Sunday 10 August 2014

First set of questions

1 In a Test match versus the West Indies at Sabina Park, Kingston in 1930, the English cricketer Andrew Sandham achieved what Test match first?

2 Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire is the ancestral seat of which dukedom?

3 Which board game was was created in December 1979 by Canadians Chris Haney and Scott Abbott?

4 With a name meaning two or double onion, which curry dish is cooked with onions and then garnished with raw or fried onions?

5 The 1956 film Somebody Up There Likes Me is based on the life of which middleweight boxer, played in the film by Paul Newman?

6 The Affluent Society, famous for coining the term 'convential wisdom', is a work of 1958 by which economist?

7 Taking its name from  Jan van Eyck's 15th-century painting in the National Gallery, the Arnolfini is an international arts centre and gallery in which English city?

8 In 1956 where was the first area in the United Kingdom to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?

9 Patented in 1902 the Ostwald Process is a chemical process for manufacturing which acid?

10 Meaning without a tail in Greek, the order Anura consists of amphibians known commonly by what name?

11 The boxer Nicola Adams won gold medals at the 2012 Olympics and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in which weight division?

12 Which 1960s group, whose members included Stephen Stills and Neil Young, took their name from an American steam roller manufacturer?

13 Which US General, nicknamed 'Black Jack', was the commander of the American forces in Europe during World War 1?

14 The The Hoboken-Verzeichnis is a work, published in 1957, by Anthony van Hoboken which  catalogues over 750 works by which composer?

15 Dramatized on TV as the detective series Vera, with Brenda Blethyn starring in the title role, the Vera Stanhope novels are the work of which author?

16  The soundtrack to the 1985 BBC television drama serial Edge of Darkness, was provided by the  American composer Michael Kamen in collaboration with which English guitarist?

17  Allowing ships to bypass Niagara Falls, which canal connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie?

18 The model village of Stewartby in Bedfordshire, was originally built for workers in which industry?

19 Thought to have originated in China, what name is given to the puzzle consisting of seven pieces, all of which must be used to form a specific shape?

20 What is the name of the restaurant run by the chef René Redzepi in Copenhagen, Denmark, that has been voted Best Restaurant in the World by Restaurant magazine in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014?





Answers:

1 First batsman to score a triple century
2 Rutland
3 Trivial Pursuit
4 Dopiaza
5 Rocky Graziano
6  J. K. Galbraith
7 Bristol
8 Gower Peninsula
9 Nitric Acid
10 Frogs or Toads
11 Flyweight
12 Buffalo Springfield
13 John J Pershing
14 Joseph Haydn
15 Ann Cleeves
16 Eric Clapton
17 Welland Canal
18 Brick manufacture
19 Tangram
20 Noma

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