<p>1.Disney’s ‘Lion King’ is generally thought to be based on which Shakespeare play? ‘HAMLET’ 2. Which firm, famous for headwear, got its brand name from its raw materials - silk, angora, wool? KANGOL 3. In which town is Scotland’s oldest boarding school, Loretto? MUSSELBURGH 4. The mathematical formula 1/3 area of base x height gives what information? THE VOLUME OF A PYRAMID 5. What was the name of the type of rocket that took US astronauts to the moon? SATURN (FIVE) 6. What brand of rainwear was associated with Prime Minister Harold Wilson? GANNEX 7. In which war did ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi serve in the British Ambulance Corps? BOER WAR - in the Natal Indian Corps 8. Whose official residence is St James’s Palace, London THE QUEEN / MONARCH 9. Which European airline has a logo of a crane in flight? LUFTHANSA 10 Who comes next in this sequence: Callaghan, Foot, Kinnock …..? SMITH - John 11 What is the Israeli drinks company who had a slogan ‘Get busy with the fizzy’? SODASTREAM 12 Which country’s flag is not incorporated into the Union Jack /Union Flag? WALES 13 What is Victorian civil engineer Sir William Arrol’s world-famous Scottish landmark? THE FORTH BRIDGE – he designed the re-built Tay Bridge, too 14 What is the distinctive feature of Zebu cattle, native to S.Asia? A HUMP 15 Which top-selling singer shares her name with a mythical Queen of Carthage DIDO 16 Which continent has the highest average elevation / height? ANTARCTICA 17 What is the metallic element used in high strength steel that has the symbol Mo? MOLYBDENUM 18 Which Trossachs loch is the setting for Sir Walter Scott’s ‘The Lady of the Lake’? LOCH KATRINE 19 If an hotel room number was 5, what would it be in binary code? ROOM 101 20 What World Championships are held annually at the Egremont Crab Fair, with a horse collar as a frame? WORLD GIRNING CHMPIONSHIPS 21 In which European capital city are the Tivoli Gardens? COPENHAGEN 22 What is the Catalonian sparkling wine dubbed ‘Spanish Champagne’ CAVA 23 In the Middle Ages, where would a menial worker called a scullion be found? IN A KITCHEN 24 In Harry Potter stories, how was the half-blood wizard born Tom Riddle better known? VOLDEMORT 25 What item of men’s formal attire got its name from a New York park – where it was first worn? TUXEDO 26 When women in Britain got the vote in 1918, how old did they have to be? THIRTY 27 Around 1310, what world record did the tower of Lincoln Cathedral break? THE WORLD’S TALLEST STRUCTURE -held for 4000 years by the Great Pyramid 28 Which powerful English weapon probably won the battles of Agincourt and Crécy? THE LONGBOW 29 To which archipelago country is the clove native? INDONESIA 30 Which material got its name from the capital of Syria? DAMASK - Damascus 31 What is the impossible Penrose Stairs, comprising four flights? AN OPTICAL ILLUSION 32 Which national leader was assassinated by her own bodyguards in 1984? MRS (INDIRA) GANDHI 33 Which child actress is the youngest winner of an Oscar; she played a con-artist when she was 10 years old. TATUM O’NEAL 34 Which war saw the first battle between ‘ironclad’ warships? AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 35 There is a famous painting of the death of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat. Where exactly was he when he was killed? IN HIS BATH(TUB) 36 Why is the dish tandoori chicken so-called? IT’S COOKED IN A TANDOOR – do not accept ‘its main ingredient is chicken’ 37 Which big American city in Ohio is named after a Roman statesman? CINCINNATTI 38 Which TWO letters in the Greek alphabet begin with the letter O? (2-part answer) OMICRON and OMEGA (1 MARK EACH) 39 Who created the fictional detective Philip Marlowe? RAYMOND CHANDLER 40 Which stone-fruit, originally from an area of Turkey, was supposedly introduced to Britain by Henry 8th ? CHERRY</p>