Eastbury Lockdown Friday 3rd April 2020

Question 1

Entertainment 6: Which of these is NOT a character in Beckett’s play ‘Waiting for Godot’?

Accepted Answer

Alexei

Question 2

Eastbury 3: What number bus serves Eastbury?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 3

Art and Literature 2: Who is the fictional detective created by Dorothy L Sayers?

Accepted Answer

Lord Peter Wimsey

Question 4

Geography 2: Which province of Italy is primarily German speaking?

Accepted Answer

Trentino-South Tyrol

Question 5

Entertainment 2: Who is the bass player for U2?

Accepted Answer

Adam Clayton

Question 6

Eastbury 1: What was the most recent pub in Eastbury to close down?

Accepted Answer

The Queen's Arms

Question 7

Science and Nature 5: Which insects appear in swarms every 13 and 17 years?

Accepted Answer

Cicadas

Question 8

Sport and Leisure 5: How many pieces does each player start with in a game of backgammon?

Accepted Answer

15

Question 9

Eastbury 4: At which house in Eastbury did they used to sell petrol?

Accepted Answer

The Old Bakery

Question 10

Geography 6: Which country used to be known as Burma?

Accepted Answer

Myanmar

Question 11

Sport and Leisure 4: Which cricket fielding position lies between Slip and Point?

Accepted Answer

Gully

Question 12

Science and Nature 1: What is the most abundant element in the universe?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen

Question 13

History 5: Stanley Baldwin (1923); Ramsay MacDonald (1924); Stanley Baldwin (1924). Which Prime Minister came next?

Accepted Answer

Ramsay MacDonald

Question 14

Science and Nature 4: How frequently does Halley’s Comet appear?

Accepted Answer

Every 76 years

Question 15

Sport and Leisure 1: Which rank outsider won the Grand National in 1967?

Accepted Answer

Foinavon

Question 16

Geography 5: Which is the southernmost landlocked country in the world?

Accepted Answer

Lesotho

Question 17

History 4: In which year did Howard Carter discover Tutankhamun’s tomb?

Accepted Answer

1922

Question 18

History 1: Who was the last Stuart monarch?

Accepted Answer

Anne

Question 19

Entertainment 5: In ‘Coronation Street’, which married surname did Helen Worth’s character Gail NOT have?

Accepted Answer

Potter

Question 20

Entertainmnet 3: Which composer wrote 'The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba'?

Accepted Answer

Handel

Question 21

History 6: In 1853 which country was referred to as ‘The Sick Man of Europe’?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Question 22

Art and Literature 6: Who painted ‘The Laughing Cavalier’?

Accepted Answer

Hals

Question 23

Eastbury 2: In which year was the Lambourn Valley Railway closed?

Accepted Answer

1960

Question 24

Geography 4: Which national flag has the most different colours?

Accepted Answer

Belize

Question 25

Art and Literature 4: Which Charles Dickens novel was unfinished at his death?

Accepted Answer

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Question 26

Science and Nature 3: What is believed to be the closest evolutionary relative of the elephant?

Accepted Answer

Rock Hyrax

Question 27

Geography 3: Which country is known in its own language as Shqiperia?

Accepted Answer

Albania

Question 28

Art and Literature 5: Alberto Uderzo who died last week drew which cartoon character?

Accepted Answer

Asterix

Question 29

Sport and Leisure 3: Which NFL team is known as the Browns?

Accepted Answer

Cleveland

Question 30

Sport and Leisure 2: Which England manager presided over 3 wins, 3 draws and just 1 loss during his period in charge?

Accepted Answer

Joe Mercer

Question 31

Geography 1: The US flag has most stars with 50, but which national flag has second most?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 32

Art and Literature 3: In 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', which spaceship contained all the telephone sanitisers?

Accepted Answer

The 'B' Ark

Question 33

Art and Literature 1: Jane; Elizabeth; Kitty; Lydia. Which Bennet daughter in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is missing?

Accepted Answer

Mary

Question 34

Sport and Leisure 6: In bridge, which is the highest ranking suit?

Accepted Answer

Spades

Question 35

History 3: Which of these geological periods is NOT classed as part of the Mesozoic Era or ‘Age of Reptiles’?

Accepted Answer

Permian

Question 36

Science and Nature 6: What is the commonest British bird according to the RSPB?

Accepted Answer

Wren

Question 37

Science and Nature 2: At which university was the world’s first stored program computer, the ‘Baby’, created?

Accepted Answer

Manchester

Question 38

History 2: Which of these was NOT a member of the ‘Gang of Four’ which formed the SDP in 1981?

Accepted Answer

Robin Cook

Question 39

Entertainment 4: In ‘Last of the Summer Wine’, what was Compo’s surname?

Accepted Answer

Simmonite

Question 40

Entertainment 1: Rik; Vyvyan; Neil. Who is the missing member of ‘The Young Ones’?

Accepted Answer

Mike

Eastbury Lockdown Friday 3rd April 2020

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Eastbury Lockdown Friday 3rd April 2020

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