April Answers 1. Street names that begin with which letter were last week revealed as being the location for the most expensive houses in Britain? U 2. Which disease have over 700 children in Wales been diagnosed with after vaccination levels dropped sharply over the last decade following medical research published in the late 1990s? Measles 3. US retailer Target has been forced to apologise after labelling a plus size dress after what marine mammal, offending shoppers? Manatee 4. Name any one of the top three books as voted by British teachers in a recent survey? Pride & prejudice, To Kill A mockingbird, Harry Potter 5. Which three letters will replace DLA to denote benefit payments for those unable to work though illness or incapacity according to new legislation brought in this month? PIP 6. Police in Germany are searching for thieves after 5.5 tonnes of which breakfast spread worth £15,000 were stolen from a parked trailer last week? Nutella 7. Shoppers in Britain are being restricted to buying only two tins of baby milk at a time in response to individuals bulk buying and sending the product to which country in the wake of a health scare? China 8. What gift to Francois Hollande have Mali officials had to replace after it was eaten by the family that the French president had left it with for safe keeping? Camel 9. Which possibly mythical british beast was first spotted 80 years ago this week? Loch Ness Monster 10. Between which years did Margaret Thatcher serve as Britain’s Prime Minister? 1979-1990 11. Britain regained bragging rights last week when its team defeated Germany in the world championship of which schoolyard game? Marbles 12. Which British company has been given the contract to provide Goal line technology to the premiership after a recent FA ruling? Hawkeye 13. Wisden have produced an almanac full of which sports statistics for 150 years? Cricket 14. Oxford luckily won the boatrace on Easter Monday, but how long to the nearest kilometre is the championship course? 7 (6.8) 15. In the casino game craps what does each die show when a player roles a hard eight? 4 16. What colour flag is waved in Formula 1 to indicate danger ahead and that overtaking is prohibited? Yellow 17. What does a checker become when it reaches the farthest row forward in a game of draughts? A King 18. Which current premiership side have been the only non league winners of the FA cup, having won in 1901, 7 years before they were elected to the Football league? Tottenham Hotspur 19. Which multinational software company produced the xbox in 2001? Microsoft 20.Which weighs more, a base ball, a cricket ballor a lacrosse ball? Cricket Ball 21. What is the most repeated sit com on British television this year with over 438 episodes aired already? last of the summer wine 22. Which 21 year old actress did a 51 year old Frank Sinatra marry in 1966? Mia Farrow 23. What band’s 3 year arena tour between 2009 and 2011, entitled 360 degrees is the highest grossing concert tour ever? U2 24. Hans Zimmer, Randy Newman, James Horner and Howard Shore have all been recipients of which Academy award? Best Original Score 25. Of which London theatre, founded in 1818 in the borough of Lambeth, has actor Kevin Spacey been the artistic director since 2003? The Old Vic 26. Which 1955 war film re-enacts the true story of 1943’s Operation Chastise masterminded by Barnes Wallis? The Dambusters 27. What is the most number of weeks that a single has spent at the UK number one spot this decade? 5 (Gotye-Somebody I Used to Know) 28. Which film director made his debut with Evil Dead before going on to direct 3 spiderman films and a prequel to the wizard of oz? Sam Raimi 29. Which have there been more episodes of, Mastermind or University Challenge? University challenge 30. Which song reached number 6 in the charts but was not played in full on the chart show this week following Margaret Thatcher’s death? Ding dong the witch is dead 31. In which year was the first commercially available mobile phone sold? 1983 32. Cherokee Purple, Green Tiger, Black Crim and San Marzano are all types of what fruit? Tomato 33. Which is the southernmost state in the USA? Hawaii 34. In which century was the Irish Potato Famine, in which a million people died and a further million emigrated, many to the USA? 19th 35. Which French glass designer was noted for his 1920s art deco work showing plants, flowers and insects? Henri Lalique 36. Which literary character was the best friend of Huckleberry Finn? Tom sawyer 37. Which Greek philosopher and mathematician described the theorem that states a2 + b2 = c2? Pythagoras 38. Genetically speaking which species are our closest living relatives? Chimpanzees 39. Which is the most populous country in the world that uses the cryillic alphabet? Russia 40. According to research which dog is the most intelligent? Doberman, German shepherd or Golden retriever? German shepherd How many spitfires were built during its 10 year production between 1938 and 1948? 20,351
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