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Food and drink

1. What are the three components of a Baked Alaska dessert?

2. Which country in the world is the largest producer of coffee?

3. To the nearest mile, how long was the longest sausage ever made?

4. What is brebis cheese made from?

5. What drink is the island of Lindisfarne famous for?

6. Arran Pilot, Cara and Salad Blue are types of what?

7. What salad did Oscar Tschirky invent in New York?

8. What was the first food eaten on the moon by the Apollo 11 crew?

9. Which country eats the most pork every year?

10. What is the most popular alcoholic drink in the UK? (source: WTSA)

General knowledge

1. What is the name of a triangle with two equal sides?

2. What sign of the zodiac would you be if you were born on February 27?

3. What is elurophobia a fear of?

4. ‘Guid passage’ is the motto of which bridge?

5. What is the most common blood type in the world?

6. Which TV soap ran from 1980 to 1993?

7. How old was Marilyn Monroe when she died?

8. Which planet is named after the Roman god of travel?

9. The precious stone of Lapis Lazuli is which colour?

10. Which is the cheapest property on a Monopoly board?

True or false?

1. A baby mouse is called a pinky.

2. The fastest growing nail is on the thumb.

3. A slug’s blood is purple.

4. Identical twins smell the same.

5. Einstein discovered gravity.

6. An aeroplane black box is orange.

7. Roger Moore played James Bond six times.

8. A monkey is the slang term for £500.

9. South Africa has three capital cities.

10. There are 74 books in the Bible.

History

1. On what precise date did the D Day landings take place?

2. Henry VIII had six wives. Name three of them.

3. After a gap of almost 300 years, in what year did the new Scottish parliament first meet?

4. Who was president of the USA during WWI?

5. Tsar Peter 1 of Russia introduced a controversial tax in 1698. What was it?

6. In what century did WatTyler lead the Peasant’sRevolt?

7. What did diarist Samuel Pepys bury for safekeeping during the Great Fire of London?

8. Where was Napoleon Boneparte born?

9. What was the Roman name for Scotland?

10. The Metropolitan Police was founded by Robert Peel in 1829. What nickname was given to the first police officers?

Sport

1. What is the time for Usain Bolt’s 100m sprint record which still stands today?

2. In which sport do competitors refer to catching a crab?

3. In which sport do teams compete for the Stanley Cup?

4. How many balls are on the table at the start of a snooker game?

5. What is Muhammad Ali’s real name?

6. Which country did Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna come from?

7. In which sport could someone be found at Silly Point?

8. Who won the FA cup for the first time in 2013?

9. What colour are the five Olympic rings?

10. Which Scottish football team play their home games at Gayfield Park?

Local knowledge

1. Who is the first – and only – Freeman of the Burgh of Langholm and what is he famous for?

2. Which famous Border Reiver escaped from Carlisle Castle in 1596? (Hint: his sword is part of the collection held at Annan Museum).

3. What world record does the Star Hotel, above right, in Moffat hold?

4. Thomas Watling, a convicted forger from Dumfries who was sentenced to transportation, created the first known oil painting of which city?

5. What is Dumfries and Galloway’s third largest town by population?

6. Who described the cordite being provided at HM Factory Gretna as ‘the Devil’s Porridge’ following a visit to the site during WWI?

7. Which Formula 1 team was Twynholm-born racing driver David Coulthard competing for when he announced his retirement in 2008?

8. Ecclefechan-born writer Thomas Carlyle, top left, was educated and later taught at which local secondary school?

9. Which Dumfries and Galloway town is known as Scotland’s National Book Town?

10. The Leonardo da Vinci painting, Madonna of the Yarnwinder, was stolen from which Dumfries and Galloway landmark in 2003?

Films

1. Who was the Canadian actress best known for her portrayal of Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 James Bond films?

2. From what movie did Tom Hanks score his first Academy Award nomination?

3. What film is the biggest selling VHS tape of all time?

4. What is the name of the latest Disney Pixar movie released in March 2020?

5. How is the character Daniel Hillard better known in a 1993 film?

6. Which movie is the highest rated film on IMDb?

7. Three of Jim Carrey’s blockbusters — The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective — were all released in what year?

8. In which two horror films does the quote “We all go a little mad sometimes” appear?

9. Sandra Bullock is the only person to win an Academy Award for Best Actress and the Razzie Award for Worst Actress in the same year. Name the two films.

10. Which film had the tagline “Love is in the hair”?

Geography

1. Which state in the USA is the Grand Canyon?

2. Suva is the capital of which island nation?

3. What is the largest river in Europe?

4. What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

5. Table Mountain overlooks which city?

6. How many US states begin with the letter A?

7. What is the capital of Croatia?

8. Which is the smallest country in the world?

9. Which is taller: The Eiffel Tower or Blackpool Tower?

10. Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world but which country is it in?

Music

1. What song released in 1997 became the best selling track of the 90s?

2. Which country has won the most Eurovision Song Contests?

3. “When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman” and “Sylvia’s Mother” were hits for which band in the 1970s?

4. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl used to play drums for Nirvana. Name the other band he was a drummer for?

5. Who is Jamaican reggae musician Orville Richard Burrell is better known as?

6. Girls Aloud were the girl group winners of Popstars: The Rivals. Who were the boyband winners?

7. Which singer made his national television debut on CBS’s Stage Show in January 1956?

8. The late Pete Burns was the lead singer for which band?

9. Which American soul music duo had a hit number one single called “Would I Lie To You?”?

10. Madonna has had 13 number one singles in the UK, name her first?

Books and literature

1. Which Daphne du Maurier book is set at Manderley?

2. What is the name of the third book in the Harry Potter series?

3. Which animal did Harper Lee feature in the title of her 1960 novel?

4. Which fictional creatures did Stephenie Meyer write about in her 00s novel series?

5. Jonathan Cape is the publisher with the highest number of Booker Prizes – how many does he have?

6. Jamie Oliver was the biggest selling non-fiction writer of the 2000s – what was the name of his first book?

7. In what book is Winston Smith a main character?

8. In which city is Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code set?

9. Sunset Song is a novel by which famous Scottish author?

10. Daisy Buchanan is a main character in which F. Scott Fitzgerald novel?

Kids

1. Which author wrote children’s books including: The BFG, Matilda, George’s Marvellous Medicine and The Twits?

2. What kind of animal is Nemo?

3. What is Peppa Pig’s brother called?

4. Who are Harry Potter’s two best friends?

5. What is the name of the sisters in the Frozen films?

6. What sport does Cristiano Ronaldo play?

7. Which storybook character has knobbly knees, turned out toes and a poisonous wart on the end of his nose?

8. What is the tallest mountain in the world?

9. What is the biggest animal in the world?

10. What is a young cat called?