1

Who was president of the USA on December 31st, 1999?

2

A popular document type is a PDF, Portable Document Format, was created by which company? 

3

In the Harry Potter book, who killed Dumbledore at the end of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince?

4

Identify these four cephalods

5

The FIFA Women’s World Cup will take place in 2027, in which South American country?

6

Which popular online game features the dances orange justice, the floss and the electro shuffle?

7

In what African country was Freddie Mercury born?

8

Name these six famous British people, all born in the nineteenth century

9

In the TV show Cheers,what is the name of the bar manager character played by Ted Danson?

10

100 hundred people were given one hundred seconds to name as many countries as they could in the world that had a flag of two colours. There are 37 possible answers. Territories are not included and Afghanistan is excluded as there is controversy regarding its official flag. 

11

Name these four Beatles songs that all reached number one somewhere in the world.

12

The longest scheduled train route in Europe is a 22 hour, 1720km journey from Innsbruck in Austria to what other European city?

13

Orcas was one of the Roman Gods for what?

14

Identify the correct grid locations fornthe places listed underneath

15

On November 10th, 1975 the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, A cargo ship, nicknamed the Titanic of the Great Lakes, sunk, killing all 29 crew members. On which lake did it sink?

16

The treacherous is the sin that occupies the ninth circle of hell in what book written by Dante Alighieri?

17

According to a QSR magazine story last week, restaurants are scrambling to serve consumers who want protein combined with what other chemical that was once a flavour of pepsi?

18

Name these four famous James’.

19

The last time a club in Scotland won the Scottish premiership aside from Celtic or Rangers was in 1985 when Aberdeen won the League-title. Who was the manager of Aberdeen? 

20

It was announced this week that tourist taxes on the Balearic Islands will rise dramatically. Name any one of the five largest Balearic Islands, except Ibiza (that leaves four). 

21

Which is further east, Minsk or Moscow?

22

Name the six animated TV shows that these are the themes to

 

1

Bill Clinton

2

Adobe 

3

Severus Snape

4

a. Squid
    Tenthida

b. Octopus
     Bläckfisk

c. Cuttlefish
     Sepiidae

d. Nautilus
    Pärlbåtar

5

Brazil

6

Fortnite 

7

Tanzania

Zanzibar

8

a. Charles Darwin

b. Alexander Fleming

c. Thomas Edward Lawrence

d. Queen Victoria

e. Stan Laurel

f. Charlie Chaplin

9

Sam Malone

10

1 Point
Albania, Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland,  Greece,  Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Monaco, Morocco, North Macedonia , Pakistan, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Ukraine
2 Points
Bangladesh, Bahrain, Georgia, Nigeria, Peru, Qatar, Singapore, Vietnam,
3 points
Kyrgyzstan, Somalia, Tunisia, Tonga, Palau,
4 Points
Micronesia

 

11

a. Love is All You Need

b. Can’t Buy Me Love

c. She Loves You

d. Love Me Do

12

Malmö

13

Death/ Underworld/ Punisher of broken promises

14

A: E4 Caracas

B: C2 Havana

C: D3 Jamaice

D: F3 Barbados

E: A3 Mexico City 

F: E3 San Juan

15

Lake Superior

16

Inferno

AA Divine  Comedy 

17

Caffeine

18

a. James Gandolfini

n. James Stewart

c. James Cameron

d. James Falco

19

Alex Ferguson

20

Mallorca

Minorca

Formantera

Cabrera

21

Moscow

(Minsk is 27.5E v 37.6E)

22

a. Spongebob Squarepants

b. South Park

c. Family Guy

d. King of the Hill

e. Star Wars: Rebels

f. The Simpsons