Copenhagen 10. When women first got the vote in Britain in 1918, how old did they have to be? ANSWERS 1. A cili ...

... resource. Answers 1. A Question of Sport 2. Come Fly With Me 3. The Million Pound Drop 4. The Cube 5. Britain's Got Talent 6. Mock the Week 7. Eurovision 2011 8. 8 Out Of 10 Cats  ...

... ad actively and steadfastly opposed any political reform in Britain, but in the last year of his life he relented and came to acknowledge that such reform would bring benefit to all classes of society. 10. McMurd ...

...  is based on offshore renewable energy 6. Three answers a. Battle of Britain b. A Bridge Too Far c. The Longest Day 7. Pencils (classification and grading of pencils) 8. b: Throwing someone (or ...

... resenting the distasteful materialism and ignorant elitism Swift encountered in Britain. Hence the term "yahoo" has come to mean "a crude, brutish or obscenely coarse person". American frontiersman Danie ...

... active. 9. 1840 The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was issued in Britain on 1 May 1840, for official use from 6 May of that year and features  ...

... was damaged by an explosion. After repairs, she plied for several years as a passenger liner between Britain and North America before being converted to a cable-laying ship and laying the first lasting t ...

... Oscar, the Bismarck's Cat") by the artist Georgina Shaw-Baker is in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 4. "In this grave hour" (The King's Speech - Full speech text) In September ...

... l conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. It is set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881, but before the Third, probably in the period 1893–98. The novel is notable for its detai ...

...  Germany wanted it aimed at Britain and France. Due to this disagreement, the pact was signed without Japan and became an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany signed on May 22, 1939, by the f ...

...  plan to invade Britain in 1940 was known as Operation what? 4. In which films does John Malkovich play the following roles? One point for each correct answer. a. Cyrus 'the virus' Grissom b. Vicom ...

...  Peter O'Toole l. Woody Allen 15. Occam's Razor 16. Montana 17. Mary Quant 18. Great Britain (1812), Mexico (1846) and Spain (1898) 19. Bergamot Orange 20. Pirates of the Caribbean, At the w ...

...  5. Who invented the 'ultimate chip recipe' - the triple-cooked chip? 6. We eat 30 million portions of fish and chips in Britain each year, true or false? 7. How many fish and chip shops are the ...

... hours. 3.  A quarter of all potatoes grown in Britain each year are made into chips how many tonnes of chips do you think that is? A) 120,000 tonnes B) 670 million tonnes C) 1.5 million tonnes. 4.  ...

... and film director was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in 'The Right Stuff'. He is also the partner of Jessica Lange. Who is he? 5. Who was the designer of the Battle of Britain airc ...

... the German High Sea Fleet? 32. Which mountain in Greece is the legendary home of the Ancient Gods? 33. Which microbe is the basis of the brewing and baking industry? 34. Which ancient name for Bri ...

...  1. According to Shakespeare, who was the King of the Fairies? 2. What was the name of Marmalade’s only number one hit in the UK? 3. What is Britain's oldest Sunday newspaper? 4. What word is use ...

... s the seat of the French government from 1940 to 1944? 10. What is reputed to be the most common street name in Britain? ANSWERS 1. Winfield. 2. The sale of British Gas shares. 3. Queenstown, Irela ...

... tal work of fiction all take place on 16 June 1904? 8. Airstrip One is the new name for Britain in which book? 9. Who cooks with nose of Turk and Tartar's lips? 10. The following are the first  ...

1. In the Tarzan films, what was Jane's last name?   2. Airstrip One is the new name for Britain in which book?   3. The name of which central European capital city means 'ford'? (as  ...

...  plan to invade Britain in 1940 was known as Operation what?  7. The OSS was the predecessor of which organisation? 8. The three worst maritime disasters in history all occurred i ...

... tory at Traflagar back to Britain?     a. HMS Pepper     b. HMS Onion     c. HMS Olive     d. HMS Pickle 7. The following 'brother'  ...

... America? 8. One of the names given to the hood ornament on Rolls Royce cars? 9. There is only two places in the British Isles where Britain and Ireland can be viewed simultaneously, one is Mount Snaefell ...

... bsp; 14. Until it was surpassed by cotton, which gratifying substance was Britain's largest single import between 1750 and 1820?   15. Which actor appeared in all of the following films? The  ...

... name for a street in Britain is High Street, what is the secondmost common name for a street 8. In which English city is John Wesley's Chapel, the worlds first Methodist Chapel, where he used to preac ...

... eeded Marlon Brando as the head of the Corleone family in the Godfather movies?     c: Who directed Clint Eastwood in the so-called Spaghetti Westerns?     d: Who won Br ...

... sh to give his proposed new World Capital? 18. A capital city and a kind of steel. 8 letters 19. Which astro-physicist's belt surrounds the Earth? 20. What is Britain's oldest colony? 21. Who came ...

...  maiden voyage during which she was damaged by an explosion. After repairs, she plied for several years as a passenger liner between Britain and America, before being converted to a cable-laying ship and l ...

... ers in Britain? 25. Who was the first trainer to turn out winners of more than £1 million in one flat racing season in Britain in 1985? 26. Who was the first woman to ride a winner over fences in Brit ...

1. Britain's last surviving World War 1 veteran Harry Patch died recently aged 111. He requested that which famous Pete Seeger song be sung at his funeral? 2. On the flag of which US state is the Unio ...

... irst mobile phone call in Britain was made by which comedian on Jan 1st 1985?     a. Spike Milligan     b. Billy Connelly     c. Benny Hill   & ...

...  is right. 4. What was the full official title of Queen Elizabeth II in Britain between the 20th November 1947 and the 6th February 1952? 5. Complete each of the following song titles with somethin ...

... are separated from mainland Britain by which body of water? 9. Which was Britain's first National Park? 10. Which English Football League club's ground is farthest away from any other?   An ...

...   a. The Eagle Has Landed     b. Zulu     c. A Bridge Too Far     d. Escape To Victory     e. Battle Of Britain 19. Glass bottle ...

... cient name for Britain is perhaps derived from the Latin word for white? 26. In 'The Arabian Nights', who had an adventure with an immense bird called the Roc?   27. Sentence? ANSWERS 1. Flu ...

...  The Menin Gate, a memorial to soldiers of Britain and the Empire who died in the First World War, is in which Belgian town?   LYRIC: ? Each of the first letters of the answers spells out a lyric fr ...

... p;  c. Spartacus     d. The Battle of Britain     e. Marathon Man     f. Wild Geese II 18. Borneo (Kalimantan) and Sumatra 19. The scarlet pimper ...

... s real first name is Eldrick? 15. Which East Coast North American Indian tribe allied with Britain against the French-Huron compact? 16. In the 'Thomas the Tank Engine' stories, what colours are Tho ...

... date starting with the earliest:      James Cooks ?Discovery?, The Clipper ship ?Cutty Sark?, Brunel?s ?SS Great Britain? and the pilgrims ?Mayflower? ANSWERS 1. Alessandro Volta ...

... the Spanish Civil War? 3. In which decade of the 20th century were Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and John F. Kennedy all assassinated? 4. Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer when Britain was forced ...

... Who played the psychiatrist in The Human Jungle? 35. What did Britain export to Lake Havasu City, Arizona? 36. Who played Ugarte in Casablanca? 37. In which museum is Whistler's Mother? 38. What is Pavar ...

... s involved in Britain's first million pound transfer? 5. Which Scottish side's nickname is 'The Blue Brazil'? 6. Which soccer player advertised 'Brut' in the 1980s? 7. Which soccer side plays at ...

... on the mainland of which country? 6. Belgium, France and Germany were three of the six original countries that formed the EU, which were the other three? 7. Which is the longest river in Britain? 8. ...